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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWfc .iniMflAL FRIDAY NOVEMBEU 6 1 OS ) The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The NOWH , FiBtnlillihod 18R1. Tlio Journnl , Eat dillshcd 1877. * TmTHU8E PUDLIBHING COMPANY. Huso. N. A. HUHC , President. Oocrotnry Friday. By mail per year , $ l.fiO. * ICntort'd nl the postolllco nt Norfolk , Nob. , tin second class matter. _ Yoioplieinos : Kdltorlan > upiuiniciit No. E2. Huslnoim Olllcc mid Job HOOIIIH No. 1 ! 22. Who roBHOlh to bo n friend never wmt n filond , flllonco linn been Bald to bo one of io lent artn. To nile OIIO'H miKor 1 well to pre vent It In bettor. Chicago la to liavo nmlon depot lo coat $25,000,000. The hlBbeat duty you Imve IH the ono that HOH the very nearest to you. The Indian minunor has ovldontly boon kept In the refrigerator for late delivery. The turkeys are already beginning to roost higher , and the prices arc rising wltlt them. Lot's have good roads. A mixture of common sense , energy and some money will bring them. That guaranty bank deposit law down In Oklahoma seems to bo badly out at the knees and elbows. The best business magnet that has yet boon found IB the advertising columns of a newspaper. Try it. Feet and inches do not govern the sleo of fish. That Is determined bj ttoo person who tolls about thorn. Some people are like some dogs If they are allowed to become toe familiar they will wipe their feet on yon. "Carrying coals to Newcastle" hat been outclassed. Nebraska millers * mvo been Ehipping Jlour to Mlnno spoils. Mra. Eddy aayS'ShevIs-not dead and she surely otiglft to know. II ho was a politician it might be dlf . /went. Another natural spoutor has ap pcorod In Oklahoma , " says a telograpli dispatch. Hnskoll now has a com poUtor. This Is the time of year when the kickers got In their full time. Footbal fcaa Uikon Its place at the head of the j > ro-ccsblon. Marjorie Gould in suffering , pool l , from a plethoric bank account She haa a grand UuUo and a couni among her suitors , The wealth of the nation in 190' was over $107,000,000,000. Last yeai It was nearly $125,000,000,000. Yes we/res growing some. - Bloven million dollars worth of dia raonds wore Imported Into this coun try last year. Somebody has semi money and spends it. Francis Lane of Paris , Is about ti run , or , rather , sail , an aerial omnibus and lias applied to the munlcipa authorities for license. A Philadelphia preacher says that : man can safely marry on $14 a weeli That depends altogether on the ma : and the girl ho marries. I'aw sez , "backbone keeps a fcllo\ straight. " Maw HOZ , "she keeps Pa Untight. " Resolved : Maw la th backbone of our fnmily. An exchange complains beca\is good husbands are hard to fim Those who have had experience sa It IB still worse with bad ones. Ills worst enemy can never accus Abdul Hamld of being a woman hate The newspaper reports say that h harem was a "prodigious affair. " J. M. Barrle , the author , has s cured a divorce. It was supposed tin Mr. Harrlo was sulllclontly well a yertised without resorting to this. It's ono thing to cat dog , anothi to oat crow. Peary and Cook bol -admit being familiar with the debut but neither propose to eat the bird. The Seattle opposition is close and yet the burning question of tl Pacific west , "Is it Mount Tacoma i Mount Rainier ? " remains still open. Kaufman has said : "Progress is tl uwult of elimination. Jump into tl slave. If you're big enough , you wor slip through the little ones and tl chuff will. " The fraternal system , Its far-seeit exponents bollovo , wll ! show bettor r suits during 1909 than during the pro lous year. This was a year of pr gross also. Michigan university will Install Tcimlr of aviation. You may look f the professors who occupy the chal to go up In the air on the sllghto provocation. is going to have on f 419 oarnlral. According to repot tAere 10 already "op the air , " and the carnival ought tc bo n howling success. Poor roads , It Is estimated cost the farmers of this country over three hundred million dollars annually. It Is nn extravagance that ought not to bo longer tolerated. Taft and Din ? are good exponents of their two governments ono represents sents military force , the other that kind of force which typifies a free and onllghtened people. Mr. Crane was not only asked tc resign , but was compelled to return to Chicago to live. It would seem that some men's punishment was greater than they deserved. Admiral Dewey says our navy could give a good account o.f Itself. Verj likely , but It Is not necessary as long as many magazine writers are nnx lous to perform that service. Chicago Is going to cut the salarj of every city official and employe 1C per cent. It would bo vastly cheapei and more business like to Increase the salaries and cut out the graft. Omaha newspapers are advising the labor organizations of the city tc select "wise , conservative , competent leaders. " A much broader appllca lion of the advice would do no harm. The announcement that in manj parts of the country