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"Please buy him
for ma," begged
Ben, standing
first on one foot,
then on the
other, in his eag
erness, while
Don, the beautl
ful red setter,
hrust his cold nose Into Ben's face
tnd said, as plainly as a dog could
lay, "Yes, do buy me;" but Ben's
father shook his head doubtfully.
"He is too large a dog to take care
of In the city," be said. "I wanted
to buy a small dog." The dog-fancier
smiled In Ben's eager little face, as
he patted Don's beautiful head.
"They have taken such a liking to
each other now that I am afraid you
cannot persuade Ben to even consider
another dog," he said to Ben's father;
and they soon found this was the
case. No other dog would do. At
. each pretty pug or terrie Ben shook
his head.
"No," he said each time. "If I
can t nave Don, I don't want any
other dog, papa." Finally, the dog-
fancier, who knew Ben's father very
well, and who was very fond of Ben
besides, said:
"I'll tell you what I'll do, Mr.
Rogers. You may take the dog
borne with you and keep him for a
day. To-morrow is the Fourth of
July and a holiday, so I will not have
any chance to sell Don then. Give
him a trial; and then, it yon don't
want him, bring him back on Thurs
day morning and exchange him for
any dog I have."
"Oh, yes. Do that, please, please,"
cried Ben. "Thank you so much,
Mr. Wood."
"Then, if mamma and I decide we
cannot keep him, will you give him
up and take another dog instead?"
ssked Mr. Rogers. "Remember it
tflll be harder to give him up then
than It is now."
"It could not be much harder,"
said Ben, with a sigh. "If you say
I cannot keep him after we give him
a trial, I will give him up; but I
don't want any other dog." Ben
thrust his hands into his .pockets,
and, walking to the window, swal
lowed once or twice very hard. Ben's
father looked at Mr. Wood with a
smile.
"It is hard to refuse the boy," he
said In a low tone. "I think we will
have to give Don a trial." Then he
added in a tone loud enough for Ben
to hear:
"All right, Ben. We will take Don
home, and keep him a day at least."
Ben ran back to them with a bright
face, and Mr. Wood said:
"There, Ben, that Is better than
not having Don at all. Now see what
he can do before you take him." Mr.
Wood pointed to a newspaper which
lr.y on the floor some distance away.
"Bring it here, Don," he com
manded; and Don trotted obediently
over to the paper, took it up his
mouth, and brought it back to Mr.
Wood.
"Drop It!" said Mr. Wood; and out
dropped the paper from Don's mouth,
while he wagged his tall and looked
from one to the other, as much rb to
say, "Could any dog do better than
that?"
"Now jump!" said Mr. Wood, hold
ing out a long stick; and over Don
went like a flash.
"Now give me your right paw."
Don held up his right paw, and placed
It in Mr. Wood's outstretched hand.
"Good!" said Mr. Rogers, laughing.
'Does he know the left paw also?"
"Left!" commanded Mr. Wood
and up came the left paw, to Ben's i
Intense delight.
"Good dog!" gald Mr. Wood. "He
sometimes gets a little puzzled about
the right and left paws, but he is evi
dently on his good behavior to-day "
After several more tricks, which Don
performed one after the other, Ben
found to his delight that the dog
would obey him also, when he used
the same words of command that
Mr. Wood did.
"I will put a pretty collar on him,"
taid Mr. Wood, as they were leaving,
and hook a light chain to it, so he
will not get away from you." Ben
with shining eyes and a bright face,
led Don out. All that evening Ben
and Don and Ben's little sister, Doro
thy, romped and played together;
and Don apparently was delighted
with the entire family. Mr. and Mrs.
Rogers said very little about keeping
the dog; but Ben felt he had made
a good impression, and he hoped, as
only a small boy can hope, that some
thing would happen to make them de
cide to keep him.
