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THE AKGEZ
 Of THE HOUSE

a. m.-Woke up feeling rather below par. owing to disturbed rest Hardly en- ergy enough to stretch myself. In the middle of the night a strange man came in by the kitchen window very quietly with a bag. I chummed up to him at once He was nice to me and was nice to him. He got me down a piece of meat that I could not reach myself. While I was engaged in this he took a whole lot of silver things and put them into the bag. Then as he was leaving, the brute T believe now 1t was an accident-trod on my toe, making me yelp with pain. bit him heartily, and he dropped his bag and scurried off through the window again My yelping soon woke up the whole house, and in very short time old MT. Brown and young MT. Brown ap- peared. They at once spot the bag of silver They then declare I have saved the house and make no end of fuss With me. I am hero. Later on Miss Brown came down and fondled me lots, and kissed me, and tied a piece of pink rib bon round my neck, and made me look like a fool Whats the good of ribuon, should like to know? It's the most beast ly tasting stuff there ever was.
 s:30-Ate breakfast with difficulty. Have no appetite.
 S:35-Ate kittens breakfast.
  tens mother) But I soon leave her, as the coward does not fight fair, using claws.
 9-Washed by Mary. A hateful busi- ness Put into tub and rubbed all over mouth tail and everywhere-withn nlthy, soapy water, that loathsome cat looking on all the while and sneering in her dashed superior way. I don't know 1 am sure, why the hussy should be so con- ceited She has to clean herself. I keep q servant to clean me. At the same time I often wish I was a black dog. They keep clean so much longer. Every finger mark shows up so frightfully on the white rart of me. I am a sight after cook has been stroking me.
 9:30-Showed myself in my washed state to the family. all very nice to me. Quite triumphal entry, in fact. It is simply wonderful the amount of kudos I've got since that incident with the man. Miss Brown (whom I rather like) partic- uIarly enthusiastic. Kissed me again and called me a dear, clean, brave, sweet-smelling little doggie."
 9:40-While a visitor was being let in at
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DAYS DOKGS.
 From tie Diary OF 4 PUPPY

fered. did not say anything, but gave such look, as much as to say, "Pll do for you one day" I think she under stood. to 5:15-Slept
 5:15-Awakened by bad attack of ec- Zema.
 5:2O to 5:3O-Slept again.
 5:30-Awakened again by eczema. Caught one.
 5:3o to Enlightened canary by staring greedily at it.
 6:OO-Visited kitchen folks. Boned some bones.
 615-Stalked a kitten in kitchen pas sage; The other little towards ran away Heped phngs mdng age look looking brighter 6:3O-Upstairs. pass the drawing-room. Door of old Mrs. Browns bedroom opened invitinsly: I entered. Never been Ate a few flowers out of a bonnet. Beastly.
 7:OO-Down to supper. Ate it, but with out much relish. l am off my feed to- ,7:15-Ate, kittens supper. But do wish fish: am getting sick of it. over me, with loss of all initiative, so decided to take things quietly and lie down by kitchen fire. Sometimes I think 1 am not the dog that 1 was.
 S:00-Hooray! Appetite returning.
 S:01-Ravenous
 S:05-Nose around the kitchen floor and glean a bit of onion, an imitation tor toise-shell comb, a shrimp (almost en- tire), an abominably stale chunk of bread and about half a yard of capital string. S:30-If one had to rely on other people, one might starve. Fortunately in the hall I happened on the treacle pudding, and get first look in. Lap up the treacle, and leave the suet for the family.
 S:40-Down to the kitchen again. Sit by the fire, and pretend I don't know what treacle is like. But that vile cat is there-and I believe she guesses-keeps looking around at me with her hateful, superior look. Dash her, what right has she got to give herself such airs? She's not half my size and pays no taxes. Dash her smugness. Dash her altogether The sight of her maddens me-and when her back is turned l rush at her and bite her. The crafty coward wags her tail, pretending she likes it, so I do it again, and then she rounds on me and scratches my paw viciously, drawing blood and making me howl with pain. This brings Miss Brown down in a hurry. She kisses me. tells the cat she Is a naughty cat Qd have killed her for iD, gives me some sugar and wraps the paw up in a bread poultice Lord, how that girl loves mel
 9:OO-Ate the bread poultice.
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ing it I bore about with me for a sea-
 son during the past week box of curious appearance, which diverted the lighter minds of .the community from the study of the newspaper bulletins to momentary speculation as to its use, and my motive in loading myself down with 1t and guarding it as the apple of my eye. One side of the box was com- posed of a thin sheet of tightly stretched white paper. which the light
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From the city wall you can count the long rows of cells, and with a spyglass can even see the men at work. After nreiminarv inspection and anv defects of caligraphy-a rent, blot, an erasure or the slightest clerical error-throw the
 arts n the dS fhe once," said MT. Masters, "seeing the names of seventy-one slovens posted up in Canton, with the, disgrace-bearing mark of the blue pencil attached" The surviving manuscripts are handed to a board of copiers, who make a fair copy of
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est touch would puncture, and this paper and the circular hole before men, tioned transformed the chocolate box into a. crude but thoroughly practical and reliable vibration register.
 Talking is not my speciality" said Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department, with a touch of grim humor as he ap- preached the queer little box.
 I had scattered a mixed powder com posed of black emery and cream col
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student is entitled to wear button to his hat, and turns his attention to the next prize. If he is content with life of teach but if he would become high official and one of the country gentry he must take the degree of Xii Yin. These examina- tions are held every three years in the provincial capitals of the empire.
 The examination hall of Canton con- tains 10000 brick cells. arranged rectan- gularly and is one of the sights of the
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down to practical plane and placed within the ruthless reach of the snap shot nuisance, for it is to be feared that the revelations made by the un- compromising camera will occasion in ternecine strife and discord such as have never yet convulsed the civilized world.
 We are able to do something at the present day, though. without waiting
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Ike a submarine explosion.

