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Show SonETHINd J Ofli.com LittleOnes EASY TO MAKE BARREL FEW LESSONS WITH TURKEYS BOAT Breeder of Twenty-TwYears Experience Finds Business More Profitable Each Year. o Timbers Attached prevent Capsizing and May Be Constructed by Any Handy Boy. A boat that any handy boy can easily make ie constructed of a barrel which 'is kept with the opening cut in one side up by two 4 by timbers and two tie pieces, 2 by 4, says the Popular Mechanics. The lengths of these pieces will depend on the size of the barrel. A good watertight barrel should be selected and an opening cut In' the center between the hoops, of such a size as to allow the body of the occupant room for handling an oar. The timbers are attached to the barrel with iron straps pieces of old hoops very gky. Aw bravely started otfft one day. Ad Efc I the whe3 alon-thBwa- yi lay where she wtflt cannot y FEW OLD ENGLISH -- PASTIMES Truckling the Trencher Is Played by Children Sitting or Kneeling on Floor In Ring. will do. The two tie pieces are put across the timbers at the ends of the barrel and spiked in place. The boat is to be propelled with a single, double-en- d paddle, There is no danger of the boat capsizing or the water splashing into the barrel. CUTTING BOARD QUITE HANDY Convenient Article for Use In Any Play Room May Be Made of Of- -' dlnary Piece of Pine. Use pine of an Inch thick. You should have a piece IVt Inches by 12 inches for a cutting board. Round the corners by making them of a circle whose radius Is of an inch. Round with the grain of the wood, as shown three-quarte- one-quart- three-quarte- Truckling the trencher this Is an old English game. The children sit on the floor or kneel in a ring. A person in the center holds the trencher (a pie tin will serve) and when all are ready he truckles, or spins It, at the same time calling the name of some one in the ring. The one named must spring quickly and try to catch the plate between both hands before it stops spinning. If he succeeds, he takes the place in the the first truckler goes In the ring. If he does not catch the plate between, both hands before it stops spinning he pays a forfeit and is counted out. Then there is the play of Twos and threes. The company is grouped in twos and threes, usually only one odd one, and the fun consists in not being caught as the third. This keeps each child looking over her shoulder, for when two are behind the foremost must slip away and find another place to be tapped. After a stand-u- p game, a rather funny game, where all the company may sit, is to have one person chosen to call and the rest to repeat: One good fat hen; two ducks; three plump wild partridges; , four squawking geese; five felicitous oysters; six hose; seven pairs of Roman-stripethousand eight Spanish soldiers; cages of Hellogabulus paroquets; nine sympathetic, apathetic, didactic, propositions; eleven superstitious astronomers viewing Venus In Venice; twelve European dancing masters teaching Egyptian, mummies to dance at Her cules wedding. If any one laughs in the course Of this he must pay a forfeit. The one who repeats most smoothly and solemnly must be the caller out and begin gibberish over again. d d p A Cutting Board. By WILBUR D. NESBIT Labor day! Its celebration, its and its meetings are important events in the industrial development of our country and the progressive movement! of her people. it is the spe- clal occasion when s Mtyestic forct that shapes the world. Betokened by the curled the sky Against ( Confound the luck! That roaring, rattling motor truck Makes so much noise I cannot think! Twould drive a stronger man to drink! There, it has passed. ) J Against the sky Like to a flag that floats on high And leads a vast, unconquered host smoke-wreat- hs view the history and struggles of the past, that like milestones, To meet ( Oh! Til give up the ghost! , Who's making all that racket? Hey f Some carpenters at work, you say. Well, how can anybody write ? -It sounds like bursting dynamite. ) mark Mtyestic force whose silent strength Makes new the desert place at length, 'And builds our wa(ls ( Great guns! That sound! Why do those boilermakers pound ? It jars ths ink right off my pen. And how that foreman yells and bawls! in the figure. Do not go quite to the Well, here we go:) line with the chisel, and finish witb And builds our walls the plane. And leads our highways fair and straight Next drill the hole. Drill until the From city gate to city gate. point of the drill begins to come turns our dreamings into deeds ; It through the wood and then take It out BALANCING A PLATE AND PIN The future's great demands it heeds and put the point in on the other side J its And by might finis of the board. When the hole Trick Is Comparatively