How to Pull Posts.
Take two pieces 2x0 , 5 feet long , and
ffoolt together as shown ; spread at bottom
tom 3 feet , at top G inches , and round
-out the angles so that the chain will
not stick or get fast in pulliug. Take
a good strong log chain with large
hook and slip-noose it around the bottom
tom of the post as shown in the picture
and draw snug so it will not slip , place
your 2xG triangular fulcrum at an
angle , against the post ( experience will
tell you when you are right ) , pass the
chain up the post and through the
noU-h. give the horses S or 10 feet of
- chain and let them go. If you have
liliany to pull , commence at one end of
the line and pull toward the next post ;
this will bring the horses about right
for the next ; no turning or backing.
Two good men can pull as fast as they
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FIR. L POST PULLER.
can move the puller and make the
hitch.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
assorts that he has pulled GO posts in
GO minutes , that were 6 to S inches in
diameter and 3 feet in the ground solid
and with no digging. The triangle is
much better than a single plank a foot
wide and 3 to 4 feet long , often used
in a similar way. The single plank is
> t\\n \ to slip or wobble when the post is
partly out.
A Coop for Early Chicks.
The cut shows a desirable coop for
very early chickens. The coop is long
and sloping and 1ms a hotbed sash
Ihinsed to the top. The higher half of
the coop has a tight bottom with slats
FIG. 1. COOP WITH GLASS TO1' .
at its outer edge , as seen in Fig. 2.
There is no bottom to the rest of the
coop , and the lower cud has a hinged
door , and is also covered with one inch
mesh of wire netting.
When very cold , the door can be shut
up tight and the chicks will have a
warm run on the ground outside the
slats. When it is warmer the end door
can be dropped , giving a protected run ,
but plenty of fresh air. The hen can be
let out into this run when desired. A
cloth can be thrown over the glass at
FIG. 2 INSIDE OF COOP.
night when the weather is cold. Amer-
i < au Agriculturist.
Growinjr Sweet Potatoes.
Place potatoes in a hotbed the last
week in April and keep bed dry until
slips begin to show , then water well
every evening. A mellow soil is best.
After the ground has been well culti
vated , open furrows four feet apart , fill
with stable manure , and with a turning
plow make a small ridge over the ma
nure. After the ridge has been
smoothed with a rake it is ready for
the slips. Plant in dry dust when there
is a prospect of rain , and set them just
as they are pulled from the bed without
heeling in. They should be set eighteen
inhes apart. Open ridge with a trowel ,
.set slip in before removing trowel , pour
half pint of water around slip , and af
ter wafer has settled cover with dry
soil , placing it around the slip. After
they begin to grow , plow the patch , re
peating in about two weeks , after
which the soil is raked up and placed
around the vines to choke out the crab
srass. They are much easier to raise
than corn and are excellent for fatten
ing hogs ; the meat made from them is
very sweet. Practical Farmer.
The Kahbit Pest in North Carolina.
The Legislature has had to deal with
i large number of game laws during
its present session , and in the proceed-
ugs of each day's session a law pre-
venting hunting without permission in
certain counties is passed. Such laws
are , of course , enacted as a protection
to the laud owner , but they are likely
to do more harm than good in a few
years , on account of the great increase
in the rabbit crop. Even now the
farmers in sections of Western North
Carolina are glad to see the hunters , as
the rabbits are seriously injuring the
Avheat crop , amounting to a regular
pest in some communities. Charlotte
( N. C. ) Observer.
Thoroujrhbrcd Hens.
A farmer who discarded his old farm
yard fowls and started afresh with a
few thoroughbreds says that he aver
ages as many eggs a year now from
his twenty and thirty first-class chick
ens as he formerly did from his old
flock of seveuty-fiv.e to 300 , says a cor
respondent of the Bangor ( Me. ) Com
mercial. That was the average size of
his flock when he pinned his faith to
the old mongrels which had descended
to him from a long line of mixed an
cestors with no particular variety of
blood in them. They were the common
barnyard chickens which we see on so
many farms. The owner kept the flock
up between fifty and 100 year after
year , selling or eating aboutlifty every
fall and winter.
In the summer time the entire flock
laid enough eggs to keep the basket
moderately full , and sometimes a few
could be sold at prices that left very
little profit. One year the owner tried
to keep account of the cost of feeding
them , and the result was that he de
cided to kill them all off. They did not
pay for their keep.
