Prevents Mai de Mer
Puzzles for Uncle Sara
Salting tin; Horse.
All horses need salt nnil often Buf
fer for tho want of It. A lump of
mineral salt or a suit brick may be
put In ouo cnrmir of tho stall where
the horse can take It when he likes;
but do not put the salt where It will
mix with the grain, for In Hint case
the horse will net more salt than ho
,wnnts. This method of having salt
always before him will prevent him
from rnllus too much at 0110 lime.
The next best plan Is to give the
horse nil the salt he wants once a
.week, nay Saturday night or Sunday
morning. Have some, regular tlinu
for tills, or else you may forget It.
The l'liddiing of Ilofjs.
The clieiipwt method of faltenln
hogs Is to fe"d a variety of food.
On tho majority of farms the hogs
nre pushed forward lifter tho fall Is
nearly over, but they nre not always
penned In a condition In which to fa-
ellltr.te the fattening operation. One
method of using corn Is to "finish
off" with II, thereby hardening the
fat. To really fatten n hog It should
be fed la Mich a manner previous to
being penned as to force growth
First build no the frame for tho re
ception of tho meat that may be laid
upon it, feeding such foods as should
rot only forward growth, but also
keep the animal In a condition that
will enlall but little expenso when the
time ni l ivis for getting It fat' To do
this In the most economical manner
pumpkins, licjjfs, turnips, enrrots,
water sijinun' and parsnips, together
with flfy cut clover hay, may be
fed vlli good results. It will not
dOjnowovor, to feed such substances
'jti n wasteful manner. A cauldron
"or Bteanicr may be used for cooking
a larga quantity of roots, and a warm
feed should be given early In tho
morning, tho mass thickened with
ground grain or some of the well
known mill products rich In protein.
At noon a feed composed of chopped
roots, feci raw, but not too cold, will
be sudlcleiit. At night they may ba
given a liberal supply of corn. Such
foods will not only keep the hogs In
good health, but will bo the cheapest
diet nt thlB season that can ba al
lowed, as the varied articles will rap
Idly push thorn forward while the
werthcr 13 not severe. Do not crowd
tho hogs, nnd feed in a manner so
as to penult them to eat without com
rjetlthm. Tho farmer should utilize
anythln;.; on the farm that will serve
to assist In making growth or fat,
and should not overlook tho fact
that tho market prefers hogs which
contain a fnlr proportion o lean meat
. as well as fat.
A Home For 1'ckiii Ducks,
A yard firty feet long nnd ten
wide will h fiiTielently large to pro
vide exercise for a smnll breeding
flock; and the wire netting need
only bo eighteen Inches high, which
will not cost more than $1.50.
Though the fence need not be high,
It must he very securely fastened to
the ground; for ducks seem to pos
sess abnormal powers when It comes
to creeping under anything.
A trio of good ordinary market
stock should be purchased for about
1 7. Ducks are not like hens thoy
do not lay all the year round; but
wheu they start they are attentive
to the business of egg production
daily, so that a couple of mature
Peklns will provide you with a sit
ting In six days. As you will want
to keep some of the young one's for
next year's stock, ask the breeder you
buy from to ship you birds two years
Old, as their progeny Is stronger.
Peklns never want to sit; so hens
must, be used for hatching until your
Stock is -large enough to fill Rn In
cubator in a few days. Artificial
duck-r;it:-lng Is without doubt the
best. There is one farm lu Massa
chusetts that markets fifty-five thou
sand young ducks annually, sells
two tons of feathers and keeps
twelve hundred breeders. Would
such nn immense business bo possible
in tho old way?
Though Peklns don't need water
to swim in, they must have quanti
ties to drink, always fresh and clean;
which means that drlnklng-pans
must be refilled threo times a day,
and be so constructed as to enable
the birds to submerge the wholo bill
In the water. Why? Because there
are two small holes in the base ot
the bill which become clogged with
feed or mud, and unless they con
rinse these out when drinking the
poor things smother.
