Exeter Times, 1901-2-28, Page 2W1TiGO-PB. lepOTION.
entsm met ete, rHis AND THAT, BITS OF FUN. I TQU'RT lel OT AFP• 'near the cemetery tar--
Expert A„ ico I% o hoc( ileac 'nuclei ---v
The nil:lowing is from( the "Oottntr
Gentlemen"; 'ro °Innen a breed 0
fowls teat are peepetual layers is th
Object Unit many aim Att. Tilts is a
impuesibility, for naeuee will eMbillIS
kt•Selfui Must have st. period of res
In order that we melee a perpetua
production of fresh ets, the Inesines
VIDA. be arranged be oreband- Thee
is a diteerenee M bresed$, some 'vitt
better tease others atf any ttme of th
year, anti (Oboes, tiegain, giving the
eggs in whiter. There is little Willett/
ty in obotioing eggs in smuttier, bu
tho winter eggs 'nest be worked foie
end the towls swaged beforehand
Hens thee ha•ve d well during. the
summm
er ullet he depended oa fo
tate fall or seer'
Prof, Craig says tbe best gain al?
e flangs considered, tbat luts been,
1 able to get with sucking lambs was
made with a ration consisting of four
e, 1 parts of bran, four parts of cern. meal
end one part oil meal,
5
Comfort is as, necessary a condition
for cattle as is good food. One of the
advantages of the eoiling system is
that tho stoek ean be made so com-
e fortable in cool, tvonty. stables. They
e often suffer mutt front heat end men
ix 'al summer pa.sture.
If the tops of clover are cut off, says
t a writer, the roots will inerease th
bulk raueji more than if the tops bad
' aot been. rmaoved. It is an Immutable
e botauical law that if the parts of a,
•ii plant above the ground aro sevevoy
" ereued it will ittaadop tesot growth.
t zliat(at alia;aortee, where land is valuable,
or man. cannot hope to &MU
inarty aerea, the soil spaee m neono.
tubed, in everee way peaelble. la the
small vineyarde eurrante and °thee
entail fruits are often planted betweeu
the grape rows. This is one way tg
mane the small farm p3y.
Gooa farming, thelueles Many things
besides the raising of large erops and
line stock., It. menial -es good fences,
good gates, drained laud. Ohm field%
buildings adapted to their purpose,
and some attention to beautifying the
, home. ludeed, musty of these lay riglet
1 at the foundatiou of good, farming.
Good straw is alinatya worth blebs.,
care of. Lye straw ts the only sort
that we should advise stelliteg off tbc
farm, and that only beeauso the price
obtainable will usually ena"le one to
buy some fertilizing material to offeel
the loss oeensiened by renewing straw.
A Bat oat and whsett straw will pay bet
; ter to nee at tannin ia feeding or be
I ding, or both.
1 Cob meal has little or no value as
Semi awl mat. be ealti to praetieey
Icorn meal alone. is liable to make a
add no nutrine•nt to corn meal, lad
heavy, compact mass in the stonuten,
I • '
lend to digest. nhe eob meal mined
,
sena it helps to Iteep it hi. iAi... inui more
• aecessible to ate aellen of the gastrie
•luice. and hence aids in its digestion.
Soil and fertilizer tests with tobaeeo
were made in North Carolina last sea-
son. Avid phosphate. eintoneseed
.• meal, ledint, barnyard manure, mini-
! ate and sulphate of potash were ap-
plied to the tobaceo land. Potash
I gave the highest result,: of any single
element, but the higniest reveres were
obtained where these eleinents wen)
cembined.
Poultry is nutritheete and eaeay oat.
