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or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A wife In Kansas became . m0thes
and . mayor on the same day, and Q
wife in Kentucky took back TO her fam
lily . week-old baby with her diploma
from the medical college where she
graduated with honor.
Tho ''angry tree" sttains . height
Of from ten to twenty-five feet It b
found in Nevada, California and Arr
sons. II disturbed by contact. Or moved
by the wind. IL manifests signs Of vexar
ton, rufYiing its leaves like the hair Of
an angry cat and emitting sickenins
odor. ---s-
"A citizen OF Portland, Ind. claima
to b the owner of large Tom cat who
long ago developed great love tor the
compan,onship Of the poultry tribe.
1T eats everything they do. even to
shelled corn, and, when night comes.
perches itself ON the roost alongside Of
Q rooster n contented - IL Il were with
those of its own kind"
An easy way to lay in . stock Of ics
for summer use il practiced by . Mime
sofa farmer. In the winter he packs
drifted snow in his ice house. for few
nights wetting it with we'll water.
When frozen hard il in covered with
sawdust Last summer his stock Of
snow ice lasted until late in September;
it was Just rs good and clear - rfvef
ice; and he hadn't the trouble Of haul.
ing It
The six giant spruce trees which
have been sent from the Moosehead
lake region to Chicago. to be used a
pillars in the Maine building 1t the fair.
will give visitors . better idea Of
Names timber resources than would IN
equal number of pines. for, although
tho old title Of "Pine Tree State" will
always cling to her. IL = really mis-
homer in these latter day.. Maine BE-
ing much more Of . spruce tree state
than anything else
Rev. Mr.. Moore, Of Boston. has in
his possession . diary kept by his great
great-gr.ndfather in lass, 1t which
time he began his sixty yeazs labors -
= minister in Portland. Ne. The old
time parson records in the diary that on
one Sunday his opening prayer lasted
m hour and . quarter, and ho remarka
that he was wonderfully sustained
throughout" And in those days it wa
the custom for the congregation "a
stand du,in prayer.
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Something new in this line is fol.
lowed by . practical New Jersey dairy
man. At the time Of the last cultivs-
ton Of corn in July he sows clover and
timothy seed in the corn field. The
clover comes mp wonderfully well. - II
likes shade while young. BY Septem-
Der 20 the corn Is OF Of the ground and
the clover and timothy are given an
other month t. grow. The cows are
turned in daily for feed and are taken
out IS soon Is they have their ill and
not allowed to tramp il down. The
ground is full Of clover roots for the
winter and in spring there il more early
feed before the land i plowed for an
other crop. Rye would make . strong.
er growth than timothy and growing In
the shade it would not keep back the
clover Is when sown in the open field.
The clover will make . good green ma
nure next spring and il won't cost much
to try il. Sow ha;f Of your corn field
this year aud 90 not be caught by short
feed Us yoH were last fsll.--S. T. Hone
stes4
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INpERSONAL PICklNcS.

A CASE 10 reported Of . somnsmbu-
liss who walked fifteen miles in his
sleep.
WOMAN living 1t Harlem. New York
city. Is licensed captain Of ship Of
which her husband is chief engineer.
A POOR woman in Bonham. Tex,
makes her living BY going about the
streets, and there sewing buttons on
mems garments.
THERE'S an American girl in London
who can lick ON postage stamps faster
than Maud s. can trot She has record
Of 1000 in IN hour.
The monumental mean man dwells
In the Quaker city. He shouted from
his window the other morning: "Ha.
milkmani You needn't leave but .
pint this morning-ny wife died last
night"
An indignant justice Of tho peace IN
Barry, H.. fined . poor marksman six
dollars for firing six shots At his wife.
The weapon was . six-sho0ter. Had Il
been . seven-shooter. the man would
have probably been fined one dollar
more
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FRAME FOR SOlO.

Sohn Gould Discusses lts Merits aad Sug-
gests Some Improvemeots.
An old reader sends Us the accom-
panying cut Of the frame of . silo, and
asks IL Il Is Of sufficient merit 70 be no
ticed. OF course anything that prom
Uses to Be an improvement on existing
things is in the line Of notice. The
diagram shows that the studding Of the
silo is to be put horizontal. and the
locked corners are to be further
strengthened by . cross-piece, TO be
spiked on Is seen At A. The important
thing In to do away with the corners.
and cell upon these braces as well -
the studding u. The designer does
not say whether the silo is to Be single
or ble-boarded, which would 30 IN
important point, rs the .silo, If single
ceiled. would find it's weak point at the
turning of tho angles. II the matched
lumber were first put upon the stud
ding. or now more properly ribs" and
notched on to these cross braces 90 that
the siding could be spliced or Tapped on
70 the first boards. the corners would
seem then to be reasonably secure.
The double boarding. with strong pa
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SHEEP SHEARlNGS.