The next day, the Fourth of July,
Ben was occupied all day with shoot
ing off fire-crackers, from an early
hour in the morning till supper time,
all of which went off with a satisfying
bang. Don at first was a little afraid
of the noise, but soon grew accus
tomed to It, and sat up on the veran
da steps, watching the fun from a
respectful distance. Just before sup
per, as. a special treat, Ben's father
bought him a giant fire-cracker, a
great tempting one, with a long
-string fuse hanging out of one end,
the entire cracker about eight Inches
long and covered with brilliant red
paper. It was one of the sort that
goes off with a magnificent whoop
ing bang, loud enough to satisfy even
the most patriotic little boy in the
-country; and that is very loud in
deed. Mamma looked worried when
ahe saw It.
"We will fire it off right after up
per," said Ben.
Juy 3fory h
ivooc v i u t-iny.
"Don't light it till your father and
I are with you, Ben, dear," said mam
ma, anxiously; and Ben promised,
holding the cracker lovingly In his
hands.
The days are long in the summer
time; and. it was still light when Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers stood on the veran
da, watching Ben prop the cracker
up ready for lighting. Ben had
begged so hard to light it all by him
self that his father had consented,
after showing him how to do It.
"I shall be glad when it is fired
off," said mamma, uneasily. "Run
fast after you light it, Ben," she
called.
"I will," said Ben.
Little Dorothy with her nurse had
gone next door a few minutes before
to see two pretty maltese kittens they
had,- and Don had followed her over.
Now Baby Dorothy was ready to
come home before her nurse was, and
no one noticed her slipping through
the gate but Don. He, it happened,
had not been pleased with the kit
tens at all, when he found they were
hot big enough to chase; and he fol
lowed after Dorothy, feeling sure that
she could not take care of herself
even that short distance. Thus it
happened that, just ns Ben touched
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the match to the long string fuse and
ran away from the cracker, Dorothy
and Don came slowly through the
gate close to the place where it lay,
the little dangerous yellow flame
creeping slowly up the string.
"Pretty! Pretty;" said Dorothy,
leaning over it. Ben saw her, and
gave a shriek of terror.
"Dorothy! Come away!" he called,
at the same time making a dash back
to the fire-cracker. At Ben's cry Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers ran after him, call
ing to the baby; but she was too
little to understand what was the
trouble. There was no time to be
lost. Ben knew none of them could
reach her in time.
"Don!" he called. "Bring it here!
Good dog!" It all happened in less
time than I can tell you. In the few
seconds' time that yet remained, Don
understood the command. In his
doggish heart was mistrust, and per
haps, some fear. He did not like
these things that went off with a
bang, but he was trained to obey. He
picked up the fire-cracker and ran
toward Ben.
"Drop It!" screamed Ben, in an
agony of fear lest it should explode
In the dog's face, and Don, obedient
once more to the command, dropped
the cracker; while Ben, at last by
his side, dragged him away to a com
paratively safe distance. Just as-the
cracker exploded with a frightful
roar, but harming no one. Ben burst
Into tears of relief. He sank on the
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ground, his arms around the brave
dog's neck, sobbing.
"Dear, dear Don! You saved Dor
othy! You did, you did; and I am so
glad you dropped it in time to save
yourself."
"And to save you, too!" cried Mr.
Rogers. "Brave dog! Brave boy to
think of It!"
"Bennle, dear Bennle, and dear
Don," 'was all mamma could say, as
she hugged Dorothy close to her.
A little Inter in the evening, Doro
thy, who had been a little frightened
by the noise and excitement, fell
asleep in her mother's arms. Mr.
Rogers leaned over them with a heart
full of thankfulness. As he stooped
down to kiss little Dorothy's pretty
hair, they heard Ben's voice from the
veranda steps, talking to Don.
"Do you think they will let me
keep you now, Don?" he was saying.
"I should think they would, wouldn't
you, after what you did, and because
I love you?"
