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GENIUS The Whimsical Of CwmeUTown By HOXMAN DAY Now, * genius—wen,~lf you'll Bhow me any really smujl man that hasn't a skew-angle on one corner or the .other of. Mm, then HI set up the cider the next time you come around to my house. And a genius does even his courting a little different from the ordinary run of men; but we've got such an almighty matter-of- fact set of women in Carmel that you can't make them understand such things. It always has been a little differ ent wKh the men. We acknowledged that Cale Allen was a genius and, pu< up with*. Mm. It was a mite tough on Doc Bragg- to have to ride around in that sleigh, with the body made like a duck, and to have the boys go \Quack quack!\ after him; but Doc can take a joke, and we all know him in Carmel, and it didn't hurt his busi ness any, and so it was all right. Cale, you understand, has been our carriage and sleigh maker in Carmel fo; thirty years, and he'll do a job that you can't match this side tne golden chariots. It isn't very hard to put up with the eccentricities of gen ius when yon know you're getting something for your money. I bought one factory-made, top-buggy; hut that was enough Tor me. Pt was a good sample of crochet-work: but it would n't stand np any more than ice cream in a hay field. So I went back to Cale, and he built me a wagon that looked like la • pumkin sawed in two and set on four wheels. He allowed that It would remind me that I Was a pumkln-head. I took It. I had to take it or noth ing. That waa Cale's style. Feller went to him and ordered a carriage or a sleigh, and he got it; but Cale never allowed him to say a word as to what the model -should be. Being a senilis, he insisted that he knew better than the customer. Of course, be had to stick more or less to straight patterns on carriages, hut wben snow-time came, then you would behold in Carmel the result of Cale Allen's Ingenuity in Invention. When Carmel folks drove into other towns with their sleighs the people would run to the windows. Once wben we took'Squire Avery over to the Etna Tomb In February, with a procession of sleighs from Carmel about half a mile long, we drew big ger crowds than Haskell's Hippo drome circus. There was the old red-cradle style [ for new-married couples and the rocking-chair style for old folks, and * the minister drew one that had the Bible painted on the high back and a hymn book on the fender and a cov ering like a sounding board. He cer tainly always showed good taste, Cale did. Folks wondered where he ever thought up all the styles and all the colors he slapped on, but when yon come to analyze .the thing it ai rways- hit- -off -*he.-owner just right. — When—abant_fiftl\ _of__those sleighs were hitched around the church SGnr, a feller would kind of banker for a piece ot smoked glass to look at 'em through; but they certainly did add & lot to the landscape. Oh, yes, I suppose some folks- did find it; hard to get along with all of Cale's notions; but you bad to consider that be was a genius and entitled to some of his crankiness, and then yon didn't think anything more about Jt. Widower, Cale wak, and the women folks who had watched him for ten years allowed that 4 he wasn't ever go ing to hitch up again; First wife didn't get albng x wltt:nlm very well —genius, you know; and be kept her guessing all the time. Welt, the first any of us In the -vil lage suspected..that a hen was on was when Alp IJaoson's boy came Into the grocery afore one evening and snick ered awnilo^sldelof the stove, and finally onjpand said be was Just com ing down./past Widow Sprague's Bouse In<fcfisa«-Cale going np the front walk.. He said that Cale was hurrying- Jlkpr'sliC a* though he wa3 afraid tfiae one would see him, and strsck a sjlary place on the walk and . feli-dowjJk*»d a paper hag \be was carrylng^hnsteli/'anB more*n a peek of apple*-Scattered every which way. —Boy jMJd'^that,-the way Cale talked to himself- when be was picking np thostf apples' was certainly comfort ing to cold'ears. Boy brought along one of the' apples that bad rolled his' way, andf'showed It to us td pijove his story, Jtor* It certainly did sound unbe- Hevaple^Xbo apples was » Tallman sweeting, and oldilke Elwell snuffed of It and \said that- be didn't know -howrif-wa'a^Ia-elty -places. and Jtfghj ' aocIetyVGbut when a wldderer or-an> old' bad* started out in Carmel with. \* i'bj^oTlBweet apples to can. on_* widder/' It'^xneant more than simply- ' passing the tome o* day. ; ,fHe*» beglnnutg to.