A PROBLEM.
Now, If you should visit a Japanese
homo,
Where there Isn't a sofa or chair.
And your hostrss should say! "Take ft
sent, sir, I pray,"
Now where would you sit? Tell me
where.
And should they persuade you to stay
.thero and dine.
Where knives, forks and spoons nre un
known, Do you think that you could cat with
chop-sticks of woodT
And how might you pick up n bonoT
And, then, should they take you n Jap
anese drive,
In a neat little "rlck-shaw" of blue,
And you found In Japan that your horse
was a man,
Now what do you think you would doT
TO MAKE GOOD HUMMING TOP
Becuro Any Suitable Tin Dox, Piece of
Pine, Some Glue and String
Costs Little,
If you want a good humming top
that will cost nothing but the troublo
of making, got an empty baking pow
tier box, or any box sultablo, and cut
a slit In tho side of It, olthcr round
or square, about half an inch long
and half an inch wide. Next mako
a holo In tho lid and bottom of tho
box for tho splndlo, which you whittle
out of a piece of pino to the shnpo
Home-Mado Top.
shown in tho illustration. The hole
at bottom Is square and that at top
round, and caro should be taken to
mako the spindle fit. Glue tho lid
and spindlo In place. Now for 'a han
dle with which to spin It ' A plain
bit of wood with a hole at tho end
will do. When tho gluo Is quite hard,
wind tho string around tho spindle,
passing It through tho hole In the
handle, and spin.
QUEER LITTLE GLASS TRICK
Small Silver Coin Made to Walk From
Under Glass Covering It Without
Being Touched.
Placo two half-dollars on the tablo
cloth, between them place a dime.
Then Invert a .tumbler so that Its edge
falls on the two half-dollars and is
supported on them, leaving tho re-
A Nice Little Glass Trick.
inalnder of the rim clear of the table.
Then ask If any ono can got tho dime
without disturbing In any way the
glass or two half-dollars. It seems
Impossible, but Is comparatively easy.
Gently scratch the table cloth in front
of tho glass, and by Blow degrees the
dlrao will travel along the cloth Into
tho open.
Partnership.
A doctor In Canada gives an inter
esting instance of a partnership bo
tween two nnimals a coyote, or prai
rlo wolf, and a common badger. It Is
common, ho says, (or theso two crea
tures to go out hunting together, and
he hus often seen them in his dis
trict hunting for the small ground
squirrels that live in burrows below
tho soli. Their snug llttlo homos havo
always two entrances, and while the
coyote watches one of theso, the
badger digs down from tho other, so
that, whichever way the poor squir
rel trios to escape, ho. Is certain to
mako a meal for one of his foes.
Freshmen.
Freshmen at school or college are
green enough and fresh enough for the
uamo, but another explanation Is given
of how tho word has come to be ap
plied to young students. In English
schools It was tho custom to make tho
newcomer supply entertainment for'
the upper class men. Tho youngster
that made the most fun received a cup
of punch, tho noxt best got punch with
salt in It, and the rest got only salt
water, which they wero compelled to
drink. After he bad been thUB saltod,
tho boy was no longer a "freshman."
CHILD PUPILS IN GARDENING
Chicago City Forester Arouses Deslro
In School Children to
Grow Things.
Lectures delivered by J. II. Prost,
the Chicago city forester, before
school children, ore rousing n wide
spread Interest among tho children In
the subject of growing things. Dozens
of little gardens have been started in
empty back yardB under tho watch
ful caro of tho boys and girls that
havo taken Mr. Profit's Icbsoiis to
heart.
Tho city forester has already ad
dressed gatherings In more than 20
public schools and adds to tho num
ber every week. Tho result of his
recent lecturo at tho Hurley publio
school, Harry avenuo and North
Paulina street, Is shown in composi
tions written by his auditors. The
first presented In part Is by a girl lu
ono of tho upper grades.
"Wo can clean up our yards or
plant flowers In boxes on our front
or back porches or decorato tho
house by placing boxes of (lowers In
our windows and by planting trees
on our front lawn," sho wrote. "Tho
gardens should havo a largo open
space In tho centor with tho trees,
flowers and plants growing around
tho sides.
"When tho trees aro planted tho
planter should dig a hole largo
enough for tho roots of tho troe to
fit in without bending' thorn In any
way. Then he must have plenty of
good black soil and enough water to
give It a good watering, so that it
grows up to be a good tree.
