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Cut Dat for a ShopDer.

: A little Chicago girl, just arrived at
the dignity of being allowed to go
down town alone once in awhile, is
very fond Of buying things, no matter
what, only SO that she can ask, receive
and pay the money herself. One day
she saw in a newspaper that firm was
going to sell sugar the next day for a
half-cent a pound; of course, for an
advertisement, and on one day only.
She decided to buy some sugar with
her entire capital of two cents. She
persuaded her mamma that her happi-
ness depended on purchasing four
pounds of sugar, and next morning at
eight o'clock she left the house. Ten,
eleven, twelve, three o'clock came and
no little girl. At four o'clock an anx-
ious mamma started for the store ana
found a line of people facing side
entrance. The thirty -seventh face from
the door was her little girl, and tightly
gripped in her hand was the two cents.
AS she spied her mother, she said:
"Oh, mamma, Pm almost there now!''
And no amount of coaxing could per-
suade her to leave until she got her su.
gar.-Golden DAYS.
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SAVE THE MANURE,
"A Material Whose Value Many Poultry
EVoi

a Material Whose Value Many Poultry
Keepers Fail to Appreciate.
Many poultry keepers fail to appreci-
ate the value of fowl manure. This
fertilizer is a very powerful one; in
fact it is so strong and so fine that a
large quantity of loan or swamp muck
should be added. If only small guam
tity of such material be scattered under
the roosts daily, we avoid the pungent
odor, keep the air pure, and retain all
that is valuable in the material. lthas
been said and written many times that
the fowl house should be kept clean.
Now every poultry keeper cannot af-
ford to sweep and garnish things daily,
but II an absorbent be used the place
may be kept pure and an excellent
compost formed. Great sums are paid
for guano every year, and it has been
estimated that 300 pounds of this sub
stance is sufficient for an acre of corn
land The manure of thirty fowls in
one year, mixed with four times it's
bulk OF swamp muck, is more valuable
than 100 pounds of guano. This fertil-
lzer is very quickly assimilated by
growing plants. 1t commences it's
work Immediately. The mill in which
it is ground makes fine work. Bone,
meat and grain, when passed through
the gizzards of fowls, become so
thoroughly disintegrated that, after
nourishing them, the residuum, with
the waste material of their bodies,
makes better fertilizer than any other
made on the farm. Anyone cultivat-
ing farm, or only a kitchen garden,
fruit yard or flower border, can make
this compost tell, in the increased guam
tity and quality of his products. Some
crops require quick growth in order
to be of the best quality; hence the
value of this compost and the price
paid for it as a garden fertilizer
Poultry World
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Women may not be deep thinkers,
but they are generally Clothes observ-
ers.-Texas Siftings.
Traveller (entering dining-room carl
lis this. the smoking car, my good
1nan?" Porter-"No, sab; this is the
chewing car, sah.' - Yonkers States
man.
-"How beautiful and, rosy white Miss
Peachem looks tonight ''She does,
but still don't take to her" ''Why?"
II think she's sailing under false col
ols ''-Philadelphi Times.
-Author--"Theset two books-I hard
ly know what to call them - are wait
ing for titles Joblots - ''Why don't
you call them American Heiresses,'
then?-Harvard Lampoon.
Young Husband ''My dear, bust
ness reverses have caused me to make
an assignment and Young Wife
(tcarfully)-''Y-e-s." Young Husband
--"We will 20 abroad and travel for
year or two. Epoch.
He Eyes, darling, and it shall be
the purpose of my life to surround you
with every comfort and to anticipate
and crafty your every WISH She =
''How good of you. Harry. And all on
$l2 a week, too.-Boston Transcript.
Briggs was terrible thing
about Wangle, wasn't it? While his
wife was talking to the dressmaker, he
committed suicide in the next room"
Griggs- Have they found out
the caused" Briggs-'It is supposed
hot ln
said. Cloak Review.
II WONDER said Sapson to the bar
Der, what makes it hurt so to shave
my upper lip. It seems very tender"
Il dunno" replied the old colored man,
as he smiled at himself in the looking
glass, but specs yoh got one of desc
hyur ingrowin' mustaches. Washing
ton Star.
Encouraging, but Ambiguous
Anxious Millionaire - ''Then, sir,
have your consent to pay my addresses
to your daughter? All, sir, if only
thought could win her affections!''
Eager Father-''Why not, my dear sir
why not? Plenty of others have sue
ceeded!'-Yankee Blade
Miss Straitlace-"Doy you see that
poor blind beggar woman on the corner
Maude? How pitiful it is to see her sit
ting there in the crowd with that card,
I am blind suspended around her
neck" Miss Follibud-"Yes, it is pitt
full; but, Ethel, what a delightful chape-
ron she would make!'-Somerville
Journal.
Mr.. Reeder-"Don't you find much
enjoyment in reading Shakespeare,
Mrs. Shadmind?" Mrs. Shadmind-s'To
a certain extent, yes. l think, though,
he would have made his works of much
more interest to us if he had introduced
some of our great Americans in his
plays. boston Courier.
She was Not at Home Johnny,
is your sister at home?" said the young
man at the front door, swat till light
the gas-or hold on-is your hair
sandy?' why, no, replied the abashed
youth. "Have you got mustache that
curls at the ends?'' 'N-no I don't
wear a mustache at all. z" Hum. Have
you got large seal ring on the fourth
finger of your left hand?" mo, I
haven't" ''Then," said Johnny, conf
IDENTITY, ''she amt at home," and he shut
the door without further to do-Wash-
ington Post.
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Tombstone was infested by Doc Holla-
day and other people of that sort. The
Earps managed to hold things level in
Tom bstone, but the road agents bossed
the highway, and in Benson a man was
liable to be held up at noon on the
depot platform while waiting for a
train. Budd Philpot, brother-in-law of
Charlie Foss, the king of stage drivers,
was driving the Benson and Tombstone
stage, and one night some body tried to
hold him up not many miles from Tomb
stone. Philpot had had experience
with road agents, and when he heard
the order to halt came from the dark
ness little behind the off fore wheel
he concluded that the robter was
green hand at the business, and instead
of putting on the brake he gave the
horses the silk and sent them ahead on
the run.
In nine cases ont of ten the trick
would have won, as the robber would
have thought it hardly worth while to
fire at rapidly escaping stage, and
the darkness would have spoiled his
aim if he did fire. But the crack of
Philpot's lash was answered by the
crack Of a Winchester, and Philpot
half sprung to his feet, dropped back
with moan, and swayed in his seat.
The messenger, who sat beside him,
threw his right arm around the driver
and with his left seized the lines as
they fell from pot's'relaxed fingers.
The Winchester cracked again and
again, and cry from the inside of the
coach told that one of the passengers
had been hit. The frightened horses
flew over the road. The messenger
held the dying driver with one arm, and
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win; but, IL is the business Of the man

