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--H correspondent , describee
Olli °
made so
'
he il
scant-
Plunk ahoViTTV T UI > riSnt IJ
Attorn , „ , 8 inets Id ° at tllc
" " -'ita at the
iloiiir 'IT top sv fn i
Wi" hl ineh lllnged tog.cthei > ° n top
liolr. fmrJnfCKb0lf ruuni ff through
* > oth plank and
D l center of this the
Jn. " " plnnk for PnlleTtoSplny
liicliwUVd is attached to
is The whole ap
base.
ov , feet from the
ia'ntim is easily portable , very con ,
anal
nml cheap in construction
venient
shoulcl
pigs
- "miier who keeps
even"miier
similafl
Lve 0110 either of this kind or
butchering time. |
to it , for use at
Cattle. 3
Cholciiic
To Relieve
of the Xew Eng an ,
\ conspondent
excellent as we 1 as ,
Hoinesfn.1 has an
relief of chokmft *
the
for
-
a humntu- way
cattle , an-1 he thus
an the tlnosw-
along
struction by feeling
th on , hand , and in .
in the gullet.
of ten ir is found
obstacle c.
the
and fingers
Jthe thumb
l the way it went in , ar ,
forco-1 nut I " * - * ' +
the animal is ready to
m the r"m val. A few years ago I ha
Mint was choked with appl-
helfor
iverv a f-w days , and in every instan. .
I rembv.,1 them in this way withoi
of injuring the ai \
or danger * - *
difficulty ' * tr
' . . . , , , , ,
. . .1. : which nn ill
-nal i' hink anything
m'U -ct lu its throat and cannot g
Sjwn tn the natural way should not ,
cl
down , thereby
. r pushed
punch.Ml annual , a 1
Sanserif.- life of the
it we4
out the way
should ' ' - > taken
in. "
A I'.andy Manser.
shows a lade
The illustration
at be
manger
bitised in the
frame wh
tipped up
end whtVh can be
- or Trader Is being put in , and
-Hay
t
down ajruin. This device prevvts
-waste of Ct.il. . which is pushed out a
-
and saves stc
trodden tnder foot ,
horned into a mi
that are sometimes
cattle 1-
For
or in their backs.
eer
" . , or rounds should be strc
enough together to Trev
VKi' . V ! .N I s WASTE OF FEKI > .
their horns car
uuiii , ! -citing
rounds.-Practical Farm ;
Binder tin-
Fxpt'rm.-iit in feeding and iu '
of , show thti
Win * th - value eggs
too ostimauN made for labor , ouej
' ' produced at a ens
: - ' = "
- < m egi-
nbourV rents for food , or about h :
" all of the food allrj
-cent an i- = t- .
into eg
' converted
"t-'l'e
rte hen * " -
would be 1-
profit of a iloxen eggs
-even W'I.MI prces are very low , but i ,
' whether the hens coi
'depeml < on
r 'food im. . eir-- . flesh or support o
-bodies. It 5s a fact demonstrated ,
lever , that when a dox.eu eggs arc
from the farm bi
ilvcted they carry
nutritious elements of thIn -
Ule of the
to their value in 111:1 :
-In proportion
and on that -ount they are as ] .
anything that can be prut
able a >
in the f a rin.-Poultry Keeper.
Corn in ( iciMiisiiiy.
A largo jshare of the $1,000,000 i
American corn that now goes
to Europe is for the German fa
GFor the past two years the C. .
farmer has been learning how i < ,
' . 'his corn to his stock. It is est.i
tthat tln r . ' will be a yearly mark *
{ L50,0.HU ( Oi bushels of American i
? or this purpo-e in the German1
.Cultural districts alone. Previous
-.German fanners had fed oats , 1U
barley and other cheap imported j :
krheir oun hind Is too valuable t
( mit them to grow feed.
To Tan Skins.
