The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 16, 1900, Image 1
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TRI WEEKLY EDITION WINNSBORs.C40c ER 16 ESD
Dolly's Danger.
Oh, what do you think has happened?
Doll Daisy almost (lied'
It frightened ne so dreadfully,
Of course I cried and cried.
I rocked her to sleep this morn ig,
And laid her in a chair:
Tharl, the pussy, didn't kniw
That I had put het-r there.
And so, when she got sleepy.
What should she- do but eir
Her great gray body in a ring
Right on my little girl.
About a Popular Foreigner.
The dooryard flower gardens are dot
ted with poppies of all kinds. from the
little single red fellows to ones that
look almost like the bg white-leiaded
double cbrysalithenullis. Although the
poppy is quite a favorite in this coull
try. none of the fainily is native to the
soil. All of our poppies canie froi the
old world. In England. Scotland and
Italy the graceful scarlet poppy blos
sois in the wheattields and grows
wild in waste plaeus. -' m1ong the ruins
of ancient Roime this brilliant flower
blooms luxuriantly. It is very hardy.
and though an annual. scatters its seed
so well that they conie up from year
to year in gardens where they have
once been planted.
A Dog's Loyalty.
One of my brothers, when a young
man, owned a handsome Newfound
land answering to the name of "Skuk
kum," the s aie being Chintook Indian
for "good," and amply deserved. When
my brother- married, Skukkum was
graciously pleased to approve of his
choice, and extended a courteous but
distinctly condescending friendship to
the new member of his family. evident
ly thinking that, perhaps. after all,
three might be company in spite of the
proverb. But he drew the line at four;
and, when the first baby came, his
courtesy gave way.
He not only absolutely refused to
come and look at the little tot, and he
introduced to the new member of the
family, but, if it was brought into the
room would instantly either leave it
or march off to the farthest corner.and
lie down, with an air of offended dig
Atf-vet the. moment the baby was
placed in his ' q and sta
out throub
ititutional down t ie street, S -u - -
would promptly range up alorigs~de
of the carriage and escort it. through
the entire trip, keeping a most vigilant
eye upon any stranger, canine or hu
c~anured.to approach his
charge w -r
the nurse-maid. The mi'aute, however,
that-the gate was safglf reached again,
he considered his (uty done, and re
lapsed at once into his former attitudIe
of jealbus contempt. He evidently
felt thi,'no matter how much he might
disapprove of the baby personally. and
# ev-en feel free to express this feeling
within the privacy of the family oercle,
yet the youngster was, nevertheless.
de jure, a mnemb~er of the famii;, and
entitledI not merely to defence, but to
resp~ectful attention before the eye of
the outside world. As the biby grew
older, lie soon camne to like him for his
own sake: and they were the best of
friends.-Contemporary Rev iewv.
The Dahmins and the Durmins.
3Margairet, Joe. Kenneth and -Patty
live in the country. They haven't
many playthings, but lots and 1o0 - of
plays. "'laking believe'' is great fun
for them. and~ they "manke believe" so
much and so hardl. they really do be
lieve in most of their plays.
One of their tinest plays is the Dah
mini and D~urmiin play. TJhis can Ibe
played all (lay. or only part of the
tinie, but Kenneth and Pat ty andi
JToe are D~ahimins all the time. 'They
say the boys are Dahniins and the
gir-l a D~urnmin.
3Margaret saysain mmma is qluetn of
the Durmiins. but Patty- says, 'No.
shes Jtack Bean's wife. a nd Janck
Beanl is king of the Dahmins." Mlamn
ma is very proud of this honior, for
she knows wvell wvhat a fine muan .Tek
Beani is. He is the boys' hero. anmd
Kenneth says he owns a gold boat
and a gold engine, and1( is the strioiig
es maii in thei wvorld.
It is be'n-seni that makes hiim so
stron~g. Ben-sen is soimewvhat wonder'
fuil. You can taike ain iron rop' as big
aroundl as the water'-tower' aind it
isn't as strong ats a thlread~ of hen-sent.
.Jack Bean eats a grain of ben-sen
every morning, and thiat's what
makes him inso str'oing. Kennieth sayvs.
All the boys say lit is the best mian
ini thet wvoi'l "'eeplt papa."
