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fi CHANGES HI STOCK. SUnaller Hun and QiiUir PiaBf SWa t .. New Demanded;,,.:, . , The law of the survival f the fittest - holds good In every Ungrfnm mineral vegetable and animal, ' What was the -fittest a few yeara ago is, unfit now, tpid. In accordance with: this law of shifting necessities, we find that wlth- ln our memory the whole " gamut of cattle has been. ran through in sup plying the larder. with beef. ": ... Not many years -ago the ponderous. steer bred on the western prairies was 4 iu oest selling Deer .animal in the world. He was wanted by exporters, by batchers, by cattle connoisseurs and by gourmands. To be In prime condi tion It was essential that he be four years old and weigh from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds. The demand now Is, for a younger and fatter animal, something through Which the porcelain teeth of- the age can sink without effort. To be highly prized and priced this young animal should be two years old or under, should weigh 1,000 pounds and must have been fed for the market from the day he was calved. The more, blood he has In him of these now fashionable breeds and the sooner af ter birth he is In condition to be put. on the market .tjtt better forjhp pockets of the breeds era. t Tfee profits of the growers on such 11 teers are greater than on the eld style &uur;earviuR. ioa iwv-ycnr-vxx ma tures sooner, sets fat quicker the bet ' ter his blood the quicker he fatten and, whUe he weighs about SO per cent less than his predecessor, his cost -per . pound Is much less also.. The breeder has the expense of his feed and "car for only half the time he had Ma pred ecessor's, one Item In cost of raising which more than compensates for his leaser weight It is the breeder's max' im that the quicker an animal can be put in condition for the block the greater the proportionate profits. Good breeding, careful feeding and early ma turity are very essential to success ia Cattle breeding. It Is well for the breeder to remember that competition is sharper and prices fewer than in for mer times and that economy In those Items of greatest eot food and time should be considered In meeting the "demands of the market ' A' steer caft jp f e4 to a weight of 1,000 pounds cheaper than It can be fed to a weight of 2,000 pounds, and, while the immedi ate profit la smaller. It will come quick er. Again, the profit on two well bred wo-year-olds Is larger than on one of .the old style four-year-olds. - This argument presupposes that the 'breeder has a good animal to start iirlth. Scrubs pay poorly at best and often do not pay. at all. The price of the coarse grains and feedstuffs Is low, Jbut to give it to a poor animal ia al most like putting salt in a sieve, while to feed it to one of good blood is to use our five talents to make five other Y u 1. ...... ...... .4...... the farmer will have had the addi tional great advantage Of a supply of manure which will bring very tangible profits In increased crops. B. Russell Is Farm Journal. ' Salt For Hob. I have fed salt to hogs for years, says a writer In Breeder's Gazette, Chicago. Hogs require salt the same as any other animals. It Is best to feed It with ashes of coal. It keeps worms out keeps the . stomach from souring. To hogs that have never bad alt give only a little at a time, for otherwise they 'will take too much at once. It will kilt mem If they get toe much and afterward too much' water.' After they become accustomed to It there Is no danger. Dirt and salt six ed Is good In winter when hogs are In pens and cannot get to the ground.: A little bit of salt for chickens is bene ficial r, -- 0 -? THE SWINEHERD. Give the hogs plenty of charcoal and ashes, with salt once a week. Good .feeding consists In giving as much as the hog will eat r Keep plenty of clean water within reach of your hogs at all times. A healthy sow can be bred within a week after her pigs are weaned. A sow should never be market fat when bred. Slops made of middlings and skim milk, with alfalfa or clover hay, la ex cellent ration for suckling sows. : A brood sow should be long and straight In body, with plenty of room around the flanks. A hungry hog will gobble down most anything you give him,, bat that la no sign that he Is getting the right kind of food to make htm f at To feed one day and starve the next ia sure to produce rough and uneven hogs, and they will be slow gathers un der such treatment Some sows exhibit a sagacity and care of their young that Is almost hu man. If you possess one of that kind, keep