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44 f AM SPCHAPD DEN 3 & ri axd(j4P VTIH THE VCTEB4P 1 mm j - iF ' rCxV ff fc. rzj 1.- & Tri M Tl I". :( 5 0.1 m Tttr 5Vras srtii ecrrmuGGs et - sew Iceaj t 'T racers aZ til e- ilstc to iatr eerrespc- :rea: race s -ArlfT i" -! kee. Io-wa.1 sunecta "HE ORCHARD. Ho- is yoer wood pile. is It low down? The- old dead apple trees if re- ox. win reaieuisi :: and now is tie ur,e Th-e tree test Me over is not worth jeshzng np. for it -Kill biers' over again. Make lirewcad of it and plan: a new ese in Ks nfece. 1 the cellar is warn look oat for rotine; appies. Do not keep the cellar snir up tignt, OfKai it at mchts and let -. the rrosty an- and close it on warm y? m tfee monutz. Ar- yoo paec? Set oct trees for -mi- gxtl good and that of your sons zz: dsesaiess of to-day. Axe you old" - oat trees for the men and -xoraen : t6-cacrror asc be sure that -xnen- -ver you set them oct you wili be essed tn your vork. Waenerer you wanT to cut oS the ars limb of a tr" of any kmc. arst -aw ap en the urcersid" as far as you may then sa directly above the nrst -lit atti the limb fahs. Thos there .. be no splrmns down. .ooc; the oo't objection to lo- r-aded trees is that they prevent, m a V-e.,- n-m mTTVjitioc dose ud a-ooni toe trunk. Be- the thick shad- T.Z of the tree rrevents the .crowth of r-ass or any cultivated crop under the -anehes tn anv extent, so that in ., .. .. i U w-.-r- f .iti- :-r.i.. urkC 13 fcj US.W..1HW. . .to.-. -. atms directly under the trees Dont hanl apples to mareet in a ii. '" Iiiif iv ojc il-. liiiiT n wi- ".mr i customer wants a half peck. S-i:des no one can sec what you " A-ype tree should ac be planted .-.earer than thirty-five fee either way. - frui- trees nowadays mas', oe --rayed, and :f closer toan this you van co: do the sprayiac properly V Tnr is gained fc r.oe: piantmc. jn- tree with plenty cf room will :ar more and better frait tnan two : crimped tor spac iae nnsi are tx-t" destructive in a thicfery piamec .-cnard We say this a: this ame of s.t becanse we suppose ycu are now piannm? to et out an orcna.c 2tii!. rnng and wish to know how many : auy. While sheep do not usually thrive ,. when kept m very ckse quarters. i .- possible in some instances, and -z some breeds to confine them pret- i xMely for a time wrthoc: any in :rous results foliowinc Good re . . -i have been cttamed from ewes - nnsed m pens of moaerate site :-v?m mzisomer unu! the foUowmg - .nc. They were cf course, allowed ta&e exerc m paddocks, anc all --asonabie care was bestowed upon --m while thus connned. Neverthe--r the better plan : to try and cive c-if considerable liberty in the form r- p'xstur range :f they ar1 to be kep :r. the best possible condition of hath A COMPARISON GF SHADE I !-!... . a: every turn by a lecacy of bitterness The soft maple is usaal?y accepted . prejudice intensined by discrgan as a cod tree for shad or shelter ' ;2ei soclz- conditions, the years went v is i fast grower and in many m- 0 .jj, ;ee1-:x- intle hop of oetter ctances has showed reraarkabie abiliry u,iof -jje coming of tie trme re hv and grow derm: the driest .j, he ,,,3 seize lile advantages tmers. I has. however lo: some of its prestige durmg the past summer in Oklahoma. The trees die back to tne ground very bad'y if transplanted zz the rI If transplan-ed in the srrmc it is very hardv and crows -eacLIy but fall setting foLowed by a crv season is seldom satisfactory The maple seems to be entirely out- classed when planted in case mixed planting with elm and bsack ioccst. A mixed crove on the experiment station farm a- Stillwater. Ofcia.. gives a coed ccmpensoB cf these three trees In tne south ten rows of the grove there wer- IIS maple trees. 11 ehas anc 47 biack locBst trees. Ot tins numoer 1'if; maples died durmg the summer of 15n. all of the elms and biack kvests are sti" 'rvinc. Seventy-five maple trees, a' of which are dead wert- attacked by the nat-headed borers, dnnns the summer Thirty svea elms had Nn attacked by bor ers bat not one locust rtowed signs o.f borers The drought it is thought. eaa-ed the death of most of the trees , dc: the bcrer showed a crea: prefer- rrr-e for the mapie tree A., of the .trees are ve years old and were set m th- spring of 1S9S. Th maples and , eims" averaged about tne same sins. ' nm- feet hrch last snnng. and ths hiacc kxrests" about nfteen fee: high, 1 Gooseeerries can fee grown on a ' A little over a year aco a Kansas . system of cultivation, and it cnlocks i-f-i-jjy c; 50GS-- However : prefers ' breeder of Poland China hegs received the fertility in the soil and renders coeL strong, rich 01" but on a north- an order from a farmer in Finland for it available fcr plant food. ere expescre will succeed on light. ; some pigs. Tee pigs were shipped Everycody knows how freezing ex- sandy or even gravel loam. A mucky J and in dee time arrived at their far j pands water. As the water in the soH -? sl will produce an abundance of off home in cood condition, and the ,5 frozen it expands and heaves the S -growth- The plant requires mech ; man who received mem has reported cq tarmg it "apart, particle by par food -and therefore needs to be fend!