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BUSHWHACKING DON'S DISGUISE.
HOLLAND'S SUBMARINE BOAT
THE DAIRY TYPE.
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"He Was Decked with Leaves tike n Child at a Mld-Summor Festlvnl.
on his Head thoro was a Perfect Crown of Palm Plumos," Snakospeare.
"Do you see tlint bunch of palms
Sown there on the edge of that bar
ranca?" There are palms enough nil over these
Santiago hills, so hud some dllllculty
'.n picking out the particular bunch,
fo which he had reference, but at last
he made me see the scattered little
slump standing among the brush Just
above where a rainy season torrent
had gouged out a great hole In the
hillside.
"Well, what about them?" I asked,
when he had made me see them.
"Don't see anything strange about
em, eh?" said Turner. "That's the
fllsadvantage of being new to a covin,
try. The West Indies are un old stamp
ing ground of mine, so I know all about
them. Those palms over there are
cocoanut palms, not royal palms or
palmetto, like the others around here.
Wonder how they got there. As soon
as I'm relieved I'm going to get per
mission to scout and I'll Just freeze on
to more cocoanuts than plenty. Don't ,
lay anything In enmp about them or
lomebody else will hog the bunch be
fore I feet a chance. You're In It, of
course."
This was oh Sunday, June 12, the day
after the American marines had landed
at Calmanera and taken possession cf
the little bald hill back of the wrecked
cable station. All the night befotc
the Spaniards had been 'bushwhacking
us. At 3 p. in. on Saturday they had
blazed away at the pickets and had
gradually come In closer. The brush
covered them; only the Dashes of their
guns told the men In Camp McCalla
where they were. Once In a while the
waiting searchlight of the Marblehead
would show a man's form amid the
trees, but as soon as this Happened
the man, who for a fraction of a sec
ond was In relief, faded into the deep
shadow of the woods. Dr. Glbbs had
been killed, and Sergeant Smith and
two of our picket men, Dunphy and Mc
Colgan, had ulso gone under.
The marines were stupid from lack
af sleep, the sun was scorching and
the cocoanuts that Turner was figuring
an were wutth longing for. The idea
Df'a cool drink of the cocoanut wuter
was more than enough to make the
socoanuts a prize.
I had come ashore from the Journal
jlsputch bont Simpson to get the de
tails of the light, and had gone out to
the picket line, a quarter of a mile
from camp, to learn what was going
jn at the point nearest the enemy.
The Spaniards had nit been heard
from since (5 o'clock in the morning, but
mother attack was expected, and vnii
us parties of our men and the Cubans
were scouting Into the bush to see if
they weie coming.
Turner and I chatted until his relief
:ame. As he started back to camp lie
rave another look at the barranca to
fix the locality of the coveted cocoa
nuts in his mind.
The cocoanut palms weic gone.
Turner rubbed his eyes, swore and
isked me to look. 1 looked with the
lame result. There were no palm trees
above the barranca. In a moment
Turner was back to wheie his relief
was standing, confiding to him the
mystery of the disappearance. Even
ls they watched, niuitlier high up on
the hill seemed to bow and fall noise
lessly. "Well, of all the chumps thnt ever
:ame out of Jersey," said Turner, "I
am surely the worst. Anybody that
ever bair Cuba ought to know that
there would not be cocoanut palms in
a wilderness like this."
Even as he spoko the report of the
rifle of the next man in the picket line
nattered the stillness. At the shot
across the little gully a man rolled out
it the bosky tangle and lay there kick
ing his last, and as he struggled a great
frond of palm felt from his shoulders.
He was decked with leaves of one sort,
and another like a child at a mla
lummer festival. Onfhlo nead .there
was a perfect crown of palm leaves.
That was the secret of the cocoanut
jrove that had stirred Private Turner's
ambition and curiosity. With such a
Seeking of greenery the man In the
prush was nearly safe. This particular
fellow we afterward found out was
potted because the sun had glinted on
his gun barrel, and our friend, the next
picket, was olu enough In the business
to know that nothing that belongs in
the woods gives out that kind of a
flash.