Easy of ExeBless soul! What ? my ( ished, plane the sides of the board and cution If Instructions Given They're dumping in the winters coal.) finish it with sandpaper. Are Followed. ' Can you. balance a dinner plate on a pin? Easy enough, if youdo It this way: Exercise Is Not Given Attention It Drive a pin into a cork In a bottle. Should Receive in Far East Colleges Take four forks and four other corks Much Superstition. Majestic forte at our command Force of the strong and brawny hand. Of sinewt tense and stout as steel. Of shoulders wide Hie life of the Chinese college student is different in many ways from that of students in our own universities. The Chinese student is not very He has stooped strong physically. shoulders and a pale complexion. His life is not wholesome, for he sleeps in a small room which is not Ventilated, and he does not eat very wholesome Of sound, a wild LIFE OF CHINESE STUDENTS food. Exercise is not given the attention In the Chinese college. The intercollegiate sports include a d dash, the high Jump, pole run and a football vault, game in the Imperial university at Pekin the teachers are gathered from all parts of the world. The Chinese believe that topics that are foreign to them should be taught by foreigners. The students accept practically all of the foreign teachings except medicine. The medicine which is taught is largely Chinese and is made up of The Chinese bemany superstitious. lieve that a man has nine pulses and two hearts. They do not believe in cutting up dead human bodies for the purpose of studying their parts, as we do. They would not do this because they think the disembodied spirit might return to punish them through torture. it should have 100-yar- ( My senses reel At thk last wild and raucous blur There, steam riveter! off. Of shoulders wide. that labors eager-eye- d. it t shut ) Of faith Of sweating brow ( Bing! Bang ! Ker-smas- h'! Dodgast that loud track-layiLets wind this up.) ng gang! brow Majestic force, that will not bow. that? Oh, why can' tyou keep still? ( What'sCan t Ipay that plumber's bill?) What? Of sweating 200-yar- d s Why Tommy Was Glad. gmall Tommys father had been elected commander of the G. A. R. post, 2nd the little fellow could not conceal his Joy when he beard the news. -"Im Just Oh. papa!" exclaimed: awful glad you got elected. Thank you, my son, said the fv ther, but why are you so glad? "Because now you'll have ali the soldiers at your funeral, answered Tommy. , Willing to Please Again. Little James while at a neighbors was given a piece of bread and butter. and politely said, Thank you. "Thats right, James,' said the lady, "I like to bear little boys say Thank you if you Well, rejoined James, want to hear me say It again you might put some Jam on It. WILL STUDY LABOR PROBLEM. A comprehensive Investigation re- wage-earne- of the relations of capital and labor will be undertaken by the federal government. The investigation is to be conducted by a commission of nine persons to be appointed by the president, and with the advice and consent of the senate. and stick each fork into a cork, near The commlslon is specifically orits end. Then, by hanging the forks dered to investigate: about the edge of the plate as shown The general condition of labor in in the picture you can balance the the principal industries, including agplate on the pin. riculture, and especially in those carried on in corporate forms. The existing relations between em, When Roller 8kates Came. Roller skating, which so many boys ployers and employees. The effect of the industrial condiand girls enjoy, is of comparatively rrecent origin. It is said that wheel- tions on public welfare and the rights ed skates were known as far back and powers of the community to deal as the eighteenth century, but the therewith. The conditions of sanitation and four wheeled skate, as we know it today, was the invention of a New York- safety of employees and the provisions er, who Introduced It in 1863. Rapid for protecting their lives, limbs and improvement was made in wheels and health. The growth of associations of embearing!. The rollers were first made of turned boxwood, but these a ere ployers and wage earners and the eftorn so quickly that substitutes of a fect of such associations upon the reharder composition were Invented. lations between employers and emHard rubber or paper wheels served ployees. The methods tried in any state or for several years, but finally gave way to iron and steel, which, with ball foreign countries for maintaining mubearings, have made the amusement tually satisfactory relations between very popular with the younger genera- employers and employees. tion. The methods for avoiding or adjusting labor disputes through peaceful Nice Little Lampa. and