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Proterting Timber From Decay.

In q German periodical devoted to
architectural and engineering topics. a
writer named Nussbaum discusses the
best measures for seasoning timber
and for preventing the growth of dry
rot and other diseases to which it is
liable. He points out that for numer-
GUS reasons it is inexpedient to fell the
timber when full Of sap, and there are
many objections 10 the plan which has
been recommended of leaving the felled
timber for several years in the forest
after it has been cut down, for it IS
then exposed to the attacks of various
vegetable parasites and fungi when
abound in such places.
He advises that directly the leaves or
new fir needles have been formed
those trees which are hereafter to be
Celled in the autumn should be ringed
round by the removal of wide strip or
bark, including the sap layer. This
would hinder the ascent Of moisture
from the ground and would cause the
foliage to extract from the trunk oil
the sap and liquid particles i'll the
cells. Such a procedure, moreover, en-
ables the wood to dry very rapidly
after Icing felled, and then the log
should be at once removed from the
forest and stored in 4 dry situation for
use. BY emptying the sap vessels Ill
this natural way the attacks both OF
animal and vegetable parasites which
prey on the juices arc avoided.-IrlD-
une-Farmer.
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s''UNDER FIRE."

he woman behind the preserving pot
Is surely deserving of fame:
he's not like the man behind the gun.
But she's getting there" Just the same.
|he hero is trying to MAIN or kill.
And great is his show Of nerve;
hut praise should 60, too. to the woman
Is using her skill to preserve.
10 time is she wasting in drill or march.
Which fits the brave soldier for strife,
but she gathers around her whate er she Ii
attack,
And then gets to work with her knife.
he pares and she cores, and she slices
with care
I Til fingers and muscles are sore;
hen, hither and thither In other tasks,
i She skirmishes over the foor.
he gallantly stands at the firing line,
[Unmindful of heat and toli;
LII flushed in her face and her hne eyes
strained
By watching the things that must boil.
6e spices and sweetens aad stirs and
skins,
Til weary from head to her feet;
hut bravely she stands till her work IS
done,
With never a thought OF retreat.
he carefully gathers the harvest OF sweets
+ Her deft hands have patiently made;
fhe marmalades, pickles, and jellies, pre-
serves.
4 In jars. glasses. crooks are displayed.
he works not for piaudits. or chaplets,
or praise:
I Yet, while she no laurels may claim,
he man behind the preserving pot
+ Is surely deserving of fame.
The Commoner.
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ADVANTAGES OF Silage.

The difficulty of securing succulent
feed during the dry period of summer,
and also during the winter season, has
been met in several ways with varying
success. But for general feeding upon
most dairy farms throughout the Cen1
trail States corn silage is the most eco
nomical succulent feed which can be
obtained for COWS at a season when
pasture is not available. When fed
with other grains so as to make bal
anced ration, it tends to heavy milk
production and is always very cheap
feed. By the use Of the silo, green
feed can be had at less cost than for
soiling, since with the silo corn may be
used to greater extent. Professor
w. J. Fraser, of the Illinois Expert
ment Station. states in q recent bull
letin, No. 101, that in Illinois corn is
the best single crop for silage, and
combined with cowpease or soy beans
the feeding value may be somewhat
increased.
The time to cut corn for silage is
when fully tasseled, and when the ears
are just beginning to show the dents
on nearly all the grains. 1t is found
that at this stage the dry matter and
nutrients as we'll are at the highest
point. If ripe, silage will not settle
well into the silo, and so will not, be
sufficiently protected to prevent spoil
ing.
Corn for this purpose is most easily
handled by cutting with binder, using
q silage cutter and large knife to take
the bundles without cutting the bands.
In filing the silo the leaves and stems
must be thoroughly mixed, and after
it is put in the shock we'll tramped
next to the wall. After filling, the
top six inches should be wet once and
tramped occasionally for week to OBJ
tain compact layer, which will pre-
serve the silage.
Records Of the cost Of silo filling on
nineteen different farms in various.
parts of Illinois show that the cost
ranges from forty to seventy-fve cents
per ton, the average being fifty-six
cents. OF 372 comparisons made be-
tween silage and unsilage milk, sixty
per cent. were in favor of the shage
lk.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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The Queen Bee.

