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OF GREAT TRIBE TO ^tiPftAL TO PRESIDENT. Delegation Planning to Qo to Wash­ ington In Spring 4ft Talk Otfsr ̂ Situation Great * Ftth«r. The pitiable retnnaat of tin once srful tribe of Ute Indians^ to a one last struggle against what consider the enervating influence white man. In the spring a del- of their best speakers are .Jt'S# , ft y5- > %*• i i- 'i Ute Chief. hoping to go to Washington to talk the president. They are now bring at Fort Meade. South Dako- Where they went after the recent lsing" which so excited and alarmed the people in Utah. No blood was shed during the ex­ odus of the Indians. The alarm was for the most part needless. Herds and settlements on the plains were not molested. Hie war hatchet of the tTtes did not flourish as it flourished years ago, and the staid and common­ place ending of the threatened Indian war is a fitting reminder df the Cfeiages that have come over the apBB&ers of as brave a tribe of Indians •i ever disputed with the white man and the Indian the right to the hunt- log grounds of the plains and the itains. I. In the days ot Red Cloud the tJIntiShi lands in Utah Were not occupied by white men as they are at present. In May, 1899, President McKinley opened up the country where the Indians had ( their reservation. There was a tract of €40,000 acres occupied ia a short time by the whites. There was an­ other partitioning a year ago. The In­ dians were allotted small parcels of land in two counties. They had to give up their old tribal forms and take on some of the incidents of civiliza­ tion. Their lands were allotted to them in severalty, and thereby they became freemen. The supreme court Of the United States has passed on that point. So, in the recent threat­ ened war, the United States soldiers would have dealt, not with an Indian Uprising, but with a United State* re­ bellion. There were once 25,000 members of the Ute family, Which numbered in the recent trouble not more than S00 warriors. When Gen. John C. Fre­ mont crossed the plains in 1841 the Utes numbered about 18,000. In four years of war with the Comanches th£y had lost five times as many warriors as went on the recent march* From 1860 to 1865 the United States had continual trouble with the Utes. At the time of the building of the UniOn Pacific railroad in 1866-7 the Utes massacred many white men in an attempt to drive back civilisation. Hundreds of Utes "were killed. Small­ pox spread among them, and by 1876 the tribe which had once contested the plains with the Comanches and Apaches numbered about 8,000. ' The last conference of the Utes • with a Great White Father occurred fc short time ago. It had to do with another opening of their reservation. Appah, Red Cap and other White river Utes would not consent to the plans of President Roosevelt. They and their followers, remembering the Words of Red Cloud, took their wom­ en, children, ponies and arms and started for Wyoming, but the Indian commissioner was not uneasy about the outcome of the exodus, especially as the lands which they sought In Wyoming were part of the national park system. When the Utes were persuaded a few weeks ago to go to the South Da­ kota fort, pending a conference in Washington, they were allowed to keep all their arms and ammunition. To-day they have incomparably bet­ ter arms and immeasurably less land and power than their primitive an­ cestors. It is as Chief Ignacio has said: "Ute Indian no more big and strong. Ute all gone. By-and-by there be no more Ute Indian. White man get all. Great White Bear Hunter do what he can for us." ACOUNTRY BO*. NORTHWARD IS PROGRESS OF AFRICAN LINE GAPE TO CAIRO RAILROAD IS NOW *10 LONGER A DREAM. /# ' jftpgsaos In the Construction of the « (iron Roadway Through the Heart of Africa Is Being Steadily Made. C" ? .'x jft'-x » As tae years roll by and the eon- ^ struotion of the Rhodes railroad !