I of them have hern brought up on farina
In Europe, and would la* useful mi
American farms. Morewver, tlie Iraaoii
of the crowdctl city vhuiild la* driven
home to the le>y who thinks Ibero In
no chaîne mi Hie turni or In the small
town
Tilt* large city in the worst
|>lacr In the world to la* |»>or In, to fall
A great deal nt advh'e about married In ; ami even to awc««r«l In It. aa oue
life contra from petqtla who have never man In a thousand ilm-a sucree«!. la by
trisii It.
no means the lilghi-st alm of wholesome
American ambitimi.
Judge Grwy nays ha la out of imlltlca.
Several oilier men who are out of puli
The Imnglnnlloti la etrongly affiata
tisi have not i!lacoven*<l II yet.
by tlie roteili Governava' ronferomv st
r
riw vase
thè Whlte llouae, whlch aiigg«*ate«l thè
uimecvMarlly and falsely stimulated and right standards
WHY» AMD WHEREFORES OF SLAMO.
If the Ice trust la al all Sensltlvr it |siwer ami groaliicaa of thè rouutry and
must I* deeply pained to bear the un
H a matter of fact, a little slang la an ex of thought destroyed
haa a apectscular ami drmnatlc Inter
On tbe other band, many of these exhibitions ars not
kind things they are saying about It In est. Ilut II waa hard logie timi brouglit
cellent thing, but In tbe present era of
only unotijert Iona bls, but instructive and wholesomely
New York.
»laug moro than tlie smallest quantity la a
tha conferonce alami. The comlltlon of
amusing. There are also others which contain features
groat deal too mm'h Tbe English language
Iha naturai roomircva of tbw Unitisi
too objsrtkiualde to be mentioned her*. All are open to
The fly, saya Dr. Adolph tirhrmami.
ptetur-
not/
fairly
la-
said
to
tie
tbe
most
Htatra la au<*h that some generai movie
the public, young or old. on payment of a dime or a
la aa dangerous ns the wolf. And we
vaque ami ui*ait rxproaalvu In tbe world,
meni for tlielr protecllon may be ro-
nickel. The duly of parents docs not end with the pro
cannot make mink muffa out of Its
and It d*H*a mit n«-ed the verbiage of tbs
gardcd aa alsailutely mas-anary. and un
duction of tbe price of admission.—Youth's Companion.
hide, «libar.
slum, or ev«n the catch words uud catch phrases of the
der u» clrcumataiiiva could II be post
aas
etroet, to add lu Its vigor and variety. Aa a rule, tbe
|Him<d
many
yearn.
Tbe
logie
ap|ieare
It Is estimated that In every fltai.taai
U m * of »lung la Imllcallve moro of |»auchy of (bought
AM ANCHOR TO WESTWARD.
tn circulation only |l SO la counterfeit. In 111* facta tliat are m-ltml by Ulf-
and Idea than of a susceptibility to tbe humorous and
ffl IIK
Of course Mr. Easy Mark la taiund tu ford Plnchot. chlef of thè foresi servire,
Hawaiian Islands <-<»natltut* tbe stra
If
»e
lell
our
friend
to
"get
onto
bin
Job,
”
Hu* graphic.
III a bulletlli seni out roeeiitly by thè
get inure than bls abure
tegic situation commanding tbe eastern half
"to get olilo himself," "to get busy,” "to get a wove
Agrlcullural la-partment to whlch w»
of the Pacific.
Pearl Harbor, which tbe
ou," or any one of u hundred other things, we certa iuly
The next time the government takes aliali now refer Thla country iisd at
government Is about to fortify as a naval
of
tlie
hour,
reveal
out
lemhncy
to
move
with
the
tide
a census yre suggest tlmt an effort 1st one lime a mlllloii aqmiro mllee of lim
station, has a depth when tbe entrance la
but at the selli** time we clearly show that we are more
made to find out shat the |H*«mlmlst itar lami, tbe titaol mngnlficent foroatn
paaae«! of sixty fwt upon tba average aud
W
’
v
»|H-nk
»lang
frequently
Imitative
than
original,
of lite globe. Ita |o*ople thought III»
Isqtulatluu of the country ia.
an area of t«-xi square miles. There Is no
thrmigli nliii-r Inzlmns.
