The Hiriioa Press-Jcarcil
gURRISOX,
MtBliASKA.
Meu who are a:way -i the make
sever a nke much of anything.
By the lw of the t-virt d ifkets
this must tie the open, reason f r d
forees Russia owes France $1.G:HU0 ,0W.
1'ltM.t settles it Husse'l S ge wiii nev
tr hare any respect for France niter
lis.
Alfred Austin calls Lis latest lioeai
'.Nemesis, doubtless because lie real
Kin that it will not W pU-asaut to have
t following him around.
The Mikado says he hopes peace will
restored before bis tnMct birthday.
tvidenUy he doesn't espett to Lave an-
ither for several DlOllttiS.
Our old frieud, Cupt. Marrratt used
r iut out a pretty fair ijuaiay id sea
ttory, but lie would furnish pair emu
letition fur Admiral K j s veutsky.
King Edward now spar a bracelet
ut let It be said iu his bchaif -that Le
bes uot. hs yet g about carrying hU
ocketbok In his hami or h.mg ii.s
s-atcti on a little hook ;ti m Lia Li-east.
A fxmdou paper saya wife ceases
be a bride six wetin after man-.age.
IVhoUier this is inherent in t'.je tun
titution of -things or the averaging
lp of the results of oliiir-rvalioii Uie
paper doesn't say.
"PhU'pphie for;-' tfi:l;-.vs" Is report
Kl W Ij epgo1-'l,')g i.j ..,; c.rcle.
Owing io peculiar - is ..; -u in
f Uio vliuuite of the I u'A pp. s. -oi
Ulcrs who murry H.,p in w m a i r
S't all about it b.u lii-.v r -u a to
this couiilry. 'J be g,v,!... e t. at
Washington thinks, bo wee.-, ihi.1 it
knows of a cure.
War to-duy Is more eosi'y than it
tver was and in addition tht.e i.re iu
coaipnnaatiotMi such as ua-.n used to
be. Iu the old days the victors made
warn pay for their.seii e. Their ar
mies lived off the country through
which they passed. Soldiers wen- bil
leted oo the jieople. and wii.Ue.ir ar
mies wanted they took. Ail this hat;
fceeu changed. Puch campaign its
those conducted by N'apo.eon would be
Impossible at the present time.
The grafter Is indeed a traitor an 1
f the meanest kind. Ue takes ad
vantage of a place given him ly th
grape of the people to rob tin people
His philosophy 1! at he Is in pttl c
(xjjaon to levy tod mi pub le fundi
I the (iliiiodujuij- of u ira.u r. liis
praeOce of dividing id' r Mk n;
Bioney oo tite alia is tli" ; r- oi
l traitor. And this g.af iiig ssrlkvi
it the vitals of American p.l'ji-ipl.-s
It makes a governnieitt of the rafj-ri-s,
by the grafters an 1 for the g! al't
ern. Krery youth, no matter tvlmt may
he the quality and stnnd n;: f Id;
frtmlly, who adopts a II rt of id ene
and becomes a street luiXer wid soo.i
bloom out as a i-riuiliml n tbo road
to the penitentiary or tli pillows
There is no escape from it l i t by a
course of honest industry in suh l.ne
a may be open and ava 1, ble to em-h.
Work 1 the duty of every man and h
Hhould devote himself to it t;n 11 it
IjtHiomes a part of his t a'nr . Hon
et toil la the oppo.sita o I iieac-s, ?icc
and ertnie.
In these days of gr -at lKnofactVin
M 8 not overl nk the arnali p:a il a
grifta like that Diaie ly !h e thris
tlnn Kndeavor Unions to --hs i.o-ptil
which verves tteir s c io; of lo va
nd IlUnosi "a modern fhie!i:'.n-!")o(i,
stocked with fine eld.-ks i)t." 1 1 ere i
many such a wo.thy insCt'.'.ti u ilia:
would feel the richer for tu sift of
cow, or a load of p t.it-i, or trci
a barrel of apples, and n any p rom
with no larse sums of mot ey to ajiiir :
rould easily make Ksich useful p.es
mta if they only thought of it
It in a common cb. rge rgnlcst our
)untryraen that thy Lave never
learned to eat Foreigners note tli
failing as conspicuous in the cafigory
f tlioae defieiencit'S of dep rtin -nt
mmuioiily termed "America iiisu.s." On
this tilde of the water we ie-card ef t
iug a a necessary and wmeti i e an
noying Incident in the rush an.!
scramble after dollar, while in most
European countries dining is exaitel
to the dignity of a eere;uo:iiai rite.