"When tho tree grows up caro must
bo takeu that It is trimmed properly,
because If It Isn't the tree will grow
uneven. i
"lloxes are placed around tho trees
to keep them from being harmed by
tho horses, who gnaw pieces out, and
by tho boys, who like to cut holes lu
them with their knives."
Tho above is the composition that
has most greatly pleased Mr. Prost
becauso of Its fidelity to his talk.
but others, If less faithful, are at least
amusing. Excerpts from other pa
pors are as follows:
"Mr. Prost said that Chicago la
not aa beautiful and as healthy as
many other cities because there is
not as much farming and planting
done."
"All tho children that live in tho
city nre not, as healthy as tho country
children becauso they do not keep
their yards clean. In sorao places
where tho yards are dirty and a foul
smell In tho air the children that
lives- there Is almost all tho timo a
sort of a weak child."
"Insects are creatures which ruin
tho tree very badly. They have six
legs, and some of them have two
Btagcs of Ufo. To get these Insects
off the trees Ib a vory dlsugreoable
operation." '
"Washington (tho city) Is paying 10
centH for each bug that a boy will
pick off the troe."
"Trees can bo planted In almost
any place where you would think It
could not be possible."
"Tho Japanese garden Is the most
Interesting gardon. Thoy aro very
numerous In .Japan. In America
they aro 15x20 feet."
"After tho tree is planted It should
bo .surrounded by a sort of a fence,
so tbnt horses and children cannot
harm It by cutting aud chewing the
bark."
"Sometimes boys cut In the young
trees and they die Immediately.
Leap Year.
When tho men will not propose
marriage to the women, tho women
must wait until leap year, and then
they may do tho proposing. This Is a
custom more talked about than prac
Used, but It waB legalized In Scotland
In the year 1228, If wo may believe
w'yat wo hear. An act of tho Scottish
parliament, translated Into modern
English, is as follows:
Ordered that during the reign of
her most blessed majesty. Margaret,
every maiden, of both high and low
estate, flhall have liberty to bespeak
the man sho likes. If ho refuses to
tako her to bo his wife, he shall bo
mulcted In the sum of ono hundred
pounds or less, ns his estate may be,
except and always If he can make
it appear that ho is botrothod to an
other woman; then ho shal be free.
HARD TO BEAR.
Snld Mr. Hear: "I don't enre
U I don't hnvo much clothes to wear.
This hot weather Is hard to 'beur.' "
Success by Failure.
"The way some pcoplo succeed by
failure is enough to remind any one
of tho two college boys that started
to make fudge. Thoy did not know
how to make It, but they were willing
to try, uhd when tho fudge Was done
thoy found that it was perfectly good
butterscotch.
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Hospitality in a Nutshell
By BELLE
CopjrUht, 1610, by AuocUUd Literary Pru
Huddled down among soma tall, an
gular poplars In a valley between tho
high hills was n llttlo whlto houso
with a lean-to at tho rear and a big
porch In front. Hera had lived, for
48 years, a childless old couplo. They
thought that their little homo which
they had named "Tho Nutshell," tho
most beautiful place in tho world, and
their only lament was that so few
persons "dropped In," or even passed
by. Neighbors wero remote, and
their road was deserving of tho ap
pellation. It was not even a cross
road hardly a lane and tho grass
grow high between two faintly de
fined wagon ruts. Where It ended
and turned Into a crossroad, there
was such a labyrinth of underbrush,
bruBh and foliage from low-hanging,
interlaced trdc tops that the opening
was completely hidden from view,
One afternoon as they sat on tho
porch stoop, Phlncas called It his
wife, Hannah, stopped rocking sud
denly and listened.
"Somo one's coming," sho ex
claimed, excitedly.
Ab she spoke a beautiful young
woman on a shining black horse came
Into view.
"Liko a picture," said Phlncas. ta
king the plpo from his mouth.
Tho young lady looked admiringly
at tho little placo and bestowed a
friendly glnnce upon tho old couplq.
"I can.'t lot her go by," gasped Han
nah, as sho started down tho path.
Tho rider reined in her horse.
"Wouldn't vnil lllro tn cnn n VU
and hnvo a drink of cold' milk?"
Hannah spoko enticingly and an
peallngly. Tho answering smllo was
radiant
"Indeed, I would," sho replied, dis
mounting, "and may I havo ono of
those rosy-checked apples I saw in
tho orchard?"
