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swell, Bridget, / believe TIE best
thing In this kitchen would be a new
stove entirely"
Bridget's face frightened. 20 SIR
she said, IF only had good stove, and
the pump fixed, sure I'd stay. | gave
the mistress warning this morning"
Again Mr.. Jones conscience pricked
him. How often had his wife asked him
to be sure and send the plumber to fix
that pump But 1t had seemed a very
small thing TO him that stove and pump
were out Of order, and so he had paid
no attention to the matter.
Passing into the furnace-room his eye
fell on poor old Hans, the man whom he
paid a dollar week to take care of the
furnace. He was On his knees in front
of the furnace trying with all his poor
old strength to shake the heavy CRATE
by means Of the iron lever. 1t was a pa
thetic face and figure the old man pre-
scented. Bridget had overheard Mr.
Jones message about the furnace and
had conveyed it to Hans, who had re-
ceived it MS the knell of his hopes; for
poorlittle dollar that he thus earned
was all that enabled him to keep peace
with the shrewish daughter-inlaw who
gave him shelter and bed. But for
some reason the shaking of the furnace
had been almost impossible for more
than week, and old Hans was in de-
spalr. When he saw Mr.. Jones he
thought the end had come, and the ex-
preston of his face as he looked up at
him was ludicrously appealing.
whats the matter, Hans? Has the
CRATE got stuck? Let me try it,"
Mr.. Jones was strong man, but he
could not bulge the furnace CRATE. In
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WHEN TO APPLY MANURE.
Results of Comparative Test Made q
Year Ago at the Ohio Expert
ment Station.

A year ago the Ohio experiment sta
ton began comparative test between
COW manure, taken directly from the
stable to the field in the spring, and ma
nure of the same sort which had been
allowed to lie in the open yard during
the winter. The plan of the experiments
is to apply both kinds of manure to
land intended for corn, plow under at
a shallow depth, and follow the corn
with wheat and clover, without any
further manuring. Four duplicate
plcts are treated with each kind of ma
nure, applied at the rate of eight tons
per acre, the treatment for each pair of
plots being exactly alike in all other
respects. The result thus far is that tho
corn of 1897 gave an increase of 10 bush
els per acre from the yard manure
against 16 bushels from the stall ma
nure, and the wheat crop following has
given an increase of ten bushels per
acre for the yard manure against II
bushels from the stall manure. Valu-
ing the corn at 33 cents and the wheat
at 80 cents per bushel and the straw
and slower at three dollars per ton, the
increase from the>yard manure in the
two crops has amounted to SIS per acre
and that from the stall manure to SIT,
an average of two dollars per ton for
the manure, with further effect proba-
BILE on succeeding crops.
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THE SWINE PLAGUE.
Some Excellent Results Obtained
from the Serum Treatment
DIR. ID. II. Salmon.

