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NOTES ON DRAINAGE.
What Must he Done I'm Places where
Artificial Undertakings Is
Necessary.

There are different conditions of soil
where insufficient natural underdrain-
age is likely to result on land having a
god slope to its surface. One Is where
the soil is very fine clay, with pores so
small that water can pass through them
but slowly. In removing the surplus wa
ter from such soils the natural pores are
capable only of acting as laterals for a
short distance. Artificial outlets or chan
nels must be supplied at frequent inter-
walls, into which they may empty. On
similar slopes where the soil is more
porous. the same amount of surplus wa
ter might be able to pass on through the
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piston rod. A strip Of bent iron will
keep the trcadle In position
An old lead key, with a faucet, hung
over the stone, will regulate the water
supply better than a trough placed I'M
der the stone Grindstones, too, be-
come soft and uneven by standing In
water The gum or dirt adherlng to a
stone can be removed by grinding a
soft brick or placing fine sand on the
wet stone. A teu-Inch board should be
suspended by a wire so as to prevent the
operators pants and shoes from becom-
ug wet If the grindstone has become
mall raise It by putting piece Of joist
between the frame and the mounting
G. r. Drake. IN Farm and Home.
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HINTS FOR SHEPHERDS.

Barbed wire fences are brutal
Wellfed ewes are inclined to twin
ming.
Don't give the eve with the young
lamb feed that will heat or overload
her blood.
When sheep dies the carcass
should be burned or buried so deeply
that dogs cannot find 1t.
flock will never thrive when in.
tested with ticks. A dipping tank
should be ready for use at any and all
times.
Provide field Of rape for your
sheep, and put it alongside Of pas,
ture, so that the sheep may mingle the
rape and the grass. This will prevent
securing
To make the early lambs grow pro
vide a pen into which the lambs can
go, but which restraints the ewes from
entering. In the pen place a pan of
ground oats and let the lambs help
themselves The ewes should be we'll
fed on ground oats.-Midland Farmer
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S TOOK.
BLACK-NECKED GOATS.
A Breed That Is Indisputally One OF
the Strongest and Henlthiest
in Existence.

The black-necked Valaisan goat is es-
pecially attractive because Of its pecul-
lar coloring, says American Sheep
Breeder. The head and fore parts are
black, while the rear parts are snow
white. These two colors come together
at the grit behind the shoulders, form
ing a sharply vertical line. In harmony
with these colors the claws Of the fore
feet are also black, while the rear ones
are white.
Seen from a distance this breed re-
minds one somewhat OF the Angora
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NEAT POULTRY MARKER.
7, In EasiIv put On md Does Not Mu-
tiinte or Inconvenience
the Chicken.

A marker that is easily put on and
does not injure or muli!ata The chicken
is made from a two-inch strip OF zinc
or tin. as shown In the cut. The waste
cuttings from any tin shop will include
plenty OF strips that will answer with
out much cutting. A hole is to be punched
In the large end, through which the point
is to be inserted and bent over after wind
ing around the shank Of the bird. TO
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Changing stock In Pasture.

II is not best when 1t can be avoided
to keep all kinds of stock in the same
pasture, or keep one kind Of stock IN
he same pasture too long at one time.
The idea In changing is. that one kind
another may not eat, and in order TO
lessen the waste as much as possible it
is best to change. Usually sheep can fol-
low cattle TO good advantage, as they
will eat much that cattle will refuse.
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DRAWING FODDER CORN.
How to Make Truck for This Pur-
pose from the Front of an
Ordinary Wagon.

The low truck for drawing fodder
corn from the field is made from the
front part Of an ordinary farm wagon.
A strong oak reach about one foot long
replaces the longer one. To the rear
end Of this Is bolted an iron clevis that
holds a crosspiece as shown In the cut,
For the platform, two poles Is feet long
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The fallen apples should be utilized
for the pigs, or disposed Of In some man
ner in order to destroy as many insects
as possible. 1t is claimed that where
cows are allowed In the apple orchard
they fall off IN milk flow. Experienced
dairymen assert that the loss Of milk
Is due to the cows ranging from one
tree to another to secure the apples that
fall daily, instead OF eating grass. APP
pies If given as a portion OF the ration.
will increase the milk flow, but too
many apples will not prove beneficial.
Apple trees should not be in the regu-
lar pasture, as they do not thrive In
such locations. nor should the orchard
be given over to cattle, the sheep and
hogs being more serviceable in consum-
ing the fallen fruit. Cattle may be
allowed In the orchard, however, after
the apples are harvested, or before they
begin TO fall.
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HOME MADE LEG BAND.

