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ADVANTAGES of a Bad Nose.

Had man developed, during his early
earth-walking career, olfactory pow
ers anything like equal to those of the
dog, make bold to say that all of us,
if we were now existing, would be get
ting our livings by shifting for roots and
grubs like badger, or by yelping
along trail like pack of jackals!
Because, happily, he could no; profit
ably follow his nose, primitive man
was obliged to use his wits. Where tho
dog or the wolf gallops blindly or with
out thought along the tainted line left
by the feet of his quarry, the p,imeval
hunter had. from the first. not only to
learn to notice each displaced or shift
ed stone, or shaken dewdrop. but had
also-from these and a thousand other
data-to infer what had, passed that
way, when it had passed, and often. in
the case of one wounded animal in a
herd, how it had passed. and whe her
it were sufficiently disabled to make
pursuit profitable speculation. As
far as I can see, this faculty. engen-
dered and necessitated by olfactory
shortcomings, formed the basis of
much of our Wanted reasoning power.
wild Traits of Wild Animals"
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ABOUT FODDER CORN.
An EnsilaSe Pit, This Writer Thinks
Is Its Proper and Most Profit
able Destination.

With present knowledge of the
profits of winter dairying it hardly
pays to put surplus cornfodder into
shocks to be cured. An ensilage pit
is its proper destination, as thus the
fodder next winter can be made to
yield you twice the amount of mill,
that it would if fed in dry state.
am well acquainted with an ener.
getic progressive dairyman who raised
one of the finest fields of fodder corn
ever saw grow. He had heavily ma
nured his land TO start with. and then
cultivated the growing corn so assidu-
ously that it had all developed into
strong, vigorous canes. He fed out
perhaps third of this noble field be.
fore frost threatened, and then to my
surprise cut and shocked the remain.
der for dry feeding in winter. By SC
doing, instead of converting it into en-
silage,' he lost atieast so per cent. in its
feeding value, as viewed from posi-.
BILE milk-yielding standpoint. 1t was
an illustration If a dairyman being
partly wise and partly foolish. "
1 earnestly enjoin all dairymen not
to waste their ccrnfodder this fall
There is too much good milk encased
in every stalk and leaf, which needs
only intelligent. economical. feeding
to conduct it into the milking pail
Many people have an unwarranted
prejudice against ensilage-produced
milk on account of it's flavor. If they
would aerate their milk thoroughly
as all milk should be treated anyway
this Objectionable flavor would be
largely if not entirely eliminated.
Do not let a question of possible milk
flavor deter you from putting your>sur.
plus corn fodder down in ensilage.-
George E. Newell. in Ohio Farmer.
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put tag on me marked urgent and
told the boys to hustle me back lick
or I'd bleed to death. So they hussled
me back, and the Spaniards took a
crack at us every now and teen.
There's nothing they like better shan
to pick off litter-bearers. Say, you
ought to have seen the stuff we passed
hats and coats and haversacks and
cartridge belts-every blamed thing
you can think of, that the men lad
thrown away. Somebody picked up
dead mans hat and put it on my haud
mine fell off in the field. .... ..
"Pretty soon we came to a plsce
where the ambulance corps was work-
ing, with dead men and wounded ,nen
all over the place. My! that was a
thing to see. But I didn't hear any
lad boiler; they'd only groan once in
awhile, when they were half uncon-
scious, and a lot OF them would try to
laugh and joke, but ! guess it hurt
'em all right, all right. They all ac+ed
like men, though, and they kept cool,
but you never saw such row as the
wounded Cubans kicked up. Thsy
didn't like getting shot little bit.
what broke me up worst was los
ing my sword and revolver. l gave
'em to a fellow who was wounded in
the arm to keep for me, but he got
shot again and I never found them
So I got to the hospital with nothing
at all, not even whole pair of trou-
sers. But it all goes, anyhow, don't
it, Billy, old boy?' And then, as if
to dismiss the whole incident: Say,
fire me over that box of cigarettes,
will you?'-Lesiie's Weekly.
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PRIZE BAD ROAD.

