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A kihd Voice.

There is no power of love SO hard to
get and to keep as kind voice. A
kind hand is deaf and dumb. 1t may
be rough in flesh and blood, yet do
the work of soft heart, and do it
with q soft touch. But there is no
one thing that love so much needs as
sweet voice to tell what it means and
feels; and it is hard 70 get and keep
it in the right tone. One must start
in youth, and be on the watch night
and day, at work and at play, to get
and keep a voice that shall speak at
all times the thoughts of kind heart.
It is often in youth that one gets a
voice or tone that is sharp, and it
sticks to him through life, and stirs
up ill will and grief, and falls like
drop of gall On the sweets OF home.
Watch it day by day as pearl of
great price, for it will be worth more
to you in days to come than the best
pearl hid in the seas. A kind voice is
to the heart what light is to the eve.
It is light that sings as we'll as
shines. ,EIihu Burritt.
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POTATOES.

Potatoes while being quite rank feed
ers, have limited capacity for reach
ing out after plant food elements.
They do best in cool, moist soil, but
do not stand o wet soil at all well. If
they are planted on piece of land
with northern exposure they will do
better than on a similar piece with a
southern exposure.
The land should be deeply and thor
oughly plowed and made fine as deep
as plowed. This can be best accom-
plished by planting on heavy clover
sod or by plowing more than once. 1t
pays to pillow potato land in the best
possible manner and put it in the best
possible shape before planting. The
tubers grow above the seed and the
roots reach out from below the
tubers. This shows that the soil
should be pulverized as deeply as pos
sible, that the feeder roots may have
an opportunity to get at the proper
food in the soil. Coarse manure
plowed under is good fertilizer, and
one to which potatoes respond very
quickly. If commercial fertilizers are
used, one rich in potash should be
chosen, as this crop requires more OF
that than almost any other that can
BIZ grown. ATLANTA Journal.
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Live Under Their Hats.

The population of New York may be
divided into those who olive under
their hats" and those who don't. The
hat may be silk tile, derby or an
Alpine, theatre hat or a German bon
net To live under your hat consists
ir Aot taking your meals at your own
house; of not knowing in the morn
ing where you will dine in the even
ing; OF not knowing at night where
you will take breakfast in the morn
ing. Some persons live under their
hats from choice, some from necessity,
some from ennui at the sameness OF
existence, some from restlessness.
Married couples have been known to
discharge their cook and live under
their hats for more or less extended
period for the fun of the thing. To
such as these the experience is a holi'
day. When it is over they 60 back to
a settled life with the relief of those
who return to town from the woods or
a sea voyage. But the three great
classes of dwellers under the hat are
millionaires, bachelors and tranps.
For the fist, one charm is that it is
expensive; for the second, that 1t Is
variegated; for the third, that it suits
their economy of life. There ia no
place in the word so we'll suited for
this way of living as New York. Fa-
cllities exist in every quarter Of the
town. The study of the various types
of the population can be carried On IN
combination with the satisfying CT the
inner man. For the novelist and phil
osopher it is absolutely necessary to
pass certain part of life this way
New York Sun. to 60.
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put on in such a way that they
not only keep the fence firmly
braced in an upright position
even though the stakes be rotted
off at the surface of the ground
but serve also the purpose of holding
each.board in place, even though it be
not nailed. These strips are quickly
nailed into position, and will prove
very satisfactory; but where water is
inclined to stand along the line of q
boundary, it is we'll to plow a deep
furrow alongside the fence. running
the fufrow off at frequent intervals to
lower ground to secure drainage. It
is almost impossible to keep a fence
from rotting, or to keep it upright,
except by the use of some such device
as ths. Nown in the cut, where water
stands in and upon the ground for
considerable portion of the year.
New York Tribune.
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aroused to more vigorous and uni.
versal destruction OF weedg. Any
species, according to the bulletin, can
be subdued and controlled within the
limits OF an ordinary farm. and unless
the value of the land is low from other
causes, this work can be probably
undertaken.
Prevention of seed production in
cases of ANIMALS will gradually reduce
the quantity of weeds and prevent
further spreading. This is accom-
plished in cultivated fields by burning
over to destroy as many as possible OF
the seeds on the surface, and succes-
sive plowing is required. Broken
lands should not be permitted to re-
main idle, and moving or cutting OF
the main stems of weeds is deprecated
as multiplying the stalks; but cutting
the roots below the crowd usually kills
them. Destruction of terrenil seeds
is best procured by prevention of seed
production and by killing the under
ground portion. New York Adver-
tiser.
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A Strange Romance.