Sometimes palpa Says there is mio
such manii as J1ack Bean, and oh, how~
the chiildrten punmiish him: Thiev li mbl
all over him, take off his glass-s.
rumple his hair, ando say lie canli never'.
never be a D ahi n any inmre. Papaii
is glad enough to give ini before suchi
detei minmed foes, anud pr'ises5Q to) he
lieve in Jla'k Bean as long as he
lives.1
Patty and Kenne-th have what thtey
call ''Pahmin dinn:er'' antd that mieanis
to save youri cake and fruit fronm des
sert. aind aill thet li'or'ie antd tandy
balls you cani get with the pennies von
earn going eirrauds and carryiing eoal
for grandma's tire. Then iou take
these good things Ibrown sugar sanmd
winches are fine for Dahndin oinn-rs<
and set a niice Ilittle tablde antd eat yotir:
d iner. andl( tal1k withI a big v~oice' like 1
g wvorkingmnal
Dahmin men are brave. One day
omMau told Kennet. who Is seven,
to go on al errand. IIe was having
a beautiful tinw o, .jack Bean's gold
boat (made of dln ing-rooi chairs'), aud
h didn't want to go. But Patty, who
isq flve. Said. "4o on1, Ken. and don't
cry. Dahinin iais lont vry."
The Iahlinis havo more fun than
1Le Dii)rm ins hecause There are more
of them: but when Margaret itiviteS
iva other girl.s to be Durmins, and
ther v e :4 I)urt in war, then it is
win.Thoy maj~k! their vannonl out
of dra In-pipe, and build forts out of
I4;Xes I I lliner 1i141 sil ii in %viuter.
211141 have as big a war as Spain :uid
Ainerica:
But a1is: mainm a is no longer .aek
Beans wite n111d qju1'el of the 1):1h
min i s. Two htle boy(.s were nat ighty
n111d had to he punished. As they 1at
i hairs oil eacl side of the diliig
ioomi till tly could proise to be
good. Patty exclaiilleId. with the ears
ruining down his cheeks: "Mamiia
ean't he the queen. for she has de
graied the I):1111i11ins"
ut m n: loves flne Ib11111ln and
I nlorinlls. 211rnd spilds 111:1iny a happy
Ihour11. vatchillg their 111ppy pliy, and
wh n1 she kisses the little boys at
night she hopos they n1y grow up as
gid nien I,.s1 their leroes--real and
alke beloieve.--Y oith's Conipanion.
An Emperor's Advent tire.
The first Einperor Napolon passed
his youth ws a stiudent itn the military
school at lrieiine. Like most lads, he
was fonld of fruit. and a1 certaill re
spectable. h1rd-working widow. a
fruit seller. took :1 deal of illoney
from Ilin: but sein11times he had no
(nsh1. and then-1 11he pmir voman trust
ed 11111 with as much fruit as he walt
ed. and as soon as lt he ad inoney
1gain3 he paid lier.
But it so happeiwd tiat at the time
of his lealving the sclool his pockets
were eipty, a ,nd le was a dollar in
debt to the wNan111111.
As ,lhe similingly brought him the
a:1t pllte of jiriy 4'peacles. he said to
hr: 2I iim going wtay. good mother.
a:1d I 1ave not ion1ly entough to ply
ou: bit I will not forget your kind
ness if you will trust me now.''
"I n't let that disturb you, young
sir: (;oil keep yIol ill Iealth. and inak
a happy 1n i yu Take these
poeelles and ( velcone
We ill know how in a short tilm
2he student of Brienne beeanme a gen
oral and eonnuered Italy. how he Wen"
to Egypt. aind returned to Frane
-hrough a sea full of hostile ships. am
was made first Consul. how le rest
ce in France,
(or r'etu
u11mloved a
hood Whit.hI
ften walldere
While walki'
The-a2'hiiT.
ly old fruit wt man-made edaquiries
about her dwelling, which was in a
ery low part of the town, "he went
diretly to it. alccompanied only by
one attendant.
A narrow door' led them1l into a smaill,
pool', but1 very cleain room, which
se'ved as5 a shop. where an old womt
anl withI two (ch iilden knelt by thle
stvpreparing their scalnty 'eeing
"Can I huy any fruit here?" as lked
te e'mper'1or, looking r'otmld at the
empty baskets.
"O yes, sii."' said the woman: "the
m~elons are ripe." And she fetched
one.
Wh ile tile tV.'o stran11ge genltlemn
ate their mln1. :and thle womnan laid
(Ile or two falggots (4n tile tire, onie of
the str'Iager's said to her3:
"''1v y21('~ou hearid t hat the emperor is
exe((ted'4 here4 tod1ay? You1 knlow~ him,
(1on't you?! I l l sedl to 1be at tile col
lege."
"( f course I knlow hitm: Alany a
plate34 21nd1 bas5ket of' fruIt did lhe buy
of me4 W14 whie he was a student here,
"'1ut1 did lbe always pa1y you propel'
ly 1 for wha h11le 1md1':"' askedI her' visitor',
car elessly.
"Whyl~. to be sur1e 114 did. 1ir." she
21nswered,'4.2! oing onl with h1 r 11''okinig.