"You may havo a bushel," emphati
cally asserted Phlncas, aa ho stood up
A Beautiful Young Woman on a
Shining Black Horse.
and hold out his hand. "Sot right
down, while T tlo your boss."
She proved to bo what Hannah
called "folksy." She cheerfully told
her name, where she lived, and every
thing that Hannah yearned to know.
"Was you goin' far?" sho finally
asked.
"I wasn't going nnywhero In par
ticular. I don't know how I came to
spy thlB road; It waB so shut In. I
don't soo how pcoplo find It."
"They don't,' said Hannah, wist
fully. "No ono comes by but the
grocery man onco a week, tho essence
man every four weeks and onco In
awhile tho tin man. Wo like com
pany, Phlnny and I, and we like to
have a game, too. Wo taught tho tin
man aud tho essence man to play
casino, and pedro, so they always
stop; but tho grocery man don't got
tho time. Onco I stopped a strangor
and called him In. We played with
a dummy."
"I call that a hold up," laughed tho
girl.
"So It was," allowed Phlncas, com
ing up tho stops. "Miss"
"Irene," sho answered.
"That wns my mother's name." ho
eald, musingly.
"Can't you stay to supper?" i.ejad
od Hannah. "Wo have It real ..rly
because wo havo dinner early
"Thank you," replied tho g;.. "I
should love to stay."
"You can telephone your fc.,"BUg
gested Phineas. "Wo havi u tele
phono." "It won't bo necessary. J, fton go
for long rldeB."
So Phlneaa led the b o to tho
barn to feed, wMlo Iron, holped to
set tho table with blue-ej.,'lgged china
and frail, small bowled spoons. Han
nah made air-light blktults. Thero
was a square of golden honoy with
cream to match Its huu. A silver cako
baskot was heaped with thck slices
of gold nnd silver cake and straw
berry preserves, pickles and fragrunt
tea completed the menu.
"I novor nto such n delicious meal J"
cried Irene, ecstatically.
"PBhaw, Jest a bltol". tcoffod
Phlncas.
Hut while thoy wero making merry
throughout tho Buppor hour, clouds
had been gathering, nnd a quick pat
ter of ralndropB took them all to tho
window, A storm wns coming on in
MANIATES
earnest, and In a few moments therft
was a terrific roar of thunder nnd
the rain camo down in torrcufs.
"It's iu for an all nlgnt's storm,"
predicted Phlncas.
"You will havo to stay all night."
said Hannah, gleefully.
"Yes; ten miles In this rain and tho
unknown roads would bo too venture
sonio even for mo," replied Irene, go
ing to the telcphono and tnrorniln,?
her mother of her safekeeping.
Presently tho telcphono rang again.
Tho mcssago was for Ireno.
"That wasn't your folks," chuckled
Phlncas, as sho hung up tho receiver.
"How did you guess?"
"Your tono was so different."
"Wasn't It your beau?" asked Han
nah, timidly.
"Y-es-no almost ray beau," laughed
Ireno. "Ho asked mo to wait hero to
morrow, until ho rodo over and we
could ride homo togother."
"Then wo can havo a gamol" said
Hannah, hopefully.
Yes; ho shall stay for several
gameB."
In tho morning tho sun was shining
brightly, nnd nfter breakfast, whllo
Phlneaa fed the cattle, Hannah
churned so that "Irene's beau" might
havo fresh buttermilk to drink,
"I should think," said Ireno, mUBlng
ly, "that you would bo porfectly happy
In this dear, llttlo plnco."
Hannah mado no reply. Irene, look
ing up quickly, saw her wipe away a
surreptitious tear. Tho glrl'B sympa
thetic questioning finally elicited tho
causo of her sadnoss.
"Phlnny don't know yot," sho snld,
"and I'm goln' to keep It from him as
long as-1 can, but you sco there's bocn
a mortgago for quite a spell on "Tho
Nutshell.'' We've kept up tho interest,
and thought we could always renow
it, but tho man wrote us yesturdny that
wo must pay right off. Miss Simons
brought mo tho letter from town. nnd.
luckily, Phlnny wasn't here. I can't
think yet but a way will como."
"How much Is It?"
"Four hundred dollars."
"Oh, Is that all?" exclaimed Irene.
"I should think you might borrow thnt
somewhere."
"It's a lot to us. You sco wo'vo only
got a 20 here, and Phlnny'a too old
to work it more'n a garden patch
for what we eat, and wo ain't no hands
to scrimp In our feed."
