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ra g Er— o OM ~ . s m N ¢ 23 3% ] ~ r w / (‘ HOUGHT £ Mas ' 5 ‘ :’,l ET'S have fewer er- / | E ‘ rors, . ‘ S Try. to make each - W 4 2N day ' oy i , | Better than the, fore ) )-i") 5 mer, - 5 : -As we go our way; “7 -%2 Have less idle talk- - ( ing, s And commence to do— Sponge the slate all over, Let’'s begin anew. Let's be better neighbors, With a willing hand Help to lift the fallen To a higher stand; § Do some good for others, Say ill things of none, Have an easy conscience When the day is done. Let’'s try smiles for frowning, Scatter wide the seeds Of good thoughts and kindness, Reaping noble deeds;™ Put in daily practice What we often preach; Truth and right and justice Let us try to teach. i Let’s think less of dollars, : } More of our own kind, That we may be wealthy, Not in purse, but mind; Shun the false and evil, Clasp the good and true— Sponge the slate all over, Let’s begin anew. —J. Gordon Temple, in Chicago Chronicle. hen a ]l7(!])’s <3 ied © Wy Loneenee Vorhey Rex. ]viZf} : . : : - : ' ] ;/“"9\3 Jiil T WAS New Year's A i . : | s Y 8 night; the clock -’/i""%\é was on the last stroke of nine,and Sl : T = John Kimball was on his way home. He was not hur‘rying home; indeed, he was proceeding rather ‘leisurely for a man who had been married only six months. Dut John was meditating, and when a man meditates and walks at the same time he generally forces his feet to keep pase with his thoughts. ' John had just parted from a crowd of his old friends of bachelor days. such dear old fellows—l don’t mean dear old bachelors, but dear old friends, for John- was only 25, and none of his friends were much older than himself. They ‘had given him such a cordial invitation to go with them to , the rooms of the Bachelors’ club; they were such jolly good fellows, so free and easy and so utterly devoid of care, that they made John feel as though . he were one of them again, and the parting from them had caused his thoughts to meander slowly back to the time when he was one of them. John was thinking of those sweet old days of bachelorhood, when he didn’t have to go home early at night; when it didn’t really matter ‘much whether he went home at all, He was thinking of the .wonderful
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games of poker he used to play, and the funny stories that were so oftenl related at the club, but he was thinking more particularly of the boyf§l who were up there now, celebrating anothér anniversary of its birth—-{o’r.l suppose T say its origin; clubs cannot. boast of parentage. He was think- l ing of the rare old wines that weére being drunk and the fragrant odor .of the imported Havanas. He was think- : ing of the various ridiculous resolu—,‘ tions that were being made, and he smiled as he thought how recklessly they would be broken. * = ~ A'year ago he was a member of the Bachelors’ club, and a year ago he had repeated, for the fourth time, his ironclad oath to always remain a. ‘member of the Bachelors’ club. But ’a yegrworks many. wonders, creates ,many changes, and makes many marriages ~ When John took his fourth ironclad oath, a year ago, to the effect _ that “he ‘would live and die a bachelor,”” that “he preferred single bless- ~ edness.to married eussedness,” and ~that “a wife, next to a mother-in-law, . was& nuisance around the house,” he _ was perfectly honest in what he said. ~ But six months had hardly passed be- - for &Egfid “fallen like other fools,” as R ,?‘fichelor chums expressed it. ~ Of conirse it was a hard blow to the fraternity, for John was one of its mber and. stanchest sup;%’éw but the club rallied, passed - red-hot resolutions, . and posted a ”%m;g*&é, % “To the memory of a deparfed brother,” on its bulletin-board, andddoskied along just as sual, with- , outithepresence of Mr, John Kimball. - Now, John Kimball waen't a de- [ PEATAE ghan by any (means—women B übmen Jike Wibe and cards . e W 0 0 [BORE, IMUch to the dis
gust of his club-mates, that he preferred the society of a woman to the society of his friends and wine and cards. Sosg
But recollections of old times, brought so forecibly to his mind, and rememcbrances o:i fond ties, s 0 recently broken, brought him to a point where he found himself—like many men before him—debating a question that should have been settled forever, long ‘before he took unto himself a wife, namely, which did he love best, his wife or his club? He loved his home and he adored the little woman who presided over it and endeavored, with all her might, to make it the happiest, dearest place on earth for him, but he could not banish from his mind the sweet recollections of the old ‘days. And the more he thought of them the stronger became the yearning for his old associates and surroundings.
