A FAVORITE SONG-

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"K C h n M rlia n io alee"9 . ." " " loohill-'No," saidi thle doctor, throw~ingb his sonl,

arm over the ack of a chrstirg ir n' old her alcot

.tuln himself comfortably for one of the of no

In I411 ;111 11 hi ) I 1t r .ig ~ le }' 'l I` ot}long stories he delighted to t! d soon

Tder tand it." of deen i"Uderstand what?" asked Charlie bad 1g--

Brown, lazily. "What is it which is tend

too much for your wondrous compre- and ahension? Uhnburden yoursel- )at o ce o and

.my dear fellow, and tell us all about it."atragain torilTHE REASON OFIT.' hra let'

"'Well," answeredai the doctor, thrnothing thisarm over the back of a chair andI set- condtl

Stloatn himself t comfortably fowith this reuest, "of the shall

~were talking about John Hinkleman. coldlong stories he deis marrighted at last.te and we rtoha,"I have never been able to un- SO*fl.deri*and it. of de

"Understand what?" asked Charlieht- iblead

BroIn, cigar with his usual it which isndolent werendgrtoo much for and winking at us to express his e andtension? Unburden yourself at once, nmy dear fellow, and tell uts all about it." andr

"atiWell,"action answered the doctor, nothinge do- l.loat to comply with this request, "we shallwere talking about Johhe been Hidanger ocom- mysYou know he is matrimony before?" next

"Why at last?" queried Charlie, light- wer'ing a cigar with his usual indolent rible

";gro you meand winking to say you nevere hseard

sat hisfac lovn at having startedr?" the do-tor almost il:tor off on the entertainment of the wieald-evening, "has he been in danger of corn- mysie.witting matrimony before?" nyst"Do you mean to say you never heard nx

of his love affair?" the doctor almost ePPC

shouted, actually sitting up in his as- ,il

'tonsinment. "Why, he has been in lovewith is wife for seven years and has bothof nmgroposed to her regularly every three with

months during that time. And what we waswaswere wondering about is why she ac- wedepted him at last." whie

"Well, fire away with the story, wh'spoke up Arthur McCaffertY from his ity,

usual recumbent position on the floor, hinand after lighting a fresh cigar the doc- inggirl

tor complied, gir"You all know, of course, about the sist

yacht wlich John owns," he said, evicwhen the operation had been success- ing

fully completed. "Well, it was this goo

yacht, the Oneida, the boat which he al- tur

ways declared was wife and family to fort

-him, that led to his marrying her."He was very fond of cruising about sis

Lake Michigan, and one summer after- beg

utoon, after spending several days upon pro

the water, he came to a little river An

which ran away from the lake out into

a beautiful wild country. No the river he

doesn't exist in my imagination alone, to

S-Charlie, it really runs through a neigh- ab(

boring state, or part of it, and manages of

to make a little island of one spot ahundred miles or so away from where asl

it joins the lake. To reach this island ant

drom Chicago it is necessary to travel an:tsirt by train, then by boat, then by

istage-impossible as this last sounds it witthis day and generation. And to reach wr

'the home of John's wife a distance of ansix miles or so must be traversed by

and over the loneliest road in the wiid, too. But from the river the Jo

Island is easily reached, and the day mithhst

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IN THE DEPTHS OF BLACK DES- nPAIR. F

ohn s boat ran into the little lpy just abelow the 'farmhouse it looked .ke an r

45515 dropped into a desert of water. t

"A pretty girl came down to the Ishore presently, and after the first a

glaace at her, John was never himselfsF111. His stay upon the Island was

grolonged antil his companions were 1Imgpatient, and he only left at l'st be-tasse one of them looked admiringly&st the girl he had fallen in love with at(Wat might. Two days later he went~i agata, and after that everybody~ *.er to suspect something queer. And

a week of that summer passedOtielda ran into the little bay

ke4 her nose up toward the farm-. And never a time did she go

. ghe carried some pretty or usefulat f6r the girl who had charmedulaP John until he could see noth-

