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Hen Beats . Drug Store.

Senator Butt OF the Arkansas Senate
had just finished one G. his droll stories
ahout feeding morphine e q pointer
pup and watching him as he INDUCED
in the ensuing antics occasicneo by the
opium. Representative De Rossit,
known as ~ of THE veracicus men in
tie state. aid
Senator. your Dog min me OF
my hen. Needinng quinine one day,
AS We often do. ! mixed up an ounce
of the drug with nlo,asses and rolled
it out into pills. Leaving the stuff 10
dry on the front porch. l went, into the
house.
Returning. l saw the last OF my
pills swallowed by my hen.
O curse, l though, her silly head
would burst wide opcr.. She simply
commenced cacklins. and has been lay
ing two Eggs a day ever since. And do
you know. senator, those Eggs are the
best chill tonic or the market? One Of
them taken internally viii hnock the
spot from any case OF malaria in the
state and shaking aEue can't stand be-
fore EN- an hour after they are eaten.
l keep that hen dosed. I do"
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replied. y was getting anxious. We're
going TO have some dirty weather.
and the winds blowing up a tit too
fresh fo- tina; Little Graf, TO be COM
Portable"
Allow me to Introduce you 10 Mr..
Singleton, captain. ! suppose his berth
is ready
"~Everything as sou ordered. MISS"
replied the officer.
That's all right, then. Now, Ned,
we may as wen 20 and have some
inner Captain Meritpn, ! hope you'll
JON us."
SO saving, she tripod down the
compassion into the saloon. Ii was
though there Was none of The useless
."nurN often found on board The mod
erM Yacht. Coafor, seemed 10 tie its
prevailing characteristic.
One minute, Ned and Reckoning
rim 80 follow her. she led the way
conc Of another room which locked
AXE d library. Moticnlng him to sit
Gown she stood ap facing hum.
MY ,ast reGaes'. @ed, is that You
VII forgive me.
"Forgive your VIA. for" said.
She took rI q copy of a New York
Joanna! which, was .yi.s upon one OF
the TABLES ;.fe pointed 10 a paragraph
among The items Of fashionable iMtelli-
Sei.Gs. j: read as follows.
~ niS dttlb tI M MttNiIllGII, Ii1s,
daughter becomes one Of the riehest
AeIfeSses in the states. We understand
Miss MoiS1nton is Very unconventional
and ladopendeni She viii shortly sail
fof Girope il Ter own yacht. etc.
Ned Looked up. Eat ] dom, quite
understand. he began.
y have deceived zoe said Ella
My name IS Hnth Mckinton. Mrs.
l'ixon is only MY foster mother. I
have been accustomed 10 spend q week
CT TWO Win Them every year for rest
Nuie,. wher. ] met you told
them not 70 SAY anything my real
position. Cor ! wanted a man Who
wa@ia o ne tU myself alone; and
wien orc - rioti--. VIII forgive
me, Ned. OF st'a. lttell Captain Merton
10 Steam n;ck 10 Eastholme."
Ned Immediately replied in the most
emphatic t.ia,1ae: possible.
"Nec. Ned. dc:4t.f she pleaded. You
really mus. let me &c. My maid is
waiting TO: me and Captain Merton
10, Please Tell him J Wont be long"
Wei. I'm hanged, .afa Harold
Mortimer. as he glanced through his
paper at breakfast time. "Wtat a
bIi!hering idioti
Whats The raaste1r" inquired his
VIE "And WHO Is tte IDIOT"
y am he replied. You Know thai
rhEr selling FISH we nc. a. E~astholne
last ~suE1'ner-I should ,,ave spoken TO
him If ycu hadr'. been with me. / told
YOU mat was Ned Singleton. the bishop
| OF 81. As son. didn't 10
Yes. you die. and "a good MANY 9TH
er people as well; but VIVA; about
him.
why. hes married the daughter OF
Mekinior. one @: the richest heiresses
in America. Hes 81 northumberland.
They've jus, arrived 10 London. And
To think tina. ] GA. mimi"
Well. ] mus: SAY 1lla. ] agree with
NoH, Harold. You Were AN IDIOT
AND the pleasure o. finding that hia
wife did not disagree Wifi him on at
leaH! one sublec! WAS all the sa1isfar.
'inn Nh. Harold Mortimer ever so, out
of the affair,
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Loyalty to tho Horse.