A man who had a broiler farm
near our place three years ago
bought a hundred ducks' eggs,
batched out a line lot of youngsters,
and lost every one within two weeks
through using a water fountain In
the brooder that was too shallow.
As I had lots ot ducks at tha time,
he brought some over forne to see.
There was nothing whatever the
matter with them etcept that their
nostrils were all stopped up with'
the soft food. So pray remember
this very important direction when
you are arranging 'drinking water
for ducks, young or old; they must
sot be able to get Into the pan with
their feet or bodies, but their entlio
heads must have free entrance.
The Self-Supporting Home.
"Can't Kill 'Kim."
It Is Important for tho beglnnet l:t
garden making to choose varieties of
plants and vines that aro not deli
cate. It Is, to say the least, dishearten
ing to get one's grounds In apple-pie
order, to dig and fertlllr.o the Boll at
cost both of tlmo nnd money, to
build delight Tul plans for color nnd
succession of bloom, only to have It
nil come to nnught becftuso ono was
not enreful In the selection of plants
that do not require pampering.
Foolish, Indeed, Is It for the amn
teur to wnsto his tlmo and energies
on uncertainties when there are so
many Interesting varieties that are
absolutely sure to succeed even tin
der the most unfavorable conditions.
A young woman whoso garden Is
renowned for tho great variety,
quantity and beauty of lis flowers
(she takes entire chargo of them
herself), when asked the secret of
her success, replied:
"Oh, I nhvnys grow 'enn't kill
'cms. "
"What In the world are thoy?" I
naked.
She replied: "They, my Ignorant
friend, are tho things thnt make
nature do the work Instead of me.
In plain English, they aro tho plants
that will grow pretty much any
where, except In dense shade or un
der trees; nnd some of them will
even grow there.
"You wish me to nnmo some of
them, do you? Well, tho real 'can't
kill 'ems' are perennials. Among
the best are Coreopsis lnnceolnta,
iremerocnllls fulva (orango day lily),
porennlnl phlox (especially If the
color is bad), monarda or bnrgninot,
peonies, golden glow, funk la, sub
cordata or day lily, honeysuckle nnd
trumpet vine.
"Tho following annuals will also
grow almost anywhere: Sweet nlys-
sum, Calendula (pot marigold), Cen-
tanrea eyniuis (cornflower), Convol
vulus major (morning-glory), Kseh-
Bcholtzla (California noppy), Impa
tleiis (bnlsani), ladysllpper, mignon
ette, Shirley poppy, portulncea, Ta
getes or the marigold (African and
French), Tropaeolum (nasturtium)
nnd zinnias.
"Now, don't you tell me after that
Hat you can not have a garden. If
you enn't, It's Just because you're a
hoodoo. For, really, those flowers
should do well under the worst con
ditions." "Well," the writer laughed, "I
might be able to grow the flowers,
but I never could reel off all those
awful names."
"Oh, yes, you can; It will only be
too easy to you nfter n while. In
deed, you'll have to be racking your
brains to remember the. common
name, lest people think you are try
ing to show oft." Indianapolis
News.
Movable Poultry House.
My best all round poultry house Is
a movable one, and If I were to build
more houses I should copy this one.
It holds a dozen fowls.
It Is 4x9x5 feet high in the middle.
Three feet at one end is' lattice or
netting. Three feet from the end
near the door Is a partition, giving a
Movable House.
lille room 3x4 feet, which Is for
roosts. Nests are here also, fastened
to the wall by a largo wire nail and
easily pulled down for cleaning or
moving. Tho roosting room has a
floor, the larger room has none.
When moving to a fresh, spot the
fowls are shut Into the roost room,
or the house can be moved in the
evening, a couple of boards and some
small rollers being used. In winter
the house is set on a little raised bed
of gravel, Is floored with litter and
banked outside with leaves. In sum
mer the door and windows are of
netting, making a cool house. I. A.
L., Middlesex County, Conn., Id tho
American Cultivator.
Farm Notes.
Sunflower seed adds lustre to the
plumage.
Pullets rarely make good mothers;
old hens are the best.
All fowls require a variety of food
and get excessively tired of using one
kind.
