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I." said hi. "I will dump no .n on m» puma ham (to and than tell the. m con» 0-! [bar up the litter. Putnam they them into (In.- hnfldht in that hour tearing any red tape” draw 0! with the bandages 9-1! Win were mmhov smuggled the ham). Nor any hunted any to Hark noon u victory n: “and. a!" puke the "plum tree" in the peat.- 'm-unm‘ bring you books and now-II mm?’ looked year-My tow-rd' the tu- and the van Semyer am He. Ruler-Icon! you why It. } had-so shimmy m ques- 3‘ this subjeet. Then he W' p m. Thcn- yew mm h but. Could they be for Man? Ha I Mud! mother “he a you. 9:. and grow hr be: hand. i I shut uncutâ€"41m" pa the princess torso! how study mum- was informed that his! ‘rules the bowling! umber“ not naive supplies from t m- Kflifldual. an." said hi. "I will than a... flu in IM My: mm. 8!” 1 ha- aovm and, bending over at- Ihud him My. I'm 9 regular have when Jim :1? I'm glad I‘m your prune-u. an." animal to be ready for the can at any moment. ‘ day while hurrying .backjo the i from dinner he had yorkedr to h In (pitch 0! 0:"th we "mm-'3 situation vhen'ho a! (you reverie: by frighten- “ the boot beats "of a ' m. H. In into-the dusty to face A Mug horse. Bang- 11” who in the Maui.” maid! The primal: Jun In his mind in a Bush. The nut in: he was clinging go the bridio o! rimmed honeâ€"(Mn tunnels! I he take. be was lying in a no [com with a white 'capped p handing over him. She Ien his bad with her moi haltiand gave {mum to drink. ’somethinx pd gout-iota. Next. came the doc- ‘vho asked him. my .tiresono W. and his moth“. who cried it an! and said very little. ,whl'ch yam; puzzled Jun (re-fly. After by! gone be m the ’nurne had an. and then he recalled it all-â€" gives, the black servant and the m horse. And. be ‘underflood p why bi- ke! M no. law: no «he mar mm! L or «by. and Ji- tan-Mullins: y over it. (be m ht mul- qme hy : ”2.1% than! my [hide a phy. i w: I: while a. b the Arabian emu-.3301“. when: but It'- ind-'3 Inch 3 first. no: name (indignity In: the nurse amighezvas Ions again. but when the Naked 1 questions Inch-W "'8"- rin‘we day the mid. M11! mum at the hospital‘s“ m all about the prince-.1.” m and an Anna cw n very out any the when Jim latter came to the Ion-ml. no unions ym; maiden. I‘Mch 1- hoe-nu.- nn-e day she would” [0 mm to mine. She mused quietly III” the MN!“ {ho hum and. The mm .H. urmthVQmem: , Richardson.) ”sled white with NH“ '5‘” H's" claimed) in the. 30”" lot. mu m the Aqfiflnfihflfl pout u. too. ad warned um um- ..mm m be nod! hr We call Draw-1k. My uni-m keyontouwnrithuâ€"tou- vanmmm mm hot-ls. There‘s the W rum. lithium-Idli- oomyourbclham almndl'nmuhgtomyou duh day. It's right close to be non nun-gay quiet. and cur-«Ho In crummy: m I inc to my minâ€"this!” ml lush?" pflmwolafrcsbnipoafic Icialmwthhgflkem m’ncyqudevonh'erhfier “away ”Induce or twice ”It confine-cc. almost shouted with adult heavier. Showman!”- hd but of uIâ€"wmé in “tut-Mudmmuyslofl- I book m Mm he 880 m: her («her wupnsmeu of «and that Jim's father was only '1. number, whatever else you ynmt not not“ it “I." floral girl he and! this! Mâ€" M break hh heart." prince. W her lead (HI! u- luck to the arm-cl very lthi-km.mm chum: nun m’t you; back to flag cm ‘â€" 37 Ann; St...“ hemiophenuem q W Co right; 1901. by .x. s Trixs) ( py Roeklord,- Ia. . more. The government wants blacksmith: udj’u-osednoera for duty in the Phil- lpplnes‘at 3’15 per month. ’ There are now 39 beet sugar factories J- anaconda! operation In this country, the state.“ Michigan hauling with It. costs more to put the last ~25 pounds on a 300 pound hog than it did to make the first seventy-five pmmds. twelve. ., We have known some otherwise very good and truthful people to tall from mace when they had a job of dividing a lock 0! mixed turkeys in '1.th mu. While wheat is I much better bal- need ration than is con, still neither cattle} not hogs wilt put on flesh so fast with It as they will with corn. ;;_§o;aint spring. Had the clover Neraown alone this would not have lonelier}. A man take a certain hazardous risk when he buys land to farm in the “anal mnenzh any locality where the averâ€" uesnluan is 12 inches or iess per The tong continued drought of the put simmer about finished up all dov- -- I . 