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The Van Buren press., 1903-09-19
Chicken Takes n Morninp Din,

A chicken in bathing was the un,
usual sight which greeted Atlantic
City visitors the other day Nine
year.old Wesley Reeves, OF Camden
came along with his game cock and
took him for a dip into the ocean, No
one can say that young Reeves
chicken IS afraid OF water, One might
think from the way he frolicked
around in the breakers that he had
been reared by a duck He went into
the sea without the slightest coaxing,
All young Wesley had to do was to
whistle for him and he plowed right
In, like regular summer girl. Before
he had been wadng in the ocean for
two minutes a huge wave struck him
squarely in the beak and over.
whelmed him. But he didn't rush
out cackllng as an ordinary chicken
would, He turned around with fire
In his little eyes, hunting for the
cause Of the trouble and evidently
wishing to have a fight with It. lie
was finally forced 20 qu!t The water,
but not by the breakers. His young
master got tired OF having crowd
around and decided to leave the beach,
but unwilling to go, the water,loyIng
chicken rcbelled and pecked at the boy
score OF times before he finally sur.
rendered
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when Norscs Get Nervous,

Many time when bridges have looked
"scary" or trolley cars caught me, the
laprobe has been n sure protection
against trouble, and many horse whose
driver takes his life In his hands driving
into a city with lts--to the horse many
objects of fright would drive Ike the best
with n light blndfod II may not be
considered by some M n mark Of horse
moushlp 10 blind n horse to control lts
fear but II lessons the danger " accident
greatly, and horse and driver are on
quite ~ friendly terms when the dam
GER IA over, as though n strenuous time
had been rlsked with doubtful results=
John Gould In ohio Farmer
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WRITER'S THOUGHT cRAMp.
pistressinw Periods Of Mental Apathy
wken the Brain R.fusss
10 work.

II tho fiction writer has his delicious
moments when he tastes the Joys which
como with the excitement Of creative
composition and these he undoubtedly
has-also ho knows distressing periods
ot monla apathy, says the Reader,
lie has been working away NJ top
speed, full OF gladnoss Ia that subtle
fabric which his pen weaycs In the
warp and woof OF paper and inlt Ills
head Ia packed with inspired ideas like
gift boz from the gods His hopes
ride high, His ambitions scrapc the
elouda,
Then something happens II Ia not
snap, a break, crash nothing 80 tahgl-
Bile. II is just ceaBing, Abruptly, un-
erpectedly all his fine thoughts vanish.
No longer Ia life country of majestic,
white-robed heights and alIuring pur-
plo-toncd valleys, All IL fiat ana gray
and bleak,
Just about now, II the writer only
knew Il, IL a most excellent time to 30
fishing
AZ last, bafled, discouraged heart.
sick, he glta with his head IN hia hands,
contemplating with foolish eelf,pity the
melsncholy spectacle Of himself,
hut, like drought and food, war and
pestilenes, and all other Ills great and
small, II passes And he knows not how
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LONGING FOR YOU.

The yellow winged butterfly dips to the
The cannas fare red, the blue glories un-
close
On the vines by the porch, all asparkle with
dew,
But my heart is all sad, for It's longing
for you!
know where white marguerites s1retch
o'er the lea,
And their perfume is borne on the breezes
TO me,
And the meadow-lark's wings are aglint
with the dew.
But his song is torture! I'm longing for
you!
SIN the warm shadows blend DER the road
that We took,
And the path wends around by the side OF
the brook,
And wide water smiles back the
1saven's own blue;
But my heart knows 1t not; It is longing
for you!
Where the sycamore bends, where the bub-
bles float down.
Where the trout seems asleep In the POOLS
lumber brown,
And the gold Of the sunlight IS filtering
through,
There was Joy er. knew this wild longing
for you!
Night falls like benison on the old vale;
There's a tinkle OF cowbells along the old
trail;
But far, far weni my ways, and all bor-
dered with dew;
And no promise Of peace lights my longing
for you!
y N. Lewis. In Houston Post.
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kaNa Tims and MorrY.

Did you ever 10 into factory and no.
,ice how expert the workers are with
their hands, how almost automatically
the motions are nader Did you ever
notice, too, how everything stood In Just
the right place and always In the samo
place. How much faster the people could
work than you could' Your hands, also
can learn 20 work without waiting FOR
brain and eyes to tell them whore 10 nnd
things II your tools and clothes are al
ways Ia the same place, the right place,
of course, You work at your bent when
you do not have to waste thought on
routine work Agricultural EpltomlsL
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THE CONSCIENCE MAN.