Nocated Between Vickery and Clyde. o.
goods from one place to another. A
road is necessary adjunct to this ma
chine, and common sense would seem
to dictate that the wagon and the road
should be so adapted to each other
as that neither will Immediately de-
stroy the other. Yet anyone who OBJ
serves wagons and roads at all knows
that the pressure per unit of area be-
tween the ordinary tires of wagon
and the surface of the road on which
it runs is far beyond the resistance of
any practicable road-making materi-
al, especially when roads are wet, as
they must often be. 1t is q common
experience to see a two-wheeled cart
or wagon with narrow tires follow a
steam roller and cut deeply into the
surface left by the roller, illustrating
what is in fact true-i. e., that no steam
road roller ever gives nearly so
great a pressure per unit of area as is
imposed by narrow-tired and heavily
loaded vehicles.
by requiring wagon-owners to use
tires wide enough to limit the pres
sure per unit of area between tires and
road surface to an amount which or
binary road-making materials can re-
sist, wagons will pack, harden and
improve roads, instead of destroying
them, and by making the forward axle
shorter than the rear one, by an.
amount equal to twice the width of the
tires, the surface rolled will be again
doubled. Good wagon roads are as i'm
portant, perhaps, as good railroads, if
not, in fact, more so, and when the
public has constructed them individ-
uals should not be allowed to destroy
them. especially when it is demon
strable fact that there is no need what
ever for doing so. Tests have shown
that the wide tires lessen draft as we'll
as protect roads, and they should
everywhere be required by law"
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HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Pull the suckers off the sweet corn.
Feed the raspberry. 1t is a big
feeder.
Never cut large branches off the
cherry trees.
Market gardening is hard work, but
it pays near city.
The pear is ripe and ready for pick
ing if upon lifting it gently it parts
from the tree.
The tomatoes that we are training
TO stakes are doing excellently. We
are pleased with the plan. a,
Remove the bearing canes of the
raspberry and blackberry as soon as
the fruiting season is over.
The best fruit grown in the irrigated
districts of the west is grown in Wash
ington and Idaho, we think.
1t is claimed that sweet potatoes
grown from vine cuttings are better
than those grown from slips or
sprouts.
The banana is very profitable crop
and it will grow in Florida. Honduras
is a great place for the banana, which
never fails in proper location.
Grape vines can be transplanted
when five years old, we would say to
a subscriber, but the wood should be
cut back near the soil. Transplant in
spring.-Western Plowman.
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AS EVERY LADDIE DOES.

Oh, when was q tiny lad wandered in
wood,
10 look for fairies or for flowers. as every
laddie should.
L only got my fingers stung by things that
creep and buzz;
learned to look for them instead, as every
q laddie does.
I sought the pretty fairy-folk in all the
s yellow flowers.
Where nothing but the busy bees improved
the shining hours.
I found a little caterpillar hanging by a
thread;
put him in a buttercup, and took him
home instead.
I caught some minnows in pool. and
thought myself man,
Because found that could fish, as every
laddie can.
/ got my fathers pocketknife-it's blade
was red with rust
cut my name on many a tree, as every
laddie must.
made sturdy walking-stick to climb the
highest hill;
And Whitfield till the knife was blunt, as
every laddie will.
owned treasury OF things that had
found or caught,
And changed them oft for better ones, as
every laddie ought.
had little puppy-dog and pets of many
kinds;
But some they died. and some got lost, as
every laddie finds.
i coveted pony. and gun to shoot the
A pony is beauteous beast, as every lad
die knows.
What most I loved were fireworks, and all
that lights and burns;
But these sometimes are treacherous, as
every laddie learns.
Ny coats grew shorter in the sleeve; my
slippers crushed my toes;
But such things always smaller seem IS
every laddie grows.
&c. Gibson, in St. Nicholas.
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WHAT is THE FARM FIT FORT

