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THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
Taa BlM mm tha Oru Barlaw lacl
4ea, af tha Lata War, and ia a
Tail ml Caaaa, March ana Battle.
" ' aTarrora of tha Army.
HE can of Pri
vate Hammond,
who, at Fort
Sheridan, In said
to bave Is-en
dragged by the
heels a distance
of 500 feet, at
tract more at
tention tO-day
than It would
have done twen
ty yearH ago.
Then cruel pun-
tahnieota indeed were meted out to re
fractory soldiers of the United States
irniy. In those days a ten or thirty-day
trick lo the guard bouse was not a com
paratively minor matter an it If) now.
The soldier who nowadays lands In the
guard bouse for drunkenness, Insubor
dination,' neglect of duty or any other
violation of regulation Is put to work
it Dome Job- around the post from fa
tigue call in the morning till recall from
fatigue late In the afternoon. The
work la never hard. The only discom
fort connected with the work In that It
In always performed under the watch
ful eye of a sentry with a loaded gun.
On the other band, the guard house
prisoner gets every night In that Is, he
U permit led to slumber peacefully on
the comfortable bunk in his guard
house cell, while his comrades who
have not committed themselves have
to take their turns standing guard over
him through the watches of the night.
The soldier who worked himself Into
the guard house prior to 1870 did not
get any night In, from the day he le
tfau bis term until Its end. He walked
hla post, two hours on and four off,
from, the beginning to the termination
f hj sentcjuce. But he did not carry a
Vin'.Vblle on post. He shouldered an
unbarked Tog, from six to eight feet In
length and weighing from 70 to loo
pounds',- and a man In his rear carried
the rltie: Tfie. business of the soldier
wltft the' rifle was to see that the sol
dier with' the log Kept on the move, up
and down tn front of the guard house,
front '"the ttiho he went on post until
relief aik-aMhe nd of two hours, by
tnoUw.guanMio.uHe prisouer, to whose
hfiliUthe.big would, be transferred.
i'. HM.mito- iae aeuiry a uu v to see
did not drop his
bniiilyijj'lio prison
er could shift It
from One shrtiitdeP to fin other or Mr.
ry fufider hi ntirt; V)V horizontally In
frof W itfrh.'or Th 'any oilier way he
diotftrf Bad tct curry it. and he
had to keep moving, on pain of being
indented wllh'tlie point of a bayonet.
There are -buudrcds; of old soldi rs still
( In the l"tii((.,i States army who did
"-r nillo .frieks at "tree nackliiir" In
fl'drtf; and tioiie of tlwm speaks
slightest degree of enthusiasm
of fhe job. The gmtrd bouse prisoner
it lifi'go physique? wnsout of luck in
'those days, ..V UJOpouiul log wiis tn
varlahly bestowed upon hint. The
nun Her logs were reserved for the pris
oner of lis birik. ', , .', t
Out.' Of the ptlrtWh merits meted out to
tho'cavalrymair who gut hit o the guard
house under the old regime was. ."trot
ling the bull ring.'.',. The bull ring Is the
circular track upon W hich the horses
tre exercised when there Is not much
ioilig anumd the post In Hie way of
Jrllls on accoiini or Inclement weather.
Kvery cavalry post has Its bull ring.
!'Kin the smooth surface of the hull
dig the frnciis&is caviilrj -man of a
YMple of ib-cadcs ago was required to
;-bnse the Intangible nlr at regular in
tervals, named In the sentence, every
Jny of, hi, confinement. His bull ring
work whs" no go -as you please walking
match eVbwr. If- ciajj 1 go at any pace
iwlfter Xhna a walk; out he was not al
Sowed to walk. Heel-and-toe business
was barred. If he chose to work It out
in cantering the sentry was agreeable;
'J Id lie prefer the less graceful, but also
less Irksome, trot, the sentry hadn't a
Word to say. but If for a single Instant
,,tte . i elapsed Into fl common, every day
walk he would hear the sentry's com
natid, Hke the crack of a circus rlng-
l I nitrew-
am.ster', whip, "Hluike her up there,
rvtep liat.do yott think this Is, a prac
tice iMflrt-hl f Jiang:" and If the bull
ring iMtinder Knew bis gait he would
MiiynlT walking right away. The bull-
, )ug 'i work A its good for wind ami
muscle, but it was hard and galling. A
loUller undergoing a bull ring sentence
4roppcd dead from heart disease at a
post Ip the Kouthwest one day about
letetjteen years ago, and then the bull
ring punishment was abandoned.