"Oh!" said Mrs. Rogers. "He
doesn't realize that we could never
give Don up. Tell hlm, dear." And
Mr. Rogers called in a voice which
was husky, but so full of happiness,
that Don's tail thumped hard in ap
preciation when he heard it.
"Ben, my boy, you may keep Don
all his life. I am proud of him, and
you, too, you precious rascals!" And
Ben and Don were happy oh, so
happy. Christian Register.
On an average each resident of
Berlin Is said to spend one-eleventh
of his income on Intoxicating drink.
AT FREDERICK, MD, TO FRANCIS SCOTT KEY,
OF THE "STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
THE GRAVE OF THE FAMOUS RINGER OF LIBERTY BELL DISCOVERED
A short time ago the sexton of Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church,
at Fourth and Pine streets, Philadelphia, Pa., found among the crumbling
tombstones that had lain neglected in the churchyard, a headstone of
which the inscription had become almost obliterated by age and dirt. He
cleaned the. moss and lichen from the stone, and was surprised to find It
bore the name of the famous bell-ringer of Revolutionary days, William
Hurry, who tolled the Liberty Bell at the time of the signing of the fate-
X?tfY
ful Declaration of Independence. Hurry was at that time the caretaker
of Independence Hall. When he was gathered to his fathers his remains
were buried in the Old Pine Street Church, but inquiry later failed to
disclose the whereabouts o. the grave. The news of the discovery was
communicated to the Grand Army Association, and arrangements were
made for the decoration of the restored grave of the bell-ringer on last
Memorial Da.
THE DAY SPEAKS.
I am a funny day, for sad
And joyful is my lot;
In one land I am more than glad.
In one land I am not.
One people I surcharge with bliss.
Anil one I cause to nigh
The reason of the which is this:
I am the Fourth of July I
R. K. M., in Harper's Weekly.
The 8 years after July, 1776, were
periods of great suffering and priva
tion. There was no money to buy
fireworks, because It was all needed
to help carry on the war. The people
who had rejoiced at the first Inde
pendence Day had, many of them, be
come very poor, and some were be
yond all suffering, victims of British
warfare. There were anniversary
celebrations, but usually among the
army folk in the field.
"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER."
"O say, can yon see, by the down's early liht.
What so proudly we hailed at the twiliuht s Inst gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous
fight, -
O'er the. ramparts we watched were so gallantly stream
. inst?
And the rocket's red glare, the linmlis bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our Hug wus still there. .
O say, does thnt Star-Spangled Hamier yet wave
O'er the hind of the free and the home of the brave?
was
"On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows., now conceals, now discloses?
Vow it catches the glenm of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
Tis the 8lnr-8angled lianner; O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the Lnive.
"And where nre the foes who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their fold footsteps pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
iTom the terror of Might or the gloom of the grave;
And the Star-Spangled lianner in triumph doth wave
O'er the hind of the free and the home of the brave.
"O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
lietween tneir loveu nomes ami me win uvm'mmM,,
West with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
I'raise the i'owcr that nntn maue anu preserveu us
nation. ....
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
nd this be our motto, 'In tlod is our trust;'
nd the Ntar-Spangled Unncr in triumph shall wave
)'ev the !ni ! f the free and the home of the hrnve.
tit
XewYork Ledger.
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A
GARDEN, FARM and CROPS
SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE
UP-TO-DATE
AGRICULTURIST.
Bad Ventilation.
Pew dairy farmers really under
stand what good ventilation means.
It is a common thing to see a hay
chute left open over the cows with
the Impression that it wil create a cur
rent of air to ventilate the stable.
The fact is, a stable, to be ventilat
ed, must have the air drawn off from
near the floor. This la where the
bad air accumulates. A shaft that
simply takes the best air from near
the celling is a damage. Foul air is
from to to twenty percent heavier
than pure air. The oniy system of
ventilation that Is worth the name
will admit pure air from outdoors
near the celling and draw off the foul
air from near the floor. Anything
short of this should not be called
ventilating the stable. Epltomist.
