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1t is told of him that during the Chi
nese War he bought provisions for his
men and horses out Of his own pocket
rather than pillaGe the wretched homes
along the route.
In fact, charity got to be such a
mania with him that his wife, an eX-
tremely~ economical woman, had to act
as treasurer and dole him out q small
allowance daily.
During his residence in Paris be was
often greatly upset by the way dumb
animals, particularly horses, were
abused. Once he got into a dreadful
muss with a cabby, and both had to
be marched off to the police station to
explain their conduct. Though the
marshal could speak but little French
he stormed around the terrified CON-
missaire until justice was given him
and he saw the jehu condemned to a
$50 fine. Japanese merchants in Paris,
as well as cabmen, remember this ac-
tive military attache. though in quite a
different way.
One day, sitting in front of a cafe.
he noticed q Japanese Offering some
beautiful fans at exceedingly low
prices, lower even than the same. arti-
Gle could be purchased in Japan. Beck
oning the man to him, he asked him
how he could do it. The other told him
how, owing to long illness, business
had dropped off. He was unable to
pay the rent, which would come due on
the following day, so he and his wife,
rather than lose all their stock, were
selling what articles they could
smuggle out OH the streets of Paris.
The attache had several important en-
gagements on hand that afternoon, but
he postponed all and hurried off with
the merchant. After thoroughly ex-
aiming into matters, he paid the
rent, suggested the mans moving into
n better quarter of the capital, and
during the rest Of his stay there did
what he could to work up a clientele
among his friends. From that day
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To Build Up Poultry.

A correspondent writes that he has
enough feed to carry 200 or more
hens through the winter, some good
houses to care for them in, and wants
to go into the poultry business. Natur'
ally he does not wish to buy high in
price thoroughbreds nor to wait sew
eral months to raise chickens from
eggs. Under the conditions named the
best thing would be to so into the
open poultry market and buy hens that
are offered for sale alive; if n is a
fair judge Of poultry and will look
around carefully he will be able to
pick up q number of year-old hens,
mainly of the heavier breeds, that are
of pretty good stock and he can buy
them at O price which will be made
good in the eggs they will lay under
proper care and rations.
In the spring quite a number of these
hens will want to sit, and then eggs OF
thoroughbreds may be bought or an
incubator used and a fine flock of
high-grade birds obtained for the Sec
ond winter, the old hens furnishing
the egg supply for the summer and
many Of them will lay into the winter.
When they stop they can be fattened
and prepared for the holiday market.
We do not know Of any better or
quicker way to get a start in the poul-
try business than this, provided always
that one has some experience in the
work.-Indianapolis News.
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Five P0DeS.

There are five Popes on the face Of
the globe. They are the Pope of the
Latin Church, the schismatic, or ortho-
doX, Pope; the Father of the Faithful,
ruling in Constantinople; the Pope Of
Tibet, who has 500, GOO, 900 subjects,
and the schismatic Pope Of the Mo-
hammedan world, who reigns at Nor
occo. All five are threatened with
hard times; 1904 has been unpropiti-
tious to them. He Of Morocco takes his
situation with the lightest heart, and
goes on amusing himself with scien-
tifc toys. He is an amiable being, and
the son of an English mother, who bar
gained in her marriage articles to be
buried in British soil at Gibraltar or
elsewhere. Since the signing Of the
Anglo-French accord German agents
have given him no peace. He is glad
of this. 1t opens to him 4 prospect Of
the Emperor William following toward
France, civilly but firmly, a dog in the
manger policy. The finest pastures in
Africa are in Morocco, and the Ger
mans hunger for them. Of the five
Popes, Plus X. is the most venerable,
Nicholas the most feared, the Sultan
the most terror haunted and terrorist,
and Dalai Lama the most mysterious,
and the head of the Muslin schismat-
les the best fellow. We may see a
few of them here some day taking the
places of Daudet's 'Rois en- EXil."-
Paris Correspondent London Truth.
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Sent Her "YesD by Cable,

