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z^"kl^ 'i^Vle*'*' ^ ’ << k -A-1< ■ " is-* —J U’, * > t'cedlng Sheep in Troughs. Ti.e design of n sheep trough, Illus trated herewith, Is one which has been found entirely satisfactory, all things considered; It Is but little trouble to make it, but its superiority over the average trough Is so great that the la bor spent In ns constsuction will be well spent. As shown the trough Is 12 feet long, 1G inches wide, 22 Inches high tapered as shown. , Vt ith the ex eoptlon of the slats which are %-inch thick and 2% Inches wide the trorigh Is made of 1-inch lumber. The. sides, which are nailed on the edge of the bottom are G inches wide. The end piece; or legs are 3 Inches wide and extent! G inches below the bottom of the trough as shown. Those legs, are, of course, fhstened securely to thtiUouglf after the latter is I nllt and are Independent of the JtW feed trough fob sheep. ruck Itself, The rackjs built Uy. nail ing the slats one foot apart on pieces 3 inches wide and 12 feet long and ■are then hinged to the side of the trough so that they rest on the edges p>f I ho trough when closed. Two hinges I on each si fie (strap hinges of course) I will be sufficient. At about the mid • die of the racks a bent hasp is fastened so that when the racks are In place : they may be held so by turning the ’hasp over to the other side over a staple and holding It In place with a bit of wood. In this arrangement either rack may bo let down and the trough thus tilled from either side. Keep Chicks Growing. Whether the chickens are being raised for the market or for winter layers, it is essential that they make the best possible growth from birth to going lido winter quarters or to the market. The range, to a large extent solves the question of food and of healthy growth, but it is necessary that the chicks have, some food oilier than that picked up on the range, or they will wear themselves out trying to get enough to cat. Then. If they roost under cover at nigiit, and they should by all means do this, there is the question of lice which must be given proper considera tion. for a few lice will cause the chick to lose more weight In a month than ran lie mad^good by two months pt feeding. Everything possible ipi^st be done to k^efy-tiie chicks |rrowingrdur ing She sianmer; keep them making a, strong. strMj^aW find’ tfrirthey vMii' be profitable. ftoltotSV I so.'' Schoo J foriTraining t'armcee. American farmers fire the'most intel ligent tillers of qptj in ilie world. An example of this io,t>Uown In the im proved agricultural machinery of thia 'country as compared with that of oth l er countries. A large part of this ma- I chinery Is due to the inventions of the farmers themselves. In selling farm machinery In foreign countries, the greatest drawback to the development of the trade, is the Ignorance of the farmer classes. Ono American firm's trade has been so hindered tnat it has decided to' Start a school of training for farmers’ sons nt Orusk. Russia, where the principles of mechanics ns applied to farm machinery will be taught. Feeding Value of Alfalfa. It Is within n few years since any special attention has been paid to alfalfa and farmers have been slow in testing It. Perhaps the undisputed statement that a ton of alfalfa prop erly cured has nearly the same feeding value as a ton of wheat bran will convince farmers flint tht» crop is worth their attention. Unlike clover It Is not didlcnlt to get a catch of al falfa and It does not readily winter- Rill. One cannot put to better use a portion of the leisure days than, in finding out nil possible about alfalfa and its culture. Better Dairymen Needed. A writer says: “When I see a. cow with a good, sharp back.,a defp body, a clean heailAahd pr^ni^iagt bright eyes, two Iprge milk wrll* and ajilou j>le cxtch<id|i nXfc vein, ~ and Those about the siw. of a anger. >T say at once: What a plty-ytMiUthls .