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Spain will find a heap of consola
tion in that 820,000,000 of good
American money, It is more cash
than she could have squeezed out of
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
in the next dozen years, even if she
had been permitted to retain ber sov
ereignty over those islands.
Men now living can remember when
Rowland Hill effected the adoption of j
the "penny post" in England, and the
vast progress it marked in human in- \
tercouse and information. To-day we
stand upon the threshold of a penny I
post era, not only throughout the
British Empire, but in all the English
speaking world. It will be a time of
inighty forward movements toward
that intimate intercourse and sympa
thetic mutual knowledge that are the
essential prelude to the brotherhood
of man.
Tho English newspaper people are
aoinplainiug that the American-Span
ish war did not prove a source of
profitable revenue to them. War cor
respondence from Cuba to one Loudon I
evening paper cost SISOO, and the re
sults did not pay bare expenses. And
so it seems to have been all around.
One editor has mourned that the
smashiug of the Spanish fleet off San
tiago failed to move the circulation of j
his paper by a single copy. Moral;
They do not know how to work these
things over there.
It is many years since the report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
was invested with as great a degree of
interest as attends it this year. That
interest will not be confined to tho
United States, for the report tells of
a probable addition of 8100,000,000 in
round numbers to the internal rev
enue receipts as the result of the pas
sage of the war-revenue act of this
year. The internal revenue receipts
for the fiscal year ending June 30 last
amounted to $170,806,819, which repre
sented an increase of over $15,000,000
over the estimates submitted a year
ago, and the receipts for the current
fiscal year are estimated at about
$270,000,000. This is after making
allowance for a reduction of the
volume of the receipts from the level
reached in the first three mouths of
the current fiscal year.
There is no hotter barometer of bns
incs conditions than the state of the
rail-making industry, observes the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
When crops are abundant and factories
aro busy the railroads aro among the
first to profit and they take advantage
of increased earnings to improve thei
roadbeds, carrying stock and the like
This is the meaning of the contraots
which have just been placed for 500,-
000 tons of steel rails for roads in this
country. For several years these
roads have spent very little money in
botterments. They could not do so,
for business conditions would not ad
mit of it. Even substantial roads
were forced to cut down dividends in
order to make cuds meet, while weak
er roads ceased io pay dividends alto
gether or went into the hands of re
ceivers. All this is now passed. Tho
belter class of roads have not only in
creased their dividends but are now
improving their property, and other
xoads report increased earnings. The
result will be that the service of tho
railroads of the whole country will be
greatly improved and all of them hot
ter enabled to withstand a period of
depression when next one shall come.
Tlio Divlni; Spider.
There is nothing new in the diving
hell. Long before man thought he in
vented It, the water spider knew al
ahout it.
The water spider shins down a reed
dragging his diving hell with him, ani
anchors it under water on a level keel
so that the air it contains keeps th(
water out.
When this air becomes foul, the spi
der swims to the top, captures a bubbh
with a flirt of its tail and carries h
down to the bell for future reference
There the spider lives in snug com
fort and no storm disturbs his lowl/
home.
A NEW YEAR.
Our othftr years have slipped away, as slips the flower its sheath.
Once more with hands held out we grasp a fjift the Father sends,
And give Him thanks for length of days, for joy that comes witli breath,
For home and books and happy work, for children and for friends.
All in the midnight and the frost we sped the old year out;
All In the dawnlight and the glow we bid the new year inl
The King is dead! Long live the King!—'tis aye the clamorous shout;
And ever 'tis with mirth and hope the new-born reigns begin.
What yet may wait of care or grief to-day wo cannot tell.
Another year, another start, another chance to do
What lieth closest to our hand; God loves us, all is well.
Disdaining fear, we greet the year, whoso tlrst white loaves are now.
—Margaret E. Sungster, in Harper's Bazar.
I A ROMANCE OF THE CUBAN WAR. 1
O 3
BY IIELOISE DURANT ROSE. <J>
! [The incidents ot this story aro taken
troin life.—The Author.]