."It was reserved- for the commanding
' olflcer of an Arizona post, a one-com-
, patty outfit, to Inflict so barbarous pun
ishment upon an o. tending' soldier that
the whole schIc of ptinlntfinent In llie
L' ui ted States army was revlsy and
made hard and fast. This comma nd-
Ing otllccr was a captain, and the affair
happened In 1S7!. Ho had In his com-
; tfuny a soldier who was a very hard
'' case, and put in most of his time in the
giwrd house, ( lie completed n guard
house term hi the autumn of Vi", and
Immediately repaired to the near-by
, town of whisky shacks and made hlm
(kjf exce(Nlltigly drunk. He returned
.. to til" lMt with the Announced Inten
tion of razing It to the level of the dee-
art and Bring a volley over Its ashes.
l'he Captain had him lassoed as he waa
Jriaiterlnc the pot. He ordered that a
e' silmclenUy large to receive the
ruibf, body of a man be dug In ue
Vkhnle waa dur the cantaln ordered that
he'1lir?ee oilier be stood III It up
lt hbruieclc, and that the sand be then
9f fa '
aatau-kaaV Kil nl ulw oa titflltlr aa Doa-
alble, covering bis arms and ahooldera
and leaving only his head protruding
above the ground. The captaln'e or
dera were obeyed. The offending sol
dier, still more than half drunk, waa
packed In the sand hole, hla bead alone
catching the rays of the semi-tropical
sun, and a sentry was placed over blm.
The sun was nothing compared to the
desert ants. The ants sent out their
couriers to the highways and bywaya
and dunes ai d hollows, and It was no
time at all lefore some thousands of
them, big, red, splder-IIke and fero
cious, were running over the soldier a
head. They crawled 1 lto bis ears and
bis nose and bis mouth, and they
caused him such unspeakaole agony
that he shouted In frenzy. The sen
try finally revolted against this punish
ment, and his comrades joined him.
They threatened the captain, and tha
latter, from fear of summary punish
ment, permitted the prisoner's release.
The prisoner was taken to the hospital,
almost a maniac. The case was re
ported at Washington, and the result
was a revlslo ' of the military code,
The new regulations expressly for
bid the punishment of "bucking and
gagging." Bucking and gagging con
slsts In tying a refractory soldier gen
erally a soldier who is maniacal with
drink and very abusive hand and foe
with cords anil gagging hlrn with a
block of wixsl whittled to fit his mout
The gagging part of this punlshmen,
came near choking a number of sol
diers to death, which accounted In part
for Its eramire from the punishment
list.
One punishment much affected in the
light artillery was called "tying on the
spar-- wheel." Springing upward and
rearward from the center rail of every
caisson wns a fifth axle, and on It was
a spare wheel. A soldier who bad been
Insubordinate was taken to the spare
wheel and forced to step upon It. Ills
legs were drawn apart until they
spanuisl three Sikes. His arms were
stretched until there were three or four
spoke between bis hands. Then feet
and ..anils were firmly bound to the
felloes of the wheel, if the soldier was
to be punished moderately he was left
bound In an upr nt position on the
wheel for five or six hours. If the pun
ishment whs to be severe the ponder
ous wheel was given a quarter turn
after the soldier bud been lashed to It,
which changed the position of the man
being punished from an upright to a
horizontal one. Then the prisoner had
to exert all his strength to keep his
weight from pulling heavily and cut
ting on the cords that bound bis upper
arm and leg to the wheel. I have fre
quentlr seen men faint while under-
golnf this punishment, and I have
knowi men to endure It for hours
without a murmur, but with white
faces and set Jaws and blazing eyes.
To cry out, to lieg for mercy, to pro
test, Insured additional discomfort In
the shape of a gag, a rough stick be
ing tied Into the suffering man's
mouth.
Rewarded at I.iiht.
