TRUTH
Think not, O seeker sfter Truth
Thy path with nnei strewn will he:
th nHM strewn
hull, smiling
luat menus
srasn
thy
hand,
And cheer thee by their sympathy.
Tlmt smils r eacr as thine own
With wy shui linil Truth Hum mnyst
find,
And bid Ions cherished error flee,
And loose the chums of creed that bind.
Knv, nerve thy soul to meet rebuff,
'to lonely plod thy weary way;
Ta hear the acorn and bitter sneers,
And ell that trie man'i constancy.
W....U......U..
VI.
A NIGHT OF
Vp y an Officer of the
t.V.U...V.WU..
n.VYELINO the
road from Car
rolltqn to Golden,
801UO years ogo,
I found myself
overtaken b y
night Id a lonely
In rt of the route,
with a howling
Ktorm coming up
from the west
"bH . that rendered tho
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wny darker and gloomier at every
step.
The horse I bestrode was a powerful
nnlmul, but had beeu ridden hard dur
ing the dtiy and was exhibiting signs
of gre.it fatigue.
I was not In the best of humor. I
' had n greed to meet the Chief of Serv
ice at Golden, o:i tho following morn
ing, nt a very early hour, and knew
1 could not get there. Add to this that
I was siipperiess and worn down with
the day's ride and it may be Imagined
that I was lu no very amiable mood.
The storm was approaching nearer
every moment, and I was Just despair
ing of shelter, when the horse shied
suddenly to one side of the road, and
fell back on his haunches with a vio
lence that nearly unseated me; and
In the next momeut my eyes were daz
zled with a brilliant light, that seemed
to have been Instantaneously flashed
out of the darkness.
"Bad road here!" said a gruff voice;
and I then observed a man standing
In the middle of the road, holding a
lantern, In tho back of which was a
strong reflector. "Heard vyour horse,
nnd came out to see who It was. The
storm will be on us directly, aud you'd
better bo under cover."
Vis there any house near?" I asked,
when I had recovered from my aston
ishment. "Yes.Just around this clump of trees,
In the fork of the road. You can put
up therfe If you like. Follow me!"
I had been startled and amazed at
the Incident, but wos exceedingly
grateful to find shelter, and probably
sustenance, so near, and was glad to
obey the mail's directions.
We had hardly been housed when
the storui burst with great violence,
and although the jdace was far from
Inviting, It was very acceptable.
The man who had met me In the
road, and who proved to be the land
lord, was n coarse, burly fellow, up
ward of fifty years of age, with loug
gray hair, matted together and looking
as If It hud been permitted to grow
from childhood without attention. lie
wps powerfully built; his countenance
was cadaverous and forbidding, and
his eyes had a peculiarly ferocious
gleam about them that did not reas
sure me.
v younger man, whom be culled his
son, was but a trifle more prepossess
ing; and an old crone who sat by the
corner of the huge tireplnce, 'rocking
t ) nnd fro. smoking a pipe, and rub
bing her hands nervously together, ap
peared uglier than all.
A supper, consisting mainly of an
Irish stew strongly Impregnated with
garlic, was laid on the table, but I
partook of It sparingly, and as soon as
the nienl was over asked to be shown
to lied.
There was a good deal of hustling
about at this request. The old crone
made several trips over the rickety
stairs leading to a room overhead, and
was compelled to call the father nnd
son to her aid; but the preparations
were finally completed, and the elder
of tho two men volunteered to show
me to the room.
"There Is no lock on this door," he
said "we never lock doors here but
there Is a good bolt, so you can use It
If you ure in the way of locking your
self up nights, as most city folks are.
A good night's rest to you;" and then,
pausing a second, nnd casting his eyes
toward the celling, be added: "A Ions
sleep aud pleasant dreauis."
Then ho placed the candle on the
table and left.
I did not like the way in which he
had said "a long sleep," but did not
feel superstitious about It. When he
had gone I closed the door and ob
served there was a good boll, on It, as
he hud said. This I shot into the socket,
ami giving the door a firm pull, to
make sure it was fust, was surprised
to se the socket yield a little, and
then, as my hold on the door-knob re
laxed, draw Into place again.
Close examination showed it to be
held by a spiral spring, ami it. was ap
parent mac wuen tiie spring was
drawn out to it full tension, It' would
readily snap aud render the entrance
to the room an easy matter.
This incident startled me si ill more
than the one that bud occurrred on
the road, aud I fell to thinking of the
people, whose guest I was, with uii
intensity bordering on nervousness.
There was but one window to the
room, and I observed that access could
not be had to that from without except
by the aid of a ladder.
Jiotug rully convinced that I was
among bad people, I resolved to draw
the bedstead up against the door, and
If I slept at all to do so with one eye
opeu at least.
