OUR YOUN3 FOLKS JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, Jack was an orphan, poor but true; A wondrous bean he found; And ere he sl: pt, for safety’'s sake, He hid it in the ground, One morn he rose, to see a vine Above his hidden treasure, That o'er a palace near him grew, Whose height he could not measure. And soon a vision moved the boy, To thrust hir hatchet strong Within the vine, and npward rise Sing ng this merry song: “I" hitch my hatchet and up I'll go Thehigher Lelimb the more I'll know.’ He mastered all one room could teach, Then elimbad a story higher; For love and knowledge all his soul Buraued with a pure desire, “I'll hitch oy hatchet and up I'll go, The higher Iclimb the more I'll know,’ And so he rose by sure degrees, From alphabet to college; Fur the vast palace he explored, The temples was of knowledge. ANIMALS AT PLAY. Cats delight in racing do jump. This sudden air, which appears to take place with- | i life in the monntains, the high jump very useful, not only in pouncing on its prey, butin es- caping its heroditary enemy, Brehm records a movement play of young chamois, When in snmmer the young chimois climb up to the perpetual snow, they delight to play on it They throw themselves in a erouching position on the upper end of a steep, snow-covered incline, work all four legs with a swimming motion to get a start, and then slide down on the surface of the snow, often traversing a distance of from 100 to 150 in this way, while the snow flies up and covers them with a fine powder. Arrived at the bottom. they spring to their feet and slowly clamber up agaix the distance they have slid down, meters CATS IN GOVEENMENT EMPLOY Would you think that the govern- ment n~eded to provide for hnndreds of cats, so many tha! specifications are sent ont by the commissary de- partment—the department that cares for the food of the soldiers—asking for bids on certain qualities of meat, which must be good and sound, with all the eut out, and that this meat is intended for the government cats? And what do you suppose they do? They are employed by the gov- ernment, their wages being simply board and housing, to protect the storehouses of the government from rats and mice. The government, you know, has to keep large supplies of food for the army-—crackers, flour, cheese, and many things that are very greatly enjoyed by rats and mice—and if o wore not kept in sufficient numbers to protect these stores, the government wonld lose large sums of money, for not only would the food disappear, but boxes and packages would be nibbled and the food wasted and destroyed in handling, bone ta tn WHAT VAN LEFT OFF. Van is four years old, and proud of the fact that he can bimself in the morning, all but the buttons “‘that run up and down abind.” Van isn’t enough of an acrobat vet to make his small fingers thus do duty between his shoulder-blades. So he up to paps, and gets a bit of very dress ba ks help, Ose morning Van was in a great hurry to get to some important work he had on hand, —the marshall- ing of an army or something of the sort. So he hurried to get in'o his clothes; and, of course, they bothered him, because he was in a hurry and didn’t take as much pains as nsual, Things would get upside down, “hind side 'fore’’; while the way the arms and legs of the<e same things got mixed was dreadful to contemplate, 80 I am afraid it was not a very pleas- ant face that came to papa for the finishing touches, “There! everything is on now! shouted Van. “Why, no, Van,” said papa, soberly. on fr Van up to the broad collar about his neck. He could find nothing wanting. “You haven't put your smile on yet,” beginning to creep ahout hisown eyes, *‘Put it on, Van; and I'll button it up for you.” Aud, if you will believe me, Van begun to pnt it on then and there! bered that he couldn’t really call him- self dressed for the day until be had co lar and the necktie, QUEER ANIMALS AND BIRDS, There is quite a famous shark, very vig and of uncertain age, known fame. iliarly ns Caribbean Sea. He is very vicions snd will eat any white men he can cateh, but he never touches ths Caribs, or native Indians, along the coast of Central America, These natives are fine boatmen and swimmers, and live in the water almost as much as “Old Ben" does, even their women and babies floating sand peddling about in the warm waves. The Carib boys are expert divers, but the sharks cause the no fear, though their sharp teeth gleam near them very often. wn os A ——————————— I think Ben lost one eye In rome way. Two Englishmen who were ons in a dory towards night give a thrill- ing account of his following them Sometimes they would hope that he had given up ‘he chase, when there would see his hor- rible head and jaws and one gleam- ing, sinister eye close