rmea
Wsald I wM ly cf in field" of clover
Of esswer cool tad soft, sad ormed
sweet
With ducky deads in deep skies banging
over.
And scented silence at my head and
feet
lost for one boor to slip the leash of
worry
la eager haste from Thought's impa
tient rash.
And watch it rushing in ita heedless hurry.
Disdaining wisdom's call, or duty's
bush.
AJi! it nere sweet where clover clumps
are meeting,
And daisies hiding, so to bide and rest;
No sound except my own heart's sturdy
beating.
Hocking itself to sleep within my
breast
Just to lie there, filled with the deeper
breathing
That couies of listening to a wild bird's
song;
Our souls require at times this free un
sheathing All swords will rust if scabbard-kept too
long.
And I am tiredso tired of rigid duty,
So tired of all my tired bands find to
do
I yearn. I faint for some of life's free
ts-a uty.
Its looser l'!s with no straight string
run through.
Ay, laugh, if laugh you will, at my crude
teech;
But women sometimes die of such a
greed
Die for the email joys held beyond their
reach.
And the assurance they have all they
need.
Mary Athly Townsend.
QUESTION OF EXPENSE
When a "now man" came to town to
ftjtrt ;i paper, occupy a pulpit, practice
law or op. n a grocery more be twoaiue
the talk 01 the place. You must lear
ill mind that Williamsburg In a small
(own and in tppea ranee just like scores
of other towns In Missouri. Prairie
couutiy on one side, woods and a
""crick" on the other, with bills between.
The roads thai are dignified by the
name of street are yellow in Willianis-
burg. In tsu.nmer they are ankle deep
in dust, in winter knee deep in mud.
The walks, where there are any at all,
re made of two planks laid about a
tfoot apart the plank itself too r arrow
'for two, so that when particularly In
teresting pairs of young people walk
"borne i'vom meeting or the opera bouse
under the Williamsburg moon they
wonder wbai could have been the pur
pose oi the Inventor of that sidewalk
in pufing the boards so far apart.
Williamsburg has a "square," with a
rickety court house in the center, to
ward hi li equally fallen-down stores
fsvee acb other from each of the
; tour sides. A few trees lean altout the
court house losing limbs in every wind
storm limbs that bang there until they
die ami the town boys pull them down
and a poor darky takes the branches
home for firewood. "Hlnes' grocery
house' was the biggest store of the
kind in Williamsburg several years
.ago. It sold more Vandalia flour than
all the other stores put together. Old
Hines was a man whom noltody liked,
but always kept n good stock. His
clerks were three bright young men,
who made friends and kept them as
'.patrons of the store.
"I've hecnl " said the old man. one
evening after business was over, "that
some dern frsd is thinkin' about start
in' another pajier here. Iord knows the
Banner's dom' poor enough."
"Yes." said one of the clerks. "I
heard the same thing this morning.
Young fellow from Kentucky's going
o start it. Over at the Merchant's
Hotel hist night he told some of the
boys l.at he was going to call her the
Thampion."
"Huh," grunted Hines. "That's a
good tianie." Here he blew out the
lamp on om of the counters and moved
forwaid toward the door "and I'll dou
Ide, all yonr wages if it's runnin' this
time next year."
The quartet moved toward the door,
blowing out the lamps as they went.
"They stood in the darkness under the
wood'sn awning just a moment.
"Yes," went on the old man before
saying good-night to his clerks. "Let's
see. this is the first. Just for luck I'll
pick lie 2!th of February next year,
it bein' leap year, an' if the Champion,
as you mil it. Is runnin' then I'll give
:ajl of you boys $10 raise apiece
March IT
The "boys" Mild nothing. Old man
Hlnes Mid good night and started for
home. After he was well out of hear
ing tbs young clerk who had mentioned
a knowledge of the Champion re
marked: "The old man has been losing money
n the Banner ever since he bought
Jjart of It. No wonder he doesn't want
-any fresh opposition."
"Sarah Merner has been setting most
'of the paper, too, at $1 a week," sug
gested another of the boys. "He could
not hir.. a man to do the work for $1.1.
It would be tough on him if the new
IMiperM get Sarah."
With a few more word concerning
the prospects of the new Journal the
three clerks separated for their homes.