But here another surprise awaited
me. The bedstead was Immovable. It
wan rattier a heavy structure, certain
ly, being of the old-fashioned ouken
kind; but It must weigh a ton.
thought. If I could not, under the ner
vows excitement that pervaded me,
raise one end of It; and yet all the
strength I could exert availed nothing.
Further examinations showed that
the logs of the bedstead were secured
to the floor by small Iron knees
screwed In solid.
Xt was vldeatly time for serious iu
SEEKINC.
Truth is a binl of beauty rare
That ne'er hath been by mortal caught;
And tlio' it sinis a noble song,
jiut few can hear its heavenly note.
A dreamer may nniid the throng,
Above the clamor faintlv hear .
A few ewent notes that thrill bia soul,
And fill with melody his ear;
And, pausing, may bid other paue
Anil listen to the wondrous song.
Hut ah! the din of earth is great,
And nil unheeding is the throng.
Alex. Wulkcr, in Philadelphia Record.
HORRORS.
V. 8. Secret Service.
flection. Why was this movable socket,
and this Immovable bedstead, con
st ruetcd? The first was to admit of
easy Ingress to the room, nud the sec
ond to hold the bedstead In a certain
place for a certain nnd, I was now
convinced, terrible purpose.
Removing my boots, I carefully trav
ersed the room, pressing against the
sides of the wall In all directions for
some secret or sliding panel.
Falling to find anything of this char
acter, I examined the bedstead still
more closely, removing (he coverings
and even the mattress; but aside from
the fact of Its being riveted to the
floor, there was nothing peculiar about
It.
Fixing a chair In the centre of the
bed enabled me to rench the celling,
and I could then see that what bud
appeared from the floor to be small
Assures In the wull were straight lines
running parallel to each other and two
feet apart, and covering the entire
width of the bedstead, with transverse
lines at each terminus.
Bringing the candle still nearer dis
closed the fact that these lines were
formed by sharp Iron edes, forming
nil oblong box setting flush with the
wall, and covered with white paper u
Imitation of the ceiling.
Puncturing this pnper showed the
affair to be some murderous machine,
that could be dislodged from above,
and come down on the bed with suIH
clent force to smother the occupant
and pin him down until death ensued;
the width of the missile making its
action sure, no matter upon which
side of the bed the sleeper might be
resting.
"A long sleep, and pleasant dreams
to you." In the light of my discover
ies, the words were ominous. Indeed.
It was plalu that I was In a den of
most terrible character, and that. If
repose was sought on thut bed, the
sleep would In truth be a long one.
"Another struggle for life," I said to
myself, for I well knew that, after the
machine had fallen the assassins
would enter the door with tho yielding
socket, aud finding the trick had failed,
would see the necessity of making
short work of the man who had dis
covered It.
My plan was quickly formed. First
extinguishing the light, I divested my
self of all superfluous clothing, nud ar
ranged the bed to show as nearly as
possible that it contained an occupant;
aud then retired to a corner of the
room best suited to concealment, to
await developments.
The storm had not yet entirely sub
sided, nud tinder the circumstances,
the occasional flashes of light tilng lit
up the room with a glare that made
It look wlerd, spectral and unearthly.
My revolvers were in capital work
ing order. They had been my friends
In many a deadly encounter, nud I
trusted to them and a genuine "bowle"
to pull me through.
The hours wore away slowly. As
nenr as I could Judge, It must have
been about two o'clock In the morn
ing, when, completely worn out with
the fatigue of the day and the excite
ment of the night, nature succumbed,
and I fell into a slight doze.
From this I was suddenly brought
to full consciousness by a rushing
sound that sent n thrill of horror
through me. Then there was a dull,
heavy thud on the lied, nud the clank
ing of a chain, indicating that the
machine had fallen.
M lie silent suspense In which I was
kept during the next ten minutes made
them seem like so many hours; but it
ould not actually have been more than
ten minutes before the glimmer of a
light through the chinks of the door
onvlnced me that the assassins were
coming to add robbery to the crime
of their supposed murder.
The spiral wire in the bolt socket
snuped with a sharp click as they
pressed against the door, and In n
moment afterward the old man entered
the room stealthily, with a huge knife
upraised, and behind him came the
sou. carrying an iron sledge, and hold
ing a caudle aloft, and both father aud
sou gazing intently upon the bed.
The survey seemed satisfactory, for
the work apiieared only too well done.
The old man chuckled horribly, aud,
dropping his knife, bade the younger
to put down the caudle aud sledge, aud
aid him to raise the box. The order
was obeyed with alacrity.
