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II WlSHBONE.
Its Importance Shown in the Tur

of Birds in Flight.
Boston Transcript: At the last meeting
of the Boston Scientific society C. j. May
nard, ar authority on birds, spoke OF
what proved to be a very timely topic.
why There Is a Wishbone." To be.in
with, the speaker deplored the lack OF
knowledge that exists regarding Inc
structure of the birds internally. For
example" said he, sit is doubtful IL five
men In the United States know much
about the anatomy of a common robin.
The ornithologistS know all about exter-
nal characters, the color. arrangement
and number of the feathers, methods Of
flight, habits and the like, but EXCEEDING
ly little about the interiors of the birds
they study" Class.fications have been
made largely by externals, when study OF
the anatomy must be a very important
part of the subject. He had himself be-
gun with the anatomy, and more tnan
twenty years ago, in some of his publica.
tions, he dared to separate the owls from
hawks. They nave been placed in the
same order. and have SO remained till
very recently. Now others nave sepa-
rated them even more widely than Mr..
Maynard did SO long ago. His deductions
were from a knowledge of the anatomy.
The wishbone is called by scientists the
furcula, and is in reality the union of
what are in man the two separate collar
bones. These In the birds receive the
brunt OF the strokes of the wing that turn
the creature in its flight. Few realize
the strength of stroke of the birds wing.
1t Is said that a swan has been known to
break a mans leg by a blow of its wing,
and In like manner the wing beatings Of
the larger birds are dangerous II they
strike the. head or face. If, therefore,, a
large bird is in the habit of making sud
den turns to right or left In its flight, 1t
must be fitted with a wishbone competent
to Withstand the great strain of the wing
stroke on one side. with no special action
on the other side. For this reason we find
in the eagle and like birds OF quickly
turning flight a furcula that Is ii perfect
Roman arch, widely at variance with the
gothic arch, which is the sha! . of the
wishbone of our common fowls. Tho
eagles furcula Is a solid led arch,
everywhere equally strong, ar not de-
veloping those points of We :ess that
make our sport Of breaking t.. ..ishbone
possible.
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house was recently seen which was ideal
In its way. When 1t was built the floor
was inclined from the rear toward the
front quite sharlp and a trough arranged
just under the front of the floor boards
which held the liquid e~xcre.nents going
into 1t through a number OF inch holes
boared in the planlsing of the floors. This
trough was arranged SO that It's contents
ran off into a barrel placed for its re-
ception at one end of the house. 1t re-
CURED some careful work to construct
this arrangement. but the plan works
nicely and the floor of the house, and ccl-
s%equently the bedding. Is comparatively
dry. OF course the dry floor could be OBJ
tanned by boring holes at frequent inter-
walls through the planks of any level floor.
but then the manure would be lost, which
would hardly be profitable. Care should
be used In bedding so that the hogs have
sufficient to make them comfortable yet
not SO that they will destroy too much
either by soiling 1T or eating 1t. Further
more, one should be as careful in cleans
ing out the hog house each day as they
would be the horse stable. General opin-
ion to the contrary. hogs do not like wet.
soiled bedding any better than do horses.
Remove the bedding daily and treat 1t
exactly as the bedding for horses is
fralta1
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Lime Not a Fertilizer.

