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Show A FISHERMAN BY INSTINCT. Youngster's Capture of Big Turtle Made Father Proud. I guess It a time I bought thia youngster something to fleh with a bean pole, a chalk line and a bent pin hook, said an Elmwood elll-ethe other niorulng as he patted 0, C. Cad well, liino years old. on the head, In a manner to suggest strong parental pride. Say. this lioy began to fish before he fairly got Into iron kith," declared He's caught everything the parent. In our streams from pollv wogs to turtles, ami his last achievement in the turtle line weighed seventeen pounds, and here's the outfit he caught it with. Then the delighted parent of the smiling lad displayed the bean pole, the chalk line, the tiny hook and a photogiaph of the hig turtle. That turtle had twenty-seveeggs In it, said the man. We've placed them in the sun to hatch out, and maybe we ll go into the turtle raising business. Ive heard tell that green turtle aotip la about one of the top notch things on a hotel bill of fare. As the pair took the car for Elm wood the man seemed aliout as happy as the boy. Hartford Courant. ys who drive apoa the rocks of Si Chanco Or drift upon tbo shoals Si Or fall to roach the port of high omprtao Through, on Life's seas, oome patient sacriflcs, Who. following Doty's beacon o'er tho main, golden galleon mark another gain. Take heart! Nona knows how fair tbs need may he In Cod's grssn Islands of eternity! Cliskio Bcullard. g ot Clrcum-slsnc- rerarePE o. Skill in Draining Land. It la only in modern times that land drainage has been reduced to a science and tbs drainage engineer has put In an appearance. Previously to this time It was thought that any fool knew enough to dig n ditch In tho soil and 11ns It with stones or drain pips and fix It so the water would run through It. This was very nearly true in sections of New England when land drainage came Into vogue, for the reason that the ditch dug was large and the drain was made of stones. The flat ones were laid for a cover over the wall of amaller ones, and frequently the drain Itself was a foot wide and more than that high. It waa difficult to atop up a drain like that by tha sediment that ordinarily came in with the drainage water. Then, too, the fall waa generally so great that the water would push itself throdgh anyway, carrying the sediment along with it But when agriculture extended to the plains of the west the proposition was a different one. The great pralriee were so flat that it waa difficult often to discover In which way the natural fall lay. Then, too, the stones were absent and the drain tile had to be made out of clay. This gave rise to a business that waa new to the country, that of making drain tile. The farmers, of course, did not want to buy drain tile a foot In diameter on account of the cost Bo the smaller sizes were used, and at one time the practice was to put In tile only two and a half Inches in diameter. This haa now increased again to four Inches, which la generally conceded to be small enough for the desired results, when properly laid. But with tile came a new problem, that of making the ditch so perfect that the tile would lie even everywhere. The flow of the water being languid required to be unobstructed. The current In the tile would seldom have enough force to wash out the sediment and If there waa a low place In the whole length of tile that would soon become stopped up. The novice tried to lay some of these drains and did so. But In a few years many of these drains became stopped up, so that they ceased to work. They had then to be dug up or the land left In the condition it waa In before the tile was put In. After a good many expensive experiences of this kind the farmers began to employ civil engineers to run their lines and superintend the laying of the tile. This haa been found to be- the only safe way in the prairie states. There era some farmers now that think they are emart enough to do their own drain age work, but the attempt often proves very costly and will continue to do eo at times. We cannot ndviea this sort of economy. It la cheaper to pay a drainage engineer to do the work properly than It la to have a drainage system that will not work or one that haa to be dug out and reconstructed. n exits, Copyright, Water Bowls as Timekeepers. There la exhibited in the Egyptian galleries of the British museum one of the earliest forms of clocks known, and probably the forerunner of the medieval hour glasa. It consisted of a large bowl of black basalt, tapering slightly toward the There are twelve small bottom. marks on the Inside and In the bottom are a number of nolca. The bowl was filled with water, tha holes at the bottom having been previously slopped up. When full tha plugs were withdrawn, and the watei slowly trickling through the bottom, the time was read by the water line on the email marks at the aide. It would require refilling every twelve hours. These clocks were first used hr the Romans, and Introduced by them Into Egypt miac&sr mz4Y Btortotory Pub. Co. (All righto reserved.) As Tips reached the cartridge, stories