DANGEROUS NEGLECT.
> It's the neglect of
backache, fiideache, pain
In the hips or loin? that
finally ■: prostrates the
strongest body. The
kidney warnings are
serious—they tell you
that they are unable to
filter the body's waste
and poison from the
blood—the sewers * are
eleggsd and impurities
are running wild to Im
pregnate nerves, heart,
brain and every organ
of the body with dis
ease elements. Doan’s
Kidney Pills are quick to soothe and
strengthen sick kidneys and help them
free the system from poison. Read
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of long standing.
L. C. Lovell of 415 North First St,
SixntapOj Wash., says: "I have had
•trouble from my kidneys for the past
ten years. It was caused by a straia
to which I paid little attention. But
as l neglected the trouble it became
worse and worse until any strain or a
slight oold was sure to be followed
by severe pain across my back. Then
the action of the kidney secretions be
came deranged and I was caused much
annoyance besides loss of steep.
Doan’s Kidney Pills were brought to
my notice and after taking them a
short time their good effect was ap
parent All the pain was removed
from my back and the kidney secre
tions liecame normal. Doan’s Kidney
Pills do all that is claimed for them.”
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the United States. Address Foster
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by all druggists, price 50 cents per
box.
ft is a mighty fortunate love whose
ebb tide reveals no mud Ants. It
isn’t necessary to label a gentleman.
Mother Oray'g Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
ia the Children's Home in New York, curt
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—
There is considerable of the tyrant
Ibout the woman who is engaged.
I ::n sore Piso's Cure for Consumption saved j
nny life three years ago.—Mrs. Tiios. RoBiuzuk *
iitiplo Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 190Ql
The consumption specialist fills his
coffers at the expense of his coughers.
When Your Grocer Says
he dOii: not have Defiance Starch, you may
be sure he is afraid to keep it until his
htock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance
Starch is not only better than any other
(Told Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to
the package and sells for same money as 12
cz. brands.
Why don’t you write another good
play, Mr. Gillette?" an enthusiastic
friend inquired of the actor; “a good,
live-realistic, up-to-dater?" Mr. Gil
lette scribbled something on tbe back
of .t card. "How wouid this do?” he
inquired "Scene—A drawing room.
Married lady seated, young man in
dress suit at her feet. Folding doors
at liack open. Djscpvers husband
with a double-barreled revolver. He
fires and kills married lady and young
man. Husband then advances and
contemplates victims. After a pause
be exclaims: ‘A thousand pardons.
I’tu in tbe wrong flat.' Slow curtain.
Torpedoes for the destruction of
vessels were first used In the spring
IW>1 by the Confederates in the
James river. In 1S65 the secretary of
(he navy reported that more ships
nad been lost by torpedoing than from
all other causes. General Rains, chief
of the Confederate torpedo service,
pat the number at fifty-eight, a greater
number than had been destroyed in
all the wars since.
The Austrian marriage laws are
very severe. They prohibit marriages
between Christians and Jews and be
tween Christians and infidels. A mar
riage between a protectant woman and
a man who said he had no particular
creed has just been anaulied by tbe
supreme court.
CAME FROM COFFEE.
A Case Where the Taking of Morphino
Began With Coffee.
M5'or 15 years,” says a young Ohio
woman, “I was a great sufferer from
stomach, heart and liver trouble. For
the last Iff years the suffering was
terrible; it would be impossible to
‘Ivseritm it. During the last three
roars I had convulsions from which
the only relief was the use of mor
phine.
“1 had several physicians, nearly
all of whom.advised me to stop drink
ing tea and coffee, but as I could take
only liquid foods I felt 1 could not
live without coffee. I continued drink
ing it until l became almost insane,
my mind was affected, while my whole
nervous system was a complete
wreck. I suffered day and night from
thirst anil as water would only make
ne sick 1 kept on trying different
Irinks until a friend asked me to try
Dostum Food Coffee.
“1 did so but it was some time be
fore I was benefited by the change,
ray system was so filled with coffee
poison- It was not long, however, be
fore I could eat all kinds of foods and
drink all the cold water I wanted and
which my system demands. It is now
8 years I have drank nothing but Poa
rim for breakfast and supper and th#:
result has been that in plaee of beinj
an invalid with my mind affected I an
row strong, sturdy, happy an#
health*-- < ■ v. -1 ...