It was tlie last word lu the
foresta InexbauntIbi» ami trontMl tbern
warrant for * viewing tbe fortification of this outpost as
mouth of a couqaiiilim, mid It t»<com<*a tbe next word
aa
tli<itigli
they
w«*ro.
"but
we
Imve
now
When h «* finally
al>lUli communi
cvmveylng a menace to any Asiatic power. It la a pre-
In mira. It I» echoed by the speaker, by the teacher,
ration * Illi Mura to«* probably aliali tln«l roaehial thè |s>lnt wbero thè growth of
cautionary measure. Just I tied ufwiu the same reasons that
rarr
exc'eptions
by
lite
lecturer,
by
the
writer,
but
with
that the nctoth«*r«* tire «IrvottM our foresta la bui om* tlilri] of thè au
have inspired our coastal defenses, fronting along both
It
never
loToim-a
iinyllilng
but
slang,
After
all.
It
la
riciuahvly to tin* <*liroiil«*h< of high life. miai cut, wlille wi* lm«<* lu atore 'lui
uceaua.
pearl Harbor, from the geographic position
thv'lH'st
of
»lung
that
survlv«i,
but
ev«-ti
then
we
uni
y
la-r eiiougli for mily tweuty or tblrty
whl-h it occupies, la an outlying challenge port, along
inali m*t cxcuae our*«* In a for laiomliig proficient In ita
There la In New York a mutt who lina yenrs at our pr«-*»*ut rate of ime " Thla
the great ocean highway leading to our shores. Thought
UM*, We should thli k uf the pr«*a«*nt aa well as of tbe fu-
gone I nau no bn-suae lie mud» money la a liail story, but II la only tbe be
turns to Japan In coum-cllon with Hawaii as a defense
turo.
ll'li)
um ' »Inug alien we can s|H-ak tbe afieexh of
rapidly. I'aunlly thia kind of Insanity ghinliig. The ol«b*r oli Melila aro ex-
out|H«t only because Japan is. besides the United States,
mir
heritage
<*<|uully
^11?
"?
Why
become
the
blind
lead
«lexehqia In t|u< sona of the men who do hnuai ed al ready, naturai gits has I m — ii
the only fiower maintaining a powerful naval outfit In
er» of tin* blind? Bosom
I'
Transcript.
wastwl uiitll thè aiipply haa failed In
the Pacific.
the mom-y making.
many placca. It la subì that our en
But this may not be the situation thirty years from
MOV1NO-PICTURE EXHIBITIONS
Homi-tiow It does us good to rond of thraeltr noti fidila nro In danger of be-
now
China has entered upon the same modernizing
ITIIIN
u
cumpiiratively
short
time
’
an
en-
that man who tra veil'd moro than mm Ing exhaimted lu fifty yeara, tbe bitu
transformation which has been In progress In the Jap
tlroly new form of public umuM-ment has
"<>ur
hundred (lionatiml tulles hsiklng for a minone In a huti«lrod yenrn.
anese empire for more than a quarter of a century. The
arisen and grown to astonishing magnitude
wife
It gia*a to show that a wife la rnugi-s In tbe West. ITom whlcb we tirsi
Mongolian empire baa a population which Is believed to
The vltaiu'ope la doing for the common |ta«e
drove Ilo* buffalo tu cover tbem aguhi
still worth having.
be three times as large as that of the nationality next
pie. and <*w,H'*lally for the children, wbat
wlth «•alile am! alieep. nro capable of
greatest In that respect, and, moreover, an undeveloped
only
the
theater
line
done
heretofore,
and
l lw French republic la going to spend aupjiortliig bui sbotti oii«-tialf what
wealth of mine and field generally estimated as being
la doing It for a tenth of the cost, and In
IM.”«1 for the pur|stae of transferring they could under Intelllgvut manage
of an aggregate Importance exceeding the latent re-
towns too small for the theater to Invade.