1t cost Hoke Simpson, of Santa Ma
ria, Ilicos Province, Philippine Islands,
formerly Of Kansas, $40 for an afirma-
tive reply to his proposal of marriage
to Miss Minnie Schungel, of Beloit, but
no doubt, remarks the Topeka State
Journal, he thinks he got his moneys
worth.
Simpson, who used to live at Law
renee, Kansas, and is a graduate Of
the University Of Kansas, is q teacher
in the Government schools in the Phil
ippines. Miss Schungel is a Beloit
girl, who has been teaching for a few
years in the public schools of Hood
River, Ore. Simpson has known Miss
Schungel for several years. Recently
he wrote proposing marriage and ask
ing her to send her answer, if faver-
able, "by cable, collect"
Miss Schungel wired YES"
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near the bottom bore a hole, into which
set a common wooden faucet. Set the
keg up off the ground high enough to
get q tin basin under it Zone Of the
low in price agate basins would be bet
ter, for it will not rust), using a basin
holding two quarts Of water.
Adjust the faucet so that the water
will drop slowly into the basin. The
overflow will not be sufficient to make
the ground muddy about the key, for
the fowls will keep the water pretty,
we'll consumed. When placing the
basin the first day fill it about half full
before adjusting the faucet for drop
ping. If these kegs are placed out Of
doors locate them where they will be
in the shade most of the day, place q
board over the top, and on that a lot Of
grass to assist in keeping the water
in the key cool. This same appliance
will work well during the winter.-In-
dianapolis News.
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Onions Versus Striped Beetle.

Frequently persons inquire how to
raise cucumbers, squashes OIL melons so
as to avoid the ravages of the striped
beetle (diabrotica ~vittata). During the
last ten years 1 have had no trouble
with the beetle. This is what 1 have
been doing: When I plant cucumbers,
which are planted in hills five or six
seeds to the hill, I stick into each hill
two or three small onions. The beetles
always give my cucumber OF melon
patch a wide berth. There is no loss;
the cucumbers grow just as we'll as
if the onions were not there and when
the cucumbers are done bearing I get
several messes Of good onions.-y. w.
Z. Copenheaver, in The Epitomist.
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THE SOUTHERN HONEY LOCUST. .

Once in the city park, .
Leaving the dust and heat and noise OF
the CITY,,
Wandering THROUGH narrow byways,
Sudden my senses thrilled to an odor altar
off:
An odor just waited, delicate, subtle
elusive,
Breath Of the Southland tanning the brow
of the North.
Down the narrow path,
The perfume nearing, expanding, ever IN
creasing, 500
Engulhng me now with blllow on bllIow
of fragrance, =
Uncertain l wandered. L thought 1
smelled the sweet-brier,
The wild honcysuckle, but no, twas the
locust! the locust!
Beautiful. shaking its millionfold sweets
to the wind.
Oh locust ce of the South!
Your blosso..s of honeyed snow full of
~tremulous motion.
Were you %gladdened to see me there in the
fresh May morning, ,
That you leaned to me so and beckoned
with joyous insistence?
Luminous. delicate plumes, I believe that
you knew me,
And were joyed to the heart to greet an
old lover and friend.
Down on the soft, cool earth,
Down at the foot, meath the boughs Of
the white honey-locust,
Pensive there in the sunlight and shade
ever changing,
Mused I, dreaming again the dreams OF my
childhood.
Musing and dreaming so lay I until the
white locust
flushed its low murmur and curtained
itself for the night.
Lillian C. 8. McAllister, in Lippin-
colts.
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Keen Tools Clean.