„ L T was breakfast time
Jl ft Avondale, and
v la*™ \ * or the fifth time,
\ ffjjf wondered what
| 1 bP|b kept his daughter
I as fidgeted .with
I) trail hi s paper and
V IM I stirred his hot
I ft cofl'ee. Just as his
"""-fjy'n patience was at an
end the door opened
I an d admitted a tall,
Jl handsome girl, with
bright blue eyes and a determined
mouth. She held a big bunch of cle
matis in her hands.
"Where have you been, Mona?" in
quired her father.
"Down at the river; I found the
stone wall near the boathouse ablaze
with these blossoms. I am sorry to
be late, dear."
"The Southern mail is in," ob
served the General, nodding toward a
small pile of letters at ber plate.
She flushed slightly as she laid the
clematis on the sideboard, and took her
:cat at the table. A couscious smile
crossed her father's face as she broke
the seal of the first letter. He turned
to the paper in his hands, and his eyes
caught this heading; "A Romance in
Ileal Life." Ho glanced at the ar
ticle casually, and then the smile died
away; his hands tightened on the
paper and his face grew hard and
stern while he read the following
paragraph:
"With the invalided officers return
ing this week is young Colonel Law
rence, who was severely hurt in the
charge at San Juan. Among the
nurses who went to look after the sick
was a handsome young woman whom
the Colonel formerly admired. Fam
ily misfortunes had forced her to
adopt nursing as a profession. Their
j friendship was renewed, and when
the Colonel came home he was en
gaged to his old love. Colonel Law
rence is to bo married very shortly.
Report says that he had entangled
himself with another lady, who will
now find that she must look else
; where for consolation."
As ha laid down the paper the Gen
eral glanced at his daughter. She
was sitting with a dazed expression
on her face, gazing at a letter she held.
"Father, what does this mean?" she
exclaimed, holding out the letter. He
took it from her, and this is what he
read:
"24 West Fifty street,
"NEW YOUK, September 12, 1898.
"Dear Mona—You may have seen in the
papers an account of my being wounded;
1 mnilo light ot it in my last letter, fearing
to alarm you, but the truth is I um awreek
as tho papers have accurately stutod. lam
invalided and crippled, and if it had not
been for devoted uuislng I should uot be
here to-day. Under the circumstances I
do not feel justified in holding you to your
engagement; notwithstanding the pain it
causes me to do this I wuut to release you
entirely aud leave you free to marry some
one who is uot so shattered us myself; but
believe me, dearest, thut whatever my fu
ture lite, you will always be shrined deep
lumyheurt of hearts. Your faithful friend,
"HENRY LAWRENCE."
"What does it mean?" almost shout
ed the old General. "It means that
your lover is a scoundrel, Mona; read
this," aud he thrust into her hands
the newspaper containing the "Ro
mance in Real Life."
"Be brave, child; he brave," said
her father, as ho watched her anx
iously.
After a moment's silence, the girl
turned a pale face toward her father;
"I will he brave, but leave me to my
self for a while," and crushing the let
ter in her hand, she hastily left the
room.
It was a terrible blow to the Gen
eral; he had always liked Colonel Law
rence, and consented to the engage
ment just before the young man was
ordered to Cuba. Facing tho rooms
wrathfully, he gave vent to his feel
ings. "The scoundrel! I should like
to horsewhip him myself for a whelp
of a cur if ho wore not wounded. What
are his hurts to the Htab he has given.
Mona —ah! when Gilbert hears this —"
and then the General remembered that
his son was coming home that week.
It was a satisfaction to have a man
around to whom he could give vent to
his outraged feelings.
As though in answer to his thoughts,
the butler at that moment brought in
a telegram. "Yes, Gilbert was com
ing, aud, fortunately, a day earlier
than expected, bringing a friend with
him for the hall. Just as well to dis
tract her attention," thought her father,
as Mona joined him with her hat on
and a letter in her hand.
"I have written a fow lines to say
that his views upon the subject of our
engagement entirely coincide with
mine."
"My brave girl."
"Don't say a word more, now,father;
I can't bear it."
