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No Job for Him.
Tlie Bpring had brought out
the
usual crop of listless wanderers.-
"Want help, do you?" said the pros
perous looking party who had been ap
plied to for assistance b)'. one of these.
"You're a husky looking beggar. I
must say. Why don't you work?"
."My business ain't any good at dig
season," said Dusty.
"What is your business?" said the
prosperous looking party.
"I'm a professional tobogganlst,"
said Dusty. Harper's Weekly.
Between Harriet and Moll.
"Cholly kissed me, and I screamed."
"Then what?"
He kissed me a second time, and I
he-Herd again."
"Then what?"
"Cholly said, 'you're attractin' at
tention to yourself,' and then hekisB
ed me again."
"There s few knows what a girl's
got to go up against with some of
these persistent fellers."
A Clear Case.-
Clarence As I undahgtand it, me
boy, old Gotrox first told you that you
could have his daughter, and then
went back on his word? .
Willy That's Just "bout th' size of
it, bah jove!
Clarence Then, deuce take it, old
chap, I should Just sue him for non
support, that's all! Puck.
Defending Him.
"Daughter," called the father from
his position at the top of the stairs at
the well-known hour of 11:55 p. m.t
"doesn't that young man know how to
say good-night?"
"Does he?" echoed the young lady
in the darkened hall; "well, I should
ay he does." Ladies'. Home Journal
FATAL DEFECT.
First Sport Think Bruisem will
ever become a great pugilist?
Second Sport No; he's tongue
tied. ' -
V- ' At Work.
The poet sits with pen and ink, -
He looks sedate and wise,
'And when he writes a line or two
He swats as many flies.
Breaking It Gently.
A young man, an only, son, married
against the wishes of his parents.
A short time afterward, in telling a
' frifnd how to break the news Jo them,
he said: .' -
"Tell them first I am dead; and
then gently work up to the climax."
Uppincott's. - . . -
The Sights. !
"Did you see the sights at the sea
shore?" asked one girl.
"No," answered the other. "I went
into the water. . I was one of tbem
Hard to Interest.
"My husband doesn't care for sight
seeing."
xnen notnmg interested mm on
your trip?"
"Only the spot where Washington
threw a dollar across the Potomac.
He spent several hours looking for the
donar, ana was quite nappy for a
while, but even that ended in disap
pointment at last."
Virtue's Reward. ':
Her Doting Pa I thought you'd be
more pleased with your commence
ment 'gown, when it cost so much
money, Marjorie? '".''
Marjorie--"Why, papa, I wont get
half as much attention as the girl
.who made her own dress at a cost of
$2.50. Puck.
Disguised. -
"Did you dance any at the party,
Mamie?" . ',
"No, but I had such a compliment
from one of the gentlemen. He told
somebody I made, such a "nice mura
decoration." ' . -
"And you never knew he was call
ing you a wallflower?'"
Resentment. .
."I hope." said the terrier, deferen
tially, "that you are not mai."
"No," replied the collie; '"I'm not
mad. I am merely Indignant at this
custom of calling each summer's 'silly
season' the 'dog days.'" -
Moving Signs. '
Yeast I see In Lyons, Firance .all
perambulating signs are subject to the
traffic regulations.
Crimsonbeak :Do you suppose that
applies to the 'man with the red nose
as well? ';
ALIBI PERFECT.
"And you say you are innocent of the
charge of stealing a rooster from Mr.
Jones 7,' asked an Arkansas judge of a
meek-looking prisoner. "
."Yes, sir; and I can prove it."
"How can you prove it?"
"I can prove that I didn't steal Mr.
Jones' rooster, judge, because I stole
two hens from Mr. Graston the same
night, and Jones lives five miles from
Graston's."
"The proof is conclusive," said the
Judge." "Discharge the prisoner." Na
tional Food Magazine. .
FOLLOWING FATHER.
First Trust Magnate Hear your boy
Is studying law. Is he going to prac
tice It
Second Trust Magnate (absently)
No; I reckon he'll evade it.
