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You call not always tell the quality
of a man or cigar by the wrapper.
Wherever an unusual crowd Is ns
sembled Is the place to look out for
an unusual accident.
The Japanese soldiers nre mostly
vegetarians and there goes another
long cherished illusion.
To call any university president
“Midas of the golden touch" Is an un
necessary bit of truth-tcllliig.
A physician says that nearly all poli
ticians nre afflicted with a cutaneous
disease known aa the Itching palm.
s/r Henry Irving announces that he
Will make a farewell tour of America
next year. May he live to make many
•of them.
Why Is It that we never find a bank
cashier embezzling and going to jail
who has not always been a model to
ydung men? »—
An Ohio man has attracted some at
tention by asking to have his pension
canceled. Pooh! That’s nothing. An
lowa man once resigned an office.
A Federal judge has held that the
press has a right to criticise a Judge.
Now doth ye editor proceed to dip bls
pen In vitriol and say a few things.
A Missouri couple are the proud pa
rents of a 1-pound boy. How provok
ing It must be to be kept awake nights
by a mere 10 ounces of squalling hu
manity.
The Japs In Tokyo are giving thanks
to the gods for the Japanese victories;
but from this distance it looks very
much as if the men In the field hove
had something to do with them.
Judge Brady of Kansas City fined a
young fellow for kissing his best girl
on the front steps of her home. The
next time the scoundrel will know
enough to step into the vestibule.
A Sow Jersey judge describes war
as "lynch law on a large scale.” Gen.
Sherman’s four-letter definition, how
ever, is likely to retain pre-eminence
with those who appreciate brevity as
well as emphasis.
There Is a "penny-4n the slot" ma
chine that returns your coin if it falls
to produce the desired stick of gum or
slab of sweetened chocolate. Yet the
pessimists continue to say the world
Is growing more dishonest.
Mueh has been written of tpe immi
gration of farmers from the United
States to Canada, but the official fig
ures of homestead entries do not make
It quite so large as lias been repre
sented. Of the 32.000 entries made, in
1903 11,000 were from tills side of the
border,more than half of them by fam
ilies from Minnesota and the Dako
tas.
A woman lately received into the
poorhouse at Budapest understated het
age. Her papers exposed the decep
tion. When rebuked, she declared that
she was ashamed to have it known
how old she was. The feminine sensi
tiveness of Henriette Barsod dealt
with large figures. She gave her age
as 105, whereas the authentic record
showed that she was 116.
Waste is universal and Is peculiar to
no class. The miser wastes as much
as the spendthrift and perhaps more,
because his hoarding withdraws bene
fits from others and does himself no
good. Those only do not waste who
Jn a sense give something for nothing.
Oar great philanthropies, our educa
tional Institutions, our public benefits
of various kinds are the fruits of this
higher philosophy of life. It Is not the
man who knows how to save, who
avoids waste, but the man who knows
how to spend. There is more joy In
the latter and more wisdom is required
In Its exercise.
The fact that this Is a leap year car
ries with It nn effect apt to be over
looked, which Is that the annual ex
penses of governing the nations will
be considerably increased by the In
clusion of the extra dny. This comes
home with the greatest force to those
governments which have the largest
armies to feed and provide for. The
French budget commission was met
•by the fact that one day will add to
the expenses of tlie war office lor
1904 a amp of nearly 8»MI,0(W francs,
which will be expended In rations for
the men nnd forage for the horses.
When aHe-the various state depart
ments are separately considered the
total sum runs Into several millions of
francs.
Pessimists who complain of the cor
ruption of politics In the United States
should consider Motticco, where kid
napping is one of the arts practiced
by a ward or state lioss—to use Ameri
can terms—ln forcing the Sultan to
grant bls demands, italsull, the '•bri
gand," as lie Is culled, who seized .Mr^
I’erdlcnris and his stepson in Tangier
last month and held them for ransom,
sought more than money. He was dis
pleased with the attitude of various
government officers hi Ills part of the
country. Hr desired that they shnufd
be removed and thut lie should have,
control of the "patronage” In his
State. Ho knew that the Sultan was
not anxious for Ini: .national comnll-
cations, therefore he took what seem*
ed to him the shortest way of secur
■ Ing what he was after, by kidnapping
an American and an Englishman. He
knew, too, that the British and the
United States governments-would in
sist that the Sultan secure the release
of the captives, and wall ready to re
legße them when the Sultan would
agree to Ills terms. It did not take the
Sultan long Jo consent to the removal
of the offending officers, and .after that
tl;e adjustment of the financial 'end of
the controversy * was ‘easy. Political
! brigands in America Ims not yet re
sorted to quite sin h extreme measures.
