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How Jim Stiokings "Did"
The Railway Company. i
Joshua Bounceboy was a director of
the London and Suburban Railway
Company. In appearance he was a big,
florid man, with several chins, a ca
pacous girth of waistcoat and a gen
eral air of solid prosperity. In dispo
sition he was suspicious, meddlesome
and fussy. He seldom believed or
trusted anybody. Moreover, he was
tmbued with the idea that he knew
everybody else's work better than they
themselves did, and was perpetually
poking his nose thereinto, and explain
ing in a very cocksure way how this or
that ought to be done.
He was thus, as may well be im
agined, a considerable nuisance to his
fellow directors, a perfect curse to the
secretary and the standing bete noir
of all the company's employes, from
the chief engineer of the line to the
smallest boy in blue linen jacket who
had recently been engaged to dust out
the company's booking offices at their
most insignificant station.
To make matters worse. Joshua
Bounceby was a gentleman at large,
so that he was able to devote all his
time to the exercise of these amiable
idiosyncrasies. Not a day passed but
he was fussing about somewhere on the
railway, turning the directorial eye.
like a Policeman's lantern, on the pro
eesdings of all the engine drivers, fire
men, guards, ticket inspectors, porters
and booking clerks who had the mis
fortune to encounter him.
How he came the Almighty Jupiter
ever these poor men! How he hec
tored-how he admonished them! The
engine driver might have been driving
for twenty years, but he was no match
at the business for Joshua Bounceby.
The fireman might have been stoking
all his life, but he was a fool at the
operation by comparison with J. B.
The ticket inspector might have been
ticket inspecting ever since the line
was opened, but he was a mere babe
at the game when pitted against this
omniscient amateur.
"Look here! * That's not the way.
This is the way-d'ye hear, feller?"
And the "feller," who probably had
a wife and children, or, at any rate,
his own bread and butter, to consider,
would touch his cap with outward re
spect, but with inward derision, wrath
and loathing. Did not Joshua Bounce
boy richly merit these sentiments
from all who knew him?
But the individual who, for his sins,
came in for a larger share of our di
rector's unwelcome attentions than any
other man in the company's service
was Chief Detective Wiggins, Chief
Detective Wiggins was, as his title im
plies, head of the railway staff, whose
duties were to keep a sharp lookout
for persons traveling without tickets,
or with insufficient tickets, or with
tidkets for a class inferior to that
which they condescended to patron
ise, or otherwise defrauding the Lon
don and Suburban Railway Company.
A smart man was this Wiggins, as
shrewd and cute as they mike 'em.
with more nous in his little finger
than Joshua carried under the whole
at his 7 1-2 top hat. Yet our director's
attitude toward the chief detective
was that of a pedagogue toward an
uausually dense scholar, and he was
forever lecturing him on the lax and
alntelligent manner in which he per
formed his duties.
"It's my bellef that you let hundreds
of these swindling fIllers slip through
your fingers every week," said Joshua
Bouneeby to the chief of the detective
staff, lecturing him, one day, on the
platform at Lavender Hill station.
"Well, there are some get through,
no doubt, sir," assented that official,
with humility. "But considering how
few of us there are compared with
the number of passengers, I am afraid
that It inevitable."
"irmph! There are plenty of you
to do the work if it was done proper
ly," asserted Mr. Bounceby, in his
knock-you-down way. "It is not the
quantity of the material that's at fault,
it's the quality, my fine feller."
"For one thingL sir," said Chief De
tectlve Wiggins, depreciatingly, "the
old hands get to know us so well
Ahi! You se these two chaps." he
added, indicating a couple of work
me with carpenters' baskets over
their, shoulers who happened to pass
them at that moment.
"Now, I have reason to believe, sir,
that they do the company Qut of three
or four shillings every week, traveling
between this and Hoxton Rise. Yet
they're so artful, that hanged if we've
ever been able to catch them, although
we've set traps for them time after
time. I've tried getting Into the same i
compartment with 'em to see it they t
wouldn't give some of their little
tricks away in conversation. But they t
know me, and they won't talk, except t
about the weather, wihen I'm by. It's I
the same with our chaps. They spot c
'em at once. Now, if only some gentle
man, whom they would never suspect, 5
were to pt In with 'em and listen to '1
'em talking, when they are off tnelr
pguard, I believe he'd pick up a bit of t
uncommonly useful information, sir, t
which might lead to the convicuon of
a good many workmen, who. at pres- t
at, make a systematic practice of 'do- a
ing' the company." .
