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No less than twenty-four of our
States and two of our Territories are
Dow iron-ore producers,
' London is to be electrified under
ground with true Yankee electricity
as a motive power. Gog and Magog
will be all agog.
It will surprise people to learn that
Scotland has the largest number of
criminals in tho United Kingdom.
Last year 13SC persons were convicted
in the court for every 100,000 of the
population. In England the ratio was
only 581 and in Ireland 839.
"Wo are now," said Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson the other day,
"succeeding admirably in the produc
tion of tea in the United States. It is
only a question of a short time when
we will be able to raise all the tea de
manded for use in this country."
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt has pat
ented a number of inventions that
may revolutionise railway rolling
stock construction and, incidentally,
bring him in a larger fortune than his
father left him. It would seem that
this youth who had heart enough to
risk being disinherited in order to
marry the girl of his choice has a well
developed brain in the bargain.
The farmers of Kansas figure that
What they lose through the drouth will
be offset by tho higher price they will
get for their grain, so that the real
6tifferers from the drouth will be the
consumers, many of whom live in Eu
rope. This Is the reason, according
; > one farmer, why so many farmers
took no interest in the prayers for
rain. They felt that they had nothing
to pray for.
Great were the hopes of the benefits
to be obtained from liquid air. Not a
groat while ago tho newspapers pub
lished long articles showing the in
estimable advantages which would
certainly be scattered abroad in a
short time, when large quantities of
the atmosphere were compressed and
congealed. Unexpected obstacles and
delays appear to have been encount
ered since the first glowing announce
ments were made public.
The Canadians never took kindly to
Kipling's designation of their country
as "Our Lady of the Snows." There
.was a chilliness about It that they re
sented. And now the Montreal Star
states that the people of that pleasant
city are going to quit spending money
tor grand winter carnivals, ice pal
aces, snowshoe processions and such,
and set up business Instead as a sum
mer city of unsurpassable attraction,
surrounded by water and sylvan love
liness and full of grateful coolness
and restfulncss.
The London Spectator, in discussing
the standard of wealth in recent years,
remarks that fifty years ago an in
iome of $50,000 was accounted suffi
cient to maintain a good place in so
ciety, but now one must begin with a:;
income of SIOO,OOO yearly if the same
relative position is to be maintained.
The Spectator does not think that the
truth of this is based upon luxurlous
ness or wastefulness peculiar to the
present, hut the increase In the num
ber of rich men has caused an increase
In the price of everything rich men
seek. Hence the necessity of an In
come double that of fitfy years ago
to maintain equal social vantage
ground.
The pnzhuta saka, or Indian con-
Juror's rattle, formerly used among
the Sioux Indians, was always prepar
ed with great care by the conjurer
himself. It was made of rawhide aud
covered with feathers.
The wages of Haiinn cotton spinners
•were only 11 pence for a 10 hour day
In 1802. They have since doubled. In
England cotton spinners average 20
shillings a week.
THE PEER.TRAPPER. |
At fright of him the birds berate; I
The blackbird points him to her mate,
The blue-jay screams a scathing word*
Even the thrush is anger-stirred—
Stealthy hi 3 step by wood-path dim*
Yet they know und jeer at him.
His coming makes the fields less gay;
The men who work there look away,
No welcome, only a half-hid sneer,
For Paul who loafs—and traps the deer!
When night-mist softens clearings rough,
And men who work have worked enough,
Around the shanty doors you hear
Laughing girls make music clear;
Jest answers jest, heart's near to heart— !
But Paul Finelfe still keeps apart!
Sleeping he dreams and seems to hide
Close by a spruce-tree's shadowy side;
A slender doe through the mosses stepped,
Under her foot a deer-trap leapt
And fastened on her, biting deep.
Biting deeper at each wild leap!
She is no stolid, brutish bear
To crouch and wait the trapper there;
Frantic she plunges, crazed with fright,
Bruised and broken, a piteous sight!
Paul sees and shudders and would away,
But something holds him—he too must
stay!
Such day-time joy, such night-time cheer,
For Paul Fincfie who traps the deer! •
—Francis Sterne Palmer, in Harper's
Weekly.
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4£ I LIKE you well enough, Jim,
I and always have," said Mrs.
, I Hale, as she pluued out her
curtains In the little garden
behind the creeper-covered lodge at
the park gates, "and I mean no disre
spect when I say that you are but sec
ond keeper, lor Elite's father was ouly
second coachman when ho coine by his
accident and died, and my lord puts
me iu here. But she is terribly clever.