President XIcKlnley has made one
appointment to which not even ttie
most rabid mugwump will object. The
recipient of that appointment, a Cham
paign County, Ohio, man, passed
through Columbus the other day on
his way to Washington to thank the
Pri'sldent personally. It was through
ex-Secretary of State Samuel M. Tay
lor that Major McKlnley heard of the
existence of the appointee. During
the President's first term as Governor
be Hke at (J. A. It. campflre la
Northern Ohio. There were several In
the Columbus party. Including; Lieu
tenant Governor Harris and Secretary
Taylor, who spoke after the Governor.
Taylor was not a soldier and felt
awkward In trying to address veterans.
So, In Ib'ii of a speech, he told a story
about a man In bis county, a private
in the Ninety lirth O. V. I. lie told of
the Incarceration In Andersonvtlle of
this young Ohio soldier and a fellow
private of hts company; how both had
wasted away under the A nderonvllu
ordeal. The Champaign County ma'i'n
friend was weaker and near to .lying
on the day when a list of prisoners to
be exchanged w as read out. The crowd
of skeletons strained their ears, each
with the fierce hope of hearing his
name. The Champaign County -win's
mime was rend, but Fred compressed
his lips mid did not answer. The list
was finished, and Hill's name was not
on It. Then only did Fred's lips relav.
He said quickly: "Bill, answer to my
name. You can't stand thlq. I'll pull
through:"
"Bill did, and wag exchanged. .Vine
inonuis Inter Fred, weighing ninety
pounds, was exchanged. He had
weighed J (Hi when captured."
On the way back from the cnmpflre
the Governor said: "Taylor, I wish
you would write out that story -ami
let me have It."
Taylor did so, and the Major used It
In his speech at Grant's tomb on
Memorial day, 18!M.
Not long before he Inauguri'loi:
Secretary Taylor was In Canton, when
the President elect remarked: "By the
wny, Taylor, what's become of your
Andersonvllle prisoner?"
Taylor told McKlnley what Fr?d waa
doing, and lidded: "He ought to be re
mombered." The other .l'iy Fred Hoi
Ington of Chsmpiilgii County, ex pri
vate Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer In
fantry, was appointed Inspector of
abandoned mineral lauds at $.S n day
and expenses. Taylor was here to-day
and told the story.
A Clenr Cne There.
"So your uncle Is going to try bis
flying machine to-morrow, Is he? Has
be made Ids will V""
"Yes; left everything to charity."
"That so? Well, you don't seem to be
at all put out about it."
"Why should I be? la there a tAtirt
In the land that will hold a man who
would tyonkey with a flying muchln
to be of sound mind?" ,
HARD NUT TO CRACK.
HOW UNCLE SAM CAN RUN THE
POSTOFFICE.
Poataaa Hlimm Ara laaued by tha
Million Without Aid from the liauk
era or the Couaeut of Any Other
Nation on KartU.
Subject for Thought.
Did you know that the Government
has refused to redeem Hb own pontage
stamps in gold or any other kind of
money' Aye, wure than that; It won't
even exchuiige other postage stamps
for them. The facts are that It looks
a though the iostoltlee department Is
getting most rlnmnnb'y stuck up and
Independent. A lew dajs ago one of
our many admiring friciuls sent us a
dollar's worth of nice, new, clan,nev
er-had-been-llcked-and - stuck postage
stamirn in payment of his subscription.
Being In the isjMioftlce shortly after
ward, we called at the window and
asked the stamp clerk to give us the
cash on them. With a look of disdain
and with au lniHrtance that comes
only from long service In a public ca
pacity, he informed us that he was
selling stumps awl not buying them.
We then requested him to exchange
and give us one-centers for our twos.
Ho simply pointed to a printed notice
that I'nele Sam doee not even ex
change stamps. We expected that as
soon as the word got out stamps would
dopreciale and be worth possibly less
than the paper upon which they are
printed. So we hurried to a drug store
and found, to our surprise and pleas
ure, that posUige st.wnps were still
worth their face value. That has been
several days ago, and we are told this
morning Uiat they are still selling all
Over the city at the same old price. It
feems kind o' strange how this la.
Why, they are not a legal tender for
anything; thej are not tit for money
even If they were, because of the nasty
Brickum-tight on their backs; the Gov
ernment won't have them after It sells
them once; and still they are worth two
cents apiece, and it now looks just like
the prli-e Is going to stay up right
when- It Is. There is only one use that
anybody can make of the things, and
that is to pay postage; and still they
don't dopreciale.