- rthat they are dome well away cp ::e.e &z when tie frost goes cut it is . ized heavily on ligi: soil. A ieaw m that land of coid and ice Tie icoSe a fnah'e. The farmer shccld ': top dressing of cow manure each fall American hog is the greatest ccsmo- j welcome the cold, freezing winter ' on such soils is necessary, while on , politan m tie world and the beacry , weather, as i: is an aid and helper m " ti-e richer soils a d-essmg of manure ivery two or vears is semcient. , THE 5ARSERRY FROM SEED. We continee to have queries fro: .nca -n whoTT? we have sent the hardv rstrroof barberries from East En- ; will eniversaliy see people picking oct rop.-as to whether they wCI come . the largest bananas, oranges or lem--ruVfrom. seed, and how the seed ons. with the idea of secering the tec?: ae kept to make :: grow in the ' choicest fruit. An aetic-ity upon the sprmn Crush the berries by rubbing quality of fruit states that they in :n sand and mix seed and sand m a variably select the poorest, and he bar kept in cellar until cold weather states that the good jedee of fruit Then bury outside for winter freemng. ' will always select the heavies oranges in snttng'sow sand and seed together lemons or bananas regardless c size, and" cover "lightly We hmre known no ' and thus gets the choicest freit variance in tie species as grown ; frsm seed. We wish to reneat that I BIRDS YOUR FRIENDS. the healthfnlness anc paiataouity ot .marmalade mace frcm the barberry .is. not yet well known in thi country. It -Is a home prccect that is said by medical men to nave a,i principles of the lemen. the essential , Fertilizer at the stem cf a plant is .act as valuable as if mingled in the efi around it a foot away, or more. according to the size cf the plant above ground. Fcr trees It should exxsn-w even farther out than the Zarg- w h a ri STOCK FOR EUROPEAN PLUMS. j j-i scire notes on pier: culture puh- m a rece fccIie:i:- SIiei D- ! the Colorado Experiment Station Prof. Charles 5. Crandall says For the Ecropean piens such as Lomoard. Greer Gage and Bradshaw j hairs car. get hold of it. and after cer probably ro stock is better than sed- j tarn chemical movements throe-1 th- h of some variety of the species from which thee varieties car j Prunes domestica. These have been in j-.u- tiir? iar many eaa. uui recent years have been in some decree superseded by Myrabolan s'ocks seedlincs of Press cerasifera. a sprr- cies of European oneir Myrobolan stocks are m common ese in Enropean countries and have ramd'v - u,u in flvor j. oa c-rserymen. not be- caas better trees can be grown upon then, bnt because 1: is easie- :o secure ccod Myrsboian than ccoc do- mestica stocks 5eecs of domestica Tarietics tha: ii: produce an even stand cf stocks i difScnlt to obtain. ard the Myrobolan which is easier to -tott and less Iiabie to injury from narssic fane:, offers an acceptable suastitaie Some nurserymen import :h seeds and cro their ovc stocks, others and 1- more prontatie to import me seediincs They are nsua:'y re- ceived ccmir the winter planted in nursery rows in sprmc and budded ui Jnlj zzld z5- In south the Btocas 12 common use are thr- Manama P:aa ad Pact- c very diverse opinions as to their relative merns b" expressed. Probably me differenc arises from varymr lccaJ TradK.ocs. for the testimony a hand mdicat-s tha oc the hch: and dry soii uirr pr-cn ifjii ccrr isv. .tt the Myrobolan is better suited to the heavier and more moist soils Even . .,.-. -.v some favor as a stooK for plcm? on -nets wher1 severe xnn-ers ar ccm- Fc tte aanTe varieties S'oC- ji w-0-f tVaave- D-5oto an-: other derivatives of Pranus Americana. thj natural inference that American stocks would b bes eems to oe bom- out by eipenence but icr de cree of success may depend m a meas ure upon the seed used The species K eitreme!y variable in genera! nabit ar(J -pj-v of crowth as we as in .Jle fn. prodr:ce iome our istitme should be cectly reminded now and then tha: their part of scienunc :each- . mc is to make i: soluble. Nobody ei- ' nects them t.- discover any crea: sci- entinc trains, ihey will be forgiven . j , if they crop technical terms and ab stract principles and ce: down :c the level of tne dullest man in their aad. ence. Of course it uckies one s vanity a little more to talk tc the brtchtes: man m tne room, bn: the institute man is net cr shoul-i not ce paid :o make the bnen: ones shm. Chop th- science cp m:o pieces small enouch :: enter tie cram cf tne aver age farmer' SOUTHERN PROSPERITY. The south waned 'one for the sun- shine of prospenty Broken, bruised . ,-m hv rhecv-.: wS.- ab.- -ion and credit destroyed confrcnted possible with ner splendid climate and , . magnmcent natnra: resources me good times so king waited for has come to her a last, the era of peace and good will, of enterprise and prog ress of ample capn cf croc prc-icc- ! 1 Mm winch m its diversity ani volume is surpassed nowhere on earth And fce present development is on.y a be- cmnin? bat a t:th of wha: :he future hotcs in store for this favored section 0f oj- country. All brancces of acn- ccl-ar has tasen on new i.f. mane- factcre of al. kinds is nnimc crea: openincs and commerce, note by sea d iac cas donbiec in tne last dec- ade "his is only the dawn of the t . great day of prospenty tha: to the sooth. fcs eomm S-t ih- board and &.-K the b.er Fr tlse cuary aar-r- fc?Ad Ir. zr- -n3Crt w.-rc ccpresi tTfca: a levm Fatr.- aaJ P 1- -arrh ;- :hjs e rarest Wise- -- -- -a-.:.- c abic-. Ard th- w rtt-r a.