FIFTY sheep make . good flock to
keep together.
SHEEP are fond of variety Of food and
thrive upon it.
SHEEP have q good coat of wool, yet
they need good shelter from storms.
FEEDING on low, wet land produces
an unfavorable condition for the sheep.
1t this time the lambs will Ike weak
and sickly.
TOA very considerable extent upon
the number kept depends the profit
ableness of the flock.
KEEP sheep out of the dirt; dirty,
bury wool is always docked more than
the value of the dirt
II the sheep must Do sold, fatten
them well and sell for mutton; better
prices can be realized.
ONE of the best plans of feeding lambs
is with bottle, with . rubber nipple
fastened over the top.
SHEEP love high. dry ground. and this
should be remembered in selecting .
typical sheep pasture.
The permanent fertility OF the farm
is gradually increased BY the number
Of sheep that are kept upon it
ONE advantage with wool growing is
that it does not exhaust the fertility Of
the soil like grain growing.
When . eve loses her lamb she can
be put in . pen and used ~ . wet nurse
to help out lambs that are lost
Wool cannot be grown to the best
advantage from the backs Of poor sheep
any more than good crops Of grain can
be grown on q thin, rundown soil.
the English farmer turns his sheep
into the turnip field to gather the crop
for themselves. He thus saves the Ia
Dor of handling them. and ut the same
time gets the land well manured.-
Wesfern Rural
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SALT AS A FERTILIZER.


An Excellent Thing for Warm. Dry Soils
when Properly Applied.
Salt is not fertilizer in the same
sense as guano or phosphate. but on
warm, dry soils where repeated ex-
periments with phosphates have never
paid the cost of the material, salt, when
applied in the right quantity and the
soil dry, has never failed to give many
times its cost, sometimes nearly
doubling the crop With spring wheat
and oats on rich soil could always
get . good growth Of straw. but the in
tense heat when the grain was ripen-
ing would rust and destroy the crop.
But Just At this critical period salt,
with me. in twenty years. trial, has
seldom failed to give bright straw and
plump grain. My first sowing Of salt
was . little over 100 pounds to the
acre. but this did not keep the straw
bright. Now l use 500 pounds. and
think 400 pounds still better. On .
small garden which had long been
under cultivation the worms had be.
come 50 numerous that melons and
onions were destroyed every year. On
this ground I put 600 pounds per acre
and the worms disappeared.
Asparagus and beets should also have
the refuse pork brine scattered over the
ground, - il helps to kill the weeds
and does some god in making other
plant food available. A nei9hhor had
some scrub ounce bushes. arorod
which . quantity Of salt was placed,
with the idea that IL would kill them.
But the trees improved Immediately
and bore luscious ounces the same
yesr.-W. c. Fisher, in Farm and Home.
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German
Syrup

SIMPLY state thai. am Dru8Hist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in q position to judge. I have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
I have given it to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have Il. ]. II.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Mofat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts. Of to-day Boschee's
CermanSyrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. Q
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times the amount 1t is intended for
those who feed their horses hay from
above. The front of the rack, or chute.
is twelve inches wide ut the bottom
and twenty inches at the top. The side
is from twenty to twenty eight inches
wide. the lower end being cut away rs
shown in the engraving, the distance
from the bottom of the manger to the
top of the arch being sixteen inches.
The hay. when placed in the top Of
the rack. will fall or settle to the bot
tom, and the horse in eating the hay
pulls ont mouthful at q time, all the
leaves, seeds, ETC., remaining in the
manger. The horse does not get his
eyes or name full Of dirt hayseed and
foul dust With many styles of feed
racks, the health and eyesight Of the
horse is much endangered by the float
ing dust in the still air.-American
Agriculturist
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DOWN TO SLEEP.

