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SHE SPANKED FOR THE FAMILY.


61Gnant1y Refused.
People never get announcement for doing
the Good Samaritan act ID the interests OF
the public, - the man decided who offered
TO assist distracted woman and ameiorate
the suf1eringS Of lot Of people On Z q.
burban car
The boy who howls was IN evidence. the
curled darling Of his only own mother and
the terror Of everybody else, and he had
kept the car in Z state Of Wild excitement
and exhausted the patience Of everybody, M
Guiding his doting parent.
oh, if your father were only here!" she
had said for the fiftieth time, as she tried
vainly to restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped bowling long enough
e beat the air with his small shins, and the E
woman on the other side Of him remarked
audiby that cage was the proper place for
sayages like him.
8 Johnny, dear asked his mother, won't
yon be : good boy 2?
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
Oh, wish your father were here to give
you good trouncing this very minute! she
walled. as she struggled with him.
Then It was that the philanthropist Of the
trying IN vain to read his morning paper ever
slnce he started from home.
Allow me, madam he said, blandly II
Fam father myself, and / will be happy to
parent. 7 IA
"Oh, no, you won't, not if know it,"
g, said Johnnys mother, rising in her wrath
hike tigress. There amt that man living
dare lay finger on that boy-his own ia
thef or any other ugly catamount who
thinks he knows it all and she shut off
debate by going into the next car and tax
ing the sweet infant with her.-Chicaeo
Times Herald. -
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EXCELLENT HAY RACK.

main frame of rack, and correspond
with holes in cross-benches B B, where
q one-haH-inch bolt inches in length
fastens them together and is itself held
in place with key through it. This
makes a combination rack which, by
attaching endgates and tight board
floor, can be used to haul hogs, tile,
pumpkins, etc., and by placing few
boards on side wings large load of
corn in the ear can b.. hauled. AS I
have always hauled a great deal of feed
each winter I detach the sides, place
it on a sled and make very good feed
rack of it, upon which to haul feed from
the field to the barn.
My rack is all made of red elm and
painted with two coats of oil and Vene-
tan red, which makes quite durable
paint for farm tools, and better by add
ing few pounds of white lead. A rack
Of this kind will be found very con-
venient upon the farm, and assure
you would not trade it and go back to
the old platform rack.-George w.
Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
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WAITING.

= his cool armchair 'ne9sA the apple tree.
Mid the blossoms falling white,
with little grandson on his knee.
Ny father sits to-night.
There's : look Of peace in his clear, blue
eye =g
That tempers the old-time fre
Al he watches the rose-hued western ny
With . look Of calm desire.
His hair u white % the ripened grain:
He dreams OF the flight OF years,
And he lives once more IN his prime again.
Far back OF LIES cares and tears.
He sees In the gathering purple sheen
Dear faces Of long ago:
The boys ut play on the village green.
Their sleds on the winter snow.
He hears the call of the whippoorwill
And the brown thrush In the hedge,
OF the plover's cry when the air IL stu.
And the pea fowl by the ledge.
He gets glimpse Of his mothers face.
And presses her loving hand:
He gathered back, with fond embrace.
Forms over the borderland. --
He sees four feet on the fender snug.
By the light Of the hickory pile:
The house cat purring upon the rug.
While the showers of sparks arise. .
AZ birds Of the night on silent wing
His thoughts have flown away;
He's listening nelv to the voices sing -
Sweet songs Of LIES yesterday.
High, swung on the bough In the evening
breeze,
Sings the golden robins call
That's answered back from the maple trees,
That grow by the garden wall.
With smile he kisses the little face
That sleeps on his kindly breast,
And says: I'm nearing day of grace
That's sweeter than all the rest
And his soul takes wing in a flood Of prayer
That raises an earth-tied clod
From the level plane of world despair
To the sun-crowned hills Of God.
~ n. Bruner. in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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AGRlCUL, TlJRlA /, HINTS
USEFUL hI RACK.