\ show attest- • \tlonsv that^s —'\\ <*~w What he'sdoln*.\ \14 •? -v^a jaiai. .was\ thex-genwaT-TOpMon'* ^b£\jtiDL ! tadse' lit the grocery sfore^afc thfr'-'tlnBKrj^Some remembered\ baciy 's «a '\tbose7'rth*t couldn't;, remember\ could 1 gucsibblowr ik>nrtght be-iriber fl© later—It waa in March, JTTt; member, about the time the crustgot |hard and IcyA-and Jbe said be belieT-. ed'the Sprague sugar orchard was ha'nted. He waa kind of all up In a heap about it, old Cy was. Be said [-be was coming along the road ^atj the foot of the slope and from awaytup. amongst the trees came aky-hootlnr some kind of a contraption' that\ look ed like—well, old Cy called It \an assItrlQh.** ~^-\0»tri6h^y ou ^wsap^onl^xs !^ ed the storekeeper. \Wal. tfie long-shanked bird with a millinery store on bis tall,\ said Cy. \Don't buther me when I'm tell- in' a story!\ So we kept still. •He went on to say that thla thing seemed to be letting the blue yells out at him or her for all Mm-orJher was able. He explained that some of the yells were way up aqnawky- like and some.were down gruff, and so he couldn't say as to whether It was him or ber. Anyway there was a terrible to-do on, according to bis 'tell. First it would scoot one way and then the other, and finally some thing, he couldn't tell what, shot oft away from it, aad then whilst be stood there in the road the ostrich thing came whoop 1 over the stone wall, ker-wblah across the road, ker- wow over the opposite stone wall, and down Into the meadow. And by that time he was so fussed up that he didn't stop to see any more and came along lull pelt to the store. He said that the yells of the thing wben it crossed tne road were too much for his nerves. He didn't have any grit left to' chase It. Just as we were getting up a bee to go and Investigate, the store door slammed open and in stomped Silas Spragne, the Widder Sprague's nine teen-year-old boy. \Where's Consta ble Britt?\ he yelled. \Right here,\ said Britt, shifting his chaw. The Spragne boy was a big, larrup ing chap, and be cracked bis fists together and hollered: \I've found out that I can lick him, and I've lick ed him good and plenty} 1 but that aint all there's going to be to this. I Want him arrested now, and sent to State's prison for his whole ding- blamed life!\ He was tearing out of the store, motioning for us to follow him; but Britt bumped along and grabbed him. \You ain't told me whether It's Na poleon-BonypSrte or~ King George you -want arrested yit,\ yelled Britt. \Do ye think I can work without any clues?' \It's Cale AUen!\ howled young Spragne. \And I want him put into State's prison where he belongs.\ And theh as near as we could get at it from him, it seems that Cale had come around to the Spragne house that evening with & new kind-of a sled that be bad' tinkered together, and made Widder S. bundle np and come out, and be put her on board and sat on behind and started down through the sugar orchard, spite of all that could be said. Spragne boy said that the hill was one glare of ice with snow humped around each tree, the way it Joes, and all frozen smooth, and that the sled get to whee-jigging around and Cale fell OS, and there was the widder, bundled all up and left on board and no way to steer. The sled would dodge straight for a tree, strike a glary hnmp and j whoosh around and make for another tree, and whoosh again, and there 1 that woman went pellity-whoop for | half a mile, just missing 'each tree by an eyelash, and off down \acfbss the i road and over the meadow and whong-bnnt into a haystack. \And I started after her,\ said the Spragne boy, \and on the way I came across Cale Allen, where be'd been wrapped^around a tree, and there and then, I <JtouncT out Hat I -could lick him;' and I\ done It lb the 'queen's taste. And I got my mother back home, and there she's settin' on 'the bed, grabbing the foot-board and hol lering so's you can hear her a mile, and thlnkin' all the time that she's sliding' down hill and mlssin' trees, and the neighbors say that near's they can tell she's U'ble to be alidln' down hill in her mind for all the rest of her life, and hollerin' like that, and he's broke up our happy home, and bow I want him put into State's prison!