CURRENT SUPERSTITIONS. HANDLING HAT RACKS A Simple Contrivance Which En ables One Man to Do All ta KnKiurr Work. One of the hardest am! most Incon venient operations about farm work ia the lifting on and off of the hay rack from the wagon. The usual wny of lift ing over the wheels takes from two to four men, and then it is heavy lifting. This Job can be ensily and quickly per formed by means of rope and pulleys, the rack being lifted up and the wagon run under, when it CBB be lowered into place, and vice versa. To do this It ia necessary, of course, to have some con venient place for fastening the pulleya high enough to let the ruck swing clear of the wagon, and some way of holding fl J U Be sure that for every fog you get In March you will have a frost in May. If the sun goes down behind a bank of clouds on Friday it will rain on Sun day. While peacock feathers are kept in the house sickness will never be out of it. If the thread knot while sewing the sewer will live to see the garment worn out. If one mends n garment while wear ing it every stitch taken represents an enemy which will be made. I If a pen drops and sticks to the floor the owner's lover lives in the direction 1 toward which it inclines. If u spider is found on one of your I gnrmentslt signifies that you will soon ' have a new one of the same sort. If n person's two front teeth are wide I enough apart to place a gold coin be , tween them he will always be rleh. A ring around the moon Indicates bad weather, which will lust as many days us there are stars Inclosed In the circle. If a peahen calls, a donkev brays, pigs enrry straw, geese flap their wings, n ! pot boils dry or the clouds move north ward, it will ruin. If a silver coin or fresh-laid egg 1r placed in the hand of n r.ew-liorn babe, long life and prosperity will be assured j to it. If a hairpin sticks out but does not fall the wean r will have a disappoint ment! If H fall h f lover is thinking of her. EFFORTS OF THE POETS I I'm lust as proud of Dew ay as a foliar well jj b. No Kockerbllt or Vsodergould can Ilk him mora than mi; 1 No millionaire In all the world, no matttr what tola nut, ' Can take mora prtda In Dewey and U ihing. that Dewey don. ! But they have much the best of It makin' Dewey think That they're the only pebbles when It comes to meat and drink; . They're askln' him to dinner, and a-blowlD' In their stuff In wads so big you'd hardly think the world could hold enough. ' They're a.ndln' swords out to blm that are made o' solid soil. Enough to Hll his cabin and to stock bis b.oomln' hold: They're buyln' city houses and a-glvtn,' 'em to him. In such a way as I should think would make his thinker swim. Hot 1 I ain't got nothln' for to show him whnt I thlr.it. Hut you can bat I'll not set by and get the rlnky-dlnk! An' what I kin do I will do. and sort or kinder teach These millionaires they're not the only pebbles on the beach. So I have written Dewey Just a slnsle lit tle line To offer him the freedom of a patent leather shine. And told him If he'd call on mo I'd blow him off rlKht here. To Just n half u portion of a nickel's worth of bear! Ilnrper's Unmr. KIDNEY Ix h deceptive (lis TnAiiai 12 e llouaud 1 KUUOLCbtve it aud don't1 know it. Jf you waut quick results , uu cnu make ui) iniHlitk'f bv using Dr. KiltllHl's SttlM Root, tile great kidney lemtvlv. At druggist iu fifty I cent and dollar aigva. Sample but ties by iu ul frae, ulsu paiupiilt tell-1 ins you how to Dud out if you Lave kidllfV trouble. Address, Dr. Kilmer A Co., Biuirhniuton, N.Y. 1 J M ODD AND CURIOUS. HAT RACK LIFTER. the rack up until wanted again, Tim bers or props can be arranged for this. Where there la a driveway in a barn with room enough overhead, or an al leyway between u double w rn-eril, a convenient place is at hand, and when Ibe rack is not in use it will be housed from the weather. Hut for those who have D0 such place at their disposal, wo glvs the sketch of a handy and cheap i r ime for the purpose. Four posta are set in the ground In some convenient place, wide enough .;:irt to allow the wagon and rack to be driven between them, the height of the po:-t.s varying with the kind of rack used, All that is necessary is to have them high enough to lift the rack well :il)Ovc the wheels. Across the tops of these posts (A, Fig. 1) bolt on two beams (11) to strengthen the frame and to serve as a fastening for the pulley block (C); Zxl's should be bolted :. between the two