The position I had assumed before
their entrance had served to place me
behind the door as they came in, and
Just us the young man dropped his
sledge I stood erect, brought bo 111 pis
tols to bear upon the villains, and ut
tered a stentorian yell.
A thunderbolt out of a clear sky at
noon day could not have terrified and
unnerved them more. The elder of
the two fell across the box.jL'oniplelcly
stupetled. The younger partially
turned and made a feeble attempt to
dutch the sledge, but the gleaming
steel of the pistol barrels held him
fast, aud lu a moment afterward he
sank upon his knees and began to beg
for his life.
Hearing the tumult and not fully un
derstundlng Its nature, the old crone
came up the stairs, nnd peered cau
tiously into the room.
Ttii'ulng one of my revolver on her,
and keeping the two men well covered
with the other, I ordered her to come
In, but she was so astonished at the
scene that It was at least two full
minutes before she could obey.
I then directed the two men to stand
up side by side, aud compelled the old
woman, on pulu of death, to cut the
rope attached to the chalu of the mur
derous box, aud bind the wrists of the
meu securely together.
When this had been done I seated '
myself lu ft chair, determined that as
soon as dny broke I would compel the
entire party to wnlk to Golden; but,
before the sun had risen, the sound of
horses galloping along the rond sent
another thrill of horrror through me,
and as the horses halted I was again
seized with a nervous trembling.
Perhaps the men before me were
only part of a gang of marauders who
had been out on murderous errands
nud were Just returning. If so, my
life must certainly be sacrificed. There
was a tramping of heavy boots below,
and then n clear-ringing voice shouted:
"What, ho, there! Is there any oue
In this house?"
It was the voice of .Toe Tracer, the
bravest man In our service.
"Yes, yes!" I shouted. "Come up
here!" and as the, bravo fellow entered
the room I had barely strength enough
left to ejaculate the words, "Prison
ers! murder!" and sank unconscious
upon the floor.
When consciousness was next re
stored to me I was In a room In the
hotel nt Golden, witli tho Chief of
Service bending over me nnd holding
my hand.
"Do you know nie?" he said, eager
ly. "Yes," I replied; "you are the chief.
Where n ui IV"
"Heaven be praised," he rcplled,"you
are right at last! Keep quiet, and say
not another word."
It appeared flint the chief,' having
missed me nt Golden, had ordered Tra
cer and two others of the squad out
at eoriy dawn to hunt me up, and
hence their timely arrival nt the scene
of my terrible experiences.
It was not until I had fully recov
ered that anything could be known ns
to the crime the prisoners were guilty
of; and the number of those who had
doubtless fallen victims to their mn
cliluiitloiis could never be arrived at.
My evidence could only convict them
of an attempt to murder; but In the
search for something more the town
authorities demolished the old rookery
In which they had lived, and siitlleleiit
was then found to Insure their con
viction, and they were sentenced to
Imprisonment for life. Saturday Night.
Japan end Her Nary.
The marvelous power of assimilat
ing new klens and new methods en
tirely foreign to all their national tra
ditions aud the practice of centuries
which the Japauese have exhibited
during the last few yenrs Is a subject
which has frequently been commented
upon, but only those who hnve seen
their ships in commission nnd visited
their dockyards In working hours can
fully realize the significance of the
wonderful strides they have made dur
ing the comparatively short period
which has elapsed since they sot to
work to create and to maintain a mod
ern uavy. Their zeal, their earuest
uess, their close attention to small but
essential details, ns well as their pow
er to grasp broad principles, must be
seen to be appreciated. It has been
said that, the Japanese are mere Imi
tators; that they oun copy European
Ideas aud methods up to a certain
point, but that they have no Initiative,
aud that If they ever have to engage
lu hostilities with a Western naval
power, where unforeseen conditions of
strategy nnd tactics may arise, they
will break down under the strain and
prove to be unequal to the task. That
is not the writer's opinion, and he
ventures to predict that when any
future disturbances of the peace shall
occur lu the Far Fast, Japan will not
only have something to say lu the mat
ter, but will mnke her voice heard and
respected. Itear-Admlral Fltz Herald,
It. N., In Ciissler's Magazine.
Getting Dowu to Weight.
Teople who pee a pipulnr Jockey at
the post, weighing scarcely more than
a good-sized doll, hardly ever pause to
reflect on what has to be gone though
to attain this resutlt.
In winter a professional rider gener
ally puts on a stone aud a half. Ou
the approach of spring all this has to
come off, nnd come off quickly. Some
times It's nil got rid of lu three weeks.
This operation Is kuowu In turf slang
as "wasting."
DltTcrent jockeys adopt various
methods of "wasting." Fred Archer
used to spend entire days In his pri
vate Turkish bath, eating nothing
meanwhile but a little dry toast.