a peffume.laden oummer's pieht:
A cleareyed woman. calm and fair:
a little maiden robed in white
Lisps 1t her mothers knee . prayer;
And angels gather up each word
Purest Of pearls from LIES great deem,
An, me- wero 0weeter ever heard
Than Nov lay mo down TO sleeDl"
Now - the maiden older grown,
And ripened are her childhood's charmA
She seeks but wisdom: this alone
Is what she Graves. Not loves alarms
Nor lovers pleadinss stir her soul,
Or serve to turn her quest aside:
She sees part and asks the wholA
With spirit still unsatisaeA
A woman now. Each heavy bae
That held the door Of Wisdem faso
q lifted, and she looks afar
And cries: "At last. my soul, at lassss
She searches for . guiding star
To light her way - new empeise-
Her mothers smile was sweeter far
A look Of doubt 10 In Aee eyes.
ympatiently. with logic's knife
She shapes each new and uatEied ereeA
10 nt into her lonely life:
To meet her intellectual need
She tries al isms-ands then husks
And throws them from her. one b. oaA
She reaches out into the dusks
While Others revel in the sun.
Dear hearth At last thero falls day
When all the worn old creeds are dead,
And faint and wearied from the fray
She lies upon her dying bed
Then on the verge Of Mfe's eclipse.
Back DER the years her swift thoughts lea1
And softly from the trembling lips
Comes: SHOW lay ne down % sleen"
Brave soul that srove TO stem the tide
With human VISIONS fragile bark:
That strove, and would not b denied
The goal you sought. till In the dark
Your Srail boat stranded, and again
You walked the paths that childhood kesp
] pray God wait "a for you when
At last you laid you down 70 sleep
Ross Deforrls, In Lselie'O WEEKLY.
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y, and wouldn't ther'fo' insult { ~,
Der Of it." the mountain man r<a1ied.
''You said that this here bar - . tten
of . thing. and then said that BID over
yander In the lot Is bug-eat; 4 Am
willin' to leave it to any jury th can
Be raked up in this town th1k am
right know what il Is to be btH-eak
and don't blame the bar. for aon't
reckon he could help it. had dog
once that was bug-eat-as kind-h rted
and gentlemanly . dog Is you evd seen
and didn't hold him respoe iblaI
Say, now. without any more (lish-
ness, don't you want to buy . b.
Steve placed his hand on . 3 i 70
steady himself. He looked at the Ioun-
tain man with all the conteH he
could throw into his watery eyi and
then, still under so strong . n raint
that the baggy knees Of his users
quivered, thus delivered himself
Il am tryin' to make an honesI livm'
and hope to Join the church sou dsy1
but II you don't 20 away from III he I'll
hurt you, and III make il int Of
hurtin' you mighty bad. Do yon carp
''Oh! yes, I hear, and ruthe than
have any dif6kilty. I'll harlsen; ! do
hope that befo' you join the chu and
befo' the day is over. for that litter,
you may change 20 mind abb thia
bar. Get ep. boy" He swV1 hil
hickory, and dealt the mule . bisivs
blow.
Business was dull. and Steve bdded
and dreamed rs he sat on the = hnda.
He WA aroused by . noise. and. king
mp he saw that the mountain y had
again stopped At the gate. ~
Look hers!" Steve yelled. noyy under
very little restraint, Thought told
you to 60 ON away from here"
You did tell me, and did q sway,
but that didn't keep me from omin'
back again. have been to early
every place In this town, and bbody
don't seem to want . bar, and q fact
has begun 10 crawl into nv mil that
the bar market down here i pretty
dull Down yonder jest nS% the
thought struck me that axteS II you
mout want . real bar, and am
willin' to help You out with yd vants.
will let You have this one for: in dol
lars"
Steve went out to the gate. Re put
his elbows on . wheel of the tag0n.
and. looking hard At the mount$ man
said:
II have been very kind TO yo
II haven't made that diskiW ~, but
II you have been kind to me FL much
obleeged"
Il have been kind to you. adj now
want to tell you what I'm go4 to do;
I'm goin' to maui you"
And he did maui him. He atched
the mountain man out Of the wagon
and wallowed him in the rod And
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during the performance the bi r sat in
the wagon and looked on will. b indif-
ference complete in every devSl. The
mountain man climbed back Y f5is seat
rs soon rs Steve granted him Fat priv
ilege. and. gathering up thess hickory.
said: After all reckon YOU xnow 20
own mind best-don't reckon N8u really
do want to buy = bar. Goodt ". sah!'
Eveniuo came and stranger11vho had
heard -&heA . desperate md would
wrestle with ferocious bear! athered
1t the place of encounter.
Now, gentlemen" said SIZE, 'the
time has come for me to show bu what
. white man can do. All my n ks were
bar fighters, and 50 far Is hetd from
not one of them was ever hipped.
Some hunters have Just brot int in .
monxtrous bar from down III The bot
toms. and all that want to SET bee fight
him just pay twenty-five pts and
come ahead"
A number of men paid the money
and followed him inIo the ack lot.
Those who were acquainted with the
indolent habits of the bear sal nothing,
partly through fear of inc1 ring tho
enmity of Old Steve, but mai ~ to fcs-
ter a laugh at the expense the gull
lible ''tenderfeet-" T.
Steve conducted the epecta}kra TO the
tree where the bear was chafjed The
brown Of evening, making . yssery OF
the huge black mass Of anim1a life and
hiding the patches on his Iroat pro-
claimed him . savage monstds
Gentlemen" said Steve, tbefo' I 60
into this here fight I want tell you
that / don't deserve no sympathy. tor
have brought it on myself. Here goes"
He made . lunge At the Mar. The
monster threw himself in - upright
position against the tree I'D caught
Steve in his arms. For . MOI emit there
was silence, and then . loud fyeN split
the stiffness Of the decpenin} twilight
The bear boxed Steve. he h|gged him
time and again and then peared to
be biting him. III
"Take him away! he's k{liing me-!
the gladiator cried. Two en seized
Steve's legs and drew him 4eyo nd the
bears reach, and the monst{r--and in
deed he was one now-strf :ched his
chain in his efforts TO rerttw the en-
gagement- Steve was takdPi into tho
house. He was covered withablood. and
Il was evident that . numbed Of his ribs
were broken.
"Have you anything to Nv? como
one asked. 1T may b prdbable that
Won can't talk after awhile.
IAN I've got to say u bis steve
Rroaned. II wish hadn't 1T ~ inter
mate with that BLAMED bari
Several m.n went out With lantern
70 look at the victor. hey found
nothing bat chain under e tree. Int
down farther in . fence rrer they
found . worn and Aea-tten bear
ssleep Had they cont4,sAed their
search. however, they u1Tht have
found down the road . mofn.aiu man
helping his bear into . vsGon; and
they might possibly have harmed that
the mountain man, for Purposes Pc
culiarly his own, had liberatSd the lag
nruin and had temporarily khained his
own bear to the tree.-N. T. advertiser.
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THROUGH POWERFUL GLASSES.

