TWO DAYS.
It ID. D. Q-OI,D.
Ehort was the road and bright, though no leaa ray
Found the wood path thnt wound among the trees;
For one dear preacnce made aa liulit aa day
That darkening trail the sunlight never aeei.
O drear and never-ending ia the way
Acroaa the mountain mcadow'a aun-kiaaed height,
Untrodden by the feet which, yeaturday,
led through the gloom and made the dnrknexa light.
The Burr Uclutosh Monthly,
BANNARD'5 - OLD - SOLDIER
By HENRY GARDNER HUNTING
The handrail at the Bide ot the
steps leading down from the employ
ment office was much worn. Hugh
Bannard's eyes had dropped thought
fully upon It aa he came out ot the
door at the top ot the street steps and
paused to decide what to try next.
Hundreds ot hands, thousands, yes,
tens ot thousands of hands, must
have touched that Iron rail, going
up or down.
Thousands ot other Job, hunters,
Just like himself, the young follow
thought, with that heavy feeling un
der his ribs which people call sink
ing ot the heart thousands of others
had come here and gone away again,
all looking for the chance of earning
a living, most ot them departing din
appointed, as he was departing. The
clerk inside had told him coldly that
they could not place a quarter part
of their applicants, an unusually
frank statement. So It was a sort of
Bridge of Sighs, this little stairway
with the Iron handrail, with the last
depository for a fellow's vain hopes at
the top end ot it.
He looked out at the passing crowd.
It was made up ot men mostly, young
and old men, passing, passing, pass
ing below him. They were all busi
ness and professional men. They had
work, every one of them, from that
big, fine-looking fellow with the silk
hat just alighting from the motor by
the curb, who evidently was a person
of consequence in the bank across
the way, to the little chap with the
flashy tie and the green fedora who
was just coming out ot the haber
dasher's next door, on his gleeful way
to the lunch counter.
It was the twelfth day since he had
first stepped into the Chicago streets,
and they had been the most misera
ble twelve days of his life. It would
have been bad enough to be home
sick for the" quiet Michigan home If
he had been behind somebody's coun
ter or at somebody's office deBk,
where he could earn his way. It was
"tough," as he whispered under his
breath, to be homesick "on nothing a
week."
It was the luncheon hour at least,
It seemed to be for most of these
men. He had been trying not to
think about food for himself. Indeed,
it had become a serious question with
him whether he could afford such a
luxury at all to-day. He fingered one
last small bill in his pocket, and re
membered that bis room rent would
be due again on Monday room rent
for another week, in advance. This
was Friday. "If the folks at home
knew," he thought, "wouldn't I be
fed up this noon!"
Somebody bad come out of the door
behind him and was standing at his
side. Something In the quiet pause
ot the other madeHughlook up quick
ly. He looked into a pair of pleasant,
friendly gray eyes that were regard
ing him with Interest through the
glasses that covered them.
"Well, did you get a Job?"
The man was not young. He was
tall and rather slender, erect, but
with the look of years upon him. His
hair was white. He was smooth
shaven except for a gray mustache
and a small goatee, which somehow
at once suggested the old soldier to
the boy. ,
"Oh, no, I didn't," said Hugh,
lightly.
"Neither did I," said the man.
"Are you looking, too?" Hugh
asked.
His eyes went over the other again
Involuntarily. There was something
One about the man. His face and his
hands, as Hugh saw them now, had
the peculiar silvered look that old
people's faces and hands show some'
times, as if the skin were turning a
satin-gray, too, like the hair. He was
so straight, so quiet, so self-contained,
and yet the corners of his eyes
were twinkling with a smile that
opened bis lips also In a frank sortot
comradeship.
"Oh, yes," he answered, "I've been
looking quite a while. Nobody
seems to want an old man."
He laughed a little, and Hugh was
lorgetful for an Instant ot his own
troubles. '
"They don't seem to want boys,
euner," he said, slowly. "I've been
standing here watching all these meu
go by, and wondering why tbey all
nave Jobs. They're like you and me,
aren t they?"
Many of them are like you," said
the old man. "Not many like me."
