Profitable Sheep. The distinctively local breed of sheep on the Cheviot hills, lying along the border of England and Scotland, is the Cheviot,, typical specimens of which are graphically depicted In the accom panying illustration from Farm and Home. The old Cheviot sheep was a leggy, thin-wboled animal, though very hardy and vigorous, enduring the vicis situdes of storms, and colds nearly as well as black-faced sheep. The mod ern Cheviot Is a compact, well-formed sheep, well filled out In the quarters, with no undue amount of daylight be low it. The tails of all Cheviots are left long enough to reach the hooks. This needed protection, especially to the udders of ewes, la rendered prac- CHEVIOT SHEEP. tleable on account of the dry nature of the usual forage, which obviates tho danger of scourlug. The legs below the knees and hocks, as well as the face, Is covered by a close growth of short, stiff, white hair. The fleece is so dense aud close as to be almost impen etrable to rain and cold. The ewes clip from five to seven pounds each, rams two to three pounds more. The mutton Is finely marbled, juicy and palatable. Relative Value of Wheat and Oats. Regarding tho relntive value of wheat and oats much depends on the soil and conditions. The production of stray taxes the land, though straw Is given but little value us a portion of the crop. Estimating a yield of twenty bushels of. wheat and, forty bushels of oats per acre, tho experiment stations have shown that there will be about 217 pounds of wheat straw to 100 pounds of grain and 128.4 pounds of straw to 100 pounds of grain In oats. According to such estimates wheat would remove from tho bind 1,200 pounds of grain and 2,004 pounds of straw, while oats would remove 1,280 pounds of grain and 1.G43V& pounds of straw per acre. With wheat there would consequently bo removed from the soil In the grain for each ton 15.1 pounds phosphoric acid, 8.8 of potash aud 84.2 pounds of nitrogen, tho straw removing 2 pounds phosphoric acid, 10.5 of potash ami 0.3 of nitrogen. With oats a ton of 2.000 pounds would remove, la the grain, 11.0 pounds of phosphoric odd, 0.8 of potash and 39 of nitrogen, the straw removing 1.2 pounds of phosphoric acid, 27 of jxitash and 7.0 of nitrogen. Wheat thus car rles off the more phosphoric acid and more nitrogen, whllo oats carries off more potash. Filling Pack Knelly. The accompanying illustration shows a convenient device for filling grain sacks. Strong Iron hooks fasten the FOR nor.ri.vo SACKS. box to the edge 'Of the bin, while small er hooks are put In each lower corner, to which the sacks nre attached. The grain Is then shoveled from the bin Into tho box. Oruuge Judil Farmer. To Prevent Attack of Insects, All fruit trwes should 1h sprayed Without regard to whether they have beeu attacked by Invts or disease or escaped, as It Is less lubor to prevent attacks than to remedy an evil after It appears. It costs more to repair dam age than to ward off danger. In some States, such as California, spraying of trees and vines Is enforced by law. If the grower neglects his duty he Is con sidered as ono maintaining a public uutsance, aud some olllclol Is ordered to spray the orehurd and add tho cost to tho tax bill of the negligent grower. Give the Calf the Flret Milk, Because It Is easier to milk whllo the cow's bag Is full and a full stream will flow, and also bevnuse th sullva In the cr.lf mouth, full of saliva and milk muke milking u'wWsaut for the milk' er, it Is the habit of many farmers to milk what they waut for tho house and Jet tlw calf take what is loft. It Is very geuerous to Uie calf for such farmers to do this. But we can tell them It la a mistaken generosity, for the first nllk. having much less fat than stripping. Is better plther to make the calf grow or fatten than the strappings can be. Mrw f.npmpTS think flint mtlk pnnnnt hp ! too rich for a fattening calf. But this ruins the cow, as by the time the calf gets to the stripplngs It is tired of suck ling, and will never drain out the last drop, as the good milker always d6es. American Cultivator. Potash for Bearing Trees. Either wood ashes or some other form of available potash should be applied without delay to ail trees that show a full bloom. Spread it freely nil over the surface In a well-filled orchard, or to the distance of twenty feet all around each single tree. Trees that stand singly spread their roots farther than trees in orchards, where they stand In blocks, and their roots inter lace after they