of ism. by Tbo They bad all heard great greater trout taken front Howe's pool, pond formed by the widening of a little stream which partially drained tha range of t Ills near Phillips ranch, then a half day's ride from Seattle. Morse, now a mining monarch, was merely a prospector in those days, and Morse was mentally calculating the number of seconds that would before there would be no more dog, and It was not till the faithful antmai, grasping the shell firmly between hla teeth, turned suddenly shoreward, that the real horror of the situation Unshed one Sunday evening he and Mllman, upon him and his companions. Then, the city attorney, and Barnes, the with a united yell of dismay, they general storekeeper, were sitting In turned and very literally took to the the little hotel office, discussing n pro- woods, each man looking for the woodAs they dashed for posed outing f a couple of days, when iest portion. In came the fourth of their coterie, the cover, each hoped that, whatever the rotund and Biller, puffing and dog might do. It would not follow him. blowing, but with elation in hla eyes. Tips had gained the bank, and as they Boys, he exclaimed, I have the ran they could plainly hear the patidea of a lifetime and inspiration of tering feet of the animated bombshell genius! Let'i spent our Friday and and the deep breathing and snorting of poor Biller, who lumbered along in Saturday at Howe's Pool, fishing. Billers suggestion was hailed with the rear, like a alow freight train over acclaim and unanimously adopted n rough track. Almost simultaneously the thought without the formality of a vote. Tha few days intervening before their de- came to the pursued that a dog always follows his master, and the othparture were filled with fish talk and ers rejoiced that they did not own a unacactive preparation, and those while they realized that tha quainted with the destination of tha dog, waa certainly following Biller, waa It have thought going and party might so, looking backward to not his around the world. Thursday evening found them In Phillips' rough but cosy whereabouts, they crouched behind trees out of the Hue of hla retreat and sitting room, talking over the anticifascinated upon the dreadful pated eport of the morrow. Every- gazed spectacle. so to had far gone according thing schedule, the only deviation! from the program having been made by Morse, who surreptitiously slipped Into one of hie many pockets two long-fusedynaU. V. Waterproof cartridges mite from the mine house, and Tips, Biller'S water spaniel, who nt the lest moment Insisted upon accompanying hla master. A deliciously exhilarating morning found the nnglere and their host engrossed In endeavors to lure from Its dark depths the famous denizens of Howee Pool, but the day slipped by Philwithout even a single strike. lips apologetically admitted that the the day a bit too fishing was poor bright," and one or two other conditions not Just perfect to which his guests deferentially agreed, hut with repressed displeasure. When the second day had almost passed with no better results, everybody was cross, even Tips refusing to Indulge In the distracting amusement of barking and hunting shore blrda. It waa then that Morse resolved upon the heroic measure for which he Emitted a hoarse shriek of hopelesa terror. had come prepared. Assembling hla On wallowed Biller, In a frenzy of s of old Izaak, he cautiously broached hie scheme for mak- fear, the dog rapidly closing up the Would ing sure of some fish if there were hundred yards intervening. Could It never the explode? even If In cartridge the wouldnt they pool any bite. Ita awful Illegality and perhapa be possible that the water or the dogs bite had rendered It harmless. Soon tha presence of the city attorney would be answered. On brought forth a volley of objection, the question but eventually the thought of return- they rushed, the ponderous fugitive spasmodically as his pace ing with overflowing creels, to turn panting too terrified to pick his steps the jeers of a scoffing crowd to envy flagged, and admiration, overcame the scruples and too breathlesa to cry aloud. But as he tripped over a fallen log and beof the most conservative. held Tips bounding toward him with Acting under Monte's Instructions, wagging tail, he involuntarily emitted banks from of the the all retired pool a hoarse shriek of hopeless terror. to positions from which they could Just as he dropped safely behind tho A moment surface. see later its just tree trunk there was s fright " a dynamite cartridge tlew prostrate detonation. fui Tips had vanished. from his hand and, describing a graceful parabola, splashed fairly Into the She Took His Advice. center of the pond, where It floated, "I am so very unhappy, Mr. Brief. rocking gently upon the widening cir- said the fair petitioner for a divorce cles of ripples it had caused. to her lawyer. "Is there anything In particular But while the fishermen watched with indrawn breath, they heard an- wrong? the legal gentleman asked other and louder splash. It was Tips, sympathetically. "No. nothing In particular, sighed faithful to the