Tile cheapest thing In the world is
human life. You do not 'always ap
preciate that fact, but the logic that
stamps the statement lis truth —horri-
ble. naked truth—ls all about yon. and
can lie found In almost every disaster
that crushes, burns or chokes the Ilves
out of human beings. The lesson of
the Slocum disaster, as shown by the
Investlgittroif. Is that there was some
cowardice and any amount of careless
ness of the criminal kind that might
cause death at any time. The life pre
servers were rotten, Tae captain of
the Slocum should have known it. The
crew that handled them, the officers
who commanded the crew, the owners
of the boat, all should have known IL
And on the Inspectors who failed to in
spect rests the heaviest' responsibility
•of all. There had never been a fire
drill on the Slocum, within the mem
ory of one member of the crew, who
had been on the boat for years. Gov
ernment navigation rules provide for
fire drills, and the captain knew it,
and his officers knew it, and the crew
know IL The hose was worthless and
the pump couplings did not fit. and all
along the line, from owner tn govern
ment Inspector, there is an astounding
trail of negligence that makes one
shudder. And yet. these men are not
bloodthirsty. They have wives and
children, and would not have hesitat
ed to taki^them on board the floating
coffin, misnamed a pleasure crafL
They did not hesitate to trust their
own lives to unsafe equipment. Care
lessness seems to bo an American
characteristic. The sun shines, the
sky is blue and there is scarcely a
ripple on the surface of the sea. Who
cares about the future? Let to-mor
row take care of Itself. The band is
playing and life seems pleasanL
There Is too much of that sort of fa
talism mixed in American living. It
imiy db' for the Orient: tnrt in America
life should be sacred. It is going to
be difficult to punish any one man,
or any set of men, for the Slocum dis
aster. In a few days the busy world
will have almost forgotten the horror.
But- there should- be .a lesion..in tbe
tragedy for humanity, and every man
who holds a position even remote',y
connected with the safety of the pub
lic should ask himself. "Am I Doing
My Full Duty?” Perhaps some good
may come from a terrible disaster.
An Erratic Memory.
ltrs. Ransom’s greatest trial was her
poor memory. She had tried all sorts
of "systems,” both original and recom
mended. but nothing succeeded for
more than a little while. When she
had been vainly trying to remember
something for half an hour, all her
mental powers were apt to be or less
affected.
"I’m almost wild,” she said, plain
tively, to g niece who found her with
a wet compress bound about her head,
“for my old schqol friend, Mrs. —.
There, I hoped perhaps It would come
to me, but it hasn’t! Well, she Is here
In New York, and 1 met her on the
street and asked her to luncheon, and
I wanted you nnd Emma, to meet her.
But what can I do? How can I intro
duce her when I can’t think of her
name?” v.*
The niece looked property sympa
thetic, and murmured something atiout
every one’s having times of forgetful
ness.
"But there's no reason for this,”
moaned the sufferer, "for we have ex
changed gifts at Christinas for years!
I’ve tried all my systems, but it’s no
use, her name has gone so I doubt if
I should know ft if I heard It. Of
course I shall Just have to say. This Is
my old school friend. Mary Lane.’ It
seems more natural, anyway, to call
her that, because that was her mime
before she married George Bay. I sup
pose I shall have to pass it off as best
I can!"
Retailers of Fino Sawdust.
In the shop of a cabinet-maker in
Now York a sign announces "sawdust
for sale.” There is no evidence any
where of the bags of coarse pine sa w
dust such as is used in butcher's shops,
markets and saloons.
"We don't handle that stull," said
the proprietor of the shop. “Our spe
cialty is In the sawdust of tine woods
such ns mahogany, boxwood and san
dalwood. We soil sawdust by the
ounce or the pound, not by the bushel
Tlie sawdust of fine hard woods bring
good prices. There are about twelve
varieties of It, and each has Its appro
priate use.
