SHORT STORIES.
FOUNO ON TMH TRAIN.
' 'Well, well; It does seem kind of fun
pr that this should happen again. I
have come home for the last five years
on tbls 6:3o train, still nothing" of this
kind has ever occurred before until the
last week. It's queer; but I'J! advertise
this one maybe they are mates."- He
drew the other from his pocket and
compared them.' "They are a pair a a
ure as I am Granville Baker same
rolod, flie and all" He folded them
and replaced them In his pocket, took
the evening- paper and settled down to
read.
Mr. Baker wan a bachelor and resided
in w , a suburb of Bofton. He
was a banker in the latter city, liked
and respected by all who knew him.
On two different occasions he , had
found on the train a glove, which, after
Investigation, proved to be a pair; so
lie determined to find the owner.
In a few days In the lost and found
column appeared:
Found On the B:3 train to W , a
pair of gloves; owner can have them by
calllnr on O. W. Baker, 318 T street,
nty.
The first morning a light-haired dam
sel arrived and asked In faltering Jones
If Mr. Baker was In. He smiled as he
told her she was talking with that gen
tleman, but after questions were an
swered, the gloves still remained In his
possession and the young lady left the
office utterly disappointed.
The ad remained In the paper over a
-week, yet the rightful owner had not
put In an appearance, so he made up his
mind to have It removed.
It was nearly time for closing as
Granville Baker sat at his desk and
took the gloves out of the drawer. "I
guess I'll take them home as a souve
nir," for he folded them it somehow
"brought to his mind bygone memories.
"I wonder where she Is now?" he
mused. "Strange that I never meet her.
Let me see. It Is nearly ten years
since we parted. How foolish I was
to believe such false stories, but if
past and gone now, and I'm the loser."
He returned the gloves to his pocket,
closed his desk and prepared to leave,
when a woman stepped to the door. "Is
this Mr. Baker?" she asked. "Yes,
madam, but we're closed now," he re
plied kindly, trying to see her face
through the thick vel which concealed
It.
"I didn't come to deposit but came in
search of my gloves." "Ah, did you lose
a pair can you describe them?" "Cer
tainly, sir; they were light gray with
pearl buttons." He drew them from
his pocket and handed them to her.
"Are they yours?" he aRked slowly. She
gazed Into his fuce with a pitying
glance and murmured; "Yes, thank
you." Was It Imagination, or who did
-that look remind him of? He watcnen
her as she left the office; then a feel
ing of remorse tame, over him a he
s.-Kted himself In his chair and bowed
his bead. Why should the past come so
vividly bark again? Why should those
gloves make him feel uncomfortable,
and where had he seen. that look, and
why didn't he detain her a moment?
Uut-Ljie paused and drew out his watch.
"Only eight minutes to catch my
train." He took his hat, but hud gone
nly a few feet when he stopped.
"Who was that I saw ftt the door?
How I tremble. I am tired and nerv
ous. It 1 gone now," He buttoned
his coat up tightly and hastened to
As he took the train nnd started to
peruse the pap", his mind was too
disturbed, so he laid It down and azed
at the passengers. Opposite him sat
the face he had seen at the door; It
dazed Jilm as lefore. Where had ho
seen It? Carefully he studied every
outline and noted every change of ex
pression, until he was fully convinced,
then he took the seat beside her.
"Beg pardon, but are you not Miss
Wilisot?"
Sbe did not blush, but sighed as she
laid her hand upon his arm and gazed
earnestly Into his face. "No, I am noi
Miss Wllmot now, but am still Grace.
Yon Judged me wrong years ago, but
I know you have found out differ
ently." She ceased speaking, for she saw the
words caused him pain. In a few min
utes she began: "You remember how
you sent me that letter ot stinging re
buke? I never answered It -because
you accused me of so much, I went
west with my father, and after he
"died I married for a home, but my
husband was killed four years ago In
Colorado, so now I have come ft, hop
Ing, perhaps to right a cruel wrong."
As she finished his heart was too full
for utterance, so he pressed her hand,
tor he knew her face betokened a sad
She was a widow, alone In the world.