- - ar- Ic ih- hsr. cf '" -T . :.?- " -L AMERICAN HOG IS GETTING ir.ir.i. I American hoc is going to aL P cf civilized world and wher- -? e''- down, makes himself at home and attends strictly to business. of it is that wherever re goes ne stays. anc every coc; .:s:es mm. It is naieral fcr people to secere the most they can fcr their money, and this is particularly true in their selec- ticn of fruit upon the markets. Yoe .every meacowlar' visits yoer farm shocld be encouraged to stay and make its abode en your premises. It h friend that will help yce de- stroy cut wot is and grasshoppers in the fields. The meacowlark is cistinenvely a ground hire. It nests on the grrmrn. and feeds en the grocniL Occasional ly it may be seen sitting en a tele graph post cr tree fcr a few minutes, but it prefers to get no farther from the earth than a fencstop. FLOW OF SAP OF TREES AND VINES. When 70c deposit manure arocnd lie trees co rot pile it cp abort the trcnk. be: spread it at some distance tree, here the small root 1 aid of water and other agents" thev will -end i: ep to the branches to nourish them. Bo not let the cows nip u fcitr t;iiij o. me orancues of your ; yocng appie trees. I know a - who I lost his rrs: orchard m this way and 1 when he set his second he kept the 1 cows oc:. Brcising the ends of . branches injures the trees. When i trrmmme cnt oloi -an-- j-n-n knife. If yoa neglect to trim yoci crape vines before sprmc. it -s-odd be bes' to xait cntil the leaves are oct. . when they can be trimmed -xithect bieedmc. althocch bleedinc -Kin not kill th- vines, as some snppose. The , now o: sap in the temperate zone is ; not contmcal for when the cold sea- son approaches its movement ceases, in ear'y sprtne. fcr eiampie. the maple tree Is tapped, bn: the discharge is not the ratural to cf sap from the roots. bcT is due to the crea: pressure of -xater contained in the tissues which converts the starch into snrar. The same is tree of the bleeding crape vme. a: no season of the year 0es the tree or vine contain as much water as in the cold winter season. and the cut or wound gives vent to tne great store of water pen: cp with-m- Th- wood cells contain air and water, and as both expand by heat. when an incision is made the water owi cotnousiy rrom tne woenc. Tne rapidity of the now 15 governed by the tern temperature w sen the beds swell or expand the natural now of the sap commences, arc no: til! then. Then the water ceases nowmc throcch the mctsion made and the wound heals. w-i 'IZF.'S -AZZL. E'-CSSC.M; rz-r.rr.r warmr a- Vft ti kv Th ai3"- or.z- tA-- cd awa7 .Vnd w.i!?-d :-. tntr fxtraths U Tb taiier. i-a-. r? u: v?t-rcay "VVizh rab ad wnt z-jzaz say rel throch ti- nv aid -o:fcr wojd. Asaist ts? -3csk. of nr ard piasr. Last of thei- soral sisterhood. ae Hair-l s vUnw vla.-oin.-i hine. The tawnT rrM f Ainc 5 ud. I am old fogy enocgh to say I never saw a well bred steer of anv of the horned tamiiies I thought had anything added to his appearance anc looks by sawmg off his herns. Whili 1 1 '- tLt. .-iuis iiiu jjit-tr.wtsr. 1- '.....- - -. J- --! . all cannct be gratified, as there are not enough of tne type menuoned to go around and tne feeder has to take such as it can cet. WHEN TO PRUNE GRAPES. An anneal pruning should be given all grape vines at some time during the pnoc of res: between the iate fall I rrosts and the early movement of sap the following spring, bet never prune when the wooc is actually frozen. Good anthoriaes agree cp-on this JCOC-: a? C1"er M ' esacE e 'f - r- r - ' m e " centra. Illinois. has found it best, fcr several gcod reasons, to practice fall pmning. I: done then 11 is out of the way of the rush of snnng work, also the weather is usually pleasant, and the work may be done with less personal exposure to the operator If prened in the fall tnere can oe no canger rrom "bleed- g." a term nsii to designate the waste of sap from the newly-made wounds whicn rollows iate spring pruning. If prened in tie fall, and Ui" i- itructa.. ocu, many ciseae germs anc insects wia b destroyed tha: would Gtherwise semve th- winter and that would prey upon the vines the following season. Fertirrmcre fall prened vines can be mere easily protected from tie seventy of tne ensuing winter. HOW FREEZING HELPS THE SOIL. ve are asked w: i helps the soil, and i: so. iow? mere is no question aboc: freezing 1 helping tne soil. Dcring the spring. summer and fall the croend packs and settles into a compact mass, often im pemocs to the water which falls upon ; it. causmc it to dry oct by evapora , tien. so mat if :: were no: for the freezing which rends apart the par ades, it wocld piow ep lumpy But the fros: separates mese particles ot . the soil and makes 1: friable as deep as 1: has been frozen, allow the water :o percoiate tirocgi and get the scb scrcl wner- :: wCl be held for the future ese of the crowing crops. The rros: pe'venzes me soil mcch nner and deeper than could be cone by any prcdecmg a. i2rze cf 7 6 next year December is a good time to prune grave vines, and there is usually more leiscre time for tie work than there will be two -cr three months hence. EURNING STUBBLE AND CORN STALKS. im often asked on the qeesticn of mg stebhle and ccmstalks. If a tion, anc mat clover needs to be : grown with phosphate. I see no seri- oes objection