He felt like a social outcast. He had never before quite comprehended how good it is to be free. True, he was still the ‘“‘autocrat of his own breakfast-table,* but not quite “monarch of all he surveyed,” and,‘be it said to his disgrace, if he hadn’t found himself so near his own door he might have wandered back among tne boys. Suddenly, pausing in his meditations and glanc¢ing at his surroundings, he saw that he was within a block of his little home. His conscience smote him; he felt as if he had brought unhallowed thoughts on hallowed ground.. He looked sheepish for a moment, then tried to change the current of his thoughts by whistling a love-song that he knew his wife admired. He was still whistling when he.turned the nightlatch’ and entered the door, to be greeted with a kiss from the little woman he had sworn to ‘“love, honor and protect.” .. . ‘
She was one of the dearest, sweetest little creatures in all the wide world—a woman niust necessarily and naturally be . very uear and very. sweet when she is able to capture a clubman—and her first thought was for John’s health and well-being.
After the kiss of greeting the first thing she did was to exclaim, not in a tone of reproof, but of solicitude: *Oh, John, dear, you will catch your death with your overcoat unbuttoned in the cold night air—and did you walk home?” Now that alone was enough to make John feel like a culprit, but he smiled and said ' something about “needing exercise,” and “not feeling the cold,” ‘which was all probably very true, and together they walked, arm in arm, back to the cozy little dining-room, which also served as sitting-room for the little family. Another reproof smote John’s conscience the moment. he entered the room. In front of the cheerful little hearthstone, where a bright fire was burning, stood his easy chair. Across the back hung his smoking-jacket. By one side were his slippers, and by the other, on a table, was his pipe, that he loved next to his wife. ¢
John felt abashed, to say the least of it, and it was fortunate for him that his wife was at hig back at that moment, assisting him in removing his coat, instead of looking in his face, otherwise she might have asked some questions that he would have found difficulty in. answering to her satisfaction. iy £ i
. Mrs, Kimball hung her husband’s coat on its proper peg, helped him on with his smoking-jacket, chatting gayly all the while, and paused only for him to take his seat. John seemed to suddenly realize that the time had arriveX for him to do something, and he aceordingly sat down, very clumsily; in nis chair and stared, very vacantly, at the fire. His wife’s voice aroused him, and he jumped like a man. who has suddenly and unexpectedly come in contact with the business end of a pin. “John, dear,” she was saying, “won’t you remove your shoes, put on your slippers, light your pipe, and let me finish reading to you that little story I began the other night?—or are you too tired to hear it té-night?” ' . § ; “Certainly, Helen, I'll take pleasure in listening to you. There is, really, nothing that I enjoy more. I—l was so busy with—er—my own thoughts that I quite forgot myself.” And ‘John proceeded to divest himself of “his shoes and don his slippers in the greatest haste. 7 40f what ‘were you: thinking, John?” she asked, coming over and iplacing hér hand fondly upon his shoulder. f z
John’s fdce crimsoned, and he tied two hard knots in his shoestring before he 'realized what he was doing. “Why-—er—l. was thinking of the way -some. fellows spend New Year’s night:.,’fi‘_[ “How,do ‘some fellows’ spend New Yeai's night, John, dear—more pleasantly, than you do?” John had just succeeded in untying the swo knots in his shoestring when his wife’s last . question frightened him i %fiz%;',égg,,,tbljpe, others. She noticed his embalrrassment, but could not account for it, and, without waitS e tewe John, youw'll never get your shoes off
‘when we have finished you can tell me ‘how some fellows’ spend New Year’s night.” And before he could enter protest, even if he had possessed the courage to try, she was down on the floor untying his shoestrings. John's face, if it were possible. turned a shade redder, and he squirmed uneasily in his chair. All married men have occupied the same position, have experienced the same feelings that John Kimball oceupied and felt when his'wife kneeled by his side and assisted him 1 removing his. shoes, and for their sakes I will refrain from elucidation. For the benefit of unmarried men, I will say that John felt like a young fellow who had just been requested to purchase a marriage license for his best girl and another fellow; I think they will understand. And for the benefit of the fair sex, I will say that John felt like a girl who has proposed 1) a young man during leap year, and been rejected; I know they will understand. “Small,”” I think, defines John’s feelings about as well and about as thoroughly as any word in the English language. !