but her in all the world. One day&sarried a jeweler's tiny box and on

pink cotton inside it lay aring, with a big solitaire dia-

gleaming like a star in a sunset

Aor that. John was too happy fortare to last-he was in the condi-

which the Scotchmen call 'tey'-gate of joy which often presagee

sorrow, in the opinion of pea-This state of beantitude

ustil the epld weathr had madeto the island almost lmpossible

he ake eoa a. longer be used asof travel. the inhabitants offiin naunber and widely

thmbvsto their4res~Miwtowml intb~

eh~i 1: 'lt 13 , 1 fl'ee .tl A I

'vei ol ni h1 ' e t e s 1 .1 ' t'. l 1 Irne'" i 1 tr,

,'le of no useto iscus llil t. hll o mar B ae soo eohwhth. WhiTER

1- "Nor could I vouehmfo hi tt ohof dsparingmorow. lowng fr USptifu l itn 1 1 1. l~. S

1 tend1h1m itntmy anofesional Ia 1aittile

fe- a at lant likele my ~hnis oiciain eh, and c tonsengted hlt111 y to co n imu

a tl Isiripto Ith ting Mlou

I- to I at las herk ainti watherll nd it it

tie .hall nept .her t 101,o1ge t 0 ho t we sn dvis;l ~'Wha reason'li'tin lox~ 'With h it' l11 -thr

n. col . lrooin g th i a n ulo tri ill ho e ai ndote14 so ee. r ing eawhI Svhe gi'rl ae,'r l-'t~vs i

o hreah the lisade n hated, -it t ho year--

knowe sih-le hal no tomnera.od what

there apon tha cesolate iand ahe wh!( ; poi

cn hibed atthacie toherh Jond .w'a tyofr

a- et t er a r on he mothe rd . oft. tit-

tienI pwihe s ttell mensthat Iron's a stri

cmtsctfiaan ystryne tother. Butit nh The tt;C I of 'il no use n to iscs It 1 :hall go t a rb

soon enooug without tha. Wh1tinat, eithe

Is- shot eytd ws useles she II'evaded g uts rirsin

botN or c ould havotte hipfome tis sthatu Cochti of desp ari(ndga.rer . Het went fr ye rosbadno woshe h ni as foohe ovrce t'o at3 Iwava

wewther uponthatdesolae andslaced whil duroit

coul beatraeloise tonsherind Io cIlosel bit3-n

a- lettere from hert mogther, bdtr, kiln samee nd whim h in e m po lsfesin cat Ipacnit a etri

te and at last I oyiele d to his soliittios Teen:oe o an cosentd to accom panu without th. rWseoc "Nor could Isomucse himor from this sttochvi

aie ti theirsland. He went m ot nI rank"d ito wrse ubnite wins fereath andt Wa t

ed shl evdert forgt thowilhsl wes stuffered tt ithpetenod-b hith in icy profdshoale caacity Bre tr

Sand curnsente to a orkpiny the imce bp oe.rttto or a e trie out ofhte sl nd nMarnotim

weu "t wase bite wintere wate and as W ada hit,cold during that awful trip. Even after andot

we reached the island we had that hot, varial

'nt rible six-mile walk to manage. and WO Brow

his were spent with cold and fatigue whenl my cr-we arrive a at the farm. John was tos for ti

t weak and exhausted to do more tha of th,he yield passively to the ministrations &' of eamyself and Irene's mother. But tht the

ird next day he commenced to seek for ar no os opportunity to talk with the obstinbate eitheas- girlte at pe

ave "But it 'was useless: she evaded u o birdt

has both, for I would have spoken in oehah merree of my friend. She kept out of our way roost

we with a persistence and success whicb I durinac- was marvelous, considering how closel3 bullt

we were all kept together by the ,old high

.y which made outdoor life an impossibsll feet.his ity, and we were compelled to returr teen

aor, home at the end of a week without hay runs

oc- lag wrung so much as a word from thi of vigirl herself. Her father, mother ant raist

the sisters were upon John's side and it was cabl:

aid, evident that the girl herself was suffere I aPPless- lag deeply. But she lkade her love, whe

this good-by with an icy handshake and re ter Ial- turned to her work in the kitchen be grit

r to fore we were out of the ba-nyard. tim)"John was in despaire but he is per. for

bout sistent by nature, and as I said at the deLIfter- beginning of my story, he wrote and I doiPon proposed regularly evem'y three months. for've Ansoeerlyaswtb. o

thanktheinto "At last, one day about a month ago,ehe called me up by telephone and began I var

lnto talk wildly and a little Incoherently gra

sgh- about how happy he was and nonsense Itkages of that kind, theo h a "'What is the matter with yout" 1 caihere asked at last, fearing that he was bil who

havl answer. v it colr ndu m rket his .