^oiy-d|d not have an owner ns well bred as she, in order that her bodily functions might have ItcAn develbped and her full powers given play. Iler capacity is from B,<MX) to 10,000 pounds of udlk yearly: her production dues not teycoM half this amount. Corn I.Otig tirowo in the West. Corn, which Is oue tis the ' Staple products of Kansas, has been grown on'the soil of tlnU. State for hundreds of years. i'jj&app the Jigpt weutlou of Kansas corn Is found lu the chroni cles of Ute famous' Cof&Btidd expedi tion of 1151. How- long It was-culti vated, there before that time Is not definitely known. Corn and other vegetable products rwere cultivated by the prehistoric races of America from a very primi tive period, and Kansas has been oc- skaletdw - fttfeM - -IkjurginoJt found the Konzas Indians, from whom the State derived iti ■nrithb, raising corn and other, vegetable* tit their *ll lagos on the Missouri Rlver’bPtrtily two centuries ago. Prof. Thomas Say. the naturalist of Major Long's expedition, visited this same tribe In their village near the 'present site of Manhattan in 1810., Col. Zebulon Si. Pfk'e, in, the Journal of his expeditions in 1801, refers'to the Pawnee Indians, who were raising n sufficiency of corn and pumpkins. Their pumpkins were ent Into thin slices and dried In the sun. Skim Milk for Pigs. Relative to an inquiry concerning skim milk and pigs, will say that when two weeks old the yonng pig will be gin to take skim milk from a separate trough. Of course, only a little will be consumed at that time, but it should be supplied two or three times dally at nrst, and twice daily later. At first skim milk alone may be given, but later cornmeal, barley meal or mid dlings should be added. Allow the young pig to eat practically all It will of the combination. Often it is best to have the trough from which the pigs feed in a special inclosure where the .pigs can reach it, while the dam is kept away. If this plan Is followed the pigs will gradually wean them selves when about ten weeks old, or at least there, will be no trouble in finally separating them from the dam. Carefully conducted experiments at this station have shown that to get the largest returns from jboyi milk and mea/, pot over three pounds of skim milk should be given for each pound of cornmeal or other grain. Whore one has largo quantities of milk he may feed as much ns from six to nine pounds of milk with each pound of grain, but In that case the returns are no so economical as whore the milk does not run over three pounds for each pound of grain. There is no betor single feed for pigs than skim milk. Often where large numbers of pigs are handled there are runts or pigs of condi tion, undersized, etc. Always separate these from the main lot and fed them separately, giving Special care. Oue will be surprised to see how the un likely specimens will Improve with it little care and extra allowance of milk and grain.—Prof. W. A. Henry, in Hoard's Dairyman. One-Man CrosH-Cut Saw. When one man operates the cross cut saw the blade Is apt to wabble more or Joss, making it difficult for one man to get good work from the tool. An excellent way to strengthen the blade Is to take a hickory pole about a foot longer than the saw, shav ing down the end rather flat so that it will be about one-half inch thick. Saw a silt in this end of the pole, slip it over the saw blade close to the handle and wire it to the handle after making two holes, one on either side of the slit In the polo- The other end may be treated in the same manner or a notch may be cut In the handle of t^e;saw, and the shaved end of the pole go up against this notch and be wired to the handle. If the pole is a good one this dovie# whl materially stiffen the saw blade so that ono man can operate the saw with good results. Tho illustration shows thq details qs follows: Figure J A OXI-MAX SAW. 1 shows how the end of the pole Is split nnd slipped over saw blade nnd wired; figure 2 shows split end with holes ready for wire and figure 3 shows one of the bandies of the saw with a slight notch cut in It to receive the end ot the poip.