“Boxwood sawdust, the most expen
sive of all, Is used by manufacturers
to burnish silver plnte nnd Jewelry
Sandalwood Is used for scent bags and
for the preservation of furs. There is
no waste of sawdust In our business.^
Fertility ot Sparrow.
In tlie United States tlie sparrow
has six broods a year; In Britain sei
dom more than three.
I Ie- ire- MtMaiig to the Lino.
In I'miwe^Hkrnre cutting down
trees by electrh^L
When there Is n guest at your house,
nnd be eats heartily, do you say: "Of
I course, I’m glad ho enjoyed his din-
I uer, but how he did eat!"
-OLD
FAVORITES
The Better Land.
I hear thee speak of the better land.
Thou calleat its children a happy in<!
Mother, oh, where is that radiant shore?
Shall we not seek it and weep no more?
Ib if where the flower of the orange
blows,
And the fireflies glance through thp
myrtle boughs?”
—“Not there, not there, my child!”
“Is it where the feathery palm-trees ristj
And the date grows ripe under sunDj
skies?
Or ’midst the green islands of glittering
sons,
Where fragrant forests perfume the
UFWW,
And strange, bright birds, on their start J
wings,
Bear the rich hues of nil gk>riou»
things?”
—‘‘Not there, not there, my child.”’
‘‘ls it far away, in some region old,
Where the rivers wander o’er sands of
gold ?—
Where the burning rays of the ruby
shine,
And the diamond lights up the secret
mine,
And the pearl gleams forth from the
coral strand?—
Is it there, sweet mother, that better
land?”
—‘‘Not there, not there, my child!”
‘‘Eye hath not seen it. my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair—
Sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on Its fadeless
bloom,
’Tia beyond the clouds, and beyond the
tomb,
—lt is there, it is there, my ch4ld!”
—Mrs. Hernans.
Old Dog Tray.
The morn of life is past,
And ev’ning comes at last;
It brings me a dream of a once happy
day rM .« —
Of merry forms I’ve seen
Upon the village green,
Sporting with my old dog Tray.
Old dog Tray’s ever faithful.
Grief cannot drive him away;
He’s gentle, he is kind;
I’ll never, never find
A better triend than old dog Tray.
The forma I called my own
Have vanished one by one;
The lov'd ones, the dear ones, have all
passed away;
Their happy smiles have flown;
Their gentle voices gone;
I’ve nothing left but old dog Tray.
Old dog Tray's ever faithful,
Grief cannot drive him away;
He’s gentle, he is kind; -
I’ll never, never find
A better friend than old dog Tray.
When thought* recall the past
His eyes are on me cast;
I know that he feels what my breaking
heart would say.
Although he cannot apeak.
I’ll vainly, vainly seek
A better friend than old dog Tray.
Old dog Tray's ever faithful,
Grief cannot drive him nway;
He’s gentle, He"is kind;
I’ll never, never find
A better friend than old dog Tray.
—-Stephen Foster.
HOW TO TAKE PAPER TRIPS.
Falce Honeymoon Tours While the
Newly Weds Are in Seclusion.
Lack of money with which to buy
the necessary tickets and pay hotel
bills need no longer hamper bridal
couples who desire to Impress their
friends with the fact that they are
traveling In Europe, Asia, Africa or
any other place which Issues picture
post cards, says the Minneapolis Trib
una.
If John and Mary want to go to
Honolulu and are unable to buy a rail
road ticket which will take them far
ther than one of the trolley suburbs,
they can engage board at $4 a week
and recuperate from the pre-nuptlal
functions with a serene mind and a
consciousness that ei erybody in their
set knows they are In the Hawaiian
Islands. How can they think other
wise when every mail -brings a souve
nir post card in John or Mary’s writ
ing, neatly stamped with tlie Hawaii
an stamp, and telling how balmy the
climate Is and what a perfect dispo
sition Jolin has? They would be
skeptlcal, Indeed, in the sacs of tills
evidence, to harbor tlie suspicion that
Jayville, not Honolulu, Is the destina
tion of the bridal couple.
It is the Honeymoon Club, In an
Eastern city, which lias made this
possible, and several Minneapolis
young people have been much amused
to receive, shortly after their engage
ments were formally announced, cir
culars which had on tire letter head,
in addition to the name of the organi
zation. the impressive phrase: “We
furnish the trip; you remain nt home,
the envy of your friends." This Is
balanced on the other side by the
words, "World's fair trip, St Lopis,
our specialty,' in large type.
