1: ,
WISH’T l V'AS A GIRL.
..,___._._.
WiSh’t I wus a gurl’,
Stid uv bein’ a boy.
Au‘ bang my hair, an‘ eat ice cream.
An’ ride ahind my feller’s team,
Like gurls duz— '
VVish‘t I wuz a gurll
a...
Wish‘t‘I wus a gurl.
An’ when t come Sunday nite
I‘d Whack that old planner,
Just clean up outen site.
An' I d mai 11y sum rich feller.
Like girls duz—
VVish' t I wuz a gurl!
Wish’t I wus a girl,
I’d chaw gum a11’,.talk.
An when out ter promenod
' I’d take up all the walk.
Like some girls duz—
\Vish t I wuz a gurll
Wish’t I wus a girl,
All boys yood for left
Ter carry 0. 1 an‘ run odd jobs
An’ git off the 11 alk for dudy snobs
Like I did t’othcr nite—
\l’ish’t I wuz a gu1ll
Wish‘ t I 111 us a- gurl
Wish t the Lord made all boys gurls. in
An made gurls boys tud hen the same
An’ I‘d been Lizy Ann by name,
An’ she’d ben John or Joe stid of Jane,
VVish’t he had—
'Wish’t I wuz a gurl'.
——Bradford (Pa.) Era.
LIEUTENANT IN LOVE
“In love, Lieutenant?" I cried, al-
most starting from my seat, so greatly
had he surprised me.
My Friend Swash generated a great
cloud of smoke in his pipe and it so en-
veloped his head that I could not see
his face, deeply flushed as it must have
been, and from the cloud of gray vapor
came the gruff reply:
1 “Yes, in love, confound it!”
"' “Oh, how interesting!” exclaimed my
wife, dropping her magazine and look-
ing up at my friend and myself, whom
she had always previously declared to
be the most uninteresting when we got
together over our pipes.
It is not very pleasant for me,” mut-
' tered Swash. He was greatly embar-
rassed and fixed his eyes pensivelyfl on
the floor.
“\the is her home?” I asked.
“I don‘t know,” he answered brusque-
'liy.
“Where dues she live?" muttered my
wife.
"Don’t know that.”
"Where did you meet her?” said I.
“ Can’t tell you that either, Dockboy.
Don't think me disagreeable. If I
could, I would gladly answer your
questions. Indeed, I wish that I was
able to.”
"Your case is truly a strange one," I
said. “Is this young woman purely an
idea], a mental creation of your own?
You have been melancholy enough of
late to have been sighing for something
more material.”
“She is not a mere creation of my
imagination,” replied the Lieutenant
solemnly. “She exists—where 1 don’t
know. I saw her once a great way off
and she realized all my ideals of the
woman I would make Mrs. Swash.
And when I saw her, for an instant,
though it was, I cried to myself, ‘Here.
Swash, is the woman you have dreamed
of all these years. That soft, intellec-
tual face those soulful eyes, those belong
to the woman you have been waiting
for.’ Then she was gone, from where
and whither I don’t know, for I can’t
tell where I .‘a .17 her.”
“Your case is really most remark-
able,” I said. “Explain. Don’t sur-
round yourself with suc an air of
mystery. It would relieve you to con-
fide your troubles in us. Perhaps we
could help you.”
“Yes, indeed ” cried my wife enthu-
siastically. Perhaps we can help you.”
Swash started. “Ah, yes! Where
did I leave off? Perhaps you can—in-
deed, yes."
“Perhaps we can assist you,” I re
peated.
“I think not, Dockboy,” he said, hav-
ing recovered himself. “For my case
is truly remarkable. I have swept the
skies with a telescope; and cannot find
her. I have walked the streets day and
night, scrutinizing thousands of win-
dows and still have not a trace of her.
You see I saw her under the most pecu-
liar circumstances. but see her I did and
I lost my heart. From a satisfied bach
elor of 50 I have Ibeen metamorphosed
into a lovelorn, disappointed, unhappy
——I can’t get a word to fit my case.”