A word to the restless people-to the fast
A perfect manhood is better than any
wealth or wage.
Some are for gold-some glitter; but tell
me, tell me, when
Will we stand for the farm and the college
that go for the making of men?
Yes, what is the old farm fit for? The word
is wisely said;
There may be stumps in the pasture and
the house may be shed;
But what If Lincoln or Garfield be here
in this boy of ten?
And what should the farm be fit for, If not
the raising Of men? .
IT'S a scanty soil for seeding, but here
we win our bread, q
And stout heart may grow stronger
where plow and harrow are sped;
Then break up the bleak, high hillside and
trench the swamp and fen
For what should the farm be fit for, If not
the raising Of men?
The crop by the frost is blighted, a niggard
the season seems: ,
Yet the ready hand finds duties and the
heart of the youth has Dreams
The bar and the senate tomorrow; to-mor-
row the sword or the pen
For what should the farm be fit for, II not
the raising of men? .
And what if our lot be humbler-if we on
the farm abide?
There is room for noble living and the
realm of thought is wide:
A mind enriched is fortune-and you will
know it-when
You see that the farm is fit for the rearing
of noble men.
president Harris, Maine State College.
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ROADS AND VEHICLES.
The Relation They Bear to Each
Other Explained in a Way That
Should Garry Conviction.

Machinery is always constructed
with reference to the conditions under
which it is to be used, and its separate
parts are of such material and
strength that no one part will unduly
wear or injure any other part. The
plan of the deacon, in constructing
his celebrated chaise, is followed as
far as may be, and each part is made
just as strong as the rest. .......
The American Machinist calls at
tention to this principle and shows
that it is not observed in building
wagons, these vehicles not being con-
structed with reference to their rela-
lions to the road. "a wagon" it says
sis machine for the transportation of
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
A SMALL BOYS SCHEME.
He Had an Idea About Eggs Which
Promised Splendid Result to
His Mind.

A small boy who is not familiar with rural
ways was taken by his fond mamma for
brief stay in the country.
On a farm in neighboring county he
waxed fat and sunburnt, and picked up
wondrous store of astonishing experiences.
One day the farmer smilingly said to his
mother:
Gust ask your boy what he hid two eggs
in the stable for?"
So the very first opportunity the mother
said to the six-year-old:
My dear, what did you do with those eggs
you took from the hen house,"
'"Oh, mamma replied the boy, II didn't
want you to know about it."
'"Why, it's all right" said mamma II only
want to know what my boy did with them"
81 hid them in the stable" said the little
fellow. s...
"And what for?" Eh
"'Cause it's my scheme"
"Your,. scheme? And what is your
scheme?"
,'..Why, you see, mamma said the little
philosopher, when eggs is horned in a
chicken house they is always little chickens,
an fink if they was horned in stable dey
might be little horses"
1t is needless to add that up to the time
of his leaving the farm the miracle was still
unaccomplished.-C Plain Dealer.
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or anything, because there was nothing
to guide them. Then they began to
huddle up together; it's sort of human
to do that when you're in hole, and
had to keep 'em spread out so the
boys in front wouldn't get shot by the
boys in the back. They didn't like to
hear the bullets sailing past their
heads, either, especially their own bull
let's. The worst man was that dare
devil Cuban, who was ahead of every
body, firing his Mauser for all he was
worth.
'Cubano, 1 called out, get back
here That was all the Spanish could
give him, but he understood and
| minded.
"'What shall we shoot at, lieuten-
ant?' asked some of the men near me.
Shoot at the block-house, shoot at
the top of the hill. That's where they
are. Don't shoot at the thicket.'
sand then for minute or so they
fired away as steady as practice
squad. Fire, haul back your bolt,
close your bolt, aim, fire, pull back
your bolt and so on. You know we
have five cartridges in our rifle maya
zines all the time, but we keep them
in reserve. Usually we load in fresh
cartridge every shot"
"Were you lying down all this time,
lieutenant?" 1 asked.
He looked at me in surprise. "How
the devil do you think 1 could get the
range with my nose in the grass? No,
sir; l was kneeling on my left knee.
1t don't do for an officer to stretch
out, anyhow, and that's the way got
hit. The first thing I knew J. thought
a ball of iron as big as my first had
struck me on the leg. I didn't feel a
thing where the bullet went in. but
it hurt like-well, did it urt?-where
it came out. And that very same ball
went into the lad lying next me, right
through his stomach, and he died the
next morning.
"Im hit, lieutenant he said, but he
didn't squeal.
81 can't help you, old chap said I.
I'm hit, too
''Pretty soon there were so many of
lis hit that the order came to get back
into the road, and two lads caught hold
of me and dragged me through the
grass. Say, they We're pretty good
about it; they didn't seem to be in any
hurry at all. Out in the road one of
them cut off the leg of my trousers and
tied handkerchief above the knee and
then twisted it tight with stick, be-
cause the blood was squirting out. You
see there was an artery cut, and the
boys all know what to do in case like
that; they teach us that in the army.
We have an hour OF drill week in
field surgical work, and you can bet it
helped out here. ....... I....r
'Then they made litter out of two
shirts and two rifles with Myonets
fixed, rolled the shirts around the RI
fes, you know-that's another thing
we learn--and so they took ne down
the road until we met doctor. He
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VALUE OF sEPARATORs.
They Can he Used to Advantage
Wherever Five or More Cows
Are Kept.