We brought the tidings back to camp
f the Spanish trick, and thereafter
the sentries almost peered the eyes
jut of their head trying to make men
ut of every odd-shaped clump of veg
Uatlon In sight.
There was a big marine in camp who
md served In the Fourth cavalry in
Arizonla during Apache campalgs for
'.en years, and ho started a little school
it Camp McCalla for the bcnctlt of his
nates, for a marine would not naturally
know anything particular about wooa
jraft. "You fellows," began the ex-cavalryman,
"have got to watch the wind.
Ifou can see the bush moving, and
whenever It moves against the way
:he wind ls going, you want to blaze
away at It. Another thing, you want
to do like Scotty did. There's nothing
that grows that flashes In the sun
Ight like a piece of metal a wet leaf
omes nearest to It, but not so near
;hat anybody but a tenderfoot 'would
silstake one for the other.
"We had a whole lot of this thing to
:ontend with In Arizona. Old Geron-
mo's bucksused to strap a Spanish oay
net that's a magney on their heads
and crawl right out In the open des
trt. Against the yellow brown ground
you couldn't see the Injun. There were
.rushes all around Just like him. but
whenever the wind blew we got a
-hance. A man with a head dress as
big as the sail of a Ashing boat will
brace agaisnt the wind every time; a
tree, of course, bends with the wind.
"Another thing, you fellows thnt
lever saw anything but salt water and
t ship's forecastle, want to watch, are
the birds. You won't see them flut
tering around any place where a man's
hiding. This doesn't go about turkey
buzzards or such things they've been
trained by experience to know that
whenever men are prowling nround
thprp's likely to be meat for them, but
I'm talking about the little birds, the
song birds, and the doves, and such
things.
"I wish we had my old dog Bob here
with us, and a few more like him. He
used to hold his nose up to the wind
and scent an Apache a quarter of a
mile away. You can't fool a dog with
and crown of palm leaves. It takes a
man to be a sucker for that game."
The big marine who used to ride
horse Is not strictly accurate In his
last statement, night near the camp
we saw an example of this sort of bush
whacking. For a Spaniard tiere was a
big maja snake and for a marine on
picket duty a jutla, which ls a rat the
size of a coon, with the habits of a
'possum. The snake had picked him
self out a station at the baBe of a
wild pineapple, among some rocks that
were red with Iron stain. There was
the yellow of parched leaves and the
green of new grass.
The Jutla was clambering around
among the branches of the trees and
walked right over the foot of the pine
npple. Ueforo he realized that the red
and yellow and dull green are not al
ways Inanimate he was slowly travel
ing down the maja gullet.
Until the snake leached for the lit
tle animal, we, who had been watch
ing the Jutla had no Idea of the ser
pent's presence.
The country around Fort McCalla la
clad In the sort of vegetation that
would result If an earthquake should
shuflle a hot house mid botanical gar
den un with a Colorado side hill. The
slopes are covered with chaparral, buck
bush, mesqulte and maznnllla, dlversl
fled with wild pineapple and palms.
Wherever there Isn't nnythlng else,
there are thorn bushes and creeping
vinep. A better country for cover could
not be found.
In spite of nil the cnvulryman's lore
(which did not save him from getting
a bullet through the calf of his leg)
apparently ' sent from a waving little
palm that was bending with the wind
not fifty yards from his picket sta
tion) a Spanish guerilla festooned with
glass and wild vine, und crowned with
a palm leaf, wns as hard to distinguish
amid the verdure as the sense displayed
by Cervera In bottling himself up In
Santiago harbor,
rnj. hlne- InCtnise sSBfla cVJ hmm
Until the Cubans Joined our marines
at Camp McCalla there was a mystery
about the movements of the Spaniards
In the brush. They seemed to keep
the most perfect track of each other,
and yet there was never a sign of sig
nal smoke, nor could we hear a single
Spanish hall. The woods seemed to
be full of cuckoos culling, which start
ed some of the amateur naturalists ot
the command Into discussing the hab
its of the noisy birds.
-Almost the llrst remark that our Cu
bans made when they reached camp
was: "Usten to the cucllllos. This la
good weather to He behind n log."
Our cuckoos Were Spaniards, and
'the second lesson the marines of Camp
McCalla had to learn was to usiuu
closely to the notes of birds and the
noises of animals, and try to hear in
them the voice of a man.