"Our method of operating," the gen
eral manager says. "Is as follows:
You and your prospective busband
map out a trip you would like to take,
naming such towns ami places of In
terest you A’ould visit, send us an
Itemized list of these places, the num
ber of friends you desire to have noti
fied nnd we will advise you as to the
cost of the supposed trip. When sat
Isfactory arrangements are completed
we mull you a set of souvenir cards
Illustrated in colors. On iheso cards
you write the names and addresses of
your friends to whom you desire to
make It known tliut you are In that
town, with a message, and tlien re
turn the cards to us. We forward
them to our correspondents with In
structions to mull them on the date
designated, when It Is supposed you
will be In snld town. Naturally these
cards when -mailed will bear the post
mark of the town and with the fact
that you have addressed them will be
sufficient evidence that you are In real
ity perhaps at no great distance from
home and friends. Our price Is mod
erate nnd Is based upon the trip you
outline nnd the amount of labor neces
sary for its preparation and comple
tion.”
The advantage of being the envy
of your friends Is supposed to com
pensate, In the opinion of the general
manager, for the time spent in hiding
near “home nnd friends” and running
to cover if one of the aforesaid friends
mutes in sight.
"For you would be sure to run across
some one you knew,” laughed one of
the prospective brides who received
the circular. "Just imagine the
string of stories you would have to
tell to make things straight! A wed
ding trip under ordinary circumstances
Is something of an ordeal, but I can't
ituagine anything more appalling in
regard to what It might lead to than
one under the auspices of the Honey
moon Club. Think of showing souve
nirs brought by some one else, of an
swering all of the questions you would
be sure to be asked and having your
suit cases and bags covered with la
bels forwarded from a New Y'ork of
fice and pasted on within ten miles of
home! It may be a modern method,
strictly up to date and cheap, but
what would be the pleasure?”
EXPANDING BULLETS.
Those Found in Cronje’. Lunger Hud
Belonged to English.
Perhaps lu some respects the most
extraordinary revelations In detail
concern our ammunition. We learn
from the evidence that at one time
we were reduced to two or three boxes
of Mark 11. ammunition, so that if
there had been a war with a conti
nental power we should have been ob
liged to fight with expanding bullets,
a proceeding all the powers had con
demned as barbarous. We made 60,-
000,000 pounds of explosive bullets,
and then had to condemn them be
cause they were dangerous to our own
troops.
These revelations, by the way, raise
a moral Issue of some importance to
Lord Roberts’ reputation. Sir Henry
Bruckcubury. explained that Mark IV.
ammunition was abandoned because
it was found to be dangerous" to the
user In a hot climate. "We had ev
ery intention of using this bullet and
making it, in fact, the bullet for the
British army all over the world'; and
I think t 0.000,600 or imp to Mnrctr
31, 1897, ha^ been delivered. » * »
The reason why we did not use the
expanding bullet In South Africa was
not The Hague convention, however,
but because the Mark IV. ammuni
tion, mwexpandlng ammunition, had
proved unfit to be used In war.”
Now Lord Roberts, as commander
in chief in South Africa, must surely
have been acquainted with these tacts.
Yet on March 11, 1900, lie wrote to
President Steyn to complain of two
things—the abuse of the white flag
and the discovery of explosive bullpts.
(Pari. Paper, Cd. 122, 1900.) “A large
quantity of explosive bullets of three
different kinds was found In Cronje's
laager and after every engagement
with your honor's troops. Such
breaches of the recognized usages of
war and of the Gitieva convention
are a disgrace to any civilized power.
A copy of this telegram has been sent
to my government, with a request that
it. may be communicated to all neutral
powers.”
President Steyn replied that the bul
lets had been taken from British
troops, nnd It hns been officially ad
mitted that some of these bullets had
been used in South Africa. But what
Is to be said of a field marshal who
describes “ns a disgrace to any clxJ>-
Izcd power” the use of bullets which
he had only been prevented from using
because they were dangerous to the
uner? London Speaker.
One Kind of Soft Answer.
' It lacked but five minutes of the
pmc for the train to start from the
Howntown station, nnd the suburban
ites were hurrylug Into it when a man
in the garb of a mechanic snt down
tl>y the side, of a finely dressed pas
senger In one of the seats in tlie roar
car, took a paper from Ids pocket and
began to read.
| “Plenty of empty scats In here yet,
aren't there?” growled the man In fine
raiment moving along grudgingly.