Atested. Grid for titese r.-esone the
fanner who grows it s'aould reserve a
good supply for his own table. He
ean afford the best as well as may -
body. If he gees wholly on the prittele
ple of eating by congaing 1de meal
diet to salt pork. It is ten to one Mai
be loses more through luseetivity of his
mind ifecauso of this indigestible diet
than be saves by its dementsiel cost
•inter, even If we
_PA. but aeuerally commence in
taleatley, and leteep it up throughou
n'etertatry and Marvin giving a good
$arinino g not too old. But if
s beater not to allow suelt birds to ge
nto the winter. They itre general -In
rat. after haring iheisheil the annual
moult, ueil sbould be killed for the
-ta.ble. After the second animal moult
hetes are apt to become egg-benutd,
espeeially a welt fed and fat The ex-
eess or fat that aocamulates about the
tower intestines and ovaries wealteas
these organa and renders them beapa
be of, performing their offices. Hence
the fowl suffers and becomes profit.
less. When left too long the bird be
;ernes feverish eon the f.'s:tit le Meal
ter food, The better way is to avoid
this trouble, since there is no cure, hn
riot 24101-v11ra ato birds to go tato the
lieComi -winter. Trouble of this kiwi
Seldom oceura with Fallon YOUPQ
hens,
To obtain a sup02,- a winter yaw,
eve roust have the eltieks out in March
or April. Leghorns anti some or the
smeller breeds will do in'elay or the
lirst ref dune, but the Brainuas and
00011ia* Must Come oft early, tbat thee,
heaY hieVO the full season for growth,
The Asiasties are generally good lay.
•ere in white,. and tic,i.d 1,As artificial
heat, as nature, tins not foraished them
Wit1x any ornamental appendages
neaten Keane by exposure to frosallor
them it b not neeesn try to snout large
au= in warm buildiugs. What they
can dispense with in thin nopoot they
demand in feed, which nolo he given
rega tile,. nee ft1,41 nius!I REV lip
And Taxied With =Mull veeetable
• diet. The, ezipray ef writer• never
• ran. livo must fetd Wail 3-- ^t a,neig
time, before the teese.4 we! •eek. Any
breed or ltens will
mous, quantity of fezeit e'en. emu.
mewing to by. but ann.' :eivean once
began they wit not n en or even
bike so much graiza. ee
their great Craving; Ltfee %,getelde
and animal substanee, mat =shed
clam or oyster ellaelle.
riOwIs that et elderly tetintel have
certitio portions of the dey fer their
different feeds. My 11,,"t.i teemire
their shells at Wolin tifi vstt Dr- their
greens, mad their gealti la tie. morn.
W,g, and always ereen whien When
•rate has the tinie atel eeire, %fence,
tout enjoys the pelting ef eawle melee
Ing WaTiTi stews on vere- ode a•eys 19.
ea admirable r.lan, and tie. lards rel-
ish them lunrvelleusly. Tale, b Or or
pork ecraps, and pet iato au old ket-
tle, having them preelett tee gime]
fine, and fill it half full o' water.
While sttswinee threw in a dozen
*hopped wahine, two dzsn eft:Y(1MS
pepper:lie-seed the clay's euffee and tea.
(Is. rildeltene elle minil1s.. with
eornmeal, end eerve it ;seem; atneng
the hens Isot. Whey ner.eit it roe:ming-
ly when once taught to test it, and will
look for tixe ration tleily nt the certain
time, On cold write r days give this
reed, betweeu 2 and weleeet in the
efternoon, and the eldelos • got their
•crops warmed up for the centime- cold
at night. If scraps aro not handy,
boil unpealed potatoese anti serve in
the same planner, adding a littl•e
grease or cold gravies lett over front
iseSterday's dinner.
The combed 'varieties require warm,'
gearters and squiffier exposure than
the Asiatics. and are good winter lay-
ene after December and early January.
They will lay in the fall if early
hatched, but the change of fall to
winter, and the getting- into winter
quartet's affects them, and they sel-
dom, commence again before the days
begin to- lengthen, at which time
Braheatts will cease erig-produation
and become broody. Where one has
•the convenience it is well to keep
bath kinds, in order to insure a sup-
ply of eggs. It is useless to expect
many eggs from old fowls of any,
variety. Have the buildings ready
earlye. and the fowls ef the right ago
d•( in condition to iusure SUCCPSS.
lie business of our domestic hen is
to produce eggs, and we must feed her
for it
& Illinature Green House.
