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Of drawing. A skillful budder will
lift the edges of the bark OF the per-
pendicular cut with the knife as he
makes the cross cut, and insert the bud
at once. Some persons use the thumb
nail for this purpose and others quSl.
shaped like blunt toothpick. If the
point Of the bud is once entered and
the bark is in the right condition, it can
easily be pushed down to the position
shown in the center of the illustration.
The budded stock must now be tied as
shown OH the right, with Eastwood
string or candle wick, tight enough to
hold the bud firmly to the stock. AS
soon Is the bud takes, which will be in
ten or fourteen days, the bandage
should be removed The bud lies dor
mant until spring, when the stock
should be cut back to within two inches
of the bud, and when the shoot from
the bud is few inches high this stump
may be cut down close to the shoot.
The operation is quite easy and simple.
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EJECT Of q Tropical Climate.

The LATEST fellers 1 ever see, not
barrin' Thompson there even," said the
man with the ginger beard, WAS down
in Central America. Tell you what
see once. l wandered into little sa-
loon that one Of tine greasers KEEP, and
what should see but lot of fellers
settin' round table with lot OF dice
on 1t, an all of 'em watchin' them dice
as if they 'spected them to turn over of
themselves Which. sure enough. they
did in minute. Then I got onto their
game. You see. about everr three or
four minutes they IS earthquake In
that country. and them lazy half breeds
was lettin' the earthquake do the
shakin' of the box for EN- Now, what
do you think of that?"--indianapolis
Journal
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To Keep MILK fro,n souring.

One spring young dairyman whose
neatness could not be questioned lost a
large per cent of his milk from sour
ing. He had to send it some twenty
miles by rail to the city. and he was in
the habit of having the cans scalded
out at the milk depot as soon. as
emptied by throwing q jet of steam
into them. 1t was suggested to him
to try. before scaiding the cans. rinsing
them thoroughly in cold water. adding
to the water a little sal soda in solu-
tion- The advice was followed and
there was no more trouble from sour
nllk--N. Y. Tribune.
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New MIX OF Fresh Cows.