her as long as she will breed. Some sows are profitable breeders un til they are ten years old. Feed the hogs so that they will not leave anything on the floors or lose their appetite. . Do not keep brood sows too fat says the Farm Journal. You are in danger of losing both the sow and pigs If yon do. The quality of pork depends some what on the care and cleanliness of the feeding quarters. The older the pig the more It costs per pound to put on flesh. It Is a mistake to keep one boar for thirty or thirty-five sows, says the Farmers Advocate. Twenty is enough. The very moment you discover one of the herd ailing cat him out and quarantine them. Prompt action may prevent the spread of serious disease. Aurora THS laUSE. uMssttsej -'.Far ; i J pistia Help. " A sensihb wiggestion "is that of making a jrorkJiag rata toe sewing implements. -on the outside ol the bay instead ol : tne inside. When spoolsf -needlebobk. i scissors, and otb.ee articles are carried inside the bag they are invariably getting mix ed np with; the work and are hard to find when wanted. To finally gain possession of a particular spool of thread it is generally necessary to dump the entire1 contents of the bag out into one's 'apron and then patiently- put the things all back again. , If toe different articles need ed for sewing were suspended from the rim of the bag by ribbons they would not only be accessible when wanted, hut would leave more room inside the bag for the work. This plan would not .make it impossible to carry the bag on the street when about to start for a thimble party; the ribbons with: the different ob jects attached-to ' them could be dropped inside the bag. He -Water For Medical Purposes. Hot water has far more medical virtues .than many believe. Because is -- easily procured many think it yeluetegs..' - "TJb.erea nothing that so promptly cuts short congestion of the lungs, sore throat or rheu matism as hot f water applied" promptly and thoroughly. Head ache yields to frequent application ol hot hrater t the feet and back of the neck. A towel wrung out of hot water and held to the face will generally give relief in neuralgia and toothache. A napkin wrung out and put around the neck of a child suffering from croup will sometimes bring relief in ten minutes. A tum blerful of hot water taken in the morning half an hour before break fast will help cases of stomach trou ble. Very hot water will stop dan gerous bleeding, Housekeeper. - Te Take Out Paint Equal parts of ammonlS am tur pentine will take paint out of tooth ing, no matter how dry or hard it may be. 'Saturate the spot two or three times, then wash it out in soapsuds. A tablespoonful of oxalic acid dissolved in a pint of hot water will remove paint spots from the windows, four a little in a cup and apply to the spots with a swab, but te sure not .to allow the acid to touch the hands.' Brasses may be quickly cleaned with it. Great care must be taken in labeling the bottle and putting it out of the reach of children, as it a deadly poison. To. Remove Iron fturt. Make a solution of tartaric acid by dissolving one teaspoonful of the powder in one-half a cupful of wa ter. Dip the spots of rust in this and hang in the sun a few minutes. It will disappear as if by magic . If the rust is of long standing a second application of: the solution may be ' - iisi rm-!'rui necessary or even fi ixura. . xuirn wyi remove all the color, so it can only be used on white goods. It ia harm less to the fabric, is a vegetable acid and acta like lemon, only it ia much more powerful. A Mendlno Bevloe. TtTVan a. Tin nr W nrmeere in a dress do not patch or sew together, but use the following hint, which is a very good one: Cut a piece of mending tissue the size of the rip or tear, also a piece ox material to match the garment of the same size. Place the garment on the wrong side and over the rip or tear place first the . piece of material, then the mending tissue and press with a hot iron. - r Household- Hints A pint milk bottle makes a first rate pestle ia the absence of an. or dinary one. - K If aprons are always hung up by the strings instead of by the middle of the front they will not be so lia ble to become torn and wrinkled. If the china gets a rust spot on it rub the place with a eloth .dipped in salt. It works like magic and does not scratch the china as a scouring soap would do. Care of Volatile Oils. Cleaning compounds are always dangerous. ' Never -use - benrine, gasoline or other like fluids in any room in which there is a light or a fire. These oils are extremely vola tile, and their fumes