Americans must take thU criti im o
our table manners with good g a e,
for. generally apeaking. It is just ani
merited.
Boston no longer twes the ploleian
word "fish." "Sea food" is the hih
aoanding term now applied to th1
ontents of the fish market The Bos
ton Herald says the change of word
"seems to change the whole rhara'tei'
at the place, for one sees glo.lou ris-
of the ocean's depths and the
appetizing odor are I orne to
the olfactories, whereas when one
peaks plainly of 'flub' it Is the very
fererse." In other wordo, the f.s'i
by another name Is not half so rank.
Up to date Juliet's pretty wo-dj about
be rose atill hold good, hut l'.ostju
MX yet modify the phraseology to
Hit tlw needs of more exquisite re
OMMttt .
' Xai years sgo the explosive or 'In
lJ?:Jk eWBhtnUoo" gaa engine was a
"X Mtqr and sswlly lll-smel.lng
T2f tbtrt are many
JC
'n opeMfioa, several of three thmiaBi
ors - power buii !.ng, at d builde.s will
ake i-oniJiict to eons ra t tli n oJ
Ii-e that Kize. in fact, ths" n:uLI:a
'ow 1 not to find the gus entiu , but
'o provide th srp; !y -f g;is f r run
iii jjtr it In the r.-iu a! pts fieb's a
i.e.j atA almost id. ai f-iel la a: timid,
it wu j Idit't ti e formerly wait d
MS fiom bla-t furna es U ts d to de-,
ve'. p great piwtr, ai.d in o'heis hv
eitrines j.re in -o:mi-ctiou witli
.iiviuitiating ps p'anta to rua acx-,
iljiry el t: ic light'us firp iMt 's. Th
gas engines are compact, do away ,
wih the i.e.-1 if ti'' r a:i 1 fje';:eti
avoid the U-iikage of power and be :
common to Bttarn ji'pjng. and rw,u :e
KO high p'eure part esvpt the ' j l.n
der In wul'-U the exjlo-i;ou tak.n pla e
It was a Human who invented "Von
dt naed milk." w h:ch, while nobody j
wants it who can g t the orig'.nal arti- :
cle, is licvertliel s of great ulae oil
journeys, on sb.ipi.oard end for enn r
gi ncieA. It was u h aa en;e"gen y j
that icd to the first ciiideiwd milk,
for &fr. Al' eit Cis'alng-.r of N w (sr-i
leans, fifty years ai:o. had a sick b iby
and must get expert uiedict.1 jittentioi j
if It were to live. That ul I not b
had marer than Ne York "ity, anlj
it wa a long fea voyage awiiy. How I
to ke'p the little bsiby alive 'Urourhi
that voyage she did not know. But
she hal put up many pnstve aud j
many Jeiiics in her time, and she be j
ptn to experiment on milii, nl mc ,
-t'Od'L and put up a lot of jars o,
her original condensed milk, whh h
fed her fhild thro,l;h the voviige. 'j lu
fae't inten'ite 1 several pei pi in Ne
York, and finally Xfrn. Cash:ngor gav
ber process away to a pack of sirr
f"!!ows who mnde fortimcs out of con-
I flensca mi.z nu never gave ncr a j
-etf. J
There have bf en many sei'ti:!'s of I
Intt; who have calleJ crime a dines s 3
and said lie gu lty party ul 1 l
sent to a il.y -i' i. n or asylum an I not
i a jaU or priHou. Th -y h U that a
pers n who I od ly organs weie in
uo.-mal coti'li'iou wo'dd net de i t)
i"rini the right way a: d thst it a
sia if there are any s.nft to paiiisii
a person for a piiysi al ennd tio:i
which he could no; help. Now, th ri
are those who pj -itill farther and say
love 1.4 a disease. The Ijomlon Lance ,
a conservative nif-dic.il journal. Las t i
far admitted the possibility of it that
It baa permitted the dis u-s on of tbi
.subject in ltu column. It would see a
ns if there could be no on tt on on th i
matter thsit if there whh ever any
thing normal, healthy and most do
irab!e It is love. Live is net only a',
the foundation of life, bet is the on i
liement that makes lif:- mm?t dear
able. Without it everything else ii
nothing. Yet thrp are th )se who ar
gue that love tend to make one tr:
to say two morbid and melancholy,
l-ovesick is so common a phra e tha;
its meaning is at once understood.
