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the village during the day. she con.
there. Al last ne quietly but positively
refused to do her bidding. explaining
thar Mr.. wilkins had absolved him
from any duty but such as he could
find on the place.
lie had been two months on the place
before ne spoke more than a dozen
words TO his employer. He had worked
well, asked TO favors. made no mis-
takes. Under his assiduous efforts the
wilkins place had taken ON new signs
of prosperity and beauty. Then he
came to wilkins one evening and said
that he'd like to spend one day in
Chicago He wanted to buy some
clothes, ne said and would like to- have
his pay There was So due him. and
wilkins had only q $50 bill
All right Green" said the big
hearted suburbaui,c. here's twenty.
You can bring me back the change.
and. let's see. here's my continuation
ticket Ten save you paying railroad
fares
Mrs wilkins overheard this talk.
aud when Green was out OF hearing
proclaimed her husband fool, waste
ful gulliblc stupid fool
'That man Green viii never come
bgck She snapped See him point.
ing across tho lawn Hes not even
going toward thc depot He's tramp.
maybe % murderer and hr'- g0u. oT
with your money. aud your ticket
. u. Boa.
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sloping back from direction OF cylin-
der. Ends OF spikes left out one-half
or iive-eighth inches in length Rows
of spikes four to six inches apart. run
ming spirally around the cylinder. in
stead of lengthwise. Around this is
a curved shaped piece of extra heavy
sheet iron or steel. strong enough TO
hol1 the peas ~ to the cylinder, and
still springy enough to allow them to
90 through without splitting the peas.
Then make box or frame in which
The cylinder rests. This is not so i'm
pOrtant ONLY in so far as it holds up
the cylinder. but any old thing that
Will DO that viii accomplish that end.
The handle is represented on the CYL
inder, but ] would recommend that
power Of some description be used. as
! know from personal experience that
it requires good deal OF muscle to
make it. 20 when it is full of pea vines.
1 ground ont five acres of peas with
mine Dave i. Miller in st. Louis
Globe-Democrat
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Snnnle Roads.

Secretary Wilson, in his annual re-
port points to the fact that sample
roads" have been built in nine differ
ent states during the past year by the
Department of Agriculture. ana he ex-
presses the belief that valuable mis-
sionary work was done thereby i'm the
interest of betterment of the high
ways of the country. These sample
roads will unQuestionably arouse the
interest of intelligent farmers. But it
may be doubted whether. if left by
themselves, they will prove materially
effective in forwarding the good roads
movements. Nor is it to be expected
that they will be left alone in this
work. The farmer may be interested,
and even convinced, but he is not the
sort of man, as rule. to put his hand
into his pocket and tax himself of his
own volition for road Improvement
The initiative must be taken by some
more enterprising agent. The farmer
will pay his share if county and State
laws are passed. and he will, perhaps,
eventually become the Staunchest
friend of such laws. But he will not
be likely to take the stump for their
enactment without 4 leader.
The sample road will prove to the
farmer that it is easier to haul n given
load with n given power on such a
compact smooth surface than on the
old rutty, muddy, rough road of COM
mon experience. This will be espe-
cially true If the sample road is in
jected into the middle of n badly built
ind poorly maintained road, giving the
farmer sense of relief when he strikes
the smooth stretch and of regret when
he leaves it. His horse will show the
difference in his condition. If the sam
pie is long enough to meet his average
hauling purposes, he will find that he
can double his loads and so halve his
hauling work, and thus beat his com
petitor using poorer roads in putting
his crop in the market.
These demonstration mean some
thing to the farmer who thinks, and
the percentage of thinking farmers is
increasing yearly in this country. Yet
even with this enlightenment the act
i've hustling for improved road laws
must be done by the agents of the de-
partment and by the various orGaniza-
tions which stand for good roads. such
! as the League of American Wheelmen
and the associations of automobilists.
a few more seasons of sample road
building and the task of securing such
laws should be easy of accomplish.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
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While ne was bending over a russell
mound of leaves he heard a voice:
Mister, I'll clean up that lawn for
a NEAL
II was a low. strong voice. musical
of tone and so opporuuc that Wilkins
let his rake fan and looked about.
The stranger was tan. lean young
man, dusty from long walk, hut trim
and clean as to- clothes and person.
"I'll just go you" said wilkins open
ing the gate. The big fellow walked
in. dropped his coat on the ground. and
fell to work without "a word After
getting back into his Sunday garments
the man Of the house watched his res
cuer. The latter had laid aside his
round. felt hat disclosing % bullet
head, closely shaved The workers
clothes. new. cheap and coarse. iil fit
the wearer, and as wilkins watched
him swiftly ana silently clearing away
the dead grass. weeds and leaves. his
heart misgaYo him. and ne murmurpd
10 himself
"An cx-convict. TN bet"
Mrs Wilkins soon came home with
Tommy ami eyed the stranger askanco.
When She had noticed him eating
heartily bu. dceorously and had OBJ
served THAT hr knew the purposes OF
knife. fors and spoon She darkiy
limited to BIER husband chat there was
something mysterious about the new
conner When wilkins f.lt ur. that
DIS wife hu1n 4uu- .d 500. probable
truth Doe resolved to- OGe. ODD. mm
job aud as 'hn latter passed out One
w1lb toward th road Doe ..opu.I Hfm
with
Ny friend J likc Oboe way you work
md / like your l00be and I youth
stay lll give you $ week uud your
hoard just 90 keep up thc place tend
thc chickens and thr furnace
"Ih1nk you sin I'll ry It" was .lc
answer "You don't Keep horse and
/ won't have to goo to towing
'No. just stay here ou The place.
and do whatever you see necessary
explained Wilkins fully understand
ug ue MANS DISLIKE Do going into
town
"An riqa. M Sly name SIS James
Green"
Wilkins bowed Ue.lI e8uu. fellow
over thc pIpc, ana pointed ou. ur
room over tnc cUrae. house whore
he was to sleep Tommy who w3s
tom yo obi. uoucI after Ihu. deep
ly uerc .ad JOB ,1c stranger
OF course Mis- Wlfu dun approve
oil Der has1md choice She r.l.
errN that There was oma.h.hg wrolg
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FTSES lSESS
= QoE4NLkA