1“_-_ The demnnd for the American noises (a them-English war still continues g demand which had not. a lltfle to do mat the ,creltlyA increased price of We'vhave the uncient story of Nehu- mar being turned out to grass, *1 he is said to hue eats}! liketan a. h it was an October [flue grass like they turned him into, it was an bad fitter all We cover up all grapevlnes, raspber- ry and blackberry bushes in the fall. We thgy would pull through all right inué Wafers. it stlll is the only sum “had to follow it one wants to be me of a crop next year. The most valuable quarter section of land. in the whole world ls probably 1M! ofzfieaumont. Ton” upon which are hand the great on wells. Two years ago-this tract would have been dear at Theyise men composing the legisla- tire of the great state of Ohio have ted me dairy legislation based the theory that the sort or ration ad to a cow determines the quallty or milk. This legislatuxe is behind the times. .whfle today it is valued I! you can get a load or two of well ”tumble manure it is the best top mu available for the lawn. Put it on this fall and give the lawn a thor- ogh taking in the spring. Care should In‘taken to use only well rotted maâ€" nure: otherwis‘e a plague of weeds may We never knew a aim to get fired 0? raising good Shot-thorn rattle, 'while we have known many a one to drop the «the: standard breeds. The hort- hlmn are to cattle that the mand- (Nlu Ind the Concord are to hogs and 'e have lately rec-chm samples of the. wheat. barley and oats grown in tho’Mhez-ta country. The past season ha! been a very favorable one {or ce- real «one in mat'regio‘n. and the samâ€" mterred to are of exceptionally fine quality. much superior m the same cereals grown in more southern lati- A grit" recently relax-red to the frost a! painting the colors on the foliage 01 theitrees in the fall of theyear. We think this is an grror, for the most bosutltully tinted foliage may ahmys be it and In those seasons when there is no (rut. when the leaves ripen naturally. This fact was especially noticeable this The,hundreds of farmers” mutual in- IN companies are making a fine «cord. If you have such a'oompany in your county. join it; it there is none, unite with your neighbors in organiz- ing one. You get absolutely sue Insur- ance; no "nigging" when; loss is sus- tained, and the premiums paid are not o{wan in the year 1900 took 815.000.- worth of the agricultural products of this country against only $2,000,000 taken five years ago This well illus- trates the possible value. of these orieno ml markets to the American farmer. _ w in. f9“ sent out of the county Nebraska has made» the following standard of quality toi- milk and cream finch are sold to the public: Milk nut tut pot lea than}. per cent. but. with the hogs warm close to 6 cents a pound live weight. wheat is worth over ".25 per bushel to feed them. Warmth. for stock during the winter; just another name (or (006., ’ The first thing a" fellow finds out ch he goes to law is $10.; sometimes In and cream not less than 15 per Corrmdence Benched; ali'o’ver‘thls country. cent. By the way, 3 per cent 11$. 