put on the numbers neatly, cover the end
Of the tag with grease, in which write
the figures carefully with nail. Then
apply little muratic acid, which will
cut into the surface of the metal where
the nail has laid 1t bare.-I. A. Fiske, in
Farm and Home.
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Very Low Rates to Ogden and Salt
Lake City, Utah

Via the North Western Line, Excur-
sion tickets will be sold Sept. 10. 1G and
IA, with very favorable return limits, on
account Of annual meeting National Ir
ragation Congress. Apply to Agents
Chicago & North Western R'y S3to IA
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are used. At two feet from the upper
end, holes are bored and they are pinned
to the crosspiece mentioned above,
the ends resting on the bolster about
two inches from the standards. The
rear wheels are 10 inches in diameter,
put on an iron axle, the whole taken
from old farm machinery. Being so
near the ground It is best to board up
the lower end of the poles for five or six
feet Farm and Home
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FOR SALE-Improved and unim-
proved farms in Oconto county. Cor
respondence solicited
STATE BANK OF GlLLETT,
Gillett, Wis.
Aug. A-Sept. "a.
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goat, but on closer observation this
seeming resemblance IS not SO appar-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-20

pay, pay it out of this purse" Miss
Elizabeth took a fat pocket-book
from under her pillow and held it
out to me. / went back and took
it from her hand, and passed out
softly, closing the door. / went
straight to the little sitting room,
expecting to find Amaranthe there
still. The room was but poorly
lighted. AS [ opened the door the
strange nurse came towards me from
the fireplace. & a
SIS Miss Darlington here?'' I asked.
The woman hesitated, looking inquir-
ingly at me. I now noticed how very
black was her hair, smooth and flossy
under her white Golf, and saw also
that one of her front teeth was
gone.
Miss Amaranthe, perhaps 1 should
have said'
'Oh, the young lady with the yell
low hair. She went out of that door
just now" The woman was thin,
as thin as Amaranthe herself, and she
spoke in a queer, cracked voice with
an almost childish lisp. Her whole
appearance filled me with distrust.
Il will look for her later" I said.
AT present I have come to tell you
that Miss Elizabeth Darlington is
quite nervous, and prefers not to
have strangers in the house, and she
has asked me to tell you so.''
The young woman drew herself up
stifly.
This is very strange proceeding"
she said. "The Doctor-by the way,
has he left the house?"
"He left at eight o'clock" said r.
HE said that he should not return
before nine in the morning."
Il am sorry that he is not here"
said she freezingly. ''Then he would
have to bear the brunt of bringing
me into house where 1 am not
wanted"
Il think myself that it is great
piece of presumption said I, as I
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HIS WIFE'S TRIUMPH.
An Example of Fortitude and De-
termination That Did Not Go
for Nau&ht.

