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out for the forest. and. an thew tod
Toms wife on their return. had roo
sport until the rain came on and drov,
them back.
IL was about noon when they re.
turned ON the fourth day. af.er wad
ing for many hours through the
Swamps, with that persistent and bone
ehiling downpour saturatinr them n.
~ did everything about aud the fir,
thing they did was 10 seek the bar ans
ask for a Stiff torum OF brandy each
and while the hostess was placing IN,
bottle to their reach they inquiries
about the boat.
The landlady, an aged female nearl,
ent double with rheumatics aud othel
inhrmitics OF time. received them I'm q
very friendly manner, told them thai
the boat had that morning gone Il
Auckland and would not be tack ~,
some hours as the weather was "A
rough and offered 10 light FIRE In tn.
parlor' SO that they could warm and dr.,
themselves meanwhile. an Offer which
they gladly accepted.
As she told them there was no one M
home but herself, she left them I'm nos
session of the bar while she went ON,
TO prepare the room for them. and thus
helping themselves, as was the custom
IN colonial bars, they took up the liquor
according 10 their different habits
that Is the youngest bolted abont 4
third OF his quickly and without dis.
elimination. while the elder. being of a
more fastidious turn, smelt his glas,
carefully SO as 10 test the quality befor,
drinking Il, after which he emptied Il
hastilysnmongst the sawdust NJ his feet
aud caught AT the appraised arm OF his
companion.
For Gods sake don't drink any of
that stun, Charley, " he whispered. 1T
Is drugged"
But have done so already. Jack. -
replied the other, with dismay IN his
tones
AT this moment the old woman came
back, and, casting her eyes over the
empty glasses aud the bottle. from
which she could see a quantity had
been taken, she said:
THE room Is ready now. gentlemen.
II you will step round. and the Are will
be up In few moments. so that YOU
can rest and dry yourselves while !
get you cup OF tea and something 20
cat"
Yes! let ms 60 in. Jack, Tor feel
eonfoundedly tired and sleepy" muir.
INJURED Charley. as he leaned heavily on
the counter, with his eyelids closing.
NO, Charley, Wen walk about in.
stead outside" answered Jack, firmly,
getting hold OF his companions arm
and beginning 10 drag him 10 the door.
Surely you are not going 10 stand in
the rain till the boat comes" cried the
old woman, In astonishment. "Why.
the rain is worse than ever, while II IL
50 comfortable inside, with "A nice sofa
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ssaacHaa turns M her dear nose Al the "a.
Ano me brilliant electrical light
ana sns SAYS In ~ day We had cardies,,ck.
And abe laughs r. shc sa,.. -
well 'N'"ctnocr 30
How the curtains that shaded my bed
~ausat nv ore night from my caaliestieh ,ali
ana 1 came near to losing my head
Ny ssasaina hates gasoline stoves. for she
They'rs a wicked ard DANGEROUS ,h,nr,
So venue Dc hired 90 use one herself
Net " u Was made Tor a king,
And she tells of the h-.r,iae. i,ft,. 49,, u,
Aae t'' creme where the kettle was hung
Aaa the iosey Ds;ch ovens and skillets The,
In those days when my granny was young.
But when It was hot ard they wanted A lunch
.Sey chocolate and raspberry roiD.
-. '1cy nav 70 depend on the fireplace then.
Ano scorch themselves up 10 a coals
And grandnlanma says. N the nr. wont o,,.
iney had 90 90 borrow "a brand.
10 Aindic anew, from s0mc nclrhbor or fri,,a
TOT mere wasn't a match IN the landt
Electric and cable ears. grandnamu,a saw,
were made but 10 bring us mishaps
80 peepie are RECKLESS as reckless can BE-
To ride IN such terrible trans.
She says IT'S a wonder there's ANYONE ,ef,
II This era OF wire and stcan;
In h>r day they rode Ia thc omnibus btgb
Ana they travelled 10y stage coach and team.
sm sure nai was nice. and my grandrnammA
It's TIC way people ought 10 do vet.
