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Better Stay at Home. ET the Panama idea out of your head.
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If you have packed your trunk end thrown up your Job, unpack it and ask your former employer to take you back. There are a few
thousands of young fellows in
have an idea that in the construction of the great canal fat jobs will go begging, and that
it will ba a fine thing to chuck up the $30 a month place on the farm and draw $200 every thirty days on the great ditch. Applications for places are reaching the Canal Commission at the rate of 1,000 a day already, in the face of the fact that there are no 'places at the commission's disposal. Some time there will be a lot of work, and undoubtedly the rate of pay will be high. But you couldn't stand It. There isn't a more pestiferous hole on the globe than that same canal site. Tbo climate is as different from that of the United States as dark is from dayliyht. Strange fevers, that slay almost in a night, abound, and disease is to be found everywhere. Undoubtedly, all that can be done to make the surroundings healthful will be done; but even then it is probable that the digging of the canal will be done at the cost of thousands of human lives. The men who work and survive will be largely those who have grown up in hot countries, who are used to killing labor and who are physically stronger than the average American. If you have any kind of a position that pays you decently and has a future in it, you will be wise to get the Panama idea out of your head. If, when the time comes, you will go, and have a family, in Justice to them get your life insured, if any insurance company will take the risk. Cincinnati Tost.
How Far Is the Traveling Public HE recent Colorado railroad
II I agerial precaution in the operation, of railroa'ds.
rue ciouaDurst wnicn causea tue wrecs ana resulted in the loss of so many lives was one of those exhibitions of elemental force which not
Lmrtxjuentiy upset every theory of human foresight and make a mockery of engineering skill. Such accidents can be avoided in on.'y one way, and that is by holding all trilns during such terrific storms and this the public would not tolerate. On the contrary, there is a constant demand for a reduction in running time, for greater speed, for annihilation of distance. By yielding to this pressure railroad managers are in danger of losing sight of the cardinal factor of safety. The American people are afflicted with' the mania of rapidity. No railroad train, no trolley car, no automobile, no horse can go fast enough. If a railroad company were to run Its trains on a safety schedule it would be boycotted by the traveling public How far, then, is .the public responsible for railroad accidents that are caused by the lack of proper precautionary measures in the running of fast trains? Accidents, of course, happen which cannot be avoided. Unfortunately too many of them result from the recklessness bred by the devil-may-care impulse of "getting there at any risk." It would seem that we have about reached that point wiem a reaction must set in. A few more horrors like that In Colorado and the recent one near Chicago Heights, and tiere will be a revolution of public sentiment which may result in the subordination of speed to safety. Chicago Journal. ,
Teach the Boys to Swim. IIESE are the days when the parents of small
H I deep water and come to grief.
are commanded not to go swimming. Tney are punished if they are caught with wet hair. Sometimes the shrewd mother ties peculiar
knots in tne fastenings of shoes and clothe and thus detects the outdoor bathing enterprise of the boy. Then comes trouble, and the" average boy, having once tasted the
A REMARKABLE WATCH. Curious Relic Once Belonged to Queen Mary of Scotland The descendants of Mary Setoun, one of the four maid3 of honor to Mary Queen of Scotland, have in their possession a curious watch, which was given by that queen to her favorite. The watch, which is in the shape of a miniature skull, is about two inches and a half in diameter. It is supposed to have been purchased by Mary herself when on a visit to Blois with her husband, the dauphin of France, as it has the name of a celebrated Blois manufacturer engraved on It The entire skull is curiously engraved. On the forehead there is a picture of Death, with the usual scythe and hour glass and sand glass, lie is depicted as standing between : a palace and a hovel, to show that he is no respector of persons, and underneath Is the familiar quotation from Hon jc; "Pallida more aequo puisat pedf auperium tabernas Regumque turres." At the back of the skull is another representation, this one being of Time devouring everything. Time also carries a scythe, and beside hinf is the emblem of eternity