TUB MOUNTAIN
Have yon ever heard, my 1 tui dies, of that
wondrous mountain-peak
On which we all would like to live, which
even children seek?
It has reared its lofty summit ever since
the world began.
Sou will know it when I name it 'tis the
Mountain of the Can.
It lies beyond the valley where so many
people dwell
fUie Valley of the Can't, it's called. We
all know that place well) :
And the pathway is so rugged leading up
the mountain side
Tlat few there are who reach the top to
dwell there satisfied.
II.
One may start out some fine morning when
the aun is shining bright,
Caying, "Pooh! That path is easy. I will
reach the top by night."
But by noon the storm-clouds gather, and
a mist obscures the way.
And he stumbles over bowlders and fal
ters in dismay.
He is weary and discouraged; he begins to
puff and pant;
60 he turns his footsteps backward to
ward the Valley of the Can't.
Here he meets again the neighbors whom
he thought to leave behind;
'And henceforth dwells among them, with
the lame and halt and blind.
Now, my laddie, where will you dwell when you grow to be a man
ia the Valley of the t'an't or on the Mountain of the Can?
Gertrude Morton, in St. Nicholas.
BILLY'S SCHOOL
By WILLIAM
.
. Jtoi. 1' strikes me," began Hilly
JjL. Houck, Judicially squinting
jO T O his left eye, "that It. la
'A K about time that herd of
I TfOIr sliinin' lights from Sarvis
l'oint was learnin' how to
tiehave In public."
This sentiment was received with
mpliatic approval. Several even vol
unteered to shed their blood if neces
sary, to help teach that much needed
lesson.
"Don't get- too violent, now, boys;
tney may come out wonderful when
they learn some. If about twenty of
you will Jine in and toiler directions,
pjve'll help make men of 'em."
When Billy proposed a plan there
were always plenty of volunteers to
carry It out.
The "ghinin lights" referred to were
elx young men from Sarvis Point who
fcad been making life burdensome for
Buckeye Ridge for three months. It
tiad begun when these young men cre
ated a disturbance at a school exhibi
tion, and were arrested and fined $20
apiece and costs. After that they orig
inated a more lawful plan for creating
disturbance.
It had worked very satisfactorily.
SVhen there was a public meeting they
Simply waited until it was well started
and then one, with his spurs dangling,
would slowly walk in and take a seat.
In a few minutes another would come
In and then another and another until
all six were seated. When the meeting
jras half over, one went tiht A few
minutes would ellipse and then another
and another, until the six were out
and the meeting spoiled.
Their special delight was to disturb
the Methodist preacher, for the Justice
of the Peace belonged to that church.
The minister was a meek, sweet-spirited
little man who suffered long and
never upbraided; but it always spoiled
Iiis sermon when they came, and they
did not often miss.
When Billy explained his plan for a
fjchodl of Instruction on public be
havior, some of the timid ones advised
against it.
"Let's have them arrested for dis
turbing the peace," suggested one.
"Ain't any law again' a man comln'
In and goin' out when be pleases,"
snapped a friend of the Billy Idea.
"Maybe," suggested a weak-eyed
class leader, "they will get some good
-Out .of the meeting. We should not
keep the vilest sinner from the house
Df the Lord." .
"Well, now, I ain't overly strong on
religion," said Billy, "but It strikes me
the circuit rider at Buckeye Bridge has I
a right to do his talking without any
Interference from Sarvis Point. 1 ain't
bjectin' to these sinners goin' to the'
bouse of the Lord. It's on them leav
ln It too soon. Educate 'em. A little
' Information on manners won't keep out
, the grace, ,and maybe it .will act
quicker."
Billy prevailed, as he always did, and
the school of instruction was set for
Che following Sunday evening.
It was a beautiful night and the little
Church was crowded. Buckeye Bridge
thought a great deal of its church, and
When "preachln' day" was line, saint
and sinner flocked together In crowds.
The songs and prayers were over,
the preacher read his text and began
to outline his sermon. The audience
Bvas strictly attentive. A heavy step
Bounded in the vestibule, the familiar
clink, clink of a loose spur, and a tall
young man stalked down the aisle and
took a seat near the front.