In no other way a good, thorough
work be done so quickly and easily
as with tools kept in nice working
order. And after you are through with
them, store them away in q dry place.
Have a place for every tool and put
it in its place. When you lay them
away coat all steel parts with oil
mixed with white lead or lard and
kerosene, the latter to prevent the
mice and rats from eating off the
grease. Then in the spring when you
draw out the tools you will have no
trouble in getting them to do good
seryice.-E. L. Morris, in The Epito-
mist.
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Constance. Il expect she is just cry
ing her eyes out now"
Listen" cried M;rgaret.
There was q far away whistle; q
bell; a spontaneous burst OF many
whistles; the deep tone applause or
q cannon. The transports had started.
The patriotic city Of San Francisco
was giving its cheer to the departing
vessels. Then. amid the universal
thrill Of brave, hopeful excitement,
came the intruding possibility OF
death and disaster, and the siren
moaned its low, irrepressible sob.
| The crowd at Block Point eagerly
pressed forward to catch the first
| glimpse Of the fleet.
Finally, around an obtruding point
of land, came the Picking, majestic,
| beautiful, awful. Hugging her side,
in parting embrace, ste:~cd the Ukiah,
chartered to accompany the ships to
the Heads for the benefit Of the Red
Cross Society. At a short interval
followed the large flagship, the City
of Australia; then, at a greater dis
lance, and more slowly, glided the
smaller City of Sydney-and around
about them all, the group of friends
to see them off, all sorts and conditions
Of craft, from the frivolous small fry
of a tug to the dignitied old stern
wheeler.
Suddenly there was a lurid flash, 4
terrible blast, a lettering Of the ground
under their feet-a cannon, unseen by
the girls, directly around the corner
from them, had wished the Picking god
speed.
AS each of the transports passed the
Point, the, cannon saluted, while the
military island of Al2atraz bestowed
her blessing in Il long series of thir-
teen guns. Slowly, but too surely, our
dear first fleet, with its priceless cargo
of precious souls, passed from us out
of the Golden Gate. But long after
our poor earthly tatters of waving flags
were lost to their view there rested
about them the radiant glory Of a
glowing sun, ethereal clouds of soft
fog, the deep, intense azure Of the sky
the heavens had unfurled their red,
white and blue.
The tears fell unchecked down Con-
stances face. Margaret shivered with
q nervous chill.
"Now is your hat pin chance" whis-
pered the sacrilegious Tom, pointing
to a solitary figure right in front OF
them.
1t was the "uninte"esting mortal"
She stood motionless, looking out at
sea. Then, n moment later, she turned
her expressionless face upon their agi-
tated ones.
"You have friends on board?" she
asked, in a sweet, sympathetic voice.
"No," shifted back Constance. "Have
you:"
"One," fell the soft answer-"my
husband"
"Your husband? repeated Margaret,
for, now that she saw her close, the
woman was remarkably young and
glrllSh In appearance.
The weary, motionless face awoke in
to its natural beauty. An exquisite
flush viviied the dull, olive cheeks.
The heavy brown eyes flashed with
pride and Joy and love. eyes, my
husband" she repeated rapturousiy;
1--WE have been married just a week
to-day."-New York News.
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Home-Made Water Fountain.

While any plan that will furnish
fresh water for the poultry at all times
is to be commended, the trouble is that
most plans require the expenditure of
more time than most men are willing
to give the work. A few homemade
fountains like that illustrated will save
time and give the fowls the water
they want. Take one or more tight
kegs, according to the number of fowls
to be supplied, and in the side of each
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Soldiers Superstitions.

Among the numerous superstitions
of the Cossacks there is none stronger
than the belief that they will enter
heaven in q better state if they are
personally clean at the time they are
killed. Consequently, before q n eX-
pected battle they perform their toilets
with scrupulous care, dress themselves
in clean garments and put On the best
they have. This superstition is not
confined to the Cossacks alone, but is
widely prevalent. it is said, in all
branches of the Russian Army.
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Dividing a Stall.