Instincts of s long lute the fair petitioner. "I am simply mise erably blue and depressed. But i that is something for which you cannot advise. Well, madam. said the lawyer, swinging around In hla chair, I will say frankly that If yon were a man 1 should advise you to go out and drink three or four cocktails. But, as It la, I am afraid I am not competent to deal with the situation." Three or four days later the fair petitioner again called at the office of Tier lawyer. This time she was all smiles. And, oh, Mr. Brief! she said, when she arose to go at the end of the conference, I want to thank you very much for your advice as to how to get rid of the blues. I. Ike ah your other advice, It was excellent," "You you " gasped the lawyer. "Yes," said the lady. T took It." Naughty Boy. j d When a Hindoo schoolboy doesnt knew hla lessons hie teacher ties his iquene to tha wait ; ' Mule Haa Seven Hoofs. H. W. Rathbone of Pensacola, Tan cey county, N. C., la the possessor of n freak mule, which was born on his 'place recently. The animal haa seven distinct hoofs three on the left front leg, two on the right front leg, and the usual num- ber on each of the hind legs. The hoofs on the front legs are all of equal slxs and all rest on the ground, branching taking place at the pastern Joint. The mule seems to place as much weight on one hoof as on another, and all are The animal la perfectly formed. healthy and can move about as well as If the three extra hoofs were not pres- Tar and Turpentine from Old 8tumpa. Whatcom roiinty, Washington, has a novel plant for the making of tar and turpentine. The promoters have a force of men engaged In taking up the root! and stumps of fir trees that were cut a quarter of a century ago. These are said to produce the beat grades of gum and pitch. The work promises to revolutionize that Industry. Thousands of acres of logged off lands will be utilized In supplying stumps fur factories that may be es tabtished in different sections of the state. The work Is said to be profitable. Square With the World. met an old friend on Broadway yesterday, said "Jack Flaherty, manager of the Majes"He tic theater. did not look pat prosperticularly ous, and I knew that his recent theatrical ventures not bad been profitable. Rut he was smiling and chipper. " How are you getting along? I inquired. First rate, he answered. T dont owe a dollar In the world. ThatB good, I hazarded. Yep. he eontinued, I have Just borrowed the money and paid all my New York Times. debts. name Fuslsporlum culmorum. The disease haa at times been complained of by Indiana and Ohio farmers, but Is not common In Kentucky, this being the first complaint that has come to me from this state. The rather cold, damp spring Just closing has encouraged auch diseases and probably other Kentucky farmers have suffered from the same trouble, hut failed to recognize It The fungus attacks the chaff and seed from the outside, causing them to change In color, and the seed finally shrivels. Often only the terminal portion of a head is affected, but frequently the injury begins at the middle, where it may at first affect only a single seed and Its glumes. It Is doubtful If any treatment that can be considered practicable would help the affected wheat, and It seems probable anyway that the disease la one of those that are not to be controlled. because very largely the result of weather conditions. sup-pos- two-hors- . I 8enator Hoar's Record Outdone. Senator Hoar still carries a pocket-knif- e which he took with him to Washington In 1RC0. The venerable Flew from his hand, Massachusetts statesman has rather of retrieving ancestors, raddling as if prided himself on the record thus for life, toward the floating infernal made, but has just learned that anmachine, whilo Biller, a hundred feet other citizen of the bay state, Joshua from the bank, alternately railed tie Crane of Dedham, has one which ha bought In Australia In 1859. pat and raved and swure! Foundations of Poultry Houses. Flimsy foundations for poultry housts should never be tolerated in construction. The foundation has much to do with the serviceability if the structure. Too often the foundation consists simply of the eoll. The Joists rest on the ground and are subject to all the moisture that permeates the soil summer and winter. The water ruus under the house and never dries out. it remains an unhealthy plot of ground, always rendering damp the floor Just above 1l Sometimes the low space become a harbor for all kinds of undesirable live things, lixe rats, snakes, skunks, and even cats that prowl o nlgnts. Whatever the foundation is, see that It Is firm enough so that It cannot he penetrated and deep enough so that It car. not be burrowed under. The construction of the foundation will depend a good deal on whether the building is to be permanent or not If It le a temporary structure, the foundations cannot, of course, be made expensive. On the other hand. If the structure la to remain In one place Indefinitely It la better to build It of brick, stone or cement. Just the kind of material to be used will depend on the locality. Thus, a fanner