Is my girl; 'tis just wonderful what
she lcuow of hook learning, and that;
and she ought to wed some one simi
lar, to understand her, like. Why,
even my lady notices her learning.
'A perfect little paragon she Is, Mrs.
Hale,' says she; which you know what
that ipeans, 1 suppose!"
Now this was a clever move on the
good woman's part, for personally she
had not the least Idea, beyond that It
was something flattering to her one
ewe lamb, nor. It is to be feared, bad
Jim Quest, the handsome young game
keeper, much greater knowledge. But
he did not display his ignorance; he
only leaned his liroad shoulder against
an apple tree and stood thoughtfully
rubbing the muzzle of his guu with
one brown hand, a picturesque ligure
enough, iu his rough shootlug coat aud
leather gaiters.
"What is that Morris, the school
master, doing, always coming for a
walk In the park?" was tho result of
his reflections.
"Mr. Morris Is a most superior per
son, Jim, any one can see that by the
way he looks at you through Ills
glasses;" aud Mrs. Hale's rosy, tell
tale face showed some elation. "Aud
my lord has no objection to respect
able people, known as such, walking
here."
"He had better ro lr id that I don't
break hks superior neck for him, that's
all," was Jim's unchristian rejoinder,
as, after a last fruitless glance at all
the neat little curtained windows, he
shouldered his gun to depart.
All through the past summer the riv
alry betweeu the sober schoolmaster
and the young keeper had been grow
ing. Both wanted Elizabeth, Mrs.
Hale's lovely daughter, and only one.
In the ordinary course of things, could
win her. As Jim whistled to his dogs
and set off across the park he turned
over the word "Paragon" in his mind.
It was an outlandish word, ho con
cluded, and evidently meant that he
was not good enough for Ellie, while
old "Reading, Writing and Arithme
tic," as he called his rival, was a per
son of consequence in the village, and
It would he regarded as a great rise
in life for Elizabeth to become his
wife, eveu though she was so vastly
clever aud a paragon, whatever that
meant, to hoot.
He littleSrnow that Ellle, sitting sew
ing behind those curtains, had been
listening with u mischievous smile,
or that when he had gone her pretty
head was cautiously advanced to
wateh him; while, when William Mor
ris came for his evening stroll later
on, and stopped to discuss the weather
with her mother, she did not take the
trouble to look out, and gave a little
sigh.
There were great shooting parties
np at "the house" that year, aud Jim
was so busy that he had neither time
to brood over his troubles nor look In
at the lodge except once, and then he
found Mr. Morris there, drinking ten.
"One of the—er—under keepers to
spenk to you, I think, Mrs. Hale,"
quoth he, blinking viciously at Jim
through his glasses; aud from that day
war was declared.
It was really hard upon Jim, hut If
he were sometimes a trifle morose,
the poor dear fellow behaved very well
on the whole; and when he was out
with the guns one day, and William
Morris. In one of his strolls, go? right
Into the firing line, aud received a
dose of small shot In Ills scholarly
shoulder. It was Jim who dashed to
his rescue.
"Great Scott! If It ain't poor 'Bead
ing, Writing and Arithmetic!'" ht
cried, raising the hurt and frightened
schoolmaster. "Well, learning don't
keep you out of mischief, that's clear!"
And It was Jim who helped to carry
him to a cottage near, found a doctor
and heard that the Injuries were not
serious, aud then he bethought him of
the Inmates of the lodge at the great
gates—lf indeed one was ever absent
from his thoughts—and set off across
the park toward It. If Ellle cared for
Morris—and he drew a deep breath at
the thought—he would save her a
fright; she should know the truth at
once. But he had still some way fur
ther to go when Ellle herself, her curly
head hatless, her face white, came fly
-1 lng toward him, then stopped with
wide, Incredulous eyes.
"Oh, Jim!" she gasped, "Is It really
. on? They said you were shot. Oh,
dear!" and she broke Into tears. Nor
did' she pay any attention to his tale
about William Morris, for when it
was flushed she merely repeated,
"And you are sure you are not hurt')"
"What could It matter to a paragon
if I was?" said he gruflly, but with
beating heart.
"I don't want to be a paragon, and It
is not my fault," she sobbed, feeling
for her handkerchief. "All I want is
to—he—happy, and I am not"
"No more am I, sweetheart, but I
am only second keeper," he said hon
estly. "Morris is a rare learned chap,
though—but no matter. And If 'tis
best for you, I menu to bear It," and
he set his teeth hard.