the serpent with its tail in its mouth. The upper section of the skull is divided Into two pictures. On cue side Is the Crucifixion, with the Marys , kneeling at the foot of the cross, and on the other side are Adam and Eve surrounded by animal3 In the Garden of Eden. Below these pictures, running right round the skull, there is an openwork band, to allow the sound of the striking of the watch to be heard. The openwork is a series of. designs cut to" represent the various emblems of the Crucifixion, stuch as scourges, the cross, swords, spears, the lantern used In the garden, and so forth. All of .the carvings have appropriate Latin quotations. By reversing, the skull and holding the tipper part. in the palm of the tand and lifting the under Jaw on It tinge the watch may be opened, and on the plate inside is a r-presentatiou cf the stable at BethJcmm, with the shepherds and their flock) in the di fctnea. ' The works of the watch are in the brains of the skull, the dial plate being where the roof of the mouth would be in a real skull. This is cf diver and gold, with elaborate scrolls, , while the hours are marked in large Roman letters. The works are remarkably complete, even to a lare silver fcrll with a musical sound, which tslis the works in the tlsxll vrhci tta Traten is closed. Jfcij curious eld witch Is ctiil In refect order, and when wouzd crcry Zxr kecrc accurate ümn. It Is
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sweets of a dive in a pool, will only await his chance to repeat his adventure. -When such disposition is discovered It is far better that the father of so determined a boy, instead of punishing him, take In hand the lad's natatory adventures and escort him personally to the bathing beach, to superintend his swimming. The more the youngstei is whipped for his secret swims the more shrewdly he will contrive to hide them. And in his hiding he is likely to seek dangerous places, where he cannot be easily seen. His companions are usually boys of his own age, who cannot help him if he gets into trouble In the water. He should, of course, be kept at home If possible from such places, but when the water-call Is heard In midsummer nothing short of bolts and bars can keep the boy swimmer from his plunge. The bathing beach is provided In large part just to offset this danger. "It is not all It should be yet, in point of equipment and regulations for its U3e, bat it is nevertheless an excellent institution, where every condition is as near to safety as possible, and where the danger to the youngster who goes swimming alone is reduced to a minimum. The boy who Is taught by his father to swim is a happier lad than he who has to sneak away with other boys and. learn in some muddy hole in the creek or some dirty wharf basin. Every boy should be taugat to swim as soon as he has the strength to maintain himself in the water. It is an invaluable accomplishment, which at any time may save a life. Washington Star.
this country who Responsible? in the .bar East At
were several millions ready for transport. Nearly five months have elapsed. Dors the Manchurian army manifest the phenomena of preponderous bigness? On the contrary, the excuse of every Russian commander who has yielded his line has been the presence of the enemy in greater numerical superiority. At the Yalu, Nanshan EMI, Tellssu, In fact, everywhere contact has occurred, the Russian story of a few against many of an encompassing Japanese tide at once sweeping over the front and lapping the flanks. Even Kuropatkin has Joined the chorus, thus confessing weakness, and as a justification for the withdrawal, not merely of a detached force or an advance guard, but of his main army, says the Japanese possess the vi3 major. Yet the most liberal estimate does not place the Mikado's Soldiers in Manchuria at more than 200,000. An army In defense, according to accepted modern military canons, ought to be able to hold twice its number in check. Did not Lee stay Grant from Richmond with a force less than half that of his adversary? Were not the Boers able to arrest the progress of an army many times larger than their own? Kuropatkin's dispositions, unless Russian Incapacity Is colossal, suggest a commander who believes his enemy exceeds him. Where, then, 13 the Russian army? New York Globe.
disaster is another pated. ought duty to
Perhaps that is the Idea that Secretary Shaw has in mind when he complains that the management has not made sufficient use of the newspapers. ' It Is of no use to talk of that If the people do not want to go to St Eonls, they will stay away. In the autumn, when St Louis is cooler, the attendance will doubtless be larger. But thero Is little reason to hope that It will be large enough to make the enterprise financially successful. Rochester Union and Advertiser.