for the slow perfecting of scientists Inventions, which, if not quite so won derful, is at least wonderful enough to have made our forbears shivery with suspicious of black magic" had they witnessed such a feat; and that is, we can make accurate pictures of the hu- man voice.
 It is true that the photograph has long been making records of the tones
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says about 600 characters in length, and an original poem of twelve lines and five of the allotted time the papers are handed in and the results are posted up on the yamen wall. The survivors of this test appear again for another examination and segregation until the list of candidates has shortened to a few hundred. Then comes the final test before the prefect, when the student is required to write "the Sacred Edict of Khang Hi.' the slightest omission being sufficient to cancel the ex- cellence of his preceding labors.
 At last the lists are out, the successful
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each paper in red ink. These copies, with a nom de plume to conceal the writers identity, are the only papers that come before the examiners. They divide the work between them, making segregations again and again till about 1000 survive, and these are submitted to the imperial commissioners, with whom the final deci- sion rests.
 Great is the rejoicing of the lucky scholar who finds his name among the eighty winners.
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the front door I rushed out and had the most glorious roll in the mud. Felt more like my old self again.
 9:45 - Visited the f a m 1 1 y a g a i n. Shrieks of horror on seeing me caked in mud. But all agreed that I was not to be scolded to-day, as I was a hero Cover the man)! All, that Is, except Aunt Brown. whose hand for some reason or other is always against me-thought nothing is too good for the cat.
 $50 - Glori us thought, Rushed upstairs and. rolled over and over on the old maids bed. Thank heaven the mud was still wet,
 10:00 to 1:00-DoZed.
 1:00-Ate dinner.
 1:15-Ate kittens dinner.
 1:20-Attacked by beast of cat again. She scratched my hind leg, and at that I refused to go on. Mem: To take it out of her kittens later.
 1::25-Upstairs into dining-room. Fanli- fly not finished lun- cheon yet. I go up to Miss Brown and look at her with my great pleading eyes. l guessed it; they are Irresistible. She gives me a piece of p u q d 1 n g. A u n t Brown tells her she shouldn't. At which, with great pluck, Miss Brown tells her to mind her own
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sleepy.
 9:15' to :00-Dozed. 10:00-Led to ken nel.
 10:15-Lights out. Thus ends another derned dull day.
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DYSON declares and his asser-
 tfons are always the outcome of
 scientific experiment, that it is
 /possible to photograph thoughts. = The conservative mind, how ever, shrinks from contemplation of the future time when such photo Eraphy shall have been brought
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The greatest foun- tain in the world was turned on re- gently at Indianapo- lis, Ind, and permit ted to flow for an hour. It is one of the cascades. now in course of construc- tion at the base of the Soldiers monu- ment. The flow of water measures full ly up to the contract, which calls for 1000 gallons a minute at each of the two cas- cadeS as a regular thing, with a capac- ity under high pres sure. however, that is much greater. The combined capacity of the world-fam- ous fountains of Versailles, hitherto the. largest in the world, is S0,000 gal Ions an hOlr.
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T h e Lombardy poplar tree, it is said, forms a splen- did natural ligh thing conductor, its great height and lack of spreading branches enabling 1t to con- duct 8 lightning s t r 0 k . straight d o W D W a I'd. No house near which one of these trees has been reared has as yet been known to suffer from tho leyerest storm
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. TX men were carried out dead and two others went raving mad at Can \ ton, China. recently, as the result or J their struggles at the examination
 to secure the honor of Xii Yin,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

