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Can Animals Cry &?

Lady Burton says she has seen
horses in the Syrian desert cry from
thirst, mule cry from the pain Of an
injured foot and camels shed tears in
streams. A COW, sold by its mistress
who had rendered it from birth. wept
pitifully. A young soko ape used TO
cry from vexatiOn il Livingstone didn't
nurse it i'm his arms when IL asked him
to. Wounded apes have died crying
and apes have wept over their young
ones slain by hunters. A chimpanzee
trained to carry water jugs broke one.
and fell a-crying. which proved sOr-
row. though IL wouldn't mend the jug
Rats, discovering a young one drowned
have been moved to tears of grief A
giraffe which a huntsmnns rife had
injured began to cry. Sea lions weep
for the loss Of their young Gordon
Cumming observed tears trickling
from the eyes of q dying elephant.
And even an orang.outang when de
priyed OF its mango. was so vexed
that II took to crying There can be
little doubt, therefore. that animals do
weep from grief or pain. or annoy
anCe. Casselrs Little Folks
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A young lady had "a train 70 ca
and chartered a cab which unfortuu-
ately was drawn by p very wretched
horse Having told cabby that she had
to reach the station in twenty minutes.
away the vehicle dashed at ave miles
an hour
They had barely got fifty yards. how
ever before the lady put her head out
of the window and requested the driv-
or to whip tine horse. as she would
otherwise miss the train lie accord
iugly did so.
A little further on she asked him To-
administer the whip once more. as the
cab was only just moving Cahby
again complied Soon after s.e said:
Can't you hit him ON the head so as
TO wake him up bit1'
Looking ot the young lady thc cabby
cEcloimcd
Wen miss I've it tbo houim0i oil
over is bloomin body except s Ioft
car and f'm 1vln THAT lol the last
Ul London Answers.
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a Demand For Good Horse

~ beihanu or GOOD HOrSe
The excessive drain upon the supply
OF horses for military purposes in the
last few years has practically de-
pletcd this country's number OF good
horses. and there exists to-day an act
ual shortage which cannot be made
good for several years. The demand
mas been chiefly for heavy horses
those suitable for cavalry and for
dragging heavy provision trains
Horses that would answer tho re-
quirements for these purposes have
been shipped to South Africa. Manila
and Europe in great quantities. 1t
has been impossible to meet the needs
of all requirements because OF the lack
of suitable animals. The demand now
is for heavy draft horses. good ami
mails for horseback riding, and even
for roadsters. Breeding and rearing
OF any Of these must return good
profits to the farmer or owner. Horse
flesh in the last few years seems to
have recovered from the low depres-
sion it reached n few years ago. Then
the animals reached the lowest stage
or generalization possible, but the
losses sustained by owners OF horses
then were not wholly an evil There
was some good that came out OF It,
Not the least Of these was the cleaning
out of all the poor and inferior ami
mails that had been accommodating in
the country. Years before the depres-
sion prices for horses had been so good
that people paid eXorbitant sums for
pretty inferior horsehesh. Breeders
found that they could sell almost any
thing they raised, and in a few years
the country was flooded with poor
horses. The depression In prices
cleaned out these inferior animals.
Some were shot. others froze to death
on the Western prairies and some were
shipped away. Only the man with
good horses decided that he would not
sacrifice his stock, and he chung to his
favorlte animals.
Now the country Is actually de-
pleted of good horses, and there never
was better time to breed The type
of animal that is needed should be an
Incentive to every owner OF good horse
flesh to raise some for market. Poor
horses will never again pay In this
country. If the present boom contin-
ues it Will never include the inferior
animals which a few years ago found
a market. IL one cannot raise animals
suitable to do their work we'll in the
world, it will be better to abandon
the business entirely. The farmer
with fair intelligence, who has good
stock to begin with never had a bet
ter chance to make money from rails
ing good horses, and the time to begin
is when the supply is low, and the
country is depleted of stock-E. z.
Smith, in American Cultivator.
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Although the lioness's jaws were
fairly crunchlng his shoulder bones
and her paws decorating and Cypress
ing his chest. the resolute fellow
called out. in perfectly natural voice,
quite as IL nothing at all unusual were
occurring: "Coco Cocol Viens. mon
Coco! Viens done mon cheril La
bonnie betel La bonnie bette! lie beau
garconl GUN est beau. quill est gentiI
ce Coco-la! Oh le bon CHEN GUN
estW And then, as the dog. his mood
transformed from shame to joy by the
caressing tones OF his masters voice,
approached. Michel stretched forth the
hand which the llonesS's fierce en-
brace left free and patted him kindly
on the head.
The effect on Imperatricc was in
Simultaneous. Her eyes grew gentle.
her teeth and her claws relaxed. re-
luctantly. it is true-for the SAVIOR of
the warm human blood was probably
sweeter than anything she had hith-
erto known outside her dreams-but
surely. and sliding to the floor. she
licked affectionately the face OF the
dog and the hand of the master by
turns.
Because 1t was plain as daylight
that the lioness had offended not from
savagery, but from excess Of love. she
was not punished for her outbreaks.
Nor did Michel after his return from
the hospital. where his ugly wounds
sent him. attempt to read her any les
son. Rather he read himself one. and
1t Will be many a long day, you may
be sure, before he disciplncs Coco
again in the presence Of Imperatrice.
Coco. the rascal, thoroughly appre.
ciates the situation. and conuucts. or
misconducts himself accordingly.
There are two very different Cocos
since Imperatrice's memorable de.
fence of him; Coco in the cage and u
Coco out OF it-.Youth's Companion.
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THE CAR 10 his VALET.