"Itt, my1 good144 woman101. you (10 not
keep quite' to4 thle truith." sa1id the
ter'1 genitleman,11 laiuging. "'or else
youi ha~ve a) bad14 memory(4': 14or. 111 the
Iir'st place(. 1 am1 the (eniper'or. and~ inthe
seodt. I (lid 1not pa2y for1 thlose peach
('5. beside(s whichll I 2111 to tIs (lay
oe' or t wvo dolh11irs iln your' dlebt. which
now) I am12 come1 to4 1(ay.
In th. 1me42antim 2114he11 se'ond~ genltle
man11 counted)4( out1 and1 lalid 441 the tabile
Th'le ('111pe'ror1 gave ordersl(3 that thle
down nd1( 22notherl to( b44 butilt f'or Ihe
pool'. ardwor(4ikinlg woman121 ill its piaw.
''1n 1this ho.use." 1he said. 'will I
14)o2.29 whenever'1 1 ('on1o. 1t4 Bi1nne,'
nd4 it 1hall be4 called(4 by' myI nam2te.
lit' extnded1''4 his kindnelss to. the
-ildren, for3 he' pro4vided4 we#ll for' the'
airl. m3al4 the b'y he' placeed ini tIhe
.elf 1had been'2 4'd1uen2ted-1
Fish.ing an Art iln China.
Nowhere14 illn t 'or'ld is the arit of
15isin s0 hliiIblevelo.pedt as in ('hin:
Rivers ('reeks. stagnanlft pools. the
Ir'oat (((o'n 24124 th.' little tan1k. lake
and0 gard1414n ponds(. 2411 furnish51 thei
012 14o the' 51ust('nance" of m3an3. Eve
'-4' g -ounds41 ar14 turned4'( ilt' tilh 1ponds1
rter ar. kili':d with thb speair eought
r:!ith the ok. s. r.p2d iip by the
lr-E .- 22.1 e npmre i ty nits. The'
ire 'ven liv--df or2 by t:rd trained fori
he' prp'ose'.. Eels are f.-d in tillbS anid
a,.. nnti enernmOr1C1e arrr them off.
A COWBOY'S AMBITION. A I
It Was to Dine at Delimonico's and Was
Finally Fulfilled. ITS V
"Wlieli I was raicIhinig downio twi NI vv
Poloirnlo river." said :1 man1 fr11
Texa:ls. *olit of my cowboys was a i The
raw-boned fellow by tlie nMeII' oI Sanii and
L'ng. whlo was born in a 1i.08 an t IAS
lual never bee'n oult of 1t state in hi i Cult
life. Strange to say, bIs one :mibitill ..
was to go to New York anid e:it a 1eal
-it I-lmonlico's. Te. is inld that r111- F.V
resented ilt topilost 1,iacle of ul- parin
111ian lixury . 'It's shorely thlie lim iiiit. I,4st
boys.' he i frequetitly declared. 'and if I know
coul st:tek tip aga list it jiust oice I'd iii
he willin' to colut back to tle cow
campil and turn-i up1 my oes Nobody A y
dreaied that his yearing for a I' go
mlonlivo meavl woul ver he grnititied: ltt
but a rich young NwYorker, who cunlt
oWnled :I place. nearm Painlted lilliffs. lv
spelit a week nIt the ralich. and. hear- Ar'z
ing of Sali's silglulari* aspir:ition. was the r
SO amulillsed by it that he invited hiin to tst
make a trip north. as his guest. for cOm
colp
the special purpose of s:linplinig lit' the t
Provender of thel famlouls restauran11t- wvithi
Tile nitVs of tle iv itation created te
great excitenlit am11ong thet other row-_ izonla
piiebers. and they delutged Samin witli the v
tips as tot) what lie should order. In ".k
somie textraordlary aliininr Ihey h:l nict I
'onceived the idea that 1ielmolico's worlb
hoasted of bwing abie to provide : 1 Ihe I
guest wit'h absolutely anythilg lie thou
asked for. no matter how outlandish. Ariz
and that it would he a great trillilh mi e
for Sani if lie could inme soiethi, liel
l)vndl the resources of the Irter. land.
'Tell *en to bring you fried rattle- PCe
sna kes' eggs.' said one of the ilt lit: tht
'1'll het that'll stinp 'emyl 'Stewe4d velop
prairie dog. pickled vIeS ears. cay- sistjL
oe hash. c'at1'us pie, hoiled owlWs' toe'. .hiig
and slived lizards welre a few of tlie l.\
other delienlcies met-lionvid as likelyolr
to puzzle I lite chef andt4 cover the Visit or .elol
with glory as anii ellitlre. and Sam broull
promised faitlifilly to spring ihei all 1age
on t lie w aiter :nd report sults. Whiei n , I
be tiiially left with tlt- NIr Yorker. depal
one of thle- boys he ie mil .ier
after thei to tell linm to it s , to ..eri g
deniand horned frog on toast. I sill Nothi
never forget the day that Satin czliii m
back." continued the Texan, chic- felt i
uing. "lIe sneaked into the camp by -.Bt
the lower trail .io6 stIddeily aplwar:'d Chimi
in tlie Iinmg room. like a ghost. The van1lt;
hvs werte all asselnbled at sup lipr. Yaig
and as soon as they sa1w himi they set
up a yell. 'llow did Y, tolit out? r eel
they shouted. 'rel us about it
floor 'em? 'Did they have a
eg about them 0
'S
Chin
PA STINE PETERS' B AD. Peen
-ver
e Was Caught Once and Made Sure the -e
Secont ime.