“I have a very delicate, daughte*
who has been greatly benefited bj
drinking Postum, also a strong boy,
Who would rather go without food for
his breakfast than his Postum. Se
much depends on the proper cooking
of Postum for unless It is boiled th*
proper length of time people will be
disappointed in it Those in the hahif
of drinking strong coffee should make
the Postum very t strong at i first In
jrder to get a strong ooffee tasted
Name given by Postum Cat, Battik
Creek, Miefr. WM.fri
i • liOok la each ^package fie* the’fan*
ouir little beok,>. “The Befell'46 Welh
viUe.” ^
1 *
>7, * rV'w.4 -iBr.1? £■ u — • -; 4. __ ^ , ~
Friday's Child.
Oh. I was born at Bidtefbrd.’ at JHdeford
in Devon. ■- <- v » - -
* And l was born a' -Friday, the youngest
dhild Of seven;” . ■ .... ,
So I; egrt see the wind blow thTough grhss
and bush and tree.
And I can hear the call^ig of (frowned
men from the sea.
I hear the grnss a-growlng when other
maid would hear
Only a lover’s whisper breathed softly in
her ear;
Before the wild rose n»ens Pin wisht be
cause I know
That she will Wear a canker her golden
haart below.
For Friday’s child must hear and see
what ne’er another may.
And cover with to-morrow’s cloud the
sun that shines to-day;
And 1 was born o’ Friday, and am the
last of seven;
Ami I'm maybe the saddest maid o' Bidc
ford in Devon.
—Pali Mall Gazette.
BABET’S SACRIFICE
From the summit of a certain ample
hill near Champrosay the view is rare
ly beautiful and has inspired many a
poet and painter. But this story is
not concerned with the landscape. At
the foot of the hill, in the winding, pic
turesque valley, stands a rough,
weather-beaten cottage. It has stood
there for years and years, and the
woods of Senart, opposite, look down
upon it with a long-remgnized com
radeship.
The cottage is not empty, oh. no,
indeed! That can be attested easily
enough by the white muslin curtains,
coarse, but clean, that flutter in the
tiny, open windows; and, also, by the
pretty roses that bloom on every side.
Out of the open cottage door come
two figures—an old brown man and
an old gray woman, the man in cordu
roys. the womau wearing a neat white
rotton cap and a blue apron.
Xo sooner have they come into view
than a burst of exquisite melody
greets them, shrill and sweet, pierc
ingly sweet, now diving, swaliow-wise
into tender warblings, fluting of liquid
cadences; now hastening to ascend,
soaring high and higher in eager, joy
ful ecstasies.
Then one sees what one has failed
to observe before, up among the yel
low eglantine and the climbing Pro
vence rose vines hangs a wicker cage
containing a thrush. -
“Chrysostome! le joli Chrysos
tomeJ ’ says the old man, approaching
the cage. ‘‘Good morning. Chrysos
tome. ' He feeds the bird out of a
small store of millet with which he
has filled his pocket. Babet. his wife,
watches him furtively for a second,
and as she sees his crippled move
ments she sighs to herself:
“My poor Pierre, he grows weaker
every day. if I only had some rich
Burgundy to give him. But. helas! we
are poor. Well, the good God knows
what he does.”
As Pierre turns around Babet dis
misses the worried expression from
her nervous, little face and summons
the ever-ready smile.
They had not always been poor, this
loving old couple—not so very poor, at
least. Before the rheumatism had set
tled down upon him. when he had the
use of his strong, willing limbs,
Pierre had gotten along very com
fortably with his modest bit of farm
ing in that fertile valley. Often the
artists, who would hang around the
hills of Champrosay with their easels
and canvas as the bees hang around
the clover, would say to him:
“Why do you not move into town
md work? You would make much
more money in a town. Now. beyond
the woods, there, at Soisy, for exam
ple, I know a baker—”
But the broad-shouldered, hearty
peasant would smile cheeriully and
would wisely shake his head.
“Monsieur is kind to suggest. But,
no, no. We have been happy here,
my wife and I. This is our place in
the world, and here we will live until
the good God say* ‘Come.’ Even then
—ah! you will laugh, monsier, but I
will tell you what I say to my wife.