\ After he got it all out of him we had to put snow do-wya the back of his neck to bring him' out of his hys terics. Well, for a fact that was a sad story to hear about our genlns. Of course, a genius has a good many rights that tho ordinary man doesn't have; but it really did seem that this was a matter to be looked into. So a delegation headed by the constable started off to investigate and proceed In matters as the case should war rant. As the coroners say, we first took a look at the remains, the Widder Sprague's house waa full of. neigh bors, and she was stOl sitting on the bed with her muffler round her bead, hanging-to the foot-board, ber mouth wide open and hollering: .\Ob my Inwd, there's a 4reoi_ ' Drag your feet! Whee! There's another tree! ) Ow! Stop me! OhV my sakes! Drag your feet!\ Half the women were all' saying: -\Poor critter!\ andT the: others were snapping ^Mlssfcjbui scpmurel! ; V^9* pean- fignre^ret^r-wel^^widCb^jc to- fit the name*.' c ' \ (r'\\ '.',,~ t •' •TTbey say It's'.*' long'h^ .that'has rma ^rnlit7*-*wiiaHbe- constable;--font. It-seem to me?l?s-a. longestWUthat ain't gotjoiy^J*s8d«fc!ii %J$£>~:. on,-a qum^lg,S1*Hedg«\>y^eri r ref- ^marks.'* -sam^anolher^maJr^'.^ .and bristles Qffn;oire? bog' In this tflwa?\\' • '•'..V,. u ^ The selectmanv.^ho^Aad--\4nst' bought a new sleigh, off. 'Cale, with a crown and crossed gavels painted on it as a dellcate-~compllment, fried' to say something 1 about the. \eccen tricities of genius; but the women flew at Win llke'-*etting iens at' *: barn rat. JL_ „ _ \(Jents he said, turning,to \u^mett. folks with a alghr\! guess the yote of-the m«e,tln* Is 1« '•faVbr .',ot-: '.TJsr-aeJrferiCeis-'.lS^'^uppeaea was- tlos.\I wW'leaff^k^-way W our genius' house, and all those, so mind ed ~m«y tollermel* 1 --- — - - The *electmanhad to fairly drive, back two of the women to stay and take care of the wida%^ for f ear \she might try to jump off ber mind-aled, as you might say; And get into ^trou ble. It certainly was about the most popular excursion that was ever or ganized in the town of CarmeL Everyone wanted to go along. It being an official party, beaded by law and authority, we didn't stop to knock at Cale's house, but trudg ed straight in on the heels .of, the sft- lectman, like ducks following a leader. Cale was sitting on bis bed, too. I have an Idea that be was the most surprised man that ever held an evening reception in town. But you couldn't judge of his surprise by bis expression. As a matter ot fact, only one eye was showing, and that eye wasn't especially intelligent looking —it was mussed up too much. I guess that between the whops he got around the tree and the sharp edges of the crust and the attentions the Spragne boy paid to him on the way to rescue the widder, Cale bnd been finding life for the last hour \melan choly and forlorn,\ as the poet says: The selectman took his place at the foot of the bed, and the delegates to the convention formed behind him. \Mister Allen,\'said the selectman —\I Will call you Mister Allen, this beln,' as you might say, an official visit, we have just come from a house of pain and sorrow.\ \And what kind of a house do you think you've come into?\ said Cale in a gruff bow-wow under his towel ing. \Do I look as though I was celebrating a birthday with feast and frolic? Looks like a-mighty spunky business stramming into a man's house in thi3 fashion. Wben I want to entertain I'll send out Invitations.