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that will stay, and one that is easily
and cheaply made of common mate
rails. Take two pieces of oak, four by
four inches, sawed, or two seasoned
oak poles, that will span the branch
over which it is desired to construct
the water gap, and as shown CO.
fasten them securely together with
pieces of thick oak plank, leaving
space for the supporters, A and B,
which are arranged in a lock-fashion
as shown; nail plank or fat poles to
the supporters which the water is to
run again; that is, on the top side,
making the gate or device to serve the
purpose of a fence in the water. The
supporters should be about ten feet
long and the down-ends rest in the
bed of the branch or creek.
The device is made at the workshop
or anywhere and is easily moved
from place to place; it is set in the
branch, as indicated in the illustra-
ton, the supporters being sharp so as
to sink into the ground or mud.
When the rain comes and the branch
becomes swollen and swift, bringing
logs and brush down against the
device it would seem that it would
have to go, but it does not; the hard
er the pressure of the water the more
rigid it becomes and the greater it's
stability. The water oftentimes rises
above it and all rubbish, etc., is car
ried over it. It will keep all large
stock, such as cattle, horses and mules,
out of the fields which it is desired to
protect, but pigs can get under it
unless the planks are nailed near the
bed of the branch. The supporters A
and B are poles four or five inches in
diameter; they are fastened together
D) by cleat being nailed across, which
makes them secure.-Farmers' Voice.
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ABOUT GARDEN TRUCK.

Roots stored in boxes or barrels and
covered with sand are much better than
when left to shrivel in dry cellar.
Novelties are to the garden what
sauce is to the pudding. They may be
no better than the old varieties, but
there is pleasure and satisfaction in
finding out.
Radish seed will keep in the ground
through the winter. If a little place is
prepared in some out-of-the-way corner
and sowed late this fall, the plants will
be up and growing with the first warm
weather next spring. They will prove
most acceptable then.
Sink barrel two-t thirds of its length
in the ground, bank up to the top, then
FL with cabbage and put on covering
of boards, straw or old carpet. The
cabbage will keep till the last of winter
and the barrel is accessible at any time.
For heads that are to be kept till spring
we like pitting the best of any method.
-Up-to-Date Farming.
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GROWING CRANBERR1ES,
No Other Crop Brings Quite as Profit
able Results with an Equal
Amount of Labor.

At recent meeting of Canadian fruit
growers the question of growing cram
berries was discussed and one of
the leading growers offered some testi-
mony from which the following is d.
gested. The land for planting cram
berries should be worked up and sand
ed, the sand to be from three to six
inches deep. The irrigation is i'm
portant-in fact, is essential to cram
berry growing. The land should al
ways be kept damp. Before the frost
comes the patch should be flooded and
kept so until the first of May. The ber-
ries do not thrive we'll when exposed
to the winters frost. If a long spell
of dry weather takes place in summer,
irrigation should be repeated. One
speaker said:
II grow the Cherry Bell variety and
I realized 5000 net for what l grew on
one acre last year. I would like to
know if there is anything else one
would put an acre to that would bring
the same returns. Sand will correc,
all weeds. I now have Is acres under
cultivation, and all my neighbors have
taken up the industry, although they
laughed at me when I started mine
I can recommend the cultivation OF
cranberries as profitable business
from the experience I have had.'
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AN IMPOSSIBLE STORY.

i
Willibert Marmaduke e. Braguppe
Said he would put the stovepipe up,
Said that man was a useless expense
Not to be thought of by people of sense.
Said that the process was simple and
quick
Boastingly said it was not any trick.
Briefly, he said all the usual things.
Lacking the gumption experience brings.
But Mrs. W. M. E. Braguppe
Said that he'd better give that idea up;
Told him he'd ruin the clothes that he
wore,
Also the good reputation he bore;
Said from the ladder he'd probably fall,
And then do mighty poor job after all.
She told him all this, and some more, don't
you know?
lust SO she could say that she did tell
him So
willibert Marmaduke shed his coat
Tied handkerchief round his throat,
Brought the pipe from the basement dark
And whistled as gay as morning lark
Joint slipped in joint just as slick as grease.
And Wilibert's soul it was full of peace.
He fitted the elbow in perfect calm,
Evinced by his humming cheerful psalm.
Not once to fit did section fail,
And in two quick jerks Of a ambkin's tail
The pipe was up and was also wired
AS stiff and as straight as could be desired,
And Willibert still was clean and neat
And naught had said could not repeat.
In the main most truthful bard am I.
But once in awhile I love to lie.)
Chicago Daily Record.
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VALUABLE FORMULAS.
Fungicides for the Destruction
of Insects and Scabs.