dslrawthme?' hetocalled back 'Ierlne has iyec writtengupn thawe mayls be as wrepocewred aniko and Ioam too happyser to belcid.' goec8

d bye "YI that waso what shal e hoad e done tarthswth wloman-liem unpethedrness omed tIthe John wash alhmosttoohappy tos live. He

dayer madc ote alin rip to the Isarld-sothat isthbe- goingterflbae ws hurried. Her wasen

srn low henough coingid back Whe nd he woudituratned m theidayewasose for the weding. cu

happiesto mhanlino the' world, m; lastybd nvigteIgo a tealoegra sayn IusbIrenou

wasn his wo-ife,. anatoughn l shen Jtill drasefus eddn to esay t why sherhad actd so ofstr angelyt he wasl quite satisoiedsto have fu

hegotwh hes ate all stand elwas n s premel d

"Infu thats woeka hoe spen her e Inl thecitydd whet furnshed a bautiflfiat, doe-

e vothwhshreued himseft so dongmakng ntmest

ne is readry for ath cominghewa of th bridetndonighaveyt the ol rvr'statinry, ti ntdferhery ftavorit color hand marked wthe anhera

DrEdS- monogram-hrnew inithiahs, of course.*

y junset hanguon olthecallh 'hastreard." a roomfoher sisteurse, to occdupyohn oe

te fr. theyvsitloe,'and even the fiesare laid.tDte Imutondiohwhpsthodrlshandbetoolat ot

f't welcome them to thei enewnhoe, Iimastef which Iaveprl omieds tondoc, asd wel,

ied Was n with athimsat-yicalsml, "as ply ae

ans w ere mathitlte fire hin e the parortso wthtt

withl atnot omit thie remon for stl anthing.eac etei No, CTharle yo an'tg with me;reItam

t. bay oub he will Initouabl to vieasi him, I

DAIRY AND PO1.JLe aA-- Two an

INiTERESTINi\ CHAPTI!RS FOR ar a 1

OUR RURAL READERS oat-- I .--

IloW 'n1c' (tes4l I:s1rimIIer (OPj r.tto To ii .L

Departnient or the Farm- -A I vi not pro

!I1nts .ti to thy Caro Of liva Stork join lhd R'

ioutatry. 1n0)o Ir'.

aniti -(I1A't:3 I': 'N E N- Q.--

j j gag,. .Ia r 1 A.-

A pooltr- r since a day.p N: 'he ;ping of ) 19). The co

' It tiiri ;, ii~~ii~ fin C a (lay( ,"? ;to ni; rrit e an and ni;

inc ib. ), anl fro Mr.

Sy' that -n te ,iave cows sl

Sivaimy n' 'tire at- that th

tentr) to :oult r1 in ithe

raising. I starto1

in p)_I ctly ignor- Lan

ant of the buisncss, Abot

and at rho hot out of the ladder. poii' eThrough many experinientL and losses, at it el

snuccesses and failures, I am gradually ten ye;

rising to the top. DaIring thie first three tentior

years my main object was to find out with I

I what breed would give rue the largest good 1:

6 profit per fowl. In this test I had twen- I took

Lty-one different breeds, giving them the them

Ssame care and attention, and keeping be got

' a strict book account of each breed. Then

15 The breeds in this test were Light the P1

.A Brahma, Dark Brahma. Black Cochins, cross

White Cochins, partridge Cochins, Buff bad lu

to Cochins, American Domin ique, Silver shans

', Spangled Hamburgs, Houdaus, Black their

t Javas, Black Langshans, :ingle Comb want

. Brown Leghorns, Single Comb White my cu

s Leghorns, Rose Comb Br'wfn Leghors, mutl) Rose Comb White Leghorns, Blackhardy

Minorcas, Barred Plymouth Rocks. them

SI White Plymouth Rocks, Red Caps, ,il- the 1th ver Laced Wyandottes, and White WY- house