Palestine Peters wasi a new domet'stie good
in the hious.hohld. IIe had b:-en a st: e'? t
urchin most of his 16 years on 1 his Neitl
mundan~flhe sphiere, anut lud just recently cain
heen taken in hand by his m.othetr, who is a
Ws de(termtined'( to ma~tke somnethinitg in C:
out (of her offspring. So she brought nt
hiim to the' house where sh' sterved as wk
mistress of the kitchen antd there under- muti
took the task of breatking himii intoth
homestead1 work, with a future lbutler- its ui:
sip) iln view- mnk
Pa:ltesties first efftrt was5 a fismal
filutre. 11' wias sent to the baker' l Iette
shop With inlstructionisto watch hiinistlf
ad see that thle clerk there ditd not
dy old(. The' lad mett sout' ot his for-tuh
mer companions of thet street, hitwtever. .I
and loitered on thle wayv. F-inallyv. :1r- exten
ti ving ait the. ha~ikery hi totighit a lo:1f
and dlid not remembeii ctr Ite stri(ct in that
jtction (If hiis mnothetr andm empilioyer. failfu.
Wheni the statt'le re:ntl wais etit anti plant
s'rvted Palest in ii'amellt in forl :1 thor-cot
oghi disenIssionl. all of whit-l was notcod
in en t irely tcompilimnttarty veinI. iecte<
Nex t t 1ine P'alestine wenit to thite ba k
er hie wats dt-termiined to do leottetr. cepta
It' ha~d thet b'uildinig of a relmutatio n e
il sight. and 1h1et kniew : setond faiilur.' upiti
('mp~toray dIisc-hairgt' and1( te blight ing gret.
htig th~e lif of' '1a era 1 shiootter a u i te u
wobl-he spo~rt. dlestinlits not at aill tie-gr
Si rale to Pa lest int's obll-fashione'd ol
m'the oii f anlcitent ideais. I ominiig to -.
th house (of tvtens. Pa:le-st ine asked thle i
for the dlifferen'lt k indts of blread. ha vinl le'
nate til his in id to coose between the' w
Itlhoset of It' e most ftet-h ing detstinat ions.
at hist-.e r
t'h 'Br.'ad t ha t G;randi' mit hi'r Ba kedY''t i r
w vas guilty of a I'tought. Then'l heottin
"You'dt btetter give mt. that whla 1.
moih' 0 I' -: guann lhe's is too~ old
for my f' ik s." -Watshinlgton'I St' . Ilwt h~r
All I, Fault.'ott
'Wtnn''n hteat all the world.'' ~ it
prtyto wecar shet hints ;trounttd tintil .da
I perlsu-ider her' to bu'y it: thetn a fter'ln
shel hasi worni it 0out shie pitI'hes into
traagalnt." Ihic-ago R'ctord. the m1
Looking Ahead. ii
"Why that se-rious anxious look upon
ricur face' h'anteringiy asked the Anit
cit t-ha ired woman. cold
-- enn't r-iitmber whI'-lci" I stucek myi fromt
.. l. .ttdl te i m ti ini th.. iaink: shh-e bis 11
ICULTURALI O4NA
ARIETIES OF GRAI AND FRUIT
OUL D BE VALUAJE' -ERE.
hIuhiese Are Skilful' Husbandmen
the World Can rn Important
ona or Then-AdVce in Oiange
ire-Hone of -Tintei Muskmelon.
iiia can teach thll world some
lessons in agriculAire," said Mr.
Coville, chief botafist of the de
lent of agriculture, fo a New York
correspondent. "Fir example,we
that there are trtain cereals
ated on the headfaters of the
Is river, at ap elivation of 13,
-(t above the level-f thesea:they
when.t there in sorde places- at an
de of 12..0) feet, Wibereas in this
ry very little can -e raised at an
tion of 8000 feet, Btnd that is ih
na. where it is very warm. But
,Ial test of the abIty of the Chi
is this direction i.-afforded by a
arisou of cereal eevations with
imber hine. They raise wheat
n1 151M) feet of the timber line on
lateau of Turkestat. while in Ar
our timber line is -W00 feet above
'heat belt.
timber line turnisbes a very deft
insis of eli matic ma-easureilent tile
I over. just as the sea does for
neasurement of altitude. One
and feet below the timber line is
na would mean sistlntlially tie
elimatic conlditions as 10w feet
the timber line In New Eng
and so when we say that the ('li
raise whea within 1500 feet of
line, we mean th-t they have de
ed a strain which is tr morMe re
g of cold and drought than any
we have In Europe or North
-iea. Thoir civilization Is so miuch
than. ours that the gradual de
melint of thluese straitns has beenu
lt about. and we could to advan
bring somie of them into use here.
lve now a representative of the
twelit in the. upper Ya ngtse.