in the wake of their little boat. There seemed to be sowething weird in the way he peered at them, ising suddenly cut of the dark water: ut at last be let them go. There is . queer wild animal in Cen- tral America that lives, I think, in the woods, Iti: like an ant-eater, with its long sharp head; and like a raccoon or an opo sam, in its grey, bristling, comrse hair. Its size is that of a pug dog, and the natives call itby acurions name like peisote. It is not at all but is sometimes kept as a pet it will up for its rights stoutly, al- though usually very friendly. A traveler gives an amusing account of one that became very intimate in his camp, although it was never seen there. It was in the habit of watch- ing every night for the lights to be ex Then it would come down knock the lids off und examine every On one occasion it got hoid of a box But hotly It sneezed grunted, and at last broke into a furi- Very often when the men did not go to bed so early as usual, it could be heard on the hill- side scolding like an angry old woman the lamp was put out and it was dark enough for its nightly viit. There are many monkevs in the tropical forests of the Americas, and they are not afraid of men, but chatter and scold them vigorously A pitiful story is related by Mr, Nelson of a baboon. He and a friend went hunting, and fell in with a troop of noisy baboons. His friend thought- leasly fired among them and the troop fled, with the exception of one, mort- ally wounded by the reckless shot It drazged itself to a tree. and prop- ped itself in an upright position like a mau, all the while fiercely chatter- ing at the man who had shot it, as if denouncing him, At last it thrust its hand into its wounded side, drew it forth, dripping with blood, and pointed it at its mur- derer. In ttle while it was dead, but the doer he cruel deed was overcome with remorse and sorrow. The whole idnet of the creature bad been human that felt as if he were the slay er of his brother-man. A much merrier animal than the baboon or the ape is the little spider monkey. Nothing is funuier than its lelight in riding the pigs. It great agility in leaping on the nnsus pecting animal, which, of gaM ops wildly away, half frantic, : ail of the co 80 | he shows i course, to THE MAHDI A MONSTER. LEADER OF THE DERVISHES A MIXTURE OF MALICE AND CRUELTY. Importance in the Moslem World of the Vice tory of General Kitcheaer Over the Khalifa Abdullah —- His Harem Rcjoices at His Fall of the in The destruction of the power Khalifa in the city of Omdurman, his Anglo-Kgyptian forces, is a great event in the Mohammedan world, there is nothing which the Moslem rulers of the present day fear than the establishment of the versal rule of a Mahdi. According to Moslem theology. na ruler who shall be known as El-Mahdi, or “the rightly directed one, leader or guide,” shall appear in the last days upon the earth. The people of Persia hold that this Mahdi has already ap- peared in the person of Abul Kasim, the twelfth Imam, who Is believed to be concealed until the day of his mani festation before the end of the world. ‘But the Sunni Moslems of India, Tur- key, Egypt, Afghanistan and Arabi say that he has not yet appeared, and consequently they are in expectation of the ppearance of some great leader who will weld together Islam and conquer the It was in accordance phecy that Mohammed Ahmed, the Mahd! of the Soudan, asserted right to the of Mahdi, wis born in Dongolo of a obscure family, but said he was d¢ scended In line from Fatima, the Prophet's daughier. When a child he was taken by his father to Khar. toum, where as a yous gave himself up entirely to Cises uni the forces of whole earth with this pro lils He dignity poor direct atl #£ man he relig of became lous exer As the outcome disturbances | leader of declared prestige, especi Arabs Were despa te hed claiming the the ings of the Prophet, the Mahdi had appeared. And was immedi ately credited with working such mira cles be yond man who certain loeal an important and eventually Mahdi, His the eyes of the and lk all directions ie the people himself the aliv in rose enormously ftors ii pro that, according to Say tl hie as placed his identity dispute, This he imprisoned was responsible fi The cruel petrated followed Was t (ion Gordon an= his death ities pe massacre which death are mr and in the Gordon eN atroc be youd ile iT pt aon but in the midst of this reign of ter ror the Mahdi was seized with typhus fever and i nominated shortly bef or Vik vil ore his death Ablxiull ferent , man being pus and is now wiped iritisl vill prob ult doeseribes cavalry, whose capt end to t Slatin put an Rowdin di fh ‘neha Idle stature, complex ne ex in im as a man of m ht-brown an. on which get vid of its captor. The monkey is the better