1T seems necessary each spring, in view
of the number of inquiries received re-
garding the use of lime. to caution farm
ers against its too liberal use and to re-
mind them that lime is not a fertilizer, in
the general acceptance of the term: thai
is. lime adds but little plant food to the
soil, its chief value being in the assistance
it gives other plant foods in making them
more active and, more particularly, in
sw~eetening a sour soil. The continued use
of lime in large quantities inevitably re-
suits in the destruction of the plant food
i'm the soil. Lime is rot in any sense a
manure and should not be used as such.
If the soil is sour use lime freely for one
season until the soil, under the litmus
paper test, shows that 1t is sweet, then
stop the use of the lime. While 1t may be
a little foreign to the subject, 1t might be
suggested that if some farmers used less
lime on their fields and more in and on
their outbuildings, in the form Of white
wash both fields and buildings would be
u
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confound You; but I'm not six feet two
With a classic profile and -"
"Assinine ears" supplemented the de
lighted Livingstone. Just let my
classic profile alone, it wasn't my fault,
1 wasn't consulted, and get to business
what girl?"
Wilkinson by this time was tramping
fereely UP and down the den devoted
to the exchanges of confidence and the
beerfests Of himself and his fellow
scribe, Dug. Livingstone. The local
color of that room bespoke New York
neWspaperdom and a goodly touch of
artistic taste. Your up-to-date news
paper man must be voted something of
a Phiiistine, but because he lives in
Bohemia 1T need not be assumed that
ne has no leaning toward Belgravia.
Morally, no ma is better able to sep
arate the false from the true thar he;
coming In contact with every variety
OF sham and pose, touching within an
hour the life Of Fifth avenue and the
lie or Avenue A, he a pick the gen.
uine at a glance, in men and women, IN
literature, in art.
In this room which Livingstone aud
Wilkinson We're wont to characterize
disrespectfuliy as the diggings," there
a touch which many q society
woman might have envied. The right
~ Soio1 III tie IlSll pldCey POSTERS,
black and whites-Helleus and Gibsons.
Remingtons and Frosts-disposed In
such a manner as to act as perfect foils
the whole most satisfying. Livings
stone accused Wilkinson &C being fin.
ntcky,' but exhibited the room with
pride and openly crowed over the ex-
cellent quality of the ''housemaId."
For three years peace. If not always
plenty, had brooded over 'the dig
Sings until six months ago the ad-
vent OF that most unknown and un-
reckonable quantity. a lovely girl, had,
as Livingstone expressed it In mock
t%earfulness. wrecked our Apply ONE"
Since then the love of peace had been
replaced by Wilkinson's grouches,
would have turned Dante green
with envy, alternated by feverish fits
OF gayety when my lady smiled. This
afternoon the mai having brought no
smile to Wilkinson. the atmosphere of
the diggings" might have been more
cheerful.
Getting no response to his reiterated
What Girl?" livingstone changed his
tactics and cooed gently.
Get up n make yourself a Gun of
tea-awfully good for the nerves. old
chap-or dust something; you're al
ways happy when you're making me
You idiot you know dell, well with
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CLIMATE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Health on the Islands Depends Upon
the Resident.

