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The mountain and the
squirrel
Had a- quarrel.
And the former called
the latter “Little
Prig "
Bun replied:
“ ‘You are doubtless
very big:
But all sorts of things
and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up the year
And a- sphere:
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place,
If [’m not so large as you
You are not so small as l.
And not half so Spry.
I’ll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel-track
Talents difler; all is well and wisely put:
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut!
Hi's Revenge.
A writer tells the following story
'of schoolboy coolness and pluck, and
states that it is founded on fact.
“You’re a coward!” A sentence calcu-
lated to make any English schoolboy
clench his fists and promptly endeavorW
to make his accuser prove or eat. his
words. “Yes, of course you are, or
you wouldn’t told that you Were one
of the party that upset old Mother
Tuck’s cart;” and Dan Isaacs, the
bully of the school, scowled at the
delicatelooking, slim lad, who stood
quietly, if nervously, before him in the.
cricket ground.
“Perhaps I am,” was the reply, “but
then I did not pocket any of the old
woman’s apples afterwards,” and
Dicky Ford grew bolderas he went
on: “No, a spree is one thing, but to
rob a poor apple woman is very dif.
ferent."
“I’ll knock your young head off, if
you say that again,” roared Dan,
crimson with rage and the knowledge
of his meanness, which he thought
had not been seen by any of the other
boys.
But Dicky, lighter of-foot than his
pemecutor, had scudded off to the
other end, of the field.
Presently there was a noise of men
and women shouting and screaming in
the road close by, and every boy ran
to the low wall that bounded the
cricket field. Down the road at a ter~
rific pace came a mad bull, fcllowed
by scores of men and boys at a re-
spectful distance. .
The sight of the boys on the wall at-
tracted its attention, and with a bel-
low it turned on them, tearing head-
long at the wall with a mad bound. Of
course, the boys scattered in all direcc
-tions as the animal half fell, half;
cleared the-wall, and then scrambling
ti its feet, stood for a second before
charging the fleeing crOwd.
Nobody in the hurry had noticed that
Dan Isaacs had sprained his ankle as
he jumped from the wall, and was
trying painfully to escape the notice
of the bull by crawling into the shel-
ter of the little clump of trees in the
corner of the cricket ground.
Suddenly, the furious beast caught
sight of him, and with’a fierce bellow
turned on him. Poor Dan, nearly dead
with fright and pain, ;just managed
to elude the med‘rush by the aid of a
friend-1y tree, but a few minutes of
dodging tired him out, and he screamed
for help, while the men and boys
seemed pai’uu'zed and unable 111 s
‘gest any means of diverting the bull’s
attention.
Then they all held their breath in
fright, as little Dickie, with a shout,
burst to the front, dribbling before him
a football right up to the bull.
“Comeback, come back!” they cried,
“you’ll be killed!”
But Dicky was no coward now.
With a firm kick he sent the ball slap
in the face of the bull as he was on
the point of tossing the now tagged-
out Dan.
Staggered by the sudden sting of the
ball the beast in its blind rage turned
to follow the football as it rebounded
from its head, seeing in it a new on-
emy, and, butting at it fiercely, was
soon at the other end of the field,
while the boys helped the badly
frightened Dan over the wall and hur-
ried over themselves as two men with
rifles made their appearance.
Stopping for a while to take breath
the bull glared around. ‘him as if un-
certain what to do next. He had not
much time for decision, however, as
two reports rang out heavily on the
air, .and the bull fell headlong, rose
with a roar of pain and anger, and
then, as another-shot echoed against
the school walls, fell again, with a
thud, this time with a bullet through
his heart.
“Three cheers for Dicky Ford!”
shouted the boys, as they gathered
round the dead beast. And they gave
them, too, with a, will, while Dan,
with tears in his eyes, in broken tones
begged Dick’s pardon for calling him
a coward.
“Fancy going for a bull with a foot-
ball!” they all cried; “why, nobody
but Dicky would have thought of such
a thing.”
“I don’t know Why I did it,” said
Dick, blushing at the enthusiastic
greetings of the other boys; “but I'
just thought perhaps a kick at the hull
with a. football might take his atten-
tion away from Dan. ”
“Hurrah for Ezcky Ford!" they all
shout-ed again; an] Dicky couldn’t help
thinking that he had had, after all,
his revenge on the boy who called him:
coward.
-wires, so to speak.
A Portable \Varilrobe.
A lady going abroad hasmade her—
self, what she calls a portable ward-
robe. She frankly says that the idea
is not original with her, but is an Eng-
lish notion, and that she has only cop-
ied an article which she once saw in
London. The thing is so convenient
and easily made, and the woman who
travels or who in summer has a room
in the a erage boarding house with
the usual lack of closet space, may be
glad to know exactly how this porta-
ble wardrobe is designed.