q horizontal position. Frequently two
more Stats are used. one being placed
abcu: IL inches from each of those at
first put on; eventually the shoots are
also tied to these; such upright pieces
should be considered as forming an
integral part OF the trellis. They are
firmly otapled to the wire, and remain
there until they decay or become
broken.
Notifications OF this system are
found both in American and European
vineyards. In the Hudson River val
ley the vertical Stats are sometimes
absent, but two or three extra wires
on the trellis answer the same pur-
pose. AS the shoots from the upright
cane develop they cling to the wires
without the aid of summer tying, or
at most but very little of this WORK
is done. The shoots in consequence
do not assume perfectly horizontal
position, but they ascend at an angie
OF about As degrees. The bearing
portion of the vine is renewed each
year. In several of the large vine
yards of the Midoc, near Bordeaux,
France, system is found that is SIM
| liar, In many respects, to the HUDSON
! system The one essential difference
| is that the upright cane is there per-
manent, and it forms vertical arm
or Gordon, which is spurred from each
side. the spurs being kept as short as
| possible.
The shoots which annually grow
from these spurs are fastened norl-
zontally TO the wires of the trellis, the
number of wires varying from four 10
six or more. as the vigor OF the plants
may require; the distance between the
wires is from II 10 Is inches. Ihia
system is equivalent TO vertical cor
don, & form which is commonly used
On walls and in certain greenhouses
II has also been termed an upright
stock with alternate spurs" the de-
scription of the system being fairly
well included in the name.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

r. G. Lodeman. In Department of
A urirulturn Rpnort.

r. G. Lodeman. in Department of
Agriculture Report:
Hudson Horizontal System. This
typical form Of horizontal grape train
ing may be found in number of
vineyards situated near the Hudson
river. The stem of the vine is about
Is inches high, from its upper part a
cane ia carried to the top of the trellis.
and then 1t is bent toward one side
and tied to the top wire of the trellis.
1t Is made long In order that the plant
may be supplied with proper num-
Der OF buds. The trellis carries only
two wires, the lowest being about 2lt
feet from the ground, the top one
about feet above the first. These
wires are not designed to bear direct
ly the weight OF the vines, but Stats
are fastened to them, and these stats
support much of the weight OF the
fruit and foliage, One Stat. lath, is
placed on each side of the vine and
about a foot from It. The lath is
stapled 40 that only few inches pro-
ject below the lower vine, while about
foot extends above the upper AS
the shoots In early summer become
long enough to allow of their being
tied to these upright Stats. they are
20 fastened as to be held in practically
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23
grtputo gr.sht. ou;pu..

