IMPROVED CANNAS ATTRACTIVE
AND SATISFACTORY PLANTS
Started In March and Bedded Out When Danger of Frost
Is Past, it Begins to Bloom Early in Summer and
Keeps Up Display Until Killing Frosts
of Autumn How to Propoxate.
MOTHER'S TROUBLES.
PROPER PROTECTION AGAINST
RAVAGES OF PREDATORY DOGS
Most Successful Plan Is to Build Yard of Boards, Leaving
No Cracks on Outsido of Fcncea Partition la
so Constructed That Animals May
Jump in, But Cannot Get Out
CHILDREN
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Canna In
Tho Improved cannaB nro among tho
most attractive- and satisfactory of
bedding plants. Tho bedB have trop
ical foliage, grow well In any rich,
moist, sunny bed, branch, and bear
huge spikes of rich-colored flowers
that often measuro moro than six
Inches across. Started In March and
bedded out when danger from frost Is
past tho plants'bcgfn to bloom early
In summer, and keep up tho display
until tho frosts of autumn, sayB Park's
Floral Magazine.
Cannas aro propagated either from
seeds or by dhlslon of tho clumps.
Seedlings begin to bloom tho first
year, and a fine mixed bed can bo
produced from them. Tho seeds are
rather tardy in germination unless
dropped la scalding water till the
fenrd outer cover bursts, then taken
out and planted. Some filo through
tho covering. Many persons, how
ever, plant tho Beeds without treat
ing them, and meet with good suc
cess. By starting plants from seeds
cholco varieties aro often found, and
it was by this means that tho beauti
ful named Cannas used for beds were
produced. To have- tho most offec
tlvo display, however, It Is bettor to
plant named varieties, which aro la-
STUMBLING IS
Soma Iloraco Naturally Addicted
to Fuult Wfiilo Other n IIuvu
It Tli mot Upon Them
"by Iscnorunco.
(By II, a. WEATHEnSTONE.)
Somo horses are naturally addicted
to stumbling, others acquire tho fault
(and still others havo It thrust upon
them by tho carelessness and Ignor
unco of tho owners.
Tho horso that stumbles whea a
colt Is almost Incurable. His manner
of traveling may bo Improved to some
extent with careful driving with a tight
rein and tho modoratolyhlgh checking,
,but a bora stumbler is. a hard caso
to deal with.
Many horses aro mado to stumble by
wrong shooing. If shod heavily in
front and light behind they aro al
most certain to acaulro tho habit
Weak joints or imperfectly formedl
legs aro also causes of stumbling.
iSomo colts aro bora with marked
ovldonco of weak knees. Wo know
of somo cases whero colts at thrco
years that havo never been driven
were percoptlbly knee-sprung. Such
nn nniraal can never bo cured of this
stumbling habit.
Driving with a slack rein Is anothor
COMBINED GATE
Tho drawing illustrates a combined
gato and foed trough that may bo
used to advantago whero InBldo feed
ing Is allowed, says tho Now England
Homestead. Tho spaco inclosed by
tho troughs corresponds to an alley
way la an ordinary barn. Tho man
doing tho feeding can easily distribute
feed owing to tho closeness of tho
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Bloom.
croasod by dividing tho clumps. These
como in green and bronzo foliage, and
vary in color from white- to rich crlm
Bon. Among tho beEt for beds In the
different colors aro Pennsylvania,
four and a half feet high, with green
follago and big clusters of hugo scar
let flowors; King Humbert, five feet
high, with fine yellow clusters; nnd
Florence- Vaughan, threo and a half
feet high, with flno clusters of flow
ers, goldon yollow, spotted red.
Tho bed shouldJjo propared by
spading deep, at tho samo tlmo In
corporating well-decayed stablo ma
nuro with It. Sco that it Is In a
warm, sunny exposuro, and when Na
ture does not" wator copiously, add to
tho Bupply. Tho plants should be sot
18 IncheB apart. They liko an ubun
danco of water. On the approach of
hot weather they will bo benefited by
a liberal mulching of stablo litter.
As tho flowers fade cut them off, thin
will lnsuro continued bloom.