1t has been the fate of many men
of letters to have i'll health bearing
them down as they struggled on to-
ward literary achievement. Thus
beset in recent times were Stevenson,
Richard Jeffries and J. r. Green.
Each of these, it happened, had a
high-hearted wife to keep him up,
even to help him with the actual Ia
Dor of writing. 'The Life and Let
ters of j. r. Green show forth a
great and sweet man; they show, too,
a wife, whose sympathy and forti-
tude helped to make his accomplish
ment possible, says Youths Com
panion.
In copying the vast amount of man
uscript of her husbands books Mrs.
Green contracted writer's cramp aud
was forced to stop using her right
hand. This looked like final OBJ
stacle in the way of the invalid, who
did much of his thinking in bed, and
could not write himself. But Mrs.
Green set to work at once learning
to write with her left hand.
One of her first practice pages,
which she was about to destroy with
the rest, her husband took quietly
and put in his pocket. Years after
ward, when i'll health seemed I'M
bearable and in Encouragement he
felt that he could not work, he used
to take out that piece of paper, a
living record of his wife's triumph
over difficulty. When he saw the
painful, patient strokes by which
Mrs. Green had learned to write with
her left hand, he could work on with
something near to inSpiratiOn
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dered why he had asked the question.
''She knows perfectly that she has
nothing the matter with her but fat
pure, unadulterated fat-and 1azi-
ness, the one caused by the other"
II will not have you speak so of my
relatives, Elder Wynne," I said. 81
am sure that President Smith would
never have"
"Oh, yes, yes, he would" said the
old man in his weak voice.
'How do you know all this, Elder
Wynne?" I asked
Just the way / know all the other
things. Just the way that 1 know
about the Lost Tribes" He smiled.
'But I forgot, that subject is Ia
booed.S ] learn by study, and inter-
est in my work, and various expert
ments. Do you suppose that the
faint creakings that are heard at
meanderings of rats or denizens of
the spirit world? No, Mrs. Brath-
waite, I have walked about your
house and grounds for many an hour
after you are in bed.'
81 never hear your cough" [ said.
mo, / manage at such times to
suppress my cough. 1t has its uses,
but not at midnight. AS | have said,
[ walk about your house and grounds
when all the world is wrapped in
sleep, and I have never met with
rats or mythical spirits as YETI
''Have you ever met with any
y-thing-one?" asked, nerv-
ously.
''Never met with them. They know
nothing of my being about, but there
is great deal going on in your
house at night, dear Mrs. Brathwaite,
while you are sleeping yonr weary,
tired sleep, that you do not see, even
in dreams"
It gave me an eerie feeling to
think of people being about the
house, our own home, being wide
awake, and passing up and down the
stairs Or through the halls, when I
was away in the land of oblivion.
"Be comforted, dear lady," con-
tinued Elder Wynne ''While I am
here they shall not harm you or
yours, and / shall not GO until they
60"
Hegave me comfort, as he always
did when he spoke seriously to me.
''But about Aunt Jane Mary?"
''There is not much that I can tell
you," replied Elder Wynne. II have
discovered that she is a night
walker, but not. a sleep-walker. I
should not jump and run SO fast on
those poor tired legs of yours, if
were you, dear Mrs. Brathwaite,
when her damned little bell rings,
and [ should not wind that electrical
machine for an hour or two every
night just to give her fat old legs
tickling sensation
[ was shocked at Elder Wynne's
profanity and vulgarity. 1t seemed
impossible that that dreadful word,
which [ had heard but once In my
life, and that from man whose
horse had run away and thrown him
out in the road by our gate, could
have been spoken by this gentle ap-
pearing old man. An elder of the
church. Ahi There! I had forgot
ten Bob Jennings again.
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CHAPTER VII.

I went to my bed early that night,
but not to sleep for long. At about
II O'Clock / was sent for very hur-
riedly. Miss Elizabeth had been
taken suddenly ILL., I remained with
her all that night and the next day,
sending word to my house that Glori-
anna must attend to the wants of
Aunt Jane Mary and my boarders.
In the early afternoon / went into
the little sitting room, where Amar-
anthe, who had regained her calm
some days ago, was lying on the
couch. Her foot was almost well
now, but still she humored it. She
was reading, and as she laid her book
down, / saw her eyes glance up
ward. Mine followed them. She was
lying just under that mantelpiece.
[ saw that she was looking at the
paper with which Miss Elizabeth kept
the upright slab in place.
She said nothing, and neither did
[. [ felt then that if Miss Elizabeth
intended the jewels for her niece. it
would be better for her to take her
into her confidence, show them to
her, and then send them to a bank
or some place of safe deposit. 1 de-
termined to speak to Miss Elizabeth
as soon as she could bear it. She
had suffered. great pain all day, aud
was forced to lie in her bed, and what
worried me greatly was the fact that
Miss Evelyn had also been attacked
and in the same manner
''What do you think is the matter
with my aunts?" asked Amaranthe,
when [ went into the little sitting
room to get cup of tea.
'I'm sure I can't tell" said I. ct
am somewhat anxious, as Dr. Will
liams is far away at his fathers bed
side, and this young man from the
village does not seem to know much -
Amaranthe now got up with my help
and walked about the room and along
the corridor. I was so glad Of this
that I begged her to go in to see
Aunt Elizabeth
Her face flushed scarlet, always
sign of agitation with her. Don't
ask me" said she, earnestly. 81 can
not bear sick room. I am afraid
that you think me very heartless,
but [ am SO constitutionally. Dear
daddy was just SO. 1t mortifies me
dreadfully, but so it is. I had to do
it to earn my living, but always
hated it. 1 think we should have
nurse, don't your"
eyes," said L, II think we should
L wish you would speak to the
DOCTOR" said she.
l went back to Miss Elizabeth and
sat with her until nine o'clock Then
when she had fallen quietly asleep
[ returned to the little sitting room
again. To my surprise stranger
arose and greeted me. It was a wo-
man in the dress of those pious sis
ters who go about among the sick
and sorrowful. She bowed and left
the room by a farther door. I sat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-20
LAVENDER LEAVES.

