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The Weaver.
When sliver bells ring out the old ,
And play the new year hi .
A spirit In the winter woods
Softly begins to spin ;
No mortal eye boo seen her face ,
Or watched her labors there
But crocus buds ) are In her breast ,
And blossoms In her hall'
She weaves upon her magic loom ,
The Bnowdroll'lI silver sheen
The tender tint or April boughs ,
The mcadow'H velvet green ; I ;
' 1 ho lilac and the daffodil
Beneath her fingers \ grow ,
And 1111 she tolls from day to day ,
About her melts the Imow.
So , what Ir clouds ) are dark with storm ,
And windows white with frost ,
And voices of the running brooks : !
In Icy voles are lost ;
Whnt Ir the wondrous northern lights
Their crimson banners 1JIIIJ-
Still Nature In her woodland weaves
The bridal robe , of Slrln ) '
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The Brooch of L.orn.
In 1306 therQ tool place a battle
at Dairy , near Tyndrum . between
Robert the Bruce and the MacDou
galls or Lorn. The king was very
hard pressed , and had to save his life
at the cost or his mantle , which , along
with the sliver brooch that fastened
H , was torn from him by the furious
IlIIrsuers. For generations the brooch
was kept by the MacDongalls , both as
a trophy gained In tIght and as an
Interesting historical relic. But In
the seventeenth century during a raid
upon Dunolly Castle , the l\1acDolt.
gnlls' stronghold , which was besieged
and burned , the brooch Was seized
with the spoil by Campbell of Bar-
Gleann , In whose family it was pro-
served for two centuries. Then it
was acquired by Gen. Campbell of
LochnelJ , who presented it Sn 1824 to
his friend Sir _ John MacDoulal1. Thus _ _ '
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it returned to the custody of the chief
of the clan whose ancestors had won
it from the Druce. Now it is safe in
the mansion ot the MacDougall5 , adjoining -
joining the time-worn. picturesquely
situated castle of Dunolly.
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Heating With Ice.
If anyone should say to you : "I use
Ice to keep me warm , " you would
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laugh at the idea ; but the big packers -
ers who ship so much beef prove every -
ery winter that ice Is a great help In
keeping out the cold. Refrigerator
cars are kept cool hy having ice and
salt packed in each end , but in the
winter when these same cars pass )
througlC ' parts of the country where
the weather is away below zero , then
that same ice and salt are used to !
keep the car Warm. ThIs Is because
ice is normally about 32 degrees cold ,
or just at freezing , and it resists get-
ting colder EO strongly that In zero
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weather it acts us a stove : that peeps
the contents of the refrigerator car
from freezing. The shippers apply
the same principle by turning the
hose on a car when the weather is at
/ zero. The water freezes quickly and
gives the car a novel overcoat of Ice ,
through which zero cannot penetrate.
Meantime the air inside that is a little
above freezing iG kept : ; 0.
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Smallest Book In the World
The smallest book in the world is
' " Almanac fur
Schloss's "Engllsh Bijou
1839. " DIminutive us It is , there tire
illustrations in it
On its pages arc
portraits of Princess
cess Victoria , hCI ; ; i > >
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royal highness the
Duchess of Kent. /
Lady Blessington
Wellington , Sir n
Thomas Lawrence , . /
Pasta , and Doetho , 1W
vent To each pic.
lure is appended a short )10em. Then
follows the calendar. Inside the cover -
er is the inscription , "Anna East : Her
Bool " The small proportion of thc
\ . ' lunge will lIe realized when it is
leon : side by side with a thimble , as
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01 l an Inch wide by one . half an inch
high.
A Nonpuncturable Tire.