living on soil made of glacial drift haa a great surplus of stones, which can be utilized by being laid in cement. Often such material will coat nothing, but will prove very aubatan tlal. A really good foundation should he laid In a ditch carried down below the frost line. This will prevent heaving or settling of the building, will prevent the burrowing of animals, and will help to keep the cold from the pace under the floor, if there be one Whatever foundation la constructed, there should be some provision for ventilation. Small apertures should be left, which should be closed by Inch mesh wire. This may be Imbedded permanently in the cement If desired. It might be profitable to nse even a closer wire, as any mesh can be obtained. The wire should be heavy, to Insure permanency. This ventilation is not needed If there la to be no floor to the house, as then there will be a free access to the timbers on the Inside. In the case of wooden floors and wooden sills being need, the ventilation prevents rotting. The use of concrete Is becoming popular. Many n farmer can construct a concrete foundation without the help of skilled labor. He needs only to be careful about the measurements and the angles, but most farmers have squares and tape measures and foot rules. The concrete foundation should be laid in a trench dug where the foundation ia to go,, care being used to get the trench below the frost line. Then measure the angles and drive down etakea. Other stakes may be driven in such position as to permit boards being nailed against them along where the foundation la to he laid Two rows of boards should be laid, the thickness of the wall apart Then the stones from the field or the river can be mixed with the cement and the wet mixture poured In. The entire height of the wall may he laid at one time or only In layers, the boards being lifted up after the cement below has hardened enough to hold Its form. The superstructure should not be placed on this cement foundation till it has hardened sufficiently to bear any ordinary weight We submitted the heade of wheat to White Pekin Ducks. Professor Garman of the Kenturky No ducks stand higher In popular na who follows: station, replied estimation than these. They are said The heade of wheat enclosed by to be the most easily raised of any your correspondents are affected with and can be grown In large numbers what la known aa wheat scab, a dis- In the same flock. They were Im ease due to the attacks of a pinkish or yellowish fungus, described long ago by an English botanist under the long-tinted- I Horses Swam River With Load. While trying to get a rig loaded with hay on hoard of the ferryboat at SunciH.k, X. I!., both horses and dray were precipitated Into the Verrlmac river. In falling the pole In some wny became caught on the boat and the whole was safely landed tm the otln r side. The river Is 1.000 feet wide nt this point and the horses by swimming kept up with the boat over the whole riNlane--'- Wheat Scab. From the Farmers Review; We enclose two heada of wheat gathered In this county. They show blasted spots upon them. The farmers in the western half of the county are complaining that their wheat crops are badly damaged In this way. What la the cause of this? Sallee Brothers, Pulaski County, Kentucky. fellow-follower- ent A M O n siih-pin- The Rocks of Chance 8 a POULTRY! LIVESTOCK Reducing tha Grain Ration. There le no doubt that In the past a great deal of grain has been thrown away in tha feeding of air kinds of farm stock, through the feeding of quantities in excess of what could be utilized by the digestive apparatus of the animals fed. We have assumed that the more feed used by the animal the better. We have taken it for granted that the animal that received twenty pounds of grain a day got from ft twice as much nourishment as the animal that received ten pounds per day. We are now finding that this is not so. This fact la bound to greatly modify our systems of feeding farm animals. The problem la to get the amount of feed reduced or Increased to the point where It will be expended with the greatest possible profit to the owner of the animal. There le such a thing as producing flesh and fat at too great an expense. Experiments have been made that showed that a steer fed eight and nine pounds of corn per day made the same galas si tha steers fed twelve and thirteen pounds of corn per day, all other parts of the ration being the same in all cases. The results of feeding steers from twenty to thirty pounds of corn a day showed that It cost as high as ten pounda of grain to make one pound of gain and that at this cost the Increase of weight was not profitable. The amount of grain to be fed will, of course, depend largely on the kind of grain being given and on tha other things that go to make up the ration. We believe It doubtful if more than twelve to fifteen pounds of grain can be profitably fed to a finishing steer on the ordinary ration. 