I say, ’Babet, let us pray that the good
“You may name your own price."
God will permit us to have In his hea
ven Just 3uch a cottage as this’ ”
“May your wish be fulfilled,” the
artists would reply before going their
way.
That was some years back. Now
well, they are still happy, Pierre and
Babet. Have they not each other, and
have they not their little brown
thrush to cheer them? But, beyond
doubt, they are very pcpr.
. “Our roses are adorable this sum
mer, adorable—Is it tot so, my
Pierre?”
babet accompanied hfer quickly sum
moned smile with this cheery remark
as the old man turned round after his
bird-feedlhg. ‘Thp thrush had contin
ued its.warbling and was again Sfend:
ing #b $ flood of song.; : :'
i /"Oh, listen, father! : bid; y<?u ever
hear suclj singitfg?" ft toV Child
who spoke, and she clutch^;
bad Just rented for the sumthCr' a
pretty, coquettish French chalet two
miles beyond. “Did you ever bear
such singing?” repeated the child en
thusiastically.
The man confessed that he had not.
In the woods of Senart. near the cha
let they had taken, there were choirs
of thrushes, blackbirds and other
songsters, but not one of these free
warblers could be compared for full
ness of melody to this captive bird,
hanging up there among the vines.
The two strangers remained on the
road listening for some seconds; then
the man walked up toward the cot
tage, made the acquaintance of the
old couple and asked if they would be
willing to part with the thrush.
“No, oh. no, monsieur!” said Pierre
decidedly. “We couldn't get along
without. Chrysostome."
But Babet did not speak. At first
a rather blank look came over her
face. This blankness quickly gave
place to a look of agitation, of dis
tress. She clasped her hands nervous
ly and worked her fingers. A vision
>
“You haven’t forgotten me, then?”
of Burgundy and other dainties for
her Pierre had suddenly floated across
her vision.
“I would give you a fair price for
the bird," the stranger went on. “I
would like to have it for my little
daughter. In fact, you may name
your own price.”
Pierre was about to repudiate the
offer again when he caught Babet’s
eye. She was already speaking.
“And monsieur’s little daughter
would be very good to the bird?” 8he
lifted up her worn, gentle face, and
eyed him anxiously. Poor Pierre hesi
tated and stumbled a little before he
was able to stammer vaguely:
“You are going to sell our Chrysos
tome, Babet?”
“Yes, yes,” she said, decidedly. But
she gave her head a sort of helpless
nod. and looked down at her blue
apron. |
The artist paid double the sum
named, and said he would send a
servant that afternoon to clafm his
purchase.
When the servant arrived at the
chalet with the bird, the cage was
placed in a large window in one of
the drawing-rooms. The window open
ed to the sun and to the fragrance and’
greenery of the garden, But not a
note, n'ot a sound camo from the mel
ancholy thrush. It drooped and hiing
its head as if moulting. , They fed,
they whistled, they coaxed; but It re
mained motionless and moping.
The Artist was indignant. He l>ad
not really pressed the old people to
sell thpif bird; he had given them
double the. sum named and now'? It
was not In his nature to be suspicious
but it certainly looked As if another
thrush had been palmed off upon him
in plape of the magnificent songster
he had heard that morning.
However, he gave the bird several
days’ trial. At length, patience was
exhausted, and he sent for its late
owner to remonstrate with him.upon
his deception:
Pierre trudged heavily into the
room, hat in hand, and the artist turn
ed* around, armed with some righteous
rebuke.
But neither he nor Pierre was al
lowed to spean; for no sooner had
the old man made his appearance in
the room than the thrush leaped down
froth its perch, flapped Hs wrings joy
ously and burst ihto so triumphant
a song that the whole room' seemed1 to
vibrate with its melody. < : ^
’♦What Chrysostome, le Jolt Gktysos
tome," said the old man, going *Up‘
close to the wicker cage, “you haven’t
forgotten me, theti?’’
forgotten him, indeed! The bird
extended its slender body, expanded
ft* soft chest and rilted Tta little iuhgs.
