wl eérrativ. course {o the Ha pi without attempts by United : course of Now river, Horse Power. A horse power is the force required to Hit a dead weight of 3210480 pounds ope foot a minute. To fini the horse power of an engine multiply the area | piston in inches by the aver sam pressure In sguare inch. Maltiply the product by vel of the pisten in feet per oe wuts and divide that prodoct by | = 33.000, HH an engine is rated at 73- i er it wil ralge 33.000 pounds one toot 7 times in one minute. isos. Catarrh Curis Hontd and fs taken Ripbuilders gel their guns and t Germany, red No fue or nervons. slaty en in the | States is 900) » yes: ‘s8cuihing Syrup for ahildren soften the gums, Jeltonintamne y tents to which boys sre much given, | } which are bot little understood by the | © gider people, i us 4 got pounds per | ; Iu Bat Land. Little bat, when the day is nigh, home to his anny lithe bed: As soem ax the sun is up in the shy Ko hat should be seen overbesd. : | They sleep sll day, tocked out of the way, And what seems the strangest of ll, Their heads hang down where their tails ought to be, i And they cling by their tom ta the wall, - When the amp has wet and the birds re at reat, And the moon snd the stars are on high, Then each little bat pops om of hix vest i And goes for a sail through the sky How g¥ taper turvy thelr Ife moat be! fast at Sp. om: Eg Jost at dawn they are ready for tea Bat it doesnt seem queer to & ee ~Waslisgion Star. Talking Stones. They do not understand how to make | the most of the opportunities at hand. | Here are some hints of uee to sach | ads: There is a particular class of amuse. These are the Ange “toents which have to do with hmagin ing opesell something quite different | from what ene really is Robin Hood; vitality, - opnration for r an troubles. : Not » Nery cheerful 3 1 diane, with a chief vamed Biting | or Raipdnthe Face It is usually a very reckless, blood thirsty individual whom boys choose Perhaps they form them. ‘ to represent. selves Into a band of outlaws, possitiy the famone crew upuder the lead of will turn pirates, and the leading spire its will be known aa Kidd or Morgan: | OF else the boys suddenly becothe In he letter A 2 sone pisced no he ita lower edge Just touches the Tine represents the letter B. A stone placed so that its upper ofige just touches the line represents the etter OC, ietter I), the line, not touching it. represents the jetter E. Two stone placed vertically scrose the line represents the letter Two stones placed horizontally across the line represent the jotter I. Two stones placed obliquely avross the lime, slanting from loft right, represent the jetter K. Tes i placed obliquely across the line, ng apward from ri to sent the etter 10 Those stones Lavith their fower edges ing 1 line represent the etter Z. Twi stones with = slight spaces between piaved so that thelr lower edges just jd shee repre. Placed EF {ht fy ty tonic therm, &. This is usually contracied in stone written messages to ane stots, A ap swerving in place of “and.” The tontext Contrary to the general belief, eity | it may chance that they 4 wil i teiligible. ARCDIFCHY) FLURORORSTUVWSYS . boys are often at a loss to know how | The remaining letters of the sipha- ® amuse themselves in the country. I bet explain themselves. Consilerable [space must be left between words. of an improvement on this ia to lay (8 small twig between your words When a boy has familiarized himwelf (with the alphabet the sthrks snd stones In the disgram will se found to rend; “Making Arrows at the big spring” i When the messages indicated fo & member of the outlaw band that his fellows were engaged In sopw sort of cwork which would keep theo moving Cabonr, as for InNtance, Hing [or few Camping groutde pew sprigs the proper ds of woud from wi th make bows and arrows, he won find his companions (hroogh hid knowl the woods wines toey most ihely to Bnd what they wanted, and by tracking them New York Suan OREM IA R&R 2 dpe af What a Drop of Water Can iyo, In whatever game of this sort the boys may adopt a grest des) mnst be imagined It was largely to escipe ridicule, which every boy dreads, but) partly, also, becuuge they liked the idea of writing In such x fashion that it could not be read except Ly their own fellows, that a crowd of bays In The | upper part of New York State were led to evelye a form means of which they could eave me sages intelligible only fo 8 Tew | spirits. i Unless one was in the server, a looked like pei bing = | worked out the silek and stone alpha of cinher by | “hosen | {ewe : ax ient i a few sticks and stones scattered by i the roadside; bul fo those who had | EY ahr, FE the nek of a ree bottle op to (of the mateh place & piece of fx : Washington L signing the eapitula dian Half-King and Queen Al nuippa. Baia de a i A i In playing at belng Robin Hood and ment of these boys, this means writing was of great assistance of their leader. rows, searching for seasoned hickory out of which to fashion fnew bows, or, possibly, bolding a tournament tw prove the