1: is pretty thin stun. and fat babies w not be found on the route‘ at the ml man What mav be done with a small piece of land is well Illustrated ur a man whoui we ’know who the pa: t sea- son has told the produce raised cggr two town lots containing just 64 soon nods of ground {or $126 or at the x e of over ”00 per acre. The produce dud was mostly common garden vegei bloc. who sells it. the spring with .1 nurse crop, pastur- ed it in the (all after the crop has been removed, cut the field for buy the fol- iowing June and taken a crop of seed from it in September, that clover field has fulfilled its missing and is dune (or unless enough seed is left on - the ground to reaeed the field. A man who would kick up (1 ta a fuss should some relation of his vlte' 3 come to his home and hang smun 1 un- milling to work for his board. w 1 still keep in his cow ham and milk wice a day on or more cows who are {st as big beats as any relative whl his ‘wlte may hue and do it all e»: upla- 'cently just because of his lgnorfi 1C6. What seems to he a xierfect med! tor sours in young calves, a :_ cable with which nearly every dairyp an is familiar, is found in the use 0' dried blood is prepared for 1313er H. the large packing house concerns. A tag- bieepoonful of this blood pow: A :- fed with the milk ration to the ca! ark: a cure in every case in a. 3110! time. This is weak remembering. The American peoplé have “ n , mites and sugar in plain sigh 1%; production of coflee has beet enor- mously increased. and that 1 many countries. while the productihn c! beet sugar bids fair to become pne it” the leading agricultdral industries i-this country. Inasmuch as the Ann :rican people use more coffee and suds: than any other: people, this is not a' bait 'pros- Persistent advertising will mate a demand for any fairly good nrtice, b a superlativeiy good anticie will find a market, anyway. mm is n. certain cereal breakfast food being mam. today which. so tar as we have notice-1. has never been udvertised’ at ail. yet be- causs of its excellence. the (lamina is so great that the manufacturers --a’nnot fiiilthe orders sent them. 3 We have a friend who owns a good' farm. and he rent: this farm right am for 57 cents an were less 'hnn he could get for the reason that 2 has a! tenant. who takes good care the place. This tenant keeps the Ie Sea 1115. I the barn doors. in place. the more hauled out. the tree trimmed th’ “weeds w w- hauled out. the tree trimmed. th’ {Weeds on the highway mowed, and ou‘ gfrlegd thinks :1! these things are wort! about 75 cents an acre to him when 569.9 out to see the place 2 The man with a productive algale or- chard located in the Northwesl‘g‘ whlle he has plenty of dlscou‘ngemfi-at‘. al- ways has this advantage mgr his. brother orchardist 'in the mf‘fe ta~ val-ed regions of the far East {Eur the far Wontâ€"he is always close 10:53 good mark“ in a territory where thfl prod- uction of apples will be far beziw the normal demand. And this querygon of a good market for fruit in one '3! the main elements of attaining sut‘ ass In the business. ' spectmi by government omcialsv being sold The fore quarters animaia sell for from 5 to 8 , pound and the hind quarters at. ‘. rents choice cuts retafling at 16p rents. or less than one-half the price §)"f simâ€" ilar cuts of beet.’ ' g5 fist-m All this meat was (wharf:e In the city of Vienna. ias year there were 25. 610 110% and (L; nkeys slaiighetedi‘orlood fhe meat ‘bein‘j‘ ‘ sold in 186 meat shops specially lice ed by the municipal authorities for th pimp The past_season ha: been a ‘zd cm for the farmers in England anQVScot- land. ”the competition of th‘c 30w priced grains and meats ot-this wuntry has about mined the agricultmal in- terest: of those countries. Eacli year shows a. fewer number. of acres tilled and a lesser amount of stock kept, while my lord who lives in thv castle When you have sown the clown: in {w the ion of J! the .388 m on the hill mournmlly real-as his ever- decreuinz rent roll and has to resolve himself into a committee of ways and means to make both ends meet. ‘ The Poetry affine Cornfield. Some may not kndw that the our and. the .ccrnneld have been In charmingly-heated by the poet. hon fellow. In his "Song of thathu." Att 0: the manner of poets. Hondamln, um corn. is pictured :- 3 Wu“ Indjmln wart man, who appears to Hiawatha ad he is In retlrement in the woods, tut-f ins. anxiously hoping to discover nomei god thing for m; people. Mondamln’ appears to him m: m: tot and shining traces. - 1h Ma garments green Ind yellow. With his long and glossy plumage, and ldvllea Hiawatlu to Wrestle with him. which Is repeatedly done. lou- damln “my: caning o! the victor. but with each detest thwath‘n mm “rotten-until, putting torth a tame extort, he fling: Mohawk: on the And before him. breathless. llteleu. Lay the youth with hslr “beveled.