Ajbeautiful,
' tntcisut skies.
fwaves of grain,
i'liountain majesties
iriuiea plains
I'nca! America!
thy good with brotherhood,
pea to shining seal
utiful for cilerim feet.
e stern, lmnassioned stress
oughfare for freedom beat
i88 the wilderness!
Ampripi! Ampricft!
God mend thine everv flaw.
'onfirm thy soul in self control.
ny uuerty in law l
A BRIARLEY
By WINIFRED
N Shackleford Hannah
Overton at forty was con
sidered a fortunate woman.
She had her health, the Bri
nrley farm and the secret
V V V of the Brlarley preserves.
Despite Hannah's genuine grief, It
could not but be a relief to Uer that ber
aunt, old Eunice Brinrley, was dead,
and ber bitter heart nt rest. She bad
brought up Hannah from a child, and It
had been no light-hearted girlhood.
Hannah Overton bad done her duty,
but Shackleford bad watched the youth
fade out of ber face, and It was glad
that at last she was to have a chance,
a chance of what, perbnps Shackleford
hardly knew. To be sure, Brinrley
farm was mortgaged, but there was a
sale at a good profit In Boston for the
Brlarley Jams and Jellies. Shackleford
had refused to be anxious over the
mortgage. It was more apprehensive
that the coming of the stranger, Lena
Tierce, might In some way bring trou
ble to Hannnh.
But Lena Pleree-bronght no trouble.
She was the orphan child of Eunice
Brlarley's favorite nephew, and Joint
heir with Hannah Overton to the Brlar
ley farm. Lena was a brisk, rosy, ca
pable little person of twenty. For three
years she bad supported herself as a
stenographer. Once, when a little girl,
she had visited Brlarley farm, and ever
afterward the visit had remained a
sunny memory, as she walked the city
streets where her lot was cast.
A course of -varied fortunes had
taught Lena adaptability. With an
ease that was amazing she took to her
new Inheritance and her new cousin,
to the cultivation of small fruits and
the manufacture ef preserves.
From the first Hannah and Lena
were companionable. For Hannah It
V-n a storv that never grew stale to
hear Lena tell of the experiences of her
checkered childhood, a story that Lena
told with a quaint, detached amuse
ment, as If It had not been herself at
all, and always with a protecting ten
derness for the pair of nppractlcal par
ents who had been so Tielplcss and so
loving. Hannah's life seemed strangely
meager beside that of the girl of
twenty.
"I'm afraid you'll be lonely here,"
Hannah said, as they sat together on
the front porch In the summer twilight.
"No." answered Lena, with decision.
"Ever since I can remember I've al
ways been moving, but this Is home."
As the weeks went on they grew
more than compnnlonable. It seemed
to ech that she had wanted the other
for tone time.
Then came on the part of each an
effort to live up to the other's opinion of
. W. Hannah had seen how Lena's
A keen voung eyes looked through people
she had heard her forming Judgments
ht showed a relentless common sense,
.Would those keen eyes see through
Hannah herself one day?
"She thinks I'm a Brlarley!" groaned
Hanneh. "She's all Brlarley herself.
I did think this summer I might get
some rest, but I shouldn't dare, with
her In the house. That's the Brlarley
of itr
Sadly enough Hannah remembered
bow often ber old Aunt Eunice had
said that If Hannah's hands had been
' more capable and her feet swifter,
there need never have been a mortgage
on. Brlarley farm. O that mortgage!
Snnxr Hannah hated It!
Yet that summer she tolled as she
had never toiled before; and all be
muse there had come Into her life a
young person, energetic, fiercely hating
sloth, a yotwg person merry and full of
rood cheer and good to have about,
who looked at Hannah with eyes full
of admiration and of love.-
On her first arrival Lena had given
the accounts of the farm a sharp in
nection. She had found out the as
sets of the Brlarley preserves, and the
mount of the mortgage. The Idea 01
u mnrtirflcre was hideous to ber. She
and her cousin would work until they
got rid of It and the Brlarley farm was
theirs.
Therefore Lena learned the secrets
of strawberry runners, and of the
thinning of blackberry bushes and
clad In a blue pinafore, toiled over the
steaming sirups until, In one short sum
mer. her currant Jelly equaled Han
nah's, and her black raspberry Jam was
lust a shade better.