conciliatory mediation and negotiLittle Eva I wonder what the ations. , twinkling stars really are? The qfluestlon of smuggling or other Little Olga Oh, I guess they are Illegal entry of Asiatics into the Unitgood little night lamps that have died ed States or its insular possessions. and gone to heaven. The underlying causes of dissatis-fdetio- n in the Industrial situation. the on- ward march to higher conditions of life and labor. Particularly is it that appropriate in New England - with all her hallowed memories and traditions, the movement for industrial uplift should find expression among men the descendants of ' the whose sacrifice and achievements contributed so much to the establishment of political Independence and religious freedom on this continent. While the problem of labor is one affecting all sections of our country and all the countries of the world, yet we may look to the east, to the men of New England, for a voice that, like that of the immortal Revere, shall warn us of our danger and point the way to safety. There are at this time many aspects of the labor question that deserve and demand immediate consideration; not the least of these being the revision of our laws so aB to make them compatible with the changes in our social and industrial life that have followed the momentous development of machinery and methods of production. Wage earners must take the initiative in any movement calculated to promote their own interests or to protect them against the evils which have grown out of the combination and consolidation of capital; they must be both courageous and patient, aggressive yet prudent; they must build their organizations on sound foundations and conduct them on business lines, and it is highly Important to the and the security of the wage-earnesafety of society that women workers shall be organized, and thus protected against the demoralizing influences that have always attended overwork, excessive hours and The exhortation of Wendell Philips cannot be too strongly emphasized: "Organize and stand together! Let the nation hear a united demand from the laboring voice. I have raised turkeys for sale 22 years, and find it-- a more profitable business each year, says a writer in the Farm and Fireside. I have bad to learn many lessons by quite an expensive route. One year I failed entirely by too close inbreeding. Another year I let my turkeys wander at their own. will and roost where they pleased. Again I allowed some to go up in the trees a hard storm blew them out aqd drowned 24 beauties. Since these lessons I have worked differently. I change either breeding hens or toms every other year. I usually buy a thoroughbred bronze from some unrelated flock. I keen old hens for breeders, and find their poults more One early turkey Is more healthy. profitable than three late ones, so I use the first eggs and sell the later ones. Chicken hens are set on the first laying and the poultry given to the first turkey hen that becomes broody. Large, airy pens or coops with rainproof roofs are built quite a distance from the house. The hens are kept up two weeks, and then turned out every morning, unless the weather becomes rainy. They have learned to come when called, and will answer me from ever so far when I call Pee turk! Come on! I am never too busy or too tired to get them up at the approach of a hard storm, and at four o'clock In the evening. They soon learn to come home. After they are five or six weeks old I never feed at noon. I feed no sloppy feed, but have good luck with wheat or corn bread, cracked corn, cooked soft, wheat, mashed potatoes, etc. The first two weeks are the most 1 give each poult a grain particular. of black pepper when It is 24 hours old, and a stroke of lard or vaseline from bill to top of head. Then a feed of egg, shell and all, crushed fine, mixed with bread soaked soft and squeesed dry Fresh water, sand, lime and ground charcoal are kept handy. They eat of all; I never feed too much. I never feed over four times a day, and that often only a week. More turkeys die from overfeeding than underfeeding. I use a fiat board to sprinkle their feed on, apd keep It clean. It pays to be cleaf.Iy with turkeys. hard-boile- d wilvr D. NESBIT AT Tiff CATES or Niairr aw - 4WBsaaBi",T Thar ara two gates that Night; guard tba The one where ahadowa creep. And lullabies coma crooning low. aoft and deep; Where twilight reaches forth her arms To all by Day oppressed. And lulls them Into happiness. Serene upon her breast. d, And from that gate, all dark and cool Tho night road atretchee far, By palaces of sweat content. Where many dreamings are; Where blind may eee, and dumb may speak. And aad onea laugh and sing. Where hungered ones may drink and eat. The pauper be a king. All through the Night