During the past two years the depart
ment of agriculture has conducted a
series of experiments in the use OF
serum as a remedy for hogs affected ty
cholera or swine plague. The expert
ments were conducted by DR.. ID, f. Sal
mon, chief of the bureau of animal in
dustry and the results were eminently
satisfactory, proving that the dreaded
disease can be successfully treated east
~ and ineXpensively. The losses suf-
fered by the farmers of the United
States annually from hog cholera ag-
gregate an enormous sum. In Iowa
alone, during 1896, it is estimated that
the hog raisers lost through the ravages
Of the disease $15,0O0,0OO. The depart
ment of agriculture conducted expert
inents in Page county, Ia, the results
showing loss of only 20 per cent. of
the affected droves. This year the ex-
periments have been extensive and far
reaching The bureau treated 922 hogs.
OF these, 40 head died; the number
saved being 81 out of every 100. The
animals comprised II droves, and of
these six droves lost only one hog each.
On the other hand, 1,1O7 hogs in other
droves were served and not subjected
to the serum treatment. OF these, $40
died, showing loss of 1913 hogs out of
Every 100. The cholera serum is pro-
cured by keeping apart for treatment
TN animal-a horse or cow-and in
Jecting into its blood small amount OF
the blood of cholera diseased hog.
This will sicken the subject, but he win
recover; when another dose will be adj
ministered, and so on for time, until
finally his blood becomes so impreg-
mated as to render him practically
cholera proof. Then his blood is let
and the clot drawn off, leaving the thin
yellowish portion, which is the serum,
This is used to inject the diseased hogs,
and operates 10 render them likewise
cholera proof, or even cures them Of
the disease
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stead, however, of calling old Hans q
fool and threatening him with dis
missal he only said kindly:
well, Hans, let me go upstairs and
get an old coat and we'll see what's the
matter"
When Mrs. Jones saw Mr.. Jones COM
ing up the stairs her heart sank within
her, She OWNED what was the reason
of his return, but what with the baby
crying, Robbie still undressed the
house cold and Bridget in temper and
going to leave, she felt utterly over
whelmed, and felt also that her hus-
bands presence would only add to the
perpIeXity of the situation. She had
never been accustomed to special help
or sympathy from him in her household
troubles, and so she regarded him as he
entered the room with eyes that were
half inquiring and half resentful.
Hello, Robbie, hurry up and get
dressed and maybe we'll take sleigh
ride" was Mr.. Jones first rather sheep
ish yet altogether pleasant remark adj
dressed to the little fellow who had
started TO run to his mother on first
sight of his father. "And wife," he
continued, "as l can't get to the city this
morning believe will just stay at
home all day and see if I can't fix up a
few things. / am going down now to
help old Hans find out what is the mat
ter with the furnace"
Mrs. Jones surprise was judiciously
concealed while Mr.. Jones donned some
old clothes, and then disappeared into
the basement. Two hands proved bet
ter than one, and when main strength
had dug out lot of impacted clinlers,
the furnace CRATE swung easily on its
pivot and old Hans face was Lit up with
pleasure. In little time the furnace
began to glow and a pleasant warmth
to diffuse itself through the house.
Bridget was instructed not to worry
trying to make fire in the kitchen
stove, as Mr., Jones expressed the in
tention of having q new one before
noon if suitable one could be bought
in Jonesville. With bright face she
had gone upstairs and informed her
mistress of Mr.. Jones intentions in
regard to the stove and the pump, and
had said that she would like to with
draw her warning"
The comfortable glow of the doctored
furnace was, however, a small circum-
stance compared with the comfortable
glow of the household atmosphere when
Mr.. Jones again appeared in his wife's
room. What a transformation from
the chill, petulant, misery-begetting do
nestle atmosphere of the early morn
ing. Robbie with the sweet forgive
ness of childhood held up his little face
for kiss and asked about the sleigh
ride. The baby, soothed by the warmth,
had dropped off asleep, and Mrs. Jones
cheeks grew pink and her eyes bright
under the genial looks and conduct Of
Mr.. Jones.
ITS a good thing for man to stay
ut home once in awhile, )" said Mr.. Jones,
land find out the things that need his
attention. I declare, wife, don't know
how Bridget has gotten along with
that stove at all. And poor old Hans!
he was not strong enough to move
that furnace crate. But it's all right
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she stood behind little group of children
poorly clad,
Who gazed upon some wondrous show O
shopman's window had;
And as they wished for this and that, and
pointed here and there.
Fhe fairy took me by the hand and tossed
her golden hair
And standing on her little toes, she whis-
pered In my ear
The sweet request that should bless these
little children here.
within my inmost soul l felt that must
do her WILL
a babe her tell them what knew their
little hearts would thrill,
Thus each small waif became the owner
of the longed-for toy,
And sweet It was to know that had
brought them Christmas JOY
u stole away and left them with their
happy faces there,
And wandered through the busy streets to
breathe the spruce-rich air.
Mot long II was felt those fingers steal
Ing through my own;
MY fairy had come back again, those eyes
were hers alone.
Gshe smiled with tender sweetness, and her
checks were rosy red;
f'Y0u were so kind to me, good sir, to do
Just what said,
u want to show you how make this good
old city glad,
And how I carry JOY and peace to hearts
so often sad"
Then, aided by her magic power fol-
lowed where she led;
Above the clty's twinkling lights we rose
and onward sped.
Beyond a shadowy spre we met old Santa
Claus sleigh,
And took q seat behind him as the reindeer
sprang away.
From house TO house we flew, the while the
fairy laughed with glee,
and squeezed the good old Santa's hand
wished that l were he.
How danced her merry eyes so bright, the
good old salAt to aid
For as he filled each stocking small, a
present she, too, made,
Then, as che midnight chimes rang out, we
left the King Of Snow,
And hurried off to other homes where
Santa could not go.
Upon each sleeping face my fair companion
left kiss,
That when the sleeper woke he should re-
member only this,
'That he had dreamed happy dream that
vanished not with night,
But fingered with the Christmas mornings
glad and blessed light.
Again the fairy clasped my hand this time
90 say farewell.
Before so am quite sure my name I
ought to tell,
And why am 30 happy on this night of all
the year.
'Tls Christmas day that's dawning; see It's
light Is drawing near,
And soon twin be my birthday sir, for
am Love, you know,
AND Love was born on Christmas day, two
Thousand years ago"
Arthur Cleveland Palmer In N. Y, Sun,
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RANGEMENT.