"Gilbert is coming to-morrow at 5
with an old college friend, who, it
seems, has just turned up in New
York."
"I am glad," said Mona, quietly,
and then calling to her dogs, she
walked quickly away.
Gilbert Higgerson was a good-heart-
Ed, rather jovial specimen of his pro
, fession, loving outdoor life and always
stealing off for a day at Avondale when
ho could manage to escape the routine
of his office, lie arrived in high spir
its with his friend, a Major Laurie,
just returned from Porto Ilico. The
two men had not met for nearly ten
years, and each seemed equally glad
to renew his college friendship. As
soon as they wore alone the General
poured out his indignation and woe to
his Bon, who was naturally much in
censed at the behavior of Mona's
fiance.
"Pity that your friend is an officer
and just home from the war; it will
keep the wound open," added his
father.
"Confound it, so it will; I am deuc
edly sorry for Mona. No wonder she
is cut up, but as Laurie is sure to know
Lawrence, we must be careful not to
show him that Lawrence has hurt us.
Mona is plucky enough and must force
herself to be jolly for a couple of days
till Laurie takes his departure."
"Jolly! Poor girl, how can she he?"
sighed the General.
sri.'T should liko to wring that rascal's
neck," exclaimed Gilbert, impetuous
ly, "and he of all men, whom we all
liked so much."
"That is just where it hurts so,"
answered his father.
"By George," exclaimed Major
Laurie, (after excusing herself early
in the evening, Mona had left the
three men in the billiard room smok
ing,) "but Miss Mona is stunning. If
I were not engaged to the dearest girl
in the world, I should lose my heart
to your sister."
"I did not know we had to congrat
ulate you, old fellow."
"When does the happy event eome
off?"
"Very soon; you'll be invited."
"Who is she?" asked Gilbert, inter
ested.
"A Miss Sterling, whose nature
verifies her name; have known her
since she was a girl."
"Rather anxious time for her when
you were wounded," suggested the
General.
"Oh, but I was not in much danger,
you know; now some fellows got so
cut up you would hardly recognize
them. There was poor Lawrence—
(both his listeners started) —one leg
clean gone, the other up to the knee,
one arm oft', and a scar across his face
—and the plucky chap just smiled
through it all."
Father and son exchanged glances.
"He pulled through, thanks to the
devoted nursing he got," continued
Laurie, unconscious of the interest
his words aroused. "I never saw
that man down until yesterday, when
he collapsed as though shot."
"How was that?" asked Gilbert, in
a constrained voice.
"Well, you see, itwas this way; he's
very reticent, still, we nil know he was
devoted to some girl at home, though
he never mentioned her namo or spoke
about her; couldn't get him into the
slightest flirtation with any one. When
we camo hack together he spoke for
the first time to me about his affair.
'You sec, Laurie, I am such a wreck;
should I marry a girl when she might
have to nurse me? and then, at best,
I'm not a whole man; will have but
one sound arm and only part of one
leg to offer her.' By George, I felt
for the poor devil when he talked liko
that. Well, I suggested to try her
and see what she thought about it.
Write and offer to release her. He
caught at the idea. 'But I wouldn't
write as though pleading with her; I
would not want to be married out of
pity, but would just state the facts
aud leave her free to decide,' said he.
'And what do you think she'll write?'
I asked him. 'I think she is too
faithful to give me up,' ho answered,
and, 'pon my word—scar or no scar—-
he looked so proud aud handsome as
bespoke, lonly wished his sweetheart
could have seen him."
"And then?" asked Gilbert, as Lau
rie paused in his narrative.
"Oh, then he wrote, alluding to his
being a wreck, and referring to the ac
count in the papers, and yesterday her
answer came; I was in his looms when
he got her note—just a short one, hut
he turned white, and said bitterly,
'She writes that my views upon the
subject of our engagement ending
meet her own; she releases me, evi
dently without regret, thankful to be
free from what might have been a bur
den to her.' I tried io cheer him up;
he gave mo one look, such as you see
in a hunted beast as you shoot it down,
aud, by Jove, he keeled right ever. I
was in a fearful funk, and called his
man. He came round presently and
begged me not to mention the subject
again."