Its;song of greeting rose1 upon1 the
Voluble air With: the splendor bf in
visible cotoi’ And the artist (bund him
self HiftttkHig.;’;*And All the'white if
kept feeiVlng'from' «Me; tb sMe in the
dhge^dandng Wttlr’jOJv' bne "might
jgwin&A o-j’V Sack edi jiuetf.i
^ YesMhere^ouM he no doubt about
It; i^was-tse Mine-bird tHit’bad ub
oRIWtefki^the’etfrs of-fb^artiSt
little daughter atnfeenfmtt *«f; the Mfi
near Champrosay^ But, like the He
brew captives,'it had not been able
to sing its songs in a strange land.
“You onn have your jbird. my old;
man,” the artist said with a smile.'
And then, to Carolyn:
‘*\Ve would not part such loving
friends for boxes of bon-bons, would
we, dear?”
So off together they trudged, happy
Pierre and Chrysostotae, Chrysos
tom© still in full song. And Babet
wept for joy at tneir return.—^New
York Press.
A SHRINKAGE IN VALUES.
Poet's Experience With , the Child of
His Brain. •
The eager poet wrapped it up care
fully and set out for the city, where
the leading magazine editors sat in
judgment on such as his—or. Father,
on such as might not hope to be quite
as his, and it was night when he came
to the city. At the hotel where he
chose to lodge he passed it to the
clerk, with instructions to place it in
the safe, where valuables were kept
for security.
“What value?” the clerk inquired.
The poet’s face flushed with pride.
“It is. perhaps, scarcely possible to
place a value upon it, but-”
“Say two hundred?” suggested the
busy and practical clerk.
“That is. perhaps, something of the
sort they will place on it," replied the
poet, with a deprecatory curl of his
lip. “Yes;!’ say two hundred,” and he
sighed.
The clerk checked it at two hun
dred, and put it away in the safe. Next
morning the poet arose, paid for his
lodge, received it safely into his hands
again, and went forth. The after
noon was waning when the poet, look
ing wan and weary, stood again at
the hotel desk, with it (no longer with
a large 1) in his hand.
“Ah!” said the clerk. “Care for it
again? Same value, i suppose?”
"Well—er—ah—not exactly.” said
the poet, still eagerly, but of a dif
ferent variety of eager. “T ihink;—er.
—ah—what I was going to say, was—
er—as a matter of fact—er—could you
let. me have half a dollar on it?”
The clerk said he couldn’t hardly do
it just then, and the poet took it and
i went back to his humble village,
where he opened a tin shop and did
quite well—New York Times.
WHAT SLUGGARDS HAVE DONE.
Sleepy Boys Do Not Always Turn Out
Worthless Men.
In our family of five boys there
was never one who jumped out of bed
until he was pulled out or dabbed
with a wet sponge.
Yet here is the faithful record of
the five sluggard's: ,
Aged Thirty—Manager of large
manufacturing works.
Aged Twenty-seven—Doctor: medal
ist with honors.
Aged Twenty-three—M. A. at eight
een years old: now going up for his
last half of his final for LL. B.
Aged Twenty—Student in medi
cine: carried all before him in every
exam.
Aged Fifteen—Head boy of his ;
school.
Ye/ every one of us was called lazy,
and every one will to this day at any
time, morning, noon and night, enjoy
repose when he can snatch it.—Letter j
in London Mail.
School Teacher*’ Salaries.
A summary of the salaries paid tc
the school teachers in the chief Euro
pean countries appeared recently in
several American newspapers. This re
port showed that the salaries of teach
ers in England range from an average
of $350 for Inen to $250. or even as low
as $200, for women. The lowest annual
salary paid to a full-fledged teacher
In Belgium is $192. In Denmark city
teachers begin with $230 and village
teachers with $182. The average for a
country or village teacher in Prussia
is $218 per year, although Berlin teach
ers receive from $315 to $650; women
are paid from $140 to $400. France has
an irreducible minimum of $220. Hoi
land $160, Portugal $96 for the country
and $108 for the city and Sweden and
Norway $136 for men and less than
, $60 for women. The average salary in
Switzerland is $340 for men and $275
for women. Greece divides its teachers
into classes, those in the first receiv
ing a maximum salary of $26 per
month, those In the second $16, and
those In the third $13. Teachers’ sal
aries in Spain vary from $100 per year
in the villages to $480 In Madrid.
Royal Discipline In Italy.