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win; but, it is the business Of the man
with the sawed-o off shotgun not to let
him get the drop, but to blaze away as
soon as heshows up. The gun is sawed
Oft for the greater convenience of the
messenger in potting road agents. It
is loaded with buckshot and scacters
like charge of bribery fred into a
California legislature. The length Of
the gun is such that when the muzzle
rests upon the footboard the locks are
level with the messengers knee, and
he can swing it up into position very
readily. If he gets it pointed any
where near the robber, some of the
buckshot are sure to hit.
An old Nevada drivers modification
of the messengers gun was single
barreled shotgun worn in his right
boot, the muzzle protruding through
the bottom near the heel When held
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with the left hand tried to arrange the
tangled lines, while the bullets
whistled by in the dark. He got the
stage into Tombstone with the express
box safe, but two dead men were taken
from the coach.
That was not the work of a profess
sional road agent. The main purpose
of the robber is to secure plumber, and
if he does any killing it is either to
prevent somebody from killing him or
to insure the success of the robbery.
The attack upon the Tombstone stage
was the work of a man-killer, who had
turned road agent for one night only,
and for that and other good reasons the
job was generally attributed to Doe
Holiday, a man who left trail OF
blood across every state and territory
between the Mississippi and the Ser
ras.
A man who understands the art of
highway robbery can hold up any
stage without firing a shot, unless a
fighting shotgun messenger happens to
be on the box, in which case he may
get into trouble and miss the trick.
The expert professional never fools
with stage on open ground or steep
down grade. He selects his ground
with care and Judgment, choosing a
place where the stage must be driven
slowly, and taking such a position that
he cannot be seen until he has the
driver covered with his shotgun. He
uses shotgun rather than the rifle or
revolver, because the shotgun is the
most formidable weapon at short
range, its capacity for scattering fire
being well known and duly respected
by drivers.
The bigger the bore of the gun the
more terrifying it is to passengers, al
though it is a singular fact that under
such circumstances TWENTY-FIVE cali
Der rifle barrel is likely to be mistaken
for the mouth of the Sutro tunnel On
the line of every old stage road in Cali
lornia is pointed out some spot that is
favoritc stand for robbers. 1t is
usually in sharp reentering angle,
where the horses must be brought
down to walk, and the rocky bank or
tree affords hiding place for the
robber. It does not matter if the
driver knows that he is liable to be
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CRADLE SONG.