"Laurie, for God's sake explain
matters a little more," cried Gilbert,
who had risen from his chair in great
excitement.
"Yes, sir," cried the General,equally
roused, "you don't know how much
depends upon what you have been
telling. Cqlonel Lawrence is engaged
to my daughter Mona."
"The mischief!" and the eyeglass
dropped from its habitual place.
"And here's news of his engage
ment to another woman?" echoed
Laurie, evidently in hopeless amaze
ment.
"The nurse who took care of him.
There is a flaring account of it in to
day's Beporter."
"Confound the newspapers; it's all
a lie." cried Laurie, fumbling for his
eyeglass and almost dropping his lisp.
"They have mixed our names up; it is
I that am engaged to the nurse Miss
Sterling, whom I just mentioned;
Lawrence has never looked at any other
woman nor had a thought except for
his fiancee; I can swear to that."
"But his letter," began the General.
"All his confounded chivalry; wish
ing to give Miss Mona a chance to be
free of an invalid; why, he's more a
man now, with legs and an arm off,
than half the whipper-snappers one
meets every day."
"What is to be done?" cried Gil
bert. "My sister is nearly broken
hearted "
"By thunder, sir, if what you say is
the true explanation of the situation,
then you have made three people very
happy to-night," added the General.
_ "Tell your sister that I am off for
New York, and get a note from her.
What time does the train leave?"
"There is one at 11.45, if you really
mean to go."
"If you will kindly order a trap for
me, I'll get ready now," said Laurie,
looking at his watch and relapsing into
his lisp and drawl.
The next morning when Major
Laurie walked into the adjoining bed
room his friend started up in bed and
tried to ask a question, but Mona's
note was in his hand before he had
timo to frame the words.
"My darling." she wrote, "forgive me for
misunderstanding vour letter. 1 cannot
free you from our engagement as long as I
realize that you love me and that 1 can be
of use to you. What matters to me a lo9s
of an arm or a log, as long as you havo
body enough loft to hold your soul to
gether. I urn yours till God calls thutsoul
home to Himself. Youn LOVING MONA."
Toward noon of that day Major
Lanriehad a vision of Mona with her
arms around her lover's neck,
heard her joyful cry, and from Law
rence a murmured "My darling—at
last," and he hastily left to themselves
two of the happiest hearts in Now
York.
As he tarned to Mona's brother in
tho next room, wiping his eyeglass,
which had suddenly become misty, he
said below his breath, "By Jove, I
rather think I've done a good day's
work."—New York Times.
A Story of General Grant.
Stuart Bobson tells the following
story in which the late President
Grant occupies a prominent place: "I
was playing some years ago in a well
known theatre outside of New York.
Tho first act was over and I was chat
ting in the wings with my manager
when a boy rushed in on the stage to
tell us that General Grant and his
family were in one of the boxes. A
flush of gratified pride mounted to the
manager's face, followed by a look of
agonized doubt, as he evidently re
flected that perhaps the General had
'dead-headed' into the box. 'Did yon
send him a box?' he asked me, and on
my replying in the negative he pulled
a card from his pocket and, scribbling
a line on it, told the boy to take it to
the box office and bring back an an
swer. The boy rushed off, his head
full of the General, and returned in a
few minutes with the card, which he
handed to Mr. Manager. A ghastly
look crossed his face as he read it,
and without a word he handed it to
me. The first line read, in a rather
shaky managerial chirography; 'Did
General Grant pay for his box?' while
underneath appeared: 'No, but my
son, Fred Grant, did—U. S. Grant.'"
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Matrimonial Inhibitions.
Don't marry a polished girl—she
might reflect too much.
Don't marry a tennis girl- she'll be
on to all your rackets.
Don't marry a girl who plays pool—
Bhe knows too much about pockets.
Dbn't marry a musical girl—she
knows too much about notes and bars.
Don't marry a bright girl—she
might go out when you most needed
her.