John Osborne once relieved himself
of seven pounds of flesh iu a single
walk, put the walk lu question cov-
red forty miles aud lasted nine hours.
Ills diet ou this occasion was a hard
biscuit, purchased at a roadside public-
house, aud a poached egg served lu
vinegar. John Aruull, again, once ate
nothing but nu occasional apple for
eight consecutive days lu order to re
duce himself to ride a particular horse
for the Prince of Wales. Benja
min Smith, oue of the greatest, jock
eys ou record, who rode and won n
nice with a broken leg, used to live for
days iu front of nu enormous open Ure,
eating practically nothing, and drink
ing huge quantities of senna leu. An
swers. Cere ul Children's Twelh,
That children should be taught to
take cure of their teeth has frequently
been maintained by the physicians of
the country, and that such advice Is
salutary is evident from un Investiga
tion which has Just beeu held In
Schlcswig-Holstclu lu regard to the
condition of the teeth of the children
attending the schools. of that country.
The number of children examined was
19,725, of whom were glrW and
li,8 boys. Of this number uluety-
tlve per cent, were found to have teeth
which were more or less diseased.
Only 218 of these children had ever
beeu treated by dentists and only ten
per ceut. of them had beeu taught to
use tooth brushes.
The dentists of Schleswlg-llolsteln
have published these startling facts,
aud have petitioned the Government
to puss au ordluunce requiring the
school authorities to give some atten
tion to the teeth of the chlldreu under
their care.
Manehurlen fruit.
Pears, apricots aud cherries are cul
tivated lu the orchards of Manchuria,
China. There Is some apple tree cult
ure, and the raspberry is grown lu a
few gardens. Wild grapes are found
iu the inotiutuins, and missionaries
make wine of the cultivated grape.
Pears of enormous size are grown iu
the Khciigklug province of Manchuria.
These are quite celebrated.
PROFIT IN PECAN GROVES
NO OTHER BRANCH OF AR90RICUL.
TURE PAYS SO WELL.
One Kan IT as Planted Flftr Acre In
Trees and Kxpects Them to Make Him
Mich In Ten YearnInteresting Facts
About theVecan Industry.
The following extracts are made
from a paper which Herbert Post, the
distinguished authority on the subject
of pecan culture, prepared to be read
before the Texas State Horticultural
Society:
If It be true that "Every man Is n
public benefactor who will cause two
blades of grass to grow where only
one grew before," the same Is appli
cable to Hint of planting pecan groves
cnfiable of earning millions of dolinrs.
True it. Is, that no other branch of
arboriculture carries with It such
value as this, the outlay and Income
not belug equalled by any other Indus
try of such magnitude.
It Is a common expression for men
of middle ago to say "I aui too old
to plant pecans." Age has nothing to
do with It, except from a selfish stand-,
point.
Old men may plant pecan groves.
Why not? They nre securing the bene
fits of others' labor before them, nnd
they certnluly owe something to the
coming generations. In no other wny
can he Invest money with equal safe
ty, with surety of Income for his chil
dren and children's children while they
live, even for many generations fol
lowing, ns can bo done by planting
fifty to KM) acres lu the large thiu
shell pecans.
iSuys a man lu Georgia, "I am sixty-
nine years old. but I am planting pe
cans for myself snd partly for poster
ity. A man who plants fit'ly acres
will be a rich mau lu ten years, for
under cultivation the trees will begin
to bear in six years and will be profit
able when ten years old."
Like the olive, the pecan tree Is of
long life and will bear as loug as they
live. How loug we don't know, but
we do know of an old tree being killed
by lightning In Texas n few years ago,
when cut down its rings showed it to
be upwards of six hundred years old.
For the lust fifteen years of Its, life
the annual yield averaged ten bushels
of fine pecans, netting a handsome In
come annually. -Only In certain locali
ties can the olive be grown, but the
pecan, being of the saino family of
the hickory nnd walnut will sgrow
where they do with profit.
Kxperleuce has taught that great ad
vantage was gained by cultivation,
closer planting, low heading of the
trees nud planting them by the equi
lateral triangle method by which they
get 125 trees to the acre, diluted 20
x20 feet apart, without crowding nnd
sixteen more trees than by the square
method. No greater Improvement has
been made In, tret? planting for rapid
growth of tlk trees, not only while
youug, but during growth to their ma
turity, than the use of dynamite.
At a cost of about twenty cents, a
charge of dynamite will pulverize the
ground to the depth of eight feet with
a diameter of four or five feet, giving
results obtained by no other results
so cheaply.