that the price of a shave has raised , is Immediate ! ) followed by the statement thai wnlskors are again becoming popular There is a strong reactionary sen tlment against the tall hat which was aided and abetted by King Edward recently when he appeared In public wearing a frock coat and a sloucl hat. An exchange contends that man wai originally a tree animal. Is that th < reason why so many of them an always "up a stump , " while othon are busy making monkeys of themselves solves ? Edison still insists that ho is go ing to supply flre-proof , poured ce ment houses a'f $1,200 apiece. Mean time there Is on abatement in tin building of homes that cost a grea deal more. A fellow at Cincinnati decided t < quit business on this mundane sphen and jumped into the Ohio river. Th < water was so cold that ho swam nm forgot his troubles. Cold water li a great life preserver. Chile annually takes imports to th < value of labout $100,000,000 Unitet States gold1 , of which more than 907 la in manufactured articles , and o which the United States is supply Ing less than $1,000,000. The Panama canal Is half dug Eighty-seven million cubic yards' o dirt have already been removed. I the balance of the work goes on a rapidly the big ditch will be con1 pooled before we realize it. Mrs. John Baer of Vinland , Wis is 110 years old , the oldest womar If the patent medicine men don' make life a burden in their haste t get testimonials she may live som years yet. Her health is quite good. A happy way of recognizing th eighty years of an aged guest at Doston banquet , was that Mr. Hill' ' was not eighty but only twenty-fou times. All the after dinner speakei quietly stored that away for futui use. Colonel Roosevelt who is luintln lions and elephants in Africa , Is ge ting the coin to pay for the trip , nn then some by tolling about It In th magazines. It's only a few peopl who can cat their cake and keep both. An exchange admonishing more cai In the forming of our judgments i | others , puts it ilnely in these words "Wo cannot enter Into another man mind and detect the factors that i fluenco his conduct. If we coul , how much more charitable wo won be. " r A man with a thousand dollars 1 his command , energy and a passl ( for the Improvement of his town ci do more for it , and Is of vast more benefit to it than the mllllonai , who locks up his capital and doesr 3 care whether the town moves forwa r or not. And now the tin soldier must go that the children play with In the I torest of peace. Even n fad for pea most worthy fad that It la suffo the fate of everything that la pusln to an extreme and becomes rldlc lous by the super-zeal of Its advocat at times. Senator Bovorldge of Indiana , h some pretty good Ideas on the kli of politics that win. Ho says : " politics be for the things you wa your son to remember , take them the people and let the consequonc take care of themselves. " Good d < trine , senator ! The United States Is the grcatc banking power In the world. , It h a capital of eevontcen billions , wh ! that of the rest of the world Is estimated at twenty-eight billion. In the last twenty yenra this country haa Increased its banking power some thing like 2i > 0 per cent. It costs the government three and n third million dollars annually to educate 30,000 young Indians ; some of whom become expert football play ers. Possibly since the poor red men are growing fat and increasing In numbers , the annual pension might be abandoned. H Is n happy sign of the time that an Increasing number of young men of education are antlslled to rc < main on the farm. They have learned that farming Is the most dependent business one can indulge In. He Is his own boss and the joli Is permanent. The bankers of Oklahoma are at work trying to patch up their deposll guaranty law , so it will work. It was heralded ns the banking womlci worker and panic exterminator. Bui the very first test proved that the plan was n failure. It was founded on a fallacy. The orient la grasping the sallenl features of modern civilization very rapidly and assimilating them. Tlu Chinese board of law has instructed the Canton authorities that by the beginning of next year adequate law courts and up-to-date prisons musl bo established In each province. In a recent speech at Corpus Christ President Taft very sensibly stated that , while insisting upon an actua compliance with , law , ho did not be Hove in railroad persecution ; that II was hardly fair to hamper the roads In every possible manner and ther curse them for not paying larger dl vidends. Collier's correspondent over In the little Island across the Pacific sayi talk of war with the Japs Is absurd They won't be able to think of any thing like war for the next hundrec years , they are too busy raising mon money to pay taxes with. Meantime it is well to remember that the Japi have badly fooled as smart men at Collier's sent over. There is a woman in Kansas City Mo. , who In pleading guilty to bigamy admitted having married six men n various times without ever having obtained a divorce , and she declare ; that all of them