One That p Hardy 80 Hiss Given Ex-
eellent sa1is faetion.
At this season 81 the year we look
around TO see if We have all the. tools
necessary to do i s,lecessful job Of har-
yesting the hay and trape crops.
Some of us will find ourselves with 4
broken half dilapi dated hay rack almost
If not altogether beyond repair OF
course, this calls for new hayrack,
which is almost a total necessity on the
farm, and you viii never regret II If
you build good one while about it.
have had one in pse for the past four
years, which I ind very handy and
which has given good sa tisfaction, and
I might say it is in as good condition as
when made.
In the illustration the sills A A are
2x7 and Is feet in length Cross benches
B b on stills are 2x4 and feet inches
long, or to suit width of your wagon
These are bolted onto sills as in en-
craving, using 1O-inch bolts, putting
them in from under side of sill with nut
on top of cross bench. These bolts you
will find are an inch too short to reach
through, but are countersunk, an inch
beneath and small nail driven through
the hole crosswise to prevent loss OF
bolts should nut work off, as they are
apt to do. The nuts are on top where
they can be seen. The corresponding
cross-benches G. C on wings are feet
inches in length and made by 2x4
stuff. These are cut as shown in en-
craving to slide on over sills and fl
under the boards on center of rack
These boards are Ike and cut right
length to reach as shown in cut Oh
rack. G
The side boards or wings are the same
length as the stills and 1x6 stuff. These
are bolted and nailed to benches C C.
The end ladders can readily be made
after the rack is ready to fasten to.
gether. Will say that ladders on my
rack are feet high and back ladder i.
arranged with loose iron pin to boon
the load on at any desired height.
The holes of D d inside wings arr
made for purpose of Ringing wings onto
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HINTS FOR BEEkEEPERS,

Combine bee keeping with fruit
growing.
Bees consume large quantity OF
honey while they are raising brood.
A colony of bees during the breeding
season should have reserve store OF
honey. =
In hiving swarms all washes for the
hive are useless. All that is necessary
is to have the hive clean and sweet.
The queens of the Italians are decid.
edly more prolific. This is in part due
to the greater activity of the workers.
A young queen just emerging from
the cell can always be safely given to
the colony after destroying the old
queen.
One advantage with Italian bees is
that they have longer tongues and can
gather honey from flowers where the
black bees cannot.
By at once dividing colonies that
show an inclination to swarm and de-
stroying their queen cells the swarm
ing may readily be stopped.
The best time to extract the honey in
just as the bees begin Gaping In this
way uncapping is avoided, and the
honey is thick and nearly ripe.
In order to free the honey from small
pieces of comb and other impurities it
should be passed through coarse cloth
or wire sieve before sending it to mar
ket. re
The best honey is apt to crystalline,
but this may be prevented by keeping
it at about so degrees. Unripe honey
will granulate quicker than that well
evaporated. --
To secure an abundance Of comb
honey the colonies must be strong and
the brood combs full of brood at the
beginning of the honey harvest. The
swarming fever must also be kept down.
st. Louis Republic.
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CORN FOR POuLT