Tho queen is fair and stately bee,
differing from the workers both IN
shape and color. She is longer than
a honey bee by ome-thiril. and some
what longer than a drone, but not quite
so big around
The queen is treated with the great
est respect and affection by the bees.
A circle of her offspring often surround
her, testifying in various ways their
dutiful regard offering her food from
time to time. and all of them politely
backing out of her way, to give her
clear path when she moves over the
combs. So strong is the feeling OF
the workers for the queen, that If for
any reason she is removed, the wnole
colony is filled with CONSERVATION ana
lismay. Her death, whnn it is TOO :ate
in the Sc@son to raise another Guerh
means the Gnal extinction OF the
colcny.
A good queen will sometimes lay
from two to three thousand eggs day,
or nearly, the weight Of i!e: own Dotly,
and continue doing it fer weeks in suc-
ccssinn. At the beginning Of the season
The queen lays eggs in the worker cells.
She walks over the combs, puts her
head into eacn ruen cell rs she comes
TO it, as though to discover whether
it is occupied or is in fit condition to
receive all egg have often watched
how faithfully she goes about her
work, from an observatory hive, for
hnrrS
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Rata in the Chicken Yard.

A never failing remedy for these
pests Of the chicken yard is not at pres.
ent in sight, but substitute may be
mentioned, il remedy that fails some.
times and many times succeeds. 1t is
this: Spread fresh bread with sweet
grease. such as is saved from frying
bacon and pork. Rats will eat bread
spread with gilt edged butter, and they
may like it better, but OH the score Of
economy try. grease spread : literally:
Then spread OH the grease any
of the phosphoric pastes, and over
this poison sprinkle sugar. Cut
the bread into small squares and
lay them where the rats run, few in
a place; but not where chickens, OF
hens, or children will get them. Do
this in the evening, having set cans
Of water where the rats may find them
easily. In the morning gather up what
pieces Of bread Lave not been eaten
and bury them. If they have all dis
appeared during the night, rejoice.
There will be fewer rats around for
awhile. In the course Of week make
a mush of cornmeal. mix the poison
with it, sprinkle little sugar over the
top and hide it away from them in
some dark places. They will find it
and eat it. Again rejoice. But do not
place the same kind of dish for rats
a second time in the same place. They
are cautious and suspicious. Be more
crafty in providing tidbits for them
than they are cautious. Now little
beef, again scraps of fish. and then
bread and grease. Vary the tempta-
ton, and they will fall victims to it
William R. Cory, Windsor, Conn, in
the Tribune Farmer.
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DINNER Can Improvement.

Even the dinner pal! offers the stu
dent an opportunity to comment uDor
the evolution that is inevitable lr
mans handiwork Of the present day
and generation. The one-tlme universal
kettle bears but slight resemblance
to the modern adjustable dinner pail
with it's several receptacles to keeE
each Of the articles carried in good
as we'll as attract condition. An
example, i'll which economy Of space
is reduced to a science, is shown here
with, the happy thought of Il Ne"
Yorker. 1t consists Of casing, oper
at the ends, and provided with sliding
covers. The interior is divided into {
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Scol,linS Reform.

It is accepted as q truism among
educators that no child can be made
permanently good by simply scolding.
The overscoided child is made worse
by the process, and the oyerscolded
politician is equally likely to deterior-
ate, and for the same reason. Even a
good dog will try to earn bad name,
if he has it thrust too often upon him.
Probably it would be an exaggerated
statement to say that the essential
spirit of reform in this country is the
spirit Of the ,scolding parent, but it re-
sembles it too often.-George w. Alger,
in the Atlantic.
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CUTS THE THREAD.