Fifteen years ago Henry Rubens.
who is employed by the Wiedauer fac.
tory at Merrill, and q certain young
lady were engaged to be married.
Somehow they did not agree and mar.
ried otherwise. Finally the wife of
MIR. Rubens and the husband !of his
former sweetheart died. The widow
and the widower began q correspond
ence, which ended in an agreement
to carry out their old engagement.
The lady was living at La Vale. but
she has emigrated to Merrill and the
marriage will soon take place.
waukee Wisconsin.
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back this morning when I cent for you,
instead of pelting off to the manor
house as if it were question of life or
death, you would have learned that
old Framingham had been overhauled
in London, en- route for Van Dieman'a
Land, gorged with plunder like an old
leach"
"What, sir!" shouted Ferdinand.
"The Greyton's defaulting lawyer?"
"Himself and none other" said
Uncle Barlow. "We had cable tele-
gram at IL o'clock. Mrs. Greyton's
money is all safe in the hands of our
London agent"
"But, SIR" gasped Ferdinand,
chow do you come to know this?"
"Old Dorrance Greyton did me a
favor once, when I was struggling
man," said Mr.. Barlow. "It was not
my intention to stand by and see his
widow defrauded without some slight
effort in her behalf. 1t seems that l
was just in time"
So there was an end of the Greyton
troubles. They kept the old manor
house. Ferdinand Houghton set up
his studio there in one of the great
north-llghted rooms, and Mrs. Hough-
ton makes pot-pourris every year OF
rose-leaves.
And as fast as the other girls marry
of-which is by no means slow husi-
ness, for they are every one of them
handsome-she gives each wedding
present of a sweet conserve of scented
leaves, in an old Oriental jar.
'For pot.pourris are lucky" sho
says, with the wisest of mods.
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THE SOaG AND THE SIGH.

When bright skies seem far away,
Smile and think the winters May;
If the snow falls day and night,
Dream each fakes a rose of white!
Never mind how dark the sky
It's the song that beats the sigh!
As this old world rolls along,
Hear the bells ring! and the song!
Every bird on every tree
Joining in the melody.
Happy as the time rolls by
It's the song that beats the sighs
Every garden has its rose;
Every storm rainbow shows!
When, each day, the sun declines
Star TO star in glory shines!
See the sur the stars on high
It's the song that beats the sigh!
Still Gods heaven greets your sight
In the darkness there is light.
Every morn the sunlight streams,
And the dark is sweet with dreams
Hear the music from on high
It's the song that beats the sigh!
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution,
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Sonth Africa is Booming.

South Africa seems to be having a
boom. TIE new country named after
Cecil Rhodes, "Rhodesia," is being
rapidly settled. In Matabeleland alone
some 5000 "claims," or about 900
miles of ground, have been "pegged
out" by the people, who believe there
is something to be found in them.
In Mashonaland almost as many miles
have been similarly appropriated.
Some enterprising folk, 1T is said,
pegged off the Victoria Falls, but only
to suffer the chagrin of learning that
they were reserved. - Chicago
Times. Herald,
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PITH AND POINT.