The youngsters large to be worn and was probably intended for a desk or private altar. Kansas City Journal. AMBITIOUS OLD AGE. Better Seek an Education at 70 than Remain Ignorant. A few years ago two American women excited some comment by entering college for a complete course, one "being 70 years of age and the other nearly as old. One gave as her reason a life-long ambition. Ilaving married before her aspiration for a college education could be realized, she devoted herelf faithfully to her domestic career, but never ceased to deplore her meager schooling. Her children having grown into men and women and having married and left her alone in her home, she could see no reason why she should not undertake to,1 carry out her early purpose. She found greater pleasure in study than in anything else and although she might die before graduation, still she would have enjoyed her later years to a degree which no other occupation would allow. Harvard reported four venerable students in the summer school, one a New Hampshire preacher of S3 years; another a Congregational minister (Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon), who has written a good deal for the magazines and who Is 74 years old, and two other preachers of about CO years each. Of course this is not like entering for a full university course, but each of this remarkable quartet has a special branch which he wishes to master with the aid of the college professors. They recall the case of the learned blacksmith, who, after he had reached the term of life prescribed by the Psalmist became, an unusual linguist with the complete mastery of many tongues. There comes a time in the life of nearly every man when he realizes that he is growing old. Perhaps it is in the very prime of life, about the fortieth year, that this recognition of his mortality gives the most distress, and he is disposed to doubt whether it is possible for Im to accomplish anything worts, while. In the fcco of much evidence to the contrary it has been affirmed that a man who has dena nothing great before that are will never do it; that life after 40 consists mainly in learning cn previous tcquld iiia. However, as time goes cn many a man develops a new courage, and especially he resolves to live thor: oughly and heartily to the lzrt o ment As a French philosopher crjed, a man should keep ct his vrcri as though ianemi; even tlzzi fcs sbould know that dczth would ccms t ntcrro-x Another monlirt zzzzrts tint a man vrho, cn a Efoklrg chip, chsuid not tata his Dill at ths prcrrl.rl o
Where Is the Russian Army? HERE is the enormous Russian arm? which the advance notices of the war said would be in Manchuria by this time? What has become of that mighty host, as numerous as that which followed Xerxes? Before hostilities began the estimate was that the Czar had 200,000 troops
home, with the colors and in reserve.
Big Expositions Played Out. HE plain truth is that the country has had a surfeit of expositions, and that there is not
II I the popular interest in this one, great as it
It is useless to say that the people to be interested: that It Is a Datriotio lend support to such an enterprise. ment and wind up his watch lacks a manly quality. Anyhow, the man who at 80 or any other age at which h retains a healthy mind docs not shrink from an undertaking merely because death is near gets the best out of life Philadelphia Record. Covering the Truth. ' A certain man in Philadelphia, who goes fishing two or three times a year and brings home more stories than fish, was talking to a friend not long after his last trip. And what did your wife say?" inquired the friend, "when you told her you had caught thirty-five fish, none less than a pound weight?" "That wife of mine is a queer woman," was the reflective response. "You know the statue, of Truth we had there in the parlor without any clothes on?" "Yes." "Well, do you know, when I told her what I had caught, she didn't say a word, but went right over to that statue with tears in her eyes and wrapped a rug around it Now, what do you suppose she meant by that?" and his friend assured him that it was entirely beyond his explanation. Slaves In China! At present, If the latest advices from China are to be credited, that country is the great slave country of the world. Of a population of 400.000.CO0 there are slaves to the number of 10,000,000. Every family of means keeps itt ;;irl slaves, and a man's position is usually rjiuged by the number he keeps. At taj age from 3 to 15 girls are sold, eight being the age at which most change hands. The girls are supposed to do housework. It being cheaper to buy. than to hire. Slaves vary in price; $10 Is about the average, but much depends on the girl's appearance. A good-looking irl will fetch $20 or even $40. ' . , A Substitute for Cork. Notwithstanding all the achleve-t ments of practical science, there are! some indispensable materials the mak-1 ing of which is still nature's secret! and for which no entirely successful' substitute has been found. Among! these substances is cork, and It is pos-j .IVU Viaf In this MM Tifl frrT-v ! substitute in the wood of a tree, growing on the east coast of Lake Tchad, la Africa, which Is of even lees cped-c 1 v - - Dest Language lor the Telephone , French i3 eaid to be mere easily un-i dsrstood over the telephone than n-l . "We t?iOfW cf only one way to makei C3 n-.t c "rcusd, and It is old-u-j icsd: Hate good bread, and dcuhia C:s cssccnt of ths gravy. ' "