The minister was slightly annoyed,
for, of course, no one could listen while
bis attention was being spurred away
from the subject There was the sound
f heavy feet, stamp, stamp, stamp,
find the clink, clink, clink of a spur.
Another robust citizen of Sarvis Point
came down the aisle and took a seat
near the front.
Once more the preacher rallied. With
supreme effort he got the attention
sof the congregation. The sound of feet
again, again the clink, clinkety clink
of spurs. By the time the third was
finally seated the minister was so dis
tracted he gave out a hymn and sat
sjown to try to collect his thoughts.
No one came in during the singing,
fcut as soon bb the minister renewed bis
attack on the text, another Pointer
came dangling his spurred feet dowa
, the aisle; a little later another, and
AND THE VALLEY.
III.
But sometimes a man more venturesome
and nluckv than the rest
Will climb through rocks and bramble till
he stands upon the crest.
Here he pauses, tilled with wonder as he
arazes far and wide
At the beauty of the buildings, at the
wealth on every side.
For behold! the grandest castles raise their
Noblest bridges span the waters that go
swiftly tumbling by.
Sweetest flowers fill the gardens of each
stately palace home;
And Happiness and Honor dwell beneath
each gilded dome.
IV.
Here dwell artists, poet, statesmen men
of letters and renown,
Who by honest toil and patience have
achieved a victor's crown. ,
Here they live and learn and study, and in
daily knowledge grow,
While their brethren in the valley pay
them homage from below;
Pay them homage yet forgetting that
should they. too. persevere.
They might some day reach the summit
witn tnem men wnom tney revere.
Forgetting that each lesson learned, each
slight accomplishment.
Brings them on just one step farther up
the mountain s steep ascent. 1
OF INSTRUCTION.
II. HAMBY.
Fifteen minutes of the time had been
wasted. The minister hurled himself
nervously at the subject and began to
grow eloquent with earnestness. Just
as he reached the height ot his theme,
the tall young man near the front
shuflled his feet, rose Slowly, picked up
liis hat and coat, crowded by those In
the end of the seat and started leisurely
down the aisle, his spurs clinkety clink.
As he nea red the door two men rose
and quietly stepped In front of him.
One of them it was Billy said in an
undertone:
"Supposln' we go back to our seats
and hear the rest of the sermon."
There was a craning of hecks, the
preacher paused, and a tingle of excite
uient touched the crowd. The other
live Pointers sprang up and hurried
down the aisle menacingly. Their
faces indicated a determination to de
molish the obstruction at the door on
quick time.
h'our men on each side rose up quietly
and closed in, a solid line across the
door. Four rose up on each side of the
aisle, and four came down the aisle
after the Pointers.
The audience, after It caught Its
breath, was ready to break into a
panic.
"Parson," said Billy, In a reassuring
tone, "you'll excuse me for sayin' a
word. All you people Just keep your
seats, perfectly quiet, there ain't goin'
to be a bit of trouble. Now, parson,
give out a hymn, and all of you sing
good and loud."
"I'll be hanged If there won't be
trouble mighty quick if you don't clear
that door," said the leader of the Point
ers, starting forward.
Billy stepped squarely in front of
him.
"Don't get excited now, boys," he
raid, mildly. "You ain't goin' out that
door and it'll be better not to make a
fuss, and 1 wouldn't use any cuss
words there's women and children
here."
The audience had caught its cue and
was singing with nervous loudness.
The Pointers drew close together. Tney
looked ugly. Their hands were at their
hip pockets; several revolvers were
half drawn. At a nod from Billy the
twelve men drew around In a close
circle. They were picked men, cool
headed, but obstinate enough- to tight
to the death to enforce their order.
"Boys," said Billy, still speaking in
an even tone, "go back and sit down
In the front seat and stay till you are
told to leave. " It'll be better to listen
to the preacher now than to have hlra
preachln' over you to-morrow when
you can't hear."
The rowdies glanced around the cir
cle and knew these men were not
bluffing, nor were they to be bluffed.
They parleyed a minute among them
selves. "We don't have to go back," said the
leader.
"Maybe not," said Billy; "then I'm
afraid we'll have to carry you."
The circle drew a little closer, alert,
ready.
The rowdies turned aDout sullenly
and walked back to the front seat.
