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MUZZLE FOR IIEIFER.

the mother when calf or foal attempts
to suck. When weaned the flap OF
leather in front can be removed by un-
buckling the straps, and the other part
converted into a useful leather head
stall. This muzzle does not hinder ami
mails from eating grass, even if it be
very short, as the flap, if properly fixed,
goes out in front sufficiently to enable
them TO Craze with freedom. After hav-
ing them on for day or two they be-
come quite adopts at feeding with them
The two leather straps underneath the
headstall, one on each side, and extend
ing to the flap in front, can be shortened
or heightened at will. The two iron
clips which are riveted on the front
flap of the muzzle are to prevent it roll
ing up when the leather gets wet
Farm Journal.
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WORK FOR cosyIcTs


otFucttOHs OF Roads.
The abnormal floods along the MissIs-
.sippi river have provoked much discus
sion Of ways and means for preventing
their future recurrence or for restrain
ing the. swollen stream within safe linn
it's. Some urge stronger and higher
system OF leyees; others the opening OF
new, or reopening Of old, channels,
through which the river may be partly
or wholly diverted from its present
course; and others yet other projects,
all, of course, involving the doing Of
much work and the spending Of much
money. The further suggestion is made,
as applicable for the execution Of any
of these schemes, that the manual labor
required on the vast job shall be done by
the able-bodied inmates of the prisons
of the various interested states. This
suggestion is an eminently practical
one, and it leads to the further sugges-
ton that just such jobs afford the best
possible field for the employment Of
convict labor.
Country and suburban roads, for ex-
ample, which in all parts of the
union are in need of Improvement. The
spring season is the best of all times
for road-building. It's the very time
when farmers and villagers are most
busy with other matters and can least
well devote attention to the roads. And
it is the time when the housed-up pris-
oners are most in need of wholesome oc-
cupation in the open air. There are
three elements of the problem which
unerringly point to its right solution.
4 to do work when it can best be done,
with the least possible disturbance of
other industries and at the lowest cost
to the proprietor and to the greatest
benefit to the workmen, and, indeed, to
all concerned-if that be business wis
dom, the inmates of our state prisons
should be set at road-making forthwith.
In that way they will get the exercise
they need, the public will get the much
needed good roads, and there will be no
competition between convict and free
labor. How much the convicts need
such work is demonstrated in the Kings
county penitentiary, where the inmates
are reported to be in danger of going
mad, some of them actually doing So,
through enforced idleness. How much
improved roads are needed almost any
suburban or rural village will testify
N. Y. Tribune. -
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'wHAR DID YE 'sPECT I GOT EMP

"1aAH ILL IL SfECI ! GOI 'EM!"
self that guessed we'd meander out
and see if me an Jackson an the bar
couldn't pick up a muss betwixt US.
And SO we meandered.
I'D ben out, l take it, fer bettern an
hour, an hadn't see nothin' O. the bar.
1t was purity hot in the swamp, an so
begun to edge out lords the openin'
to get some fresh wind. Jackson he
KEEP huntin' round, an l know'd if the
bar was anywhars in the country
Jackson'd be sure to hustle him out.
When got out on the edge o. the
swamp I see q rousin' big hawk sailin'
along so high up that thort mebbe he
mowt be sarchin' for roostin' place
on a cloud somewhars, an saws to
myself that guessed I'd see if 1
couldn't knock ayfeatber or two outen
him, jest to try my rifle, SO up an
bangs away at him. He was good
ways up, but I've got him nailed on my
barn door now. =
jackson he was huntin' round all the
while of in the swamp, an / hadn't
scarcely got my gun down from my
shoulder when heerd the deuce and all
of a time 'mongst the laurels. Isays to
myself that guessed old jackson had
nosed bruin outen his hilin' place, an
the next second the brush opened an
out didn't come the bar, but the wild
cat that was wearin' the ittleest o.
them pelts there, an that's big enough
fer any decent wildcat, guess. Well,
he come out, jee WHO'D an I had
- up an IRE quick The consequences
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Quick Ripening Peaches.