§ through Africa creeps north mile by j. mile the dream of the Cape to Cairo . railroad comes nearer and nearer of > being a reality. In fact now it is no dipper considered a dream, but it is ftdftiitted by the most conservative tfcat it is only a question of a few ? years when one will be able to take j train at Cairo and be whisked through the heart of the Dark Continent and ; arrive at iast after a long, long jour­ ney of many days at Cape Town. It is interesting to follow the prog­ ress of this remarkable road. Up to the present time the line • has been built to a point 374 miles north of the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi river and sprne 2,014 miles north of Cape Town. The scheme was started in 1889, at & time when the termlnus-of the Cape Colonial railroad was at Kimberley, 647 miles from Cape Town. In the construction of the road be­ yond this point many difficulties have been encountered, not. ordinarily met with In railroad construction. The i ravages of white ants had to be taken i into account for one thing. Wooden ties could not be used, and steel cross ties had to be used. These, says the Scientific American, are of the India ' state pattern, weighing 68% pounds each, and numbering 1,940 to the mile. ; These ties have been found to answer ' very well, and when well packed with ' ballast afford an excellent road, whieh ; can be easily maintained. of which a plentiful supply is avail­ able. They are divided into small gangs, each of which is directed by a Trkik He prayed on the City Chips Who Were Too Inquisitive. Font wag barefooted, and his clothes were torn from head to foot, as he stepped out of the swamp, but there was a picturesque appearance about his figure that redeemed it from the commonplace. Honesty, intelli­ gence and a laughing "face were men­ tal and physical characteristics that struck the observer at once. When he reached dry land, he held up a rough wooden box and peered be­ tween the slats on one side. Something wjggled, and the boy laughed. "Say, what have you got in there?" shouted a voice from the bridge above the stream. Font looked up and stared at the two boys. He had not seen them be­ fore, and the voice, coming out of the stillness of the swamp, startled him. "I say, what have you got there?" demanded the voice more impera­ tively. Font was not accustomed to sach peremptory speech, and instead of re­ plying, he walked off in the opposite direction. "He's mighty stuck up about it." muttered the first speaker. "Let's take it away, and see what he's got" "All right!. We'll teach him a les- Wn" ^ The two boys hurried down the slope, and in a few minutes reached Font's side. They were both taller than he, but Font had the advantage of breadth and muscle.' Without further preliminary the two boys grabbed him by the shoulders, and one said: "Why didn't you answer me? Haven't you any tongue In your head?" Font remained silent, and this irri- rough jthf swamp rying some leaves and root* In hands. "This will cure snake-bite," ho said. "It is an old Indian euro. Rub the leaves on the sore and chew the roots." Font handed the frightened boy several pieces of root, which he J»e- g&n to chew eagerly. Meanwhile Font rubbed the wound vigorously with the leaves. A green slime seemed to exude from the leaves, as he rubbed, and when this was smeared over the whole hand hie Smiled with satisfac­ tion. "V;: The roots that the sufferer wail forced to chew^ were bitter, and he made mWy-ra wry face as he swal­ lowed the juick Finally he asked: "How long must>L chew them?" i 1 "Till the swelling down^'l^ plied Font, with a seVioua air. ; , ! For half an hour the trio stood watching results. The two. frightened city boys hardly dared look at any­ thing except the swollen arm, which was now actually growing smaller. "See, the swelling is going down," said Bob. "Yes," gasped Harry, "but I can't stand this much longer. It's making me sick." A deathly pallor spread over his face and Font looked up "with oon- cern. Then he said quietly r "Maybe that will do .now. The swelling has gone down some." ' ^ With an expression of intense re­ lief Harry took the roots out of his mouth and tried to look happy. Put he was far from filling exultant even though he knew that Us life, had been saved. "Do you think there is any danger now," he asked apprehensively. "Not If you go right home and stay in bed two days," said Font. "You mustn't get up and go around. Two days in bed, the Indians say, and then the poison will go away." With this advice carefully cherished In their minds, Harry and Bob parted from the little fellow; but not until after they had inquired where he lived. When the two boys were out of sight, Font threw himself on the grass and rolled around in paroxysms of laughter. Three days later three horsemen drew rein before the log house of Font's fatehr, nestling snugly in a beautiful orange grove. The boy, from his hiding place 