From The Louisville COurier-JOurnaI.
When asked concerning n report that ila
intended TO buy an automobile, tho presl-
dent is quoted as saying: mot ao long ns
there are horses II is an answer in per-
feet harmon with the accepted idea OF
the presidents temperament. His ex-
pericnce out west as n broncho buster, hts
experience in the east as n hunter, hts
habits in Washington as II horseman prove
him to Toe "a lover of Craftsmanship above
ali else IN the way of outdoor exercise.
One OF the most striking a. well as most
familiar photographs OF the president rep
resents him moarteGt on a favorite steel
taking a bigh, jump over 81 gate. This IL
characteristic 1T rs a. verftablc index.
The president likes the movement Of tho,
animal under him. lie likes the animation
and the spirit with which as "a rider 10
comes into contact. He likes the struggIn
between himself and the beast, the con-
test between two varied natures The scn-
sitiVe, responsive, leaping, breathin.,
thing under him rcfreshes and inspires
him.
1t IS the sensation Of fhe horsernan that
ne clings TO. Mere getting over ground IL
not all. If simply covering distance.
swiftly were the great desire the automo-.
bile would displact the horse in his at.
fec;ions. His devotion to the horse undcn
the circumstances Is as COMPREHENSIVE .,sI
il Is reasonable.
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eohemian hon,e Work.

Consul John Steel TwcIls, in a report
from Carlsbad. describes the cottage in-
dustrial life in that part of Austria, SD
many Of the products of which are sold
in the United States. In Ahe-lnanufaGtna-
Ing districts of Bohemia goods fOv boti,
home supply and expectation ore not only
produced in factories, but TO u great Gx-
ten; the JAN material is given TO mGn,
women and children and taken ho'n.,
where all members OF the family engage
in :nc work Of producing various articles
which are Solu 10 the home trade or CA-
,ortea ia foreign countries This method
is known i'll Austria as "llatlsindnstrjC,'
or HON. work, and In all parts of tia
country where textiles, glass, lace goods.
gloves, etc, arc made. men, woman and
children obtain their simple living by tho
means. :.nd consequently II is Of great.
iupurtanee 10 thousands Of poor people,
living ". III. sJn:all villages adjacent To
factory .cnters, enabling them TO mako
3, living. especially during the long, dTearY
months Of winter. when no OTHER occupa-
,ion is r~os.i'jc. Around perhaps. tho only
table III ND Only room. IN n little house.
.!., family assemblies. tho man. his wife.
lie grandparents and children. with other
members 81 the family, If there be amy
When evening comes on an oil larnDj 81.
candle or even chips Of wood arc tho
only lights ta Which they can work. On
Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays the I'm.
islec ~nItioies are !akcn TO the factories
and ,nId ior. 1T is very hard now"
sad ono Of 81. ace exporters from Men,
deK The otocr day. Ito get people in sum
mer ~ max. laoes- They prefer. to 20 tn
WORK in fields or picking hops. for which
they get higher wages than by making,
lacea. Children get 8 cents n day Mt
that time and adults from rs cents. to-
even 40 cents. and, OF course, we can
no, afford to pay si!ch high wages for
lace J.;ikinR
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the hand OF his mistress he performed
some gallant feat OF arms. killed Il
dragon or some other unfortunate beast
in order to prove his love for her. l
like to think that there is still some
romance left in the world, and | want
my knight to do something for me. Will
he do it?"
My lady has hu, to name the task"
he said.
are all dead. YOU will have to be con-
tent with smaller game. What / want
you to do is something quite different.
bu, perhaps more difficult"
You have only TO say what. and it
is lone"
"Bravely spoken. noble sir. NON you
shall cofne II give me- a taste of your
quality. There are three things l want
you Ia do-tIiat is lhe proper, mediae-
al number, ISM 1.-THE first this
morning, he second and third this
afternoon; and ulcn-
NO. not VET she exclaimed. push
ing him away. You must do your
duty first. She got UP from her seat
and walked hriskly in the direction of
the own Ned followed her. wondering
What was going 20 happen. She did not
speak until they reached the fish mar
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On The way he met Ella. She was in

