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THE SALUTE.

ftFe. about to die salute you kindly
We. the very old, hail you, the young,
Though the shows OF earth we see but
blindly,
And a leaden weight is on our tongue.
|But or wan old hearts expand in pleas
ure,
Watching how your spirits kindie bright;
And we dream US back to springtime
treasure,
Old, dim ardors, ghosts of gone delight.
We relieve in You the chances splendid,
ALT butfetings and all the gains;
10 the sense OF time and time unended,
Ere the hope dies, ere the wonder
wanes!
How you love and fight and taste of rap
ture,
'tlow your sleep restores you to the sun.
h3ow the sweet of every hour YOU capture
Haughtily, as heroes e'er have done!
I'VE have lived and loved, as you are doing;
We are glad to see you run the race;
Hiatt you seem oursefyes-your work, yo2r
weoing,
Your high stakes CT glory or disgrace.
Hail! Farewell! nor blame us if sad
ness
Clutches a. our throat the while we gaze
kBrokenly, through tears, upon that glad
ness
Once was ours in exquisite old days.
Not one bliss nor belief would we dispute
you:
Once for us as we'll the whole earth
sung.
I'VE, about to die, again salute you
We. the elders. hail our brothers youn~..
Richard Burton, in the Century.
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BOY WORTH $4,000, 900.

A fourteen-year-old boy struggling to
maintain his hold to the claim OF the
richest boy in the world" and three
women fighting equally hard for por-
ton of the wealth that gave him the
title, is the situation disclosed in dis
patches from Los Angeles, CAL, where
Mrs. Henry K. Shields sister; MRS.
Arthur Little and Mrs. Russell Price,
nieces Of the late William Ziegler. be-
gan a suit to contest the will of the
multi-millionaire, who bequeathed the
bulk of his immense fortune to his
adopted son and namesake.
They declare that they, closest Of kin
with the exception Of Mrs. Ziegler, the
widow, were completely cut of by the
baking powder magnate and patron of
Arctic expeditions, and ask that the
law give them a share Of the $30,000,-
600, which represents the value Of the
Ziegler estate that young Willie Ziegler
inherited.
Coming so soon after the death of
Mr. Ziegler this suit renews the wide
interest in the lad who, though only
fourteen years Of age, is considered the
wealthiest boy in the world, and one
with a great future before him.
For it was an unwritten legacy left
to him by his foster father that he
must find the North Pole should the
Fiala expedition sent oct months be-
fore Mr.. Ziegler's death fail in its at
tempt.
Mr.. Ziegler died late last May after
a long illness. Before his death it was
known that he would make little Will
lam, his adopted son, his principal heir.
The story Of young Ziegler's life,
what it has been and what it holds for
the future, is an extremely interesting
one. The son Of his foster fathers
brother, he was taken into the million
aires household at very early age.
Childless themselves, Mr.. and Mrs.
Zlegler determined to give him all the
love and attention of parents apd to
this end they decided to legally adopt
him.
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A Prompt Man.

A certain merchant in Boston is
noted for being q stickier in the mat
ter Of promptDess to the extent that
he has been known to walk out Of
church because the services did not be-
gin promptly, and to leave his sister
atone i'll 4 strange city because she
was four minutes late in keeping an
engagement. Not long ago he over
heard 1 forceful exposition of his
peculiarity.
He had walked out Of his stable. and
was about to so in when he heard the
new groom within say to the coach
man: rs it true, Dolan. that the boss
is cracked about doing things on time
and goes into a tit when anybody is
late?'
'Thr1e? Thrue?' cried Dolan. "Let
NE tell you, Ryan, how thrue it is.
If the boss had promised to mate him.
self at iliven o'clock and was late,
he'd find himself gone when he got
.here. That's how thrue it is."-Inde
pendent.
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Selling ia Half the CroI