After that he purchased a few fancy
breeds. He fed them carefully and
regularly , and gave them good quar
ters , lie started in with a dozen and
gradually raised the number to twen
ty-five , and every year he raises a few
more. He sells a few when anybody
wants a few thoroughbreds , and he
gets good prices for them.
Flavor in ESTRS.
There is no doubt that the flavor of
eggs depends very much on the kind
of food given to the hens. When they
are fed largely or almost exclusively
on raw meats the yolk of the egg will
be darker color and the flavor strong
and coarse. When milk is almost ex
clusively fed , the yolk is paler , and the
white often has a milky appearance ,
while the whole egg is watery and less
firm in texture than those laid by hens
fed on grain. The milk-fed eggs are
insipid and unsatisfactory when poach
ed or used in puddings.
The quality of the egg is very notice
able to the cook , who sometimes finds
that she requires four eggs to make a
custard to-day , whereas last week she
used but two. This is all owing to the
feeding.
Facts About Cotton Feed Oil.
To every bale of 500 pounds there arc
generally about 800 pounds of seed , and
a ton of this seed yields about thirty-
five gallons of oil valued at 40 to 30
cents per gallon. This part of the in
dustry has sprung into existence only
in the past ten years , but it is already
an enormous business. In 1SS9 the ex
port of cottonseed oil amounted to
0,230,000 gallons , and in the next year
reached 14,324,000 gallons. In 1SDG
over 1,200,000 tons of cotton seed were
crushed and about 42,000,000 gallons of
oil were obtained. Besides furnishing
oil , the cotton seed , after it has been
crushed , supplies the cattle with good
food in the form of meal and cake ,
which is claimed to be only a little less
nourishing than corn. Empire of the
South.
Hee Hints.
Bees left to themselves are likely to
build too much drone comb. This is
not built for the purpose by the bees ,
as they build it for storing honey in ,
but if not filled the queen will fill it
next spring with drone eggs and the
hive will be overstocked with idlers.
The way to prevent this is to use all
foundation comb workers size and then
the queen will fill it with worker eggs
and the colony will be built up when
hatching begins in the spring. If there
is too much drone comb in the hive re
move it and replace witli worker comb.
By doing this the supply of drones is
easily regulated by the apiarist , and the
bees become more profitable than they
would be if left to their own devices.
Poultry Points.
It takes about three months to grow
a broiler.
Broilers shrink about a half pound
each when dressed.
From 33 to 40 ducks and drakes are j 11
allowed in a pen. | I
Forty dressed ducklings are packed ' i
in a barrel for shipment. j
The duck averages 10 dozen eggs in
about seven mouths' laying.
Build the house 10 by 10 feet for 10
fowls , and the yard 10 times larger.
Ducklings are marketed at five
pounds' weight , which they attain in
ten weeks.
Thirteen eggs are considered a sit
ting , though many breeders are now
giving li ) .
Ten dozen eggs a year is the aver
age estimate given as the production
of the hen.
About four dozen eggs are given as
an average for the annual output of
the turkey.
Duck feathers sell at 40 cents per
pound ; goose feathers bring double the
amount.
. Between .40 and 50 degrees is the
proper temperature to keep eggs for
hatching during the winter.
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
Ho\v to Keep Meat Sweet for Months
Apples Marketed in Boxes Trans
plant Trees ii Winter Kerosene
for Scale Orchard and Garden Notes.
With the following methods the
housewife can keep meat from butcher
ing time fresh and sweet for months.
The meat should not be long exposed
to the air , but used as soon as it is cold
and firm. Slice the steak or frying
meat , sprinkle the bottom of quart
fruit cans freely with salt , pepper , and
the least perceptible dash of pulver
ized saltpeter and borax ; borax Is used
freely In meat-packing houses. Put in
a layer of sliced meat , sprinkle with
salt , pepper , etc. , as before ; fill to with
in an inch of the top with layers of sea
soned meat , pressing each down very
firmly , leaving no air spaces. Season
the top layer more freely and fill cans
to the brim with softened , not melted ,
lard ; hermetically seal , put in paper
bags , keep dark and cool. Meat so
canned in February was sweet and
nice in August.
Slice side pork , or what is usually
kept in brine- pickle , fry and season as
if for present use and pack in large
jars , covering as before. Will keep the
year around and taste like fried fresh
pork. Well seasoned sausage packed
in the same manner will keep until
early summer. Slice ham from the
bones , remove the rind and the dark
rough edges of the slices , pack solidly
in jars and cover an inch deep with
lard. Will keep indefinitely. Whenever
meat is taken from any of these jars ,
immediately warm the lard , strain and
return to the jar. Epitomist.