J.H. Hale, the greatest peach grower
on earth, gets ripe peaches two weeks
earlier by the following method: In
the middle Of the growing season put
a strong wire around large arm of a
tree and twist it fairly tight. This
checks the flow Of sap and causes fruit
buds to form early and in great number.
The fruit on the branches of this arm
will ripen two weeks earlier than that
OH the untreated branches and will be
much more highly colored. But this
part of the tree will be so weakened by
the treatment that it should be cut
away after fruiting that new shoots
may come and take its place. Thus one
large arm or limb Of a tree may be
forced each year.
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His Superior.

II am usually rated as clever perform
er," modestly remarked the well-known
prestidlgitator: The press and public ac-
cord me a gratifyingly high standing. and my
fellow artists are pleased to look upon nv
work as being skillfuI beyond that of my com.
petitors; have always regarded myself as
being. past master in the art and science of
legerdemain. But yesterday I met gentle
man who is SO clearly my superior that now
l know myself to be but the merest tyro,
struggling with the rudiments of my pro-
or shrub to grow from the seed in few mo-
ments in full view of the astonished audi
ence, but the man of whom am speaking
has created an enormous family tree, hun
dreds Of years old, in a few hours" IN. Y.
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WOMAN. SPARE THE BIRDS

Woman. Spare the birds.
iS Touch not = single wing. e
God made them-n0t for hatsS !. /
He placed them here to sinEa
He gave them sweetest notes
To cheer US with their Joy:
He never meant that you
That pleasure should destroy. !.
{ Their beauty was fbest0tked
TO give our eyes delight,
And not to overload t. * z$
s And make your heads = sigh.
Our springtime must not DO
A season Of regret.
All shorn Of melody
To make you vainer vt.
Our gardens. fields and wood,
Our hedges. orchards, lanes,
Must not In silence brood
To decorate your brains. -
In youth we learned to love So
The birds. We watched them build
Their nests beside our door.
We wept If one was killed.
They knew We were their friends
p And Of us had no fear. &.
And yearly they returned
To make our homes&moFe dea&
They taught Us gentle ways:
They made US true and kind.
And by their songs Of raise
Our natures they refined.
They to our children gave
A Joy so sweet and pure
That after years are blest o~
With memories that endure
Instead Of being dumb -:
And hiding from our sight
The birds, who love US, come
With songs and beauty bright.
With beauty and with song
They gladden. all our days,
And, innocent Of wrong,
They trust our human ways
Each woman who displays ="
Upon her hat q wing
Assists in murderous ways!
She loves no bird to sing.
She from her children takes
- A childhood's purest Joy
And her example makes
Them eager to destroy.
Woman! Spare the birds.
Wear flowers on your hats.
Don't kill our feathered friends
Leave that for snakes and cats.
III. c. Dodge. in Chicago Sun.
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INVASION OF WASHINGTON.
Admiral COckburn's Soldiers Looted
and Fired the Public Ruildin1.

Admiral Cockburn's Soldiers Looted
and Fired the Public Buildings.
The last glimmer of twilight was
fading away when latter the battle of
Bladensburg, two miles distant from
Washington) into the well-nigh desert
ed city rode the British forces under
Admiral Cockburn, in August, 1914.
Elated at their decisive victory over
a force nearly twice as large as their
own, and thirsting for spoils, the red
coated soldiers marched triumphantly
toward the capitol. Discharging their
firearms at the windows, the soldiers
burst in the doors, and with a shout of
triumph carried their leader to the,
speakers chair, from which, with mock
gravity, he put the question:: shall
this harbor of the Yankee democracy
be burned?", A yell of affirmation rang
through the hall, and without further
preliminaries papers and other COM
bustibles were piled under the 1esks
and set on fire. In q few minutes this
noble edifice, that had been in the
course OF construction more than 90
years, and containing the library Of
congress and vast quantities of official
documents Of great historical value,
was destroyed.
Now thoroughly aroused to their.
work Of plumber, bowling crowd Of
the desperate marauders hurried to the
white house in the hope, perchance, of
capturing the president and his
wife. Finding the house locked
and deserted, they battered down
the doors, and consoling them
selves for the loss Of their distin-
guished captors by . ruthless destruc-
ton Of the furniture, they rai1cd the
'larder and RECALLED themselves with q
hastily-prepared feast In the state dim
ing-room. Them destroying the re-
naming provisions, and breaking and
mutilating whatever they could readily
lay hands on, they concluded their vis-
it by setting fire to the home Of the
president Numerous other public
and private buildings were also de-
astroyed by IRE Clifford Howard. n
Ladies, Home Journal .. 5e3s
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AN APPEAL ron FREEDOM.

