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IUUHOUnD - U1D0on RooooaRoyo1y
large, hardy an1 ysQtd efovels. ana DO
not roq1iBe AueA vueeE
TMKTY-Rou8 hundxod maxkstabls
chicks il what two farmers have raised
the past season. We venture 70 say they
psy then . larger prohs than any pro-
duet they raise.
Corr that il fresh yet dry i excellent
food for growing poultry. Better give
them . good feed OF it alone ct night; il
heats them and keeps them warm these
cool nights.
GuMEAs are good burglar or chicken
thief alarmers. A pair If kept in the
poultry house will never allow danger
to lurk about, their voice can be heard
for consid cradle distance.
ONE half the meat supply may be OBJ
tanned from the poultry yards. There
is NO need Of the farmer keeping beef
cattle if he keeps poultry, a change oc-
casionally of course is appetizing.
WYANDoTTRs make excellent market
fowls. White Wyandottes are being
sought after for this purpose. they look
SO tempting when ready for the table
and the upper price is obtained for
them.
If your poultry house is built with
double walls you are pretty sure OF pro-
lection to the fowls against the coolest
weather. They will be laying all winter
while your neighbor has very few eggs.
Providing they are supplied with proper
food
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~Oh, father! Some one besides that
sensibleman of whom you were just
speaking has been talking to You about
him. A false suspicion never origin
ated in your honest old heart.
well, I won't deny-never mind
that now"
Mr.. Hayes paused to remove her
pleading white arms from his neck.
"Oh, father!" faltered she, the tears
once more yelling up into her eyes.
@Well, then" spoke up the farmer,
who evidently felt himself to be weak
ening, well let the matter rest as it is,
and if you're not satisfied within six
months-yes, six weeks-that he's un-
worthy of you, then matters can hum
along, and 1 won't say word. But
nothing of this to him. Mind that"
Three minutes later the farmer was
Harvesting horse.
Il wish [ had my life insured, for il
thew close down on me it ii kill me. an
Bess III be left without a nickel"
Eben Hayes was indulging in his old
habit of talking to himself as he
buckled the harness-strap.
As he made this remark, Fred Faxon
entered the horse-barn.
It seemed strange that the sound
caused by the opening of the door, and
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EILBk.
BIZ C. LowATER.

n- . time-all true stories begin So
Hundreds of years back, when yout ana hi.h.
Tivad as monkeys in Africa tree tops "Sn'
Before the folks had learned to sin SO,
The people of China to grumbie oeean,
Recans ne their emperor was single MANI
Said thew See here, sir,
WEN Won re beheaded thereu be no heir near
SIR c~p
We advise you to marry as soon as you c@n'
The emperor was in despair;
Ne wanted TO marry but didn't know where
In the whole extent of the howery ANA
was a maiden worthy the gift OF his nano. ~,
Their were beautiful lnaaos ny s0oio' "'
Rut L wanted one that would love MIN alone'
One that for love of his smile SO sweet, hon.
Would be flesh of his flesh and bone o1 LIB oo"o
sSuch a one shall never ind leaL
Bnt here he was struck by q bright idea.
Inst at this time. in the city of Pekin
Lived little Ellee, q maid SO falr,
Through all the land you might 60 seehlnes
In city or country, anywhere,
And never see her equal in beauty.
What splendid wide mouth!
She could make q drouth
Of tea in that land where tea pays no duty.
And her hair as black
As negro s Dack.
sDown her neck" in the latest fashion,
And held by the buckle that kept her sash on.
But the crowning glory of little Ellee
Was her dainty feet; you never see
Such small ones here, where maldens 1an
Actually walk-they never do there,
But bandage and press them
And pet and caress them;
And you may be sure, when it's all been done
Such feet are certainly No. l.
As you may suppose
Such beautiful toes
Brought little EIlee an abundance of beaus;
Rich and poor and OF every station
Found in that stationary nation.
But she gave them all to understand
By violent move of her dainty foot
That they could have that in place of her hand
Which didn't seem the suitors to suit.
But no tender maiden such as Ellee
Can remain in this world long fancy free;
The hardest heart like wax will melt,
II brought where the flame of love is felt.
There came time when there came man
As lovely as was Ellee herself;
Five feet long was his cue, If an ell
And his clothes were such as showed right well
He was man with pelf.
He sent four gifts his suit to aid;
pair of chopsticks, silver and gold,
A little puppy, six months old
All he knew the tender heart Of a maid
A gilded kite, with five balls of string,
And a gong that took two men to ring.
She ate the dog with the chopsticks gay,
She few the kite that very day
It broke the string and got away
And she rang the gong till it reused the town.
And all the fre-engines came down.
This was the way he courted E1lee;
The marriage came off in the month Of May;
can't tell how lovely and bright was she,
Nor how very happy and gay was ne;
But just three months from the bridal day,
Where do you think he took her, say?
Right to the Royal Palace gate,
And the Emperor had found mate.
Happy was he, in his regal state,
And happy was she, though rich and great,
For where true hearts together are bound,
There will happiness ever be found.
PLUM CITY. Wis.
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His Honor Was Wounded.