VIA AAH> 49,. tN bAa>A 1AAbsA A.> '-1 -
a hurry, and jus; stopping TO say This
a boy a shilling TO take the barrow 10
its destination. Ned went to his lodg-
ings wondering what the afternoon had
in store for him; but feeling that af,ei
his mornings experience he was cal-
able of %anN,hing.
At the appointed time he walked
oward The pier y little hrot OF reo-
pie We're standing near the water ad-
miring Il TINY Yacht. which MAS ail,a:-
entity a new arrival. As ne waike@
down the steps on To the beach he saw
Ella coming along the parade.
I'm dying 10 know Whit my second
ask is TO be he said. looking admir-
ingly at hey rosy cheeks and hrlgh'
eyes sparkling with suppressed excite
ment. Il hope it's nothing else IL the
fish line"
She laughed. You haven't forgiven
me then. No. I'm going to test you,
~seamanship this afternocn, anc see II
it is worthy Of the husband oe a FISH,
ernan's daughter. What DO YOU think
of her." and she proudly pointed TO
the little c9aft before them. at The
several other parcels iLto the stern q
the boat.
But how.-whore?-whosea" he he
gan.
Nov. sir, no Questions. please
A dozen willing hands assisted them
To launch the boat, and in "a few min
utes they were running past The bead
of the pier.
Which way is the wind?' said Ella.
"Nor'west,' said Ned, WHO was steer
ing.
GOOD; now want you to steer
southeast. That ough, ~ take as
straight to Calais. uugntM't 81"
Yes he replied, but ! lope yoa
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CORN At SIC AN EAR.
Out in iowa They Raise That Kind
ano Buy Il IN Themselves.
From The Now Yc,h Snn.

From The New NC,E SIr.
Ten dollars seems q pretty big price to
pay for gust one cay OF corn, bui GU. in
Iowa they raise corn w..ch itrinss even
more than .EAt. II IS rot nnco-nGaon for "a
man out here 10 raise corr winch lie cam
not afford 10 OWE.
Improbable as iris sounds, i: is tru",
and the explanation is tbdt prize ears of
seed corn become :he property Of the agri-
cultural courses where :hey are c2:libited.
They are iacn Sold AT auction. and the
MAJ. Who raised them does net always
feel Ma: he ca:i afford 70 mid tIcrn in.
Thai WAS precisely wfla: nal pe:cd 10 an
Iowa farmer famed MccuIlocil not long
ago. lie entered a good many ears of corn
i'll ihe competition ilelo at MarsnailtoWn
under 1h" management OF the state agri-
cultural cuiiogc. over ! one cs.rs were en-
tered and one Of McCulloet . wol. first
prize.
Ihe prize was 4 s1@ wa.eT supply sys-
tenn, so the farmer profit bly, Zen tina, he
coulC afford 10 hid III the prize ear for
sll..o. Bu, when II ea1ne to tlairg back
50 u,!aor ears which he hac entered ne had
to let them 90 10 Others.
Those ~ cars hroUght :2Nz ~: SO that,
provided he could have sole me 81 ears OF
corn, for what they actually brought, $21e,
h" could have oopgn! hns water supply
system and had sGG left.
q. +. Howard won 500 with e single
car of corn IN the same competition and
paid so for the ear 10 get i! hack. For
ten other cars which he entered he had
10 bid up to s4l.@ for :he 10, TO get them.
Thirteen bushels OF the corn tina, was
entered brought an average Of $3a. 80 a
bushel. Iowa farmers have walked up to
the Importance Of improving their crops
b. improving their seed The
is that Iowa raises the finest corn in the
country and is constantly improving the
quality and the quantity 70 The acre.
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The Smea, wkeer

The clergyman re,rea,ed from the
golf course. shaking his head and snail-
ing in a shocked way.
II think he said. ] shall get
out an invention fer golfers, a swear
wheel. II seems badly needed here.
You know the Burmese prayer
Wheels" he went on. The Burmese
have prayer Wheels tina resemble pin
wheels. and il is by turning his wheel
that the Burmese always prays.
Nov do Noa grasp my 'dea? I
should equip all these explosive and
profane golfers With swear wheels. and
then, When d r1aa bunE,ed a stroke,
he could give his swear wheel a few
angry turns. and in silence, With no Of
Tense TO rcverent ears. his outburst of
profanity woald-Put, 1ark!'
An elderly, red-faced golfer, having
missed an easy stroke, threw his club
on the TUT. and with enche fists and
IN apoplecttc expression filed the air
with oaths and blasphemy.
oh, for n OF my swear wheels"
said the clergyman, shudering, ITO put
IN that bad bic boys hands"
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A DOZEN EGGS
A DOZEN EGGS
So Says a Thrifty Kansas
Woman, but Her Neighbor
Says Her Nay.
From the New York Times.