John has never been able to quite recollect just when his shoes ecame off, and just when his slippers went on. He was in the act of lighting his pipe—his wife had taken her seat on the other side of the fireplace, and was turning the leaves of her book in such an abstracted manner that he felt encouraged to hope that she had forgotten something—when she suddenly asked: “How do some fellows spend New Year’s night, John?” -~ John forgot to light his pipe; he held the lighted match between his fingers until it burned their tips, and then he blurted out: “Why, my dear, these fellows I was thinking of assemble -in a large room, drink cigars—l mean, drink wine, smoke cigars, tell vulgar tales, make ridiculous resolutions, and tack home at three a. m.” When John finished, he looked as if he had been invited to attend his own funeral, and had accepted the invitation, under protost. - ;
“His wife laid aside her book, and coming over she seated herself on the arm of his chair, and, throwing her arms around his neck, she asked: *Why should my John think of such things? You never spent a New Year’s night in that manner, did you, John?” - “Yes, Helen, I have,” he answered, and there was a tremor in his voice, “and I have been thinking too much about those nights. They say an ‘open confession is good for the soul;’ hear mine, Helen, and judge me as you will,’ and with his wife’s arms still clinging fondly around his neck, and with her eyes looking straight up into his, he told her all about his temptation. And when he had finished he tenderly removed her arms, and, with his right hand upraised, he said: ‘“And now, Helen, I want to make one more New. Year’s resolution, and while we both live it shall never be broken: ‘Resolved, that I shall never allow my thoughts to wander backward, as they have today; and resolved, further, that my feet shall never stray beyond the threshold of my own domain, in the pursuit of pleasures, so help me God!”
“Amen,” murmured his little wife, between her sobs, as she flung her arms around his neck.—Copyright, by Leslie’s Weekly, and printed by permission of the same. 7
: THE NEW YEAR. ‘ When It Ought to Begin—Let Us Make the Best of It as We . ‘Find It. It has been pointed out a great many times by learned men, especially astronomers, that the year ought not to begin on January 1. That day occurs in the midst of winter and does not mark any epoch of the seasons. When the seasons change with some degree of regularity, as in the temperate zone, the beginning of the year ia a climatic sense is clearly the beginning of spring, which would be the 21st day of March. As a matter of fact the year did use to begin on that day, and there never has been any good reason advanced for the ‘change to the present date. . Rk But here it is, and here it will probably remain for centuries tocome. We moderns are very queer peaple. We have yery little respect for the ancie’\nt‘(sf and boast of our independence and the spirit of progreéss, yet we cling with'ignorant reverence to some very crude ‘notions, to change which would be to our advantage. See how we divide our day into two 12-hour parts, whereas -one of 24 hours is much more sensible. Look at our clumsy system of weighing with pounds, ounces and drams, and ‘our measuring with yards, feet and .incheés, when the metric system is so ‘much superior. - ‘ It is that spirit which would view t with horror any attempt to fix the beginnilx}g of the year at any other date than January 1, and therefere we shall not attempt to disturbit. Let us take I it as we find it and make the best of it, and that will not be difficult.