catch fire at a great distance, the flames travel ing back to the source. , Explosion and scattered fire are the results. To Avoid Flraa, Never drape a mantel near a stove, and be careful that no por tieres or curtains are so hung that they can blow against the stove, Many fires are due to carelessness in this. For the Eyalashea. Strain strong sage tea, add a teaspoonful of alcohol to a pint of the tea -and apply it to the eye- ! lafihps with a onf VitiicVi nnra a Aav to darken them and stimulate their growth. Women Da tna Weoiag aod JNeUthej .The powers freer' extended ;tb 7 women' of Zuni are many, being par J tieularly favorable to them in do-: niestlc matters and everything per-': taming to the home. These pecu- : liar liberties are manifest beforar . ,l,,0,,ta Bd Cultivation Ban- marriage as. weUaa1 after, for tha.f ' Ti:v. alleged privileges of leap year hold Jf'J?'?,? rule continuously mZunilaid. When ww" mvmpaS;r, ne t Ay tK- fK- eaarT to maintain shallow cultivation vuv- v vxxv vaA u.gu nvi a wav a maw . takes an amorous liking for a young man she frankly confesses it, and her parents are- informed of her choice of a prospective husband. If phey approve, the interesting -information is imparted in due time to his family, and if the as yet perhaps unsuspecting subject of the selec tion, is suited, in turn he makes, through the mutual parents, an en gagement to visit his admirer at her home. He is received some what formally by the maiden and: her family when something like the following laconic conversation en sues between the voune ' neonle. while the father and mother, with the other members of the household, j sit aparlf amiably pretending not to listen : - - "Thou comest," she says. "Yes. How be ye these manv days? he answers. "Happy,: Gather and sit": And she motions him to a seat near her. ! As a never failing hospitality on i the part of the hostess when' a' Via-! itOr enters a Zuni home she places" ; food before him and bids him ! "loosen his belt and lessen his hun,- j ger. But he appears; preoccupied and partakes quite sparingly to give I favor of a prospective husband. "Thanks. 1 am aatisned," he says after dining off little more than a bird's rations. .--. 'Eat enough. : You must have come thinking of something. What have you to say?" she asks encour- 1 dont know." "0b,. yesyou do. Tell me," she coyly persists. "I m thinking of you," in a whis per. Indeed! You must be mis taken." "No.'V "Then do you love nf "I lpve you." "Truly?" "Truly:" ' ;:' '. ' 'Tossiblyl We shall see. What think you, father?" as she turns in apparent perplexity to the f amity group. As you wish, my child, her parent, replies. She then appears to ponder the matter, for, the. first time, and after due consideration of the momentous question consents to become, bis. yi- lu-kia-ni-na,- or ."his to -be, and from that time on, they are. as de voted to each other as are lovers in any clime:-PearsonJa Weekly. . Vast Slds of a CaMetsry, Probably few, people know that there is a choice side to every Cem etery. Thus in some parts of the world the eastern portion, without regard to its situation, - is , alwai deemed the most desirable-. bis preference arise from the eld. tra dition that Our : Lord will appear from tile east.- JV tt also believed that the tfead in feastexn TKirtion wilt be the rise, -then those in WiW, Western and norths rn fii orutr. j-i In England it was once the custom ' of laying felons other bad characters- on the irc-rth side of -the chureh.' -The cus tom e-f laying the dead in a certain direction is responsible for- the Welsh designation for the east wind, TThe wind of the dead men's feet." . - ' in t i i ii i i '; 3 ... . AatiqtHjr of tho Oyator. . . ; The oyster ia an old citixen. The Roman satirist, Juvenal, sings ka praises, and doubtless his flavor was well known to Caesar, Augustus and the other distinguished gentle men of old Borne. It would not be! pressing the case too far to assume that Plato and his old friende, Soc rates, Pericles and Phidias, and the rest of the immortal sroun -who' made 'Athens famous, knew whit 'it! was to taste the '"defightful !bi ralve." ' For that matter, the 'ac cumulations of 'oyster sheila in .'the kitchen middens of the' neolithic age show that oysters wre -appreciated for thousands of : jean beioB either Home or 'Athens was heard of. iTImo'a CkanBo- "I takes notice" pbilosotiically said old Brother. Dinger, whb'was a Seat hand to cogitate, "dat in dese ys, whilst we are deas as glad as we ever was when a sinnahTtef awma, we don't make se much fuse about it as we used to. We respects and in- dawses his action -as much as we ever did, but we -don't shout so loud. Nowadays de prodigal bring along his own calf, if be don't he's li'ble to butt up ag'in ' disapp'intment.