A wet season Is not a good one for
sheep. High, dry land yields the
most mutton to the acre.
A bunch ot hogs alike In color,
alike in size and alike in condition,
will always strain the market up a
notch or two.
The clover nlant is the cheaneat
and most effective subsoil plow that
can be used on soils where It will
work; runs deeper, is self-propelling;
and In passing leaves more fertility
than It takes.
An Australian correspondent of the
Homeopathic- World makes mention
of petroleum as a safo and reliable
remedy for the prevention of seasick
ness, and one which ho can bnck up
by personal experience. "A few years
ago," he writes, "I had occasion to
take a trip from Sydney to the
Hawkesbnry rlvor In the steamer
Newcnstlo. As I had never boon out
side of Sydney Heads before I deter
mined to guard against unpleasant ac
cidents by providing myself with a
preventive against seasickness. I do
elded upon petroleum, 2x trituration,
In 2 grain powders. When the ves
sol got outside the hcndB the tun
commenced. I began to feel a bit
queer, and a peculiar nausea began
to steal over me. Down went one of
Good Work of Press
It may be said that nothing has
done more to lift the moral tono of
business than the healthful criticism
of tho press. Twenty years ago, tho
stato of flnnnclnl journalism not
merely the purely flnnnclnl press, but
also that portion of the dally press
devoted to finance was not exlromo
ly good. Such journalism was mark
ed by much Ignorance, with, unfor
tunately, at least some dishonesty.
Apart trom this, tho theory upon
which It was mainly bnsed was not
sound. The people who "made" most
of tho flnnnclnl news soonicd to think
that they were entitled to control, In
large measure, Its publication, both
as to matter, time, and manner. Even
A Ballade
The first was Eden. Through tho storm
of car
ItliiKS still the echo nf Its enrly knell.
The fair HcsperUlcB, beset with mures,
Wore snekiMt by nno whose spirit
miuKlit mlKht quell.
Ah! Jny to know tho ancients' hydro-
mel,
Their llownrs nnd frultH! And yet not
If 1 rould
Would 1 for nil their gold nnd nectnr
Sell
My Bummer garden In its poppyhood.
Of Pnbylon the mnrvelous parterres
Lour since to blight nnd dusty barrens
Ml.
And where the lovely queen that raised
them furcs
There Is 110 scroll nor norlhe to soothly
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the powders. Ten minutes afterward
1 took another, and the nausea disap
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Only recently a lady and gentleman
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with them on a voynge, on their re
turn spoke In the highest terms of
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satisfied that seasickness could be
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nt this day, it Is difficult to convince
some otherwise very Intelligent bank
ers, directors and managers that the
public has a right to knowledge. A
case occurred within a month that
Illustrates very well tho Klnt of
view obtaining In some circles of the
financial community. A certain cor
poration undertook to make an Issue
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called on ono of the directors, showed
him tho news as published, and asked
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but It Is pretty hard that two or three
gentlemen cannot discuss their pri
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of Gardens
And closes never blossomed to excel
My summer garden lu its poppyhood.
Ench crimson rose a Tullerles terrace
hears
Gapes like a wound. I hear tho
burstlne shell
At red Heduu, slid see In spertrnl nlrs
Her pnlo hosts camped on fields of
asphodel.
Then, weariful and sail, I come to
dwell
AVhere no profjinlnp foot hns ever stood
lteneath the crooning' elms that senti
nel My summer garden In Its poppyhood.
For rest nnd plensnnt dreams, denr Isa
bel, Seek not the hills nor sea, nor volce
fnl wood; ,
Tour bourne Is here, whero lovo, too,
thrlveth well
My summer Burden In Its poppyhood.
Edward V. Burnii r J, Jr.
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" Every day of yonr life you spend just
so much money at the stores for actual
necessities, like Tea, Coffee, Baking Pow
der, Spices, Soaps, etc., etc'
You don't get anything extra, thrown
In for good measure, at the stores.
You buy $10.00 worth of necessities
and that's all they give yout
It's different over here.