"Ah!" said Mr. Joshua Bounceby.
"That is yaour opinia, is it?" t
"It is my confdedat opinion, sir," re- a
piled Chief Detective Wigins. a
"But I don't see what dodges they
can have that you shouldn't be able to
Ind out without the least. iculty." I
answered the director, superecliously.
"If it is a matter of travellng without
tieket, surely It is easy enough to catch t
't at that?"
Detetive Wiggins smiled the smile c
of the mne who known.
"Ye see, sir," he explatined, "some- J
times tbhey'll start from here, some
u ke rn Wandsworth Broadwaqy, a
semetlmss km Tooting road, some- o
times heu trseatham park; so that c
we sever hoew where to be watching Ia
for 'em. And they'll come runalig o
down the stai with a dosen other f
workmea, at the lest minute, and so t
the t thneeh the gate before the v
IUeu e east d 'em. Then if io a
of put one of the traveling inspectors on
Ly to 'em, it's odds that on that particu
g, lar occasion they'll happen to have
a- taken a ticket. And if not, well, they
n- Just say that they had no time to book,
0' aryd ofer the fare to the next station,
ie where they get out, as innocent as
sr lambs--and--"
a "But why does the inspector take the
fare?" interrupted Mr. Bounoeby, with
y contempt. "He ought to make them
7 give their names and addresses, and
o- report them for prosecution."
r "It he did, sir-there being no evi
dence of Intent to defraud-the magis
t- trate wold never convict, you see; and
s so we simply look foolish, and the
e company is saddled with the costs.
r Magistrates always side with the work
n ing man against a railway company,
e sir, unless the evidence is quite pat.
o That's the worst of it. . . Ah! There
It are those two chaps getting into .--e
r up-train now. If it was any use and
they didn't know me so well, I'd take
a a ride with 'em and see if I couldn't
bowl them out. But as it Is-"
s "Damme! I'll take a ride with the
e fellers," announced Mr. Bounceby, with
t sudden, pompous resolution.
e And he hurried off in the direction
of the third class smoker which the
} two workmen had entered, and jumped
into it as the train was moving out
s of the station.
He sat down, lighted a cigarette,
and began to read his evening paper,
r appearing to be quite absorbed in As
contents. The two workmen glanced at
e him, and proceded to converse together
g wthout paying any further heed to
h him.
Their conversation, at the outset,
I contained nothing worthy of remark,
e referring merely to some general top
ics of the day and the prospects for a
for thcoming race at Kempton park.
e Presently, however, to the great de
e light and triumph of Mr. Bounceby, it
veered round to that particular sub
ject of all others on which he desired
to hear them discourse.
"I sy, mite," observed one of the
two, expectorating on to the floor and
setting his hob-nailed boot upon the
expectoration, as is the pleasant little
habit of the British workman, "see
owld Wig, on the platform at Lavender
'ill-eh?"
"Yuss!" rejoined the other, with a
grin. "And he didn't clap his bloom
in' eyes on to us-ow now! Not at orl,
did 'e, mite?" c
His companion laughed.
"One hasn't no need to be a bloom
in' thort-reader to see how he suspeck t
us," he said.
"Aye," was the chuckllng rejoinder. a
"'E my suspeck; but 'e yn't never
gowin' to cop us. You and me wosn't
riz yesterday, nor the dy afore. What c
'o, mite?"
"Thort e' woe gowin' to get in along J'
w1v us. But I s'pose 'e sor it was now li
gow-us knowin' 'Im so well. Shouldn't
wonder, though, if 'e wasn't somewhere
in the trine, a-follerin' of us, should
you, Dick?' a
"No, I shouldn't. Wot's more, I rath- i'
er "opes 'e is, us 'appenin' to 'ave plate- i
boards O. K. for this occasion only- '
er, Bill?" a
"Yuss. If ownly 'e'd pull us up at. h
the barrier at Hoxton Rise, Snikes!