A. J. Legs ; . In the Epitomist ,
[ the 'folluwiiux instructions :
Theep skia-s. .and * uch small
made of vahu for strings , etc. ,
f
\ tanned by .soaking them in lye
wood ashes or lime until the
be easily rubbed off , then soak
n running water until the lye is
fl out. Then soak in a solution of
airland salt in the proportion of three
lads cf alum to one-half pound of
| The solution should be sufficient
, pver the skin. Soak for about throe
's. ' then hang up to dry in the shade ,
b the skin every day until it is dry ,
t and pliable.
To Cure Col-'c.
reorge H. Hogan , writing to the Ag-
ultural EpitomSst , says : "I would
| | | e to have every farmer and breeder
fine stock know how to cure colic ,
hoven , In cattle. Instead of punctur-
J58 ; ? , as recommended by some , just get
* niece of an old broom handle , or some
Tund stick as large , and about twelve
k fourteen Inches long , and fasten in
I j i animal's mouth so as to keep it
, fcking | at the stick with * its tongue ,
ggH it will soon pump up all the extra
I is accumulated in the first stomach ,
rtfad I known this several years ago I
-ould have been several hundred dol-
-s better off in cattle to-da3' . I have
en curing cattle for the last five
ears , and have not lost a single case
- Feeding Work Horses.
| Whenever a working team has an un-
( gkvsually hard job it is the habit of some
Boners to feed it extra , thus giving its
syjiach an additional labor and thus
t iyjning available present strength. It ;
"
NI\ .it always to be remembered "that it
ri ! food eaten the day before , and
' "jliys and weeks before that , which
- E'i.J'Iable : . for present strength. No
j -imal ought to be expected to work on
in empty stomach. But a light feed
> efore an extra hard job is better than
oading the stomach with more than it
-equires. Home and Garden.
Orchard Manurinjj.
A covering of manure around tiees
. erves as a mulch , and the lumps in the
Suanure are broken fine by frost , while
he soluble portions leach out and go
( Jo the roots of the trees. Such work
as applying manure to trees in winter
leaves them in spring , for if the orchard
is then cultivated the hurried work of
spreading manure will have been done ,
fa ml there is more complete incorpora
tion of the manure with the soil.
Champion Butter Covr.
A picture is given here of the won
derful Jersey cow , Signal's Lily Flagg ,
which has the championship record of
SS SE
SIGNAL'S LILY FLAGG.
1,047 pounds 9 ounces of butter in one
year. The cut is reproduced from a
drawing from life made by Mr. Webb
Donnell , for the Country Gentleman.
Gleanings.
The farmer who buys bran and lin
seed meal never makes a mistake , as
those substances will enrich his ma
nure heap , as well as add to the thrift
of his stoclct
When meal is fed to hogs , either as
slop or dry , it is impossible to prevent
waste ; if meal is worked out of the
trough or the slop spilled , it is hardly
possible to gather it again. If whole
corn is fed the last grain is devoured.
The food properties of corn are not
changed by grinding it ; it is still corn ,
whether served as meal , mush or slop.
When feeding hogs , grind only for the
aged sows which have lost their teeth ,
and it is doubtful if they will pay the
miller.
Each field of the farm is fitted for
some special use. Have due considera
tion of the soil , the past rotation and
fertilization and needs of the proposed
crop. There should be no haphazard
way. but some forethought , in adapting
the crops to the laud.
Low heads for trees are preferred by
some , as they lessen the work of har
vesting the crop and enable the grower
to combat insects with advantage , but
closer cultivation can be given when
the trees are tall and the lower
branches trimmed oft' .
There is a positive scarcity of all
[ kinds of good stock , especially of the
ihigh grades , for the best and most pro
fitable feeding , for the best home mar
ket and export trade. Thus overpro
duction of grain or live stock corrects
It-H'lf by being unprofitable.
It is best to keep wethers growing in
stead of fattening them , unless they are
intended for market soon. An allow
ance of three pounds of clover hay a
day for a sheep weighing 100 pounds ,
uling no grain , should be sufficient , but
Ea > fatten rapidly give two pounds of
Say and a pound of commeal daily.