But it was really all very new to her,
and her efficiency was at the cost of n
strict self-discipline. She was here at
last on the Brlarley farm, that fairy
land of her childhoood, and, since Lena
Rvas but twenty, and had never bad
time to be young, the farm Itself ap
pealed to ber with an Intoxicating de
light. What a place the apple orchard was
(or dreaming! But apples, Lena had
to remember, meant beautiful amber
JeHy, and Jelly meant dollars, and dol
lars meant mortgage payments.
Lena admonished herself to take pat
tern by her .cousin Hannab, for whom
this toilsome snmner was no first ex-
ptrlenc, & wfe stepped 10 uuwesr-
A
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ago
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a
my country.
Oh, beautiful for glory ta
Of liberating strife,
When valiantly, for man's avail,
Men lavished precious lifet
America! America!
May Uod thy gold relirte
Till all successes le nobleness, '
And every gain divine!
Oh. beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America ! America !
God shed His grace on thee, .
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
-Katharine Lee Bates, in The Congrcga-
tionalist.
HOLIDAY.
K1RKLAND.
ledly about the old kitchen. To Lena
all the farm the clean, shadowy barn,
the orchard in which the indolent
locusts droned, the nestling cornfields
called, "Come out of that kitchen and
enjoy me!"
"I wonder," Lena asked herself, "If
Cousin Hannah ever wanted to play.
suppose not. That's the Brinrley of
It! Well, I'm glad I've got Cousin Han
nnh, If I do have to be a Brlarley now."
It seemed to Hannah that the farm
ove them like a taskmaster with a
insli. in June, close together, came
the strawberries nnd the cherries; be
fore they are past the red raspberries
and the currants; then black raspber
ries and blackberries; and while your
bands are still stained from these, ap-
pies and apples and apples! Right In
the midst of these, come the cucumber
pickles, and these you must keep close
picked for your life, or else the proper
finger length will be grown a baud's
span in a night!
The pile of dollars In the savings
bank grew larger and larger. A few
more busy summers and there would
be no mortgage, and Briarley farm
would would be theirs indeed. But, O
dear, to stand In raid-August and look
back over a summer, nnd see no vacant
spot into which you could possibly have
packed a holiday! To look ahead and
see nothing but pickles green toma
toes, red tomatoes, cauliflower, cab
bage pickles lasting on and on into
October!
Hannnh Overton loooked at her sum
mer and made a resolution. To herself
she said:
'She's- young, nnd she'll still have
time."
To Lena she said, as they sat at the
tea table:
I'm going to borrow Hiram Hand's
team, and drive over to Caleb Miller's
to see about those quinces. You can
manage the apples without no, can't
you? I'll weigh the sugar to-night,
After I've seen Caleb, I'll maybe go on
to Dnvldstown. I can't tell. I'll be
gone all day, perhaps. I'll take a lunch
with me in case I don't get home for
dinner. You won't mind being left
alone, since you'll be bt:sy?"
"Ob, no! I'll have a chance to show
you bow much I can do in a day nil by
myBclf."
"I know that well enough r.lreat'.y,"
nnswercd Hannah, with forced nnima
tion. She always did feel like a nneak
In the presence of the fierce Briarley
energy.
The next morning early Hannah
drove away. She was composed enough
until she was out of sight of the house,
then the gipsy lights woke in ber eyes
For a short distance tbi road skirted
hor property. Haunnh looked at her
tidy fields with some resentment.
It's a pity a woman can't have time
to enjoy her own farm!" she muttered
"I declare I'm going to have some time
off. If I do have to steal it from her!"
with a glance back In the direction
of the house.
At that little word came a sudden
revulsion of feeling, for Hannah knew
that at that moment her cne wish was
to have that same person sitting Lesb'.e
ber In the buggy, Jogging nlong behind
the old ambling, amiable horse, with
a holiday before them.
Hannah did go to Caleb Miller's, but
no farther. She was honest In telling
Lena that she did not know what she
should do afterward. What she did do
was to turn round.
Left alone, Leim washed the break
fast things with hands that trembled
She swept the speckless kitchen floor
In nervous baste. For Just a moment
she stood surveying the shining plates
of sugar on the table, the empty Jelly
tumblers gleaming in the su:t, the
bushel basket heaped with apples iin-
dcr the tnblo. Then she turned to the
range, where b'jrned a clear, steady
fire, an excellent fire for Jelly; and
after a moment's hesitation she turned
off the drafts.