"ugh felt .a little choke coming
into tits throat. "A good many of
them must know of other Jobs that
would do for both of us," he went on,
hastily, "if we coui,i on)y jet tnem
know that we need Jobs let 'em all
know. I feel like shouting it out at
'new now, from the steps here, and
waving my arms and telling them that
can work, too that we can work.
The old man was first to , move.
Well," be said, "I must be going on.
neu rind a Job all right. Keep
uu upper lip." Suddenly he held
out his hand. "Here's luck," be said,
th genial smile coming .out again
ciear.
"Here' luck to you," said Hugh,
wiling the extended band with boyish
ariiijess.
A moment later they had separated
10 the crowd. Huib walklnv alnwl
towd the corner of the street, the
wiaer taklns tha onnoafto dlravtlnn.
The boy could atlll feel the touch of
toe man's hand on bis. Such cour-
! If he had only been in a post'
to neipi nut the old man's
brave words and the grasp ot hla hand
sa helped the toy.
BU11, things were serious with blot
He had exhausted all of 'the ways he
knew to get work. And nobody
wanted him. Why was it? He was
not wholly without business experi
ence. He had worked In stores, had
reported for the newspaper, had
handled a magazine agency at home.
He had been considered an enterpris
ing, capable young fellow In the vil
lage where his people lived.
when he had started off to look
for work in Chicago, his friends had
been ready to prophesy success for
him. And he was falling yes, that
was the only word for it failing as
he had not believed anybody could
fail who was in earnest.
"It's here!" he whispered to him
self, as he plodded along with the
crowd. "It's here work on all
sides. I know there are Jobs waiting
for me. There's always a chance for
a fellow who can do good work. I
know, and I ought to have courage if
that old boy can keep it."
He looked about him with troubled
eyes. If these men only knew! The
wish that he could let them all know,
every one, came back suddenly as he
recalled his half-Jesting words ot a
few moments before.
A stalwart figure in curiously col-
my office In the bank to-morrow
morning at nine." He paused, and
then smiled. "Ask for Mr. Freyne,"
he added, "and send in that sign as
your card." ,
"Hugh tried to thank him, but a
chauffeur had cranked the engine and
was climbing Into the car as the other
finished, ana the banker turned to
him with a direction.
. A moment later the car had disap
peared and the boy stood alone on the
curb, taking the card from, his breast
and whispering excitedly over to him
self the name of hl3 new acquaintance
while he folded the brlstol-board care
fully. "I wish I knew where my old sol
dier Is now," he thought, as he
walked home to the hired room.
"Perhaps he'd try my scheme, too."
But a surprise awaited Hugh the
next morning, when he arrived at the
bank. He was ushered into a dimly
lighted waiting room, where a score
of men and boys were waiting; and
that their errand was similar to his
was quickly evident from conversa
tion overheard. Somewhat taken
aback, he still told the story ot his
appointment with Mr. Freyne to the
young man who had shown him in,
and offered the folded cardboard as
his credentials. He was reassured
when the other seemed promptly to
understand.
"Oh, you're the one, are you?" he
asked. "Just wait a minute."
The young man disappeared
through a glass door, and Hush's
spirits rose joyously. He looked
round at the others with a natural
sense ot advantage fairly won over
them by his little scheme of the day
before. He did not know certainly
that they were after the place that
would be offered to him, but it seemed
probable. They were seeking work.
He felt a little twinge of regret at the
thought that what was his good for
tune might be their losa. And then
all at once he found himself looking
at a tall figure near the door, a figure
ot an old man with white hair and
Sayings of Confucius.
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WAS not born .to understanding. I loved the past and d
questioned It earnestly. 9
The best men are born wise. Next come those who
grow wise by learning; then, learned, narrow minds. Nar-
row minds without learning are the lowest ot the people. ?
The people may be made to follow; they cannot be made 9
to understand. The king's mind is the wind, and grass are
the middle ot the people; whither tha wind blows, thither 0
the grass bends. 9
"What is kingcraft?" demanded a disciple. Confucius 0
replied, "Food enough, troops enough and a trusting peo- 9
pie." "Were there no help for it, which could be best spared g)
of the three?" "Troops," said the master. "And were there
no help fo It, which could be better spared of the other
two?" "Food," said the master. "From of old all men die, v
but without r. trust people cannot stand."