It makes ne tired to hear farmers
say there is no sale for their produce,
when they don't even let any one know
that they have some commodities for
sale. Last summer visited neighbor
S. I noticed he had few trees Of
summer Rambo apples as fine as they
grow, going to waste. I asked him
why he did not sell them. ''No one
wants them," he replied. told him
such apples were in big demand in
York at more than 81 per bushel.
"Wcll, John" he said, speaking to his
sou, ~ guess you will have to take
them down and sell them, and you will
have half the money So John put
the apples nicely OH straw in the
wagon box and covered them all up
with blankets and started to York to
sell the apples. He drove up iowa
about a mile, those apples nicely covered
up all the time, expecting, no doubt,
that some telepathist or mind reader
would divine what he had, come out on
the street, siop him and buy the ap-
pies. but he was not so fortunate. BY
mere accident a grocer discovered that
lie had apples, and OIL sight bought
them all for about half what he could
have sold them for had he only let
people know that he had apples for
sale. Think of a merchant closing all
his show windows, taking down his
sign and absolutely stop all advertis-
ing, how much business do you suppose
he would do?-L. w. Lightly, III Massa-
chusetts' Ploughman.
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Increasing the Fodder Supply.

Fine and well-rotted stable manure
will also often pay in the increase Of
rowen, when spread OH the land shortly
after the first crop is secured. Another
method of obtaining good second crop
as advised by Professor c. S. Phelps
in crop report Of Massa chusetts
Board Of Agriculture is to cut early.
plow and seed at once to clover and
mixed grasses. using at least fifteen
pounds Of clover to the acre. With
seeding done early in July, a good crop
of clover should be obtained late i'll
September or early in October. AMI =
strong growth of grass and clover the
following year.
Taking up the specific crops that can
be grown to supplement the hay crop.
Professor Phelps gives those that are
best adapted 10 the purpose. time OF
seeding. quantity of seed per acre.
time of cutting and method OF use.
whether for hay, si!age or green fodder.
The crops mentioned are corn, Hun
garian grass, tlh millets, soy beans,
oats and peas. barley and peas, winter
vetch. rape and cabbage. Hungarian
grass is. all things considered, probably
the best crop that could be sown in
July for hay, and should be cut early,
even before all the heads arc formed.
as it tends to grow woody as it ripenS.
Soy beans are a valuable crop, particu-
larly for slage. Late cabbage can
often be grown to profit as a market
crop. and the shmarIietabia portions
will furnish valuable fodder. Profess
sor Phelps says that lie has found
apple pomace to be valuable feed
for milch COWS. anal there are many
sections where it can be obtained for
the hauling.
The article closes with some excel
lent advice as 20 feeding the hay crop
after all possible has been done to sup
nlnmpnt it. tn Obtain the best results
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EXPLANATION Enough.

A Kansas City woman who owns
and drives a neat little gasoline run
about had an accident day or two
ago. Near Walnut on Eleventh street
she ran into buggy. AS she was mov-
ing along very slowly and the buggy
was standing still very little damage
resulted. The buggy was not harmed.
but the autos steering apparatus was
slightly broken. The woman that
evening was telling her husband Of
the accident.
"How did it occur?" he asked.
"Why," replied his wife, II was just
creeping along near the curb when a
woman wearing the lovliest new polo
turban I ever saw passed on the side
walk and"
''That's enough; understand" said
the man as he turned to his neWspa-
per.-Kansas City Times.
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To XIII Hawks.

A Louisiana reader asks how to give
nuX yorpica to chickens and how often
to give it TO kill hawks, and if it is
dangerous
1t undoubtedly is dangerous to the
chickens, if our reader intends to give
it TO those that are alive, especially if
more than one dose is given.
Of course if nux vomica could be
given TO one chicken only, and the
hawk be made to select that one and
eat it. chere is a bare possibility that
Mr.. Hawk might die or at least become
so sick of chicken that he would not
return for another.
Still, we think this would be an I'M
possible task, and other methods would
be more effective. We have heard that
arsenic or strychnine put in the car
cass of dead chicken, which is placed
in view Of the hawk out Of reach of
other chickens aud cats, has been found
to kill not only the old one, but the
entire brood of young hawks to which
it is carried.
Scarecrows have but little terror FOR
hawks. especially when they have a
brood of young ones to feed, and we
doubt if there is any better way of
making way with them than with q
good shotgun. 1t may require little
patience to lie in wait and get shot
at a hawk, but if one or two are thus
killed the others are not likely to give
further trouble.
Bare yards, with no grass or weeds.
offer an inviting place for the hawks,
and the chickens have no way to es-
cape from them.
A marten box erected near the chick
Ell yard will be of material aid in fight
ing hawks. One little marten or blue
bird will put a big hawk to fight
and will often chase him fully mile
away.
A nest of martens and 4 few we'll
directed shots will do more than all
the poison that one can arrange
Home and Farm.
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Resisting Potato Blight and Rot.