One of those impressive little inven
tions that makes everyone with any
mechanical talent laugh at his own OBJ
tuseness and lack Of observation is 8
thread cutter for sewing machines that
has just appeared to the credit Of a
man hailing from Waltbam. Mass. Any
one who is ut all familiar with a sew
ing machine must have been impressed
with the multiplicity Of attachments
and conveniences that so with a mod
ern up-to-date machine, and yet despite
the seeming abundance Of contrivances
this fundamental attachment has long
been overlooked. On the work support
table, and extending from the needle
hole, there is thread slot with con
verging edges, leading to thread-cut
ting device. The arrangement Of the
needle-hole and slot is such that the
shuttle is securely gripped 10 facilitate
the ready cutting Of the thread. When
it is remembered that the shipping
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Tha Law OF 1t.

The old buck in the story. who
dropped . sovereign in the plate at
church, mistaking it for a penny.
could get no great satisfaction out of
the sexton. as will be recalled. but he
was not the old buck to give up easily.
Accordingly he sought legal advice,
with a view to instituting q suit at
law.
But the lawyer whom he consulted
was one of those rare and gifted souls
who would rather be witty than rich,
or almost anything else for that mat
ter.
"Sir," said he ut once, "you have no
case. You were guilty of contributory
negligence" Puck.
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One on Chief Justice Fuller.

Chief Justice Fuller, while driving
recently from his country home to
town, found that the tire of one Of
the wheels of his buggy was loose and
about to come of. He worried along
till he came to a little stream, where
he stopped his horse to wet the wheel.
Driving into the stream and out again
he saw that only part Of the wheel
was wet, so he drove in again and
out again, and repeated this seesawing
backward and forward till a man came
along and told him to stop a minute
while the wheel was in the water.
The negro then took hold Of the spokes,
turned the wheel around and soon had
it wet all over.
The Chief Justice looked on in aston
ishment and said:
"Well, I never thought of that
Huh" replied the man, "sone men
just really has more sense than others.
anyhow."-New York Press.
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Roost aud Nest Boxes.

A poultry exchange gives the follow
ing excellent plan for roosts and nest
boxes:
Zone of the most important arrange
ments in the poultry house is the pro-
per location of both roosts and nest
boxes, and the plan here described has
been found all that is desirable. Its
advantages are the placing of the
roosts low. the chance for dropping
board under the roosts and the location
of the nest boxes where it is quiet and
dark. a condition quite pleasing to lay
ing hens.
Make frame of the desired length
and of a width so that the nest box
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will be twelve inches in the space oc-
cupied by the hen. The side boards
are eighteen inches high at the back
and when covered with matched
boards, which form the dropping
board, it comes even with the floor in
front. Then fasten posts at either end
Of tie front Oh which the frame COM
posing the perches is to rest, fastening
this frame to the box frame. which
brings the perches level. The one
open side of the board frame is then
partitioned off to form the nests, which
are about a foot square in the clear
This plan forms a neat, compact, COM
bined roost and nest boxes, and as it
is placed. away from the wall there is
little opportunity for vermin to 'infest
it. The Illustration shows the details
plainly, the drawing at the top labeled
two Indicating the nest boxes, which
are shown in the main drawing by
dotted lines"
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where they were the talk Of the town.
The bidding for them was spirited, and
naturally enough they were purchased
for the American trade. Both of them
came to New York, but one crossed
the ocean again and is now IN the
British Museum.
The heaviest Asiatic tusks that are
known to have come into the market
weighed 100, 106 and 100 pounds. The
largest tusk Of mammoth yet dug
out of the soil weighed LIB pounds.
So the old animal which was caught
on the side Of Kilimanjaro takes the
palm, rs far as the records go, in an
cient or modern times.
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against it's swiftness. Sadie was dip.
ping her buckets in the river. Tim
Price and his family sat on the bank,
heads one way. like swallows on q
rock
"Tim." I said. ';iook at Sadie. Did
you ever hear the fable of The Lark
and the Reapers?'
Tim leaped to his feet. He shook
with rage. He looked murderous. He
stopped and picked up a stone. His
wife grasped him by his throwing urn.
He jerked away from her.
"Colonel," be fumed, 'if you ever Ak
me that question again I'll rock you
rock you out of the country, er I'll
shoot you! Blast your lark and reap
ers-grain, neighbors and grumblin' old
farmer! He ought to have cut the
grain his own self. when it was ripe.
an not waited for help
"That's so, Tim" said his wife, quiet
ly laying her hand on his arm "That's
what the Colonel means, telling his old
story-you ought to dig the we'll your
own self. and you'll stop thinlin' about
it and get it done. The help can come
afterwards
Tim looked at her, then at Sadie car
rying her two heavy buckets up the
bank. He looked at me. A flush of
shame overspread his face. He took
his wife by the arm and turned her
toward the cabin. "Come on, jimmy"
he said, resolutely. "Show me where
you want the we'll, an I'll start digging
it tomorrow"
And he did. With pick and shovel:
with the boys, girls, and Jimmy herself
winding the windlass, hauling up dirt,
sand, gravel, from sunrise to sunset,
he struck water and had the we'll
walled by Saturday night. 'We'll let
her stand for the water to settle over
Sunday" he said.
The next morning, before breakfast.
he laid his hand on my shoulder and
said, "Come,. Colonel. You shall haul
the first bucket of water" ;
We all went to the windlass. and
wound up as pure pail of water as
ever was filtered through mountain
sands. Rosy, laughing mouths tasted
it, and happy obs and abs pronounced
acceptble verdict.
Tim turned glowing face to me.
perhaps made redder by the suns first
peep over the mountain top. "Thar,
Colonel" lie exclaimed, joyousIy, "the
we'll I've been thinkin' about these
twenty year is done dugged! If you
ever say lark and reaperS to me agin
I'll rock you out of the country, or III
shoot you. I might be obliged to you,
though. I'll hist another bucketful
an carry it into the house, youths
Companion.
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Journalists as Bull.Fighters.