It is made of a large piece of water-
proof cloth or canvas such as one sees
used for gun cases, game bags and
men’s mackinmtoshes This piece is
five feet long by four wide, and is lin-
ed wilih brown hoiland. On the right
and left sides of the canvas are stitch-
ed flaps of holland like the lining, each
vas and a little over half as long;
Across the .top of the canvas is fast-
ened a rod with dress hooks. The
wardrobe is hung against thewall
with the rod at the top, gowns are
suspended from the hooks and the
flaps are then fastened over the gowns
which are thus securely protected
against dust and dampness.
At the back of this canvas dress pre-
server are straps and a handle at-
tached, after the fashion of a shawl
strap. When the owner, of the dresses
wishes to travel, she spreads her port-
able wardrobe on the bed, lays her
skirts and waists in smoothly. buttons
the flaps, rolls up the whole thing,
straps it securely, and behold! it is
ready to be carried or checked to the
owner's destination—Harper’s Bazar.
Children With Nerves.
A word about nervous children. Of
course there might be none, but there
are thousands. Never scold them nor
“make fun" of them. They suffer
enough without your threats or sar-
casm. Pretend not to see their awk-
wardness when in company, nor their
grimaces when alone. A case was
discussed the other day of a boy of
ten years old, who. on being vexed,
and often without any apparent prov-
ocation, will clench his hands and
make the most frightful contortions
of the muscles of his face and head.
His poor mother fears he is idiotic.
By no means. He is the brightest boy
in his class at school, fond of reading
and of natural history, but he is of a
highly nervous temperament and has
not been taught to control the little
on which hols
strung. This is no single case. There
are thousands of children who give
way to their nerves in a like fashion.
Talk to themabout these curious lit-
Aflap being the same width as the can- ’
‘ Hover Care: to “harder,
The range of the honey bee is but
little understood by the masses, many
supposing that bees go for miles in
quest of nectar, while others think
that they go only a short distance. It
may be cu1ious to many to understand
how anyone can tell how far the bee
may fly, but this is simple when un-
derstood. . ~I
Years ago, when‘ the Italian bees
were first introduced in the United
States, these bees, having marks dif-
ferent to the common bees already
here, were easily distinguished, and
after any bee keeper had obtained the
Italian bees they could be observed
and their range easily noticed.' If
bloom is plentiful near where bees are
located, they will not go Very far, per-
haps a mile in range, but if‘bloom is
scarce they may go five miles. Usu-
ally about three_miles is as far as they
may go profitably.
' Bees have been known to go as far
as eight miles in a straight line, cross-
ing a body of water that distance to
land.
If, while the little bee is out of its
home or hive, the hive should be re-
moved some ten or twenty feet, ac-
cording to the surroundings, when it
came back to where its home was first
. located it would be hopelessly lost. If
tl follows that should be their ser- ,
e ' 1 cutting of the small grains are turn-
vants, not their masters. Never chas-
tise them. The man or woman who
chastises a nervous child is on a level
with brutes that have no reason. En- .
courage them. Help them. Be pa-
tient with them. They are the making
of our future successful men and Wo-
men. for they will 1-’1rk hard at what-
ever they undertake. ,Brace up. your
own' nerves first and then be indulgent
t0ward the capers of your over-ner-
vous children—London Mail.-
Expenslve Cooking Utensils.
There is no better proof of the in-
creased int‘erost that women are tak-
ing in culinary matters than the dainty
and cestly cooking utensils to be found
at the house furnishers. A saucepan
made of the best copper, silver lined,
on the market. There are long hand-
copper, lined with silver, andpcosting
as much as most people would give
for a handsome sugar dish or a piece .
of bric-a—brac for the drawing room.
Dainty little stew pans cost from $4.40
up to $12250, according to size.
smallest are hardly larger than a muf-
fin ring; There are water boilers just
as shapely and costing just as much
as a Ihandsome vase or drinking cup,
and what women would be inclined to
class as “dear little receptacles,” of
make and quality so fine that tcrrapin
stew made in them can be set before
the diner in the some vessel that it is
cooked in. Yet a half dozen of these
terrapin stew pans, made of copper
and silver lined, cost $20—fitting hold-
ers for food. so rare and far famed as
Long Island and Chesapeake terrapin
at $3 and $5 apiece—Now York Sun.
To Oversee Music Practice.
A young girl who. is studying with
one of the best known pianists has hit
upon a plan to perfect herself in meth-
ods of teaching by going from house
to house and supervising the practic-
ing of her teacher’s youngerpupils.