Uncultivated trees do not make uni
form growth and are unfavorably nf
fected by drouth. Cultivated through
out the season gives the trees contin
ued vigorous growth; they are health
ier, produce better fruit, nnd have n
greater uniformity of growth year af
ter year, as drouths have no ill effects
upon them. In n dry season the
groves and orchards should be kept
In good tilth until the crop of fruit
nud wood are mature or until the rains
come.
During a wet season cultivation
should cease early enough for the
growth to be checked so the wood may
ripen for winter. Particularly Is this
true wheu the trees are loaded with
fruit.
Planted 20x20 feet apart with 12."
trees to the acre, gives an Increased
valuation of at least oue hundred dol
lars per acre annually, for when the
trees are ten years old their earnings
at ten per cent, upon each valuation
will make the value exceeding one
thousand dollars per acre, with annual
Increase for years to follow, and the
owner would be unwise to sell his
grove at that price. A large annual
Income from the same ground can be
made by growing vegetables or other
low growing crops.
All conditions favor the pecan. Is
not subject to blight iu bloom after
the spring frosts. No insect pests
such ns other fruit trees have, rarely
ever are blown down nor decay. The
finest thin shell seedling nuts ure the
Posts Selects, u universal favorite for
planting. These are grown ou Isolated
cultured trees, of well known prolific
ucss, annual bearers, reproduce them
selves, come In bearing when the trees
are six years old, earn at least five
dollars per tree when ten years old,
continue to Increase their annual crop
until the (rocs art- fully matured when
thirty to forty years old continuing
lu Is-nriiig during life.
I'ecuu groves can no I run nwny, can
not burn up, will nut default lu pay
ment, nature being the best paymaster
iu the world. A valuable feature uIno
Is that the nuts can be kept for mouths
without loss pays better than bonk
ing a bank having a capital of $250,
000 will not earn lis muc h annually
ns will 100 acres lu thin shell pectus,
costing but $:loo. Placing the earnings
of such u grove wheu ten years old
nt less than half their actual earnings
of each tree, or, say $2.30 each, the
lncoineexceeds that of the bauk's year
ly earnings Ht ten per cent, upou the
capital.
The principal expense of the pecan
groves Is the gathering aud sidling the
crop.whilc the bank must earn at least
eight per cent, upon Its capital for the
annual expense of conducting the busi
ness. Heavy losses may be Incurred,
while the rate of Interest decreases.
With the $.'UH) Investment the earn
ings Increase annually, giving royal
Incomes for generations and every
owner may be his own bauker.
The pecan nut Is a universal favor
ite wherever known and no other uut
can take Its place.
Nuts have a higher nutritive vuluo
than do the fruit which are made up
of the fleshy covering of the seed,
such as the peach, plum, prime, olive,
pear or apple. 'Nut meats more ueurly
iippri. eh the grains lu food value than
do coiiiuiou fruits. Tho pecuu uut
Is rich In hydro-enrbonnceous corn
pounds nnd mineral salts which nre
found In brend and butter and eggi
In a concentrated, attractive and ens
lly digested form. '
SIGNIFICANT BUTTONS.
In China, One of Coral Usually Indicate)
Successful 1'ecnlator.
Practically every Chinese Govern
ment civil servant is n mandarin, nud
there nre thousands of them scattered
about the Celestial Finplre whose offi
cial salaries do not exceed 11 per
mouth.
These nre of the lowest, or ninth,
class of mandarins, who have Just
passed 'their first examination. They
usually are petty officials in oue of the
custom houses.
Before the sixth division can be en
tered another examination lias to be
nssed. A little knowledge and a great
deal of bribery having been successful
in getting him through this, the mine
darln becomes a person of some Im
portance, a sort of district magistrate,
probably, and his button is of pure
white quartz. In this capacity he can
supplement his income gloriously by
substantial presents from both plain
tllTs and defendants alike, ami In a
few years has probably extorted
enough from unhappy litigants to Join
the ranks of the til th class and wear a
transparent crystal button ou his cap.
Yet another grade, by the same means,
he mny advance lu due course, nnd
upon nttaluing to the dignity of a
fourth-class mandarin n turquoise but
ton is substituted for the crystal one.
Here It Is that ninny Chinese stop
in their upward career, for before an
other step in advance may be made
a not her examination has to be
"passed," and this Is a terribly expen
sive process. Should the resources of
the mandarin, however, prove equnl
to the occasion, lie proudly enters the
third class, nnd his button, though
still blue. Is transparent like aflic
thyst. By diplomacy, bribery and cunning
the second class is open to him then,
and with a curved red coral button
upon his cap he proudly governs one of
China's great cities.