It was vastly exasperating to lie in
camp and listen to the cuckoos after
we knew they were not birds and stare
at bushes that we knew might be men
with guns waiting for us to raise our
heads to shoot into camp- The mil
lines were apt pupils with this sort of
uaihlng. and those in exposed places
learned to lie dose behind their rolled
up tents, or in the shelter of a tree
trunk, or In a hastily scraped rllle pit,
but none of these things weic pleas
ant to do.
If it hadn't been for the oulers thnt
came In a day or two to charge out
and clear the brush, our men would
have blown up with their Impotent
fury. They hnd tried to lire the woods,
and feo drive their thatched enemy Into
the open, but the fires would not burn.
Shelling the woods from the ships was
like firing into a sack of Hour to clear
It of weevils.
There was only one way to stop the
nuisance of being fired on without hav
ing anything to shoot back at. and that
way was chosen. The previous dis
patches have told how Lieutenants Ne
ville and Shaw and the other heroes,
with their Cuban allies, tore out .of
Camp McCalla and combed the Jungle
clear of Spaniards for miles around.
The Spanish guerilllas had not the
desperate virtue ot the American In
dians, whose fighting tactics they hnd
adopted. They did not stay in their
ambushes and fight to a finish when
the Yankees rushed them, but up and
scattered as the Americans approached,
like a bevy of quail flushed by a care
less hunter, and our soldier sailors
caught them us they arose and paid
back forty for one for the damage the
Spaniards had done from their luik
lng places around Camp McCalla.
It was awful, but It was war. and
small wonder It wns that whenever a
Spaniard leaped up and was snoi iwwn
to tumble with the wreck of palm
leaves, milled like a shot bird's plum
age, the avendlng marine cheered and
shouted the names of their compan
ions so treacherously dead.
The cuckoos no longer call arounu
Camp McCalla. palm trees and bushes
no longer spit death at our pickets, but
the air ls heavy In the green valley
and over the bnrrnnca with the flight
of thousands on thousands of buzzards
and vultures nnd carrion crows, come
to the feast which war has spread for
them. "W. S. B.
Pelt Like Napoleon.
Did you ever have your fortune told
and the whole secret of your life un
folded from the palm of your hand? It
costs but 25 cents for a general outline
of your life. While you are getting It
you are startled by the close applica
tion of many of the statements to your
own case. Later, when you think It
over, you realize how your vanity has
been played upon by a clever woman.
Y'our experience will be like this. It
Is the life history of the writer as re
vealed by his palm, but It will fit any
of his friends of his own age.
"Ah. I see that early you had to
make up your own career." That classes
you right up wtlh Napoleon and his
set and makes you feel good.
"Your logic Is good und you think
many things you do not say."
At first this impresses you-as being
peculiarly true of yourself, but on
afterthought who does not think more
than he says?
"You have a good mind." That you
admit to yourself readily.
"And you can say or write your
thoughts In a few words that are to
the point." By this time you feel like
confessing to the palmist that you are
a suppressed genius, but are too mod
est to own im. She almost reads your
your thoughts as she says:
"Y'our life has been spent working
for others. What you have gained you
have had to share. Y"ou did not have
it all." Of course not.
"You have had disappointments;
when you thought you had attained
success you found It was not so."
Again the lady Is correct.
She tells you how brave you are. Of
course. How much Snoney you are not
going to make because yoi. are too
honest. What a great bulbous brain
you have. She brings you back by
making some horrible misstatement
about your matrimonial and love af
fairs, and winds up by telling you that
there are happier times ahead.
'
War correspondents were at It as far
back as the time of Edward II. Scribes,
specially commissioned, were sent up
with the English army which Invaded
Scotland at that time. Incredible as
It may seem, not one of the London
I newspapers were specially represenUd
at the battle of Waterloo.
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HOW MANY TOE3
HAS THE CAT.
"How nmny olnwslini
our old cat?"
Asked Kildlo. "Who
can tell mo tlmtJ"
"Oli.tlint."siild Hurry.
"Evorrono knows:
"A ninny no joulmvo
lingers ami toes."