Exalt the straight, set aside the crooked, the people win $
be loyal. Behave with dignity, they will be lowly; be pious 9
and merciful, they will bs faithful; exalt the good, teach the 0
unskilful, they will grow willing. 9
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment, A
they may shun crime, but will be void ot shame. Guide
them by example, subdue them by courtesy, they will learn
shame. "
Could good men govern for a hundred years, cruelty
would be vanquished, putting to death have an end. 9
A gentleman Is consistent, not changeless. A gentleman .
straightens his robe and settles his face. He is stern and 0
men look upon him with dread. Few or many, small or 9
great, all is oue to a gentleman; he dare not slight any man. 0
He will banish from his bearing violence and levity, from his
speech the low and unfair. x
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ored earb passed him a man in a
purple coat. On the back of it, across
the shoulders, were yellow letters:
Go to Boyne's Dental Parlors.
Teeth Filled Without Pain.
Hugh stared after the tellow. To
his unaccustomed eyes the grotesque
thing stood out from all Its surround
ings. And so strikingly did it fit
into his thoughts that an Idea leaped
Into his mind on the instant.
"I could do that! " he said, aloud.
A man who had heard him turned
to look curiously at him, but Hugh
did not heed him. All the work and
disappointment ot the two weeks past,
with the desperation that had risen at
last from dreaded failure, served to
make his resolution swift.
"I can do it, and I will!"" he mut
tered. "I'll let 'em know about me."
He looked quickly about. A sta
tioner's store was across the street.
He crossed to It quickly. Inside, he
bought a sheet ot brlstol-board two
feet square and borrowed a marlilng-brush.
In five minutes, working feverish
ly, be bad made a sign ot his own,
and its announcement was clear:
I Want a Job.
The clerk who had lent him the
brush watched him with amusement.
But Hugh, although conscious now
that his face bad reddened under ob
servation, was of the mettle to put
his Idea through. He pinned his sign
board upon his breast and walked out
into the sunlight, feeling that he was
striking a last, forlorn blow.
It was not easy to face that street
full of curious eyes, ha found quickly;
but he took his stand and looked Into
the faces of the men who turned to
stare at him. Almost at once there
was a laugh, then another.
Then the young fellow who had
laughed first looked at Hugh's serious,
flushed face, aud grew sober. And
that single recognition ot his earnest
ness gave the boy courage again. He
stood hla ground and waited. ,,'.;. a
More and mare the passing people
looked at him.. The big motor car
which he had noticed before was still
at the curb, and he ot the silk hat had
come out to re-enter it and bad spied
the carboard sign. He was looking.
A woman passed and gazed wonder
Ingly at the young fellow. She smiled
as she went on. Two boys jeered and
topped to watch.
Then suddenly Hugh found himself
looking up at the big motor car again
and realizing that the man In It was
beckoning to hint, The other's face
was serious, too, and the boy obeyed
the gesture.
The man's eye's were dark and
keen. They Icoked straight Into
Hugh's as the boy stood beside the
car, and he seemed to forget that the
cardboard sign was ludlcrour. Hugh's
heart beat hard. It could hardly be
that success had conje so quickly.
But the big man was not afvw to
tpeak.
"If you want a job as baft as that,"
l,ha; said, tersely but Kindly, "come to
grizzled military goatee, who stood,
hat In band, waiting with the rest.
It was his friend ot yesterday his
old soldier, as he had thought ot him.
He had not seen Hugn, or else had
failed to recognize him. But the
light from a. hall window shone In
strongly enough to bring out plainly
his fine, patient, brave old face. And
Hugh stood and stared at it with a
sudden loss of his satisfaction of a
moment before. Was his old soldier
after this place, too?
The door at his side opened, and
the young man who had taken bis odd
card to Mr. Freyne was beckoning
him inside. With his mind full ot
confused speculations, he stepped into
the presence of the banker.
The man laid down his papers as
Hugh walked .toward him. "Tell me
about yourself," he said, briefly, with
out Introduction.
The boy, conscious that brief re
sponse would please htm, did so in
few words. When he finished his
short narrative, the dark-eyed man
seemed satisfied.
"All right," he said. "The young
man who has sense enough to use
such an idea as you did yesterday will
use bis brains wherever he Is. You'll
do."
