fuB FAXTKKAN.
l.H h a svpsy "long the road to Indicate
jnj that he has taken).
You Mt e pnivcrBU iur
iAlong the world you wandered through,
j-,t mused and weary I miirht be
And mini the way that led to you.
How oft at open doom aglow
Hive I delayed my roving feet
And wondered, "Shall I farther bo!"
for just a hungry heart 'a quick beat,
When on the threshold I have seen
Your woodland signal where it lay
With onward-pointing 6nger green
To warn me that I might not atay, ,
The ivpsy knew the gypsy 'a call;
It led'my wayward feet aright.
Together aa the shadows full
,V kneel our roadside firs to light.
The fire we kindle, hand to hand.
Shall cheer the way for weary men "
Till nur Great Chieftain aive command
"Break camp and take the road again."
Then, I.ove, whoever goes before.
If it be you, if it be I, v
Shall et the patteran on re more
Actom the spaces of the sky.
. Amelia Josephine Burr, in Putnam's.
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Smu
IERRIBLE CHAUNCEY
low I Bad Kan .From Bitter
Creek Escaped Being Lynched.
When the Methodist conference
lent Billy Wheeler to .New Mexico to
urn the bad man from his evil ways
It must have been the result of In-
piratlon. The little church at Loa
terrlllos was Billy's first charge, and
lie was as proud of its adobe walls
And goods box bell tower as a six-
ear-old boy with a new red wagon.
Billy was a 200 pounder, a rosy
beeked lad with a blue eye that
looked thoughtfully at the boys when
they told him fairy tales of the miners
nd the cliff dwellers. He was slow
it speech but earnest In action, and
then the men of the sombrero
learned he wasn't afraid of a gun
hey took to hlra as a brother and a
keatleman. The first collection was
aken tip by Shorty Mac, the saloon
eeper, and Stormy Jones, the slick
est card sharp In camp, who volun-
eered as ushers and produced results
by carrying the contribution hat In
Ine hand and a cocked revolver In
he other. That Sunday not a man
passed up" the chance to contribute.
So as not to offend proprieties Billy
:ook to wearing a revolver and in
line became quite expert in hitting
lie are nailed to a tree.
Billy's wonderful popularity as
hepherd of the camp arose from the
act that he was "one of the boys."
fie taught the men to whom he was
ent to preach and respected the en-
ironments which caused them to be
Iomewhat different from the safely
aved flocks in the haunts of clviliza-
Ion. Mining and cattle raising be
am e a part of his study and he' was
h good a judge of horseflesh as the
territory had. In consequence the
Ittle adobe church was filled every
Sunday with a respectful congrega-
Ion and there was some talk of hav-
ng prayer meeting. To the boys
Billy was affectionately dubbed "The
arson," and if he wasted anything
be just had to raise his hand.
One morning a stranger blew in
rom up the valley somewheres and
Kent over to Sandy McPherson's tav-
im, where he registered ar "Chaun-
sj de Argyle, Bitter Creek, Mozam
bique," in characters that looked like
hey had been enmeshed in a wireless
urrent. Chauncey was six feet three.
road shouldered and wore a fierce
lack mustache that curled down to
ill collar. About his sash were four
iavy revolvers, all loaded and ready
lor use. A beautiful dagger handle
ittrck out the right boot top. Chaun-
ey's head was covered with an un
usually big sombrero, round which
little bells jingled from a leather
pand. Physically he was as fierce a
Imposition as ever came to town and
pe gloried in the knowledge.
"I'm a bad man from Bitter
Preek!" said the warlike guest.
wunding on the counter with the
I'Utt of a revolver, "an' I want the
''est you got; no handmedowns for
me."
I eee," said Sandy, who was a
fcuiet, unemotional chaD and who
fever carried his euns in sight. "How
ng you going to stop?"
I As long as I blame please," thun
dered the bad man. Blaring down on
randy.
A. ji ' . . . m : n,A
1 i uumer me guest irom uiiior
preek laid his revolver on the table
Nalde his plate and looked around
F'B thn nnflAmhlail mlnari Mwhovt
fid gamblers.
i I come down from Bitter Creek
t help run this heah town," he pro
claimed. "I killed thirteen men up
"hers i live an" if anybody's got
anything to say 'bout it I'm waitln'
near from him."