The Conscience Man who lives with me
I hear and feel but cannot see.
He lives with me both day and night,
He's never wrong, but always right.
He has his house within my breast
And guards and warns me without rest;
And though an endless watch he keeps
He never tires and never sleeps.
Sometimes a mournful song he sings,
Which 10 my heart deep sorrow brings
And when | hear his sad, sad song,
! know he's right and am wrong.
And when seem to be alone,
And think the Conscience Man has flown
/ listen, and l hear: "Beware!
And know the Conscience Man is there
I'm sure that he Is always good,
And tells me all the things he should,
And grieves to see me come 10 shame,
And sorrows when l am TO blame.
And all my life he pleads and prays
For me TO keep from evil ways;
And | believe that no one can
Be good without the Conscience Man.
Arthur Macy, in Youths Companion.
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Notes on Separating MIL.

J. W Newman, in a talk TO a Canadian
dairyman, said MIX fresh and warm
as II comes from the COW is in the best
condition for separation, Otherwise
aorate and cool 10 60 degrees, when
ready 20 separate heat the milk again
above 90 degrees by some continuous
heater that will hold SUFFICIENT milk TO
keep the separator going at least Ave
minutes, Butter fat is not a good CON
ductor OF heat, not equal to skinned
milk, therefore, sufiicIent time for ex-
panslon Of the fat should be allowed be-
fore milk is fed into separator, Heating
milk reduces It's viscosty increases the
capacity and Insures more exhaustive
separation. Avoid vibration low speed
oyerfeedlng separator, low temperatur.
or making very heavy cream by adjust
ment."
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where the seals are, and the men mV"
30 over the ice; or perhaps the sealsmu
be alongside at dark one day and oec"'
red miles away the morning. OF Wv
next, whore the ship can't follow Il
Az soon AZ the herd has been feacne
or the ship has got as near as posnV'
the gang Of men go over the sides loV
are clad In heavy tIght-Atting cIo'n',
with ears well muillod and hanos ""
feet protected by seal boots and nl'Wu,
To keep away snow blindness they N''
green goggles, All carry piece OF IVY,
matches and bits Of dry wood TbeyM
armed with gan, a pole shod win nw
like a boat hook. and leading each se.
OF from Ave TO twenty men IN one WV
carries n rife USING explosive bol'o"
lie leads the gang and as he W.
shoots Hll the dangerous LOOKING Wv
seals to facilitate the work. That "@
theory OF lt,but the practice usOa'lyuv
yelops loss OF systcm The old IellO''
dive into tho blow holes and SWIM sN"
M n rule, but return very QuleSIl w.
bob their heads out OF the water wv"
what Ia going on,
When at last the load Ia got OF theS" e,is,
comes when there can be no more hIi'.e, "A
legally the ship heads for home anu s.,l "A
speed In made In hopes Of being ID '"'''
Of all or some Of the others, -
Tho ships are always greeted py aSs 'e,
crowds Of Newfoundandefs ehnShs eh,
about the safety of fathers, sons plv% 4
ers or swec,hoarts and the amour. ,,.s A
the catch, for the few dollars eaen s, .'s,
makes In n great Item In the year y 'm 'a,s
lnpa, From May until October Wv .s,,. %
IN engaged In the cod fisheries anu a,s S,ss
ages only sii0 All winter he M, ,.ssd ana
Idle and the sealing season 10 sou',h, N,
There being M many more men 'na, 'un"",sl,
number needed for tho sehlora' I'm
GA vole'
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GERMAN CHESS TOWN.
The Game Forms Part of the Regular
Education of Children in Prus-
sian village.

The village Of Stroebeck in Prussian
Saxony is unique in its devotion to the
game OF chess. According to tradition,
q Wendish prince, imprisoned by the
local prince bishop in l0ll, whiled away
the hours of his captivity with the aid Of
q set of chessmen carved by himself, and
taught the game to the numerous peas
ants who served as his successive jail
ers, and who, in turn, impaired their
knowledge to the other villagers. The
tower in which the prince was confined
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CARE OF DIRT ROADS.
II should Not BE Relaxed In the Agi-
tation for More Substantial
Highways.