IT saw him kneeling at your feet;
False girl, your hand he would secure!,
"Oh. no." she said. In accents sweet,
"He Is my pedicure."
Wyld-"Do any of these spiritual.
lists move in high society,"" Kellogg
mo they're only mediums. "-Mer-
curry.
Applicant-tPlease, mum, the lady
wot washes the steps for that woman
which lives opposite seys as You wants
CURL"
'Did your sister enjoy the serenade
last night?" Little Jimmy-"Yes;
she and Mr.. BInks laughed at every
thing you sang"
Gadzooks-'.E England is a bulldog
that never drops anything" Zounds
-"You seem to forget the letter Il.
New York Tribune.
First Musical Amsteur-'I say, l.
think we might give concerts" Sec
ond Ditto-"Oh! so we might, but
who'd take them?"-New York Times.
Now doth the fly sit calmly by
The neighborhood to scan;
Nor finds by search better perch
washington Star.
Tom Cat-'sYou have filled my
heart with joy. I love You with )
joy that is" Maria" Pardon me,
sir, but here comes another bootjack. "
First Man-"Miggles is an awful
liar, isn't he?" Second MAXWELL,
not exactly that, but he has wonder
full fondness for perambulating the
suburbs of veracity." s
Cora -"Do you think Miss Fussan-
feather is up.to-date?" Clara-"No;
indeed! She says she is only twenty
years old. If she was up to date she'd
be at least forty. ."--Statesman. #
He strobe before the footlights u
In trappings gay and rich,
But he couldn't buy, when the play was
Chicago Inter-ocean.
He (the eligible one)-'Your friend
is charmingly pretty; don't you think
500" She with an eye to the main !
cnance)-"Oh, yes, indeed. All the
women of her family are nice looking
while young" s.
"It seems funny" says the Mana
yunk Philosopher, "thst boy CAD
20 to Sunday-school alone, but it usu-
ally takes father and mother, q
grandmother and couple OF aunts to
take him to the circus. ."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Real Estate Reporter-'What's that
I heard that man tell you awhile ago
about there being drop in real es-
tate?" Horse Reporter--"Oh, that
was only joke of his he was tell.
ing me about seeing 8 tramp fall out
of second story window. wash
ington Star.
II have kinder had my doubts,
said Mr.. Jason, as he removed his
Sunday best suit after his visit to the
city. 81 kinder have my doubts
whether brother Bills son TUX me
around and showed me the town, or
whether he showed the town me. -
Indianapolis Journal. "
III could coin her golden hair,
Or pawn her bright lips rubies rare,
Or sell one priceless smile;
I'd like to take her to the play,
And, after that, at some cafe, .
A supper, served In style.
IfPd the diamond that lies
Embedded In her laughing eyes.
I'd have It set with care,
And then I'd place the yellow band
Upon her dainty little hand.
And leave it shining there.
philadelphia Times.
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SALT BOX FOB THE OPEN FIELD.

Live stock should either have
quantity of salt mingled in their food,
or it should be fed to them direct. If
you trust to feeding them salt at
stated intervals the chances are they
will often be neglected for some period
beyond the stated time consequently,
when it is fed them, they will indulge
too freely and the well-known loosen.
ing effect of the salt is observed. The
better way is to place quantity Of
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FOR WHICH?