Parker and New York. Hill, Sheehan, August Belmont ind the rest of them insisted on the nomination of Judge Parker on the ground that he can carry New York as against Mr. Roosevelt; that he is a "phenomenal vote-getter." The only bit of evidence they adduce is that in 1897, the year after McKinley swept the State by 2GS.4G9 plurality, Parker was elected to, his present Judicial position by C0.SS0 plurality. Thiy was the only time Parker was a Mate candidate. But there is a quite exceptional reason for his plurality that year. The pluralities in the State of New York for the last six elections have been: 1S94 Governor 15G.108 Rep. 1890 President 2GS.4C9 Rep. 1897Judge (Parker) ..... C0.889 Dem. 1S98 Governor 17,780 Rep. 1900 President 143,600 Rep. 1902 Governor 8.S03 Rep. But here is a table giving the total vote of the Republican and Democratic parties for those years, which shows an Interesting fact: Rep. Dem. 1894 G73,818 517,710 1896 819,833 551.3G9 1S97 493,791 554,GS0 1898 GG1,707 643.921 1P00 821.992 678.380 1902 .G&U50 656,347 It will be noted that the Republican vote was lSO.OOO less in 1897 than in 1694, when Morton was elected Governor; It was 1CS,000 less than the vote the next year, 189S, when Roosevelt
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was elected Governor. Judge Parkers total -.vote, in 1SU7 was only 37,000 larger than the Democratic vote in ' 1SD4. when David B. Ilill was defeated by 100,000, and it was '00,000 less than the Democratic vote in the election for Governor in 1S98. These figures show an astoaisbing variation, which is explained as follows: There was but one office to be Tilled at the State election of 1S97 that of chief judse of the Court of Appeals. No State convention was held by either partj. the candidates being r.amed by the State committees. Hence there was little to stimulate political activity in the rural districts, and thousands of Republicans did not so J to th'e polls. But there was a most exciting contest in the city of Now York for Mayor. Gen. Tracy was the Republican candidate, Van Wyck the Timmany candidate, while Seth Low was named by the Citizens Union. The name of Judge Wallace, the Republican candidate for Court of Apeals, appeared on the regular party ticket, 1 it was not placed on the Low tick. rarker's name was on the Van Wyckl ticket The result was that while the total vote for Mayor was 4S7.40Ö, the total rote for j Judge was only 413.W0. There were 73,S51 voters, presumibly supporters of Mr. Low, who did .not Tote for any candidate for Judge, largely because none was printed on that ticket. Dlad Wallace's name appeared there, he would have defeated. Tarker by 13,000. plurality! With these facts given due weight, it- is clear that the claim is absurd that Parker showed phenomenal powers as a vote-getter in the only State campaign in which he was a candidate. There is no reason to assume that he can carry his State against Roosevelt. Toledo Blade. Tinkers and Plujrsjers. The Democratic party, including Dryan, admits defeat until the next campaign on the issue of honest money. So It Is proposed to tight this year ojrthe issue of the tariff. Foreight years the Democratic puny has fought the honesty of the laborer's wages. Now the fght is against the sufficiency of the laborer's work. The.; people resisted successfully in lS9la:id in. 1900 the fifty --ent dollar in the pay envelope, and -will resist as successfully half time in the works of industry. '.J;i The Republican pnrty anil its candidates represent steady employment at American wag?s. That party and its candidates will be victorious over th tariff tinkers' as over the dollar pluggers. Findlay (Ohio). Republican. ' Who Were Hurt. 'The Democratic platfrom denounces the tariff "as, a. robber of the man to enrich the few." It is not the "few" who are enriched at the expense of the many, in Alton, but the many who are benefited by the existence of the tariff. This was demonstrated in 1S02, when the Democratic theory of the tariff, "a fraud and robber," won a victory. All here m Alton remember who were hurt, and are not anxious to repeat that c experience by electing another Democratic administration. A 1 1 o n (111.) Telegram. Bryan's Revenge. f The original tariff plank submitted to the Committee on Resolutions of C: Democratic National Convention
the one that Bryan knocked out, read: "We favor a wise, conservative and businoss-like revisltn and a gradual reduction of the tariff by the friends of the masses and for the common weal, and not by the friends of its abuses, its extortions and its discrimlnations.'V In its place was adopted the mossback free trade declaration which has been in every Democratic plaftorm for almost a century that- the tariff should be restored to d revenue bnsis nnd administered for revenue only. This is the same plank that has been voted down by the American people repeatedly, and will be again. Parker's friends wanted to straddle the tariff for the benefit of the East but Bryan wouldn't permit them. Evidently Bryan Is open to the charge of conspiring at Democratic annihilation Winona (Minn.) Republican.