Wouldn't I jest purtend as I'd lorst
my ticket and fumble in orl me pock
ets, and look in the lmini' of my 'at, 1
and then Just as 'e was a-gowin' to run
us in, suddenly find as I'd lot it in my 1
'and orl the while? That would be d'
prime, wouldn't it?" 11
"Yer rite, mite. Or let 'im ran yer
in afore yer yahnd yer ticket, and then B
bring a haction agin 'im for forlse
imprisonment. Guess that 'd mike him ti
a bit sick, eh?' ti
The other nodded and chuckled. no
"I only wish as 'e might give me the
charnst," he observed. "Serve him n
bloomin' well rite, it would, the spin' of
o.- fox." *
"Yuss. And it yn't as if we wos by
any means the wtst offenders," an
swered his companion, in an ill-used q
tone. "We does py our fare, on an av
eridge three dys a week, doesn't we? "s
,, aile there's Jim Stickings a traveled y,
from North Croydon to Batterea th
Bridge and back every blessed dy for to
this free mofs narst, and never plde
the company a solitary copper." t
"Ah, Jim's is a 'cute 'un, 'e is," said m
the other, trinning appreciatively. cU
"That is a rippin' doge as he've hit
on for travelin' gratis. Never beer
nuthlnk to bat it. Jim's patent, I orl- in
wys corls it, which 'e deerve a gowld
medal for 'avin' ever thort of any
think so bloomin' sly. Wot do you
think, mite?"
"Ow! It's a fair masterpiece," was
the emphatic rejoinder. "Not but wot of
there's risks abaht it, if ye" arsks
me. And sooner or liter, Jim 'e 'll get
cort. Yer mark my words."
"Well, if 'e does get cert, itll tlke
a sharper bloke than old Wig. to catch
'im," said his companion. av
"Dunno. The bigglest fisats sometimes H
blunders upon a smart cop" observed
the other, sententiously, as he knocked
the ashes out of his short clap pipe and th
then proceeded to refill it, slowly, with
shag from a screw of dirty green pa
er. M
"Ah! That's right enough," admitted
the other, leading emphasis to his a B
sent by a particularly copious expector- ug
ation.
Then both men relapsed into sileMace. e
Now to the whole of the above dis- wI
logue Mr. Bounceby had lisatened- th
though appearing to be baried in his tic
paper--with pricked ears nd alert at- s.
tention. And his disappointment
when the two workmen ceased their ha
conversation just at the eritical point,
without harving divulged the secret of at
Jim 8tickings's dodge for traveling
gratis from North Croydon to Batter- "'I
sea Bridge, was keen and poigant. If
only he could fnd that oat and then l
catch Jim 8tickings in the aet! What
a feather in his own cap! And what a th
ne in the eye for that self-aipnlatetd pr
tool, Detective Wgtgins! Why aldn't
those two fellemr contla their eoa
ventrsation? Perhaps they rwoald lf he st
-wated a little. He 4d wait. But the IJo
M9 workmen still renimaned :ilent. In fact.
one of them showed cvride.t. signs of
nodding off to sleep. He must find out.
thoutgh. It would be too mortifying to
miss it. He would engage these two
workmen in conversation. He would
worm the secret out cf them; or, fail
ing that,-he woiuld drv.w it from them
with silver cords. Half a crown went
a long way with a laboring man, while
for five shillings you could get him t',
on do almost anything. However, he
:u- would not begin by offering them a
ve bribe, since that might awease their
ey suspicion. He would rather address
ik, them in the friendly and affable guise
in, of an innocently inquisitive fellow pas
as senger.
So, laying down his paper, and smil
he ing upon the two workmen very bland
th ly through his gold-rimmed glasses, he
m dceared his throat and aid:
id "Ahem! -excuse me, my good tell
ers; but I couldn't help overhearing
ri- that very interesting subject of which
is- you were talking just now, and-ahem
id -do you know, you rather aroused my
be curiosity."
He looked from one to the other,
smiling pleasantly as he spoke. They
y, met his smiles with stolid and perhaps
rather suspicious stares.
re "You will pardon me-no offence, I
-e hope," he went on, with increasing af
fability-"but-well, upon my word,
e you know, I'm a curious old fellow,
and really I should be awfully inter
ested to know how that friend of yours
manages to travel from North Croydon
to Battersea Bridge every day with
out paying his fare."
in "I daresay yer would, guv'ner," re
eC plied one of the men, gruffly.
"It must be a dodge worth know
ing," smiled Mr. Bounceby, with insin
uating blandness.
e' "Yer right, there, guv'ner," said the
r, other man. "Too well worf known'
to give away, and that's a tack."
"It might even be worth buyin
r eh?" replied Mr. Bounceby, with sly
suggestiveness, accidentally, as it
were, chinking some loose silver in his
breeches' pocket.
"It might," grunted the man ad
dressed, laconlcally. "And it mightn't.
What do yer sy, mite?" he added, turn
ing to his companion.