He wa a bachelor, nearlng his for
tieth year, but the old flame of love
was rekindled, and as the train puffed
out of W It left behind two happy
heart that had been separated for so
mnnir vears. It Is needles sto say
wha took place, but now Mrs. Baker
often smiles as she thlnka of how her
alove unintentionally restored her to
her lost happiness. . ,
A SPRING MEMORY.
How warm the air was! Though
i. Anril It might have been a day
! midsummer. The Ill-clad woman on
tha bench abut her eyes ana lay nacs
la momentary content. Bha drew In
4mp breaths of the soft wind, laden
with perfume from gaf beds of bya
alatba and wall flowers, and felt re
, with wlna after tba does
atmosphere of the small (arret in the
arrow back street where her eyes
m .w I atal thai IMSW
it oa all tldea throuh a thick baaa
of smoke, and her cars were assailed
by harsh voices of poverty-cursed mor
tals, whining children and the whittle
of the railway hard by.
Now she opened her eyes and drank
In the beauty of the scene before her,
the sky dear and blue-flecked h'-re
and there with soft baby clouds, the
trees Just bursting Into leaf, their buds
of freshest green, the grass so smooth
and trim and restful to eyes wearied
with work and tears and dotted about
with waving daffodils and blue hya
cinths. There was a suggestion of na
ture untrammeled and free In the flower-scattered
sward that pleased her
better ihan the symmetrical beds with
their cArefully arranged blue-hued
bloKHom; yet these were lovely, too,
and. oh. the ecent!
Just opposite where she sat, and fac
Ing the park garden, was a row of
houses, tall and commanding, with
high pillars and carved balconies and
flower-wreathed windows. She was es
pecially Interested In one of them, for
It was the home of the lover of her
youth and he was dying. She had heard
this the night before, and had come to
the gardens that bright afternoon,
moved by a strong yearning to be for
an hour or two as-near to him as possi
ble. For in the heart of this pale-faced
woman there was a memory green and
fresh and fragrant after long years
the memory of a short-lived romance,
of sighs, of parting and tears. That bit
of her life stood out In strong relief
the rest was nfct pleasant to remem
ber, for It had been filled with Kin and
shame, and latterly with broken health
and grinding poverty. But that time,
so long ago, when she was beautiful
and pure and sweet, ad he was still
youthful, and only beginning to give
promise of a fame that came Inter
that was a cherlRhed memory, andor
its sake she had come to watch beside
him. and to breathe out In the spring
sunshine a prayer for the passing soul.
Some parting words of his came to
her mind, and she murmured them
half audibly.
"Pear little Loo, remember, If you
are ever In any difficulty or trouble,
write to me, and If I am able I will
help you."
Something had always kept her from
taking advantage of that promine
some half-conscious desire that he
should always think of her as she had
been then, and not as she became later.
Besides, men forget; IC1 Is only woman
who remember. ' '
There was a sound of carriage
wheels; she looked up. The vehicle
stopped at the house, a footman ap
peared with rugs, and presently a lady
got In and was driven away.
She remembered that he had been
married about a year ago to a rich and
beautiful girl, and there were rumorp
that the domestic relations of the two
were not happy.
"If I had been his wife T would not
have left him alone to hired people
when he was so HI."
Then she gave a little scornful lanph
as she spread her coarse, red hands on
her lap. Once they ha'd been so fait
and soft, and he had praised them.
"A pretty girl I, was. then." she
thought sadly, "hair like ripe corn and
eyes like forgct-me-knots. I remember
him saying so the day we went to the
picnic In the country, and he painted
me sitting by the brookslde with my
lap full of flowers. Good Lord! who
would think It to see me now 7 and yet
somehow I feel as If thinking about
him makes my soul come back to the
likeness of that time . long since. If
ugly body and start fair again.
'I never told a soul about film and
me, she tnougni wismiiiy; it iois"i
have done him harm, for they would
not have understood. It's strange I've
thought bo much of him lately, but now
I'm old and poor and tired, and tin
man or woman, either will ever again
pretend to care for me even. It ceems
to make a happier look come into
everything when I picture hlrn n he
was' five and twenty years ago, bright
and gay and loving, ana eyes ini
looked at me so kindly, and such a dif
ferent look to-ah! Ood have mercy
on him, bear him in his trouoie. n i
could bear his pain for him I would
oh, so gladly for he Is the only man 1
ever loved and I think he loved me
once."