The Vermont station has made some
investigation of the peculiarities of the
colostrum. or new milk. of fresh
COW. Aside from the strong odor. it
differs from normal milk chiefly in the
larger per cent. of the total solids. ash
and heterogeneous bodies. and the
smaller per cent of sugar Analyses
of successive milkings show very
rapid change to normal character. so
that, according to their observations,
the fifth aud succeeding colostrous
milks of the average single cow may be
safely used in the mixed milk of a
medium sized herd. the eighth and sue
ceeding ones in small herd.
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1.-THE very next weck eho asked Bar
bara to go up to the stone tower with
her. Barbara didn't want 70 20, but
Miss Arkwright had domineering way
with her. and the girl could hardly re-
fuse.
"sThere's picnic going up there to-
morrow says Barbara.
81 know it, says Miss Arkwright,
but don't want to see the place in
crowd And you've nothing else to do,
Barbara Dale ~ =
so Barbara went, all in new white
dress with blue ribbons. for think she
half hoped to see Mr.. Warden up there,
being as he spent a deal of time sketch
ing around the stone tower. He was
an artist by profession. was Mr.. War
den.
''Rut he wasn't there on this par
ticular afternoon. And once Miss Ark
wright got barbara up there like
mouse in q trap. she commenced her
wicked taunts, telling her how un-
maidcnly she was; how bold it was to
accept Mr.. Wardens compliments; how
little he meant by 'em, and all that sort
of thing, until the poor girl was fairly
stung to the quick.
.'She was sitting on the doorstep OF
the tower, Barbara was, and Miss Ark
wright was inside, leaning against the
narrow easement. 30 the sun shouldn't
touch her roseleaf complexion, when
Barbara started up.
"sHow dare you talk SO to me@ says
she. What right have you to insult me?
When you know that Percy Warden
loves mel
e "sHe loves mel said Miss Arkwright,
stripping q wild rose of its leaves and
fiinging them down on the grass below
.And-listen, Barbara Dale-he returns
to New York tonight, to ask my father
for my hand in marriage. And l alone
of all his friends am going to the train
to see him off, Now, Barbara, you
know all. / have neither pity nor COM
passion for you. Your own boldness
and folly have brought this upon you,
and you deserve to suffer!
"sYouare going to the train to bid him
Godspeed?' said Barbara, slowly. No,
Miss Arkwright, you are not The last
face Percy Warden shall see in the
Catskills shall be that of tho girl he has
trified with and deceived
"And Barbara closed the huge oak
door and shot the outside bolt across
its rusted fastenings with a strength
that was almost superhuman.
Girl. shricked the heiress, how
dare you serve me such q trick s this?
Open the door at oncer
mot until l have hidden Percy
Warden adieu,' said Barbara, with a
mocking laugh. And away she sped
down the heights, needless of Miss Ark
wrights cries and entreaties.
"You may wonder, ma'am, how ]
know all this. barbara herself told
me-told me before the mists clouded
her poor brain forever-and she told
it in such way that could fairly
hear and see everything for myself.
s.But both girls had fingered longer
upon the mountain.sidc than they had
any idea Of. Before Barbara could
reach the .depot-the cars were
then new thing in our part of the
country-the train was moving off, and
Percy Warden's face at one Of the win
tfows was all that she could see. In
her blind haste, Barbara's foot caught
IN the steel rail, the iron cowcatcher
flung her on one side and she fell with
her forehead against the freight-plat-
form. All the depot hands supposed
she was killed; but she wasn't
They carried her back to the hote,-
carried her insensible and bleeding
from the temples And that night one
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of those tempests of rain and storm set
in that we sometimes have in mid
Augusta tempest that lasted three
days No one could stir out, and all
that time Barbara lay at deaths door,
unconscious and silent
but in the thunder and lightning
and driving rain of the third night
sense and reason came back TO poor
Barbara. and she started up among her
pillows. ssA 4tfg
"'Wherc is Miss Arkwright? said she.
Shes not at the hotel, dear, says I,
soothingiy. And Wedderburn thinks
she must have made up her mind at The
last minute to go down to New York
with Mr.. Warden
II know where she is. said Barbara,
with shudder. She is up at the pow
der house.
I'VE thought she was dreaming, until
she told us all.
Three days and three nights!' she
| walled ont oh. go. some one. and see
after her,' sag
''And in all the storm my hus band and
two men climbed the steep mountain
sides with lanterns and approached the
powder house. And Of all eerie places
my husband says the powder house in
a thunderstorm at midnight, is the
| eeriesti
''Well. ma'am, they opened the door,
and there lay Miss Arkwright on the
floor, dead, her teeth nearly meeting in
/ l.. 4. f.. 4
by some horrible spasm- Whether she
died in a eonvulsion or starved TO death
no one knew and no one ever will know.
! And all the time my husband and
the men were gone Barbara was telling
me the story."-N. Y. Ledger.
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orow. Catarrhal diseases are thus 10.
Gated"
Here the doctor placed small Sec
ton of rubber hose over the light
which he held in his hand at the time.
"Now notice how this shines through
my thumb" he continued. SWELL, il
there were splinter there it could be
accurately located. Any disarrange-
ment of the small bones of the hand
could be ascertaihed in the same man
ner.
This practical use of electricity in
surgery is not new, however" added
the doctor. "The first man to utilize
it was Voltolini. In regard to these
newer instruments which have about
me, have just added improvements.
''Here is search light" said DIR.
Phillips, taking up a curved piece OF
nickel made to fit over the head and
come down between the brows. Be-
tween the brpws was lens which
stood out like the glass in bull's-eye
lantern. IL was connected by wire
with a storage battery. A switch was
turned and bright light shone out
from the apparatus like star on the
forehead of ballet dancer.
This light" said the physician.
''shines into and down the throat Of q
patient who is being examined for
throat troubles. This latter examine
tion can also be performed by the in
sertion of small electric light the size
Of pea. .r5 5e
'sThere is another instrument.consist
ing of flexible tube with q small lamp
at the end and connected with a bat
terry. The patient swallows this lamp
and when it reaches the stomach it
shines through. SO diseased organism
can be plainly read from the outside.
The circulation is visible and an alb
normal development stands out like
mole on persons check"
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FARM AND GARDEN.
TIE ARr oF BUDDING.