the romains of Zola to the l'anthciti. ue-ut, and tbe prli-r of laojf la retard
aouroea of any other equal area ou the globe. Ultimately,
There la nothing like death tu cause a act-ordlugly." We aro roally Buffering g What are the aubjcctn which call forth such shouts of
there la abundant reason for believing China, and not
man to be appreciated by the Fronti now from thè carol«*aam-M of the past. slaughter ami am h exclamations of delight from the chil
Japan, la to be the predominant Asiatic power.—Balti
dren? The father who does not know would do well to
and so aro beginiilng to roallze tliat prò
republic.
more American.
find out by le-rwuial Investigation. lie will discover a
to-tlou la ms-nwiry. We «me. too, that
As tu the devotion of a wife tn a Il la dealrable to cotmlder all thè nat
luan on the railroad track, and see an express train nish
KILL THE HOUSE FLT.
hua lia nd who brats Iler, our philosopher urai roaour«-«*a at thè aame lime and to
by and toss and muugle him. Men and women leap from
has ubsrr»ed that the average woman pro|*ro for unite«! efforta to auve tbem.
HE fly tranamlta typhoid through Ita feet
the windows of burning buildings.
Policemen arrest
It can carry tbouaunda of bacilli on each
would rather take a sound thrashing lilla la wliat thè furveler mila tbe new
"toughs" after a severe fight.
Rusalan i*easanta are
foot, and if It llgbta un bod and the food
than lw kma-ked >prr*lil«*«M by uuan
atrliqail to the waist and t*eaten Insensible by cruel Co*-
puint of vlew.
ia eaten disease la apt to follow, The fly
ewerable logic.
saika. «Idle the Tsar's officers applaud Tbe antics of
does not wljie hla feet, and there la no nee
• drunken man delight a street crowd, and a domestic
TUB MAP IN POLITICS
In trying to train him to do so. Tbe only
A tiartmd wire f*ii«x* la soon to mark
trag«*dy Involve» a double murder and ends lu suicide
resource la to get rid of blm entirely. All
tb* boundary Illi* ln*tw**ii tbe I'ulted l*r*»iaew« aa* X lew l*r*»l*ea« 8*1-
Of conn* the acenes from whlcb these pictures are
**«a feata Near eaa(*a.
careful boueeke -pera have their windows and doors
made are “fakes" <ximp>*ltlons carefuly prepared for
Mtatae and t'enada. Geutlvmeii who
t'andldstea for Proaldmxt aod Vlce
acreened. but this Is valuable largely as a matter of com
start for Canada, taking their affinitive
tbe piirtawa* far alien smh seelies are enacting In real
fort ; It does m>t go to tbe root of the trouble. The file*
life the pliot*<rapber is not there to reeonl tbem. Tbe
with them, may lu futuro yrara find It President on a party ticket nearly al
Infest butcher sb<q* aud grocery stores, and we aball
result, at least upon the mind uf receptive chlldhiwxl. Is
Utavaaary lu provide tbemaelvea with ways ««me from widely' o»q>arat<>d
Btatse. •»)■» the Brooklyn Eagle. John
never be Immune until we attack tbe fly aa an enemy tt
the name an If the acenes were real. Indeed, they are
win* dliqiera.
Fremont of California was unlt«*«l
aoriety - Philadelphia Inquirer.
real In the effe«-t of excitement created and sympathies
with William L. Dayton of New Jer
Nome oue baa dlaeovervd that our
sey. Abraham UlMnln of Illinois was
quarter la a "biMMtou” Coin,
ploring trip with two soldiers, forced five years ago
It hit«
A VALLEY OF DEATH
His color at once at
first iunjolim! with llannlbal llamlln
bls guide at the point of the rifle to tracted attention, and the director, be
thirteen atara, thirteen latra. thlrt«*eu
of Maine, and then unhappily with An
arrowheads, and au uu.