Ellie had found her hnndkerclilef by
this time, and was fiercely dabbing her
eyes, but she paused to cast a fright
ened glance up Into his bronzed face,
while, as those blue eyes met his, the
scales seemed to fall from them, and
both forgot all about William Morris,
schoolmaster.
• • • • • •
"So you are going to be married,"
said my lady, meeting the handsome
pair in the park one day. "And you,
Jim, are to have a perfect paragon of
a wife, I hear."
And as Jim touched his cap and
said, "Yes, my lady," and Ellle blushed
and smiled, it is to be presumed that
they bad both overcome their objec
tion to the word.—American Queen.
BIG LIZARD WAKES UP.
Cumos Out of a Two Months' Sloop and
Mako Things Lively.
The reptile house at the Zoo, usu
ally the quietest and sleepiest place
iu tlie gardens, where the huge uua
condas and lazy-limbed batraehians
slumber awny their days in an atmos
phere of uurullied lethargy, was re
cently thrown into a state of violent
excitement.
The cause of the trouble was on at
tack upon his keeper by the Egyptian
monitor, the largest lizard iu the
world. The reptile is five l'eet long
and colored a dingy brown. Ills coat
is rough and scaly and his claws und
teeth give him a fierce appearance. He
arrived at the Zoo one very cold duy
last March in a half-frozen condition
and until a few days ago remained in
a semi-comatose state.
The keepers had begun to despair
of arousing him from ills prolonged
lethargy until tin expedient occurred
to them of procuring a mate for the
sleeping monster. A female was ac
cordingly brought from Africa Inst
week and placed in the cage with him.
Next morning the keeper was aston
ished to find the rocky floor of the den
all torn up and the dirt beneath heaped
iu groat piles against the sides of the
cage. The two lizards wore sleeping
innocently side by side in the corner
and tlie keeper did not disturb them.
The same activity went on every night
for a week, and it soon became plain
that the monitor was building a house
for hluiseif and his new wife.
Til house Las just been completed,
and when the keeper visited the cage
the other morning the female monitor
was tucked awuy snugly out of sight
inside 1L Her husband was curled up
over the cntrauce to the cave, guard
ing 1L
Keeper Iless thought nothing of the
matter until 110 entered tlie cage to
feed the monitor, and then began a
fight, which ended in the keeper being
driven through the doorway and nar
rowly escaping with a whole skin.
The food which Hess took Into the
cage was thrown iu nil directions and
tlie reptile remained in a violent state
all day.—Philadelphia Press.
Qunlnt Wedding Cremonlo,
The marriage In Constantinople of
an Englishman and a Greek woman
entails three wedding ceremonies. To
be legal It must he performed at the
consulate. The couple are legally
married there the first day, and on the
next a church ceremony Is performed
in the English church, while the Greek
religious ceremony which follows Is
commonly held at the bride's home.
Tlie last is the only legal form of mar
riage 11s far as the bride is concerned.
Iu the Greek ceremony no ring Is
used, but the best man places a wreath
bound with white satin ribbons on the
heads of bride and bridegroom. Then,
while the priest is pronouncing the
words of the service the couple walk
around him in a circle three times,
holding candles, the best man at in
tervals changing the wreaths from
one to tlie other. When all is over,
tlie friends throw small coins or little
tokens of gold and silver over the
wedded pair, and a general scramble
ensues among those present to secure
the tokens.
An Fpleode of the Blograph.
A pathetic incident in connection
with a biograph sketch occurred in
Detroit, Mich., recently. A view made
at the occupation of Pckin was being
flashed across the screen. It presented
a detachment of the Fourteenth Uni
ted States Infantry entering the gales
of the Chinese capital. As the last file
of soldiers seemed literally stepping
out of tlie frame on to tlie stage there
arose a screum from a woman who sat
in front
"My God!" she cried hysterically,
"there is my dead brother Allen march
ing with the soldiers."
The figure had been recognized by
others in the audience as that of Al
len McCaskill, vho had mysteriously
disappeared some years before. Sub
sequently Mrs. Booth, the sister, wrote
to the War Department and learned
that it really was her brofher whose
presentment she so strangely had been
confronted with.— Mi ga
zlne.
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To Intensify Color.
Shrubs growing in a poor soil seldom
produce bright, high-colored flowers.
Iron filings and scales collected about
a blacksmith's anvil have a tendency
to intensify the color o'. many plants,
if dug into the soil about their roots.