- Plunge torn sad garments Ihetured. Dead he 11:; there In the sunset. Then Mondamln in buried in the wu-m. rlch earth and 1!“qu watches over his grave. - ’Tlll at length a smell green feather ‘ _.From the earth shot slowly upward. Then another and another, And before the summer ended Stood the maize in all in beauty. The Farm and Proupcrity. , The evolution or a period of notional prosperity is indicated by prone-tin stepaoâ€"nrst. an imvrovment in the stock and bond market: next, new life in all manubcturing interests. thin in- ‘voiving the employment of lobar: next. ilmproved prices for all farm products. brought about by the increnod con- ‘sumption. and last of all a market the in the value of agricultural l:nd|._ThiI .(ountry ls now at the last. sage of thin 0v olutlon of a perlod of great prosper- Sty w ill) little short of a writ-hie boom all over the country In loud vflueo. The [:xolutlon of a period of 90 called hard to s‘lmply the (ongoing proce- luv (edâ€"first. a mucky flock market. then a curtailment of mount-Touring and dlscharge’ or laborers. lowered prkes for farm produ'cts. and then to to flnlsh up. decreased values of form land. the farm always belng the last to feel the elrect or both condltlons. ground. ‘ "To the harvest of the cornfield. 1 To the hunklng of the maize en. ; And when some dusky maiden finds in blood-red ear I ;“Nulkn," cried thay all togotherâ€" ' “'Nuska. you shall have a sweetheart." the whole atqry ot'londtmln being one of the most charming in the English . Then the cornfield In blessed. and Minnehahn in the midnight hour and alone. unclothed. mah- tha circuit of the field to place a charm upon It so that the ravens and the crows shun not destroy it. and when the corn ls ripe in the (all the young men and maidens fire ca‘lkd language. The Poor Ken’s Credit. Keene your credit good. No matter whether you are po'or or whether you have a good rating in Bradstreet! The limited credit which a. poor man may enjoy. it he will; is very often inni- uable to him, n'nd'li sacredIy melanin. ed‘hy him enables him to preeerve hie sen-respect and avoid asking for u- rors ‘as a charity; It everybody w M promptly pay his small obligations. t e business or the world 'woold be done with far less friction. When you have read this. if you owe any 13ml: 60 cents or lose, :0, and pay it, for herein lie: the moral. _ The Rothschild: haVe just purchas- ed the greatest copper mine in Mexico (or 32.000000. They now employ 27,000 men in their various copper mines. ,._.- The mum-meme“ at one mu‘ seminars profit end lo- account for :e recent year will five 1 mr ldaol' the chnueee of the ryot ever growing ! wealthy. Proceeds from crops raked: thirty-e ‘ 31:: rupeee; money expended on Imâ€"t Q movement or the well, twenty rupeee; 3 axon. twenty-three rupees; net lane l for the year. without coat 9! wager. seed :or other itemsâ€"level: rupees. A: it III 1 compulsory to my wee. the ryot eold 1 1 his bullocke. and h bree- veeeele. at: :much lower prices t he could re- :’ place them (or. venue] his when :toacowendnox wtthwhlch tore- ! sine cultivation in use the mlmele do,. ? not meanwhile fie qt mutant i IS FAMINE RAVAGED. PEOPLE OF WOT, INDIA. 