There has hccn a growing demand
from all owners and operators 01
non - puncturablo ,
tire. Solid tires
have been used to
some extent , hut
they have never
shown the desir-
able resilient qual-
ities. Now comes .
a French company
claiming to have
Non uncturabic
automobiles and
Motor Tire .
motor cars for a
solved the problem with a tire , a
cross section of which is shown in
the l11ustratlon. The advantages
claimed for It are : Nonllablllty to
puncture , great cushion ability owing
to its hollow construction , nonllablllty
to sideslip owing to its flat tread ,
absolute security , as It can not be
twisted out of the rim. English motorists .
torlsts are now giving it a trial along
the country ! roads In their island
Novelty In Advertising.
A novel way of Introducing a new
article has been discovered in Lon
don. A number of men who suggest
hy their apparel that they arc grooms
valets or servants of some kind are
sent about the shops to buy the article !
which is being boomed. They insist
upon having this particular article and
no other , rejecting any substitute
which may be offered them.
In many cases the tradesman has
not the article In question , hut is sure
to lay in a stock when a few days
later a drummer waits upon him with
the article in question. As the men
are selected with a view to give the
impression that their employers arE :
wealthy , the shopkeeper naturally .
thinks that the article will bring him
the patronage of a class he is anxious :
to please.
Crabs That Eat Cocoanuts.
Crabs which live upon cocoanuts :
which they pick for themselves arc
found In the Coral islands. Nature
has provided this crilst.ean with
claws and nIppers of. enormous
strength , and It is supposed that the
crab climbs he cocoa palms and de
taches the nuts. It reaches the mat
of the fruit by picking and rapping
with Its claws at the end of the nut
where the three small holes are to be
found t1ll'a slight breach Is made.
Then the nlppel'l are brought Into use
for the rough fibers which surround
the shell. These he shreds with his
nippers and conveys to his burrows ,
where they form a comfortable bed
for the crab while ho Is clanging his
coat. Some of these crabs attain a
length of over two feet , and live in
holes which they have made in the
earth at the roots of tropical trees.
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Find Worth Having.
Lewis Shore , of 'ores1dale , Vt. , recently '
cently purchased an old building belonging
longing to the estate of Arthur Gib
son , near Drandon. Mr. Shore had it
tom down , find in building a barn
with the lumber a plank that had
been carelessly used for staging attracted .
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tracted 'ofr. Shoro's attention and he
discovered that a halo In the end or it
contained It tin box which was found
to contain $1,200 in government bonds ,
besides all of Mr. Gibson's valuable
Impel'S. Some of the papers were
dated 1880 and it is thought that they
have been there since that ) 'ear.
Mammoth Organ In Maine Church.
The Universalist church at Port'
land , \Ie. : , has a mammoth organ. In I
it are over 5,000 pipes , the smallest , n
piccolo , being half an inch long , and
the largest a double open diapason ,
or 32.foot C pipe. The vex humana
stop alone , having 61 pIpes , cost $600.
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The four pipe rooms are each as.
large , as an ordinary bed chamber.
The organ was voiced br : J. H. Brown ,
who voiced the organ at Westminster
abber. The organ is blown by a three
horse power electric motor.
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HOG TROUGH OF CONCRETE.
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Simple Rules for the Building of
Valuable Utensil.
G. \f.-Plense : ! describe how to con-
3trllct a cement hog trough. What is
: ho best size and shape ?
In malting a concrete hog trough
'rst laY the concrete floor , this an-
wers for the bottom of a trough.
Malto a box out.of 2 by 6 Inch plank
L4 inches wIde , inside measurement ,
mad the length required. ThIs box has
:10 : bottom. Place it where the trough
.s required. Make another box out of
t by 6 Inch boards to form the core.
This should be 11 ½ inches narrower at
the bottom ; place this in the outer
box , leaving a space of 2 inches bed
tween the two boxes at the top for
concrete. Place small blocks between
the boards to keep them from spring-
Ing In and nail n. strip on the top of
the molds to keep them in their
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Cross Section of Concrete Hog Trough
and Mold.