e' andottes. The balance sheet would in- to br

'variably fall in favor of the Single Comb whea

+Brown Leghorns. This breed is now equalSmy choice, and I breed their exclusiely mixer

oc for threepurposes: First, the selling mille

at of thoroughbred eggs: then the raisinglayin

' of early broilers, and last for eggs in layimorn

.hq the winter. There is in my opinion whemno exelshem mor nar no other breed that excels them for fair r

it either of these three purposes I have most

at present a fine flock of birds. These In t

uf birds have free range during the sum- beforal; mer months, with convenient place for o

rah roosting at night. They are housed good

bel I during the winter months in the main haveu

el13 building, which is 20x80 feet, two stories them

ld high, containing eighteen pens 816 LastAl feet, In each pen are placed from df- hawlirr teen to twenty fowls, with no out lost

av runs. The feeding consists prlncipaly lost

the of vegetables and grain, such as can be yeartn6 raised during the summer, namely sucway'as cabbages, turnips, sugar beets, potatoes, ay

Eer- I apples, corn, wheat, rye, oats, buck- he e

wet I wheat and millet. I keep pounded oys- her ure ter shells before txem all the time for U

be grit and feed green ground bone three

times a week. I consider these essential

er for the production of eggs. The mar- Bi

her- keting is of very great importance, as tion

and I do not give my time to the busines of ctth for the fun there is in it but for tbh gro,

money alone. I market principally in cres

ago, the city of New York. By feeding the for

g ga variety of food above mentioned and ing

atly grain fed in a litter of cut corn foddf r eMailse I keep the egg basket full of eggs aid 000

the incubators full to their utmot cre

o,,TI capacity of eggs laid by my own her s, tan

Siwhen the thermometer outside ranges bra

i from 10 to 12 degrees below zero. Dir- Ilg

his ing the first few years of my experi- abs

ence I had some difficulty with d's- thettter eases, lice and predatory animals. IHut the

has ater finding the secret of cleanliness ableere and of disinfectants and the value of a red

good gunshot, I have often raised fr('m sarlone, 95 to 98 per cent of the chicks hatchid. dai

And In my earlier years I tried doctoring inf

He fowls and found it simply time thrarin totat is away, for if the same time were used del

was in cleasing the coops and applying dis- buLOre- infectants, diseases would rarely oc- pre

ding. cur. By careful breeding and always are

the selecting the best laying birds and pre

last earliest matured pullets and cockerels.Irene I have at present remarkable egg pro-

still ducers and early maturers, the pullets fiadd so 5 often laying at four months old. If' any co

have further knowledge of my experience is an

lnely desired it will be cheerfully given. telJohn Smoker. in

n the 't

t, de- Cow Feeds and Feehing. m

totes (Condensed from Farmers' Review eco

pa to stenographic report of Wisconsin tin

hhing i Round-Up Institute.) it;

bride Thomas Convey spoke on feeds and latinted feeding. In substance he said: Most of in

thhhr us by this time realize the necessity of ptuur se. having the right kind of an animal to c1

hoe m feed. In feeding ourselves we use a is

rrrea variety of food, and we do it b7 in- c1

when stince. Our animals cannot select their Ut

e laid. food for themselves as we can, but have Ut

late to to depend on us for the variety of food p

thome, they do get. cwellel, Some foods, like whole milk, are t:

pply a nearly perfect stock food, for they con- iiio that ttain all of the elements necessary to de- a

when velop the animal. But in many of the

would foods fed there is a deficiency of cer- fhthnng. tain elements. The balancing of the s

; I am elements of the food is necessary if we a

ild you. are to get the best results. At one of t

t John the experiment itations It took nearly Iind no 50 per cent more food to produce a cer- t

It him, ti-n amount of gain when the food was

he gir g unbalanced than it did when the ele- 1

id per- ments were properly balanced.able to An excess of concentrated food shouldIscover not be fed alone to any animal. Con- 1

mes, to deised foods should be mixed withmdmaid. bulky foods. Bulk is a necessity in the