to the beming of straw stebbie and ccmstalks. If the supply itrcgen m T T T-o a e soil will not stand the waste entailed by burning cf the crop clover replace it properly grown wim phosphate. The black prairie soils are not suffering for carbonaceous material to carry humus. so that tne ioss of carton by the burn ing is net of any importance on mem- Die you keep a record of results from garden seed yoe planted last ' year? If ycu cisL profit by that ex-i p-enence waen tne tmie comes to make I veer selections. ft Bt3CfJb again, shouted rather impatiently. iV JR pBHp?V 5peak cp. I cannot hear you." Mr. KSsgjg& Hay. Mr. Hay." -Mr. what?" "Mr. f jLJfc rgj Hay h-a-y. hay. dried grass Secre- p9fHfl? SnB uir-r Hay. Do you hear me now? . tCw ftSKs v7 Mjfln of the militia of a northern state tak- j L j &7m watch, with some amusement, the at- II J .' m $ ONLY WANTED INFORMATION. As .: :- ar.- Fran. Conns business to build tr..t--. ra:- h- always pa tronizes tnem en prmcipie whenever possible and eschews cabs. When he emerced from the Hotel Marie An toinette the other day a cab driver ac costed him with the reculation, "Keb. sir keb?" "How much to the Lone Island ferry?" "Two coSars, sir." -No." "All richT, siri make it a collar and a ha!f." "Is that your lowest?" "Yes. sir: isn't that cheap enough?" "Oh. I suppose 0." "All right then. Jump in." "Oh. I don r -an: a cab. I only wanted tc nnc en bow much I would save by takmg a s-re: car " ORIGIN OF THE "HCOSIERS. . Thomas Taggan who may be ac cepted as an acthonty on the subject, tells a picturesque story of the cngin o? the word Hocsier 'When the erst settlers." he says. "came to Indiana from the Carolinas and Kentucky they ouil: their little log cabins along a common road, and as the cabins all looked alike, it be came the custom fcr any one seeking friends to go alone the road calling out at eacn cabin: W"no's here?' From this the onctnal settler cant to be known as Hcosicrs." H-A-Y. HAY DRIED GRASS. As mien: we'., be expee'ed. the name cf the present secretary of state is familiar to nearly all Americans, and evidence of his claim to a place m their memonc-: was furnished recent ly by a littl-: incident that happened while a farmer re;;icing m his mono syllable cognomen, was talking over the long distance telephone "Mr. Hay" was given as an answer tc the fre quent :ele-kcie qnstion. "Who is :here?" 3n: Mr. Hay was requested to rcca: his name, and his inter locutor failing to catch it again and GIRLS. WATCH YOUR HATPINS. Yu-: Mir. Have Fad t Mak; CcW-c-ticr cf Tnsrr.. "I can't find my hatpin." said the red-hatred girl at the matinee. "Here. I'll lend you one." replied the g:rl who was with her. passing over a cheap, black-headed hatpin. sech as seil three fcr five cents. "But I dont want to 1 se mine." said the red-haired gtrL "It was a souvenir gift, and the top was solid sJver." "Are you ready?" inquired Mr Tick er, who had taken both girls to the matinee "We will ieave ward at the box ofice a-nct tlie haipm. It is sere to tern up all ngt:. Tie ycurn put t; girls on a car and started them an their homeward jour ney to Hnrlem. while he remained in tie Broadway theater distnct. "I thought you tnew.'" said the red haired g-ri s companion, "about the foolish tad sentimental yocng men have for saving icr stealing is the word t hatpais rrcm their giri acqeaint ances. it is worse than the fad for stealing gloves a few years ago. when every girl found her dressing table heaped with a "-Tspriy of odd gloves. It s candy to roal that yenr hatpin , is tucked away in Mr Ticker's over coat pocket, an: will scon be added to a collection in his room." New York Press Ship r. Fir Nine Mcr.tns. A most extraordinary story of a derelict -"-'hidi has been burning and floating abect an the eastern seas has recently rente to ligLt. Tne Fannie Kerr as a four-masted i bark of .42 foes. ouil: of steeL She ' left Newcas:'e in April, 1502. with a cargo of coal for San Frau'-isco. Aft er she had rounded the Hem in safe ty her cargo took fire somewhere "m the Socmem Pacinc. and after try ing for more than a month to extin guish the fames, the ship became so tot that the captain and crew were , forced to abandon her -and take to the boats. This was on Jnne 0. They landed it y?-; an island cf the Hawaiian . grocp. and made their way to Honc 'clu. where the captain made his re port and the crew was discharged. On March 10. IS03. the captain cf , the steamship Heathdede. bound from Yokohama to Formosa, sighted a ves sel adrift from which smoke seemed tc arise. Steaming forward, he found that she was the ioue missing Fannie Kerr. which had been gradcally drifting westward several thousand miles for nearly nine months, and with her camo still on nre New York Herald. Mexican Journals. Mexico is credited with being at the head of the Latin-American coun tries in the matter of letters. 3esides possessing the oldest organs cf Spanish-American journalism, it is said to have in active existence the first li brary established in Amenca. which is now at least SCO years old. In Chile. 