NV my rush ana they crush, without caring .
How they ger knocked about ana unset.
sun think have heard that The ofnninu.
high
nouia losgle and noundcr and pitch.
anu We read that tho team would get fright.
oncd sometimes
And the stage coach fan into the ditch.
doubt
ma people were happy and wise.
Ana their ways. that would seem rather funny
tous, '
we need not tcride nor despise:
ana yet am glad thai 1.-Two In Our day,
And Tor our convcnirnces all
ia give up the stage aud the skliiets and cra,c
And even the eandlesticks tail
h1tue Whiting. IN Golden DAYS
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a Virginia farmer found 10 convenient
- house bis sheep 10 Tho tobacco house.
and as they seemed as anxious 20 cat
tobacco stems as hay he gave them
some every day as en- experiment aud
noted The results Previous t. that
time he bad lost young sheep by lung
worms more or less every year. hut
that year be- lost none. though the aer-
son was such that De- expected their
deadly visitation BE now feeds tobac-
co stems. when be- has them. 81 his
sheep io also feeds tobacco crumbs
and pulverIzed tobacco in bran and in
the salt ~ his flock. and they have
been perfectly healthy ever since 10.
bacco Isl known 90 Boz ono 81 the best
and % Americans the simplest. insecti.
cidea ~ ia quite possible 81 So prepare
the system ~ The sheep BY feeding 60
bacco that internal parasites cannot ex-
ist iu any para Y she animal Amer
icau Enrmcr
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

AFTER harvest comes time OF com
parative leisure. This is good oppor-
tunity for cleaning up che farm Some
brush and dirt and debris is almost sure
to collect, through the busy season. and
IL is much better TO get 10 out OF the
way now than 10 let it lie untb spring.
THE man who devotes the least
amount OF plant food 20 sustaining "a
crop Of weeds is the one who has, uni
formly the best crops for market
Weeds Of course have their uses but
ordinarily they are not marketable
and 50 II is hardly worth while 10 pro
duce them.
THERE Is no use trying it-you cannot
crop land continuously without feeding
it. Perhaps you have been trying 20 do
80, and that is the reason YOU think
farming don't pay. II never will paw.
in that way Begin now. IL you never
have done so before, ~ study how 10
feed the soil
~ you should spend money for fertil-
izers, and then leave them out ia the
rain until they were pretty thoroughly
washed outyou would'do pretty fool
ish thing. Bnt no more foolish than %
let the manure remain piled beneath
the caves o. The barn, where 10 gets
washed by every rain. II would be- "A
good plan 70 remedy this.
Ir is an old and true axiom that "a
crop well put in Is half made. Keep
this in mind when seeding wheat this
fall for n there ever was time and
a crop regarding which the farmer
needed all possible assurance Of suc-
cess. that time Us now-and the crop Is
wheat The only way that 81 viii paw
70 grow wheat now IS 70 grow Il ex-
ceediugly well.
LAND hunger, and the itch % have
every new implement invented. keeps
many farmer poor With less land
expenses may be- reduced when times
are hard. and fewer implements will be
needed in order 90 cultivate 80 per-
fecty. a smaller range Of crops. each
one grown as speciality. viii give bet
ter returns than a wider range and less
careful methods
ir is good plan % look about in the
fall and see what can Boz done that viii
lessen the work next spring You can
trim oct thc dead brush from che small
fruits Tor one thing. aud set one more
Of them Z you have NOT enough already.
You can haul ont every bitof thc manure
and put 10 on the Geld where e. b.
wanted Prairie arncr.
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MONEY ~ INDIA.
what Incomes 80 = vs.t Amour, o. oo,d
and silver.