efficiency of the band in the use of their weapons. The method of leaving messages by means of sticks and stoues is quile One afternoon of practice simple, 1d perfect any boy in its use ‘he alphabet is given ia the diagram mpanying this article, can be drawn in dirt or seratehed | a boulder. Each of the crosses at this line represents a stone. he stone placed across the line, a8 1 bet, the letters were perfectly intel ‘a ligible, his band, which was the chief aruse |} af : in| ‘gathering the band, and of making known to late comers the commands At certain rendezvous details of the. for the day would be left, and: n this way different members of the | band could at any time learn where heir fellows were to be found and in what they were engaged making ar The biack | tion of Fort Necessity. Find ike In “& cent, for Instance, as shown La figure, | The trick is to pot the mosey into the battle without touching the match or! bottle, Dip rour finger in water, holding It over the place where the mateh is bent, afd aliow one or two drops to fall on that point. The two sides of the angle | will open slowly, allowing the money! te drop into the bottle New York! Press, ? A Cat and Mouse Game. 8 circle, the mouse being inside and the ; eat outside, (ing their arms and lowering them al : ternately, which gives the cat 4 chance to jump in at one side, while the mouse Jumps out at the other. The ent is now i & prigoner and goes round “nvaul ing.” but as the dance contipues she SOUlt gets out aud chaser the mouse, i who darts in to save herself, If she “gets in by herself, the car pays a for felt, but if puss gets in also it is the : mouse who has to suffer for it. A BS Sa es hei He IMsposing of Sewage, Plants for the destruction of sewage } i | hy cremation are now operated in nine Fares cities of the United States. A stone placed just above J) the line, not foucking if, represents the | A stone pincadd just below EE touch the Hope, represent the character | oe orp Ro LOp, Lambs in the Market, Jamis bring twice as much in mar ket as shes including the wool de- rived from the sheep, and the marget i= scldom overstocked with lambs Ar rine Evaporated Lorn. poninds of fresh cot corn will make a trifte over twenty dive pounds of the finished product of high grade. MH the corn is bard aml pearly ripe hia yield would be increased hat at The expense of quality. Such eérn will sell 81 from eight to ten vents per pound in car jolg pocording to the market. Most of those engaged In evaporating corn have ine creased their husiness pradasily abo pay from twenty-five fo foriy cele per hundred ears, or about 83 pur (op, . i delivered at the factory In the husks will always make this abbreviation in | A pay A Profitable Crop. It is safe to say that the market gar Cdeners near our large cities reali greater profits from jetiude than from any other vegetable. It ix a very hardy plant and when well noder way with but also the beat, the sunny side of ridges, they progress much more rapidly in growth than | when pot so carefully managed. a the quicker they can bi grown the het fer the quality. If the plants are set free nse of tre hoe and well manored faey will become solid, bn wisn sown broadcast on rich beds they amo fur Peoding Large and Kemal! Chicwons, A A PREDIXG 30%. NI AR them Becomes a & Monit Hatter, ioe he of the fool | Get ote or more big bas part of each side, as shown in the eur | making the opening just high ensugh to permit the smaller «hicks 1o enter | Streteh a wire and throw fesd inside for ithe yonnger broods. They will quiekily Iearn to start Yor their own guariors | when the fend dish appeyrs —~New Bog land Homestead vr) «oo that | m { pince oe. | CREW ine, They dapoe aroun), rales f should nol seek the adyl Lair or I na ent Where the Hog Leads. For au tek relurne te 5 pg ar i fire 4 Ak % SR¥2 fiw id &i 1 SEI, PEENEY e fOn onthe old, & thant Bud been wall fat | of bis live w | Bar, Sor repel a8 The saying gous, svery fas exeepting the fx ptitigedd. The bristleq the intialines SOF RaUSRge eh ngs. the Blood mad the A bone #1 pi y Ww Rita 3 WY parts, liver and Years are favorite food Ww ‘Bot more than filly per vent of bis welght in drew seat widle 1 6 to waRal to Sond one that does Bae over forty por esfit. Oe vrop of will fatten both the fall and [pigs such year (adrantage tu favor : and thease wha and avoided the at | swine plagne have been susee Cprokpeross in their busdinoge RK Farmer, HY Have Farmers and Breeds. lL The breeds of sheep are being Im | proved wvery year, and farmers whe | have not familiarized themselves with | the characteristion of sheep should bear [i mind that they are behind the buy | ers, who can distinguish at a few me | i ments’ examination exactly what kind cof a sheep from which the woal was [sheared and ha ftoess for the pur | pose fur which It is desired. The buy [ers know the breeds, the kind of wool | peculiar to each breed, and all about | ¥ 4 farmer bthem, for it is “business” A i would steer at a carpenter whe priv ‘ fessed to be a carpenter and yer could mot