'Soi1i VII wv Si64Iao DSRCIidS OPOH
the Resident.
New York Sun: Secretary Taft has suc-
gested that the newspaper can "help the
American government in the PHILIPPINES
by denying the lies circulated about ,ie
terrible climate there" In this good work
We gladly offer our cooperation.
The climate of the PHILIPPINES is not at
all terrible. Many people live there all
the year around. AS a climate the Philip-
pine article has much to recommend it.
The resident or the visitor has no un-
easiness regarding his raiment. He does
not go to business In the linen cluster"
and curse himself on his way home for
not having carried an ulster. In its re-
liability the Philippine climate is endless
ly the superior of our American brand.
The absence of snow and frost is not nee
essarily q proof of either uncomfortable
or unWholesome conditions. On the con-
trary, from time i~mmemorial the great
majority of world dweliers have beer resi-
dent in either tropical or subtropical re-
gions, and many have lived to n ripe old
age.
Health In the Philippines. in Cuba, in
Porto Rico and in all other similar re-
gions, barring those having vast areas
of low-lying and miasmatic lands, depends
primarily upon the resident, upon his abil-
ity and readiness to adjust himself and
his habits to his environment. The same
law holds in New York city with equal
force. In no place on earth may natures
laws be violated or ignored with impunity.
Due obedience to those laws. in the Philip
pines or elsewhere. will insure a CORE
spending degree OF health, comfort and
longevity. Those to whom hot weather
brings real physical suffering, and there
are such. will do well to avoid the tropics
or the edge of them. But there are many
who find cold weather a cause of suffer-
ing and who flnd real delight in a mean
temperature of 50 degrees. The question
OF heat and cold is largely a matter of in
dividual preference.
So far as salubrity is concerned. Score
tary Taft is entirely right and justified In
decrying any attempt to malign the cli-
mate of our Philippine possessions. Those
who have the desire to participate in the
economic development of the islands NAV
go there entirely fearless of any climatic
terrors. providing they will carry with
them a modicum of common sense.
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the probable conclusion-chelchez la
femme? We'll, cannot keep it any
longer. I've got to tell you. From head
to toe I'm just an incarnate ineffab!e
bliss.
I've oundh her, Eureka. the incom-
parable, not quite impossible Don't
laugh IT l grow e~cstatic and wildly rave.
I'm in the seventh heaven: no, the
eleventh. Just got her answer a little
While ago, and am writing you first
OF LATTE her, of course-to tell you
about it. And who has a prior right
to know?"
Perdita gasped, took a long breath
and reSumed:
How shall 1 describe her to you?
Blue eyes that sparkle with fun; saucy
eyes, that in soberer mood are as ten
der, honest and pure as a June sky; a
laughing mouth, yet firm and bidding
beware of liberties; a Greek profile,
clean-cut and finely moulded; light.
waving hair and a complexion fresh as
the spring and pure as a lily. Her fig
ure Is slender and petite. dainty, yet
breathing the zest of living. Her dispo-
s1tion Is perfect; loyal-hearted, Joyous.
broad-minded, unselhsh, energetic,
quick-witted. tender, tantalizlng; In
short. bon camarade. She's musical.
She plays to me In the twilight and In
the freight.
SHe s u very paragon or virtue and
loneliness, Perdita, the vision and the
gleam' I've been looking for for years,
but never expected to find or, finding,
never expected to call my own. She
loves me-the Joy Of it!-she loves
me-
Perdita's rosy checks We're pale and
there was a drawn ooh about he child
like mouth which would have caused
Wilkinson to have gone forth and
hanged himself in sheer remorse. She
dabbed her handkerchief to her eyes,
picked up the letter. bravely determined
to read on to the bitter end. The next
sentence acted like a cold shower:
How do O like my dream, maiden?
! fashioned her from the smoke of my
cigar half an hour ago., then-I write
YOU. a very palpable compliment. Are
you laughing now?"
Perdita thoughtfully laid down the
letter and walked VI and down. She
paused in front of the mirror and
gravely studied her reflected face. no"
she thought. I'm not bad, but I'm not
like that-and II that is the sort of a
girl he dreams about WONDER" with
a little frown, ST the wretch meant to
brighten me? No, he's TOO simple, but
someway the thought of another wom-
an being all those things to Rex is no
the most pleasant thing in he world"
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After a long pauxe: Dear old faithful
thing, I'll vrtte-no, I'll wire" She
sighed q little, II wish that Dug--but,
no, he was too big and splendid to care
for poor little me-"
Three days after the departure of the
letter-days of purgatorial torture to
Wilkinson-he stood n%ervously finger
ing a little yellow envelope when Liv-
ingstone came into the room With a
CHEEKY "Mornin', old chap-what's up?
Telegram? Open it, why don't your"
Dug, I'm in a blue funk. What if
she should be dead"
Dead! rubbish, dead certain. more
likely. Here, give 1t to me-"
He ruthlessly tore the end off the
yellow morsel, glanced at it, and then
began a wild war dance over the fur
niture, shrieking: II knew it l knew
it,"
Wilkinson finally captured the tele-
gram II read:
flow would you like to exchange
your dream maiden for a real girl? /
think she was horrid. PERDITA."
Rex sank into a chair and covered
his face, while Dug grabbed a paper
and famed him ostentatiously, eX-
claiming:
An you love me. old fellow, don't
blubber, n after this trust in the
wisdom Of our grandfather. / know
CHI, ny JoNe. L KNOW EN- III spite OF
my classic profile, and l certainly did
myself proud in that epistle. Wake up,
you idiot; You can just make the nex
train west"
What a havoc the Perditas of life
work In the friendships of men. 1t was
a lonely, crestfallen specimen of the
genus homo who returned from h
depot two hours later and surveyed the
wreck of the hurried hacking
WELL" he s~oliloquized, hes lone It,;
no., hang me, il l don't think l did it
myself. It's just you and me now, old
girl" thoughtfully filling the briar.
Poor old Rex has gone the way of all
hesh!" A silence broken only by the
long, deep eXhalations of smoke, which
serve masculine humanity as a safety
valve for their emotions. Next week
III get a letter from her telling me how
happy they are. and that l am to share
it-perfectly amazing to me how lovers,
always seem to think it's a privilege for
a poor lonesome devil to feed his
hungry soul on the crumbs that fall
from their table of bliss-not for me,
Perdita!
Sweet, wilful Perdita, you'll never
know 1 wrote that letter; you'll never
guess my dream girl was your own
dear self. You never suspected how
near I came to hating good old Rex for
your w sweet ~sake-please God you
never SHALL" Then With a stretch of
the giant arms, a shake of the broad
shoulders and a whimsical grin at the
disorderly room. I'm never get anoth-
err such Observation-Disclosures"
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Breeding Early Chicks.