what becomes 80 = Vast Amount Of ootd
and silver.
between 1882 and 1850, thirty veara
or half one lifetime. India bas absorbed
HiiIooo,ooo Ia gold and cs27. 600 600 Ina
silver. or rags. 600. 900 IN all. what has
become ~ the silver we do not cxnctIy
know though 50 Ia certain that n great
proportion Of Il Il boarded a. fiNed and
visible wealth, but about the dcstinn-
tion Of the gold there Il no doubt 4, hat.
ever. The people have kept the whole
OF II In their own hands. for q g. not Ina
circulation, and are using 10 either ia
ornaments, or kept be n observed. 70
pawn Ina extremity, or as boarded trens-
ure Ina coin. such "a lies under almost
every PEASANTS foor in the Puniab
and Eastern bengal
India h. n treasure house OF gold, vet
man may live ifty years In the
British provinces and never sec an
ounce. The whole Of this wealth. SAYS
Lord Roberts. with perfect justice. and
especially the gold which represents
obviously and necessarily part 81 The
profit on the foreign trade, O. duo t.
security. and security Ia due 10 tho
presence 81 that army 81 80. 600 white
men, which "a go often represented a.
a burden on the Indian peasant
IL Ia "a burden and heavy one. but
then II Is burden the endurance OF
which produces MI by which tho same
peasant gains Spectator.
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two iron arms 10 inches long. 1 inch
wide and u inch thick having upward
and outward extending flnngrs These
fiangcs are inches long, extend up
Inch. On these hangcs the bag IN
hung for filling II are two springs
made OF tough wood, feet . inches
long, q inches wide and 3-s Of an inch
thick, fastened 10 ID just above with
wood screw. and at the other end 10
arms III ii with "A rivet These springs.
/ !, should be jhst long enough 10 make
arms II II stand out at right angle with
ID. shows a small block between the
springs / long enough Ia spread the
outer Point OF the arms II II 20 inches
apart The arms II II are fastened on
top OF ID with n light wood screw bolt
and have "A half-twist az X inches from
back end, 10 make them lie FIAT on top
Of ID and Hat against the springs / /.
Rip the upright c in center down Is
inches and insert piece Of hoop iron
l. fastened In with rivcta l. has enc
notchcs filed in on the back size aud
extending back OF upright c 80 OF an
inch. The clevis T. should be made 80
that it's upper inside edge viii engage
that Of the light iron brace fastened to
C IS inches from the bottom with a
wooden screw aud 20 board T. The
dotted lines show the bag in position
for filling, resting on board a. This
holder can be used fov long or short
bags, as j with all things fastened 10
IL moves up or down. and the clcvis +
holds 10 az any place desired The
springs ] adjust themselves 70 wide
or narrow bags Farm and Home.
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FeeolNe eIo noua.
se-as Valuable Statistics Farai.A~a
Prot Henry.


se-s Valuable Statistics FsraisA~a ~
Prot Henry.
Results show that for pig weighing
100 pounds about one and half Of
grain Is required for the mere main
tenancc OF the animal body. writes
Prot Henry. n. therefore. VIC bring
10 our ioO-pound pig each day one and
half pounds OF tho grain mixture
above mentioned, the animal merely
holds its own weight aud makes no
progress, 50 that at the close OF the day
our pound aud half OF feed has dis
appeared. our pig il one day older but
no heavier ia weight aud we have
nothing 20 show for tho food supplied.
The amount OF meal required 20 thus
support the body functions without
permitting the animal 60 gain Ina weight
has boon designated the food OF main
tcnnncc' or "thc food OF support"
n now we increase the amount OF
food from n pound and "a half a day.
the food OF maintenance. TO four and a
half day, about all our pig will eat,
he VIII thrive nicely and make a gain
OF about one pound day thcrcfrom.