It requires about twenty pounds of
tmlk to make a pound of butter , and
fourteen pouacJo of milk to make a
* of cheese. More labor and care
e necessary to make cheese , however ,
Hit good cheese brings a high price ,
Specially when the parties making it
pe known and reliable , and make a
pecialty of a choice article.
THE FARM AND HOM
MATTERS OF INTERESTTO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Favorable Showing of the Souther
Com Crop Value of Artificial Lake
on the Farm Plan for IH ; ; m2
Goo-.l "NVcll Kotea.
The Southern Farm Magazine , <
Baltimore , has compiled from oflici :
reports the total production of corn b
States in the South in 1898 , showing
gain , as compared with 1897 , of eve
114,000,000 bushels. In the South tli
average price for corn runs from 4
cents to 50 cents or more , as estimate
by the United States Agricultural D <
partment. On the basis of 40 cent :
this means an increase of nearly $50
000,000 in the corn crop of the Soutl
as compared with last year.
Compared with J897 , most of th
Southern States show a small gain i
acreage , running from 1 per cent , i
Georgia to 8 per cent , in Texas , thoug
Maryland , Tennessee and Kentuck
show a decreased acreage of from 2 t
5 per cent. The gain in the ayerag
yield per acre was very onarked i
nearly all Southern Stales except i
Georgia , in which there was a declin
in the average of two bushels pc
acre. The total crop by States , as con
piled by the Southern Farm Magazin
from advance government reports , an
as compared with 1897 , was as follow *
1897. 1898.
States. ( Bushels. ) ( Bushels
Kentucky 04,486,000 S5,177OC
West Virginia. . . 17,00-1,000 20,32SOC
Tennessee 03,073,000 73,52GOC
Arkansas 35,581,000 53,709OC
Texas 72,175,000 105,4G1OC
Louisiana 21,576,000 27,718OC
Mississippi 30,346,000 39,931OC
Ahibnma . . . . . . . 30,524,000 39,681,00
Florida 3,811,000 4,377,00
Georgia 32,173OUO 26,580,00
South Carolina. . 15.308,000 17,500OC
North Carolina. . 1)1,324.001) ) ) 34,170.0J (
Virginia 31,552.000 38,563,00
Maryland 20,354,000 10,400.00
Totals 469,887,000 583,127,00
The total corn CVOL } of the Unite. .
States for J898 was 1,926,000,000 bush
eis , against 1,902.000,000 bushels ii
1897 , a gain of only 24,000,000 bushels
Avhcreas the gain in the South alom
was 114,000.0(10 ( busheK Omitting th :
South , the figures would show a hirgi
decrease for the rest of the country
This is a very gratifying exhibit as :
partial offset to the low price of cot
ton this year , but before the South con
gratulatcs itself too heartily upon ihs-ss
figures as evidence of the growth of tin
idea of th diversification oC crops i
should remember that the Centra
Southern States have in this "big con
crop just a iittle more than caught 111
with the corn crop oC I860 , allowing
nothing for the fact that in the menu
time the population has doubled.
Artificial I-.akes on Farms ,
We have noticed in some parts of liii
fiois a number of small artificial lakei
constructed in the pastures whre the
soil is suitable. Recently we saw noi
less than half a dozen of these on a sin
gle iarge farm. So far as we could e" .
they supplied the only water available
tor the stock , and the latter not only
drank t'.ie water , but bathed in it. There
was no outlet , and the supply was gath
ered mostly from the rains. The result
of suvi conditions is that'the water be
comes stagnant and foul. Water weeds
and water life multiply rapidly , and
the possibilities of disease are greatly
increased. It would be better to build
fewov artificial ponds , and have thorn
.iiM-e sanitary in construction.
The desideratum is to produce a pond
in which there will be a current of
water. In such farms as we refer to it
will be found impossible to produce
such ponds without going outside of the
natural resources of the pasture. In
many townships there are no brooks
that run throughout the year. The de
pendence in such cases must be placed
in a windmill , and this is the reason
why fewer and better ponds should be
constructed. A windmill will not give
much of a stream , it is true , but it will
! > e enough to prevent the water from
jecoming entirely stagnant.