When the King of Italy came to the
throne he determined to lessen the 'ex
penses of the royal household and to
abolish Sinecures. Being an early riser^
he turned up one morning at the office
of the household at eight o'clock, and
found two attendants lazl# beginning
to dust the furniture. Being1 anxious
t-d dictate some'letters, and finding no
ohe to write them, he seized a duster
from one of the alarmed men. and
having dusted one of the desks, sat
down and occupied the neat hour and
a half in writing the'tetters himself.
When at half-past nine one of the:
clerks sauntered in he was staggered
to see the King sittlhg there.
The King, looking at his watch sig
nificantly asked him at ‘what time he
and his still absent colleagues were
supposed to commence work. “Eight
o'clock, sire,”- was the faltering reply.
“Aiul see you have not enough to do.
I must get rid of some of you.” He
was as good as his word, and there has
not been another case of- iffipuncta- i
allty Inthatdepartmert from that day
to this. • •'■■i ■ •*, j
. _...— .r :
Wireless System for-Russia.
A French company of wireless teleg
raphy is arranging t& proVidPe the Rus
sian government with a wireless sys
tem which will enable it to communl- j
cate Between stations tHtfty miles
apart. The Japanese vessels were sp
fitted cut Before hostilities began.and j
they were using A wireless apparatus
between Korea and Japah, ah inter- ]
mediate station' having been plkced ;
iipbh an island IP the Korean'Strkitj 1 j
.9? 1 : gOJO'filr |
,tKv:-v'ui.-FibreAca’ik^h4fAbate^;5 cseia j
Eloretide Kightiiigttte, tWe' krdrtd-fa1
atone EnglishSauraOi iPW kt4h¥ ho&tb
Of Sir^Fr V-efney.tn l*end<af.Jf»lIeih
iflffdibiel-IeaUh. at vihe. hgd Of .Tl-Sbe
mb eaoof th» atfvl»«rk:aag*te organ*
zatlon of the International Red^tSrbriar
Society.
Hot Water for the Dishes.
**• How> to - k»e( the diah-*gtef,bot ttjr.
ptometn ftftlch interests a lar^e4 pibr-'
tion of the women of the land quite
ae much as Itow to rim the govern
ment and borne of the other prob
lems which Vromen ha\ve taken up
[lately. Cold dishwater-fs and always
has been one of the trials which wom
an has to bear at frequent intervals,
sometimes because a neighbor comes
to call whom she cannot take into the
kitchen while she is doing her work
and sometimes because the baby
needs attention or something else hap
pens to take up her time. To put the
pan on the stove means scalding hot
water and possibly damaged crockery
and china when she returns, and to
leave it in the sink means cold water
and all the grease hardened and
stuck fast to the dishes. " -
That is to say, this has been the
state of affairs previously, but now
there is a dishpan which seems to
have the faculty of keeping the water
at just about the proper temperature
when the dishpan happens to be left
full of unwashed dishes for a half
hour or so. This plan is provided with
a wide flange around the edge which
elevates the bottom from the hot sur
face of the stove sufficiently to pre
vent the water from reaching tho
boiling point. It will also be seen
that there is a double compartment
inside the plan, one space being util-,
ized for the rinsing water and the
other for that in which the dishes are
washed. It is possible to draw the
water off from either compartment
without lifting the heavy pan, a fau
cet being provided for thi3 purpose.
It might also be possible to utilize
this dishpan in conjunction with a
i
New Dishpan Solves Problem.
smgll alcohol lamp, which would be
located in the center of the pan and
warm the water in beth compart
ments, thus doing away with the
necessity of starting up tlie lire to
heat water for this purpose. Virginia
A. Cassell of Snake Creek, Ya., is the
inventor.
Military Education Science.
In the course of the discussion
which is now going on in England
over the place of science in military
education, one fact has been insisted
upon by every pleader for more sci
ence, namely, that the defect of class
ical education as well in military and
naval matters as in the other profes
sions is as much in the mental habits
It produces as in the knowledge which
it fails to impart.
It not only furnishes the student
with an outlook on the world, based
on the science of the year 1 B. C., but
it equips him with intellectual tools,
beautifully ornamented, and of great
artistic perfection, but as hopelessly
inadequate to the heeds of modern j
life as are now the bow and arrow in
warfare. The claims of a quack or
the “revolutionary discovery'* un
earthed by an imaginative reporter,
seem to the classicist as inherently
probable and far more interesting
than the carefully worded announce
ment of a great scientist. There is no
difference in probability, so far as he
can see, regarding the truth of the
announcement that a South American
traveler has discovered a bush pro
ducing worms as fruit, and the claim
;of an Indian doctor that mosquito
bites cause malaria.