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THE SENATE ACTS. Amended Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Is Ratified—Full Text of the ; Agreement. Washington, Dec. 21.—After spending the greater part of the past fortnight in considering the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty for the modification of the Clayton-Bulwer convention of 1850, the senate on Thursday consumed only one hour and ten minutes in amending it, and ratifying it as amended. During the time there were six roll calls and ‘several viva voce votes. The first five of the roll calls were on amendments offered by individual senators, and the last one on the resolution to ratify the treaty as amended. All the amendments, except those offered by Senator Foraker and reported by the committee on foreign relations, were voted down by majorities averaging about 19. The ratification resolution was adopted by a vote of 55 to 18.
The text of the treaty as amended is as follows: ““The Urited States of America and her majesty the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, empress of India, being desirous (o facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to that end to remove any objection which may arise out of the convention of April 19, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the government of the United States, without impairing the ‘general principle’ of neutralization established in Article VIII. of that convention, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries: @ ‘“The president of the United States, John Hay, secretary of state .of the TUnited States of America, and her majesty the qucen of Great Britain and Ireland, empress of India. Right Hon. Lord Pauncefote, G. C. B, G. C. M. G., her majesty’s ambassador. extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States; ‘“Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon the following artieles: “It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or corporations or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present convention, the said government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal. ‘“The high contracting parties, desiring to preserve and maintain the ‘general principle’ of neutralization established in Article VIII. of the Clayton-Bulwer convention, which convention is hereby superseded, adopt as the basis of such neutralization, the following rules, substantially as embodied in the convention between Great Britain and tertain other powers, signed at Constantinople, October 29, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez maritime canal, that is to say: :
‘l. The canal shall be iree and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any nation or its citizens or subjects in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. : ‘2. The canal shall never be blockaded, not shall any right of war be exercised, nor an¥y act of hostility be committed within it.
‘3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly neoessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay, in accordance with the regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necess#ties of the service. Prizes shall he in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents. ‘4. No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in sych case the; transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch. ‘6. The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal. within three marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not remain in such waters longer than 24 hours at any one time, except in case of distress, and in such case shall depart as soon as possible; but a vessel of war of one belligerent shall not depart within 24 ~hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent. “It is agreed, however, that none of the immediately foregoing conditions and stipnlations in sections numbered 1,2, 3, 4 and b of this article shall apply to measures which the United States may find it necessary to take for securing by its own forces the defense of the United States and the maintenangce of public order. ‘6. The plant, establishments, buildings and all works necessary to the. construc_tion, maintenance and operation of the canal shall be deemed to be part there‘of;, for the purposes of this convention, and in time of war as in time of peace shall enjoy complete immunity from attack .or injury by belligerents and from acts calculated to impair their usefulness. as ‘part of the canal. { ‘T, No fortificaticns 'shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters adjacent. The United States, however, shall 'be jat liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be neces.sary to protect it against lawlessness and sdisorder. " . § L e : 2
‘“The present convention shall be ratified by the president of the United States, by:and with the advice and consent of the senate thereof, and by her Britannic majesty, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. . : i “In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention and thereunto affixed their seals. “Done_in duplicate at Washington, the fifth day of February, in the year of Our Lord ons thousand nine hundred. . b p Hon v UFOHN HAY, ‘ W S“PAUNCEFOTE.”
Sentence Commuted. Washington, Dec. 21.—Corp, Samuel A. Nelson, eompany F; Twenty-fifth infantry, was convicted by court-mar-tial of murder committed in the Philippine islands and was sentenced to be executed by hanging. The president has commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life at hard labor in the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. ’ : Pardoned. Washington, Dec. 21.—The president has pardoned William H. Huntley, postmaster at Pomeroy, 0., who was convicted and seéntenced in June last to eight months in the county jail for embezzling money order funds. The pardon will take effect December 24. * ¢ Struck by a Train, - Cedar Rapids, la., Dec. 21.—A Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern passenger train struck a buggy containing three young men, named Reinsell, near Shell Rock, Thursday evening. Two were instantly killed and the third fatally injured. .