Some of the boys looked no curl-
01ly and then went on eating. The
uao man used his dagger ostenta
"ouaiy to cut ud his victuals, now
nd then dropping it on the floor to
noise. ,jp ailing in nis enort
10 Pick a fuss, the" gentleman from
Uter Creek lit a elirar and strode
bo town. In the , afternoon he
M out In the hlllr, where Carl In
8'e'rltx, an Inoffensive old German,
4 a little claim, and took possession
taootlug at Karl's feet. Karl came
running to town and told of the in
"wion. The bad man went to other
Ns, issuing ultimatums and telling
2 his slaughter of the unfortunate
wineen.
It there was any spirit of retalla
on among the denizens of the fron
"r c&mp an outsider could not have
cti It with spyglass. On such
'Rations as the real hair trigger men
oi the mountains having serious werk
"d they don't announce the pro-am
from the housetops. When
;" fixed a date for a funeral they
"ud u cat until after the obse
""es. The aliank of that afternoon
Loi Cervlllos was as quiet as In a
f veil-ordered cemetery.- Men lounged
!t in the shade ( frame and
.! shacks, too lazy to ialk. When
: bad man stalked down the streets
evtr was la tha way stood aside
't him paa. Without protest be
wu permitted to empty his revolver
into the belfry of the town hall and
to Jump up and crack his heels to
gether whenever he felt a-mlnd.
It was nearly midnight when Sandy
Mcpherson, the tavern keeper, ham
mered on the door of Parson Wheel
er's two-room cabin down the gulch.
Billy got up to see what the matter
was.
"They got that man from Bitter
Creek down in Shorty Mac's place,
parson," said Sandy, "and they'll sure
hang him if you don't go ever and
talk" to 'em. Stormy Jones is out now
hunting a. rope."
The fellow had the look of a' Hon,
but his head had got turned on train
robber talk.
Billy - hastened down to Shorty
Mac's place, which was the principal
saloon and card roem of the town.
The boys were sitting around on kegs
and boxes, smoking quietly, while the
committee searched for a rope. The
bad man, white and in a state of utter
collapse, was under guard on a bench
In the rear.
"Boys," said Billy, "what are you
going to do?"
"JuBt hang that coyote ever there,"
replied Big Enough Jim HInes, the
stage driver.
"Hang him? What's be done?"
"Killed thirteen men up at Bitter
Creek; he said so hisself."
"But that was only in fun," replied
Billy. "That fellow never killed a
man in his life."
"Then we'll hang him for lyln'
'bout it," said Hines decidedly. "This
man's rode twenty miles, parson, to
come down here and show us how to
run this town. He 'lowed he'd killed
thirteen men up at his dlggln's and
was comin' down here with loads In
hie guns for thirteen more. We've
give him a fair, square trial and every
man has found him guilty. Now we're
just waitln' on the rope. If that ain't
the law I don't know what law Is."
There was an approving chorus
from all the assembled humanity save
the condemned. Billy realized that
he was up against the proposition of
his frontier career. These wild, un
tamable spirits, yet endowed with a
high sense of Justice, were on the
borders of civilization and chaos. A
failure here would set his work back
for many years. The task to save
this cringing braggart would be a tre
mendous one, because his execution
ers were actuated, as they looked at
it, by motives as fair as the laws of
Solomon.
As the committee appeared with
the rope Billy desperately determined
to save the man if he could, invented
a wife and clfildren for the con
demned and talked pathetically of
their lonely condition with the father
and bread winner taken from them.
Guided by the Idea that the end Jus
tified the' means, he went ahead and
described the little cabin home in the
mountains, the mother at her work
making and mending the clothes, the
little ones running about barefooted
and tattered, crying for the father
who would never come, and then
drew a final picture, the tragedy of
starvation and death amid the moun
tains' solitude and the wolves feast
ing upon the forms of mothei and
children.
Stormy Jones threw the rope under
the bar. Big Enough Jim uneasily
shifted his position once or twice and
held a whispered consultation with
the others. It was clear that Billy's
speech had made an impression; he
was the one man in the camp who
could make a talk and the boys would
have shot any one who doubted the
accuracy of any statement their "par
son" made.'
At last Big Enough Jim, leader of
the occasion, spoke up huskily.
"Parson, we're mighty glad you
come," he said, "You told us some
things we didn't know, an' if we
hadn't knowed 'em we' might 'a' been
sorry for . a long time. The court
hereby reverses itself an' lets this
man go free. We're much obliged to
you."