Eating or Sleeping.
A man Is often like a horse,
We've heard'aome people say;
But surely both are happy when
It'a time to hit the hay.
And James Went. ' '
The teacher was trying to break
James of saying, "I have went," but
the task seemed hopeless. So, as a
last resort, she had him stay after
school and write twenty times on the
blackboard, "I have gone home."
While the. child was occupied the
teacher left the room, and was still
absent when James finished the task.
And to acquaint her with the fact he
wrote: .
"Dear Teach I - have wrote what
you told me. and have went home.":
National Food Magazine.
Comlng to a Halt.
Two Irishmen were among a class
that was being drilled in marching
tartira Ono m-oa now at tha hualneaa'
and turning to his companion asked
mm me meaning oi . me com man a i
Halt!"
"Why," said Mike, "when he says
'Halt,' you just bring the foot that's
on the ground to the aide av the foot
that's in the air, an remain motion-
less.
Third Generation. .
"Fifty years ago her , grandfather
came over in the steerage with a
pack on his back."
"Well, what of It?"
Notning, except this paper 1 am
reading says she departed for Europe
this morning with 42 steamer trunks,
three maids and tickets calling for
the ' whlte-and-gold suite."
Sorry He Spoke. .
"Scientists state that seaf siring
people should always keep chocolate
handy," remarked the pedantic youth.
"Chocolate contains many heat units.
"How nice," responded 'the! girl
"Better take a two-pound box - when
we go rowihg--thls afternoon." -
ENVY.
The Pessimist Ah, dog, I wlsht I
didn't have nothin" to worry mecep
fleas,' like you. . ' ' :
Fancy Shot. '
A rnarkeinan bold was " William Tell.
One of the stars.
He nearly always rang the bell .
And won the cigars. . ". -.' ;:
' Habits of the Hen.
The pervense lien !s hard to beat;
Cansarn her pesky way! - '
- She always ambles home to eat
- And goes next door to lay.
- - Results.;. ' -V-
. "Ruggles," asked his friend Kam
age, "didn't you swear-off from smok
ing a few months ago?"
"Yes-; on New Year's day." -;
"Well.' do you notice any particular
difference?" -; - -' . ; .
0, yes I've gained six pound in
weight and lost the friendship of six
cigar dealers." - ...
9
PLEA FOR RETURN
InvitaUon of the Gospel Is to All
Wandering Sheep to Come
Home. :
HERE are but few" animals to
which men like to be likened.
To call a man a dog, a pig, a turn
key, a snake or a monkey Is to In
sult him. You may call him a lion or an
eagle and - he Will feel complimented,
because these creatures are accepted
emblems of strength, courage and dig
nity.
In the scriptures the sheep is chosen
oftener than -any other animal to tym-
bolize the nature of man a very Just
representation, for men and cheep are
much alike. They are alike In this
particular, thaf they move in masses.
Men and sheep go with the crowds
to the . right, or the left, forward or
"back, to the bad, or the good, with a
facility and a unanimity that Is a
perpetual puzzle.
When men break away from God
and run into disobedient ways they
are like sheep. So the prophet con
fesses. "All we like sheep have gone
astray." Again, when men are loyal
to God, are trustful and teachable,
they are like sheep. So Jesus says.
'My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them and they follow me."
Sheep are both good and bad, and so
are men.. In one place - we. are can
toned, "Beware of . men," for men will
oppose righteousness. In another
place we are counseled, "Quit you like
men," - for manhood means . strength,
enterprise and achievement.
Go Astray Like Sheep.
In a well-known text both qualities
are represented. Ye were going
astray like sheep heedless, willful,
disobedient. "But are now returned
to the Shepherd" confiding, submis
sive, amiable. Once you were scam
pering away, breaking through ' the
hedge, leaping over the fence, running
from protection, food and safety into
forbidden places-and places of periL"
But you have come back and are feed
Ing quietly within call of the Shep
herd's voice and contented under his
eye.. ' "
When a man is won from his sinful
courses to godliness it may be de
scribed as a return. How so? That's
easy. I have known a man whose an
cestors came from England, but who
himself was born in America, to say.