"It orl depen's," answered the
"mite," "on what reasons the gentle
man have for wishin' to know it. If,
for igzample, it's Jest out of innercent
curlosity, I down't sy a I should ob
jeck to oblige; but if by any charnst
- down't s'pose it is so, I merely se
'It'-lf by any charnst, I repeats, he
e should happen to be a spy, as means
to report us to the company-" t
r "A spy? My good feller, what can t
you be thinking of?" exclaimed Mr.
Bounceby, affecting mingled amaze- t
ment and indignation as so preposter
ous an idea. "Come, do I look like a
spy, now ?"
"Well, now, guv'ner, to do ye"r jus
tice, I carn't sy as yer do. If yer t
arsks me, yer looks rather a mug," c
answered the workman, candidly. v
"Still, appearances is orful deceivin', i
t and in this 'ere wicked world a bloke (
t carn't be too careful."
- Mr. Bounceby, mindful of his ob
ject, swallowed his indignation and
laughed boisterously.
"I like your frankness," he said, d
with pretended approval. "It's--alem
I-so nice and natural. I can't bear
anything underhand, you know, eiher p
In myself or in others. And as for do- 7
ing anything so low and mean as to
worm information, in confidence, from
a fellow passenger and then report Ii
him to the company, I give you by li
word that I would considerably rather
shoot myself," added Mr. Bounceby,
making his voice quiver with generous a
indignation at the thought. a
"That's gospel, guv'ner? Matthew,
Mark, Luke and orl the rest of 'em?"
demanded the workman, gazing stead- sl
ily at his interlocutor. a
"Goopel-'pon my oath," lied Mr.
Bounceby.
"In that kise," said the workman, E
turning to his lal, "I down't know as
there'd be any 'arm in our doin' busi- b
naes wiv the gentleman. Eh, Bill?"
"I down't know as there would," an
swered Bill, a little glesam, perchance U
of cupidity, lighting up his stolid
eyes.t
Mr. Bounceby was delighted.
"What shall we say? Five bob?" he
querled. 01
"A dollar's too cheap," replied Bill's
"mite," shaking his head. "Why, bless
yer, gurn'er, yer've ownly got to use
the information proper to sire the ool
ten times over in free monfs."
"Ah! But I don't propose to do al
that," demonstrated rM. Bounceby. "I w
merely want to know, out of innocent C
curiosity." is
"Orl the sime," stuck in Bill, "the
tack remines as yer could ue the
information if yer liked. And for my
part, I sy that it's dirt cheap at a thin
'un--eh, Dick?"
"Yer right, Bill. It's a gift at that," Cd
assented Bill, with an emphatic nod.
"Come. Ten shillings is a goodish bit
of money," expostulated Mr. Bounce
by. who (as vulgarians say) always
"parted" rather hard.
"Orl right, guv'ner. We yn't keen, if u
you yn't. In fack, I down't know as
e has any right to give Jim Stickings a
awy to a pumck stranger, after orl.
Hilloa! Here we are at Hb6xton Rise. th
Well, good dy, gur'ner."
And the two workmen rose to leave
the carriage. 0!
"I'll give you the half sovereign if
you'll tell me, my good man, exclaimed y
Mr. Bounmceby, desperately.
Dick alighted on to the platform, T
Bill remained, hesitating a moment,
aupon the step.
"Come!" cried Mr. Bouneby, with
excitemeat-for the guard was alreadye
waving hls green flag-"just tell me
that dodge for traveling, without a th
ticket from North Croydon to Batter- m
sea Bridge, and this ten bob Is yours" in
Bill faced round and held out hris a
hand.
"8wear yen won't give the gime r
awy," he demanded, anxiously.
"I swear," ejaculated Mr. Bonuaby.
"Them hand over and I'll tell ye."?
Mr, Boaaunceby laid the half sover
sth in the other's horny palm.
Very solemnly and slowly Bill gave h
the required l l orintm. It wa comr - th
pLid In this one rword-
"Walk!"
Thea the vork ea mped of the ,
step of the moeg train, while Mr. t
Jsa Benameby, momenamtauBy pam
. W Iyzed and almost apoplectic with raze
,of as carried on to the next station.