" Yoth," Upod Ethel, "sheo'th Jusht cot
twenty;
Five on each foot, and I think It th plenty."
" Yes." said liertle, " Jut flvo tlmrp four;
That makes twenty no loss nor more."
"Wrong," said Eddie; "that's i-nsr neon;
Catch her mid count 'om-slio lias eighteen I
"Cats on each of their two hind paws
Have, only four, and not Ave, claws."
Toronto Globo.
Thine About it Watch.
Open a wntch nnd look nt the lit
tle wheels, springs nnd screws, each
an Indispensable part of tho wholo
wonderful machine. Notice tho bimy
little balance wheel ns It flies to nnd
fro unceasingly day and night, year la
and year out. This wonderful ma
chine is tho result of hundreds of years
of study and experiment.
Tho watch carried by tho nverngo
mnn is composed of ninety-eight
pieces, and its manufacture embraces
more than 2,000 distinct nnd separate
operations. Some of tho smallest
screws are so minute thnttho unaided
eye cannot distinguish them from steel
filings or specks of dirt. Under a
powerful magnifying glnss, a perfect
screw is revealed. Tho slit in tho head
is 2-100 of an inch wide. It takes 308,
000 of tlrese screws to weigh a pound,
nnd a pound is worth $1,585. Tho
hairspring Is a strip of the finest steel,
about 9V inches long, 1-100 of an inch
wide, and 27-70,000 of an inch thick.
It is colled up in spiral form and
finely tempered. Tho process of tem
pering these springs wns long held
u secret by the few fortunate ones pos
sessing it, and even now is not gener
ally known. Their manufacture re
quires gieat skill and care. The strip
Is gauged to 20-100 of an inch, hut no
measuring instrument has ns yet been
devised capable of fine enough gauging
to determine beforehand by the size
of the strip what the strength of tho
finished spring will be. A 20-10,000th
part of an inch difference in tho thick
ness of tho strip makes a difference In
the running of a watch of about six
minutes per hour.
The value'of these springs when fin
ished and placed In watches is enor
mous in proportion to tho material
from which they were made. A ton of
steel made up into hairsprings when
in watches ls worth more than twelve
and one-half times tho valuo of tho
same in pure gold. Hairspring wire
weighs one-twentieth of a grain of the
inch. One mile of wire weighs less
than half a pound. Jeweller's Re
view. TIib Hoy King or Spain.-
A number of anecdotes nro told of
the little King of Spain, one of which
Indicates thnt ho very early under
stood his own Importnnce:
The Queen in private called him Al
phonslto and by many other endear
ing names, and on one occasion a min
ister said to his Majesty: "How are
you, Alphonslto?" Tho King looked
at him, and then replied: "To mamma
I am Alphonslto, but to you I am tho
King."
But ho is very much of a boy de
spite his appreciation of his kingship.
The first time the royal attendants
tried to batho his Majesty in cold wa
ter there was a dreadful scene. He
firmly declined to leave his warm cot,
and the ladles had to appeal to the
Queen, for of course none might lay
violent hands on the sacred person of
majesty. "Come, baby," said his
mother, going up to his bedside. "If
I tell you to do It will you have your
bath?" HIb Majesty mnlntnined an ob
stinate silence. "Well, then, I Bhall
not tell you to do it, baby, but I shall
go to my room and cry because you
will not obey me." The little chap's
better instincts were moved, and,
jumping up, he cried: "111 take my
bath, mamma."
Two or three years ago a boys' bat
talion, recruited from the youthful
members of the best families in Spain,
was organized, nnd the boy King, of
course, became Its chief. Tho regi
ment has been uniformed, armed and
drilled In strict military discipline,
and annually a parade ls held, the
boys going through their drill and mil
nouevres, marching and charging with
bayonets. Afterward the King pass
es up the ranks of the regiment, in
specting his playmates' arms and uni
forms with remarkable gravity. Ex
change. Intliun Ildarrlpllou of hii Knclim.
ThlB is how a nntive of Uulnwayo
describes a railway engine: It's a huge
animal belonging to the white man.
It has only one eye (the head lamp.)
It feeds on fire, and hates work. When
the white man pumps it to mako It
work It screams. It comes from some
where, but no one knows from whence.