When frost spoils the bod cut tho
topB off, nfter a rain, lift tho clumps
with a portion of tho wet soil adher
ing, dry well, then placo on a hanging
Bhelf in a. dry, frost-proof cellar. Ex
amine them occasionally. If too dry,
sprinkle; If too wet, nlr.
causo of stumbling and very ofton tho
solo cause. If a horso becomes fatlg
uod it should bo kopt woll up on tho
rein If drlvon over rough roads. No
good horseman will over tako chancos
of allowing his horso to fall down by
driving with a slovenly rein.
Stumbling often causes bad accl
donts, not only to tho horso, but to tho
occupants of tho vohlclo ho is draw
ing. Wo onco saw a flno looking car
riago horso who was being driven
by a woman who allowed tho relnB
to danglo loosely In hor hands, fall
on tho Lako Shoro drive la Chicago.
Ho stumbled for moro thaa 15 feet
beforo ho finally fell. Ho overturned
tho carriage In his struggles and whon
ho was assisted to his feet it was
found that both knees wero broken,
and ho was renderod usoloss for llfo.
Care of Roads.
Any neighborhood that does not
have enough onterprlso to keep two or
threo log road drng3 going for a cou
ple of weeks during tho lato fall is
sadly behind tho times. Farmers who
aro too lazy to do this ought to bo
compcllod to drag their weary legs
through tho mud to town next
spring as they surely will.
Celery In California.
Orango county, California, raised
something moro than 1,000 carloads of
celery this season, valued at $320,000.
- FEED TROUGH
troughs. By placing tho swinging
gates the proper dlstanco from tho
doorway of tho barn entering steers
can easily bo divided into equal lots.
Tho divisions abovo each trough servo
in a way as stnnchionB. This ar
rangement has been found very con
venient by Langdon Brothers, oxtou
olvo farmers of Winona county, Minn.
CLIMBING TREE MADE EASY
Excellent Method for Boys to Know
Who Are Going Into Country Where
There Is Least Danger.
Sometimes a boy Is caught in a pre
dicament whero climbing a trco will
help him out of his difficulty. But
few boys those who live in city nnd
town know how to climb a trco. Tho
ordlnnry mothod of climbing a troo
is by grasping hold of. tho lower
branches with firm hands, placing the
log3 about tho tree's trunk nnd- pull
ing up with tho former and pushing
up with tho latter. It's nature's way
of going up. But to climb tho tnll,
straight treo which has no low
bronchos nor rough bark, ono must
'use another and moro scientific moth
od. Tnko a rng or two hnndkorchlofs
tied togothor, or a towel any such
thing that' may bo available and nt
ench ond tla Bocuroly a loop largo
enough to admit of tho foot, and
Unlit enough to provont tho foot from
slipping through. Thon placo tho
towol or knottcd-togothcr kcrchlofs
round the treo and put your feet Into
tho loops. Tho towels or rng used
should bo long enough to go half
round tho body of tho trco, and must
not bo baggy or too long.
Now, havlug tho towel round tho trco
nnd your feet in tho loops, you cmbraco
tho trunk with your Hrms, raiso your
legs, and, pressing tho towel against
tho trunk with your feet, stand in tho
loops as though they wero stirrups.
Then ralso tho body mid seize tho
trunk higher up with tho hands. Thon,
holding fast with tho hands, you ralsq
your legs again, drawing tho foot-loop3
upwards, repeating tho process ovor
and ovor till you havo gono as far up
tho treo n you desire.
If tho boys aro going Into the woods
whero there Is danger of wild nnlmals,
or oven, domestic ones with horns, It Is
well to practice this method of climb
ing botoro venturing to danger's lino.
And It will bo woll to carry along
cither a good strong towel, or an old
Climbing Made Easy.
pieco of sacking In tho event of need
ing It. And oven when not needed, It
Is well to have tho necessary loops to
practice with. Ono may imaglno a
bear or a wild bull coming nfter ono,
and do a bit of climbing to get used to
It. Again ono mny wish to go to tho
top of come tall-treo Just for tho fun of
it.
HOME-MADE SLEIGHT OF HAND
Nuts and Ralclns Aro Emptied Into
Dlah by Boy by Means of Clever
Llttlo Trick.
Try this trick when you havo somo
friends to dine with you:
A boy, Tom by namo, tried It, and
his friends thought him very clover.
Just whon dlnnor was nearly ovor
Bridget quietly announced that tho
grocer muBt havo forgotten to bring
tho nut8 and raisins. Tho company
wore nil moro or less disappointed, but
Tom, tho host, seemed very angry at
this omission. Impatiently ho said to
Bridget, "Fetch mo tho dish in which
tho nuta nnd raisins should buvo been
sorved."