She ran into the pantry and quickly
put up a lunch for herself. She drew
the shades of the kitchen windows,
took down her sunbonnet from its peg
and closed1 the door behind her. Out
side, she turned and addressed it:
"Kitchen, I'm not coming back all
day. I'm going to play with my farm!"
It was a lovely, lazy August morning:
baby clouds were floating in the blue
overhead, there was a droning of bees
In the air, and warm summer odors
were breathing from the mignonette
bed and the orchnrd.
If you had been a well-behaved and
prosaic hen on that farm, you would
have thought that Lena bad gone mad,
but she was only playing. When she
was a little girl she bad climbed th
orchard trees, and swung on the forked
branches; she had Jnmpcd from the
barn rafters down into the fragrant
bay; she had wandered, singing, up
and down the avenues of cornstalks.
She did all of these things again. She
lay on her back under tbe orchnrd
trees, and again listened to find bow
noisy the grass caa be with all tbe
busy Uft that com ou down there.
So tbe morning went on, and pres
ently, incredibly soon it seemed to
Lena, a distant whistle In tbe village
of Shackleford booomcd out the noon
hour.
Tirnn for nip to have mv rdenle!"
rlfd Lena, Jumping up. She would
have it Just where she used sometimes
to carry her suppers on thnt visit long
go. She had quite forgotten that on
the first occasion It had been ber cousin
Hannah who had showed ber tbe spot.
You follow the stone wall, overgrown
with wild rose vines. You dip down
the bill out of sight of the house, of
the barn, and on you go until you reach
the clearest of little brooks running
through the greenest of meadows.
Tbe stream turns and twists in tor
tuous fashion, nnd all Its turns are
outlined through the mendow by the
low willows that skirt the banks. In
one spot an old willow, half-uprooted,
as fallen across the brook, forming
live and growing bridge. Blackbirds,
black-winged and red-winged, nre noisy
n the willows all day long, nnd little
minnows flash through the brown, peb
bly depths of the stream. You may
ang over the willow bridge and watch
them.
Lena climbed out on tbe old tree
trunk, and sat there, swinging her feet
over the water while she nte. She bad
lost her sunbonnet somewhere on the
way, and her hair was loose. She
nocked her heels against tbe tree
trunk in time with n little song she
hummed.
llor luncheon over, she rested hei
eliln on her hands, her hair tumbling
bout her rosy face, nnd she became
rndunlly pensive.
"It's a perfect holiday," she said,
'except for one thing, nnd thnt Is I
wish I bad some one to play with."
She started suddenly. Who could
possibly come visiting this far cornet
of the farm at this hour of tbe day?
Yet some one was surely moving along
on the other side of tbe brook.
Lena did not stir. She peered vainly
through the screening willow branches.
Some one was coming across by the
willow bridge. Tbe branches parted
a face appeared!
Tbe old-maidenly bonnet was hanging
by the strings, tbe neat-brushed halt
had come loose Into naughty little girl-
sh curls, the eyes were shining, the
cheeks were as red as Lena's; at thnt
instant, framed in the green willows,
she looked almost ns young.
"Cousin Hannah!" cried Lena.
"Lena!" gasped Hannah.
Then they, broke into a laughter s
merry, so prolonged, that the black
birds flew off In a protesting Cock.
Tbe girls had not known that they
could laugh like thnt. They laughed
until it seemed that they could novel
speak again; but laughing did mor
than words could bnve done, nnd ex
plained much they bad never under
stood before. At last Lena poke:
"Cousin Ifnnnnh, the next time w
take n holiday, let's take it together,
and and let's not bo Brlarley's any
more." Youth's Companion.
Wanted, n married Machinist.
A badly disappointed tenderfoot
found bis way to n ranch in the Sul
phur Springs Valley, Arizona, last Au
gust, lie hnd gone to El Pnso from
Pennsylvania n few months before
and after spending a few weeks vainly
searching for employment, he placed
nn advertisement In 0110 of the local
dailies. Among the replies received
was one from the proprietor of a ranch,
The offer appealed to him because it
semeed to offer more fresh air than
any of the others, and bis Eastern doc
tor had advlspd him to take all the
fresh air he could, nnd that a little
"roughing it" would do him no harm
So he reported at Jim Musgrove's
ranch, stating thnt ho was the macliln-
1st who bad ndvevtlsed for a position.