He can go no higher then, save by
obtaining the good will of the Emperor
or the Empress. The inaudariuslilp of
the first class Is the direct gift of the
reigning monarch, and carries with It
a red coral buttou. plain and smooth
instead of being curved, as iu the sec
ond class.
There Is a title, "Kung," which is
viiry rarely bestowed, and which Is
practically equal to a dukedom. In
stead of descending from father to son,
however, it goes back to his ancestors,
all of whom nre euuobled en bloc.
The examinations referred to In this
article are usually held iu large halls.
The examination hall, or Kooug Ytiln,
as It Is called, at Canton, contains 7500
cells. Each cell measures four feet by
three, nud Is high enough to stand up
lu. The furniture consists of two
boards, one to sit on nud the other for
writing at.
The cells are arranged around a num
ber of open courts, so that the soldiers
who guard the office can look In and
see that no student communicates with
another. The characters on the cells
indlciiteeachstudeufs particular place.
New Y'ork Press.
Killed by a Mon In a Hallway Station.
Particulars of the horrible death of
Mr. O. H.Ilynll lu Uganda have just
reached this country. Mr. Ityull was
a promising young District Superin
tendent of Police who had lately
Joined the Mombassii Hallway from
India. Some few weeks ago be was
killed in his bed in a railway carriage
by a lion. It appears that Air. Kyall
and two friends slopped In the car
riage to watch for the Hon, mid Mr.
It.vall had the first watch. Oue of the
other watchers named Mr. Parent!
woke up in the night aud felt a big
beast walking ou hini, which woke
!ih, , aud he raised his head nnd
rubbed Ills face against tho belly.
At the time, says the East Africa
and Uganda Mail, from which we
quote the story, Ihe beast had got its
fore paws on Mr. Uyall's bed. and one
bind leg on Parenti's body. His com
panions heard n cry from Ryull. Ta
rent! put out his left band and tried to
get a gun which was on the table, but
h; touched the lloti again, so he
scrambled up and Jumped out of the
window and hid behind some bush.
Afterward the statioiimnsVr aud
some other men went to tne carriage
with a big fire, uud found the door
shut. It was then found that Mr.
Ityall was gone. The carriage with
all the blankets aud other things was
covered with blood. At daylight some
blood was found ou the outside of the
carriage, just under the window.
There were also many footmarks of
ihe llou aud some marks of lion's cubs.
The other two men are scarcely yet
able to realign tin tragic experience
which resulted iu such a terrible
ileal U for their comrade. London
Chronicle.
The I'atrlarch Kuslness In Turkey.
Ill the village or Hotlrii n Turk
mimed Ismail, aged 120 years, Is lu
such gooil health that he frequently
walks to Hnrtln. six hours' distance,
to sell eggs, for he Is a poultry farm
er. He has had thirty-four wives, the
lust of whom he married only u few
days ago. TIM bride Id sixty years his
junior, and the marriage was cele
brated with much solemnity, to the
sound of drums and fifes and of vol
leys from firearms. The whole vil
lage was en fete. The wedding pro
cession Included all the mule progeuy
of the patriarch bridegroom, consist,
lug of 140 sons, grandsons and great
grandsons; The number of his female
progeny is not stated. Constantinople
Terdjumuul-Haklkat.
General Chaffee's Name.
General Chiiffee, who is lu command
of the American forces iu China, bears
the unusual Christian names of Adnn
Itomuusa. Adua Is from the Hebrew,
autl signifies pleasure, while Itomunza
Is derived from the Italian, and. In
English Is applied, In music, to a ten
der sentiment a song without words.
"It would be interesting to know,"
says tho Philadelphia' Record, "how
General ChafTe's parents, who were
plain farmer folk, living In prosaic
Central Ohio, came to iftve their son
these peculiar names. This stern,
matter-of-fact man of action would
seem to huve a name quite out of har
mony with his character."
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The Injury That Weeds Un.
Weeds are Injurious because they ab
orb soil moisture, use plant food,
;rowd and choke useful plunts. In
crease the labor and expense of clean
ing seed, Interfere with the regular ro
tation of crops, harbor spores of Inju
rious fungi anil offend the eye of , all
good farmers. They also Interfere
with mowers, binders and other Imple
ments lu taking off the crops, and their
presence makes some crops difficult to
ture properly. .
Treatment of Sheep Willi Acnh.
Careful experiments hnve been made
tor the purpose of ascertaining how
loug n time should Intervene between
the first nud second dipping of sheep
for tho cure of scab. Thus It was w
jertiiluod thnt it "requires four days
(or a newly-deposited egg to hatch, and
the entire time elapsing from egg to
pgg would be fourteen or fifteen days.
As there would be eggs In all stages of
Incubation upon the sheep when It Is
!llpi:l for the cure of scab, a second
dipping should follow not sooner than
(lve nor later than ten days after the
first dipping."