1 lie went for tie parpost of gati
Sp)ecimnietis for introduction here.
ing has been heard of himan for
time. and not a little anexiety is
n his behalf.
ides the wheat and other cereals.
is said to have considerable ad
ge over us inl orangeculture. The
tse valley produces a delicious
e. accordliig. to reports we have
ed. in distriets where the trees
-'ted to a temperature 20 de
freezing -point. That
ue biorderla~unghb
I is also the
s from
dern
.02
i to'F
to, which 1.e a tos
y short from st IT
irt, stout stone. a ~ tor E
ous. It dIoes not libe
shippinig peach. a~ T'~
eldom getsto thaioi e- ..* arket
cr Is it especi'ally hier,,)ted fo:
ng. where the chief Lfquiremien1
certain firmness. Thle sugar usel
inning takes the place of many
al defects in flavor and sweetness
i the fruit may have. So the cnn
factories (10 not need1 a pecachi of
ype of the Peento, and thus far
t has beent confined to the local
ets. Thaerae are other varuieties
hia, however. which may w
r :adapted to the commhlercial
of t his counitry3. and upon that
t onr' agent in the Yaingtse was
ily wor'kinig when the re'enit die
nees broke out.
was from this plateau of Asia.
ing through Turkestan, bay
iChina is bounded on the west,
we obtained the Turkestan al
one of the best of our forage~
s. We foundl it growing there ini
tion of great udryness and gr'eat
and when the plant was sih
I to thle same cond~itions ini our
'esterni states it provedl most aE
ble, its introdluction has meant
tormous extent northward andi
rd among the mountain slopes of
ifalfa cultura'. and alfalfa is the
forage crop oyf the west.
oi thluis reghmr. too. hats co me
inter mnuskmielon, which k naow
r g successfully in thle wVest, andl
awaits for its general introdoe-Jc
n the east somelf improvewnt ini
ethod~i of shiifping. This we have
d to leave to the inagenuitv of
-est. This melon grows as lairge
wa termetlon . is edlible' in thei
is of' Dec'embler. .1atnary. : ad
mry's. and1( is as sweet and deli
n i tiavor as anyW musikmilon that
s' bought ini thle Washuing'ti
?ts today.. I gave one. last w..ini
:i member of iauii'ongr'ess wvho wve -
upil :1 inner't lor' somea of' his
tes. and., as he afterwards
ie, it 1pro duttced a sea'lt ion. Ile
'ed tat it' those melons .?ould
ught into the New York maruuket
i condition in mlidwiniter people
i pay any price for them. .lust
'sent the transportation probilem
ittle' diflicult. T[hey grow in the
hot valleys of Utah to the best
tage. and~ when subjected!' to the
ou'ney seem to loose their fim
I have nio doubt. however. bd~'
:his will Ibe cormrected. and t hat
uskelon will be one of the reg
vi'ltei' fruits of the future."
Conenient for the Ant.
Scan stand extremes of heat and
F'orty-eighit haurs' exposure to
w"ill not kill them., and one sort
.'n observed to hnjhlI its nest in
Sin a lacksmith',s forge.
- VITIM lvCF SIMIAN JEALOUSY.
Talented Monkey Died liecantie Slitinned
by MIs Envious Fellows.
All that Horax. the little pink-eyeil
monkey. wanted of his fellows inl tih.
Lincoln park zoo was kind Ir itllieil.
ind when they tirnied t heir barks (oi
hin and ignoltd tile in offlnsive cret':a
ture altugether hi git sick aid silked N
in tlit' darkest cor'Ier of thi cage. Ti f
keepers had never witnessed sueKi at
strange manifestation of feeling nkin I
to humliani among the aiiimals and did 2
not worry about Horax. Tie ost racisi
Iimposed (in him by his er-stwhile voi
panions made Borax sick. ani he re*
the little auinimal died. an11d his long
tailed playnates of two week ago. till
forgiving even in tie fae( of death.
refisted to show the sigligtest sign of
sor-row. whenl he was ent-ried away .1114
buried.