'I hope some time to return to the
old home in England." How could he
speak of ."'returning" to a place where
he had never been? There Is a kind
of unity in the family life. In his an
cestors he came to America, and In
their descendant there is a return.
If we go back far enough we oen
find our ancestors in the fold of Christ,
living in a home he had prepared for
them. In Eden the family to which
we belong was happily shepherded by
on oT God. iTul They "left the fold
cn.jr iuhuh, - uu ouccy.
inererore, whenever one seeks a re-I
newal of the old happy relations it Is a
return.
- Call to Come Home.
rne invitation of the gospel is a
can to come oacK borne. It is a mes
sage to prodigals, to which class we
all belong. Waste no time in lament
ing the lost Eden, but turn and see
that its gates are wide open and en
trance is rree to an. Paradise re
gained is not a poetic fancy.
There is a sense in which the faith
ful Christian is often returning to his
Shepherd. The ideal life, the life at
which. he aims, is a life of unbroken
fidelity toJ his lord. But he is aware
that he comes far short of that pur
pose . every - day. His , confession of
defect and his prayer for pardon are
a return. It is plainly written in the
experience of many of us. We know
that after wandering of heart in respect
of faith and duty, when he say, "I will
arise and go to my father." he will see
us from afar and hasten to. welcome
us. - - . .
Let me tell-you a little, true story
which is also a parable that requires
no interpreter. A romantic New Eng
land boy stole away from his widowed
mother's house one night and went to
sea. Three- years later he came back.
It! was late evening when he reached
the house. He tried the door and it
opened for him. His mother, .sittinj
in the dimly lighted room gave him
welcoming embraces. Later her asked
her why she left the door- unlocked.
Her answer -was, "That door ha3 never
been locked since you left me for I
said he will come back, some day and
when he comes, at any hour, he must
find the door unlocked." . .
r . Overcoming. -
If one can keep sweetness of thought
and calmness of poise,; when bitter
and rebellious feelings press hard and
close upon the tortured, soul that
must be the victory of -overcoming ;
that must hold its own reward, some
where, by adding strong fiber to char
acter. " That is the time to remember,
to the exclusion of complaint.that to
be overcomers wemust have some
thing to overcome. Aye, and they mu3t
be hard things, which press severely
on a weak point, in character or tem
perament, in order that the weakesl
link in our chain may be fully tested
Eliza M. H. Abbott.
, Daily Routine.
"Day by day." Luke xl. 3. The
dailiness of life is a great thing tc
learu..,; Day by day we receive oui
breud. Day by day let us give account
of ourselves to God. Day by day lei
us finish the crorl! that-is given to it
to do. Let-each day be a world In it
-self and let us not close the book-until
we can write at the bottom of tbf
page "It is finished."
HD0WLARI( h PEST?
Belongs to Same ;; Family
as
! Blackbird and Oriole.
Amount of Damage Done by This Bird
Varies' With; Depth of Planting,
Condition of Soil and Prox
T imlty to Pasturesr
; (By II. C. BRYANT.)
Thi meadowlark la not a true lark,
but belongs to the same family to
which the blackbird and oriole be
long. Since the meadowlark of the
eastern states differs from that found
In th3 western states in both song
and coloration, the bird of the west
is termed the western meadowlark.
This la a common bird from Wiscon
sin, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, etc., west to
the Pacific coast, also ranging north
Into Canada and south Into Mexico.
The meadowlark is well known be
cause of Its size, bright plumage and
cheerful song. It is a conspicuous
bird of treeless areas and a frequenter
of thi meadow and pasture. In Cali
fornia, it is found, from sea level to
altitudes of 7,000 feet in the moun
tains. It is most abundant In the
great central valleys where. In some
places, the birds may be seen con
gregated In flocks of fifty or more,
feeding almost entirely on the ground.