“Your use of a telescope is queer,” I
interrupted. “I have suspected all along
that you saw her ln the skies.”
“You have guessed my secret,” he
said mournfully. Inexplicable as it
seems, that is just where I saw her, and
she was not in a balloon, either. This
idea that I, crusty bachelor, that I have
been, am absolutely devoid of sentiment
is incorrect. Inmy life I have met wo-
men, hundreds of them, many beauti-
ful, many charming, and perhaps not
insensible to my own good points.
Against them my heart has been proof.
This is not because I am callous to wo-
man’s charms, but because I long have
had the belief that somewhere in the
. world one was waiting for me;an ideal.
I pictured her to myself not in my
dreams, but in my wideawake moments,
‘ as I sat alone with my pipe. At such
times she became so real that she
seemed to be beside me as I smoked; so
real that I almost felt that if I spoke
she would answer, but I was deterred
from experimenting by the belief that
with such a one silence has more
charms than speech. I have no doubt,
Dickboy, that long before you ever met
your wife you saw her face gazing be
nignly on you frpm a cloud of tobacco
smoke.”
‘ Ugh! cried my wife.
pipes.
“Now it happened that one night
about a week ago I was walking down
Broadway on the way to my boarding
house,” continued my friend. “.11;
seems to me that I had been up here to
see you. At Fortieth street, as. ill-luck
would have it, I ran across one of those
itinerant astronomers who had set up a
telescope on the pavement and hung on.
a small Sig rn calling attention to tl.
1act that Saturn and its 1in, 1s could 1
seen for five cents. b1. ..ness loo! 1
(in? and I kind of yitied its poor 1.
She hates .
It had never been my fortune to
low.
g1zc on Siturn and her rings, so I
stepped up, gave him a nickel and fixed
my eye at the end of the instrument.
At first all was blackness. ‘I can’t see
the 'ring,’ said l.‘1‘he lens is not ad-
justed,’ replied the astronomer. And
with that he began to turn a lot of
sciews. The blackness gave way to a
' hazy, gray light, that Isuspected was
from a theatre across the street, but I
said nothing but strained my optic
nerve to make out the planet. It was
of no use. I withdraw my eye and com-
plained. The astronomer then discov-
ered that the instrument was pointed
wrong, and he looked through it. low-
ered one end and gave it a turn.
“My' eye was at the instrument again
but no change was visible in the make-
up of the heavens beyond a marked in- 1
crease of light. Once more I com-
plained, and the man declared Imust
be nearsighted. ‘Look harder,’ he said,
giving the machine a littletwist. And
I looked harder, but instead of Saturn :
I‘ saw clearly a. woman— my ideal,
she whom for years I had pictured in ~
my smoking moments. There she was,
sitting at a window, one arm resting on
the sill, her hand on her chin, Cher
eyes looking directly into mine.
Even in the half-light, every fea-
ture was clearly discernable; there
was the soft black hair waving
across a white forehead; the eyes, deep
and full of immeasurable good things; i
the nose, the mouth, everything that y
I had been seeking for. I gave an ex-
clamation of joy.
“ ‘You see her now, sir?
rings show up good?’
from the astronomer brought to mind a
forgotten fact. I saw her through a
telescope; where was that window that
I could seek her out? I had found her.
Better never to have seen her than
under such appalling conditions. There
she was, gazing calmly at me from the
other end of a long tube. 1 could al-
most touch her and reached out my
hand.
“ ‘Hold on there !’ cried the astrono-
mer. ‘You‘ll upset the machine.’
“My involuntary movement to em
brace what was not there (lid indeed
disarrange the apparatus, and so badly
that she disappeared, and where she
had been, a star was winking at me. As
if I cared for stars.
“I paid for five more looks at Saturn.
but could find nothing. In vain l.
swept the skies, and the housetops
and windows with the telescope, and
with my naked eye. She had vanished.