11 Al Am CONDITION: Children lighting for Food Like an -â€"ht Bitter Llo- Dcvour the have: ind M o: Tree. 30mm letter: Americans will. I suppose, be almost and of bearing of our trouflu heme min In the dlnc- tton o: named and existing famine. Thmml for past generosity (tom the are“ -Weuorn Republic. however. we mnot help (elm olvthe antral from hunger m prev-Jun; hon gt. Lyle pres- ent mu. While-our minimums are not null; (or further (and: et pram-m. unit-u the nine come. a no earnestly hoped my hovthc cut. the distract In the North A region will reach ter- rible proporu A: l hue Just re- turned from n trip through the district elected I «In furnish you with the men het- eoncernms condition: there. My Mme: took no 'throuxh the dun-1cm north «It Kat In pun-In; throutmthe "qu tried to make a urdul. enct and thorough enmi- uflon o! the condition: more particu- larlx mm the lower clue. I found ltno ytuktocefi at the tnctlin my owing to the otrtctneu of the cute lawn. or regulations. In (let my elon- were rendered {mule-e In any can when I ventured won; the better chum. who. I think. ere tuner-tn; u keenly an the some 0: the others. ~ AunJJIVtheT’weus are now dry and in confluence more I: ma: or no wet cultivates (on; on. The um tree "FEE caution 'or an erm u m much. it anything for the Ian w- um- .wm.lev-rhÂ¥l'. 999?- The horror: of hunger in indie have! never heen described so mhieaily by either pen of camera that they give an ndequnte iden at the real thing. Not oniyhevemyotthenioetreesbeen denuded of their trait. but in their nvenowneel the people have torn oil, the unnpeelznbly hitter leaves to cut end then cut down‘ the trees and (in; the\ root: out. i in one of the flanges a man nttempt- ' ed to show me the evening meal for ;he family. coal-till singly or n unnil dish at cooked nines. While he was bringing it to me the chlldl’eil ,stendin; around waiting for the food, attacked him like rain. Their pinched faces and ! bony figum showed every emotion and ‘ expectnnoy of terrible hunger. Then-E were few pieces letl for the other: when he reached me with the dish and before he reached the house where the old; people awaited their meal. every soup; had been snatched from the dish. The; children are generally mere skeleton-J while the old people are just a be; ot‘ bones. "0t cane. the only manner In which the subject QB“! be invuuqxtgdfiygs E‘m “Rubin; animus the panels. in which the people store their grun and food units. end questioning the; people. ‘ __ _ . â€"-.. vvvvvv Tim only In) in which I could get admittance to min in most iii-tam. was by boidy pushing my way in and whining enctly the bondition oi the food supply. for it V» :1me the one tint member. of the family would ndmit anon-elven to be mint. Owing to the lightness of runs re- cently the people have done but Hale planting. The crop which were sown (ml have not been lrrluud proud; hadbeea bmtupum are-join lat. In many place- no crops lure mind for three young. To begin with, I found that the Ameri- can Am Minion Ind been feeding the children In the school- 10: the put fourteen monthl. giving than one my! “June“: mutuc. .u.“ n... ._- .â€" n day. while for the past five magi they lave been making 1 provision of the nine kind for the old people. _ _ In but m «as did I and myth": u III In what An American calls his pantry. when there should have been supp“. and «3: teen ahead. â€"â€"'rv-__ __--__ 7,, In um en- 1 found one or two at the whereof the 113111 lying on no teeeeludedeorncnotthehm with the patient. and lelk end aunt features which tell the terrible story 0! the hun- ger stricken without necessitating the nuns of painful questlgnn. The hedges on which the fruit grows lave been,almnet denuded and now. no where you will. you wlll 'xe:~ the ham people mned wlth long poles tethering the fruit Hut 1: out or reach of the land. A -â€" 7â€", From nhool when I learned that most of the Inhabitants o! the district wen nm on gnu nods, leaves from (has been. or the stunted prlckly pear known a the aloe. ' There in evidence 'enouuh to sup- port um meat for everywhere I won! both the hand: of adults Ind cun- dm were stained with um Juice of thin nimble upology tor mu. Be- sldu that the streets were fillel with the skin: or this fruit, which men the pu'm do; will not eat. um om.