- We's a heap mo' 'for solid business dese times and 'lots less -for noise dan we used to was, yasaah." Kansas City Independent. fellSlll CELERY ' : METHODS. between rows, not allowing the culti vator teeth to come nearer the plants than the edge of the mulch. Where no mulch ia used the cultivation may be carried a little closer to the plants, but It, should be 'very shallow, and at no time should deep cultivation be prac- la-I aiiai.ooTst hossb ctmnvAToa. ticed, as the roots are to fee found very near the surface of the soli. If a mulch Is used no hand, cultivation, will be re quired either along, the sides or be tween the plants in the row except to pull any weeds that may spring up. Where hi mulch la used tt will be necessarr luthtlr to stir the surface with -a-wlreel hoa or Iron rake to pre- vent a crust beg formed after each rata or watering; Keep the surface of smooand hi no case allow 'P" earth , to remain near the r Th. tM ,, ,n i is a desirable type for working between while the wheel hoe iltustrat 2 Is esoeciallv useful in cul- tivating a small area of celery or for stirring the soli close to the plants. If TIO. II WHXBIi HOB a crop of celery is in a good growing condition the roots will be near the surface. During a dry season the roots will go deep into the soil In order to secure moisture. This can be prevent ed by keeping the surface of the soil well stirred to a depth of not more than two inches, forming a sort of dust mulch, beneath which the moisture will be drawn upward by capillary attrac tion and prevented from passing into the air by the presence of the loose soil on topi. Under these conditions .the roots will work near the moisture line, and In addition to securing the requir ed water they will also receive more air and; Will Be at the point In the soil where the natural preparation of plant food la taking place most rapidly. Con sequently a .huge growth and a better quality will be produced. The effects of a drought may'ln most cases be met by frequent shallow cultivations, sup plemented by the use of water, If avail able, W. H. Beattle. 'Plant Food-Not 8tlmulanta, Many farmers regard the plant food In .stable manure aa the only kind of -real plant -food they . can ttst white the; regard commercial fertilisers aa stimulants Instead of plant food. This conception ia wrong. Commercial fer tilizers contain real plant food, and their nitrogen, phosphoric add and pot ash do the same work in plant nutri tion that Is done by the same constit uents in Stable manure. : This wrong Idea has probably come from- the mls. use , Of- commercial fertlusera, when proper tillage, soil, humus and, ettfer. essentials were neglected- . The use of commercial rertnraeT wsu not unconditionally insure 'increase of crop. Am previously pointed out, t physical conditions of. wH&i 'tillage, cli matic conditions all - B(lSt be taken Into consideration. .? Tne application (commercial far-. tUisers cannot take'ihe place of thor ough tillage of 'cWSps. Dr. Van Slyfce In American Jfcgrlculturiet. 1 SunwriaV 'Faodirig. of Shoop. " ;. , The semimeV feeding of sheep la not dlfflcttlt. 7here is no other animal that can B5intfted from field to field In sumBysrito consume the weeds as can aheep. Ahen handled In this way, they -Wlllceep the fence corners clean. To wJwit '.better use could you put your weeds than to turn them Into mutton? mdulree a grower - in Mew England sfibmestead. But do not-overlook the Pfact that they also enjoy- and thrive upon good grass. In order to keep a large number - on a small farm yen should have small fields and. change them often, for this gives them short, tender grass, which they like best, and also keeps them healthy by not allow ing them to remain upon one pasture too long. - Nawtown Pippin. This fine"apple is famous all over the world, and it seems to do well in all temperate climes. Yet it does not appear aa often on fruit stands as the larger, showier and Indifferent flavored kinds of the Ben Davis order, remarks Gardening. ' Possibly' the fact of its taking longer -to come into beartng de ters - some of the marketmen from planting it. but that should be no rea son for keeping it out of the home gar den, where it has ail the attrlbntea of a first class variety. - T Jiaktha.lmHa -Oat the- Fewl V" Without Shooting. . ' A tribe. of Indiana had' come- for their, annual trapping and hunting. ana