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j TRAINING THE DOG. Clever Trioks the Animal May Easily Be Taught to Perform. wl - i . 2.:.,.i e I i _ i ' X III* III'ISI Mini Ol UUg.> 111 LJMIIl 1?> perform ti*irk> an- the >mnller ones, such a^ lerrier.*. poodles, spaniels, coliie> and <iac! dicmis. The jw!?;.h is the ?-!#*\4 . s< i of a;!. Kindt : nnu* - - and paticne are necessary tjuali es in teaching a dog. Nothing can I>e done by cruelty, and if you le e your temper you will never tcacli hiin anything. It is very little use trying to teach an old dog. Begin when he is youm, and do not overt ire him. Also do ot overfeed him, for most of the lessons have to be taught by a system of small rewards in the shape of titbits of food. First of all teach him to beg bypropping him up on his haunches in a comer. You can then teach him to shake nanus wnen siuing uj>. Take hold of his right jiaw gently and shake it. Then give him his titbit. Now. hold out your hand again to him. If he does not put his paw in it gently touch it. and hold out your hand again till he iocs it. Then reward him at once, ?on't forget in all cases to say the word of command whenever you want him to do anything. To teach a dog to dance is not so difficult as you might suppose, hut jou should only try it with a dog that has learned some of the simpler tricks. The whole secret eon soLsts in getting iiim to koop on his kind legs. Hold a titbit so high that "Ihe dog will have to stand on his kind legs to get it. Do not let him; kave it till he romains on his hind: legs for a 6econd or two and gradually increase the time. Neit move long a step or two before you let kim have it, so that he is compelled lo hop a few paces. He will soon ksern to do this, and you can gradually increase the distance till he is able to hop aerosB the foora. Be wery careful that you do not at- j "tempt too much at first. It appears rather wonderful to see | dog 6hut the door at a word of j ommand, but it is quive suupic trick. It works best with a rather ferge dog. Go to a door that swings easily and set it about six inches eflpen. Then balance a biscuit on the kindle and draw the doe's attention to it, saving "Shut tne door." will naturally jump against the 4oor to get the biscuit, and his weight will shut it Then praise *im for it By doing this several thnes a dav he will gradually get to associate the action with the words, *Bhut the door," and will do the rftrick when told, even though there % no biscuit in evidence.?San Francisco Chronicle. Your Idtal You will realize the vision (not ?ks idle wish) of your heart, be it jfime or beautiful or a mixture of Itoth, for you will always gravitate itapard that which you secretly must J Book of Mixed Feet PBEK! 1 JiJLfJLf Useful to every owner < dairy cows, beef cattL work oxen', horses an mules r?LLS you how to pre- / pare mixed feed / scientifically. / ? Gives the right for-^^>/ mula for every combination of feeds yi used in the South. Tells the percentage of protein and carbohydrates. Directs what amount of each mixture to feed for n tenance, for milk production, 1 This book also contains an int ADC MA RUCK W B COTTONS V HUL LINTLt ! Shows why these delinted hulls than the old style hulls, why tion of food, why they go fa space for storage, why they ar< ?.Aii c^A u ULLA Wtil W1U1 UU1U iVAAi, Wll they cost much less than old sands of feeders are enthusiast feed formulas show how to properly with concentrates ani Mr. W. B. Lifford, Troy, Ala., - prefers Buckeye Hulls to a that they are less trouble to digestive organs and seem better. To secure the best results end to develo] thoroughly tweloe hours before ft vetting them down night end morning foi this cannot be done, vet down at leasl feed the hulls dry, use only half as muc Send to the Nearest Mill for Dept. K The Buckeye C< I Atlanta Birmingham Creenw Augusta Charlotte Jacksot love. Into your hands win ho plae-| ed the exact results of your own thoughts. You will receive that which you earn?no more, no less. Whatever your present environment may he. you will fall, remain or rise witli your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration. ?James Allen. Words and Stones. The home that George Meredith had built for himself was rather small, though it was extremely com* ... ?? t l fortable. "it's strange," remarKea a lady visitor, "in your books you describe huge castles and baronial halls, but when you come to build you put up a little house like this. Why is it?" "Well," replied the author, with a twinkle in his eye, "the reason is because words are cheaper than stones." Jade In China. Light green jade is the favorite gem of China, and it is difficult to get the stone in uncut forms even in that country. Sometimes a rich Chinaman's estate will consist in part of a lump of jade. Sometimes it can be obtained in masses weighing one pound or two pounds. But even the leading jewelers of Hongkong usually obtain it in cut form. A Mother's Answer. When Earl Ferrars had been convicted of murder great efforts were made to obtain a pardon on the ground that he was insane. His mother being appealed to and requested to write a strong letter on the subject, answered, '"Well, but if I do, how am I to marry off my daughters ?"