'Id the morning all of Williamsburg was
5 talking about the new paper that was
to be started. The editor had lxen
'""around the square" at an early hour,
(receiving hearty encouragement In
nearly every store. Home of the nier
ssnts contributed small advertise
ment, nearly all subscribed for the
Champion, a few pah! In advance. Hick
man Arnold was the name of the new
editor. He was a tall, handsome fellow
of -tf, with a small, curly, light mus
tache that he twirled and pulled almost
constantly. His hair was light and
mrljr, too. massing closely about a
high, broad forehead, under which
ashna iorie blue evea. full of honest)'.
-He isrts like n b.istler." old Hint s
wd to Jl.1ii:tf. It !' f!l Vtftng tWtl lilt (I i
gone out of his store without receiving
a word of encouragement, "but mark
my words, beys, you'll not get a raise
of yoLr wages next March first or a
double in a year. He ain't the kind
that'll last. Wait till he pays $15 i
week for a printer for a dozen weeks -he
just won't do it, that's all."
Each of the three clerks resolved that
It would be a good thing for them to
do thfcir best work, very quietly of
cours-, to keep the new paper on its
feet at least leyond March 1. The first
issue came out in a week, full of bright
locals, but alarmingly deficient In ad
vertisements. "We are here to stay,"
was the announcement at the head of
the editorial column, whereat old m.ia
Hines shook his head gloomily and
murmired that he doubted it.
The first thing that suggested itself lo
one of the clerks, as he thought of
schemes to help the young paper along,
was to quietly arouse Sarah Merner's
Interest in the Champion, so that she
would go there for a small raise in pay.
That would save Arnold at least fle
or six dollars a week, (juite an item in
the Journalism of Williamsburg. Hut
he did not have to arouse that Interest.
Sarah Meruer felt it from the moment
she saw the handsome youug editor
stalking about the streets. Sarah was
a bright-eyed girl, with rosy cheeks and
hair that made their color stand out
the more Itecause of its blackness. Her
liands were of the plump variety, so
fat tlm her knuckles were marked only
by dimples. The first fingers of the
right hand were hard on the inside of
the first Joint, made so by the steady
picking up of the type not callous, but
much harder than they would have
been had they touched piano keys In
stead of long primer. She sat on the
high s;ool in front of her case in th
Bann?r officr and looked out on the
street. Yor.tig Arnold w.is Just passing.
He involuntarily looked up, not at the
girl so t:ear I lie window, but at the office
of his contemporary. His eyes met
those of the young compositor how
ever, and he got to thinking not of the
pretty girt, but of the business stroke
that she suggested.
"That's the scheme," he said to him
self, as he walked toward the office of
the Champion. "I'll hire a woman
printer. She's Just as good for a coun
try office and a good bit cheaper."
With that Idea In view he went into
the sure of a friend whom he had
known for several years. He explalued
what he wanted.
"Now," Arnold went on, "where can
I get her?"
"There's no girl compositor in town
except Sarah Merner," said the young
editor's friend, "and she's working for
the Bnnne where she learned her
trade."
One of old Hines' clerks was in the
store. "I beard," he spoke up, "that
Sarah Is going to quit the Banner be
cause she's mad at Bill Cannon, the
man ivho edit it. But of course I don't
know bow true It is."
As a. matter of fact, he bad stated
pure fiction. He was out of the store
in a moment, however, bound for the
office of the Banner. He went up stairs
and Into the editorial-room. Cannon
was not there. He went through a door
where two cases of type and an old
Washii'gtou baud press stood.
"Good-day, Miss Sarah," he said, half
out of breath. "Just heard you was go
ing to quit."
"What!" the girl exclaimed. Then
she remembered that the young man
was one of Hlnes' clerks. Still, that did
not enlighten ber.
"Who told you?" she proceeded,
diplomatically.
"Oh. just heard Mr. Arnold, the new
editor, say that he'd hired you. or was
going to."
Well." said Miss Sarah, "I don't
know anything a!sut It."
Of course the young clerk did not say
anything, but somehow the next day
old man Hines was astonished by the
announcement that he and Cannon
would have to get a priuter. while all
of Williamsburg was talking a't
Sarah Merner's t wo-dollars-a-week
raise by going to the Champion office.
"Yon will not have to assist at mak
ing up the forms, Miss Merner,' the
young editor said, as he came In with
a bunch of copy. "I know enough of
the art preservative to do that. I hope
that your work on the Champion will be
pleasant."