The banker paused an Instant and
then went on:
"The only place we have open now
is an usher's Job In the banking room
It. pays twelve dollars a week, and
will lead to better. We advertised
yesterday for a man, but I Baw your
card and made up my mind you de
served a chance. Go Into the next
room and tell Mr. Chase I've hired
you and 'that bo may dismiss the
others."
The fine dark eyes went back to
the letters on the banker's desk. But
Hugh still could not rejoice in his
fortune. The banker's words bad
made the situation clear to him, and
as that gentleman ended, the face of
the gray old man out there In the
waiting room who was presently to
be sent away disappointed rose be
fore him and blotted out other things.
The banker noted his pause and
looked np. "Well,?" he said, a little
sharply.' And Hugh's mind was made
up.
"Mr. Freyne," be said, quickly,
"you are very kind, and I appreciate
your offering me this place. But I
have a a friend who needs It more
than I do. , It seems to be a place that
requires no special training, and he
can fill It. In fact, I'm qutto sure
he'll be a better man than I for It.
Won't you give It to him?"
The banker was surprised, but his
eyes turned suddenly curious as he
looked at Hugh. "Well!" ho said.
And then he laughed, "Who l your
friend? What's his name?"
The boy started to answer the first
question eagerly, but be stopped short
at tho second. His name? He did
not know It, of course. And what
would tbo banter think? Ho hesi
tated. And then suddenly jeallzing
-that ho was spoiling It all by sheer
stupidity, hi burst out abruptly with
the uncolorod truth.
"I don't know his name," he said.
"I never Baw him till yesterday. But
he needs this Job." And then, his
brain firing with his fueling, he told
the story in swift wors that his gen-)
nine emotion made vivid, even to the
description of the old man's appear
ance and bearing.
The banker heard him through in
silent attention.
"And you want to give up your Job
to a stranger, do you?" he asked
"You admit you know nothing of the
mr.a, and yet you want me to hire
him. Who vouched for him to you?".
"If you will see him, you'll know
he doesn't need anybody to vouch for
him!" exclaimed Hugh. "I know he's
honest. I know "
But Mr. Freyne touched a button
on his desk. To the clerk who re
sponded, he said, "Ask the old gen
tleman with the goatee, in the walt-
Ing-room, to come in here." Then he
turned again to Hugh. "I'll take him!
on your recommendation, Mr. Ban-'
nard." he said, using Hugh's name'
for the first time. But Hugh was'
embarrassed now. "Please don't let
him see me," he said, hastily. "He
might understand. I'll no."
He turned toward the door. But
the banker spoke promptly and de
cidedly. "No," ha said, "you stay
here. Walt In Mr. Chase's room, if
you like, but I've hired you, If you
remember. And I'm not Inclined to
think your ways merit discharge
yet. There's room for more of your
kind In this bank."
Hugh turned to look nt him, 'and
saw that the other was on his feet
and that his eyes were alight. But
Just then the waiting-room door
opened again, and tho boy was forced
to- make his oxit quickly. In the
backward glance, however, as he
stepped Into the cashier's private
room, he caught a glimpse of the
gray old face ot his friend, and saw
that the smile was now a cheerful
one. Youth's Companion.
WOMAN GETS NEW OFFICE.
Miss Sharlot Hall Appointed His
torlon of Arizona.
Governor Sloan, ot Arizona, made
himself most popular with certain
people ot his Territory and incidental
ly exalted the cause ot 'woman when
after an exciting contest he appointed
Miss Sharlot M. Hall Territorial Hos
torlan. The office is of great Importance to
the future, says Van Norden's Maga
zine, because now the records of a
State in making as well as the data of
a passing race the Indian will be
kept by her.
Miss Hall should know of the In
dian and of the pioneer. She was
born In Lincoln County, Kansas, In
1S70, when the old Santa Fe trail
was a reality and the aborigines still
ranged the prairies ot her own State.
She moved with her family to Ari
zona when very young and the method
of travel was a prairie schooner.
From early youth she has taken a
great Interest In the history of the
frontier, and most of this she received
at first hand from the participants in
the great events. She made a close
study of the Indian and has written
many papers on the subject.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Borrowed garments never fit well.
French.
The best spices are In small bags.