Protending to bo very much nn
noyed, ho flourished his napkin vigor
ously over tho ompty dish. Then caro
fully lifting tho napkin, much to tho
surprlso of all, tho dish was revealed
full of nuts and raisins.
This Is how Tom managed tho trick:
Ho had gotten Bridget to sow two nap.
kins together all arouud tho edges and
to slit ono across tho middle Tho
spaco between tho napkins mado a
bag, Into which Tom hud slipped tho
nuts nnd raisins, Ho held tho bag be
tween his knees, with nnothor nnpkln
over his lop. While ho was gesticulat
ing in apparent disappointment, ho
hnd quickly changed nnpklnB. Tho trick
AvaB a clover bit ot homo-nindo sleight
of hand, and all shouted nt Tom's
cleverness.
ConunL'rumo.
1. Why should a spider appear to
havo wings?
Ans. Hecnuso ho often takes "a lly.
2. Why is tho letter A like Vi
o'clock V
Ans, UocauBo it Is In tho middle or
"day."
3. Why la n pig in a parlor llkoa tiro
In a houeo?
Ans. Becnuso they both neod put
ting out.
4. What Is tho differonco between a
sidewalk and a trolloy car?
Ans. Five conts difference.
""VI riyprv
Muddcr busy washing, rUbblng whlto aho
Rings,
Sun o-xlilnlnt; brightly, to dry tho pltty
llllKU.
Dolly In her 'Ittlo bed, with not n dross
to wenr,
Ticking up nn nwfull fun Juit becauto
alto's Oorc,
PottleoiUs nnd ulclitlM, hanging on tho
lino.
Dresses, tnps nnd apron, dainty, shear
nnd II mi.
Dolly In nn awful slaw, tnusc sho tant
bo out,
O, thu troubles Mmlilurs havo when
naughty ctill'ren pout!
rtosnmond M. l'ont In 1'hllndelphln rtoc-ord.
DOMINOES TO TELL FORTUNES
Answero May Bo Regulated According
to Pieces Turned Up Much Amuse
ment Can Be Derived.
Have you a gnmo of dominoes? If
bo, you can havo lots ot fun whon your
friends come to see you. Shufllo tho
dominoes woll and lay them faco down
on a smooth table. Toll your friends
Telling Fortunes With Dominoes.
to turn tho dominoes and tho follow
ing nro what tho points donotc.
Double-six denotes receipt of monoy;
will bo very rich.
Slx-flvo denotes success and pleas
ure Six-four early marriage; happiness.
Slx-thrco affection, constancy.
Six-two industrious, economical.
Six-one twice married.
Six-blank Borrow, trouble.
Five-double very lucky.
Five-four will marry poor.
Flvo-thrco oventunl wealth.
Flvo-two love.
Flvoono engagement; invitations.
If you know theso, you can rogulato
your answers accordingly; no mattor
what points turn up, and much fun can
bo had.
MAKING HAND SLED OF PIPE
Can Be Constructed In Few Hours and
When Complete Is Much Better
Than Wooden Article.
Tho nccompunylng Bketch shows
how an ordinary hand sled can bo
mado of threc-quarter-lnch plpo nnd
fittings. Each runner Ib mado of ono
pleco of plpo bent to tho proper Bhapo.
Tlila can bo accomplished by filling tho
plpo with mcftcd rosin or lead, thon
Parts Made of Plpo Fittings.
bending In tho shapo desired, and aft
erward removing tho rosin or load by
heat. Each joint is turned up tightly
and well pinned or brazed. Ono of tho
top crossploces will noed to havo
right-hand nnd left-hand threads or to
bo fitted with a union. Also, ono ot
tho top ploces connecting tho rear part
to tho front part of each runner must
be fltted In tho samo way. Tho top Is
fustoned to tho two crossploces.
Such a hand sled can bo mado In a
fow hours' tlmo nnd whon comploto Is
much better than a wood sled.
His Grammar Was Good.
'That old man walking along thero
livoa ovor tho rivor," snld a boy, who
had taken tho prize for excellence lu
grammar .
"What?" exclaimed tho father.
"Havo you forgotton your grammar bo
soon? You can say that ho lives on
tho othor sldo of tho river, but 'ovor
tho river' Is incorrect."