Well, as you cannot pay jsjstage
with anything else but stamps, we won
der why somebody hasn't got a corner
on them? Why don't some of these
smart bankers got together and buy all
the postage stamps at two cents apiece
and then raise the price' Possibly they
have not thought of It. But they have
thought of everything else; wonder
why they have not thought of this?
They cornor up the Government's mon
ey and make I'nele Sam dance around
and ls-g like a little puppy dog and
make him issue lionds and do lots of
other humiliating things, but somehow
they have never thought to tackle the
iswtage stamps. After looking it up a
little it seems that I'nele Sam got It
Into his old head that he could run the
postoflice will out the aid of the bank
ers. He seems to nave lorgoiieu io
make any pn. visions for his banker
boys In the matter, and so he kis'ps his
lostage stamp mill going all the time;
and If they buy all the stamps he has
he simply prints some more, and some
more, and some more, and keeps right
on smiling; and the more they buy the
more he smiles. If they conclude to
buy up a big lot of them and ship them
to "Yurrup" he would keep right on
smiling and printing more stanqw. The
supply of stamps seems almost Inex
haustible. It looks like I'nele Sam
might get tired of It after a while and
delegate the Issuing of his stamps over
to the banks as he has done In the mat
ter of money. Then he could take a
much-needed rest, and his banker boys
could have a real jilcnlc. lhey could
ave a regular high old time, and then.'
would be a "hot time In the old town,
you bet your l'fe. I he Isiys would put
the price of skimps down till they got
KKsesston of what are on hand; then
they could "bull the market and make
a n!s? pile. Tin y could limit the supply;
lhey could slip them off to F.uropc, and
great many other things they could
do. They could give L in le Sam lots of
slnters In buslnesn. Stamps could be
used Just like the money Is If Uncle
Sam was not such a blasted old moss
back as to stand rlglit In the way of
progress. Funny. Isn't It? 8upiwe
yon put. In about five minutes thinking
this over. Warren Foster's Paper.
Prosperity's Kond
While waiting for the promised pros
perity which Is to put the country on
the topmost pinnacle of happiness. It
Is Interesting to recall former periods
of prosperity and to reason out why
they blessed us with tlielr presence.
No less a personage than Speaker
Iti-ed Informed the world not long ago
In a public speech that the aim of a Re
publican administration would le to
restore the conditions of business
which prevailed from 1ST!! to is:i2. Mr.
Iteed omitted to make reference to the
fact that this period begun when the
Bland silver coinage act of ls.78 went
Into practical operation, and ended with
the Cleveland nursed rcM-ai of the pur
chasing clause of the Sherman act.
The Bland act provided for the coin
age of not less than $2,mio.ooo a month,
and the Sherman act of 18!0 doubled
the amount. Cnder these acts there
was an addition or $i'fc':o,0(K),(SH) to the
full legal lender money of the country,
an average of more than $4U,(X0,0on a
year.
It was this adequate Increase In the
volume of legal t'tnler money which
kept pace with the Increase of popu
lation and industrial activity, and. In
deed, made the latter possible.
With the agitation for the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
let, which reached a successful cul
mination In 1S1W, began that active pol
io of contraction, tha ground work for
which waa laid In 1873, and which, ef
late yaara, has caat a blight over every
branch of bust neaa. Chicago Dispatch.
Heanlt Will Ha Intcraatlag.
An ingenious piece or literature re
cently put In circulation la the ballot
about to lie votexl In the Order of the
Patriots of America. On the face side
of It are ten questions that will Inter
est alout every one. On the reveraa
side is an explanation that the order Is
educational. In making the explana
tion the following language is used:
The theory of republican government
is that when class interests are permitted
to do the thinking for the people, it results
in such clan interests utilizing legists
timi to enrich theaiselves, ending in im
poverishing the people, creating a rest
less ami distressed citizenship, and finally
despotism to liuld the people in subjection;
and that the only escape from auch a drift
of uffairs ia b such methods as will se
cure a majority expression of opinion from
all the irnple, In which expression, the
unselfish and disinterested people will oui
number those aelHshly interested in a pro
posed iiiensure. This is illustrated In I
proportion now before the American peo
pie: The national bankers are now ask
ing the Government te retire the green
backs; permit them to deposit Govern
ment bonds with the I'tiited States Trens
urer; continue to draw dowii their iuier
est on tlie lionds; on the security of the
bonds to rirsw from the Government n
tlonal bunk nates to th full face vsliic i.