were tiresome When she leaves the Jail she ought t < bo well qualified to lecture on "Ii Marriage a Failure ? ; ' Ono of he husbands was from Meadow Grove. Naturalists tell us that the bin which makes the longest annual ml gratlon is the godwit , which flies fron New Zealand to north-eastern Slberii in the spring and after the nestlni season returns to New Zealand , i distance of about ten thousand miles one thousand of which Is over watet When the aviators can equal such fly Ing ns this , they will surely'bo goini some. EXIT MAIN STREET SWITCHING. The order of two railroads romo\ ng nil switching from Norfolk avc nue , in response to the city's recen lemand , will create great satisfac Ion In Norfolk , where the Main stree railroad switching has been a nu sanco and a menace to life for man years. In this order , Norfolk has galne a very Important point. Mr. Edison says his cement house will give the working men such chea and desirable homes and so Improv ; helr conditions that socialism wl not have n leg left to stand npoi There are thousands who are hopln that the great inventor's expectatlor may become fully realized. It wl mean a beneficent revolution If chen and comfortable houses can be pr vlded the man with small wages. The czar of Russia is visiting Kin Victor Emanuel of Italy. Wlmteve entanglement this portends in Eur pean politics can hardly be conje tured. It is a pity that the czar cou ! not put his ear to the ground and fro the seething discontent of the poop catch a broader vision of their hungi for liberty and better conditions i life. The tellers may bo blind hi they are In no mood to bo trilled wit The Alabama legislature is dolr Its best to encourage the ndvanc ment of agriculture. At the last BC slon of the legislature the commj sloner of agriculture was authorize to offer cash prizes for the best pr ductlons of grain , vegetables fir stock. This is a commendable offoi The sources of the nation weal is the soil , and anything which i creases the quality or quantity pr duccd Is a step upward. There has been n great deal comment on a law which It has bo < claimed made It unlawful to dra checks on a bank for sums loss thi ono dollar. There is simply a mi apprehension about the law. T ! treasury department states that t ! law prohibiting this Is not appllcab to ordinary checks , but was Intend it to put a stop to the circulation private notes oa fractional current at the time of Ita The disposal of dead books In out public libraries Is becoming n serious problem to the librarians. The man } miUEcd and uncalled for volumes cum her the shelves and make tlio work of the librarian dllllctilt. The plan of many libraries to purchase nt least one copy of utmost every book ol note soon exceeds the capacity ol most buildings. Sonic gonernl method of wisely disposing of these unused books must bo deckled upon. The employes of the treasury tie partmcnt actually destroy about twr million dollars a day , but It Is the worn and soiled paper money whle' ' : Is returned for the government tr redeem. The stricter lUtcntlon tr the use by the people of clean , crisp sanitary bills has greatly Incroacoe the amount of paror money returned for government redemption. The lift of a dollar bill used to bo four years now It Is only fourteen months. A novel plan has been devised bj Rov. Schlenker of Ilazolton , Pa. , It Increase the attendance of young mer at his Sunday school , and , to us , it looks like a winner. He has promised to present to each girl who takes twt young men to Sunday school with r ! > nx of candy. The average girl wll do n good deal of missionary worl' ' for an inducement of this kind am then again , she stands a chance o ; landing a beau at the same time. More than thirteen million dollar : worth of coin , bonds and Jewels have been unearthed from the ruins o ; Messina , and are now In the kcepln ; of the Italian government. It h doubtful If the rightful owners of thest valuables will be found In any large number of cases , since the survivors of the wrecked portion of the c'tj ' are now widely scattered. It should help to alleviate the poverty of those still remaining who lost all by the earthquake. According to the latest report , h 1908 , the United States now has in eluding national , state , savings ane other banks , a total of about $25,000 , In the last twenty years the Unitet States has increased its banking power something like 250 per cent so that any legislation which purposes remodeling our currency and banklm system will have nn effect hero vast ly Important to our own people arie scarcely less so to the great financla centers In London , Paris , Berlin ane other great capitals of the world. GOOD PAVING NEWS. Mayor Friday's promise that , thi preliminary action looking to pavlni will come up before the city counci at the next seeslon , will be good new ; to the people of "Norfolk. The public wll agree with him an < the council that this is the logical timi to begin preparatlona for the pavlni operations , which are promised fo , ho early spring. A good many details such as thi signatures