Thin meadowlark appears to be one
of the few birds- which is profiting by
the increased cultivation of land. Al
falfa furnishes particularly good food
and cover for the bird and grain fields
Holes Bored by Meadowlarks In Ob
taining Kernel of 'Sprouting Grain-
are olten chosen for a home. With
the furnishing of Btill more good food
and cover, combined with the destruc
tion of some of its enemies, the west
ern meadowlark may be expected to
still further increase In numbers.
Oats appear to be preferred. In the
fieldi; Inspected, damage was greatest
In sandy soil, for here the grain Is
more easily obtained. Next to the
condition of the soil, the factor gov
erning the extent of damage appears
to be the "proximity of the natural
habitat of the bird. Fields bordering on
marsh grass lands and pastures suffer
most. In some instances the meadow
lark luve followed the drill row for
distances of four to six feet and ap-
parent y Dulled every snrouL Barley
and wheat are attacked to a less ex-
tent than oats. Field corn and sor-
gnum are not aamagea.
Meadowlarks can succeed In pulling
the sprouting grain only, when it first
appears above the ground. After the
second and third blades appear the
plant, is well rooted and the kernel
no longer essential to the life of the
plant. Only the grain which is within
one and one-half Inches of the surface
Is obtainable. Hence the difficulty of
obtaining "the kernel and the ter
mination of the time during which
the kernel is essential to the life of
the plant soon makes destruction im
possible. Hard, dry soil precludes
attack. Damage is greatest after the
soil has been softened by rain. In
vestigation shows , that fields appar
ently greatly, damaged while the grain
was sprouting have shown but little
damage at harvest time. . In some
cases c certain amount oi winning
may bo beneficial so that unless the
damage Is great the birds may per
form a real service. .The. fact that
oats Is : most seriously damaged and
that, with the exception of barley and
wheat, other grains are not attacked
also minimizes the amount of possible
damagel ' , . " ;
-When the benefits conferred by the
meadowlark are balanced" with ' the
injuries, there remains no doubt that
the bird 'deserves protection. Its
value as a destroyer of injurious in
sects far exceeds Its detriment as a
destroy er of sprouting grain. ' The
value of one of. these birda . living to
one dea.d is as five pounds of insects
and one-half pound of weed seeds Is
to one and three-fourths pounds of
grain, a. considerable part of which Is
made tip" of wild oats and waste
grain'.' : - -
A stibng point favoring "their pro
tection Is to be found In the fact that
the datiage to sprouting grain fields
can be largely prevented by planting
grain deeply and drilling instead of
broadcasting, two measures highly
advocated as favoring larger crops.
When Soils Cease to Produce. .
- The trouble with soils when they
cease t produce as they did when
new Is not that elements of plant
food ari actually exhausted from the
Boil, but the necessary force for the
liberatkn are exhausted. One of
these forces is bacteria. It is esti
mated that in the common soil there
are 150,000.000 bacteria to the ounce.
These bacteria must have for their
fooJ humus, then they will liberate
food for the growth of plants. To be
a good, farmer. one needs ' to grow
legumes, and other cover crops plants
to turn under for humus, and to en
courage,! these beneficial bacteria ' to
perform their functions in the boIL -
Busy Bee's.
Now - Watch the bees work on the
golden :rod and iweet clover. '.
CARE
FOR STACKED ' ALFALFA
Beet Way to Cure Hay la to Rake It
- Into Small Win row and Let the
Crop Dry Out Slowly.
Sometimes weather conditions make
It almost impossible to put alfalfa hay
in' the stack in geod condition, and -heating
and burning., results. A. H.
Leldligh, . assistant. professor of crops
at the Kansas Agricultural college,
says a comparison will show why the
water does not readily cure out of the
stems. If a tree is cut down on a
cool, cloudy day, 6aid Professor Leld
ligh, the leaves remain ' green and
fresh for some time. They take water
from the trunk and pass - it off into
the atmosphere. If the weather is
reasonably cool fora few days, the
water will all be taken out of the
tree.