1 Argentina and f era mere are papers that have been published fcr fifty years and more. One is the El Ccm ereio, cf Lima, which has had a career cf sixty years of mtinterrrrpted daily ism. GLORIES OF WAR. Major General Coroin commandinc the department of the east, tells the followinc with reference to a member of the militia of a northern state tak ing part in the recent manoeuvers at Manassas The cnardsman was one day makinc heroic eorts to get away with his nrst ration of army beef. A fellow soJ cier walking near him stopped to watch, with some amusement, the at tempt of thrr northerner to masticate the meat. "Wnats the matter. 311!?" asked he. "Oh. nothin' much." was the sullen reply. Then, disrzxisi&zlj recardinc a piece of the beef that he heki in his hand, the Yankee added: "Now I know what people mean when they talk acont tne sinews oi war. A ERfEF CORRESPONDENCE. A Wes: Vircinia coal OBexator who ; is represented in New York by his son i recently wrote the followinc letter ! conceminc a shiament of bituminous coal: 1 , Octofeer IS. iS4- ; "Jim: -DAD." in a few cays the aoBowitsg answer was sent: i -New yorfc. October 23, IS04. ! "Dad: "JIM. Translated irso the vernacnlar this reads: -Jim. see my coal on. Dad. "Dad. conl on. Jim." ENGLISH HUMOR. Charles M. Pepper, the newspaper man who was appointed a commis sioner on th- Intercontinental railway commission, telis an amusing story in which the ma.n cgere is Henry Nor man. th-3 British journalist. Norman visited Washington a few years ago. One evening just before the cepar tere of the Britisher it was deter mined to put up a ;okt on him at the Piess club. A Mr. Decker was select ed to be the perpetrator. This gen tleman arose in his sea: and, taking a small bell from his pocket, address ed Mr. Norman as follows. "Sir I have been designated by my ' fellow members to convey to you an expression cf our pleasure. On be half of the National Press club of Washington I am instructed to give ' you thing ring." As he cttered the word "ring" Mr. Decker rapped thrr bell smartly and ' placed it upon the table. It was plainly to be seen that the Englishman was taken aback. After a gcod deal of hemming and hawing he replied: "Mr. Decker and members cf the National Press club, words fail me. I . am overwhelmed. W.th respect to this gift, which I am pleased to receive. I suppose that Mr Decker, as was only - natural in the embarrassment of the moment, for we newspaper men are notoriously poor speakers, has made a mistake for he has. as ycu see. , k given me a bei: instead of a ring ' j J;nn Dr-w's Limitations. John Drew teils the following gcod story acoct himself, and nrst tok: cy tne late A.egnstm Daly enly a few hocrs arter his prodecaon of "The T:nn? of the Shrew " Drew played Petruchio and placed great stress on the whipcracking episode in the play. At one of the rehearsals the actor, crackmg the great whip with mcch noise "set little care, clipped the leg of a stage hand at the rear and en tangled the whiplash aboet one of his own buttons The smarting stage hand had in ether days been connected with Heng ler' circes. and his opinion of actors as compared with the masters of the circus nng was small indeed. Stretch ing his head toward another stage hand and quite ignoring Drew s apol ogies and inquiries, he said, m dis gusted tones. "What a bloomin' fco! Ed never make a ringmaster" " New York Times. Hew Sk- Kr.szzzz tn Bread. "The worm in an apple." said Champ Clark of Missouri, "does not interfere with the eating: it is simply whisked aside. In imagination, however, we see things in our food which cause us to revolt. "A number of persons were seated at dinner in a private home, and the compliments were generous for the almost perfect bread. The hostess was delignted and called on Gretchen. teliing her how weI the bread was rel ished which she had baked. "Encouraged by the grateful smile. Gretchen said- "I worked hard mit it. I was tired and.de sweat rolled from my head, bet I did cot take my hands oct of the dee git until it was knead ed.' "From that moment the pile of bread ceased to. diminish for the guests saw in it a new ingredient." Washington Times. Really Wea Scun. Sir Percy Sanderson, tie British consul general in New York, was talk ing on the Etrnria about weak soup. "As gcod a description cf weak socp as I know." he said, "came from the lowly lips of a peer woman in the east end cf Lcndon. She was desti tute last winter, and a parish visitor advised her to apply for soup 2: a neighboring seep kitchen. "She get some seep, bet s'ze did not like it. This is what she said of it to the visiter when he called next dayi "'Do you call that stuff socp? ny. all they do is to get a qcart of water and boil it down to a pint to make it Find Skeletons cf Missing Men. The skeletons of focr men who mys teriocsly disappeared there, between two days, twenty years ago. have been discovered in an old water hole near Qnartrite. Ariz. They were on their say to Califcmia and no doubt were murdered for their money Cigars fcr Russian Scfdlers. A Prussian firm has received an order from the Russian government fcr 4.OTO.0v0 cigars for the army in Manchuria. Tney are to cost SL20 a fcendred. OUR ENGLISH CCUSINS. ""Whenever reference is made to the likinc entertained for Americans by our English cousins and of the courtesies shown us by them, says Bliss Carman, the poet. I recall with amusement the experience of certain ladies of my acquaintance who on ar nvinc at Southampton were embar rassed by the fact that a friend whom they were expectmg to meet them there had failed to put in an appear-' ance. While they were casting aboct in their minds what course to pursue a nice looking Britisher of advanced j age. observing- that the party were in i some doubt as to their movements. approached and politely inquired ; Ftrd as she saw her x?