-d food of the cud chewing animal.annrclP The condition of the hay and foddera ndl a 1dects the feeding value of those foods

to a very great extent. While t.e loss

ti dry matter may be small on accountoln on of the deterioration in quality, the loss

oot, in digestibility and palatability is veryat not a

hey aQe .-Will you give us a good balanced

d'ration for milk?tenee I Mr. Cenrey.-For the grain ration

and th e yoi can make up a variety of formulas-inigth each of which will give good results. In-litftWMWisconsin we can proftably feedtorwwet ground peas and oats and wheat bran,.Itsolse corn meal and corn in the silage. The

reeoa groeadord peas and oats aire mied halfae' o s e.'a ha), a R.OPeP4 Zsd with

an equal amount of bran. 'te mih

Imake o='- good formula as fC1'WWla

Iwo iand a half po!:nds of corn, two and ThIand a half p ounds of theI mixe I'Ps

and oats, and thU t o'inds of bran

tio":, to 'e)Ille rxtt I:t

not prolitably Se 'iis ration, that is, , 0fhat will t urn beef jnstcad of ifr

illto iildk. you haI better fatitn hea fewand send her to tae butcher.

Q.---llow often do .o'i oteed per lay? 1

A.-W \ feed coars.e feed three times only! ia day and ground fwdl twice a day. dig iol

Thle coarse feel is fel morning. noon liand night. 1:1'I i

Mr. IBurchardl sil is bee lived that i

cows should be feil hit twice a lay, an1 .lthat there was no more reasoin fort' t -tI 1inlg them at nioon than at midnlaigh-. 11 Ill

I , v ) )1l ii

-L.ngitjIans Ply mouth Rock I ro+. it!

About 25 years ago I began raising 1p0ri\

poultry on a small scale and have been it a ulit

at it ever since that time. For the last 1'I, ,

'ten years 1 have been paying more at- i:tr wig

e tention to the businiss. 1 commenced' I;l@.

t with Black Spanish, fouind them :o be o tire,

good layers but poor table `owl. Then tin u

I took the Drown Leghorns and kept quiti oe them twenty years. I foutd them to ,11 trn

g be good layers and good table fowls. privl

SThen I tried the Black Langshans and conmite

It the Plymouth Rocks separately. Their It rscross (Barred Plymouth Rock) I had braff gunsbad luck with. I shall keep the Lang- but in,r shans and the White Plymouth Rocks, as bee

k their cross being the nearest to what I knivesb want for marketing. Their cross suits strong

e my customers as well as the white Ply- th leoamouth Rocks, and they are much more at 0ar

hardy. I have a comfortable place for scicn(s. them in winter, though it is not on after 1

the fancy order. I have separate bite o0y houses and yards for the breeds 1 wish hnavint

n- to breed from. I feed the chicks on their

wheat bran, middlings and cornmeal, teeth,

equal parts with a little bone meal troopsSmixed in with milk, soon to follow with slirint

ag millet, wheat and cracked corn. The time

in laying hens are fed soft food in the angainon morning, wheat or oats at noon, and the et

or wheat or corn at night. I have a very ter.i the ifair market for both poultry and eggs,

se most of mine going to private families. ridgesmIn the winter I do not get many eggs to adi

obr before February. One year I lost a captu

ed good many fowls by some disease, Ish b,

in though very few any year by lice. I

les have lost none with lice since I kept

t16 them well supplied with coal ashes.

11- Last year I lost twenty per cent from

bor hawks and skunks, more than I have

y lost from the same causes in all other Ibe years put together. I have had good

ly: success raising broods and have al-

wes ways had a large per cent hatch. When

ck- I see a fowl sick I at once separate

s- her from the rest and doctor, generally

for successfully. Wm. M. Smith.