The following formulas for prepar-
ing insecticides and fungicides for the
destruction of insects, scab, etc., have
been found very satisfactory and are
highly recommended by those who have
given them trial:
For destroying the codling moth,
canker worm, curculio and leaf insects
of various kinds that infest apple,
peach, plum, ETC., mix a pound of lon
don purple or paris green in half
pail of water, stirring until every lump
and particle of dry material is thor
oughly Incorporated; then dilute with
200 gallors of water for the first spray
ing. Fo. she second spraying increase
the amou.>t of water by the addition of
40 gallonr If third spraying is re-
quired add still another 40 gallons Of
water. The foliage is more easily in
jured as the season progresses, there
fore the necessity of diluting the ma
terial used at each subsequent applica-
ton. Apply after the bloom falls and
at intervals of ten days thereafter.
For leaf scab, with which orchard.
lists have had so much trouble and
have so faithfully labored to destroy
and mildew on grapevines, grape rot
and other fungus diseases, the follow
ing has proved efficient: Dissolve six
pounds of sulphate of copper in hot
water in a wooden vessel. Slack four
pounds of fresh lime in another YES.
sci and strain out all the coarser ma
terial. Rilutey.the lime with so to Is
gallons of water and then add the sui
plate of copper. This is for use on
plants in leaf. Copper sulphate solu-
ton, which should be used only on
plants in early spring before leaves
appear, is made by dissolving one
pound of sulphate of copper in rs gal
Ions of water to be used in this form.
A combination mixture for both in
sects and fungi is made by putting
london purple or paris green in bar
rel with Bordeaux mixture. The bark
louise yields to the following: One
pound of common soap dissolved in
one gallon of hot water; add two gal
Ions of kerosene and churn, with a
force pump if you have one, or by stir
ring until the kerosene and soapsuds
are thoroughly mixed. If the work
has been done right the emulsion will
have the appearance of very thick
cream, and the oil will remain incor-
porated with the soap and water. Di-
lutte with 80 to rs gallons of water
when using. Any of the mixtures will
prove very destructive to the pests if
applied properly. They should be ap-
piled with force pump with a spray
nozzle
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DURABLE WATER GATE.
Description Of One That In Easily ind
Very Cheaply Made Of Common
Materials.

Farmers whose lands are cut up
with branches or large creeks expert
epce great deal of trouble with wa
ter gaps. Every heavy rain washes
the gate, or whatever may be used
for the purpose, out of it's place and
carries it down the stream. The
stock then have access to fields of
corn and wheat and hence consider
able damage is done the crops and the
stock, too. When building water
gate the paramount idea should be to
construct one that will stay where it
is placed, let the rains come as heav-
lily and as often as they may.
The accompanying illustration gives
q fair idea of such water gate, one
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-18
ADVICE FROM CANADA.
Tells How to Get Better Roads
mt Small Expense.