—lmjtennpolis News. I Poultry Hints. Young geese are not good breeders. Goose eggs do not lintcb well when shipped quite a distance. ' As an egg-producing grain oats has not an equal among cereals. Best results are not obtained by per mitting poultry to fobst in trees. Pure refitted charcoal is one of the best disinfectants for the poultry yn rds. Young ducks should be kept away from swimming water until they uro wen feathered. Ducks may be. advantageously raised on many farms where they have never,yet been tried. A goose yields- about 81 n year in feathers, tile market price being nbont ' 40 to 50 (fonts a pound. feoft-shelled eggs are seldom found where helis are supplied with cracked bone or small bits of oyster sliclls. Poultry 1* raised on 88.8 |H«r cent of the farms In the United States. It would be interesting to know what per Cent use high grade fowls. Chicks raised In late spring and midsummer can bo inad? to lay by February If they are given some meat in their dally ration. Cleanliness Is the keynote of health. Nothing will breed sickness so quickly as filth, and it Is very easy to have the henhouse become filthy. Many failures with incubators are due lately to Ignorance In those try ing to run them. In this, as In every thing else, a parson must learn bow. , * JWWVWA J IT 3)l fJA OOOD *" ■ c The ruddy, blu*-eyed elderly man in ■the blue serge coat, who was address^ ed as "captain" by his two friends iri the smoker, win commenting ou a re cent newspaper account of the suffer ings of some shipwrecked men who were taken from an open boat by ■ passing vessel. “Of course, on a ■well-traveled track llkathat there's always the chance of belfg picked up,“"lie said. “I’d sooner be in a shipwreck than n railroad wreck. There's nearly always an op portunity to launch a boat or lash some gratings before a ship goes down, or to grab n ilfri belt, but If anything hits us now lit the rate we're going what chance Would we have? ‘T was crulslbg in the south seas about twenty y^ars ago," he continued; reflectively. “We were clear out of any of the traijllng'routes, after an un charted island that wns said to be one part eoral arid ten parf^ guano. There came up a stiff gale one night and the seas rolled, in on us mountain high. We bad shortened sail ns much as we dared, ccfn^ldei'lng the seas, and we scudded along' before the wind all nlgnt. We were driven clear out of our course. At noon the sun came out a little and our skipper took an ob servation And made out that we were In the exact middle of nowhere and 1,000 miles from any land. "Toward evening the wind dropped enough so the skipper thought it FAMOUS STATUE OF LIBERTY. Will Long Perpetuate the Name of the Late Sculptor Bartholdi. Long afcr his dust shall be indistin guishable from its mother earth the name ot Frederic /Auguste Bartholdi, the famous French sculptor, who died in Paris recently, shall be remembered and revered in this country. The colos sal Statue of Liberty qn Bed'.ow’s Island. New York, Is the first object to greet the Incomer as he enters the chief portal of the new world, and us the satue is a commemoration ot the traditional good feeling existing be tween France and the United States the ages will be many before Its sig nificance Is lost sight of. With that statue the name and fame ot Bar tholdi are inseparable. Bartholdi was born In 1834 and was Intended tor the legal profession. He chose sculpture Instead, and at an early age entered upon what proved to be bls lifework. Ills first statue was exhibited when he was 22 years old. nnd tberehfter dip greater part of his life was devoted to his chosen pursuit / A Hgpnac Austs?* aggniotpi ' During tho FrancoT'rqs,ian war, Bartholdi served with distinction pad fought under Garibaldi. In the dt|y? of the Qommune he visited the United States, being unable to pursue his studio work in Paris. The magnificent position preaented by New York har bor for a statue of colossal dimensions struck him, and when a body of dis tinguished Frenchmen formed a soci ety to carry out the project his design was approved, lu five years France sub scribed the $250,000 necessary for that purpose. Bartholdi spent on the statue nearly ten years. Levi P. Morton, then United States minister to France, received tho gift July 4,18 M; it was brobght over on a ship of state, erect ed 6n Bodice's Island and dedicated with imposing ceremonies October- 28, 188 G, President Cleveland making the speech of acceptance and Barthobli himself unveiling, the statue. For this work Bartholdi made deep study of colossal figures in Egypt, Greece and eastern lands. The statue is the largest bronze figure In tho world, being 151 feet from the pedestal to the extremity of the torch, the figure being ill feet high and the torch being 30G feet above the tide lerek The . masterpiece of his creation, however. Is The Lion of Belfort To conynemorirte th ■ def. iße of that place during the Franco Prussian war lie sculptured the Immense Hoti, a figure 