He accepts statements as facts, be
cause some great man has made
them. He is a believer in, and stu
dent of, words rather than things. It
is this attitude of mind, this confus
ing of facts and fancies, that forms
the heaviest indictment against the
classical school.
Electricity in Japan.
According to the London Electrical
Engineer, there is a great activity In
the utilisation of electricity in Japan
for lighting, power and traction pur
poses. One city plans to develop 10,
000-horsepower by using the power of
the Tama river* Power stations will
be erected at three points. Electric
traction systems, are being installed
at various points, one of these, twen
ty mile3,in length* now being built.
The power plant , for this road is in
course of erection, and will have an
output of 540-horsepower.
’
Minced Horse Meat.
It is stated that, a government com
mittee has been appointed in Paris,
to Investigate the use of raw horse
flesh In the treatment of, tuberculosis,
. and Other diseases. On the committee
are. among other well-known men.
Prof. Dcbove, dean of the Paris fac
ulty of medicine, and Prof. Barrier of
the veterinary school at Alfort. The
.reasons for the inquiry are not as yeU
clear, but may perhaps transpire
iWhen the report of the committee is
published.
Energy of Radium.
A chunk of coal releases, during
combustion, enough energy to lift it>‘
self about 2,000 miles, or, say, from
New York to Manila.But a chunk
of radium emanation yields without
any combustion an amount of enregy
in the process of its evolution that
would lift it. not only to the sun but
to the orbit of the planet Neptune, the
outside fence post of-the 90l«r ays*
tem. and which is about thirty times
farther from the sun than earth is.
Electric Railroads.
The electric railroads last year -car
ried three times tire population of the
world* The ears ran ele<*'ein times'the
distance between the earth and the
sun* The capital invested is twice as
much' as the United States bonded
debt, and the. gross earnings are $250,-'
000,000.. • Taxes, were paid amounting
to $18,000,000.
4 * *
HOUSE OF SIX ROOMS.
Well Arranged Structure at Compara
tively Small Cost.
An excellent plan for a six-room
house is shown in the accompanying
sketches. The rooms are of good size,
and the plan is exceptionally wejl ar
range^, being very compact apd eco
nomical. The cellar stairs go down
from the kitchen under the main front
staips; there is an outside entrance on
the landing at the ground level. The
exterior is very neat and satisfying,
and the house is a popular one. It is
well finished in natural woods
throughout. The dimensions are as
follows: Width, 31 feet 6 Inches;
length, Including veranda, 41 feet 6
inches. Ceiling heights: Basement. 7
feet; first story, 9 feet 5 inches; sec
ontl story, 9 feet. Cost, Including
plumbicg and furnace heat, $2,400 to
$2,600.
Feeding Bran; Curing a Kicker.
A. S.—1. What is the best method
of feeding bran to milch cows? What
is the best method of curing a heifer
of kicking while she is being milked?
Many dairymen prefer to feed bran
in the form of mash, but feeding ex
periments prove that there is little or
no advantage in adding water over
feeding it dry. A very good use can
be made of bran by mixing it with en
silage. pulped roots or cut hay. If fed
witn cut hay it is well to moisten the
mixture so that the bran will adhere
to the coarser food and not be blown
,out of the margin or inhaled by the .
animals.
2... A good way to cure a kicking
cow1 is to attach a short chain, with a
ring in the end to the rack or
stanchion frame; put a hook in each
end of a rope and a ring eighteen
inches from one end. Put the rope
around the left hind leg above the
.hock and hoog it in the ring and draw
the leg forward until the foot is raised
from the floor and hook It in the !
■chain. Do not put the rope below the j
nock, for she can then knock the |
buekjpt over by swinging her foot. A I
cow cannot kick with this tackle on '
her and she will soon givu up trying.
She should be handled quietly.
Sowing Alfalfa.
O. S — In seeding with alfalfa how
much seed should be sown per acre
and should it be sown with oats or
some other grain? Will I get a crop
the first season?
