s wo A Christian, Dick ¥! Dick a boy? Lora: Dick a good-for-nathing Butuan bey, - Dek Were a dog—Detioit CONUNDRUMS. Why is lity the greatest of all con. mot Undruste? Because we must all give he | "What " the first thing a man sets - How oan you make a coat last long? . sliver dollar? Because when you a1 you double It and when you : open it you find it fuereases. ~ Who was the greatest man in Bible time? Joseph, because Pharaol made | & ruler of him. Selvedge red, seivedge greon, It isn’t | the king, it isn't the queen; it isn't the sun, It isn't the moon, tell me this rid: | | dle by to-morrow noon? Rainbow. ~~ Why is a greedy boy like » grub. . : worm? Because they wake the butters \ iy. BL Ir the alphabet were Invited out {what time would U, V,\ W, X, ¥ and Z go? After tea (1). Why 1s an angty man like fitty-nine minutes past twelve? Because i ia ready to strike ote, .1 YWhy docs the man in the moon never get married? Because he has only {tour quarters a mouth amd be uses | them to get full on. What stands on one leg and has ity | heart in fts head? A ealibage. Why does the sen moan? Beeanke some one stepped on fin undertow. ° | What belongs to yourself, but is used Ey everybody else wore than yourselt? lone Your name. L001 Why is a beehive like a prison? It iis filed with cells. ; ; HUMMINGBIRD A FIGHTER. Although the English sparrow has | managed in large measgre to banish from its banuts larger native binds, and even the courageous little wren, {there ix one smaller bird of which it tix afraid. This tiny bat formidable enemy is the hummingbinl, The familiar principle of physics that the striking power of a badly in motion | 15 equal to Its weight multiplied by its | velocity is the sceret of the Lemming: bird's superiority over fhe sparrow, | : The hummingbirds weight Is small, = | but Ita speed Is high, and its buzzing | “ | haste has genuine terror fer its larger enemy, © The uneasy cries of a sparrow at. [tracted the attention of in observer [the other day, who presently discovered the sparrow sitting well tp In a pine tree, Just within a foot of the fright. (ened bird buzzed a bummlugbird, its “= | misty wings snd keen beak sugzgesting ia tiny aerial ram in fight aud beat up. % The sparrow “stood its ground until the beak seemed about to plerce fits de | 1renst. and then took fizht, with the angry little hummingbird In hot pure | suit. The hummingbird soon returned, Apparently having given up the chase, possibly because it had riven the ; exemy far enough from the pest. THE LIMEJUICE ISLAND. Nearly all the lime-juice weed In the : — comes from the tiny island of | Montserrat, in the British West Indies, e | The line grows wild In many West | Indian islands, but only in Montserrat n. | 18 it used commercially. That island Is « | one vast garden of lime trees. and no- | where In the world is there a ner sight than its thirty. miles of orchards, laden {with the fruit of the lime or fragraat | With its blossoms, The fruit is gathered lw negro nt | women, who carry it down the hills he f to the shipping port In big bawkets on a4 | their heads, Like all West Indians, {they are remarkable for thelr ability to carry heavy weights in this manner. Once. the company which conteols the Hme-fuice industty sought to lighten the burden of its laborers by intro. ov ducing wheelbarrows. "The negroes filled the wheellmrrows readily enough, and then carried them on thelr heads as they had bem used [to carry the baskets. — Tuginapelis a AN EXPERIMENT, Take three bowls and stand them fn la row. In the bowl nt one end put as { hot water as your hand can bear, in | the one at the other end put fce-water, {in the middle bowl lukewarm water. Now, hold your right hand in the : Bot water and your left hand in the . | cold, say for a minute or more, then | suddenly place both hands in the luke. ‘warm water and notlee the effect, Hf the one tested is blindfolded a good ng | deal of amusement will follow. pa ae “PLAYING SHOP" This is a very favorite game for d | sunny days and you can easily find r things In the garden for “shop.” Sorrel : good ~ By cutting the ribs teat into tiny stalks cap- Frabasb can: be made ; j farm fn the product ssid in larger | quantities than either potash or phos them, and thoroughly cultivate the re- | science and suxiety of mind, Take four boards eight feet long--or as wanted, and put together as shown in| J GRASS RUNK FOR SMALL CHICKS, Are being raised on the colony plan xo hat a section of range Is given to each | tutting is done. | tore the last enitivation of the corn. ‘be turned into the field agaln after cool months of the year, all of the food back of the enterprise, thus