What, no. there, Ivan Witchiswitch, ?
The moon has left the sky.
The morning sun IL rising fast.
And so, / faith, must l.
Get out my safest suit of clothes,
No garb Of himsy cloth.
But rather one with steel begirt,
For l must sally forth.
This morn / walk across the yard,
Across the yard and back.
And / on such a fearsome iaunt,
No proper garb should lack.
Get out my shoes Of copper browns
Get out my socks of mail,
Get out the double-armored coat
That sports the iron tail;
] want a shirt of tempered steel,
A pair of pants 70 match.
a hat so firm and hard and stanch,
That bullets cannot scratch.
I'll button every seam with nails
And rivets use for studs,
And then I'll seek the molten bath
To Harveyize my buds.
Prepare the bath, o Witchiswitch,
And do it quick, l warn.
For who can tell. some Nihilist
Might shoot me while you're gone.
II. Folwell, in Brooklyn Eagle
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Crossing n Lane.

Where n farm has but one well and
the stock must be watered from the
same pump that supplies the family,
the following suggestion may prove
helpful. With us, in order that the
cattle may have free access to water,
Il lane leads directly from the cow lot
at the rear Of the barn to the watering
trough, thus avoiding the inconven-
ience of twice or three times a day
having to drive them through the
barnyard intervening between the
house and barn. There are no gates
to open and the yard is not made I'M
slightly by the cattle.
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a little crippled girl who died u
Plandeld n. j., ten years ago lefl ber
savings Of $3.50 to the church slo
loved. and the pennies wcrc put boz lEo
bank She had intended to use them
To- purchase % doll carriage. but when
told she would not 1.-Two fo enjoy f..
made the disposition off bor mite Goo fbs
manner stated. When 70 $1,000 mort.
gage pressed upon tb. church recent.
ly the pastor of the church rcmcm-
borod Che bany's Legacy and asked has
porIsh.oucrs to DO us welt as ho ltuo
cripple The magic OF .N1mp.o worked
to 20 charm. The money was raised 81.
% single collection under tine n-ru3
ton furnished by Obs oNamu'0 o Jc.
votou ana the church s r. Iom
debt "Aud little child eum Ial
tbcm." ph.Iodo'UhH Times
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The ceremony of the Grand Medl-
cine is an elaborate ritual covering
several days. the endless number of
gods and spirits being called upon to
minister to the sick man and
lengthen his life. The several degrees
OF the Grand Medicine teach the use
Of lamentations, of medicines and poi.
sons. and the requirements necessary
to constitute a brave. when a young
man seeks admission to the Grand
Medicine Lodge he first fasts until he
sees In his dream some animal the
mink, beaver otter and fisher being
most commOn). then oruamcnted with
beads or porcupine quilts, and the
spirit Of the animal becomes the friend
and companion Of the man" The med
icine men have only a limited knowl.
edge OF herbs. but they are expert In
dressing wounds. and the art Of ex-
tracting barbed arrows from the flesh
can be learned from them.
In olden tlmes-yes. to within the
memory Of living Ojibways the medi.
cine man at the funeral ceremony
thus addressed the departed. Dear
friend you will not feel lonely while
pursuing your journey toward the set
ting sun. I have killed for you
Sioux. (hated enemy Of the Ojibwavs
ana I have scalped him He will ac-
company you and provide for you.
hunting your food as you need it The
scalp ! have taken use &C. for your
moccasins The open Court
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An Excellent Co,nnounn.