I
ss LayinE Hens.
Samuel Cushman, who is authority on
matters pertaining to poultry, said at q
recent farmers meeting held in Boston
If he was confined to one kind Of grain
he would take corn. With this he would
feed, clover, fodder, corn, meat and 9TH
er like food. Upon being asked if wheat
does not stimulate laying, Mr.. Cushman
replied that he would not think Of Civ
ing up wheat, but wanted TO impress his
hearers that too much stress is put on
feeding wheat and too much said against
feeding corn by poultry writer's.
This agrees with our experience ex-
actly. We believe that corn is the best
single grain for poultry and feed it
every day. Do not underrate wheat,
for it is a good feed to stimulate egg
production, but it is not indispensable to
the poultry keeper.
The great trouble with farm ponl-
try is, usually, that it gets corn every
day and all the time. IF the hens run
at large they have free access to the
yard where the hogs are fed, and good
many times the corn crib is open to
them at any time. Under these cir,
cumstances the hens fill themselves
with corn and do not eat enough Other
food to keep them in laying condition.
Corn is essentially a fattening grain,
and when we remember that the yolk OF
an egg contains a large proportion OF
pure fat we see how necessary good
supply of fat-forming food is to the
production of eggs. No single food
provides this SO plentifully as corn does
and the poultry keepr who does not use
it will not have the greatest possible
success. ...1.:-s.
If laying hens are given light feed
of corn in the morning they will hunt
insects and eat grass enough to satisfy
their appetites and maintain the bal
ance of the nutritive element in thu
food they eat. :-- :
Grass is perfectly balanced food TO,
live stock and poultry, and to one whe
never gave the matter attention it is :
source of establishment to learn how
much of it poultry will eat. In the nor
NAL condition of things hen will liv.
on grass, but if she is laying she mus
have something in addition to furnish
the egg material, and this can be sup
piled by giving her corn more cheaply
than in any other way.
| Long obser> alton convinees US thai
corn fed to laying hens makes the yolk,
richer yellow and gives consistency t.
the whites of eggs. Eggs laid by half
fed hen have whites that are thin ant
watery and the yolks are often pale ant
thin, falling fat when the egg is broker
instead Of standing up in the shape of +.
half globe. ~
Corn is the best grain food for laying
hens, but too much of it checks egg pro
duction. It is hard to convince peopl,
sometimes that if a little is good grea
deal is better, but in the case of feeding
corn to laying hens it is almost safe t.
say that too much is worse than none.-
Farmers Voice.
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way and not to crowd ii. BE must have
been nine years old by that time, and
was the biggest or ever saw. Il il
not the least use to tell you about the
spread of his horns, because you never
will believe it unless ron zee them. and
you never win nee them unless yougo
down to Texas and look them up in the
statehouse.
well. that evening, with thing
SO peaceful and cloudless sky, with
the bunch only one day. drive from the
railroad, It looked like we had dead
cinch ON the big blue. It's the greatest
wonder on earth, said to the foreman,
that he didn't get away IN the storm
last night
oh, he's too fat and lazy this year
to do much running, guess, replied the
foreman. But every man must keep his
eye on him tomorrow. When we get
in sight Of the cattle pens, he win try to
pull out =.
1.-THE big blue steer did not wait for q
sight of the cattle pens. That night
the second relief was the cook and .
sooner. When they turned out and we
turned in. every beef was lying down.
but had hardly staked my night horse
and rolled up in my blankets, when,
with crash of interfering horns, every
beef was on foot. There seemed t.
come an instant's pause and silence
then. with rush and roar, the whole
herd was heading toward the Indian
reservation.
"'Every man in the saddle beloved
the foreman, springing up, and shoot
that big blue steer on sight!'
IF there had been two men on guard
instead of a sooner and slush, the
herd might possibly have been headed
but don't know. They had rested
up all day, and now they were OF for .
record. By the time the men in camp
could get under way the beeves were
three miles ahead, and we never sight.
ed them for five hours. They left q
broad, plain trail in the softened
ground, which we followed at as live
~ pace as the horses could stand up
to. About daylight we overlook the
first stragglers- We were now in the
reservation, with the trail still heading
away over the rolling prairie in nearly
straight line. All but two men had
exhausted their mounts and fallen be-
hind. For near two hours longer we
urged our tired horses on, and at last,
90 miles from last nights camping
ground, we trailed the herd right
smack into big corral, with big pad
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PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

John b. Duke. the millionaire Gig
arctic maker, recently stated before the
LexOw committee in New York that he
had never smoked cigarette in his life.
The queen Of Greece is 50 devoted
to flowers that she delights to share
with others her pleasures III them. BY
her orders large quantities are distrib-
uted in the hospitals of Athens twice 4
week.
Lady Aberdeen is again protesting
against the use of egret plumes in hats
and bonnets. She has written to the ed
itor of well-known paper which advo-
Gates kindness to animals condemning
the practice as being one of actual
cruelty. =
The reigning grand duke of Luxem-
burg. admitte eddy one Of the richest SOW
ereigns in Europe, is indebted for the
major part of his fortune to the percent
age paid to him by the farmers of the
public gambling tables of Wiesbaden,
the capital of his former duchy of Mas
sau. s.
Mime. Melby is still suffering from
the after effects of influenza. She has,
therefore, wisely resolved to go to the
south of France and not to sing again
in public until she is due at Covent gar
den. In the autumn she has already ar
ranged to tour in the English provinces
under Messrs. Harrison.
, DIR. Eugene Dubois has discovered in
Java the skull and thigh bone Of an ami
NAL which he claims to be the missing
link. From the two bones he has con-
structed, on paper, at any rate, the
rithecanthropus, which is half man,
half ape. Mr.. w. K. Marischal gives an
account of this discovery in the English
Illustrated Magazine. "a
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lock on the gate and big, grinnina
buck Indian sitting on each gate post,
AFTER big talk with the Indians at
their village near by, the foreman got
their demands for trespass reduced
from $40 head down to $3.50. Then
they opened the gates and counted 76o
head. Those fellows made us hold the
stock two days on the reservation while
they'sent off and cashed the check. The
scrape cost about $1,000 in money and
weeks time in getting back to the
railroad. As I tell you, the bunch ran
60 miles without letting up, and they
were pretty fresh at the end.
THE big blue? No, he was not in
the corral, and never saw him again.
How do know that his horns are in
the Texas capitol? Well, l don't ex-
actly know it, but I know they ought
to be, for they were the finest, biggest,
blacklist, longest horns ever worn by a
Texas steer.'-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
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New Potato Ind..trx.