In driving over a number Of our dirt
roads last fall | noticed that, almost
without exception, they were in a deplor-
able condition to leave for winter 1t is
true that we had hard summer for
roads, but that only makes It the more
imperative to look after them and get
the water running off properly before the
ground freezes The side bitches should
be cleaned out and the sluice openings
cleared OF silt and fallen grass In places
the water had broken across the road
owing to an obstructed ditch, and there
were fiat stretches where drainage was
SO bad that water was almost on level
with the wheel track. When roads go
into the winter in this way look out for
trouble in the spring, and lots Of It. These
roads had been worked" and shaped up
properly in the spring or early summer.
The appropriations had been expended
and the roads were then allowed to shift
for themselves. | know OF one road
master who mahes It practice to go
over his road with a shovel Immediately
after every heavy rain. A few shovelfuls
removed here and few added there save
many dollars Of expense later on, and
keep the road in remarkably good shape.
One never sees any loose stones In the
road bed in that district. either But, as
a rule, farmers who are usually the road
masters, are too busy with their affairs
at home to think about the roads at such
times.
In the agitation for macadami2ed
roads, It is to be feared that the dirt
roads may be neglected-be looked upon
as evils TO be endured until the stone
ones may take their place This should
not be, for however the problem OF taxa
ton OF the farmer for stone roads may
be solved, II is still true that mscadam-
lied roads for all our rural sections are
about as far of as the millennium. Coun-
try roads In the spring are, as a rule,
something intolerable; but the remedy
is not in stone roads, but In an improve
ment OF the dirt roads and better sys-
tenn OF maintaining them With grad
Ing of OF hills and filing In OF low places,
with under-drainage and with constant
supervision by competent read builders,
dirt roads would be different from what
they are, At the same time, this kind OF
work would be preparatory to the stone
surface which would ultimately be
added, The laws IN relation to the main
tonance OF our common roads need over
hauling and the administration Of them
be placed IN more scientific and COM
petent hands than II is at present.-Grant
Davis in Rural New Yorker,
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TIE LONGEST WORDS.
Greek Lexicon Contains One OF I'VE
Letters which, Translated,
Means "Hash."

We have recently read with interest a
discussion running through the papers
regarding the longest words. The two
words which seem to have been guilty OF
starting the discussion are "incircum-
scriptibleness' and Observation-Disclosures
unity" each having % letters These
were soon placed in obscurity by the dis
covery OF the word "antldisestablish-
mentarians" letters. Another seek
er after long words rang the changes on
the last-named word, and made 1t anti
dlsestablishmentarianism '-2S letters
and this seems to be the longest English
word yet unearthed. However, someone
reported the Welsh word: "Llanfair-
Observation-Disclosures =
iogoggogoch." This is said to be the
name Of Welsh village, al
though how anyone can ask their
way there passes our compre-
hension But according to another
essayist this word simply isn't In it,
with the Greek word Of l72 letters, to be
found In the unabridged Greek lexicon:
"Lepad selachodaleokranioleip.
sanodrimupoprimmapesilphioparabome
lipokapakechumenokichlepikossuphoph'
ttoperisteralektruonoptekephalli
eiolagoosirarabophe etraganapterugon.
This is very appropriately the Greek for
hash After printing this the type evil
IDENTIFY gave out, as the discussion seems
to have closed. But after all is there any
longer word than smiles, which has a
mile between the first and last letters?-
Equitable Record
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these the Job and the Bowrlng aeeup
the largest and hail from St. )0ty
Newfoundland. All employ steam N
sells Of tremendous strength
In December-just wnen no one knr
the seal herd begins to come wga
travelling in long lines, following thsa
dogs.
Before March 10 the whaling feet Vi
have left St. Johns, and, with nearyiu
thousand hunters aboard, be steerngl
the ice. Each willy old captain has VI
keeping a wind journal for weeks
il the winds have been prevailing nsha|
the east then the loose Ice Is Il
driven up against the shore In clad
pack; II from the west, II has been sEv|
to sea and is very treacherous lntes|
being loose and full Of holes.
Each captain steers according 10 I'd
own ideas Of where the ice and the Ssi
are. Last season all the feet miss
the Ice and got above the pans bearl
the seals, so they turned back and clOsi
in around the herds from the nOri
This made the catch very uneven b
asmuch as the men get the value
wages OF one-third OF what they Kill,
poor catch for ship means poor yass
for the men. Thus the Aurora carryi
1877 men, arrived back as early as Msrt
28 last season, carrying 26, 069 seals, VI
ued on board at $35, ,36457, so that eas
mans wages amounted to s62.T
On the other hand the WIndwmdh
the worst sort OF luck. She took cutll
men and brought back April 5 only III
seals, valued at 81, 1888 63, so that then'
received only s5.01 each. Also the Pil
ther stayed out until May 6, and herl
men got only 1883 each for all h
time, for she brought back no moretAl
2,9Sl seals, worth 5,S52.75. The ayeri
share OF all the sealers for the seas
was s4l93.
Sometimes II is possible to take
ship right among the victims, Agaiht
ship will get Jammed miles away IN
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Is still standing and is called the
"Schachturm" or chesstower.
However this may be, It is certain
that the Stroebeckers, men, women and
children, have for ages been renowned
for chess-playing, Instead Of dying out
the craze has become intensified in mod
ern times. and instruction in chess now
forms a part Of the regular education
Of children. At the close Of each school
year, a DISCRIMINATION or tourney is
held under the supervision Of the school
and town authorities, and six prizes are
awarded to the best players-three to
boys and three to girls, The prizes are
all alike, each consisting OF a chess
board inscribed reward OF diligence" +"
which is forthwith installed in the place
Of honor in the best room" at home TO
inspire younger brothers and sisters
with pride, envy and emulation.
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HAY FORK CARRIER.

