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Making an Orchard.

Do not select too many varieties. For
the West none of Us need to be told that
the varieties that do even fairly well
are not great If there is variety that
for several years has done well In your
immediate vicinity take it. Perhaps 1t
may be somewhat inferior. But take
it. The Ben Davis is not the best OF
apples, but many an apple grower sticks
to it because it often does better than
better variety. Winter apples are pref
erable to fall or summer. That Is
to say, it is better to have more
of them than fall or summer varieties
Early apples, however, are profitable to
grow. Any thing that is early on the
farm usually brings good price. But
the main dependence in apple growing
are the winter varieties. - Western
Rural.
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glorious country for i've or six months
without catching shallow-pated Amer
lean heireSs, the supply of titled menials
far exceeds the demand. The result has
been a reduction of wages for this class
of labor, and union composed of col
ored gentlemen has under consideration
the passage of a memorial to Congress
praying for the exclusion from their ma
tive land of Counts and Barons who can
not make an honest living in the effete
monarchies of the Old World. In this
they have the sympathy of their white
fellow-citizens, who will cheerfully sec
ond their patriotic and disinterested
efforts.
The king of Chicago walters, how
ever, is not the titled foreigner, but
the hash-slinger in the five and ten
cent feed-houses located on South Clark
and West Madison streets. He is a char
acter that battles description; half
tramp, half gentleman. Rugged out in
a shirt that may, perchance, have once
been white, and an apron reaching from
the neck to the feet so as to cover a
patchwork pair of trousers, he intimi-
dates his customers by scowling at them
in a way which instinctively makes
them put their hands over those pock-
cts in which they may have a stray
dime or two. The order given, it is
bawled out in a stentorian voice and the
unhappy guest, too frightened to leave
his seat, is kept waiting fifteen or
twenty minutes before his order is filled.
Ono of these queer establishments has
a sign on the window with the inscrip-
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splendent with a warm light, and had,
in their half-shy expression, charm
which fascinated for veal or woe. She
was endeavoring to enjoy her dinner,
but was nervous and restless.
He was a blonde, with quantity OF
mustache and whiskers close cut. He
sat at table opposite the charming
brunette, and, do what he might, he
could not avoid gazing at her. Every
two minutes their eyes met, at which
she regularly blushed, fidgeted and
frowned, and he inwardly blessed the
good fortune which had placed him op-
posite such a revelation of loveliness.
They were, ere long, introduced; but
their acquaintance seemed not to pros
per. One thing and another occurred
to separate rather than unite them. She
had other friends and needed him not;
he was busy and cared not for her.
In this way the fall slipped by, and
an occasional nod in the morning or
evening, never at both times, few
words extremely commonplace as they
met on the stairs, a merely polite bow
upon the street was all their communi-
cation.
As has been said, she seemed nervous
at the table, undoubtedly disliked to
have every mouthful of food carefully
scrutinized before she enjoyed its flavor
possibly the ordeal destroyed the
flavor. At all events she suddenly
changed her seat, presenting a most
charming and unbroken view of her
~ II
mirer. Unquestionably she thought
this would entirely discomfort him and
force him to capitulate, in just what
manner she did not know.
But strange to relate, he survived
this rebuff. He lived along as before
weighed as heavily, ate as heartily and
slept at night as serenely. In fact he
rather enjoyed the occasional views of
her profile, perhaps, as much as her full
face. But it must be confessed that he
noticed the pointed cut and laid it away
among his keepsakes-for he had many
such TO gladden. his lonely hours.
Thus the early winter passed, and she
could not help but think now and then
of this innocent young man she had so
cruelty ignored. In fact, as is often the
case if we endeavor to put thought
from US, he came ever more often to her
mind. Her many admirers seemed less
attractive; their compliments were hack
neyed, heartless; she longed for new
voice, an unexpected remark, a new con-
quest. And feeling that way it was
perfectly natural that she should think
of the blonde young man, who patiently
smiled at the back of her head during
dinner. An! how she longed to resume
her old seat! How she longed to undo
Sll that her foolish perverseness had
done! She even laid awake nights plan
ming to bring about the proper result
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But if these quadrupeds get into the
beds after all, l know of no other way of
getting them out than to catch them or
to poison them. OF the two ways l al
ways prefer the former. Poisoning,
with me, is only the very last resort.