"Well, stranger," said Jim, "we need
n machinist here most as bad ns we
need water, and I reckoned you was the
man we're wanting."
Tbe machinist was nil smiles, no
picked up his kit of tools and followed
ns the raiicbmnn led the way back 01
tbe four-room adobe house nnd pointed
out what looked like a covered wash
tub with a few gears attached and a
side handle.
"There you are," said Jim, pointing
to the tub. "There's your machine.
Git to work. Twenty-five a month and
your board If you can mnko thnt thin
wash the clothes of this ycre ranch
If you're any kind of n machinist here'
a chance to make good."
"A machinist," said the disappointed
nnd crestfallen nppllcnnt, "repairs ma
chines. It isn't his business to furnish
the power and keep them running. You
ought to hire a washerwoman' to run
the mnchine and hire me for the ve-
pnirs."
Say, son," burst In Jim. "Twenty-
nine men yaur size couldn't mnke tho
repnirs to fences and stock with one
single woman flirting round this 'dobe.
A machinist who can't rr.n a machine
is tho same ns a horse I once saw to tho
circus. He bad six legs, but be couldn'
even trot, 'cause he bad to carry two
of 'em In a sling when he walked. As
near ns I cau see from your tell, what
I want Is a machinist whose wife takes
in washing." Youth's Companion.
No Escape.
The following telephone conversation
Is reported to have been heard between
a certain well-known young financier
and a society woman whose functions
are considered somewhat boring:
"Is this Mr. r
. "Yes."
"This is Mrs. . Won't ,vou glv?
us tbe pleasure of your' company a
diifner on Monday?"
"I'm. so son?, Mrs. , but I hav
en engagement for Monday."
"Can you come Tuesday, then?"
"Why, It Is most unfortunate, but
have a partial engagement for Tues
day, also."
"Well, bow about Wednesday?" ,
"Ob, hang It! I'll come Monday!"
Harper's Weekly.
V
fefij QBLS ill
JUST SUPPOSE.
rf all the lads and lasses should remember
fnp a ilnv
To do their errands and their tasks as
surelv as they nlay.
Should hang their hats and jackets up, and
J ut away their toys.
I remember that the garden is the
place to make a noise
Why, what a very pleasant world for
mothers this would be!
How very many happy mother faces we
fdiould see!
For children don't remember, as everybody
knows;
But, if the children should why Just
suppose!
If all the children's mothers turned for-
cetful in a (lav.
If, instead of taking care of toys, they
threw them ail away,
Forgot to bake the cookies, and forgot the
tales to tell.
Forgot to kiss the aching lumps and make
the bruises well
Why, what a very dreary world for chil
dren this would be!
How very many melancholy little folks
we d see!
For mothers always remember, as every
body knows;
But if the mothers shouldn't why just
suppose:
II. U. Fernald, in Christian Register.
THE TWINS' BIRTHDAY TAHTY.
It was the twins birthday. They
were dressed in pretty blue frocks,
made Just nlike, nnd their curls were
tied with ribbons to mntch. The twins
looked exactly like each other, except
that Miriam's eyes were brown, nnd
Mirabel's were blue. Mother Marion
never forgot which had bine and which
had brown eyes, if other people did:
They were three years old to-day nnd
were going to hare a parly. Six little
guests had been Invited for the after
noon, and nt 3 o'clock they arrived with
their mothers.
The guests brought some pretty pres
ents for the twins. Everything wns in
couples. There were two red snshes,
two pnlr of bronze boots, two pair of
blue silk mittens, two dear little fans
and two beautiful crystal bend chains
that sparkled like diamonds.
But tbe strangest thing about the
party was that tho twins nnd their
small guests sat perfectly still In their
chairs, while their mothers played
games for an hour or two. Not one of
the party children fretted or cried (lur
ing nil thnt time. Not one, in fact,
spoke a word.
Tea was served in the nurspry. and
Mirabel sat at one end of the table,
nnd Miriam at the other end, with
three guests on each side. Tho seven
mothers waited on them.
The table looked very pretty Indeed.
The birthday cake was a twin loaf,
two cakes joined together. One bore
the name of Mirabel and the other of
Miriam, written with pink Icing over
white, and there were three tiny pink
candles on the top of each. There
were dishes of candied cherries nnd
little rolls no bigger than silver quar
ters, and cocoanut kisses of the size of
dimes. Tiny currant-jelly tarts were
piled in one pretty plate, while at each
end of the table was a pile of popcorn
balls.