A thorough believer in good roads
is A. w. Campbell, provincial instructor
in road making for Ontario. On &C
count of the thinly settled condition
Of most parts of the country he finds
the roads in rather bad condition and
the system of caring for them in some
instances rather primitive. He advises
to do away with the payment of taxes
by labor on the roads. This same
method of payment in labor has been
found unsatisfactory in many parts of
the United States. He would levy rate
of assessment on the township.
For road purposes the township needs
to be divided into four or five divi-
sions and the money apportioned equal
ly among them. A road commissioner
will be appointed who should advise
and consult with the town council. The
council would lay down the general
plan, including the width and depth
of the roads, character of drainage,
etc. No road should be narrower than
IS feet. Important roads should be
ut least "a feet wide. All the direct
work of construction, which is hauling
gravel, ditching, bridge building and
drainage, will be done by contract SUI
pervised by the commissioner. Repair
ing will be done by the day under the
direction of the commission, who would
also have the care of road making ma
chimes and full power to employ or
discharge men without interference by
the council. Finally Mr. Campbell adj
vises work should be commenced with
definite end in view and continued
from year to year if necessary until
the entire road system is brought to
proper standard. - Orange Judd
Farmer
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in the humor of it. You can do them,
and you shall in this instance. You are
cross this morning, you know you are!
Hush, no excuse; you are selfish and IT.
ritable and overbeacing! If were your
mother, and you little boy, should
certainly put you in corner until you
promised to be good"
Mr.. Deane smiled, although he was
getting angry. Olive went on with the
utmost composure.
''But as it is, shall only keep you
here prisoner until you have behaved,
and given me your word not to annoy
my aunt again for rent until she is able
to pay you. Then, and not ul.,'l then,
will you receive your money. DO you
promise? Yes or no?"
II certainly shall agree to no such
TERMS" said Mr.. Deane, tartly.
''Very well, sir, I can wait"
Miss Mellen deposited the key in the
pocket of her gray dress and sat down
to her copying. Had she been man
Mr.. Deane would probably have
knocked her down-as it was, she wore
an invisible armor of power in the very
fact that she was fragile, slight wom-
an, and she knew it.
''Miss Olive" he said, sternly, "let us
terminate this mummery. Unlock that
door!"
"Mr. Deane, will not!''
II shall shout and alarm the neigh
borhood then, or call policeman"
every well, Mr.. Deane, do so, if you
please"
She dipped her pen in the ink and be-
gan on fresh page. Matthew sat down,
puzzled and discounted, and watched
the long-lashed eyes and family tinted
cheek of his keeper. She was very pref
ty-what pity she was SO obstinate
"Miss Olive!"
"Sir?"
"The clock has just struck 49,"
II heard it,
81 should like to go out to get some
lunch"
II am sorry that that luxury is out of
your power"
''But I'm COMPOUNDED hungry"
"Are you?"
sand I'm not going to stand this
sort of thing any longer?"
"No?"
How provokingly nonchalant she was.
Mr.. Deane eyed the pocket of the gray
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Don'ts for the Nursery.

Don't hang heavy curtains around
baby's bed. The most that can be en-
dured are light swiss draperies, and
these should be Numbered every week.
Children need fresh air, especially when
sleeping, and curtains prevent free cir
culation, while they collect dust.
Don't place the baby's crib in posi-
ton where the light will fall upon his
eyes, nor in draught.
Don't make up the baby's bed on the
floor. The air near the floor is always
draughty.
Don't load child with heavy cloth
ing. His garments should be warm,
but light.
Don't neglect to air the bed-clothing
every day, and remember that half
hours airing in the open air is equal to
whole mornings in room.
Don't allow child to sleep with an
elder person, even its own mother. Its
rest will be less disturbed and more
beneficial alone. IN Y. World.
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FOR THE ORCHARD.
How to Build a Pruning Boat for
Hauling Away Limbs and Twigs
Cut from Trees.