Billy, tremendously elated, shook
hands all round and then went back
home. In the morning while the
"parson" was waiting for his mall at
the post office Shorty Mac and Stormy
JoneB, their eyes glowing with enthu
siasm, came in and led him outside
the office, where Stormy related the
sequel: '
"We did the thing up right last
night, parson, after you left. All the
boys thought just like you did about
it, and so when I made a motion to
pass the hat they voted unanimous.
It footed up $226 in coin and we give
the whole cargo to the Bitter Creek
man to take home to his wife and
kids." St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Finishing Touch.
No Chinese lady goes anywhere
without her powder box, or falls to ;
touch her face with powder whenever
she catches sight of herself In the bit
of mirror in the lid of her box. When
she Is going out for a formal call or
a wedding party or a dinner she is apt
to paint her face with a paste made
of wet rice flour. Home Notes.
Status of Women. '
Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood re
cently delivered an address on "The
Legal Status of Women in New Jer
sey" before the Essex County Suf
frage Society, In which she held that
the early right of suffrage possessed
by women of New Jersey still existed.
Mrs. Wood advised the women of
New Jersey to go to the polls to
register, and it prevented to take the
case to court. They must be pre
pared to fight the case to the Su
preme Court of the United States,
where she did not believe they would
fall. Mrs. Wood is a lawyer practlc
In New York City. New York Sun.
Ought Wives Object to Clubs?
A great many folk think that after
marriage a man should not go to his
club in the evening. The sensible
girl who wants to be happily married
will never seek to curtail her hus
band's liberty. It stands to reason
that a man likes men's society occa
sionally, even though he is devoted
to his wife.
He needs change of scene, change
of Ideas and a different outlook on
life to make him doubly pleased with
bis home surroundings. An evening
at the club Is the best thin 5 in the
world to keep things bright at home,
and when a wife interferes with her
husband's liberty she shows she does
had herself posed In precisely the
same attitude. This was for the hair
and dre38 of the new picture. As to
the face, I don't know by what mys
terious means the photographer ac
complished It, but the face was lifted
from the old picture and put Into the
new one a picture that is entirely
satisfactory. The hair and sleeves
of the new picture are of J910 model,
and the face doesn't look a bit
younger than when the subject Is in
her own room with sidelights and
rose colored shades. Furthermore,
the woman is so proud of It that she
makes no bones of telling how the
thing was done. She says it's every
woman's privilege to be the age she
chose for insertion In her marriage
license and for her best photograph,
even if she can't blot out the record
In the family Bible." New York
Press.
Women Who Listen Carefully.
The person who can talk entertain
ingly and listen attentively is the best
type of guest at social gatherings, for
she who clatters incessantly Is al
most more undesirable than one who
Is too quiet for the latter gives op
portunity for other persons to express
themselves, while the former to say
even one word is often a struggle.
The balance between these ex
tremes is the art of stimulating a
temporary companion to conversation,
and at no place Is It more Important
to adopt the correct attitude than at
a dinner. More than one man has
been obliged to talk so much when
sitting beside a quiet woman that he
has not eaten enough. Such conduct
on the part of a women is decidedly
Inconsiderate, for if she is not willing
to add her quota to the evening's en
tertainment she should stay at home.
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q ss
To Truss a Chicken. If a bird Is properly trussed it looks
much more attractive when ready, for serving. I have seen
a roast turkey brought to a table with both the legs and
wings In awkward positions and the long neck lying over the
end of the platter. This is the correct way to truss a bird:
Draw thighs close .to the body, and hold by inserting a steel
skewer under the middle joint, running It through the body.
It should come out under the middle Joint on the other side.
Cross drumsticks, tie securely with a long string, leaving two
ends of equal length, and fasten to the tail. Place wings
close to .the body (having the tip ends removed, remember),'
and hold them by Inserting a skewer through the wing, body
and the wing on the other side. Draw the neck skin under
the back, and fasten with a small skewer. Turn the bird on
its brenst. Cross string attached to the tail piece, and draw
around each end of lower skewer, again cross string and
draw around each end of upper skewer; fasten string in a
knot, and cut off ends. This may seem like a long story, but
it Is not so difficult after all.
not trust him. Loss of trust means
all sorts of trouble, and is often the
precursor cf the ominous "rift within
the lute." Home Notes.
The Swiss President.
Tha new. President har .been In
office for nearly two months, but not
one in every hundred of tnose re
turning from winter sports In Switz
erland could give his name, as the
Swiss President Is not encouraged to
occupy the supreme place filled by
tha hsada of other ereat republics.