- d f , . . . - re!Ji2 the Kir?: is hi stubborn p. - whether he might be of service to vcc:en. Iikee. to their hoea ana them. ' ' tree. " 'Thank you so mcch exclaimed ; kms-s- e r-cni th Wcir rray one of the ladies, explaining the sit-' Up ar?a timt a wcaa ae nation. and adding: -ffij? S?e heVl Sero-Td ion see. we are ceite tcnorant o: . the best way to get to oer destina- tion. navmg jest arrived rrom America.-"Indeed: replied the elderly Brit 1 Lsher. Just from America? We have j quite a number of your countrymen in jail here, madam. THE VIRGINIAN AND THE CLOCK. A: the lencheen following the launching of the submarine torpedo beat Simon Lake X. Mr. Foster M. Vcorhees. former governor of New Jer sey, told this story on a distinguished Virginian: The son of the Old Dominion had been oet with the boys. As he softly opened the hall door the melodious voice of his better half greeted him with the qcery: -What time is it?- "It is early, my dear." responded the Virginian. "How can yoe say so." exclaimed his spouse, "when the clock nas jes struck two?" "All richt." said the Virginian, his vo'ce indicating virtuous indignation. "AH right If yoe choose to take the word of a c d Yankee clock acainsi that of a Virginian gentleman you may do so; hut I have my opinion of you" WOES CF A STAGE MANAGER. "While we all felt that we had troubles of our own in the recent dis astrous production of "3ird Center.' in New York. " said George Richards who had a leading part in the play "the stage manager's trochles eclipsed all the rest. Everything seemed to go wrong for him. "One of the many slips that hap nened was when the piano heirloom. fifty years in the family was brought out. It proved to be a new upright of the most modern style. Then, in making the Welsh rabbit with baking power it was supposed to swell u-p and lift the lid. To get this effect a cream colored toy rubber balloon was to be used and blown up at the propet moment. They could only nnd red balloons, and so for the first time in the history of ccoking a red Welsh rabbit was evolved from the channg dish. "Then water would not come from the pump : bet. to crown all. when the brandy was poured into the glasses fit was really ginger ale and had be come warm it teamed cp. Imagine foaming brandy After that we lost all hope." DO THEIR OWN "STRETCHINV Girl Ocjectac tc Snuffling Things Arcane at Meal Times. After being wttiout a girl for a week, the mistress of a Harlem apart ment was showing an applicant over the fiat. She had been liberal in her promises of privileges in the way of afternoons and nights off. She had even gone so far as to extend the hocr of the girl's return on these nights, and to agree to her using the sewing machine after her work was done, Tne new girl seemed pleased and the mistress was beginning to hope They walked back into the dining room and the girl had actually remov ed one pm from her hat. Then her smile faded and a question mark ap peered. "Do yoa do your own stretchin?" she demanded. "Do we do oer own what?" asked the puzzled mistress. -Stretchin"." repeated the new girl. "I don't enderstand." "Stretchin." repeated the eirl a second time. "Do you pet all the steff on the table at meal time and stretch for it. or do I have to sneffie it around." The family are "stretchin " in earn est now. and will cnril they get a girl who is willing to wait on the table as well as cook the meal The matron's household vocabulary con tains a new word. New York Tn bene. A Ln Wait. It ront c f? A tie residence of a judce in a pleasant village in New York state stand at intervals of a few feet three original "menarchs of the for st One day a distinguished lawyer. having tamed too long at the wine cup. decided to walk home. Chance temed iim in tie direction of the jedge's residence. Suddenly locomc tion was arrested by direct collision wim the nrst cf these famccs trees. A model cf manners, the lawyer made as profound obeisance as his condition wocld allow, and with an earnest "beg yoer pardon. " moved on. strik ing the second tree. After securing his hat and apologizing, he passed on. only to run into number three. Ex tending the nzhz hand cf fellowship, he humbly ejaculated "Stranger, excise me'" And backing up azamst the judge s fence he stood wim. folded arms, brnised face and lingered a fell half hocr when a good Samaritan passed. "I say. squire, what are ycu doing there?" "Why. don": you see. yoe fool!" hiccoughed tie learned counsel. "I'm .. . fcr this precession to cass" Duchess Is Dog Fancier. Tne cechess of Manchester, formerly- Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati, is spending large sums on her pet degs. and now has taken cp the fad of hav ing her pets manicured several times a day. Opiurc Sfttcking in French Pcrts. Opium tas reached im mense proportions m tne : rench ports on the Mediterranean sea. Laws have been nassed in Marseilles and Tcc'cu forbidding he "rsHinz cf piUs" ir pub- 1 lie places ir those cities. Mciti: Pltcner. ad sccrry it Surry Mozrnou. IOW2. ror L? was latl-:5 a rn-i Sntlsh were a1' s- wiM rtrit. tie Ynsee dcrs. Arui panic was prsts ytno et. 3aIIoplsr dowrt lllce a sr ncane. 