Fish oil is the basis for nearly all
the compounds for destroying lice on
stock and also for preventing attacks
from flies and mosquitoes. An excel.
lent preparation is to dissolve an ounce
of naphthaline (powdered) in pint
br kerosene (Which may require sew.
eral days., and add 1t to one gallon OF
fish oil. Next add gill of spirits tar
pentine and a gill of crude carbolic
ncid, placing the mixture in a jug for
use when wanted, always shaking well
before using. The mixture may be APP
Med by spraying or with n sponge.
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We read iu the daily papers that a
Frenchman lcft 100000 francs TO-
tine city of Rouou for the purpose OF
giving q prize annually as a. marriage
gift to two giants. the design being To-
improve the physical stature of the
race. This seems the aufest OFF all
rewards of vice which much mod
rem philanthropy is. Giants are usual.
ly diseased the most certainly go the
larger they are. and they are off less
service TO the world Than people of or
binary sIze Indeed g.auUsm is TO-.
self % dise1sc Then too. the law of
inheritance doesn't always work as
planned hy tbc foolish count Ills
marriage prize would very likely have
Cine very opposite result from wbot be-
wished American Medicine.
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One of the walters at the Kaltenborn
concert the other night unwittlngly
helped out the orchestra quite appro-
priately. They were playing a List
rhapsody and the fireworks were at
their best when he got an order He
walked over to get his tray. which
was leaning against a post. and acct
dentally kicked it hard. The tray fell
over with bang. but, as it happened.
the noise of the kick and the noise Of
the fall were in exact accord with the
orchestra, and came in just the place
where the score might have called for
Cymbals.
Herr Bernstein, the veteran kettle
drummer man. looked up in surprise
for he knew the notes were not in the
score. but be had to smile when he
saw what had happened. New York
Mail and Express.
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PnnItrr Notes.

For soft-shelled eggs give lime water
Fowls thrive best in high dry local..
kes with n sandy soil.
When chickens are droopy or weak
bOk for lice.
Light, nutritious and easily digested
food is what confined fowls require to
10 well.
One way OF losing money is to keep
lot Of cockerels long after they have
Neased to grow.
Under usual conditions n variety Of
food is better than any medicine that
IAN be given fowls
The main thing in raising early
broilers is to get them to weigh two
pounds as soon as possible
Water enters largely. into the com
position Of an egg and it is therefore
necessary that hens have plenty Of IT,
pure and clean.
Where hen houses. nest boxes. roosts
etc, are properly looked after there
Is no such pest about as vermln to at
tack the little chicks. Then why
neglect the poultry yard and suffer the
consequence?
Young hens are, as q rule, not de-
sirable mothers. but IL the farmer ex-
poets to hatch with hens he must train
few Of his last years pulets to set
and take care Of the young in order
that he may not run short of good
mothers, for they arc half the battle
in poultry raising.
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The newly child has. duri.g
the first month Of It's life the senses
of taste and smell while sight and
hearing begin to develop.
During the second month the child
becomes sensitive 10 sound. and oh
seryatiOn Is born
When the sixth month IS reached
feeling has developed and grief and
pleasurable emotions are exhibited.
In the eighth month displeasure
may be manifested. and i'm the ninth
the power of imitation When ten
months are reached child shows
memory. and at eleven. inteligblc
words are uttered. while at twelve
months the habit OF obedience and
other qualities show signs of grcater
mental activity. which al birth pract
cally does not exist American Queen,
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Fish Hooks