Then there was Ice cream, too, pink,
chocolate mid white, cut Into tiny
mounds with a thimble.. How thnt
feast wns enjoyed what shall you
think when I tell you? by nil the
mothers, for the twins nnd their guests
did not even get a taste of the good
things!
What .were the twins nnd tlHv
guests? Adapted from Tbe Sunbeaiii.'
TIIE GREEDY CORMORANT.
When I wns a keeper In the Nnt!ornl
Zoological I'ark in Washington I ob
served a remarkable example of the
well-known greediness of the cor
morant. '
Four Utile cormorants came to the
Zoo, and were placed iu n cage in
which (loirs hnd once been kept. Out
side wns n pebbly yard In which t::e
dogs bad exercised. The cormorants
waddled about this yard nnd seen ed
to be having a line time, until one
morning I noticed thnt one of thoni
wns sitting on the ground unable to
WHO GAVE HER
Gifts much expected
rise. He did not waddle up to get ins
meal of whole fish, each usually about
half as long as bis whole body; nnd ns
the others came rushing toward me to
get their share, I knew that he wns HI.
I went into the cage nnd lifted nun
up. What was my amnzenieiii 10 near
something grating and clinking inside
of him! And he seemed surprisingly
heavy. I at -oni't- called the. bead
keeper, who decided to Investigate by
means of n surgical operation.
lie took out two pounds of stones,
one of which was four Inches long, two
and a half Inches wide and nbout hnlf
an Inch thick! Tho poor chap seemed
to feel relieved. Ill a few days he be
came convalescent, ate his food regu
larly, and semeed to be doing well.
Then that hooked bill reached under
the feathers and tore out some of the
surgeon's stitches, which were un
doubtedly irritating, as the wound was
beginning to heal. As the result of
this Interference, the wound opened,
and, as the weather was hot, the pa
tient died five (lays after the opera
tion. St. Nicholas. ' .
TO LIFT AN ANCHOR.
An anchor left In the mud all win
ter Is no easy thing to lift. By plac
ing two bouts side by side, ns shown
In the picture, nnd throwing a pole
across both of them, a very great
weight mny be lifteJ. The suction
of the mud causes most of the trouble,
but th'.s arrangement will enable you
to lift the anchor with comparative
ease.
In salt water, whprc there Is a tide,
place the boats In position at the be
ginning of flood tide. Fasten the an
chor rope to the pole, pulling It taut
to do so. As the tide rises the anchor
is bound to come. Don't forget, either,
that the whole outfit will Hoat off at
high tide unless it is properly secured.
HAISIMQ THE AKcnOR.
In fresh watvr, where there Is no
tide, the anchor rope has to be wound
in. Throw 11a oar across both boats,
iuhI on Its flat surface bind a stick
which may be used to twist the oar
around. Wrap the nnchor several
times nbout the oar bet w wen the
boats, and while one person twists tho
oar, let the other take In the slack
on the rope. New York Evening Mall.
FIRST SCIIOOLIIOUSE FLAG.
It is claimed that the first flag raised
on a sclmolhouse was hoisted in Cole
ruin, Franklin Comity, Mass., in May,
the Indianapolis News states.
Last May the citizens of the town
nlnced a stone slab 011 the site of the
old schoolhouse, nnd on the Fourth of
July It was unveiled with appropriate
enroiHonles. The flag raised in 1812
was made by Mr. and Mrs. Anasa
Shlppe, Mrs. Aldeu Wiiliss and Mrs.
Steven Hale, from material spun nnd
woven In the different homes of the
neighborhood.
The running tiir.e of the electric
street curs 011 lines owned by London
must not exceed ten miles.
Extensive piants for the Improve
ment of the Sues Canal nre now well
under way.
The primary schools of Bangkok nre
now attended by over 10,000 pupils of
both sexes.
THE PRESENT ?
are paid, not given.
THE MOST ECONOMICAL
POWER PRODUCER. .
Man Is a Much Better Engine Than
a Locomotive and Yield More En
ergy Than an Automobile.
To test the efficiency of n man as nn
engine, Professor Atwnter, of Wcs-
leyan University, has been engaged
recently In making some remarkable
experiments, employing a stationary
bicycle as a means of measuring tbe
power developed by a muscular rider.