Poultry Pasture.
It is distressing to see poultry con
fined in a small, bare yard. It Is a
very short-Blghted way to manage. It
Is no more necessary to feed chick
ens all the etuff they eat than it is to
feed cows in the stable the year
round.
Chickens like to forage for part of
their living, and It is a great deal
cheaper and a wonderful sight better
to let them do It. You may not have
a farm to let them range over, but
you can provide a good sized yard and
Bhut them out of part of It while green
stuff is growing, then reverse the pro
cess and plant something in the other
part.
Vegetation induces moisture and
helps to collect a supply of insects
and worms that the chickens like to
feed on. It supplies a mixed ration
that is especially valuable to poultry.
Mrs. L. M. Moore, Missouri. .
Training the Colt.
The old-fashioned term "breaking
colts" has about gone out of date.
The word "training" now takes its
place, and it certainly is much more
fitting. When you hitch the colt up,
hold Its confidence that you are his
friend and are not going to hurt him.
He will look to you for protection.
Teach him to work by offering the re
ward of kindness. Have you noticed
how much good it does a colt after
he has been worked until he is tired
and probably thinks he has no friends,
to go around to him and pat and rub
him about the bead and talk to him?
He seemingly understands your every
word and picks up courage. Be pa
tient and teach him to work and pull
as a habit. He will soon get the hang
of working well, but until he gets the
right swing he will be awkward and
not very reliable to draw heavy loads.
The two principal essentials in train
ing colts are kindness and patience.
If you have a large stock of these two
virtues you will have little difficulty
In bringing up a colt in the way be
should go. Epltomist.
Feeds and Feeding.
Grit must be sharp.
Feed before you water.
Do not feed grass for grit.
Feed a mash the year round.
Clean out the feed troughs dally.
Oyster shells are too soft for grit.
Never throw soft feed on the ground.
Round pebbles will not answer for
grit.
In feeding grain in the runs broad
cast It
Do not feed corn during the hot
weather.
Millet seed is a great egg-dropping
grain.
Always feed the mash crumbly, not
loppy.
The noon meal is not necessary dur
Ing the summer.
Do not allow the mash to sour in
the troughs.
Beans are excellent food, being high
ly nitrogenous.
A quart of feed for twelve hens is
good measure.
Milk can be feed in any form
sweet, sour or buttermilk.
Buckwheat is an egg-producing
food, but a steady diet of it is apt to
be over-fattenlng."A Few Hens."
The 200-Egg Hen.
Commenting on a statement made
by Prof. Graham of the Ontario Ex
periment Station, that the "average"
hen does not lay over 80 eggs a year,
the American Cultivator says:
"At present prices of grain eighty
eggs per year at the average price per
year would hardly more than pay for
the feed. Many a poultryman sum
ming up his returns and costs on a
market basis might find that he is no
more than getting back a new dollar
for an old one. Present conditions
are certainly trying for the poultry
man. Market prices of eggs and poul
try have not advanced in proportion
to those of grain.
"Many poultryraen no doubt get bet
ter results in egg production than
those Indicated. They would feel like
quitting the business could they get
no more than eighty eggs per hen, and
a yield of 120 eggs per hen would
scarcely satisfy them, although such a
yield would indicate a good flock well
taken care of. At the Main station
they worked the record to 124 eggs per
hen by means of selecting the best
hens through trap nest methods, and
breeding from these hens for several
generations. Individual birds yielding
well over 200 eggs per year were not
rare in this flock, bnt hens of suofe
excellence, like two can cows, are not
representative, of the average evea
for one farm.
"Yet the results of this experiment
at the Main station are not wholly en
couraging. For the first few years
the average egg yield of the flock in
creased and certain Individual birds
made very high records. Yet taking
the average of the flock for the whole
period of the experiment, the manage
ment consider It doubtful whether the
egg laying capacity has been Increased
by the process of selection, and even
granting that the average has been
improved, they are Inclined to think
that the particularly high yield ha
been owing to better methods of care
and management.