Thus Il appears that the three extra
pounds OF food which we have given
this pig above the food OF support gives
us a pound of Increase Wcmav dcsig.
nate this portion oi the ration a. the
food OF increase" When our pig Is re-
cciving four and half pounds ~ feed
Per day aud u gaining in weight at
the rate OF one pound per day onc-third
OF what Is supplied constitutes the
food OF maintenance aud .wo.thirds
tho food Of increase
When our i0o-pound pig has increased
In weight To goo pounds-the food OF
support must also bc increased. though
not quite doubled. judging from, our Ia.
vcstigations. II u somewhat less than
three pounds. When our pig has
reached the weight OF 500 pounds the
food OF support appeared 10 Toe about
i've pounds, or one pound OF food for
each hundred weight 81 animal carcass
The decrease In the amount OF the food
OF support seems gradual, starting at "A
pound and half per hundred with
l00-pound pig. aud gradually diminishcs
until reaching y pound per hundred
with hogs weighing 800 pounds But
the Eve pounds OF meal required to
support the hog weighing BOO pounds il
half pound more than that which the
same hog required when Weighing 100
for both maintenance aud increase.
To our jOO-pound hog we must frat
OF all supply about Eve pounds OF meal
10 support the animal carcass and TO
this must add something like three
pounds additional ia order 60 secure
ono pound Of increase That r.. with
our 500-pound hog Il takes something
like eight pounds OF meal 60 give n re-
turn OF one pound OF gain in weight.
while four and half pounds Of the
same were sufficient with the same ami
NAL when IL was 300-pound pig.
Evidently from this study there is "A
limit To the weight to which hogs can
bc probably fed, even II they can still
make additional gain
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clared itself as resolved TO have its in
ings, used to retire 10 his badly ven
tilated WHARF, and casting aside his
naN-woven toga lounged beside his fam
Wy on the general mat in n state Of
natural freedom, until the sun once
more broke from the clouds; or falling
the vicinity of a friendly WHARF, he
went after an enemy 10 keep himself
warm. II not dry, and consoled himself
Tor getting drenched by breaking the
sixth commandment However, after
umbrellas were introduced TO his no
tice, and his visitors paid him In
gold for the use of his lands, he no
longer had the same excuse for staying
indoors or 'scoffing" an enemy: there
fore he gradually settled down and
Rratitied his lawless passions by becom-
Ing member of parliament
But between the stages of man eat
ing and dress suits there were wars and
retaliations between the Pakeha and
the Maori which took away n good deal
of the pleasure of living in New Yea
land.
In the northern island, OF which
Auckland is the capital, the natives
were the most contumacious, and deeds
OF peculiar atrocity were by no means
uncommon In the Kauri forests frag-
ments of human beings were frequent
iy found scattered about as they had
been tossed, after being hacked 10
pieces, and. OF course, the crimes were
atonce put down TO the original owners
of tho land.
On the other side Of the bay which
stretched between Auckland and the
kings country, stood shanty or drink
ing shop which also served as the ferry
station The landlord and his two sons
acted as ferrymen, and did at one time
brisk trade to and from Auckland
city, while the wife acted as hostess;
and as this shanty was the only house
which stood on that side of the water
At the time, she had most of the travel
ers as customers.
Behind the shanty lay tho primeval
forest, dense and uncleared, with the
kauri gums rising straight and grace
ful like masts from the underground Of
fern trees, supple-jaclSs and wild mint,
and Il was Ia this scrub that most OF
the grewsome discoveries were made.
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Since che discovery that peas equally
With clover have Che power OF using a.
mosphcric nitrogen thls crop g. roreiv.
ing more attention. DO 81 one of ths
crops that leave che aou much richer.
except iu mineral elements. SHAN they
find b. Bat aa green manure peas
ere NOT equal 81 clover The pea early
in the season has little paver. 30 any.
Of ueing atmospheric nitrogen and ~
Che time thia power 81 fully developed
% "a Zoo late 20 pow thc peas under as
green manure that season. Ins clever
crop though che most nitrogen "a found
in che soil toward fan. the cod can rr.
main unpiowed until spring. end with
much less waste 81 fertility than from
peas. which die with frost aud leave
tho soil naked through TIE winter
Rural World
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THE SIZE OF THE SEA.
Some Aids 10 the Mind Ia Cornpro hoo ding
IL Nastncas.

IT. Nasfnraas
Onc gallon 81 water weighs 10 pounds.