Marketing Apples in IJoxcs.
Never before were so many apples
displayed in the markets in packages
of this character. This is true of Chicago
cage , X ew York and other cities , the
apples for the most part comprising
Pacific coast grown , where the method
originated. Apples have been shipped
East in bushel boxes from Oregon ,
Washington , Idaho and California , dis
tributed chiefly through the middle
West , and some reaching the Eastern
and English markets. Newtowu pip
pins and Baldwins are the varieties
mostly boxed , only fine to fancy sorts
being thus handled. It is claimed re
tailers are taking kindly to this form ,
but it is still a comparative novelty. A
few packers wrap each specimen of
fruit in tissue paper like an orange ,
and are careful that the box contains
nothing but choice quality , uniform in
size , thus adding to the selling value.
Transplanting Trees.
There is no better time to transplant
shade trees than during the winter
when the trees are dormant , as the dig
ging up and moving does not interfere
with their sap circulation at that time.
It pays to dig up quite large trees to
set out for shade , for then they are of
ase in a year or two. Dig a ditch
around the tree several feet from the
body , cutting off the roots cleanly as
they are exposed. Then nudermine the
tree until it tips over. Trim the top
as closely as the roots have been
trimmed , roll the roots on a mudboat
and "snake" it to the place where it
is to be set out. Brace it so it will not
blow over , and in the spring it will
start into new and vigorous growth ,
and in a year or two make a thick
shade.
Kerosene for fcale.
Opinions as to this remedy differ
wideljr. The second year's work with
it at Cornell leads H. P. Gould to these
conclusions ( Bulletin 155) ) : Pure kero
sene is likely to seriously injure peach
trees , even when they are perfectly
dormant. A 20 per cent , mixture of
kerosene can probably be safely used
on the peach at any time , but a strong
er mixture can not always be so ap
plied. Apple trees do not appear to be
as susceptible to the action of kerosene
as peaches ; in Some instances clear
kerosene did not harm them. There
seems to be little , if anj- , danger to ap
ple trees from a mixture containing 50
per cent , or less of kerosene. Very con
flicting results are often obtained from
the use of kerosene. Kerosene is espe
cially likely to cause injury if applied
on other than a bright , sunny day. In
our experience a 20 per cent , solution
( one part oil to four parts water ) is
harmless to plants and destructive to
insects , even to the San Jose scale.
Dipping Pics.
An American breeder says : "Having
a number of pigs , I noticed after they
\vere eight to ten weeks old , old enough
to wean , some of them were not doing
just as I would like to have them ;
some of them were lousy , some a little
mangy , and others looked measlyfied ;
had used kerosene and it did not have
the desired effect. I was disappointed ,
but had some sheep dip in store ; seeing
it was good for lice and mange and
skin diseases in sheep , concluded to try
it on the pigs.
"I put in a barrel twenty-five gallons
of water and one quart of dip , and
stirred it up good , then dipped the pigs.
Left barrel in pen , and whenever I saw
a pig the least thing the matter with
the skin , I dumped It in the barrel of
flip. I have the cleanest , nicest lot of
shoats ever raised , and advise all rais
ers of hogs to try it. Dip your pigs sev
eral times at four to twelve weeks old.
It will more than save the price in feed ,
better growth ; kills all lice and humor
in the skin , besides disinfects them. "
Early Hatching.
The object In hatching early is not
only to have the chicks of a proper size
to be sold as soon as the demand be
gins , but also to make up for any deficiency - I
ficiency in growth , as one-pound chicks I
are usually in demand when the broil I
ers ( or * pring chickens ) first come In.
Another point is that the work is usu
ally done in winter , and will not inter
fere with other operations. It is the
care and work required to hatch and
raise the chicks that causes the price
to be so high , so you must consider
that this attention , which the consum
ers are willing to pay for , must be be
stowed. It does not cost over 3 cents
a pound of meat in the shape of broil
ers , and yet the prices have reached
50 cents a pound , or ten times the cost ;
but this is what the producer obtains
for his labor. Farm and Fireside.
Profit in Sheep.
A shepherd can make from 25 per
cent , to 50 per cent , on his Investment
in mutton sheep , according to his skill.