Little Elmer-"Papa, what is it that
makes Il statesman great?' Professor
Broadhead-"Death, my SON." - Har-
per's Bazaar.
IT'S not because her ways are chill
Nor that she's lily bred;
It's Just because she's dressed to kill
She tries to cut me dead
philadelphia Record.
Visitor-"Well, JOY. / am glad to see
that you are not at all shy" Joy
"Oh, no, am not shy now, thank you.
But l was very when l was bornr'-
Punch.
Mrs. Crawford-'I suppose you suf-
fer great deal from your dyspepsia"
Mrs Crabshaw-"Not half as much as
L did when my husband had it,
Judge.
When men do foolish things we say:
"Thet is, indeed, their natural way"
And If they're wise, we're not content
We murmur: Twas an accident"
Washington Star.
Lady Visitor-"And was your hus-
band good and kind to you during your
long illnessW Parishioner-"Oh!y yes,
miss, e just was kind; e was more like
a friend than a 'usband London
Tattler. ra
Miss Angular-"Do you think my age
is beginning to tell on me-" Miss
Plumpleigh-"Yes, dear, but then you
have no cause for worry. 1t doesn't
begin to tell the whole truth. Chi
cago News.
de Graft is one Of the most remark
ably successful financierS this city has
produced in n decade" Il thought he
was broke" Broke? why that man
can write his debts in six hguresr'-
indianapolis News.
Mrs. O'Flinn - I'm writin' to the
schulz tacher. darlin', an l want ut to
be foine How many capitals do you
put into n sentence?" Jennie-"Och,
be ginerous with them. Put in half
dozen. Boston Courier.
Tut, tut" said the dentist. THAT
nerve does not reach up so far as you
say. 1t is not a foot long at all. That's
all in your mind" "Um-m-m-mp'
groaned the writing man. lit surely
feels as if it were nearly all therew-
Atlanta Constitution.
"Henry, how is the plot of that sea
novel runningF" "Well. just Mt this
chapter there is n terrible storm and
the passengers are afraid the boat Will
go to the top" "You mean to the bot
TOM mo; this is a submarine boat"
Philadelphia Record
And now that you are through col
lege, what are you going to do?" asked
a friend of the youthful candidate. Il
shall study medicine" was the grave
reply of the young man. But isn't
that profession already oyer-crowded?"
asked the friend. Possibly it is" an.
swered the knowing youth. but 1 pro
pose to study medicine just the same.
and those who are already in the pro
fession will hayeto take their chances"
-Tit-Bits.
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quietly out of the room and into the
yard. Green was coming up the back
steps into the kitchen. when Wilkins
stopped him with: "Well, see you're
back all right"
Yes. sir said the gardener. pulling
out the railway ticket and IS. There's
your change ana the ticket"
wilkins noticed that the latter wasn't
punched.
Il walked" explained the man. Il
don't like trains"
wilkins led him across the lawn
and told him that there was woman
in the parlor claiming to be his wife
"A blonde. vulgar-looking woman?"
said Green.
Yes. She's in there now, talking TO
my wife"
We'll. sir, If you'll just let on that
you didn't see me this evening. I'll
be grateful. I'm tired now, and
don't want TO see that woman, at least
not tonight. Please say that I'm not
here. and won't be back until to-mor-
row"
So Green skunk off to bed. and the
plOllbc NOlllsin WIS StuN AWAY. DTOlu-
Using to call again. In the morning
wilkins found Green's bed unrumpled
On the coverlet was n new leather
whip. with II card inscribed For Tom
my. Goodbye" The Wilkinses never
saw or heard of him again. and Mrs.
wilkins never knew that he had come
home that night with the change and
the ticket.
Il always knew he was scamp" she
said, proudly. Il knew he'd run away
and he did"
We'll, 1 don't blame him." unused
wilkins, lighting his pipe and smiling
ut the memory of the blonde woman
with the brummagem jewelry. I'D run
away myself under the same circum-
stances. John 10. Raftery, in the
Chicago Record-Herald
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Luminous rIowers in FRANCE.