This is a convenient and ornamental
apparatus for growing flowering house
plants, or for starting cuttings or seecl,s
early in the season that are after-
wards to be transplanted to open
ground. BB is a, large earthen vessel
or pot, in the center of which, at -the
bottom, the small pot, A, is invated.
The space GG around this is filled
;teeth drainage material. On the top of
• this 'pot a smaller one, 0, of porous
earthen, and having straight sides, is
set, and the space around this, D
and BE, is filled with mold and sand
in which two circles of plants may be
set The pot, 0, is filled with water,
• which percolates through the porous
he -sides and keeps the mold meet enough
fer purposes of vegetation. Over all
the bell glass, F, is placed. If the bell
glass and large pot cannot be ebtained
• conveniently, the same principles can
be nearly carried out by constructing
, a square box of wood and framine
panes of glass for the cover •
-
To Tnerease rggs.
If an increase of eggs be desired in
the poultry yard, before large sums
sae expended in the purchase of ever -
resting layers, we would recommend
the' system of keeping no hens after
the first, or at most aftev the second
Early pullets give the increase,
nncI the''Cinly wonder is that people
^Q0rS:1'st, fts they do, in keeping up a
ot old hens, which lay one day
d step 'the next. In some parts of
'-ope it is the invariable rule to keep,
pullets cedy one year. Feeding
Neill do a gneat deal—a surprising
•e- (ink; indeed—int' the rd'edustion
• but no when old hens aro eon -
they, rear put on fat bat them
ot put dirprneg. ,Thtir tale Is
4 their ik fet dem; miadng rs
th be done wlik elan bat
al -hem a trakila of tleo
the soonest gliesz fee *WO 4ltei
Rh -king tierce%
We present herewith a method that
will be found available in all eases of
kicking by horses. The beast Await]
have a goad pair of bits In Ids mouth,
to width should be attaehed a strap ot
rope sufficiently long to resat back be
tweet% and behind the fore legs aboul
eight inches, and should pass through
The girt or sureingle. A loop should be
made in this, the lent end of the rope
or strap, about two inehes or more im
length. Now take a rope about sever
or eight feet long. (The length of the
rope will depend on the size of the
b.orse; the rope should be long enough
to allow of a free use of the horse's
hind legs in traveling.) Pass one end
.of the rope round the leg upon the in-
side, so the fastening shall come upon
the outside, to prevent interfering,
and bring it round upon the outside
of the leg, and pass the end over and
around the middle of the rope and
wind it round the rope upon the out-
side of the leg, as illustrated. Draw
the noose up round the pastern—i, e.,
between the fetlock and hoof --and
'pass the unfastened end of the rope
through the loop in the rope or Strap
which passes through the surcingle,
and fasten the end round the other leg,
as was done the first time in fasten.
inge-This mode of fastening is simple,
is easily done and undone, and will
not work -off, provided the noose is
drawn up tightly around the pastern.
If you have a horse that is addicted
to the =Pleasant habit of kicking, try,
this experiment, and you will fued that
It works admirably.
Removing Carbonic nem.
correspondent gives an accoun.
ef an extemporized apparatus for re
moving carbonic acid gas from wells.
It was simply an openecnout umbrella
let down and rapidly hauled up a
number of times in succession. The
effect was to remove the gas in a few
minutes from a well so foul as to in.
stantly extinguish a' candle previoue
to the use of the umbrella. Whenever
there is an escape of gas in an apart-
ment the adoption of this plan will be)
Lound useful.
To Render 'Greed iTnh'sflIrnrnftb1o.
Prof. Kedzie, of the Agreed -tura)
college of efichigan, an expert chem.,
ist, says that a paint or wash made of
skim milk; thoroughly skimmed, and
water brine, .will render wood 'unite.'
flammable, and he prOvecl it by" experle'
moat. He said this paint, or white-
wash, is durable, very cheap, inepete
vious to water, of agreeable color and,
as it will prevent wood-fromtaking'
fire, urged its use, particularly We
roofs, outbuildings, barns, etc.
Remedy for 'Burdocks'.