The Cripple Greek correspondent of
the Denver Republican writes: The
output this month so far has been
running heavier than ever before. and
mills that last month were not quite
up TO their heavy capacity are this
month sanpling nearly fifty tons a
day more ore than II is possible for
them To treat. In all probability the
yield of gold from the district for
June will reach close to a million and
n half, aud from this time on the
heavy output Of the year should
come There seems to be no reason
to doubt that the output of the camp
viii reach fully SI5.ooo,oo0 this year,
and II may do better.
This months dividends give the
camp n good record, starting with
100000 from the Victor, $4,000 from
the Portland. 100000 from the Elk
ton. $4,000 each from the Lille and
Gold Coin. $4,000 from the Modoc
and the usual $4,000 from the Ancho.
ria-bland. and an 5000 initial paid
by the Jersey Leasing Company
making total OF $4,000 that the
camp has SO far to Its credit. In every
way Cripple Creek Is a bigger camI
to-day than II ever was before. and
1t will he bigger tomorrow than it Is
to-day, just as next years output will
be bigger than that of 1898.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

Rennet-Rennet is prepared from
the lowest or fourth stomach of tho
lealf AS soon as the calf is killed. cut
this open at one end, empty it of its
contents, then turn it inside out Dip
a cloth in dry. fine salt, and carefully
wipe the inner surface until not a par
lticle of curdled milk remains. Do not
wash it, as that extracts the gastric
Juice. Rub thoroughly with fine salt.
both inside and outide. place in an
,earthen dish and cover closely. In.
,twenty-four hours or less a brine will
form. Turn the skin and leave it in
the pickle another day. Stretch the
skin on slender green stick that can
lbe bent bow-shape, and hang it TO dry.
When thoroughly dry. cut it in suit
able shaped pieces, and keep in a self
sealing can. 1t may be cut into strips.
put in quart bottle, and il the bottle
rs filled with any sweet wine. currant.
grape, ETC.. 1t will keep a year, or can
be used in ten or twelve days. tea
spoonful of the solution will set a
quart of sweet milk.-Country Gentle
man
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

Skimmilk Starter-Cream left tn II.
self will spontaneously become sopr.
this is the result of the growth of lar
tic acid bacteria which feed upon the
milk sugar. and as a final process.
convert 1t into lactic acid. Other
forms OF bacteria are always present
in cream; some have little or no effect
IN the ripening process. while others.
II allowed to develop. produce undesir-
able and often obnoxious flayors. To
cultivate and develop these wild"
germs, is called spontaneous" ripen-
ing. and is often attended with uncer-
ltainty. Good butter-making demanda
THE use Of a starter" either home-
made or pure culture. The former
should be made of selected ekim-miIk.
Weight OF Leghorns.--We have al
ways preferred the Leghorn hen that
weighed three or three and one-halt
pounds when fully matured. We believe
this to be the correct weight for her.
We have had them to weigh four
pounds occasionally. But a ive-pount
pure-bred Leghorn we never owned
I'VE have bred from and reared a few
heavy weight Leghorns, but we never
admired them nor did we ever find
them SO profitable as egg producers a,
their sisters OF the true Leghorn TYNE.
Nellie Hawks in National Stockman.
Remove the Chicks.-A Few Hens
says: In Matching ducks under hens.
n is best to remove them from the
nest the moment they are dry. as they.
are more or less restless, and the hen
Is very apt to tread upon them. Hens
make good incubators for duck eggs.
but very poor mothers. The ducklinr
is too weak in the legs to keep up with
the activity of the mother hen. There
Is more labor attached to duck raising
than to any other branch of poultry
culture. but the profits are better. when
the business is once understood.
Idle Land-Why do farmers permit
their hong lanes to go to waste year
after year7 This is a fearful extrava-
gance In the end; then there are the old
hooks. wh$ca are not as productive an
they should be. In all these spaces
something in the line Of root crops-
fodder crops or potatoes could b
grown. Every foot OF land should paI
moro than It's own taxes and intsraaAl
| -Dx.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

The full amount of $4,000 has been
subscribed by residents OF Leadvillc
for n quarter interest In the project Of
unwatering the down town mines of
that camp. The subscriptions We're all
taken nj home. and the work viii be-
gin Mt once. Three months Will prob
ably he required TO unwater the mines,
after which Leadville Will add very
largely TO the daily ore product OF the
state.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