She said "Yes, sir," or something like
that, for In truth she was nervous
under his steady, blue-eyed gaze. She
sat on her stool all day. picking up the
new type and placing them, one by one,
In her "stick." But when evening came
she found that her day's work was not
up to tbe standard. She had not set as
much type as usual. It was Iswause It
was new, she thought. But that was
noi a Rood reason. Then her fat hand
twitched as she heard the door open. .
"No." she said to herself as young
Arnoid come In, "It is not that."
"Still at work?" the editor asked,
cheerily. "You are putting In long
hours. You've set a good deal of type,
too more '.ban your high-priced prede
cessor got up In twice the time."
"Thank you," Sarah murmured, "but
I am afraid that you will find tbe proof
very ld."
";u:-ss not," returned Arnold. "This
one nere seems to be all right at a
glantv."
The girl got down from her high stool
and went to a lsin In the rear part
of the room, where she washed her
liamN. She took her apron off and put
on a pretty, round, all-season bat. Then
she said:
"I'm going, Mr. Arnold, good-night."
"Good-night, Miss Meruer," tbe
young editor responded, as the girl
reached the door. Just as she was
passing out he looked up suddenly.
"I say," be called, "where do you
live?"
"Oh, only a little way about half a
mile south." .
"Let me go with you, then. It's get
ting dusky."
trv!i hesitated la the opeu doorwer.
Th yovng editor was looking at her.
waiting for an answer. Then she said:
"Thank you. Mr. Arnold, but 1 wlu
go alone." Then she pulled the door
shut. Arnold opened it in an instant
"Miss Merner." be said. "I hope that
you did not think me imj)ertlnent in
offering my company, for surely I was
honest in feeling that you should be
escorted."
"Oh. that's all right," tbe girl answer
ed, lightly, "Williamsburg us a little
place and there's no ianger. I'm used
to it. And "
She stopped. Her heart was beating
so lou ily that she almost heard it
"Yes, Miss Merner?"
"And well, you know I've only been
here a day. and but, you oughtn't to
go home with me, Mr. Arnold, that's
all.
"Not for the world, let me assure
you, if that's the view you take of it I
beg a thousand pardons for offering
myself."
The door closed and Mary went home
alone as she had done scores of times
while working at the Banner office.
This lime she was thinking very seri
ously. Had she made a mistake in
changing frou the old well-established
paper to the new one? But the confi
dence of youth buoyed ber ami she
concluded that everything was right.
Mr. Vrnold was surely a gentleman,
and if she conducted herself as she
had in the past there could be no gos
sip, even in Williamsburg. Many of
her friends congratulated her on the
change that she had made. In fact, she
soon felt sure that there was no mis
take ia it. Tbe next day passed as
pleasantly as the first. Arnold worked
hard und was enthusiastic.
"I get new subscribers every time I'm
on the street," he said to Sarah. "If
advertisements were a trifle more plen
tiful tt.ere'd be no trouble ahead for the
Champion."
The girl's eyes sparkled. "I hope
not," she said; "there's room in Will
iamsburg for a good, real newspaper."
"Something different from tbe Ban
ner, eh? Arnold laughed. "Well, we'll
try to give it to "em."
Thus the days wore on. The winter
did not prosper the Champion, for the
country roads were blocked with snow
and Ice so that the farmers could not
come in. Without them business is
alwav-i very dull In those Interior
towns. Twice In January Arnold was
not able to pay Sarah on Saturday, but
on each occasion he handed the mouey
to her on the following Tuesday.
"Wtit till spring opens and we'll be
all right." be said, "but In the mean
time it's uphill work. I'm sorry to put
you off this way for your salary, but
I've got to pay the paper bills first or
the agent will come out from St. Ixniis
and take tbe press. We eouldu't get out
much of a paper without the press,
could we?" he laughed. (
"Don't worry about my pay. Mr. Ar
nold," she said "Any time within a
week will do me."
The Banner was having an equally
hard time. It was a more expensive
paper than the Champion. Cannon, the
editor, drew out enough money to mala
tain his family, and the $15 a week
priuter ban to be paid, too. Half a
dozen times did old man Hlnes have to
go down In his private purse for money
to maintain the paper.
"It ain't this dead loss that bothers
me," he muttered. "What I want to
know is, who's backin' tbe Champion?
If tbit thing hangs on till the mads
break up and dry out I'm a ruined
man."