The writer considers himself an exper
fenced poultryman, Matching and raisins
n thousand or more chicks yearly, yet finds
it almost impossible to avoid considerable
loss through the chicks being smothered
in the brooders. The best of nuf
tured breeders have been bought and
many good ones made OH the farm. but
the smothering continues every winter
If it We're possible to keep constant watch
of the brooders doubtless many chicks
would be saved. The trouble is that when
there is a sudden drop in the temperature.
during the night, the chicks crowd closer
even than is their natural habit and the
weaker ones are smothered under the
weight of the heavier ones. One way of
avoiding this trouble, at least In part, Isl
not to GROVE too many chicks into al
brooder. More breeders are required to.
carry out this policy, but we think it pays;
With more room In which to struggle thei
chicks are often able to fight their way,
out. Keep the breeders in n warm room,
so that there would be no danger of the,
chicks being chilled If they so out of the,
brooder else they Will surely be lost in.
the struggle with the stronger chicks.t
Feed them by themselves, too, or theyi
will not get the food which will give themf
strength. If any of the chicks are de-s
cidedly sick do not try to cure them; kilE
them at once for they are a menace to the
resi- of the flock
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Aristocratic Sweet Corn.

While she name Of this new variety is
not Very pleasing. inasmuch as 1t is con-
trary 10 the plan of those who are try
lng to nave new sorts given a simple.
common sense name, the variety itself is
most satisfactory. 1t was tested on the
grounds of the writer last season and,
While the season was n poor one for all
corn. Aristocratic was superior to any
other of the eleven varieties of sweet corn
on the test grounds. 1t ripens with the
Cory and being so very early commands
the highest market price, particularly as
IL is a really sweet corn and very sugary.
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Sore leafs In Cows.

After an experience of nearly Il quarter
OF Il century as a dairyman the writer is
satisfied that the cause of sore teats in
most COWS is lack of intelligent care or of
rough handling. 1t is surprising what a
difference there is In the methods of hand
ling COWS by different people. The udder
and teats are quite sensitive and are la
BILE to cake unless we'll treated. We have
always made 1t a business to have the
udder and teats we'll wiped off with a
damp cloth before milking and then wiped
dry with another soft cloth. AS a pre-
caution against possible sore teats we also
go over each one once every two weeks
and rub them carefully with carbolated
Naselinc. This softens them, makes them
easier to handle and wards off any pos
sible soreness. The v~aseline is put ON
after milking and then what remains on
the surface comes off when the wet cloth
is used at the time of the next milking.
The COWS seem to like this care and we
are never troubled with them having sore
teats. 1t is some trouble, to be sure, but
1t pays we'll.
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Outlook for Tan.coIore0 s,oe..