20 the number ~ gallons ia the Pacific
is over 200 trillioDs. an amount which
would take more than million years
90 pass over the falls 0f Niagara Yet
put into a sphere. The whole OF the Pa
cific would only measure 72s miles
across
The Atlantic could bc contained bod
ily in tho Pacific nearly three tirncs
The number 81 cubic feet IS ~ fol
lowed by seventeen cyphers; number
that would be licked oH by our million
clocks Ia $40. 600 years It's weirht ~
10000 billion tons. and the number of
gallons in 10 IA ~ tr.iliOus. a sphcre
70 hold the Atlantic would have
20 De 5ls miles in diameter
II IL were made 20 al circular
pipe reaching from The earth % the sun
"a distance ~ ninety-three million
miles-the diameter ~ the pipe would
D. s5T yards or rather over milo.
while pipe ~ similar length 90 con-
tain The Pacific would be over mile
and thro-quat tcrs across Set the di..
lance 20 The sun is 80 great that. ~
has been pointed out. IL a child wa
IT. ].
she sun % would not live long enough
% know That IL had touched it. Tor sen.
aation passes along our nerves % the
rate 81 100 lcct second. and o. travcI
from the sun 90 the earth % that rate
would take century and a half and
such an abnormal infant is nu unlikely
centenarian.
The rest of the sea include, the Indi
nn ocean, the Arctic and Antarctic
seas, and various smaller masses OF
water BE- covers an area 81 o. 600 oo8
square miles and would form "a circle a.
1900 miles in diameter Tile avrr.re
depth may be put az 1900 fsthans
fi-.1a1 icetI. and thc contents 90 s5.-
o0oo cubic miles It weigh agl 900
billion toms. aud contains ss rIfi9n
gallons. while De- would form column
reaching 81 che sun - 1000 Yards in
diameter
IN we now combine into one vnat
whole tnre var.oHa arurrf ue arrive
at some sfuuendaus results Iu answer
so thc question GLOW big is thr yea
lta area uf 100 Do1 oll sIluare mIar
Gould o. confined by erie 1 $50
miles across Tho relative ..1r o. tre
hrfaa ~ Csc whole terface 81 fle rarta
~ the whole SEQ. the raeIdc an1 tlr
Atlantic. ore represented bp circles taa
diameter of which arc .n rron4t
% one another uf laf Ie1 YI. and -e.
spcotIVeiF or bF cr1an f0r tla nr.
face 0l tho earth. halfcro,su f., tls
surface ~ the whole sea. shmm fr
thc surface a. thc Pacific fhraereunr
piece Tor the surface 81 che luanf.
suppos.nr tho fea o. be- formed inta
a round column reaching to ere san.
thc diameter of fhe column e.rff ~.
nearly M miles Ihe paeire r..nta
form go1 COO miles % iis Total Irnrth
of gho90oao end The Atlantic $1,000.
oo0~
Do lt were a column ~ See. and the
entire heat 81 the SON cauld he canrer
tntcl un1n it Sc would aii bo meffed
iu one second and converted intostaam
in eight seconds. which Illustrates the
heat Of ihc SIN rather thuu the size %
ths sea- Lougnan's Magazine
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Cheap Excursion. TO ,b. west.

An exceptionally favorable opportunity
for visiting tho richcst aud most productive
sections of the west aud northwest will ho
afforded by tho series 81 low rate harvest
pFCufsiona which have been arranged By
tho North Western Line. Tickets Tor these
excursions will be sold on August 22d, Sep
tembcr 18Th and October i0th, 1ga 81 points
North Dakota. South Dakota Manitoba,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
and wis be- good for return passage within
twenty days from date Of sale Stop.0vcr
privileges viii 10 allowed on g0ihg trip in
territory 30 whicb tho tichets are sold For
further Information call on or address
Ticket Agents OF coanectinE lines Circu-
lars giving rates and detailed information
viii hc mailod free. unon application 10 w
a luuNi. General Passenger and Ticket
Aucni Chicago a North Western Railway,
Chicago.