He is elected for one year, and during
that time he, is looked upon as the
chairman of the Federal Council of
seven. The President for 1910 is M.
Robert ComteBse, who is the chief ot
the republic for the second time, hav
ing previously occupied the Presiden
cy In 1904. M. Comtesse is a Neu
cbatel man, born at the pretty little
place called Valengin, near the Grand
Slgral one ot the famous points of
view near Neuchatel. After a course
of law In Heidelberg and Paris he re
turned to his native canton nod prac
ticed as a lawyer. Taking to politics
he gave himself to the study ot in
dustrial and commercial quostlons,
and has occupied various offices with
marked success. .
Suffragettes Favor Flirtation.
' The question whether married
couples should flirt is now agitating
suffragettes in England. Lady Mc-
I Laren. author: Ladv Troubrldae and
Mrs. Elizabeth York Miller, author,
all agree that flirtation is an excellent
thing, provided it is confined to the
family. They do not think that a :
man should flirt with another wom
an's husband. They believe only in
flirtation between husband and wife.
Concerning this kind of flirtation Mrs.
Miller pungently says: "Flirting
ought to be spontaneous; , nothing
could be more ridiculous than mar
ried people . flirting determinedly.
Husbands should flirt with their
wives, as women miss flirtation more
than men after matrimony. Flirta
tion consists in an occasional kiss; a
frequent holding of hands, a spirit
of tenderness and. chivalry,' and a
study of the other's Interests and
feelings. Flirtation is the panacea
of all married people's troubles. All
husbands and wives should cultivate'
It."
Marriage Superstitions.
"Blessed Is the bride that the sun
shines on."
A bride should use no pins in her
wedding clothes, and she should '
avoid looking in the glass when she is
completely dressed for church.
The wedding ring should not bo
tried on before the service, and to
take it off afterward Ib unlucky.
, t you marry in Lent you will live 1
to repent." May la an unlucky month
for weddings, and June and October
axe specially lucky.
It Is an old Yorkshire custom to
pour hot 'water over the doorstep
after the happy couple have departed,
In order to keep the threshold warm
for another bride.
When the bridesmaids undress the
bride they must be careful if she have
any pins about her to throw them
away. A single pin left might cause
her ill-luck. And it a bridesmaid
keep one of those pins she need not
expect to be married before the next
Whitsuntide, or Easter at the very
enri'Pi?. Home Notes.
At dinners nnd also at formal
luncheons it is a good idea to watch
the plates of neighbors, and if one
person has been talking so much as
to have fallen behind in the course it
Is tactful to take conversation into
one's own hands, giving the other a
chance to listen and at the same time
to eat.
It is not good form to monopolize
the attention of one neighbor to such
an extent as to prevent him or her
from talking with the person on the
other Ride. Often it is a temptation
when on one side is an attractive per
son and on the other one who is dull,
but politeness makes dividing the at
tention necessary. '
If one person is kept constantly in
'conversation by one neighbor at a
dinner it means that he or she on
the other side sits much ot the time
with no one to talk to, for the guest
farther on is certainly giving some
time to the person on his or her other
Bide. New York Telegram.
Cows Spread Consumption.
To show that there is danger of
contracting tuberculosis from using
milk from tubercular cows, we cite
the statement of Health Officer Wood
ward, of Washington, who says that
about fifteen per cent, of the people
who die in the District of Columbia
from tuberculosis contract the dis
ease aa a result of drinking milk from
dairies in and around Washington.
It has been found that an unusually
large number of cows around Wash
ington have tho disease. This Is a
serious situation, and If this is true
around Washington it is true in other
Jarge cities. The only safe way Is to
give the cows the tuberculin test.
Farmers' Guide.
Clicnp Horse Feeds.
The Michigan Agricultural Experi
ment Station has published a bulletin
on comparative horse feeding. It
atates that six horBes at work re
ceived a regular ration of timothy
hay and oats at an average expense
of 29.6 cents per day, estimating the
feed at current prices. The horses
lost an average of eleven pounds
each. Six horses were fed a cheaper
ration consisting of shredded corn
stalks, oat straw, hay, ear corn, oats,
boe.t pulp, bran, oilcake and. a few
jarrots, the average cost ot which
was 17.7 cents per day, and the
horses gained on an average four
teen pounds each. Four horses were
also fed the cheaper ration, but as
they were at rest part of the time
they were not fed as 'heavily as the
other lots. The average cost of main
tenance In this trial was 12.9 cents,
and the average loss in live weight
for each horse four pounds.