\ \Remarks are beard and duly not ed,\ said the selectman; \but it so happens that there wasn't time for the usual preliminaries -of polite so ciety. We are wlllin' to take into ac count all the excuses that a genius has to offer, and you needn't take the trouble to recapitulate 'em. Tou can start right in and explain what in sanup you were thlnkin* of when you set t*e Widder Sprague on that bob sled, or whatsoever it was, and left her to slam galley-west down through that orchard. There are those here tEat thinks it's deliberate attempt aV assassination. What have you got to say for yourself?\ j The chances are that in ordinary I circumstances Cale would have lit on I us and drove us out; but enough tWrgs had happened to him that \ evening to make him sort of supple. Some one in the crowd hinted that it had been found out that he could be licked by the Sprague boy, and that under those circumstances it wasn't good taste for him to ride a high hors<? any longer. So Cale ran nis eye over us, noted that we .were all looking pretty set, and he Went on to give In his statement. But be was scornful. \I don't suppose any of you have read books enough to understand that the scientists assert that there are more cases of insanity among wom en in the country districts than in ajiy__other classes?\- said he. ways have to stand more OT abuse; nut you'll tare to admit, Cale L that the people In Carmel have a^ ways been mighty Wad to you^as_a, genius In the carriage and sleigh line. We have taken yonr new Ideas In models and you:- schemes in color and bave pulled our wallets, and paid anffnefersaid a word. But this 'ere treatment for nervous prosperatlon seems to be affecting the' peace and happiness of a home and the equilib rium, of an immortal sonl.\ He walt- ied^ew^aMjBmac^edjhtellp^ w «?k it did tourod ^rel#y jS »«3S*^ r don*t know where be ever got hold of that string ot words. \If you could-see ber settin' there on her bed, gaming Ore footboard, and seeln' tretss ahead, and feelln' that she Is still goln' »r jbmlghty-aakea down a hill, you'd un- -derstand that this community feels justified in pickln' the thing up.\ \I've discussed it with the family already,\ said Cale, with a good deal of hidden meaning, settling the band age around bis eye, \and 1 don't un derstand that the neighbors have any license to stick their .noses in. It's wholly a family matter.\ \la it, now?\ squealed Mis' Bangs. \Family matter, eb? Well, do you presume to set there and tell us that you've declared your Intentions?' \None of your business!\ snorted Caje. ' \Well it Is our bus'ness!\ said Mis' Bangs, and she came right up to the side of the bed. 'It's tha> bus' ness of the spinsters and widdera ot this town to see that one of their number ain't lied to and deceived and rode down hill to her everlastin' ruin and then deserted. You'll find it's onr bus'ness, Misber Cale Allen, yot* that's been scornin' the women In this* town for all \these years! II you ain't declared yourself, then we've got as much to do with the Sprague family as you have.\ \Do you mean io tell-me,\ roared Cale, \that the women of this town think they've got the right to tell me how I shall do my cotrrtin'?' \Jammln\ fool ideas down the men's necks and trifiin' with the af fections of helpless women are two difftent things,\ insisted Mis' Bangs. \You may be a genius, as they say; but you can't genify us around your little finger.-** He jumped off the bed- like a flash, and I thought be° was going to cuff her ears, but that wasn't it He ducked out of the door on the run, and we all took after him, for we couldn't think what was going to happen. Geniuses go crazy all of a sudden sometimes, and we didn't know but the town of Carmel was go ing to see more tragedy that even ing than we bad seen up to that time, and land.knows we'd had enough! He kept ahead of us easy down the Toad, turned into the Widder Sprague's house, tossed the Sprague boy into a snow-drift when the boy tried to stop him in the door, and when we got into the house he was standing beside the bed shaking the widder by the arm. \Mis* Sprague!\ he shouted. The hiccups\ tad come on her by that time, but she was still able to boiler \Whoa!\ and talk about trees chasing her. Widder Sprague,\ he said, coax ing-like. But she only let out another howl. \Joanne said he. She didn't holler so loud \Dear Joanne!' be said. Her voice sunk down to a moan and the hiccups made her sort of cluk like a ssttlng hen. He put bis arm round her shoulder. \Dear Joanne,\ he said, \I'm a -steer- in' her, and don't you be scared a mite.