A good breeding ewe can produce
enough wool to pay for keeping her. A
ewe can be kept in thrifty condition ,
being fed such coarse fodders as straw ,
clover hay and corn codder , with one-
half pound of grain daily when she re
quires it , at a cost of 1 cent per day ,
during the period of most expensive
feeding. To pay for her keep she needs
to produce no more than ten pounds of
good wool , and that a mutton ewe can
do. In addition to the wool the returns
from the ewe will be at least one lainb
the average of the mutton breeds is
nearer one and one-half. Farmer's
Tribune.
Plantinjr Peach Etones.
Any one who will be in need of young
peach trees , two years hence , will dc
well to procure pits at once from some
nursery supply company. Fall is the
proper time for startifying the pits in
the sand , but if done now there may
still be enough freezing weather to
loosen the shells so that they will ger
minate readily in the spring. Plant the
seeds in straight , narrow furrows , 3
feet apart , covering them about 2
inches deep. Keep the seedlings well
cultivated during summer and by
August they will be half an inch in
diameter and ready to be budded.
Kansas Farmer.
Bean Straw for Feeding : Cows.
While the sheep take naturally to
bean straw and to the grain itself ,
there are many who grow beans who
do not keep sheep. With a little care
in giving only small amounts at n'rst ,
and when the cow is hungry , she will
eat beau straw and soon come to like
it for a change , as well as the l ! ° y or
corn stalks which are her regular diet
Beau straw is very nutritious , and as
it causes wind on the stomach it should
be given with caution. The refuse beana
that areofteu thrown away may prop
erly be ground and mixed with cornmeal -
meal as fed for hogs. They are verj
nutritious , more so than corn.
Feeding Smutty Corn ,
Whenever you come to a smutty eai
of corn put it in the fire. This should
have been done at husking time , but
some smut may have been overlooked
then and developed since. If all farm
ers would stamp out the corn smut
wherever found the disease could soon
be eradicated. Feeding it to eithei
cows or hogs , as is often done , Is the
readiest way to send it to the manure
pile , where it will propagate very rap
idly. Besides , it is a serious danger
to the animals to which it is fed.
Winter-Grown Pie Plant.
Growing pieplant in winter has pass
ed the experimental stage and become
a profitable industry. Thousands of
dollars are paid the gardeners each
winter for the product , which is bought
at high prices , both for home consump
tion and for shipment. Any cellar or
outbuilding which can be made abso
lutely frost proof and light proof will
answer the purpose. There is no objec
tion to the house cellar , as no manure
and very little water is required , so
no odor or dampness will arise.
Jap Injurine Sheep.
Sheep are exceedingly fond of the
sweet of the maple , and if allowed
where trees are tapped they will drink
it to excess. One of its effects is to
make the sheep stagger , or , as people
say , "become drunk. " This , however ,
is a misnomer , for in the maple sap
while it remains sweet there is no in
toxicating quality. The real effect of
the sap is to weaken the sheep. So
much liquid prevents the animal from
eating as much nourishing food as < it
requires.
To Cure Lockjaw.
In case of a nail or other sharp in
strument being stuck in the foot of
human or animal , and lockjaw Is
threatened , take a bucket of unleach-
ed wood ashes , put in tub and pour on
two buckets of warm water ; stir well
and place the wounded foot in the mix
ture. Relief will be felt immediately.
Let remain an hour or so , if necessary.
Another remedy is to burn a flannel
rag under the foot , but the latter ap
plies to any cut that is painful. Prai
rie Farmer.
Orchard and Garden.
In transplanting cut off all broken or
mutilated roots.
Fumes from an oil stove are not good
for house plants.
In mulching , use material that is free
as possible from weed seeds.
In growing fruit for market It is an
advantage to have varieties that will
keep well and bear transportation.
While lilies and gladiolas are injured
by manuring , tulips , hyacinths and
crocuses are benefited by a liberal al
lowance.
Nearly or quite all kinds of fruits and
vegetables keep much better if the tern *
perature in the place where they are
stored can be kept even.
The Czar's China , i
The Czar of Russia probably owns a
greater quantity of china than any
other person in the world. He has the
china belonging to all the Russian
rulers as far back as Catherine the
Great. It is stored in an immense
closet in the Winter Palace at St.
Petersburg.
A Course in Highway Instruction.
In a recent paper on Highway En
gineering , Prof. W. R. Iloag , of the
University of Minnesota , offered some
suggestions on the subject of instruc
tion in road-building , based on his ex
perience as instructor and engineer.
To begin , the students should be
Drought into sympathy with the sub
ject by developing an interest in it , and
: o that end a few lectures on the his
torical development of highway con
struction are useful. These can be fol
lowed by an equal number on trans
portation in general , with special refer
ence to the part played by the common
road. The subject is thus shown to be
a broad one , far-reaching in its scope ,
and not merely a relatively narrow
one of grading , draining and stone
laying.