1ft the grove, recog- i tuxxtur fore it tfeacKeiT'the Ground It Stuck Its Fangs Deep '̂ Into'̂ 'His Luxuriant Country Through Which Road Passes After Crossing Vic- trift Falls., Thf line Is being t constructed throughout by unskilled°fiative labor, white man, and their duties comprise plate-laying, excavating, coaling, por- tering and such tasks, the finer work being carried oitt by white labor. The natives are paid at%a uniform Vate of 50 cents per day, and have been found to be eminently adapted to the work for which they are engaged. - j - Breaking the News Gently 7m* . • „ t Flvte Player at That Time Wao So- ' yond Reasoning. With., The tenant faced the landlord with l*-^t§rin!ned !<*#• "tlmt man yoh let into the vacant suite last week," he said, "ptey# the into." " ; " " / * Does he play aucht4* •• f i, he only plays a Utile. Efe plays deal of the time, but he only a little." on mean that he's a poor player?" mean thajt he's a player with poor Any flutist that gets up at two In the morning and tootles out $j|d things isn't much on taste to f|f way of thinking.** itave to have a talk with htm,** landlord. "it's no use," sighed the tenant MHe won't listen to yen." soon find out .about tfcat," landlord as he' reached for "Ifs no use, I tell you," repeated the tenant "Him and me had a'fight last night an* I broke his flute and he moved oat this morning. That's what I came to tell you." Italian's Bulletproof Leather. • Milanese barrister, Signor Ame- do Bucci, has invented a flexible fab­ ric somewhat resembling leather, which no bullet or hard steel instru­ ment is able to pierce. - One recent morning, writes our Rome correspond­ ent, Signor Bucci made a tour around a large space in Rome with a Rlcbard- Brasier motor car, the tires of which had beter^ covered with the fabric. Nails Of large dimensions were stuck in the ground point upward, and the car passed over them without damaging the rubber tires. Later on the inventor called on the minister of marine, who personally experi­ mented on a piece of the fabric, which he unsuccessfully tried to penetrate by firing several revolve* shots at it.--London Dallv Mall. ' tated the boys more than If he had answered sharply. "He's deaf and dumb, TIvJaelieve, Bob." ' Then he shouted In Font's ear: : ,i"We want to know what you've got In that box!" ' - , *» - Font stepped back quickly^ Mid hugged his box more closely. ^ "Oh, well, If you won't lot in see, we'll take it from you." H r The larger of the two boys snatehed the box away, and ran a few steps to one side. Font followed, and found his tongue quick "enough. • Give me that box, it doesn't belong to you." He would have snatched it away, but one of the boys interfered while his companion suddenly pried open the lid. There was a sudden scream and the box fell to the ground. Out of it jumped a long, copper-colored reptile. But before it reached the ground and disappeared In the briwh it had struck its fangs deep into the hand of the inquisitive boy. Realizing, the enormity of the acci­ dent that had so suddenly come upon him. the boy screamed with pain, rfcal or imaginary, and shouted loudly: I'm killed, Bob! That rattler bit me! Oh, it hurts; my hand is swell­ ing up! Run for the doctor! Quick, Bob!" 7 -J Then In his fright and pain he nearly tainted. His companion was nearly as badly frightened, and could not move from the place. Font was the only cool one of the three See him laughing at me," shouted the wounded boy. "You'll die for this; they'll hang yon; you ought to he lynched now." "I did nothing," said Font. "You stole the box from me and let my snake out before I could speak. "Why didn't you tell him that It was a rattler," said Bob. "Because he didn't ask me politely," was the reply. Then the pain of the snake bite brought another spasm to the victim's flee, and he shrieked aloud, holding np his arm to show where the swelling was" already transforming the limb. "Run for the doctor. Bob, or I shall die!" he cried. "Can't you help The?" He turned to Font in his agony, and the stolid little face suddenly relaxed, a* he said: "I know a sure cure for snake-bite, but you didn't ask' me before. It's bol­ ter than doctor's medicine." "Then get it quick! Hurry, or it will be too late," cried the stricken boy. "All right. I'll get it soon," and then cure you." Font suddenly disappeared in the swainp, and the two frightened boys gazed mutely at his retreating