"I bog your pardon, father; but ho
doos llvo over tho river."
"Why"
"Ho lives ovor tho river, because
ho liven on that llttlo houso on tho
bridge"
No Ono Else to Do It.
"And now," saldJtho tonchor of tho
Juvonllo Sunday school class, "why did
God creato this boautlful world?"
"1 don't know," ropllod a bright Uttlo
follow, "unions thoro was no ono olso
who could do 1L"
Make Hor 8panklng Easy.
Tho small daughter of n physician
was told by hor fathor that ho would
hnvo to whip her for dlsobodlonco.
"All right, papa," sho Bald; "but ploase
give mo soino chloroform llrat."
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Novel Dog-Proof Fold Tho Inclosuro
In, nnd Thero
Wherever thero nro dogs and Eheep
togcthor thoro is constant danger that
tho latter will at somo tlmo suffer.
Shcop nro bo conatruetcd that own
-worrying by dogo bccius to shook their
norvous systems to uuch nn oxtent
thnt tUoy seldom prove proilnblo. In
most Btatcs thero nro laws against
depredation by dogs, but becauso of
their construction many of thorn aro
dead letters, writes O. W. Franklin, In
thp Country Qentloman.
I havo long slnco ceased to look
to tho law for any Iobb sustained la
doprcdatlonB by dogs. I tako tho
privllogo of protecting my Bhcop In
my own way. My first prccnutlon was
to provldo plenty of bolls as many nB
ono to ovory six or ton anlmnls.
Whon tho shoop wero unduly excited
tho holla mado such a nolso that they
would frighten somo dogs, and would
nt least nroiiBo slceporB to look after
tho flock. Finding that this did not
wqrk satisfactorily, howevor, I hung
lanterns out near tho sheep-yard, but
tho dogs bocamo so bold they pnld no
attention to tho lights or to tho noises.
Detail Construction .of Dog-Proof
Fenco.
My next plnn was a most successful
ono. Attached to tho sheep-barn a
Bheop-yard wbb constructed of boards,
leaving no cracks on tho outsido
fences. Tho pnrlltlon between this
ynrd and anothor adJoIUng was a
board fenco with cracks not moro thnn
thrco Inches wide. On tho outBldo of
tho shoop-ynrd wero dog-guarda which
prevented a dog from Jumping ovor
into tho yard. Tho partition fenco nl
bo hud guards so that a dog could not
Jump ovor from tho ndjolnlng lot. This
yard also had tho guard on it, but thoy
wero on tho insldo, so thnt onco ho
had gained access a dog could not get
out. Tho fenco inclosing this yard
was constructed of woven wlro, with
tho dog-guard mado of smooth wlro.
I Boon found that dogB would Jump
Into tho contiguous lot to got Into tho
Bheop-yard ; but whon they had gained
cntrnnca to tills inclosuro they had
gono to their destruction. Tho next
morning nil I had to do was to go
down and gather in tho doprcdutors
nnd glvo them burial. I daro say that
Kenmor Farms havo moro dogs burled
on them than any similar territory in
tho Union. I found that tho dogs
would easily gain ncccss to tho ynrd
intended for them, but I never hnd
ono get into tho Bheop-yard if tho dog
guards wero placed correctly. Tho
dog-guards aro mado by nailing arms
on tho top of tho posts extending out
ward and upward at na nnglo of about
POTATO DIGGER
Implement Brawn Turousrli Field
With ISlado at Sufficient
Dentil to Puoa Below
Ttiberu.
In describing nn improvement on a
potato digger, tho Invention of Wil
liam St. Dairy of Findlay, O., tho Sci
entific American sayB:
In operation tho dlggor la drawn
through tho field, with n blado or
plow a sufficient depth to pass below
tho j potatoes, and ns it moves along
Potato Digger.
thq potntocB aro lifted from tho ground.
During transportation tho plow may bo
lifted out of tho ground, and by means
of tho lover It may bo held at any do
Hired depth. Tho arrangement of tho
beam of tho plow moving between tho
frame sections prevents any lateral
swinging movement of Iho snld beam
with roBpect to tho frame, bo that tho
plow is hold directly in tho row. Tho
width of tho folly of tho wheel Is
groator than that of tho rings.
lJ'"'jwlliMl!llMlhl(l
nt tho End Allows tho Dog to Jump
He Remains.
ton or twclvo degrees. On tho tops of
theso arms nro nailed four or flvo
barbed wires. Theso provldo a bar
rlor that a dog cannot scnlo.