The waving corn was green and gold,
The damask roses blown,
The bees and busy spinning wheel
Kept up a drowsy drone
W hen Mistress Standish, folding down
Her linen, white as snow,
Between it laid the lavender
One summer long ago.
The slender spikes of grayish green.
Still moist with morning dew,
Recalled a garden sweet with box
Beyond the oceans blue;
An English garden, quaint and old,
She nevermore might know;
And SO she dropped a homesick tear
That summer long ago.
The yellow sheets grew worn and thin
And fell in many a shred;
Some went to bind the soldiers wounds,
And some 10 shroud the dead.
And Mistress Standish rests her soul
Where graves their shadows throw
And violets blossom, planted there
In summers long ago.
But still between the royal rose
And lady lily tall,
Springs up the modest lavender
Beside the cottage wall.
The spider spreads her gossamer
Across 1t to and fro
The ghost Of linen laid to bleach
One summer long ago.
New England Magazine.
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Enough of the king.

The gentle art of speeding part
ing guest is not new. The story
from Hertfordshire, as told in the
Victoria County History series, re-
veals the method tried on King James
l. Hunting had taken the place of
state affairs in the monarch's affec-
tons and one morning favorite
hound was missing. The dog ap-
peared the next day, bearing mes
sage tied to his neck: "Good Mr..
Jowler-We pray you speak to the
king for us Che hearing you every
day and so doth not us) that it will
please his majesty to go back to
London, for else the country will be
undone, all our provisions spent al
ready. '-Youth's Companion.
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pictured little Johnny Allibone nav.