AS the economy in using the sep
arator in the dairy becomes better un-
derstood the number used will in
crease. 1t is recognized fact that to
secure the largest per cent. of fat in
the milk there must be speedy sep
aration. Here is one of the principal
advantages of the separator. The
cream IS taken out of the milk before
it has had time to cool and before the
milk has had time to be subjected to
any considerable extent to deteriorat-
ing influences.
Milk so readily absorbs any odors
that may be in the air after it cools
that it is quite an item to get the
cream from it before there has been
an opportunity for the milk to come
in contact with foul odors of any kind.
Then, good separator will take the
cream more thoroughly out of the
milk than is possible by any system of
milk setting for cream raising. Any
cream left in the milk is direct loss
that cuts into the profits.
OF course. getting practically all
the cream is one of the greatest ad-
vantages of the separator, but it is not
the only one. Taking the cream out
before the milk has cooled gives it al
ways sweet and there is much bet
ter opportunity of ripening it uni
iormly; and in making of good butter
uniformity in ripening of the cream is
as important item.
1t is essential.to use the waste prod
ucts to the best advantage. Having
the skim milk perfectly sweet and
fresh, as it is when the separator is
Used, affords much better opportun-
ity of using to the best advantage.
The sweet skim milk is better to use
in cooking and to feed to all kinds of
young stock, so that more can be made
out of it. u..- ..
10 this may be added the saving of
time and labor, which helps to reduce
the cost. Fewer utensils in handling
the milk are needed and it is less work
to properly care for separator than
for creamery with the cans and
other vessels when the cream-raising
plan of management is followed.
Whenever five or more COWS are
kept and it is an item to make the
most and the best butter from them, a
good separator can be made to pay
St. Louis Republic. 80
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WAGON FOR ENsILAGE.

device. Two long pieces of joist are
held the right distance apart by
strips of board nailed across them.
The forward ends are fastened upon
the axle of pair of farm wagon
wheels, while trucks support the rear
ends. A very good load could be
hauled without the trucks by rounding
off the rear ends of the joist, so they
will drag easily over the ground. Such
frame is exceedingly handy, as it is
low, and can be approached so readily
from all sides, there being no large
wheels in the way. - Orange Judd
Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
Plum Trees on the Farm.

Driving about the country and see
ing so many fence corners and waste
spots about the houses and barns
where something might be grown,
have been tempted to suggest to the
owners to plant more plum trees, says
a well-meaning correspondent. It is
true the plum is the one tree of all
others for these corners. 1t requires
little room and takes but two or three
years from planting to come to fruit.
ing. All you will need will be to cut
out the superfluous shoots. And then
what is the farmhouse good for that
can't have cherries and plums mid.
land Farmer.
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Paying the Fiddler.

Mrs. Newlywed-It was just six
months ago to-day, love, that you asked
me to be your wife-but, Horace-why
do you grow pale and trelnble?
Mr.. Newlywed (gasping feebly)-
Why, that dod- blasted six months note
I gave for the engagement ring will be
due day after tomorrow, then! I'd
forgotten all about it!-Puck.
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The Whirlisig of Time.

II heard quite a compliment for
you," said the young woman. "A
friend of mine who heard you speak
in Washington said you had wonder
full presence" ,"
SWELL" answered Senator Sorghum,
rather gloomily, things go by fits and
starts in this life. They're predicting
noteworthy absence for me in year
or o."-Washington Star.
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His Importance.