Irrigation ltules.
The Oeennside K'al.) Weekly Blade
prints tho following seven irrigation
rules:
, 1. The more cultivation the less
water Is required.
2. Irrigation furrows should gener
ally not be over three Inches deep.
ii. Do not let the water lie around
the stems of plants.
4. Do not over-Irrigate; two thor
ough soaking ii month i re usually suf
ficient. 5. Do not water trees or vines when
In blossom, nor until the fruit has
properly set.
0. Irrigate preferably on cloudy days
or at night.
7. Do not apply water when tfia soil
is hut.
Cirlna Ipor Pitriti Implement'.
Do you shelter your farm Imple
ments, wagons ami other tools? Now
thut the prices of farm implements are
higher. It will pay more than ever to
take care of what tools wo h:e. We
have a little tool house on our farm
about ten by twenty feet, made with
posts set In the ground, stringers nailed
to the posts, boxed up, ship lap for
rooting, double doors nt one end. the
entire width of the building, and wllh
a single door at: one end for conve
nience lu getting lu ami out garden
tools. This is not n costly bouse, but it
Is the best we cau a (ford now. 11 docs
not look very well, either, but it saves
the tools when they are not iu use.
Almost every foot of space Is occu
pied. We have In It now, corn planter,
mower, wheat drill, hay rake, three
cultivators, harrow, double shovel, sin
gle shovel aud several sninll tools, such
ns hoes, shovels, spa'des, hand corn
planter, lawn mower, scythes nud lots
of other little things. There Is also
room for slalk cutter when It Is not Iu
use. Grant Gander, lu The Epitomlst.
A Summer Colony House.
The cut shows a practical coop for
a summer colony of hens thai are to be
given free range In a pasture. The
top Is he roosting room, access to
which for cleaning cau be hail by let
ting down a hinged door lu the rear.
The- space below cau be used dur
ing rain storms, the hlimed front pro
tecting this ami also the roosting room
from rain, while giving free circula
tion of air. A row of nests is placed
In the lower space, access being had
by a hinged door nt the cud. A half
a dozen colonics of liens lu such coops
can be scattered about iu rough land,
such places being specially enjoyed
by poultry. -American Agriculturist.
An Kxpeilence Willi Chicken Cholera.
When I was keeping .poultry some
years ngo an epidemic of chicken chol
era broke out in the neighborhood and
wrought considerable damage before It
was recognized ami a met hod of treat
ment devised. The family doctor hail
taken an interest lu my flock, nnd
wheu tohl of the iitllethui dlnguosed It
us cholera. His remedies, which ap
pear below, were very successful with
birds rot already beyond the reach of
help, ami probably prevented the ex
tinction of my entire Hock.
The poultry house was thoroughly
cleaned, the rubbish from nests uud
floor burned, and a whitewash of
freshly burned liuie with about a des
sertspoonful of crude carbolic acid to
each pailful applied to every surface
possible of access. The whitewash
wus applied while still hot, so as to
utilize tiie germicidal quality of fresh
lime. The roosts, yard ami every
available spot were then disinfected
with a spray of carbolic ucld and
water, nt the rate of about a table
spoonful to the gallon.
So much for disinfect lou; uow for
treatment. A teaspoouful of assofetlda
and a dessertspoonful of Epsom salts
were thoroughly mixed with the soft
food enough for my flock of tweuty
five. The few birds that did not want
to eut were dosed with salts uud asso
fetlda and placed lu the sunlight. At
Intervals of about u week two other
disinfections were glveu. M. G. Kuius,
iu New England Homestead.
Halslng Whey Ctlves. '
In raising calves on whey avoid two
extremes; do uot feed it too sweet or
too sour. It should be moderately
acid, nothing more. Insist ou your
c.heese maker keeping a perfectly clean
storage whey vat, and If he fails to
clean and scald it every day, take a
clean barrel to the factory for your
portion of whey, I have known farm
ers to go to tho factory to get sweet
whey every forenoon, for luiniedlute
feeding to calves, but the young aul
uials did not particularly thrive ou it.
The majority feed It to their calves
wheu tho whey Is tweutjr-four hours
A Kt'MMHH HEN f'OOl.
old. It depend on thd r,.,..".',
swill l,nfl ,)P,.n l!0It , "!
lieu Inn proper state f,. , '
If It has been stored hi
vat or barrel, It Is ,1(U to f f
domestic animal. I m, , '
after dally washing and .,,',,
storage tub, enre sliouH l.
Ihe whey does not iret t,, .