It will take some study to make the
ivater run through the whole poud , but
: his can be accomplished by placing
> btructious in the way or the current ,
continually deflecting it. Where there
ire low swales it will not require much
if a lift to got the water to the top of
he ground. This will increase the
imount of water that can be pumped ,
f gravel and sand be near and pleiiti-
ul , it might be advisable to use some
> f it for the bottom and sides , as tfcat
rould probably have some influence en
: eeping down the growth of slime in
hu ponds. It would be also well to
uggest that the hogs be not allowed to
ivid the possession of tin's pond with
he other stock. The hogs seem to do
lore than any other animals to keep
uch places in an unwholesome state.
lay maker.
is : a Well.
1 submit the following plan for dig-
ing a good well. Dip six feet deep in
10 usual manner and wall with stone ,
tying them in mortar made of hydrau-
c cement and sand. Continue the ex-
ivatiou six feet further , making this
lie thirty-two inches in diameter. Put
11 a coat of this cement about one inch
rick and connect it with the stone
all. Leave the lower three feet 1111-
miented. Excavate three feet "more
id then cement to within three feet of
le bottom as before , and continue un-
l the water is reached. If this work
properly done , a first-class well will
> the result. The water will be as free
om drainage as the driven well , angle
oriu tight , if you please. , * Objection
ay be raised that a well of this kind
.nnot be put down through quick-
nd or other loose digging. Some four-
en years ago a pioneer friend had no
ell on account of the absence of stone
for v.'alling. I proposed the above plai
except the upper six feet of wall wa
made of grout. At fifteen feet fine san
was struck , and the excavator , w'l '
was a miner , said that it was unsafe t
go further. I suggested a whitewas
made of cement , which was applie
and held the sand secure ! } ' until eac
three feet was finished , and so on fort
feet deep to water. Here was geuuin
quicksand. A tube was made of 2x-i
sharpened on the inside lower end , an
lowered four feet into the water , an
the well has been apparently ine >
haustible ever since. It was mad
twelve years ago , and several hav
been put down since , one over fifty feel
and have been perfectly successful ,
examined the first well about a yea
ago , and as far as I could discern i
was in as good condition as when firs
made. American Agriculturist.
How to Clean a New Churn.
Never should a churn be employe *
for making butter until it has bee ]
soaked several days. Furthermore , i
it is perfectly tight when the soakin ]
occurs , the bolts ought to be loosenei
more or less , so as to prevent it fron
warping and getting out of shape , say
Ohio Farmer. Some manufacturer
stencil this instruction right on th
churn. Despite this , however , many ar
the butter-makers who neglect the pre
caution. What are the results ? Gener
ally the butter Is not good , it bavin ;
for the first few churniugs a decided
woody taste.
Many are the ways recommended fo
soaking a new churn , but far will on <
go to find anything that equals wate ;
for absorbing most flavors , and es"fte
chilly if it is used in the following man
ner : Have it clear and cold for the firs
twenty-four hours , but change it tw <
or three times ; next , churn for an houi
with a solution of some weak alkal
( powdered lye or lime ) , then rinse witl
boiling hot water , and if couvenicn
soak for twenty-four hours longer will
clean flavored buttermilk or sour skim
med milk , repeating thi.-s should it seen
necessary. This procos < over , wash th *
churn as usual that is , by first rins'ujj
it with cold water , then churn5us foi
ten minutes with that which is boiling
hot , and if steam is available steaming
the implement sufficiently to make il
warm enough to dry itself. Thus it is
that alinost any new churn may be ren
dered absolutely clean and sweet.
T ice nn Poultry.
In a letter from our veteran friei
.Tames J. 17. Gregory , of Marblehead ,
he avows his belief that insufficient
feeding is the reason why poultry be
come troubled with lice. In his many
years' experience with fowls he fllis
never but once had occasion to use
any of the popular vermin destroyers.