,rec:tial Cream Trade Increasing.

tar. Bulletin 23 of Maine Experiment Sta-

as tion says: It is an important featureiesC of our dairy business that there is a

tbi growing demand for fresh, sweeti cream, not only for domestic use, but

the for exporting to the large cities. Dur-and ing the past year this cream trade from his

ldcr Maine has considerably exceeded $150,- cryit

ai:d 000 and each year finds the demand in- of d,n1at creasing. It has come to be an impor- the i

er s, tant question how best to foster this a fe

Pgas branch of our dairy business, and dur- forImp;

DWt- lug that season when butter is most only>ei- abundant and cheapest-for there is men

d's- the greatest demand for cream during TElit the summer months-to find a profit* exp4

ness able market for this commodity anal so witl

of a reduce the butter supply and at the be Et!r(m same time increase the profit from the me,:had. dairy. One important reason for foster. mtrIrdng ing the cream trade is that cream sold mno

rakn to be consumed as cream is in no large coluuxed degree a rival of either milk or butter, son,

dis- but enlarges the demand for dairy ridoc- products at a time when such products dur

ways are most abundant and most. cheaply Sll:and produced. a1

erels. sho

pro- Inflammation of Udder in Ewe.-In- barllets flammation of the udder is even moxe flee

'any common in the ewe than in the cow, penIce is and that fact considering that tire lat, sIVI

ter animal is used principally as a milk. heer. ing machine, is testimony to its fre- :

GuencY. It is, perhaps, the more re-*markable since the ewe is not in this

eview country an animal in~which the secre-ronsin tion is artificially maintained beyond

its natural duration. The function ofa and lactation is essentially intermittent, be-

:ost of ing active only during the parturientdty of period, and ceasing when the lamb nonal to longer requires milk, except, of course,

use a in those countries where ewe's milk>7 in- cheese is a staple article of mansfac-t their ture. There is another peculiar fea-

tthave ture in mammitis in the ewe as com-f food pared with the same disease in the

cow-viz., the frequency with which itk, are takes on the gangrenous form and ends

y con- in sloughing of the section of the glandto de- attacked and death of the animal.-Ex.of the High Priced Stock Abroad.-We are

af cer- just now in the midst of great depres- sof the sions in beef cattle, draft and road-

' if we ster horses, and sheep breeding indus- 51one of tries, and since America is not now anearly Importing all these lines of stock from hia cer- the old world, it would be expected as Ii

od was a result, that this class of stock would tlhe ele- be "fiat" on the market there as well, C4

Not so. The reports through the stock dshould journals of the old world show tihat the

Con- best specimens of the different lines of af with stock command as high figures as when br in the we were importing millions of dollars a

worth annually.-Ex. rfodder

iefoods Progress of the Plow.-The plow nlahe loss not a perfect implement, and a reward

iccount of the entire globe might safely be of-the loss fered for any work of art that is perfect

issvery in all its relations. Now the plow, in-clhding the first picked stick that was

alanced used for seeding operatlop, is the old-est implement used in agriculture, and

ration in every advanced step of the industryormulas it has not only kept pace but has reallyaltts In led in its march. Step by step in hisly feed growtk may be read the relative condi-at bran, tion ot man from beyond the period ofge. The the prsm~ds down to the latest elec-ed half trlcal plow' wilchis still lseaing in theId with eas oa the o'@Vt4's QJ t lestal4

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ir h r r he 'te. 1 h-e1414' l i : t'wlix111t of itg al tr ;1oops, an th1 1 suddn1111 n'' il i i t he o ft

it sprin i 14;, Ith la Iiim" a 1 l: 1 e , eatail

het tinm loIA- so-1e'y itrugagecul', s:ch add-

hSe a'a beccIin 1'jv i lonIl* wi th" insthese rat11dI he9 pt venSalt..t'lyPt fuit' pwork beI'

2 trer.gll a the ato tle of st: atr Irthe lin u of the l rroops "1 1are forced lalt

gS. i'd su led with l th' ruilt' of litart- thetate arldeand th cnr ewa toouoded n

its ate admithe bloody it of Caa-omli Nof e

Ite bitveor` istand ueonmp Ior"a tine CuaS of ngs ha i ngrept throut.g the londe grats, of ion Sheir bnile hes hn e fulli wlitl the gr main

I thives, personalatiity and hsical'1 a

Its strength andtre] tthutotanYheldrsfthe' irsltcele~s'~ areforie' lgainstie to shooin t; syte of tactics qut1e5 ~in

het vagia oneith te tle in ltnar Gerond tciencut.s TherleIl w 1ere iew woundbed- rone

on ter t tle battles of Cai il, To re

gav teo aniGert1'mr, for he lildil satntes. huppinged t wthroughl two lon grass,1 of ('r-tat

ori dges manhete ho twixt to eir maggl-to t of n he C pdllii t h

i tred trumpetdrnto ssou f the- frorihse, timue ho shoot, itl beaml) wuthlall ming

tally ] it ki

ept niok

teshuplen' iholytorudso at thatia aturr d trmeestaondteSa- o

I cony

1 nest1kill

but .. wajaur- Tesuing Its Steel. teIroe his force at the approaching column, woI150,- crying "Viva Espana." In the clouds wir