The Cuban Eeag1e ofsNevv York Asks
for Financial Aid.
The Cuban league Of New York,
whose president il Ethan Allen. and
vice presidents such men OF national
reputation and honor as Chauncey NJ.
Depew. Roswell p. Flower, etc, has In
sued the following appeal asking for
financial aid in its patriotic efforts n
behalf Of struggling Cuba: sss
.sTo the People Of the United States:
"a brave and generous people will aid
the oppressed. Cuba is under brutal
tyranny. Inspired by our history she
freely bleeds for independence. and ap-
peals to ua for help. We must hear,
and hearing. promptly act. An ire
pressible conflict between republican.
ism and monarchy was inaugurated by
Washington and his compatriots. and
as trustees Of the great political inner.
itance from them we must be in that
conflict whether we will or not. when.
ever any intelligent people fires the
opening gun for freedom. By an un-
paralleled career Of courage and sacri-
flee the Cubans have proved their right
to self-goyernment. Our people, to
keep untarnished the heroic crown Of
our fathers, which our government at
Washington for three years has failed
to do. must extend material support to
the embattled heroes on Cuban soil.
The passive policy Of this administers
ton. in emulation of the last, still re-
pressed the nobler impulses of our peo-
pie, while foul murder continues. To
give now is more than to fight, He who
supplies the weapon is brother in
achievement to him who wields it.
"A plan for small subscriptions at
local points. deposited there with
banks or business firms, reaches all.
Let those who will serve send addresses
of themselves and bank to the Red,
White and Blue League, New York.
90. " ETHAN ALLEN.
president of the Cuban League"
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Hints to Hunfera.

To gel. good results in any kind of shoot
lutely necessary. Experience has taught
the most successful hunters that it pays to
always use ammunition made by the Win
chester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven,
c., as it is unequalled for accuracy, RELIABLE
iitty, uniformity and strong shooting quail
everywhere as it is in great demand all over
the world. Like Winchester guns, it is the
standard of the world It costs no more
than inferior makes and it is thousand
times better. Send for large illustrated
catalogue free. - s@-fo RI
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who, had reached the melancholy stage %
he leaned against the. bar. what 4 woe
it Is to have a wife who has q habit of
locking you out of your own house." ~You
amt one, two, three with me-" said the
other melancholy man. Mine has habit
Of locking me n."-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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HOme-Seekers, LOOkI

n The Grand Prairie Of Arkansas-lying on
both sides Of the Little Rock 4 Memphis r.
r.. and extending along it, tracks for miles
offers special inducements to home-seek-
ers. The best pasturage, the richest cereal
lands and finest farming country in the New
South This Vast Tract of Land now
thrown open to settlers. Come and buy
while you have the chance to make your
own selection. For any information, call
on, or address, Rudolph Fink, General Man
ager Little Rock, Ark, w. II. Morrison,
Gen; Fri. b Tiki. Agt:, Little Rock, Ark,
Little Rock & Memphis Railroad.
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Real Warm Weather II

Real Warm Weather Rest and Com
fort.
There is powder to be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot-Ease, invented by
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. r., which
druggists and shoe dealers say is the best
thing they have ever sold to cure swollen,
burning, sore and tender or aching feet
Some dealers claim that it makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. It certainly will cure
corns and bunions and relieve instantly
sweating, hot or smarting feet. 1t costs only
a quarter. and the inventor will send sam.
pie free to any address. r.
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Popularity and q Slap.