just after the war there was crowd
of US in the billiard-room of hotel
one evening, says New York Sun
writer, and among the "touchy" South
erners was Colonel Gray of the Ten
nessee troops. He was said to be q
duelist, dead shot, fearless man,
and all that, and was, therefore, held
in awe. Among those present was q
typical Yankee who had come down to
smell out cotton. He looked humble
and harmless, and had been hustled
around good deal without losing his
temper. By some accident in moving
about he bumped the colonel, and the
latter promptly wheeled round on him
with:
3Sir, you are as clumsy as an OK"
Don't get riled, kurnel; I didn't
mean to" was the reply.
It was a good time to bluff, and the
colonel drew himself up and replied:
@Then apologize, apologize at once"
Il said I didn't mean it, and I didn't,
but amt going to crawl, YOU know. F"
who are you, sir?
well, meow, I'm Isaac Williams and
who might you be?"
"You have insulted me, sir. There's
my card"
Williams took the pasteboard, looked
it all over. slowly read the name, and
returned it to the colonel with:
"Hev you any cotton to sell, kurnel :?
If SO, I'm your huckelberry."
IF you have friend, let him consult
with the major here!" replied the fire.
eater.
Some one explained to the Yankee
that he had been challenged, and he
scratched his head, whistled his sur
prise, and following the colonel to the
bar, he said;
"See here, kurnel, don't want this
blamed thing hanging over me all night
and disturbing my sleep. Let's have it
out now"
He fished up Remington from his
right hip pocket, second from his left,
and handing one to the colonel, he ad-
vanced his right foot, and said:
"Toe to toe, kurnel, and muzzle to
breast. That guarantees sure work
and no fooling. Somebody count five,
and then we'll begin the skirmish. My
will has been made for two years, and L
reckon the papers will inform Hammer
how I turned up my toes"
The colonel took the revolver,
started to advance his foot, drew it
back, turned as white as snow, and. lay
ing the weapon on the bar, walked out
of the place without word to any one.
The Yank had raised him out of the
game
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Miss CaldwePs Love Grown Cold.