The light was fading, angry clouds
were coming up and a cold wind bent
roughly the tender stalks of the daffo
dil. The woman suddenly shivered and
looked paler than before, for she had
looked again at the windows, and one
by one the blinds were being pulled
down.
It was an hour and a half later, as
the warning bell fur the shutting of
the garden gates was ringing, that the
carriage containing the pretty young
wife returned. The shabby woman
paid no attention to either sound, for
she seemed asleep her head sunk on
her chest. One of the attendants of the
gardens came along and roughly laid
his hand on her shoulder. She was
dead.
TWO WEDDING RINGS.
mln at the door, and leaned over the
banisters to Inquire If there were any
letters for me.
There wss no Immediate response to
my query, and I Inferred from the sus
nlrloua silence that either Mrs. Met
calfe or her daughter waa Inspecting
my letters, probably reading the post
cards, If there were any.
One card came from my tailor to not!
fy ma of his removal; one from Louis
Durande to tell me that he could not
keep a certain engagement with me and
a letter from Percy Cresmer who had
warmed his slippers at the same col
lege (Ira with m scarcely three yearal
ago. . a i. t
Hla epistle ran thua:
"Dear Bel ton: I claim your congratu
lattnna. I am to be marn.
to the sweetest girl the sun
upon. There's surprise nu
tor you. And I wish you'd gV
vermin, the Jeweler, and get the
ding ring, size enclosed on a bit of pa
per. There's surprise number two.
Seriously, old fellow. It will do me a
great favor, for buslaaas matters here
are complicated in k"cA a way that 1
cannot hope to get to the city a day
before the event; and. of course, I know
that I can trust your aste and Juag
ment equally with my own. Have the
words 'Helen. I&96,' engraved on the
inside, and please send by post without
delay. Kver yours faithfully.
"PERCY ORKSMKR."
"P. 8. She's an angel."
"Well," said I to myself, laying down
my old chum's lette'r.'here's a pretty
commission for a bachelor. An angel,
Is she? I don't believe she's any more
angelic than Pauline Brooks. But every
man thinks his goose is a swan. I
pityhe poor fellow, I'm sure; he's
clearly Tn a 7tate of-gTamour that
makes him see everything coleur de
rose. But I'm not one to desert a friend
at a pinch I'll buy his miserable wed
ding ring with the greatest pleasure in
life."
So I tockel my desk, put on my over
coat and went straightway to Silver
man's. .ones' was behind the counter. 1
knew Jones; I had bought a gold brace,
let of him for Pauline Brooks six
months ago. Jones was a dapier little
fellow, with a.stlffly waxed mustache, a
camea scarf pin and hair bedewed with
some ambrosial perfume or other.
"Wedding rings. If you please," said
I, plunging at once into the object of
my visit. "Here's t!e size," producing
my slip of paper.
"Any Inscription, sir," questioned
Jones, assuming so preternaturally
knowing an aspect that I could have
cheerfully pitched him In among the
plated war In the big glass showcase
behind him.
"Helen," said I brusquely, "18!6."
"Very pretty name," simpered Jones
as he wrote down the order. "Any par
ticular style?"
"Simple and solid," said I; "that's
all."
"Yes, sir, It shall be attended to at
once. Shall I send it to your residence
or"
"I'll call for It tomorrow," said I.
I croesed the park and hurried up
Regent street, mentally gnashing my
teeth, and in.rny Impetuous haste had
near stumbled over Pauline herself.
Just out of a florists with a tiny bou
tonnlere of violets In her hand.
"Pauline?" I cried, rapturously.
But Pauline drew back the least lit
tle dintance In the world, thereby put
ting an Invisible barrier between us
that froze me like an Icicle.
"Dear me, Mr. Belton, Is it you?"
said Pauline. "I congratulate you, I am
surer
"Upon what!" I demanded, growing
desperate.
"dpon your approaching marriage to
be sureT' said, Pauline, with a smile
like auroral lights hovering over a
snowbank.
"But I'm not going to be married,"
protested I.
'V)h, excuse me, pray! Gentlemen do
not usually buy wedding rings without
a purpose," Interposed Pauline. "Only
I should think you might have paid
such old friends as we are the compli
ment of some slight intimation of your
Impending marriag-e."