In all localities where moleS abound
(which is not the case in my friends
place., and in larger towns generally,
the hardware stores keep good, service
able mOle-trapS on sale, although | am
not posted concerning the price usually
asked for them. By taking little time,
and with some patience and perseverance
in setting the trap or traps, the offend
ers can be got rid of, and their numbers
in rich garden soils, lawns or meadows,
wherever they abound, at least greatly
reduced.
AS ru lie, do not admire the garden
implements and small devices generally
that come from foreign countries. They
are mostly clumsy affairs, adapted to
clumsy methods and to conditions where
time and labor are of little consequence.
In the moletrap shown in the annexed
illustration think we have an excep-
tional instance 1t seems to be a model
of simplicity, and altogether service
able device. 1t comes from Germany,
but whether patented or not l am not
informed. Any blacksmith would be
able to make one after the picture, all
the materials needed being some band
iron and piece of spring steel.
If manufactured in a wholesale way,
cast iron being substituted for wrought
iron, the original cost might be reduced
so that the trap could be sold in retail
for fifteen cents apiece at a profit to the
manufacturer ank dealer. The retailers
in Germany sell the trap for about
eleven cents apiece or one dollar per
dozen. At that rate every farmer could
afford to have trap or two, while. sew
enty-five cents or one dollar each (which
] suppose is about what mOle-trap sells
for at our stores) makes its use in many
instances prohibitory.
The construction of these mole
squeezers is made plain by the illustra-
tiOn, and need only add that the trap
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ostentatiously deposit it in the bowl.
Then you take the dolly, wipe your
mouth, put the glass back into the bowl,
wipe your fingers and the task is done.
AS said, this and an unlimited number
of other luxuries you can enjoy, pro-
vided you are willing to pay two or
three dollars for thirty-fve-cent meal.
If you do not care to pay weeks sal
ary for days board you can go to any
one of the two hundred or more restau-
rants where good meal can be obtained
for thirty-five or fifty cents. In these
places you will not find many of the ap-
pointments of fashionable life, but you
will be thrown with the representatives
of the great middle class of Chicago,
men and women who prefer good roast
or choice chop to costly bric-a-brac in
the way of cut glass and solid silver.
Natives or visitors fond of German
cooking have the choice of half dozen
or more places where ''buck wurst NIT
sauer-kraut' is served with the same
regularity as are pork and beans in the
Yankee boarding-house. Swiss cheese
and even the aromatic Limburger can
be washed down with a delicious cup of
coffee or chocolate, for, strange as it
may seem, in none of the German restau-
rants of the better class can beer or other
Intoxicating liquors be obtained. The
cooking is Teutonic from the soup down
to the Kaiser pudding, and buxOm Ger
man lassies with an amplitude of hustle
carry your order from the dining-room to
the kitchen.
Inc Restaurants FrancaIse, on the
other hand, employ fne-looking male
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tial eatables, the hurry and worry of
business life make brisk demand for
drinkables, and the subsequent over
loaded condition of the stomach COM
pels a visit to the nearest pill shop.
''The great Chicago trinity-salOon,
drug store and restaurant" wise man
from the East once upon time called
the combination, and, to tell the truth,
he was not far from summing the whole
thing up correctly.
Saloons and drug stores are very
much alike wherever one may go, and
it would be waste of words to speak
about them, but description of what
Chicago offers in the way of eating
houses will throw some light on a mat
ter in which every body is interested.
First of all, then, Chicago has restau-
rants for all classes and conditions of
human beings. Restaurants for the
rich, restaurants for the poor, restau-
rants for women, restaurants for ne
groes, restaurants for Germans, restau-
rants for Frenchmen, restaurants for
rat-and-rice eating heathens, lunch
counters for busy clerks and eating
halls for tramps and other impecunious
individuals.
There are, for instance, gorgeous
dining halls for the representatives of
the four hundred who may desire to
dine outside of their clubs, where
piece of sirloin steak costs dollar and
a look at the head waiter adds a quar-
ter to the bill, where garcOns in full
dress fit hither and thither with noise
less tread, where' finger-bowls are in
everyday use and where even the
fashionable mouth-bowl is not
stranger.
What on earth is mouth-bowl, you
ask. Why, the mouth-bowl is Russian
institution; square or round glass
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THE HUMAN APPETITE.
How It Can Be Satisfied in the
City Of Chicago.
Restaurants Where uth-Bowls Are in
Daily Use-Fffteen-Cent Hash-Houses
"A Study of Walters and Their
Peculiar Ways.
Especial Chicago Correspondence.l