Four citizens sat down in the ends or
the seat beside them, eight In the scat
behind.
The services proceeded with the best
of order.
When the congregation arose to be
dismissed, Billy leaned forward and
said:
"Just stay where you are, boys, till
all the crowd's gone."
Directly all were gone but the Point
ers and their guards. There was a few
minutes' pause.
1 "Jimmy," said Billy to one of the
younger men, "give us a little poetry.
It has a powerful reflnin influence."
Jimmy went to the front and recited
"Curfew Must Not Ring To-night," and
at calls for more gave the "Sailor Boy"
and "Bingen on the Hhine."
The Pointers stirred in their seats
and one of them swore under his
breath.
"Quiet," commanded one of the
guards.
"Now, Dick," said Billy, "read us a
chapter on Etiket."
Dick produced a nine hundred page
compendium of universal knowledge
and read twenty pages on how to dress,
bow to care for the hair and nails, how
to dance, how to carry on conversation
and how to act in public He read
slowly and it was 11.10 when lie fin
ished. The whisky was dying out in
the Pointers and they began to feel
sleepy and mean.
"Say," said'the leader, in an an at
tempt to be friendly ,,"aln't that about
enough?"
"Dick," said Billy, "I see he ain't
caught the points in the last chapter.
Read it again."
There was no further interruption.
"Tom," said Billy, "these felers
missed the lesson to-night. They need
a little Scripture, seeln' It Is Sunday.
Supposln' you read us a Chronicle or
two." It was quarter past midnight
when he finished.
The Pointers were weary, fearfully
weary. They were sleepy, too, and
fifteen miles from their beds. They
looked around appeallngly, but there
was no encouragement.
"Now," said Billy, 'these young men
iieed n little history knowledge. Alf,
you may read the Declaration of Inde
pendence." It was finished at 1.H0.
The bench was very hard. One of
the weary Pointers twisted in his seat.
Another dozed, but a terrltlc Jab In
the ribs from the elbow of one of the
guards brought him back with a grunt.
"Give us the Constitution," called
Billy.
It was half-past i when the last sec
tion was read.
"That'll do, Alf," said Billy. "We'll
save Washington's Farewell speech till
the boys come agin. Guess we might
adjourn." 1
To date, He Sarvis Point "shlnin"
lights" are in the dark as to the con
tents of Washington's Farewell Ad
dress. The Criterion.
Mis MtUe Done of Spire.
No one noticed how it began, but the
elderly little man was disputing with
the six-footer for a position at the "L"
car door.
There's plenty of room over there,"
snld the giant. "You needn't be crowd
ing inc."
"I won't budge an inch," came the
retort.
"I'll show you if you won't," said the
other angrily. "I'll teach you a thing
or two."
And ot every word he elbowed hlra
violently away. The little man was
like a feather before hira and he real-
teed it. lie allowed himself to be hus
tled along without offering the slight
est resistance. Only a crimson glow
flooded his gray-bearded cheeks.
A third man sprang angrily In front
of the enraged bully ,and growled into
his face:
"You ought to be ashamed of your
self, sir; yes, heartily ashamed of
yourself, a big, heavy man like you!"
The man addressed looked sheepishly
down and said nothing. But the little
elderly man calmly remarked to his
ally:
"Don't pay any attention to It, sir;
we need a little variety in life." New
York Press.
Scrambled,
A salesman in a department store
who possesses considerable wit entered
a restaurant In the central section of
the city the other day, and, finding the
waiter to have been a recent arrival at
the place, told him he wanted two
fried eggs.
"I want one egg fried on one side,
and the other egg fried on the other
side, and I waut them . quick," the
salesman added.
"Would you kindly write that on a
piece of paper?" said the waiter.
"I haven't got time. Be quick, I tell
you."
"One fried egg fried on both sides
and the other fried egg on the other
side," muttured the waiter as he was
leaving the table.
In a few minutes the salesman heard
much commotion in the kitchen. There
were loud words and they were punc
tuated with sounds which seemed like
blows.
Presently the waiter appeared very
much excited, and, rushing-up to the
salesman, exclaimed:
'Say, I had a terrible fight wld the
cook about those eggs and you'll have
to take them scrambled." Philadel
phia Press.