After Jimmy had attended school a
few days he begged to stay at home.
"Because," said he, "teacher says we
mustn't talk, and I'm so tired of whispering."
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How to Trent Uliulinrli,
Everyone mny not know how to get
tho most, nnd thnt ot tho best quality,
out of a small pntch of rhubarb. I
usunlly cultlvnto it nlong with my oth
er garden, vegetables, and in tho
most thorough manner, but Inst
year 1 mulched it with coarso
innnuro from tho cow stablo, and
nover hnd it do so well. No
weeds could grow through tho thick
mulch nnd tho dntnp, cool, rich soil
mado tho stems grow to lmmcnso bIzo
and remain tender nenrly nil of Inst
senson, nnd this year it is fully as
good.
Thero is a knnck In pulling rhubarb
so ns not to hurt tho plants much.
Each hill hns sovernl buds from which
tho lenves grow out nB tho senson nd
vnnccs. If good Judgn ent is not used
In selecting tho proper leaves to pull,
tho plants may bo seriously damaged
If not killed, ns is often tho case, lly
being careful to pull only tho older or
outside leaves of each bud, thero may
bo fresh, tender stems for Boveral
months. When wo want to kill a
chickon or pig, wo do ,not catch tho
first ono that comes untidy; nor should
wo pull from tho rhubarb tho first
stemB that como within reach. Nei
ther should moro than a very few
Meaves bo taken from ench plant In ono
week. Those who do tho pulling
ought to understand these points, nnd
know tho importnnco of being moder
ato in pulling, nnd to distribute the in
jury along tho row; for it is an in
Jury to pull tho lenves from any plant.
Havo a bountiful supply, nnd thon
push it with high culture and plenty of
manure. Of courso It is qulto right
and necessary to pinch out nil seed
stnlks nt their first nppearnnce. II. E.
Van Deman in Agriculturist.
Trim M To Illatnry of tho Cod 1 In Moth.
According to Prof. M. V. Sllngerland
of Cornell experiment station the old
story of the entomologists about the
codlln moth laving Its eggs in the
blossom end of tho apple is a myth.
Tho moth that lays the eggs docs not
appear until a week after the blossoms
fall, and then It deposits them upon
the side of tho npple. In about ten
days they hntch nnd tho little worms
crawl around on the surface until thoy
find the culyx, then creep in between
the lobes, which have by this timo
closed tightly. Up to this time the In
sects have not eaten, but soon nftcr
entering the calyx they begin to gnaw
their Svay Into the npple.
From this It can bo seen that trees
should bo sprayed for this Insect ns
soon ns tho blossoms fall, as the Par
is green can then bo deposited in tho
calyx where it will be eaten by tho
worm, while If it ls delayed 10 days or
longer, the calyx will have closed over
tho basin and tho Paris green will only
be deposited on tho outside of the fruit
where it will in no way injure the
young worm. Tho closing of the
calyx is In ono wny a good thing as it
covers tho poiBon and protects it from
being washed out by rain. The calyx
of tho pear docs not close and henco
It will bo better to wait for 10 days
or two weeks after tho blossoms fall
before spraying pear trees, as thero
will be less dnnger of the poison being
washed away.
Tlckto till! Kuith with u lino.
The gnrdener will always find abun
dant success if he will not neglect this
tickling of the soil with a hoe or cul
tivator. It Is wonderful what tillage
will bring out of tho soil. Most men
must till to keep down weeds. They
do not realize that the benefits of this
work are for above any mere weed
killing.
By persistent cultivation we get the
Boll loose and mellow, porous and
light, so air can enter and roots freely
branch and distribute themselves
throughout the entire mass of earth
within their reach. Furthermore, till
ago ls a breaklng-up process, particles
of rock and orgnnlc matter being re
duced In size and made available for
the nutrition of crops.
Then thero is tho immeasurable ef
fect of Bhaliow surface cultivation in
forming a mulch upon the surface of
the ground, a thin layer of loose, dry
earth to cut off the rlso of moisture to
the surface and its subsequent evap
oration and loss to the use of tho
growing plants. Water in a drouth is
a priceless boon to vegetables, nnd
conserving the supplies of moisture ls
one of tho most vital subjects with
which the agriculturist has to deal.