?London Globe. Daylight and Darknaaa. If you want to know how much of the day is daylight and how much darkness at any time in the year, double the hour when the sun seta and you will have approximately the number of hours 01 daylight, or double the hour when the sun rises and you will have the hours of darkness. Sea Smoke. One of the peculiar phenomena of the arctic regions is "sea smoke." Explorers tell of a steam, as if from a boiling kettle, which rises from the water when the temperature is 15 degrees below zero. At 40 degrees the snow and human bodies emit this vapor, which changes into inv ir>v nartif-le*. which fill the air " "J *v.' I ' ; . and make a light noise like the rustle of silk. At 40 degrees tree trunks burst with a loud report, rocks break up, and streams of smoking water flow from great cracks in the earth's surface, knives break in cutting butter, and lighted cigars go out by contact with the ice upon the l>eard. ^ 11 i j of i mixed iSI F??DS I IS i ?V*vco1? in ,:i ji ^ffcattu |/'j M J H0?ts A.v0 // fc: V7/ wules " I fj v \1 L? i , /// ?wunr?? i />;'/ /// b ^// fa ri >11 ruckrvr /y fj I //-j i: ?======^ p for fattening and for work. ! * eresting chapter on ,*w J m ! ! ; have greater forage value they allow better assimilarther, why they take less ? easy to handle, why they y cattle relish them, why style hulls and why thouic about them. The mixed rnmKinp Unllo VViUWU*V A^UVAVJT V AAMHW i other feeds. Id style hulls. He say* feed, are better for the to agree with the cows ) the ensilage odor, wet the halls xding. It is easy to do this by - the next feeding. If at any time t thirty minutes. If you prefer to h by bulk as of old style hulls. Your Copy of the Book ytton Oil Co. Dept. K oad Little Rock Memphis i Macon Selma PLUCKING AN OSTRICH. ! Alt Whit* Feathers Are Carefully Cut Off So More May Grow. A very small proportion of our ostrich feathers coine from the wild birds nowadays. Twenty years ago there were but few ostrich farms and <lie great majority of ostrich feathers came from wild birds whu ii were killed by the feather hunters in South Africa. Of course, alter the ostriches were killed the feathers were pulled out, but now that the ostrich farms thrive and the i birds are stripped of their plume feathers and turned loose to grow more, greater eare has to be taken. The white ostrich feathers are not fully developed. There are also black and drab feathers on the same bird, but when the white feathers are fully developed they lose a great deal of their whiteness, and in the olden days had to be bleached. Now, the ostriches are blindfolded with a hood on the farms and led into a sort of cratelike coop, where the black and drab feathers are carefully pulled out, but the white feathers are never pulled out, as this would so damage the great sockets in which the large quills grow that no more would be forthcoming, so the quills of the white feathers are carefully cut off and the quills allowed to remain for several months, when they come out naturally and the new feathers 6tart. Therefore, practically every genuine unbleached white ostrich feather does not have a complete quill when it i6 shipped in the rough. The people who prepare these feathers for the markets, however, remedy this easily by adding the end of other quills in so clever a manner that it is scarcely discernible. Fifty years ago there were only eighty-two tame ostriches known in all South Africa. And in that year only sixteen pounds of feathers were exported, and they came for the most part from wild birds brought down by the hunters. Last year there were about 800,000 domesticated ostriches in South Africa, and nearly 900,000 pounds of feathers were exported at a value of more than a million and a quarter dollars.?Philadelphia Inquirer. The Bull of Phalaris. Perillus of Athens is said by the ancient authorities to have invented for Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum, B. C. 570, a brazen bull which opened on the side to admit victims who were to be roasted to death by the fire which was built underneath. The dying groans of the sufferers closely resembled the "roaring of a maddened bull;" hence, the name that was given to the invention. It is refreshing to know that later on the populace rose against Phalaris and burned the tyrant in the bull that he had made to be the cause of death to so many.?Exchange. Hia Quick WH Wen. At a review, Napoleon, who was apt to be careless in such matters, dropped his cocked hat, and a sergeant near by picked it up. "Thank you, captain," said Napoleon, abstractedly, with his eyes on another part of the field. "In what regiment, sire?" asked the ready witted soldier. *T 1 - _ ; J ;.i.? I napoieon perceivea nis miaumti, bat be answered promptly, "In my guard, for I see you know how to be prompt/' The newly made officer received his commission next morning. Elephant Intelligence. The elephant is by a long shot the most intelligent animal under man. Some horses know a great deal, some dogs are exceedingly bright, but for real sound sense and all around long headedness the elephant heads the list. He is not nly bright?he is a deep thinker and profound philosopher and has been known to do things that ap parently required nothing less than human intelligence. Next to man, the brain power of the elephant i* the greatest among all animals. Angelo'e Verdict. Once a painter notorious for plaS'arisms executed a historical picire in which every figure of importance was copied from some other rtis^ so that very little remained to himself. It was shown to Mi helangelo by a friend, who begged his opinion of it. "Excellently done/' said Angelo, "only at the day of judgment, when all bodies will resume their own limbs again, I do not know what will become of that historical painting, for there will be nothing left of it." Herod's Love For Marianne. Herod the Great loved Marianne, his wife, so devotedly that when he was summoned to Rome by Augustus to answer certain charges made against him and was afraid he might never return he left her in care of three trusted servants, with orders that if he himself were put to death by Augustus she was to be immediately killed. 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