By the simple expedient of making
tho tire of the rear wheel (the cycle
bus 110 front wheel) pass between two
electro-magnets, which are connected
with n dynamo, nil of the energy trans
mitted to the pedals Is converted into
a current of electricity. This current
can be measured, nnd thus is ascer
tained exactly how much power is em
ployed; j a
The rider operates bis wheel Inside
of a great box of wood lined with
metal. He Is not permitted to lenve
the box for several days nnd nights,
nnd all of bis food and drink Is care
fully - weighed. In this way the
amounts of fuel and water supplied to
the human engine nre accurately ascer
tained, and the total energy which they
represent can be easily figured out.
As a result of the experiments, It has
been found thnt n man is n much bet
ter engine than n locomotive, yielding
nearly twice ns much power for n given
amount of fuel. He Is superior in this
respect to the best nnd most economical
pattern of automobile. In fact, no
kind of engine ns yet contrived steam,
gasoline or electric is equal to him
as a producer of energy.
Professor Atwnter says that the most
economical engine built to-day utilizes,
in tlie shape of work, only fifteen per
cent, of the energy contained In tho
fuel supplied to It. The human power
machine develops twenty per cent,
without counting what Is required to
keep the Internal mechanism of the
body running. Of course, it takes con
siderable power to keep the heart-pump
going, and the digestive apparatus in
operation. To reckon the expenditure
for these nnd other functions nt tin
additional twenty per cent, would not
be over tbe mnrk.
Thus It is seen thnt the human en
gine runs with much less waste thnn
any meclinnicni oonirivanee yri ur
vised. Man stands to-day the model
machine, and with nil his vaunted in
genuity he cannot construct an appar
atus that comes near to equalling ins
own body as n work-producer. Nor, in
deed, will any other kind of engine,
though built of the best obtainable ma
terials, run for anything like so long
i period without wearing out, requiring
in the same time so small nn expendi
ture for repairs. Boston Herald.
His Meddlesome Way.
Mr. Jones had contracted for the
building of a dwelling houe, the price
of which was to be .?:i(KK). Having
abundance of leisure on his bands, be
went occasionally to see how the work
was progressing. His first noteworthy
discovery was that the workmen were
not living up to the specifications in the
matter of the foundation. He went to
the contractor.
"Mr. Smith," he said, "the plan for
my bouse cnlls for a foot-and-a-hnlf
foundation wall, doesn't it?"
."Yes, sir."
"Well, the men are laying a orie-foot
wall. I must insist upon your living
up to the letter of the contract."
Mr. Smith, annoyed, repaired Immedi
ately to tho .scene of operations and
gave orders for the building of the
foundation according to specification.
A few dnys Inter Mr. Jones discov
ered thnt the workmen were not using
tbe kind of brick in the main wall that
wns specified In the contract.
Mr. Smith, in response to nn ener
getic remonstrance, corrected this mis
take, nlso.
Then Mr. Jones found cnt that the
mnsons were not "tying" the wail by
laying every seventh course crosswise,
as provided in the specifications. The
contractor remedied this likewise.
Things went smoothly after that un
til the carpenters began to do the in
side work, when Mr. Jones ascertained
that the lumber was of nn inferior
grade, and not nt all what had been
agreed upon. He went to the contrac
tor and made another complaint this
time in language, decldely uncompli
mentary. Then Mr. Smith's patience gave way.
"See here, Mr. Jones," ho said, in
the tone of an injured man, "if you
keep on meddling in this way, how do
you suppose I nm going to make any
money out of this Job?"-Youth's Com
panion. Kind Neighbors.
When Miss Jenkins, after spending
fifty-six years in the city of her birth,
decided to buy a smnll farm in the
country, she determined to miss none
of the delights of farming life.
"I'm going to have a steady horse and
two cows and some hens," she an
nounced to her brother, to whom she
proudly displayed her new property.
"The Adams boy from the next house
will help me about everything. He'll
drive the cows and milk and teach me
to harness, ncd of course I shall feed
the hens and the little pig."
"The little pig!" echoed her brother.
"Do you propose to keep a pig? And
where, I should like to know?"