Italian.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise.
Congreve.
Light minds are pleased with
trifles. Ovid.
Our care should be to live to some
purpose. Seneca.
Nothing can be produced out ot
nothing. Diogenes.
Take the world as It Is, not as It
ought to be. German.
From swearing men easily slide In
to perjury. Hlerocles.
Time ripens all things. No man Is
born wise. Cervantes.
Associate with the lame and you
will lean to limp. Latin.
The pure In heart are slow to cre
ate calumnies. Jane Porter,
Do not grudge to pick out treasures
from an earthen pot. Herbert.
Our virtues are most frequently but
vices disguised. La Rochefoucauld.
Blessed Is he who expects nothing,
for he shall never be disappointed.
Pope.
Kindness is the golden chain by
which society Is bound together.
Goethe.
Society Is divided Into two classes
the fleecers and the fleeced. Tal
leyrand. Money could do a lot more for a
man If be wanted It to do less. New
York Press.
One trouble with some people Is
that a very small effort enables them
to keep their self-respect. Chicago
Record-Herald.
Perhaps Cupid doesn't wear any
clothes because be couldn't flap his
wings without bursting the buttons
off. Dallas News.
Manners are the happy ways ot
doing things; each, once a stroke of
genius or of love, now repeated and
hardened into usage. Emerson. 1
CluWeas Police. '
Is human nature so different In To
ledo and In Detroit from what it Is
elsewhere that policemen's clubs are
superfluous In those cities? Or are
they superfluous everywhere, and la
the English custom ot controlling
crowds or prisoners with tbo bands
alone tho right one? As a matter of
tact, tho emergencies ln which a po
liceman really needs a club are com
paratively rare, for In the Tast major
ity ot cases firmness, decision, strength
ot character, courage, supplemented
by a strong right arm, are sufficient
to enable him to overcome oven heavy
odds when he has tbo right on his
side. And tho right Is generally on
his aide. Furthermore, the right sort
of policeman will never dr bis club
except In cases of urgent need. It
bo can't use It without abusing It,
then he's not the right sort of person
to bo on tho lure. .Boston Globe.
' filieop Worms and Tobacco.
Wo feed tobacco to sheep to keep
them clean from worms; tobacco
seems to be especially good to keep
tape-worms out of sheep. Wo have
tried here, several ways ot feeding
tobacco. One was to mix It with the
salt; but we found that the sheep
wouldn't eat enough tobacco In this
way to affect the worms. Now we
put the ground tobacco beside the
salt, and when the sheep came up
tor salt they eat what tobacco they
need. In this way the sheep them
selves regulate how much they should
eat. We always keep tobacco before
the sheep and think It does a good
bit of good. Wallace's Farmer.
Charcoal For .rig.
A box ot charcoal Is as valuable an
adjunct to the hog yard as It Is to
the poultry pen. An easy way to
secure a quantity of charcoal Is to
dig a pit in the ground and start a
fire In It. As the fire progresses
throw in cobs and wood until the pit
Is full. When the fire Is well started,
cover the whole with a piece ot sheet
Iron. The mass will be thoroughly
charred In a day or two and can be
taken out and stored for future use.
It adds to the beneficial effect of
the charcoal to sprinkle over It be
fore feeding a solution of twelve
pounds ot salt and two pounds ot
copperas dissolved in a pail of water,
letting the charcoal become well sat
urated. Farmers' Home Journal.
More Draft Horses Needed.
One of the features of the breeding
Industry Is horses are now command
ing good prices and there doesn't
seem to be any condition in sight that
will make any change in the market
values. It means, therefore, a profit
able business to those who will breed
and raise the kind that meets the de
mand ot the public. There Is at pres
ent a scarcity ot such horses with no
Immediate prospect of an increase
la number. It does seem, therefore,
that the breeder has before him the
promise of years of success and profit
If he will raise the kind ot horses
needed and for which there Is n
Jemand. He only needs to look Into
the market and ascertain the kind
that demands the best prices. Indi
ana Farmer.
The Neglected Farm Horse.
Some farmers think it a waste of
time to groom working horses in
ordei1 to make them look sleek and
ihiny and would rather leave them in
their natural state.