\ She let her head lay over on his shoulder. \I was thlnkin', dearest Joanne,' V&^fafsmi ^^^mnU^ 8 * 1 * 1 ' he soothing her with his hand. ~u they let you rOn ~looHe mueni-*^- T --^ S55 _ Hm _^ m< ._ f ^ Jrt ,^ j^^, longer around \here I reckon the point will be pretty well proved,\ *\^If any 5 ^^^^'tl^v^^j ^M -IoaseiT xeHea^'Ml*- I^^mgsi- :*jou11 marck^bootf fto -mi^admW:, 3ifi7f3rrfble* > deed^ahd r^j-Jtfoftcq 'if^xin^^fc'-'wi^i^|r9od -rouiidyaiirfe broke in Mis' Bangs, with a sniff. \It ain't that way at all,\ snapped Cale. \Scientists say that women in the country, beln' tied down to home work and beln' alone so .much, and havin' nothin' special to take up their minds, get to brooding* and fall Into nervous prosperation aacL .^CO crazy. That's the size-of it. Now you know that the Widder Spragne has been alone a good deal for the last ten years?\ \Say is sweet apples good for bal- ancln' the mind?\ Inquired old Ike ElwelL Cale snapped that one eye pt-etty hard, and showed that he understood that we knew some things; but be kept on. \I could see that the Wid der Sprague was gettln' run down end solemn and lonesome, and was dwellln' on things, and was fallln' into nervous prosperation just as fast as she could. And whilst the rest of the hogs In this place was goln' around with their noses held down to their own business and. not paying any attention to the sufferln's of their neighbors, I studied up on the thing, and I was bound, to-cure ber of ber brain-fag, as the-scientists call It The books say that In 'cases of that End th* patient needs.,to ber.round. u^TIXeh out of hnm-drumY-surround- In's, given some fresh, and ..healthy excitement, and so forth and so on.\ ^Tnern the first preacflptidir of Tall- .mausiweeUngs failed;; beyf -periUt-. ediold.lke. \v», jbaggSnaerstand wbatiyou.'reidrlTin.'. laftreyelf^ldnrrfca^^ $y*aa!2 :,T «Hed CaHf.-^W'?iotJ*> t -to. •thfitjiownrlhat' ttM!s^t&lS »Vj , tf-# aeTgiT »OTtt r ^ithoufe^ bTer?-along^irtth: a' pliic?6i^erbacKerV 'j&mitom; ••Hweii,to^ft^««tri; v .thl*:,bed?ofspata'^ ; ^*Sw»'y.^'ose^„*>m«^3iUka^J ;f ,*I^' i fi«fc^!ecbp^ ' \iJT-ls.'r , r siId\Mli > \Bangsi? ^lf -xmtf conies i of HOW TO MAKE A START IN BEE CULTURE. Nearly every 6ne who has even a smaU^pasawhas.felt'at one time or an other a longing for &e plaawt -oecUr patlon of tending bees, but most peo ple are frightened away from the un dertaking by the difficulties which seem to present themselves. In the first place they are puzzled to' know how to make a proper be ginning and what the requirements are, for It goes without saying-that no person wishes to invest very much capital in an uncertainty. A little looking Into the matter will usually disclose the fact that some one with in a radius of five or six miles of you Is a bee-keeper' of some degree. If this be the case It is well to buy your bees close at home, if possible. If none are to be had In your vicinity send to some reliable beekeeper. The novice can usually obtain considerable Information while purchasing the bees and striking a bargain. Of course. It Is best to begin with one or two colonies. A colony ot bees In the spring of the year consists of a queen and several thousand workers. This will keep the beginner fully oc cupied at first and furnish him with experience which would be costly if obtained on a larger scale. A colony of common bees in a box hive should not cost more than from J3 to $5. Afterwards they can be transferred into a movable frame hive and an Italian queen be given them. As the queen Is the mother of all the bees In the hive, you will soon have a race of purebreds. The writer can well remember the time when he ob tained his first colony It was in a box hive and was pulled home on a hand sled and cost the small sum of $3 50. After purchasing a smoker and a veil, an empty nive for the expect ed swarm, and a few other trifles, bo set out to harvest a crop of honey. At the close of the season when sum ming up he WB-3 surprised to learn