gow! sew! so! This is the way my [ather sows, As up and down the field be goes, Walking fast, or walking slow, Right and left the grain to throw. I Whie he Foes That the crain thrown here By and by ge All be lo If the grain b ~0 he SO he F KNOWS, itl Al, an be | have 8 share TOPs Wi e throws with care tIirows, goes Sow! Sow! Sow! This is the wav my mother sews As up and down Working, While she's sitting there to se Mother knows, As she sews, Jackets, {ro ! Johnnie's hat and baby's Patching oh Love runs all the 8 1 seats shige gn Ow lung singing sott and Ww. ISers shoe, making new bes through § she Knows, 0 she sews ew SEW It is Pp etty bated of fashion China, . pations, w readi yas w pastime [he very expert MH without band traveler t “About Circie Hs we life as was d threw the posite; the threaten velf Lo re RIO aien cock foo, I beingz caug proaches up for near out the shut gre manner take part even acuv traordinary Ress, he much large are familia well as b made of CONnKSLs foot, or players the bal 20 the rin fool © that r wi loosely tied « the shutilec ing the piaver proach THE There that refu but in on she years an i} her Pussy baa has ing there Tine is run f she w back to mystery, reveal an) pass through be one, and dared } examiinat.e with & ig About a year ago a jitter K ti mosl crew lo matrady but were rot tauzh ¢ make ting al magazine, As 2 CONSE uence death when they discouraged, another litter when very voung and sent io join brothers anil sis ers It frequently hap pens, that the maguzine will not be opens for weeks, but is the men are always on the lookout for the cat A pumber of them stand near the éutrance with clubs and strike at her always watches her to escape. She has a so been suc cessful jn refusing to have anything to do with traps or poisod that have been set tor her There is condderable danger in the cat Jiving in the magazine, as she might upset some of the shells or chunks of dynamite and blow up everything in the neighbor. hood. It would be ensy ehough to shoot her, but that would also canse an explo. sion that might cise the loss of many lives. Bat that seems to be the only sure way of getiing rid of the cat. A DECOHATION-DAY PARADE “Pye alluz keered for childrens ™ said Aunt Haonah., looking pensively down the shady lane as she might have looked beck through the quiet thoroughfare of ber past days. “They're a sight of com pany, ag’ some has the wisdom Zi the angels; an’ them that knows children’s Wer was not IS8Y few months found fsesie their bit were when it white jut the cat chance and manages ence. «Two year azo come the first of April to the cross.roals, Bailey, he was mis Benny, tbe Loy, "bot eight years old, not meddin’ children, that a single wo Lan. [advanced in vears, generally takes to, “Benny an’ me was great fri nds, he worritin' because 1 had no grandehil dren, an’ his gran'ma bein’ dead, adopted me, an’ alius called me ‘Gran’ Two year ago come Decoration Day I looked up from my knittin’, an’ stood Henny that very kitchen door, He had queer home-cut a gingham waist, an’ little copper toed boots that he set great store by Hehind nn in trousies on, an §iX years old, the toddlin freckled that lived They all peared drefful him was his sister Susy, Betty, an' two two-yvear.old, nlong, boys in the neighborhood. solemu an' important « «Up to some mischief, I'll be be I says «No. gran,’ savs Benny, his li trembiin wand,” had the baby curve to ‘em yel no Jus Decumration Day, an’ there aint 111 | 4 , p'rade like there used ter ¢ lo La { re we Move these bovs su Contiden me ft They wai and at la small hours of the n 1 ed. He held a roll in his mono, on which wax depicted a falcon 3 his of Kyvosia 3 + § 3 bated, a hake in the act of clutching a monkey he threw towards the host, at the same ant Kato still persisted in The collector time asking in voice whether attributing the other picture to him de lighted with the success of his plan and with the vigor and beauty of the draw ing he had vow obtained, apologized to Kyosai and explained the trick. The painter's brow was quickly cleared of ita dark clouds, and in turn he confess od that he had been working day and night in order to produce a picture that should vindicate his talents Woman Wore Trousers First, it has remained for an American wo- man to discover that trousers were first invented and worn by women, Among the most ancient nations, points out Mrs, Evans, wife of the President of Hedding College, in Hin or less abbreviated skirts There is therefore n.oihing modern about bloom. ers. ——— | There sre more Englishmen in Bos : ton than in any other city in the United { Kates, the population being estimated {at 30,000, i Rubber Scraps, % Cast-off rubber shoes are now a mar. country thelr ketable commodity and many peddlers ndd collecting to They for tinware consideral ly guinsg by them nre usunlly taken in exchange No cash chnnuges When sin ring 4 the village merchant for more nwa trinkets in these or cheap hands transactions, the peddle he turns returns to his point over lLils collections with perhaps a little cash, and goes on The peddler may be account or in Over a new rounte, business on his own village Intter the employment of the trader, but in the has a chance to make a profit on the collec either conse hipped from The Intter