I havo been informed that It in un
lawful to kill my neighbors' dogs; but
whon I find a dog In my shoop pasturo
or on my prcmlscn I tako tho privll
ogo of killing him for fonr ho might
do somo damage. Notwithstanding
that it is unlawful to put out poison,
I havo also used a good deal of this.
I havo nover put out any poison for
dogo, however, always being enroful
to put It out for wolves. If a dog gota
tho wolf poison, I cannot holp It.
When I put out poison I always notify
my neighbors thnt I liovo dono bo,
and advlso thorn to keep their dogs
locked up. I uso strychnin enough to
kill a dog nnd no moro. Tho poison la
wrapped In a Bmall pleco of tlssuo pa
pare bo that It will not pormeato tho
bait and mnko It bitter. Whon it In
put in a enrcasa of a sheep Bovornl
places aro doctored, and nftor ono day -tho
carcass is burled down bolow tho
roach of dogs or anything olso. I havo
gathered In many dogs with poluon
that wan put out for "wolves."
Thoro is anothor mothod that I havo
found to bo of somo vnluo in getting
rid of dogs, but It Is not to bo recom
mended, slnco it Is ngnlnst tho lawn
laid dawn by tho humano society. It
consists in saturating with lard a
spongo about as largo no a dog can
Bwallow. When digestion takes placo
tho groaso Is digested and iho spongo
swolls up on tho liquids of tho stom
nch and ?nn nclthor pns9 out nor bo
digcBtod. Tho dog Boon pines, away
and dlos. No poison has been admin
istered, for lard and sponges nro nut
poisonous.
I am a Arm bollovor In tho Justlco of
tho sheep ownor'a taking this matter
into his own hands, but keeping still
about it, for If ho is to hoop on tho
good sldo of his neighbors ho must
nover act as if ho had been tho mcana
of killing their dogs. Ab a rule, how
over, a neighbor realizes that whoa
his dog strays away on a Bhcop farm
and is killed ho has got no less than
ho deserves.
I advlso all Bhoopmcn to protect
thcmsolvcs against tho ravages of
predatory dogB. I havo found that
legislators avoid this question, for
thdro aro moro votors who own dogs
than voters who own Bhcop. A dog
that Is not kopt busy will got into mis
chief, no matter how well ho is bred.
Somo of tho worBt dogs I havo ovor
caught aro thoso called hunting dogs.
Thoy aro sngaclouB and whoa not kept
busy hunting havo to work off Burplus
onorgy by chasing sheep. Tho shep
herd dog that is reared on a Bhcop
farm seldom gets Into trouble, but 1C
ho 1b reared as a pot and is not mado
acquainted with shoop ho Ib llablo to
got Into mischief if not kept under
proper restraint. Shoop Bhould bo kopt
corralled at night, thereby romovlng
ono of tho dangers that aro llablo to
como to a flock. Doytlmo dopralatloiiB
aro Bcnrco unless a shcop pasturo is
an outlying one.
KOW TO MAKE
OLD FARM PAY
Stop Starving and Go to Feeding;
AH Cultivated Land If ,
Amount la Only
Flvo Acrca.
It la a commentary on American
ngrlculturo that in certain sections
thoro nro farms of 100 or moro acres
than can bo bought for loss than tho
first cost of tho buildings, nnd In
somo enscs for less than tho policy in
surance companies havo placod on said
buildings,
Tho old farm doesn't pay.
"Its forests havo boon dostroyed. Its
soil lins been tilled, and tilled till It
would boar tlllago no longor nnd na
ture wont out on ono of her Inevitable
strikes.
Can tho old farm bo mado to pay?
It certainly can not, by tho old
methods,
Tho old owner may romatn, but tho
old farming must atop.
Hero nro boiiio suggestions. Put CO
acreB of tho 100 to growing trees.
Theso may bo forest troos or in
"part an npplo orchard.
If tho farm has any smooth lovel
land, do tho cultivation on that.
Stop starving and go to feodlng all
cultivated land If tho amount Ib no
moro than flvo acres.
For Bomo cropB, ob potatoos, on Im
poverished Boll,' success Ib being hadl
by tho Judicious uso of commercial'
fertilizers. I