1 St uu um*
Its
Harrars
Mar*
Terrtbla
tbas take him Into the valley on foot. Wltb- lieving that be would add to the at
drew Johnaun of Ttainee»«*«*
in two hours one of the soldiers stag- tractions. turned him out tn a large
Thaav at D*s<e*s laMiMtlM.
Mema to object to him riling thlrt«*eii
When Grant uf llllnola was first
Only thirty-live miles long and about gered back Into the camp of the main tank with others of hla species, He
of them when they come In bum'tm
nominated Ills mate was Kchuyler Col eight miles wide, yet nobody <*an pass body, demented, and hardly able to
nor adding the thirteenth to th«* pile.
did not thrive, and. apparently die-
fax of Indiana. Those Ktatew ware ad through It mid retain both life and walk. The others had become Insane
gusted with bln surroundings, refused
join lug, hut that waa (lie only nnxlerii rosaoii
Such Is la-nth Y'alley. on the end wandered away to die.
to eat.
In an attempt to fast forty days, a luetanne In which adjoining Htates
Nevada,
If a man Is not quickly killed by
man auceveded In starving himself to have tieen drawn on for such a pun borders of California and
When he was too weak to walk be
says a writer. It ia undoubt«<dly the heat and thirst or by falling into the
death In thirty one days. Ills pur|io<>e poee.
deadliest place In the wluile wl.le quicksands, he goes mad and raves of was turned over to Mr. Spencer and
was to prov<* that the mind controls
Iteims-rntlc nominations In tbe Mine world. I have look«*«! down U|M>n thia green Helds and bubbling attbama. In christen«*d Pin key.
Mr. Spencer be-
the body. All groat religions teachers |M*rl«al followi-d tlie rule of widely nrpn- | valley several tlni«*s from tbe moun-
parts of the valley there are innu gan feeding biin by prying his mouth
and pbll**a*>piien> bave slroaily pronai rat«*«l States. In Is* 14 Md'lellan of New
tain heights which Inclose It—the Tel- merable pinnacles of salt earth, as open with a stick and shoving klllle
thia, and a amimi knowledge of their Jers«*y run with Pendleton of Ohio. In
After several
escojie nnw on the west and the Fu sharp aa a needle, and as dangerous fish down his throat.
noble demonstrations should forbiti lsikM Heyiuour of New York ran with
such Ignoble ex|H*rlmetits.
-
lllalr of Mhsnuri; In 1872 Greeley of
T
New York rim with It Grata Brown of
I »-»th duties mi groat estates nro ex
Missouri. That waa th«- year lu which
• >
tromely heavy Ju Great Britain. The Grant. ronomlmit«il, ran with Henry
Iwuvtlehirlcw under the will of au Eng
Wilson of Mnwaeliilsetts.
Hail Woman who tlliwl rtxvnllv hud to
In IN7ii tlie Ih-mis-rallc ticket com
I m «» to the government two mllllmi ser
prls.d Tilden of New York and lien-
en hitmlrod nnd fifty thousand dollars dricka of Indiana, and Republican
In taxes on an estate worth aismt ticket Hayes of Ohio nnd Wlnvler of
elghtron million dollars, Such a tax la New York.
urged in America by Influential public
The ro<-apltulntion could be furthri
LaO'
■urn.
pureu«'«! to show that Garfield nnd Ar
thur. Ilnncock nnd English. Cleveland
We are not Informed as to the
nnd Hendricks. Illalne am! I«ognn.
amount of Humlny work required of
Cleveland and Thurman, Harrison ami
governuiriit employee In the deimrt-
Morton. Clevelnml am! Stevenson, and
I I
nients at Washington, but there can be
llarrlsmi and Heid roprowoniiMt widely
no question of the desirability of ro-
different Stat»— In the national el<>«-
during It as far na |xnu«llile. in accord
t Iona.
ance with the petition of the citizens
In lNtSI Mr. McKinley of Ohio and
/
of th«' capital who recently wattl'd ii | mh >
Mr. Hobart of New Jersey ran together
the I'roafalrnt. Popular aympatiiy. too.
ngnliist Mr. Brynn of Nebraska and Mr
will I m * with the moveimmt. Inaugiirntiil
Sewnll of Maine. In ItkIO Mr. McKin
.A
by the saint; |a*tltlonera, to prevent gov
ley of Ohio mid Mr. Roosevelt of New
ernment coiitnu-torw from *-oiii|*cllliig
V.5
York wen* named by tlie Republicans
their i-mployrs to work on Sunday.