nets of posts (D). If the posts are firmly vat In the ground this will insure solidity, but If desired, more braces can bo spiked on nt the sides. Then with an inch auger bore holes iu the corner posts at (K) and get an iron pin from a foot to 14 iuulieajiu lougth to lit in these. A pole (If) strong enough -jo bear the weight of the ruck and long :iough to reach from one post to the other by resting on these pins, is se cured for each end of the rack to rest on when In place. Kings are bolted in tae rack nt (G), into which a six-foot iliain with a hook at cither end, aud ring in the center, is attached. The pul ley block (C) is attached' to the beam above by a chain and hook, so us to be easily detached. One man can handle a nick with tnsc. To put it on the wagon, he has only to book the running gears Into place, hook the six-foot chain into the rin.-.'s in the rack, hook the pulley block to the chain of )he lenm above, hook the end of the rope into the ring in the center of the six-foot chain, raise the cud of the rack an inch or so, fastening the rope to hold it there. Then remove the pole K) and lower that end of the rack Into place on the wagon. The other end is let down in the same Way, the whole operation consuming only a few min utes' time. The ropes, pulley and chain can be hung up In the barn out of the weather. K is not necessary to lift the rack high enough to drive the team under, as the wagon can le easily backed into position by hand, and when the rack is on the wagon and the poles (F) removed from the pins, there will be nothing to hinder driving into position for hoisting the rack. This device is a groat convenience on a farm where hay racks ure frequently Is use. J. L. Irwin, In Ohio Farmer. THOUGHTS AND FACTS. As the period of lactation advances the butter fat grows lighter iu color, harder and the fat globules smaller. Although it has been studied a great many years by our greatest scientists it is not definitely known how milk is formed in the udder. There is more difference between in dividuals of the same breed than there is between different breeds of cows In the quality of milk they produce. Butter fat is composed of nbout ten separate and distinct fats. It is the linest flavored, most easily decomposed and easiest digested of all fats. As the period of lactation advances the percentage of fat Increases, not only absolutely but also in relative pro portion to the other solids of the milk. The feeding of cottonseed meal tends to harden the fnt In milk and conse quently makes a harder butter than would be made if linseed meal were fed. Some Philadelphia milkmen ore producing such a high grade milk that they guarantee thut it does not con tain over a certain number of bacteria to the quart. Billiard, bolls, bocks of hair brushes and combs, etc., arc made from skim-, milk, and large quantities of this by product are utilized now in the manu facture of paper. S wanni-artia-i tw tats. nnai Inuaatlrratlnn n ortv't UQt is about one-seventh richer at the Mom of period of lactation than at the -XaoonaJ Stockman. The Bermudas arevjot Included in the term West Indies, Gov, Stanley of Kansas smokes cu i beb cigarettes. Kingfisher, Kan,, has an ordinance re quiring the dogcatchar to produce the ' tail of every unlicensed dog killed by j him. Criminals sentenced to death In Utah have a choice between hanging and shooting. North Carolina has paid In confed ' erate pensions in 2.1 years nearly $1,000,000. The pensioners number I 5,400. ISusiness was dull In a Boston resttiu ' runt when a thief entered it and discov ered the cashier nodding nt his post of i duty. The thief walked off with the easli register) which contained only ' but the register was worth $100. i The postmaster nt Bethel, Mo., ro : cently put a telephone in his office and announced that for the benefit of those '. out-of-town patrons w ho are connected ! by wire, and who may desire it, he will I open their letters and read the contents to them over the 'phono. I The female Samson of Texas Is Miss j Jennie BobinsOn, a colored woman, of BuTleSOn county. Her age Is 22 years, i and her weight is 147 pounds., IUt I strength Is equal to that of five ordinary ; men. An Insolent trump abused her mistress one day, and Jennie was sum moned. She. grabbed him by the collar 1 of his coat and t.hc seat Of his trousers an1 whirled blm over a fence. GOSSIP OF THE STARS. I Klchard Mansfield has taken out a life-insurance