In Chicago, as elsewhere, man can not
live without dining, and the only differ
ence between the simon-pure Chicagoan
and other specimens of American man
kind in this respect is that the Michi-
gan Lake breezes have the effect ot
creating an appetite which would put to
shame the dweller in any other part of
the country. Take him all in all, the
average Chicago man lives to eat, and
the average Chicago woman keeps him
company.
This will, perhaps, explain the ex-
istence of the thousands of restau-
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A HOLIDAY ROMANCE.
How the Handsome Blonde Young
Man Kept New Years Day.

HEY boarded in
the same house.
She was a spark
Ii n g brunette,
with a plump,
shapely figure,
rosebud lips
and deep-red d
C h e e ks. Her
raven locks fell
in pretty clus-
terS over h e r
noble forehead,
and were gath
cred into a mass
i've coil, artist
ically braided,
in her neck. Her
deep, glorious
ewes were re-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-12-26
ORCHARD HINTS.
How to Take Care ef the Young Trees
Nursery Treatment.

/ How to Take Care of the Young Trees
Nursery Treatment.
The growth Of highly-cultivated
nursery tree Is rapid because the fiber
is quickly built up and is of a succulent
character. Such trees are tender, and
while in the nursery need protection.
In high latitudes this can be accom-
plished by planting rows of trees four
to five feet apart, using heavy plow to
bank them up two feet high on the ap-
proach of winter. Where higher bank
ing is needed it can easily be done with
a hoe or rake and all but the top
branches of one and two-year apple
trees can be perfectly protected If they
are headed low. Where the tips of the
branches are injured they can be cut
back without injuring the shape of the
young tree. OF course the banks Of
earth must be leveled in the spring.
When three years old the trees can be
heeled in ready for spring sales.
Transplanting into the orchard checks
the growth, ripens and hardens the
wood, placing the tree in a position to
withstand a lower temperature than
while in the nursery. The buds Of
peach trees can be covered with the
plow the first season, and uncovered In
the spring. These will be ready to set
the following fall or to winter in the
cellar. Cherries can be managed the
same as peaches until one year old, and
if it be desirable to retain them until
two years old they can be banked with
the plow the same as with two-year-old
apples. This same treatment Is appli-
cable to tender shrubs, roses and out
door plants. Where trees are wintered
in a cellar it is not desirable to keep
them too warm. Zero weather will do
no harm to such trees. More are harmed
by not enough cold than by too much
where protected by cellar.
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GOOD ADVICE.
What MI. Childs' Gardener Thought About
Running for President.
G.. w. WEIPPIERT.