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kEEP WArcHFuL Rye ON THE HOUSE
where your friend can rest himself Il
he is tired
'Yes-let us 60 to-fre- comfortable
sofa-sleep," muttercd Charley, inco
herently.
NO" answered Jack. Outside OF
nowhere. There Is no one else about
the place ] suppose?" he asked. as he
thought he saw the door OF the shed
opposite move
mo one az an, not even a dog or o
cat, answered the old woman, as. with
sour look, she watched him drag his
almost senseless companion into the
rain
Down 20 the beach where he had a
clear stretch Of sand. he half-dragged.
halfcarricd his friend. and for the next
four hours he forced him by every de.
vice ne could thini. Of TO walk about.
while the rain poured down persistent
~, and the sea wac rufued. misty aud
gray in front
He kept watchful eye on the house
and that shed in front Of IL, and twice
or thrice he could have sworn that be
saw the door open little way and q
face look out from behind IL The old
woman also came from time TO time To
the bar doorway and scrccched at him
10 bring his friend IN TO the Preside,
but he held on doggedlv and sternlv 10
his promenade. casting an eager glance
seward for the expected boat. with his
one arm round his friend and the other
hand clutchiuR the stock Of his re-
volver, which rested inside the water.
proof breast pocket 81 his coat
At last his heroic efforts were crowned
with some success The effects Of the
drugRed mOuthful OF brandy wore on
and Charley woke mp dazed and sick
from the salt water Jack had forced
down his throat, and with splitting
headache. but still with his senses SUI.
hciently clear 20 comprehend his posi-.
ton
AZ the same time the boat was iu
sight with The old boatman only in it.
struggling against the wind and tide.
and shortly afterwards they were
bargaining for their passage on the
beach, Charley looking on passiveIy
while Jack exhibited his gold and re-
volver at the same time. and 50 hnIf
tempted, half threatened the unygiIliur
Tom backagaiu fo his place at the row
lock- while tho old crone shrieked and
raved wildly 90 the house door. about
her man going back ~ Auckland ia
such weather
Jack made no illusions 20 his sus-
pici0ns. but only spoke about urgent
business in Auckland that day; 40 az
last The old man yielded and once more
pushed or b sea. ami. aq the wind waa
ina their favor. before nightfau they
were landed safely at their aestination.
and went about their business. which
was ~ Che post Office. the result Of
which was that picked body OF men
accompanied Tom back b. his shantv
that night where beside the old WON.
an. The two hulkIng sons were found.
with q considerable quantity Of miss
ing articles which had left Auckland
with their live owners but had not been
returned with their remains
Before The trial 81 this gang Of
Wholesale murderors came on one
Of The sons turned queens evidence
sud completely cleared tho ohafao.
ieu Of the maligned Maoria An
other landlord bought the business
81 the ferry and shantv, aud while
the malcfactora paid the penalty OF
their many crimes the forest ceased 10
be q shambiea
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Travellers we're ferried over from the
city, and never came back again. or at
least never came back as they went
sway; 50 that the mysterious murders
Eontirued. while Tom the forryman
gnd his two sons had TO get most 81 the
return fare from the police when they
delivered as much as they could gather
~ the dismembored travellers for identi-
hcaiion BY their friends A melancholy
business that ferry must have been
90 take over live men and bring back
CHASTITY chunke-and the citizens won
dered that these forrymeu's nerves
could stand the constant ah oclts
One dag Tom and his sons ferried
over two young mon who bad made up
their minds 60 have few days sport
with gun and rod in The forest. despite
its evil reputc. They were both Eng.
lishncu aad new chuma. and like Eng
iishmcn travelling for pleasure we're
pretty free with their money. showed
good deal Of 90 as wolf as a lavish dis
play of iewciry. while they laughed
easily 90 The warnings which they re-
cciyed
They bad their TASKS with them.
therefore "a not niger at the shanty
shen hey andcd, ut struck straight