Ixrers are always g;o ning and s th
ing. If they are LUhsIuI for a time
they are soon teirful, "hr-p'nn an I
it arlng in pas-.loi:a'e pain." The picas
ores that once ar t slie l become f a
and insipid. The presi n e of the be
loved that promi ed an ecstasy of joy
is often the occasion for titmultum
feeling hardly eiiduralle. Kven in
novels love Is shown to he anything
but a rotiRtant joy. and the greatcs
of poets has indicated ti nt the lov
whicb Is true by no means run '
smooth. Now, If it were tire normal
healthy matter which it is said to b
it ought certainly to give Indication
of health instead of shkness. Hut 1.
love is a disease whl h we do no
admit it to be the Ktrnng:- thin,"
ii boot it is that it pain i; sweater tli.t
any form of pleasure anj its sighing,
and iars are more f!clls;fa;fu! than e,x
t'.ltalJon snd laiuh'tr. The love
wot:M tint exchange his apparent u.is
pry for a thousand o'her f ira.a of joy
and on no ac cint wonl I he s ek a
remedy. lie vo l! not be curd if
he could. To those win are merely
spectators !o n ay seem to hi r'iseas
nfl may easily lis argued to be d s
easc. hot app !fra:-ce! defelve ai d ar
guments do li't c;nt The avciag"
Iwer is all right, is doing well end if
let alone will prove his sanity all in
goof time. ,
THE FORBIDDEN CITY,
!,'i!au la a Town of Filth and
Pollution.
L'nassa is a dirty town, according
to the Knglishmen who have nee.u It
"I!lak p'tols of water," writes a tor
rt .ipomlerrt, "had Cooilcd the wld un
even ispace Int'i whi'-h we emerged, a it I
even the Chines ! quarter to thy right
of us was dirtier than Chinese -c-tions
gcne;al!y are. The main d'.'iiri
of the town runs fetidly betwee i
Llnck mud bonks, and In the op;n
square before the Chinese ambHii's
residence herds of Mack pigs roots I
in rubbish lu aps, w hich we m ire
than usually repulsive in comp s;tion.
To the left the houses cf a few ragya
hn", or professional aiavengers, werti
betrayed by the famous born walls,
which no visitor to L'llnssa has fallal
to notice, i'erhaps the gljrht of thesj
walls reminded one of that other duty
of the ragyal m the cutting up am!
distribution to animals of the corpses
of the (lend. The cemetery is' only a
few steps awny, and the leputcd f wl
of IIIassa pisrs became In n flash a
disgusting probable reflection,"
Force of i In hit.
Cupid was laughing.
"I'll bet I'd make a good street cat
conductor," he chuckled. j
"Why so?" asked Hymen.
, "Oh. I'm so used to telling people to
'Sit closer, please.'"
Y - f f
JLiGHKU .Wtt ....Ml.li tOIUKS.
1 f net. Ur. J. 4. Hjuatbuler.
The pii-it indeed is w dl.ng, but tie
f.i.li U weak. iiatlhi-w vsvi., 41.
Jesus fcuij this when he found the
f'isei;dc asl -p lu UeUiemuiie int-ai
til wakiful iiiid watchful. His judg
ieieiit ou them is Lis cMi iii'tiJ of h i
i .unity. He u;eusare I l ta iu -trt n,ih
u,l its wv.iknei.-j. He raid. "'I bi te ts
Uuit iu mail whh'U strives upward and
luere is that w hich driven iii nwaid."
l hrist did litt start bis esumate of ha
i .aiiity w ith wtijk'&uie. toiiJeiimaiioJ.