In some barns the stalls are sufi-
GENTLY wide so that they may be di-
vided when occasion requires if some
temporary division can be easily made,
put in place and removed when desired.
A plan for doing this is shown in the
illustration. A gate is made of proper
material reaching from the manger to
the end of stall. The post Of this gate
as the end is made about a foot longer
than the lower rail and q hole is made
in the floor through which this post Is
slipped when put in position and thus
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PIglny Horses.

Three pigmy horses are now OH view
at the Jardin d'Acclimation, Paris. The
smallest, Ideal. stands about two feet
high (seventy-fve centimeters), and
weighs twenty-four kilogrammes. A
good st. Bernard dog is about eighty
two centimeters high, and weighs 100
kilogrammes. Prince is eighty-three
%centimeters, and Bijou eighty-six cent?
meters high. The shoe of n IS about
one and one-quarter inches across, not
much bigger than scarfpins Of dorsey"
gents.-London Globe.
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Labor World.

There are about 100000 people er-
ployed in Italy rearing silk worms.
kangaroo farming is to become IN
established institution in Australia.
An organization of steam engineers
will shortly be perfected at Reading,
Pa.
The Woman's Label League, of
Lynn, Mass, has q membership or
over 100.
Six hundred miners in the Blaensy-
chan CWales) colby have quit work
because of thr : 81 nf the owners to
carry them to a'I ron The mine by
troin
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VESUVIUS AGAIN IN ERUPTION.
Greater Violence Than Any Since 1872
Natives Run Away. /

Naples, Italy. With the constantly
increasing violence Of the eruption Of
Mount Vesuvius, q large part Of the
population Of the surrounding villages
have left their homes and are camped
In the open air at q safer distance from
the volcano. Several earthquake
shocks were felt, and the eruption
reached an intensity far beyond that
Of any other outbreak since the de-
structive commissions Of 1872.
The unusual conditions have attract
ed large crowds Of travellers, and in
spite Of official warnings Of the danger
Of the undertaking parties are con-
stantly setting out with the intention
Of getting a closer view Of the disturb.
anceS.
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The Male Bird.

When selecting male birds with a
view to p%ropagating flesh and prolific
laying, they should be moderately
short-legged, unless the hens are very
low in stature, and ever then short
legs should be preferred for compact
ness and growth of flesh, for the cock
erels from a sire having long legs are
apt to be stilted, and they do not put
on flesh kindly. The sire should have
q broad, full and round breast, broad
back, to secure plumpness and com
pactness of flesh in the offspring.
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of Offham, in Kent, England. This Is
that the owner of the house must keep
in good repair the village quintain,
which still swings on its stout oaken
post before the house.
One end of the swinging crossbar OF
this q~uintain (said to be the only sur.
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Field Marshal oyama is a hero of many wars. He is a native OF the
Satsuma Province, and was CommanderinChief of the Imperial army IN the
war of restoration. He has been Minister of War a number or times, n III
the al with China lie acted Is Commanderin-Chief of the Second Army
Corps. He landed at TaEushan and fought his way to Port Arthur n twenty
days. He captured Port Arthur by assault the night after his arrival before
Yamagata, deserves the credit for the present development and ehcency OIL
the Japanese Army. At the outbreak Of the al with Russia, d e al ap-
pointed Chief of Staff; and, now that the various army corps have taken
their allotted positions in Manchuna, he is ordered to the front to take com
mand of all the Mikados forces in the field. This photograph was taken
o. the we of his departure from Toxic. On his right stand lis wife,
Warehouses Oyama, who is a graduate Of Vassar College. She va n or
the first Japanese girls to come to America to be educated. On his left
stands his daughter, Lady Hisako Oyama, and in the background areh his
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How Very Stronpe!

II notice" barked The Scion, chat
when the trees begin to leave. although
they have their trunks with them, they
remain right where they are"
"And I'll be switched Clipped in
the Leap Year Bud, IF that should
prevent us from branching out"
although that might be construed
as a shady proceeding" rcjoined The
Scion, Il think T." ices should not
take umbragn =: promises q fine
outrageous cI2c,.'
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,ew Church Law Effective

The report of a commission appointed
by Archbishop Farley to carry out the
instructions of Plus X. in regard to
Catholic Church music was made the
law to govern the diocese. 1t pro-
hibits singing by women and non-Cath-
olics in the churches. :
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Hog Hints.