slantngly into the ground TO hold ths
roller In position A grooyed pulley tE)
runs freely on the wire, and from It's
axis Is suspended 50-pound weight ~
as shown In the cut given here, The rope
co runs over the pulley UD, which Ia
firmly attached to the lower side Of tho
track, The wire rope is made Of two
number nine common fence wire
twisted together, When In use tho
upper end Of the rrpe that runs through
pulley II Is attached to the hay fork
rope which carries the fork 1t Ia thus
carried up with the loaded fork and
brings Il back by grayItatIon when
empty Try II and see how much labor
Il saves you, Norman Atkins, In Epit-
omlst,
The Van Buren press., 1903-09-19
HOW TO MAKE A PUMP.

pumping rod is made Of a thin stick OF
wood and another short piece Of BAN.
boo (d), The short piece Of bamboo
(d) Is closed on one end by piece of
rubber similar to the lower part OF the
pump mentioned before, This piece OF
bamboo Is fastened to the stick Of wood
with the help Of cord and putty, and
must 1T tightly into the pump barrel.
The pump barrel will work salts.
factorIly II q small quantity OF
water IN poured into tho upper
barrel TO get Il started, Cincinnati
Enquirer
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sclrr,lnn of srrd rnrn-

It is very important to depend upon
home seed corn for the main part Of tho
crop and not upon imported seed, Sc.
loct ears OF corn for seed which have
Kernels Of an nearly uniform size and
shape IA possible, otherwise II will be
Impossible to secure an even stand with
any planter The shape OF the ear
should be cylindrical from butt TO lIp,
this meano even, regular deep kernels,
resulting IN large per cont ~ corn 10
cob, The taperhg ear Ia undesirable,
The rows Of kernels should run parallel
with the cob, straight and regular, -.
kural World,
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An International
Episode
By EDWARD B. CLARK

DEITY RAWLINS had a bank ac-
ID count, and huge one at that. But
Betty had a greater fortune in her face
for she was as pretty as spring beau
ty, and though she was peryerse and
pouty when she wanted to be, she was
ordinarily as sweet as violet.
Betty lived in the summer time at
Lowland Glen, not many miles removed
from Fort Sherman, big garrison with
enough young officers on duty to fill
the ranks Of a company, had they been
forced to drop the sword and shoulder
the Krag-Jorgenson. Betty loved the
military-what girl doesn't?-and II
truth be told Betty's heart was set on
marrying into the soldiery, but she had
made up her mind secretly that she
couldn't think of looking at anything
less than a colonel, and when she
thought of It she sighed, for the colonels
in Uncle Sans regulars were all so
dreadfully old, and Betty was only 10,
mind you.
There was young Roy Lanyard sta
toned at Fort Sherman He was mighty
good looking. Betty admitted this to
herself, and it wouldn't be a bit hard
to love him, but Roy was only captain,
and nothing but colonel would do.
Capt. Lanyard, to get into the middle
Of things at once, was just as desper-
ately in love with Betty as young SOL
der Just old enough to know his own
mind can be. He didn't care rap
about Betty's bank account; in fact,
he never gave 1t thought, II was just
pretty Betty herself that he wanted, but
he didn't dare say so,
Now, Betty had another falling, not
uncommon among American girlsnot old
enough thoroughly TO understand that
Yankee husbands are the best in the
world, and that was a firm belief that
the ideal condition in married life would
be that which would come from hus-
band who was a combination of Eng
lishman and English army officer, "The
colonels are younger over there, said
Betty TO herself, and they are all Of
aristocratic family, and, oh, well, Eng
lishmen are just too lovely for any
thing"
The summer colony at Lowland Glen
was unusually large that season. There
were bunches Of swell doings, as the
slangy Yale cousin OF Betty would put
It. The army officers from Fort Sher-
man we're much in evidence, and one
young captain In particular was very
much In evidence In the vicinity OF Miss
Betty Rawlins Betty saw the evil
dence clearly, and how she did wish
that the president wcule retire somo few
hundreds OF superior officers 80 that
Roy Lanyard could tack the abbrevia-
ton Col" to the front part OF his
name
One day there was excitement at
Iowlsnd Glen. Mrs. Calumet had In
yited two Englishmen, one Of them
an army of'cer, to spend the month with
them at their summer home, The news
reached Botty the morning after tho ar
rival OF the Calumets' two guests.
Twenty young women had told her
about Il. Let the girls alone for spread
Ing news OF this kind And Betty, -
said one Of her informants, zone OF the
RnglIshmen Is colonel In his majesty's
services, and young and good looking al
that"
Betty's heart gave a thump, at last, y
she murmured to herself
Tho next afternoon Betty met the Eng
llshman at the Dexter Country club, Her
heart nuttered q little as the younger OF
the two men-the other was old and
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KILLING THE sri
How the Slaughter Goes n.
Far North.
One Million Baby Seal,
Annually-St. Johns. y.
land, the Center Of ~
Industry,