An Interruption.
Among the primary pupils enrolled
In a Baltimore school this term is the
son ot a prominent business tnau ot
that city, says Harper's Magailne. .
One atterneen, at close ot school,
tha youngster sought out his father
In his office, to. whom he said: '
"Dad, I'm getting tired of school.
M think I'll quit."
"Why, as.ea me astonisoea par
ent, "what's the matter, Tommy T X
theught yon were fond ot olng Vt
icbool." .
"So I am. dad," responded th
youngster, suppressing a yawn, "bat
tt breaks un the day so."
. . Latest Deceit.
"Vou must not Imagine," i&'.Z the
woman ot tha world, "that just be
cause the camera is of necessity
truthful one can depend upon, the
veracity of a photograph. One can't.
The very latest conceit, I may say de
celt, ot the fashionable photographer
seems to be worth telling about, i
"Now, Just about once in her life
a woman gets a picture that satisfies
her, and I don't mind confessing that
when it Is my picturs I want It to be
a fulsome flatterer, I know one wo
rn a u who bad her' one faultless pic
ture taken ten years ago. ' She has
now reached that painful perlcd
when birthdays ar no longer hila
rious occasion, and the picture Is
out of date la tho matter of sleeves
and hair. So when she felt recently
that It was time to pay another visit
to the ?botographor, she sought out
th on who haditreatad her so well
1 decade ago. She took with her a
trlnt ot the jld negative, and she
A Fine Effect Secured.
The alHance of foulard and satin is
one of the most noticeable features in
the new season's fashions. The color
ot the satin Is usually suggested by
the pattern on the foulard, and black
satin, too, takes a prominent place In
the new combination. A handsome
costume shows black satin used in
combination with black and white
foulard. The satin forms the deep
hem which comes to the knees al
most, satin in soft folds swathes the
waistline, and it Is used for the, lower
part of the sleeves.
A narrow line of the black satin
also borders the top of the corsage
below a short vest and collar of white
mousseline de sole.
The foulard bodlco is cut in one
with the upper sleeves, and an inset
of cabochons in smoky shades of blue
centres the front with a pretty effect.
These caboqhonsjn small round sizes
are used eb a border above the hem
and round the corsage, while a band
ot lace in a new shape comes round
the bodice on the left side and runs
down the front of the skirt to the
side, where It is caught up with a
large blue cabocbon.
The hat Is la the black satin, the
white, black and blue shades of the
dress being Introduced In the ostrich
plume. .The new' shoulder' wrap
which accompanies the gown is in
black, shot t with ' blue, the ends
weighted with iheavy silk tassels.
Foulard is also being used with
heavy crepe de chine' with" good ef
fect. In a trousseau gown made for
ona of the society brides ot this week
there was a beautiful "little girl"
dress made in foulard In a soft rose
shade of pink, traced with the tiniest
of pink spots In a pale shade and
pink crepe de chine. '
The baby bodice, slightly gathered
to the figure under a round frill ot
flesh-colored pink tulle at tt ck,
was encircled at the waistline with
folds ot tha crepe da chine, . A line of
tiny flat buttons, covered with tfia
crepe de chine,, ran down the centre
of the front to the deep hem ot crepe
de chine, which came up to meet the
npper part of the skirt lq the foulard.
The sleeves to the elbow were rucked
ud eaught In with bow-knots ot pink
bebt ribbon velvet. - Philadelphia
Borl.
Horse Holidays.
The Federal Government is acting
on the old saw that "all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy," and
has adopted a rule for a holiday for
horses employed In the public service.
Tho first example of the new law was
tested in the case of all horses used
In the service at Washington. The
horses employed In the Postal De
partment are to have a thirty days'
vacation eyery year, the same as Gov
ernment employes. The chief of the
department believes holidays will add
to the efficiency and durability ot the
horses in the Government service.
Every summer all the horses em
ployed In the Postal Department at
the capital will be sent to the Gov
ernment pastures of Maryland. A
change to the rich, tonic grasses of
the country and the opportunity to
repose in the shade of the stately
trees will not only be appreciated by
the horses, but will greatly add to
their efficiency.
Cowpens For Worn Land.