Shoe and Leather Reporter: Judging
from the statements of shoe ~r.aaufac-
turers, wholesalers and statesmen, the
demand for tan-colored shoes and other
light shades for the approaching spring
and summer season will not be phe-
nomenal, nor will 1t exceed the expec-
tations Of several months ago. The sea-
son is now far enough advanced to give
a fair indication Of what NAV
be expected in the call for this class Of
goods. The opinion seems quite gem
eral that tans in the various shades will
be confined principally to high-clasS
goods. a small amount to the medium
the cheap lines; that tans will sell more
freely in the larger cities than for sew
eral years. especially in the east and
middle west. and also that their sale
will no by a long margin AFFECT thai
OF the black 0n1aheA
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Treatment for Potato Rosette.

In response TO a number of inquiries We
garding the potato rosette a veteran po-.
tato grower and contributor to this de-
partment furnishes the following informa-i
ton: The disease is one which efrectsi
the tubers and is indicated in the grow.
ing parts of the plant being most plainly,
seen at the terminal leaves of the new;
shoots. While there is no doubt but what;
the disease may be eXterminated by a.
proper rotation of crops, and perhaps this
is the better plan, it has been demon-i
strated that the treatment of the seed POI.
tatoes will prevent the rosette in the COM
ing crop. The treatment is simple, consist.
ing of making a mixture of one pound OF:
formalih with thirty gallons of water andS
soaking the seed potatoes in this solution.
for two hours just before planting. With
this simple and cheap remedy at hand no
potato grower should suffer from potato.
rosette. The formalin may be obtained
from any live druggist.
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Scratching Shed Poultry House.

There is more or less being writer,
against the scratching shed in connection
with the poultry house and it is admitted
that when the fowls can be put on a free.
range during the summer, the scratching
shed is a s%uperfiuity. On the other hand,
when the fowls must be kept in rather.
close confinement during the summer the
scratching shed is a valuable adjunct to
the poultry house just as it is, in our
opinion, during the winter When the birds
must be cooped up in a close house or go
out into the snow for exercise. The house
shown in the Illustration was built to
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The Illustration will give one an idea
of the rather broad Kernels and of the
size of the ears which are frequently nine
or ten inches long and well filed. The
plant is a good grower and taken alto
gether 1t is one of the most reliable of the
Very early sorts we have ever tested. 1t
Is well worth a trial in any section where
an early corn crop can be used to adj
vantage.
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During the year 1903. $1,000 British
left the old country for Canada, %
against 1e,s00 n 1903
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Keeping HOG Houses Dry.

These who nave owned hogs that SUI
,fered with rheumatism during the white
have properly ascribed the trouble to tn
stamp floors. 1t is difficult to keep tn
floors of the hog houses dry under tn.
usual plan of pens which are found OF
raost farms. for while the idea Of a be.
room for the eni:aals saves much troubl,
Il is not an easy task to educate hogs /.
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FEEDING the Sheen.

Sheep raisers VIII agree that the "a
lions for sheep require to be more varied
than rations for any other farm animals;
more han this, sheep seem to require
more frequent changes than other ami
mails, as well as a greater portion of sue
culent food. This may be a revelation to
most farmers, but the fact remains that
sheep fed largely on dry 81 aims are quick
ly in trouble and when sheep get off their
feed It means a decided reduction in the
quality OF the wool. If the ewes are with
lamb they will especially need succulent
food and the corn should be cut out of
their 1ations entirely. If there are I'M
marketable potatoes on hand cut them
up for the sheep. feeding say a quart
daily with a little oil meal and bran
mixed among them. Keep the ewes
housed SO that they will be dry and give
them all the good clover hay you can af-
ford. Other root crops will Go nicely In
place of the potatoes or ensilage may be
fed in moderate quantities; the Ian i'll
feeding ewes is to give them rations
which are not heating and which wi;
keep their bowels in good condition.
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the probable conclusion-chelchez la
femme? Well, l cannot keep it any
longer. I've got to tell you. From head
to toe I'm just w incarnate ineffab,e