! idea of conversion vas not that
ou must tirht ptd eiize ainl then re
eoiisUuet the wi.Oie i.aiu.e. ll.tf idc.1
was to ft el alon 111" whole character
tictd he tound tiae h n ; the divine
could tom-h or wake... then h worked
w.th that io be den.t with Nathan
i' I, wUh the lioinri! Ceuturmn, wi.h
.aecbaei:;-. i Vi li v Lilt ti.e iblcf on th i
c; oss. fctudy b.-s i.cd.ngs with .h se
I t -pie aul see hov. he torn lied on their
P ss.bil.t c-i or s .met h. ng g-d iu
tUI, UUij W.;i'i,i;i With llct
It Mi-s a gi'i'-.o!js tl.Ii.g ". My this;
" i he t-p'r.t is U!.! g !-c. u a -i)
i- weak."' H w.is i-o large in p.ty,
;. r. at in for-n'l-i.e lii.t it v ;.s miira
than that. It t i - "M -ciii.' to siy.
!' gave c.f '.i t i lie' -,. i i a v.cl a:
a Imi-.t.ng lb.- ii. Wet !-'i ictj tb
i...-b.t of i'.-e ; !:' t,c, o; n on, and
j laments i i.' re.y -it i-f the worst
l '.a-iil.o 'ib.'Cit,; t j ai ir le.t li
es to t'-l.i)ter 111.- Wo. -t .i:Ul t'-e i csl.
Christ ne er pr a-led tlu.t -t-y on -must
Cist be ciu-b-l to a y lly .efor
I..- can be re.-.ba;-el. re-'onu- I. r.cieat
i -I. Study his fleaiint's with pcopi
and you will find how lie took the
lough block of human nature and hv
tie action of (iivii.iiy o-H-n it lie
I ought out the "f r a dlvin
Jesus never cnadnitiii or Mnoo'.h-'-l
over sin. No words as r!ery as h
against evil. I'.Ut he did not liliep
.'erytb tig in 11 -ct iiiiit at ly, be anal
j '.ed every nam. Amotig "ill the rmi
bitdi lie always found something thm
as worth saying. "The i-piiit is will
nig,' be said, "hat th - lie; b is weak."
A man caiiiio; be as uooj as lie wants
to be. 1 e- ai i' Lis Iovmt nature !g Pk
weak to ke p a -e along tiie tr.i -k his
s.iirit maps mil. liis lower natttre
n.eds to be sti -ngth -lied in'o the tem
per of his higher --pint. That is wide
ly different fiotn im.iL-inhiir that th
lower nature is to be destroyed ere
(lie higher can prevail.
Io not, hov ever, mistake Christ' !
moaning. He did no; excuse the d s
i ipb s for their utifait! .fulness. He dt 1
i ot palliate thdr tieitlsh nlp. it Is a
bad use we make of his word when
we make n proverb of it and cs 1 it ns
a sort of iil.so'.n'i m for wtonc doing.
We say when eonsc enee pb r -es or
seif-con leaimttion ti es, "t. the spird
is willing, hut the flesh is weak," and
wc think that wipes out the wrong.
Such a use of Christ's word is fatal
to its saving intent. Its real use is
to make ns vivid'y f'ttr of tic
two great forj'.-s in, opp y.!i n in ev
ery mi!!., th.- t wc ourselves may bring
these two for-''- in 0 t ; efite-uio -s con
lii -r. This is th trae battle of. life.
A willing -jii; I', l ist v.ea't tl-fh.