"No, Indeed," agreed Irene, recall
ing her two sumptuous meals.
"Though It seems a lot to us, I sup-
peso it's only n drop In tho bucket to
Mr. Philip Maxflold. Dut he'B going
to foreclose.
Irene's face turned pale nnd then
red. Sho turned to tho window to
hide her confusion.
"1 couldn't havo bolleved It of him I"
sho thought, sadly.
A3 sho stood there, sho saw a horse
man coming down tho road. Ho was
tall, straight, and sat on hts horso Ilka
a cavalryman.
"Hero cornea my friend," sho said.
"I'll go to meet him."
"Philip," sho snld, before ho had
dismounted, "these aro the sweetest
old pernio and this is tho dearest
placo I"
"It is pretty," he admitted.
"Wou!il you tako it away from them
wreck their homo for Just $100?"
"I? Why, whnt can you mean,
dear "
"They jny you hold a mortgago for
that amount on the placo and that you
havo written them that you would
forccloso at once."
"My dear Ireno, I didn't oven know
that I owned this tiny place, I havo so
much property! My agont, Carter, at
tends to all tho business, Ho probably
wroto them nnd signed my namo."
"You will let thora renow It, ploaso,
Philip?"
"Why, of course, Irene."
"For how long?"
"For forover, if you wish, Irono."
"Come Into tho houso," nho Bald,
Joyfully. "Tlo your horno first. You
haro to play several games of casino."
Ho followed her, somowhat dubious
aa to what wns expoctod of him.
"Mro. Howflton, 1 want to introduce
Mr. Maxflold."
"Oh, he's como for"
"No," smiled Ireno, "he's como for
mo."
While Hannah was serving tho but
termilk, Phlncas camo in and wmu In
troduced. "You'ro tho gentleman who holds
tho mortgago?"
"So it Bcems. I didn't know if. un
til now. Ireno told mo."
"We may get a way to pay It," evrd
Hannah, anxiously,
"What's tho use?" said Ph?llp,
quickly. "You can renew It aa ofWn
as you ploaso. I'll explain it to rn
agent today. I would rather havo a
glass of this buttermilk overy time J
rldo by hero than tho amount of tfi
mortgnge."
Tho flash of Joy in Hannah' worn
face wn3 so reflected In Jrono's oyes
aa sho turned Impulsively to him, that
ho gleaned hopo for tho answer to tho
quustlou ho meant to usk on tho way
homo.
Franklin Aphorism.
If a man could havo half his wishes
be would double his trouble Frank
lid. Man's Tenancy of Earth.
God lias lent us tho earth for our
life. It is a great cntull, Ruskln,
ARRANGE FOR
ATTENTION
Animals Need Plenty of Exercise, Good Food and Clean,
Comfortabla Quarters nation Is of
Greatest Importance
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General Purpose Barn.
If owes havo bcon woll fed and nro
strong and vigorous at tlmo of lanb
Ing tho Iobs of 'tho youngsters will bo
small.
Ill-fed ewes produco Richly lambs. A
young lamb Ib very tondcr tho first
fow days of its life.
If they como Into tho world weak
and puny It requires but a breath of
cold, wot weather to kill them.
Tho ration for owob Just prior to
lambing Is of tho greatest Importance
An cxcollont grain ration Ib oats,
bran and corn In equal proportions by
weight. This of courso makca bran
much larger In bulk and somo farm
ers scorn to bo afraid to feed bran.
ThlB Is a great mlstako becauso It Ib
Ono of the best rations to ubo at this
time. Alfalfa makes excellent rough
ago. If bran Is not available a llttlo oil
meal makes an excellont substltuto.
Tho ration mentioned will mako plen
ty of milk without laying on too much,
fat nnd when tho lambs aro dropped
tho owes will bo lu good condition to
tnko caro of thom.
Good shelter for tho ewes Is nlso
vory Important. Thoy require plenty
of ventilation, but their quartern must
bo porfectly dry and free from drafts.
It is a mlstako to conflno shcop tn n
barn with largo openings around tho
bottom nnd windows at the top bo-
cause such an arrangemont Is suro to
bo drufty.
It Is a good plan to build In front
of tho shed an extension roof of about
six feet not sloping enough to provent
tho sun from shining In but sufficient
to carry off tho rain. ThlB will en
ablo tho owes to havo more light and
air and It will be found that they will
spend most of their tlmo at tho front
of tho shed. Sheep do not llko damp,
dark quartors,
It Is highly Important that pregnant
owcb should havo plenty, of exercise.