Baby, let us both go sailing
In cur fairy bark away
With its sllkcn wings outspreadirg
To the country of Cathay.
Let the two of us make voyage
Where in other days have gone
Men and babies, doltS and sages,
All in quest OF Prester John.
Baby. let US both go sailing
To the Persian land away,
There to visit rosy gardens
At the dawniug of the day.
AS the sun begins its journey
Wen begin the pleasing tramp,
Seeking Aladdin the lucky,
And his genius OF the lamp.
Baby, let us both go sailing,
Where the calm Pacific lies,
With its sweep Of deep blue surface
Spread before our eager eyes.
Let us leave its shores that gl1dden
With their palm trees. fruits and flowers,
Till we come to Crusoe's island
by this fairy bark of ours.
Baby, let us both go sailing
Stormy seas Arabian DER,
Till we find where Sinbad's valley
Has of diamonds countless store;
Then, with gems of priceless value,
Joyfully returning here,
Some shall shine on baby's trinkets
Some shall deck its mother dear.
Baby, let us all go sailing
Sailing to the land afar,
Where amid the four-leaved shamrocks
Dancing nimbly fairies are;
Let US at their mirthful revel
Take a sly and curious peep
All! the rogue has sailed without me,
Sailed and found the land Of sleep.
Baby by himself IS sailing
In u shallop built of Dreams
Over lakes with blossoms circled,
Through the friths of placid streams.
Crowned with peoples, robed with silence,
In his bark reclined at ease,
Who may know how far he wanders?
Who may tell what sights he sees?
Thomas Dunn English, in Harper's Young
People
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AT THE ENGINE.

How the Bravo Men Obey Orders with
out Flinching in the Engine Room.
The light from the electric lamps is
reflected in patches on the smooth steel
beams of the engine. In and out, in
and out, like shuttles weaving, work
the rods, their perfect rhythm of mo-
| ton and precision of movement giving
| no hint of the great speed at which the
giant vessel is cleaving her way. =
Days have passed without a signal
from above, the engines throbbing
steadily. Everything is repose; the in
cessant motion of the machinery is SC
common to the men that they do not
notice it. The deck may be ever so
noisy and these men, buried in the
bowels of the ship, would never know
/ it. - -. & -.
Suddenly the great signal gong
sounds upon the stiffness a single reso-
nant clang-stop. The engineer and
his assistants are at their posts in an
instant; the engines stop. This, the
first signal for hours, yes days, means
to them nothing, but that it must be
instantly obeyed.
be in another instant some vessels
prov will cut the ship in two, or the
ship itself crash into an iceberg-they
only know their orders; the bell has
spoken-stop. ~
With hands upon the wheels they
stood waiting, every nerve strained, in
utter ignorance of what the signal
means. Soldiers in action see the dan"
ger; the officers on deck know what is
going on; but these men know nothing
but duty. 81
that narrow room Strong hands are
ready for the next order. 1t comes,
''clang, clang,'' reverse the engine. -
The lever is drawn forward, the valves
open and obedient to the touch the
great piston rods move again.
The seconds seem ages, one, two
minutes and then-an awful crash. A
grinding and the vessel staggers
''Clang' goes the great gong and still
at the posts quick hands stop the en-
CINE. Ting ling a-ling," ''ting- a.
ling-a-ling"- the engine,'' comes
the signal.
While confusion has reigned above,
these silent men have stood to their
posts until this order came. They rush
to the deck. The vessel is filing, a
great hole in her bow from the COLI
sion with the ice, and all hands turn to
the life boats. I'll
In the depths of a steamer where
that great heart Of mans construction
beats out the vessels life, true heroism
is to be found, firm, unquestioning
obedience to orders. Henry Facet, in
Short Stories. W
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THE FARMING WORLD.
a POULTRY SHELTER.
summer Protection from Aniu,nls ana
the Hesk r,f< Tho Cwo