8how Yard Standards. The show yard standards of cattle-havnot always been the same, and hence It le Impossible for a breeder to breed toward the sho yard standard from year to year. He may be breeding toward the show yard standard of today and away from that of ten yean to come. We remember that twenty years ago the animal that waa fit to win In the show yard was-thgreat heavy steer weighing sometimes a ton. We remember that men kept breeding toward that standard from year to year and for some time were successful In carrying off the greater number of premiums. But a change came in the market demands, and lo, the steers and bulls and cows that had been bred for show purposes through generations of their ancestors were out of type. A recent winner nt the International waa asked how it was that hla steer, weighing about 1.650, chanced to take the first prize. He replied that during many yean ha had been breeding only with the idea of putting good cattle on the market He said that during all this time the demand had been 'changing, and with it the popular idea of what waa the best kind of a steer. He had not followed the Ideal, but the Ideal had chanced to get around to hie kind of an animal, and he had thus taken a prize that had made him famous It is probable that show yard standards will continue to change. The man that will win in the future, aa in the past, must be to some extent able to look ahead and see what tha demand la to be In a coming year. e Bedding for Swine. In winter It is common practice to bed hogs, and this Is to be commended. There are many kinds of material In me and various opinions held as to which la best Some use oat straw, but this is not In good repute with a. large number of our swine raisers. Oats rjten have smut In them and this smut has been proved to be poisonous to toe hogs if it gets Into the eyes or into wounds or even scratches on the bodies or limbs of the animals. Probably no kind of straw affected with smut should be used. Rye straw seems not to have the same objection! made to it as has oat straw. One of the best beddings for hogs Is leaves. Where the country la roll-lu- g or cut with small ravines these may be gathered in large quantities In the Fall of the year, as they will blow Into the ravines and collect In them to a depth of several feet. Where the land Is level It is often too much work to collect sufficient leaves to serve as bedding for a number of hogs throughout the winter. The collection of leaves where it Is leaslble Is not a matter that should be neglected. They contain much material out of which humus can be made and will be a valuable addition to tha stock of manure. They rot easily, and this Is a factor In their favor. No better bedding for any kind of animals can be secured. ported from China In the early seventies. The standard weight of the drake is 8 pounds and of the mature duck 7 pounds. The Peking are very large, and frequently pairs will be found that will weigh SO pounds. Their flenh Is very delicate and free from grossness, and they are among the best of table fowls. They are very Cool Weather and Pork Packing. good layera and average from 100 to When the thermometer Is low, does 1S5 eggs per season. They do not gen Many a farmer applies the wrong erally sit, and their young are hardy it cost more to make a pound of pork kind of fertilizer to his fields and and easily raised. than it does when the thermometer loses the use of the money so spent is high? This question may be anWhat Is the use ef adding to an eleEvery man that expects to show swered in the negative, provided the ment that may be so abundant in birds this fall should take extra pre- thermometer does not go too low. Of the toll that It will last for hundreds cautions for their health. Numerous course there ta n point in the drop of yean? birds are lost every year because they pingT of the temperature when the lost are not properly provided with coops to the animal by way of heat through Agriculture is becomlrg very popu- that protect them from drafts of cold the skin would be so great that the increase of animal weight would be lar with the people In the cities, and air, alter they have been heated up. a large number or well o men are stopped, no ratter uow much food Decayed food la (I! only to be hurled was fed. But cool weather Is doubt preparing thlr sons to enter the agriIn the ground ont of sight or conless tetter for maturing hogs than la cultural colleges of the country. sumed In the fire. It Is not lit to he warm weather, and It will probably A continual weeding out should be given to fowls, though this Is the dis- cost less to make a pound of pork when tho weather Is cool than whefr Successful posal often made of It. practiced In the dairy. It Is warm. Th? hog Is a farming Is largely the keeping of One of the principal advantages of animal and tan stand a good deal of weeds out of the growing crops. Suc-- . ducks for market Is their rapid cold without being turonvenlenced Is raising cessful dalrylrg keeping ihe poor thereby. cows ont of tlie dairy herd. The e growth. are other thirgs to he dune, hut this The lltte chloks should he given Expei t testimony depends upon who ts one o the mors important. lb- - expert. ircexs to grt ns well as the old her to-d- thlrk-sklnnet- ! ' er-ple- f |