Tillage is to a certain degree manure,
as was claimed by Jethro Tull of old.
Agriculturist.
Kvnrgrrvii In Will tor.
In the plnntiug of lawns nnd pleas
ure grounds in general then i rarely
much thought given to their ui-pcar-ance
in Winter, und yet tc" "-.so who
live In the country the year nround
this ls a matter of no small considera
tion. The proper disposition of a few
1111110801110 evergreen trees will often
effect a complete and pleasing change
in the character of ouo's grounds, and
give brightness and cheer to otherwise
bare and dreary surroundings. Winter
Is the proper plnce to note the places
where such trees would lie most effec
tive, and to mark the spots with a
stake ns a guide where to plant tho
next Spring.
Spogs WaBit not disgraceful, tho
way In which Smiggs snored in church
to-day?
Stuggs I should think it was. Why,
he woke us all up.
"Wo want to demonstrate the power
nnd value of a submarine bout of this
size, containing the highest type ot
machinery nnd warlike Instruments
known. An to Its success 1 have no
doubt.
Tho second boat I built carried tne
all over New York harbor under wa
ter. 1 could steer It In nny direction
and rnlse or lowerlt at will. It woh
a crude alTalr compnrcd with what we
now have uflouL Then electric stor
ngc bnttcrlcs were unknown, Wo seek
speed nnd power. Our present bont
will enrry three Whitehead torpedoes,
a dozen projectiles for the nerlnl tor
pedo thrower, ench containing- 100-lti,
charges, with a runge over the water
of 1,800 ynrds.
"With this bont we can bombnrd a
fort, whoso guns will be helpless to
return tho fire, for the bont cannot be
seen. With It we enn enter nny lint
bor, regardless of torpedoes or ob
structions, nnd blow away every Im
pediment In Its path. Havana could
be reached and bombarded In spile of
the Spanish licet. Mines could be ex
ploded ahead of us.
"The llrst nnd grentest desideratum
In a submnrlnc bont Is simplicity. Ench
mnn hns one thing to do und nothing
else. The crew will consist of one pi
lot, one 'operator,' or uwslstnnt pilot,
one electrician, ono engineer nnd two
torpedo experts.
"Six men can run this bont under nny
fleet of worships In nny harbor, at
tack nnythlng on land or sen, und at
the sumc time disappear after cuch
discharge of guns nnd always be out of
reach of the enemy's lire. There In much
less dnnger In a siibmnrlne bont of thlH
kind than on nny surface bout.
"If we make a success, und these
bonts become nn estnbllslied fenture
of marine nnd nnvnl service, they will
be used for carrying passengers thro
the rough sea between Dover and Ca
lais. They arc absolutely safe and free
from motion. Neither fogs nor storms
can huvb nny effect on them. There will
be no collisions, for they sail far below
the deepest ocenn liners. Thu pasHiigo
across the English chnnnel can bo
mnde nlong the bottom of the sen In
from one to two hours. With com
pressed nlr In steel tubes, sucli ns we
use In this boat, the ventilation will be
perfect. These tubes stand a pressure
of 3,000 pounds to the pqiinre Inch.
"I consider that there Is nothing
problematic about this system of sub
marine wnrfnre. Every point bus been
demonstrated.
"In 1SS3. when I wns sailing nround
on the bottom of New York harbor, I
found that we could go anywhere with
perfect safety. Olf Castle Point, Ho
biikcn, we were within three feet of
the tocky bottom and forty-seven feet
below the surfuce. Yet nt thnt depth
the engine worked perfectly, giving us
a speed of nine miles an hour. With
our ptesent bont 1 expect to go six
teen knots an hour before I finish hur."
This Meteor Poll Hard.