Thorough cultivation tends to con.
serve the moisture of the soil in a dry
season (when there is little danger of
rot, and in wet. season it helps to
keep the ground from becoming wet
and soggy. Ridging the rows holds up
the vines from the ground, and thus
aids in a quicker evaporation Of mois-
ture from the foliage and ground, and
in so doing aids in retardlng the
spread Of the blight. It also covers the
tubers deeper in the soil, and so pro-
tect them better from the blight spores
that fall from the leaves. Where
spraying is practiced it also makes this
opera ton easier. The objection to ridg-
ing is that in a dry season it may cause
the plants to suffer for lack of mois.
ture.
By far the most satisfactory type of
spraying outfit for tEoroughness of
work is a two-wheeled cart, Of suf-
fcient reach to straddIe two rows of
potatoes, which carries an ordinary
barrel pump and man to pump and
drive. Two men follow the cart. each
using a twenty-ive-foot hose with a
single nozzle, and they each spray
three rows without moving from the
row, in which they travel backward.
The man drives the length Of the hose
and the men spray their rows up to the
cart, which then moves on again. In
this way the ground can be gone over
fairly quickly, and the spraying can
be done as thoroughly as desired. Two
nozzles to a hose seem to be a little
better than one.
Another apparatus is a type often
zles are attached to the end Of m or
dinary cart carrying barrel pump,
and the pumping is done by hand.
This, too, has some of the objections OF
the geared machines. By very slow
driving. however, more spray can be
placed on the vines. but because Of the
stationary nozZles it will not be doue
very thoroughly or evenly. In this par.
ll'uliE tDpdldluS UttltL "Oth N'ui'i
have been done If tie pump had
bean stronger. It was u0= powerful!
enough to readily supply the eight
nczZ.aS used.
Tha results Of spraying with Dor.
daauX mixture vary with different SEA.
sons. but depend largely on the thor.
oughneSs Of the treatments anu their
application at the proper time. IT is
much easier to secure an incrra Sei
yield Of potatoes from spraying than
il is to prevent rot in these afterward.
This increased yield varies from almost
nothing to sometimes over 100 pee
cent. and the rot OF the tuberS is
usually less in the sprayed than in the
unsprayed fields. An average gain OF
fifteen to twenty per cent. should be
had in order to pay for the extra cost
and trouble Of spraying; any gain
above that is prolific. P. Clinton.
Connecticut Experiment Station, New
Haven.
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FOR WITHDRAWAL.

instead Of being forced out of the box
head-first, is simply elected short
distance and is then in position to be
withdrawn by the hand. In the illus
tration here shown q portion Of the
box has been cut away to show the
telescoping action Of the two sections,
and a match is seen projecting from
the discharge opening ready to be with
drawn. To place the match in the
position here seen it is only necessary
to contract the telescoping sections in
the hand, when the ejector engages
the head of the match lying in the bot
tom Of the V-shaped compartment in
side the box and exposes the end of
the stick short distance without.
however, igniting the head. The igni-
ton is accomplished by the passage of
the match head between two rough.
ened surfaces located just inside the
opening.
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A College Don'S Mistake,

Jowett enjoyed the company of the
Balliol. but never heard of his being
in love. One day young lady told
him it would make her so happy if he
would marry her. Upon which be as.
su:ed her that he was much touched
by her proposal. but that he could not
entertain it, as he had long given ur
all thoughts Of matrimony. She has
tened to explain that she was engaged
to some one else, and that she had only
ventured to ask him to perform the
ceremony.-Leveson-Gower's "Bygcne
Years"
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Tho Horrors of War.