Looking Up, '
Not many years ago there lived In a
small town in Vermont a worthy Dea
con Barker, who had managed to put
by a tidy sum, the proceeds of the bud
ness done at his notion store.
Now, Deacon Barker thought pretty
well of himself, and as he progressed
towards the realization of his ideal,
which was to become the richect nan
In the town, it was observed by tlio
majority of his neighbors that his scK
esteem increased i:i direct ratio to his
wealth. So that in time tho worthy
Barker actually deexed himself tlio
most Important personngo la the vlciu-,
ity almost, In fact, its patrcn saint.
One day a man from a place near by
was visiting the deacon. Daid he:
Deacon, it certainly seena that your
townsmen hold you In high estoem."
The deacon smiled complacently. "I
guess that's right," replied he. "Tho
people hereabouts do kinder look i:p to
me. friend. And I well, I look u; to
Cod!" Harper's Weekly.
They Are Everywhere.
"While I am not what you vorlj
call a widely traveled man," observed
the deacon, "1 .have noted that every
town has its liar, its sponger, it3 snart
Alec, Its blatherskite, its richest man,
a few pretty ch'ls, its weather prophet,
its neighborhood feud, a considerable
number of lunatics, its wonau who
tattles, Its Justice of the peace, its nirtn
who knows it ail. Its boy 'who carries
on in church, its meddlesome old
women, its widower who is too gay
for his age, its girl who goes to the
postothce every time the mail comes
in, its legion of bright men who know
bow the editor should run his paper, its
woman who thinks she could cut a
dash in society if she were only East,
and it man who laughs at his own
Jokes." New York Press.
JAPAN'S
Not Yet a World Power, But Will Be, Says
Count Okuma.
ET me think a minute wait
a minute. You think that
Jnpnn has become a world
Bfessigj leaned forward. "A world
power? Oh, no uot yet!
Japan is only the new country which
Is going to be recognized. The strong
Powers of the world are the countries
which have the speaking right on the
great questions of the world. They are
England, America and Germany,
France, Russia, Austria and Italy in
Europe. They look like 'seven heroes'
In the Chinese history. They discuss
and settle the questions of the world.
Japan won the war with China and is
winning to-day from Itussia. But
Japan is not yet called a strong power
of the world.
"But there Is the law of nature. Any
country will die out If she blindly at
tempts to oppose it. You cannot swim
against the current of the age. You
cannot disobey the rules of progress.
Russia great Russia one of the seven
great Powers, stands outside of the
modern civilization. She tramples ou
man's right and confuses the law ot
nature. She represents despotism. No
other such phenomenon bus appeared
on the face of the earth, among the
great nations, since the revolution of
1S4U. Our Japan, on the contrary, has
breathed In the latest civilization and
has endeavored to govern herself un
der the best law.
"Japan stands for constitutionality.
Yet Itussia, though in Europe, is still'
the Asiatic nation. Japan, being in
Asia, is almost as a European empire.
Suppose Itussia Is defeated in the pres
ent Miiiicliurinii war? It is only the
great law ot nature; you will exist and
prosper if yon be right and proper.
But Japan Is only a coming nation not
yet one of the great Powers of the
world. If Japan desires to be resog
nized as such she must llrst make of
herself tho strongest nation In Asia
nay, Eastern Asia, and becomes herself
the influence that will solve the East
ern question.
"Look at America great America!
She had hardly any power among the
nations at the beginning, but gradually
and speedily she became the great, per
haps the greatest nation of the world.
America must be governed by America.
The Monroe Doctrine Is universally
recognized. Nobody .attempts to de
stroy it. America has spread her wings
fully. So Japan must become. There
is hope and light in our expectation.
We must grow to bo the greatest Power
In Asia, or Eastern Asia, so that the
other Powers cannot do anything in
Asia without Japan' consent. And
that is not from our wish to realize
our own wild ambition; It is from our
desire to protect Eastern Asia. We
must be tho guardian angel. Our mis
sion Is to properly open the Chinese
land to the other countries of the
world, and assist Korea and make her
a better kingdom. I am sorry that
there are those who suspect a Chinese
and Korean invasion on our part. 1
never heard of any opinion so bold and
wrong so utterly false.