Enrly Spraying.
Every one who has fruit trees to
spray should remember that the easi
est and most effective application of
fungicides which can bo made during
the year is that made before the leaves
appear. A 311110 solution of copper
sulphate (blue vitriol) is usually rec
ommended for this spraying, though
we are Inclined to think that the liber
al addition of this solution is very
much worth while. To make the cop
per-sulphate solution, dissolve six to
eight pounds of the vitriol in fifty gal
lons of water, thus making it consid
erably stronger than ordinary Bor
deaux mixture. The trees will stand
the strong mixture when they have no
foliage. This early spraying given to
apple and pear trees does good work
In preventing scab and some lesser
maladies. On peach trees and Japan
ese plums It prevents leaf curl, and on
all kinds of plums and peaches it helps
to prevent the ripe-fruit rot. It ougnt
not to bu omitted.—The Country Gen
tleman.
Crowing Forest Trees.
Those who desire to grow forest
trees of any kind for shade or orna
mental trees should remember that
there Is no better time to gather the
seed than when It ripens upon the
tree, and no better time for sowing it
than tiiat when it would be self sown
by falling from the tree. That is, if
the tree is a native of the place where
it Is to he grown. If from a warmer
climate it may be necessary to start
the seed under glass, and protect it in
some way during a few of the first
winters while it is small. At the Arn
old Arboretum by tills method they
have acclimated and grown in this
way some trees and shrubs that are
not native here, and seldom found
north of Mason and Dixon's line. The
seeds from these plants are more
hardy than those from Southern plants
and thus they can be made to eudure
our colder northern climate, and the
northern limit of their growth is grad
ually being extended.—American Cul
tivator.
Plants Need a Honking.
If it becomes necessary 10 water
the plants in the vegetable or flower
garden, or seems desirable to do so,
remember that what they will receive
the best results from Is not just a
sprinkle, that will lay the dust and
moisten the surface of the soil so that
It may bake up hard anil dry, and be
worse than before, because It cannot
absorb moisture from the atmosphere
during the night, hut they need a soak
ing of the ground that will wet down
to the lower roots, and even tempt
them to strike down deep after more
moisture and more fertility. We never
found better results from water than
when we put a tile drain down about
two feet in a raised mound in the
flower bed and turned our water into
that While before it had been the
first place to dry up in summer, after
that was doue the plants always grow
luxuriantly. It was an example of
sub-irrigation. While we were doing
tills we could see other gardens where
the sprinkler ran for hours every day,
seldom wetting an inch below the sur
face, and the plants dying or failing
to produce, because the soil never got
well saturated with moisture. When
a rainy day came the surface was usu
ally so baked up that it soaked up no
more water than would penetrate the
shell of a turtle. When the garden is
to be irrigated give water enough to
cover the surface nbout an inch deep,
allow it to soak in, and when the sur
face is dry stir It enough to give a dust
mulcli all over It.
Drainage Made Kany.
One of the greatest drawbacks to
successful farming operations on
thousands of farms in Western New
York is the absence of a thorough sys
tem of tile drainage, consequently the
early preparation of ground, and the
planting of crops, is not only greatly
retarded, hut the season for growth
being also comparatively less, makes
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A PLUMB-LINE DRAINAGE LEVEL.
them more susceptible to early autumn
frosts before maturity. Drain lowest
depressions first, and continue the
work as circumstances permit and
never attempt to do a perfect Job with
out the constant use of the level when
ever nuy doubt exists us to the re
quired grade of the ditch. The accom
panying Illustration shows a very sim
ple, accurate and practical level, work
ing on the principle of a plumb-line.
It is sixteen and a quarter feet long,
60 that by raising either end one inch
and marking the variation in the
plumb one cun easily teil when <he
grade is one inch to the rod. Th's
level can be slid along in the bottom
of the ditch, thus keeping a uniform
grade of any desired fall.—lrving D.
Cook. Genesee County, New Y'ork, in
the American Agriculturist
The cocoon production in Greece
has increased so much within a few
jjears that silk is now exported to
Fiance.
"WHITTLING SI,"
6i Bartholomew—he can v
Whittle anything, you bet!
He's about the snfartes' man
That I guess I ever met.
Onct he whittled me a boat,
An' sailed it in the drain,
'An' there wasn't room to float,
So I'm waitin' for a rain.
Si's knife's never dull a bit;
My, you ought to see him hone! ,
For he*mixes in some spit-
Yes, sir! —on the whettin' stone!