policy for $100,000. There are about 300 women's musical ! clubs in the United States. "Jolly" John Nash, a popular comic I opera Blnger of Loudon, Is 70 years old. Lillian Itusscll Is said to carry an 80, 000 life insurance policy In favor of her daughter. Jean and Edouardde Besske, the sing ers, ure said to know as much nlxHit horses as about music. Mrs. Voynich has dramatized her novel, and it will be performed In this country next fall. Maude Adams, the actress, is the great-granddaughter of Joshua, first cousin and Intimate of J. Q. Adams, Mary Dickens, a glnddaughterof the novelist, is about to bring out a piece of fiction dealing with theatrical life. A first-class theatrical company, when on tour, carries between 000 and H00 tons of scenery, costumes and other property. The pensions paid to retired artists by the imperial opera of Vienna amount to above the relatively enor mous sum of ,'100,000 fruncs. The oldest theaters In London ure: Drury Lane, opened in lfii',3; Sadler's Well's, started as an orchestral assem bly room In 1883) Hay market, 1720; Covent Garden, 17D2, and Lyceum, 170J. It Mletll Ha' Itrrn Wmir." When failures beClOl lha blue of your ky And troubles heirm in torrents to pour, i Just think of the Hoods that others liavo whelmed And say to yourself: "It nilcht ha' been wuur," You're il reached but no drOon'd : It nilcit ha' been wuur! 1 Whin out on life's sea your vessel Is wracked. Beyond the relief of a humanly nhore, Cllnn fasl lo the spar Uod's put la your hand And say to yourself: "It nilcht ha' been wuur." Some haven't a spar; It inlehl ha" been wuur! When Death, blanching Death, stalks tato yoeir street And knocks with appalling hand at youi door; Hold fast to the hops Qod'a put In youi heart And say to yourself: "It mlchl ha' bean wuur," What If you'd line hupe! It n.lcht ha been waurl And when jou shall stand before the Rfc-ut Judge, , Who 11 open the book and scan your life o'er, May He In Ills love forrjlvo where you'vo iritd, And say to your soul: "It mlch ha' been wnur." "dang yo Wl' the sheep, tt nilcht ha' been wuur!" -John U. rialcy, In Chicago Interior. Jo nr. The bumblebees delvo In the thick red clover, TouslliiK and tumbling It over and over; i The far sun shines and thu wlndl go hy, And a sparrow-hawk poises above la the sky. There Is tittle to loam from the Right of the swallow. Who kails where his gathering comrndes follow; The stream runs ilow and tho hills are high, And the sparrow-hawk poises above In the sky. And a clear, sweet nolo from the ground Is ringing. Where s bird in the silence now In singing; I Like drifts of snow do the White clouds II. . And the sparrow-hawk poises above in the sky In the pasture's breadth Is a brown song sparrow 1 There's a rush of wings like a whistling nrrow- Corever nnd ays must the sweet notes die, And a spsiTOW-hawk poises above In tho sky. Ernest UcOaffey, la Woman's Homo Companion FROM A WOMAN'S STANDPOINT Any chauge from a routine is picas unt. Hating alone is the cause of half the Indigestion iu the world. The electric light Is about the only thing that can be brilliant to order. There is no one iu the world beyond the power of (lattery. A woman prefers a man who worships her to one who waits upon her. One is just as happy looking into an other person's garden as owning one 1 one's self. A woman who marries a man younger than herself is never half so sorry us the man. When we find a spool of thread that we thought, lost we feel as gratified ns though we had discovered a gold mine. A woman has her work beautifully cut out for her who endeavors to recon cile a pet dog and a pel cat to each other. The whole world may admire a wom an's frock, luit if the man she loves says it isn't pretty there is no beauty in it for her. Again w e inquire, why are commence ments so called when they come at the end rather than the beginning of the BChOol year? The modern method of di nying the engagement up almost to the duj of marriage seems to indicate that neither party is willing to take any chanci on having it said that they were jilted. It is us useless for a man to try to de ceive the world into believing that his last year's straw liat is of t his season's crop as it is for him to endeavor lo look innocent when he knows he hasn't paid his fare. Philadelphia Times. Com pen unt I on. O little curly head of mlno. you play about all day. You've- mnny n Inrk out In thepurk while I must work away; You never