"In l'J(H) President McKiuley sent the
notice of the 'open door' among the
Powers ut the very time when Russia
wos scheming her Chinese invasion.
'.Nevertheless Russia and the Czar
accepted the American notice and even
promised assistance. Yes, she wore
the mask of honesty. And for Japan
she must be true and fair to the world
with her soul and heart. Did we not
open the war for that? The Chinese
and Korean Invasion! The Korean oc
cupation! Oh, no! Never!
"There Is no greater fear than do
mestic trouble for a nation; decay at
the heart. Nothing -will cure it. That
is what nils China, or at least she is
coining to that. We must attempt to
give her some medicine, and If that bo
no use we must use a surgical knife.
And we cannot say that there will be
no hope. Some 200 years ago Peter the
Croat Invaded China, and he was
driven back. The Nellinsku treaty
which ho signed is the history of shame
for Russia. And to-day China, once so
strong, is greatly losing her domain,
not so much from war as from failure
in diplomacy. Three million square
miles she has lost In tho last twenty
years. That is twenty times wider
than Japan!
"At the Berlin Congress the ambassa
dors of the Powers planned the break
up of Africa, and Bismarck opened the
map upon his table and settled the lines
of Influence for the Powers. When the
Powers felt that their countries were
growing too small for their increasing
population, that was the time when
England the great, wise, England
escaped from the confusion oflhe Eu
ropean nations, put out her own influ
ence in the other countries and occu
pied all the important' parts so the rest
found nothing left except In Africa.
"Africa was the world of darkness.
The Africans have no government and
no history. So the Innd was divided
among the Powers on the table. But
China Is not Africa! China has her
own civilization. She has the history
of 4(X)0 years. She is an Independent
nation. If there is any' one who in
sists upon the dismemberment or
break-tip jf China it would be an un
paralleled, an Inexcusable crime. But
China is a sick person; the country
like Turkey. We must put her under
the doctor's care and the doctor is
nobody but Japan.
"Japan was a sick person, like China,
only fifty years ago. Japan took the
proper medicine and underwent tbe
right treatment. We know how we
cured ourselves. So we would put oh
China the same method. And we are
tbe nations similar in literature 1
11 L III
FUTURE.
In race. The Powers used missionaries
and scholars in China as the first step
toward the Chinese invasion. And
they failed. And China will naturally
hesitate now to accept any good medi
cine of civilization from the Powers'
hands. But Japan has used no such
method. We must meet China kindly
and sympathetically. We must prove
to her that she can trust in us. If
there is anything that must be an ob
stacle to oun treatment, we must root
it out. It is Japan's duly nay, we
must regard it as our right. There is
an obstacle, and that obstacle to-day
Is Russia, and we are destroying that
obstacle.
"But we must be most careful In
speech and action. People who have
but little knowledge and 110 clear un
derstanding are always suspicious.
China nnd Korea, for whom we have
spent a tremendous amount of money
and have spilt our blood, could easily
by stirred up by the other Powers to
oppose us.
"We Japanese must strike anybody
who shall menace the pence of Eastern
Asia. But we must not Invade any
country. That Is our nation's thought
and wish. Will you speak It publicly
In America?"
Count Okuma's earnestness was from
the heart. Tokio Correspondence In
Boston Transcript.
His Authority
A bank President called one day on
Governor John G. McCulIougu of Ver
mont. "Governor," he said, "1 want to rec
ommend to your notice Sebastian Sutro.
This young man would till a place of
trust with discretion and integrity."
"lie is a good man. eh?',' the Gov
ernor asked.
"He is one of the best of men," said
the bank President, solemnly. "Moral,
high minded, generous to n fault '
With a laugh the Governor Interrupt
ed the bank President.
"This fervid praise," he said, "re
minds me of a ense wherein I appeared
In San Francisco."
He laughed again. Then he went on:
"It was a will case. We were trying
to break the will of an elderly gentle
man, who, Ignoring his relations, had
left the bulk of his property to n totnl
stranger. It was part of our case to
prove that the dead man had been ec
centric, irregular, cruel, dissipated,
and, after we had proved this point,
the defense summoned a witness in re
buttal. "The first question put to .tho de
fense's witness was: 'What do you
know about the character of the de
ceased?' And the man answered, sir,
in words like these:
"'He was n man without blame, be
loved and respected of men, pure la
all his thoughts, and '
"But 1 Interrupted the witness.