It is said that a certain and speedy
eeniedy for burdocks has been found
in kerosene oiL A small quantity pour-
ed into the heart of a plane, directly
after cutting, leaves no trace of their
existence save a small hole in the
earth where they stood. Refined or
crude oil will accomplish the purlyese
',list as well.
OStriebee what pursued inesateable
run, against the Wiad. They are poly-
• gamous. The females lay their eggs
several. in one nest, tbe 'hatching be-
ing performed by the male.
A. record output in steel rails is re-
ported by •the Illinois Steel Oompany,
as statement being made that 1442
-ons were tweed out tu. a day shift
• he night shift foliewing with 1435
,ons.
A recent shipment of eighty-two
'bousand bushels of wheat from Pert -
latest Oregon, to Yokobarea was the filGt
cargo made up exclusively of this
vereal taat ever croesed the Pacific to
Japan.
A story is going the roweds of wbat
probably the longest railroad train
on record, a train recently moved on
he Cleveland & Pittsburg line, which
;vas oze and a third unl,s long, or
more exactly, about six am:issued feat.
Driv, les of oxen in France, while at
lawk well their beasts in the geld,
!nee:noon/ ezneouraga the entreats to
labor by eluging to them. The peas-
ants believe tbat tine songs are very
ecctpetie:e to the four-fotited laborers.
The married aud urnaarried women
cf the United States of Oolouthia,
South America, are designated by the
umener in which they near flowers in
their hair, the senoras wearing them
on the right side and the senoritas on
the left.
One of the largest works of man's
heads is the artigelal lake. or restr-
vein in India. at Rajoutana. This res.
ervoir, said to be the largest iu the
world, and Itnown as the great tank. of
Dbehar, and used for irrigating pur-
peses, covers an area of twenty-one
.quare
Second only to the French are the
Chinese when it cornea to culinary
and with steeple materials they
will contrive to put together a Meal
which would shame an ordinary Am-
rican cook. In peasant families the
wife or daughter does the cooking, but
in all large establishments tile coolie
are invariably men.
Impeachment does not rnean vonvic-
tien any more thae. indictment does.
Andrew Johnson was impeached by
the House of Representatives on
March 6, the Senate sitting as a court
ander the presidency of the Chief Jus-
tke the Supreme Court. Th trial
ktsted, with intervals—the seseion ginning at 1 P. lhL. each day—until
May 26, when the President was ac-
quitted and the Senate, sitting as a
court, adjourned.
Columbus sailed from Palos on a Fri-
day; discovered America on a Friday; I
the Mayflower arrived at Provinte-
town an a FrklaY; "Bunker Hill" was
won on Friday; Cornwallis surrender-
ed on a Friday; Lincoln was sbot an a
Friday; Marat was killed by Cbarlotte 1
Corday on the thirteenth; the French
occupied Madrid on the tlaireeenth;
Napoleon surrendered at Sedan on a
Friday; France declared war egliust
Prussia. on a Friday; China aeked .1a. ,
pan to stop the war on a Friday.
There are dozens of other da•es;
events happen on Friday end on the ,
thirteenth of the 'sleuth just as wen ne
on other days.
! li frnottfo'rrteme
net afar! thy face is etia be-
Wditihvinael;1 its light— its loveliness,
1•
The south winds blow thy dark, deep
treses o'er me
Awl still the gray eyes shine!
"No, he nasn't proposed yet," sighee
Genevieve. We suggested that the fel
low doubtless Itn.ew whee he eves web
off. "No, I sespeet the trouble is he
• doesn't know what. Pm well ea the
t, way papa ,is pleuging in pork," said
- the beautiful girl, with a sae smile.
Ah, love was indeed a great mystery-
• —Dettoit Jeanie},
"We're just gettiag our new corn -
Dann in shape," said the basine's
man. "Do you leappen to know of anY
one who is a particularly god book-
keeper?" "Yes, I do. There's /nu
son," promptly replied the biblioplinn
"I loaned laira a book early in the
spring and he seems to thirat be's to
have and hold it to tbe cad of tire.";
Press,
Patient (waiting impeticutly at elt,-e-
tor's office) --When will the doetcr bo
here? I've been waitiog netriy haft
aU hour. Servant—What of that? Tie
doctor has been waiting nearly four
, regents for youl—Fliegende Blaett.r.