_I wenthome disconsolate. As surely as
I sit here, Dockboy, I saw her. It was
not a hallucination. She was sitting
ina real window within the range of
that tele: cope; but where I don t know,
and perhaps never will know. My
ideal has become a 1eality, but under
Do these
What trying circumstances. Do you
wonder that I am miserable?”
“I surely do not,” I said. “If what
you have told is true 1111.1 not a mere
imag: 'Nnation
How romantic!” c1ied my wife.
Lieut Swash sighed.
Not long afterward my friend and I
were at the corner from which he
had viewed his ideal in the flesh. The
itinerant astronomer was there, too,
with his telescope pointed heavenward
in readiness for use. He greeted my
companion pleasantly, and apparently
had been expecting him.
“Maybe you'll see that planet you’ve
been looking for to night,” he said.
“I’ve cleaned off the lenses so they’ll
work better.” '
“Planet! Beautiful luminary, ra-
ther,” muttered the Lieutenant, stop
ping and screwing his eye into the end
of the telescope. “I can see nothing
but blackness now. Lower the other
end just a little—there.” He began ad-
justing screWs with the skill of one ini-
tiated into the mysteries of the heavens.
" 'Allow me to try the glass ” I said.
“My dear fellow.” he cried. “It is of
no use. “If I can't find it, after search-
ing every night for weeks, you can’t.
There is nothing in sight. It’s only a
question of patience, of waiting until it
again appears.’
:,“Let me try,” I said peremptorily.
He acceded to my request. With the
assistance of the astronomer I got the
instrument in the desired position,
fixed my eye to it, and focussed it.
“Pshaw,” cried Swash, impatiently,
“you’re looking right down Broad-
way.”
“Them's electric lights, sir, not
planets,” ventured the astronomer po-
litely.
These remarks had no effect on me.
I bided my time. At length it came.
“S.,wash don’ t be excited,” I said;
“but just fix your eye here.’ .
“It’ 8 her again,” he cried, before he
had his optic thoroughly adjusted.
You’re right. Dockboy, we’ve got her.
Now mar..- where the telescope points
to. Don’t lose it. Get the direction.”
“Have you 'read what is below the
window?” said I.
“Jove!” he muttered. “ ‘Miss Maxy
Mumps, the actress, writes: “I have
used Dr. Hoaxer’s harmless hair tonic
and find it perfection.” ’ ”
“We’ve got her, Swash; we’ll spot a
window 'with that sign— why, confound
it, she’s gone!" '
Swash straightened up and seized 111 y
hand. ‘ ,
"Dockboy,” he whispered, so the as-
tonished astronomer could not hear,
“I’ve found her, thanks'to you. I can
spot her window by that sign it it’s
Within ten miles. ‘Miss Max y Mumps,
the actress——’ ”
‘ Look again,” I said quietly, “and
tell me what you see.’
Once more he looked, but only for a
second.
1“Confound it 1" he cried. “Am 1
crazy? I saw a girl on a bicycle and
under it letters saying that if you bike
you should‘ride a Duster.“
"Gentlemen ” interrupted the astron-
omer, “I’m afraid you ain’t seen Sat-
urn, nor no other planet. You was
looking at that advertising canvas way
uown Broadway.” '1“
Lieut. Swash has gone to the country
{01 a few days.
This remark 1
. is always
FLOWERS
IN WINTER.
Plants that Bloom Readily in “’indows
and Conservatories.
IVith proper care a certain degree of
.success may be achieved in the cul-
,ture of flowers in the window or con-
' servatory.
Firt on the list may be placed the
Chinese primrose. This is of the east
est culture, and will grow and bloom
l under the most unfavorable conditions.
It will withstand dry soil, dry air, ex«
.tremes of temperature and the various
- ills to which house plants are exposed
better than any other plant and will
3 bloom uncoaslngly until the middle of
spring. It has beautiful and varied fo-
liage, and the flowers are large, showy,
in clusters and of many pleasing col-
‘ors.