" Where,' I said, 'did you lenrn all
that?'
" "1 got it,' the man answered, 'from
the tombstone. " Salt Lake Tribune.
She Made Her Meaning Clear.
.Mrs. Witherspoon bad been six weeks
in -Paris without seeing a familiar face,
so when one day she caught sight of
Moses Runlett, whom she had known
In the little country village where both
of them were born, she greeted him
with a beaming smile.
"Glad to see you, ina'am," said Mr.
Runlett, who had made his money rap
Idly and recently, and had experienced
some dilhculty in securing social rec
ognition. "Last time I met you II
seemed as if you'd most forgotten who
1 was."
"Oh, no, I'm suro not," said Mrs.
Witherspoon, vaguely. "At any -rate,
you and your wife must conic to see
mo here. You know how it Is. People
whom we never think of at home seem
like dear friends when we meet them
In a strange nt least, what I mean is,
we seem to want to see them, whereas
at home what I'm trying to say is
please do come, both of you"' and
thrusting a card In Mr. Runlett's hand,
she hurried away, feeling unpleasantly
warm. Youth's Companion.
Good Health and Prelli Air.
Good health and fresh air are the
only perfumes permissible to-day. The
time has gone by when It was consid
ered elegant to breathe an overpower
ing fragrance of musk or patchouli.
The woman who does It must lay her
self open to tiie charge of unrelined
taste. One instinctively draws back
from her. When a great swish of
skirts and a wave of heavy perfume
passes one you may be sure to lind
combined with them a loud, untrained
voice. And as for perfumed letter
paper, ugh! All this, however, applies
only to young women. There Is a cer
tain type of clean white haired ladies
who would not be themselves did not
their garments give forth an elusive
faint scent of orris or of lavender a
perfume so delicate that one wonders
if it is a real perfume or imaginary.
Benzine I'lrns.
Benzine is apt to ignite fpontanously
in chemical cleaning works at the mo
ment when woolen materials are pulled
nut of the benzine wash. Tho Ignition
is caused by electric sparks. The tires
are more frequent, in the coldest
weather and more frequent in dry, pure
air than In damp, dusty air. Riehter
has shown that electric sparks cause
the trouble, and he found that with
dry air and a temperature of minus
fifteen degrees Ccntlt'rado the danger
was greatest. He discovered also that
when 0.02 per cent, of magnesium
oleate was added to tbe benzine no dis
cbarges took place and no explosion
"wed.
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FARM TOPICS.
GOOD GENERAL FERTILIZER.
One oftftbe best general fertilizers
the wrlt- has ever used on a soil
rather sandy and loamy Is composed of
1)00 pounds of acid phosphate, (JOB
pounds of fish scrap, 100 pounds of
nitrate or sodn and 400 pounds of mu
riate of potash to the acre. For use
on vegetables, where the crop is the
top, such as cabbage, the potash is re
duced one-half and the nitrate of soda
doubled, while 1000 pounds of acid
phosphate Is used. This plan of fer
tilizing is followed after the plot has
received a fair amount of stable ma
nure the season before. It Is as good
as any complete fertilizer on the mar
ket and costs much less by buying the
Ingredients and mixing them on the
barn floor. Try the formula on a lim
ited area the coming season and see
how It works. Indianapolis News.
PLANT FOOD.
As long as farnyard manures were
the chief fertilizers used upon crops
fanners gave little attention to the
plant food ingredients contained In
the home made product. In fact, tbe
humus In the manure had such a
wholesome effect upon the soil that
the plant food contained therein had
little to do with increasing fields. As
soils became depleted of their fertility
they needed plant food as well as hu
mus, and then the chemist and the
farmer found that some manures were
much richer In plant food than others.
They found that feeding grains nnd
concentrated rations gave more pla:il
food to the manure. 1
It Is a well-known fact that plants
require ninny mineral and vegetable
elements In a soil if they grow well
upon It; but many of these elements
are so common In all soils nnd so
iibundnnt that they need not be con
sidered In estimating tlio value of a
fertilizer. In commercial fertilizers
they are entirely ignored. The chief
elements that are not for.nd In all
soils In sullleient quantities for the
production of maximum crops are nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash.