It. f e " *
to Those are the facts, precisely a: I
/o have related them. And I may add
Id that I have them on the excellent au
1I- thority of Chief Detective Wiggin (new
m in the employ of another railway com
t pany) 1:-0e
le It n, - occurred to me, at the
r' ti:.e v..in .C :"old me the story: How
e did Chief Detective Wiggins get his
a nformatic-? I asked him the ques
ir tion point blank. But-possibly, owing
's to the noise of an engine just then
le blowing of steam-he didn't appear
to have heard what I said. At any
rate, he merely made the irrelevant
- remark that the wind had gone round
- to the east, and he shouldn't wonder
Le if we didn't get some snow.-Londoa
Truth.
1- _
g HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION.
h -
n It May Be Given by Telephone or Eve
y By Mail.
"Of course, there is no reason tt.
r, deny that a person may fall into the
Y hypnotic state while the hypnotizer
sis in another place. The only condi
tion is that he must have been hyp
I notized by him before and that his own
- imagination must have been captured
i. by the thought of the absent hypnotiz
r, er. I myself haverepeatedlyhypnotizd I
by telephone or even by mail. For in
$ stance, treated a morphinist who at
first came daily to my laboratory to t
be hypnotized; later it was sufficient t
to tell him over thq telephone: 'Take
out your watch;- in two minutes you
will fall asleep;' or to write to him: t
'As soon as you have read this note
you will be in the hypnotic state.' I
thus had the 'malicious' influence even
e at a dlstance, but it was not by will
power; it was by the power of his
own imagination; at the time when he
read my note in his suburb, and fell u
asleep, I was not thinking of him at
t all. As a matter of course, such in
Sfluence by correspondence would have
been impossible had not repeated hyp
notisation in personal contact preced
ed.
"Even that may not be necessary if
not complete hypnotisation but only e
suggestive influence is in question. A
few days ago I received a letter from
a southern lady whom I do not know, a
whose non, a morphinist, I have never
s.en. She writes: 'My son has been
Impressed with the belief that your
treatment is all he needs to be cured.
I a dream he said, you stood before
him, with the finger tips of your hands
trembling, sad said: 'I have the power
to influence your will. "He woke, re
peating, "You have the power to con
trol my will." That morning he
seemed to forget to take the morphine
at the regular time, and soon went
down to the beach without his mor
phine outfit in his pocket-sa unusual
thing,' and so forth. He himself was
convinced that my will power was
working on him, while I did not even
know him."-Prof. Munsterberg in M
Clure's.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS. m
Bi
In Russia no one but the czar may
drive at full gallop on the public roads.
The supflower bears 4000 seeds, the
poppy 32,000 and the tobacco plant
72,320.
In Persia none but the Shah is prlv
leged to drive white horses with scar
let-dyed tail tips. pi
A parrot celebrated her 30th birthday It
as an inmate of the Hebrew Orphan
asylum, New York City. sa
to
In Iceland horses are shod with foi
sheep's horn, while in the Soddmn they so
are shod with camel's skin.la
Only the German emperor is per
mitted to smoke a certaa very fine it
Havana cigar with a green and gold
ga
Experts of the agricultural depart
ment have fgured out that rats, equir. s
rels and birds do $110,000,0 damange sh
to crose every year. mi
It is a curious anomaly to fnd that vi
our domestic sparrow is the frst bird o
to go to roost in an evenintg, and the he
last bird to get up in the morning pe
Siberia contains onae-ninth of all the
land on the globe. Great Britain and
all Europe, except Russia,. together
with the whole of the United States,
(ould be enclosed within its boundar
is.
tw
The French courts have made thbs
important ruling that a man who hires cle
a motor car with a chaauffeur cannot be
held liable for Injury or death to oc- Au
cupants of the car, in case of an acci
dent. because he is neither chauffneur Po
nor owner.
The hoe Manufacturers' Monthly
says the barbaric wearer of civilised
understandings apparently loves .to W
hear the sound of his own footsteps. mc
Kaire often ask for "boots that talk." er
and are even willing to pay extra for P
the luxury.
Tennyson loved to drink port. On ae
one occasion when Sir Henry Irvlng t
paid him a visit the poet msaid: "Irving,
you like a glass of port, don't yout" s
"Yes, I do," said the actor, whereupon
Tennyson poured out a glasse of port
and fnlabhed the bottle himself.
to
The greatest natural wonder on
earth is the stapemdous falls of the
Zambesl river, and when one imsgiaes
the speCtale o one dof the world's
mightlest riversm, two miles wide, tfall
aing sheer 420 feet. it is not bhard to
agre. Niagara is only halif a mile
wide and 158 feet high, so that it fg
res as a mer sade la In comparisa,
wit Sharpeulag Cambridge the
There is semething in the dul at- e
mosphere of ur alma mater which l
sbarpeas the wits her ag; they o
have to be brgllht to nmeste for the
the maternal slem. We hve al
ways pmdoaeed witts sad pets; amd Ia
eve I eher paret m Is tu ob0 v l- u
e-s at prweent, ~thes lasQ reoned ta
ea tat te elsc will die ot- I
as, les 09sat·k
SID
AL AtPY ~
t ORAGl AS A MONEY CROP.