that his crop of honey had cost him $3 A pound. It is needless to say that he was glad that the crop was not any larger at that price, for the ex pected swarm, although being 7 hivea twice, had decamped for parts un known. Where a person does not care for the experience of transferring it would probably be best to buy the bees in a movable frame hive though the cost be somewhat higher at the outset Of course; in this pnrsult emergen cies do arise, but If they are met with ordinary foresight and common sense they are not likely to result disas trously. For detailed Instructions such as It is beyond the scope of this article to give there are numerous bee books to help the novice over the rough places. Rev L. L. tangstroth. to whom great honor Is due, Is the father of American beekeeping. In deed, it was through him that the pursuit has been developed from a game of chance Into the great Indus-, try It 1B today, for it was his. inven* tlon of the movable frame hive that , has changed the occupation of the. **£na\t~WBen~^wu gut -trr^lie -bottom ot4 IPierfBt from one af^jrieasjirebut un rrW. -'-V-.' to make would; 1 neea:*^c««|alfS0 mower, ma^a ^^jLi^s ^iss^P' and ladders, -' «i^ASfi above tools t*orf^wonJd^e^io^£ Also, if macnB^'&Cttie^^ the hill, I'd say: 'Le's you and me slide together all the rest of our UveSj* We're past fifty, and it's all down hll^ for us now. Yes. dear Jo anne, when we get to the foot of the hill I'm a-goin' to ask you to marry me, and now,\ he hollered In ber ear just as loud as he could yell, \we're —at—the—foot—of—the—hill!\ Well, sir, she came to like the snap of your finger, and smiled at him like a sick cat, and when he said: \Will ye marry .me, Joanne?\ she p?tted him on tbe cheek and laid her huad down on his shoulder and said: Til make ye jest the best\ wife I know how to.\ And she was as calm as a pork sausage.. Cale stood up and shook his fist at us, one arm still around her. \Now blast your old pelts!\ he yapped, \you've spied around and stuck your noses In and prodded at me till ye made me pop the question right square under your noses, and now I suppose you are satisfied. And If you are.'^get out! If fnis ain't a family, matter noif 'and from this time on, I'd like to have Mis' Bang* there tell me whereln j it ain't.\ Now, really, there didn't seem to be anything to say. *<Me*tih* Is adjourned slny die,\ said the selectman, and we went \home wondering at just what point the Widder Sprague began to sit up and late notice, but not being very well pouted on nervous prosperation and mind, troubles none of us could figure It very well. certain profits Into a well paying business. A little capital invested iu bees will grow and multiply, besides yielding a very fair per cent of profit. In locating an apiary and arranging the hives much taste can be display ed, but a few general principles should always ,be observed. It is on advantage to have the hives facia? eastward or southward, in order to have the morning sun shine in at the entrances of the hives, which Induces the bees to fly forth .early In the quest of nectar which collects in the flow ers during the night. When the btv»» are in this position they will also be protected from the north and wetn winds. A hedge of evergreens or honeysuckle wilt be a further protec tion and make a splendid enclosure. A few fruit or shade trees in the apiary are an advantage, and Invari ably attract the swarm which may is sue from the hives at swarming time. —F. O. Herman In Massachusetts Ploughman. PEDDLING VnXSETAB^Sg^^a. Located'near a thriving:'. iu&neBsfy, resort, the writer h *B \t6^y*tt£pW$& served the methods^ employea^|b|pi;' truckers as well as by'tae men:wh £|pf buy all they sell, and has-obseryedi^ that, in nine cases out of ten, thelat^'^; ter are the Best merchants, and genV>- erally because the vegetables' they/I.. buy have been graded by the\ wheie -JJf sal or BP that they are presented to\ the consumer in an. at^cUre'f'fprna. \The man who raises vegeiabiiwjV^n the other band, hates^to see anything he can not sell, and he tries to;.get, ; rid of cull stuff by. biding'it5.