the bonds, at a cost to 'Jie bankers of on
half of one par cent Interest per atiiKMi-.
and in the meantime to be? exempt fror.i
taxation. Under prcfent law they ii
borrow ing moticy fron the Government i
the rate of one ncr rent per annum, in d
exempt from taxation, and propose, no'
to draw to the full valee of their secm it.,
and, reduce the rate f)f interest to on
half of one pe cent per mimim, for mone
which they losn to you and me at from a!
to ten per cent per annum. It li only n
question of a few dfesdes, when, under
such a law, tha property of the nation will
be transferred to the class thus benefited.
With this Illustration, It will be readily
seen, in one Instance only, how laws may
affect civill7.Ht.l0n, and how dnngerons it
Is to concede that any class should be per
mitted to do oir thinking for us on ques
tions of national Ieglnla'ion.
The ballots are betng sent out by
mnll for genei distribution, and over
a half million of then are now In cir
culation passlag frora hand to hand
and In letters all over the country. Tho
result of the voting will be watched
with interest, for It will present an
argument that Is minswcnible. The
National Itecrirder, 802 Washington
boulevard, Chicago, will supply these
ballots free to all vho make applica
tion for them. They are given out for
free distribution, and the originality of
the face side, on which the ballot ap
pears, causes them to be generally read
and studied.
Aim of the Golrtttea.
Advocates of gold monometallism
dare not lay before the people the real
reason why they are no anxious to es
tablish their theory of finance. If they
should frankly say they want gold to
be made the sole measure of value be
cause gold Is eons'JPttly appreciating,
they would put the people on their
guard and defsat the end for wlilch
they labor. As a mntter of policy gold
monometnlllsts deliy that gold has
grown more vajuaole (luring the last
twenty five years, and has thus de
creased the vaiu a, all property meas
ured by that metal ts a purchasing me
dium. Any one wh-o will take the pains
to consult Hradstrf et's Index numbers
of prices will become convinced that
prices have fallen s'nee 1872 at least V
per cent. I he Inox Is based on the
prices of 108 articles, and as a matter
of statistics prepared with no political
bias. Taking the last six years up to
Nov. 1. ISO", the fall hits Is-en 15 points,
and the record stands as follows:
1M1 09
lSD'J 90
IMC, 91
1S94 78
'Mr, 77
ism; 71
1M7 75
In 1S72 the Index number stood at
127, according to the Senate report;
therefore, simple comparison with the
Index numlsT for 1SH7 shows a drop In
average prices of about 45 per cent.
There can 1m; but one reasonable con
clusion, and that Is the purchasing
medium has Increased just that jkt
cent. In value. How would the mer
chant like a yard stick that gradually
grew In length each year until In twen
ty live years he had to sell six feet of
clot li for a yard? How would a farmer
like a bushel measure that doubled
In capacity In a quarter of a century,
requiring him to sell two bushels for
one? Yet that Is exactly what the gold
stamlawl has done, not only for the
merchant and the farmer, but for the
ow ners of all property In this country,
and that Is the kind of monetary "re
form" the Republicans want to fasten
In perpetuity on the people.
Monopoly firings l'uupcrihrti.
The pi-ople of the 1'n.lted Klatea
were far from realizing the extent to
which the possession of a vast area of
tillable land, open to thorn for home
stead purposes, has rendered their ma
terial condition suM-rlor to that of the
Kurofienn masKe-s. They attributed
the higher average of tholr prosperity
to their own pluck and energy; to their
lutenwr working capacity; to their
public school sy.-tem; to all theee and
lo other chums, than to the one men
tioned, w hich has since ltcen demon
strated to lone been Uie prime factor
of the situation.