Luminous flowers and fruit are the
latest novelties in the decoration of
French homes. The idea was obvious
ly suggested to the inventor one Ma
tional Fete evening, when the boule-
wards were dccked out in their gala
garb. Garlands of electric blossoms
were first used TO decorate the streets
OF Paris on festive occasions during
the Exhibition Of 1900. They were at
once voted the most effective OTna-
ments of their kind ever imagined.
The idea was developed. and tulips.
viOlets, roses. maIigoldS, dozen sorts
of flowers, with "a glowing bali of cleo
trio light enclosed i'm their petals of
brilliantly cnameled metal now bios
som forth I'm the trees of avenues and
in the shrubs of gardens whenever
Paris has % public fcte a little extra
refinement Of workmanship has suf-
feed TO adapt the luminous flowers
for home decoration. Now all really
modern Partisan drawing rooms are
converted into magic gardens Every
where Of course there is the usual
profusiou OF fresh flowers But the
natural blossoms appear 10 have ac-
quired q supernatural radiance and
glow. ON closer examination it is
found that here and there artificial
blooms made of suitably tinted glass
have been placed. I'm the hearts of
whicb shine electric lamps. The same
electric flowers are used together with
luminous fruit for the dinner table
They are. in reality. artificial fruit
wonderfully initiated in dolicatcly-col
ored glass each containing tiny cleo
tric lamp London Tclcgraphs Paris
Telegram
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II saw your wife I'm "a car with you
the other day" said 20 friend To the
gay Wall street broker OF thought
she was going to stay South over the
holidays"
SHE thought so. TOO b." and the broker
smiled "Shc was with friends down
there for q long time. and Kept writing
me not to tell her TO come back just
yet"
How did you manage it,
~ didn't write for her to come back
] just sent her last months gas bill
H. was for eleven cents She got here
TWO days later ana her trunks have
been coming I'm ON every train since"
Then they both smiled and driftcd
between latuccd doors that swung Ina
ward.-Ncw York Press.
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Enr CIean MIX.