pleased the faster it it squeals, Like rest of tribe iv will chatter and scold when angry, but it | very fond of any one | and feeds it although it ceases to play mischievous | trick, even on its friends, ie humming birds of Central America and the adjoining islands are | exquisitely beautiful. They seem ) mide of jewels, and the tints change | with a glittering iridescence that is like enchantment, Searcely any color is single; the greens are glowing with gold; the ruby tint is softened with purple; the crimson or metallic red suddenly flames into fiery orange, and all tints and colors are sparkling with light The movements are rapid and fairy- like darting, poising, hovering, hme ming, fying swiftly overhead, drink- ing the gold and ruby Hower-cups, every pose, ev.ery motion is grace it- self, rinse and the more the its it ill become who never pets Adventures of a Prospector. The of a mining pector's life are clearly shown case of one Donald McDonald, a gold hunter who has just returned to this country after making a sgug little sum in the Klondike region. MeDonald has been prospecting ever since 1853, yet this is the first time he has ever made enough to take a rest. He has | followed every gold craze that has | struck the country =ince that time, but | he has always been too late to make his coveted fortune. Not once in all that time has he owned an acre of ground. In every camp he bas been forced to work for the man who hired him. It was in 1871 that he had his vicissitudes pros in the of mining camps, Never, until he re light or a telephone, electriv lights on board the steqm- ors were the first he had seen, and all the time he was aboard he took a child- sly delight in turning them on and off. Newspapers of ‘every description he cordially hates, and it is on the papers { blame for much of the distress that is tions in the gold regions, for he clalins that had the papers told the truth many of the starviig men would not have attempted the trip, He is, of course, mistaken in this, for every paper in the country was Cull of warnings against the perilons Jour. bey. Philadelphia Press, as conductors on the street cars of Chillicothe, Ohlo, has proved a sue Coss, na Bpain may not be expected te wo ist - 11 races hl month ng when ie ie and were Th in his Kimlifa's own pric powers con it ence nile and he was capable of he lance seriba ble he firmly believed that amd doing anything Ig said he ad After wld reseed a everything, Divine death t Khalifa the Queen of England, requesting Majesty to submit to bis rule and embrace Islam a= Rui todd solely the Mahdi's letter bis his haractor = a sirange and er i od canse disappointment, and happier than when rob milies wholesal mixiure elt y, delights to is nev bing fa an and executing all persons of influence and anthority. It who gave the order he is 1 seizi ug was this Abdullah for no quarter storming of Khartoum. and it was and not his the Mahdi, authorized the wholesale massa f men, women and children at the of city. He has caused the thousands of innocent peo- and Slatin Pasha says that when he was in prison the Khalifa had the right hand and left foot of a cortain General publicly ent off in the market place becanse he had been unsuccess ful in an expedition. But in spite of his tyrannfal nature he is said to be devoted to his eldest son, is now a young man of years of age, ' 8 the he, who cre oO fall the deaths of ple, master, wives, who, as Slatin Pasha says, vary in color from light brown to deepest black and represent nearly every tribe in the Soudan. These wo men are almost entirely cut off from intercourse with the outer world, and doubtless have balled with joy the ar- rival of the British liberators, During his residence at Omdurman the Khalifa conducted the public prayers five times a day according to the injunctions of his religion, and im- mediately after the night prayers he would sit in the niche of the mosque and receive vigitors. On these ocea- sions several thousands would be pres. ent and the Khalifa would be very careful in selecting persons whom he desired to honor. ‘very Friday st midday prayer, the Khalifa would preach a sermon in Arable, beginning with the salutation “Peace be with you, O friends of the Mahat"” The Khalifa is really a Wahhabi in his religions sentiments, and conse. quently he regards many current cus. toms of Islam as idolatry. Smoking is forbidden, as well as the wearing of silken garments and gold orna. ments, After the fall of Khartoum the Mah- df selected Omdurman as a temporary camp, but the Khalifa made it the mered cofty of the Moslems and re test against the Czar's disarmaniest scheme. garded the tomb of the Mahdi as equal | 8'peint of santtity to the romiyof vie Prophet at Medina. The city covers the length of about six