"I did the best I could for yeti,"
Said the attorneY.. "but we lest the
! case, nevertheless" "Ob, you needn't
• melte any excuses," replied tbe
"Ignorance of the law eneuses no
• TMs talk about the father who pun-
ishes his -wayward boy with a trunk
strap is all nonsense. Everybody 'who
ever 4t4rted to go away on a vacation
knows that the truult strap b alw„eve
lost—Somerville Journal.
"This boy or /Woe." $aid the die-
• treesee parent, "has always been
bachwerd in his lessons. lie decant
seeert to be smart. enough." "You leave
him with rae," said the old-faelsioned
pedagogue, eignifteantly; mako
him smart• "—Philadelphia Reeord,
;
"What is eoeducatimaritty zoo?" "It
is a foolish systent of educe:Ian, fath-
er, whereby the male students are per-
petually condemned to ser thamelvee
crowded for lira honors by au infer
ior se."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Visitor—And who are you, my little
man? Cuthbert (with conseiout prides
• —I'm the baby's brother.—Answere.
HOW TO TALK,
It is better to be frankly dull than
s pedantic.
! One must guard one's self froat the
,• temptation of "talking shop" and of
i riding one's "hobby."
Whatever sets one apart as a cap-
4
ttal "I" should be avoided,
4 Pim or humorous story is ilepeusl-
mit upon its freshness for appreemtion
Some emotions will not bear
ing over."
It is no longer coneidered goal form
to say a word agaiust any one. An
Ilienatured criticism is a social blun-
der, Gossip too is ready gouts out ef
fashion.
Talk that has heartinces in It and
the livelintes and sparkle that coun
of light-heartednees awl initovem guy,
ety is a tallier geed sub:akin(' far It
• Ofier to etaili one wait epealis tit..
homage Of your tunliveied attention
Look people in the bee whea YOU tal .
to them.
Talk of things, net Demons. Ti.e
i best substitute for wisuom is silence.
It is a provincialism to say "Yes.
air," "No, ma'am," to one's Neal.
Have convictions of e oar Leen. I3e
yourself and not a mere enao.
Never ask leading questioes. We
Should show curiosity about the cur.
eerns of others only so far as it mar
gratify them to tell US.
Draw out your neighbor NYIIIIOIut
catechizing him. Correct him if neces-
sary without contradicting him. Avolu
mannerisms.
Strive to be natural and at ease.
The nervousness that eonceals Itself
under affected Vivacity should be con-
trolled, as should the loud laugh.
USEFUL HINTS.
•••••••••••••••••
The papers tell of a good mini -tees
wife who was tbrice raarricd—to a
Mr. Robin, a Mr. Sparrow and a Mr.
Quayle, with children or step children
by eaeh marriage, so that in the home
nest of her third estate there dwell to-
eether little Robins and Sparrows and
Quayles,
Debtors in Siam, when three months
In arrears, can be seized by the credi-
tors and compelled to work, out their
indebtedness. Should a debtor run
away his father, his -wife or his Wi-
tten may be held in slavery until the
debt is cancelled.
The yellow and red Spanish flag is
;he oldest of any used by tbe Enron: an
:lowers, as it was first flown in 1715
The Frendh trieolor was tirst used in
1795. the Red English ensign, with the
oresent Union Jack in the upper can-
ton. In 1801. the present Italian flag
In 1848; the present Austo-Hungarian
Vag in 1867, and the German flag hi
1871.
The hottest place in the world is
Death Valley, in Arizona, where the
temperature often reaches 125 d:grees "Can you tell me," said the Sunday
in the shade. school superintendent to e bright net-
tle girl, "in what condition Job was
at, the end of his life?" "Dead, sir,''
was the prompt reply.
Little Nettie was learning to real
and part of her lesson ran thus: "Tits
cat has a rat." "Huh!" sbe ex.laina ,
ell. "Tbe man who wrote this beck
'didn't know very much. Cats don't
have rats; they have kittens."