Place chain about the hind legs of
the hog, hook the short end of the lever
into this chain and the hog is lifted
easily. The post (d) is equally distant
from the platform (b) and posts (g, b
and ~.
After the hogs have been scalded and
all the hair removed put them in the
gambrels and with the lever lift them
from the scraping platform and swing
them around so they can be hung upon
the cross bars in posts (g, b and f). A
lot of heavy lifting is thus avoided. The
cross bars can be made so that they will
turn around on a pivot in the direc-
tion of the arrows. This is accom-
plished by boring 1h-inch hole N the
top of the post Use for cross bars four
by four oak properly narrowed at the
outer ends. Cross these on top OF the
posts, bore 1h-inch hole in the middle
of the intersection and secure them in
place by means of an iron pin which
fits into the 1R-inch hole in the 81 oss-
pieces and the post Fasten the cross
arms together, and first-class, cheap
pivotal arrangement for hanging hogs
is the result. With this device and the
lever there is absolutely no necessity
for heavy lifting, If one does not care
to go to the trouble of arranging the
cross arms so that they will turn they
can be securely fastened to the top of
the post, or, better sill, mortises made
near the top and the cross pieces fitted
into them.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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AT the End of the Year.

We all like to put aside surplus of
profit at the end of term of labor
That means we are gaining. But if we
make fair living and meet our ex-
penses, with nothing at the end of the
wear for surplus, we can hardly say that
times are hard. We have had our sup
plies-all that we needed-and only
when we fail in them and really suffer,
can we say with reason that times are
hard. But we hope, nevertheless, that
every one Of our folks will be secure in
a nice surplus at the end of the year.
EARN Journal. -
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Sell Mhent by SAMPLE.

For years the grading of wheat has
been the means by which buyers have
secured it practically at their own fig
ures. Wheat should be sold by sample
aud not by grade. The grade of John
Smiths wheat may be No. while John
Jones may be No, or 2, and yet the
latter will be bought at prices obtained
by the former. Selling by sample dis
tributes high prices where they are
1nerited. The buyer tells the farmer
there is very little wheat grading No. 1
or 2, when perhaps he is offering No. 1,
but must get No. 2 or price Cor it.
Let the farmer show fair sample of
his crop and receive price therefor in
keeping with the quality. Grading
makes it possible for buyers to make
the price of wheat to suit themselves
and stimulates notorious wheat gam
bling.-Agricultural Epitomist,
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to have Robbie hear his father call
names AID exploit his ill-temper, but
Mr.. Jones was in that very common,
very human, yet very cruel frame OF
mind that finds n satisfaction In vent
ing its discomfort and ill-temper on
some other human being; and although
he loved his wife and was in the main
a kind husband, yet when he was In one
Of his "lrrltable spells" she was usually
the victim,
II was n good half mile to the station,
and when Mr.. Jones reached II he was
in a glow Of perspiratlon, besides be-
ing almost exhausted with his walk
through the deep unbroken snow. Ar
irving there he learned what he had
not suspected before, that the storr
was one of the heaviest and most dis
astrous Of the season; that wires were
down in all directions and that no
trains had passed or were likely to pass
for some hours. The alternative
seemed to be either to stay in the cold
and dismal station or to return home,
The idea of n morning at home was not
very alluring to Mr.. Jones. lie was at
home so little except on Sundays that
he really felt quite awkward and out Of
place there at any time but evenings
and Sundays. Then he had not forgot
ten the encounter with Robbie, nor for
given the household management for
the poor breakfast and the cold house,
Just at this juncture a neighbor
drove up 10 the station in beautiful
cutter, filled with furs. His horses
were full OF life and spirit and their sill
YER bells jngled merrily on the frosty
air. He was accompanied by his wife,
whose rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes and
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AIDS IN BUTCHERING.
How This Much-Dreaded Winter Tns e
Can lie Robbed OF some of Its
WOrst TerrOrs.