One of the incidents that conduced to
give the queen temporary popularity
in Ireland was this: She and the prince,
with the prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, were driven in their roomy car
rage to Mr.. bargains exhibition. The
streets and windows were thronged.
There were only bright faces, and the
air was filled with cheers. She bowed
very affably; the prince held his hat
little before his forehead, and hardly
bowed. The prince of Wales took of
cap with white band and held it
rather gracefully, as if to show that he
should have bowed were the queen not
present. Prince Alfred looked little
su1ky and kept his cap on his head.
The queen did not appear to see him,
but she did. She whipped the cap of
his head with one hand, and with the
other gave him such a slap in the face.
1t was done in an instant, and without
any change of countenance.~ Thunder
ing cheers marked the approval of tho
multitude.@Contemporary Review.
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Did the job Himself,

O1W 01c OUU 111WNDS1Is =,
It is related of the late Due d'Aumale
that lack of decision is illustrated by
the following incident: When about to
enter a room at a reception in 1873 he
was asked by the usher what name
should be announced. 'Gen. le Duo
d'Aumale,' he answered; and then, sud-
denly changing his mind, he said: mo;
announce his royal highness, Duo
d'Aumale." But, not feeling satisfied
with this, he said: Say merely Duo
d'Aumale." Finally he said: Say moth
Ing" and walked in unannounced.-N.
7. Tines, z< r.,
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The Mead Cycle Company, Chicago, IL
the original house to sell reliable bicycles at
low prices direct to the rider. They have
built up large business by their honorable
their customers. They ask the public to be-
ieve that the house which leads and con-
trolls the best source of supply is the best
house to do business with.
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~. His valet got even with Reginald for dis
charging him, . said one young man. 'sHow?"
SO that Reginald got his evening clothes
on at half-past five!'-Washingto Star.
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There are 100000 words in the English
language, and most of them were used on
Sunday by woman who discovered after
coming out of church that her new hat was
adorned with tag on which was written:
Reduced to 6 shillings III pence. Tit
Rifs ~ $50.
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We'll, Whitley, did you j, ths divine
as soon as offered it to her.,''-Detroit Free
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The Appropriate Place.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself"
said the Judge to the gentleman who had
been caught picking pockets at funeral.
Have you no sense of decency?"
eyes. judge; but you know people in a
place like that are SO easily touched. lin
dianapolis Journal.
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I have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
Scott se pSfs t Gevnsf6n iStz 1906
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MUZZLE FOR HElFERS.

A New Kind Which II Said to Accom-
plish Great Things.
One of the puzzling things in dairying
is the bad habit that calves and heifers
acquire of self-sucking and sucking
each other. To remedy this, this muz-
zle is said to be equally effective for
foals, and having no spikes cannot hurt
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Use Gentleness.

Be gentle in stimulating the kidneys,
otherwise you will excite and weaken them.
The happiest results follow the use of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters to overcome renal
inactivity. Avoid the unmedicated, fiery
stimulants of commerce. The kidneys have
a delicate membrane easily irritated, and
upon this the action of such excitants is
pernicious. Malarial complaints, indiges-
ton, rheumatism, NEURALGIA and biliousness
succomb to the corrective influence of the
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The more commendable your undertaking.
the 6ercer the opposition will be.-Atchison
Globe - :
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Every man thinks he is the hardest man
to shave in TOWN. ashington Democrat.
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Dead beats all know just what property
is exempt from execution.-Wa shington
Democrat. ~, -
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A cold church can only be warmed by fire
that comes from Heaven. %
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president of the Cuban League
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS.