Wbai dentil struggles have waged
In 'tween th se two! 'J lie bigb-r yor
ideals of rip-lit fe the more Intense
that st niggle is within you. Ki, tin
fled with a low level of Lfe you eo
not feel the impttl. tbnt makes this
s-trugg'e between the lii-iier and l nver
forces iu you. n-i Ibiit is an evldi-ne
Hint your whoe fsi-iiitia! iiaitne is
timed to a low lay. it is tin (-valence
that yon think tmatily of yours- If a.
that is a long step toward becoming;
menu. The man tvho thinks no! ly of
l:iti;Helf. iu whom s-if-iespert rises to
blgll. tide, will feel most keenly th s
It'.iiitatiiii of bis lower nature ai d vvili
loake the most manful efforts to free
himself from the captive entaturle
meiits of the fi- s'i. A true man w ill
ask "Is my KpliH really wIIHiik? Is
the Christ (st, mate a Irii? measure c(
me? Uo I in my sp rit level up to the
divine lie itiit on of p sail 11-iy in nw?
l)o 1 i each tlitj'digu.'y of human
titre that ilhrist puts npoti it '!" lit ss
ed is the soul to whom such a gospel
ing of itestlotis comes.
Ib'te is a criiit sta;e of saivat on to
leach: "I in my Intrinsic self am
greater, "stronger, more do.iiinant than
my lower, meatier w If, 1 iifplre to
greater things than my pas Ions. I am
capable of iiol.Ier con 'Cpfluns than in,v
lust. I am lifeil for better things
than my selfishness." This is reach
ing - out toward the divine, ' th's is
"corning to yourself" as Cluist puts i
li the parable of the prod gal koii.
ConscioiiHiiess of your tnie self, that
spiritual self, tthleb Christ dlgnit'e-1 by
his recognition. ons ro :isncfs of the
high poss.u.l.t es Iu you wdi al p at
last into the cons lotmt ess of the ne !
of God in you to bring the w hole of
yourself, both lower ami higher, Into
the region of (Jo;l, which :s Christ
manifest in the flesh. Any wry that
you can open upward and OoJward
the hetier willingness of jour f-p r t
is the way for you to welcome the In
coming (Jod, the Christ of the con
version of weakness Into strength, the
Savior, who to the spirit of willing-
IfWrff
tiess. the d, t.-rnduat on for the right
the true, aud the beaetlfuL
IISlAMLXr V1LW OF M.N.
by ftr. Orrln . Jentt.
The f xprcsst in, "the ini.pj ty of my
v n." wt forth the mtt-Uailj of aia.
Si,, is deep, Rttoug. violent ami uuie
bdttii.g it1 its p.'.rs'.vt c' n'v The o.d
tc-t.;::.t ut gives a sad. viviri pic--e if
s n. It tites a variety of torms to de
scribe utoral evil.
It is fcomctliing that is crooked. A
fcii uer is a man who is not straight in
his moral makeup.
It is evil. Indicating .something that
breaks forth. Sin rapidly grows, in
creases and multiplies. It Is like this
tles, when oriei- it g.-ts rmit.nl it Is im
possible to destroy it. It spreads and
U--oities a blight and a curse to men.
It is simplicity, meaning the simple,
natural, ui'dcvelop. d man a man
without any fixed principles. Multi
tudes of these simple ones infest our
cities. They are blind to danger, are
easily tempted and seduced, and are
the main support of brothels, saloons
and gambling dons.
A limn wlm sins Is destitute of mind
He is de-eritied as lucking understand
imr. ml following a tempter or tempt
ress like an ox going to the slaughter
a fool to the correction of the stock,
or as a b;rd hastening to the snare.
So m !,e is wounded and bruised end
hmv cd t;; tG ti;,- chambers f di-ni'i.
1 i ' "i e- Is a fool. 'The fool hath
: i .. : :.(.:, ,o ;..,!." s. t
man coiifiiiei his biHiitess ami carri-.
on h's affairs on the ,-is sump (ion that
'led is so far away t.'nu he is a'i"0
lit . -y ii; - i-acei ned in Hie ouduct oi"
tbi- woi'd.
I, H.Oit I Itl l.llilOV.
1 f Kc. trt-k C. Brancr.
"Is not this the eai pciiicr':" Mar-:
vi. 3.