A young lady who is visiting here,
and who is very intimate friend of
Miss Mary Gwendolin Caldwell, has
just received letter from the young
heiress. whose engagement to Prince
Murat has attained so much notoriety.
Miss Caldwell writes to her friend that
the formal betrothal has been indefi-
nitely postponed on account of an un-
written law of the French and italian
aristocracy, which requires the con-
tracing parties to produce, at their
betrothal, the baptismal certificates of
their parents and grandparents. That
Miss Caldwell is unable to do, as there
is no record of her grandmother's bap-
tism, and q hitch in the proceedings is
the result. Miss Caldwell intimates
that she would not care at all if the
wedding should not take place. Miss
Caldwell's friend thinks that if the
whole thing falls through it will not
be the fault of the bridegroom nor of
the laws of aristocracy, but of the fair
fiance herself. This is not the first
time Miss Caldwell has promised her
hand in marriage and has reconsidered
her action after the engagement had
been made public. She was engaged
to 81 italian prince about three years
ago, and the match was considered the
last to be made in Europe, but, like
several others before, it was broken off
by the young lady. Miss Caldwells
first love was young lawyer of this
city, but the engagement was objected
to. He has since married. In q former
letter Miss Caldwell said: @You may
be sure that always intend to be my
own financier. I am willing to allow
any husband may have a sufficient
income to enable him to dress well and
pay his club dues, but he will never
have the management of q cent of my
principal. @Mary has q viii of her
own" said our mutual friend, @and she
means what she says. Perhaps Prince
Murat found this out before It was too
late. "-Louisuilte Post.
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the sunlight it admitted, did not at
tract the farmers attention. He must
have been deeply engrossed in his own
thoughts, for he continued his soil
oquy:
Who'd have thought that wheat
would 60 ten cents higher, when
there's goin' to be full crop-at least
about here? I s'pose it's short other
places, though I was fool to borrow
that last $1,000 to try and save the
other fifteen. What1l folks say when
the notes come due in two months, an
old Eben Hayes is closed out? jeff
Wheeleru be glad, soil Sol Smith an
Dick Stallsmith, but I reckon Bill
Barr II be little grain sorry, cause
he won't be able to borrow any more
money off me. I guess its feelin'
that Parson Lake wouldn't indorse,
but do wish that this city fellow
would marry Bess, or get engaged to
her, at least. before we have to move
out of the Hollow, where she was born,
and before her"
Fred Fa1on heard something which
sounded very like sob, and then stole
noiselessly from the barn and rejoined
Bessie, whom he had left in the grape
arbor near by.
A week later, when the farmer re-
turned home from the wheat-feld,
where he had been assisting his men
in the glorious work of harvesting, he
was astonished to find Fred Faxon
seated with his daughter upon the vine
Swallowed porch.
Didn't reckon on seeing you to-day,
said the farmer when the first saluta-
tions were over.
At the same time he stole glance
at the fair face of his daughter, which
seemed an embodiment of happiness
and content.
I've been admitted to practice"
ooh! Glad to hear it"
"And the city courts not being in
@Don't be silly!" interrupted Bessie,
blushing like apeony.
I'D like to speak with you in pri-
vate, Mr.. Hayes"
mo need of it. My daughter and I
have no secrets from each other"
well, she has promised, subject to
your approval of course, to become my
wife"
Even that was no secret. I read it
in her eyes the minute I turned the
corner"
"And you consent?"
Il s'pose I'll have to-"
Wheat took an awful drop this
week, sir"
Il hadn't heard of it."
"The European war didn't material
ize and reports from the Northwest
came in much more favorable, and it
dropped twenty cents"
@That beats me-"
1T didn't me. I never mentioned
the fact to you, but I have 1900
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TEE ORCHARD.
Horticultural Notes.

THE Worden grape is earlier than the
Concord, hearty and fruitful to de-
gree which will please any one who
tries it.
BECAUSE peach tree is yellow do not
conclude that it has the yellows. Look
for borers. 1t may be simply starvation.
Try potash.
SOME patient horticulturist says: By
going over young trees and rubbing on
buds which appear where branches are
not needed there will be very little
pruning to be done when the trees come
into bearing.
In making cider for vinegar it is q
mistake to use partially rotten or in
ferior apples for that purpose. Good
vinegar can only be made from ripe and
sound apples, and where it is difficult to
ship apples to market it will pay to con-
vert them into vinegar.
ONE cause of miidew on gooseberries,
grapes, ETC., is too thick foliage or be-
ing grown with too thick tops. Thin
out thoroughly and you will prevent
mildew to q great extent. Currants and
gooseberries should be we'll and heavily
mulched with any coarse litter.
The practice of covering clusters Of
grapes BY placing paper bags about them
commenced some five years ago, and re-
suited in producing fruit without spot
or blemish. Recently several gardeners
have bagged tomatoes and the pears
produced on dwarf trees with equally
good result.
WE hear Of successful peach grower
Who prunes his trees very low, the
branches leaving the stock only six or
eight incher from the ground. By this
means the heading in, thinning tho
green fruit, and gathering the ripe. can
almost all be done while standing ON
the ground.
You've apple trees that stand quite
perpendicuiar, or lean . little toward
the north and east, are aptto suffer from
sun scald, because tho trunk il exposed
to the midday sun. Protect them With
few lath lashed together with stflng,
or nailed to bit Of marrow tin, or hoop
iron which may be bent around the
trA0.
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THE APIARY.
Observations ON Winterinx.