have a single care to mar your childish Joy Your little sphere Is far more, fair than mine was as a boy. O little curly head of mlno, thero oro no cows that you .Must go to bring Just when there's some thing else you'd rather do; 1 There Is no churn for you to turn, r.o hoo- Ing to bo done, ! N'o pump to work, no wood to burn that you must chop, my son. 1 O little curly hend of mine. It sometlmci grieves me that You should be shut up hero In town to lan guish In a Hat, Dut still there are i.o briers here lo scratch your legs lo-iluy Thero are r.o weeds to pull, my dear, wbtn you would rather play. -S. B. Klser. In Chlcngo TImcs-IIcrald. FOREIGN GOSSIP. Brazil will exhibit 500 varieties of serpents at the 1'aris display in 1900. The smallest camels belong to Per sla. They are not more than 20 inches high. llerlin has the smallest elephunt In the world. It is but 89 inches high and Weighs 100 pounds. Only one person in every four of the 1 Inhabitants of Londt n earns more, than five dollars a week. Australia is the one place in flic world where the towns are more beau tiful than the country. Western Australia bus un act in force prohibiting the landing of anyone who ennnot write out n given passage in English. At the Antwerp horticultural exposi tion an admiring amateur collector of- fcrcd 4,000 for three orchids and was refused. According to a competent French stn- tistlcian, France lost 130,000 men by tho Franco-Prussian war. Germany's . losses were only 38,278. A new fashion wns Introduced at the ! earl of Crewe's wedding. Lord Chester i field, the best man, carried a cane, lie did not seem to find It in the way when attending to his duties, such ns handing the groom the ring, etc. However, it'is not likely the Idea will be universally adopted. When Virtue Triumphed. There was a man who tried to do The very best he could; He held that being rich was rot As fair us being good: Sly tempters tried to pull him down. Their schemes wero all In vain; He would not turn from righteous ways For power or for gain. Full msny n snare was laid for him fly men of evil minds; Ha passed unsmlrchcd through troubled scenes Of many various kinds; Whero others would have faltered ha Still held to honor's course, Unhindered by chicanery. Unterrltled by force. He was a good man through ar.d through. A better never was; He always scorned unlawful means. No matter what the cause; With honor as his watchword ha Pursued his righteous way. And won out at the end, but, but ah! This man was In a play. Chicago Dally Newa. The nanqnrt Habit. Man's a product moat refined; Evolution shows , How he's leaving far behind Earthly Joys and woe Yet our brave and brainy men For discussion nv-et; Speak their burning noughts and tae All sit down and eat. On a battle-lighted sa History Is made: Foemen In confusion flee Stricken and afraid. Home the hero comes ssala; Dp and down the street Cheers of welcoma sound and tbaa All alt down and eat. -Washington Star. wfat gloated RIPANS TABULES are intended for children, ladies and all who prefer a medicine disguised as con-' fectionery. They may now be had (put up in Tin Boxes, seventy-two in a box), price, twenty-five cents or five boxes for one dollar. Any druggist will get them if you insist, and they may always be obtained by remitting the price to The Ripans Chemical company- , NO. !0t NEW. v an j w FROM THE CRUCIBLE. lltmincss ui:iii:i: l'romi-i' a man the earth and give him a cemetery lot. The mongrel is often the most Intelli gent, but it is the pure-blooded lo;r whioh gets the prise. There is no complicated mechanism baakj of 0 steam whistle, luit it's no use to try to compete with it in Its line. The way to iroem is to lick the strongest man of those you would rule, anil then make blm rule over the oth ers, i NeewsHy is raid to be the mother ol Invention hut is not oftentimes inven tion the mother of necessity? Most in ventors go broke. A man often catches the popular taste in his writings because tin' reader says: "That is good, but I could have done It better.' I f you are In trouble am! gn to a man who has none, he c,ies you advice; hut (he man of many troubles helps you through sympathy. The time when n man always takes you al your word is when you tell hit:) he can pay what he owes you at his own convenience, The phrnse "I'm monarch of all I sur vey" should be rewritten to reail "I'm monarch of till I laugh at." 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