ACCORDING to the best snthorities the
heat generated by an English sunglasa
is equal to l6e. 3es degrees
GAlrLEo's first telescope was made
out of . common lead pipe. into the
ends Of which were glued ordinary
spectacle glassea
TnE microscopes say that . moe
quito has twenty-five teeth" IN the
end of its bill-eleven above and the
same number below.
On August Mars will arTtve ae .
point directly opposite the earth. which
Il reaches but once in every fifteen
years, when the distance win be reduced
from III, 900, 900 - 81. ooo. 40 miles
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ground of his quaint and dtspensAole
career. and indeed no one seemed to
care; but every one that came within
his range was impressed with his odd
personality. He was tall and gaunt
and gfizzled; his eyes were Afflicted
with watery sleepiness. but sudden
~ became eager at the sight Of . dol
lar. He kept . sort Of roadhOuse,
which he designated - Bear Park. near
the town OF Hot Springs. and made his
living BY administering to the thirst
and catering to the amusement Of tho
wayfaring man. The amusement con-
sisted Of . black bear. old, lazy and
feabitten. This animal, advertised as
of most furious disposition. was kept
chained to . tree In . back lot: and 1t
evening, when tho accommodating
dusk threw . hiding shade over the
bears most striking faults, / e., lazi-
ness and feabites, old Steve would an
nounce to his guests that he was now
about to engage in the dangerous feat
of wrestling with the ferocious monster
from the Mississippi swampa. Those
who knew the trick drank their beer In
unconcern, but those who did not paid
twenty-five cents and passed into the
back lot to see the desperate encounter.
One afternoon, when old Steve was
sitting on his veranda, . man from the
mountains came along, driving . red
mule and . white steer hitched to =
sbaky and cracking wagon. In the
wagon there were . few small cab
bsges and . black bear.
Say" said the mountain man, stop
ping his team. don't you want to buy
the finest bar you ever seen?"
''No." Steve replied; got all the bar
] want"
'.But you amt got NO such bar Is
this here one
mo. and I don't want no SIGH = kit
ten of a thing as that"
Now look here, mister, that amt no
way to do-insult mans bar. have
travelled seventy-five miles with this
bar, and you air the fust man that has
offered him . insult. That amt OBJ
servin' the common courteses that is
due bar that amt never done you no
harm. But putin all that to one side.
let me ask you seriously il you want to
buy bar"
II told you that I've got all the bar I
want" old Steve sharply replied.
The mountain man gathered up his
hickory fail rs il he would drive on;
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hAYRAck AND MANoER.