Time has, at last, brought alvnit an
eqtiiiM.iitloii of condition en ItoUi aldea
of the Atlantic. Kvirope lwis Its mllllona
of paupers; America has likewise; In
txth hemUpIn res, the lands are plaa
tered pvor with paper titles; In both,
workingmen must trump from town to
town to sock employment, the disad
vantage ot long distances lming on tha
aide of America. Momwly lias won
Ita victory. Twentieth Cetvtnry.
In Spain the theaters do not use pro-grama.
Weed Flavora In Milk.
The milk is carefully examined when
received, and all that Is the leaat affect
ed with the onion or weed flavor, Is set
aside by Itself, and then run through a
separator, and Its cream kept separate.
To this cream Is added twice Its own
bulk of hot water, In which saltpetre,
In the proKrtion of one ounce to three
gallons of water, has been dissolved.
This raises the temperature of the mix
ed cream and water to about KSO de
grees, and It Is immediately put
through the separator again. The re
sult Is a fine, thick cream, with no trace
of weed flavor in it, and withal thor
oughly pasteurized, and the Babcock
test shows no loss of fat In t lie opera
tion. In order to ripen such cream for
churning, a starter Is needed. Pas
teurizing has leen tried for the purpose
of eliminating bad flavors from cream
with partial, though not perfect, suc
cess. rItie same may be said In refer
ence to heating the milk and running it
through the separator at a temperature
of 155 degrees or ICO degrees. Washing
cream has also been tried, with the wat
er tit the ordinary temperature of sep
arating, and this has very materially
reduced bad flavors.-Hoard's Dairy
man. Substitute for a Smokehouse.
The Illustration, which Is from the
American Agriculturist, shows a simple
plan for smoking a small quantity of
meat, without any
expense whatever
for a smokehou.se.
The lower barrel
has a small door
through which to
replenish the
smouldering fire
In the iron kettle
on the innlde. The
bottom of the box
has holes In It
similar to those In
the lop, the upper
barrel being
raised to show
these. The front
of the 1kx Is hing
ed to admit the
meat. ,The upper
barrel ha.s neither
lop nor boit torn
and serves merely
as a chimney to
provide some little draft and to carry
off the smoke. Two snuill holes In the
lower barrel admit air to feed the
smouUkiring lire.
Keening floes in Harnyarda.
It is not ii gissl plan to allow hogs to
run loose In the barnyard with other
Ktock. Their tslor is very disagreeable
to all other domestic anilninl.H, and thev
11 not eat their food so well when
hogs are near them. Besides, cows
and horses, If loose, will trample on or
otherwise Injure bogs running at iheir
ln-cls. The only excuse for keepijig
hogs In the barnyard Is that they may
root over the excrement of cows or
horses that arc fed on whole grain. No
loubt the hoirs will get some grain In
this way. But the better way is to
have the grain ground and feed enough
less to pay for the grinding. With
cither cows or horses the meal with cut
hay or straw will be much lx-tter di
gested than will whole grain.
A Keul Snow Plow.
This is not a wedge to push the snow
to one side, but a plow that raises and
delivers It above and upon the undis
turbed snow- at the side. Such a plow
must have a strong frame, the bars
reaching out In front Is-ing not les
than ;ix.'!. and they must be 0 ft long,
A UU A I. SNOW 1'I.OW.
to teach back to the rear. Phuiks form
the runners ami top. The light frame
nliove the top Is for the driver to sit
upon. Ills feet he rests upon the bars
by which the plow is draw n. The front
cdire, the Incline and llie top are
tinned to make the snow move up more
easily. The edge Is of I he same width
as the rear end, so there Is no binding
In the snow. Farm and I'lreslde.
Secret of Success
A ton of butter sold from the farm
fosts almost nothing so far as fertilizing
elements n.(. concerned, but it Is esti
mated that a ton of wheat removes
iibout $S worth of plan! food from the
soil. This !f.S difference must be taken
Inio consideration In comparing butter
wllh wheat production, as It represents
that amount In favor of butter at the
start. The secret of successful farming
Is to produce something on the farm
that removes as little of the real wealth
of the farm ns possible.
Lime, PluHtcr mid Iron.
A Pails Journal says that the dlsns
'roiis effects exerted by lime and plaster
on Iron should be kept In mind when
building. If Iron Is plunged Into fresh- j
ly prepared lime rapid oxidation takes
place. This soon reaches the heart of (
the Iron, which In a short time under-
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goes a profound alteration In its resist
ing qualities. To this result must ba
added the expansion caused by Inereas
in volume of the mass. On the other
hand, cement seems to be an eicellent
preservative against rust. Such a cor
eriug Is preferable to painting with red
lead.