An' the other day he said,
Whep I asked his knife to use:
"Sakes alive! You'll cut your head
Clean off, right above your shoes V*
An's he's made a bully bow,
An' some arrers, an a gun,
An' a windmill that'll go
if you hold it out an' run;
An' a dagger an' a sword.
An' a teeny drinkin'-cup—
Ho jes takes a common board
An' he whittles it smack up!
He sits 'roun' all day, Si does,
Whittlin' shavin's in his lap. f
Pa. ho says there never was
Such a lazy, shif'less chap,
An' he doesn't earn his keep—*
But I Jhink he does, you see,
'Cause ho has to work a heap
Makin' handy things for me.
•-Edwin L. Sabin, in New Lippincott.
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"I saw a girl with four sots of teeth
In her head yesterday." "No!" "Yes.
She wore side combs." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Mathilde—"Mr. Ilungerford is a mar
who thoroughly believes in himself/
Elaine—"How very gullible he 111 us:
be."—Town and Country.
A very even temper
My wife possesses. I'm
Quite certain naught can change her-
Shc's cranky all the tinio.
—Philadelphia Record.
He—"One cannot always tell wliethe!
a girl 11kans what she says." She—
"And one cannot always tell whethei
a man cares whether she means wha 4 ,
she says."—Puck.
"What a debt we owe to medica
science," he said as lie put down tin
paper. "Good heavens!" she ex
claimed, "haven't you paid that doc
tor's bill yetV"—Chicago Post.
If every man fulfilled his plan
"i'would work extreme distress,
For he would doom posterity
To utter idleness.
—Washington Star.
Housekeeper—"You needn't ask ml
for any cold victuals, for I liaven'i
any." Weary Willie—"All right,
ma'am—n couple o' soft boiled eggs,
a broiled steak and a cup o' coffee'll
do."—Philadelphia Itecord.
Poetic Bridegroom—"l could sit hero
forever, gazing into your eyes and
listening to the wash of the ocean."
Practical Bride—"Oil, that reminds
me, darling; we have not paid our
laundry bill yet."—Brooklyn Life.
Wife—"l somehow just feel in my
bones that we will go to Europe this
summer." Husband—"ln wbieb bono
do you feel It most'.'" Wife—"Well, I
don't exactly know, but I guess it's
my wish boue."—Boston Traveller.
He—"Do you believe in love in a
cottage?" She—"No, indeed, I don't."
lie—"How about love in a palace?'
She—"Ob, George, this is too sudden!"
He—"Well, it won't be if we've got to
wait till I earn the palace."—The
Smart Set.
Mrs. Newhrlde—"How much art
your spring chickens?" Poulterer—
"Dollar a pair, ma'am." Mrs. New
bride—"Well—er—l've got to be very
economical, so just give me the very
smallest pair you have."—Philadel
phia Press.
"What is that breed of rabbit thai
multiplies so rapidly?" inquired ths
forgetful man. "The Welsh-rabbit, 1
guess," remarked the dyspeptic. "Oni
of thein taken just before bedtime will
generate a whole menagerie."—Pliila
delpliia Press.
Mrs. Nebb—"l am going to an ob
servation party this afternoon, dear."
Husband—"An observation partyl
What sort of a party Is that?" Mrs.
Nebb—"Mrs. Quizzer's next dool
neighbor is moving, and Mrs. Quizzer
has invited a few friends to watch
through the windows anil see what
they have."—Boston Traveller.
Freßt, Hope For I'oleseekers.
It lias been suggested that wireless
telegraphy may play au importaut pari
In future arctic explorations. The
conditions surrounding arctic travel
are such that the principal difficulty
Is found in maintaining communica
tion with a base of supplies. It IS be
lieved that wireless telegraphy has
now reached a point where, at least,
it promises such development that fu
ture exploring parties will he able to
carry along apparatus and keep con
stsntly in touch with their base camps.
If this proves to be the ease much of
the terror of the arctic will be re
mot ed and exploration .ill be made
both easier and safer, with the possi
bility that tills added instrumentality
will enable the discovery of the pole
at no far distant date.—Electrical lie
view.
Viper* in Engliiml.
The ease of death from the bite of a
viper reported from Cumberland is
the first for several years. The bite
of a viper is always intensely painful,
but Is much more rarely fatal than
most people Imagine. This, we be
lieve, Is only the seventh ease on rec
ord in England for the past forty
years, and here, as In most other eases,
toe victim was a child. It should be
carefully noted that vipers rarely bite
except h.v way of retaliation. They
can he safely observed at close quar
ters It they arc not touched; though in
the cases of most bites the creature Is
Irritated by accident. Wesirainstei
Gazette.