.Now, if tho tree Is cut down on a
hot, sultry day the leaves will dry
up and fall off. The water Is still In
the trunk of the tree, and there is no
way for it to get out quickly. It Is the
same with alfalfa.
When it Is Impossible to wring
water out of the hay, 6ays Professor
Leldligh, It is dry enough to stack.
The best way to cure hay Is to rake it
Into small wlnrows and let It dry out
slowly. If the ground Is damp, or if
the air is very moist, the wlnrows
must be turned frequenty to expose
all the hay to the sun.
Hay often heats In the stack be
cause It Is rained on. or because it ab
sorbs moisture from the ground. Not
less than $5 to $10 worth -of hay is
spoiled on the top and bottom of a
25-foot stack of alfalfa, put up In the
usual way. This loss may be avoided
by stacking on a foundation of poles,
or under sheds. The money saved on
a few stacks will pay for the shed.
Opinions differ on just how much
the feeding value of alfalfa is af
fected by heating. Some argue that
while It lowers the feeding value, it
improves the taste. Cattle usually
eat brown and 1 black alfalfa with
more relish than they do the bright
green hay.
SPRAY MACHINE IS USEFUL
Power. Pumped Through Nozzles as
Cart Moves Over Field Used
for Sowing Grass Seed.
Two Missouri men have patented a
useful farm machine In the spraying
apparatus shown In the Illustration. It
Is merely the water-sprinkling Idea
put to other uses. A light cart has a
tank mounted in the front and con-
Spraying Machine.
nected with a cross pipe with a 6erles
of nozzles depending from It in the
back. The powder that the tank con
tains is forced through the nozzle un
der sufficient pressure to spray It in
all directions. The machine is de
signed primarily for the purpose of
spraying Insectide over growing plants
and is a big improvement on the hand
method of doing this work,: being not
only much more thorough, but much
more speedy, as it sprays seven or
eight rows at once. Such a machine
might also be used to sow certain
kinds of seed, like 'grass seed, that did
not have to be dropped in rows.
' Tillage Is Manure., .
- The old maxim that tillage is ma
nure has been shown to be true at
Cornell university, farm, where ex
perlments : were made in that : direc
tion. Some plots of potatoes were
cultivated ' as many ' as ' eight times.
and in every' case the 'greater the
number of times the plants were cul
tivated the larger the yields com
pared with, plots on .which fewer cul
tivations were given. , '
The level culture was better t.than
hillings Two lots,, cultivated eight
times, left . perfectly level through
the season, produced at the rate of
384 .bushels and 357 bushels per
acre, and three lots cultivated Ave
times, produced 349 '.bushels, . 325
bushels and 28S bushels, the last lot
being hilled at the final cultivation.
Trees In Boston-Commons. ''
According to Frederick E. OlmBtead,
in Country Life In America, it has cost
the city of. Boston about : $7,650 per
acre to put the trees on the fifty acres
of Boston Common in good condition.
It cost'$7,550 per acre to trench the
soil and supply proper plant food, and
about $100 per acre to protect from
insect ravages. It is said 'that the
land in this same common or. park has
a valuation of $864,329 per acre. This
means an actual cost at six per cent?
lh loss of taxes of over: $51,000 per
acre. " And yet some of our largei
towns and cities begrudge spending a
few hundred dollars - occasionally in
their parks, . .
Careful Breeder. ; '
- A breeder of fancy' poultry,- who
hatches his chicks altogether with
hens;-gets the straw, matting around
bottles and tea, and lines his nest box
es, to prevent possible breakage of
eggs againfct tha sides of th box. He
changes this frequently, sis 'a precau
tion against mites. u . '
e : : : -"
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(Br The National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.)
LOVE FOR DRINK ABNORMAL
Jack London Is Satisfied That En
slavement to Alcohol Is Due to
Its "Accessibility."
"The way to stop drinking is to
stop It," says Jack London In "John
Barleycorn." This . autobiographie
story published by the Saturday Eve
ning Post has been extensively quot
ed. It is a virile and vivid descrip
tion of the ways of alcohol with boy
and man. Mr. London Is persuaded
from his own experience that the hu
man being normally has no appetite
for strong drink, and thatenslavement
to alcohol is due to Its "accessibility."