Alfalfa may be sown alono or with
a nurse crop, such as wheat, oats or
barley. If the land Is clean it is bet
ter to sow it alone, but if dirty, the
weeds are liable to overgrow and
smother the alfalfa plants. If alfalfa
is sown with a grain crop the latter
should be thin, not more than about
five or six pecks per acre. Whether
sown alone or with a nurse crop the
seed bed should be fine and not less
than sixteen pounds of seed should be
applied per acre. Alfalfa will not pro
duce much bulk of crop the first sea
son. If grown alone it should be mow
high, when about a foot of fifteen
inches in height, and this may be re
moved or allowed to He as a mulch,
according to its bulk. If grown with a
nurse crop it should not be mowed
after harvest, unless it reaches more
than a foot in height, when the mowed
crop should not be removed from the
land. Alfalfa should not be pastured
the first season, as the plants are lia
ble to be drawn out by the roots when
young.
Fertilizer For Clover.
■ i E. A. W.—I wish to enrich a piece
of land and cannot obtain yard ma
nure; would it be better to apply ar
tificial fertilizer or to grow clover and
plough the crop under?
If the land is sufficiently rich to
grow a fair crop of clover we should
assuredly advise the course you speak
of to Improve it. The first cutting of
clover may be made into hay, turning
tho second growth under at the close
of the season. If. however, the soil is
very poor and the growth of clover
will, unaided, be but thin and meager,
it would certainly be profitable to ap
ply a sufficiency of a suitable fertilizer
tb give the clover a good start. For
this purpose, nothing could be better
than wood ashes, say, at the rate of
■25 to 50 bushels per acre, lightly1
ploughed" under; br, better still, har
rowed In just before seeding. A good
substitute for wood ashes could be
made as follows: Muriate of potash,
lfNVlbs.; superphosphate. 300 lbs.; ap
plied at the rate of, say, 200 to 300
lbs. per acre. As a green crop for
plowing nnder. probably the best’will
be found to be common red clover,
sown at the rate of 8 to 10 lbs. per
acre.
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Improving a Pasture.
W. W. H.—I have a new pasture In
which there is a strip where the seed
ing did not catch well. Could I scat
ter some more seed on this in the
spring as to have it tit for pasture by
the 25th of June? If so. what would
be the best kind of grass to use?
\ You can hardly have much of a
pasture by the 25th of June, but you
can •pick up your pasture as you sug
.gest by broadcasting more seed over
the vacant strip. If the seed is sown
as the frost is coming out of the
ground, ft will be sufficiently eovered
without harrowing; but. If the ground
is very heavy atid It is impossible to
dd bo. a stroke with a light harrow
before seeding, followed with a roller
afterwards, will cause the seed to
start at oboe For permanently Improv
ing your pasture, I should make a mix
tute' for thi$-bare strip in the follow
ing -propdirt ion per acre: Timothy, 12
Clover,, ffpIbs.; Hungarian
grade Oerma»"miiil>r'» lbs, --Tbe-'
tlfddtlly- and ; elover-Svill pdrroanenly
itopfcWd- the pasture.^ahd the ralHef,
| which is un annual, will give a^edop^
the first year.
MAKING GOOD ROADS
DEMAND FOR HIGHWAY IM
PROVEMENT SPREADING.
.2TAW33 JriV
People of the South Particularly Im
pressed W'tft the Necessity for
Change in This Respect—Why Far
mers Should Be Interested in the
Subject.
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The people1 of the South appear to
be greatly aroused on tbe question of
highway improvement. The roads of
the South are, <m the whole, worse than
those of. any other section. There are
several reasons for this, among which
may be mentioned unfavorable cli
matic conditions and scarcity of roa<
building matrials. To these may be
added the fact that the South has
hardly as yet fully recovered from the
devastating effects of the civil war.
and the population and wealth per
capita are less in proportion to the
mileage of roads than in most North
ern states.
But the public-spirited citizens of
the South are enthusiastic advocates
of better roads notwithstanding these
obstacles. In many counties of North
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, bom:
have been issued and many miles of
first-class roads constructed.
If there is anything worse than a
clay road it is one of sand. But ap
parently by accident it was discovered
a few years ago that sand and cia>
thoroughly mixed in proper proportion
make an excellent road. As a re- G
of this discovery a large mileage ,f
sand-clay roads has been constructed
in North and South Carolina and son.-*
in other states. Two advantages of
this kind of road are cheapness of eo*
struction and abundance of mat rial.