Poor butter is very often the result of
impurities that get into the milk at
milking time. Cloth strainers will
help matters materially, but first of all
thoroughly rub the cows udder with
q piece of burlap before milking The
best pail for milking with cloth strain
crs can be made by the tinsmith after
the pattern shown in the cut. Lay the
cloth tightly over the top of the pail
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about Green and rs days went by he
proved himself splendid gardener and
most useful person in divers uneX-
pected ways, she was previously dis
appointed. What enraged her most
was Green's taciturnity Every effort
of the cook and house girl, prompted
and encouraged by Mrs. wilkins failed
TO elicit hint about himself At
meals he was as silent as the tomb.
During the day he kept busy at the
back of the two-acre lot. ut night he
sat in the barn doorway, telling stories
10 Tommy and smoking his pipe.
Between him and the boy there
sprang up an extraordinary companion
ship. The man. silent with all others,
began to tell his little comrade the
rarest and most extraordinary stories
of shipwreck, OF battle of wild beasts,
birds and adventures of all kinds.
He knew the habits of birds and in
sects, OF reptiles and fishes, and these
he explained TO Tommy with infinite
care until the boy came to dog his
footsteps and sit beside him at all
hours.
The carved wooden toys, plated
whips of horse hair and leather and
deftly fashioned bows and arrows that
Green made for Tommy were the Won
der and envy of the boys OF the neigh
borhood, but they convinced wilkins
that his hired man had spent much
time in some penitentiary. Mean
while, as day by day she failed to
penetrate the atmosphere of mystery
which surrounded him, Mrs. Winkins
grew more suspicious. When she
found out that he didn't want to go tc
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then press tho top piece down inside
the rim Of the pail The mill, cannot
spatter out and must pass through
the cloth into the pail Probably not
one dairyman i'm q hundred is as par
ticular as be should be i'm the matter
Of getting the milk from the COWS I'm
the clranest possible manner After
visiting many dairy farms and noting
the filthy manner i'm which the COWS
are cared for and MIXED. ] think my
statement of not one i'm q hundred is
wide Of the mark In many barns
the conditions are simply disgusting.
while one can rarely lind q stable
where thoroughly painst0king effort
is made 20 Keep every particle of for
oigu matter and foul odOr ont of the
miiI. Even under the very best con
dIuOus as regards cleanliness it is Mt
tcrly impossible TO Keep an Impurities
out of the milk If the latter is drawn
from tine cow into an open pail for
hairs and some dust PARTICLES win Doe
lo0scugd from the cow by the action
OF tls hands in milking However
with pail likc shat shown iu the cut.
and tWo thicl,uesses OF cotton cloth.
on. better still. q layer of surgeons
absorbent cotton. laid between two
haets of checsecloth and caught to.
gethcr hore and there with thread and
needle almost absolute cleanliness can
DE secured A large sheet of such
sraincr cam Doc made at once. and cir
clcs cut from .t for each milking. Tho
cotton mentioned is absolutely pure.
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AncIcnl .nron nfonnmcnl..

Tn the churchyard at Bcwcastlc,
Cumberland England an Isolated spot
about twelve miles from any railway
station, i- monument built 1890 years
ago bearing thc inscriptions 'The FIRST
year OF Ecgfrith King of this realm.
B. o.. s.. d.. $40 Another inscription
BmD ou DO. west side says that 30
was set up ass STANDARD of Victory
FOO Memory off Alchruth lately King"
)of NorthumbrU who played 500 im.
portaut part jon the history of the
time Am interesting account of the
cross is given iu Bishop Brownies
work. "Thc Conversion of the Ucpt
archy' lie says that Doe inscriptions
care tine earliest examples known to- be-
iu existence of English literature" and
'lookng Zoo The Importance Zoo the bis
tory OF the world of the conversion Of
England there is no historical monu
mouJ jon these lands go compare With
.hn Epwc3stln Cross THE shaft us
d. stands quarc pillar composed
of % single block of gray rccslonc
fourteen and onc-half feet high The
cross head - gone but when entire
llo monument must have been about
twenty conc foat high
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Trnmps ON the Cnrs.