History as II Is written in Pratt, KS.
lis to the effect tina, last winter one woman
there borrowed of another a dozen eggs,
then ~worth-thrice fortunate Pratt. KS!
"a cents. Recently the borrower deter
mined, whether with assistance or not
history conceals, to return the eggs and
carried TO her neighbor's house a dozen
as good as those that had been taken
thence. But tho netghbor refused to take
them in extinEuishment of her claim. The
price OF Eggs, she said, had fallen with
the approach OF spring, and 1T was then
Nnly u cents per dozen. Therefore, she
wanted no, one dozen. but NO., and for
no less would she call the transaction
Aguitahly closed.
Then there was trouble. The first woman
Insisted that she had borrowed. not
bought the eggs. and that considerations
iof money value should not and did not
enter into the matter at all. This the
second woman denied. repeatedly. and the
dozen eggs We're taken home after much
iOratory, and a few tears equally divided
between grief and rage. Now all the other
women III the vicinity have taken up the
quarrel. and, s,ill according TO history. tho
question as TO whether the borrower or
the Lender is right has become an i'm
portant ISSUE in local politics-so inaport-
ant that the spring election III Pratt, KS,
turns on IL.
IL is not for us. OF course. to intrude
with advice IN a controversy SO delicate,
hut we do venture to remark that there
lis much TO be said on both sides. Most
loans are returned In kind. and in this
ease If the eggs had been taken back
within a reasonable time, the lender could
have been held bound to accept a numeri-
ical equivalent, regardless of market fluc-
nuations. But rs usual. when the word
reasonable" Is used. everything is up
hn the air. There seems TO have been
Eome EXCISE for treating the return az
mn~reasonably delayed, and to this fact.
DOUBTLESS, was the lenders asperity due,
rather than to any real determination to
get the moneys worth of the original
dozen. Had the eggs not been brought
back TIL next summer, probably she would
have demanded interest on the "a cents.
The lesson seems TO be that borrowing,
Gxcep. when conducted on strict business
principles, is an evil practice. exceeded
as "a destroyer of friendship only by out
0nd-out theft.
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The Government Fighting the Insect
From The Federal Government as Teach
err In the Craftsman for Nav.

u II ~ q
In nothing do rlner more need ex-
pert advice than in the determination
Df insects that threaten the destruction
of their hard raised crops. Especial
study has been given to the cotton boil
:Wcevil, particularly malicious I'm Texas
and Louisiana. The investigation shows
that dry weather is destructive to the
pest, bu; inc entolnolOgtsts agree that
the worst enemy to the weevil is the
native ant, solenopsis geminata. Climb
ing the stalk for the possible nectar OF
the blossom. it the weevil
sAnd seizcs him. The rapid spread of
dhe ANT is therefore much to be de-
sired by cotton growers and as a mat
Ter of fact the tribe is advancing. Inn
ported parasites have been tried against
the weevii. but with poor results. This
native coinbatant Is best.
Another large field for en~tomologists,
both state and federal. is the study of
washes to be used for the San Jose
scale, the eneny of orchards from Cali
forn1a, where 1t first appeared. east
ward 10 the Atlantic border. where it
NOW infests peach. plum. pear and APP
tple trees. Lime-sulphur washes have
been e~Sperimented with, the bureau of
chemistry aiding essentially in finding
the best proportions and the best
iner OF application. An efficient for
imula is found to be so gallons Of wa
ter, 20 pounds of quicklime. and is
'sAs> AAOAA VA NV vi SUI
bhur, boiled together for one hour. Salt
land suga have both been tried with
the above ingredients. but the bureau
finds they add nothing to the efficacy
|of b lime and sulphur. Various other
Injurious growths on fruit trees are also
KILLED by his simple wash.
But better, because less trouble, is
the destruction of the scale insects by
beetles n birds. This subject has re-
!ceived the careful attention of the
biologists OF the department. The card
final and grosbeak are found to be very
fond of the plum scale, which also in
TESTS cherry trees. The black scale is
now in California a more serious pest
than the San Jose. and no less than 20
species of birds are known to eat it.
They include woodpeckers, sparrows,
Ivireos. wrens and bluebirds. Indeed.
ib7 species of bird feed upon some scale
insects and their eggs. Who Knows but
that, without the aid OF birds. the va
|rlous scales would rob us of all our
fruit?
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Same Name. Different Man.

FROM the New YORK JinlGs.
Governor Hughes, at u dinner in New
York, talked about d~isorderly poIiticaA
meetings.
"A friend OF mino,' he said, was
one Il good deal annoyed While nd
dressing a meeting by 81 man In the
front row who howled like Il dog. AT
every telling point in my friends
argument this man would emit fright,
fui lows n spoil the effect.
My friend asked the name of tho
man, and was Old that it was Harry;
Loft. Then he said in a loud voice.
MIR. Loft, il is plain that our
friend Goldsmith had you in mind when
he said:
'rhc watchdcg's voice that bayed
the whispering wind,
And the oud Loft that spoke the va
ant mind
He said that, did hep cried Loft
fuIiously, and he turned and struck
q little fat man behind him a hard
blow over the head.
1T was only after a five minutes
scrin1inage and much profane abuse
that Mir. Loft was convinced thai the
Goldsmith referred to was the long
dead poet. and not the little fat mar
OF the same name"
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CURIOUS CUSTOMS
OF SAVAGE TRIBE
Returned Missionary Desoribesi
Life Of Natives of British
New Guinea.
M,,ocurn. Correspondence Of ,hc Lo.,,or1