This is good testimony to the doctrine
that lice never breed except where
there have recently been lice to breed
from. In other words , the notion of
spontaneous generation is a humbug.
U is undoubtedly true , also , that lice
will not live ou fat poultry. But there
are times , as when hens of the brood
ing varieties are determined to sit , and
then the steadiness with which the lien
will keep to her nest will make her thin
in flesh , no matter how well fed she
may be. Mr. Gregory probably remftn-
bers the story of the anxious mother
whose son had run away. "Dear John ,
come home. You know that a rolling
stone gathers no moss. " The son wrdte
back : "Dear mother , I don't want any
moss. You must remember that a sit
ting hen never gets fat. " So there is
use sometimes for remedies for hen me ,
as they cannot always be prevented by
good feeding. American Cultivator.
Root Frowning : .
' It is difficult to get people to under
stand , " says Meehan's Monthly , " "that
trees can die from root drowning. A
Boston correspondent refers to two
largehorsechestnuts which were moved
last spring with the greatest skill , but
they died. In the fall an examination
was made , and the holes found to be
full of water within one foot of the
surface of the ground. The holes we're
really flower pots , without the neces
sary holes in the bottom to allow the
water to escape. There can be no bet
ter lesson iu gardening than to be con
tinually remembering why it is neces
sary to have a hole in a flower pot. "
Poultry Pointers.
Never give fowls medicines in metal
lic vessels. Chemical combinations
might be injurious.
Ducks and geese should never be
kept with chickens. They are sure to
breed disease in the flock.
The earlier hens shed their old coats
the sooner they will begin to make a
winter egg record.
The Poultry Messenger advises put
ting away some second growth clover
.or feding hens in winter.
Freedom from lice and plenty of
ange will make the growing chicks
'hump" themselves these days.
The sooner you are rid of the old
; tock , except those intended for next
; easons ? breeders , the better.
A writer declares that while old fowls
an stand corn meal and bran , they
lever should be fed to chicks.
Be careful how the new grain is fed.
t is liable to produce cases of what you
vill probably call cholera.
Pure-bred fowls first , last and all the
ime. The breed does not matter so
nuch , provided you are satisfied with
t.
Give as much of a variety as possible.
Toung chicks soon tire of the best of
eed if confined to it for any length of
ime.
Hens that are permitted to range all
ummer will not lay as many eggs as
laose in reasonable confinement and
roperly fed.
That soft feed that stands over from
lorning till night is not just the thing
sr the next feed. It won't hurt the
ogs ; however.
The Hasia of State Aid.
Two highways should bo built am
maintained by those who live alon :
them is an ancient doctrine , but ai
unjust one. Fifty years ago Macaule ;
described how unfairly the practici
operated in the Seventeenth Century
how toll roads succeeded it and , final
ly , free turnpikes. But in this coimtr ;
we have only recently * begun to sei
its injustice , and to realize that tin
relatively sparsely settled country
with its comparatively small amoun
of taxable property , cannot equitably
shoulder the burden of constructing
and maintaining the major part of thi
h.'ghways of the country for the usi
of everybody.
This subject is treated by A. B
Choate , of the L. A. W. Highway
Committee , in circular No. 31 of tlx
Government Office of Road Inquiry
on "State Aid. " "After years of agl
tation , " he says , "and condemnatioi
of the farmers for failure to built
good country roads , the agitators hav <
discovered that they have been try
ing to work an injustice upon tin
farmers. The mistake was , not in de
manding good roads , but in asking th <
farmers to build good country road :
without taxing city property to helj
pay for them. "
Equality of taxation is a familial
principle , yet nothing could be more
unequal than to tax farm property
alone for the construction of roads
which ultimately benefit the entire
community. In the newer states the
taxable property is more nearly equal
ly divided between town and country
but , in the older ones , the preponder
ance is greatly in towns and cities , k
New York the proportion being aboul
six to one.