whenever tions of which are SOT. to an denley his re i ' good pi ime to time city rubber stock oportions Wher chantable to a rubber a 1H Was ole cent quotations } Celts the fertilizing shower, mild lustre of and harmonizing in one all with the light, thint family pile many of the discordant ture” How Poison Acts. Carbolie acid produces immediate vertigo and intoxication, with burning of pain along all points contact The breathing becomes stertorous, and the pupils of the eyes contract, Phosphorus in overdose produces ir- ritaution and disturbance every part of mucus it touches, and the con tents of the stomach when removed are Inminons, as is phosphorous, Prussic acid is the most rapid of all poisons, killing like » stroke of light ning. A teaspoonful of 2 per cent prussic acid will kill. In a few min utes after the acid is taken the face turns binish and the person sinks to the floor. Opium, morphine and the over like pro. followed death. convul the by stupor, which merges into ftryrehnine is followed by jerks back and These spasms come Camphor in poisonous doses produces numbness, imper. fect sight, difficult breathing and con. | vulsions. ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE FARMERS. Falling in the Hen Business---Best Pasture | GCrasses-—-First Few Days of the Pig-- Trim the Shrubbery. FAILING IN THE HE The reason why 80 many and others he of hen business, the desire to get Moen in, is because little lnbot hundred days would not with brain ing work three eling dirt, who i fow hours dally necessary flock of hens capable of ret ing low, may obstn fudi trouble, I se shrubbery clons pruning the pruning Koil and if the bushes some desirable Kinds 1v to the 3 the improve produce Th applying down i™™ well-rot flowers thos sex] about them ted manure, ground bone, of well than pakl for yout trouble as wood be more Lat ti New oF mized. and you will pruning be an anpual operation England Homestead POINTS ABOUT GREEN NEW PARIS Paris green of standard quality con tains about 54 per of acid, of which 4 per cent in eold water and 8 to 8 per cent boiling water, green now on the market, according to the Mass experiment station is net paris green at all, but a combination of cent arsenions soluble in Ix A "pew prog was amount of copper oxide. It ackd. About the same qiantity of its arsenjous acid is soluble in cold water ing water from 15 to 20 per cent. is soluble. or more than twice as auch as in true paris green, 11 ix suggested green may be caused by putting this substance into heated ime mixtares, to the heat generated by the chemical | actisn in mixing the two, or to the beat feveioped by the sun on globules of standing the If thin true, paris should never be latter ure apd especially is paris Bor 1 viater on leaves green into liquids until the cooled, ’ lls trie the new process rreets, or by using the water with mixture, much wore of the po on can be sprayed without injury olinge thal green alone par edd it Lier (ine 10 3 id nllon aftm Iw ith stow winter roads would then level track. beghways, and hard, w each The Cherokees’ Plaint, “1f the United States Government ott {1s solemn agree wonld only carry mente with the five civilized tribes, our people would have nothing 1o « ompiain said Chief C. J. Harris of the Cherokees Nation at the National Hotel, Contracts and promises that we trust od to the honor of that great nation to sxocnte have been violated, and there seems to be no intention on the part of & 08. we sold the Cherokee Stip we were told out. That promise was broken like the rest. | “Now. 1 maintain that the United States ought to go forward and make ing on further Indian legislation When that is done it will be time enough for the Indians to say whether they are in accord with the desires of of the Government. Until that is done existing siatus are obnoxious to our people. According to the last census Iowa # THE JOKER'S BUDGET, JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS, Singing--Who Saw It First per--Discrepancy Only Ap- ke a Charm weer Tem parent--Just i Purchaser at my bholise Dealer Ny thing asked the ir : tted the humorist, with ! {i command. i= one thing would like to What makes name of some other paper alter the ver ¢ funniest adm siesty as the ones KISDERD FEELING Wife-—Those roses you bought me are so beautifully blown Brite — Yes, 1 felt that way, I pwid the bili ton, when CURATIVE You are troubled with head. Evident. Wi hat is Dr. Sage- ache and you do nol sleep well. lv what you need is exercise y out occupation ” Patient —1'm a wond sawyer. Dr Sage—Well—er, suppose you do aot grease your saw for a week or two. Telegraphy by induction. A specessful experiment in telegraph. ing by induction without connecting wires has been performed by W. H Preece, between Oban and Auchna- craig, Scoiand, while the submarine cable was broken. A gutta-percha wire a mile and a half long was laid along the ground from Morven, while on the island of Mull use was made of the ordinary overhead wire connecting Caignure with Aros. The distance between the two parallel wires Was about three and a half miles. Using a vihrater as transmitter, and telephone as recaiter, the usual messages were euccofsfally transmitted till the cab was repaired :
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