Other plants that are sure to bloom
in the window are Plumbago coccinca.
i Peilstrophe variegata, Crassula cor-
'data, Eupatorium r'ipa11um, Begonia
:semper1fl01ens, Begonia Bruanti. gold-
§fiissia and geianiums Mrs.-E. G. Hill,
Souvenii de “hands and the old 3:11-
.mou Vesuvius. All of these are read-
ily grown, and can, under ordinary
treatment, be relied upon for winter
flowers.
The tuberous and bulbous flowers,
Itoo, should not be overlooked. Callas,
'Amaryllis Johnsonii, freesias and the
various hardy bulbs. as llyaclnths, nar-
cissus and Easter lilies, may be used
with success.
In the culture of plants in the win-
dow of conservatory care should be
taken to provide not only an’ even tem-
perature—say from 45 to 60 degrees—-
but the air should be kept moist by
steam or water evaporation, and the fo—
liage should be occasionally sprinkled
or syriugcd.
Keep down insects by placing chop-
ped tobacco-stems over the soil in the
pots, and by syringing well with to-
bacco tea—New York Tribune.
The “'oman “'ho Doesn’t Care.
“’0 have all seen her. She is many
and varied in style. There are some
things about her. however, which we
find in every variety. She never were
a corset. She always proclaims this
fact, although there Is neverauy ne-
cessity for so doing. It is self-evident.
Her dress is usually tight where it
should be loose, and vice versa. There
a great antipathy existing
between the band of her skirt and her
basque behind, for they never meet.
The woman who stakes so much on
con1f01t despises any tasteful arrmgc-
ment at 11e1 neck, such a thing as a
neat band being altogether too c011-
fining.
The crowning comfort of this most
unconsciously uncomfortable woman
is her head covering. Having arranged
her hair in the most unbecoming style,
is usually scratched back, following
the none too symmetrical lines of her
cranium and ending in a little, hard,
unequivocal knot. Perched at an ab-
surd angle rests a hat with no non-
sense about it, tilted up behind, down
In front, generally with one or two ag-
gressive feathers, from which all the
curl has departed, bobbing in a discon—
solate way from their forlorn altitude.
Gloves—she never wears them; they
are too confining. Au ill-fitting outer-
garment is a match for the rest, and
the wearer goes on her way rejoicing
that she is not a slave to dress and
never sacrifices comfort to style. 5
If this woman could once feel the
true comfort of neat, well-fitting cloth-
ing, she would never again appear in
her old-time toggery, which is a delu-
sion as to comfort and an oficuse to re-
finement and
World.
A Princess \Vho Skates.
Pew women 1110 wow devoted to
skating than the Clown Princess of
Roumania, and few, indeed, skate bet-
ter or more gracefully. During the win-
ter months her Royal Highness may be
seer almost daily on the lake in Chish-
111:1j-.»‘:1-~»" public park of Bucharest.
A cunt: 11f the great sheet of ice is re-
served for the royal party, but the
young princes by no means confines
herself to the little spot. Accompan-
ied by the Prince, 11 lady-in-waiting,
alde-de-camp. or sometimes alone, she
makes the tour of the lake; rubbing
shoulders with the other skaters;
laughing merrily at the mishaps of the
awkward. and returning all salutes
with the stately little nod peculiar to
her. Her skating costume is short,
sensible and very simply made. To
the crowds assembled on the banks her
graceful figure and good skating are a
source of much delight. They never
tire of watching lieu—New York Tri-
bune. s ,
Don’t beAlw111 s Slniling.
“Don‘t smile, perpetually!” writes a
lady.
Is there anything more wcarlsome
than the person who ceaslcssly ex-
pands and contracts the lips over the
teeth, without mirth or 1neaning?—for
that is what the continual smile cvcnt-
ually becomes.
Let any woman stand before 11 mir-
ted smile of welcome. She will be sur-_
prised at the wltlcss grimace that will
respond.