She is a sort of travelling musical
governness. This is not only a great
help to her in her musical studies, but
also a great advantage to beginners
and to their parents. The great bur-
den of responsibility for musical pro-
its home was in an open space, with
no other objects close, it might find
its way home, but, even if the hive
should be moved _only a few feet.
many of the bees would get lost.
So to move a hive, if done in the
winter time, it would be all right, but
if in the summer time it should be (10m:
after dark, or when the bees are'not
flying. and even then the bees should
be stirred up some and smoke blown
in at the hive entrance and a board or
some object placed in front of the
hive so that the bees in coming out
may mark their new location. Bees.
no doubt, are guided by sight and also
by sense of smell. They are attracted
by the color of bloom, as, if they are
at work on a certain kind of bloom,
they are not likely to leave that par-,
ticular kind of bloom for any other. as
long as they can find that kind-
Again, bees are often attracted to;
sweets by their sense of smell, for
they will go after sWeets even if in
the dark, if close. . However, any kind
of sweets may be placed in glass in
plain sight, but if covered, so as not
to emit any smell, the bees will take
no notice of them—Baltimore Ameri-
can. “
Fall Plowing or Stubble Land.
The most common mistake in pre-
paring gro-und for fall grains is waiting
until just before seeding time'or about-
rhe last week in August and the firs-
in September. There are several rea-
sons why early plowing is the best.
The weeds that have started after the
ed under and kept from seeding. This
is no small consideration where the
ground is at all foul. If some of. the
weeds near the surface should start
after plowing, go over the field with a
- barrow or some kind of a cultivator
and allow none to develop.
, The chief value of early plowing is
that the land has an opportunity to be-
come well pulverized and compacted
before seeding time. -If the-land is
hard when plowed the numerous work”
lugs which should begiven it. wit!.
the rains of late. summer and early
autumn. will dissolve the clods an:
obliterate damage, if present when the
seed .is sown. Many failures with
winter grains can be traced to late-
,plowing and imperfect preparation .
and costing $42, tells its own story. I
Never before in the history of house
furnishing goods has an assortment of
iculinary ware so expensivebeen put
led frying pans of the best grade of '
, oration.
The "
gress of their children rests upon the _
parents. For, no matter how great
the teacher, he cannot enforce prac-
ticing when he is absent.
Many parents do not understand
music, and so they do not know
whether their children are practicing
:thei-r music correctly or not. In the 1211-
v-te‘r case they are perhaps acquiring
habits which will retard their musical
progress. And so. the student govern-
ess has feund a nicbe’which has been
waiting for her for some time—New
York Sun.
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the seed- bed.
Begin plowing as soon as the shocks
have been removed from the field.
This Will- vary from the second week
in July to the first week in August.
A depth of about five inches is usually
suflicient, depending somewhat upon
the character of the soil. In a few
days go over the field with a harrow i.‘
order tolevel the ground and create :2
soil mulch to prevent excessive eva
Drag or roll several times
during the fall and follow each time
with a barrow to loosen the surface.
Seedwthe fall grains from September
10 to 20, always using a press drill.
Fino‘v Cut Silage Keen! Best.
The extra labor involved in removing
the.wh01e corn from the silo is a seri—
ous drawback to that method of stor
ing. although fodder corn placed in the
silo whole has in many instances come
out in good condition. All things con
sidered. however, close packing proves
most desirable. Cut silage can in
more closely packed and the air will
be more completely excluded than
when the crop is put in whole. F01
these reasons the finely cut silage will
be subjected to a smaller degree of fei
mentation and the losses should be c01-
respondingly less.
’i he advantages of slow fillin
against rapid filling have been strong
’ ly urged as a means of procuring
so-called sweet silage. The term sweet
silage, however, is a misnomer, when
used to designate a definite condition.
Such a product as strictly sweet silage
never came from a silo, and the” term,
if used at all, should be one of degree
rather than of kind. .
Slow filling causes a greater degree
of heat to develop and this tends to
soften the mass and cause closer
packing, while thé high temperature
does not favor the forming of acids.
At this high temperature, 135 to 150
degrees F, certain forms of fermenta-
tion 'often progress rapidly, and the
fact that less acid is formed rwhen
slow filling is practiced doesnot prove
that there is a smaller loss of. food
constituents during ‘the ~ slicing pro-
(teas—American Agricultturalistt.