Observations ON WinterinE.
The following observations on winter
ing bees were written by G. w. Neihart,
for the Bee Keepers Guide:
In making these observations on win
tering bees, have no theory of my own
to ventilate or advance, nor have any
desire to combat the theories of others.
state simply what have observed and
what seemed to me, facts. Strong col
onies with plenty of well-sealed stores
winter better and more safely under any
circumstances than weaker ones or those
with poor honey. Such colonies often
winter safely without any special prepa-
ration for winter. Unsealed stores Of
any kind are usually found to be detri-
mental to the bees, unless there is much
mild weather during the winter to AZ
ford opportunities for fight.
Weak colonies, unless we'll protected,
always show signs of dysentery, no mat
ter what their stores may be. Dampness,
together with cold, will also induce this
malady. Frequent disturbance, espe-
cially when violent, has . like tendency.
A colony will winter we'll without any
pollen, provided there is plenty of good
honey in the hive.
Pollen, without syrup or honey, is not
adequate to keep the bees from perish
ing any more than bread would pre-
serve Q human being from dying unless
he had water. never saw . colony Of
bees that persisted from supersbundance
of pollen SO long as there vas honey in
plenty. Bees will try to live on the
pollen after the honey 10 all consumed.
but do not succeed for any length OF
time.
A colony that becomes queenless in
the latter part Of the season becomes
weak in bees, and dies With dysentery,
and always presents the appearance of
diving from too much pollen, - there IL
always plenty of it in such stocks.
Dampness that causes moldiness OF
comb, induces unsealed honey and poll
len to ferment, and this will cause the
bees eating it to die of dysentery.
Bees, while, breeding, require both
pollen and liquid, either in. honey or
water, and pollen II not in the hive or
furnished them. Spring dwindling viii
result from the want of early breeding.
thereby replenishing the rapid loss OF
the old bees which follows their frst
Efforts IN gathering stores.
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sBecause you're one Of the vAikere
boys alive. You can't do il, sir!
3But, Mr.. Hayes, -
@You can't steal my thunder thai
way. I'm going to give it to her my.
aBut I heard
@What?"
@That you were embarrassed and on
the brink of failure. In fact, il WA
the information that you had lost
everything, through the recent boom in
wheat, that induced me to sell the
same commodity"
aThere amt word of truth in il!
I never speculated in my ife!"
"But I heard"
"A pack of lies! I'm worth SIS, 900
over and above this farm, and don't
owe q cent in the world!"
3Then I must have been dreaming ?"
@No, but you placed too much re-
lance in the idle talk of an old fellow
who likes to speculate in his mind, and
who thinks it no sin to suppose case
for his own amusement"
"And you're satisfied that Fred
wasn't after Hayes Hollow?" queried
Bessie.
Entirely I don't believe that
John will remember about those calves.
He's getting awfully forgetful."
Thus soliloquizing, Mr. Hayes walked
discreetly away, leaving the happy
lovers in sole possession of the vine.
protected porch.
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A Shameless Trick.

In one Maine town is q very heavy
girl. She is quite sensitive about her
weight and it is not generally known,
but two mischievous young men want
ing to know it, one Of them persuaded
her to stop and speak with him on the
hay scales. The owner of the scales
was in the plot and quickly weighed
them. The weight of the man being
subtracted, left the amount Of SOl
pounds for the gid-Les0iston Josss.
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n
@Goodl good!" cried Fred Faxon,
clapping his hands and laughing heart
lily.
Il don't know that it's good" said
Farmer Eben Hayes, "but it has the
merit of bein' the Lords TRUTH"
"And that's everything, father" said
his petite and pretty daughter, as she
seized him round the neck and gave
him hug that brought quick flush
to the face of both men-pain produc-
ing it with the elder, envy with the
younger.
Hayes Hollow, as the farm had been
called for three generations, was the
finest and most productive of all in the
beautiful valley, and its owner was
considered a wealthy man, being rated
much as millionaire is In large city.
Bessie was his only child and the
prospective heiress not only of the
form and its appurtenances but, as
many believed, of a good deal of wealth
which was invested in other ways.
Fred FaXon was a young man who
for two years had been reading law in
the city twenty miles away, and was
He had met Bessie Hayes the pre-
ceding summer while spending vaca-
ton in the valley. The decided mutual
attraction between the two had been
increased by subsequent meetings and
no end of letters, until it had reached
the stage where the word "love" could
alone express the situation.
Mr.. Hayes had been much pleased
with the young man, and at the request
of pretty Bessie, who generally carried
her point, had invited him to spend his
weeks vacation at the Hollow.
:. It had been happy time to the
lovers little seven days; but
they had flown by all too quickly, and
the train that was to bear the pros
pective lawyer away from fields of
wheat, drifting in waves of silver to-
ward the harvest, to the city, with its
dust, and CRIME, and wickedness, would
be due within an hour.
II must run across and say good-by
to the Turner'S" remarked Fred, look
ing through the open door to farm
house on the opposite side OF the broad
country road.
@Wait q moment, and I'll 60 with
you"
mo, daughter, let him go alone. I
must hitch up to take him to the depot,
and want Q word with you first.
@What is it?s asked Bess. just lit
tie petulantly, when Fred had started
on his errand.
@Don't invite him here again"
@Who?"
~Fred-Mr. Faxon, I should say"
"You don't mean
Words failed the little maiden, but
her wide-open eyes supplied the deficit,
and expressed the most unfeigned as
constituent.
Il do, daughter, just that
sBut you've spoken 50 highly of him
al along-and besides"
Again words failed the girl, but this
time tears glistened in her blue eyes,
and completed the sentence.
@Pm sorry, Bessie, truly sorry, but
/ think it's for the best"
Nothing can be for the best that
separates us for life. What have You
against Mr.. Faxon?"
accuse him of no crime, but Ifear
that he i unworthy Of you
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Handling Gotta