The cirtiistniices of Borax's death
were not- known to the( thousands who
visited the anianonl reservation. Thiey
found the mionkeys in niew oans. nd
wheni soimethiiig was sald about - de
m)list. inl the IcIonv they attriiuted it
to a i-i acident 1poll liovin l e
Was one less sinmian t) e bribtd into
:1 clevel aeronitic feat with a hiandi'iful
of peatiits. lm the demandwas not
lesseli-i through the ahseinciie o the
dead aiiniial.
Borax was hIII (leverest peiforiier
of all the monkeys. and his skill I;d
to his fate. H. laidicappoded his fe'l
lows by his previous training. fio he
Cawe from .i cireus where lI' gtot it
bun if lit' rod(- a spiriteqd grey houid
around tlit track without lIosing his
Seat and a1 whippoinlg if his pertorman1. Ice
did not stit tl- traluier. Bore x's life
it it LIncoln park zoo had promise
oif happy dalys. The first St11dimb i
performed hit got its Inany peanuts IS
all ilt' rest of the monkeys ombild.
but Borax was not seltish aidatteipt
ed it) divide his spoils. Tl simiani's
genrosity was regirdted as ani attlempt
to lord it over thIe' rest andi hi' was not
t
thanked.
After a month's stay at LincolI park
Borax apparently wislid he hail niver
left the cirins. though lit bun was
frequently stale and the beating a st
vere onet'. There he was on good terms
with the greyloiluid aid the savage
bull terrier that wouldn't treat any
other mlembewr of- the Outfit wvith the
least show ofrivility. Borixdildhisltest
to furnish :iamuseiin'it to tlie rowd.
ibut would not ac'ept the rewards.. A f
ter da'k his cage companions would
ppropriate their- despised comrade's
emoluients though -they made unkind
remarks about him.
"You t'an't tell ie that tit' pink-'iyed
fellow didn't die of grief." said one
of the keeper'S Vest41rdlay. "It WaS ai
plainl case of gettiijg .ut out inl tlh
cold. He wanted to he 'good fel
low' with the crow. ur they wouldn' I
like mnen, any
gin him.
#1 x -asn't accusfomed to that Fart-of
thing, and it broke hini all up-, I
Icotild see he -onhd not live through It.
iHe -~.'' see ainy chance of getting
Ji-k to ttbe circusa or anothier job. so
lie Went back ini the eage and starved
hims~elf to death. Trhat monkey Was
mote sentimienta~ul than tmany a hinian
being."-Chicago ('hronli'le.
Strange termilng.
Not 'ill the farmniing ini the world is
cadlried oni in theit ot'rily. Somie bra'nt'b
e's of the farline''s wvork atre pur'sut'd
pau'ts. A writ er in ( atsseli's Sa ttui'tday
ment that te fatt'ing to' pigs is not
ineompatible with i t lif it densely
p~oputlatedi quai'ter'. and ciitites a tcaset ini
A nmtn who ke'pt a sia ll groi's ~'"
shioup ini the liearit of' a c'ity' wa's for
yeatrs veryv successf'ul as a fattener' of
pigs. U'nder his shop wals a cellar. the
fr'ont door' and windlow of whlichl wt're
ta inetd onlyi~ at the back.
Tlhiis ct'llar w';as alwi'ays~ octcupliedtb
tw'o pigs. :ilthtoughi not ailways by thie
sa me ttnets. 'Te tw;nt'r would smtugglo'
his y'oung c'hartges in to th li'tellhir by
n iight. hed'( them downu wxithi thei straw ]
frton his egg tases. an fiteedtt thiem~ on
the brhead~ andtpta Itoe' and veitate
thaiit Ite younlgster's tof t' nt'ighbort~
hood bjtight himli ini t'xchang~e tor' a
handful 01' twvo of cantdy.
Sio little did it cost himt to f'tt'd hiis
chargt's that lit is saiti to hiavet grown
rit'h on his prolit s. The samelt it hi'r
eit-fattenetd pigs.
A still mor't uiliki'ly in'i in whiilh
to 1look for' pigs is ai baiick hiedroomi.
but even t his shecltter is not unheia:rI-i f
pigs were w~ell trmai ned. 'Tht'y not ol
ivetd up-stair's. btut t hey walkedt tdtwnu.
ake thieii ito t' small haritk yardl
1for a ttbiniig. anti tautghit them to walk
have bteeni 'oundit ot if som' tif his
neighibor's hiadt nott t'omlaind't of himi.
Too Many Bees
The honey-producing indulstr'y of
Evlasvilli. Ind.. has litache'd sutchI
mgn itudeI that th ci' ity~ conil'I is con
sidering atn ord inante dle'l'rinhg tihe
bees a nuisance atnd requtir'ing the oiwii
ers of hives to miovet tht'm itutsidt' thle
city limits. It is said that 7.5 pterlsons
have colonies ofi bets ini iiw' 'ity :il
the bees pr'oduice $IE0.00n wtorth of hon-'
eya year.