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IFARM TOPICSf
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Producing Lean Meat on Ilogs.
The production of lean meat on hogs
Is not necessarily a loss of weight To
secure lean meat the animals are fed
on a variety, which consists largely
of nitrogenous food, which promotes
increase In growth and weight, the
tarlety enabling tbe hogs to consume
more food, which increases the pro
duction of meat.
SlircdilcU Corn Fodder.
The Western farmers who have be
gun to use shredded corn fodder are
now declaring that a ton of it is worth
more than a ton of hay for milch cows.
We came to the same conclusion years t
ago in regard to corn fodder well *
grown, cut when fit, and fed dry or
moistened with warm water, was bet
ter for the milk and butter products,
producing a better article at less cost.
We never tried the shredded fodder,
but can imagine there would be loss
waste to it.
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The Clover Hay Worm.
It Is reported that the clover hay
worm, which has never been very
troublesome in the Eastern States so
far as we have learned, Is proving a
decided pest in some of the Western
States, where alfalfa is a principal
crop. Those who buy Western clover
or alfalfa should take care that they
do not take this work home with them,
or If a few are found should shake
theo out of the hay, sweep them tip
and burn them. It is not the amount
of the hay that they cat which causes
the loss, but the fact that they foul the
hay with their excrements until cattle
reject it unless starving, and even
when eaten It Is unwholesome for
them or for their milk. Looking
mouldy and as if full of spider webs t
or long threads, every lock in which it
Is seen should also be burned.
Running; Farm Mnchlnery.
No man can be considered an ex
pert in running farm machinery un
less he attends to eertain points In
managing tbe machines. First, keep
every joint and bearing well oiled.
Next see that all parts which are
liable to collect dust are brushed
clean at least every time the team is
unhitched, and see then that every nut
and bolt Is in place and holding the
parts snugly. Not only that, but if n
rattle Is beard when at work, inves
tigate at once and stop It, even if it
is necessary to unhitch the team to
make it safe to work on it. Keep
all cutting parts clean and sharp, and
see that the draft is just right to he
as easy as is possible for both team
and machine. Tbe man who does all
this will accomplish good work and
not Injure team or machine.
Pulling Up Olil Fonts.
01(1 fence posts have to be taken up w
occasionally, and the easiest way to
do It is shown In the cut. Use a lever
sufficiently long so that lots of power
can be exerted. If tbe post is smooth
v. v'.t- "" "
or slippery, so that the chain slips,
drive a staple over the side of one of
the links on the under side, driving It
in Just far enough to hold the chain to
the wood.
The same device Is often of service
In taking up small trees in the fall or K
spring. Dig around the tree, getting
loose all the long roots possible. Then
work a chain under and around the
ball of earth that holds the fibrous
roots balow the trunk, and, setting a
long, stout lever, gently lift the tree
and earth out of the ground.—New
York Tribune.
A New Idea In the Pip Bnnlnew.
You have all heard of people hatch
ing chicks by means of incubators and
selling them to people who wanted to
raise poultry and of those who have
calves and sell them to feeders who in
turn prepare them for the block. YVell
here is a new idea along this line
which I have never before heard of.
It is the business of raising pigs to sell
to farmers who want to grow pork.
About a year ago the editor of the
Seneca, Missouri Dispatch having a A
couple of blocks of ground eutircijW
remote from the residence portion of '
the town, began as a side line tlie in
dustry of raising pigs anil selling them
to feeders. The record of one animal
out of several will suffice to show pos
sible results. It must be taken into
consideration that this experiment has
been carried out on a limited area of
ground, and that all feed required for
the brood stock was purchased at mar
ket rates and pasturage of only a lim
ited amount was available. Within
one year one brood sow has brought
nnd raised to a marketable age two
litters, respectively nine and eight
head of young porkers, which when
sold at an average of about three
months brought $47. The total cost
of keeping the dam. also the young
porkers, until disposed of, on a very
liberal estimate, has not exceeded $22,
showing (not Including labor of caring
for them) a net profit of $25 upon the
operation.
A herd of twenty or twenty-five good
brood sows, properly cared for. should 1
yield a very respectable income for V'
the time of one man devoted to the
business. Yet many farmers give lit
tle or no attention to this industry.