fhs Opsrssssn ID Quite Easy and simple
After All.
The best method of propagating the
peach. plum and cherry is by budding,
and August is good month in which
to do it. The first thing to do. says the
Farm journal, is to cut your buds,
which should be taken from . vigorous
shoot of this seasons growth. Make
drawing cut, beginning half an inch
below the bud, going just deep enough
TO keep below the bark, and cut off q
thin slice of wood beneath the bud.
Make q cut across quarter of an inch
above the bud, thus severing it from
the shoot 1t is now ready for insertion
into the stock. The stock should not
be over threc-quarters Of an inch in
diameter. To prepare the stock for the
bud make q T-shaped incision just
through the bark, as shown on the left
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ROAD MACHINES,
rAsy Have neen ussd With Good Erect
In New York state.

They Have Heen Used with aooo Naoe'
In New York state.
In order to intelligently understand
present needs it is necessary to under
stand present methods and present ap-
pliances for road making and repairing
as we find them in the rural districts.
In what have to suggest on this sub
ject my Judgment will be based on
what know of the situation in Dela-
ware county, N. Y, but the same state
of affairs will be found. think. in
many of the counties of this state.
Nine out of ten miles of all the coun-
try roads are, and will be at least for
many years, dirt or soil roads The
mode of making and repairing these
soil roads has greatly changed within
few years. The introduction ofroad
machines has almost entirely revOlu-
tionized the method of road making
The old dump scraper has gone to take
its place with the discarded tools OF q
bygone age, and has given place to new
wheel machines. wherewith two men
and two teams will construct more and
better road in given time than could
uc uOuC W ~ iuCu ouu Az VSoAAAo WsssA
the old tools and methods.
In this county during the past year,
according to the report of the board OF
supervisors, no less than 40 of these
road machines have been purchased for
the use of the road districts in the sew
eral towns at an expense Of about SITS
each. Yet there are now road districts
that do not own an interest in or have
the use of an improved road worker.
The use of the machine has had another
good effect, a new interest and new
degree of pride and emulation has been
awakened on the part Of the people
and the desirability of good roads has
been emphasized as never before.
1t is during the spring or rainy
weather that these dirt roads become
bad, and this is largely from being cut
up and rutted by hauling heavy loads
on narrow-tired wagons. What will
afford the most relief and be of the
greatest benefit will be the enactment
of law compelling the transportation
of all loads on wide-tired wagons, the
weight of the load to be governed by
the width of the tire.-N. NJ. Blish, in
Farm and Home
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Preserving Tools from Rust.

Prof. Olmstead states that his meth.
cd of preserving scientific apparatus
from rust is one of the best known.
His preparation is made by the slow
melting together Of six or eight parts
of lard to one of resin, stirring until
cool This remains semi-huid, ready
for use. the resin preventing rancidity
and supplying an air-tight film.
Rubbed on a bright surface ever SO
thinly it protects and preserves the
polish eifectually. and it can be wiped
off nearly clean If ever desired, as from
. knife blade, or it may be thinned
with coal oil or benzine.
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an inch apart. as shown at band B and
C in the illustration. This strap is then
fastened to the front of an ordinary
halter headstan either by rivets or by
sewing. When this weaner is placed
upon the calf the COW will prevent fur
ther sucking. There are, of course,
several patent calf weaners on the
market, some of which are quite effec'
Judd + Farmer.
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an electric light Of thrce-candle power
and about as big as grape. 1t is ad
justed to the end of a rubber tube.
which in appearance resembles lead
pencil, and through which the wires
reach the globe.
In demonstrating the properties OF
this light before the Academy of Medi
cine, DIR. Phillips called a small boy K
the platform and placed the instru-
ment in his mouth. The boy closed
his lips, all the lights were turned cut
and then the light in the instrument
was turned on.
Immediately the boys cheeks be-
came translucent, and every vein and
imperfection of the skin stood out
with distinctncss. The light also shone
through the upper part of the face.
"The beauty Of this illuminator,
said Dr. Phillips, Lies in the fact that
it enables us to read certain conditions
of the head which could only be learned
heretofore by operations or probings.
If the light shines through one side OF
the face and not the other. we know
the dark side is affected.
SIT also throws a light through the
bones of the face and discloses forma-
tions of the bones which, under other
circumstances, could only be ascer-
tanned by drilling into the bones.
"Placed in the corner of the eye, the
light shines up through the cavity in
the frontal bone just over the eye.
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GOOD MILK STOOL.