pictured little Johnny Allibone hav-
ing had the assurance to even step
foot inside of Darlington Hall. "But
the regular doctor, always called in
by the family, is away, and we had
to take this young man or nothing.
From where did he obtain you?"
AT the sisterhood just outside of
the town." said she. 81 shall feel
very much mortified, naturally, to re-
turn there SO late at night. Can I
not stay until the morning? They
will think that the blame lies with
me, that l have committed some
breach of etiquitte, or have made
some mistake in the case; really, it
is very mortify-''
mo one can be more sorry about
it than l am, and than Miss Darling
ton herself is" said I. 'She has COM
missioned me to offer you" 1
began to open the pocket-book
docs Miss Darlington think that
she can soothe my wounded honor
with money!" 1t seemed to me that
the subject did not call for so much
dignified anger. ''No! kindly tell Miss
Darlington that I could not accept
a penny at her hands Good even
ing! | shall reckon with DR.. ALI
bone for this" and she swept out
of the room.
1t was all very unpleasant, extreme
ly so! What unpleasant things do
happen in this world! There was
Aunt Jane Mary, always considered
the soul of truth and probity, getting
out of her bed and wandering round
the house at night. There was that
tiresome Elder Wynne, for I had be-
come very weary of Bob Jennings
and his double personality, showing
me things that he said he had found
secreted in my cellar, Heaven knows
when, perhaps by those men who
had chloroformed Amaranthe; and
between Badly Towner, and Bills be-
ing dead, and my almost wishing
that Glorianna was, I felt that life
had become pretty problem.
sat me down upon the sofa, which
always stood against the fireplace
1 don't know why, but on those hot
days and nights there was pleasant
draught across and under it up the
chimney. 1 lay my head back upon
the pillow. I was tired, tired! Should
sleep? [ raised my eyes and en-
countered the under side of the mar.
bic slab that rested upon the two up
right slabs, and as I looked my glance
fell upon the loosened one which Miss
Elizabeth had said, which in fact ]
knew, concealed the case of rubies
The paper which had held it in place
was gone, the least touch would
loosen it. l shook the slab. 1t fell
forward against the sofa. I arose
in tremulous haste, and, pushing
away the sofa, lowered the slab upon
the floor. There was nothing behind
it. The cavity was empty!
ITO Be Continued
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This happened in India. A CORE
spondent of the Asian, the leading
sporting paper of the east, is re-
sponsible for it:
81 was tempting fortune right un-
der a bridge with beautiful fat
worms, when / was taken hold of.
I commenced to wind in very eau.
tiously, but all of sudden felt the
resistance to be dead weight-no
pull, no struggle, no, kick, no rush.
and yet the strain on the line was
'fishy' in the extreme. And what
do you think I had captured? Ar
old boot, in which was a large eel
firmly hooked, and inside the toe Oh
the boot were Is fat little GELS"
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there wondering who had sent for
her. ] had not seen the doctor since
an hour earlier. In a few moments
Amaranthe came in.
"Who is that woman?" she asked.
"You mean the sister," said I. II
thought that you had sent for her"
For Amaranthe was assuming now
the role of mistress of the Hall, as
the ladies wished and urged her to
do.
"No," she said, 81 never sent for
her. Probably it was that little doc
tor. Well, I don't know but it's a
sensible thing, after all, only I
should not have let him send for a
sister of charity. I don't like them.
Dear old Wibby, you must go home
now, and let that woman-ugh! I
don't like her looks-that sister, take
the care off your hands"
I promised her, because I saw
that she was determined, that
would go back to my home and rest,
but I had no intention of keeping
my promise.
every WE'LL" said I. "Good-by,
then; / will come over tomorrow"
1 went back to Miss Elizabeth's
room. There she lay in the middle
of the great bed where the squire
had breathed his last. She was
awake again, and as I came in she
raised herself up in the bed in very
excited state, her lips trembling
nervously.
':What is this?" she asked, "about
nurse having come into the house?
[ told that little doctor-you know
who he is, Sophronia, old Allibone
the butchers son; Of course, he
knows nothing but anatomy"-she
smiled faintly-'I told him that I
would not have nurse. 1 positively
forbade him to send nurse to this
house, and yet what does he do but
go right off and get one"
Its too bad" said 1. eff you
don't want her, you needn't have
her. 1 will go and dismiss her, if l
can find her. Perhaps she has gone
down to the Kitchen. / went to-
wards the door, but remembered as
1 touched the knob that there was
yet something that l ought to say.
81 want to tell you," / said, shat
Amaranthe is greatly distressed at
your illness"
Dear child" exclaimed Miss Eliza
beth with fervOr.
"She said that had her foot and
ankle been all right, she should have
come in here and taken the entire
care of you. She referred to her call
ing as a trained nurse"
''No child of Eugene Darlington's
should ever have worked for her liv-
ing, Sophronia," said Miss Elizabeth,
sternly "Tell the child so, and tell
her that / should not allow her, weak
as she must be, to stand over me
and nurse me. When I am better,
please God! tomorrow, 1 shall be
glad to have her come in"
"She has been to see Miss Evelyn"
said l. for Amaranthe had told me
so, "and sat with her for a half
hour"
Dear little girl! So sweet! so
unselfish! What treasure we have
found, Sophronia. What treasure!
Now, Sophronia, do you go and dis
miss that woman and then come
back here. If there is anything to
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PROPERLY INDIGNANT.
A Mystery of the Poker Game That
Had No Attractions for an
Uninitiated Woman.

It was just little amateur poker
party, and he was initiating her into
the mysteries of the game. 1t wasn't
really allowable, of course, but it was
only ''for fun and shc appealed to
him with great frequency to know
what to do. During the lesson the
stakes were toothpicks and matches;
later they intended to try penny
ante, but they never got to that
stage, says Elliott Flower, in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
what shall [ do now?" she asked.
Better straddle the blind he re-
piled, thoug1tlessly.
Her face grew red and her eyes
flashed.
'sSir!" she cried.
ooh, that's all right" several, of
the others FASTENED to explain.
81 assure you," he said, malicious
ly, ''it's not at all unusual in poker"
''Then l dent want to play poker!"
she exclaimed, throwing her cards
on the table.
"You don't understand" they all
urged.
You see,' he tried to explain, 'the
blind"
"Oh, l know, I know" she lnter-
rupted. ''The blind isn't a shut ter
or anything of that sort; it's some
thing entirely different in poker, but
you needn't try to explain it to me.
Il don't care what it isl don't care
if it is BICYCLE won't do it, so
there now"
And thus it happened that they
never got to the penny ante stage.