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I
'm A DANGEROUS POSITION. ‘-
The Captain of a Ship Must Be a.Bra"=
‘ ' and Heady man.
or all on board,'1the man who stands
in the greatest peril is the captain. In
the battleships and cruisers his 9051-
tion is in a cylindrical box.of steel,
placed just under the bridge, well for-
ward, which is called the conping—
tower. The armor of it is thick enough
ordinarily to resist the penetration of
heavy projectiles. It contains the 1.
speaking tubes and electrical wires
whereby the communicates with the
guns, engines and helm, and some-
times apparatus whereby he is enabled
to fire the guns himself after they are
laid upon the enemy. His field of vis-
ion is limited to what he can see
through a. little horizontal slit on about
the level of his eye. In point of fright-
ful responsibility no situation in the
world can compare with. that which is
occupied by the man who stands in
anal: tower and directs the movements
of his ship. After the conflict once be-
gins the din about him will be some-
th-ing infernal. Upon him the' fire of
the enemy will be concentrated, and
upon the exterior of that steel drum
in which 'he is shut up there will be
a continuous hail of iron and steel.
Shells will burst everywhere about it,
and to that» babel will be added the
roar of the force blast under the en—
gines, the tremendous reports of the.
heavy guns, and the din of the quick
fire and machine guns in chorus. In
such circumstances as (this, aided by T
such knowledge as he can get by look-
ing through. the little peep-hole in
front of him as well as the smoke will
let him the captain must control the
tremendous forces under his command,
'and his decisions are matters of sec-
cud-s.
Nobody now believes that a. captain
who finds his“ vision through the slits
of the tower cut off by smoke, will
stay thus shut up. It is extremely
doubtful if it will be physically possi-
ble for him to remain there after the
shells commence to hammer its sides
and burst against it,‘ and, in any
event. the intense anx-ietv to see and
know clearly what the enemy is do-
ing will inevitably lead him to take
his. chances in the open. Conning-
tower or no conning-tower, his duty is
to place himself at whatever point he
can manage his ships to the best ad-
vantage, and this. he will certainly do.
Lord Charles Beresford. with grim
humor, has suggested that the cap—
tain’s safest place is not {in but be-
:hind :his conning-tower, “because then
he has—two thicknesses of steel between
himself and the enemy, don’t you see?”
but while conning-tower armor may
resist penetration. it is by no means
certain that the whole structure will
not be swept away by the first heavy
projectile which squarely hits it.—In-
dependent.
RARE CANINE INTELLIGENCE.
Illustrated in a Novel Manner by a Big
St. Bernard.
A striking instance of the intelligence
of a. dog was demonstrated one night
in Maplewood, at the residence of Col-
onel W. S. Moore, local agent of the
Miami Powér company. The incident
has set all 'Maplewood-to talking.
A St: Bernard pawed onthe door of
Mr. Moore's residence and whined and
growled in such a strange manner that
the people. in. the house concluded to
investigate. They had observed that
his face detokened a look of distress
rather «than fierceness. Colonel Moore
and others started out to follow the
dog. 9. ‘.Q_Mmuus
As soon as the St. Bernard perceived
that he was being at least partially un-
derstood his Whole attitude changed
and he frisked about in a. joyful man-
ner. He watched the col-onel and his
party carefully to see that they were
following him, and led the way :to a.
neighboring house, about half a mile
distant. When this place was reached
his motives were at once understood.
There, wedged tight between the bars
of a. porch railing, was a small pug
dog that, in his struggles to secure his
liberty, had twisted himself in such a.
position that he was rapidly choking
to death.
The St. Bernard stood by and
watched with interest the efforts of
the party to extricate the unfortunate
pug from his perilous position. This
was only accomplished by breaking the
bars of the railing. As soon as the pure:
was freed the St. Bernard manifested
his appreciation by jumping on the
shoulders of Colonel Moore and lick-
ing‘his hands in gratification. Then he
trotted. oomplacently from the place
and was soon lost to view.
No one in the vicinity had ever seen
the St. Bernard before, but all " ex-
pressed admiration for the rare canine
intelligence that he displayed.-—St.
Louis Republic. . ‘
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Amount'of Coal Used on Vessels.
The amount of coal consumed by a
vessel during a. voyage depends very
largely upon the speed, for the can-
sumption of... coal increases almost in a
geometrical ratio .to the speed. There
are many ships which burn from. 100
to 300 tons of coal per day, the lowest
consumption being When the vessel is
sailing at a. moderate rate. Our men-
of-War do not consume so much' in pro;
portion as swift passenger steamers
which ply between EurOpe and Amer-
ica, for, unless in an emergency, they
are not driven at the highest attain:
able speed. The ocean passenger
steamers often burn from 2, 500 to 3, 500
tons during a. voyage lasting six to
seven days, though, of course, as al-
ready stated, the amount is largely de-
pendent on the speed.-—St. Louis'Globe-
Democrat.
He—There are at least a dozen
women who would be glad to get me if
you were to die.
Shebl don’t dpuht it. They know I
have got you piettv "roll trained--
Indianapolis .lourna..
Norwalk Chronicler