"The bearing which this fact has1
says Mr. Choate , "upon the question
of State Aid for building country wagon
gen roads is very apparent , for , if the
farmers are required to pay taxes on
their proportionately very small
amount of property , to improve the
long stretches of country roads , while
the city people pay only enough taxes
on their great wealth to improve the
roads- within the city limits , it will be
necessary that the road taxes levied
upon the farm property shall be very
much heavier in proportion to the
value of that property than the road
taxes upon city property , and the prin
ciple of equal taxation will be vie
lated. * * *
"The business men in the cities have
learned that it is to their interest to
have better country roads. * * *
The whole State is interested in the
improvement of all the roads , and
since the city people are insisting that
they shall be improved , it would be
fair to levy a tax on city property as
well as country property for the im
provement of country roads. This is
what is meant by State Aid. * * *
The State does not undertake to con
duct the country district schools , but
it does say that , if any school district
shall run a school of a certain char
acter a certain number of months in
the year , it will contribute to the ex
pense. The State Aid proposition ,
then , is an application to building
country roads , of the practice now in
operation for running country
schools. "
Summing up the principal points , Ml' .
Choate finds that :
1. All taxes should be equal.
2. Taxing farm property to improve
all country roads , and city property to
improve city roads only , results Jn unequal -
equal taxation.
3. City people desire to have country
roads improved ; equal and just taxa
tion requires that they contribute to
ward the expense.
4. State aid simply requires all ben-
sfitcd property owners to contribute to
the expense of road improvements that
benefit them.
5. State aid for road-building is the
same in principle as state aid for public !
schools.
0. State /id is not a new experiment
u road-bi'llding , but has proved suc
cessful in New Jersey , Massachusetts
ind elsewhere. L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Song oi the Angelus Bird.
When traveling in the forests of Gui-
ma and Paraguay , it is not uncommon
o meet with a bird whose music great-
v resembles that of an Angelus bell
rhen heard from a distance , says a
rriter in Great Thoughts. The Span-
irds call this singular bird Campanero ,
r a bell-ringer , though it may still be
lore appropriately designated as the
Liigelus bir-1 , for , like the Ange/us
ell. it is heard three times a day
lorniug. noon and night. Its song ,
rhich defies all description , consists
f sounds like the stroke of a bell , suc-
eedingme another every two or three
liuutes. so clearly and in such a re-
Hinut manner that the listener , if a
ti-auger. imagines himself to be near a
liapel or Convent. But it turns out that
ie forest is the chapel , and the bell is
bird. OIIP writer ( Mr. Waterton ) j
as declared that the bird tolls with so !
veet a note that Actaeon would stop I
'
L mid-chase. Orpheus himself would
t-op his lute to listen , while the clear
ote can be heard at a distance of three j
ilesl The beauty of the Angelus bird
equal to his talent ; he is as large as
jay , and as white as snow , beside be-
ig graceful in form and swift in mo
on. But the most curious ornament
: the bird is the tuft of arched feath-
s on its head ; this crest is conical in
> rm and four inches in length.
Cure Effected.
The wise physician frequently finds
necessary to "minister to a mind dis-
ised" rather than 'to the body that
merely sympathizes with it. A younjf
woman who had gone from her horns
in an inland village to visit friends It
the great city for the first time in hei
life , soon began to lose all appetite and
grow thin and hollow-eyed.
Her friends , fearing that she was go
ing into a decline , called in a physician
in spite of her protests , and asked him
to prescribe for her. He asked a feA\
questions , noted her symptoms , gavt
her malady a scientific name , and said ,
as he handed her a bottle of pellets :
"It Avill be necessary , miss , first ol
all , for you to leave the crowded city-
The air here is not good for you. Have
you friends in the country ? "
"Why , I live iu the country , doctor , "
she replied.
"Very good. Return , then , to your
home , engage in light exercise , with
frequent walks in the open air , and
take five of these pellets every morn
ing before breakfast. "
She returned to her village home , ob
served the doctor's directions faithful
ly , paying particular attention to tak
ing the medicine , and was well in less
than a week.