HOG PROOF FENCE.
After some years of experience with
woven wire fences we have found best
results from those woven in squares
rather than in the diamond nosh. The
square mesh is much easier to stretch,
and does not sag in the middle in the
exasperating way tha diamond riesb
wire does. We have also for.nd that
the hogs get the better of a wiro fence
by getting their heads under It, and
by main strength pushing the wire up
ward. Wc overcome tnis trick by wir
ing a heavy slone to the bottom strand
of tho fence, between each two posts,
and burying this stone under the
ground. It holds the fence taut, and
Is a good thing to uso in any place
where the fence is likely to be roughly
treated. The illustration clearly shows'
tho idea. Indianapolis News.
FEEDING SLOWLY.
I covered the ensilage with ebaa and
tarred paper and put on the weight.
The ensilage kept well until opened,
when it troubled about heating and
moulding, and nearly one-half was
spoiled. In the first silo each pit had
141 square feet, ond I could feed fast
enough from the top to prevent mould
ing; now I had 'I'M square feet, arid 1
was in trouble again. I read every
thing published about ensilage, yet r.o
body told me what 1 wanted to know.
The cixtn winter 1 covered with
chaff, then a layer of boards, then
tarred paper, followed ty a fecond
layer of boards, and then a foot of
straw to keep the boards from warp
ing. During the winter 1 blundered
along, trying several ways to keep the
ensilage. As a last resort, 1 began on
one side nnd took out ensilage one foot
In depth and then covered wit! boards
behind me as 1 proceeded across to the
other side. After 1 had gone across
and dug down another foot and began
to go back, I found the ensilage very
hot nnd mouldy under the boards. As
I proceeded along backward, I thoug&i
of something new, which has proved
to be the right thing in Just tho right
place. I put poor ensilage on top of
the good and then two layers of hoard)
breaking joints, and the good ensilage
remained good. Tho poor ensilage and
the boards excluded the air, nnd that
ended the trouble. For five winters
the same plan has been followed with
good results.
It makes no difference how warn or
how cold the winter, the cnsilagw al
ways conies out warm, fully up to
blood heat, and there is no chance for
any -to mould, for very little Is exposed
at one time. On no other farm do
they handle ensilage In this woy. Too
often in other slips I have seen mouldy
and frozen ensilage, both unfit for feed.
In a round silo boards could not be
handled very well for covering, and
that is why I prefer the square one.
N. B. White, in the Massachusetts
Ploughman. '
The new docks In Gibraltar are large
enough to hold the biggest vessel in I
the British uavy.
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M. VsDONAO.
ATTOR K IT-AT-LAW,
Rotary Fublts, real estate aseat, Fatter
froured, collections made promptly. Oassfl
la yn ilcatt building , Heynoidarllle, Pa,
)R. B. B. BOOVKR,
REYNOLDS V1LLK, PA.
RMldent dentist. It tho Hoover kalMlaa
4 sin Mreet. fttrtlPTt in operating.
J)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST.
Office' on second floor of First Na
tional bank building, Main i treat.
J)R. B. DEVEltE KINO,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor ReynoldsTfUa
Real Estato Building, Main street,
Rnynoldsvllle, Pa.
NEFF,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACH
Aud Real Estate Agent.
Reynold st ill a, Pa
gMITH M. MoCR EIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rotary Public and Real Estate Agents. OoW
lections will receive prompt attention. Offloa
In the Keyuolilnvllle Hardware Co. Building,
lain street, Heynoldevlllo, Pa. 1
srontiNO rsr.EviTiES.
"Walter Christie won the fifty mile
automobile race in Florida In Ih. 11m.
20 l-5s.
Sltnrls Wood, champion skate, iron
the half-mile ruce on Verona Lane In
tm. 1 2-3s.
W. K. Vanderbilf. Jr., was elected,
commodore of the Siawanliaka-Corin-thinn
Yacht Club.
Tho Van Cortinndts and thr Thistles
won in the semi-final round for the
Dewnr Curling Cup.
Guy Lyman, of -.he w York A. C,
won the two handicap skating raess at
West New York I'ie!