V luil a stoop of Diety hit i carpeu.
tcr sliop. '1 lie idea is in much with
the musses. Co.i turns his eo:uni-oi
side to man. The mechanical world
is enamored with the dee 1. They i;
nore cieei, Imt laud the carpenter f
Nazareth. The mechanic of the s' y
is their boon companion. They hold
the villiiire carpenter tb head hip or'
the broth-! hood of iiiun. The ht'i-t
i-hop amid the bills is a cen'er of tt
tra tiori. Tiny 1 ok to the man iti tli
trite carpenter's dress as their delii -crer.
In the subject we have implied
an itpio e-itf edi-p. I: declares rdlgio-i
a trade. "No excellence without gren'
labor." is an aphorism of m igiilhceiif
truth. All that flourishes in art, sc
once, Itctnture. rchit elure, came
from a life of ttem. n dims to I.
Rome p-orc will never amoisnt to
anything bceattse i,ey are ever Iik-
the moon, full of (hang-, unstable us
water, tickle as the wind, seeking re'
ami Ilmli'ig t one; all tle'r toil is lost
It is the same way in some Individual-,
who have riPtl ing but worm-eaten piety
to offer to the wor'd. They have omy
a mud hut constructed In religion.
I'liKFAK.UION FOH CHRIST.
JSC Dlsbop Samuet ttllo.
An Kiighsh frx-tliinker once at
tempted to i'cl.U.e Ch I.thnity ns a
fpeciully iusp.risi religion because it
was as "old as the creation." It i.
oldcr than cr-a ti in. for it is as old an
the th iirght of (iod in c.aliig the un,
tc.se into ex st-'iiee. Ail the nat on
of the b f-i e th" coming of
Christ weie con-erui d it! th prepsra
t; iu for tils adv. nf.
id! Ciiel.lt a hat to do with Urn
writitiK ani j.re ervation of the rec-o-tis
to which Mo-es bad aicss in
fciving ft. the wo. I I his port on of jl I
testament biKtory.
ligypt was the great s- hool of lea ru
in ' iu which he was taught, and in
whose deepest mysteries he was iu
i i i'e I. Thc.r vital truths lie trans
iijtied for ail Hie aintu to master.
Homo built l.er stupendom rail tiry
roads for the feet of the heralds of
ieace to travi rs- and creeled her mili
tary camps f t !ht! radhuinst cento, n of
Christian thought and l.fe. All pre
existing cciiluries, with their histories.
Heir legend . th-lr pbllosit ity, their
art, their wart, their struggle, their
defeat4 and triufi phs were i oltttlng to
Bethlehem, lo Calvary, to Olivet.
A divine ld a was rmmlg through
all climes and people uneeii, or but
dimply "t'-i. to l-e realize-! at hiftt in
Jesus of Mazaictu.
t HfHCH CCKSfil I1Y W KtTt
ty kt r. W. H. Head.
Jesus called the poor blessed, but in
tat id ''Hardly shall a rich- man liter
the kinj-'flom," It is dillictilt for a mail
of wealth to re a'.n flu virtues neces
sary for diselpiesh p, and it is imjios
eiule for one who iron's in riches to
have a place In n kingdom where
meekness of character Is the requisite.
Iticl.es t.-nd 'f arrogance, pride and
self-HtiinViem-y.
More men proportionately are led
awny from Christ by wt-al.b than are
driven away by poverty. The foun
tains of most men's sympathies dry
up its the gobl Is thrown In. Quito
ns many men tieed a smile as a sand
'vleh, a Leurty handshake as a half dol
lar. fhort Meter Ferranns.
Endurance is the fruit of endeavor.
Hatred always hurts the hater most
of all.
One of the great changes needed in
the city church is lo take the signs off
the doors and pot them on tba colloc
tloB platos.
A Combination ilurtdiner.
Here is a plan for a combined corn
crib, granary arhl wagon shed as given
iu the Ohio Farmer. It is ,'S.xJU ami
! f's-t high to eaves, and has S tl?ht
floor, which is reached by means of a
movable platform, I. ""he building is
set up on short wooden posts, H, stand
in? on a flat stone. C. and a (t ilvan
ir.ed Iron pan inverlel over the top, A.
This makes it rat and mo ise proof, if
the platform L is pulled awny from
rll-X .