Meeting the family physician one day-
it occurred to her to tell him her ex
perience. He listened to her , asked to
see the pellets , tasted them , and find
ing them to be merely sugar , unmedi
cated , said :
"What did your city doctor tell you
was your ailment ? "
"He said it was nostalgia. '
"H'mph ! Do you know what nos.
talgia means ? "
"No , sir. "
"It means homesickness. " Youth's
Companion.
The Clergyman's .Lease.
One of the most popular preachers in
London , from 1832 to 1879 , was Dr.
John Cummins , a Scotch Presbyterian.
His celebrity was chiefly due to his
sermons on prophecy , wherein he in
terpreted the signs of the times , the
millennial rest , the Last Trumpet , and
the Seventh Vial. ,
Shortly after the publication of a
series of sermons , in which the preach
er had anuot'.uced that within a few
years the present order of things would"
end , the poet Tennyson was dining ,
with a friend at a London tavern. In
the course of the conversation the poet
said :
"Doctor dimming , although he has
prophesied the end of the world in ten
years , has just taken a lease of the
house he lives in for twenty-one years. "
"Is that true , sir ? " exclaimed a wait
er , rushing forward , napkin on arm.
"You have comforted me wonderfully ,
sir. I am a family man , and I didn't
see the use of my being a waiter if the
world was to end so soon. "
Doctor Gumming was a canny Scot ,
lie knew how to drive a good bargain ,
and had unbounded confidence in his
drawing power as a preacher. When
he became pastor of the London church ,
it had run down into a poor , weak ,
palsy-stricken thing. The confident
young Scotchman agreed to take the
pew-rents for his salary , and to re
main satisfied with the same.
The trustees consented there was an
acre of unfilled pews to discover In a
year or two that their pastor was re
ceiving the largest salary of any dis
senting clergyman in London. Youth' *
Companion.
Ex-Colonials.
During the progress of the Queen's
Jubilee the colonial princes , officers and
premiers attracted , next to the royal
lady herself , the attention of the pub
lic. Wherever they appeared they were
received with cheers and especial
honors. r _
On on occasion the streets were pack
ed with spectators watching the guests
depart from some royal function at
Buckingham palace. The crowd re
fused to move except when some of the
Indian rajahs or Australian officers ap
peared , when a way was speedily open
ed for them.
A carriage presently came out of the
; ates in which were three or four
Americans who had been guests in the
palace. Finding that the way was
completely blocked , one young fellow
imong them shouted :
"Let us pass ! We , too , are colonials. "
The crowd divided , and as the car-
iage entered the opening , he added :
"We are the colonials who wouldn't
et our mother spank us. "
The crowd caught the joke , and relied -
) lied with laughter and applause.
iTouth's Companion.
Soeinjj the Sights.
Even in these days of liberal educa-
ion , young women sometimes show
low confused are the ideas shut up in
heir heads. Illustrative of this is the
ia5ve blunder which Edmondo de
imicis recounts in his story of a voy-
ge from Genoa to Buenos Ayres :
The captain of the steamer which
umbered the charming young ? > lun-
erer among its passengers , met her
ne morning and said :
"Signorina , we cross the Tropic of
lancer to-day. "
"Oh. indeed ! " she cried with enthusf-
sm. "Then we shall see soiuethin" at
sst. "
Scandalous.
Mrs. Witchorly They say Mrs.
> ickson has recently become very
eonouiical.
Mrs. Larrison Yes. she's carrying it
> an extreme , it seems to me. I hear
.iit she's even trying to get her hus-
: iml to let his whiskers grow , so a.s to
ive laundry bills.
Semi Kcatly.
Enthusiastic amateur Oniainma ,
lere's such a picturesque old vaga-
end ! I want a snap shot of him.
Tuffold Knutt ( noticing that the cam-
a is pointed in his direction ) Wait
11 I run me fingers t'rough me whis-
2rs , miss. There. Go ahead.
We have noticed that when it is
v iouiiod that a singer's voice is
tiling the neighbors are not as sorry
; they should be.
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