as l anew many of them 1 spent several , days in their camp. One bright, cool afternoon in October a young buck said to me: "You. come, me show how catch duck alive. ' No shopti'- He gathered un a , bunch of long dried grass, willow twigs and leaves an4 beckoned me to. fol low. We went nearly two miles to the edge of a large lumber slough, the banks of which for some dis tance back were covered with willow and other brush, t Cautiously and noiselessly he made his way through the bushes until a view of the: water could be had, ourselves remaining unseen,.; A large flock of butterballs were swimming near the lower end of the slough. Going back, he di vested himself of blanket and what little other wearing apparel he pos sessed. Picking up the hay bundle, which was built around a sort of skull ' cap or head covering;' with openings for the eyes, and adjusting it on his head, he slipped silently into the water. Getting in a,posi- tion where I could watch him, I witnessed the gradual floating to ward the ducks of the small partly submerged bundle of dried grass and twigs, now stopping, ' turning around, advancing a few feet and then checking again,, naturally and deliberately, as if moved by the cur rent until it was in the midst t the flock1 without exciting any suspi cion 'on their part. ' Suddenly two of their number were jerked under water, the balance of the flock aris ing with loud quacks and flying away: In a minute or so the" In dian emerged from the water, hold ing a duck in each hand by the legs, Bhook himself and, 'shifting his hands, wrung the neck of first one duck and then the other, threw them on the ground and with the Indian "Ugh," said : ' "Me got um. Had to have." Forest and Stream. Baby's Unconscious Charm. S Members of the woman's club were talking about babies. "I like them when they're pret ty," said the president. . "I don't care especially whether they are pretty or not if only they're bright," said the secretary, who was a literary woman. The club hostess smiled benignly. She Was a spinster and was there fore without maternal prejudices. It's all in the care of them," she said. "I once had to take care of a baby for two weekg It was without doubt ' the homeliest baby I had ever seen if any one may apply that adjective to a baby and it looked as dumb as an owl in the daytime. It was thrust upon me against my will, and I had the sole charge of it. At - the end of ' the two weeks I thought it was the most beautiful thing on earth and the smartest child that had ever been born. When' its mother came to take it away I felt deeply injur ed." New York Press. . An Odd Custom An odd custom of great autwuity still prevails in thelftwil of Oak ham, in Eutlandshire, Bays the Ian dee Advertiser fivery peer of the realm paasing&ear the castle which was built by Walkelin de FeWers.ts expected to deliver a shoe from the foot ftf one of his horses or 'to Ipay a fiffe in default. The fiae (usually takes the form of an ma)nlental -horseshoe, often surmountiei 'by the coronet of the peer pretfeSatog it. 3?he -total number of shsses at pres ent in possession ol ilfce local au thorities is 300, and among the most valued are those presented by Queen Elizabeth, King George IV., Queen Victoria nd Queen Alexan dra. . . ,,' Whlskara.' Whisker8w was a word formerly, used to designate the hair on the upper , lip. Scott more than once speaks f "whiskers on the upper Up," aid :so does Defoe' in "Kobinr, son Crusoei" , Johnson defined ..a "whisker" as "the hair growing on the upper lip or cheek unshaven, a mustaohio' It seems to have tak en its name from a fancied resem blance ;t0 a small brush, to "whisk'' protterly .meaning to sweep, and a whisker having been a particular kind' of feather brush; also, in the slang of a former time, a switch or irod. In the seventeenth century a '"whisker" signified, among other 'things, a brazen lie, a "whopper." Recipe For Qood Manners. . (0f unselfishness, three drams; f of the tincture of good cheer, one ounce; of the essence of hearts f ease, three drams; of the extract of rose of Sharon, four ounces; of the oil of charity, three drams and no scruples; of the infusion of common sense and tact, one ounce; of the spirit of love, two ounces. The mix ture, recommends Sabia A. Oliver, in the London Gentlewoman, to be taken, whenever there is the slight est -symptom of selfishness, - exclu siveness, meanness or I-am-better-than-jouneaa. - ' ' , -- -,5-- .,s.t.