"Pauline," said I-"Miss Brooks
hear me. There Is only one woman in
the world I would care to marry, and
she stands before me now!"
Pauline's lips quivered the tears
-rklcd ill hr evea
'Mr. Helton," said she, "you may re
gard" this all as a very fine Joke, but
surely It Is not necessary to add any
more Insult to It"
'Do you mean that you don't believe
me?
'How can I believe you?" retorted
she.
Driven to a sort of frenzy, I dragged
Percy Creamer's letter from my pocket.
'Pauline," said I. "read that, and
you will nave a solution ui ioc mn
tery of the wedding ring."
Her face cleared up as she glanced
over the contents oi poor i rramci
ecstatic missive.
'Poor fellow!" said she. "He's very
much In love, Isn't he?"
"Not half as much as I am," said I.
And then In the smllax bordered
shadow of the Horisl's shop I presHed
my suit.
"Dear Pauline; let me order anotner
wedding r!nr "
'Tor whom?" demanded by lady love.
"For you. I have loved you for a long
time; but I never hart tne courage u
avow my love before, dear Pauline."
'Hush!" said Pauline, "We mustn t
stand talking here,"
"I won't stir a step until you answer
me."
"What shall I say?" hesitated Paul
ine. "8ny yes."
I ordered the duplicate wedding ring
that very night. Pauline Said It was
too soon; but I quoted the ancient pro
verb, "Delays are dangerous." And
we are to be married In a month. And
If It hadn't been for the providential
commission of Creamer's wedding ring,
I might still have been shivering on
the brink of an unspoken proposal.
Blessed be wedding rings." say I.
Miss Spinster sold her piano In orde
to buy a bicycle. Miss Spinster waa
not musical, and never touched the In
strument. But it had been a gift from
her father, and when the men carried
It away Miss Spinster waa affected to
tears. Her maid, Bridget, tried to con
oleher. "Bute, mum, I wouldn't take It so
much to heart mum. To be sure, mum,
ye fayther that'll dead gave to yes, but
nlver molnd, Nora O'Klanagan, Mike
O'Flanagan's wife, that Is, who lives
around In Dead Horse alley, has Just
bought a pyanny fer her Mary, and
ure, mum, If they's glttln' as common
aa thot, yea don't want wan."
LADIES' COLUMN.
ONCE IN A WHILE.
It Is easy enough to-be pleasant
When life flows by like a song.
But the man worth while Is one who
will srplle
When everything goes wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble
And It always comes with the years,
And the smile that la worth the praises
of earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.
It Is easy enough to be prudent
When nothing tempts you to stray.
When without or within no voice of sin
Is luring your soul away.
But it's only a negative virtue
Until it Is tried by fire,
And the life that Is worth the honor of
earth
Is the one that resists desire.
By the cynic, the ss.d. the fallen,
Whrj-had-no strength-for the strife,
The world's highway Is cumbered to
day; They make up the Item of life.
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in a smile
It Is these that are worth the homage
of earth.
For we find them but once In a while.
COOKING RECIPES.
Eggs a la Polette Mauke a cream
sauce' as for baked eggs, adding the
Juice of a quarter of an onion. Boil
the eggs hard, cut them Into quarters,
pour the cream sauce over them, sea
son with pepper and salt, and serve.
This Is a palatable first course for a
luncheon.
Bread Cake One pint of risen dough,
a half cuyful of butter, a coffee cupful
of sugar, three eggs, well beaten, a
pound of atoned raisins, care.fully flour
ed, a little nutmeg, and sifted flour
enough to make a proper cake consist
ency. Place in pans, let rise fifteen
minutes, and make In a slow oven.
Sweet Nut Sandwiches Chop together
one cupful seedless raisins, one cupful
Knglish walnuts, one-half cupful grat
ed cocoanut, two tablespoonfuls gratedXhe frame has gone beyond cleaning,
chocolate, and mix well together, mois
en with a little cream, spread between
egg-shaped pieces of whole wheat bread
previously buttered.
Macaroni au Gratin One pound spa
ghetti boll twenty-five minutes in
salted, boiling water. Pour off all the
water; put back on stove to simmer,
then put in cream, a little Tarmcsan
cheese, and pepper, and stir carefully.