There Is an article" said the hard
w1rc dealer ian conversation with his
customer. about which not enc man
n % hundred could give you any in
formation other than naming &C." He
had opened q box OF Gsh hooks aud
held one or tho utuc barbed fnstru-
mouts in hs bands 1T would no
doubt surprise you" he continued. "to
hear that lu this city alone over 100.
600 of these things are sold annually.
Curiously enough nearly all of our
fish hooks are imported from ENGLAND.
although lately there has been one
factory located 8t Akron. Ohio
"Ihe English hooks oIl come from "a
village called Hcdditch. and arc hand
made. hundreds of little children being
employed to Gie and polish them. IT.
gcems Oh Doe one Industry where ma
cb.uery has not yet suppIaulcd human
fingers Philadelphia Times.
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Ono Use of Trailing Vine.

Many trailing vines can be used for
covering bare spots on the lawn around
the house or under trees. English ivy
will remain uninjured on the ground.
even IL the winters are too severe for
IL when trained on walls. Put the
Nants four or five feet apart, making
the ground very rich with well-rotted
manure, which should be worked into
the soil.
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IN ANY cARe.

In olden times when a girl grew up.
an 1ney, tied her with ropes OF gems.
They shackled her ankles and wrists with
ore,
And they crowned her with diadems.
Ihey soaked her tresses i'm perfumed oil
., They rubbed her with paste and things.
Then brought her forth. as a queen, beiit
To riyet the gaze of kings.
But nova dip in the tumbling waves,
"A linen skirt. and a sailor hat-
And-she's just "a much of uueeni
Madeline Bridges. in Life.
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Is net prhctIoxtYs 30 rLra


u H0l pIuCINNbf6 % SlY9
this door is simply taken Off
at noon and replaced at night. Almost
all the hens lay before noon. and the
sitting hen is not apt 10 be disturbed
after dinner 1 have frequently bought
sitting hens from people who did not
care TO set them. If n hen is carefully
moved after dark. there is seldom any
trouble about her sitting in the new
quarters.-Will Dana. in New England
Homestead
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can be done with n sliding bar but "a
more convenient latch is such % one as
U.s. used ON stable doors, placed as near
tho top of Che gate os possible. a
notch is cut from Che top of tho post
making au 'nci.ucoyor which the latch
VIII pass and drop down Fic o.
This makes q latch which cannot bo
opened accidentally or otherwise by
cottc on iho inside Of tho lane. %. ST.
shuii in American Agrlculturist
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AGRICULTURAL.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Encourage tho Woodpeokers.

The woodpeckers. which are sup
posed to destroy trees by drilling.
really destroy the insects in the trees.
thus performing service by saving
the trees. They should be encouraged
to remain in the orchard. as the very
fact that wOOdpeckers are at work ia
evidence that they are needed on the
trees.
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You know practice makes perfect"
Il know; but it also makes one tired"
Puck.
They are not engaged yet? SUD-
pose he is slow and sure?' well,
he's slow, but she isn't at all sure."-
Brooklyn Life
Hewitt-"Mrs. Gruet has presented
her husband with twins" Jewett-
You've got funny ideas about pres
cnts. Town Topics
They say the way to please a man
Is to talk to him about himself" "No:
the way to please him is to let him talk
to you about himself."-Tit-B Bits.
There's a small grain of wisdom
Which runneth this way:
Men who have horse sense
Know how to say neigh"
Philadelphia Record.
"a well-trained mind brings sue
cess Not at all; pegging away for
success Is where man gets his we'll
trained mind."-Chicago Record Her
aid.
Lady Ito departing servano-"what
shall / say in your reference?" Serv-
ant-"Just that 1 stood it for six
months with you, mum-that'll do for
e."-Tit- Bits.
Isn't that English girl sweet? She
has such a charming way of dropping
her his" yes, and such bewitching
way of letting her eyes fall. too."--
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Bothered because he married a girl
with an independent fortune? Non
sense" ITS so. He's bothered be-
cause it's so Independent he can't con-
troll it."-Philadelphia Times.
Teacher-"And why should we en-
deavor to rise by our own effortsT"
Johnny Wise" Cause there's no tell
in when the alarm clock will go
wrong. San Francisco Newsletter.
A man compared to woman
All logic seems TO mock.
He has larger larynx
But a vastly smaller talk.
Washington Star.
Lady Ito clerk in clothing store)-'I
want "A pair of trousers for my hus-
band" Clerk-"What size. made y, 80
LADY, don't know the .ze. OUT ne
wears fifteen coliar"-Thc Smart
Set
-" JpNA NAuD pdPCA AAOuOicoOuGg
Dorothy" "Oh, horriblel L raIS-
sacked eleven books and ate three
pounds Of chocolate caramels while I
was getting it up" Detroit Free
Press
What have you been doing latelyP'
inquired the tropical typhoon. "Oi
I've been travelling for pleasure" re-
piled the earthquake; 81 did try to
travel incog. but even the houses tum-
bled to me. philadelphia Record
Little Elmer-"Papa. why is it more
blessed to give than to receiver Pro
fessOr rOadhcad-"Because my son,
il you permit yourself to receive you
are compelled 70 give about three
times as much in return in order to
properly express your gratitude."-
The Smart Set.
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On the coast of Africa, opposite the
mouth Of the River Congo and con
tinuous with the course of that river.
lies "A submerged valley. the existence
and shape of which have been ascer-
tanned by means Of soundings made
by the British Admiralty. This val
ley. through which the Congo proba-
bly, flowed at a time when the western
coast of Africa was more elevated
than it is at present. is 100 miles in
length, extending to the edge of the
platform of submerged land which
borders the continent Its sides are
steep, precipitous and we'll defined.
Indicating that they are formed of
solid rocks. Other submerged river
valleys are found on the western coast
of Europe and similar phenomena
exist in various parts of the world
where the edges of continents have
sunk. s
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Setting Hens in the Poultry House.