One That 10 Very Popular In the New
England States.
Take inch board that is 90 inches
long by inches wide. Across the top
of the front end nail cross piece, wide
enough to hollow out on the back so as
to fit the bottom of the pail and leave
it wide enough in the center to admit .
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The Poet's Joke.

THAT new suit, of Canebrake's is .
perfect poem. isn't itf s'5gi ~.
Yes; he calls it an Owed to His
Tailorr PUCK. Ta.Err s=e.as-
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a DECISION.


~ he cay we're mos too thi4k.
An he goes ter git stick
When We hids his pipe an run:
Ma sAys "I1et scm have their fun
IA she say the clo'es Jest go,
An she have ter knit an sew.
m 'en We have bare little feet;..
Pa say: Keep EN- lookin' neat"
Both say: SAINT got hardly 'nough
When the weather 8 cold n rough,
Few pertaters n little grain.
N ono umbrella when 1t rain
s'N' how'll we Ever git along
With such eatin', wearin' throngf
Keep on gittin' worse, you know,
Eat more ex they older grow"
m ZEN they put us IN our bed,
m they pat Us on the head,
An SAY jeat when our prayers are done:
s'Aint TOO many-not o onei"
Helen Chaffec, in Detroit Free Press
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Very Familiar.

Is there something familiar you see, sir.
That thus At stranger you starefs'
There is SO; for It's quite plain 10 me, sir.
That my stolen umbrella you bear"
-BrookiyD LifA
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Horse sense.

First Country B0y-Wot makes tn
city horses hold their heads up so high?
Second Country Boy-I s'pose they
don't like bad smells. Good News
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8ARsARA.
7ls@ Spry
q fHs05FIl5-

he most pictur-
esque spot !
have ever seen
in my life" =" said
ell Towers.
" A S q u ar e
stone house. all
over g r O W N
Wifh wO0dbinc
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By the latest application Of electric
ky.to the medical science it has be-
.ome possible to utilize the human
head as q lantern. This, says the New
York. Herald, was proved by DIR. Wen
iell C. Phillips before meeting OF the
laryngological section of the Academy
of Medicine.
The electrical apparatus used is
called a "head illuminator." 1t con.
sists of small incandescent globe and
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HOMEMADE WEAVER.

Constructed of Wire Nails and q Couple Of
Leather Straps.
The illustration presented herewith
represents very cheap and effective
weaner. Take wire tenpenny fence
nails and cut off from the pointed end
about one-third their ordinary length
and file the outer ends sharp. Take a
stiff piece of leather six to eight inches
long and press the nails through about
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HEAD ILLUMINATOR.
Latest Application OF Eleotriolty
to Medical Science.

Patients May swallow Electric Lamps the
Size Of . Pill-A New Method Of Lo-
eating Catarrhal and Other
Diseases.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-30
THE BRANLE.
A Dance Among Easter Eggs That Won |
Bride For Philibert of Savoy.