80 feet long mid' 30 tert high, partly cut In the ruck nod partly built! up with stone, which stands ngntnat tl.e face of the clbidel’s plateau. As a tes timonial of gratitude to Americans tor their sympathy nnd service in that war the statue of Lafayette, In Union Square, Was glyen to New York. It came from Bartholdi's chisel, ns also subsequently did one of the public fountains of Washington and the-four bas-reliefs around the steeple of the Brattle Square Church, Boston. In the last named the, faces of his frlendv and well-known public men are repro duced. The sculptures by Bartholdi are nu merous. In 180,5 lie was decorated by the cross of the Legion of Honor. #ould be safe to carry pal, mid got back to where we bulopgod. While we were doing thia a big sea -broke over our quarter nnd washed a' Nor wegian sailor overboard. He was a powerfully built fellow and a good seaman, and we Were short banded, so soon as the skipper saw him go ho roared out to heave to aud lower a boat. But ns soon ns Ite gave tile or der he realized that no l»oat could live In that sea, so he regretfully counter manded it and we had to let the poor fellow go." The captain paused to relight his ci gar, but the first two match jieafls broke. •“Was lie rescued?” asked sonic one. The captain checked himself In the application of the third match.“ What's that?” he asked. “Was he rescued?" ' 'rhe captain looked reproachfully nt the speaker. 'Now that’s an awful foolish question to ask," he snld. “Didn’t 1 tell you that he was washed overboard 1,000 miles from anywhere drill away from the track of any sort of vessels in a sea that no boat could bhve lived in? Why. how could he be rescued? That fellow couldn't even stefni. Must have gone down like lead. “No, that Incident only goes to show that sometimes It's about ns danger; ous at sea as on a railroad.”—Chicago Dall^ News. Throughout his life he was an admirer of the United States, and It Is prob able that lijs Statue of Liberty will ' do as much to perpetuate his name as any other, perhaps all, of his works. STOP DISORDER ON DIAMOND. Hooting nt Umpires and Similar Out breaks a Menace to Game. It requires no stretch of the Imagina tion to predict that some time or an- | other, somewhere nnd somehow, some- . thing is going to happen to that Im- I portant American functionary, tile base ball umpire, aud If we do not misin- : terpret the steady drift toward vlo- i lence on the diamond the happening I will be a trifle more serious than u profane bpmbardment of the eardrum, more serious than any of the disgrace ful things yet noted in connection with this' feature of the great American game. What happened in Jackson, Miss., to Umpire Harlow, when it be efikrie necessary for Mayor Henilng tony to visit hlm' at his hotel and as sure him of protection, and what hap pened to Umpire Gifford at Monroe. Ln„ during a game there, are but straws showing the drift of Ilie wind; Baseball is a groat game. It has a "splendid recreative value. It sweeps l|ne citizen away from the dull cares, the sweat and grime of life's routine nnd often, tints the sunset of existence . ivith somewhat of the glow of yester day, /or though we have slipped into tl\p slim groove of age and may bo hurrying to a hole, Ju the ground, wq may yet be boys again, and thrill with the. rpmeinbered passions and excite jpents of the sclioolgrqund. But base bqjl ,1s too often 'robfied of its poetic color arid the fine exhilarating value of the game by Just such disturbances as , poted at Jackson aud MoprtyffeiiiLiHtT plres, like other mon, are made out of clay. Being clay, they must err. -.Blas may now nud then domiuato them and shape their Judgments. Gon-. sclouHly wrong sometimes, uncou sdously wrong at others, In the de cisions they make, they are no better and no worse ttian the common rpp of. partisans, whether they are ot the dia mond or not. The presumption ot lion* 1 esty shouldirun in every man's behalf, whethet he be baseball umpire or what not, until there Is good proof to the contrary. In any aspect of the case the dis orders which now so often mark the progress of ball games cannot do oth er than injure the Aport. Aside from the strictly baseball Interest of the question, there Is an Issue Of greater significance and of deeper public con cern. Baseball Is a passion with the young American. No