Then put on small tin dishes well but
tered. Add a few pieces of butter on
top; sift on Parmesan cheese; place In
a quick oven to brown.
Mint Sauce Pick leaves of fresh
young spearmint from the stems, wash
and drain them on a cloth, chop them
fine, put them In a gravy boat, to three
tablespoonfuls of mint add two table
spoonfuls of fine granulated sugar, mix
thoroughly, let stand a few minutes,
pour over this six tablespoonfuls ot
white wine vinegar. Prepare this some
time before serving, that the flavor of
the mint may be thoroughly extracted.
White Cakl Beat to a rceam one cup
ful of sugar, half a cupful of butter
and one-half of a cupful of cornstarch.
When this mixture Is perfectly smooth,
without a lump, add the whites of
three eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Fla
vor with essence of bitter almonds.
Then stir in half a cupful of milk, add
a cupful of flour sifted with two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Bake In
a moderate oven, and frost the cake
thick Just before it gets cold.
Broiled Bird Remove pin feathers,
hid, feet and wings; singe and wipe;
spilt down the back, remove entrails
and the breast bone; my It on or.c-half
a sheet of letter paper, buttered thick
ly, fold edges together snd turn them
over twice. Place In a wire broiler,
and broil ten minutes over coals, lifting
It frequently to avoid blazing the paper.
Open paper, lay bird on hot toast,
pour on the Juice from the paper, add
salt, pepper and butter, and garnish
with water cress.
Dream sandwiches Stew a cupful of
prunes very tender, remove the stones
and pass the prunes through a colander,
sweeten to taste, and mix with one-half
cupful of walnut meats and blanched
almonds, which have been chopped fine,
flavor lightly with vanilla, and add a
speck of salt. Spread the mixture light
ly on the end of a loaf of bread, and
cut the slices off as thin as. possible,
remove all crust, and roll the sand
wich up firmly. If the bread will not
roll, cut In fancy shapeR.
Olive Sandwiches Stone a dozen ol
ives, chop them fine, with a stick of
celery and one small cucumber pickle,
add a teaspoonful of catsup, one-half
teaspoonful of made mustard, a fialt
spoonful -of salt, a speck of pepper,
and a dash of cayenne; mix well and
sprefld on thin slices of brown bread,
press together firmly and remove all
crusts. Other bread may be placed
over the dressing.
WILD MORNING GI5RIFS.
O. R. C. asks hoW( to' rid land
of
Wild morning glories.
It may be done without the loss of
a crop or any additional expense by
plowing the ground deep after remov
ing a crop ot small grain or hay.
August Is the time and the dryer
and hotter the better. If the weather
I dry. which It Is during August, the
sun will burn through a deep as the
ground Is plowed and effectually de
stroy all roots of the glories, as well
as other noxious weeda, aa deep as the
ground Is stirred.
My word for It, two such treatments
In succession will rid the foulest of
land of glories. The first treatment If
thoroughly done at the (right time will
catch nlne-tenthe of them. Try It.
The llmlta of the paragrapher bnve
about been reached In a Denver paper,
whtch cltea the case of a Colorado man
whose wife became petrified and whom
despite death, he still regard! aa his
o'ld rtrL
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
A hair mattress is better than a
feather bed.
Gold ornaments may be safely washed
In soapy, warm water.
Grass stains may easily be removed
from any white material by washing
the stained garment In spirits of cam
phor. To brighten tortoise shell combs and
pins, rub them with alcohol, and after
drying with a soft rag, use bismuth
powder to render them bright.
If a moth miller is seen in a closet, It
is a good plan to burn a little camphor
gum very promptly. Frequently this
simple precaution, if taken early in
the spring, will rid that closet of moths
for the season.
Perfume to Keep Away Moths Take
one ounce each of the following: Cloves,
nutmeg isaee-carraway .seeds, cinna-
mon, and Tonquln beans, and six
ounces of orris root. ' Grind almost to
a powder and put In muslin bags. Put
these among your clothes.
To Get Rid of Cockroaches Have
you ever tried spraying their holes
with a strong solution of carbolic acid?
Two tablespoonfuls of the acid to a
pint of water Is the right proportion. If
the holes are sprayed with this every
two or three days for a fortnight, the
cockroaches will disappear.