SPEECH BY FAIRBANKS. Candidate for '.Vice President Makes First Public Address. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, Republican candidate for Vice President, made his first campaign speech at White River Junction, Vt. The Senator devoted most of his speech to defending the Repubb'can policies and to demonstrating that the administration of Roosevelt has been a successful one. In the course of his speech the Senator said: We have entered upon a campaign of far reaching moment. We are to determine the policies that shall be in force and the administration which shall be In power for four years to come. The candidates and platforms are lofore the people. The records of the parties are a part of our familiar history, and we should be able to Judge what policies and what administration will best advance our welfare. We should consider the questions before us and determine them in the light of the fireside without passion and .without prejudice. One of the uppermost questions Is, Does the administration of President Roosevelt merit a Tote of confidence? This question confronts us at the threshold of the debate. The President took up the duties of his ofllce at a serious moment in the history of the republic. lie assumed his great re-pr-onslbilitles with a due appreciation of their gravity, and gave assurance to his countrymen that he would carry out the policies of his predecessor. The people were familiar with them. They were the policies of the Republican party. They had broujht the country immeasurable prosper Ity, and they naturally desired their eoritinnance. We may compare Democratic and Republican administrations with profit. Fortunately, we have before us the records of Jxth parties during: the last twelve years. Twelve years ago the country was In enjoyment of an unusual degree of prosperity. In the face of this, the Democratic party denounced "Republican prosperity as a freud and robbery of the great majority of the people for the benefit of the few." It was declared to be unconstitutional, and the repeal of the McKinley law Avas demanded. The people. In an unguarded moment, in the exercise of their sovereign rljrhts. voted out of power the Republican administration, and expressed their judgment In favor of a repeal of the McKinley law. Democratic promise was accepted in place of Republican fulfillment. The four years succeeding General Harrison s defeat will not be soon forgotten. They and In sharp contrast with the years of Republican administration, both before and after. They were four years of arrested development, of panic, and distress without a parallel In American history. In ISpo the American people resolved to return to Republican administration and to Republican policies. We came into power pledged to overthrow the Democratic tariff law and to enact In lieu of It a genuine protective measure. President McKinlev realizing full well the public needs, ,convened Congress as speedily as possible after his Inauguration to carry out our pledge Three years ago our great and beloved leader In the national contest of 1S9G and l'Juu fell at his post of duty. His successor has since then administered our national affairs with conspicuous ability. ' He has been an earnest student of the country's needs. He has been conscientious and nnIn thtr difcharZ of hls rea responsibilities, lie has been inspired by but ono purpose, and that has been to do well thd work committed to his hands. ' . .Tudzed by any test we may apply, the administration of President Roosevelt has been eminently successful. The last threa years have been years of exceptional pros perity. ' Where the Benefit Goes. No. no! Burnt children dread the, ßre, and Democratic talk' about a "rob-' Ler tariff" in this year 1904 will not win intelligent votes. The people everywhere have learned Horn sad experience the truth of the statement of James G. Blrine: 'The benefit of protection goes h:st and last to the men who earn their bread in the sweat of their faces." Flushing (X. Y.) Times. Would Briaff Calamity. . A victory for Parker in 1004 would bring calamity quicker than it came inj the Cleveland case, for Parker lacksi Cleveland's ability; . independence- andj sanity on the money issue, and he; shares Cleveland's errors on the tariff." St. Louis Globe-Democrat , Not So Strenuous. ( .Tess You're Btill engaged to Jack I suppose. - Jess Of course. He's Just a dearj Te,ss And does he love you as much, as ever? , ! - Jess Gracious! No. How 'could he? You know, he broke his right ana the other day. Philadelphia Press. - Be a child; ,iive simply and naturally, and keep clear of entanIis alliances and complications cf all kinds. .
ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST. No one who produces a superior article is compelled to search for a market If his products become known.The market always seeks the best, and Invites It, but inferior goods must search for a market, and frequently such effort is fruitless. Quality fixes the price, and even when the market Is well supplied, there is always more room for the best
THE RIGHT FOOD. To feed a variety of food does not require the farmer to make a complete change from certain, kinds to others, but to avoid confining the stock to one or two kinds only. Cor and hay are excellent foods and nee not be discontinued, but cut roots, silage, cooked potatoes or turnips, or even a mess of scalded cut clover, will b readily accepted, while bran or ground oats may be given regularly. The rule should be to observe the animal, and when It refuses any particular food tempt It to eat with some other kind. A PEST OF PLANTS. One of the greatest pests of plants in the greenhouse or In rooms Is the red spider, a very little fellow, but full of mischief. Whenever the leaves begin to look unhealthy or to havo a kind of grayish appearance, the presence of thi3 tiny insect is indicated. Water is his great enemy, and plentiful syringing conquers -b.im. But care must be taken to apply the water not only to the upper side of the leaves, but to the under side as well. When the plants are not large, it is a good plan to place one or both hands on top of the pot In such a w that the soil will not fall out when . is inverted, and then Immerse the pUnt In water for a minute or two. SHADE FOR' POULTRY. While It is possible at this late season to supply shade for the poultry yard by the use of boards set aslant against the building or by some similar makeshift, poultrymen should be able to se now, if they did net before, why shade should be supplied. Bear thl3 necessity in mind this fall, and in Octob'ir set a few trees In the poultry yard or, if they are not wanted in the yard, set them close together in tows Just outside the fence. A few native trees from the woods will answer the purpose, although fruit trees will do well in the poultry yards. If one does not care to set trees try a few currant bushes; they make good shade, grow well and will be all the better fcr the scratching at the loots the fowls will do. FEEDING AFTER FOALING. Both mother "and young must be housed -at night in a roomy stall, and food must be given wülch stimulates the flow of milk, such as boiled roots and bran mashes; these, of course, being dropped off as the grass comes. The usual allowance of oats should be continued, for the mare's system requires as much, feeding to produce milk as to produce work. A mare and foal do best . when they have a little field to themselves. A mare with a foal should, of course, do no work at all; if such is tried there is great danger that the exertion and sweating of the mother .will react on the milk and make it deleterious to the foal. In addition to this, if the foal is shut up while the mother-is at work it goes hungry too long, and may suffer in another way. Many farmers, of course, manage to work the mare part of the time sometimes even allowing the foal to run alongside when the mother Is at work but It is unquestionably best to let them run wholly at grass, at least at first P. McConnell fa the Massachusetts Ploughman. ' There has been all sorts of results with wheat following potatoes, and such results have largely followed closely in accordance with the fertilizers used. Naturally, as wheat does best on a soil which has been well worked and prepared, following the potato crop with wheat offers every chance for a good crop of the cereal, but always provided the proper fertilizers are applied and In considerable quantity, for it must be remembered that the potato crop has, not left much 0! the applied fertilizer for any following crop, and second, that the action of the fertilizer' will necessarily be slower during the season in which the wheat gets its start. In following potatoes with wheat try this plan. Rake off the potato tops. zhö. with the harrow level the soil and loosen it ' to the depth of two or three inches; then roll the ground and drill In the seed with 200 pounds to the acre of some commercial fertilizer rich In phosphoric acid. The potato tops may be spread over the seed bed as a mulch and will materially help the. wheat. Rather a radical way of doing this work, perhaps, but it ha3 paid well with many farmers, hence Is worth a trial. KEEPING THE SOIL FERTILE. Many it Jeed are the means which the careful and intelligent farmer may use to keep up and Increase the amount of plant food in his soil, and at the same time secure abundant harvests 'therefrom: Several years ago a hardworking and economical man lived upon a very poor Kentucky farm; but he lacked the one accomplishment of ; looking to the' welfare of his land. By and by it would no longer produce sufficient for a living, and he sold out to a Pennsylvania Dutchman. The neighbors felt sorry for the new comer, for he was a very clever man, and they were sure that he too would starve ou& T?ll, having no Interest In the summer's crop, which was about made, ho icainediately set to work and hauled out all the manure atout tie Earnyard a great Ut?for suro, which give hin a lis start toward