other form of amusement, no other kind of contest will so itit the blood of the American hoy. Np other game lias ever peen able to take Its p|ac<? tyls affections. He generally sees tile kame, staking all Ids youlliMil enthusiasm ua oue side or the ittticr, tliitigl) frequ-m#- put to tlte stress of pouring bls soul through a knothole in the fence. But mi matter byw. be sees the game and its excitements^rnd pusfiorisMind 'oflg ment Ini hit naJnM>. if ^oJno ot|'y ' reason, (he L-.iinq. lihoull! th’ A pt ’Man nnd ou the square for the good It mpy do Jo the Amc#ft*hnAssaults ou umpire^ the pepfnnUy. IFbt tiumlOlng ' and otlior violences in woyj jjpd deed can do the young American no good arid should iirrt fte countenh'ncMl. Bilbo^ ball malingers rhquld i>aj a stop tri nil this disorder nnd vulgar .byplay on (ps dhimondj— San FranciliW/'ifll l '“ 1 ■a 'Li ’ , 1 J Travel In d^pnn. ve'- * I The ndtway traveler In Jnpan buys a first, Second or third class ticket; or. If lie wishes,to go cjiea|>rt dtijl, tan can get a ticket entitling him s|im|ly ( Io stand on the platform! Many of the' cars can be entered Vitiier "from tWa side or the end/ After nil, there Isn't a much worse' sensation than discovering that a con teaiporary looks suddenly old. ! GJ/ ti . 1 J iX " ’ ’7-' V jV[7 ? 7“. T 'in •' ; It every beginner who wished to do'bls own development and printing, could be reached before he had made his purcliase of an outfit, avd given directions for reaching his goal—a mounted picture of his own manufacture throughout— In the simplest pessiblo way. a great deal of wasted energy, wasted time jiud material, not to mention patience and temper, would be Raved. A large percentage -of beginneis commence work with materials nnd methods more suitable to the advanced worker nnd professional than to tho neophyte. Hampered by bis ignorance, 1 hindered by unsuitable meth ods, nnd doubly hindered by purchasing chemicals, etc., that hn cxyerlenctHl worker would not touch. Is it any wonder that his results are dishcarlching nud that he often gha^ up in despair. One of tiio greatest hfndrjitices to the beginner is very often the advice he gets from n friend, Who Is alrcndy, perhaps, doing good work. Tin* friend will often advise him to use this or that, quite regardless of the facV/that experience may be necessary for their proper use, ami the trouble is grpatly Increased if two or three friends Join in the good work. The beginner is then bewildered with a jnutipllclty of information, widch he is wholly jyiable to digest and which is often contradictory or apparently so. . One of the great thing? for the begUMi^r to remember is to buy as little ns possible at first. Tills is a rule tiqit saves money and leads to the vdy best results. \Ve would apijeiU to. opr readers to give advice to beginners, along tiio following lines: r . FlrAt, tuy a plate camera. Films have their advantages but they are dearer Uian plates— henrly double the price—nnd* in the hands of beg!otters who wish to do th6lr own development and printing, they are very much more difficult to handle than plates: 1 t Secondly; for the first start off, the outfit should bp as simply possible. A coilpie of trays of a sl»d suitable for the plrite used and a bottle of RodlpuL a pohud of hyposulphite of soda, a printing frame and a package 9f blue print paper. The cost will be one dollar and a half at tie oquj^le. tl^e purchaser will have all the material neceHsa^y to pro^uc^ a? .picture. . ( Two questions will be asked wliy llodi|qii and why blue prinL paper? The reason is that these make the first steps as simple as, possible. For the beginner Rodinal is the.sluqileHt and cheapest developer that we knrth’ of that will do good work. It is a good principle for the beginUor never td buy ready prepared developers. Some of them are very good, most of them are very bad. On the other hand, the.bcglnner Is most likely to fall If lie tries to make np a developer according to sortie formula. Rodinal is^ If anytldng. too simple. It needs no scales, no graduates, no multiplicity of dhemiealo. All that is Heeded is to place a small teasploonful of it in half a glaei ot water (a .half pint glass), and It is reddy. TliiS amount may lie used to develop three or four plates in sucoeasion. Half a pound of. hypo may be placed In a quart pickle botUe, which can