In many, coast counties in the South
shells are used for making roads, and
they prove an excellent substitute for
crushed stone. In southern Alabama
and Louisiana may be found some
stretches of slreH road that are as fine
ps any in the country.
I ' It is a matter of surpiiae to some
that the sentiment for national al<l to
road improvement should be so strong
in the South. The strangih of that
Bettimfent is shown by the fact "thaT
the pioneer advocates of that plan in
both Houses of Congress are from the
South—Representative Brownlow of
Tennessee and Senator I^atimer o;
South Carolina. The Legislator* of
Tennessee was the first to memorial
ize Congress to make an appropriation
for road improvement. The fact is
that the South has been aroused by
stem necessity. The farmers of the
I South want the help of the govern
ment in improving their reads because
they need it badly, and because. 111. •
farmers in all sections, they tbit
they are entitled to a larger share in
the direct benefits of government ap
propriations than they have hereto
fore received.
HAVE NO BASIS FOR TITLES.
High-Sounding Names of British Peers
Without Significance.
Curious as it is that the Duke of
Devonshire should derive his title
1 from a county with which neither he
nor his ancestors have ever had the
remotest connection, he is far from
singular in this respect among his
brother peers. Taking the duke* of
England alone, it is sufficient to say
that Manchester, Richmond, Newcas
tle, Marlborough and Fife have no
connection at all, either territorial or
residential, with the place tltularlv
associated with them. More singular
still, there are Scottish peers, even
representative peers for Scotland in
Parliament—for example. Viscount
•Falkland—who are of purely English
descent and own not a single acre
north of the Tweed; while there are
Irish peers, such as Viscount Valentia.
quite unconnected with Ireland, and
sitting in the House of Commons for
English constituencies.
The Irony of Fate.
If you should strive with all your might
To lead mankind to clearer light;
Tf vou evolve some mighty plan
To benefit your fpllow man.
And spend your days in earnest toil.
And nightly burn the midnight oil.
The chances are—tis sad but true—
That no one will take note of you.
But If you venture out some day
When Ice and sleet beset your way.
And travel with Incautious feet
Adovrn the treacherous frosted street.
And of a sudden take a bump.
A grewsome. ignominious thump.
Then people laugh—'tis sad but true—
Most every one takes note cff you.
—Washington Star.
Intelligence and Brain Weight.
The intelligence of a man is stated
td be fn direct proportion to the
weight of his brain. M. Mathiega. an
anthropologist' of Prague,' has beeu
conducting experiments into the mat
ter. Having lirst ascertained that the
male brain weighs on an average 1,4^0
grammes and the female brain 1,200
grammes between the ages of twenty
and sixty, he has gathered the follow
ing statistics, based on the study of
the brains of 235 persons, differing
widely in their occupation and intel
lectual culture. The weights of the
brains of the different people are cal
culated in grammes. Day laborers.
1,40b; workmen and unskilled labor- !
ers, 1,433; porters, guardians and j
watchers, 1,43<5; mechanics, 1.450;
business men, 1.4G6; physicians and
professors. 1,500.
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Of Course.
A Washington newspaper man has
a little girl who gets some original
sayings. A few days ago she asked
her mother to hear her Sunday school
lesson. The mother smilingly assent
ed. and, takiBg the book asked?
•Who was the first man?"
“Adam.!’ was the quick response.
"And who was the first woman?’
“Adam’s mother, of course.”
It required some . time , to convince
the little one that she was in error.
Increase in Exports.
In 1840' the total value of American
exports was $128,668,000, or 87.25 per
capita. For the fiscal year ended
June 30. last, the total value was
|1;392,231,000 or 817 per capita. The
population has increased 470 per cent,
and the exports over 1,000 per cent.
The average American is a betteiT
wealth producer than his father or
grandfather.-* «”* " V;?.. 1 ?
1 Uff'. p-, ♦ — tAm ■— 1 h I ■ " ,**“t fj£ 4 . ’Hr
: to Murders add :Execiitlpn#,:':,':"'''
•-*The ‘murders ifi ‘the’ Tfuited States
In legal*
executions numbered but 123.