A. 2 by G In. plank ; D. concrete ; C. 1
by I Gin. boards ; D , nail to hold l form In
place ; E , one-Inch strip ; F , concrete
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places. The concrete should bo one
part of Portland cement to 2Jh parts
Jr tIne gravel. In tIlling the molds
with concrete never put in over an
Inch at a time and ram it wel ) When
finishing the top leave the edges
rounded oft. In a couple of hours the
core can bo lifted out and then the
outer box removed. Give the trough I
a wash or pure cement. In warm
weather , after the trough is built ten
ar twelve hours , it should have a pail
or two of water put into it and left
for several days.
Fertilizing land.
A. D.-I wish to seed down a piece
of land that grew barley last year and
was not plowed last fall. I cannot
et yard manure but could purchase
nitrate of soda. How much of thIs
should be applied ? What quantity of
oats , also timothy and clover seed
should be applied per acre ?
It would be well to plow the ground ,
then apply twenty-five to thirty bush-
21s of wood ashes and harrow them In
well before sowing the groin and grass
3eeds. Then sow oats at the rate of
even pecks per acre , and a mixture
Df five pounds timothy and eight
pounds clover per acre. The oats
should be sown wtlh a drill and the
grass and clover broadcast and har-
rowed in. When the grain is about
tour inches high , apply broadcast
about 100 pounds nitrate or soda per
1.cre. This will dissolve with the
low : or rain and feed the young plants
When harvesting the oats a long stubble -
ble should be left , and no stock should
bo allowed on the field in the fall.
Spotted Chickens.
P. H. H.-White Plymouth Rock
hens were dusted with insect powder ,
which gave them a dirty appearance ;
when their eggs hatched some or the
chIcks were spotted ; what was the
cause ?
There has been some other cause
than the lice kl11er. The effect of the
lice killer on either sitters , or newly
hatched chicks would only be tempo-
rary. Ir put Cll the parent stock there
could be no quch thing as spotted
chicks. If the hens which laid the
eggs arc quite white the chickens
have probably been thrown back to a
weak spot in their ancestrr. ; Ppro
bred White Rock stock do not give
spotted or dark colored chickens , and '
blemishes on plumage from lice killers -
ers are as a rule only temporary.
Neighborly sympathy , as a rule ,
turns out to be about nine.tenths cu-
riosity.
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Burdensome Responsibility.
The new office boy stood beside his-
employer's desk , waiting for orders.
The employer , who was new to the
office boys , turned with n smile of
kindly discipllne.
"l\ly lad , remember that n first-rate .
office boy should be diligent , modest ,
unobtrusive , accurate and attentive : '
The boy looked Gcornru ) "SaYi ; mis-
ter , have 1 cot to do aU dat for $2
a wee-Youth's } Companion. . r
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Fargone-What is reciprocity ?
Why , suppose I kissed you and you
kissed me in return ; why , that would
be reciprocity.
Miss Willin-Why , that isn't bad at
all , and I always thought it was something -
thing dreadful.
The Better Man.
"The last time I passed through
here " said the drummer , "your editor
and the Rev. Bm Gunning were hav-
ing quite n religious discussion. I J1I . . '
guess the editor , after all , was just -
as good a man as the ministor. " J
"Yes wrong thar , stranger , " replied
Alkali Ike.
"How do you know ? " .
"I jest come from the editor's fun-
eral. "
Proper Thing.
"In society , " said the young bud ,
"the gentleman is always presented to
the ladY , is he not ? " -
"Yos , " sighed the heiress who was
doing her second season , "unless he
happens to have a title , then one must
pay for him , I suppose. "
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The Lady-1\iercy on \1s ! Why are
you sitting there making that queer
noise ? " =
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The - "I'm a.imltatln'
Bum-"Aw , a er ' .
robin , lady , th nkin' dat'mebbe youse'd , t' " \
come to do window anti throw me fa >
few crumbs , misBus' !
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Hard Work.
Bagley-Deering tells me that when
he gets angry with his wife he always
co ants ten before re1 > I 'ing.
Simpson-I wondered what he was
getting that mechanical adding ma-
chine for when I saw him the other
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