to petitions , the voting o bonds for pav'ng ' street Intersections etc. , are to bo attended to , and now' a good time to start. Matrimonial agencies received ; deserved set back life other day who ; a woman appeared In the distrlc court at Wichita , Kansas , and aske for a divorce. The evidence showe that she and her husband had bee united jthfough the agency of i matrimonial bureau. That wa enough for the Judge. IIo dismisse the case , saying : "This court wi' not grant a divorce to a couple wh have met through the agency of matrimonial bureau and have late become dissatisfied , after a legal ma riage. " When men and women ui derstand that marriage is nomethin more than horse trade there wi bo fewer divorces. So much glory Is being awarde by an admiring public to discoverer inventors , promoters , and men in pul lie service who are doing things I these strenuous days , that we som times ask what fame is and whethe it is worth the price men pay for i As a motive to spur men on to the best endeavor , it is superior to tl sordid desire to amass gold , for I order to obtain the praise of men or must do something unusual , som thing in the way of discovery , e ploration , invention or heroic servlc that adds to the sum total of humr. knowledge or human Belf sacrific The noblest of all ambitions is tl passion for service , as Kipling word ! "When no ono shall work for mono And no one shall work for fame , But each for the Joy of working. " FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS. It is not surprising that there shou bo accidents in football , just as the are accidents in baseball and swti ming and boating and shooting ai every other energetic sport. Footbr is a game only for the rugged ni hardy , but it is a great game that. that.Every Every summer dozens of lives a sacrificed to baseball , but no offa Is over mndo to put a halt to has ball on that account. Mora lives n lost In baseball annually than In foe ball , though tlio fact that many the football players are college stu onts lends prominent to their deal which does not come to the basebi Tlio frame of football as It stan today , may bo modified tn cortu features , but It will not become ex tlnct. The statement made In an nrtlcl in Scrlbnor's for October , ontltloi "Tho Lure of the Land , " that thei Is no more free land in the Unite States , Is misleading. There neve has been any actually free land , paylm the necessary fees and other expense have amounted to a considerable BUI But as we always speak of UIOF lands as free , theio are still "unn served and unappropriated lands" I twenty-nine states and territories. 1 all amounting to 75-1,895,296 acres , o this nearly half la In Alaska and muc more is aid and rocky , but thei remalna enough eultivatublo land t furnish at least a million homestead of ICO acres each. The homcsteatlc has to travel farther and has not n choice pickings as ho once had , bu ho need not lack a farm if ho gee for one ; and In some cases the lantl is as rich as any. NORFOLK DID WELL. Norfolk people should 'feel prom of the success of the campaign fo a Y. M. C. A. building. The people of Norfolk , once aroused to the neei and benefits of such an Institution dug down Into their pockets wit ) royal generosity and raised the fund to more than $25,000 a feat that hni been considered , by many persons as impossible of achievement. The people living outside of Norfoll who so generously contributed , have earned Norfolk's gratitude in an un usual degree. Those within the citj who helped to make the building pos sible , will have'-the satisfaction of knowing that they have elono some thing worth while In helping to build p the community. That the Y. M. C. A. , once cstnb- shed , will bo a feature of the city's fo that would not be dlspended wither or three times its cost , la the story rought from other cities where the xperiment has been tried. The abuse of the modern methods rapid transit has led many to eclare that the present ago is "speed razy , " and to wish for a return ol ; ie more restful and contented ex stence of the "good old days" before allroads , automobiles and flying ma hlnes were In cotrimon use. It Is rue that they have been BO abused s to become a menace to life , and uch speed is to be condemned un tintedly. But only the confirmed essimist falls to see any great ad antage In this modern development f speed. Everyone will admit that here is far less wear and tear In raveling sixty miles in a Pullman nr than In traveling ten in an old tnge coach. The country needs tc djust itself to the use anel control f the speed of our time , and wltl : ncreaslng self control will come tc is greater usefulness and happiness "hose who talk most of the "good old lays" would be the most disgusted f they were obliged to return tc hem. AROUND TOWN. It's all over. This sure Is weather. A Norfolk bride complains that hei lusband makes her empty the mouse rap. A Norfolk woman thought she woult keep the milk sweet by putting suga : n it. Every person thinks there are mon nice In his house than In any housi n town. No , Madame ! Switches ore no > arred on Norfolk avenue. It's switch ng that's barred. It Is said there are a half dozei young women in Norfolk who make i i practice to get drunk every Satin lay night. There have been all sorts of clove stunts worked In a political campaigi to catch votes , but perhaps an inc ! dent that took place In Norfolk TUBE day noon has all the others skinned An Irishman , candidate for an office wont into n restaurant and sat dowi it a table where a German was ent ing lunch. The Irishman looked eve the bill of faro and ordered sou kraut. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. When a farmer says a neighbor ej pectod eighty bushels of corn per acre and really husked only sixty , ho take a good deal of delight in the state ment. "Anything new ? " a reporter aske a storekeeper today. "No , " ho n plied , "and there ain't going to be. That was his way of complaining of dull Saturday. Hope Is that sentiment which coi trols the mother who sees boys ever ; whore hurt , neglect , slight anel refus to assist their parents , and still n fuses to give one of her own boy away. It can seldom be said of the womn who has seen great sorrows , that sli Is prostrated. She can't bo , for isn there always work to do , always so ious situations to meet which can't I mot if she is blubbering in bed. "Do you like to bo In a position e authority ? I don't. Every day I ai compelled to decide questions , an don't like It. Th6 man under * yc never accepts your Judgment vei good-naturedly. " parson Twine * + Home Course In Live Stock Farming 1. Fences. By C. V. GREGORY , Author of "Hume Co uric lit Modern Agriculture. ' "Miklni/ / Money on the I arm , " tic. Cooyrlahl , 1001) ) , by American l're Association , M4 ol the tno-u Important parts ot UKctpilpmmi lor live stuck tanning Is a pwel sys tem ol leliecs. I'oof tenet's aiise breachy steick and endless troll- tile. In the ease tit horses u wire cut .luo . to a poor fence will ellen mean i large enough loss to pay lor several rods ot jioeiel fence. U oven wire Is unquestionably tlu best fencing material. It Is sightly , durable ami clllclcnt. The expense Is miller I halt for barbed wire , but this etui ne cut down by inaUlnn only the lowt'r part of the ft'iiee ol woven wire and using barbed wire tor the upper part. The strip ol woven wire should be troln two to three fret In height , PIO. I. A WKI.T , XirtACED COHNKR POST. with two or three barbed wires on top. 'Ibis makes a fence that will turn any kind of stock from pigs to horses. There Is little danger of n horse gut ting into such a fence and getting cut. Where much stex-k is kept It will pay to have the entire farm feue-e-d with this or some other kind of fence that Is hog or sheep tight , it is not a ques tion ot whether you can afford it or not ; It Is a questluu of whether you can afforel not to do It. It will prob ably not be possible te > fence all the tnrm In one year , but the work should be done as rapidly ns possible. TL-e extra fee-el the bogs and sheep will { pick up will pay the entire cost of fenc ing In a very tew years. / Cement Posts. The tlrsl part of the fence to be put up Is the posts. The time for putting up cheap posts that will rot out and need renewal In three or four years Is past. There are two ways of secur ing lasting posts making them of ce ment and treating wooden posts with creosote. Cement posts are not hard to make. The llrst step Is to make n wooden mold of the proper size. About six inches siiiarc | at the bottom , tapering ' ing to foul at the'top. Is n very good size. Three eoriiered strips should be placed In i he bottom of the molds to make the corners of the posts rounded. A number of molds can he built bide by side , so that several pei-Ms can be made at once. The best mixture for e-einent posts is one part portlanel ce ment , two and one-half putts clean , sharp sand and live parts gravel. The sand anel cement should lie mixed dry. Then add water and mix to a thick morinr. After this Is well mixed spread it out In a thin layer and spread the reipilied amount of gravel over It. Mix the whole mass well by shoveling over several times. The Inside of the molds should be grea-od with soft soap to keep the cement -from sticking. Spread about one and one-half Inches of concrete over the bottom and tamp It well. Near each corner lay a steel wire lemrtliwlM * of the post. These re-en forcing wires should be fairly heavy , but will not need te > be galvanized , as the conrTete will keep them from rust- IiiU' . They should be looped at the end to prevent slipping. Now add concrete up to within an Inch of the lop of the mold , tamp again and put In two more re-enforcing wires. Fill the mold to the top. tamp and round off the upper corners. I.OIIK staples wllh the points bent a little to keep them fremi pulling out should he stuck Intel the cement nt the place's where the wires are to be fastened. After the po'-ls tire set the wires can bo fastened to ( iio e staples by a small 1 piece of seift wire twisted through them. After the cement has partially set it should be covered