1 tbs 'W.-is-.tnston rtxie sTord Uisiitv a fc ot the Trajan ?la! Ftred ty a cocraffe rrars tae sST- TfAlr and stard to vocr runsT" i criJ, I Ariii a bosifcardier made s'wlit repcy. "iViT?eli s canaaa ito tie tide. He teB reatis tie shot ci a foea s- . vni pir rr to his Me. ' E a:ed her ser raont with t-.T tThiIr h?r war-browr race was wet with tears . A worsen hu ever a wotnaa wavs. Asd the arrsy otj rl ith caeers. Kate Browaiee Sherwsod. Fcr Nsxt Ccrrmandsr-irs-Chisf. Brooklyn City Post, No 223 G. A. H has issued a circular naming Gen. Joseph W. Kav for the position of commander m chief of the Grand Ar my at the next national encampment. They have aiso appoiated a committee to confer with the comrades of other posts and request their indorsement. Comrade Kay is past department commander of the G. A. R. m New York State and is now an active mem ber of Winchester Post. No. 1ST. Campaigning in Mountains. ug of campaigns in a mocn- 2 ceasing . c;ii tainous country " said First Ken- tecky man. "I was one of tnese wno Icoced the loop on L-ocp crtca. it West Virginia at the time of the raid 0 Bolla. We started from Camp En yart on the Kanawha and went up Loup creek valley, and in one night's march crossed the stream thirty-nve times. We made the march to P-oIla. ninety miles away, over one o. cue rocghest mountain roads in existence and drove me relebs oct of Rolla. "We were on the retcm march with several wacons leaded with dry zcxi and provisions, and ninety head of cat tle, and were not many miles frcm oer own camp when the rebel cava!... ovenook the colemn. The toys were not expectmg pursuit, and were tak ir times easv. I was with the rear and when we saw me cavalry coming we formed across the road, waited until they were in short range. and blazed away. A gcod many of the Johnnies rolled off their horses, and the charging colnmn stopped, giv- ing "as time to load id nre again. "This s Hicnd voilev caused a The rebs dis- G...:;.r: u. f.u-- --- ( mocnted and came tcrwarc an .t. - OKtnank cs. On one side was Coal creek and on me other a fence. We were ordered to meet the rebels and we met them. I was leading in haste when a recel parted the weeds near me. and. a revolver in hand, said. 'Now Ive got yoe. Yank.' Bet - ji - T--- wir hi as ne hand na.e s.u u.- 1 v... -.. I had mv doubts and charged v. with the bayonet. He iodz&i. and his pistol went cf:. bet the ballet missed , me. He still insisted that he had me. and as the Johnnies were climbing over to my side of the tence, and all mv sqead had by this time been kSled or" captcred. I retreated at a fall run. "I ran across a neld of red clover the reb bcilets nipping the blossoms off as I ran. and then climsed mrocgh laurel and holly bushes on the mocn tain until I came to a fence As I sat on the fence, getting my wind and tak ing observations, two rebel cavalry men came cp behind me and ordered me to throw down my gen. I obeyed orders so energetically that the old mesket was bent docble. This en raged my captors, becacse a gen was . a can in mese times, bet I told them they ought not to scare a man oct cf his 'wits. Later, when the command halted. I was permitted to go to the creek to nil my canteen, nnd taking advantage of the situation I ran 'at fall speed for the road, ilj guards let loose with their shotguns, bet I dodg ed into a comneld and ran on." "I left the neld when I streck a ra vin that ran up into the mountain, and was making great progress when I plcnged headlong into a sort cf a ' sinkhole cf a place, and came down en a hundred or more rebs lying in ambush. They greetee me wim ai wavs room fcr cne more and 'Blank voc. kee? still," and after a manner I felt at home in spite of the edds against me. Thsy were lymg in wait fcr mv own regiment to come oct frcm Camp Enyart. bet it didn't come, and the ambuscaders started cack to Roila, taking me and ctner prisoners with them. They tied a heavy rope to the rear end of a wagon and ear ned it back to the tongue of another wacon. 3etween the two wagons they tied the prisoners m pairs, the escort riding on either side of as. ' "The ram came down that night in torrents, and all cf us were miserable. As we passed through a thicket of underbrush I cet the cord that boend me to the southern confederacy, drop- ' ped to the ground and sneaked ruto the brush. After the rear guard had ' passed I took the road hack toward ramp. After a time I heard voices, and. listening to the conversation. I felt the voices belonged to Unionists. I hailed the parties and was rewarded by silence. In two nunetes a voice from another direction said. "Come this way. be careful' A man took my hand and led me into a cabin where all was dark and still as a ceath chamber. Tien the man wno neic my - . -. I , said- "I know by yoer speech yce are a Yankee My "name is John George and I am Icyal to the old fiag. ne or dered a light and treated me to tie surprise of my life Tee room was crowded with West Virginia Union ists,, men and women, and tiey gave me the mest enthusiastic welcome. I had wandered, in the dark, mto the domain cf the loyal West Virginians ; and had stumbled upon one cf their J meetings. I remained with mem that ' nirht and the next day the whole ' neighborhood came