summer Protection from Anip,als and
the Heat of the Sun.
Experience is a thorough teacher,
ana often costly one In my poultry
business, writes E. A. Ransden, in the
American Stock Keeper, l had ALWAYS
felt the great need of a summer shelter
winch would prevent over-crowding,
with its. attendant evils of deformity.
ronp and other diseases Visiting a
nelghbors yard saw a shelter taken
IRON one Of our poultry publications
which felt, if perfected, would meet
my long-felt want. After much study
and experiment now have one can
recommend to the public, as shown in
our illustration.
IN raising chickens nothing should
oe allowed to interfere with their rapid
growth from Matching to maturity. In
order to promote this growth good
summer shelter is an absolute neces.
slty My invention meets all the re.
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RANsoEN's IMPROVED SHELTER

RANSOEN'S IMPROVED SHELTER.
qnlrements of the poultry raiser, is
very simple in construction, easy to
take care of, and within the means of
all. 1t requires 80 feet of 2x3 spruce,
72-foot matched pine; cut the 2x3 into
4-1oot lengths, nail together in form of
A; the top edge of the cross-piece
should come one foot from the bottom
ends. Board down one end to the top
OF the cross-p piece, board down back
side, and put one board at the top on
the front, and hinge the doors to this
as shown in sketch; make door at
open end and hinge TO cross piece to let
down. There are two roosts across the
length, made of boards, or the 2xs, as
are desired. In case of disturbance
from skunks, weasels, rats, ETC.. a
frame covered with cellar netting can
be made to slide in under the roosts
thus effectually protecting the chicks.
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It Felt So.

An Irish servant-girl came to her
mistress one morning begging permits.
sion to go to the dentist to have an
aching "toot' filed; saying that it had
been going ''thumpity-thump, thumpity-
thump!" all night.
N. When the girl returned her mistress
asked:
We'll, Katie, did you have the tooth
filled?'
'..Oi did mum. -
What did you have it filed with?''
'Oi don't know just phwat it was,
mum, but from the way it fales OF
should t'ink it was t'under and loight-
ming he'd put into it, mum. BY Youths
Companion.
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It was a very cold morning in the
month of March, in the. great city. OF
Chicago, writes youthful contributor.
A little old man stood on the corner OF
Clark and Randolph streets selling
newspapers. He was very thinly cald and
kept trotting up and down, trying hard
to keep warm. His voice was hoarse
from cold, and passers-by could hardly
hear him shout Some rude boys jeer-
ed and laughed at him; but one, about
thirteen years old, rather better dress
ed than the rest, after looking at him
for few moments walked up to him
and said, "Shall shout for you?'' The
old man thought the 10y was making
fun of him and told him to "be IF .
but the boy began to call out, morn
ing News, Times or Herald" in clear,
shrill voice, which attracted so many
customers that in little while the old
man had sold all his stock. He offered
to divide the profits with his youthful
partner, but the boy would take moth
ing, and went off with smiling face.
Youths COMPANION. :.
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whips cut from the woods. In the great
sheep feeding districts of England
racks mounted on wheels are found
useful They enable the shepherd to
change the place of foddering without
too much labor, more equally distrib
uting the manure and saving time in
going to and from the stacks. The
axles of an old carriage may be made
to serve good purpose here, or wood
axles will do. Two thicknesses of lum-
Der nailed together crosswise to pre-.
vent splitting and sawed into discs will
make good wheels. Anything that will
save fodder and the feeder and benefit
the flock will soon repay its cost
Hollister Sage, in Farm and Home. ss
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MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.