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rx-MRMATION KAI1M Itl'ILDla.
the building when not In use. Th
plan is shown in the weon.l picture.
The grain bins are arranged with slid
it.g board in front, -ame as in any
grinary. The attic can be usl for
storing tools or anything else tieire.l.
lu that case there should be a wln-
I w In each rr'de e-i 1 The center or
'r!vh tr floor m-iiei s itoo-i wa,;-iu and
ugiry sli.sl. 'Il.e pliif-irm 1 ..in he
naue stationary by covering the lower
'I'trt of the door, and t ie i! .or t,.!l, with
s.!ieet iron end extending the sheet
run strip out toward corner of bit 'id
lag a foot or sii on each s' If. Such
rt approreh can bo protidel at each
.1, s that th tern cm be driven
'1 rolieh tte bllilillllg. lll.-,!i .'111 of p.,-,ts
VNS.
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tnd Inverted pans. It Is cheaper to set
tie building on Shicli sewer pipe -feet
long. Hits and mice can't climb
the glased pipe.
Hosts lor Next SenHon,
Hardly two men will agrte In all re
spects as to what constitutes the best
sow for breeding purposes, although
the most successful bog raisers ate
coming around io the Isilief that the
medium animal gives the best rr turns,
oo that Uie old idea that the brood
sow should be of large size Is being
abandoned, islie determined on. then
other characteristics should be sought
If the sow has hud one litter it is easy
to know If she is titled to continue the
work. If she was not a good mother.
If she did not have the proj-er amount
of milk (provided she wan properly
fedi then she will not prove a profit
able mother for other seasons. When
:he sow Is bred for the first lime, then
life is taking some chances, but It
ought not io be hard, after the first
.ear, to get together a fine lot of sows
simply by remembering how they act
ed In previous years.
Ifonio-Made I'tunk fvrg.
I have a home-in: !e pbtnk levcler
and ciod crusher which i tritiK an 1m-
rovemeut upon those made by over
lipping planks, writes a correspond
ent of the Bural Now Yorker. It does
exceedingly good work, leveling so a
field may be made as even as n floor.
Mine is about eight feet wide and six
r.rrrcr
Tl i PI. ASK IiIIAO.
'pr! ti lei to show
feet Ioiik. I 'f l triei to show how It
is rniide in Lie cut Two planks are
s't on edge, and a scries of plunks
mitched Into their lower edges, sloping
backward at sn angle of about 45 de
gre. s, I have tried to present a view
of one plank on clue, showing how the
cross planks arc Inserted. I mrike
the forward cross planks nhorter than
tho in rear, us it leaves smooth) r
work made thus, Boml may tie mill
ed on top to stand njion when it Is de
sired to do extra heavy scraping.
American Flar Culture.
Successful iig raising began In the
vicinity of Fresno, Cal. Success (bites
from Lhe introduction of the liny wasp
which secured the imllcnlMtlon of the
blossoms, and without which Uie trees
had failed to set fruit. The first com
mercial crops were grown in BXX). the
tits being of the Smyrna variety,
which to t AlaUogvtolMd sort of re
o
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- r-i..,ndjri3
markably line qnality sod sppesraneaj
As grown In California, the ninety la
superior in sueturu to the imported
kind, and is tt'ucJt superior-lo ordi
nary figs s !) Washington Sxt
orantre is to the common orange. Four
or fie year are required from setting
the trees t-efoie goi-sixed crops are
produced, but the Industry is making
rapid progriM snd likely to suppif
soon an important part of the fig trda
of this couutry.
Prices mr IJore Are H itc
All the large horse markets reporl
high prices this year. The demand was
never letter iri all parts of the coun
try, particularly for the best animal
Some very line drafter have sold fol
as much as I.VJ to $ in the Ciiieags
mnrket These, of tsiurse, are excep,
tioual prices, ami have certainly beea
try r-iuunerdtive l- lhe growers.