But the Champion was not backed.
Arnold brought a little money to Will
lamsbirg with him. but he had spent
it in equipment. By making explana
tions to his landlady he secured an ex
tension mi his board bill aud by the
hardest kind of hustling he raised
enough money each week to defray the
expenses of his little paper. In Febru
ary, however, matters legau to look
very blue. He had collected every avail
able ihh subscription and every adver
tisement was paid a full mouth ahead.
One day near the end of the month Ar
nold came Into the office looking very
gloomy. He knew that the Champion's
days were numbered.
"Mi. J Meruer," he said, "I am sorry
to say to you that our next Issue will
be our last."
"What."' Sarah fairly screamed. Her
"stick," half full of type, fell on the
case. "It's too bad," she said, more
calmly. Then she bent her bead down
on ber arms and began to cry.
"There, there, Miss Merner," Arnold
exclabned. "Don't I'm sorry enough,
myseK. goodness knows, but I dou't see
any way of avoiding it. I'm sorry for
you too it's all my fault that you left
a good situation on the Banner."
"No, no, Mr. Arnold, I came because
I wanted to, and and I'm glad 1 did."
"Well, to tell the truth, I am, too,"
ArnoM returned bluntly. "But there's
no use crying over spilled milk. I've
written a little editorial here explaining
that this field Is too small for two pa
pers. When you set it we will lie ready
to go to press."
The tears were still running over the
rosy cheeks of the girl on the stool.
She wiped them away with ber apron
and, picking np the copy that Arnold
laid tx-fore her, she began looking It
over. H told the usual story of hard
times, oor appreciatlpn of honest ef
forts and a limited field of operation.
After rinra-i had read it through she let
the sheets drop. They floated off the
case and fell about the floor. She was
dreaming. For a quarter of nn hour she
sat without moving a muscle, looking
strn Igbt Into t u little type boxes before
her. Her face was red from the roots
of her raven hair to the simple bit of
edging that filled the neck of her dress,
Her heart be-it loudly. Her hands were
feveriidi. She picked up the "stick."
"I'll do It," she murmured.
Thea she Ix-gan to pick out the type,
one by one. Che dropped them Into
thelt places faster than ever before.
Her eyes flashed a no. her hands trem
bled .is they worked. In n moment the
was through. Again she let tbe "rick"
fall heavily to the case. She looked
over the Hues that she had Just set
They were full of mistakes. Llttla
matter. Sarah got down from her stoaa,
and taking the type she got a proof
of It on Ibi little roller press near at
hand Then she slipped off her apron
and donned ber bat. She took the proof
Into tbt front room, where Arnold sat,
with bis face buried in bis hands.
"I'm going out for half an hour," the
girl said. "Here is a proof of your
editorial."
"Iioesu't matter," returned Arnold.
"I guess it's all right."
Sarah went out. After she had gone
ArnoM looked up. "Boor thing," he
muttered. "She's as badly disappoint
ed as I am. No. that can't be, either,
for I not only lose the Champion, but
I lose ber, too. No use talking, old
man, I'm In love!"
He reached across bis desk In an
absent-minded fashion and took up tho
proof slip. He didn't look at It at first,
but tore off bits of the pajer aud chew
ed them. Then he chanced to look at
the pointing on the long white sheet.
"H'm," he muttered, "she made a
mistake. This Isn't my editorial. He
lookel at It again. Here is what be
saw:
"To whom It may concern: This is
leap yi-ar, and with a feeling that I am
doing something utterly unwomanly I
offer to you my hand in marriage. It
will reduce expenses and besides keep
ing the Champion alive will, I trust,
make both of us happier."
Then Arnold got up from his seat and
whistled one soft, long note. He went
to the door and looked up and down
the street.
"Sh- said that she'd be gone for half
an hour. That will give me time."
Arno'd went back to bis desk. For
ten minutes his pencil flew over the
paper Here be took the article up und
hastily scanned It. "That will do."
he said He took It into the back room
and placed i on Sarah's case. It was
a leading editorial and this was its
title:
"We Are Here to Stay." St. Louis
Republic.
AN INGENIOUS BRAHMA.
liawk Foiled of His Prey by the
Adroitness of a Men.