Butchering hogs has many disagree
able features, but some of these. par
ticularly the lifting Of the hogs before
and after dressing, can be robbed Of
many of their objections by having a
convenient arrangement for scading,
scraping, cleaning and hanging. One
arrangement for tightening labor in
this way is shown in the accompanying
illustration. The farm sled can be used
as the scraping platform (b). The
scalding vat (a) may be any large bar
rel which will hold water. Securely
block and brace it so that it will not
be displaced in putting the hog in and
taking it out. In the iron kettle (c) the
water is heated, The hog is killed and
drawn along the side of the scraping
platform opposite the iron kettle In
stead of lifting the carcass onto the
platform by hand, make use Of the
pivotal lever attached to the post (d).
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FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Good water should be free from color,
unpleasant odor and taste, and should
quickly afford a lather with a small
portion of soap.
For washing windows put few drops
of ammonia on piece of paper, and it
will readily take off every spot or finger
mark on the glass.
When the face of hammer becomes
uneven, so that it is difficult to drive a
nail true with it, put the face to grind
stone awhile and the defect will be over
come.
To remedy wet cellar already built,
sink channel nearly foot deep en-
tirely around. close to the wall, and lay
course of drain tiles in the bottom,
which will cut off all water veins, and
thus render the cellar quite dry.
Sometimes it is necessary to paper
over sheets Of tin. In that event add
old sugar or molasses in large proper
ton to the paste. 1t will be found gen
orally DISQUALIFICATION Plowman.
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merry smile told Of her enjoyment OF
the ride. On learning the ststg of af'
fairs regarding the trains, he said:
"Well, wife, it's no use fretdng; there
mayn't be q train till noon. Let's sc
home and get the children and have a
jolly sleigh-ride. 1t will be a real lark
to have an extra morning with them.
Here, Jones, jump in and We'll take you
home"
Mr.. Jones climbed into the sleigh,
well pleased to be saved the laborlous
walk home. But what affected him
most was the unaffected good humor
of his friend and his friends wife,
Both were enthusiastically remarIing
on the beauty of the morning, the trees
covered with icicles to the tip of every
slender, leafess branch; on the bright
ness and intense blue of the sky; on
the feathery snowdrifts piled on every
side. Mr.. Jones had noticed none Of
these things; he had been affected only
by the inconvenience of the walking
and the loss Of his day in the city. But
such good humor as that shown by his
neighbors was contagious, and since
his attention was directed to it, he real
lied that the snow-covered landscape
was truly magnificent. "No artist
could ever begin to represent its beau
ty," said his neighbours wife. "What
were all the art galleries IF the world
compared to this?"
BY the time Mr.. Jones was set down
at his own door, his feelings had an
dergone an entire change. He felt
ashamed of his petulance, and especial
ly of the slap he had given Robbie. He
determined to find the little fellow and
make the best amends he could. He
also felt glow Of kindly sympathy for
his wife in her care for the babies that
was somewhat unusual to the hurried
business man. Yet he shrank from
meeting his wife directly; he was not
quite ready to acknowledge the mean
ness of his irritability and language of
the morning, so he decided to go
through the dining-room, which was
still very cold, and make detour
through the basement and kitchen to
look at the furnace.
In the kitchen Bridget, who had long
been the faithful maid of all work,
stood gazing into the cooking stove,
where smouldered a few black dying
Goals. Her countenance wore an ex-
preston that was mixture of distress
and anger An hour before Mr.. Jones
would have begun at once to rate her
sharply for her badly prepared break
fast, but now he only said;
"Why, Bridget. what's the matter
with the stove?"
''Well, sir, sure there's no dhraft at all
at all, and whin thry to make quick
fire there's the way it serves me. Sure
it's the CRATE that's broken and dropped
down that chokes the fire. A poor CELL
can't do any cooking on that stove"
Mr.. Jones conscience pricked him.
His wife had told him several times
about the broken CRATE; had written
down the name and number of the
stove and begged him send it from the
city, but he had forgotten it. He saw
the impossibility Of doing any good
work with such poor instrument as
this, and then he said:
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Mill Products for HOGS,