- aw quantities or it being carried to the "game the aloe: are cooked. but u a metal thing the hupger is no great that the people mum even "it for the simple operation required for 49mm; Loud III-en, .7110 ha. may been M In Eng-bud “on an- (in; a turn of imprisonment for H‘- uny, 1|de to who his {nun home in this country with his “and wife. it was urged that. a: nap:- .convlct, he should not be pct-um 'eo Indium. me Mr! mm E moat "tutu to but hull. According to our law: be u not a. W A cudeuvuch ”eminent.“ your out and would now he at up very best Marin; «audition. The scan-my 0! water I: unmou- od hem. oven tumult“ this fl was t‘xporivmwl in thcaqtul (1M 1878. A row ur the more for“ O! "In poop]? pouring-wad M which they are (Imam M the ll. Although navy have (0 8|th tall- halt in valua- In gond mam. Naturally {how has been It heavy ‘- :rutlou from un- district and nun d we ”Hues haw Infill! ll." '. «nab ed owing to tho depuhm- o! '. r W and the ravages of the L “1.5:!“- n in gratin-ma- to‘note the u... whichhubeen made In!» Mull-c ‘ an o: mlmau In W du- thethSOI-aoym Hanan- remic-abet when the cm and b a “wild bun show" “tanned to u People are wllllug to do a, an of work for n mm» and If the w dam no‘ son run..- to an m .' opening wugwl Hula. and m relief work: tln- horror vid I. .- crm. BEN SAYA‘I“. a unusable lilo of Mt h I mu an. and, ”will. (be M ants knew how the animals sin“ h {ed and cared for, and menu a. did not. . . AA ._ In most large my mantles u- hu been changed. The WI” at Washington in Almost an {dad gha- tor such a collection of adult. but first. We. It Is tarp: The ml 09- .,...An_ .- “vane-Minamolmh the La: Twenty-2‘1“ tun. I“ '- w~â€"â€"â€"»__ , I largo yard. The burn Dan M rock caves. tho lpul'mo «mum at a considerable hlll. (he mom”. Inn mm and other "when m uh housed In a bulldlng big enough a gut- mlt good ventllntlon; ml tho m lave a large. deadphollow not, is may lunches. an to Inca-III. Thu'elau urge rrectvhmmfiâ€" plnnu can he led down to bathe, ad whlle the plau- ls near enough to a. city m In easily accessible. lt, In ‘ neu- enough to lm the duly mun d more curloally-soeken who,nl¢t u mell- chlet pleasure in torment-g Qt animals. en a tact of ground Watt: ‘- venlued In (-haractar to (in an a place muted w m habits. vim no. foa- a commodious ham or ken-cl a. The color of the m output In no out coon of the white houn- 18". soul; It matches the donut not“ The rule of tho new Inward. my Hackney (formerly Ir. m body servant), is said to be all“ th- thnt at his predecessor. Sim-Mr. a. negro who «computed Mr. W from Albany to Wellington II I“. and who to: ruinstatod by that rdâ€" dent in 1892. “A, new rule." m . correspondent. "has been laid «ion In record to the tenure at the m H'- vnnu about the house. and xyl- il as none of them is to be diam-ad or ‘- chn'rged without the knowledge of In. Roosevelt" nunâ€"w. The result of all 111115 is that [In as locum does not have to be «M mouthed by (rem Importation 1“ “1mm have a loot" Iva-re ‘0“- ence. 3M some at nun-run m h mptlvtty. a thin: M m I. the old meager-la an. The luv-v- ed condition of thing is a good ounc- aznc measure, as N la: a benefit m. the animals themselves- . g It the powers tint he inVW‘a (allow the "mend-don Phlup Reade. the Union! Bates . wm Inye us peak: amen-43 6-- mm every-day Em con mâ€" add“ to m roster. M am so! .- recommeodntlun might seem in .0 b» lure of a joke on the our! of 00‘- lant colonel, but there in muy Ion-d common new In it than any III, improvement plans I‘Mch reach to war department. Spain has 3mm“- nlud the unefulnm of such an“- ury as the chlropndlst. while In tho I.- dun «my. which does cw. route nun-lung dark the ya, to Puazane believes that the soldier'- (at are as much cam] for as In his body In general. m IODEBN manna EAnngssaLL