All the forces at work for the better
ment of the highways should then be
considered , beginning with the nation
al office of road inquiry , national road
association , State associations , State
institutes , engineering societies , cycle
clubs , other organizations dealing with
the subject , and the attitude of the press
oward the movement. The State laws
should be gone over , and carefully
studied where efficient and successful
systems are established.
Visits to permanently good and habit
ually poor roads should be made and
the causes that have led to the different
results should be discussed and iden
tified. Road conventions and other
meetings at which papers on road-
building and maintenance are read and
discussed should be attended. Some
good work on the subject should be
used as a general guide , and this
should be supplemented by studies on
special topics , essaj's and discussions ,
drawing upon all possible sources of
information and constantly observing
roads and streets in process of con
struction and under traffic.
' The instructor should engage ac
tively , " says Prof. Iloag , "in all move
ments in the state having any interest
in the cause. * * * Every instruc
tor in civil engineering having in im
mediate charge this line of work should
be a strong political factor in this cause
which has already done so much for the
material advancement of the world.
Correct notions on the administrative
side of road-building are sadly deficient
in many States. By exercising the
power to which his position justly and
naturally entitles him , the educator
can help create an activity which will
soon bring into requisition our gradu
ates who have thus been well prepar
ed for all the duties coming to the
highway engineer. "
Christianity and Good Roads.
The duty of Christianity to the people
ple involves the expenditure of energy
to make living better and sweeter , and
in this way according to William
Henry in the New York Commercial
Advertiser , imposes an obligation to
improve means of transportation and
make the roads better. lie says :
' Does the average churchman ever
think of the intimate relation between
Christianity , rapid transit , cheap car
fares , good roads in the country , and
the city slums ? I think not. The
slums of a city are crowded largely be
cause rents are high as compared with
incomes , and the people are obliged to
live in small apartments. Now , if we
had real and comfortable rapid transit ,
cheap car fares , and good suburban
roads , the people who could afford it
would remove to the suburbs , and find
ing good roads in those would remain ,
and this would make the city property
owners reduce their rentals , and the
people would naturally take large or
more rooms , and the tenements in the
slums would be less crowded , the people
ple healthier , and an improvement in
morals would follow. Christianity ,
therefore , I respectfully submit , can
not be better employed than in the di
rection of reducing car fares , increas
ing traveling speed , and in making
good country roads , as Christianity's
best work is in making this earth and
this life sweet , respectable and moral. "
ON THE WAY TO THE POLE.
The "Wcllman Expedition and Its Far
jSorthern t-tartinc Point.
Walter Wellman , leader of the Well-
man polar expedition , writes of his
start northward , in the Century , dating
his letter from Franz-Josef-Land , Aug.
2 , 1S98 :
Here at Cape Tegetthoff , Franz-Josef-
Land , latitude 80.06 degrees N. and lon
gitude 5S degrees E. from Greenwich ,
the Wellman polar expedition has built
as these words are written , is living
in the most northerly inhabited house
in the world. "Harnisworth House , "
as our hut is called , stands just 594 geographical
graphical miles from the pole. There
are a number of other far Northern
habitations , such as the Greely house
at Lady Franklin Bay , Grinnell Land ;
Lieut. Peary's Anniversary Lodge in
Greenland ; the Pike house at Danes'
Island , the Nordenskjold house at Mos-
sel Bay , and the Wellman house at
Walden Island , Spitzbergen. In Franz-
Josef-Land are the Leigh Smith house
at Bell Island and the Jackson house
at Cape Flora. Of all these houses of
refuge or habitation which the energy
of man has pushed far within the polar
zone , only two those at Lady Franklin
Bay and Walden Island , if , indeed , they
are not now in ruins are as near the
pole as the modest little structure
which we Americans have erected at
what might be termed the southeast
corner of the unknown region.
Every one of these rude structures
has a history involved in the long , ever-
continuing story of the fascination
which Arctic exploration has for man ,
and of the sacrifices and tragcdieH
which attend its pursuit. From the
Lady Franklin Bay house Gen. Greely
made his heroic but disastrous retreat
to Cape Sabine , where official blunder
ing at Washington and cowardicu
aboard relief ships sacrificed two-thirds
of his party. From Anniversary Ledge
Lieut. Peary led his gallant party to in
describable suffering and eventual de
feat upon the Greenland Ice-cap. At
Waldeu Island the Wellman expedition
of 1S01 built the house from the tim
bers of the crushed Ragnvakl Jarl. At
Cape Flora , Leigh Smith , a cultivated
Englishman who has done much for
Arctic exploration , saw his ship go to
pieces in the ice , and being unable to
reach his house at Bell Island , only
twelve miles away , was compelled to
winter in a rude hut of stones and
earth , the ruins of which still remain.