In addition to providing early for
le age for the work stock to take the
o place of the damaged stuff now be
lin so generally used, mentioned in
the Progressive Farmer, this is also
the time to start making forage for
ne t winter and spring. With all
sorta of long forage bringing extreme
ly high prices at all times, much
tt might be said in favor of growing
he forage crops to sell for profit. There
et is no better money crop in the south
di- today, not even excepting cotton and
'P tobacco; but certainly where large
'n yields and a great variety of forage
e crops can be produced it seems, and
iz- is ridiculous, that our cattle and
ad horses should suffer for lack of fed5.
in- or that we should buy hay at high I
at prices. even cottonseed hulls have
to become so high in price in most sec
nt tions that no farmer can afford to
to buy them, because for the six to I
)° eight dollars he has to pay a ton for 1
°: them, he can produce two tons of aI
to better feed.
If we can by any possible means I
arouse the farmers In our territory to I
is the point of providing the hay or long 1
forage used. both in the ioties and 1
i on the farms, the service would be c
invaluable. Not only would the grow- i
t ng of it yield a prot, but the keep
lag of hundreds of thousands of dol. I
lurs in this section instead of sending c
it to the northwest would be of un
told value in building up our agi
culture.
li How can we secure the forage need- a
ed4 PFrst, cut and utilize the entire i
A corn plant; second, plant a few acres e
m of corn on rich .land near the barn
r, sad build a silo and put this corn i
n into it; third, sow sorghum, peas, o- e
a ja beans, millet and other plants, a
said make hay of them. 2
Shredded corn stover is as good as a
Scttonseed hulls; two tons of sllase. e
succulent and heavy though it is, are 11
equal to one ton of the best grass a
hay, and our native grasses, sorghum, b
cowpess, millet, etc., will make hay b
e that will sell for from $10 to $15 a
phi ton, and be equal to that for I
which we now pay $20. f
The man who produces all these ii
feeds he needs for his own use, and v
has some extra to sell to his unwise lA
neighbor who will not produce them, h
will 4nd the business a good paying 1l
one, and will realize that this is one i1
of a great variety of money crops that i
may be grown on our farms.-Tait e1
Butler, in Progressive Farmer. Ii
PORTABLE HOG HOUSE8. b
The University of Wisconsln, at E
a Madison, has published a bulletin on
t portable hog houses, containing 28
ages, Including S illustrations in
which the exact manner of constra
tion of all kinds of portable hog pi
houses is shown, together with ground e
plans and elevations of the big build- p,
lag in which the university houses gc
its prise herd. m
No other farm animal has been e
subjected to such uncomfortable quar- ,
tees as the hog, which is frequently in
forced to sleep in filth and eat from be
sour and slimy troughs. The ad- m
vantages of the portable hog house
are enumerated as follows: It is
Sesily and doonomically constructed;
it is readily moved to any desired
location; it Is useful alike to the tb
general farmer and the breeder of "
fine stock; it is the most natural and at
sanitary of all methods of housing ,
swine. Only the simplest workman
Ship is required to construct it, and th
much old lumber may be utilized. The he
renter who Ands it Impossible to po- in,
vide expensive qnarters for his hogs ly
can well afford to build portable
houses, as they can be retained as
personal property. Where separate
peddocks are given to swine of varl
oas ages and sex, portable houses ,
are practically a necessity. By using th
a house which can be moved to a
fresh piece of ground unsanitary con
ditlons are avoided. From four to b
six mature alnmals, or from ten to
twenty shoats are aocommodated by
each house. The swine are thuas kept
cleaner and more thrifty than whean
allowed to gather In large numbers.
Anilmale showing evidence of disease ch
can more readily be Isdlatad when th
portable houses are used.--dnana th
Farmer.
MPINQ BUILIMNOGS PAINTED.
Attention should be given to this
work for it is qluite an important
matter. The bulldings will last long
or and look much better ft kept well O
painted. The work should be thor
oughly done at first and then an oea
slonal cot will be all that will be
needod to keep them in la wod condl*
tUa.