The opening up Of demand for po-
tatoes peeled, sliced and dried like APP
pies promises to give a fresh impetus to
potato cultivation, as decay viii be pre-
vented and freight cost lessened. Z. The
potatoes are peeled and sliced by ma
chinery, soaked two minutes in strong
brine, drained and dried at a tempera-
ture Of about 1874 degrees. Before using
the slices are soaked from IL to Is
hours, and then have all the freshness
and favor of new potatoes.
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The Rev Navy Rife.

The strongest shooting gun in the world
IL the new Lee rife made by the Winches
ter Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct,
is pressure on the breech of Ct, 600 pounds
to the square inch. To build gun that
would Withstand such tremendous strain
was great undertaking, but the Winches,
tiers, with their vast and varied experience
and wonderful plant, succeeded in turning
out gun entirely satisfactory in every way
to the Navy. Like all Winchester rifles
they shoot to perfection, work smoothly
The Winchesters send q large illustrated
catalogue free upon request.
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Mathematico.

Theresare people who tell us the distance
old Mother Earth is from the stars, count
ing miles upon miles into millions, as the
distance from Neptune to Mars. The way
they throw figures is awful, on the size Of
the little sun spot, and how long it would
take to walk round it if it wasn't so deuced-
~ hot. They measure the depth Of the
ocean, and the distance across it as well,
get the weight in the air of a meteor, and
locate the right spot where they fell. But
astronomers and Inathematicians all con.
Tess that they can't get just right the miles
gone over by papa, when he totes the cross
kid In the night.-N, Y. World.
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view Fooa for C.ttle.

A long-continned diet of molasses has
been found injurious to cattle, but Lou
isiana sugar planters have discovered
that black strap mixed in proper pro-
portions with corn, hay or oats forms a
good food for fattening cattle. There is
already great demand for it In Texas,
and it is expected that the western
states win soon consume quantities of
what has been considered the nearly
useless portion Of the sugar-cane prod
net -.
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With IN Eye to Safety.

A savage dog was shifting about .
market-place in search of something to
eat. He came too close to choleric
gardener from the suburbs and received
a kick, whereupon he fastened his teeth
in the leg of the kicker, greatly to that
persons CONSERVATION and the terror
OF: the assembled customers. The wife
of the gardener, who was assisting him
in disposing, Of the stock Of vegetables
on hand, did not lose her presence Of
mind. She picked up loose stone and
prepared to crush the animal with Il.
Katrina yelled her husband. fran
tically. don't trow it at te tawg! brow
it at me, Katrina! brow it at mel
Youths Companion.
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WHAT CURED HIM.

He Was Uncertain ~ to the Cure
of His Rheumatism.
You see that haven't particle of
rheumatism, said the man with tiorid
face and voice that was intended by
nature for campaign purposes.
Il feel like two-year-old. Never
have an ache or pain. Don't pay a
particle of attention to east winds.
rams or changes in. the temperature
Eat three meals day and sleep like a
top. A year ago went around smell
Ing like bottle of horse iniment. One
time I'd be on clutches. Then I'd have
an arm drawn all out of shape or 4
shoulder that was Of no earthly use.
The last spell I had was with nv back
and I was about ready to throw up the
sponge. ,.s.
What did I do for it? Everything
under the sun. I had horse chestnuts
in every pocket. 1carried potatoes till
they petrfed. ate lemons till was
MS sour as looked. took more kinds.
Of medicine than you can find in any
one drug store. was in boiled state
for six months from hot baths. Twas
massaged into pulp. travelled 900
miles to have the disease charmed away
and had it worse coming back than /
did going. One day met little old
man that must have been 100. He was
as spry as a kitten, yet assured me that
from the time he was from so to 70 there
was nothing of him but rheumatism.
Even his hair ached. He advised me
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Short, Chssp and Pleasant Route to tks
s.-f. Eat,