There , also , through the generosity of
Alfred C. Harmsworth , of London , wan
established the splendid station at
which Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
had their dramatic meeting with Mr.
Jackson as they were retreating from
their lair farther north. At the Pike
house in Spitzbergen , Andree and hin
two companions inflated their balloon
in July , 1897 , and sailed away north
ward on the most picturesque and sen
sational voyage of modern times.
PAPER COLLARS.
They Are Still Made , L-aruely for
Export.
' Oh , yes , paper collars are still made , "
said a haberdasher smilingly , in reply
to an inquisitive customer. "Thirty
years ago they were worn by men who
considered themselves very good dress-
el's. Now their use is confined to a fe\V
old fellows who won't change , and of
course they have to be manufactured
to order. There ere several customers
for them here , and a wealthy planter
who lives some distance north of the
city orders them by thousand lots. I
was in New England last summer , and
while visiting a little town famous for
its collar-makers saw an old plant used
for turning out the paper article. It
had been rusting away in silence for
years , and I was astonished at its size.
The buildings easily covered an acre ,
and the machinery was enormous. I
was told that in its heyday the concern
shipped its product all over the world ,
and sold paper collars even in the Fiji
Islands' . I supposed they must have
been used as trimmings for missionary
ragout.
"The celluloid collar industry is still
very much alive , and you may be sur
prised to know that its trade last year
was the largest on record. Who buys
them ? Lots of different people. Thou
sands are sold to seafaring men , partic
ularly those whose voyaging takes them
into the tropics. France , Germany and
Italy import an immense number. An
other big lot is supplied under contract
to the Russian army a fact not geaer-
ally known and I understand there Is
a large sale of them in Turkey.
' 'The principal market in this country
is in the West. The lumbermen regard
them as very recherche , and they buy
them by the bale. In the cities they
are worn generally by policemen , who
would find it impossible to keep a linen
collar looking neat in bad weather. The
great objection to celluloid collars used
to be their inflammability. Their com
position is very like gun cotton , and it
was formerly a common joke to touch a
match to a fellow's ueckgear and see it
vanish. You can't do that now. A new
process has rendered them fireproof. "
Not a Penny to Missions.
Part of the boyhood of Bishop Barry
was spent at boarding school , where
during his first term he was allowed
$10 as spending money. His mother , on
giving it to him , requested an exact ac
count of his daily expenditures. He
tried to keep his word , but sometimes
forgetting to post the items for days to
gether , it was difficult to recall them ,
and he invented an abbreviation corresponding
spending very nearly to sundries , which
appeared pretty regularly throughout
his account.
When Mrs. Barry first looked over
her boy's account book on his return ,
she was much pleased at the most fre
quently recurring item of expense , and
inquired how he had been led to take so
strong an interest in the cause of mis
sions. Astonished in his turn , he de
clared he had not given a penny to mis
sions.
"But surely , " exclaimed Mrs. Barry ,
"the society for the propagation of the
gospel is missionary work , and I find
that more than half your money has
been given in small snins to S. P. G. "
"S. P. G. , mother , " confessed the fu
ture dignitary of the church , "does not
mean society for the propagation of the
gospel. When I could not remember
what I spent my money for , I put it
down S. P. G 'Something , Probably
Grub. ' " Christian Commonwealth.
Where the Ocean Is Deepest.
A little more than thirty miles from
the coast of Japan the Pacific Ocean
has been found to be more than 4,643
fathoms deep (27,858 ( feet ) . Some offi
cers who were surveying for a tele
graph cable found their wire broke at
this depth without reaching the bet
tom. This is said to be the deepest
sounding ever made , and is so deep
that the two highest mountains in
Japan placed one over the other In this
abyss would leave'the summit of the
upper one two-thirds of a mile below
the surface of the water.
The Afterthought.
"You took me for better or for
-worse ! " cried Henry Peck.
"Oh , no , my dear , " replied Mrs. Peck ,
sweetly. "You took me for better and
I took you for worse. Philadelphia
North American.
Probably one reason a widow looks
well is that she is having the first new-
clothes that she has had since a bride *