J. C. Wheutan, living In McKinney,
Tex., bos some very fine breeds of
chickens which be ralm-s for the Fort
Worth market. While most of his poul
try Is all of the darker breeds, be re
cently imported a flue pair of white
Brahmas, which In due course pre
sented him with slxtceu chicks. Last
week these Htt'e fellows were Just
good flying size and were ready prey
for hawks, their white feathers gleam
ing In the sun and making them visible
from afar. In fact, Iti spite of Wheat
an's efforts, the hawks made away
with six of the young Brahmas.
Oue morning, however, after the re
maining ten 'had been duly accounted
for the night lfore. Wheatan wits sur
prised, on going to the poultry yard,
to sih' not one Mingle white chicken.
The Brahma cs k and hen were there
all right enough, lun instead of their
own snowy little one ten bedraggled,
cast-off Iisiklng black chicks peeped
at their heels. For a long time Whi-nt-au
could not Imagine what was the
matter, but, by and by, concluded
that the little Brahmus had got in
the soot box by accident and that they
were still on hand, though somewhat
discolored.
That night however, he discovered
that what he bad attributed to error
had leu done deliberately and with
wise intent. Before the old Brahma
would let her little ones tuck In for
the night she made them dip aud sput
ter In the big chicken trough by tho
wall. This done, she led the way to
an old stovep!je tinder the woodshed,
and made every last chick of them
pass through the pipe, wiping off the
soot as they went (if course, it atuck
to their wet feathers, and the little
fellows came -out perfect blackamoors.
The old hen elreumvented the hawks,
however. Her little binswl runs about
as gay as you please now, and not a
one has dlapeared since she hit upon
so Ingenious a plan for their protec
tion. ITbe Vitality of Young- Chickens.
The first eggs which a hen lays In
spring have greater vitality aud will
produce stronger chick than those laid
later in the season, after a hen's vitali
ty has been partly exhausted by con
tinuous laying. Exjerleuced breeder
understand this, and It Is the reason
why they not only charge more for the
earliest settings of eggs, but choose
these for netting when breeding for
their own yards. Tbe eggs for bens
that are confined In close yards are
often Infertile, or the chicks from thein
have so little vitality that they easily
succumb to disease. The wider range
breeding fowls have the more certain
their eggs will he to batch. This makes
It generally Inadvisable for breeder
to keep more than one variety, as un
less oue or the other is closely confined
there Is certain to be cross breeding
and confusion In tbe flock, which en
tirely destroys Its value for breeding
purjwses.
Great t'oinmindon,
The ages at which the greatest com
mnuders made their reputations are
these: Alexander the Great, between
21 and 33; Hannibal, between 2i and
45; Julius Caesar, between 42 and .V;
Frederick the (Jreat, between 2d and
Rl; Gustavus Adolphus, between 3J and
38; Napoleon, between 27 and 4ft.
KlectrVdty Htspplanta Mules.
An electric locomotive has taken tbfl
place of Inules In a Pennsylvania col
liery as the motive power for hauling
the coal to the surface up the Incline
from the face of the drifts to the tipple.
Every man should try to go to heaven
rut a final triumph over 1:1 enemies,
who will rrwbsbly not l . there.
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Tbe Bnastan Thistle !a UliooU-Ho
to t'se a CroMCBt Saw Blast
of
Proaress in Ohio-Good Varieties
of Corn.
The "Russian Thistle. "
The so-called Russiau thistle." or
"tumbleweed." has found Its way to
tbe vicinity of Clii-ago, as it was sure
to do sooner or later, and is causing no
little annoyance to tbe farmers of
northern Illinois and Iudiana. It came,
of course, along the railway lines with
the stock cars, aad great patchea of It
are now found oti the outskirts of the
city. It first got a fivithold In this
country over twenty years ago, having
lieen brought by some Itussiau colo
nists who settled in tbe Northwest. It
soon took firm possession of the Da
kotss. and began to spread Itself over a
dozen other States ;yid territories. It
Is a pest tint promise to make more
trouble than the Canada thistle ever
did. Already It causes a loss of several
millions annually to the farmer of the
Northwest, and Its ravage are increas
ing every yenr. Thus far science has
lMeii applied to altuost In vain fo
some effective means of getting rid of
this extremely unwelcome immigrant.
Harper's Weekly.
How to l.'e Croiwnt Saw.
Hold the saw In position square
across the log. the center of the saw di
rectly over tbe center of the log, says
The Agriculturist. Stand so that you
face the line of the cut with the ban. lie
directly opposite the center of your
ImhI.v. Keep cos, enough to let the saw
freely miss your body and clothing.