Imbedded deep In the soil of Hiram
Davis' ram near Storm's Station, thin
county, says a Clilllicothe, O., dispatch,
lies the remarkable meter whose ap
pearance Inst Friday wns noted til
I'nlnbildge, Washington Court House,
Wuverly, Jackson and many othei
placoH. Thut the meteor was un Im
mense one is pnlvcd by the fuct that it
plowed up nenrly two ucrcs of giound
where It struck the earth, and the
entrance to the cave It tunneled out
for Itself Is bigger around than a wash
tub. It wns Just nbout noon Inst Frldny
that the meteor entered the ntmos
pliere, and the fiery trail It left be
hind It through the heavens ns It fell
wns seen by many persons nil over this
portion of tho state. The noise of its
rushing through the air was so great
that the houses were Bhnken and win
dows rattled as far away as Cynthlana
In Pike county.
It fell In a Held belonging to Hlrnm
Davis, near Storm's Stntlon. Appar
ently it had not caught the rotnry mo.
Hon of the earth in its fnll through the
atmosphere, nnd for 200 ynrds or more
It plowed along the surface. Then It
burled Itself deep Into the ground, leuv.
Ing only the entrance to the hole, over
four feet in diameter, behind It. Large
crowds of people have visited the plucu
since the meteor fell, and an elfort Is
Suitable Food.
Blanched Almonds give (he higher
nerve or brain und muscle food; no
heat or waste.
Walnuts give nerve or bruin food,
muscle, heat nnd wuste.
Pine kernels give heat and stay. They
serve as a substitute for bread.
Green wnter grapes nie blood purify
ing, but of little food vulue; reject pips
and skins.
Blue grupes are feeding nnd blood
purifying; too rich for those who suiT-i
from the liver.
Tomatoes: higher nerve or brain food
and waste; no heat; they nre thinning
und stimulating: do not swallow skins.
Juicy fruits give more or less the
higher nerve or bruin, nnd, some few,
muscle food nnd wnste; no heat.
Apples supply the higher nerve or
brain food; supply heat and wnste, but
nre not muscle-feeding. They should be
avoided by those who suffer from tho
liver.
Oranges nre refreshing nnd feeding,
but arc nut good If the liver Is out of
order.
Gieon figs nre excellent food.
Dried figs contain nerve nnd muscle
food, heat und waste, but arc bad for
the liver.
All stone fruits nre considered to be
injurious for those who suiter from
the liver, and should be used cautiously.
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The little 4-year-old daughter of n
minister wns very much Interested In
nn Illustrated Sunday school puper In
which David wns portrayed In the act
of cutting off Goliath's head. Her
mother, thinking In instruct her, asked.
"What happened after Goliath's head
wus cut off?" This was a puzzler, but
after thinking for a moment she re
called an experience of a like nature
that she once had with her dool and
exclaimed; "Why, zen all ze sawdust
wunned out."
"Oh, mamma," exclnlmed -1-year-old
Harry, as puss, with arched spine und
elevated tail, strutted nround the din-'
Ing room tuble, "see, kitty's ent o
much zat she uin't pull her tall down."
A Wisconsin farmer who hns ha
much valuable experience with eowsj
remnrked to us, not long since, that irt
looking over his life and practice wlthj
his cattle, ho was struck with his own!
growth In definite Ideas concerning the1
true type of a dairy cow.
Said he: "When I first begnn nbout 30
yenrs ngo, I had a very confused Idea,
or standard In my mind on thin cowl
question. I hud been raised with what
wo cnll nntive cattle. My father seti
the standard in my mind, for what wo
supposed to bo the must profitable cow
wo could produce. It wub simply tho
"general purpose" animal.
Wo hud never studied up on the ques
tion; had no Idea of specific dairy
breeds, nor much of nny Idea of what
a cow should produce to take her Into
the domain of even fnlr profit. Every-,
where In the business, from tho cow to
her feed, the character of the stable,
tho way she should be treated and fed,;
the handling of the milk, tho making
and selling of the butter, nil of our)
IdoiiB were of a very mixed nnd crudo
character. Of course we mado but lit
tle profit out of our cows. I can sea,
It now. It never fairly entered my,
mind thnt there wns a cow of a special
dairy type, special dairy blood, that Itj
fed nnd hnndled In a true dairy way,
would bring In n speelnl dairy profit.
I had no clear ideas about the propcrj
way to breed such a cow, and because
I had no Idea In my mind of the true,
dairy type, my cows were of all sortw
and conditions. I stood Just where
thousands of farmers stnnd today,
"I did not believe In nny of thes
things until I heard you tnlk on the1
Dnlry Temperament InCattle.'ln a farm!