“Yes. sir,” pleasantly repllisl the
pewcomer, “but It will be crowded
pretty soon, and I thought I’d pick out
a gentleman for a seat mate while I
had a chance.”
“Humph!" grunted the other man.
tmeertaia whether to feel compliment l
?d or Insulted, realizing the hopeless
ness of trying to make any fitting re-
Joinder.
A Sledge-Hammer Blow.
"That’s my latest canvas,” said
P’Auber. "I started that six months
ago. You see. some days I paint away
feverishly, forcefully, absorbedly, while
On other days I can’t paint nt all."
"I see," said t.’rlttlck. "You painted
tills on one of the other days."—Phila
delphia Press.
New Irrigating < anal.
A new Irrigating canal being built
on Williams Fork, near Hot Sulphur
Springs. Colo., will be twenty mllea
in length. It will bring under water
about 10.000 aeres of land which is
now worthless, being merely a aag<s
brush flat
We wonder If any one ever tasted a
woman's biscuits which were as good
as those she made the "last time?”
Good Rummer Hoe Pen.
Where swine are to be kept In a
somewhat small enclosure and ted 1U
the bouse It Is not always easy to keep
‘he floor of the house clean. The plan
here suggested will accomplish this
and give the hogs something to keep
them busy besides. The hoghouse Is
built with a slanting floor and In the
end at the high part is cut a trough
the entire width of the bouse, Into
which is thrown leaf mold or broken
sod. This the swine will root down
and it will act ns an absorbent of the
manure, particularly the liquid por
tions. If the floor is made quite slant
ing most of tills sod, etc., will be root
ed down to the lower end by the hogs.
While the nrtist has not-shown the
floor slanting as It should be. In the 11-
A SUMMER HOO PEN.
lustration, otherwise the cut will show
Just how the pen should be built. In
the lower part of the illustration figure
A shows the end of the plank floor,
with a strong timber supporting the
edge, and a hvnvy-pirrc-of plank un
derneath, forming the edge support
Figure B, the end section, shows ex
act mode of construction, the upper
piece (O) floor, nnd X the method of
spiking together to support. This rath
er complicated finish Is to prevent the
hogs from rooting under the floor.—ln
dlanapolls News.
Witch Grass.
This is a terrible weed to eradicate
either from the field or the garden. It
spreads by means of underground
stems, called roobstocks. These run
along below the reach of the mowing
machine, or of grazing animals, and
often too deep to be disturbed by sur
face cultivation. They produce buds
at their numerous scaly nodes, ‘and
these buds develop Into new plants in
exactly the same manner as branches
arc produced above ground. The root
stocks of couch grass will sometimes
grow to a length of ten to fifteen feet
In one season, furnishing this weed
with a means of rapid distribution and
propagation, a character making it
most pernicious in cultivated land. The
only way entirely to get rid of It Is by
forking the ground over carefully, and
picking it out piece by piece. Even
the smallest bit left in the ground will
start into growth.—American Cultiva
tor.
A Steady Sawhorse.
When sawing wood It Is a matter of
considerable work to get out the
pieces, mortise and lit them together
to make an ordinary sawhorse. The
one shown In the cut from New En
gland Homestead can lie built In twen
ty minutes if one hns some strips of
hardwood board at hand of tlie proper
width. The crosspieces are firmly
nailed together. auo six strips ot the
\ 'n.X.TT-J- —<
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A QUICKLY MADE SAWHORSfe.
same board put ou to strengthen and
hold tlie ends In place. Such a horse
will prove very rigid nnd serviceable.
Improving the Meadow.
There are many meadows yearly
turned Into pastures which might be
saved for hay yields several yenrs
longer with n little care at the right
timw One of the liest ways of doing
this at small expense Is to plow the
meadow early In August after nmnr
Ing it well, nnd here is a way of util
izing manute one Is storing under the
abed, and which Is going to waste, and
sow rye In early Septemlier at the rate
of two bushels an acre.
In April or as early ok possible, plow
under the rye, smooth ami sow with
grass seed, using tlie mixture best suit
ed to your section or using a mixture
of timothy, red top and clover, which
is excellent In must sections, and will
not contain ^enough clover tc^ Injure It
for sale as prime mixed hay.