One of the best ways to obtain better
results in swine breeding is to make
more use of the mill products that can
be obtained in most regions. 1t may
not be generally known that we export
great quantities of oil meal for the
English farmers to fatten their hogs on,
and yet not one farmer in thousand
ever uses this as swine food Now that
beet sugar factories are being put up
in various parts of the country there
will be added another mill product for
utilizing for swine feeding.-Dakota
Field and Farm,
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Good peedn for Christmas.

Don't shut your door to pity the poor.
Give the children bushel of happi-
ness, and they'll share it with you.
Raise the preachers salary-but not
so high that he can't reach it.
Make the Christmas tree green spot
in memory.
Don't lose sight of the fact that you
were boy yourself in the early years
of the century.
Don't let the tin horn blast your hap
piness. Christmas will soon blow over.
Make somebody happy, even if you
have to settle an old bill to do it.-At-
lanta Constitution.
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the train to the city two days before
Christmas. A heavy snow and RAIN
storm had come up in the night, and in
the morning the suburb of JonesvillC
wus thing of beauty to the eye, but a
thing of discomfort to the feet of Pc
Gestrians, especially to those who must
catch the early morning train to the
city. Breakfast had been little late;
4he coffee had been poor, the mullins
rlnderdone and the eggs overdone; the
Niiningroom was cold and Mr. Jones in
one of his most irritable humors. Had
his wife been al the breakfast table he
would have INDUCED in few sarcastic
remarks about the incompetence of
women to manage a household or to
train and direct servants, but the poor
woman had not come down owing to
the fact that the baby had Weakened and
set up loud demand for attention Just
as the breakfast bell rang. Little Rob-
bic, three years old, had come down
stairs half dressed and had been sent
back with sharp reprimand and
must it be confessed-a sharp slap on
his little bare legs, Yes, Mr.. Jones was
AN educated, Christian gentleman, but
all the same he slapped his little son so
smartly that the child cried out with
pain, and started to climb the stairs to
his mother. For moment Mr.. Jones
realized the atrocity of his act and its
utterly unwarranted nature, and then
he excused himself to his conscience by
saying that he was naturally irritable,
and that cold house, poor breakfast
and the prospect of wading through
the unbrol1en snow-drifts to the train
were too much for human nature-his
human nature-to bear. AS he thusex
cused himself his temper began to rise
again. and just before leaving the
house he called to his wife from the foot
of the stairs:
'"Tell that old fool Hans that If he
can't manage the furnace so as to get
the house warm in the morning he can
get another job" Then, remembering
that for several days his wife had been
telling him that something about the
furnace was wrong that Hans could not
ok. and had asked him to see about it,
he hurried off to avoid hearing her re-
ply. He knew his wife would feel baily
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nnnterin In the MIX.

1t is thought by many that the organ
isms en- the hay that is eaten as food
may pass through the body of the ami
NAL and be eXcreted in the milk, but
such is not the case, The bacteria that
enter the body in the food or drink do
not escape from the intestine. II they
are not destroyed by the gastric juices,
they are excreted in the manure. and
can only gain access to the milk by con-
Eliminating the same subsequent to
milkng.--H. L. Russell. In Hoard's
DairymAn.
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BARN WITH LOTS OF LOFT ROOM.

give almost another story's capacity
to the barn, making it possible to use
nearly the whole of the lower floor tor
stock. With a silo and the root cellar
that will be found in the basement it.
will be possible to carry large stock
on the fodder that can be stored be-
meath the roofs. There are many con-
veniences about double barn, and
when one is to be built the form here
given will prove an excellent one to fol-
low.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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ChrIatmaa Eve.

Secrets, secrets everywhere,
Swarms of secrets in the air!
Something's hid from papa's eyes,
May and Slyboots look SO wise,
Even baby's lips are close,
Folded like a crimson rose;
Wee, sweet secrets everywhere,
/ can feel them in the air!
Youths Companion.