The old gentleman in the smoking
car was declaring vehementy that, in
his opinion. war was a disgrace to civ
ilization. "War." he exclaimed, "is an
abomination. blot on the universen'
Upon which he rose and left the car.
"The old man seems to feel pretty
strongly on the subject" said one of
the passengers. HAS he lost some
near relative through war;"
EYES," answered a friend. "his wife's
first husband. ."-Harper's Weekly.
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answers a dual purpose, that, in the
first place, of elevating the rear part Of
the utensil so as to facilitate the opera
ton of sweeping the accumulations Of
the floor into it and also forming a
convenient receptacle for the said
sweepings, preventing them from being
spilled or otherwise scattered after
they have been once gathered. On one
side Of the heel there Is door through
which the sweepinSs may be readily
emDtied
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| cheers of the crowd redoubled The
| young man slipped an arm about the
| girl
! Don't look down" be cautioned.
81 ain't scairt. Jim she replied
| bravely, although he felt her trem-
| bling
Presently they were aware the bai-
| loon was stationary. The clergyman
| opened 4 book and began the cere-
mony. AS the service droned On, the
| man essayed one look over the side
of the car, but those upturned faces
far below gave him a queer sensa-
ton. and drawing the girl yet closer
| TO him, he fixed his eyes on the clergy
mans face.
4 moment later there was a slight
shock He was aware of feeling Of
siddiness; he heard cry Of horror
from the crowd far below The cere-
mony stopped short. Indeed. the clergy
man dropped the book from his
nerveless hands. The Cir! clung un-
steadily to the side of the car while
the two men, clutching the ropes,
peered over the side.
What they saw struck terror to their
hearts. The crowds. the fair grounds.
the whole earth. was falling away
from them with sickening rapidity.
Many feet below them the broken
end of the treacherous rope swayed
and dangled in the breeze.
We've broke loose" gas2ed Jim in
tones of horror.
For nearly a hour they foated
along above the clouds. Then the
great ball above them began to shrivel
somewhat, and they sank gently. At
sunset they were quite near the earth.
travelling, as they could plainly see.
rapidly toward the northwest Fields
and villages flew past beneath them
and always they sank lower IS the
hot air in the balloon gradually
cooled.
Presently they were brushing the
tree tops, which tilted the car sharply
and threatened momehtarily to spill
them to earth. The clergyman. pok-
ing beneath the seats on either side Of
the car, emerged triumphantly with
grapple anchor and coil of rope.
Breathlessly he cast the anchor over
the side. For time it swung to and
fro like a huge pendulum. then
caught fast in the branches of an elm
near big white farmhouse. The
rope pulled taut; the car jerked and
tilted and swayed, then tne balloon
sank gently into the branches Of 4
huge apple tree and the peri!ous voy-
age was at an end.
From their perch in the apple tree
they saw men running toward them
with ladders. and three women FOL-
lowing sturdily in the wake of the
men. In Il few minutes the unwilling
voyagers were standing on solid
earth again, answering as best they
could the many questions of the chat
tering group about them.
MAY I ask where we are?' the
clergyman ventured, when the curios-
ity of their rescuers had somewhat ap-
peased.
You're in Clinton Mills, in the north
ern part of Ridgway County, one Of
the men replied.
The bride took a step forward.
"There amt Sereny Hawkins
round here, is there?" she asked eager
ly.
Eyes, dearie." said one of the women.
'Sereny Hawkins place is about
mile beyond here"
The bride pressed her husbands arm
and turned to him a glowing face.
20 Jim," she whispered, Its
turned out beautiful weddin' jour-
ney after all."-Richard Barker Shell
tom in Naur 0rlaa ne Tim n
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No ConDuIsiou.

You sign this deed Of your own free
will. do You, madam" asked the law
yer.
What do You mean by that?" de-
manded the large red-faced woman.
II mean there has been no compul-
sion on the part of your husband, has
there?'
Him." she calculated, turning to
look at the meek little man sitting be-
side her. Id like to see him try to
rvmpulse me."-LCndon Tit-Bits.
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Mooning.

A man by the name of Moon goI
married, and that was change in the
moon; in due time his wife presented
him with a daughter, and that was
new moon; then he went to town anG
got busy for joy, and that was full
moon; when he started home he had
twenty-five cents in his pocket, and
that was the last quarter; his mother
in-law met him at the door, and that
was a total eclipse-he saw stars
Concord Times.
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Koraapa Future.