Tho Flint & Pere Marquette Steamships
leave Milwaukee every evening, except Sat-
urday, ct 6:4b, and the big car ferry ssPere
Marquette'' Largest in the world leaves
Manitowoc every evening, except Satur-
Ludington the following morning in time
to connect with trains for all points in
Michigan, Ohio, Canada, East and South.
Passengers viii save money and time, as
well as enjoy. . pleasant journey, by pur-
chasing tickets via F. & r. II. r. r. Ask
your local agent for tickets via this route,
and for further informa alton apply to your
At. SaeiuaW Mich. -.
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EnteFprises Of Great Pith and Moment
Have, ere now, had their currents turned
awry," as Hamlet says. by an attack of dys-
vantage at Austerlitz in consequence, it is
said, Of Indigestion brought on by some in
discretion in eating. In order to avoid dys-
pepsia, abstain from over indulgence, and
precede the meal by a wineglassful of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, more effective
than any dietetic in improving the tone of
the stomach: Liver complaint, chills and
fever, and rheumatism are annihilated by
the Bitters.
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Now Down ire weeds.

If you have any land that cannot be
cultivated to corn or potatoes do not
allow it to remain for the weeds to ex-
haust it, but NOW down the weeds
when they are young and IN August
SOW the land to crimson clover, to be
pIowed under next spring. It Is . good
plan to SOW crimson clover on every ~
cant spot and thus improve the soil by
taking advantage Of tt capacity 1or
gathering nitrogen.
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There Wa. Ft<ht I'm Him stiu.

AAS1S "1O 1111t ~ IA" SI1Axs
Whats the matter?" inquired the fore
man, az he entered the sanctum for copy
and noted the editors bleeding nose, wol-
len forehead, gused, red eye and tattered,
that" replied the editor, pointing with his
finger to a paragraph in the paper before
him. Its in our account of the Cfapley-
Smith wedding. It ought to read: Miss
Smiths dimpled, shining face formed .
pleasing contrast with Mr.. Crapley's strong,
printed And the foreman read: Miss
Smiths pimpled, skinny face formed .
pleasing contrast with Mr.. Crapley's stony,
bald .physiognomy." "Crapley was Just in
here" continued the editor, throwing one
blood streaked handkerchief in the waste
basket and feeling in his pockets for clean
one, and he-but just send that fool of q
proof reader in here! There's fight left in
me yet" Journal.
Very Natural.
HeeThey tell me your husband is a great
artist.
She-That he is. He painted picture of
some onions for the last exhibition, and
they were so natural that the committee put
them on the top line, SO that the people
wouldn't smell them Yonkers Statesman.
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WIRE FENCE sTRETcHER.
~<kzL>

be thoroughly stretched. To do this.
the plan showed in the sketch may be
used to advantage. A strip Of board
has four or more hooks arranged on ons
side to hold the roll firmly and to
stretch each section as it is unrolled. A
pulley attached to the following post
draws the netting tightly past the pre-
ceding post, when it is secured firmly
with staples and the work advanced to
the next post. A fence thus put up will
look neat and will be more serviceable
in retaining fowls, as a -sagging top
wire invites attempts at flight Amer
lean AgTiculturist.
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"a severe Rehuke

A country curate, calling on the
great lady Of the village, introduced his
newly married wife as 50 poor thing,
madam, but mine OWN whereupon
the lady, looking upon the curate o.
verely. replied: ..Your wife ought TO
have introduced you AZ . poorer thing.
hut mime owner !" Time and theHour.
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PUTTING UP FENCING.

How to Make the Poultry Yard Look
Neat and Attractive.
Wire netting is SO commonly used
now for the yarding of fowls that some
plan for properly putting up the fence
is important. Ordinarily. this fencing
is slack and very untidy. II needs to