1s 1t good thing to handle colts
when they are young? This depends
altogether how they are handled. They
may be benefited or they may be spoiled.
We do not mean spoiled by physical in
jury, although through carelessness and
lack of judgment, this may be done.
But We mean spoiled in disposition.
On the other hand the disposition may
be improved, the confidence secured
and the colt filled with q willingness to
do anything that it understands you
want it to do.
In the first place, there should be no
tempt to do, do it, and leave no impress
sion in the mind of the colt that it has
had its own way. At the same time do
nothing to brighten the colt, or to make
it the least bit afraid Of you. Do not
make it do anything painful or disagree
able. but ALWAYS make it do what you at
tempt to do, and always do yourself
what you set out to do. In case there is
an unavoidable failure, do not leave
the impression upon the colt that you
have failed and that it has had it's own
way also.
Strive to gain the confidence Of the
colt. Make it like you, and look upon
you as friend. This is easy, if it is
always treated with kindness, but firm
ness, petted within bounds of reason,
played with as if you we're its big
brother, always able to have your way.
The colt is naturally very socisble. It
likes company, and when it has always
been familiar with your presence and
handling, will seek you out, whenever
it can get to you, as q companion, as
dog does. A degree of friendship and
compsnionship can be inspired in colt
that is properly handled. It is already
broken when it is matured, and neither
master nor colt realize when the break
ing was done.
On the contrary if you tease and tor
ment colt you make it fear and hate
you; or, if you do not even treat it un-
kindly, but now and then make q grab
at it and let it escape, or attempt to ac-
complish something with it, and fail by
letting it have its own way, you soon
inspire it with the idea that it is master.
and only has to resist you to remain
free from your dominion. You may, in
time, make it as stubborn as q mule"
and perhaps willful and balky the first
time the harness is put on to it. A colt
so handled is practically spoiled. Its
disposition is soured and perverted; it
is willful and ugly, and may resort to
biting and kicking. You have made q
vicious animal of it by improper hand
ling and treatment, whereas it was nat
urally, perhaps, one of the kiudest Of
animals. Do not fool with colts.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.


4 1.de.s e us.e., f,s,rnasss. Haaaaang
- tAs Farm. Orchard, ssalss, Raxasss -
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Dry Feed for Working Horsss.

Farmers sometimes turn their horses
out to grass during the summer It they
have nothing for them to do this is q
good plan. The grass will physic the
horse, and be as good as dose Of medi-
cine in cleaning out his system after q
winters and springs diet of hay and
grain. But if the horse Is to be worked,
says the Weekly Press, he should have
some dry feed. While the grass is
occurring his intestines the horse is un-
ut for labor of any kind. Attempting
TO work him in this condition is abso-
lutte cruelty, and if the animal be old
may often result in collie and death.
While the horse is suffering diarrhea
from eating grass it should be given no
bran, as that also is avery laxative food.
Bran should always be given to horses
fed on dry hay, which alone makes them
costive.