Meihcprne Correspondence cf the Lol"toM
Chronicle.
A Methods: missionary in hritisl9
New Guinea-now known as Paaua1
Rev. w. Il. Erownlow, i,as added td
the world's knowledge of The curious
and little known races Of. the great
month Pacific island by HE discovery
u partial tanning of n new tribe,
The race ~ question consists Of
about a0,0oo blacks. ilvjlis al ;. placa
called pobM TIL customs Of The J:,ra
:re most curious. Tho immigration pol
ICY is more drastic than Thai OF
White Australia, for all strangers
have either 10 become fun members
OF The ,rioe ~ be eaten. Wllon dealing
with M. l3rownlow. ltcweyor, the dit-
ncnlty was got over by iralk ing hif,i "a
father of the tribe.
In :n lnlcrview in Sidney, Mr.
Elowtlcw ave some Interesting par
t~icularS of the nobuan's standard OF
civilization. The Dobuan land :aws, hu
SAID. were AN example Ia modern
countries and eaub family mad thclN
own land and no portion was allowed
to 20 out CT their possession except
as Il loan for a seasons crop. The men
married out OF their own tl1bo. and
on their death their land became tl.i
property of their sisters children, and
so il was handed down from Hcnern-
ton 20 generation within the tube. >,
Women have great influence I'm tho
affairs of the tribe and thor duties as,i
quite distinct from those of the mem
The men clear The bush and dig ttiA
ground. then the wonael, prepare IL ami
plant vans. the crop being theirs. ~
"a nan wanted any vans ne had Wy
ask for them. The banana patch, how
ever. was his own property. Wives
We're obtained by purchase. If a mann
paid well for his wife he could thras,a
her occasionally. bat she could leave
him il she did not like it and go back
TO her own village. where she still had
, 81 home.
In the religion of Tho peep]s, con-
| tinsea MI. HrownicW, tksre was some,
thing ef ancestral worship. "A dsceaset1
relative was regarded AS sacred, :asa4
his name inisst not be mentioned ont
the pain of death. Ar exception was
made in the case of any one being III
and eivcn ap Ivy the medicine man.
w ia;tey might then call upon thn
name Of an ancestor, Invoking him Tn
bring back the spirit OF the dying
man. Their heaven was a place wher"
the healthy, strong and good lookinH
went. All the others went TO hell.
They believe in a being who created
them, but Jeff them alone after ward.
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Stopping to Salute a Drove Of Pigs.

In the May American Magazine The
Interpreter" talks about courage. IN
the course Of his story he tells about
a certain respectful father he once
knew. Here is what he says:
isn't 1t time we took off our hats
and thanked this pleasant land for the
good things it has done for u.s., by go
ing on patiently covering up our blum
ders, rectjfying our mistakes, and re-
spending cheerfully to our every in
telligent effort?
y knew a man out west who had the
right idea. about it. His father had
made a great fortune in the pork pack
Ing business. The heir was not pulled
app by his millions. Long after he had
grown accustomed to the money and
might reasonably be expected to look
down on butchers, If in walking in the
country with his children they saw a
drove of hogs on the road, he would
make the little boys stand at atten-
fion and take off their hats. I want
Them to respect the sources of wealth.
he said
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Professor Blau, of Germany, has dis
lowered a new process of developing
illuminating gas thai may be bought by
1.-THE bottle at the rate of is cents a
pound. A 22-pound cylinder at is cents
IL pound would give a 50-candle power
flight for four months used four hours a
!day. That is to say, the cost would be
IL cents an hour. or, say SLIPS q
lmonth. or ever less.
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The Return of Spring.

The winds tina, brush the fields are warm
again,
The grass is growing green along the
vale,
The first blue Niolets from Aprils rain
Smile in the meadow. delicate and pale
Upon "a sunny bank beside a rill
That, laughing o'er Its shining pebbles.
tells
The Joy it feels at being free to trill
Anc chatter pleasantly through budding
iells.
We listen to The tale told DER and DER
BY winds that WOO the modest season
back.
That to The lonely fields the birds restore,
And lure our dreams into their olden
track.
When songs OF birds. soft winds. and
dronine bees,
Things that most common are do most
to please.
metropolitan Magazine.
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A mans future is more clearly indi-
Gated by ais past than by his palm.