English miles and consists of thousands and thou- sands of straw Luts. The great mosque 18 a brick bullding about 500 vards long and 350 yards broad. The Mahdi's tomb is a domed bullding whitewashed and by no means a structure of beauty. South of the is the great inclosure of the Khalifa's palace, which is surrounded by a high wall bullt of red brick most part on fairly level ground, flere and there are a few small The population of the city Is Arabs live in the southern quar. Nile Valley people in the A number of new The northern portion. wells have been dug, mostly brackish, there are a few wells ninety feet In depth which yleld very good water. Novel Instruction in Maryland. W. Gibson, principal of the school at Falrbank, Tigh one of the veteran teach Talbot county, teaches geogra- phy on a big object lesson scale, He has laid off on about a quarter of map of the John publie an acre of the schoolyard a world on Mercator's projection, ing the continents and Islands, OCPANS, Inkes and mountains and valleys, The the waterways mechanically veyed from the overflow of a semi-ar tesinn well pearby. The natural lay of the land gives the rince, the mountains are bullt up with oyster shiclls, gravel and earth, and sand the river shore been end show the The work Is to a Gibson show- the the for con Beas rivers, water in plane =u from HAs Ld LH deserts, scale, Mi and civil engineer fo being a His jr pils helped him enthusiastically in the various mineral and vege of the different to the does done surveyor work. The table tries Coun products pssigned respective Mr. flea with him, are not cian schoolyard map is but the work proba on so large attention places (Gibson that the original Lins of a bly never been done a " th such il. There the Spanish war; tin and the not difficult, on the sah with his ale before, nor wi 1¢ of deta is large to show side of the warships of 3 ACCURACY enough Progress uf y ' the navas W Tr 0] COnNSiruciing tree is ne boy liv bark of the pi every country ing our a ship factory the ht of news water can whittle knife as « make a nen Spapers © take in squadrons, 35. 1 spel de i De jack asily us a ean daily thes the JEAN changing positions ling as the wat ACUTE is In graphs and the his ith constroctive and f % of rants makes he textbook and « of (iibson's maps and letterpress cresting Principal iracis re and n«y pi reine n wach 1 i i= novel schoolyard at many visit ors. Baltimore Sun Roosevelt in a ~ Round-Up” evedt had two ranches in the Roos tad 1 CH the field ands, where he affair polit 0% every year 3 when Lis busi He of , 0 of rots} «1ys i 4 Hess and woll peril. 3 tsi & aR Le PONS He her ram on the to be on the and, One of his one ranch Was treat Tes was on ranges cowboy iis men fared who He had his with the round-up same duties as did in the morning he the other men-—as a o'clock made his corral into horses were driven, desired to ride for and after a hasty a long morning in the mat same kind of the men half-broken bucking Not in over the whose as a fared the other were £35 a of just as drawing “string” and performed the cowboys called thing the band of animal the day, breakfast ride Nor ter horses month horses the was usual way which t large roped the with at oS 10 row he which he saddied it, siarted on was he favored He the as did the rest of them inclined gery itude tumbled mustang overmatched Roose: of took animals majority broncos, than frequently head bucking abilities velt's riding by the disconragemenis of cow punching permanent, and he was no off than he on for another Chi of the more to to pHsgiYe he was of a vicious several degrees were pot sooner thrown again ready cago Record, wis trial An eishman’s s Chivaley. William Smith O'Brien. the leader was transported in 1848, had none of arator, He was not an jntimacies, ead put him at the head of the Na. tionalists, whose purpose was to se. enre the independence of Ireland. An anecdote related in Sir Charles Gavan Duffy's book of reminiscences, Life in Two Hemispheres," shows the chivalry of the man, He had a duel, in the days when that savage method of settlog dis. putes was the custom, and the two men were placed opposite to each other. Just ax the sigual, “One, two, three fire!” was about to be given, O'Brien oried: “Stop! No signal, 1 pray.” His opponent's second stepped for ward and sald with asperity, “This Is very irregular, sir. What do you wish to say?’ “1 wish,” answered O'Brien, “to call your attention to the fact that the gen tleman opposite me has {ot the cap fall off his pistol.” A medical writer in India declares that segregation of patieuts, the only effective way of dealing with the plague, is so repugnant to the Hindus that thay prefer to die by the million rather than Submit to it. ‘FARM AND GARDEN NEWS. { ITEMS OF INTEREST ON TOPICS. nasm—— 1g AGRICULTURAL | Carlag for Corn Fodder Covered Barn Yards A Convenlent Tree Label - Milk Fever iu Cows--Erc., Ete, . CARING FOR CORN FODDER, Instead of shocking the corn in the field as it is cut, place it on the ground in gavels for a few hours, until it partly cured, then, with long-coup- | led, low-wheeled, broad-tired such as should be found on every well equipped farm, haut tn and shock In { bulk under the cattle sheds, the | barn lor, in the gang-ways | barn or wherever shelter and room for [it may be temporarily found. Ina few weeks the corn will be dry enough to | husk out and crib, when the fodder, pow fully cured, may be stowed away | under in the form condition ready and convenient is i $ in Or shelter bent for Hse, by running after removing the covlinder, some of the through a wheat thresher of the teeth from now done by this vicinity, soe as it farmers in in COVERED BARN YARDS yefore cold weather comes some should to protect thnt must portion of thelr time out daily, ex cept in the un order io keep them In good health, It may be practicable to cover over entire barnyard, but if only of it ix so protected it will be of g benelit to the For sali herd a shed often be put against the roof being made of poles and even ever. green boug better afforded. will Ix paratively shed be to the and closed tight iy ot} In one 1 rect feeding racks for feed, keep the earth floor dry and tha cows will greatly the ex pro- made the spend of doors weather, | vision he stock some coldest not the in portion reat COWS, may barn, the cornstalks rough up or ws if nothing ean be The expense little, NS Com uch a should open south 1 ue i on per sides ul eo the rough and enjoy it, will clean If found covered ried It be that Onr periment is | the yard w COWS fis tlie s¢TR try. In both Kept busy nore or barn partls valuable for Ove rixd ill be § quite ns tha tching shed is for pou! the animals have plenty of fresh air and CHReR are sunshine Jess A CONVENIENT Obtain TREE LABEL. from some nNUrservinag dealer of rix in supplies the required number labels Talk and into and fasten label in the You inch wooden galvar foot end heavy rized ent sirips a notehed the lal wire $ long to tii of the tightly fastened centre will of equal length n the form the of other desired after which ide of linge Alter woe is s wr the two ends wire wire it give should be sok % ang which bent of small hu Write any with name the variety the ial di ed a few days leg an wi 1 thie hile, i record on pencil paint mg lead writing i a soft into a thin and good white the rible remain a long when work { $ fig i 3 i r label is not but dip wash wonld ob abel » {ree done aver again paint with in the 1 Hang the on the ends fastening them wire is left large growth to the are much better than the general on which illegible, the thu consp the and Thee loop of allow free Such ol paint writing brush. in a uous place by bending hooked of the wire together firmly enough to labels in branch gine ones nse, the record soon fone OinNnes MILK The disease oplexy, or, Yer, FEVER IN known as parturient ap more commonly as milk fe to thie in some sections, It a which all are more Jeet, and should be better understood than it The torpid form of milk fever is the most cominon ally developed before bag becomes restive are restiveness, loss of ing of the hind feet, teeth and finally canses death. The torpid usually occurs in very hot or chill from wet or foul quarters, bad ventilation, overfeeding, want of exercise amd exposure to germans, Asx with most vention is easier than cure, two before the calf is expected, COWS, be increase difficulty or less sub se Ins on is 10 COWS in, and is usu calving after the The symptoms appetite, stamp grinding of the paralysis that milk fever the diseases pri if the ease, put her on short rations, feeding mainly bran mash or very little if any foods like grain and clover. Encourage the cow to drink all that ie possible, even by giving salt to pro voke n thirst. Give doses of epsom salts, a pound once a week to keep the bowels open, If the udder i= distended it should be rubbed and milked regularly. the cow in a dry, clean, well ventilated place, cool in sumer and warm in winter. Continue the treatment speci fied for a week or two after calving, If the disease appears in a pronounced form after or during the treatment the pervices of a veterinarian will be nee essary. Atlanta Journal CRO'ITABRLE WHEAT CULTURE. To make a profit in the production of wheat we must produce a maximum crop at a minimum cost. First, we need a good seod-bed: second, we need good seed, and third, we must lave plant food in the soil to produce a In making a seed-bed fur the wheat, the first and most importan. «consider: ation Is to bave a fine and wolleom- pacted