fertilizing an old field long agro aban doned. Then the mound of rotten chips from the woodyard went next. People thought he was then at the end of his row, so to speak, but he thought differently. He made some stout wooden rakes and taking all the children large enough to help, raked the leaves in the adjoining woods, hauling them and piling in little piles thickly on the remainder of the field. Finally the job was done and time for plowing had arrived. Again the children were called out and the bottom of every furrow in the portion where leaves were used for fertilizer, was filled with them. Already far on way to decay, they were fairly well mtiea wnen wheat was sown, and the next year that field came up with a good yield of wheat all over. Other fields were pastured, and whenever broken, as much green manure as could be secured was turned under. Insects did not bother hi9 crop so badly as those of his neighbors, because the trash In the fence corners and nearby woods was all cleaned away and plowed under. Neither were grain crops of the same kind raised in the same field for two years In succession. To make a long story short, he made a good living, and In a few years his farm compared favorably with any in the neighborhood. D. B. Thomas in the Epitomlst SHEEP. CLOVER AND RAPE. A farmer of much experience in things practical says: "I believe that for capital Invested the amount of labor involved and the risk, that sheep pay larger dividends, year by year, than any other stock e keel). For example, take $100. which will buy twenty good breeding ewes in the late summer; they should produce twentyIive lambs at least, and the lambs ought to, and will, If properly managed, bring $4 a head off grass, or if kept for winter feeding until they will be worth $5 per head or more, making the amount of Investment, at $4 per head, and $25 more at $5 per head, if you feed them on. with the wool extra. What other animals will, for so small an outlay and for so little work, return as much? These 20 ewes and lambs can be kept on an average quarter section farm at a very small cost. "By gang plowing the stubble ground Intended for corn and roots Immediately after harvest, sowing one-half , bushel of rye and three to four pounds rape seed per acre, one will get a lot of fall and spring pasture, will also germinate weed seeds which will be'destroyed by the winter and spring plowing, and land will be in better shape for next crop. "I am firmly of the opinion that the sooner the farmers take hold of this rape question the sooner it will revolutionize the sheep industry for us. Sow two or tliree pounds per acre along with clover seed, when seeding barley or oats; sow it in the corn at the last cultivation. If you have any trouble getting a catch of clover, try gang plowing the wheat stubble Immediately after harvest, sowing three pounds rape with clover seed, and unless the season be "too dty. you will get a stand of clover that will come through the winter all right. This is no untried theory, as we have had several heavy crops of hay seeded In this way." POULTRYGRAPHS. Very seldom are special prizes offered for birds bred by. the exhibitor. There ought to'he such prizes by all means. By this it is not meant that we have any objection to the practice of buying winners. If we were going to make an exhibit at a big show this winter and did not have quite what we wanted of our own breeding, we should buy birds for showing. If we could afford to. At the same time, tue man who breeds his winners should in some way be recognized by special prizes. We knew a man who kept two 'hundred hens through one severe winter. During a part of the time be bought eggs from his neighbor, who had thirty, for table use. The first man did things in the "average" way. He fed corn almost exclusively. The drinking vessels were full of Ice most of the time. The house was seldom cleaned. The air was foul and damp. No animal food was - given, and no gTeen food, nor any substitute for green J food, and yet this man expected re turns from his hens. He soon sold cut his poultry, and Is pointed to by some to this day as a "horrible example" of the folly of trying to make anything cut of poultry. There is gocd ground for argument regarding the respective merits of the score card and comparison methods or judging, but really we 'do not see. any ground for the great amount of feeling that exists in some quar ters. It is right that we should hold firmly to our method of judging and even to fight for it. but we ought also to try to see the other man's point of view. Not to do this betrays narrowness of mind. The cold fact Is that" arnoug the most competent , and experienced fanciers men who have the interests of the poultry fraternity most deeply at heart there is honest difference of opinion on thU question of judging fowls. To impute unworthy motives to those who differ from us is the settled habit cf some, but such an attitude Is invariably b mark of a narrow ' mind. Poultry Herald. Jules Verne's Nest. Jules Verne, the great French novelist, had a peculiar hobby as a small boy. This was to construct nest3 at the bop of high trees tad spend rtiole days In them. 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