figure. They were miles away from the Flor­ ida hotel, where their parents were passing the winter, and no doctor could be found nearer. There seemed no other way than to trust to Font's knowledge of rattlesnake-bite. But the little fellow was gone so long that the boys began to fear that he bad fooled them S nized Bob and- Harry, and the man ac­ companying them he took to be their father. Font came out when the riders shouted to attract somebody's atten­ tion. Immediately the two boys shouted: "There he Is now! That's the boy!" The gentleman rode up to Font and dismounted. Taking the boy's hand in one of his he said: "My lad, I owe to you the life of one of my sons. Harry told me how you saved him from death when a rat­ tlesnake bit him." Font felt uneasy, and rested first on one foot and then on the other. "We have come to thank you," the gentleman continued, "and also to re­ ward you." He put his hand into his pocket and drew out a pocket book. This was tqo much for Font, and he raised his hrihd tfi protest: "No, no," he said, "I don't want any reward; I don't deserve any." "Why, my lad you certainly do, if you saved my son's life," the gentle­ man said. "But--" Then Font hesitated a smile crept over his face. glanced from one face to another. "But what, my lad? Go on with what you had to say." "I didn't save his life because--be­ cause--the snake was ribt a rattle­ snake; it was only a common ground snake, and not poisonous." "Then why did you deceive the boy8?" cried the father, sternly. "You frightened them nearly to death and Harry has been in bed two days. What do you mean by it?" Font trembled before the angry eyes of hi3 questioner, but suddenly Harry and Bob burst Into a roar of laughter. They had sense and fairness enough to see the ludicrous side of the whole affair. They had tried to bulldoze the little fellow and he had deftly turned the tables on them; "I say, father, don't scold him," Harry finally said. "He deserves tho reward, top. #o got only what wo de­ served." Font was touched bp tho boy's frankness. "I'm sorry," he said, "bnt I was angry at the way you spoke to me!" Then brightening'up: "If you'll come with me, I'll show you ail the snakes In the swamp, and" tell you how toff know the bad from the good ones."-- Chicago Dally News. • t • ' j V v \ - A Society Motheft^;'" ®^" ' Rector--And have you any children? Society Woman--Yes; three little darlings. Rector--Are they boys or girls? Society Woman--Dear me! Do yo» know, for the moment I can't ber?--N. Y. Times. Carrot^the' L«Wl||iiejMr Must Hav*. Styieer wa'nt Wjjch;* said An •t Abigail. "If the tmi&W ed him welcome, as far tta I'm concerned., lit fie was callin' mctO ac- cordln' to ittextt, Bbenezer woald bo waitln* a long time after some ot tho rest of us was taken. The LoTd inov^ in mysterious ways and lust why He wanted E^enezer Squeer is one of 'em. But He's got him, whether He wanted him or not, and jhe associa­ tion might as weell pass resolutions ot regret if it will make the burden any lighter for the. v/idow. The text of 'em was the hardest work we had to do. I drafted 'em first, hut, when the association got through amendin' 'em, the original copy had to be rewrote. I began it, 'Whereas, our late lamented brotfier, Ebenezer Squeer, has been called to realms of everlastln" bliss,' etc. Melva Driggs moved to strike out the word 'lament­ ed,' and that was struck out as a con­ cession to the minority. Then Zerophy Wilkihs moved to strike out all after 'called.' She said the statement about 'realms of everlastln' bliss,' was pure­ ly guesswork, with the chaaces agin' its bein' so. She moved to substitute, 'from fields of labor' for 'Realms of everlastln' bliss,' makln* it read, 'Whereas, our late brother, Ebenezer Squeer, has been called from fields of labor.' Mel vina Driggs wanted to know If Zero&hy ever saw any field where Ebenezer Squeer had labored. She said such a resolution waB a de­ liberate slur on every workin' person within the range of her voice, which is considerable when she is het up. She moved to strike out everything after 'called,' makin' it read, 'Whereas, the late Ebenezer Squeer has been called,' and as nobody could find anything tc complain of in that sentiment, we lot it stand at that. "I'm free to confess, when we got 'em finally adopted, there wasn't much meat In 'em. I took a copy of 'em and they read r "'Whereas, the late Ebenezer Squeer has been called, and--Where­ as, our beloved sister, Sophy Squeer, is left to mourn, and--Whereas th'e Woman's Charitable association real­ ized that afflictions are only blessin'q in disguise, now, therefore-- Be it resolved, that this association extends its regret' and sympathy £o Sister Sophy Squeer, an honored, be­ loved and respected member of this association, and that an engrossed copy of these resolutions be sent to Sister Squeer.'"