The scribbling cricketer is being out
classed by Spain. A bullfight is being
organized at Pampeluna, in which tne
whole body Of matadors, picadors ana
banderillos will be selected from jour-
nalists on the staff of the Heraldo, the
Imparcial and other papers. Some
vivid and picturesque copy Will no
doubt result from this novel form or
corrida. 1t is to be regretted, however,
that the impressions of the chief ac'
tors in the performance-the bulls
cannot be given to the public.-London
Chronicle.
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bottom board may be removed; it is
hooked in place at each end, and over
the entire front is placed slopins
roof, somewha.: in form like the roof
of a veranda. This roof furnishes
shade, and with the partly open front
and sides, there is plenty OF ventila'
ton. The pigs Craze all they wish
and then go into the pen to rest or
to get out of the hot sun. At night
they occupy it very rarely. sleeping on
the grass. With the smaller pigs care
is taken to place the bottom board OF
the front in place and hook it at Night
ANY feeding that is done is given in
trough at the side Of the colony house.
The illustration shows the construc-
lion Of these houses, which should be
small enough so they may be placed
on :. stone boat or sled and carried
under cover in the fall-Indianapolis
News.
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At Last! At Last!

A man who is always on the lookout
for novelties, says the st. James
Budget, recently asked dealer in auto
mobiles if there was anything new in
machines.
There's 4 patented improvement
that has just been put Oh the market"
replied the dealer. "a folding horse
that fits under the seat"
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A Pig House.

A veteran raiser Of swine has set
about raising his animals on the COL
ony plan, somewhat after the plan
of raising poultry. He has no diff
Guilty after the first week when the
pigs learn which house is their own.
The pigs are placed on the range with
these colony houses as soon as they
are old enough to Craze. The houses
are built low and arranged so that the
ends are open near the top, using Stats
Of heavy material with a wide board
at the bottom. The back is solid, and
there is a good roof which is water
proof.
The front is arranged so that the
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number of compartments, each com
plete in itself, and removable through
either end Of the casing. At one emo
there is q small flask to carry the beV
erage preferred by the owner. Beyond
are other compartments or reeeptacles
to hold the fruit and staple viand
which constitute the midday repast
AS each receptacle is complete in it
self and practically air tight, there ia
no opportunity for the different articles
TO become mussy or to otherwise lose
their original attractive appearance
when packed.-Philadelphia Record.
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prof, From Acre of Strawberries.