with sand to keep It from drying out too rapidly , The peists should be sprinkled at least once a day for n week , when they may be inUen from the molds and stored nway In moist sand to cure. It takes sixty days for a cement post to curt properly , and It should not be set be fore that time. In the meantime the sand should be kept moist by occa sloiml sprinklings. The cost of ma terlnl for cement posts the size men tloneel and seven feet long Is nol more than 25 cents n post , not count Ing the Inbor. When once In place they will last practically forever. The method of treating wooden fence posts with creosote Is very simple um inexpensive. Any kind of post Is suit able for use with this treatment In deed , the poorest soft wood posts las the longest after being properly treut cxL Tu aupuratu * nevded cooaUu o C. V. GREGORY * J. .t A L J. .f. .t. .1. T ' . t * V V f V V T T V T T T T T T 1T two small ineial tanUs. one or wnicii Is arrtingetl so that a lire can lie built under U. Hoth ianls ; are lilted two thirds lull ot ereosoie. which fan IK- bought by t.e barrel at reasonable- rtilt's. Tlic t-reosoio In OIKof litest' tanUs Is heated almost to bolting , anil tln > posts , whleh must lit1 well sea Honed , tire placed In It anil lelt for about six hours. Usually only Hit * part of the post that Is to go Into the ground Is ti en u > il , After romiiluliig In the hot creosoir for six hours the posts tire taken out and Immediately placed In the cold treosoie. The sudden reduction of temperature causes the steam In tin- pores of I be post to contract , maUliiK a partial vacuum , and the air pressure drives the creosote Into all parts of the post. This treatment costs only about 10 cents a post. The treated posts will last twenty years or longer , or about live times as long as untreal ed ones. In putting up a permanent woven wire fence great cure must be taken to sec that the corner posts are well braced. I'lg. 1 shows a very effec- Ive way of making a solid corner. The' : orner post should lie considerably lar icr than the others. A hole 2 by 4 ihould be dug to set It In. Bolt a piece of plank about three feet long to the bottom of the post and a shorter piece nt right angles To the first. Fill In dirt up to the top of these and tamp It solid. Then roll In a number or large stones and fill the rest of the hole with dirt , tamping It well all the way up. Such n post. If properly braced , will not give miieh under any strain that may be put upon it. A way that Is still better , though a little more expensive. Is to set the corner post In cement. The r Miiiliig selected should bu strongly woven and iinide of gooel slzeet wire. Flimsy fene-lng costs u ll'ttln less at first , but does not last well enough to warrant putting It up. ! to sure that the e-reiss wires are fastened firmly to the longitudinal strands , ao that they cannot be spread out of place. Both the woven and the barhiHl wire should lie well galvanized. Wire that Is galvanized alter weaving , an shown by the crevices and Joints IK ; Ing tilled with the galvanizing material , will last much longer than that which is galvanized before weaving. In the latter e-iise the galvanizing material will be more eir le > ss eraekeel. and tint wire will soon bopin to rust. It Is of urea I Importance to have the- wire well stretched. An ordinary wlr stretcher will not stretch woven wlrn tightly enough. Where n large quiin- tlty Is purchased at a time a power ful wire stretcheT Is usually thrown in It will pay lei se t a temporary post a little way bnc-U from the corner te > stretch from. The wire snuujd Iw wrappinl around the comer post anil fastened In several places , as the strain FIO II. A GOOD KAllM DATE. here Is very heavy. If there are mont than twenty rods In a single line It will be necessary lei brace a line post midway between the corners lo stretch from , as moix * than twenty reids can not be tightened satisfactorily at one stretch. Wherever u gate Is to lie put In the posts will have to lie braced solidly. A Kooel way to do this Is to put in posts that will extend about twelve feet above the ground and connect the tops with a strong \vre ! > . This method of bracing e-iiniiot be used with cement posts , as they will not stand much lateral strain. A swinging pile Is by fai * the most convenient , provided It Is properly put In. It should be well enough braced so ( hat It will not sag and drag on the ground. In places where the snow U likely to drift a cute that can tie ad justed to various heights IH a great convenience' . Fig. a shows n conven ient and easily constructed type of wooden gate. For road gates mid < it other places where appearance count * for anything an iron pnte is preferable. It looks better and Is more durable , but the cost IH considerably greater. The Finisher. Lawyer What Is your occupation ? Witness I'm n piano finisher. Law yor-Be a little more definite. Do yci polish them c-V move them7-Be > tow Transcript. The Gossip , Nell She's nu awful CUHP. ! 8b tells everything hhe hears. Bflle Ofc , she tells more than tbat-PhlladelpMa Record.