To Clean Iron Bedsteads The fol
lowing paste Is excellent for this pur
pose: Mix together one gill of paraffin,
half a gil lof naphtha, and enough
Tripoli powder to make a rather soft
paste. Apply with a bit of felt, rub
till dirt is removed, dust with dry
Tripoli powder and polish with a soft
cloth.
Cleaning Gilt Picture Frames An
onion cut 'in half is the best thing to
use for cleaning gilt frames. The dirt
must be removed with this, and the
frame then sponged with water and
patted dry with a soft cloth. The less
the frames are nibbed the better If
get a bottle of gold paint and apply
according to the directions supplied
with the bottle. Oil paintings should
be sent to a regular cleaner.
Faded Carpets Re-Dyed--It may be
news to some of the good housekeep
ers that, where dyeing establishments
are easily accessible, carpets may be
dyed, when faded and worn, Just the
same as many other things. This is
often done, especially with hotel and
apartment house floor coverings. Car
pets are usually redyed In asolid color,
what color will take best depending
on the original hue. Through this fresh
coloring the original design usually
shows, but outlined as a darker shade
of the new color.
To Keep Fresh Meat Sweet Charcoal
is of great value In keeping Ice chests,
store rooms and food sweet. Place a
shallow dish of fine charcoal in the ice
chest. If poultry or birds are to be
hung In a cool place for a few days,
remove the Internal organs and partial
ly fill the body with charcoal. Now
wrap the birds In paper and hang up.
If the outside of poultry Is rubbed with
black pepp relt will be still further
protected from flies. Small birds, liver,
kidneys, sweetbreads, etc., may be
wrapped In Paraffine paper and then
burled in a bed of charcoal. For keep
ing large pieces of meat and poultry
here Is a simple device: Have a large
barrel or hogshead hai filled with
charcoal. Put meat hooks on a strip
or Joist and place It across the top of
the barrel. Have a netting spread over
this. The barrel may be kept in a
cool place, and pieces of meat hung on
the hooks. The charcoal will keep the
atmosphere dry and sweet, and the
netting will be a protection against in
sects. Should there be danger from
rats and mice, use wire netting.
THE HOME DOCTOR.
To extract live Insects from the ear,
pour in sweet oil, grycerlne. or salt and
water. Sometimes the Insect will crawl
out If the ear is turned to a bright
light.
Bathe the face and hands of a fever
ish person with warm water that has a
bit of common soda dissolved in It. A
few drops of alcohol or cologne Is often
pleasant to use to bathe the sick.
A nurse should use care that no per
son having wet or even damp clothing
should enter the sick room. Never get
out of patience with the whims of an
Invalid, but try to coax and soothe
without Irritating him.
A form of treatment for poisoning
from Ivy, which has received approba
tion from scientific authority, is to wet
a Bllce of bread with water, dust it
with common waphlng soda, and apply
to the eruption, keeping the bread wet
from the outside. Half an hour of this
treatment Is said to effect a cure.
In the treatment of burns there Is
nothing better than the old-time appli
cation of pure lard and flour. It Is well
worth while for every housekeeper to
buy some pure leaf lard, render It with
the utmost care, and put It, while pip
ing hot, Intd pots or bottles, which
may be hermetically sealed. A cupful
of lnrd mixed with flour to form a soft
paste may be applied to a burn with
out loss of time.
Virtues of Watercress The water
cress Is a plant containing medicinal
virtues. A curious characteristic of It
Is that.lf grown In a ferruginous stream
It absorb Into Itself five times the
amount of Iron that any other plant
docs. Ror all anaemic constitutions it
Is, therefore, specially of value. But It
also contains proportions of garlic and
sulphur, of Iodine and phosphates, and
Is a blood purifier.
Bishop Berkeley once wrote, "West
ward the course of empire takes It
way," but even Senator Beverldge mis
quotes the famous Una, 'misquoting
"star" for course.
FARM NEWS NOTES.
HOW TO DRKNCH A COW.
Cows lend themselves much
satisfactorily to drenching with medi
cine than either horses, sheep or ptga.