placing one in raising Joulty en on the farm warrant. t 2OBTR MORE 0 REPLACE, The most precious plant feed in maf. are 1s 143 nitrogen compounds, because hey are exported or enrried off the ‘phates, and because they dre also most pasily lost from the manure or the soll through careless management of the manure of the feeding of the crops. It rosts more to replace them when lost than to replace any other plant food, THE PROFITABLE FARM. It 1s a small farm well tilled that is the profitable one. If the farmers were io begin at onve to out up thelr farms into small tracts of frota ten to Bfty acres esch, scl the same for whatever reasonable price they could get for ainining acrea, they would reap the Garvest In lower taxes, in fower fences, in better crops. In quicker returns apd in less worry, In Jess work anil in less general wear and tear of hody and cone A PONTABLE PENCE. 1 give following description for mak Ing portable fences, wlich are used on the farin for sheep with success. W v long as ‘wanted, six boards as high as cut. Make as much as wanted: and it is put together by slipping right end, ny | shown in cut, into the other part of the fence. ~Cochran E. Bruclay, in The Epitowmiat, TN —— — One of the dangers to small chicks is | fotting them run in the deep grass inl the early morning when the dew is! heavy, This danger ia of course, greater | in the early spring than later, when the wenthier gets warmer. If the chicks eolony. snd this ia the Lest way to ban. die them, the gross should be cut sev. eral times during the month to keep it | short enough so that the chicks may rin in it without getting too damp. If a iawn mower Is used the bindes should bie set so high that the Lindes of grass will be an Inch high, at least, after the This will give the chicks plenty of green food and enalie them to get at the insects better and reduce the danger of entehing roup, which would be the case if they ran in the deep grass. Thix work is not sl great deal of trouble to tke when one realizes that It may mean the saving of a Bamber of chicks, RAPE FOR FALL FEEDING. While rape ts acknowledged to be an excellent erop to grow for swine and poultry, its main feeding value Is un doubitedly for sheep, Bevera! methods of growing it have been given in this department, but when grown for aligep who have a falr pasture during the spring apd summer, the best plan yet discovered Ly the writer Is to grow] It 80 that the sheep may get the benefit of it in the fall Just befors being taken into winter quarters. At this tine of the year good pasture is scarce. and unless care is taken the sheep are Hkely to run down before being wholly barn-fed. To get a good crop of rape In the fall, sow the seed at the rate of about four pounds an acre just be Then turn the sheep into this field | just before husking time. They will not injure the corn materially, simply tearing off some low-hanging biades, but will get several good feelings of the Yape. If tht season ix open it is quite Hkely the rape will make a fair second growth so that the sheep may the corn has heen harvested. The pian has worked well wherever tried and is worth experimenting with PROFITS FROM GOOD POULTRY. There are several instances on ree. ord where good care has brought profits ranging from $30 to £73 from 100 hens for a period of six months, the given the fowls having been bought in the open market at regulation prices If these figures may he taken os a guide It is easy to figure the Immense advantage possessed by the farmer who can grow most of the feed re quired by the fowls during the winter It 1s safe to say that if the farm was credited with the crops at regular wiolesale prices, less the coat of pro- duction, and this price charged to the poultry account, the poultry profits would be Increased one-half over the fAgures given. It is true that it would not be fair to figure on this basis {f the flock was increased five fold. for the expense of caring for 500 laying hens would be Increased materially, but the figures show the possibilities in poultry raising for the farmer who has everything In his favor if his work is only backed by experience. This ia really the keynote to the whole situa. tion, and without this experience the farmer can not hope to he more suc cessful in poultry raising than others, without experience. It should be evi: dent to any one that with the farm in a position Independent of the food market, the possibilities of good profit C pnrely smart foo waves, with te tail face, attomobile face before-the bar face, Little people and some older ones, lebserves 1 New York Tribune writer foo, are apt to think that a bouquet of