Charles S. IIoss carried iff the honors
In the automobile ees 011 the Crmond
Daytona lleach, Florida.
Columbia defeated Company K, of
the Seventh Regiment, in a hockey
game by a score of 8 to 1, in New York
City.
Irving School dcfca'.ed Columbia In
he opening game for the interscliolas
tic hockey championships by a score
of 3 to 1.
F. S. Howell, of Albany. X. Y won
tho final round In th3 handicap golf
tournament at t'inehurst for the Berk
shire Cups.
The Crescent A. C.'s hookey team de
feated the Wanderers by 2 goals to 1
at the Clermont Avenue Rink, In
Brooklyn, N. Y
Luclen llorignae, the world's cham
pion fencer, gave an exhibition with
the foils In tin Grand Central Palace,
New York City.
The Drub and the Georgie, of the
North Shrewsbury, won tho first Ice
yacht race for the championship pen
nant of tho North and Scuth Shrews
bury Rivers.
Mike Bowermnn, the Kentucky
horseman, is credited with saying that
really good brood mares in all sorts are
scarcer just now in the United Slates
than he has ever known them to be.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wket-Ko. red ..1 Os 1 09
RyeNo. S 88 89
Corn No. grellow. ear W M
No. 8 yellow, shelled fK 61
Mixed er 41 4
Oats No. t white K 86
No. 8 white .. 8t 8f
Flour Winter patent 5 81) 6 8ft
Strslcht winters ... 5 VI fi bo
Har No. 1 timothy 1 50 18 09
Ho-rer No. 1 ia 00 KIHI
Feed-No ! white mid. ton W 23 00
Brown middlings 19 il 1 50
Brsn. hulk SO 21 N
Ptrnw Wheat 8 w 8 59
Oat 8 OJ 8 50
Dairy Products.
Butter Elfin creamery ! 94
Ohio creamery 18 19
Fmiry country roll 18 14
CtecM (ihlo. new tl . l'J
ew. York, new 11 , U
Poultry, Etc
Bens per lb 12 U .
I'hicieiig dressed ... 1 14
Turkeys, live 10 17
Elflta-fa. nod Ohio, fresh tf'i 85
Fruits and Vegetabiea.
Potatoes New per bu 8" 40
CnMinue per bbl 7j t td
Onion per barrel 225 2 20
Apples per barrel i(5j 4 00
BALTIMORE.
Flour-Winter Patent $153 80
Wheat No. red .... 1 H 1 M
Corn mixed 60
Ekks 80 , 3d
butter Creamery itt 84
PHILADELPHIA .
Flour-Winter Patent ,.5 ti 5 7i
Wheat No. 2 red ... -...... 1 14 1 IS
Oirn Nn. !lmlRit A 4n
tOnts No, i White ........ ' 88 87
nutter creamery, extra Hi 88
Kltlft Pennsylvania lirsls U Si
NEWYORK.
;"--Patente ....0J 8 59
Wheat-No. 2 red . IK 1 19
Corn No. 2 611 00
Oats No, k White....... .... Ha 87
biittur Creamery.. to 31
Et'8- oO 81
LIVE STOCK.
Unfon Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra heavy, Kioto Jtot ,u J5 W S.iO
P.ln e. Kioto HH Iba i'lt) 4 a)
Medium. MUU to liOU lbs 4 Oil 6 00
Tidy, 111), tu 11 jo 4 3j 4 80
Butcher. WO to 1100 ll,a 8.0 87.1
Common to lair is ni 2
Oxen, common to fat 7.1 4 01)
Common toKood lat bulls und cows 6) 3.W
Uilch cows, each 10 j I SUOJ
Hogs.
Prime heary hops -IS 20 825
prune medium weights M..H A3) 5
heet heavy jot kci and medium 6 bib
lioul pu-a aud lightyorkera 490 500
Pics, common to good m. 4.i0 4 75
houghs 8 70 4 10
btags 8& 850
Sheep.
tatra, medium wethers f 5 7S 8 00
tooii to choice 6 85 6 09
HeUlum 4 7.1 5 20
Common to fair t 6 85
iring Lambs 8 50 800
Calves.
Vi?."itra 5 00 7 50
t ood to choice 85J 45J
itei, common beary 80J 87J
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