have made a few years growth. There Is no harm In using an excess of potash. What Is not wanted this year Is put In bank in the soil, which, after all, is about as profitable a bank as the farmer can put money Into. Destroying; Liveforever. This is not a really dangerous weed on rich land, for though It spreads by Its roots, and these are apparently In destructible when dug up and exposed to the air, the weed Is not nearly so hard to kill as it's discouraging name Implies. On poor soil It Is rather hard to kill, and thus It probably gets its name. If. the, land be not rich, Its leaves and stalks will be less succulent, and it is by rotting these down in connection with the root that the plant Is to be rotted down and thus killed. Exposure to air and sun merely dries np the roots, and when a wet time comes they revive and grow again. , Spreading Manure. Manure on the farm is seldom an abundant article, and It is frequently spread over the land injudiciously. It should be the aim to apply the manure over the poorest spots of the field more liberally than on the portions that are fertile. By so doing the farmer can utilize his manure to the best advant age and In a few years have his land uniform In fertility. When manure is spread Indiscriminately there will be more or less waste because of not hav ing a sufficiency to properly provide all the requisites of plants. Dairy Hints. The slightest degree of filth In a milk can will injure the milk, and it Is possible to have" portions of the former milk contained In the can to be left over, despite the greatest care. First wash the cans In tepid water to which a little powdered borax has been added, and then scald them with boiling wa ter, adding borax again. Rinse with cl!an cold water and place them where dust cannot reach them. Borax may be used freely In all water used for milk cans with advautage. Movable I'iupen. The Farm Journal says that pigs grow best If kept out of doors on the grass during the summer. They will got much of their living from the grass also. Therefore this excellent agricul tural paper recommends making a mov- A CONVKN1ENTTIOPEN. " " able pen like that shown In the cut, and the pigs can then be moved dally to new ground. A cloth shelter will give a shady place In the heat of the day and protection also from sudden show era. The Happiest Farmer in America. A little form well tllKfd, little barn well tilled. A little wife, a boy, a girl. TV hapi'h'st trio in the world. We've plenty to eat and plenty to wear, And a little money to go to the fair; We have no uiortgnge, we have no debt Over which to wrlggie, foam and sweat. We hnve a plenty and some to spare, We give to the needy whoever they are. I am contented, I'm nobody's sJave, For more than this I do not crave; I am contented a boon to save, I've all there U this side the grave. C. J. Elen. Land Plaster on Potatoes. Although land plaster does not pro duce so great effect on potatoes as It does on the clover crop, yet It will al ways pay to apply some during the growing season. When the potato bee tle first came, those who mixed parls green with plaster for the destruction of the posts said that the effect of tho plaster In keeping the vinos groen long er more than offset the cost of the poi son, Oypsum on the leaves, by draw ing and holding moisture, made the po tato beetles loss likely to lay their eggs on the hills thus treated. Cucumber Dues. The striped bug which destroys cu cumber vinos may be destroyed by placing a tight box over the vlues (such as a choose box), and pouring a tea spoonful of bisulphide of carbon on the ground. Allow the box to retutiln oyer tho vines half an hour. The substance Is very volatile, hence fire must lie avoided In Its use. Tobacco dust around the vine Is also excellent. Farm Notes. Teach pits for planting should not be taken from the grafted trees. A good garden help the wife to get a satisfactory meal for tired men. Perhaps tho contrary aulmol thinks you are an unreasonable creature. It Is said that tho Georgia fruit crop this year will be worth $2,000,000. Stiff clay soil Is not good for florleul turo. Soli should be light and friable, Fix up the fences before the stock Is turned on pasture. Oue weak place may prove, expensive, ' Seme of tbo experiment stations say that there are worse enemies to fruit than the San Jose scale. MEDALS FOR DEWEY'S MEN. Honorable Decoration Which Means a Whole Lot to the Wearer, The medals of honor which Congress voted to give to the officers and