Expenive colors need .not-be used.
and often the farmer and his help
a do the work tin a atisfaetory
maann. Such attention to the buras
and other outbulldinoa will add much
to their value, and is good evidence
eo caretulnes ad real eanmy ean
the part of the owner.
Where seerally followed It adds
materially to the good appearauce of
a neishborhood, and ttracts favor
able atteonton free the pease-y.
Autumn a aood time to attend to
this wrk.
ALn glss tructures, su u as rse
bhms and ho'eeah shonud eeve a
uod cent f ait afe repaii
the  aim Tie phu ano o,
b deu se e two or tareo pea
aed e em,.g of sl u oeme
M ft bru In a repiutg dont emit
the dwelln erne and etabe, or
tasr itil me. be uone as, Md it
is e to a e t~e nedes ue
Wie the ~wea r is emestobly
u gf t N User r menau mte k
asrrll neelstm Ir anae 1eals uea a s
made of about 30 per cent. white lead
with pure linseed oil and whiting,
s and applied quickly with a putty bulb
-American Cultivator.
s HOW MUCH TO FERTILIZE.
r Too great emphasis cannot be plac
I ed on the neceessity of each farmer
making his own manure trials. While
the work the Experiments stations
i are conducting is of great value in
determining the general principles un
I deTlaying profitable manuring for or
I dinary conditions of soil and climate
it must be remembered that there
are many minor differences in every
I district, and even on each farm, which
influence the result. What may be
the best practice4 lane latri- may
be only second best in another. It
simple fertilisers are purchased and
each man makes his own mixtures,
It is a simple matter to try three or
four drills of this or that mixture,
until by trial a farmer determines
what is the best practice for his par
ticular district. One word of caution;
keep a tight hand on the manure bag. I
and let good soil culture have lair
play. Fertilisers only have their
best aetion on well-tilled soil. The
careful man will endeavor to obtain
the fullest Intormatitm on the influ
ence of climate on the crop, the de
filencles of the soil, and the needs I
of the crop grown.-ndiani Farmer.
LARGE MIAD SMAILL COWS.
According to Prof. Haeeker, of Mn
esota, most farmers overestimate the
value of large cows sad large milk- I
ers, and as a rule underestimate the
value of a small cow giing a light t
flow of milk rich in butter fat. In 1
entering the dairy barn of the Min
nesota State arm there are in the I
first row two cows standing side by
side. One weighs 1.300 and the oth
er 875 pounds. Invariably when via
Strs enter, favorable comments are
made on the fine large cow with the
big udder, and on only one occasion
has the small cow been pointed out
as an ideal dairy animal, and that
was by a prominet milk producer s
from New England. The large cow
is the deepest milker in the herd. L
while the small cow never gives a
large mess, even when fresh. The
large cow lnvaliably decreases rapid
ly In her aow, while the small one o
is a persistent milker, generally giv
lng as much in the spring as whe h
she went Into winter quarters. The
large cow, daring the pest three
years, has averaged 295 pounds of
butter per year, while the small ase
gave 241 pounds. '
A BHEEP'S RATION. U
A day's ration for a sheep is esti- a
mated at two pounds of hay, half a
pound of bran and bel a pound of
gfeund oats, when there is as I
pasture, but ai large sheep con- I
sume more than smaller ones the etsi- 01
mated ration may not be strictly co- 0
rect. Sheep shold also be supplied V
with smcculent food, sliced carrots be.
ing highly relished. They should not l
be over fed, but should be kept in n;
moderate condition. In summer good a
pasture is' suelent.--p~tomst. a
D
OOSE0088 FATI RS TREATED. hi
Goose feathers are often treated in
this manner: After being spread In ha
some clean, dry, airy place they tl
should be turnaed over with a fork '1
every few days until thoroughly dried. p1
If placed In bags ad well steamed "t
they are most valuable, as the steaa mi
has a tendency to parity them, remov. -
ing muod of the oily odor they natural
ly have.
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P FARM NOTES. T
If a supply of good sharp grit and a
pare charcoal is constealy within le
reach of the fowls, the many ailments as
that come from tndigestion may be ni
avoided.
Always keep grit and cyster shell$
before your fowls whether on tree
rgae or in confinement. The manu
factured rit Is far superior to such ce
gravel as they can plok up.