The woods where the squirrels chatter;
The woods where the red deer run;
Tbe woods where the rabbits scatter.
At the sound OF the hunters gun;
Where the cool fresh wind comes stealing
And the crisp and brown leaves lies
And the giant trees stand revealing
A glimpse Of Gods blue sky.
Or the Office dim and musty,
On q noisy, narrow street, i
Where the foul air Is dusty, #
And the buildings almost meet
To slave; to rise OF blunder;
To stick at a sordid trade;
All, which is the life, I wonder,
For which man was made2
~" h.-Tifa q
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Don't let the weeds get the best Of
you.
Plant trees and shrubs and thus add
beauty to your home.
Never allow stems, leaves, dirt or
imperfect berries in the box.
Cover the little chickens up at night
if the weather is threatening.
Get your spraying apparatus into
order now, as you will soon need it.
The outlook at present is very en-.
couraging for the tillers of the soil.
Picking, packing and marketing are
important factors in selling berries.
If you have COW or heifer that has
any bad tricks, keep her away from
the rest of the cattle.
If you have a two-wheel carriage,
make sure that everything is all right
before you start on a journey.
Many horse that has gone lame
mysteriously might be cured by hav.
ing his shoe taken off and reset.
No food will make hens lay like a
liberal supply of wheat in some shape,
and regular ration of green cut bone.
If the fowls have free run, give
them light feed of grain in the morn
ing and they will find the extras dur.
ing the day.
For family use, leave fruit on the
vines until fully ripe, and pick fresh
for the table. For market pick every
day before too ripe.
Remember that milk in any form is
good for laying hens. 1t contains all
the elements of egg food, in almost
the proper proportions.
A quarter acre, rich and we'll Guilt
vated, should yield from twenty to
forty bushels of berries. A bountiful
supply for most families, and q mics
surplus to sell.
In planting corn for ensilage, plant
thicker than for grain. If in hills,
thirty by forty-four inches is about
right; if in drills, a stalk to every six
to ten inches in each row.
A substantial windbrake is splen-
did thing for a iruit plantation, and
adds much to the beauty and home
likeness of the place. Evergreens of
the various sorts are the best trees for
this purpose.
If the fowls are confined do not fail
to give a supply of grass or other
green stuff. They will appreciate it
fresh every morning. If you have
never tried it you will be surprised at
the amount fifty hens will put away in
a day.
Do beautiful flowers and luscious
fruits impart health and happiness to
the home? Then let rs see to it that
there may be an abundant supply.
Nature is willing in her great produc-
tions in horticultural treasures. Are
you willing to make use of this gen.
erosity?
When the breeding season is over,
unless you mean to use the same males
next year, you may as we'll dispose OF
them at once as to keep them ut On
expense. If you wish to use next sea-
son. they will be as we'll off and their
mates better off if you separate the
males, especially the roosters. from
the females.
Fresh air is needed, not only for
comfort, but also for health. See that
the fowl houses ara not foul houses.
We know of nothing that sweetens
poultry quarters better than good
coating of dry, fresh earth on the floor
every time the house is cleaned, which
should be at least once o week IN this
kind of weather.
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salt where it will be accessible to
them at all times, and this is done in
no more satisfactory way than by the
use of q covered salt box similar to
the one shown in the sketch by L. D.
Shook. The box is fourteen inches
long, nine inches wide, eight inches
high at the back and six inches in
front. The box is firmly nailed to
the fence board, or to post or side
of q building, as most convenient.
The cover is hinged, and has bevel-
shaped piece, g, nailed at the top to
prevent splitting; also to cause the
cover to fall back in position. The
front end of the box, q, is cut away,
exposing the salt, and in trying to get
it the cover is raised. Cattle readily
learn to raise the cover when they are
salt hungry. The stake placed under
the box in front holds it firmly in po-
sition, and the whole makes cheap
and convenient arrangement, as from
a weeks to several weeks supply of
salt can be placed in the box at once.
American Agriculturist.
GOVERNMENT DIRECTIONS FOR WEDDING.
The direct loss in crops, the damage
to machinery and stock and the de-
crease in the value of land due to
weeds in this country, amount to tens
of millions of dollars year, accord
ing to the estimate of Botanist F. V.
Coville of the Agricultural Depart
meut. The statement is make in o
bulletin of the department, which says
the loss is sustained almost wholly by
the farmers. The bulletin emLodies q
number of important directions for
weed eradication, and urges that these
methods be incorporated in our sys-
tens CT practical farming. During
last year the ordinary farm crops were
checked in their growth by the ex-
treme drouth and with the unusual
amount of weeds the official investi-
cations were enlarged. None of the
processes by which seed production
may be prevented or root stocks killed
are regarded as impracticable, but in
many cases weed determination is i'm
possible and their reduction to state
of comparative harmlessness Is oil that
Gun be looked for.
The report urges all land owners to
be on the watch for new plants and
learn their character, if possible, be.
fore they become established and as
sert themselves as aggressive weeds on
farms. This is practically the only
possible method of complete extermi-
nation unless public sentiment is
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HERE are six of
US !" said FenelIa
G + e vt n; "and
nothing 10 liv Q
upon!'
She locke Il
around upon the
rest of the Greyton
family with the
tragic air of a
modern Medea.
III G,o-&on.
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REPAIRING CATTLE FENCES.

In many pastures there are places
where, on account of wet soil, the
fence stakes rot off quickly, and with
the constant "heaving" of the ground
the boards do not remain long upon
the stakes. The illustration shows
how such spots in fence can be sub
stantially repaired. The crosspiece
and the braces are narrow boards,
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FAR3I AND GARDEN.
REvTvING THE LAWN.