I am and huve been a reader ot
your paper for several years, and de
sire a little Information through Its
columns. I have a field of twelve
acres which is what we call cold, flat
land, which has been farmed tor
about thirty years, and has not been
brought up 'any during that time,
but everything taken off. Last fall
I sowed It to rye, which I intend to
turn under when full grown, probably
in June. Now I want to sow another
crop of something that will mature
In Cme to turn under In time to sow
the land to wheat in the fall. Have
been .thinking of some sorghum to
make a quick, heavy growth to turn
under when full grown. Soma advise
cowpeas, others buckwheat and some
millet. My object Is to get the must
vegetable matter in the ground by
some crop after the rye has been
turned under. Would like to hear
from some who have had experience
with sorghum in that vay and bow
much seed should I sow to the acre?
It any farmer knows of a better plan
to revive this kind ot ground would
be glad to hear from him. E. A. E.
Answer We recommend you to
tow cowpeas, and to cut the rye be
fore seed matures. If you use sor
ghum, sow six or eight quarts of seed
per acre. Indiana Farmer.
one of these, comparatively new land,
and the other, very old, upon which
we used 125 pounds per acre ot a
fertilizer carrying, probably, one to
two per cent, nitrogen, seven to
eleven per cent, available phosphoric
acid and two to four per cent, potash,
no fertilizer being used on the newer
field. From the old land we harvest,
ed twelve bushelB more per acre thun
from the new, and of better weight
and quality.
The old field had been in cultiva
tion, probably, more than fifty years.
The old field was much nearer the
barns, and had had more manure
hauled on it than on the other one.
At the Rothamstead experiment
station, England, three plats of
ground were used in growing wheat
for more than fifty years. On one
of these plats wheat was grown for
the entire period without fertilizer
of any kind, producing 13.1 bushels
per acre, average. On one ot the
other plats fourteen tons of farm
manure were applied each year and
nrnrinfA! 9 fi 7 Vitmhala nor arro Arirl
. v... ....... !
upon the other one commercial fer i
tlllzer was applied, and the yield was 1
37.1 bushels per acre. J. W. F.
Thomas, in the Indiana Farmer. !
Ho EM
t nm rrour to
PREPARE - Tit EH-
Fried Okra With Horn.
Mince half a pound of boiled ham
One. Mince two onions. Fry these)
In a tablespoonftil of butter. When
they have been fried brown add to
them two dozen sliced spears of okra.
Stir constantly with a long-handled
wooden spoon until the okra browns.
Then pour over the contents of the
saucepan a teacupful of tomato sauce.
Let it simmer until the juice la ab
sorbed and the vegetables begin once
more to brown. Then remove and
serve in a vegetable dish. New York
Times.
Feeding and Training Colts.
Feed is high, but so are horses, and
even the chronic grumblers have i
stopped saying that it does not pay to
raise colts. There is no denying thai
it pays better to raise the heavj .
breeds than the trottlng-bred colt
Nine out of ten ot the former are 1
prizes, where only now and then a
trotter is developed. The trotter re
quires special training; the drafter :
needs only use to make hlra saleable
at a good price. Somebody asks If II
is true that at present prices for feed
a colt will "eat his head off" In a few
months? It all depends upon how he
13 fed.
A yearling mny be kept well, which
means kept growing, at not to ex
ceed from $2 to $2.50 per month
while in stable, and for much less
when at pasture. A favorite ration
is a pint of ground oats, the same ol ,
bran and half a gill of oil meal,
twice a day, made into a thin gruel
with water and spread on the hay
feed. If hay is high, feed oat straw
In its place it bright aud clean. Da
not give the colts any dusty food, and
see to it that they do not become con
stipated. Linseed meal, roots, corn- i
stalks and apples are useful to pro
vent this danger.
The main thing is to keep the
youngster growing, and to see that he
has no backset. Stunted colts, like
stunted children, will carry the ill
effects of early malnutrition as a
handicap all through life.
Next to sensible feeding is intelli
gent handling of the colts. This
should begin early and be carried on
with patience and good sense. Kind
ness allied to firmness is the great
essential in the training ot a colt In
the way you want him to go. A
brawling, impatient, headstrong man
can very soon turn a likely colt Into
a vicious and worthless imitation of
himself. Weekly Witness.
SlulTed Pepper.