It Is time to put aeggs In the inae .
bator for broilers. By the time the ta
chleks are eight to twelve weeks old at
there will be a lively demand for u
them at good prices. ca
Watch the "little thins" and the pa
big thlag wi take care of them- oh
An exclusive diet of corn will pre- y
vent hens from laylng. How would de
you like to live on corn bread alone? t
A Sood incubator, properly man- a
aged, is a great maey-maker on the co
farm. That has been proven time oh
and again. Why not try It yourself? p
Don't throrw mancy away by feed- d
le a lot of ealls usad drones. Alse
rnemeber thbt old hens do not lay
nor pay as well as pullets aud yaerl .
tug hens.
gs shald always be packed with
the large end up as the air cell in
that ead keeps the olk from stick
ing to heshell
I fowis are compelled to live In o
the filth and mud they wlll not thrive L
a)h nd dampness tnvite disease and
are re to eese fai·lo.
Chareai is a great aid to good th4
digestio among a oek of poaltry pl
Sep a lUttle eoastntly before them. t
A slek chicken is ome of the meet na
Ist-m-- and most disgusting thlngs e
n earth to the pealtrymas. Dmn't Do
lt thm gest siok.
Get rid t hse b peventtug We
ths~ Abeteto ees nees ar~and
the bhause, qunt appiatioa of
enra om the h pemh ad the use
of a mon dlio klr or Isse nwder y
are Laot aU Sht Is eoessar~
Fm s"Punget iters" In the E8pt e
A rat Moonty sest eteesheads
mr b
he -- street rl
she left th. t
What t-e
_She tSdhe ve
Th sa o a pry
Now that wasro pre that
, As every wome tan
lb At the door ae aed
"tha, I st m h , m
They' ot hr in iet
TA:e sled boer "W
Se a a sde: l om w
No that was pretty
She B ought an autodo p b
SbIef red Inches Ioma,
s Asbere eersllet or tn
At mIdnht when heoerl
ba told him what r~e
u've Sten had a -
sh ou ould come he
* at Cam e kap the men a,
Can ·adme at or o I
Ite cUll e e s do ge't a
,l -komerel-
aor TIso hea
S Kalcr-What m akes I
i Dlitlcian? ocLker-Tbhe
Ir a band-wawa from a
r A baroder's oni
t boss?" "In Darope."
In dlapelds on his lawyer.
"-.Plain Deal-er. -
kn. or, but mot orry
rat, asor.-Dasltli e
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S 'lbb--r le s that
-sk-reiiu t ei. nove .
* amid 1a"mad, tt
Smaoved for an hour.
Phir.ettl.dal oora .
0 thfN againsR ast
et "aa seep rees Is
N s"N," rmepied F
know abou how. Itliei
hiore d a teh mamha
wtho hsl pIq
to L outsvl lde olriese
"-h poor we ha .
tag thorn egaem staur."
Sheavrtr wti in t eot a
s "-Iprd W d rho
SInterest aby your
M slrr." ewred
peeo the ae. not mailS
to ay ra by 'your
Washlst ea Star.
t fever I haven't been ab
SI seem to have Lest my
seae. a, alue aab hear
coDer bom th it Impreld
By tu-?huadelp Pro
*portsumc (harling S
crampd e.. RJ, after a
mIy thing the Old hem'
I Tpos It waees otbor
ahar to se that os.
Do , bla tme telld hOejs.
he thought he had
*W r sha aoo rds eame
Wie htr tu at e
T I 'mm TTis tstIdM!r
maeam. To M knk ! d 1s1t
mamma retun ingwa bks '
or ah "wht's the maar
Tommy?' "lIs a hod
mTa. Yeho wr dear d
e ltl hbmeay eat 1a
ci t ha sbl tootar.
The 'hctthnl
iceutly btrouht oat is
indric to emable wardresil
at it The te
uwpen the factat tll"
emet emy fai tul bleW
eIrpt oservetd at
oser a wet ad a
ceylndrica scale rhic h
dew-poiat with the
tweea th readings a
crrespted writ th as
Touth's Companoa.
A lath Ia Suaslm
Abeut the time thst te
t ag and spred
ate a bch. It IIs prag
bath that some of them
the whole year, and
themuselve of their
plange late the watra,
it al to the fal la Inse
are as oxaoas to taae
mentrydld cereaaamy o
Dolt that they dash lin
withuat troubling to
Coetie ag
susts Doy-Do your
t thl :Orea le? t
Ormal-Ok. yes, deeM
-m any-Thee I'
wic~dm't wear them whu
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