--Success Magazine. Fire Test for Rugs. The dusky rug salesman took a red- hot coal from the grate, and, holding It tight in the tongs, touched ft to the splendid Persian rug. "Oh!" gasped the visitor, as the costly rug sizzled and gave off a little smoke and an odor of burning. But the salesman smiled. He threw the coal back into the grate. He pointed to the charred spot, as big as a half dollar, on the rug's cream- colored ground. > "Regard, madam," In said. And with his hand he brushed the brown entirely away. In a moment nothing of it was left. The rug came forth from its fiery ordeal the same as before, only, in that one spot, the fab­ ric was perhaps an eighth of an inch thinner., "A Persian rug that will not come unhurt from the fire test," said the salesman,' "is not, ma^pm, worth your attention. ^ « Costly Seats In Parliament. The 1,273 candidates who soiight^^- litical honors at the last general elec­ tion, according to London Answers, paid $5,800,000 for the privilege. They polled between them 5,645,104 votes, so that each vote cost one dollar. The dearest seat in the house of commons was that won by J. H. Beth- ell, who sits for the Romford division of Essex. He paid $£9,200 for the honor, but as he polled 21,534 votes, the cost of each was below the aver­ age. The cheapest Seat in the house for which the owner had to fight wiis that held by John J. Mooney, the member for Newry, who paid $600 for the 802 votes he obtained. Hi's opponent's 736 votes cost him $1,860. * llolr Hardie's and Will Thome's ex­ penses amounted to $1,860 and $3,940 respectively. Mr. Balfour's unsuccess­ ful contest at Manchestetr cost him nearly $5,000. The Broken Moon. Donald, two years old, loved to watch the full moon as it rose over the trees in the east One night he saw the new moon, and calling his They were on I mamma, he pointed tg» the moon, and BUILDING GOOD ROADS Disappearance of the Shawl. The Philadelphia Record called at­ tention to the disappearance of the shawl as an article of woman's attire, quoting a physician as follows: "I take keen interest in looking for this old-fashioned garment. Yet there are few places in which I see it Even In the poorest sections the women wear some sort of jacket, however old and worn it may be. I suppose that the manufacture of tailor-made clothes has become so cheap that anybody can afford to buy them as res4Uy as a shawl." French. School Moafi. In some of the rural districts of France every boy or girl takes to School in the morning k handful of vegetables and puts them In a large pan of water. jThey are then washed by one of the other pupils, who take turns at performing this duty. Later the vegetables are placed in a kettle with water and a piece of pork, and are cooked while the lessons are going on, At 11:30 each scholar has a bowl of hot soup. To cover the cost of fuel and meat the richer pu­ pils pay a small sum each month. . What Oklahoma Is Doing to Improve the Highwayo. Oklahoma is starting-In young with a campaign of education foy model roads. Its first legislative body will be given object lesson instruction In pfaoUcal road building by the Nation­ al Good Koads assoclation, and both national and state associations will at- tempt to have inserted in the constl- tutton a clause that will enable the legislature to provide general legisla­ tion that will cover the entire state for the purpose of road building. Good roads meetings were held in Muskogee, December 6 to 7 Inclusive for the purpose of starting the new state in with the advantage of all the experience in road b|illdlng that It has A Good Road In Construction. taken 30 years for some of the older states td acquire. The state aid plan will obtain in all the information that th^ national association has to impart That is, the present plan is to try to instil into the new state legislation that will provide that the state shall have the authority to pay 50 per cent of the cost of constructing state roads, while the county and abutting