Learn to smile with the eye, and keep
the mouth and facial lines in repose.
We speak of the pleasing gravity of
the Orientals. This is the secret of it
—a kindly light in the eye, with a quiet
expression of the face—Answers.
To prevent frowning, wear a ribbon
around the forehead at night.
with white and hook it behind.’ This
will make one conscious of a frown
good taste—Woman’s ’
ror and attempt to produce an anima- ‘
Line it -
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THE PRODUCTS OF ALASKA.
3 ltd Great Natural Resources in Timber
and Minerals.
Prof. Benjamin Sharp recently gave
a lecture 'at the Academy of Natural
Sciences on Alaska, detailing some ob-
servations made last summer on the
trip in the U. S. S. Bear.
Referring to the climate at Sitka, he
said it was about the same as at Phila-
delphia, with an average annual tem~
peiate of 50 (legiees Fahrenheit. One
resident told him that in five winters
.spent there the thermometer had fall-
en below zero but" once. Mosquitoes
abound' in the 5um1ner months.
There is an abundance of fine timber
in that country, some individual tiees
seen by the party being seven feet in
diameter at'six feet from the ground.
Great quantities of timber are brought
down by the floods in the rivers, es-
pecially the Yukon River, which is one
of the largest rivers in the world.
The United States Government is en-
deavoring to domesticate the reindeer
in Alaska, where they have never been
introduced, and is establishing a station
where 1,000 will be kept to place out
with natives and settlers, who can keep
them for five years, keeping the in-
crease and returning an equal number
atthe end of the period.
One of the most valuable industries,
which is now nearly extinct, is the cap-
ture of the sea otter. By the treaty
with Russia none but a native or an
Aleut can capture them. The present
price for skins as they run is $200, and
specially fine ones are worth $500. For-
merly as many as 800 were taken in one
season. but only an occasional otter is
now taken.
Gold mining is becoming an import-
ant industry in Alaska; there is said to
be more gold in the mountains of that
Territory than in any portion of the
mountains south of there. Stamp mills
are already in operation. The question
of boundaries, which has arisen be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States, is likely,to become an important
one in connection with this industry.
WHAT AILS THE BARON?
Lord Tweednxouth Snaps at Postmaster
Dayton.
A recent cable from London tells of
an inquiry by Lord Tweedmouth into
alleged Postoffice abuses. . One of the
witnesses wanted to put in a statement
by Postmaster Dayton of New York,
whereupon his Lordship said:
“You need not make this committee
the means of answering Postmaster
Dayton. We do not care about his
views.” '
The witness mildly replied that he
was working out a comparison.
“Leave Postmaster Dayton out of the
question" retorted his Lordship. “I do
not care a 'snap for him.”
Why Baron Tweedmouth was so
snappish when the American official
was mentioned is not explained; but it
is supposed that allowances ought to be
made for his Lordship. however, for he
had just drawn a‘check for $25,000, the
agreed damages payable by his son to
Birdie Sutherland for breach of prom~
ise of marriage:
It Puzzled Hier.
It was her first visit to the city, and
she was naturaléy much interested in
everything she saw.
“Still, I wouldn’t live herb for any-
thing, ” she said.
“Wouldn’t live here!” exclaimed her
city friend.
“No, indeed. I wouldn’t.”
“But think of the theatres and the
opera!”
"Very nice, of course, ” admitted the
country girl, “and I would like to come
to the city and see and hear them, but I
wouldn’t live here just the same.”
“Think of the big stores and the fa-
cilities for shopping,” persisted the city
girl.
“I have.”
“And the social gayety!"
“It’s all very enjoyable, but I’d rather
live in the country.’
“But we have more of the comforts
and luxuries of life, more of everything
that make life worth living.”
The country girl shook her head,
“You lack the best thing of all,” she
said, decidedly. “I don’t see how you
ever get married.”
“Married! I don’t understand you,”
returned the city girl.