subsurface. This can rarely She doll Beaks up dey aud in large lumps forming large spaces in subsurfece. The ideal method 18 RE 0 plow a heavy clover sod in the spring. plant it to corn and keep the ground absolutely free from weeds, Harvest the corn for the silo and seed to wheat. In this way we are prepar ing the weed-bed all summer long and get our pay in a big erep of forage, and when the time comes to sow the wheat, all that we need to do is to pre. pure the surface to the depth we wish to sow the grain, as the subsurface is in a perfect condition by this time, Capillary connection being established with the subsoil, and moisture can be drawn up for germinating the should the rain fall, as it often at this season, By no other method can such a perfect seed-bed be made, except by some other intercultural crop or fallow, which hardly pays ie pur days, The | item The seed, does bare seed Is the second important in determining the future crop. very selected pedigree seed be used free from cockle, or other for Germination are of determining the amount of acre, If the test is I have found five for ordinary soils, best absolutely rye any | eign tests value in | seed needed to the ninety-five per cent, pecks right Hi, about soll is often own question the of them What we want is plant food enough in avail able i Overfeeding or one tell for his The plant complicated food all. condition to feed the plant well bal. and that de adly plant : : riable feeding a ld ration Is injurious to animal Soils only by actual experiment can we termine just what plant food ingred ents wanted, As a god will contrib able and the allsummer cultivation will render of the latent food we need apply other tions are 80 va are clo ver lite CONS very much plant available, not rota Agricultural much a Ww. as I. Epitomist, Some in HONEY HARVERI] harvest generally ast, but the by any more attention Year. good shape AFTER TH The closes by 1 E usual honey id-summer at ie be can probably ni ar 03 the 1 Work pO: d not dropped Wi save his time by strict in the auld be in fry any other time 3} ‘8 1 % ¥ «HCH COnYy shi to themselves m robbery for protect in ther should Arrange BOW the time they get open prop that no « racks or the ent t except ranct ill admit GOs bees to laying t important is a find h a queen that is | I colony nas * wl roperiy nay lay #41 J what laying ving and really In Drone 1060 bw queens may ce of thelr as drone the Worker ii tai *E id * 0 Tee cells containing ar nel the £ i and appings while the cap] 1 fiat rounded worker also be through tl A queenless ving ug Ix containing quesn ony i 3 3 are always subject be shibwedd 1fter the honey harvest espw sWar pres if not supplied the the of all besides much damage from the f bees max men ing he time thes fects “iil tl and robbing and themselves, re sult is loss colonies, may bx effoots bee these colonics color ¥ fa iAT good A as done of it, O gs pumbers are if their when strong and concerned pienty able to prote hive, but they will not do 1 thus queenless, and the presence of a queen will have the even if the colony is 2 desired o1- very wea good feet, one, Young brood, from the egg have the same effect, and supplied with it the bees can rear a and frequently a frame of brood is given them for this purpose instead of giving them a queen All surplus honey should be taken away from the hives and bees provid intended for market, for « darkened, that is, the sur and thic destroys ifs it will not damage the any means, as ils guality is improved by leaving it A. H. Dull in eld and Fireside Sir H. Kitchener. 8ir Herbert Kitchener is not a pop: He keeps aloof from so- will being thus up, Lad IT iS will become face of the appearance honey by and favor “om, Farm, F acts from each one of his sub good work. If that standard is not at tained the unfortunate subordinate in quickly sent Back to Cairo or to Eng When, however, the generals expectations are fulfilled, staff officers know timt they will receive due re Kitchener exacts from no one as much as from himself. Indefatigable by with an iron constitu. tion, taciturn, ambitious and proud, he fs truly a man of blood and iron. Few people know him well. Those whe with unbounded enthasiasm. They believe him to be capable of every. thing. His ambitions are enormons, and he is now marked out ax the Eng- lish generalissimo of the future. His victory at Khartoum will revive the fading reputation “of ministers fou. don Letter, in Harper's Weekly. “And in consideration of these many offences against the law’ committed by you, you are hereby sentenced 1a soven years’ hard iabor in the legisla: ture.” - Hh i Toe Austrian state railways carried carried SIDS panacea SOUT tng of gods during the Wenth uf Jugs.
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