A woman is never so mad as The is
when she sees a hat that is terribly
cheap, light after soime smooith~ maii
has talked Vir around to buy an en
cyopndin.
Successful Wire Reel.
n implement wNhich is very Con1
lielt for bliI.- out :1Ad t11nZ 111p
ence wire is maide as follow l Take
lihe whi'eels and axles of walking cul
:irto r, turn the areb' dov.na in a hori
ortal position. an11d attnch handles
1t
,N DIPL'LEMEN'T roR LAYING FENCE WIRE.
ts showNl in cut. Al(riss ilhe arch di
'etly between the wheels, attaci- a
haft with bevel gear. On this shaft
he reel is fastened by means of
hinges with set screws. Connected
vith this first shaft is another shaft
vith bevel gear, extending back over
'ight handl' of the eart. To the end
if this S11:1 ft neXt Ihe I'operator a erank
s n;litehed. The shiaft is held in place
oy.nu upright froin right iandle. To
iper0le. take left ha ndlle in left hand
Li tign erank with right inuitl
Growuig Punpkins.
For in:. years wo were accus
omied o grow puinpkins "on1g the
orn, as was almost the universal cus
on wlhen we we're a boy. We never
luite decided whetlier the pumpkins
njured the corn crop in any way
wr not. ProbAbly they did not so long
is 'we folldwed the old custom o,
niinring the cori in tile hill, and
lerlaps they do'not whn the field
s well nianired;t and' a '11ttle extra
ertilizer is ptt in the hill. We have
mad pumpkin seed dropped when the
!orl wis plit InI, but we preferrid
o go into the field after the'corn wis
in. and with the linger push one iplump
eed down by the side of "every other
till in every other row," thus having
he seed pointed downward. Instead
f lyiing flat. This gave us single
ines about seven feet :pamrt each way,
ud the vines. would not have run
inuch uutil tl.e corn had been given
ts last eulti itionl. But if we la
;ome corn byrgrowing th - in
kmong it, whi l we - y a -meas
, e k o that we--had 40o
f good feed f r mleh cows and for
Lhose cutl6 t we were intetidine
to turl, off f eef. Often a yoke 'of
Ald oxen and gne or two cows. or per
haps a young 'butll, got their first start
[n the fall on the pumnpkins We cut
np-for *thenm, nud'ti himiatutre catrs
af cornI we found when husking. They
seemted to, andii pr'obablhy did, grow
'aster r-han after we (changedC them.
:1nd( so did the liens, alnd we~nei'er
morrie~d ab out t he seeds doing any
ia nnge toa either so Ion-.Ca-s. thle flesh
31' the puinpkin wais caten withI lie
seedl. They atre a l'so good for sheep.
we think-. althi'aizh we never fed many
to sheep. The pmupkin is to somei(
"xtentt rezninIinig Its oibl-t iie-pepular
It o! pie iiUt'tost's, :15 inlly claim
I o pI"'ter it to i)the suu n :hi.--lue'rienni
['utliivator..
wornp Pirs Clean.
inli e iutiter-of.tt ftood far i: it Is
t miistake t) suppof)e theyci lust ii:ive
hat which has betcomet saured amnd
noauldy. It is not necessar:y thtit t hey
hauld be lopt in liii oram eat anyi
ling to whic'h 1hlit word't would up-)
dly. liInt(' Indhiana F~am'r corrie
pondo:ne'e we findi some senasiblei war-ls
'tlatring t o this poaint : "Th'le aiA.' saysv
lie pra tiena wrIite'. 'is on'. of thle
nost e'lt:ildy in~ : imas. .1 oets lnt
late in li dit as some think. ie is
hott h le onily animal knowni who wiill
nell his inst 'clan andi ne'er id~
ttf'al therein, Time pmi' as it is in mauny
dates is dirty'. butt how caln it lie
a-lpedi wh'eni it Is ket Iin a lI tie pen,
ci i bt ha teln lived( in so ltong the
soil is wvet a nd full of' lilthI? Giv the
ag lian,-'' : ndl so.' for yourself
i'lhait a tidy I:t' lh is,
t't'i fortI ytoung tigs as altythIiing. It
S nott l.ecessaryv 1t have the mtilk
O~it'.'d Ia t iniliri point., Ig t,
bhor'ts elit'r. F~eedl tcan. whlolcsomie
"ashadytlv oru nan h
ln o a~'tti~ good I patur for foiIraei'
)t'l' staly In tltimle f s n-ng
lo' t ti t fk. attenll s .. n. (;etI li
li'5v~ ih t Itod lt! Iorn I u tthi'tl tt rei
itthea e lirti' Sr, I ' Pd'fitd 't-n.' 'eari
Care of lDairy t'ten-iIs.
vim w~ants to kee'p thingits t'lt'n rtust
to ni at the tiryt- utiensils. He[ire
w'hiti't eti'rnail vigi Ilin'e nmist conie
n. P'roper' pretp~laItinn is half' th
:ire Itm itund otf hieavy till andl
ali get in. till tht ertnik with I i der't .
hing~ about ltt enrIS of ti.- bu.;-k -
1Zk *th" huti'i .l y ~ii : e1 n~n
t.-an, hae thery~ convenierlnt
that the hands would rather do right
than do wrong and then sfe that they
do it. If you do no work yourself
it -k absolutely necessary that youa
should be on hand -to see that- others
do it -for you.