*mong^ the better vegetables. As a :result- he ;.. soon loses his trade. A lady' house- ] keeper in town recently 'remarked'\•«> that she rarely bought things of far>\. mers because she found their grd-^v^j! ducts were not reliable.\\,£ x^i^r^'^^^ This is certainly. fairs, for who shbutcf^bet^^j^^ible?^. to deliver .first class stul^tA^^e^ man who raises it. And who IsjbeUery able to know what-first class^tuff'is- than the farmer. There ia not a man in the country witb a thriviag. town., within easy reach who should-not. be- able practically to control the best, trade in that town' in the products of his farm, at least against the middle: man, If he will be honest in the grad- ' lng of bis goods and put them up as attractively as the competitor. Surer- ly the, average housekeeper prefers the vegetable fresh from the ground to those that have been shipped from a distance; but, on the other hand, sho has no wish to find culls among the things for which she had paid a fair price. See the point?—Indianapolis News. BREEDING HINTS. Commence at once to breed your cows, your mares, your sheep and your hogs to pure bred sires. With the same care and feed you are giving. now, you frill be surprised to note t£e improvement that will come over your herds and flocks from this one act Have no more use for acrttV\ sires in your\ herds and flocks' than ' you have for the quack doctor In your, families. The work that both, accom plish in promoting improvement to our general welfare amounts to the same thing. Well bred animals re spond to good feeding Study to feed well and to encourage a maximum growth and production on the part ot every animal. To do this be thought ful of the needs of your animals throughout the entire year. Growing,, fattening, milking and laboring ani mals require more than a TP^ ,n . tn Ti- ance ration to Insure any profit la their keep. E*«n -scales- • and—feed— . Hlitory Rtpoted- [JTJAlearnel clergyman was~CiQkTngT| ifith an Ulltemtejjreachei who pro-. ^«toed-to -despise .educations '—.ftis* '• i^riton have been to college, t sup pose?'!, asked the latter. lonegg^that, une^th.; to preaclwwltKotttrleanaT^^ ig^w^rgtar '-^veat'-aSettrrM^lilite;\ l^^by^fgai^ [ ;SfSa ^c^ la-tEra jronnr*r rf.v fe'^a^ungte.daya: USE IMPROVED^ MACHINERY. The hay crop is like aU other crops the farmer harvests In that it is most easily handled with up-to-date machin ery. X advise'one to prepare his ground and be sure that Stjs in- a condition.that he can use machinery without running a risk of. breakage by rurmlng^lnto small stumps, 6toaesr| be founder- the most of one., fields.- po-MibW'^bjif^'^lng^ andiike'^ut •Then^in^ftersprlng I. would^haul oit- couldibe done measures in the hands ot men nulclfc ts observe \and exercise good judg* 1 ment will promote economical feed ing and profitable returns. CaretuI attention to the matter of breeding,' feeding and sanitary condition, I be-\ lieve will do more than anything else to ward off and eradicate diseases which are more or less prevalent among our farm animals.—Weekly, Witness. USEFUL HINTS. Be ready for harvest In good sea son. Keep the soil of the cultivated crops In good tilth. The farmer who has the (east waste usually has the most profit. Get rid of the surplus horses-if-they, are not growing Into mouey.'.^'..' ,„ In many instances the cultlyfolpjtt. decides whether the harvest ^jPSj*f- .. much or little. . -^l^W^M'i- Preserve the healtbj/'^^ty^ald^.f usefulness of the horses . bj^ yfji^aiS| them change of feed occastnaaljj;.^-^;^ Pasture fields without good;4'MSK»^|j In them aro not fit tqr -tu>CTMa*• jftfaflr^fjr^ H time of the year. Breed in Uatf -&^&$u0ijj0jffi$ well as pure -1ireediig .^S^^S^g&, Good butter; inCchi^^im^Sgh ^ll made from the mu>^dji;<w ^^||^|l are deprived of putejr«^^ 5, -?4lf ¥ . •^of' r ai«r^ii*f: - • Trif^^r - ; ; *--> —\™'T A fattening animal'or any or any otifije'.obstructions, that mayTshould never have more fobd before it than it will earj^t^^^f Where dairying is mkde^ifp^i the farm Operation a&?ft^f$£*£p cows keptv,'a, «ood'icrein#wpiiHRdflii ES8 1 ^i^iw-H^ssS ^^F i ?e*tment>. , : More^ream^^t*wEu^*if ^g|^^»,(|W ^24i *«S»l' .thing*] A farmer- tanO** any ajnount *TTiS^