II suppose" said Mr.. Meekton's wife,
''that you attach great deal of i'm
portance to YOURSELF
NO." he answered with conciliating
yentleness, II don't go on attaching
a great deal of Importance to my
self now. There's no need to. 1 did
that when I married you, Henrietta"
Washington Star. - -----
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
WAGON FOR ENSILAGE.
How to Get the Fodder to the Cutter
from the Field Without
Much Delay.

Where there is large amount of
corn to be cut up for ensilage, num-
Der of teams are required, and much
speed in getting the fodder to the cut
ter from the field. It is often neces>
sary to extemporize a wagon to meet
the demand. The cut shows such a
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Not an 1mpreSsiOnnb Man.

She Tin business for herself)-"Doyou
think you can learn to love me?'' He
Ga deputy sheritf)-"Oh, some day l
may have an attachment for you."-
Philadelphia Record.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
He Got Her.

'>Humph!" growled the multi-mil-
lionaire, 80 you want my girls hand,
do you? Have you lots of enterprise?"
"Well," retorted the hardy swain,
I'm after the only daughter of just
about the richest and meanest man in
these parts."-N. Y. World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
Should Strike.

Beebaw-No day set apart for re-
joicing over our victory can be really
a general holiday, unfortunately.
Billiamson-So? For whom, then,
isn't it a general holiday?
Beebaw-Well, fireworks, you know.
N. Y, World,
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After Two Weeks.

Smillie-Hallo, Chinner! How are
you? I've missed you these two weeks.
Where have you been hiding yourself?
Chinner- Imade up my mind to let
my wife have the last word for once.
Smillie-Well?
Chinner-She just got to it ten min
utes ago!-N. Y. Truth
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Taking Fearful Chances.

Fuddy-Kwiverful, they say, is mar
ried again. This is his fourth wife.
Duddy-Kwiverfu ID better be care
full. He'll get caught some day.
Fuddy-Get caught? M5.
Duddy-Yes; he'll marry woman
who will live.-Boston Transcript.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
The Power of Passes,

"You hypnotize a man by making
passes, don't your
'Well, l have known railroad Off
GERS to hypnotic legislators by max
ing passes. "-Towu Topics.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
Must lie Il President.

do you know when old Gotrox first
came here he was too poor to buy a
ticket and had to walk?''
'Yes, and now he's too rich to ride on
q ticket and has to ride on pass" >
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
His WAY of Doinx 1t

"And He walked over the waters"
said the Sundayschool teacher. "Now,
none of you boys can walk over the
waters"
IT can, MISS" said one Oliver, hold
ing up his hand.
"Nonsense," said tn. teacher.
"Yes, can, MISS" said Oliver, Earn
estly. $50 can you if you go b. the
bridge."-Sketch.
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A Girl of To-day

Father-But, my dear, thought you
had promised to marry that young
gentleman.
Daughter-Oh. no, papa. only said
he could be engaged to me if he wanted
to.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
Giving NINA a Hint.

Little girl of four, standing en-
tranced before the window of toy
shop: "Oh, mother, if you was my
little girl, wouldn't take you in and
buy you some of those lovely things!"
-Ti4.R;ts
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The New Possessions.

Hooray for our conquest far over the sea;
Its glory-with rapture tell it,
Its name has music which fills me with
glee,
Though I cannot pronounce it or spell it.
Washington Star
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Two victims Of COnceit.

Edith-Harry is the most conceited
man ever met.
Ethel-What makes you think SO?
"Why, he first asserts that am the
most adorable woman in the world,
the most beautiful, intellectual, and in
every respect paragon, and then he
wants me to marry him!''-Tit-Bits.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-10-21
Habits Of Snakes.

City Boarder with numerous prog
eny)-Are there any snakes around
here?
Jersey Farmer-Only around the
fruit trees, mum!-N. Y. Weekly.
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A Sure Thing.

Tn -e's this about clearinghouse
We ought not to forget,
Come veal or woe, each meal we know
Just what we're going to get.
Il. A. w. Bulletin.