»
lifrj
against Mr. Byran of Nebraska mu! Mr.
Whether we la>l|«*ve In th«* Puritan or
Stevenson of Illinois. In l!«>l Judge
th«* coiitlneiitnl Siuidiiy, or. us most of
'
* .Ji
* V
MR*
1
Pnrki-r of New York and Mr. Davis of
us do. iMMTipy middle ground, w«* must
W«*at Ylrglida ns Democrats were de
admit that rmployes' rights nro Invaded
> J?
~
f«*ated by Messrs. Roosevelt of New-
by lh>* o|s'rnlloii of any system thnt
e
York mid Fairbanks of Indiana. ~
eiicourngi-s work on Sunday, wlmthrr
It s|sM-lficnlly exacts such hilnir or not.
Tke Bravest Xian.
V '.
It la to I*«* I ioimm I mid «*x|M*<*t«-d—that
7
J nines t'roelninu, till* well-known war
Prosldimt Itooaevelt's a.viu|Mithy with corros|K>n«h*nt, who Is on record over
labor mid th«* decent observanro of Hn* Ills own signature ns having provok«*d
Kablmth will bring ntumt n reform In the war lietwii-ii th«* United Staten und
this direction, mid Ibero need la* no pol Spain, gives tills description of tliv
Vi,. .-.
itics In It.
bravest man lie ever saw :
EMIGRANTS IN DEATH VA I.I.EY IHX1MED TO PERISH.
"It was during tlie siege of Port Ar
E=
No nation has a liner opportunity
tliur," says Mt. Crwlnitn. "<»n the
I
than thia to learn the leaaona of right
neral
range on th«' east. But I was aa bayonet points. Many a man has days of this I’inkey's interest In life
edge of one -if the pnrapt'ts, hla feet
been lamed by them, and fiillen down revived. Then he began to show a
living nnd to apply them, for In our
never
foolish
enough
to
court
certain
hanging over the edge, ant a man mak
to die of delirium
Even the gloomy fonihieas for Mr. Spencer, and persist
country every sort of ■■ondltlon Is rep
death, nn so many others bare dime,
Ing n sketch of the sc«*i:e. From the
resented somewhere, every stage of de Japanes*- slil|>s In the otfing there came by searching the valley for th«* rich Imagination of Dante could not have ed In following him about the room.
conjure«! up one-half of the horrors of He began to know when it was dinner
velopment can lie stud lei I In the life;
a continuous stream of screaming, depoalta of gold ami sliver It is ro-
time. Now Mr. Spemvr will stand half
this real valley of death.
young, growing comnnmltlea can an* death delivering shells. But the man puted to contain.
way across the room and call to bint.
the faults of tlie overgrown, mid plnn
D»*ath
valley
Is
tile
tied
of
a
van
sketched on unmoved. Manser bullets,
TERRAPIN IS INTELLIGENT.
Out of his den will come rinkey. and
to avoid them.
Such an exhibit aa with their proiiliar suakcllke hiss, flew I s I m - i I lake, now n desert of sand, salt
with many a thump of his hard shell
the "Congestion Hhow," recently hold over anil brolde him. In nil this noise and alkali. There are several at reama
In New York City, haa Ita lessons for mid Imminent death the man continued and inula of water In It. but they aro He l as Walk a < balk Mae at Csm- on the floor crawl to Mr. Spencer's
maaal and De Other This*».
feet. But hla greatest stunt Is walking
tlie remotest American village. It wax Ills work, completely abaorts'd In It.
all
lmprogn>it«*<l with nlknll, and.
Pinkey, so called because of the the chalk line.
graphically shown that moat of the
therefore,
poisonous.