The constant growth Of the trade Of
Korea Is somewhat remarkable in view
of the unfavorable condition Of the
country, and it is explained only by
q consideration Of the comparatively
large and but partially developed re-
sources of the country. 1t is safe to
assume that at the conclusion Of the
present hostilities greater development
awaits her, and further expansion Of
her foreign trade.-Journal Of the So
ciety Of Arts.
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Don'ts For Bachelors.

Don't be afraid of needle: 1t will
not stick you unless you attack the
wrong end Of it first.
Don't start a piece Of sewing with a
thread long enough to hang yourself.
Buy a thimble that fits; don't push
your needle through with your teeth.
Don't sew up yolr pockets while
trying to sew on button to stay.
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TO CATCH THE MAIL.

A hammock mail receptacle is a veri-
table novelty, which also deserves at
tention because Of its many merits. In
the first place. it is readily attached to
or detached from the usual letter-droD
opening, the advantages Of which are
obvious. In the second place, it shows
at a glance whether there Is any mail
to be removed; and its character. In
the third place, it's ample proportions
allow it to accommodate q large num-
Der of magazines or similar bulky arti-
cies Of mail, and yet it doeg not or
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A Shnrt Shorty Carear.

For many years Il certain doctor
practiced medicine in little country
town in Wyandotte County. He was
careless Of his dress. Half the time,
perhaps. his socks were not mates.
Finally the doctor moved his family
to Kansas City, Kan. and began to
spruce up. He insisted on wearing
socks that were mates. This made
his wife suspicious. Sue thought he
was getting sporty. The doctor has
m6ved back to the country. kansas
CITY Journal
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&f2bEzafeT amy .

about one-half the dry matter Of the
ration should come from the grain
feeds. The cheaper dry folders, such
as corn stover or oat straw, may then
be fed in connection with liberal silage
and grain feeding, and good results
will foliow.-Alassac chusetts Plough.
man.
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His Loss.

ScovilI-"What are you mad about"
Clarke-"The railroad company has
round the trunk lost"
Scovin-"Do you consider that q
cuuse for uugerT
larke-"Wpl. I should say yesl
Wouldn't you be made If you had to
take Il 81 trunk in place Of the $50
damages you had been expecting"-
Cleveland Leader.
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Not Usually Affected.

Mrs. GoodIey-"Gracious! how you
do annoy me- sometimes. Do you know
that you snored in church to-day"
Mr. Gooiiey Nonsense! You're
used 10 my snoring by this time. What
was the matter with you? Insomnia|
philadelphia Press.
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As Others See Us.

Grren-"po you believe there is real
ly such Il person rs the fool-kilter"
Brown Er-by the way, how old are
YOU"
tirrcn-"Forty-ire."
Brown-"Well, If there is, he must
have retired from business. s.'-Chicaso
Daily News.
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dinarily take up an appreciable amount
of space. The common rigid box has
to be made large enough for maximum
requirements, while, as matter of
fact these are only called into use
semi-occasionally. The distension IL
accomplished by means Of a wire
framework from which the netting de-
pends. The modern particular house
wife, if appealed to, would probably
lay some stress on the fact that q
receptacle of this kind does not form
lurking place for an accumulation Of
ust.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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How 1t Looked.

"Dear john" wrote Mrs. Newlywed
from the shore, II inclose the hotel
bill"
Dear Jane. I inclose check" wrote
John, but please don't buy any more
hotels at this price-they are robbins
you."-Smart Set.
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W hich?

Grayce-"Miss McPrim tells me that
she has made arrangements to lecture
for term Of years."
George-''Do you mean that she is
going on the lyceum platform, or is she
about to be married"
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No Use For II,

Auctioneer-"What am I offered foI
this fine large bath sponge? Going al
fifty cents-going-going- It's shame
can't get more for it. I'd buy 1t my.
self only I've just come back from a
visit at the seashore "-Harper's Week
Iv
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Seemed Long.

"Did you know this was the longest
month in the year," he said on the oc.
casion of his third call in fortnight
"Yes," said the girl, with a yawn:
1T seems so, doesn't it"-Yonkers
Statesman.