Institute, nnd It gave me new Ideas-.!
You Illustrated your talk with largo1
pictures of what the dairy farm Is,,
and should be. and told tho farmers;
to go homo and study their own herdH,.
and see If their best cows were not al
most unlvcrsnlly of that form and type,
I did bo, nnd found you were correct.
'I then set to work to procure a bulf
of clear, decided dnlry blood, with the
best line of dairy mothers behind hlir
I could get.
"I became greatly Interested In the
problem, As soon as my Ideas cluuig
ed. my cows begun to ehnnge. In ten)
yenrs 1 had u herd of thirty cows that
would produce more milk nnd butter,
nnd consequently profit, than sixty of
such cows ait I started with.
"Hoard's Dairyman, nnd such books
ns 1 have been enabled to get, havo
given me a new set of Ideas or stand
ards to work from.
"1 want to suy one thing; If a fnriner
does not have the dnlry. type In his,
mind, he will nover have It In his cows.
I ntn muklng a dollnr todny easier than)
I made 'ten cents twenty years ago.
but I can't convince mnny of my neigh
bors of It even yet."
We asked him why It was that they
scorned so hard to convince of the bet
ter way. His answer was full of mean
ing: "Ob," snld he, "they won't read on
the question. Show mo a reading dai
ryman and I'll show you a. man, In al
most every Instance, who ban good
cows of the true dairy type, and who
Is making thu best profit thnt can bo
obtained In the business."
If a man lends, ho obtulns food for
thought, he gets hold of better Ideas,
and does not go along, year after year,
muklng costly mistakes and not know
Ing It.
'
The Boy and tho Bandit.
There Is no such town In Missouri an
Farmers' City. But there once was, and
it lay outside the ptesent limits ot Se
dalla. In 18C1 Its hundred Inhabitants, rath
er more Inclined to the union than to
the south, wete between the devil nnd
the deep sen. They fed guerrillas at
breakfast, southerners at dinner and
stray federals at supper.. They were
storm-tossed nnd nlept on their old
muskets, which they dared not shoot.
Ono hot August day there enme over
the prnlrle an old cieaklng wogon,
covered with ennvns and hauled by a
sorry-looking team.
People didn't ask questions In those
times, and It was nothing out of the
ordinary to see nn old farmer In a
rickety wagon, with u gun on his lap.
But this old farmer shullled through
the town nsklng for Ice.
There was no ice In the stores, but
back on the hill lived the nabob of tho
town, a certain Di. Felix, who had ev
erything which nobody elxe had, and
so the old man, on u suggestion, walk
ed to the doctor's bouse.
Everybody wondered wbnt was In the
wagon, but It was us much ns a man's
life wns worth to go noblng in other
people's business; so they kept away
from the wagon
This distracted attention wan one
boy's opportunity, The lad was bare
foot, blown as an Indian und tare free
us a bird. He luld down In the grasp
und squirmed like u snnke until he
reached the wagon. On the most hid
den wheel he climbed noiselessly and
raised the cover.
There, half covered with straw, lay
the gaunt figure of a man badly wound
ed. He had evidently come from the
brush and was in agony.
"Did ye get the Ice?" he whispered,.
There was no answer. Slowly he
turned his head and looked at the ter
rified boy.
"Hullo, sonny," he said, with a sus
picion of a smile.
The boy slid from the wheel and
disappeared In the grass.
The furmer trudged back to his wag
on with a bit of Ice and soon after
drove out of town.
The man In the wagon was one of
Quantrell's followers. The Inquisitive
boy Is In the newspaper business.
BRIGHTON. S. I.. NEW YORK.
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Kce kill lice uod niitaaou poultrr. ma
itiai the hn la? mora freely, and dd
beHllh, comfort and beauty to the fowl.
At yrocer. druwaUu or factory 104
rarli, (I U. l)oi Ivipret prepaid.
Attut. wasted. Hm-MlSS. tXXItlT,
NCTHmr & MlUll. WDM. net.
AgetiU wanted to tell u new patent liouso-
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