I in- of dust the Spaniards did not perceive par

por the truth till their enemies were within the

ta few yards and then it was too late, rwadur- for their ranks were shattered by the striImpetuous onset of the Cubans, and atnnost only a bare handful of tie detach- lear

h ment escaped the deadly machete. i

iring The Spanish generals have tried the ten

refit* experimenlt of arming their troops also ten

i'l so with the machete, but it was found to the

.the be almost useless in the hands of the fat

i h inexperienced, and the insurgentS have susther still a monopoly of Its terrors. The the

e mere shout of "Al machete" has been isold known to create a panic In the enemy's dlarge columns, and it is dreaded with rea- Titter, son, for there is preserved in the Mad- thdairy rid Museum of Artillery a rifle which, the

ducts during the ten years' war, was cut

aply squarely in two, wood steel and all, by ta single stroke of a cutlass.

It is not sutaprioig that the Cuban soshould be so wonderfully proficient in

In- handling t"iva weapon when one re-mon e fledts what it is td im in times of i ep

cocw, peace; It is then alnemt as compreithn- th

ti lat sfee an implement As could be deised; romil be uses It for anything from peeling 74fre- a stick of sugar can-n to felling a tree myu rre- i foot and a half in diameter, and It go

sere- at

urlent . rtomb no )nlourse, atg

m ilk * alnnf-ac- - p

I com- v.'intthe- k

* bihi

e ae Openilng a Cocoafaluleres s really a rire sight to see a peasantere-without his cutlass, either carried inCroad- his hand or swinging in a long leatherindus- sheath. In appearance It is much likest now a corn knilfe, but is usually longer andk from heavier, with a home-made handleeted as incomparably more comfortable thanwould the blister-raisinlg device which everyis well, country boy has tested In cuttittesokdown a row of corn.

esok The ready-made handles of hwrnhhat the look like quite the proper thing to fhe

lines of noie but the veteran machete man

is when Is almost sure to discard this as adollars snare and a delusion, substituting apiece of wood carefully cut out to fithis hand and bound around ingen-plow i lously 'vith twine to hold the bladereadfirm and give a good grip. So attach-

re beof- d do these men become to their owny eo-partuicuar implements that you canSperfect matarlaily lessen your best workmail'slowwli I-efficiency by starting him out with abat was stmange machete; indeed, he Is morethe old- tilan likely to refuse to work at allure, and mmder such conditions.ndtryNaturally, the choice of such a con-inutr tant companion is a weighty matter,as really und, however poverty-stricken a man

D In his may be, he will pay a full price for a

re condi- tlade that exactly suits him. His testperiod of as severe one. Laying the miachete

eat eelc- 11st em the ground, he stands on one

.... n.the ., .bends the blade until j'f 1 adie

a :au' t~l \,I . = .. ;t:' sword N !

U. ti, , '; th te propsIii wNI I . aIlly any.n e he lis i to secuj

,ll~. ~ ,1l'4' blade in

r iand Ifi 11h 1 hiil.i ii ut the C

; , I In l oIP t h tc h 'i i l : 1 1 t, . u a s toor tw wcall, fell ! n ithelogs

f. r I [ VI n t k, .ml ! t! new out

lh l' l ; lt ll o,:1:'i , 1n wi h t l l , same

Ibi ;i while ,! \ins nx are dugu with the ru.: are ll lt into

-I 1

when Cnhuban Mcets Spaniard.

eatable portions with the blade.-Phil-adelphia Inquirer.

A MINK FARM.

I alsing the Aninmals to Supply theFur Market.