A handred blossenis fs mote Leautitol than a ciaster of only two oF Yhres, or perhaps a singe binom. Bal if you will take the treuhls you will notice how differently each kind of leaf grows shout the different hiossome, and how many varieties aiid shades of green, various pianis show, and then sou will understand haw much more lovely a single hiossam with plenty of room shout it for Is follage is than one with lis liaves twisted and erushed into a tf bop (uet. How different the green of a Jacques Minot rose snd a sage ieal, » reornitie glory vine and an apple tres. Mother Nature knows ever so moeh betfp than could anybody else Just what tints £0 best together. and just bow mac green about a single colored biossop Is needed to Liring ont all tte beauty When peopie forget this and tie a gretf armfol of red roses close together, head to head, ther are very much mis. takep If they think they have maile something really beautiful. Imagine a photograph of a group of little follin sliting cheek fo cheek so closely tint not a curl or on colint eould shoir. That is just what a bunch of rozes or any sort of hiossoms arranged io suih fashion looks like to those wlo un derstand them, WISE WORDS. They who play with life now wil 1 pay for it then. 1 Never trust the man who will not | trust another, The more nolse a lamp makes the Tews Hight it gives, No man with a broad hear! cap ond & little life, : Wise Dbepevolente business, Fatherbiood is an essential factor lo is always poud | fraternity The man who thinks he lx snare wil Lis thinking The indolent koow nothing of rest, Innocence is pegutive, perfecting positive, : Priveipies mark the steps of mans [rogress, Od seeds minal be broken lore new Alte can begin. The slander we cause is the opdy kad that cliugs to ua There is no oppurtoniiy to read the proatls of ile, Relornis are ring right. The must serious proliess in that of sell The most damaging sicoess G8 that of succesding the Brad tine. a8 shan as (LAY ate It is a good deal eaxier {0 curse 800 cothier man's in (hah to ours our EI =~ JL Horn. : Oriental Perfumes, The newest of the fashions tm be Lrosigiit to America are the Girientn] perfumes, Thess scents and smells of tid Japan are the ultra-fasbion for the A, a who cares for luxury, Instead of viciet she will smell the lotus flower: lastead of hellottope it will be sandal! wood: Instead of laves der It is to be awbergris, The sachet is in Japanise paper, vov. ered with Japanese pictures, The lotus flower water is in an artistic litle glass bottle covered with queer seals, Other sachets are jn little fantasti; silk bags tied at ench end. The powder cones in queer little books, out of which yon tear a leaf gnd gently rub it on your face. The soap is wrapped ino all wan per of Japanese charscters, stamped on sliver toll and paper. There may not be as dainty an edor ax some of the belter known produc. tions, hut the queerness of then is very effective, and will go far toward mai ing thew fashionable ~Clocinustl Ene quirer. Binefish in Luck. A lovely young woman who dares much in the surf bad 8 novel experl- ence af Asbury Park the other day. White swimming out far yond the point at which tmid bathers tum back, she felt hersell belng caressed by something piove active than the At first she war frizhtened, There came a gentle slap on her stocks dng and a big bluefish rose in front of her. A second hive slapped Ler in the neck, a third In rhe back, a fourth on ber skirt, a fifili—well, there win 8 school of splendid fellows, each mem: ber striving to slap her somewhere By and by the school be. gan leapieg out of the water all areund her, apparently not in the least alarived by her presence, but rather enjoying hor society, After a pleasant quarter of an hour among them she swam ashore. {The young woman's pame will be given in confidence to any doubting Thomas Didymus who hesi: tates to accept the story New York Press. Plain Faces, Beasldes the lLaseball face, bicyele footiight face, fnadebr face and afratd-ofthedark fave, there are the puceess face and the (allure favre. No Other face ls co painful as the failure face; pone is so pleasant as the success fave. There are also the SUccess eye and the failure eye unmistakable and yncotprot HST New York Press, Tiather Forgetful. *My father is the most absent. minded man” said the daughter of a Gollsge professor. “Why, when he goes up stairs to dress for golng out, some member of the family is obliged J to go up and knock on his door every ten minutes for fear Lie'll forget what 'y Soing and Vndress s and eo to Bbedt long stemmed The mi t pewertul ante built is the Gohran-Diritle raclug car, having 120 