Two Railroad Men Killed. St. Louis, Dec. 21.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from De Soto, Mo., says: Johnson Tyner and J. L. Morris, two Iron Mountain railroad brakemen, were killed at Piedmont, and V. J. Meloy, another brakeman, was seriously injured in a collision in the yards. : Negro Lynched. ‘New Orleans, Dec. 21.—A dispatch received from Gulfport at 12:30 p. m. says that the negro murderer of Mar: shal W, E. Richardson, who was captured Thursday, was taken to a tree half a mile from the scene of his erime and lynched, G
SIPS OF THE DREGS. Pitiable Condition of Count Ester=hazy, of Infamous Memory in Connection with Dreyfus Case. Paris, Dec. 21.—Maj. Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, who figured so prominently in the Dreyfus case, has sunk into utter misery. His divorced wife’s suit against her mother, the marquise de Betancourt, for an allowance. on the ground that she is in profcund distress and unable to support or educate her young daughters, has brought forth the following letter, written from London by the major to his wife November 1: : “I have been unable to write to my children recently, not having the money to buy a postage stamp. I am at the last extremity of strength, courage and resources. I have not eaten for two days until this morning in the workhouse. I have no clothes, am shivering with cold and am compelled to warm myself by entering churches and museums. Everyone will say this is a confession of guilt; but you ean say I am killing myself because, after having struggled to the utmost of my courage, my voice is stifled by my persecutors. Without bread, home or clothing, I shall die of privations of all kinds, unless a revolver bullet puts everything in good order. Kiss my children. Tell them I adore them, and if a frightful fatality has precipitated me into an abyss, if I die the victim of human cowardice, I never committed the crime whereof I am accused by scoundrels in orcer to save themselves.” .
WU IS NERVOUS. ) Chinese Minister Apparently Uneasy Over the Delay im the Sitaation, : Washington, Dec. 21.—Minister Wu called-at the state department Thursday ‘to talk over the Chinese situation with Secretary Hay. He had no information from Peking and evidently was very nervous at the tedious delays that are being experienced in initiating direct negotiations between the ministers and the Chinese government, through Li Hung Chang, Prince Ching and the two southern viceroys. It is understood here that the agreement in its present form does not name ‘any specific sum or sums to be paid by the Chinese government as indemnity on account of the suppression of the Boxer movement and the destruction of foreign missions:. That question is left to be settled by negotiations between the ministers and the Chinese plenipotentiaries, with provisions for its reference to The Hague tribunal in the event of failure through that means, BRYAN DECLINES TO TALK. The Ex-Presidential Candidate Refuses to Express Himself Regarding Mr. Cleveland’s Views. ; Atlanta, Ga., *Deec. 21.—Hon. W. J. Bryan., in a telegram Thursday to the Atlanta Journal, declines to express himself upon ex-President Cleveland’s statement, to be published in the Saturday Evening Post, and which appeared Thursday morning in newspapers receiving the dispatches of the press. Mr. Bryan says:
“Until Mr. Cleveland sets forth definitely what he considers ‘democratic principles’ there is no necessity for comment. The rank and file of the party expressed themselves in 1896 and in 1900 and I have no doubt they will continue to express themselves on issues as they arise. W.J. BRYAN.”