The man who is feeding hogs on
fifty and sixty-cent corn is bidding for
red ink on his side of the ledger. And
the man who is keeping hogs without
feeding them has the red ink already.
Enrich the hog pastures. Encourage
the clover, rape and stock peas.
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Rear-Admiral Gilmore Dead.

Rear-Admiral Gilmore, u. s. N. IRE
tired), died from Bright's disease, con-
tracted while serving in the Philip
pines.
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Duels in Paris.

On the Champ de Mars a gay crowd
of Parisians from the Ferris wheel
watched three duels in which NJ
Henry de Malroy wounded two op-
ponents. f..
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the merchants affairs iourished, and
two years ago he died worth a nice
round sum.-By his will he left 100000
of it to his observation-disclosures Trib-
une.
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Tried to Poison q Judge.

A negro who weakened in an at
tempt to poison Judge Mulligan, OF
Lexington, Ky, implicated q member
of the family In his confession.
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The Thames Fish,

The other day, just as the tide in the
Thames was turning from ebb to flow
and the fish were coming up the river
again, a very heavy rain, following sew
eral days Of drought, suddenly flushed
the sewers of London, and the rush of
foul water killed the fishes by the mill
ion, so that the dead bodies covered
the banks for miles.
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viving specimen in Emgland) Is shaped
like a square target pierced with a
number Of holes into which the point
of the players lance would enter.
When struck it would swing around,
and unless the player were nimble the
sandbag hung on the other end Of the
crossbar would swing around and IN
seat him.
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man it would be possible to meet. He
himself declares that he has no liking
whatever for war, and that it is irony
of fate, not personal inclination, which
has made him the soldier he is to-
day. Like most of Japan's great men.
he is not rich in this worlds goods. He
is far too liberal to amass a fortune.
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Wages for common ;aborers in Ire
land are almost double what they were
twelve years ago.
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cene7a] Chadwick Drowned.

General W. P. Chadwick, managing
trustee Of Phillips Exeter Academy,
was drowned while bathing at Harbor
Heights, on Cape Cod.
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The Labor on the Farm.

It matters not whether the farmer
buys his labor or performs it himself,
it must be paid for. He will not con-
slider himself satisfied unless he is re-
munerated for every hours time he
devotes to the working Of a crop, or on
any special plot Of ground. But as a
rule, farmers are prone to give more
work on some locations than is neces-
sary under certain conditions. 1t is
a waste Of time and labor to cultivate
two acres if a larger crop can be Sc
cured,- proportionately, on one. One
acre may not support a farmer, but the
rule is applicable to larger areas. He
should not cultivate fifty acres If he
can secure better results from twenty
five. It will pay him to realize seven
ty-fve bushels of corn, or twenty-five
bushels Of wheat per acre, from twenty
five acres, while he may lose money
if he secures fifty bushels Of corn or
twenty bushels of wheat per acre. from
fifty acres. 1t is not the gross amount
Of produce he receives that pays, but
the net. 1t requires more time to
spread a given amount of ant upon
two, acres than upon one, and, so far
as cultivation is concerned, the cost is
double. Now, all this extra work may
be thrown away if the farmer can, by
lessening the area, devote more time
and attention to a smaller space. There
will be less hurry, more thorough cult
walton, greater facility in harvesting,
fewer laborers and better condition of
the working stock. 1t IS in the correct
application of labor that the profits
are derived. 1t may be wasted or mis-
applied, and thus cause bankruptcy
instead Of prosperity. s
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Of the 1850 locomotives owned and
operated By the Southern Pacific, $50
are now using oil as fuel.