proper­ ty owners shall bear the remaining 50 per cent, ad'at any time that a ma­ jority of the property owners petition the road shall be constructed. All construction must be ^nder state Su­ pervision. W. H. Moore, president of the na­ tional association, states that it costs from $1,500 to $3,000 per mile to con­ struct a macadam road, depending upon the available material. Such a road, when> built, Is practically inde­ structible. There is as much road building materia] in the new state as in the union, and the natural roads are as good as any. state has. The duty' the national association has set for itself is to first Instil into the minds of the people of the new state the necessity and the value of good roads, and tben teach them how to construct them, It will endeavor to transmit to the legislative bodies that make the laws of the new state pro­ gressive road legislation that has beeh tried successfully In the older states. All the best legislation Vill be can- vaaaad and made to apply *?$. Smuggled. Patience--You say she's a great •tickler for Sunday observance? Patrice--Indeed she is! Why, she recently returned from Europe and th.e steamer landed on Sunday and she would not pay any duty on her dresses because it was Sunday." "But how could she avoid paying the duty?" "Why, she didn't let the custom Of­ ficers know she had anything du­ t i a b l e ' " -- Y o n k e r s S t a t e s m a n , y . ' i ̂ the point of despair when he pushed | asked: "Mamma, who broke It?*, Evil In OvercrowdiMlSi < * Where 100 to 150 people live to jtho square mile the death rate averages 16 a 1,000. Where there are over 800 to the square mile the death rate ts- creases to 24 $ 1,000. ̂A KETTLE SUPPORT, Convenient Contrivance for U«S at Butchering Time. ̂ At butchering time and whenever water Is to be heated It Is a bother to set the kettle or to hang It- with chains. A simple hoop with three or four legs welded on, saves t h e t i m e a n d t r o u b l e . A n y blacksmith will make It for a fewjeents if you furnish an did cart tire for hoops and legs, says Form and Life. Order the legs the right length to hold the kettle just high enough. It is easily moved then from house to barn, or to a neighbor's. ^ _ Heart of tho Apple Tî fc"1 It Is quite a popular imprest® that the heart of the apple tree'is essential to its well-being. Yet it is.known that the heart is but dead wood and plays little part in the life or usefulness of the tree. It helps to keep the tree upright and gives strength to it after the wood that composes the heart has ceased to perform cellular work. The strength given by the heart Is valua­ ble when great windstorms sweep over the orchard; for without the hard wood in the center of the tree, It would bend and break. It is often noticed that hearts of apple trees rot out, and the trees go on bearing as if nothing had happened. „ Best Distance for Coripji';'- ' Two general practicesjjre ap^rtfted by cultivators -of- Corn. One is to plant the corn three .kernels in a hill and have the hills three feet eight inches apart, and the other method Is to plant the corn in 'hills three feet apart each way and have but two stalks to a hill. In either case there are approximately 2,700 stalks to the acre; It will vary about 20 stalks either way. In our experi­ ments at the university., we have found that planting in hills three feet apart .and with two stalks to the hill gives us about 3% bushels more corn to the acre than when we plant the other way:--Professor C. G. Hopkins. Tho Barnyard. 'Mud, manure, and a mixture of both are found during a rainy spell In al­ most every farmer's barnyard. The cows have the run of the yard and It is no wonder they become filthy When their bodies are filthy it is next to lmmposslble for the mlDc to be clean;' v Pay the Price. « Hoiod birds cost high. Boar this in mind when purchasing now stock. Good ones are the cheapest in the end. ery large. being per acre. X 30 pfijr _ ^is put la * "tasfcwell to the JHuttoors' ] Heard a great deal about rust but as y%t not much has been MMfe t*. this locality. I do not know tint tJ*o fanners have yet taken the 1pWtt# seriously, and think that they ar%*«# Jhg nothing to check the spread at rust. We generally sow our oats her# anywhere flrom the 1st to the 15tfc df April. Most of these oats «» fod ̂ |KHl the farms and so the fertility goes ' back to the land. The greatest oiff : ; stacle to. successful growing of oat* 4 . • in this locality is the fact that they • are hot put in rotation eacmgit, as Hi the case of corn, pastum sad mea<^ ows. I think that the* yield of oats ; can be very much increased here If.