A LIVELY SCRIMMAGE. Admiral Remey Reports Fight of Landing Party with Filiphio ; Insurgents. Washington, Dec. 21.—The following cablegram from Admiral Remey, giving a«n"accoun't of a sharp brush with Filipino insurgents, was received Thursday at the navy department: “Cavite, Dec. 20.—-Bureau. of Navigation, Washington. Fifteen troopers, Fourth cavalry, and five of the crew were landed from the gunboat Basco yesterday at Limbanes, Cavite province. Surprised 80 insurgents, sharp skirmish half hour; 13 insurgentskilled;l2rifles captured; large amount stores destroyed; one soldier wounded. (Signed) ‘ “REMEY.” ~~ SPECIAL SESSION ENDS. ; Michigan House -Adopts Resolution 3. to Adjourn Without Passing : ,-, /Tax Measure. . ; Lansing, Mich., Dec: 21.—8 y a vote iof 45 to 29, the house Thursday concurred in the resolution adopted by l«’f‘thfe-.seliate Wednesday, providing: that {all business should cease after Thurs‘day, and that final adjournment of the | special session should be taken Satur.day noon. The house then adjourned. “This ends the special session, without any result in the way of taxation-legis-lation having been attained. - :
‘ Cloaing Arguments Made. Washington, Dec. 21.—The closing argument in the Philippines and Porto Rico cases was made in the United States supreme court Thursday and the cases were submitted for the final adjudication of the court. The crowds which have filled the chamber since’ the cases were taken up were again on hand in reenforeced numbers. It remained only to hear the senior sounsel in the 'Philippine case, Mr. Charles H. Aldrich, of Chicago, former solicitor general, who had one hour and a half remaining of the five hours given to the plaintiffs. « - Released from Jail. . Albany, N, Y., Dec. 21.—Henry W. ‘Howgate, who has been confined in the Albany, county penitentiary since November 22, 1895, serving a term for forgery, will leave the institution a free man on. Saturday, December 29. ‘He will go immediately to Washington, where he will live with his daughter. ‘Will Not Resign, Washington, Dec. 21. — Senator Jones, of Arkanas, chairman of the democratic national committee, said Thursday that there is no foundation for the report that he contemplates resigning the chairmanship. 1 Harrison Gets His Fee. New York, Dec. 21.—A dispatch to the Herald from Caracas, Venezuela, says: ~ Former President Benjamin Harrison has received his fee for his services in connection with the arbjtration of the boundary dispute between British Guiana and this republie ‘ Notifies the Sultan. ~ Constantinople, Dee. 21.—Lloyd C. _Griscom, the United States charge d’af‘faires, notified the porteof theappornt: ‘ment of John G. A Leishman, recentiy United States minister to Switzerland, as minister of the United States
«" | ’ ST | | ME/‘ o Benamoviogomtr ) TN ‘.‘iflG s WA = !RR“ MR K ’,, i\ R it . LY PG T "‘!. g .w.,: @ D b B VP oo - AR bl e e B i P s IMPROVING A HIVE. How to Remedy Defects Which Are Apt to Interfere with the Health of Its Occupants, Fig. 1 shows a hive in quite common use, and one that has really much to commend it. It isdovetailed at the corners, and this fact gives it its name. The beveling of the roof boards, to give the necessary slant, makes the outer edge so thin that it is liable to warp and form a crack, so that wind and storm can blow into the top of the hive. . To remedy -this I.nailed on strips, as shown in Fig. 2. The end strips are straight-édged pieces of the same length and thickness as the original Q ‘"'*‘3' 1 =" : REMODELING A BEEHIVE. ’ ones; the side pieces are either rabbeted out or made of two pieces of boards, as shown in Fig. 3. , This gives a cover with some space above the hive, but not enough or in the right shape to put in any covering over the brood chamber. To obviate this I lay the quilting in and hold it in place with two cleats, as shown in Fig. 2. This covering, held up from the brood frames by crossstrips. I consider quite essential. The bees themselves would make provision for a way to cross from one brood frame to the other, but their plans are thwarted by the changes incident to the removal of the honey boxes. ' I know I lost the first two swarms I tried to winter in the hives in their original shape, and succeeded in carrying two through the following winter in these hives altered as I have indi~cated. It is very little .trouble to }make the change, and the hives are ' much more satisfactory, anyhow.— ' Richard H. Mitchell, in Country Gen- ' tleman. :