to see the live ' Yankee at the home of Jonn uecrge. "Men came ov the score and insist- I 2d that I drii: them. They were like j iilcrer in meir eagerness to learn. I tn the earlier part of the day I was : captain to them then I was major ' -Tr,-wi -, TP-eral and found myself ! in command of the best ngntmg army fcr its size in West Virginia. A fell cempany went with me into the camp at Maiden and :cined tie different companies there- After a month or two I sw none cf me mm ie cay of the battle above the cloads it Lookout mountain. As I stood tm Hog Back mountain watching th movements on Lookout. John George of Sherman's army came up, out of breath, to shake hands with me. It was only for a minute. We shook hands and he went as he Mi come. and I have sever heard of him since." Chicago Inter Ocean. Flag Over the CasitaL A correspondent noting our remarks in the Issue of October 1-1 re?ardin4 the display of the nag on government buildings, sends as the following: "In Washington the nag ties en an government buildings from sun-up tc sunset. It nies from the White Hous only when the president is in it When he leaves the city the nas, comes down and remains down until his return. It is only within the last ten years that the riag: has been dL played upon the oapitol all day. "It was the custom previous to 1S33 to pt up the nag oe the House end ct the Capttoi when that body was iir session, running it up a: eoon an'. often pulling it down within nfteen minutes if the Hoese adjoemed that soon. It was the same way with the Senate's end. This wkiM often leave the Capitol nagless for day5 at a tim-s if both hoeses adjocmed for a lew days. "The Committee on Patriotic Teach ing m the Woman's Relief Corps cl the Department of the Potomac ret after the memoers of Congress on tha ! "artcf anf rwr a nn in i;. for the nag to be displayed on th west front of the Capitof that facing Pennsylvania avenue and the city :rom sunnse to sense-. Tha-, how- eve., is not wacuv satisiactory. s it icii tne east iron:, me t- en trance to the Capitol, without a Tn so the order was issued that -ia should ny over both entrances to thi CapitcL "Now Congress can go oi on any oK jaunt it pleases, for the old nag nt all the daylight hocrs over the Capi tol" New York Press. Gsn. Ccrbin's War Rsccrd. Gen. Corbin was an omcer nrst i. an Ohio regimen: of white men. after ward in a colored regiment. His colo nel was Thomas J Morgan, who after ward served in the othce cf commL sioner of Indian affairs under Harri son. Corbin commanded his regiment. the Fourteenth colored infantry, al the battle of Nashville. His colore! Morgan, preferred charges against Corbin as well as against other of ncers. One charge was scbstantiallj a charge of cowardice, although i. was not s3 stated. Corbin was tried by court martial at Chattazccga earlj 1303 and was honorably accuitted by the unanimous vote of the court martial, which went oct of its way tc proeoence this verdict, unusual in sech cases: "And do therefore most honorably acquit the said Henry C. Corbin." Congressman Grosvencr acted as judge advocate general dur ing the trial The nnding of the ccv; was -proved by Ma; Gen. Thomas. New York World. The 3adge Mcney Cannct Bay. Illinois th br-nplace of the Grand -my cf me Republic has a larr mitNCta. bronze badge consisting of a pin. a square shield and a disk. The lausr bears in relief busts of Lincoln. Gran: and Logan. Upon the reverse fcs a rep resentation of the "little bronze bnt toe" surrounded by a wreath of laurel. The stisld bears the inscription. "De partment No- I. G. A. R Organized April i. ISni. Illmots." The pfct siw3 an eagle holding in his beak a scroi: inscribed "Sta:e. Sovereignty NarJeaai Union."" ice three parts of the badge are joened by Imks of sronze. ! Cr.ic Mcnuntents at Viskscerr. Although ir wi & mere t5.-- stt oczhs before the strte of Ohio is ready to iedxtLX her monuments in me National Pari a: Vjcksnrg. ti Comrrrirtee of Arrangements has acos! completed al! details. Arrangements nave been made fcr special rates from zl poets and it is mech desired that al. Ohio soldiers who participated in the battles aroend Vicksberg join in this dedication. The date set fcr the -ervices is May 22. 155 Ohio has erected tmrty-nine moncments in the National Park to commemorate the heroism of her 4.0 soldiers who gave their lives in this hattie. All wno desire to attend this dedication can get fell particulars by addressing Cape W P. Gault. secretary Ohio. Commission comer Grant avenae and Oak street. Colamtws. Ohio. Encampment No. I. Union Veteran Legion. Pittsburg, wrote to Gen. -Joe, Wheeler of Virginia, asking him to go sbcr: md lectcre'eefor e mem. A ecodiy sum was named as the f he should receive. The general replied immediately and cordially saying these among other pleasant things- "I will come and talk to the old boys ami giadiy. and hope yoe can arrange an early date It must be enderstcod' by all however, that I win not accept - . -uwi 1 .u -c. terns k. right for any cce eves to think of taking money from the old veterans of tie civil war." On Freeerickseurg Committee. Ccmmander-m-Chief Wllmon . Blackmar of the Grand Army of th Republic nas appointed Comrade John McElroy cf Washington. D. C chair man of the Fredericksburg hattlefieki committee, vice Comrade Edgar AMaa decsased.