Remove from a half dozen gooJ
slzed peppers the seeds and inner
pith. Place In boiling water and cook
for fifteen minutes. Pour over a cup
ful of fine bread crumbs two table
spoonfuls of melted butter. Beat an
egg and mix it thoroughly In the
crumbs. Stir In a half teaspoonfut
of salt. Pour over a cupful of
chopped cold meat some etork,
enough to moisten it well. If the
stock be lacking, use water. Thor
oughly mix all. Fill the poppers with
the mixture. Arrange them In a pan
half filled with hot water. Bake In
a moderate oven until the peppers
are thoroughly done. Usually It re
quires an hour In a moderate oven.
New York Times. -
Hamburg Steak Willi Tomato Sniicc.
Never buy your Hamburg steak al
ready chopped, no matter how fresh
and enticing It mny look. Too often
the most Inferior grades of merit are
used and then sprinkled with a pre
servative to give thorn a fresh ap
pearaure. (let a piece of lean meat
from the round, not necessarily the
tenderest portion, and havfi the
butcher put it throu?li the grinder
while you are there. If you like on
ions with the steak chop one fine
and add. Season with salt and pm
per, shape Into small, round, fl.-.t
cakes and having your frying pan
hissing hot and just lightly greased,
with a bit of suet, lay In the r.akoa.
In teii seconds turn anl In t?n
seconds more repeat. This gives a
bice brown crust on earh side of the
cakes and It will not bo nece-snry to
turn so often Cook five m'nutes If
desired rare; tt little lonsor f:jr well
done.
Serve with tomato spuce. Melt a
tablespoonftil of butter in a saucepan,
add a tablespoonful flour, a half-.pa-Bpoonful
salt and a dash of pepper.
As soon as blended, pour In little by
little one cupful strained tomato with
a few drops onion Julre, ar.d cook
three or four minutes and pour round
the meat. New York Telegram.
Keeping Up Soli Fertility.
With reference to keeping the land
up with clover alone, I formerly be
lieved the fertility ot the soil could
be maintained Indefinitely by crop
rotation and the proper uze ot clover,
but in recent years I have changed
my mind. Certain elements, as nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash. In
herent in the soil and necessary to
the growth and thrift of all plants,
are removed from the land by contin
uoua cropping, two of which cannot
be replaced by clover alone.
As all know, clover It properly
used, will renew the diminishing sup
ply of nitrogen, but will not develop
the available phosphoric acid and
potash In sufficient quantities to grow
profitable crops. There comes a time
in the history ot all old land, when
the exhausted elements which cannot
be restored by clover must be' sup
plied from some other source. Stable
manure, which Is complete within
Itself, or some form of phosphate or
commercial fertilizer must be used.
It you have enough stable manure
you will neve.- need any commercial
fertilizer. But who has enough?
We probably have more Ltable ma
nure than any one else In this vicin
ity, as we feed and fatten, each year,
for the market, a great deal of live
stock, consisting ot some 1(00 head
ot sheep and lambs, in a barn built
expressly for that purpose, and in
which hey are welt bodded, thereby
cons irvIng, in the best possible uiuu
ner, alt liquid as well at nil solid
manure. In addition to this we fed
last summer more than BOO head ot
hoj-s. The manure from all these
aninals gojs through the spreader.
nd back on the land, yet we have
not enough. Hence, we supply the
deficiency by using comuurrtal fer
tilizers, and In addition, to this, we
i sow clover In all small grain, having
now more than 100 acres Ir clover.
Our' average yield ot wheat las In
creased from twelve to fiftoeu bushels
for acre, giving the ture for each
ye.r and flell. One ytar we sowed
wi-eai 'u two t jrsnty-flvt acre flelji:
Dctfi-nilno Vitality of Seed Corn.
There is serious danger that this
vpar'n corn cron will be limited bv a
I poor stand of plants.
Many growers will be compelled to
. buy seed. In such case do not risk
purchases from a different latitude.
I It good seed of a productive variety
' cannot be bought near home, then
make sure that the seed ha3 been
grown in a section having a similar
growing season, advises a writer in
National Stockman and Farmer.
Even it the corn is sold as tested seed
buy early enough to enable you to
make a test for yourself before plant
ing. The first thing to do is to test the
corn that one 1b planning to use. It
will pay to do this right. Make some
boxes three inches deep and, say,
eighteen Inches square. Partly till
with sawdust or any other material
that will hold moisture. Place on
this a square of muslin that is
marked in one inch squares and
I numbered. On each square place four
kernels of corn taken from different
parts of the ear, one square for each
ear that is to be tested. Give the ear
the same number as the square by
writing the number on a slip of paper
and tying It around the ear. Cover
the corn In a box with a pad that
will hold the moisture, and keep the
box in a warm room. Select for
planting only the ears whose kernels
have shown strong germinating
power. If one kernel In four falls to
germinate, or It the germination Is
slow and weak, reject the ear. The
task ot testing is not nearly so great
as these directions may Indicate, and
In this way one may know that all the
seed Is capable ot making a strong
growth ot plants.