Drenching a home Is a somewhat rlakf
operation, because of the liability to
choking, and the administration of
medicine to horses Is In the form of r.
ball rather than as a draught ft
drench. There are, however, some dla.
eases In which it is found more ef
fective to give the medicine In a liquid
than in a solid form. In drenching
a cow there Is no better appliance than
an old horn; this is much better than a
bottle, as the latter Is liable to get
broken should the animal prove excit
able, and consequently lead to Inqulrlea
to the mouth or tongue. In dosing a
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hand over the animal's face and Insert
the two first fingers gently under torn
jaw behind the point where the .lower
Incisors can be closed upon it. Th
head of the animal should then be
gently elevated, and the horn or other
drenching appliance introduced Into tha
mouth. Care should be taken not t
raise the head much above the level
of the neck, and special caje should be
taken to see that the liquid which la
being adminls'tered is given in a steady
constant flow, as when a sudden rusli
of liquid is poured into the mouth a
portion of it is liable to pass into tha
windpipe and thus give rise to a dis
tressing cough. On the first sign of an
attempt to cough the head of the ani
mal should be released, and it should
be allowed to stand quietly for a few
minutes before the remainder of tha
dose is administered. Dairy end
Creamery.
IMPROVED FLOCKS.
It Is generally admitted that im
proved poultry pays as well in pro
portion as the improved breeds ol
hogs or sheep; that is, on general prin
ciples. Of course, the great mass ot
poultry Is raised and sold by the farm
ers. The carloads of poultry and
eggs shipped from all over - the west
come from the farmers, and since tha
introduction of the Improved breed
the supply is rapidly increasing. No
farmer can longer afford to raise tha
common chickens. If they cannot have
full-bloods they should procure thor
oughbred roosters, and they will ba
so well pleased with the cross that
they will soon work Into pure shreds.
Pure breeds mature quicker, grow
larger, sell for more money, lay mora
eggs and require a little more cara,
but with warm, clean, comfortable)
quarters, a variety of food and by not
feeding too much corn eggs may b
had all through the winter.
HARVESTING CORN.
There i3 now -no question about tha
benefit derived from securing the cora
crop in such a manner that the feei
value of the stalks may be saved, aa
they are a valuable part of the crop.'
the most common estimate being that
the stalks are worth half as much aa
the ears as feed.
Cutting corn in the old- fashioned
way by hand is the hardest work tha
farmer is called upon to do and each
year sees less hand work in harvesting
corn and more horse power used for
this purpose. '
The question of most importanca
now is how best to apply the horse
power, or in other words what kind of
a harvester It is best to use.
The writer has had experience im
cutting corn by hand, cutting !t with
a sled cutter and harvesting it with a
self-binding machine of the latest pat
tern, and I unhesitatingly say that at
present the sled cutter is best, all
things considered. -
The corn harvester of the self-binding
type is a very good machine for
cutting sweet corn or for cutting corn
that has been sown for fodder, but
when It comes to trying to cut a field
of corn where the stalks are ten feet
high and the ears heavy enaugh toi
make anything above fifty bushels to
the acre, the corn harvester fails to ba
economical.
With tall corn the ears come abova
the gathering chains and arms and aa
soon as the stalks are cut off by tha
knives below the stalks fall In every
direction. This causes frequent chok
ing, badly tied gavels and makes hard
work gathering and setting up tha
corn. The corn-binder that will not
knock off a large percentage of tha
ears and leave them scattered about
the field has not yet been made.
With the sled harvester two men and
one horse will do as much In a day in
heavy corn as the best corn binder
made will do with two men and two
horses. Corn that Is cut and bound by
machine Is bound so tightly that It
will mold under the band unless the
weather Is very favorable. When It
comes to husking corn the bundlea
must be opened and rebound or one
must feel In among the stalks and
hunt out the ears. I suppose the per
fect corn binder will be made some
time, but up to last fall when I used
one of the best had not put In sn ap
pearance. ! I
it is noticed that pigs fatten very
quickly on sweet potatoes, due to tha
large amount of sugar In the food, and
sweet potato growers utilize the" small
potatoes for that purpose. The beat
also contains a large proportion of su
gar, and should be grown for swine, aa
they are relished at all seasons, botks
cooked and raw.
"Teax-her says that rubber trees i
wild In Florida," said a 7-year-old
school girl. '"Well, s'pose they do," re
joined her 6-year-old brother. "Nobody
ever has any use for rubbers till It
rains, and then It's too wet to sja asjt
In tha wood and father thm.H