Treat all the dairy implements the
sane as you do the milking pails.
and pay particular attention to the
strainers.- Never use one that has not
been cleaned.. The -strainer is the re
eeptaile of all the elements of filth
about the dairy-it is the meeting
point of all the badness that follows
the dairy. It I.s the nest where the
microbes are hatched and the central
point from which they radiate. HWre
you have got the villain's in a bunch
and you should take advantage of
your opportunity and give them a hot
dose of steam or boiling water, and
until they become thoroughly cooked.
If you make it a practice, as some
do, to strain the milk several tines
on its way from the cow to the set
ting. then treat everyone of t1ii itrain
ers in the same way. Do not let' one
of them escape. The stations tell us
that if one -of these straines is neg
lected the microbes multiply to an In
(redulous degree. They lay in wait
to enter the new milk that is warm
and ready made for a good breed"ng
ground for them, and all they want
is a good start and they wifl do'the
rest toward spoiling that. milk.
Next and last we call attention to
the milkroom. Here we- have the con
centrated essence of danger. from. all
the elements that attack the g95 .
character of milk-not pnly do the mi-,
crobes and bacilli nest nd breed in
every crevice 6f the milki-om,' but
the decomposition that takes plcet
from the work of these little -aPImals
and from the chemical ebanges and
ferments that are ever active .where
heat and animal matter come togethe.
arises, bad smells that settle over the
face of the miik ahid creamp, and 'by
absorption deposit themselves Into-th(
exposed milk, thereby tainting' it aRi
robbing it of -dl its- dae flavor4 1md
even in substitiuting tforeign flavors,
to the sure desgJeyIgoa-ofthe rqsult-.
ing butter, .a.nd lowgipg the, price Qf
ten to th dafrynans great loss.
Howeipa4e .Bo. gand. e.l
Empty ioegrybox s age conveplt
for' many purposes, apgd miqli more
convOnDetit 'if gfven'ha'i'dles. 'The enbts
show numerous tfids"thiit can be put
on at home by the expenditu're of-'
few monents' time. Figuies 1 andr3
%;
F
sEVRA KND OF -NLS ~ oE
expai temelvs.InFiur 2 a ~
bi o rpeha a nt teahen. n
t ofneV~r tpe. nFgr
euplainthselvoe. Istore al ah
eto fences ofiarerti staps In hieh
certain brand of goods is packed, to
hich somec of those home-made han
dies en ne added, he will soon flave
a collection of uniform boxes that will
lie of' great service when the potato or
aple harvest arrives. In any large
town or village a large number of
boxes in which some particular'brand
of .popubir grocerie..s packed can be
eatsily se'cured. Select boxes that hold
about one bushel, as these are most
convenient to handle. The boxes can
le filled and loaded directly upcn the
farm wagon. thus saving bruising.
Newv York Tribune.
Hints For the Aplartst.
The smeker and veil are two things
indispensable in an apiary.
Do0 not use sulphur for quieting bees
for it will not work. One Ohio farmer
tried it and was stung to death.
italian becs show a pireference for
working mn clover, while black bees
take more kindly to buckwheat and
'See hat the bees have a watering
pla ce. I f t here is no convenient place
handly. furnish one for them. Bees
in tt have water every day..
.Avoid disturbing the bees early and
laite~ or onu rainy days. but select a nice
'hey when miany of the bees are in the
lel gathering honey aud pollen.
Ini moving bees from one location to
anteefher hotter not attach the horses
et 1he wago~n until the load is on. Un
hitit l efoere unloading. for if a bee
shoubttl escape it would invariably
st i tng t he horses.
.\ranging an :aptry where only a
few hees are kept is simple. Set the
hives onu a lowv stand. Where the
hive's hatve run up in the dozens or
hiunireds. there must be some system.
atie m-rrangement to facilitate work
amiong thei bees. andl so that the beei
mayv know~ their own hives.
Tiwety -live or thirty pounds of
hoe-y.~ will winter a colony of bees amnd
~iv. them a good start in breeding up
in the -prin~g until the maple trees
biomat a~zain. Do not confine the bees
teo the hive' during the warm days in
wi'nar~m when the temperature is fifty
degre~es or more. They need an occA.
sional liight. -