borse power, When the Misslesippl River ie at flood otie can drink resh water from ihe gulf. twenty willes frow the Tivers meal. Ballooniste who ascended about 10+ DOO feet in Europe the other day found & temperature of twenty-seven degrees below zero. Artemier, a Russian electrician, lias favented a pliable cont of mall which effectively protects against currents of 150, (H%) volts, In America alone 50,000 automobiles will be placed on the market during tne present year, which will only sup: ply half the demand, — The fluctuation of the light of Nova Gemilnorum Is often as much as Bal a magnitinle In twenty-four hours like | that of Nova Perse! No. 2. IR Harvard University is to have the famous zoological collection of Baron de Beyet, of Brussels, though the kind. ness of Mr. Carpegle. It is rich ln ex tinct birds. In Utah there. are large deposits of mdio-active uraninm ores and com- pounds that are about to be opened. Analysis shows that they will yield ff. teen grains of radium to the ton of ore. Last year 00000000 barrels of kero- peu were produced in the United Staten, amd it is reckotiend that the pro. | ceeds from the sale of this and the va. tious hy-prodacts from crude petro leu aggregated nearly $500.000,000. Since the return of the polsr expedi tions led by Peary, 8verdrnp and Bald: win only the Hossian expedition of Baron Toll is left In the nor'h. He spent the winter of 1001.2 on the island of Katelnol and has vot Lien beard from sine, In times of typhoid fever: ail drioking water by boiling it teurize si milk and cream. from all food sapplla Thoreughiy wash in balled water all fruit and veg. etables intended to be eaten raw, Dis. Infect all discharges of every desvrip- tion Crom those sick with typhoid fever, ? In view of the fact that chickens do wot suller fram tobereulonis Dr. Vig. tier de Malliane, of France. tried to { cultivate the baciliue of consumption | in the sérum of fowid blood snl coms pletely failed, He iy now experiments with encouraging resulin. in the ing, tne of chicken serum as au antitoxia for eonsniapiion. Lo subject of asrial navigation Is one of never-falling interest, particu. lariy at this time, when many en sineers agree that the problem is one whose solution may be expected in the near future. Almost all engineers, however, further agree that the solu tion will never come along the Hoes of the dirigible balloon, and that the many lateresting experiments with so called alrahips, which rely upon the gas bag to overcome the attraction of gravitation, while drawing pepular in- terest to the subject of alr navigation, do nothing toward advancing the time when real airships will becowe a pos sibility, Feathers by Fhotograph. The well shown in an article in “Photog- raphy.” The marvelous accuracy of ita drawing, its power of reproducing | texture as well as form, appear tol render photography a ost suitable | process for the purpose of recording | those minute variations in plumage on which our classifications are based. The one diMculty which presents it. self, that of color values, can be overs come Ly the use of ortho-cliromatic piates and light flters.—Ornlarotogle weview, PO AP AAI. Male Made Costly Meal. Out of the thousands paid at! Shen. andoah, Pa. the other day two men, Danlel and James Richards, missed thelr pay In an odd and amusing way, After they had received thelr six checks for different work they placed them In a facket pocket and bung it on sg post, and went up alireast for their dipner pails. They returned shortly afterward, just in time, to wit-| + ARES, ness a large black mule devour the ast remnant of the facket, checks and all, to thelr amusement and disgust, Self-Sacrifive Extraordinary, Two viegantly dressed men, who have long been wanted on a charge of burglary ot Mayvence, Germany, were arrested there the other day while In the act of committing robbery. They were taken to the police station and confined in separate cells. While one of the men was being examined the other committed snichle by cutting bis throat, and during the confusion caused by the suicide the other pris- oper avalied himself of the nooorinunity to escape, NE —— Se sr ——— German Commereinl Victory, A German contemporary states that, in spite of a formidable international competition, a Berlin firm has secured the contract for the supply of all the furniture required for the walting rooms of 324 Siberian railroad stations, The order calls for wooden furniture exclusively and Includes 18,000 ebairs, : 0 tables, ola t to rise, Hieriitan | Pas- | Keep flex} (wighbor. Keep a fivecent scrubbing. wash handy, and your good brash 56 sherw tn sight, power of the