It pays every year, but this year It
will be unusually profitable. Much
corn will not grow at all, and very
much will germinate only under most
favorable condtlons, nnd some ccld,
wet weather after planting will rot it.
Make sure of the rejection ot all seed
.that Is not full of vitality, aad th
method of testing will enable an; o- -to
do so. , V
Mushrooms nnd Chicken.
Cut the stems from ten medium
, Blzed fresh mushrooms. Remove tho
gills nnd peel neatly. As sron as
peeled drop them into n bowl of ro'd
water. The flavor will be mv.ch im
proved If to the water has been nd:if1
the juice of one lemon. Chop the
mushroom stems very fine. Hit with
them one small white onion well
chopped. Place them in a saucepan
In which has been melted a hcapir J
teaspoonful of butter. Cool: for two
or three minutes nnd then add tiie
mushroom stems. Cook Bliwiy tor
five minutes. Soapon with i eppcr
and salt to taste. Take off the lovs
and mix with the mu3hrc-m,s.
Mine" tender parts of c!U"Uon,
! preferably the white meet. A c ii ful
i will lie required. Push thro'irch a
' sieve. Mix with It two mWcn coa
! fuls of butter cut Into fine pieces.
Mix thoroughly. Beat tha whites of
two eg33 and moisten the meat wltli
! this, stirring well. Season strongly
with salt and pepper. Keep on ice
until chilled. Mix with it a teacupful
of whipped cream. Fill the mush-
i rooms with this mixture. Place them
I in a buttered pan. Place th?m In on
I oven and cover with buttered paper.
I Bake until firm. Servo with cither
' tomato or cream sauce. The latter
I 4s more delicate and Is usually pre
ferred for this dish lu the South.
New York Times.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
The Chinese Riots.
The Immediate occasion of the r;t
r,g at Changsha, in the province ot
j Hunau, appears to b the failure ot
the rice crop. With all thoir cen
turies ot agrarian experience, the
Chinese have not yet learned to dis
tribute the surplus product of one
district to relieve the distress of an
other. ' It may be that in one province
the cattle are driven Into the fields to
feed and the crops are usad as fuel,
while In an adjoining province the
) people are stsrvlng. The market for
. the rice crop Is ctrlctly a local one.
' While It Is permissible to Import
' grain from abroad in any quantity de
. sired, grain of any kind may not be
transported from one district to an
j other without the expreas uermlsalon
: of - the Kovsrnuient. Philadelphia
I Ledcsr.
Dryness of skin and genera! cap
tions call for more fruit to bo eaten.
Almoud meal may be used ins'enJ
of soap If the latter Is lrrltatin3 t
the sklu.
To remove match marks from a
polished or varnished surface, rub
with a rag dipped in water, and tie
stains will disappear.
In the summer the fruit pnospVc'c '
are not only grateful fluids for the
ala.e, but they have a tonic, diuretic
and other medicinal virtues as v.e'.l.
If scars remaining from pimples
be bathed In a saturated solution cf
boric acid and then anointed witii
ltinc ointment they will readily disap
pear. Whenever bread c(umbs are to he
used they are much better It ser.3oi.cl
first with pepper and salt. This doe
not refer to their ut on uweiteued
puddings.
A wrinkled, dry skin has been d
pr'vel of its natural oil. ; Almor.d
soap should be ussd Insterd ot soap,
and the face should never be washed
In hot water.
To inako the eyebrows grow: Four
ounces of nlcoUal, two ounces of cas
tor oil, fifteen drops of the oil nt
hergamot. Apply with a tiny biuu
3tht and morning.
Even though currants cr.n now be
bovght "cleaned," the careful roo'x
washes them throurti several waters,
dries tbcm on a toft cloth tnd pi::s
them In 'a slow oven for a time. ; '
Yen eannot be too careful of what
you put on year eompt.tltia.. Maty
of the cheap tac cvea:.u are made
with a bafi ot bite varcllne, or )s-d,
both vt which are tit route ly har-in-l
to the sLo.