"Johnny," said •a mother to her
greedy Tittle five-year-old, "if you eat
so 'much lunch you will spoil your ap-
petite for dinner." "Well, I don't
care," answered Johnny. "I'd rather
• have a good lunch for my appetite
than a good appetite fox my dinner."
• "lVfaramas" said a mother to het
Nettie, "where do people go when,they
• die?" "I can't tell just where, my
dear," answered her morleer. "Brit
don't you Imo*, mamma?' asked the
little miss. "Of course not, Nettie,"
she replied, "how ehould I know?"
"Why, raamma," asked the small in-
terrogator, "didn't you nevee &tide
geography?"
True wit is a. gift, not an 'attain-
ment. Those who use it aright never
yield to the temptation of saying any-
thing that can wound another in or-
der to exhibit their own clevernes.s. It
is natural and spontaneous. "He who
runs after wit is apt to catch non-
sense."—Ladies' Home Journal.
OUT OF BABES' MOUTHS.
The export e of $40.000 (MO worth al
:eanufactured goods from this country
in April, 1900, is a pheromenal one
trid indicates that the exports of our
teenufactures will exceed $400,000 Or
!ter the fiecal year endina June SO
n'alch will be very nearly three tie.es
the amount experted in 1290.
It is a well-estabIlehed fact that
ants can be improved by cross -me
::nd judic:ous selection quite as surely
ited effectively as the breeding pf an -
as. Th segar beet may be quoted
-s en. example of what cultivation may
1- 0. The sugar beet of to -day ectutie
:7 contains about three times at large
n nroportion of sacnharine raatte.r as 11
did a century ago;
The eee'roplione is meeting will)
in England. There are many
etre in the leaclieg s!reets of Lon "o
v* -- ere eine can, by the paement o!
- le on can. by the pa,ymeat of
"i /se, be switched for a qua riur
any Of the Muele helb
would appear to be the
i 1i eretr country in Europe. Tee
enet cceses shows that in a populat:ce
• neer'isjni11ioi.s nearly four mi
• '-113cvfl-neither read nor write, rn.1
rt eely a little creer a millioe hiev(i
itee ctiecation at all. ;.
:1en email lot Or literary curioenic,
t,-ceritiv offered 'for sale in Lo • '0 )
os the •following printed ao i e
e-nich nsed to be exhibited on the'
Deary Lane Ceelf.ee-House a.bont, 1122:
' t -Is particularly requeste 1 by ill,
!ler:lenity that those who are leer i
:0 seen will ask for yesterday's p p
Itt a perfectly clry atmosphere ateinne
. ,
efe can exist at a temperatere of en
legrees Fahrenheit—that is, 82. neer rees
(hove the beeline neent of water,
• HOUSEKEEPING
-----
To prevent salt from caking, add a
little arrow -root.
Mixed mustard will keep a better
color if a pinch of salt is ufdded.
To remove quickly the paper from
the bottom of a cake hold it in front
of the fire.
When an oven le too hot for the
proper baking of its contents putu.
basin of cold water ineitle.
Never slant an even door wben arty,:
Ching, is baking. .Such a • proceeding
will ruin the contents.
To cut hard belled eggs lil smooth
slices dip the knife in water.
Thattert not afar! No distance, dean
GAG sever
Hearts that in hearts all faithfully
abide,
feove that is leve forever and fore
ever
No oceans can divide!
Thou'rt not afar! But oh. to feel the
living
Clasp of thy haledl to kiss the teara
Away
In -gm those dear eyes—the tender
and forginill.g—
And hear the dear lips eayt
"I love yout"—as in moments len;
departed!
Yet this is still nay solace and my
trust;
There shall be rest, dear, for the
broken hearted,
Beyond Owl's daisied dust.
--Frank L. Stanton
0
Little Vidette of Lombardy
in the year 1859 (luaus the war fur
the liberation of Lentbartly P. few days
befeee the battle of Solferiuo and San
Martha*, won by the Freneh end the
Italians, united agluet the Marlene
an a beautiful rimming in the month
of done a little troop of cavalry of Sft.
luzzo was moving slowly through a,
solitary path, toward We enemy, re.