Don't marry a grass widow—you
might have to cure her of hay fever.
Don't marry a melancholy girl—her
sighs might prove a heaviness to you.
Don't marry a girl who cries—damp
powder is awfully disappointing.
Don't marry a "peach"—she might
not he easily preserved.
Don't marry a lazy girl, unless yon
are in the tire-repair business.
Don't marry an industrious girl—it
might prove too great a temptation for
you.
Don't marry a vaiu girl, unless you
are anticipating breezy times and will
want £to know which way the wind
blows.
Her Pet Parrot.
A woman came out of a tailor's es
tablishment on G street Wednesday
morning and X could not but turn to
stare at her. On her left forefinger
sat an imperturbable green parrot.
There was a faint suggestion of frosty
sting in the sunny air and Master
Parrot was fortified against it. He
wore a coat, or a blanket, or
whatever you like to call it, of green
velvet, made of two pieces, just the
shape of a turtle's shell. One piece
hung over his chest. The other pro
tected his back, and the two pieces
were joined to a kind of collar. A
bicycle stood at the curbstone. The
lady placed the utterly self-possessed
bird on the handle bar, mounted and
rode away. I said to myself that ob
viously there was a woman who was—
well, who had been having "Miss"
on her visiting cards since hoop skirts
were in fashion, but when I asked
the very next woman I met about it,
she told me that the parrot's mistress
not only has a husband, but a real
live baby, too.—Washington Post.
| PARI AHB GAEDEH. jj
Origin anl Nature of Soils.
Nothing is more common than the
soil undor our feet, and yet how many
af ua stop to consider it. If you take
ip a handful of soil and examine it
/arefullv you will see many mineral
fragments, which look like small stones.
That is what they are. All soils are
composed very largely of pieces of
stone. In a gravelly soil these pieces
are large, some of them good-sized
pebbles, or even larger, possibly bould
ers several feet in diameter. If you
examine a handful of clay you appar
ently do not see mineral fragments,
but under the micrcseope this same
clay does look like sand to the naked
eye. In fact soils are composed,mainly,
of these particles of varying sizes,
larger in gravel or sand, and smaller
in clay or loam.
The fertility of a soil depends largely
upon the size of its particles. The
mineral food of plants (the portion of
the plant which remains as ashes after
it is burned) is formed in the soil by
the dissolving of the mineral frag
ments. Naturally, which will dissolve
more rapidly, gravel or tine sand? Why
will pulverized sugar dissolve more
quickly than rock candy? Because
its particles are finer, and the liquid
has more surface to act upon. Thus
tine soil dissolves faster than a coarse
one, hence plant food is formed more
rapidly.
But soils contain something more
than broken fragments of worn and
weathered rock. If we heat a sample
ot soil to a red heat, we find that after
cooling it has lost weight. This loss
was partly water and partly organio
matter. All of our soils contain large
quantities of decayed and decaying
plants. This decayed material gives
to the noil its dark color. Muck soils
are dark colored because they have a
large amount of decayed swamp grass
and weeds. Clay soil has among its
very fine particles a small quantity of
silicate of aluminum, which gives it
its sticky or plastic quality. Loam
soils have more or less of this same
sticky material. The importance of
soil to animal and plant life cannot be
estimated. Without it we could not
exist. All forms of trees and all kinds
of crops would perish and all forms of
animal life, including man, would
perish with them. Only a few mosses
and lichens would remain.
Where does soil come from? How
is it formed? All soils are formed
from rock. Geologists tell us that at
one time the surface of the earth was
covered with nothing but solid rock
and water. Now how was the rock
changed into soil? Bocks decay when
exposed to the weather. Freshly
quarried stono has bright and angular
surfaces, while stone that has been ex
posed to the action of rain and freezing
looks dull, and the edges are rounded.
All rocks absorb water. Even the
hardest granite will absorb .4 of a
pound for each 100 lbs of rock. When
the water in the stone freezes the ice
expands and breaks off small pieces of
stone. Bains come and wash this
material away and at the same time
wear'away the surface of the rock.