-- . " inks in ' irur-nutMrawa i its Sjway Within . and Without ' the V--Thaatars af Paria. ! . ii happy idea of cointr to the theater." writes one of them, he has to run i the gantlet, of a rare collection, of v nuisances . and ; plunderers. First there is the crowd outside the thea ter, and then there is another gang inside. ' " ; ' i !. -?'. "He must give one tip to thoj coachman who drives him and an other to the nimble person who springs to open - the carriage door. ? even .if, he opens it himself., Then , come. the flower girls and the ticket,,, speculators and the programme ven ders. They stand in his way and importune him. . .He has almost to; use violence.to rescue his coat tails from their clutches. " "At last the theater foyer swal lows him up. He is saved from one barking pack, but new persecutors are ready. : There is, first, the re- -f reshment counter attendant. Won't he buy oranges? No, he won't. m. ; 1 1 t A 1 iucu won y lie uujr vuuuy ior me iJ i to eat between the acts, and so on -Next, to thia plague comes, econd '. the programme peddler only au thorized.and. official programme,. of . course and. . third, the onera. Aojul . man." ThSre is a f ourth, too, but the' fAiiwfVi' fviTAv Aw ' Tla fma rtt 4 rA t auiuiiu Utwi J.vra avaaw wuw nv- - ter takes a great deal of space and ' ui temper w aescnoe it. one -is ins -ouvreUse, the official box opener and seat finder, the counterpart of the : usher in New' York, but displaying an itching palm ana a very unpieaa ant ilifiTWMittnn whan rtt .aiA 4a tva genial. The ouvreuse is the worst parasite1 of; the Parisian; theater,; and few indeed are they from whom i she fails to draw bloocu ", Her hand is not extended until " the close of the performance, but sne begins to get her nne work in at once. Not that . she makes anw pretense of finding the boxes or seats that the tickets presented to her call for. The kicker defies any ' one in Paris to come forward andi swear that she ever found his place; " for him. Nobody could make suchi an affidavit without committing pen- jury, he says. 5ut what she does ir ab his hat and overcoat and walk- a g cane. These she rocks up in a ' chamber of horrors which she calls the cloakroom, and thenceforward the victim is at her mercv. He can not escape without paying tribute's At is no wonder that the ouvreuse devotes more attention to collecting: her revenue than to seating the au-' dience. It is a serious matter for her. Not only has she to make her living out of it, but she must also TTiftkn Tin the nuota of "thfe house." . In one theater the ouvreuse pays $ francs, or $1.40, a night for her privilege. Sometimes it is more or less, but always somewhere between 5 and 10 francs, except in two or three of the best theaters, which have tried -to reform the system. One or two go so far as to pay a sal ary, but even in these there is such a pleading look in the poor woman eyes as she surrenders one s ngnv baggage that no man with a tender ' heart can keep hie hand out of his change pockets .He. knows the wom an is unoer neavy expenses, sne must be expensively dressed in Up. I to date lyle to keep her job. Occasionally a man will re volt. One tells how one June eve- ft he went to a variety theeiter ilione. He dodged the ouvreuse; afc a busy moment, slipped dows the aiala. fonml hia seat bv himaellf and; sat down in it with an expression of: unconscious innocence. As it was warm, he had no overcoat, and he' hid. his hat under the seat. All the same, toward the end of the ..per-. ; . xormance tne . ouvreuse appearev with outstretched hand. "What for?' he asked. i "For service," she answered. "What service?" - "The customary service." ' "But you gave me none. Why should I give yott anything?" "Oh, pardon," she explained in a good audible tone. ; "I did not rec ognize that monsieur was a dead head!" This brought him to time, and he gave her a franc New York Sun, .Making Panama Hate, The panama hat industry is car ried on in the departments of Cun- oinaraarca,, xoiima, aiiuoqma ana.. Saptander, in the republic of Co- . lombia, but mostly in the last named department, where it is the , breadwinner to more than one-half of .its population. There are no regular lactones, but the hats are hand woven by thousands of peasant women in almost as many "house holds and sold or traded in the lo cal stores in exchange for provi sions or articles of clothing, the hat being in these regions a convenient medium of exchange, the housewife exchanging the product of her labor for so many pounds of flour,, sugar, etc.'-.Eanama hats are made .with the, reins of fibers of a palm leaf . tne tissues of which are scraped off , or combed in much the same way aa ' hemp. Baltimore Sun. s ..