What MI. Childs' Gardener Thought About
Running for President.
An old gardener at Louella, who was
employed by George w. Childs to super
intend his flower beds, went forth to
meet Mr.. Childs one day in the spring
of 'SS, and opened the gate for the pro-
prietor, saying to him at the same
time: ''Mr. Childs, read things in the
newspapers which make me think that
you are losing your mind, and I'm wor-
ried about it. Are you well, Mr..
Childs?''
Perfectly well, my dear man." re-
sponded Mr.. Childs. Il was never in
better health in my life, and no one
ever before suspected me OF insanity.
What have you SEEN in the papers to
awaken such ideas?"
'Well, Mr.. Childs, the newspapers say
that you want to leave your beautiful
gardens here and turn your back on
these rare roses. Why, there is no such
garden in Pennsylvania as this, and no
one in the world raises such varieties of
superb roses. There is your own La
France, the finest thing in petals any
one ever saw bud and bloom. The pa
pers say that you want to leave this glo-
rious spot, and if you do, Mr.. Childs, you
are crazy"
'But, assure you, my man, that 1
never heard of such thing before. I
never saw any thing in the newspapers
about my giving up this beautiful home.
do not intend to give it up or leave
it,
"Well, Mr.. Childs, the papers do say
that you are going to run for President
That's foolishness, for there amt gar
den nor a home in Washington to equal
this one. You'd be foolish to be Presi-
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W a 1 Ge rs, VINO
view with con-
tempt, begotten
by a fe eeling
of racial su-
periority, upon
German waiting
maids and hum
BILE Senegambian
menials. Innine
cases out of ten
t b g S b 9 b b y
French waiter is
a man of family,
that is, the de-
scendant of a
family with a
title as long as
t b a t of the
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
A GOOD MOLE-TRAP.
An Effective Contrivanee for Kidding {
Garden of These Pests.

An Effective Continuance for Kidding the
Garden Of These Pests.
1t is sad tale, says a writer in Farm
and Fireside, which one of my friends
has just been telling me-the tale of a
cold-frame we'll filed only a few days
ago with fine plants of choice cabbage
varieties for spring planting, now ut
terly ruined by the pesky mole. Not a
plant left! What shall do to get rid
of the pest?" asks my friend in despair
and with blood in his eye.
In the first place 1 would select site
for the cold-frame somewhat farther re-
moved from creek or the edge of low
land meadow than was my friends
Moles don't usually work in gravelly or
clayey upland, such as the inquirer had
at his disposal for the purpose. Further
more, would board up hot-bed tight
ly, clear from the bottom of the excava-
tiOn up, and fix cold-frames in similar
way, thus guarding, in measure, against
the intrusion of moles, rats and mice.
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rants and eating
houses W b o S e
prosperity seems
s. o inexplicable
to strangers who
visit the Garden
City for the first
tt m g. Each
street orn @ r
here, they o b
serve, has its sa-
loon, with a drug
store across the
way and a restau-
rant in the mid
die of the block.
This is natural.
The pure ozone
from the l a k e
creates an appe-
tite for SubStan-
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French soup on the menu. French
and German noblemen in reduced
circumstances seem to take to walt
ing on a table as naturally as a
duck does to water, and as most of
them are decidedly in reduced circum-
stances after they have been in this
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is set by pressing the handles, A, of
the mole tongues" together, thus
opening the jaws, B B, and inserting
the trigger, c, in position, thereby keep
ing the jaws apart. Carefully open a
little piece of the mOle-run from the
top, then insert the trap thus set
lengthwise of the run, so that the
trigger, which is cut out in the middle,
forms kind of obstruction to the pass
age of the animal, and cover the run up
again with pieces of sod or slate. The
mole comes along, runs against the
Obstructing trigger, this unwittingly
releasing the jaws and giving the
spring, d. chance to exert its power.
All at once the unfortunate animal
finds himself in a tight squeeze, and in
the iron grip of death. 1t makes no
difference, either, from which side he
comes; he meets the same fate.
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A Sure Sign.