Hardy Unaib
It Is proposed to import 11 la-"e num
ber of the mountain quail of Callfor-
uhi to be bred and turned loose ire
I various parts of New England. They
I are claimed to be hardy birds, well
। able to stand the severe winters of
I this section, nnd larger than the com
i mon quail. Some of the Imported birds
will be turned loose nt once, but others
will be kept In pens for a time.
Exhibiting Crop*.
Any farmer who will religiously fol
low his county fairs from year to yenr
will observe the opportunities there to
make a reputation If he can grow one
particular crop better than another.
As every one knows, one soil worker
Is an expert potato grower, another
raises prize swine, another understands
corn better than other crops, and so
on.
Let ench one take a specimen of
Hint which he can grow best to the
county fair and exhibit, advises the
Indianapolis News. Possibly he may
not win a prize, but he will have a
chance to see what others are doing
and thus ascertain his own shortcom
ings. Again, bls exhibit may attract
the attention of some one who wants
just the product he produces and n
profitable business Is worked up.
The educational advantages of the
county fair ought not to be overlooked
nnd the family should be taken to
every one that can be reached nt a
moderate cost. Get out into the world
nnd see what other farmers nre doing
one will find them willing to talk and
one may get enough good ideas nt a
single fnir to pay for the expense of .
attendance twenty times over. Bear!
this Item In mind -ns the fnlrs begins
now and In September.
Sniphate for Blight.
While the recognized’ formula for
Bordeaux mixture yill remain a favor
ite for potato blight applications, there
are some objections to its use, one of
the most formidable ones being the
clogging of the nozzle of the sprayer
by the lime used in the making of the
mixture. Experiments have been made,
on a sniiiTl scale, wlfli tlie sodn copper
mixture which are exceedingly prom
ising. The ordinary washing soda is
used—four pounds of sulphate of cop
per, live pounds of washing soda and
fifty gallons of water as n basis, and
Increasing the quantity of sulphate
and soda, slightly if It was necessary.
Dissolve the soda In n barrel and
then pour it Into the copper sulphate,
mixing thoroughly and using with the
spray pump In precisely the same man
ner in which Bordeaux mixture is
used, and at the same Intervals. While
it Is not advised that this new mixture
be substituted for the Bordeaux mix
ture, it is well worth experimenting
with on a small scale. —Exchange.
New Egg Plant.
Those who have a market for egg
plant will .find the Early Black Beauty
a decided Improvement on the 1m-
>y proved Large Pur-
“C. pie, which has-
been the one va
riety up to the in
, .jIM troduction of the
B 1 a c k Beaut y
■•’• v ' l 11 1 ""' ll
’ y lied upon.
The Early Black
Beauty is entirely
eco PLANT. spineless, is ten. -
days or more earlier than the Largo- 1
Purple, the fruit Is large and the
plants are remarkably healthy, a char
acteristic which will be greatly appre
ciated. Tlie Illustration gives au Idea
of the perfect form of the sort,
r .
Farm Notes*
In cloaking the stables, give the man
gers and troughs a'thorough cleansing.
Milking should always be done in a
clean, airy place, fr • from all bat!
odors.
Vitality once broken is repaired at
a loss, and Is liable to break agairr
under a strain.
Too heavy loads make balky horses.
With all stock discomfort always’
costs in extra feed.
Plowing for wheat should begin Just
as soon as possible after the harvest
work Is finished up.
Dairy stock can not be Improved if
a promiscuous trying of all breeds is
permitted to go on.
Cream should have a uniform con
sistency as well as being of uniform’
ripeness before churning.
The cow, to do her best and continue
It for the longest period, must have at
least one-fifth of her food of some kind
of nitrogen.
It takes longer nnd costs more to
make up a pound of loss than It does
to add five pounds of gain undpr favor
able conditions.
In feeding fattening hogs the foou
should always be gl'di in a clean,
wholesome condition and never al
lowed to become sour.
The walk Is the foundation of all
the other gaits, and without beginning
at the foundation all future develop
ments will be unsatisfactory.
As soon as tile tops of the onions
are dead they should lie pulled, thrown
In rows, allowed to cure a tew days
nnd then be stored away.
Good hickory ashes are said to bo
excellent for expelling worms from
the bowels of young horses. Give a
couple of tableapoonfuli twice a week
In their teed.