- hAo unity house
other things being equal, n chicken
Matched in early April is worth twice
as much as one Matched in June. II
costs a little more to raise It, but on
the other hand an April chicken Is loss
likely to be troubled with lice. A pull
let of the medium sized breeds
Matched in April ought to begin laying
In October, and will produce eggs
when they are high, while a late pul-
let reserves her energies for providing
eggs when they are low. The cocker
els Of the early hatch arc ready to eat
or sell in the early fall.
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4 SPo y BARA
23S7cIEsNsllCcE

a large hospital is being built in the
Vosges Mountains for the isolation
and treatment of lepers. In case
whole families are attacked small
dwellings are provided for them
The longest cold season is found in
the Rocky Mountain region. where it
exceeds the warm by about ten days.
The warm season in Texas and the
Lower Missouri Valley opens about
ten days earlier than in the region
near the Middle Atlantic coast. and
from twenty TO twenty five days ear
lier than on the southern coast OF Cal
ifornia. In the Northwest the warm
season opens from twenty 10 twenty
five days earlier than in the lake re
gion, and from fifteen to twenty days
earlier than In the North Pacific coast
region.
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Tommy's Labor saving Dovioe

Tommy was much interested in hear
ing for the first time in his language
lesson the other day about a pair OF
little dots that the teacher said meant
ditto" How his sOul--a curious mix
turc Of laziness and thrift-thrilled at
learning that if he were TO write "a
cat or five boys or $50" on one
line and wanted to repeat the same
words or figures on the next line all
he had to do. instead OF writing the
words in fun, was to put the ditto
marks, and everybody would know
it was "a cat" or eve boys" or
So (as the case might be- that was
meant. Some time after this Tommy.
while away on a visit had occasion to
write home. lie simplified the hated
task by turning bis latest knowledge
TO account
The letter looked like q literary
pOlkadOt.
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1t is matter of common knowledge
that the vault of the sky has (at least
to the eyes OF some persons) an APP
parently fattened form, the horizon
appearing to be more distant than the
zenith. Professor w. c. Brenkc. of
the University of Illinois Observatory,
has made an attempt 10 determine eX-
perimentally the amount of the APP
parent tiattening, by means of n Sc
ries of estimates Of the angular dis
tanceS of stars by n class of junior en-
gineering Students all of whom
were somewhat familiar with
the estimation of angles" The result
Mt which he arrives. expressed in an
untechnical way, is that an object
the moon. for instance-appear to be
about three-fourths as distant from
us when in the zenith as when on the
horizon.