Cet the stroke with your arms aud the
Is'iid and turn of your lody. Hold the
handle looxely In lxth bunds, with the
outside hand !eow. Pull the saw
straight through the cut both laterally
and peris'tidlciilarly. Practice so you
can change sides and draw either right
or left handed. With a little practice
this can le done more rapidly and
easier.
A 8is:n of I"rogres.
A new law In Ohio ierni!ta the use of
the Torrens system of land titles, by
which it Is made as simple, safe, sure
and Inexiwiislve to sell aud transfer
real estate as It now Is to trade a horse
or sell a cow. Like Its sister, the Aus
tralian ballot, we believe this reform
Is destined to make rapid headway In
America. It Is proving satisfactory In
Chicago, has long bien In use In British
Columbia, and Is the sole method In
Australia. It does away with the whole
army of lawyers that now thrive on
the business of land transfer and title.
Farm and Home.
MahinB Wher I'rofitatile.
Whey is not a perfect ration and It is
often said by fanners that a pig fed
on it exclusively will starve. But so.
tio, would a pig fed on fine wheat flour.
Tlie difficulty with both foods Is that
they are too exclusively carbonaceous.
The carlion In the whey Is montly sugar.
When this ferments It Is turned to al
cohol and has no nutritive value. Fine
wheat middlings or ground oats cooked
and mixed with fresh whey make a
good ration either for growth or fat
tening. Varietiea of Corn.
J. L. Hills, In the Vermont. Station
bulletin, gives tabulated data of the
characteristics and composition of thir
teen varieties of corn. The largest
yield of dry matter was made by Vir
ginia Horse Tooth, Learning and Egyp
tian Sweet. The dry matter of the
Egyptian Sweet corn had a larger nu
tritive value, pound for pound, than
that produced from any other variety.
Rallied Farm Laborers.
That the farm laborer should lie
or Indeed can be a skilled workman
may seem to some a contradiction In
terms. Yet there can be no doubt that
In modern farming quite as much de
pends upon skill as upon strengtl of
muscle. More than this, the unskilled
person Intrusted with the handling of
expensive farm implements will be
more than likely to Injure them beyond
the amount of his wnges. Even In
doing ordinary farm work skill counts
for more than muscle without It, Above
all, the worker whom the fanner hires
ought to have Intelligent comprehen
sion of tlie business that his advice will
be worth asking and taking. There
are a great many farmers who think
they know It all, who might profitably
receive counsel from their hired help.
Two heads are better than one, even
though one be a sheep's head, Is an old
aud true saying. There Is an advant
age which some Intelligent hired men
have over miiny fanners lu a wilder
experience under changed conditions.
The man who has worked for a uiiiiiIkt
of good farmers and has gained some
new ideas from each becomes an In
valuable Assistant. Ills counsel may
need to be modified sometimes, but he
will make many suggestions that can
pe turned to good account.
The Uiialitjr of KBBa.
There Is much difference In the value
of eggs apart from their size and fresh
ness. It depends in a great degree on
what the hens are allowed or forced
to eal. All have noted the fine quality
of eggs In winter and early sprln
when tbe hens have mainly a arn
diet As warm weather comes and tl
hens go on range for grass and Insci
I he quality of the eggs become iioori
partly because tlie food Is uferb
lieu meat is cut for hens, care shoul
be taken to sec that It Is not tnlmo.l
The hens will eat meat that Is half rot
ten, but It will certainly n'ect the qual
ity oC their eggs. Thf ssme Is irtie
about the watr they dr!',k It should
lc always ptip and piotccted from
nig ii;:!i. On no ne.
count should dishes be allowed to si and
with water for fowls where they can
get their feet in the disb. as they most
certainly will, and drink from the same
Just as if nothing had hspjieued. A
hen has no sense of neatness or taate
either as regards food or drink. But
as the quality of her eggs depends on
what she eats and drluks.(ber owner
should see that she has nothing that
would make her product either offen
sive or Injurious to himself.
Halains Plea Without Milk.
Milk is the perfection of feed for
young pigs, but they will thrive on
other material, when properly pre
pared. Boarding bouse or city swill,
so called, says the Agriculturists, seems
to be the lest of anything aside from
milk, probably liecause of the variety
of the material of which it Is composed.