• rounoiterins the eountry as they weoe.
The troop was commanded by au of--
cer and a sergeant, and all sPled loto
the distance before them with eager
oyes, sileut, expeeting every moment
to see the white uniforms of the ad -
yam poet of the enemy Ain:merles
through the trees. They came to a
but surrounded ,by ash tree% ie. treat
f which was a ey About twelve years
old, Analog alone nattering the hark
from A email brauelt with a knife.
Front the window of the bona() deated
it large tri -colored fie's, but no ono
was lusitle, Having hoisted the flag,
all bad run away fearing the Aus.
treble. AS men as the boy sow the
cavalry meu, he threw away hie stielt
and twit off his hat. He was a flue -
looking lad wIth a brave face large
blue eyes, and long blonde hair. Ho
was in his aid sleeves and his ohirt
was eunlastened, showing hie bare
chest.
"What are you doing here?" asked
the officer, stopping his home, "Why
did you not run away with your lain -
"1 have nO family," answered the
boy, 41 tun a foundling. I work n
little for way one, and I remained
here to ea the war,"
•"Have you seen the Austrians pass?"
"Vet for, the last three days,"
The. officer sat thinking a moment,
then dismounted from his horse, and,
leaving the soldiers turned towara
the foe, he entered tho house and went
up on the roof. The house WEIS low
and from the roof only a little stretch
of the country could be seen,
"It is necessary to climb the trees,"
said the officer, and lie came clown.
Just in front of the yard there was a
lofty, slender ash tree, which was
rocking its top ill the sky, The oil-
cer stood lost in thought for a mo-
ment, looking now at the tree, now
at the soldiers, then, all of a sudden,
be asked the boy; e
"Have you good eyesight, you rag-
torauffin?"
"I?" said the boy. "I can see a
sparrow a mile distant."
"Can you climb to the top of that
tree?"
"I can do that in a minute."
"And could you., tell me what you
see down below from the top, whether
there are any Austrian soldiers, clouds
of dust, guns glimmering., or any
horses on that side?':
"Surely, I could."
"What do you want me to pay you
for this service?"
"What clo I want?" said the boy,
smiling; 'nothing of course. If the
Austrians asked me, I would not do
it at all, but for my own people—I
am a Lombard!"
"Well, then, climb up."
"Wait just a moment for me to take
off my shoes."
Ile took off his shode,lightened the
strap around his trousers, threw his
hat on the grass, and clasped the
trunk of the ash tree.
"But, look out!" exclaimed the of&
cer, making a gesture as if to hold
him, back, as though seized with a
sudden fear. The boy turned around
to look at him with his fine blue eyes
as if to question him.
"Never mind," said the officer; "go
„ The boy went up like a cat.
"Look in front of you," cried the
officer to the soldiers.
In a few moments the boy was at
the top of the tree, with his legs
around the trunk among the leaves,
but withhis breast unhovered, and
the sun shining on his blonde head
made it look like gold. The officer
could, hardiy see him, he looked so
small front the ground. .
"Look straight in the distance,"
cried the officer.
•The boy in order to see better took
his right hand from the tree and pat
it over his forehead.
"What do you see?" asked the olla
The boy bent his head forward, and,
making, a speaking -tubo of his hand,
answered: 'Two rnen on horseback
on the white road." '
\'
tat from here?"
• "They are standing still."
"Whatelse do you eee," after e eno.
ieent s silence. , Look to your
riclitie'n he -eald: • "Among the areas
which glitters like bay ."
"Do you see any, people?"
"Na must be hieden under
0.e'
At that moment the slierp whiz of
abut:let passed high through the air
and died away, tar off, behind the
"th"Ceraheavdr selle'nboy3roit". elegothneot°111-wea7;
anything more, come down."
• "I am not afraid," answered the
boy.
"Cont• e doevna' reaetated the officer.
"'What eke do you See at the IOW'
"A4 tbe left?"