HORSES IN WINTER. | | Feecd Liberal Quantities of Nitrogenous Food and Keep the Stables “ Scrupulously Clean. Why are horses more spirited, more inclined to go, and in good health generally in winter?. Is it becauze cold is one of the best tonics as an invigorator of digestion, as well as of nervous energy and muscular contractions, says a good authority. Judge a horse by yourself. Weall know theinvigorating effect of a bright, frosty morning, how the blood tingles and flashes through the veins and the whole system is stimulated as with new wine. Coming out of a morning in the atmosphere pure and sparkling one feels as if he was walkirg on air. It is the same with the horse. He feels good and sometimes the most staid old Dobbin will fling his heels in the air in the very exuberance of spirits. Beat,on the other hand. takes out the tensiion from all the tizsues, lessens the appetite and enervates all the functions. It is depressing because the appetite and diigestion are weakened. Special attention should be given the horse in winter, in view of his peculiar surroundings, so that his health may not suffer. Feed him nitrogenous food, but not too abundant of fat producing material. Have a care to the stable. This is of the utmost importance. Keep the stable clean. None of usneed be told whata heat producer stable manure is. Heat causes the rapid escape of ammonia, which causes weakness of eyes, and is injurious to the lungs. Therefore keep the stable well cleaned out. The practice of letting the manure remain in the stable all winter is simply reckless. Tt should be cleaned out every day— Rural World. AMONG THE FOULTRY. One way to warm a vessel of drinking water is to drop a clean, hot stone into it. ) 1t is better not to let the fowls out at all on days when the wind is cold and the snow blows. : ; Cut cornstalks make the very cleanest of litter for the scratching shed. The fowls will eat much of it, too. An excellent addition:to the winter food is very sweet milk, and the fowls may be given all they will drink of it once a day. £ Condition powders cannot be made a substitute for good, wholesome food. That they are sometimes needed is a confession of lack of care in feeding, Use them sparingly.
Frost has cut off the natural meat supply, and its place should be supplied in the daily ration. The insect food will be nost missed by the birds that are growing and have not completed their framework of bone and muscle.
“Table scraps” may or may not be good poultry food. We have seen such scraps that might at least be marked “doubtful.”” Moldy bread, cake and pie, spoiled canned fruits, tainted meat, chunks of salt meat, masses of fat meat, bits of greasy paper, basting strings from roast fowls, cherry pitsand many other like articles that are commonly dumped in the chicken bucket had better be thrown on the compost heap or buried.—Farm Journal. Rankin’s Rations for Ducks, The well-known pioneer New England duck farmer, James Rankin, feeds his breeding birds in fall and early winter as follows: Three quarts wheat bran, one part oat feed, one part cornmeal, five per cent. beef scraps, five per cent. grit, and all the green feed they will eat, in the shape of corn fodder (cut fine), clover or oat fodder. Feed this mixture twice a day, all they will eat. When the laying season begins, about February 1, they get equal parts of wheat bran and cornmeal, 20 per cent. oat feed, 10 per cent. boiled turnips or potatoes, 15 per cent. clover rowen, green rye or refuse cabbage, chgpefifine five per cent. of grit. Feed twice a day all they will eat with a lunch of corn stz NebpSlCßal sy shely
BELGIAN HARE TALE. The Animal of the Present Day Is the Result of Years of Careful Work ' and Stady. af Some people, even breeders of the Belgian hare, believe that this variety of hare can be found in the wild state in England and Belgium to-day. This is far from being the case. We even doubt if the Belgian could be made to ' do well running at large. Even when ample -range is given them they des pend upon you so largely for their daily food, for water and for shelter that we think they would fare badly if they were made to shift for thems= selves. They have been reared in cons finement for too long a time to go back}i to the wild state in a hurry. : The Belgian hare; as its name implies, originated in Belgium, where a few men set to work to:produce a domestic animal bearing the shape and general characteristics of the English wild hare, as good or better as an article of food, rich in color, fine in bone, possessing great length of body and limb, and, above -all, bearing confine: ‘ment well. Years of careful work and “study have produced such an animal, ' with additional merits.