The pruning-boat is handy, home
made necessity noticed in Washing
ton orchard. 1t is used for hauling
away the limbs and twigs cut from the
fruit-trees to a convenient place,
where they are burned. The boat is
nothing more than sled eight by
twelve feet, with platform of inch
boards to receive the prunings. Three
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dress greedily and walked up and down
the room pettishly.
II have an appointment at one.'
Indeed! What a pity you will be
unable to keep it."
He took another turn across the
room. Olive looked up with a smile.
well, are you ready to promise?"
Slang it, yes! What else can do?''
"You promise?"
II do, because I can't help myself"
Olive drew the key from her pocket,
with softened eyes.
"You have made me very happy, Mr..
Deane. dare say you think me I'M
womanly and unfeminine, but indeed
you do not know to what eXtremities'w
are driven by poverty. Good morning,
SIR
Mr.. Deane sailed forth with Gu
rious complication of thoughts and
emotions struggling through his brain,
in which gray dresses, long-lashed blue
eyes and scarlet ribbons played a prom
inent part.
"Did you get the money, sir?" asked
the clerk, when he walked into the Of
fee.
"Mind your business, sir,' was the
tart response.
81 pity her husband" thought Mr..
Deane as he turned the papers over on
his desk. ''How she will henpeck him!
By the way, I wonder who her husband
will be?"
The next day he called at the Widow
Clarkson's to assure Miss Mellen that
he had no idea of breaking his prom
Use, and the next day but one after that
he came to tell the young lady she need
entertain no doubt of his integrity.
And the next week he dropped in on
them with no particular errand to serve
as an excuse.
"When shall we be married, Olive =?
Next month, dearest? Do not let us put
it off later"
81 have no wishes but yours, Mat
thew
REALLY, Miss Olive Mellen, to hear
that meek tone one would suppose you
had never locked me up here and tyran-
nized over me as jailer."
Olive burst into a merry laugh.
"You dear old Matthew! I give you
warning beforehand that I mean to
have my way in everything. Do you
wish to recede from your bargain? 1t
is not too late yet"
No, Matthew Deane didn't; he had a
vague idea that it would be very pleas
ant to be henpecked by Olive.-Chicago
Herald
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SIDE VIEW
A PRUNING BOAT.

or four men with pruning knives and
saws cut the surplus limbs from
two rows of trees at the same time, and
throw them on the boat, to which a pair
of horses is hitched. When big brush
heap is made the branches are drawn
away to the fire and consumed. This
assists in Kidding the orchard of in
sects and disease germs, and saves the
work of collecting the prunings after
an orchard has been trimmed. The boat
may also be used as a barn-yard ma
nure-sled, and for hauling hay and
corn-fodder to the feeding-yards.-
Joel Shoemaker, in Farm and Fireside.
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Ladybus. Sent to Portugal.

Not many years ago Australian lady
bugs were imported into California to
make war on a species of scale which
was then rapidly destroying the orange
groves of the Pacific coast. The little
mercenaries did their work effectively,
and now California has sent them to the
aid of Portugal, whose orange and lem
on trees have lately suffered from at
tacks of the scale insect. From few
individuals sent to Lisbon two years
ago, millions of the lady bugs have since
developed, and it is reported that they
are making short work of the scale pest
in Portugal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-18
Obseryinr Little Mortal,

"When I grow up" she said, with con.
viction, II inteL>d to have good time"
"Oh, do you?" returned her elder
sister, inquiringly.
eyes, do" was the reply. "Iknow
just what I'm going to be-
"And what do you intend to be?"
"A widow" answered the observing
little one.-Chicago Post.
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Rasmus-say! granmammy, what
makes de moon shine so bright some
times, while some nights is SO dark?
Granmammy-Well, chile, reckon
dat de good Lawd made dem dark nights
so dat poor colored folks kin have
chicken dinner 'ithout de formality OBJ
payin' fob de chicken.-N. Y. World.
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A Stirring Subject.

He-What did you discuss at the
meeting of your literary club this after
noon, my dear?
She-The outrageous action of Miss
Burgins in almost doubling ner price
for making a gown.-Chieago Times
Herald.
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Voice from the Audience.

"And this is the end," said the hero
as he bent over the form of the dying
heroine while the orchestra played
softly.
THANK heaven!" exclaimed the man
in the aisle seat, with sigh of relief
Chicago Post.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-18
Charity.

my wedding presents were splen'
did," the sweet young bride was saying,
particularly the silver service from
the Astorbilts. Wasn't it good OF
them?"
Indeed, it was, DEAR" replied her
best friend; "but, then you know, they
always were charitable" = Catholic
Standard and Times.
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Adu1teration No Advantage.

Customer-You sell these cigars for
q dollar box? How do know they
are not made of cabbage leaves?
Dealer-I'l be honest with you, mis-
ter. Where these cigars come from
they can raise tobacco little cheaper
than they can raise cabbage. If it was
MT for that couldn't guarant tee them,
sir.-Chicago Tribune.
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Chance to Begin Traininx.