“\Vhere do you do your courting?"
asked the country girl. “I don’t believe
I have seen a front gate to swing on
during the whole time I have been
here.”—Chicago Post.
Her Beahtit‘ul 1.111111»,
Mrs. Tocker said very sweetly : ‘ “Char-
ley, deal, it was kind a: 1 i thoughtful
of you. and I apui eciate it ever so
much; but a man should nev er under-
take to select anything for his wife to
Wear.” ..
"What do y 11 mean?” he asked in
surprise.
‘ These buttons you bro 1ght home fer
me,” and she held up half a dozen rel
poker chips. " 'I found them on the
mantel piece in your room,a and I know,
of course, that you had brought them
home for me.
“Y—You can ’t use ‘, 1e 1.1, can you?”
“No; but I apprecatte your thought
fulness just the san:
at a bargain. didn’ t y 0 1‘2”
“Um—Yes.‘
“Well, you were chested. I don‘t see
how anybody who makes buttons could
have been so silly as to forget to put in
the holes that the thiead goes through
when you sew them on.’
And Charley said he would take them
right back and exchange them. ——Wash-
ington Star.
A 850, 000 Mantle.
The Empi ess of Russia owns an er
mine mantle valued at $50, 000. It w as
a present‘ f1 om her subjects living in
,. the province of Khersen.
..—
‘ Teacher— What was Joan .of Aim
made of?
B1 wot Pupi l—l‘slade of D .1st. ~—.. 123‘ ::
TIdLSLI LIL, . 135"
You got them .
11111
A QUESTION OF ROOM.
~I’Ii11'lit of a. Young M 1011 \V 110 —Ilad Chen a
Theatre In~itatlulL ,
He looked troubled as he pushed
two matinee tickets through the box
office window and a1ked:
“Can you give me two more seats
next to these?"
The ticket eller hastily 100‘. ed
though a bundles of tickets that he to 1.;
from one of the little pigeonholcs in
front of him and shook his head.
"I can give you two seats just in front
of them,” he said.
"Won’t do,” replied the man in front
of the window. “Can 31 .11 take 'these
back and give me four in the row just
ahead?”
“No; there are only two left there,”
answer ed the ticket selle:.
“I don’t see no.v I am going to ar-
range it,’ said the 1011.1:r man who
wanted the tickets, tlliy11'_;.iflllly.'l
must have three seats to, . , 1.01
“Three?" exclaimed tzm ticket seller.
“I thought you wanted 1:1.11- together."
“I do." returned the other. "but that
isn’t absolutely necessary. If I can get
three together, I can sit 50111151141011: else
my: elf. "
“I should think it would be pl 1.115”. nter
to divide the party pretty evenly,’ ’sug-
gested the man in the box office.
“It would,” admitted the man outside
of it. "but it can’t be done. You evi-
dently don’t understand the case. You
see. I bought these tickets with the in-
tention of taking a young lady to the
matinee. and it- never occurred to me
that I would need more than two seats.”
“Overlooked the chaperon, I sup-
pose?”
“Chaperon nothing!” When I pay
for a chaperon there’ll be skating in
August. ‘ I overlooked the fash.ons—--
that’s what I overlooked. I 513. ~ her
last night in the gown she expects to
wear, and now I am trying to buy a
seat for each of the sleeves. ’l‘:.at's
why I must have at least three seats in
arow. If you can give them 1. 0.15
trot them out, if you can’t $11 so 1101
I’ll send word to 1161 that I'm sick
give my tickets to some one else.”
Charles Dudley “'arner’s Fun.
Charles Dudley Warner wandered in
to the ofiices of the Civi' Service Gom-
missioner the other morning lookmg 1‘ 011
Prof. Proctor. Finding that the 111131-
was engaged he sat down in the recap
tion room to wait. Lying on a table be-,
fore him wasa pile of blank applica-
tions to be filled out by people who
want to be examined for Government
positions.