GlItterlng
fields
"Finally tlwre came from within th«*
“Pinkey. yon have been drinking.”
evils of a large city. III health, poverty, fortification a Rusalan officer of gigan of salt alterant«* with miles of white color of hla shell. Is one of th«> newt
crime. Ini[a>rfcct education, are due to tic alze. He stood long b«*sld«* the man sand, which 1» drawn In places Into Interesting exhibits at the aquarium, says Mr. Spencer. “Show me.” he says,
overcrowding, to Improia-r distribution who was drawing and ivatehed th«* |>cn- high mounds by the whirling hot winds but on«' not ofieu viewed b.v the pub and Pinkey stars off down the line.
“That's not so much." said one visi
Th«* lic. says the New York Tina's. Pinkey
of population; that the human being ell carefully filling In the graphic llnro that sweep through the gorge.
"The
tietala space to live and grow In. and The sheila from th«* alilpa when they surface of th«' salt earth In plam-s In Is an albino terapin. on«' so rare that tor after such an exhibition.
that a large city la tolerable only when struck the masonry stirred up a cldqd very brittle, and a few Inches beneatb U B. SiM'um'r. in charge, of frssh water beast Just kept on going after you put
it la laid out with wise foresight. These of mortar dust, and aa they exploded It there la a »limy, salt mud, of un fish, always brings him out for those him down."
From the marks about the edg» of
obvious conclusions are Important to throw chunkn cf broken atone In every measured ilfpth. from which rescue Is who nro "behind the scenes." Those
In chnrg«' of the exhibit speak of him his shell Mr. Spencer believes chat
every small American city; for almost dlre«’tfon. The officer's uniform was impossible.
Tlnkey is reaching the old-age limit,
•
There were forty emigrants In the as a freak.
every one haa the blind ambition to tie covered with mortar dnat. and hla fa
lie Is perhaps 70 years old. and rheu
At prosent Pinkey Is living
bigger If It Is to grow large healthily tigue cap had been knocked awry by first wagon train that tried to pass
and gracefully, the small city must a Manner bullet. I hare never Been a through l»eath Valley tn 1800. Two tentexl life In a tin-lined box nnder matism Is getting Into his left leg.
study the history of New York, the braver mnn. At last he Mid, in ex men got through, anti both were In- a glass tank containing sea anemones which la already stiff at the joint
When you go to the aquarium again
problems It haa met and failed to meet. rollent English—for all Russians aro aam*. Many other bandn of emigrants In Mr. Silencer's domain. He la ex-
■What may not the young western city excellent Ungulata and speaking with going to California |ierlah«d, and the hlblteil aa another argument In sup- ask to see Mr. Spencer's real albino
ills acquaintance Is worth
which haa not yet gone wrong learn an aristocratic drawl. ‘I aay, Croel- place wna nvolded. until gold waa found port of hla custodian's belief that the terrapin,
from a comparison of the factory and man, aren't you ever going to finish there, and then pnrty after party of lowest forms of animal life have a making, even If It Is only to see him
tenement-house areas In New York? that sketch?""—James 8. Metcalfe, I d recklew men were lured .to death. Over certain amount of reasoning power, scratch hla head and brighten up whes
fifty Mexicans au<vnnibe«1 In one hatch. Pinkey can walk a chalk line at the Mr. Si>encer speaks to him.
Even the farmer whose nearest neigh Rucc«*a Magazine.
Di-nth Valley has been the scene of command of Mr. Itpencer. and he can
bor la ten miles away Is concerned with
Wo are somewhat fussy, but we do
The three-ball merchant never ad- some of the worst tragmllee of tor also wave his head to signify that
this city problem. Societies In the city
not object to a man yelling when bs
are trying to send to him some of the vanees any thing ou the rewards <M ture In human history. A lieutenant feeding time has arrived.
of tbe United States army, on an ex-
The terrapin came from Texas some baa a tooth pulled.
people who ar* stuck In the city. Many virtu*»
1
I t ]
’ A
gw
È
?