Uicn be filled w,lth hot water. When cold, the fixing bath is ready, and cum be used for a cqm)le of dozen of Small places, if kept clean by being covered. The blue print paqpr very cheap and only wants wu^hjng in plenty of clean water to make a very pretty permanent picture. When the beginner can make a negative that makes a good blue print, ho may invest In some solio. or other printing out paper that is mote difficult to minago, confident that at least his nbgatlv^ is good. In photography, as in every thing else, advancement must! be mkde step by step. There is no use trying to run boflftre you can walk, nnd the method we have outlined above it the Simplest nnd idwapest .way tor an amateur to beglij. • * u ~ SCENE ON THE RUSSIAN CRUISER RURIK. " • rH • f’ I WH/Vi , . . |- ’ ' ijT. • T V " L_ • J •. I ■’ ffha 'lu-sf scene un lUrltussbm cruiser Rm ik before she wns sunk'lri tlte . fioht off Aug. 14 In Korea Strait is depicted in tlie Illustration. The vessel was' cut off by Admiral Kamimura's squadron, the Uoasla and Gromobol being qqmpelled to leave her to tier fate. Under the rain of Japanese shell she waj sot on fire, her steering gear wns smhilied ami her guns disabled. A SbVti caution that struck the vessel aft si nt her to the bottom. Iturik **-' ueil bF the Japanese 250. bad ibeen< INIROOUCIION. Gainsborough, the artist, was born at Sudbury, In England, itnd there, says Lord Bona Id Gower, lie designed his first work of art. The orchard of his father's place bud been repeatedly plundered of fruit. No one know who tbe-thlof might bo. until one day young Gainsborough saw there a rough looking nian. leanfrig his elbows on the .brick wall. He made a sketch’ of the ‘ fellow, and from this portrait the thi-f was ever tifterwitnd Idcnti iihtof the boy cut out a rough flgnrej from wood, and painted it 'in'mlls, ln ( the llkiness of this man. The ! «ci(r<!-' x wv.jvtts Iroown as “Jnfk-Pea^jec. ’[ jt ifrobntdy repros fits' Vn’lntyoropglrs Hrsiatlcmfd nt WrirkliiiHh 1 • ifwis the mottos of inWwitirfng tjifi' ;nrtigt tx'oiw of hl< JmAsf itotlrim,to friends, Tblrhninso., firn f rihtenht gor ' (4ttor cf Ilie ' Utudthur'l , itort m4it* ipswlcl. Thlcknesse 'ai^< rttiT) wplklnj with a friend, jylien hp ppr- f Mted whAt sperm d to 1»‘ a.' inmaii clolytddrnd Countr^psn, with his arms . locked together, l afilhfc'over tile gwr- dep wSiJIr i . < i . **■' ite plowed out the doleful fiyrufcti l TiM’Adiipanlou. -who, li seemsl sb#s laic ~i^ijkbitcil Tpilh it-t- '•!; . “lie han h en tlmr? wB.-daJ." aakk* m*get I e : - Ml** Uq nnmt lie mtljir ’nmy pr very, ydsccpplq.V,„ t , f TiilcMnpHsq Ju-dqfetl on,gpnyMqMmtj the wrqf hcd mail. and,, to bis delight ' ed surprise, fobhd him to be .Jack Peartree 8o charmed was he With Jack that he lost no-thne In liefrom- Ing acquainted with the author of Jack's being, with the result of a warm and lasting friendship: A Badly M i-.tten 'telegram. "Why!" exclaimed Brojyn. cordially shaking hands with thepiest w‘bo hail unexpdctadly arrived tvyo drtyii ahead iof time. “I'm gind tn see yob. Ship ly; but. to tell tiro trtith. I wasn't looking for you quite so soon." • “Dldta't yon got my telegram?'' qtirtled the guest, 5 . - "Why. yes," returned Brovyn;, “but the writing was so i Ulalnous I could Imrdly .make It out. 1 suppose J regd Tbur»my for TtlbMpy* "I'apn'" gasped Brown's sfiockml young Idnuihtvr'. "whets the "guosf had gvliu to bls room “Tlbw'porfectl.v hoi-- rtd of y-uuto tifil Mr. Stafplj-’tlltif bls ImmAwylUng. was bad! I was so Mrrf for the pow iunn that. IHUdn’l kin>'«r Win. 1 l. , ^t^^,.,.. .s, Bd^i lf ^w ills Mother''Pongtte , SgW l Motive't?qek- ' .van, fpi nd hldisblf M’WW, flow’ Op!<-O. b If fill list epriw'sla.Wemyiyh't-n'A 1 |ivff hr nako a sslsoUuu from rile fil.rdl' 'nf'rtppi <;mtys. imaidrolrt wuhlh Vficht .MUM hflj’li. fuqrtepq , ur , HUmnv 'Who ''4l bmp un Inter,vh'ip yjiji < qckry I.' ( . 1 ' "M 1 yVlifeber of .piestlopH. which thb wV AWstlei-c<f stfcfesAfuny; dm jaw. I.V.ip'lfi'l; died: ’ Tl ' 'V ’ I.vt-ovlr;. TO ,i V64T VMiV onfiheb totigiibf'r it' 'i ■1 •' 'trui'h •< Attilios yds." .'Uroilad reified; .st ihlM .nV 4U*-< luwr.! m« smtrvsp'edwry ‘i^ht-:’ Ir-nr'i.tl A ui in will always be able to get Ho met l> ng /nt tiothlnlfAA Mujy kj fbe supply' of d»h wihrtcit hblns'6ur. f Openings sometimes come to men ami oysters when least expected.