do a piece of work in that line: aud Uyet, It ; (dreds of farmers who profess to be farmers, asd who would rebel if their knowledge of the husitieds shout be questioned, but whe, at the same time, | cannot tell as much ahout fie products tof the farm as many of thuse whe | know pothing about farm life. There ; are bundreds of farmers who are dot able to distinguish breeds of sheep, and who do not Know the particular { purpeses for which a breed Is most | i suitable, The players stand hand and hand is and still they pride them. selves on their calling as 8 business which they intend to make profitable If sech farmers could be nrought to a reglization of the faot that they are really deficient In Kpowiledge it woalkt be to their interests. Every wear we witnuss the shipment of the products of the farm to market, where the auves fixes the grade, although be has no ex. perieiics on the farm. Farmers as a class are pot bosicessdike, for they pely too much on the judgment: of athars It is pot intended to inaply thai they on of ofhers, but when the farmer sartenders gvery thing to hard work he should begin to educare himself In every possible way £3 Record It takes about ten ears fo ATETAEe Ohe pout of evaporated corn. asd JOO out in rows wide enough to admit the | nish & large quantity of lender jeaves & Where large and sroall chickens run st large in the same lot the feeding of larger row the weaker nnd Lake foost bow dry ' goods or grocery boxes and renjove a # from wide 10 ds at the weight 18 in dressed ment | part of 3 i & 3 grant and the wues] | £ fe & CE § ind 3 many, The steer will need abort (hires | crops of corn to fatien him, and often ; | ghrink : Ors tho spring i All of this va decided | af fis Keeping af i Sire a tacks of eholera aud may be claimed, there are Bun to improve bis chances.—Philadelpbis | effected re organization for export | It i» ansoooced thi they sesh to invade France (lermany, Switzerland and Praly, and wrest those | cointries if possible, from tie Amer. jean company wilh now | supiies thelr demands for petrojenms, and that they also proposes contesting certain | markets with Russia” A rn OA WA An Rents are fallisy In Buenos Altres. HI ot RT SAA HAAN AN SPINE. The Okapi. The okapl. the stranes avimal a | short time ago discovered in Central § Africa by Bir Henry Johnstone, fs now thonght to have bean knows to the The old mon of | get” a desert quadraped variously suposed 10 have been a fox, & musk: © ancient Deyptiane, ments slow a socalled “animal rat. a dog. a camel and even a fabal ous animal convineey Prof. Weldeman Sak isan (wei, In Hombolt and Mendocing coun | ties, California, there are 38 sawmills at work upon the famous redwood for. cate. which are gradually disappear ing. the value of the output of the | gear 1900 being nearly $5000.00. stands Dot only quite a degree of cold, If the plants are partially protected by Iwing sel out on s Sarsaps of 1648. Since : every spring as & oe pusityin and nerves Can ne.’ re easily tired, if your | 4 nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then begin take the good old stand- ard family medicine, Ayer's It's a regular nerve | i fer, s perfect blood Poor man! Hee can’t help it, | It’s his liver. He needs a liver pill. Ayer’ $ Pills. want roar moustache | or Years a beautifal brown or rich Bach ¥ Use A study of tha pictures that this cremiure was the okap! which early hunters exterminuted in Exyit. : 7 Sete of si wre BP wei le Nedhun H.W F shins hd vrai piles fur years, and I have fried ev. eryibing 1 Beard of, and bave been in the hospital at times. 1 have had Biceding plies amd Telit terrible. A sunt of malge caine from the country fipans Tabules 1 or took tivo fear meal anid then one every day. At the end of two weeks [ felt a great | change. 1 thank Ripaas for rellev- ing wo of adi I suffered. At druginsts. ordinary coonsiin. The family bottle, 1 have been a great suffers with | to see me and she made me take | times & day, then I ook one at each | : The Five Cent packet is enough for sn #0 cente, sontains » supply fue a ver. cored her title po , woman hag per philanthropic besefactiers. Concessions have just paen granted to construct and rum 27 branch lines of the Swedish railways. The new lines will cover a distances of 3 { mites in all, aod it means that Sweden : will again have occasion to purchase a lurge quantity of rolling stock. Hest feported a Amarivvin feath | Panet Bat Fo "ar Geir Codd Win Coll, Bat. Kangarsa dd Shorr oy —— fy a price w POMIGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS, THIS IS A TYPE of the bright, up-to-date girl who is not afraid of sun, wind or weather, but relies on CUTICURA SOAP assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT to preserve, purify and beautify her skin, scalp, hair and hands, and to protect her from irritations of the skin, heat rash, sunburn, bites and stings of insects, lameness and soreness incidental to outdoor sports. B-Much that all should know about the skin, scalp, and hair ls told Ia the eircular with Coricona Boar.