"Yes, it the left,"
The boy pushed hie head to the left,
• and another will; sharper aaa lower
than the Orst, cut through the air,
The boy shook gll• over,
"Confound them!" be exclaimed,
"they are aiming at me." The builet
had passed very near him.
"Down!" cried the officer in all itfl
perious and irritated way,
"I will come down directly. The
tree, hoWever, wile protect p3e, do not
fear.what 1Tcoanthseeelp. You wish, be know
"To the let," answered the officer;'
balmost a he arae t e boy was
"ielsat„ giceniattet ete,„,aate,tinle
"To the left," saki the boy, turning
h head that y "Where there ta
• Chanel, it eemais as though I cart eee—•
A, th r raging whiz was heard midi
seen corning down, holding for a uio-
metxt
tO the trunk and to the branehea,
end then falling down head Amt. With
amen MeV,
"Curse therein erled the office; run
rang to hint
The boy struck the ground with a,
beck auti 10,Y there stretched out with,
his arom open; A etreara of blood was
flowing from his left side, The sere
geant and two soldiers jumped front
their homes, the Wirer bent down
anti seamed his shirt; the bullet ba
Qixtere(1 his left lung. "He is dead;
ettclnlwed the officer. "No. be llvee,'
anewered the sergeant, "Our poor
brave boy!" cried the officer.
"ivas0o:arAguea: tehoiusragaeuid" pBrIettsnh
iu'Igle oisei
handkerchief over the wound, the boy'
Tailed hie eyes wearily, and let hie
band fall bade'. He was dead. Tito
officer turned pale and looked at hiut
axedly tor a mouleat, theu laid him
'with hie, bead on the grass; mid, for
erwhile be remained looking nt him.
Ale° the Eergeaset and the tWO E03,-
41en stood reotionleza end gazed at
lira; the others were tweed toward
the enemy.
Poor boy," sadly repeated the of&
cer, "Poor and brave boy,"
Then be approached the house and
took frOM the window the tri -colored
tiag and Stretched It out Ilize a funeral
pall over his body, leaving the head
uncovered. Tbe sergeant picked up
the boy's elms, cap, the little sticle
And the knife,
They stecal in silence a. Monaent,
then tbe officer turned to the sergeant
and eald; 'We will send the ambulance
for him. He died like a soldier, and
we will bury him like a soldier."
Having said this he threw a kiss to
the dead and eried, 'To horse' They
all jumped to their saddles, the troop
formed again lue followed Up its route;
but
it few hours later the little dead
boy did receive the honors of war.
Towards sunset all the lines of tho
Italian advance post were raarching
toward the enemy over tbe same road
which had. been taken in the morning
hYTtlaix: trjaorogpoof beaatVtaalirioy.
of bersagieri,
'which a few days before had valiantly
stained with blood the hill of San
Martino, proceeded in two ille T1
news of,the death Of the boy had
spread through the army before the
soldiers had left their encampment. A
stream ran along beside the path a
few paces distant froni the house.
When the first officers of the battalion
saw the little corpse stretched at the
Loot of the ah tree and covered tieth
the tri -colored- flag( they saluted h.ra
with the sword, and one of them bent
over the edge of the stream, which was
bordered with flaween, plucked two
flowers and threw them over him.
Then all the battalion, as they were
passing, picked flowers and threw
them over the dead. In a few mo-
ments the boy was covered with flow-
ers, and officers and soldiers all gave
him a salute as they passed by. 'Brave
little Lombard!" 4 -Good bye, boy!"
"Honor to you, little blonder "Hur-
rah!" "Glory!" "Goodbye!" One effic-
sr threw a medal of valor ori him; an-
other kissed his forehead; the flowers
continued to shower OR his bare feet,
upon his 'wounded chest, and upon the
blonde head. And he slept there in
.the grass wrapped lie his flag, with a
white leut almost emiling face, -neer
boy as if he felt the honor paid him,
as mot:vs ite were convent to haye.
given his lire for his Lombardy.
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Mr. Neighbor--Maely taking down a
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"Yes, I like to be neighborly and con-
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-
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ever on my prop'ertyl"
"That's the .idea. • Quick as the
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they'll fancy that you own them, and
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