* we would frequently changer the oat;; ^ ground to pasturage and put cattle on it, then put in corn for two years and then bring the same back into oat% The ground is generally prepared bp* cutting stalky, then sowing after disc­ ing twice and harrowing twice, prtl sometimes the ground is rolled. .. # ' At » WATER-BARREL ON WHEELS. J,'*; " Device For Use In tfce Oardo# v.' and• Orchard. »- Qd^ irl# Here Is the sketch of a han<! wheelbarrel, suggested by a Prali Farmer correspondent. He wrlte^ that he finds this arrangement hand®, about the garden, orchard or farm buildings. It is useful whenever ft man desires to fill a barrel and mot it without help. For instance in cat rying water to the garden, one mi Is able to do as much with this car practically, as might" be done with horse, barrel and stone boat. A good idea of the method of C0^j|' structlon may be secured by referring to the cut At a point just above tlft middle of the barrel a hanger projc This is tho small side of an L the 'le Water Barrel '%•: ger side being flattened out and bolted to the side of the barrel. This hangef is set in the top one side of a T. Th», main portion of the T. forms the bas% for the attachment of the handle sldejl . while the other prong extends downf* ward and bends outward for the axeft'ff The handles may be made In method convenient, but those in th|r cut show a good plan. At the ends handle is mortised in while the middlff - is supported by the two curved bracei bolted together in the middle of whicK. . projects the rear rod of 'tho grounp/^ support.- - ?«•$'• • & WORK FOR STORM* 0Afp ...» SS > .-i Farm and Home Suggests Mang^J: Things That May Be Dono. Sharpen all edge tools. File saw4| Fit old tools with handles. Put ne^K " ! teeth in rakes. Oil and mend harnesi^. ; Husk and shell corn. Thresh and clea|iv beans. Make section fences, gate# and hencoops. Overhaul engine an<| ^ boiler. Clean the henhouses, making new nests. Mend pump and windmill Mix fertilizers and mix cattle feed.- v Make root grafts. Make labels foi?^ trees and plants. Clean stoves and put a damper in stove pipe to savi^j- fuel. Clean refuse from cellar an$ Sdraw off vinegar. Sort apples. Mend-J broken lock. Sew blankets and bag& . Mix putty and mend glass In hotbe#. sashes. Make shutters for hotbed*. . Make out order for seeds and treeqh Mark crates and barrels for shipment r and mend old shipping boxes. Staif cuttings of window plants. Make trel­ lises and stakes for tomatoes. Mako : one or two bird- houses. Rig a couplt of extra whiffletrees. Repair fnside ^tenant house. Grind bones for fowlifc, ? Cut up a quarter of beef. Study th^ grain market and adapt cattle ration# to present conditions. Look arounf, and find jobs for hired man. Fix ujp * the farm accounts. FARM NOTES. The fruit grower who dldnt spi his orchard last season Is not like! to have the largest balance this wii ter. Sometimes spray drops are aj§ most as valuable as pearls, f" Yes, It's cold outdoors; *but co won't kill San Jose scale lice. They 'all be on hand in the spring--so ready for them! If there are an: signs of this pest on your trees, b a good spray pump and be p to fight the enemy In Mareh. ? ; The most obvious means of contro!" " * ing the brown-tail moth, and the lest one, is tbe_collection and destru tlon of the winter nests after tl leaves have fallen, says Ameri Cultivator. These1 webs aro cojfl^;:; spicuous from October te Aprtl.-*^ # Farm Journal. Corn Stalks for Horses. Com stalks; if bright and are useful for wintering horses, may be cut In half-inch to pieces, and steamed or Sprinkled III advance and allowed to slightly before being fed. When steaming wetting, says Farm Journal, add bran, middlings or shorts In such q tity as your experience and the d mands of the stoeff may indicate, feeding some hay, it will be bett to alternate it than to mix it with Utffcj stalks. A Qood Word for tho XoRik • tP' Don't get discouraged if the hecjih are not making you rich laying win* ter eggs. They have to rest for or": short time each year, and if this rest takes place during a part of the wia* ter, it is likely that the eggs will hatch better, and the chicks be mora vigorous, than if forced to the limit. !:«<•#