While there were many remarkable
yields of strawberries in this vicinity
the past season none surpassed the
crop Of Oliver A. Newton. From one
acre G2OO quarts of berries were
picked, which netted S503.62. The ber-
ries were of the Candy variety, exten-
sively grown hsre.-Bridgeville Core
spondence Philadelphia Record
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An invention pertaining to compound
tools of the saw type has for it's object
a design as simple and efficient as the
ordinary saw and almost. if not quite,
as cheap, provides means by which the
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4f4bE IT any ?

The queen only stings other queens.
and seeks only to kill her rivals. She
may be handled to any extent, without
fear of being stung. She has also great
tenacity of life, as we'll as longevity
L. G. Herman, in Massachusetts,
Ploughman.
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In the early days of steam railroads
in England, it was customary for an
engine driver, when about to cross a
road, to give warning of his approach
nr hlnwine tin horn.
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The cotton factories in Lancashire
spin enough thread in six seconds to go
round the world.
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Chicks Fed on Corn Meal.

When chicks are fed on cornmeal,
do not make it into dough, as it is lot
sufficient, but with each mess Of corn
meal mix fresh milk instead Of water,
and the value Of the mess will be in
creased. Give the chicks q variety OF
feed. as they will eat any kind of seeds
or small grain. especially broken wheat.
The chicks are liable to get wet by
wading in the milk, although it is ex-
cellent. If this is not the case, the
milk will become sour and breed dis
ease. Mix the milk with cornmeal and
let the mess be eaten up clean; then
the chicks will relish it and thrive on
the mixture. .-EaEmers'5Home Journal.
Pig Notes.
1t is better to raise eight good pigs
than twelve inferior ones, There will
be more money in the former than
in the latter, though they outnumber
them. Quality is more important than
quantity.
All troughs and feeding pens should
be kept scrupulousiy clean. Don't let
any food remain after they get through
with the food in the trough. 1t sours,
moulds, and is unhealthy.
Be sure he pigs have trough for
themselves that cannot be reached by
the mother or the other hogs. 1t
teaches them to eat and prevents any
shrinkage during weaving. 1t is a
r.-Indiana Farmer.
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ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST ELEPHANT TUsKs ON RECORD

shears are not always at hand. and
that it is not always convenient tc
reach the under thread to sever it, the
value of an attachment that is never
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Sedgwick county (Kans.) pays 81
for each coyote scalp.
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MODIFICATION f the
while Norway and SwSen have each It's
flag respectively there Union fa No.
somewhat unlovely This borne
fighting the
ect banshed from
the flag
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I'M PRICES WELL.
By Charles McIlvaine.

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misplaced may be appreciated.-Phila
delphia Record.
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OR twentythreeyearso Of his
married life Tim Price had
lived on the bank of Elk
River. A steep path led
from his doorstep to the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-05-19
NO NEW DEVELOP MENTS
Relative to the sale of The Alma" as a
Consumptive Sanatorium.

The announcement last week that the
Alma Sanitarium may be purchased by
the state 10 be made State SanatOrium
for Consumptives gave occasion for
much unfavorable comment
As yet no proposition has been ad-
vanced by the state and it is likely now
that il would be met unfavorably by the
Sanitarium board at any price.
President Lancashire said this morn
ing TO the RECORD representative, I'VE
do not care TO consider a proposition
tending 10 the sale of the Alma Sanitar-
ium which would in any way be objec-
tionable or detrimental 10 Alma or her
citizens. and owing 10 the central loca-
tion of the building an institution of the
proposed kind would be so considered.
This is welcome news for those who
had visions of the streets and park filled
with hollow-chested, wan-eyed individ-
uals, each carrying a little jug and fol-
lowed by an attendant.