Jack" asked the father, ''are you
going in for any of the school sports
this year?"
"Yes, daddy" replied the unsuspect-
ing boy. I'm going to try for the mile
race"
Good" returned his father. II have
a letter to be posted, and it's about a
mile to the post Office and back. Let
me see what time you can do it IN
Stray Stories.
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Never Satisfied.

Oletimer-Why don't you get mar
ried?
Bachelor-I'm afraid couldn't SUP.
port wife in the way she would like.
Oletimer-Don't let that stop you. It
would be just the same if you were
worth ten Millions
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Had Done Well.

swell, whe1 die I shall at least
have the consolation of knowing that
I have made one person supremely hap
py."
''How did you do it?"
"Gave Miss Flasherleigh chance to
decline a proposal of marriage from
me."-Chicago Times-Herald.
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Self.Evidenf.

"What is the title of your essay?"
asked the kind father.
"The Value of Time"
"I'm afraid it won't do. Anybody
with a proper comprehension of that
topic would know better than to sit
down and write essays about it,
Washington Star.
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The Chief ORense.

"'Tis bad to bet," the wise ones sing,
Yet faults men oft excuse.
There are degrees to everything.
It's worse to bet and lose.
Washington Star.
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An Attack of Conscienc

Coal Dealer-We'll have to stop mix
ing slate and stones and old iron and
things with our coal.
Yard Man-Phwat's tn matther, sor
Coal Dealer-The stuff won't burn,
and one ton lasts q customer all winter.
IN. Y. Weekly.
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His own Opinion.

"A great many men are never taken
at their true value" said the philos-
opher.
"That's right" answered Senator
Sorghum. II have seen the littlest men
in the legislature hold out successfully
for the biggest figures. Washington
Star,
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Those Black Feathers.

Man, how does my hat compare with
Kitty's?"
"Yours looks more like hearse com
ing around the corner than hers does
Record.
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Experience with an Amateur.
"Cease, cease your flattery," she cried,
"I'll hear no more of it!'
And then she sat and sadly sighed,
And wondered why he quit.
Chicago Times-Herald.
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TiCklish Affair.

Hasn't that girl in front of you a
stylish hat?" whispered Stubb.
EYES," said Penn, who felt the quill
in his face, ut tickles me."-Chicago
Daily News.
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DR.. Squills-I hear you are treating
very interesting case of appendicitis.
DR.. Pills-Id don't find it interesting at
all. The patient has no money.-N. Y.
Journal.
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His FNvOFite.

She-There is nothing that I like in q
play so much as love and patriotism.
What is your taste, Freddy?
He-I have always thought well of
the soubrette.-DetroitF Free Press,
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The Cure,

Weary of life, she yearned to die.
Why live and with each moment sigh?
Home came her new frock-just the style
Her exit is postponed awhile.
Chicago Record.
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Held n Good Hand

do you think she will win him? She
is playing her cards WELL"
Il think she will. She has fair
hard, and hearts are trumps, you
know" -Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Chr Ridef.

I'm in favor of trusts, and hope they
may win,"
Said the poor little much-abused pup;
For the one that's controlling the output
of tin
Keeps the price of tin cans away up."
Catholic Standard and Times.
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How She Knew.

"Poor thing!" exclaimed one young
woman at the theater. "That girl is
beautiful, but she is very deaf"
"How do you know?"
"She has sat all through this
French farce without blushing once"
Washington Star.
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John, I'm going to sell these rolling
pins and flatirons in one lot. How shall
I label them for the auctioneer?"
"War material, my love."-Cleveland
PLATA Dealer.
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"What can do for you, sir? Won't
you take chair?''
"Thank you, think I'll take all the
furniture-you see, I'm constable, and
I've an attachment to serve!"-Unsere
Gesellschaft.
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A Different Matter Entirely,

"He's a college professor, and don't
believe he knows much of the. world"
Don't you fool yourself; he's a pro-
fessor in q young ladies' seminary!' -
Puck.