Fungicides.
First Bordeaux Mixture: This l
by far the most generally useful fun
gicide we have. The copper sulphate
of blue vitrol is the active fungicide
agent, while the lime is added to pre
vent the burning of the foliage, which
would result from a pure copper sul
phate solution. The usual formula is:
Five pounds copper sulphate.
Five pounds lime.
Fifty gallons of water.
Certain precautions must be ob
served in making Bordeaux, jp order
to obtain the most efficient mixture.
The secret of success Is to put togeth
er as dilute solutions as possible. The
copper sulphate may be conveniently
made up into a stock solution by dis
solving it at the rate of one pound
to one gallon of water. The amount
needed at any time can then be readi
ly obtained by stirring up the solution
and measuring out as many gallons as
there are pounds required. The blue
stone may be dissolved quickly in hot
water, or, more slowly, in cold water
by suspending near the top of the
water In burlap over night. Good stone
lime should be used. Air-Blaked lime
Is not satisfactory. If a barrel (fifty
gallons) of the Bordeaux is to be mad(
it is easy to secure the required dilu
tion of material by theuse of three
vessels. Put twenty-five gallons of
water In the barrel. Dilute the blue
stone solution containing five pounds
to twelve and one-half gallons Di
lute pounds slaked lime likewise, then
dip it ajlternately from each solution
into the 50gallon barrel. Whatever
the particular method employed, how-'
ever, the end 1b the same. Put the
copper sulphate and lime solutions to
gether after diluting each as mucn
as possible. Don't mix concentrated
solutions. If this is done, with the
Idea of diluting to spraying strength
later, the mixture curdles, and a thick,
heavy precipitate is formed which set
tles so rapidly that it is impossible to
do a good job of spraying. A preci
pitate in a properly made Bordeaux
should stay in suspension for halt
an hour with almost no perceptible
settling. When putting the spray mix- A
lure luiu uie mun, uiwaja vuwu vw-
fully. Weekly Witness.
Farm Notes.
Chicken meat is no more expensive
to raise than beef or mutton, but it
is more palatable and sells for a
higher price.
It is desirable to get fowls up to
their full growth as quickly as possi
ble, but very early egg laying is not
desirable because it is easily brought
about at the expense of vigor or size.
Some poultrymen never feed mash
es, while others claim that one soft
feed a day is a great advantage. A
great deal depends on the way It 1
done. There are several ways of do
ings things, and it often happens that
more than one way is right.
Tumbler pigeons get their name
from the peculiar manner in which
they fly. They are often seen rolling
over and over in the air, sometimes,
apparently tumbling for quite a dis
tance before righting themselves and
flying upward again. It Beems to be
great sport for them.
Pekin ducks are great eaters. They
grow so fast that they must eat to sup
ply the necessary material to make
size. Grass and other forage won't
supply this in a satisfactory manner.
They must have grit and grain' or
their beaks and feet will grow all out
of proportion to the rest of them.
Have plenty of litter in the scratch
ing shed and throw In a little grain
the last thing at night so the chickens
will find it early in the morning. This
is not supposed to take the place to
morning attention, but to keep the
chickens busy while you are milking
the cows and attending to other things
about the barns.
A great many poultry raisers man
age without having many sick fowls.
If they do have trouble they have Just '
one remedy and that is the ax. It la
claimed by same of our best poultry
men that it does not pay to doctor
fowls. They are short-lived anyway,
at least, it is doubtful if ordinary
fowls pay after the second year, their
room is worth more for younger stock.
A two-year-old hen will lay probably
one-third more eggs than a three-year
old hen. When a person understands
how to raise chickens they soon get
a large flock without keeping the old
ones. From "Poultry Notes" in tho
Epltomist.