If the lawn is eickly, get some wood
ashes and apply them freely. There
will be no danger of applying too
much. The rain will carry the soluble
portions down to the roots. After the
grass begins to start out, apply nitrate
of soda at the rate of 100 pounds per
acre on the lawn.-New York World.
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ROSE-LEAVES.

BIZ HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
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WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
Position Of the United States Regardin,
China Interests Russia.

Position of the United States Regarding
China Interests Russia.
New YORK, March "a special from
Washington says:
The Russian III AMBASSADOR. Count Cas-
SIM. who was for many years the czars
representative at Pekin. and who OBJ
tanned from China the first important
concessions regarding the Siberian rail
road. speaking of the Chinese situation,
said:
"Russia's attitude is not changed by
ltaly's action in China. We have lever
opposed the open door. and consequently
we can take no other attitude than that
which has been officially announced
from our foreign Office many times.
But we are wondering what on
great neighbor to the west, the United
States. will do in this emergency.
1T would seem now that the United
States will be forced by the necessitie
Of the case to take part in the delibera
tions Of the nations concerning China
commercial existence. AS in Russia
there are in the United States tremen
tous interests at stake. a world in it
self. where the wealth of a large par
Of the country seeks an outlet.
"Of course, l can speak only for Rms
sia, but there seems a similarity of in
terests to guard and to promote. Fo
this reason Russia would welcome tn
United States as a factor in the council
Of nations that must Of necessity Cover.
the case,
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A coal combine is planned, with $3.50.
600, 600 capital.
England and France. it is expected,
will effect a complete settlement OF
their dispute within two weeks.
The United States collier Brutus has
arrived at San Francisco from Manila.
The Brutus left Manila Dec. 20 and ar
rived at Guam Jan. l. where she re
manned a month.
Governor Smith of Montana has We
toed the bill passed by the late legisla
ture legalizing boxing contests. Sucl
contests are absolutely forbidden by thu
law in force.
Italy asked the United States to sup
port her in Selling Chinese territory
but the United States declined. Italy,
action is regarded a formal recognition
Of our new position in international af
fairs.
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BANK ASSESSMENTS.
Radical Change in Method to he Put Into
Practice in Iowa.

Radical Change in Method to he Put Into
Practice in Iowa.
Dies MONIES. Ia. March 9.--.Attornev
General Milton Remiev has decided
that national banks. III making their
statements to assessors. cannot deduct
from their capital stock the amount of
government bonds they carr. The de-
cision was rendered io9 An ,itor OF State
F. r. Merriam. WHO IS now i~Suln. in
structions 10 tie county ass ssors
in all parts Of the state. III.
attorney general iol.s that the
bank stock exists Independently Of the
national paper held. a.4!. therefore. the
total capital stock s..oaid ie cons Tered
by the the assessor.
1t has been the practice hitherto to
assess the national banks for the amour.
Of stock after deducting from the total
capital the face value Of all government
bonds. 1t is not unlikely that the banks
will resist the assessment when made
under the new ruling Of the attorney
general.
Another change in the ruling instructs
the assessors to consider not alone the
capital stock, surplus and undivided
earnings. but to base the assessment
upon the actual market value of the
stock assessed. Many banks. it is stated.
with small capital have much greater
earning power than institutions appar-
emily larger.
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CALLS 1T AN INSULT.

Diplomatic Relations Between China and
Italy May BE Broken.
PEKIN. March 9.-The Italian min.
lister here regards as an insult the man
ner in which the Tsung Ii Yamen. o,
Chinese foreign Office, has treated Italy's
demand for "A coaling station at San
Nun bay and a rupture Of diplomatic
relations between Italy and China i:
probable.
1t is believed Russia has reiterated
her protest against the British railway
loan, in order to make the contract
ground for complaint against the Chi
nese and thus seek compensation. terri
torial or otherwise.
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Terrific Gas Explosion.

MILWAUKEE. March "a gas explo
sion in the Office of Bauman Bros. com
mission merchants in the Mitchell
building. was so violent as to shake tn,
big structure to its foundation. Instru
ments Of the weather bureau, which i.
located in the building. were rendered
temporarily useless. J. H. c. Charlie,
Bauman was seriously injured. bein-