That is why, though in bondage him
self, he "would vote John Barleycorn
out of existence and back Into the his
torical limbo of our banished customs
of savagery." And he believes that
women must help; that "In a thou
sand . generations to come men ot
themselves will not close the Baloons."
"The women know," he says. "They
have paid an Incalculable price of
sweat and tears for man'6 use of al
cohol. Ever jealous for. the race, they
will legislate for the babes of boys yet
to be born; and for the babes of girls
too for they must be the mothers,
wives and sisters of these boys.
And it will be easy. The only ones
that will be hurt will be the topers and
seasoned drinkers of a single genera
tion. On the other hand, the over
whelming proportion of young men are
so normally . non-alcoholic that, never
having had access to alcohol, they will
never miss It. They will know of the
saloon only in the pages of history, and
they will think of the saloon as a
quaint old custom similar to bull-baiting
and the burning of witches.
"If I seem to cry out as one hurtj
please remember that I have been
sorely bruised, and that I do dislike
the thought that any son or daughter
of mine or yours should be similarly.
bruised."
USING ALCOHOL IN HOSPITAL
Out of 1,529 Patients Spirits Were Ad
ministered to but Throe, All
Three Proving Fatal.
The London Temperance hospital
has for 40 years treated diseases and
accidents without the use of alcohol.
At the last annual meeting of its
board of directors. Sir T. Veyez, who
took the chair in the absence of Lord
Alverstone, the president, said its
progress had been continuous and sat
isfactory. Last year the hospital had
27,748 out-patients and 1,629 in-pa
tients.' Of the 1,529 cases alcohol was
only administered In three, and he
regretted to add that all those three
proved fatal Sir Victor Horsley said
this hospital had been a pioneer In
medical science. The old routine was
represented by three D'e diet, drugs,
and drink, and it was long before the
profession as a whole followed the
lead of that hospital In getting rid
of the last item. Sir Victor corrected
the common notion that It was Impos
sible to prepare certain tinctures and
medicines without alcohol.
ABANDON INTOXICATING CUP
Not Top Much to Ask Great Nations
to Combine to Suppress Manu
facture of Spirits.
I should like to go through all the
churches of the land, .'persuading and
entreating every member for Christ's
sake to abandon the intoxicating cup
and prohibit its manufacture and sale.
I would call aloud to all friends of
missions: "If you love missions, if
you love the church of God, help, help
to dethrone -the demon of intemper
ance our reproach before the heath
en, the blight of our churches!" Dr.
Horace BushnelL
Rum and other corrupting' agencies
come in with our boasted civilization
and the feeble races wither before the
hot breath of the white man's vices.
The great nations have combined to
supprss the . slave trade. It Is too
much to' ask that they Bhall combine
to prevent the sale of spirits to men.
who less than our children have ac
quired the habits of self-restraint?
Uncle .Ned's Philosophy.
When a "takes up" llcker fer reve
nue, It's purty certain thet he's stud
led 'rithmetic In the devil's school of
math'matlcs. ; .
Kf you hear a man ; talkln' loud
'bout his "personal liberty" to drink
llcker, It's odds to nothln' thet be
don't grant the same kind of liberty
to his wife ner best gal.
A preacher what kin give the licker
bus'nia Hail Columby away from
home and let the saloon git the young
man - In his own town comes nigh
mis sin' connections fer the . train to
glory. .
Men or Doltara? v:
"I am an optimist. The world in get
ting better every day. In my boyhood
I saw liquor sold absolutely without re
striction. It Is now restricted in a
thousand ways. The world is stirred
on . this question. Children now live
who will have to explain to their chil
dren what a saloon was. and why their
ancestors tolerated such a deadly evil.
But for the money Invested la it, it
would already be a thing of ihe past.
Toleration of the saloon. puts the dol
lar above the man." U. S. Senator
Webb of Tennessee.