men who fought under Dewey at Manila are not especially artistic. The modal Itself Is not a thing of beauty, but It means a lot to the man who has the right to wear It. The medal Is a five pointed star, each point ending in a trefoil. On the star is a circle of thirty-four stars (there were only thirty-four States when, in 1802, the medal was deslgn- mkdal of noNOB. ed) within which Is a representation of America "habited as Minerva," her left hand on the fas ces, her right hand holding a shield and repelling discord. A trophy of two cannons, one sword, severaj cannon balls and an eagle fastens the star to a ribbon resembling the flag, which joins It to the clasp. This medal of honor corresponds to the English Victoria cross and the Iron Cross of Germany and' Prussia, but It Is a fact that either of the latter is bet tor known to Americans than the em blem with which our own country rec ognizes valor. Perhaps one reason for this Is that we are not In the habit of paying much attention to medals and decorations In this country. Another may be that we have sometimes ques tioned the manner In which these med als have been awarded In times past. Occasionally there has been a suspicion of the presence of a political pull In these awards. Yet In spite of the drawbacks to Its reputation which the delay in award ing It and the way In which some of Its wearers have acquired It cause the medal of honor is an honorable decora tion and has been won honorably by most of those who have It. Most of them won It for such feats as capturing battleflags, though one soldier got It because he was on the guard of honor over Lincoln's coffin. The Twenty-seventh Maine Regiment received the med al as a whole. Its time was up, and it volunteered to remain and take part In the tattle of Gettysburg. For this and Its bravery at the fight every sur vivor received the medal. PATRIOTIC REFRESHMENT. Italian Vender Has a Cannon Loaded with Ice Cream. This Is how an Italian vender In Southwnrlc draws crowds and sells Ice cream. The cannon Is made of wood CrMr sr m CANSWf LOADED WITH ICE CREAK. ami contains a churn of cream. Tlie merchant serves the cream from an oeulug In the top, aud pushes the can non along by grasping the little knob at the end. A Boy's Composition. If a boy's composition, submitted by a pupil, Is supposed to be a flight of the Imnglnntlou based uion fact, there Is no roasou why the boy's composition on Christopher Columbus does not meet the requirements. "Columbus was a man who could make an egg stand on end without breaking. Oue day the King of Spalu said to him, "Can you discover Amerl caT And Columbus sold: " 'Yes, if you will give me a ship.' "So the king gave him a ship, and he started out and sailed and sailed. Some of the men said they didn't believe any such story and didn't belkwe there was any America, but pretty soon the pilot said, 'I see land,' and then Columbus said. 'Well, then, It Is America.' "Then they went ashore and saw a lot of black meu running around, and v. jlumbus said, 'Are you niggers?' "They said, 'Yes; you are Columbus, aren't you? "Columbus said, 'Yes, I am,' and then they threw up their hands and mild: " Oh, dear, It's no use! We've gone nnd got discovered at lastT " Inconvenient for Worshiper. An amusing Incident showing Mos lem devotion Is told by George ICennan In a recent number of the Independent. He was making a trip down the Volga River on a small steamer: Hollgtous exorcises of some kind are going on almost constantly. ' Five times a day a mullah (mool-lah), or Mohammcdau priest, used to climb up on the bridge of our steamer and call the faithful to prayers. In loss than five minutes the whole hurricane deck would be covered with the prostrate forms of praying Mos lems, all lying with their beads toward Mecca, the north pole of their religious faith. But tho river at times was very crooked, and the followers of the Prophet had a good deal of difficulty la 5. :KMv MM mm K keeping themselves accurately adjust ed with reference to the holy city. Every one of them would take off his hat, boots and weapons, get out his pocket compass, ascertain the direction of Mecca, spread down his prayer rug and tlien kneel, shut his eyes and be gin to pray. In the meantime the steamer would go around a sharp bend In the river, and the next time the worshiper open ed his eyes he would find himself, to his horror and amazement, with his bock to Mecca and his arms stretched out toward the steppes of Siberia. Of course, God could not