Moro Servtceohle ThAa Th~oo Costing
Three Times ~ Much.
The hayrack and manager shown in
the accompanying illustration is very
cheap and simple, and will be found
equally rs serviceable and far more
hcalthful than those costing three
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aaid 4 discouragee

MA" said discourage! little mr..
chiu. II ain I going to schooi.sry NOR" "
"Why. dear?" tenderly inquired his
mother "'Carse faint nogass- cen
pever learc to spell The t<keper keePs
easaain. weris - ne Oh W time"
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Aovuadsrfulp rogrees d CAicaeo - "
nsnufSctaring Aeld during - poss deeode
- proved gsauine eye-Opeocc 70 kestera
people, and many Of Der owA ctsisees WnlSs
5imly conscious Of her gr0wtn h the ~
opocs are not fully sllv6 = The 1m0e.se
6eneat Witch aoefnes 70 tAe city b The
9ro6ual locotaon u great nsaufaceoFseo -
Ser vicinity. In every day linse euea =
packing, milling and kia0red in0ue0sSo
CHICAGO he's long bsea ashncWledged tne
ssKine Bee" but Il will surprise moee 30.
~ g Learn that In IL nanufaceurc q
1uejcal instruments aleo, the largest 1oo-
tory II existence 10 located IN Chicago
Nevertheless II 10 . fase4 that Lyoo -
Henly tuPu cut mere goods onnpeily snaa
any similar factory IL the World. LIST year
their output WAS upward Of 10000 musical
instruments and this year judging ~ ne
increase thus far the result Will - con-
alderably greater. The inserumoase nade
oy them include Plan0a. Or9eua. haxpe:
Guitars, Baajos, Nandolins, Dru~ end
hand INSTRUMENTS. and tho quality = = Ser
ouperioe % the European product, thas ehe
consumer cheerfully pays more Dcney Tor
the home made art3cla TO the thtnk'Ae
mind it y . real pleasure 70 know tnas eur
people have made such remarkaele prog
Trose IN this artistic line, AID = N Wcoe
ern man particularly IL IL . oafese Of pride
% know that 70 HE section belongs eAle
high Distinction
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WrH fattening sheep ~ with other
stock. the profit lies 10 securing . good
weieht In 9 sb9St tsNA
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OxI Of The hardest things In the world 10
for man who b stuck up . get down.
Atchison GlobQ
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Has Q ''taking'' way-tho burglar VII
says 'ycur money or your lifc."
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wAxrsD-A skillful dentist - an The
teeth Of gale.
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II II when no IN short that man wears Z
long faco.-N. Y. Press.
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JAeooX says Il u strange uohody ever
apds out what the Wild waves sre
say,ag, sseoueh svss - paay y = ssA-.
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"NRvER mind" ~ the physician r.
marked Of the born idiok-N. Y. Truth
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mo TlNs like the presen.," - the burglar
mormured when he grnsped little Bvos
b1rthday clOck.-N. 7. Truth
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TIE woman question-''Now isn't this Z
pretty tiwe Of night for you 70 get homer
-Texas Siftngs.
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The Only One Ever FriateA-Can Zee Hlod
the W0ed?
There Is . inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week. which has no two
words alike except one word The came 10
true Of each new ono appearing each week,
house places . ''Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for Il, send
them the name Of the word and they will
return You book, beautiful Autographs q
samples free.
IN . race-course picture the jockeys con.
tribute the n,cuntin' soenery.-Boston Cou.
Itcr.
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lfyou have any regard for your physical
welfare, have mercy on your bowels, coaae
and relax them without pain with Hostst,
ter Stomach Bitters. 8ubduo with u, too,
malarial and liver complaints, kidney end
rheumatic ailments, dyspspsiaand1 egvous-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-10

THIRs 10 moro pleasure in giving than In
receiving. THIS spples 70 medicine. kick
ana a6vica
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"HRLP! Help!' - the lndy cried afseR the
hired gtrl left-N Y. Truth
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II Il positively hurtful n uss ointmentf for
skin diseases. Use 0lenn's Sulphur Soap.