FArmers' Bulletin 10: Widely 6nU~
ent opinions are held as to the COM
parative value Of steer and heller beeG,
American packers rate steers at from
q TO so cents per hundred more thAA
heifers Of the same age, breed and gem
eral qualities. On the other hand, the
opinion in England is the reverse.
heller beef being rated higher than
steer beef. For some years feeding ex-
periments have been made at the Iowa
station to study the comparative value
Of steers and heifers for fattening. In,
the first trial one lot of steers, one lot
of spayed heifers. and one lot of open.
heifers were used. They were all
grade Shorthorns, as nearly alike IN
breeding and development as possible.
There were five animals in each lot.
The lots were fed and treated in the,
same manner. Seven OF the heifers
calyed during the trial, which inter-
fered with the comparison. The steers
made larger gain and sold for cent
per pound, live weight, more than the
heifers. During the whole test, which
lasted about eleven months. the steers
! made an average gain of sos pounds:
1 one open heite-, clear Of calf, gained
| IT'S pounds; four open heifers that
| had calves made an average gain OF
628 pounds; two spayed heifers. clear
/ OF calf, made an average gain OF 13S,
pounds; and three spayed hesfers that
had calves averaged e45 pouads gain.
The steers were sold at Els cents
| ~. l. ND
live weight. Allowing 3.5 cents per
pound for the steers and cents for
the heifers at the beginning of the
trial, there was profit of 76439 on
the steers, s30.51 on the unspayed heif-
ers and s13.76 on the spayef heifers
The average proportion of beef in the
carcass was 63.2 per cent for the steers,
GA for the unspayed heifers and e2.8
for the spayed heifers. When slaugh-
tered the carcasses were cut and judg-
ed by an expert The heifers gave a
larger percentage of prime cuts cribs
and loins) than the steers. so that on
the basis of the meat and by-products
obtained and the price paid for the
steers, the heifers were worth from
o.5f to 0.62 cent pound more than
was paid for them. Crediting each lo4
with the actual value of the different
cuts and the by-products, and not in
Guiding the expense of killing and
handling, it is calculated that, at the
prices which the butcher paid, hs
made s20.45 on the steers, s5s.12 or
the unspayed heifers, and ss4s4 OF
! the spayed heifers. In other words, tn,
j returns made by the heifers woulc
t have justified purchase price of S. 80
) per hundred for the spayed heifers ana
1892 for the open heifers, instead o
: s4.I5 for each, and still have left III
same profit as with the steers.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-23

A good strike was made last weeA
I'm the Bon Ton mine in Russell Gulch.
which IL being worked by its owner.
the Rev. ]. II. Weber. When Mr..
Weber took hold OF this property un-
der lease and bond the shaft was
sixty feet deep. Since then he has
purchased 1t. paying 5000, and has
put the shaft down TO Its present depth
of 265 feet. Levels have only been
commenced on both sides Of the shaft.
In the east drift only, only three feet
away from the shaft, the wonderful
strike was made, exposing pay streak
from fifteen to eighteen inches in
length. on the foot wall side OF crys.
tallzed gold, little lunches of the finest
wire gold hanging out of this crevice
In various places, the balance Of the
streak being streaked with smaller
wires.
The Press., 1898-06-02
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
lItems Of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.J
June 5, 1868.

June 5, 1S6Ss
 At the town meeting on Monday $500 was appropriated to be expended under the direction of the select men to improve the grade of the hills on East Main street in this village. The Granite Mill con- pany also proposes to expend an amount in improving the street in front of their premises, equal to that expended by the town. This village Is largely indebted to that corporation for improved streets, walks, etc.
 Joseph Burley has bought the five buildings lying on the west side of the pond, next to the iron bridge. The purchase includes the large tenement house, known as ''the arcade" the black smith shop, and the building lately oc- cupfed as 8 refreshment saloon. Mir. Burley proposes starting up business at once in the blacksmith shop, which will be under the superintendence of John Adams, former occupant of thepremises who will be assis ted by other good work men.
 J. M. Tappan, who has been agent at the Stafford station for over twelve years, has resigned that position, and J. V. Squier of Palmer has been appointed in his stead. MT. Squier is personally known to most of our business men, who need no assurance that he will be popu- lar and efficient official.
 = BIRTHS. In Stafford springs, May 2Sth, 1868, a daughter to F. N. Crane.
 At South Coventry, 1st, son to D. K. Douglas. Same day daughter to J. B. Foster.