It In n cool, nliy piro A,m.'(i
not uopcim on wuey n,,,,,, f(il,
cessful rearing of cnh-.-s. f
they will become ui'.H.- '
stunted. Give .m ,,,
nice pasture partially si,,,,,,,,,
ball' of their sustenance t ' '
be from gross.
Feed them whey tin-,,, ii,,,,,,,,
n clean, elevated liontli. orti,,.,
ets. If they do t ,,.,,. '
on this, add a llitl,. n mi,
calves by themselves. ,m, ,,',,
ir?iln kM-liut ul
", 1 """ I' 'II" Nul
closure, me men is w
growing and developing i,tr
you Would obtain li-nltliy, v
cows. Crumped qtiamrs 'i.;
riety In food, nud !iH,lt,.i,.m ,
nienl make puny. iiiiiw,,Hi:.i.. ,
-George E. Newell, .iu,.rkmt
cuiturisi.
Venlllnle ihe Well,
The Illustration shows n pi,,,
covering the well, with
bored oh nil sld-s I'm- vciiia,,
holes ol each plunk slmuM l
by a piece of wire mesh or n,.tiif
keep out animals and Insecis. p
-s
wire netting Inside Hie box. -uud
Home.
The Apalrr In Winter.
It Is not so nnii li what ivr lu
in the apiary In mid winter, a--
what wo should not do. The liei -fc
have beeu badly neglected In aiiti
and need attention to save them.
we are debarred from sttpiilyiii: i
wants owing to the condition !
weather. Bees should lie In tin
midst of their quiet slumber with:
and ample stores siirroumllug tin
tor iu ready reach at ibis sea-
the year. If we are to count tin
ns profitable colonies the fnllJ
spring. It Is better to let sonic
nles starve out ami die rather thi
undertake to go IIiioiikIi the
supply to any extent provisions,
thus arouse the bees to activity
lug mid-winter. Such miliuiely id
tatloil Will usually be followed I
Jury rather than any good. Not
does It endanger the welfare u!t
by feeding Iu mid-winter, but e
same reason we should not itintin
do tiny work with them thiit will ;i
them to activity (luring tbin i
P.ecs when iu good condition live
most quiet dormant suite ilnrliif
mid-winter months, and nothing!
occur with I hem to change this
lion. Opening the hives, or linf
them iu any way, should lie itv
even If the weather is line nnd tli
out for a fly. I would ii it appl
rule tit any other time, but Jii't ;i:
ns nild-winter Is well past I
mnke a careful Inspection of ever
ony during Hue weather, wb -n tbl
are out: for a good lly, UiriiHiiiu:
ty of candy to all tli.-o short of s
Bees begin to show consldi'l'iililc
lly during the month of Fcbrua!
any locality, and it thus seem
they are on the alert to get f',;l
their spring work, and indeed H
together necessary thai they sli-
v ir IliilV In Tim .V -'i-U-iill tir.i 1
tonilst.
Illnls For llie linlrymss.
Is the great etc-. Wild I" 1
Care
ing.
Millet Is good to Increase 111
milk.
II
Do not use beef cows If ytiti
succeed iu dairying. j
The feedinir and nililiIl'- sh""
done at strictly regular iuloival!
Milk should be n ivt'd to H"'
room as sooii as drawn from tl"
Observe and enforce the i
cleanliness about the cows. tl
iln lev utensils.
" . It -lll
The time to ilelioru a
.., i .... .i .i u hcCore the
CIlClllM'lll lf HOI ii'" - -
grow through the skin.
.... t ...,ll.. of tin1
wuen i is pi-iu-ii. I'" g
volim ii a linrlev of i'""'. 1"""'"S
pound, for feed In the dairy.
Clean cheese shelves t liuroiula
ter each sale, uud no u,,t '"'
cheese on them until this '
Auy extremes of temperature '
milk or cream, either
lug. are Injurious to tne
. ..... to
One of the creates! triuwi'u ,
ii
ter making Is to produce w
a high grade, and have , t ,
any variutlou from
to day. t
If a "baby" separator l
milk ought to ruu throwS"
as convenient after .l
ami the cream be uftTlu 1
matured. tt,
Pastures, yards au.l nil
milch cows .re kept stonUJ,
from decaying substances o w
that will produce "f .f
These will reappear la the bhU'
are present. . c
Flrst-cluss butler suuu.- - ,
tllllU CB" I . . i
uuy more ..iers JC"
helped. Its presence anw ,
atlon more raptu. o Jrt 4
servatlve. but he paow ,3
always be avouiev. :m t
mental to the keeplWJ" "J
butter as well as tne
Saa ViZZJrSi
covering 1)0 . ' wM 1,1
the largest iu iuu
In lWH) with 170 acres.
WELL PLATFOISM AND VEST1I.4I
71
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