Jones'" said Smythe, as he watched
a couple strolling near, ''that is a first
love affair"
''How do you know?"
ST just heard her make him promise
not to smoke or drink. Time.
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bowl with a pret-
ty little glass in
side; the whole
being served on
a glass dish to-
gether with a
fine linen dolly
of dim in u tive {
size. After the
finger bowl has
been passed, the
gdrcOR makes his
appearance with
the mouth-bowl.
With as much
grace as you can
command you re-
move the glass
from the bowl,
pass t he per
fumed W a t er
thr o ugh your
mouth and nm
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and yet preserve her dignity-for she
would part with her life more gladly
than with her dignity.
And all this time he, too. gave many
thoughts TO the sweet brunette: not SEN
timental thoughts, not romantic
Thoughts. not particularly Interesting
thoughts. but very ordinary musings, as
he admired over and over again the
taste with which her back hair was ar
ranged; the superb 1T Of her tailor-made
dress; the round plumpness of her arm;
the soft whiteness Of her hand.
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What Is the Most Economical Breed.

A model milk test was held by Prof j.
". Robertson at the Provincial fair in
Ontario with a view of ascertaining cost
of production as well as amount The
everyday farmer cares more to know
what okind of COW will produce one
pound of butter the cheapest than to
know which will produce the most.
Three cows each of Ayrshires and Jer-
seys were entered The Ayrshires with
s1.4s worth of food gave PAS pounds OF
milk which produced 7.1S pounds of pure
fat. The Jerseys gave 175 pounds of
milk which yielded sos pounds of fat or
s1.2O worth of food. With making due
allowance for the length of time after
calving, the Ayrshires showed profit
of Is per cent. on the value of the feed
consumed and the Jerseys AZ per cent
The only thing that prevents this test
from being absolutely conclusive is the
shortness of the test Most of the milk
and butter was the result of feed con-
sumed days and may be weeks before
the fair. Such test marked an ad-
vanced step, but it should extend over a
longer period of time.-New England
Farmer.
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RING OUT, RING IN.


Ring, happy bells, across the snow,
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud Of rich and poor,
Ringln redress TO all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms Of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes Of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness OF the times;
Ring out, ring out, my mOurnful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring cut false pride In place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Rig in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love Of good
Ring out old shapes Of foul disease.
Ring out the narrowing lust Of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars Of old,
Ring in the thousand years Of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
-Tennyson.
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THERE is but one safe way to milk .
kicking COW, and that is to get your
milk of the dealer in that beverage.
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LAY the grape vines down on the
ground That will help them through
the winter, if you do nothing else.
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In the same place a small beefsteak

In the same place small beefsteak,
potatoes, bread and butter, and three
doughnuts can be obtained for dime,
and a sirloin steak with the same extras
for fifteen cents. Pork and beans is
worth eight cents; mutton chops, ten
cents; roast chicken, fifteen cents, and
other articles in proportion. OF course,
eating houses of this description are
patronized only by the lowest class of
working-people, tramps and other prob
lematical characters. The fact that, ac-
cording to a police officials statement,
there are in existence in the business
districts of Chicago over one hundred of
this class of restaurants, each of which
feeds from one to five hundred persons
per day, proves perhaps more conclusive
ly than any thing else that large city
like Chicago harbOrs at all times ten
thousand men who are either out of
work or belong to the criminal class.
The hash-slingers employed by the pro-
prietors of these resorts are recruited
from their customers, and hence the
casual observer need not be surprised
when he receives a somewhat noisy re-
ceptiOn.
Chinese restaurants are something of
a novelty in Chicago, and no Caucasian
would care to visit one of them for the
purpose of obtaining a meal more than
once. The victuals and delicacies served
by the pig-tailed proprietors of these
South Clark street dens are prepared in
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combination of A3
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spices. Rice LMN&sIN\ aEs1TsE
forms the princi- ENsSH 4 ssHsl u
pal substance of Ess zTl
every feast, but Isss1T7fs
on high holidays ESA
the heather EA
basement revel- TMI Ia
ers indulge in AkIi a
birds nest soup, 'JIET ,5GR
imported yams W. 8JY
and dried fish, s.asSz
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the smell of ETf2S XW
W h ich would EEISN LJIb.ZlH
make full IEfEA XzZIlNZZ/
grown skunk GsAF3 |KlZ/
hide its head in A -