We do business on a more liberal
scale. We give you just exactly as much
for your $10.00 as they do at the stores
guarantee the quality of everything
we sell you, nnd then give you $10.00
worth of household goods, wearing
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It Is supposed that captains of In
coming vessels often play mean Jokes
on Undo Sam when they have any
particularly worthless cur or other
forecastlo pet that they want to get
rid of. Tlmy might, of course, throw
It overboard, but that would be miss
ing a chance of giving the Unltod
States a lot ot trouble. Instead of tho
simple way of disponing of the beast
they enter tho animal on their mani
fest and tag It as addressed to some
fictitious person at some non-existent
place. It is then taken In charge by
the customs olllcluls, and the non
existent consignee notified. Of course
he dons not appear to claim his prop
erty, and tho ex-mascot becomes
porlshablo unclaimed merchandise,
and as such becomes the subject of
much official correspondence. The
collector Is notified that the merchan
dise must be sold, or It may deteri
orate In value, and nfter all tho forms
are gone through It Is advertised for
snlo. At the sale It may bring the
price of the postage stamps that
would have been wasted on It, If
the treasury department mall wero
not franhod, and then n bill Is pre
sented by the livery stable keeper,
who has boon bestowing on It for a
month or two care and attention that
mnny a dog show prize-winner never
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Sometimes the lino which divides
A Chinese
Mrs. H. T. Ford of the China Inland
Mission at Tal-kang, In the central
province of Honan, In a letter to her
family, has some amusing things to
tell about the establishment of the
Chinese Imperial Post In tho pro
vince, which is some weeks journey
from the coast. She says:
"We have got the Chinese Imperial
Post here now. At Kal-fenc, when
thoy first got It, the post office clerks
had a fight with some men who bought
stamps and wanted tho clerks to lick
them and put them on the letters for
them. They said the clerks wero
there to lick the stamps, and paid for
tho business, and they wouldn't lick
them. Put the clerks wouldn't agree
to lick them, so they camo to blows
and the police had to come In and sep
arate them.
"Here at Tal-knng, tho man who Jias
got the post office has begun wei).
Hnrry was In his shon when tho first
customer camo for a stamp. It took
him nearly'flve minutes to find the
Hicks My 'Wife dropped In to Bee
me at the office today and
Wicks Sorry, old man, but I've
been touched too; can't lend you a
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tho classification of goods, and which
means thousands of dollars to the
importers, Is very narrow. A story
is told of the decision by the supreme
court of a '-case which Involved the
question of whothcr a certain article
was a sauce or fish, the rates on
which wero widely different. The
judges could not agree, and one night
tho chief justlco took one ot the
snmple bottles home to bis wife.
"Of course that's sauce," she said,
and sauce It was decided to be, much
to tho benefit of the importers.
So mo of tho most puzzling matters
which come before tho appraisers and
tho courts are caused by the Importa
tion of strange articles of food for
the UBe of forclgn-born members of
Uncle Sam's large family. Just now
the courts nre wrestling with the
question of how Bako, tho favorite
n'cnhollc drink of Japan, should be
classified. Inrge quantities of It are
Imported at Honolulu for the use of
the Japanese laborers there. The
question Is whether It should pay
duty as a wine or a beer, and from
the testimony, It seems to partake of
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key and get the stamp box open, and
when he gave it to the man be said
In a very decided wcy: 'Now lick
it and put It Just there.' Tho cus
tomer was foolish (or wise) enough
to do so and now a custom has been
established in Tal-kang that all pur
chasers of stamps must lick them
and stick them on. There was a
great row at tho Knl-feng Post Of
fice one dny because an address on a
letter could not be found and' the let
ter was brought back.
"Tho sender wanted his money back
because the letter had not been de
livered, but tho clerk refused to give
it to him, contending that they had
had more trouble over It than If It
hnd been delivered. Another' man
was determined to get the post office
clerks Into trouble because he had
Bent a letter some time ago and re
ceived no nnswer. This was clear
proof, he said, that the letter had
never been sent. The servlco here
Is somewhat Irregular yet."
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