Despite all the laws all ths :.
responsible for their protection NV
baby seals of the north are beiDS
tered at an alarming rate svs.
No one is able to say Just who
just when it was done or in M.
locality, but 1t is well known M. \
than 100000 of the delicate n,,, M
mails are killed each year.
One or all Of three fleets mus, !.
sponsible for this, for there N.Y.
three fleets now actively engaged y
seal industry. These are the ~,
Grace. the Job and the Bowr,,s
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Spsia Trough, us uorses,

The SpahIards were the frat 10
bring horses to this continent, though
the paleontologlsts tell w that tho
rocks abound with fossils which show
that cquIdao were numerous all over
America In the eoccno period II ls
a singular fact, however, that there
were no horses IN America when tho
first Europeans came hthor John
Glmer Speed, In Century
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THE FARM CARRIAGE.
There Is No Reason Why II should
Not BE Comfortable the
Year Around.

A little device illustrated by the Rural
New Yorker will add much to the COM
fort of riding in a canopy topped car
riage. where annoyance is frequently
felt from the sun shining in at one side
or other or at the back, II may be.
A place Of cloth, preferably Of the same
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SHUTTING OUT THE SUN.

color as the upholstering Of the carriage,
is pulled over two bands OF elastic.
bands. as shown, the hooks being cover
ed with cloth. This little curtain can
then be stretched and hooked to the up
rights on either side Of the carriage or
across the back, putting It at the right
height to protect the face from the sun.
1t will also serve excellently as wind
break. II the hooks are covered with
rubber they will be less inclined to slip.
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A HAY FORK CARRIER.
Device for Returning n Horse Hay
Fork from the Haymow to the
Loaded Wagon,

1t consists Of wire rope (C) stretched
from the end Of the track (A) to a wood
en- cylinder OBJ, 4inches In diameter and
1S inches long, around which few turns
are given. Two short stakes ODD are
cut from a AKA inch scantlng and driven
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The Score, DOT,

why In IT," asked the Ludlow youth,
that OF all the people who come to YOU
for advice, none ever appear to 90 away
dlssatlsned7"
That's easily explained" answered
tho Cumminsyillc Sage when man
comes 10 me for advice nnd out what
kind he wants, and give It TO him, - Cin-
clnnati Enquirer,
The Van Buren press., 1903-09-19

King Edward Ia the only English
monarch who has visited st paus
publicly for any purpose but that II
thanksgiving, Only one sovereign has
exceeded the number Of visits made by
Edward VII 10 tho present structure,
Queen Anne paying no fewer than seven
10 commemorate Victories over France
and Spain.
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ImIfntinp linmInn.

"Thls Is your litte girl, Is ~" asked
the lady,
YES" replied the father with some
pride,
How much she takes after her
mothorl How old are you, deOrY' cons
tnuod tho lady
"Tell the lady your age, Elsie - said
the father
II wouldn't he Ike mamma n old,
papa" came from the mouth Of the OBJ
servant child, Yonkors Statesman,
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Almost Ueyond Compreh sion

Sheet iron is rolled so thin at the
Plttsburg iron mills that $1,000 sheets
are required to make q single inch in
thickness light shines as readily
through one OF these sheets as through
ordinary tissue paper.
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10 show rha, lie !. M, E,,,as.

Thls year has seen the tf0tllnB, pac.
ihF and running recurdt oil broken,
The Chicago Daily News remarks that
II looks M though the horse were MAKE
Ing desperate erort TO distract attcD-
ton from the automobile,