Bunuing water is a good soil former
and soil mover. Every year the Mis
sissippi Biver carries into the Gulf of
Mexico seventy-two sections of land
four feet deep.
Mnngfl and Distemper in Ilorflet*.
The want of proper grooming, and
want of sufficient food, starvation in a
word, are the chief causes of mange.
The disease is very contagious, hence
it is essential that all animals suffer
ing from it Bhould be isolated.
Blankets and other olothing should
be soaked or boiled in a solution of
soap and carbolic acid; nlso, the sad
dle, harness and grooming utensils
Bhould be washed with warm water
and soap, and it would be all tho bet
ter to follow this with an application
of corrosive sublimate diluted in water,
ten grains to the ouuee of water; then
air and dry them thoroughly. To fol
low this washing by sprinkling of sul
phur on the parts coming next the
horse, is highly recommended. Some
of these precautions may seem un
necessary, but where the disoase has
been of long standing the infection is
difficult to eradicate.
Among the many remedies for this
disease we find tho following recom
mended as equal to the best, if not the
very best: Sperm oil, six ounces; oil
of tar, three ounces; lac sulphur, two
ounces; mix these well and apply by
means of a brush. The skin of the
horse, however, should be well washed
before tho remedy is applied. The
remedy should be applied again at the
end of tho second or third day. Thus
tho treatment should be coutinnel un
til a cure is effected.
The first steps in the treatment of
distempered horses'is to keop them
warm and comfortably sheltered; and
if in severe weather, have the chill
taken off Jthe water they drink; and
their bowels kept open by giving them
gruel. For the swollen glands be
neath tho ears, ad the tumors that
form there, a poultice of poplar bark,
slippery elm, linseed and lobelia, equal
parts, moistened with vinegar and
water, should be used. And to give
relief to the passages of the head and
throat, pour slowly a small quanity of
tincture of lobelia and vinegar on ahot
stone or shovel, and have the horse to
inhale the steam. This should bo con
tinued at short intervals to cause the
pus to discharge from tho nostrils.
When the tumors are ripe, which is
indicated by becoming soft where the
matter forms, they should bo lanced,
and relief will genorally follow. And
to facilitate and increase the dischargo
from the tumors, the bandages on thorn
should be kept moderately tight; and
they should be sponged occasionally
with a cold infusion of bay berry bark.
,If the bowels become inactive, which
often occurs, giva injections aomv^ei
or four dracliins powderod aloes and
ono drachm common salt, whioh will
promote action.
As the horse begins to improve, and
will partake of food, begin with gruol,
them advance on the mashes, boiled
oats or green food, but no corn until
ho is pretty well recovered. In the
feed may be given two ounces pow
dered gentian, one ounce licorice root,
this divided into six equal parts; this
will be strengthening d otherwise
helpful.—James I. Bnird, in Agricul
tural Epitomist.
Effect of Tuberculin.
Opinions still differ as to whether
the tuberculin test has an injurious
effect upon a healthy cow. Many un
prejudiced and careful veterinarians
and scientists maintain that where it
is properly employed, the effect is not
injurious; on the other hand, the com
plaint is still made among Massachu
setts farmers that their herds which
have been tested with tuberculin dur
ing the past two or three years have
in some cases "gone to pieces," mean
ing thereby a general breaking down
of health and milking power. This
complaint is loudest among those who
have expressed the greatest prejudice
against the test, aud it may also bs
partly due to the use of a foul syringe
and improper methods. It is admit
ted on all sides, however, that quite a
number of the cows in a given herd
which do not react to the test now are
pretty certain to do so six months or a
year hence. Of conrse there is no
means of knowing whether in such
cases tho test favored the development
of the disease, or whether the cows
would have become infected if they
had not been tested. The extreme
claims formerly made for tuberculin
are no longer uttered by sensible men
among either the profession or the
laity, who are all agreed as to the fai
larger importance of proper care o)
cattle, with plenty of good air, pure
wnter and every reasonable sanitary
precaution against disease.—New Eng
land Homestead.
Milk That Will Keep.