It should bo remembered that in
the domestic horse more Is demanded
than In the wild animal, and conse
quently he requires a little more
fostering to supply the wear of this
extra demand.
And grooming does not mean mere
ly cultivating a "sleeky" appearance,
although I do not mean to depreciate
the virtue ot those who take a pride
In keeping their horses In fine coat
and condition.
It means a stimulating of the res
piratory system and consequently in
creased vigor to the health ot the
horse.
Secretions are continually going on
In the glands of the skin, which are
Cray Pearl, First Prize-Winning
Draught Mare Under 1750 Pounds,
at tbe Iowa Agricultural College. .
given over in the form of perspira
tion, and this secretive action in
creases more rapidly the animal Is
fed or the harder be is worked; so
that by perspiring freely nature comes
to the assistance In preventing tbe
pores of the skin being choked.
But the fatty fluid which comes
from the glands in the form of sweat
Is apt to consolidate again at the roots
of the hair and forms a covering of
, dandruff which clogs the circulating
action through the pores ot the skin.
When a horse Is doing no work
and grazing in the open this is of no
barm, as it helps to keep out the cold
and consequently grooming is not
needed; but, on the other hand, the
working animal requires to be kept
In better vigor, and besides the labor
and mora nitrogenous food usually
given induces more excessive perspiration.
When he comes Into the stable
either wet or perspiring he should be
well rubbed down at once.
After be Is dry a thorough groom
ing will well repay the labor, and In
.those districts where tho care of the
borse is a feature of tbe farm I have
ofteu heard it said thai a good groom
ing twice a day was worth a ttel of
oats W. R. Gilbert.
A Word About Dairy Cow.
In tbe Farmer of February 6, tin
der tho heading of "Great Dairy
Cows," It was said that one cow In
Wisconsin produced In one month
78.29 pounds of butter-fat on 2:.'5.3
pounds of feed. Now will Mr. W. ot
Wisconsin plsato let ds know bow to
keep a cow one month on 235.2
ppunds ot feed and get 79.29 pounds
ot butter-fat. It Is a good cow that
will make 150 pounds of butter in
one year that at twenty cents a
pound would bo ISO; skim milk
worth about $12 or total Income
ot $61 for ono cow for one year.
Tha cost of keeping a cow ono year
would be: Pasture six months, $9;
winter feed six months, $18; teed tor
year, $17; milking, 80S days at five
cents per day, $15.25; washing milk
palls and other utensils and attending
milk end cream flvo cents per day,
$14.25; churning, forty-nve times,
working butter, washing churn, but
ter bowl, etc., at Uu cent oath time.
$4. BO. Interest, $2; tax, seventy-five
cents; insurance, fifty cents; will
make a total cost of cow and labor
for one year, $65.25, at the above
prices. The loss on a cow for one
year Is $2.25. I have allowed value
ot calf at birth to pay for use of male,
and value of manure to pay for feed
ing and cleaning stable. H. B. L.,
In tho Indiana Farmer.
riat forma For Chicken Coops.
Anyone who expects to raise little
chickens In the spring must meet the
question of how to keep them warm,
dry and clean and safe from the rats.
It la of no use to try to raise chickens
unless you have a suitable place to
keep them, and It Is better to get this
ready before they are hatched than
to wait until they are ready to take
out of the nest, and then begin to
look around for a coop.
The coops should be tight and have
good roofs and substantial platforms
under them to keep the chickens out
of the water. Every spring there are
hard rains when the ground Is thor
oughly soaked with water, and It Is
Impossible to keep the chlckenB dry
if the coops are on the wet ground.
It is no pleasure to go out during or
after a hard rain and gather up halt
drowned chickens, and take them in
to the house to dry; but this is what
one will be compelled to do It he does
not want the chickens to drown.
If rats are bad It is almost impos
sible to raise little chickens with the
coops on the ground for they will dig
under them and kill all that happen
to be in the coop. Another advan
tage about having the coops on plat
forms is that they can easily be kept
clean. Tbe coop can be lifted off, tbe
platform scrubbed and left until af
ternoon to dry and air, and the coop
replaced before time for tho chickens
to go into It for the night.
These are all little things, but they
have much to do with the success ot
the person who expects to go Into the
chicken business. Margaret Whit
ney, In the Indiana Farmer.