Colloquy Between Native African and :
Big, Strong European. =.
A large, strong man dressed in. !
uniform, and armed to the teeth, knocks
at the door of hut on the coast Of
Africa.
"Who are you, and what do You
want?" asks voice from the inside.
s1n the name of civilization open your
door, or I'll break it down for you and
fill you full of lead'' s s'@#
"But what do you want here?" a
my name is Christian Civilization.
Don't talk like a fool, you black brute.
What do you suppose I want here
but to civilize you, and make a reason
able human being out Of you if it is pos
sible.''
''What are yo,1 going to do?'
I'm the first place, you must dress
yourself like awhile man. It's a;shame
and a disgrace the way you. go about.
From now on you must wear under
clothing, pair of pants, vest, coat, plug
hat and pair of yellow gloves. will
furnish them to you at a reasonable
price
NudV SHALL 90 WIN Cnem?
Wear them, of course. You didn't
expect to eat them, did you? The first
step of civilization is to wear, proper
clothes"
But it is too hot to wear such gar
ments. I'm not used to them. i I'll per-
ish from the heat. Do you want to
murder me?"
'Well, if you die you will have the
! satisfaction of being a martyr to civil
ization." j.
'You are very kind"
Don't me alton it. What do you do
for living anyhow"
'When am hungry eat banana.
eat, drink or sleep just asI feel like it. y
"What horrible barbarity! You must
settle down to some occupation, my
friend. If you don't I'll have to,lock
you up as vagrant.'' y ..sg4ssf
IF I've got to follow up some occu-
: patton, think I'll start coffee-hou
! I've got a good deal of coffee and sugar
on hand" tsa
"Oh, you have, have you? Why, you
are not such a hopeless case as /
thought you were. In the first. place,
you want to pay me fifty dollars"
"What for?'', 3 H#ea
An occupation tax, you innocent
heather. Do you expect to get all the
blessings of civilization for nothing?"
But I haven't got any money"
'That makes no difference. Fll take
it out in sugar and coffee. If you don't
pay I'll put you in Jail y, = s.,s.ssrs "
What is jail?'
''Jail is a progressive word. You
must be prepared to make sacrifices for
civilization, you know. "'iefsal#
"What great thing civilization is!''
you can, not possibly realize the
benefits, but you will before I get
through with you.''
The unfortunate native took to the
woods and has not been seen since
From the German. So ''A zSsE
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Annual wheat Consumption.

The ordinary yearly consumption o,
wheat for the countries of the world
usually embraced in such statistics ag
gregates about 2, 100, 900, 600 bushels
400, 100000 in Europe and 700, 600, O0(
in other countries. "A survey Of the
probable production the current yeal
indicates an aggregate of about 1880.
O0O,0 bushels If the. deficiency If.
production were more evenly dis
tributed than it's the shortage would
have little signif cance. AS it. is, il.
calls for an unusual movement from
surplus to importing countries, thu
adding more than ordinarily to the cost
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A Fathers Foresight.

Speaking of Judge Calhoun suggests
a good story about his middle name,
which is Ezekiel
81 asked my father once,'' said the
judge, "why he ever put such thing
as Ezekiel in my name, as to the best
of my recollection no family precedent
or close friendship with any body of
that name warranted it. -.
My son. said he. I did it to keep
you from ever parting your name in
the middle, I" and the jAdge has never
parted it.-Atlanta Constitution.
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STABLES FOR COWS.

An Ohio Farmer Submits Ills Idea to the
Farming World.
l have recently changed two COW
barns, writes an Ohio Farmer CORE.
spondent, and send a sketch of the
plan of fastening. The stanchlon
frame is feet ~. inches high, between
II and 0. The piece A is 10 inches
wide and II inches thick. Bis715
inches wide; c, 6 inches; D, inches.
The sketch shows the stanchion closed
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Yes, the ceremony has been per
formed and John and Mary are one.''
''Indeed? Which one?'' 'Well,'' an
swered the father of the bride, ssfrom
what / know of Mary's mother, ! I
should say-but, ali! here she comes. Z
Detroit Free Press. IS
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and open. The manager is feet wide,
and stalls 80 feet, which is wide
enough for a COW. The stalls are feet
10 inches from stanchion to gutter, and
the latter is IL inches wide and inches
deep. In the rear of the gutter is a
walk feet wide. My cows keep clean
in these stables. There is little drop
ping outside of cutters, and it is very
easy to keep the stables clean.
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up lie stuck out his leg toward the rob-
Der, as if he were feeling for the brake,
and pulled the trigger. But one hand
was required to work the gun and the
effect was something in the line of
painful surprise.-San Francisco Elk
aminer.
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"A Smart Girl-Manager-s.Whaa
can you do?" Aspirant-''I can do a
dance which I do not advertise as an
imitation of any of the great Spanish
premieres." Manager-s.You are en-
gagged and on your own terms. Brook.
lvn Eagle @