"There's room for a small pig pen
back of the barn, away from the roud
and everything," said Miss Jenkins,
enlmlv. "Mr. Adams has some cun
ning little pigs, nnd thnt Is what I
wish. And I asked the Adams boy
if he thought when the pig had out
grown the pen I could find some one
to take him and give nte another little
one In exchange, and he seemed sure
I could. You've no Idea, brother, how
obliging the people are here U the
country."-rcat Compauiou.
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FARM TOPICS.
STILL ANOTHER SPECIALTY.
It is said that a catnip farm has
proved itself to be a most excellent
Jnvestnvnt. The product from this
farm, is shipped in large quantities to
dealers in pet animals and is sold by
them in small quantities to thd owner
of cats.
HORSE WITH CONTRACTED FEET
One of our readers In writing to us
asks for a remedy for. his horse that
is hoof bound. ' Trobably the best
thing to do would be to pnre the feet
down prety well and sonk In hot wat
er or clay mud for an hour each day.
Poultice after each soaking for a week.
Of course the animal should not be
shod. During this whole course of
treatment keeu the hoofs painted with
turpentine. Weekly Witness.
VALVE OF GRASS LANDS.
The nttentlon of Rhode Islnnd farm- .
ers has been called by the station to tho
fnct thnt the State contains 7S.824 acres
of grass land, exclusive of swampy
areas. The present yield of liny range
from three-fourths to one ton per acre,
ns shown by the census reports. In
view of the fact that this hay is largely
cf poor quality nnd commands, a low
market pries and thnt by more gener
ous mnnnring hny of the highest mar
ket vnlue can be grown, it has been
pretty well demonstrated by the station
that it ought not to be a difficult mat
ter to increase the actual' net returns
of the Rhode Islnnd grass lands from
$5 to $10 per acre. If the returns were
Incrensed annaully $3 per acre it would
mean nearly half a million dollars
additional net profits for the Rhode
Islnnd farmers every year.
As the result of the experiments thus
far conducted tho Rhode Island" sta
tion recommends the following formula
ns nn nnim.il topdresslng for grass
land where stable manures nre not em
ployed and where the soil 13 in quite-,
an exhausted . condition: Acid phos
phate, 400 to 500 ponrds per acre; mu
riate of potnsh, 300 to S50; nitrate of
soda, 300 to 330.
The first year that the land is in
grr.ss It is probnbly deslrnble to ns
the smaller amount of r.ltrate cf soda,,
and if there nre indications thnt the
soil Is probnbly def.cisrt in phosphoric
ncld, the larger r.incur.t of add phos
phate shall doubtless be employed. In
case the grass i3 inclined to lodge, an
increase in the cmorxt of nw.riate of
potash may be beneficial. Bulletin
Rhode Island Experiment Statlcu.
DAIRY BARN FOR TWENTY COWS
E. L, M., Oran, Mo., wishes a plan
for a dairy barn to hold twenty cows
and feed room. He can get lumber for ,
$8 per thousand, nnd dees not wish it
to cost more than $400.
That in a low figure for a barn welj
built with twenty-cow capacity, but if
he will mnnage it 'ell and do some ot
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ELEVATION OF BAIRT BARN POR 20 COW9
the work himself he can accomplish it
in good shape. He should by f.ll moans
put in tbe cement floor v.'ltlj gutters
behind the cows, an chowa i:i plr.n sub
mitted." Then he should make the barn
warm, and light it thoroughly; let im
ns much sun as possible oa cac'i side.
Make four bents, placing tte:a fourteen
feet apart. This wi:i nako a barn
forty-two feet long, and the proper
width Is thirty-two feet. Reference to
the plans will explain the rost. Tut in
fffO MOM
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PLOOR PLAN OP DAIRT BARN FOB 20 COWS
manure carrier behlr.fi the cows and
a feed carrier in front of them if Dere
Is money left. The roof braces are
not shown, but many plans already
published- show then clearly. The
posts eighteen fe;t, lower rafters four
teen feet, r.pper rafters eleven feet,
make a building high enough to have
much storngs capacity. Farmer's Gu
tette. Wedding- Bing Found on Harrow.
A blacksmith at Aswnrby, near Slea
ford, has made a most curious discov
ery. He received from a neighboring farm
stead a harrow for repairs, and while
these were being executed a twenty
two carat gold wedding ring was
found sticking on to one of the teeth
of the Implement. It Is supposed that
the ring was lost on the land and that
It was picked up by the harrow, in th
conrw of its work. Reynolds' New!
paper.
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