Clean milk, cooled as soon as
drawn and kept in a cool place, will
stay sweet longer than new milk thai
has been carelessly cooled and handled
and kept in a dirty dish. Thus old
milk is sometimes fresher as far as
practical keeping qualities are con
cerned than new milk. This is a
point which should bo better appre
ciated by those who carry on milk
routes. Lowering the temperature
puts the bacteria to sleep and pre
vents their getting so numerous as to
do any harm for some time. On the
other hand, warm milk is exactly the
material in which bacteria whioh cause
sourness like to grow uud multiply.
Thoroughly strain and cool the milk,
and keep it cool until delivered to the
consumer, and milk will nearly al
ways keep as long as it is wanted to
keep. This care in straining and
cooling is important in winter as well
as summer.
Cooling oannot be properly done by
setting large cans into cold water, be
causo the bacteria havo already gained
somowhat of a start beforo the milk
in the middle of the can is cool. Yet
this method is much better than none.
Those who have any considerable
quantity of milk will find it profitable
to buy au aerator.—Massachusetts
Ploughman.
Green Food For Fowl*.
Fowls in winter confined in hen
houses lack the variety of food which
they had in summer while allowed a
wide range. At this season they re
quire more condensed food than in
summer, and grain should be their
principal ration. But they will eat
more or less green food also, and we
never found a better way than to ban?
up a cabbage head by the roots, al
lowing the head to come near enough
to the ground so that by jumping they
can bite out a mouthful. Tho infer
ior heads of cabbage that would othor
wiso be thrown away can thus bo put
to good use.
Poultry Note*.
The runs should be 3paded up onca
a year anyhow.
Introduce new blood among the poul
try once a year.
Fewer eggs will be gathered if the
hens are crowded.
Buckwheat, oatmeal and milk are
good for laying hens.
Give lime for growth 'of bono and
for eggshell material.
A little cayenne pepper in tho food
often stimulates laying.
The usual causes of roup are cold,
dampness and exposure.
Good leghorn hens may be kept un
til they are live years old.
Tho llavor of eggs depends very
much on food given the heus.
Feed ducks and turkeys always
where you wish them to roost.
A layiug hen should have her food
aud drink at regular intervals.
It is essential that coufiuod fowls be
supplied with plenty of gravel.
If tho hens show an inclination to
pull feathers, feed them salt pork.
Corn is]a fatten iug food P but can
nearly always be given at night to good
advantage.
Fresh egg 3 are heavier than the old
ones, therefore when put iu water the
older ones will float higher.
When the floor of a poultry house is
earth, the top should be removed once
a year and fresh earth put iu.
It is a good pi m to mix the foi
the fowls with boiling water, for this
partially cooks it and makes the food
better.
It is considered by many that over
feeding fowls on corn is the cause oJ
apoplexy. When chickens fall off' the
roost at night they are generally af
fected with this disease.
The man behind the broom and
shovel is the hero of Santiago and San
Juan to-day.
GENIUS*
Par out at sea—the sun was high,
While veer'd the wind and flopp'd the
sail—
Wo saw a snow-wliite butterfly
Dancing before the fitful gale,
Far out at sou!
The little wanderer, who had lost
His way, of danger nothing knew;
Settled awhile upon the inast,
Then llutror'd o'er the waters blue,
Fur out at sea!
Above, there gloam'd the boundless sky;
Beneath, the boundless ocean sheen;
Between them danced the butterfly,
Tne spirit-life of this vast scene-
Far out at sou!
The tiny soul thensoar'd away,
Seekiug the clouds on fragile wings,
Lured by the brighter, purer ray
Which hope's ecstatic morning brings,
Far out at sou!
Away he sped with shimmering glee!
Scarce seen—now lost —yet onward borne!
Night comes!—with wind and rain—and k
No more will dance before the morn,
Far out at sea!
He dies unlike his mates, I ween;
Perhaps not sooner, or worse crossM—
And he hath felt, thought, known and seen
A larger life and hope—though lost.
Far out at sea!