A Dance Among Easter Eggs That Won .
Bride For Philibert of Savoy.
On the western slope of the Alps a curl
GUS Easter custom prevails. 1t is dance
called the ''branle." On level space COW
cred with sand 100 eggs are distributed,
and the young men and young women dance
among them.
1t is the unwritten law of the locality
that if they succeed in completing the
''branle'' without breaking a single egg
thy become affianced, with or without the
consent of parents Or guardians.
The royal Lady Marguerite of Flanders
was sojourning in the charming district of
Eresse. She occupied the ancient castle of
Brou, which was alive with the festivities
proper to the day and the occasion, for serfs
and mobiles, soldiers and priests, headed by
the fair Marguerite herself, had made them
selves ready to receive, with due pomp and
ceremony, Fhilibert, the handsome duke of
Savoy, who was in the ncighborhood hunt
ing channels, and who had sent courier
announcing his intention to visit the castle
and pay homage to the beautiful princess
Of Austria.
It was Easter Monday. All the old men
shot at butts with their crossbows for
prizes, all the young, high and low, danced
with the village nlaidens on the green. The
hundred eggs were scattered according to
custom, and several couples had come to
grief and retired from the laughing ap-
plause of the bystandeTs to clean the broken
eggs from their shoes, when bugle was
heard, and Philibert OF Savoy, radiant with
youth and happiness, appeared on the scene.
Bending his knee before the noble chate-
laine, he besought her hospitality. AS the
merry making grew more enthusiastic he
proposed to lis hostess to tread a measure
with him in the 'branle''-the dance of the
eggs
How beautiful" says .,n old French
writer, they looked as they stepped for
ward hand in hand! Savoy and Austria!
shouted the crowd. The dance was finished,
not an egg was broken, and the blushing
Marguerite allowed her hand to remain
within that of Philibert as he said, Let
us adopt the custom of Bresse.'" Thus
were they affianced, and their marriage took
place soon afterwaru.
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Egg ROIliil. on Easter Monday.

Egg kIOlllliss on lIsaSCef MONDAY.
The District of Columbia has a manner
of celebrating Easter that is peculiar to it.
self. 1t is the egg rolling celebration that
occurs annually on the white lot" as the
grounds back of the presidential mansion
are called. Here, Oh Easter Monday, thou
sands of the city's children assemble, rich
and poor, white and black, baskets of eggs
On their arms and joy in their hearts, intent
on IL picnic unknown elsewhere
The usual method of cracking eggs,
''p'ints" and butts is rot neglected, but
the feature of the days amusement is
rolling eggs down hill to try and crack the
eggs of adversaries, cunningly and tempt
ingly laid to invite the fusillade. The Ma
rine band plays for the children, the presi-
dent generally gives them reception, and
the White House children, when there are
any, join in the sport Nowhere else on
earth is there such an annual exhibition of
genuine democracy, and probably nowhere
else such great fun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-30

Easter is now pascua florida for all
Christian denominations, and few are the
churches that are not frightened by flow
ers On resurrection morning. The florist
has come to consider the day as his especial
harvest and compeis everything to bloom,
regardless of tie natural limitations of the
season. BY skillful treatment, involving
alterations between cold houses" dark
houses" and warm houses" plants are
literally forced to blossom on time, and the
result must prove gratifying to those who
enjoy the azaleas, lilies, roses, carnations,
camellias, primroses, hyacinths and other
beautiful flowers provided for their de-
lectation without regard to their natural
season for blooming.
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The Sweetest Thing In Life.

A beautiful girl stood alone in the room.
She held bunch Of Easter lilies in her
hand. But the lilies were no whittier or sweet
er than she was. She looked into the pure
Towering cup and sighed, but she blushed
a little, too, when she sighed, and that is a
sign of great happiness. She pinned the
blossoms in her gown and thought of a
question asked and an answer given the
evening before. Then she smiled and
blushed again. She went out. A little way
down the street a young man stood on the
steps of a church. He seemed to be waiting
for some one. When the beautiful girl
came near, he hurried eagerly to meet her,
and when he saw the lilies his face grew ra-
diant. He spoke to her, and she smiled
Their eyes met, and together they walked
into the church.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-30

Mrs. Won Blumer-Oh, dear! can't go
to church today, and it's Easter too. That
horrid milliner has sent home the wrong
bonnet. This one belongs to Mrs. Sand
stoEe, for she was trying it on when I was
Ut the milliner's one day.
Won BlumerI don't see but what it
looks all right on you. Why don't you
wear st?
Mrs. Won Blumer- Wear It'll Oh, dear.
no. Why, it cost IS less than mine.