Mutton, Wool, or Both
Is it advisable for the average
sheep raiser, in the management of
his flock, to give attention chiefly to
the production ot mutton or wool, or
to endeavor by selection to blend
both and breed to Improve the two
desirable qualities? It has become
a believed fact that In the breeding
of live stock it Is practically impos
sible to reach the highest attainment
by attempting to carry along too
many improvements, as frequently it
becomes necessary to eliminate one to
obtain the benefit of another, writes
L. C. Reynolds in an exchange. It is
seldom, Indeed, that tbe average
fiockmaster Is able to secure new
blood each season to effect Improve
ment, possessing strong characteris
tics in all desirable qualities. Some
thing has generally got to be sacri
ficed In order to gain the benefit of
the strengthening quality possessed
in the new blood.
Tbe true object to be attained in
the management of a flock of sheep
should, however, be kept vitally in
mind. The 6heep raiser who Is keep
ing sheep for the financial returns, and
who Is desirous of making his flock
produce as large revenue as possible
each season, ran hardly afford to
breed exclusively for wool or mutton.
In years past, wool has been a pri
mary factor In sheep raising, and at
that time when prices were unusually
high made this product a profitable
resource, but to-day conditions have
decidedly changed. Tbe American
people ore not only wearing woolen
garments, but are greedily relishing
the flesh products of the stock as
well. The average fiockmaster can
net afford under present conditions
to maintain a flock exclusively for the
production ot one product, but must
combine all of them and breed for
their highest development.
The raising ot Bheep for the pro
duction ot both wool and mutton
opens two sources through which the
flock can be made to Insure greater
profit. While It must be admitted
that the highest possible improve
ment cannot be reached In developing
both the wool and mutton qualities,
tho profit from the average flock will
be Increased by so doing and also
made more constant. The market
price of both wool aud mutton vary
with the supply and demand. Some
years the supply ot mutton will bt
sufficient to meet tbe demand, while
the market will experience a short
age in wool. If the flock la so main
talned that a maximum ot both ar
ticles can be put upon the market,
no matter If ono Is excessively low,
the revenue from the flock is held up
if the other Is above average price.
Witness.
To Make Rubber Cheap.
It Is believed that "plantation" rub
ber will mature sufficiently in the
next flvo years to not only meet th
world's demand, but to make rubbei
disastrously cheap. Rubber Is on
of those products that promises fa.
vorably for synthetic chemical con
struction. Japan lost millions ot ln
come through tho invention of mak
ing synthetic camphor from oil of
turpentine. This artificial camphor it '
chemically Identically tho same as the '
Jap camphor, made by steaming cam
phor tree wood or shavings and con
densing the steam and camphor in
cold water tanks. Tbe same thins
happened to Indigo. Millions ot dol
lars' worth were Imported from India
every year. Two years after tho In-
ventlon bt synthetio Indigo tbo lm- ,
ports ot real indigo foil to $200,000, j
and bavo been steadily falling until
natural Indigo at Its normal high !
price Is a drug on tho market, for the '
new stuff, tbe "Imitation," Is the same
thing, chemically and practically.
European chemists are working to '
make synthetio rubber, and some are
pretty apt to strike it. Now York j
Press. j
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If things keep moving In China It
may not bo long before thero won't '
boa pigtail in New York's Chlnata
HOUSEHOLD
MATTER
mP mo
y Whiak Broom in Sink.
A small whUk broom kept In the
kitchen sink is an invaluable ally In
saving the housekeeper's hands.
Wash all your pots and pans with
It. It removes sticky substances
much more easily than a cloth and
makes It unnecessary to put your
hands In the water during the process.
When you have tried one you will
wonder how you ever got on with
out it. Mrs. R. W. Mack, in Boston
Post.
Cement For Leather Patches.
Take real pure unused india rub
ber as It is sent over from Its native
place. It is sometimes called bottle
India rubber and can generally bo
bought at high class artists' shops
or stationers. None of the manu
factured rubbers will answer. Cut
the rubber into the finest shaving
and cut the shavlnes Into narrow
strips and cross again and again so
that they may be easily acted upon
for solution. Then put It Into a
clean bottle, filling tne bottle no
more than one-tenth with the cut-up
rubber, and pour upon It till the bot
tle Is about three-quarters full, ben
zine, which must have no trace of oil
In Its composition. Then agitate oc
casionally and keep the bottle closely
corked until the rubber is dissolved.