The box car is often entered by
springing the door off its iron way at
the side opposite the seal. a party go
ing one way will do this for party
going the opposite direction, and then,
when all are in, springing the door
back again. Since everything eXter-
nally is in the best of order, long trips
may be made in this manner without
disturbance or interruption.
Now and then the prisoner is eX-
posed to danger of starvation. A case
of this kind has been related to me,
where only the accidental visit of a
train hand saved n man from death.
The brakeman inspected the intruder's
papers and, finding that they showed
him to be in good standing in his union,
took him out, fed him up, and then re-
placed him-to finish his journey in
peace. The hero of the incident is Il
printer who has been leading n settled
life now for thirteen or fourteen years.
But ne says he still feels n longing to
be off again whenever spring comes.
a railway accident, whether by
water or fire. is a very serious affair
10 passengers OF lulS SOTl. You nave
doubtless read more than once, as 1
have, of tramps drowned like rats,
or burned or crushed to death while
stealing rides in this fashion. Riding
the trucks is done in various ways.
\ locomotive engineer of my acquaint-
ance has shown me the precise spot
from which ne has taken out two
men ut one time. 1t was on the rear
truck of the tender. They were rest
ing, face downward, on the truck
beam. with just eleven inches Of YER
teal space for their bodies, by actual
measWement-The Independent.
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- Farmer. - Not rIeas.d.

Although the rapid growth of rail.
ways in the United States has rem.
dcred unnecessary. to some extent. the
construction of hard roads. advocates
OF good roads hold that we have
reached q stage fra our history when
better country highways arc necessary
to our commercial aud agricultural
progress Farmers as q class. are not
enthusiastic over thc good roads move.
mcnt They feel that tho expense to
them would be grcatcr than thc gains.
I'm the prairie states of the West
where there SIS little on mo- gravel the
cost of the Improvement SIS creator
than iu the East and 30 has not been
safe there for any rural legislator TO
proclaim himself 1u advocate of GOOD
roads. IN the cost of Tine improve
mcut however wore distributed nc.
cording TO benefit received. as is sun.
posed TO Doe tho theory upon which city
paycments are laid. the farmer might
see the question in O dinoreut light.
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The great value of broad tires for
both farm wagons and carts and those
used for carrying heavy loads ON the
road has long been demonstrated be-
yOnd question. In a recent bulletin
issued by the experiment station OF
the University Of the State of Missouri.
the director says:
Numerous tests Of the draft Of wide
and narrow tired wagons have been
made at this station during the last
two years ON macadam, gravel and dirt
roads I'm all conditions, and on mead
ows, pastures and plowed lands. both
wet and dry. The draft has been
determined by means OF selfrccord-
ing dynamometcr The net load was
I'm every trial the same. viz, 1000
pounds Contrary to public cxpecta.
tion FIN n large majority Of cases the
draft was materially less when tires
six inches i'm width were used than
when the tests were made with tires
or standard width-onc and one-half
inches"
a summary ON the results Of expert
mcnts ON an sorts of roads and farm
fields follows this statement
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must have Good Roads

Good roads are one of the features
necessary to the establishment of rural
free delivery routes. Ii is evident that
the Postofice Department meant bust
ness when it declared at the start that
no free delivery would be maintained
over poor roads Not only must the
roads be good in the beginning but
they must be kept in proper order, or
the route viii be abolished. An East
ern postmaster recently received the
following letter, which shows plainly
the attitude Of the Postofiice Depart
ment:
Reports recently received show
that the roads travelled by rural car
riers from your Office are in bad condi-
ton, and likely to be impossible in
bad weather. You win please notify
the patrons OF routes / and that
the present lack of attention to these
roads Will if continued, be likely to
endanger the permanency of the rural
free delivery service there.
"A rural carrier cannot possibly
make regular time or perform efficient
service over poor roads, particularly
during the winter and spring months.
The summer is the time for mending
these highways, which are really serv-
ing as post roads and which should al
ways be i'm passable condition for the
transport of the mail. 1t is the hope
Of the Department that the patrons
who are receiving the benefit of the
service appreciate it, and that they
will promptly cooperate i'm an effort
to repair all deficient portions before
winter sets ina, so that the permanency
of rural free delivery service may be
insured. New England Homestead.
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MADELINE

Know We little Madeline,
My sweet, my brown-eyed daughter?
Sings she now the songs divine.
Der the living water
Where the bright birds stoop to lave
In the crystal river
In the iris-crested wave
Flowing on and ever:
Visions visions of the night.
| would hear her story
Bring her in your silent flight,
Bring her back on glory.
Bring her with her songs divine,
Though the angels sought her
Little, laughing Madeline,
My sweet. my hIown-eycd daughter.
Robert Mackay u the Home Magazine