It is said that .a good many breeds of rabbits were used in its make-up. For instance, at one time, to gain a certain point, they used a black rabbit in breeding. As a consequence Belgian hares sometimes throw black youngsters, which are carefully kept and bred in turn to other black hares te produce what are known as “black Belgians.” In most Belgian hare shows nowadays there is a class for black Belgians and premiums are offered for the finest specimens. : ‘From Belgium the Belgian hare was introduced into England, where it soon gained favor among fanciers and pet stock breeders. Here they also gained ground - for utilitarian purposes, and soon after there were divisions among the breeders as to the requirements of the standard, and to settle these diffi culties they decided to breed for two separate’ and distinct purposes—viz., for meat only—producing the largest specimens possible. These they called Flemish giants. The other variety was the slender. racy, handsome animal, scarcely reaching more than nine pouncs in weight, but an animal for the fancy, which is our Belgian hare of toeday. : - Both are splendid meat producers, the Flemish giant reaching the weight of 12 to 19 pounds at maturity, but .coarser grained and not as good in quality as the Belgian hare.’ | Several other varieties have been made from the Belgian hare, such as the white Belgian and others; but for some time to come the red Belgian will be the favorite of both fancier and utility breeder. If it is ever superseded by any -other it is our opinion that.it will be the black variety, on ace count of the color of its fur.—National Rural. .
DIPPERS FOR SWILL. Although of Small Importance Yet They Add Considerably to the Comfeor: of Farmers, ; The cut shows two ways of making a long-handled wooden dipper for use in the swill barrel or for purposes where the use of a tin dipper is not advisable. The first one (A) is made from a light wooden pail of the kind used for bute @.&) ".""‘T(\F“f;(.‘;}_' ) ‘SWILL DIPPERS. ters, preserves, etc., of required size, and an old broom handle. Remove handle of pail, strengthen with a couple | of light hoops, wood or iron, one at top’ and one at bottom.. Make hole in side of pail near top and another near bottom on opposite side; shave down broom handle, and drive in these holes as indicated by dotted line. The small dipper (B) is made by taking a small wooden paint or lead keg and attaching a light wooden handle by a couple of screws. or small bolts. If handle is well secured to thé keg the dipper will be very durable.—J. G. Allshouse, in Ohio Farmer. i :
~Poison in Cornstalks, Cattle are dying all over South Dakota because of some hidden poison in cornstalks, and it is a question whether it is safe for human beings to eat corn meal made from this season’s corn. It is the general custom to turn cattle into the fields after the corn has been husked that they may eat the stalks, which are ordinarily very nutritious. Cattle fatten rapidly upon them:-This year, however, there is a poison in some of the fields, and cattle turned into them die in great agony within ten hours after having eaten of any of the stalks. Four carloads of hides from cattle that have died from this poison were shipped from Davis last week. Men whe have worked in the fields say that after a few hours husking their gloves become discolored with a greem slime, which "has a sickening odor.— Chicago Inter Ocean. . — : ‘Make the Home Beautiful,
The farm home should be made attractive and beautiful. It is the farmer’s home and should at least demand as much proportionate care as the farm itself. If this fact would be realized by more farmers the question of “how to keep the boy on the farm” would not be so portentous. Instead of laboring from morn to night on the farm, if the farmer would spend even a half hour each day in planting hedges, trimming nearby trees and setting out flowers near his home, it would become attractive to the boy and the girl—they would take an interest in the work of the parent, and no spot would be so dear to them as the home farm.—B. T, Galloway, in Farm and Home, - " Taking Care of Fall Pigs, \ Pigs farrowed in the fall must have better care than those farrowed in the spring, and unless this better care is given them they will give little if any profit. - Some breeders say that it is better to give the pigs away outright than to keep them on a starvation diet. A stunted pig will seldom if ever develop growing power. The fall pig must have warm, dry quare ters, and unless the pigs aré kept warm it will be found abaut induce -any growth. When the little Mfiz‘fi’md to cold it takes | WREDR R