camera in repro- ducing forms and tecture in feathers in Dotators are tender; serve ia tl : ish an Daked. When the wind is big it. ‘best ®iet to bang delicate articles, suel ts handkerchiefs or collars. on the Ine, Not only are they iikely to be : Ahipped to shreds by the wind, bet here Is danger of their since all sroall articles in & plilow case | 1d hang that Bpon the Hine, § YOoODSs WHICH WAR 3 Sine the average fatally most eat oy if the same meal articles which way pon each other. For instance, cher | tow and milk and lobater and milk ate + leadiy foes. Do not give the family i hance to eat them together. Do not erve cheeses and raw onions at the atae meal, or ¢heeve after salt meat. en retards the digestion of meat. a ' ART OF MERINGUE MAKING. The reason so many women fail In mking a light delicate 1. tcause the oven is so hot that ft sets he exg at once, lustesd of slowing It Is often expedient to sive the oven door open while the perisgue in being cooked and browned, Mwuys allow one spoonful of suger 0 each white of egg used for this pure wee A red raspberry pie baked with. wt nn apper crust, then covered with Le 1 meringue, Is pretty and tempting. SEW WAY TO SERVE NOODLES An expert cook says that one very anintsble way to serve noodles is with whad fish, instead of potstoes. Drop hie poodles Into boiling salted water, nit reserve a few for frying. After idlowing them to boll for ten ‘minutes, tirring occasionally with a fork, pour nto a colander, and while they sre draining fry those that have been ree #rved to a golden brown. Heap the wilted noodles in a vegetable dish, and frop the fried ones lightly over the nirface. Rerve the fal with » cream ati HR A CANNY HOUSEWIFE. Make special provision for the “gh suys-horrowing and never-returning Having learned from sipetirnce that borrowed napkins itver come home, loan the ragged ties nicely Ironed. so the holes do 101 show when folded), or buy a new, hia set. and always Keep them ready. ‘Bhe” can’t object to them so long as Bay are new, and you will soon save heir price by net having your best mes lost or used as jelly-strainers. Neighbors sometimes do these things.) A eracked lampchimney is Just as food to loan, and will probably come ome in as good condition as would iy other. If you have an old carpet. vretcher that you never think of naing, fon't throw It away: it will be con resent for the “lady next door” In He spring and autumn. Give one of ‘he hoys the tack-hammer to keep, hen when it Is asked for of course rou do not know where it Is. (Caution ~He sure to keep the boy where you a exsily fing Bim when you want to me the bammer) Postage-stamps ‘Bay be kept in a tin box on the back wreh, and you may conscientiously ny, "I don’t believe there's a stamp B the house” Fibs are not to be ens Et but it often does require ronsiderable planning, scheming and drategy to keep one's private belong ngs, from a tooth-brush to a far cost, md the family property. from the wrksirew to the baby, anywhere Dear wine. Woman's Home Companion, Cucamber Salad—Pesl cucumbers: put them whole inte cold salted water, hen cut thers In halves lengthwise and ay them flat side down on the dish in which they are to Le served: silee bom, keeping the shape of the cucum- wr. pour over 8 Freach dressing. Cecily with Taomsteo Sauce—Season ine cupful of nelly chopped rare roast seef or steak with salt pepper. onleon jolie apd table sauce; add two tdespoonfinis of bread crumbs, one ialdespoon of melted butter, yolk of ne ekg. beaten a little; form into ero- junites, and pointed at ends fry in the frying pan and serve with tomate Falin Pufls-Cream halt a cup of durter and two fablespoonfuls of sugar together; them add two cupfuls of dette, two well beaten eggs. one cuplol af seeded raising and two level tea ipeonfuls of baking powder; steam in uttered earthen cup half an hour: serve with a sauce made as follows: yream ope-fourth cup of butter: add me cap of sugar. yolk of one egy 1eaten, one tablespoon of flour. a little tines and ote cup of boiling water; sok in double boiler until creamy. Hot Pot—Cut two pounds of mutton nts smail pieces, pare asd cut four nalinm-sized potatoes inte dice, mince P&0 wediom sized colons; put a layer A» mutton In & baking dish, then a siyer of potatoes, a sprinkle of salt and pepper, the minced onion and | DATRIeY: continue with alternate layers aptil all is used; peel and cut in thin slices two potatoes, add to the dish one quart of stock of water and lay the pitato slices over the lot; bake in & moderite oven two hours op ual I Be being blown vay and lost. The safest owthod ls te
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