be expected to pay the least attention to a prayer that was breathed out In a northeast erly direction when It ought to have been headed southwest by south-half-south. So the disgusted Mohammedan, with a muttered curse upon the crook ed rivers and the erratic steamers of the Eusslan Infidel, would get up, con sult his pocket compass, turn around his rug, and begin again on a new tack, keeping one eye open meanwhile, to see that the man at the wheel did not take an unfair advantage of him, and scatter his prayer all over the Rus sian Empire. Anecdotes of Macready. Mr. Sala charged Macready with hav ing habitually used foul and blasphem ous Language behind the scenes. An apologist hints that Mr. Sala may have been led astray by the fact that In the last act of "Macbeth" Macready Inva riably lashed himself Into a sort of. fever, which he aggravated by using all sorts of expressions. When Mr. Phelps played Macduff to him for the first time, he was not a little amazed during the fight at the close of the last act to hear Macready call him a beast, a scoundrel, a hell-born villain, a base born cur and a devIL Full of resent ment, Phelps hurled back the epithets with energy, and heaped foul names upon Macready. At the close Macrea dy sold: "Thank you, Mr. Phelps, thank you; I've never been so well supported." In another play, where It was neces sary to enter In a panting fury, full of rage, exhibiting the gasping exhaustion of mad passion, Macready used to have a hlrod "super" whom he would grap ple and shake and curse at, off the tttage, so that he could enter naturally.. One night the regular "super" sent a substitute wbodld not quite understand the business. He resented Maerendy's rough treatment, which delighted the comedian, who went at his man with Increased vigor. The substitute pres ently "let him have It," and the pair fought savagely a good round. Ma cready that night burst upon his audi ence In a splendid rage, ont-Macrendy-lng Macready. When the substitute learned the true state of affairs, how ever, he bolted; but he was unearthed, for Macready came off after the first scene, gasping: "Hum, ha! Where Is he? Hum, ha, bless me! A splendid fellow! Pay him double and let me have him every night" Modern Longevity. In the seventeenth century tho aver age duration of life was only thirteen years; In the eighteenth, twenty, In the present century it Is thirty-six. This great Increase In the average length of human life Is not, however, an in dication of an Increase In the vigor and vitality of the race, but It Is rath er due to the fact that cholera, the black plague and other devastating scourges which formerly overspread whole countries at frequent Intervals, sometimes several times during a cen tury, have been brought more and more under control by Improved pub lic sanitation and quarantine. The real test of the vitality of the race la not the average length of human life, but the proportion of centenarians. The proportion of persons who have attained great age Is without doubt at the present time much less than ever before In the history of the world. War Was Preferable. "I have about decided," said fowl ing, "to go to Cuba and join the Insur gent army." "Oh, you take my breath away," ex claimed Mrs. Dowling. "Going down there where you will have to sleep out on the ground and be eaten up by snakes and mosquitoes?' "Yes." "Don't you know you are likely to starve to deatb?" "I do." "And take yellow fever or cholera V 'I know." "Or may be captured or shot or some thing r "I know that, Maria, but they won't bang on the piano after I have gone to bod, nor make me get up after mid night to look after burglars."-Ulanta Constitution, Yours as Ever, "What are you thinking, about, Ethel r "I am wondering whether I should sign myself 'Yours ever or Thine only to a girl I detest" Boston Bea con. Too Slow. "Your elopement didn't come off?" "No, the wretch asked me to fly with him, and then told me that he thought a horse and buggy would be more com fortable than a tandem." Detroit Free Tress, He'll Ploy to Win, "Going to follow the races again this year, Iloaxloyr' "Follow? Not If I can get ahead of them." "Young man, this Is the third time this week you have come to take my daughter sleighridlng. If yon pay cash for the borse and sleigh It means either lunacy or bankruptcy, and If you don't It means that you are a dead boat" "I own the livery stable, sir." "TUa.fi different." Chicago Tribune. 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