It ought, if the materials are good,
to be of a thick, sticky consistency.
Keep the bottle always closely
corked. Should it be seldom used
and get. too thick, add a little ben
zine. Mrs. J. H. Bamford, In tho
Boston Post.
A Hint About Mops.
Do you know how extremely useful
the small five-cent mops are which
you get at the five and ten cent store?
The old-fashioned idea ot using a
dishcloth to wash dishes Isn't in it
with the modern one of uslns; one of
these small mops. In the first place
you can have your water scalding
hot too hot to put your hands in
and tbe ease with which the hot,
soapy water will wash the dishes you
cannot imagine until you try it.
Then when they are placed In the
dish drainer they almost If not quite
dry themselves, and then, too, your
hands are kept out of the dish water,
which reddens and toughens them.
Then keep one for the bathroom.
See how easily you can wash out the
bathtub, bowl or seat with oue, or
for slop-jars, etc.
Get one of the dry floor mops and
put a little kerosene on It from time
to time and It will keep your oil
cloths bright and clean and not break
your back wiping with a cloth or reg
ular mop.
For the woman who does hef
housework and does not wish to look
as If she were always scrubbing these
mops are Invaluable. Mrs. Kate L.
Totten, In the Boston Post.
How to Wash I.ace.
Except where the lace Is mane up
with colored material and It become
advisable to try cleaning, washing la
more satisfactory, and many kinds of
lace will emerge nearly as good a
new. To begin with, make necessary
repairs, else there Is danger of small
holes becoming largo ones. For the
washing make a lather by shredding
plain, white soap into boiling water,
and when this has somewhat cooled
dip the lace in, moving It up and
down and pressing and half squeezing
It until the dirt Is out. Avoid any
rubbing, for the delicate threads snap
easily. Rinse In several tepid waters
For ironing uso a soft blanket folded
several times and covered with a soft
white material, lay tho lacu on this
right side down, and turn the white
covering up over It. Pres3 lightly
with a moderately hot Iron until fair
ly dry, then iron the wrong side of
the luce Itself, keeping the edges in
good shape, threads straight, etc., un
til quite dry. Should the lace be in
length, it may be wound around a
bottle or Jar, the edges being ptillcJ
out during the winding, and the ends
secured by small pins, then left tc
dry. A collar should be spread out
on a towel, each point pinned down
In Its proper place; tho towel mny be
i uug up by two corners and tho collar
left to dry. Irish ciociiot and similar
laces which need no stiffening should
always be treated by this method.
Lucy Lee, In the Boston Post.
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Butter Scotch Put Into a sauce
pan one cup of brown sugar, a scant
halt cup ot water and a tablespoon
ful ot vinegar. Boil ten niluutes and
add two ounces of butter and con
tinue boiling until a drop becomes
brittle in cold water. Pour in
greased tins and break irregular
pieces when cold.
Mock Cherry rie -Cover the bot
tom ot a pie plate with paste; reserve
enough for upper crust. For filling
uso one cup of cranberries, cut In
halves, bait cup raisins, seeded und
cut in pieces, three-quarter cup ot
sugar, one tablespoonful flour, lump
of butter size of walnut; bake thirty
minutes In moderate oven.
Kentucky Ileteu IMarults -Take
ono quart of flour, ono tablespoooful
of lard, a pinch of salt, sufficient wa
ter to make a stiff dough. Work and
beat (run through a meat grlader six
or seven times Is better and easier)
until it blisters and becomes soft.
Roll out bait an Inch thick, stick with
a fork in tho centre of each, and bake
In a quick oven.
. Cold Water Sponge Cake Beat tho
yolks of three eggs, and ono and a
half cuptula of sugar, one taaspoonful
of lemon extract or ono tablespoonful
of lemon Juice, and halt cupful of
cold water. Sift two teaspoonfuls ot
baking powder with two oupfuls ot
flour. Add to tho mltture ud fold
In the whites ot three eggs beaten .
stiff. Bake In a long, shallow pas ur
la round tubtd Uu, '