Confined In closo quartern thrco weeks
prior to lambing renders them weak
and listless and is often, wo bellove,
tho causo of dead lambs nt birth.
Clean, pure wator should bo pro
vided always. An excellent arrange
ment Is to havo. a trough running
through tho shed Its cntlro length Into
which water can bo discharged out
side tho shed. Sheep will actually
starvo beforo thoy will drink dirty
water or eat unclean food.
Ico water will produco abortion In
BREED OF SILVER CAMPINES
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ThlB breed Is popular In Belgium,
where conditions of noil nnd climate
nro not unlike portions of tho desert
areas of California. In type and habit
thoy Btrongly Buggcst the Mediterra
nean and Dutch classes, especially tho
Leghorn or Hamburghs. They are ra
ted as great foragors, the birds almost
hustling their entire living; the hens
aro good luyers of medium-sized hen
fruit. Thoy are non-Bitters. Tho breed
Is represented by two varieties, viz.,
tho Silver and tho Oolden. Tho breed
takes Its nano from tho Cnmpino dis
tricts of Dclglum tho dry Bandy
plains between Antwerp nnd Hnssolt,
whero activity Is essential If lifo Is to
bo maintained. They are bred sparing
ly In this country. Cocks weigh 44 to
3 pounds; hens 3& to pounds. The
SPECIAL
TO THE EWES
owes If they aro forced to drink. It alii
tho tlmo nnd soma arrangement
should bn mado by which tho water)
can bo somowhat tempered.
Tho Illustration bIiowb n general
purpose barn near Columbus. It Is
40 by EC nnd has flvo slnglo horse
stalls and ono box stall. It has nine
slnglo cow stalls and ono box Btall.
It also ban a largo opon stable which;
can bo used for cither sheep or cattlo.j
A largo oat bin and a corn crib are!
on tho basoment floor, both of whlchj
nro filled from tho floor above. The
main floor Ib ontlroly unobstructed. ,
Quality In Cattle.
High-class animals always havo thol
most quality. It Is shown tn a flno,'
silky coat of hair, In a mellow, elastloj
skin and in flno bones and neat joints
Thero Is lotB of difference in tho coati
of hair. Ono cow may hnvo hair that!
Ib flno and soft nnd thick. There in
a very flno and closo undercoat andi
then longur, coarser hair. Such hair
Is a great protectldu tn winter. Othon
animals, and thoy aro tho most com?
mon, havo coarse, long hair. Their
boncB nro also likely to ba big andi
coarse. When an antmnl has plenty)
of quality you can easily tako thai
skin In tho hand botweon thumb nnd!
fingers nnd pull It out from the sldo of)
tho body. It will bo mellow nnd roll
up somowhat In, tho hand. If tho cow
Inclts quality her skin will bo thick
tight, and not easily taken In tin
hand, Flno quality, as scon In thai
hair, skin and bono, means with thd
bcof animal thnt when killed thero!
will bo much less waste of tho carcass
thun It tho conditions show lnclt" on
quality. So also tho dairy cow wlthj
plenty of quality is a bettor producer!
of milk than If the quality la lacking!
Grit for Chicks.
Ono of tho first things to bo fed taj
chicks Ib coarso sand or suitable grid
of some kind, which may bo bought all
supply houses or gathered 'at homo, all
ways selecting sharp, small sub
stances. Dry bread crumbs, mlllotj
seer, hard-boiled eggs, and nfter a foul
days, cracked wheat, oat meal ana
finely ground bono, may be fed. ,Wlth
In reach of tho chicks nt all tlmeil
should bo grit, Bin all bits of charcoal
a fresh, clean supply of water, bo pro
vldcd that tho chicks can not get
their feet Into It
body, though small, Is long, with i
rather full breast, ns In tho Hamburgh;
which typo it much resembles, ex4
ceptlng In comb, which Is single la
both sexes.
Sanitary Dairy Darn Floors.
Concrcto stable floors aro now ree-.
ognlzcd as thq most economical and
sanitary for the dairy stable. Thoy
should bo laid upon good foundations
und flnlBhcd with grooves to provent
and animal slipping upon thom. The
stnlla should bo provided with .rants
of lumber so placed that they may
bo frequently removed for cleansing.
All parts of tho stalls which nro made
of wood should bo removahlo so that
they may bo readily replaced when
worn out.