He picked up one and amused himself
by answering the questions they con-
ta Ill-31d. He then asked the messenger
for an envelope, which he addressed to
Prof. Proctor. He inclosed his appli-
cation, laid it upon the desk with other
mail. and his name now appears in the
list of thosex rho desire to appear before
the Board at the next quarterly exami-
nation.
Some of his anbwers were character-
istic. Opposite the question whether
he has any relatives in the Government
service he unites:
“N o doubt.”
“Are you addicted to the use of to-
bacco, intoxicating liquors, morphine,
1 or other drugs?”
“I use liquor and tobacco in modera-
tion.”
“Have you ever been convicted of
crime?"
“Not yet.”
“Have you
speech?”
“I usually speak without note-s.”
“Have you any defect in your hear-
ing?”
“N o; I hear too much,”— Chicago
Record.
Reasonable Scepticism.
“Stranger,” he said to the traveler
any impediment in your
,who had stopped at his unpretentious
home for a night’s lodging, “hev ye ever
hearn tell ez how of ye see a red-headed
girl, ye’re boun’ ter see a white
boss?”
“Of course. That‘s an old idea.”
“I hearn it some time ago myself." .
“It has some basis of fact, too. You
see, the case simply is that there are
more white horses in existence than.
there are red- headed girls. So their ap-
pearing at the same time is a more than
likely coincidence.”
‘ “Well, sir,” replied the householder,
in a tone that defied controversy, “ye
kin call it a coincidence, or what ye
please. I call it a darn lie. See thet
gal over there?”
“Yes.”
‘ Her hair 5 red, ain t it?”
“It’s—it’s quite 111 town.”
“It’s red, that’s a dead sure thing, an’
I ain’t ashamed of it. She’s my wife.
The day before I married her I had one
of the purtiest white hosses ye ever laid
yer eyes onto. Hoss thief come along
while the preacher was a pernouncin’
the ceremony. I’ve got the red-headed
girl, but I ain‘t seen no White horse
sence. An’ what’s more, I don’t expect
for see none.” —- Washington Evening
Star.
The Vice of Oveleating.
How much harm 1s done to health by
our one sided and excessive diet no one
. can say. Physicians tell us that it is
very great. Of the vice of overeating,
as practiCed by the well-to do classes.
in England especially, Sir Henry
Thompson, a noted English physician
and authority on this subbject, says.
“ I have come to the conclusion that
meie than half of the disease which
embitters the middle and latter part of
life is due to avoidable errors in diét,‘
and that more mischief in the form of
actual disease, of impaired vigor, and,
of shortened life accrues to civilized
man in England and thrigm hout cen-
tral Europe from erroneous habits of
eating than from the habitual use of
alcoholi: drink, considerable as I know
that evil to be.”—Sanitarian.
J udge—Have you anything to sayibe-
, fore the judgment of the court is passed
upon you?
Tough Prisoner—Beggin’ yer ’Honor’ 5
pardon, have ye heard these ore, Judge?
Philadelphia Record.
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Spring Seeding- to Grass Alone.
1. The land must be quite free from
wood seed. If there are many weed
seeds ithhe ground, these can be de-
stroyed by summer following or by
freshing the ground several times be-
fore the grass seeds are sown. It posi-
tively will not do to sow grass where
the ground is foul with weed seed.
2. The land should possess at least
fair fertility in order to produce early
springing and rapid growth of the
young gmss plants from the very be-
ginning.
.The land must be very carefully
011111111011. 111 this them is nothing but
gain to the husbandman by doing his
work well. Every inch of the soil
should be gone over again and again
and the surface rendered as smooth as
a table and as fine as an onion bed. We
have been very careless in the past in
regard to the proper treatment of grass-
lands and must improve in the future
if we desire the heavy crops possible.
4. His well to sow large quantities
of grass seed—two or three times the
usual amount. In seeding. the field
should be crossed both ways, if possi-
ble, so as to insure entire absence of
skips and breaks in the evenness of the
young sward.