George Ridgway of Barnegat has

i one of the oldest farms in the State of

New Jersey, or perhaps in the whole

country. He has begun the breedingof mink for their pelts, which comp

r mand a ready sale in the markets of

- New York and Philadelphia. Ridg-.1way ban been a trappler and gunner

1lrolm bolyhood and hats made many) dollars in the winter months by tramp-

ping the mnInk. This rodent was formI erly found in great numnbers along the

fresh water streams that flow into

i,. Barnegat bay, along the banks of theSI salt marshes, and on the sedge islands

- that crop out in the bay itself, choos

n ing these locations for fish and food.a Of late years, however, the demand

-I for fur has almost led to their exter11 mination, and, seeing a profitable in

come in the future, if he could but-

make a success of his enterprise,ltidgewayy has begun to trap instead of

kill the mink.Ridgway is assisted in catching the

animals by a brace of hounds, whichhe has trained for his purpose. These

dogs wil4 trail the mink to its hole in

the ground, baying the while, so thattheir owner can follow. When Ridg-

way arrives on the scene the hounds

dig out the mink. The trapper isarmed only with a gunny sack and an

ordinary crab scoop or net. He stands

by with his net, and, at the opportunemoment, as the mink leaps from itsnest, hlie scoops it up in the long-han-dled net, quickly transferring it to the

sack, in which he carries it home.The quarters where Ridgway keeps

his anuimals are as interesting as the

way in which he catches them. Theirteeth arc so sharp that every bit of

in, wood must be protected with tin. Theds wire netting, of which the sides are

ve partly made, is extended five feet intoin the ground, so that they cannot bur-

te, row mid escape; and the pens are con

he structed nmuch smaller at the top thaniad at the bottom, so that they cannot

h- leap out.The mink are fed on fresh fish and

he tender green shrubs. lie has twelveiso females to one male, and has to keep

to the males away from the young, as thethe fathers will kill the little ones andtve suck their blood, just as they would'he the blood of a chicken.,Boxes set down

en in the ground and filled with hay andy' uoss and covered over with earth areea- used as nests for the animals Inside of

ad- the pens.-Tom's River (N. J.) Cor. ofch, the Philadelphia Record.

cut

by SSRORTEST STRIKE ON RECORD.

Superintendelt Van Winkle Hadin the Men at WTork in an four.

re- ;.T Q. Van Winkle, general superinof tendent of the Big Four, once made

In- the quickest settlement of a big strike C.

led; on record," said the old timer. "Ithing was at Springfield, O., I think. TheIree men, or a great portion of them, hadI it gone out, and an effort was made togtt the other': to strike. Van Winklearrived and found the town placardedwith notices that there was to be amass meeting of railroad men at .tcertain hall to take sonie action on thestrike. HIe said that he would attendthe meeting. The men were inclinedto be turbulent, and an attempt wafmade to persuade him not to go. Butat the hour set he presented himselfat the door of the hall and was stop-ped by the sentry, who informed himthat he could not come in.

" 'This is a railroad man's meeting,j isn't it, .Tack?' asked Van Winkle, who

knows nearly every man on the systemby his first name.

" ~'T'hat's what It is.'" 'Well, I'm a railroad man, and I

want to come In.'sant ' 'Can't do it, Van. The boys would'd in Objecttther " 'You don't dispute my being a rail-

like road man, do you?aand "'Oh, no; you are a railroader all

andle right, but not the kind we want atthan this meeting.'

eery" 'Jack, I tell you what you do. YouIttitt go in and tell the boys that I am out

here and want to come in. I don'thorn think many of them will object.'

oo the "The doorkeeper went inside, and inman a few minutes returned and invited

aa a Van Winkle into the hail. As soon asing a he was past the door a yell that shookto fit the building went up. Before there

Igeen- were any deliberations Van Winkleblade was called on for a speech. He got

ttach- on the platform and talked with a lotr own of men he used to do yard work with.a can pointed out to them the mistake theyamn's were making, and assured them thatiith a he would see that any just grievancemore they had was righted at once. When

at all he had finished he was asked to retire,and as he left the room more thana on- half the men walked out with bIelaatter, remarking: 'What Van says is gooda man enough for us.' In an hour's time the

e for a strike was at an end, and all the men[ih test were at their places. Van Winkle IDtcacete vestigated the cause of the troub*enn one and arranged matters satisfactorily t

Ansda I all comcerned."-Indianapolls News