Lima He aim.
The introduction of the bush varie
ties of Lima beans was au Important
matter to those who make a specialty
of Lima beans. The labor of cutting
poles and the extra labor of earing f r
the iiole Limas made the growing of
them a risk should dry weather occur.'
At the West. Virginia experiment sta
tion It has been found that beans
grown in drills produced twice as much
a those grown in hills. As the bush(,
Llinas may be planted with a seed drill, '
In rows, and require no poles, they can)
be grown more profitably than hereto-'
fore. There are also varieties of busla
Limas that are as larae as the nolel
kinds, and they bring good prices Ira
market. These facts should be kept In)
view for next year.
Winter SqusiHhea.
Squashes, unless ripened, will not
keep well. Sometimes they are left outj
too long. After the frost has killed thel
vines the squashes are exposed to thel
cold and to freezing and thawing. Suebj
squashes cannot keep well. Squashes
must also be carefully handled. If thai
shell Is bruised in getting them under
cover, they are sure to rot early.. They1
should be well ripened, gathered befora'
heavy frosts, well dried, kept in an,
even temperature, and careully hanJ
died. A warm, damp cellar Is a bad)
place for storage. They should be kepfj
In a dry room, where temperature la
fairly even and not piled in a heap, but!
placed on open shelves. If there ara
only a few they may be spread on th
floor. Sort them over and pick out thai
soft-shelled and unripe ones to be used)
first.
Good Hurn Cats.
To make a cat a good mouser itj
should never be allowed around thai
house. To lie near the stove and be fed,j
without doing anything to earn Ita liv
ing, makes a cat lazy, fat and good fori
nothing. There are always in the barn
enough vermin to give a good cat con-j
stant employment, and she will rarely
need other food than what she can her
self procure. Such a cat is easily worth'
$10 to $20. On most farms It will make
big Interest on these sums every year
in grain and grain bags and fruit which
a good cat will save from being destroy
ed. Unique Scratching Shed.
Where snow lies thickly upon the
ground for months it Is almost Impossi
ble to get the hens out of doons, though
fres.h air and sunshine are specially
needed to promote winter laying. The
Illustration shows a simple addition to
the southern side of the poultry house
that will give the fowls the advantage
of some hours each sunny day out of
doors without lndng upon the snow.
Put leaves, sand and a little grain Into
the bottom of these outside perm, arid
the fowls will work busily In them for
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hours. Such scratching sheds need not
be large. They cost but a trifle and so
can be afforded by everyone. Orange
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I.nrue Potato Yield.
The largest potato yield on record
was produced In Northern Wyoming in
S!)0. According to sworn testimony,
It amounted to U71 bushels and forty
pounds per acre, of which K!S bushels
were marketable. The expense of pro
duction was slated to have been S74.K0.
Such n crop anywhere In the country
this year would have been pretty prof
itable. The average yield of jHitatoes
in the Vnitisl States Is in ordinary
years tiboul one hundred bushels to the
acre.
hhyi nit,
There Is no better way to break a
horse of shying than to stop him and
gently lead or drive him up to the ob
ject of his fear each time, talking to
him pleasantly meanwhile. Whipping
and harshness only Increase the difficul
ty. If perslslent kindness be employ
ed the horse will soon control himself
tinder trying circumstances If spoken
lo by his driver in an ordinary tone of
voice.
Keeping Milk from Odors.
One renson why much poor butter la
made In the wlnler season is because
the milk is set In some room adjoining
the kitchen, where It Is subjected to all
the odors of the kitchen slove Used In
cooking incuts and vegetables. These
odors, wllh llie heat from the stove, are
absorbed by the milk, and as the cream
has to lie wanned so as to ripen, the
germs thus admitted have the best pos
sible chance to increase.
l'.Kua in Winter,
The secret of getting egga In winter
Is to keep pullets, and keep them well.
Fowls should have the run of a held
and orcbard, t ml ns much corn, rice and
barley meal as lhey want to eat, with a
liberal supply of water.
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