the good road gosA O'er valley, plain and steep; Along Its. sides, In grandeur, rise The citadels of sleep. And many things there be that soothe And comfort us, and bless ' But best of all, the blossom fair Of rich forgetfulness. The other gate that guards the Night The one that end the way Has trumpeters that loudly call Us forth Into the day. And though we tear the foes of Day fWith fctern-- 4 and dread.,-'1- '' We know that through the weary hour The Orst gate Is ahead. -- LEGHORN HENS AS MOTHERS PECULIARITIES OF THE FAMOUS. Although Called Nonsitters Occasion ally One is Found and Will Cover Many Eggs, t Queen Elizabeth wore a wig, but she seldom checked up on her grocery bills. MM ' Although the Leghorns are called Marcus Aurelius was a successful nonsitters, they do sit occasionally, author,' but he never bad his photoand I like them very much as moth- graph taken with hie index finger ers. It would hardly seem possible upon his cheek. 4 that a Leghorn hen would cover more Marc Antony was a brilliant orator, but he never had to sit while the toastmaster took up half bis time in the Introduction, Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from indigestion, but be took it out on his enemies and never told his symptoms to bis friends. Noah collected all the wild animals the world, but he never made moving pictures of them and gave a re. fined and elevating Chautauqua lecture about the films. in Solomon was the wisest man of his time, but he never had a chance to tell anybody how to repair an automobile. rs eggs than a Cochin, but it is a fact, say a writer in an exchange. The Cochins wings are short and stubby, while the Leghorns wings are long and she will spread them over a big nestful. Last summer a Leghorn incubated 20 eggs for me and hatched 19 of them. It was, however, in the month of July, and her nest was carefully arranged in a basket; hut I never give them less than 15. They take excellent care of their young; being light weight, they seldom hurt a chicks by stepping on it, and they will fight Intruders fiercely. under-nutritio- - Protecting Children. staves have adopted an age limit for the employment of children. The limit in some states is still pitifully low, but the organizations of labor that have wrested an age limit from unwilling legislatures will soon force the limit higher. Forty-tw- o states have set maximum hours for a working week for children. Thirteen states have boiler inspection laws. Thirty-sevestates order seats provided for female employes. Seventeen states make provision for protection of employes engaged on construction of buildings. Fourteen stater officially inspect bakery shops. 3 Forty-eigh- t states and the District of Columbia have laws conserving wages, making it possible to secure wages due, by mechanics liens, thus making wages preferred claims. These liens in some Instances are attached to the property Itself, in others to chatties or to designated funds. Thirty-fivstates have established bureaus of labor statistics. spy-glas- s, d Eternal Problem Answered. If a ship," began the comedian with the beard, Is 100 fedt long and 40 feet wide, and its masts are 100 feet high and the bosun is bowlegged, what does the capstan weigh ? It weighs the anchor, hoarsely shouted the audience, as it grabbed the benches to prevent Itself rising en masse-an- d doing violence to the rose-tinte- Forty-fou- r d Keep your stock healthy, clean and comfortable. Not all the failures of poultry life are due to the hens. The first duck eggs of the season are hardly ever fertile. Dont gorge the growing chicks one In the Field. day and starve them the next Curious Colt Whats wrong, pard-ner- ? Any fowl is liable at times to produce an egg containing blood spots. Dark Horse I had been waiting to Well grown ducklings very often gallop away with the nomination, but will begin laying at five months of I couldnt overtake that houn dogge. trot. Chicks like heat, and it is good for them; but there is a difference in Threatening. beat Seereas There la a short, dart chicks let Dont squeeze through woman crossing your path who is dee-- 1 slated coops until their bodies are tined to bring much loss and misery into your life. Poultry breeding as a pursuit la em--. Patron (apprehensively) Thats the phatlcally a labor of love, but it lit . description of our new cook. severtheless, a labor. the-plan- n e For Licking Them. said the gentleman who had been reading up on hypnotism. Yes, sir, it wont be long before the practice of mental science will have reached that point where the commander of an army can simply gaze at the opposing forces through his and will them into defeat "I presume," commented the person who was listening, that be would use some sort of a Lick telescope for that. Yee, air, I |