5. It is probably best, although we
have not fully demonstrated the fact,
to sow grass and clover seed very early
in the spring time. Our returns for the
past year, and those of some of our
student correspondents. show the bone-
ficial effects of very early seeding.
0. Finally, a matter of much llll-
portauce is that of checking the
growth of weeds. which will annoy
more or less in spite of’all precautions.
When the weeds reach a height of six
inchesthe mower should be put into
the field with the cutter bar set about
four inches high. Sometimes the mow-
ing of the weeds must be repeated.—
Amcricnn Agriculturist.
A Case of Ronp.
Fremont. Nebraska. says his
fowls have swelling about the eyes.
which finally closes them. Also have
yellow substance in the mouth with
’0ll'ensive smell. This is plain roup. it
is caused by anything that lowers the
vitality of the fowl, such as lice. filthy
houses. exposure to wet and cold, es-
pecially drafts across the porches at
night, and damp, paper-lined houses.
Roup is a nasty, contagious disease.
When a fowl contracts it, the best
remedy is the ax, and the carcass
should be buried deeply, or burned. A. .
;\I. should immediately scparatethesick
fowls from the others, killing and bury-
ing all that are badly alfcctedfi’ Glycer-
inc 3 parts, turpentine 1 part; mix, and
with sewing machine oilcan squirt two
or three drops into each nostril once
a day. Keep birds in warm quarters
and feed a variety of grain and vege-
tables. Don’t let them out until com-
pletely cured.
Clean out the poultry house from top
to bottom. Whitewash interior with
fresh lime whitewash with carbolic
acid in it. If the floor is ea1th,removc
feur inches of surface and fill in with
fresh soil. It wood, scrub with boiling
suds and whitewash- Close house
tight and burn a pound of sulphur in
it. Put in new ' perches and nests,
Close all cracks and chinks so as to
prevent all drafts. If house is damp,
place good lump of unslacked lime in a
box and set inside, then scatter. the
soaked lime over perches and floor.
Watch the fowls closely and promptly
remove any showing slightest symp-
toms of disease. Drafts over perches
and damp houses, are chief causes for
mun—Fred Grundy, Illinois.
A. 31..
Feeding Value of Apples.
“’0 do not think enough of the orch-
ard for feeding its fruits to the farm
minials. Apples are nutritious, and an
aid to the good digestion of other food.
The mild acid of them is excellent for
the health of the stock and we all
Know how gratefully they will receive
9, feed of them at any time. For the
cows they are especially desirable; :1
neck of them chopped and sprinkled
with meal of any kind, will help much
to add to the flow of milk of the cows.
Horses love this fruit, and they tend
to help in the shedding of the coat, by
the'ir gently laxative effect. \Vben the
selection is made for the spring plant-
ing, a few of some of the sweet varie-
ties, ripening from the summer to the .
winter. should not be forgotten for this
use. We may begin with the early
Sweet Bough for the first, then the
autumn Sweet Bough and the old
Pumpkin Sw cot, and for later use them
are the Talman Sweet and the Wlne-
sap, all productive sorts and unex-
celled for this use as well as for mar-
ket.
IVire Cloth Against Rabbits.
Five years ago I planted a young
orchard and the rabbits began to gir—
file the trees soon after. I bought wire
cloth, two feet wide, and cutting it
into two-inch strips enclosedethe trunks
of the young trees with it. It has
proved, an effectual protection against
rabbits ever since. The wire cloth will ‘
rust off at the groundbut by using the
two feet width it answers the purpose
for several years. I am now using"
wire cloth that I applied five years ago.
Two years since I planted five hundred
peach trees and the wire cloth put on
them at the time of planting is today
as good as new and the expense is less
than one cent per tree. I regard it far
better than cornstalks.—-J. S. Aiken,
Sullivan county, Ind.
Apple gr1011ers in Missouri now
weigh their firm; instead of measuring
..t —Chicago Chionicle.
Norwalk Chronicler