Odd Tales of Physicians OF the Old
School In England.
A physician with large practice sees
strange sights-some humorous, some
pitiful, and some irritating. Sir Ben
jamin w. Richardson, commenting on
the fact that these singular sights tend
to produce in the Doctors mind the
feeling ''All things are alike to ALL s.
says he once surprised bishop by say
ing that the writer of Ecclesiastes must
have been doctor.
Z Once woman who kept fuel store
brought her husband to DR.. Richardson
in little cart with his body covered
with small coal, under the idea that by
this means she was keeping him warm.
Another woman, to whom he prescribed
an ether mixture, therefore volatile,
first made it warm, in order that it
might be agreeable to take.
he was called in the early days of his
London practice to visit servant in a
large house, and overheard the mistress
ask the housekeeper: "What sort of a
man is he, and how did he come? Did
he driver"
Il think you'll like him, ma'am,'
replied the housekeeper;. 'but, poor
man! he is only a walking doctor yet. "
People made distinction between
the walking and the driving doctor in
former days. A physician with large
paying practice used to ride in chariot
which cost 300 guineas. Now people do
not care If doctor comes in a landau,
or brougham, or cab. provided be
comes quickly.
The old physician was known by
everybody as doctor. He wore long,
broad-tailed coat, knee breeches, Hes
sian boots, a frilled shirt with ruhles
at the wrists, and large white cravat
OF the finest lawn. He carried cane
with perforated box at the top, which
held camphor or some other smelling
substance. When he was called to a
consultation, he expected to find a table
spread with wine glasses, decanter of
brandy and bottle of wine.-Youth's
COMPANION.
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\ Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
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wss that didn't get the ball whar i
wanted ii an only fist broke the VAR
mint shoulde1. Quicken chain light
MIN that cat. turned an sprung at me.
/ hadn't no more loads In my rifle, an
90 Lmet the wildcat IN the air with the
butt o my gun an keeled him over.
Then I jumped at him, an soaked one
OF my number 'leven cowhides plumb
on his neck fore he could gether his
self an come fer me agin. He squirmed
over on his back, though, AZ slick as an
eel, an histin' his hind claws, ketched
me jist below the knee an nipped the
breeches an bootleg on down to the
ankle as easy AZ I'd spud the bark OMEN
. hemlock. He took trife o my hide
with 'em. too, but he didn't have o
chance to clutch no more of it, for /
smashed his big head with lick from
my rifle butt, an he give up the ghost.
well. that was all nice an easy as far
as it went; but. Jackson want sat-
isfied with nosin' this Teller out, but had
KEEP on huntin' round in the swamp all
the while was gittin' away with the
cattymount. Consequence was that /
hadn't had time to draw long breath,
when jee whoo-o-o-o! out jumped the
former owner O. that biggest hide there.
He see that had made carcase of his
mate, an didn't wait fer me to pitch in,
but jist opened on me from the word
go. 1 tried the rifle butt business on
him, but it didn't seem to have nomore
effect on him than If was poundin' q
feather bed. Old jackson come to help
with this Teller, but that ugly varmint
jist more than circused the both Of us
around that patch o. timber. Before
I got in my lucky whack that broke the
wildcats back, he had pooty nigh
cleaned me out o. clothes, an had left
tolable fair showin' O. digs on my
bands an, arms-fhere We lin sea ,ena
The record-union., 1897-09-08
RICHARD CROKER.
Tammany's Ex-Chieftain Returns
From Europe.

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Richard
Croker was a passenger on the steam
er New York, which arrived to-day.
Mr.. Cookers fellow passengers have
come to the conclusion that he is to
be the Tammany Hail candidate for
Mayor of Greater New York. During
the voyage many efforts were made to
draw Mr.. Croker out on this subject,
but not only to newspaper correspond
ents, but to his most intimate friends
on board, did he decline to state his
purposes. The understanding among
Mr.. Cookers friends however, is that
he is strongly inclined to permit the
use of his name as a candidate for
Mayor. though he is naturally unWill
ing that an announcement should be
made 10 this effect before he has had
an opportunity to confer with his lieu
tenants.
I have not the slightest doubt that
Tammany Hall will carry the greater
city by $4,000 votes and upward said
Mr.. Croker to the special correspondent
of the Associated Press.
New York never had one reform ad-
government as this appears to be all
the people can stand under. The pres
ent s0-called reform administration has
been chiefly noted for its increase of the
tax rate, accompanied by q high APP
praisement. IF there has been CORE
spending improvement in the quality OF
the government the people have not
discovered it."