If this Is used, add Just enough hot
water to warm the mass. If this can
not be obtained, you can resort to tbe
more expensive method of cooking up
small potatoes, odds aud ends of vege
tables generally the greater the va
riety the l-tter and mix In some grain,
such as lsst wheat brnn. corn and oats,
ground together. To make a forty
four gallon cask of swill, you would
want about half a bushel each of vege
tables anil corn-aiid-oats. Put the
grain in the cask and scald thoroughly
with boiling water. Pour In the boiled
vegetables, well mashed, and feed
warm when properly thinned. Pigs,
as a rule, do not like thick swill, and a
sloppy article seems to be is-st in every
respect. Sugar beets, raw, are an ex
cellent winter feed, and will go a long
way toward supporting pigs If a little
swill Is allowed. If cattle are fed corn
lu tbe ear and pigs have the sun of the
manure, they will do first-rate with a
little swill only. Pigs also do well on a
mixture of chopped beef aud warm
water, with a little grain.
Best Ilreeda of Gcreeu
The result of the second season's ex
periments at the same station In cross-'
lug geese have beet) quite satisfactory.
Various breeds and crowfc-s have been
raised and compared with each other
us to growth and quality, says Farm
Poulttry. Pure black African, Embden
and Toulouse geese have been grown,
as well as crosses from Embden
ami Toulouse, Embden and Black
African, black African and Tou
louse, and Wild Canada aud black
African or India. Tbe goslings were
hatched on or within a day or two
of April 30, were fed and pastured alike,
and the weights of each kind and croes
were recorded at regular Intervals. Ac
cording to the results, the black Afri
can Is the Itest pure breed for profita
ble production, wltlle tbe Embden, as
regards early growth and quality when
dressed. Is more desirable than the Tou
louse variety. First crosses from the
ls-st breeds gave better results than
the pure breeds.
Few Block, lint Good.
It Is not the number but tbe quality
of the farmer's stock which determine
whether he Is proscrou8 or otherwise.
In olden times mere numbers were
counted, as there was probably less
difference lu the specimens than there
I now. Probably tbe thousands of
sheep and camels owned by the patri
arch Job would not to-day be worth aa
much as one thoroughbred animal of
the present day. It Is sometimes said
that having too-valuable animals la
risky business, but It will lie recalled
by those who read their Bibles that
Job lost his entire stock, and from a
position of affluence became a poor
man. ,
Keep Up a Steady Poll.
The object In farming should not be
so much to Increase production for a
single year as to strive for a permanent
IncroiMe of the fertility of the soli."
which would necessarily result III a di
minished cost per bushel or ton. The
attempt to cultivate too large areas,
too many acres, In an Indifferent man-
ner Is yet by far too common. Many
a land-poor farmer would do well to
begin at once and lessen the area In
acres, nud devote the capital acquired
by the sale to the better culture of what
renin 'lis.
Odds and Knda.
To whiten the teeth take a leuf of
"common or garden" sage and rub well
on the teeth. It has li wonderful ef
fect. Silverware will not tarnish as quick
ly If wrapped In blue tissue paper.
Wash silver In soapsuds and wipe,
without rinsing, with soft linen.
To clean marble, use common dry
salt, which requires no preparation, but
may be rubbed directly on the solid
surface, leaving tbe marble beautifully
clem.
Dandelion leave are said to be a sum
cure for Insomnia. Before going to bed)
chew two or three of the leaves, and
they will always Induce sleep, no mat'
ter how nervous and worried a person
may lie.
In planting the large flower beds for
the lawn remember that canuas and
rlclnus give a tropical effect, and
should le freely used for the ceuter of
large lied ami as a background for
other plants.
Before putting down the carpet wash
the floor with spirit of turpentine or
benzine, and you may be sure moth
will give them a wide berth. This must
not be done with a fire in the room, or
with any matches or light near.
A lady remark that, old fashioned
though It may sound, there I no better
bed for a baby than a bag of clean ont
chaff laid In the lmslnette, which should
le emptied, aired aud refilled ones a
month. This, she says, 1 cheap nud
clean ond tweet. i
Carpet will wear year longer If
never touched with a broom, but wiped
wltt, a wet cloth. This U a bad for tho -worker's
life a It I good for the car
pets, (tx gull put Into the water will
tone up tbe colors, though the ma
have been dulled by time or servlra.
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