—Richard Ilengist Home.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Long drawn out—The naval secre
tary interviewed.
Bell—"And so they were happily
married?" Nell—"Yes; each oue of
them married somebody else."—Tit-
Bits.
She—"l think I must have hit the
caddie." He—"Naturally; you were
not aiming to hit him."—St. Louis
Republic.
Mommer—"Billy, Avhere are all
those huckleberries? Did you eat that
plateful?" Billy—"No, inoiiiuier; I
ate it empty!"
Doctor—"Do you take a bath regu
larly? Once a week, I suppose?" Pa
tient—"Lor' bless you, no, sir. I
hain't so dirty as all that!"— Sketch.
"Let me show you something."
"What is it?" "A kinetoscope rep
resentation of Johnny going through
a new pair of shoes."—Chicago Rec
ord.
"Why did Josephine dismiss her
suit for damages?" "The niau proved
that he ran into her bicycle because
he was looking at her."—Chicago
Record.
"Mrs. Rinks seems like a very fussy
woman." "Fussy? Say, if she built
a house she'd insist on having all the
nails manicured."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Groom (very wealthy)—" Why
did you marry an ordinary chap like
me?" The Bride—"l haven't the
slightest idea. Mamma managed the
whole affair."—Harlem Lifo.
Mrs. Brouson—"The Sillibys have
reached an agreement with the owner
of their flat house." Mrs. Marble—
"So?" "Yes. Their childreu are to
be allowed to visit them once a week."
—Life.
Emily—"l am so unhappy. I be
gin to see that Arthur married me for
my money." Her Dearest Friend—
"Well, you have the comfort of know
ing that he is not so simple as he
looks."
"That woman tried to beat me
down on the price of quinine." "What
did she say?" "She said I ought to
make it ten cents cheaper because she
had to pay her little boy to take it."
—Chicago Record.
Tenaut—"You call our flats the
Klondike becanse they are so cold in
winter and so hot in summer, I sup
pose. 11a, ha!" Landlord—"No, be
cause there's no.such money in them
as people think."—Detroit Journal.
Husband—"Anything you want
down town to-day, my dear? Shall I
order some more of that self-rising
flour?" Wife—"We have plenty left;
but I wish you would stop at au in
telligence office and order me a self
rising servant girl."
"Aui I th^first girl you ever loved?'
she asked him, more as a matter of
habit than anything else. "I cannot
tell a lie," said he. "You are not.
You are simply tliebestof the bunch."
Being a modern maid, she was con
tent with that.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Buyer—"Mr. Green, there
seems to be something serious the
matter with the horse I bought of yon
yesterday. He coughs and w'heezes
distressiugly, and I think perhaps he
is wind-broken. What would fou ad
vise mo to do?" Jay Green (jDromptly)
—"Sell him as quickly as you cau; I
did."—Tit-Bits.
These two converted savages were
speaking of a third; nothing is to be
gained by repeatiug names here.
"He'd sell liis soul for a dollar!" ex
claimed one. "And that's 'way below
cost, if there's any truth iu tho sta
tistical reports of missionary expendi
tures!" replied the othor, evidently
much disturbed.—Detroit Journal.
Torpedo Hcmt'g Wear anil Tear.
So injurious is lifo ou a torpedo
boat that a year's continuous service
will mentally and physically inaapaoi
tate a mau. This assertion i 3 piade
on the authority of Lord Charles
Bcresford, but that the strain ou any
one serving ou these crafts is very
great is shown by the fact that to one
month's service the British naval
regulations allow one week off. Aus
tria is endeavoring to mitigate the
hardship of service on these boats,
and life on one built for the Austrian
navy, and tried on the Thames re
cently, was demonstrated to be pleas
anter than on those of tho English
navy,
A Great State.
Kansas is a great State in a variety
of ways. Among the candidates who
were voted for at the late election oc
cur the following names: Napoleon
Bonaparte, George Washington, An
drew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln, John Bunyan,
Tom Corwin, Julius Crcsar and Edgar
Poe. Nearly all of these were candi
dates for the Legislature,