In the linaiici.il depression that fofc
lowed 1V'J,'I valu-s dropped to so low l
figure that breeder restricted theil
operations t- such an extent Uia
breeding stock went away down leiow
tiie numbers kept In previous years. It
fiict In sotnu localities that vvcre mors
or less distinguished for their indus
try, it went almost entirely out of ex
istence. Fortunately with the revival of
prices a marked revival is manifesting
Itself in breeding. Of course, there i
d pos bibty that breeding may he ovee
done, but the probability that such wll
be fie case is not very strong. Ths
depletion of this class of horses hu
been so great that iinleis depresrtloa
should come and should lie severs
those who are rearing draft horse
may expect to find a good market f
them providing they have been proper,
ly reared.
The ex; or! of gram and Hour from
the l ulled Stat.- for the ten inintlu
ending Oetolier weie less than one-bail
in value of those of the corresponding
pi-nod in Ilf'ili or lisij. ami only on
third us much as tho-e of the eorre-
pond I tig iKiioi! of I'.su or IVfU. Ycl
ti.e total volume of exports for the Us
months was f iu.isiii.iMj greater tb.m
for the Name pcriol of b-st year. imll
.ititig that the shortage of grain prod
uct was mote than olfs-4 in oth.-f
-- i.y. Mtilliifacttircd goods seem H
have made up the bulk of Increase,
the gain being over $"V),ui.ii0 as com
pared with hist ye.-.r. Shipments oi
raw cotton also shosv a gftin of $.12,.
(s(K. suggesting th.it for the time,
it least, cotton, rather thin wheat, U
king of the Hgrictc!-" tl eximrt trade
Fiiru Fence.
The legal feme should be of wirs
with a rail at the top so as not to ob
struct snow, or lo be affected bj
winds. The neighborhood could r4
along without any fences f suitahls
laws were pufcftcd. The coming ag
will know no fitrm fences, if tin
farmers could lay by all they spend oa
fence tbry would get rich. Farra
feoces and common pasture will botA
die a natural death soon. Both belong
to a pioneer period which we have outgrown.
Nornintf Grans Lamia,
hen one has a meadow that ba(
yielded good crops for a long time, bul
the yield Is smaller with each passim
season, there should be some let up U
the cropping of such meadows. hll
many of them will he Uie better fo
restiKling, many of them will resion4
well to a top dressing of fertilizer sixj
less cropping; that is, not cuttltig tos
close or gathering the second crop at
ail.
Orunce Vlnesrar,
(,'alifonua orange growers have dt
covered a new use for over ript
oranges, which have heretofore beei
of almost no value at the orchards
They have succeeded In milking a hlg
grade of vinegar from the Juice, tin
product being claimed superior to ap
ple vinegar.
I'oultry I'icbinim,
No success can be achieved witA
poultry without cleanliness!
It's tt poor plan to wash eggs foi
keeping. Don't do It unit eggs ar
to be used right sway.
Whatever you do, unless you fattea
for market don't give sn excitisivi
corn diet, and belter not even then.
The cry now is for winter eggs. Tin
poultry keeper smart enough to get
them Is the one who is successful
financially.
For sweeping the hen houses, perch
es. etc., what better do you want thas
an old biooni which the good woman
has cast aside as too much worn?
Helm, in order to be able to lay well,
must have a Tree supply of good drink
ing wider, and the poultry kieper whs
wants anj expects even a fair yield oi
eggs in cold weather must take li
X)sib!e pains to furnish It.
Fht'e a heated soapstone wrapped
In cloth. Into a box of proj-r slxe. and
upon this put (he dish containing tre
drinking water, with s cover over tin
dlnh which leaves only a small part o
the surface of the water exposed, IH
this and the water will md f recce.
Barns, outbuildings, back porches,
etc., are poor places for poultry, Hav
the poultry house or houses, even o
farms. In a sheltered place at somi
distance from house or burns, or so lo
cnted Hint the bens will not he llabh)
to make a nnisance of themselves.
To cure the chick upon whos
throat gape worms have got a firm
foothold, various methods of treat
meni are recommended. One Is to re
move the worms by means of a wnnl
feather, stripped to near the point
i lion dipped in turpentine and aweo)
oil. snd Inserted carefully Into ths
windpipe, twisting It and finally re
moving It again together with the gap
worms thst were loosened from UaV
wlndptpo ia Ust prorsog,
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