Í3Í >
If glvsa before the hogs get pass
the eating and drinking stage, the fid-
low Ing Is claimed to be an Infalllbl«
cure for hog cholera: To a barrel of
good slop add one pint of Venetian red
and one pint of kerosene oil. Mix well.
The first rule for getting a good
profit from poultry la to get the chicks
hatched early, and the next la to keep
those chicks growing so fast that they
will reach laying maturity before th*
commencement of cold weather
Tlie garden should contain moot <K
As tbe result of tests of alfalfa, red all of the commo* medicinal and flavor
elover and grass seeds se*uxed In the ing hertia. Moat of these can be grown
oi*n market Chief Gallow*/ of tbe with very little trouble, and the lierb
bureau of plants Induary makes a re- plat should Include such useful plants
port that ia certainly of luteroet to as sags, hoarhound, caraway, saffron,
pennyroyal, tansy and others that will
farmers.
suggest themaelve*
Ite<l Clover.—Of the 1^17 samples of
r«4 clover seed secured 40fi, or one-
Tbees Heves Deahleveee.
third, contained s«wd of dodiler, 424
A doubletree attachment to binde»
contained traces of yellow trefoil seed, or sulky plow can be mad«* according
and LVi bore evldew-e of baring orig to the plan shown. The dimensions
inated in Chile.
Alfalfa.—Of the 300 samples of al
falfa seed semi red 191, or about one
half, contained seed ot dodtler, 13S
contained a trace of yellow trefoil
se—1. 120 contained a trace of sweet
clover seed and lfl contained a trace
of bur clover s«*ed.
can be varied slightly to ai-eomiuodats
Brom us Inermls.—Of the 55 samples
homes of different sizes.
of Brom us Inermls seed obtained 15
contained see<l of cheat, or cheoa, 28
B»«* Garaslaatiaa.
contained from 2 to 3 [er cent of »ceil
It requires from 20 to 30 days fot
of tbe whtet grasses, several con asparagus se«*d to germinate; tiesos,
tained seed of meadow fescue st»! one 5 to 10 days; borecole broc-<v>!l, Brus
contained more than 24 tier cent of sels sprouts, cablai ge and ciialltlower.
meadow fescue and rye grans M-wl to 5 to 12 days; carrots. 14 to 21 days;
get her.
celery. 14 to 20 days; corn salad. 14
Kentucky Blue Grass.—Of the 420 days ; corn, 8 to 14 days ; cross, curlol,
samples of Kentucky bine grass seed 3 to 5 days; cress, water. 12 to 14
obtained only 8 were found to be free days; cucumbers, 5 to 10 days; egg
from any trace of Canada blue grass plant, 8 to 20 days; endive. 3 to 7
In most of these samples tbe trace of days; lettuce, 3 to 5 days; melons,
Canada blue graas found was Imma cantaloupes, 5 to 10 days; melons,
ture seed, showing that It was harv
water, 8 to 15 days; mustard. 3 to 8
ested with the Kentucky blue grass days; onions, 7 to 14 days; parsley. 20
seed. The seeds of the two plants not to 80 days ; parnlpo. 8 to 14 days ; p-ws,
ripening at the same time. It la Im 5 to 10 days ; pepper. 8 to 20 days. .
probable that mature seed of Canada
blue grass would be harvested with
Waa* Ait—.
Kentucky blue grata seed.
In 110
Ashes made from hard wood ars
samples, however. Canada blue grata more valuable than those made from
aeed was found in quantities exceed soft wood.
It la claimed that some
ing 5 |er cent. 32 of these being Can ashes from soft wood have not enough
ada blue grass seed misbranded aa value to make It worth while to bother
Kentucky blue grass seed.
with them. It has also been discovered
that the value Is largely governed by
The Potato Bo*.
The potato bug. or Colorado potato the part of the tree from which ths
It la declared bp
beetle, passes the winter In the ma- ashes are made.
=F"¥
-BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
IM —
PLAN OF A PIGGERY.
The above diagram shows a cross section of a piggery building thirty-four
feet wide, which may be of any desired length The foundation Is of stone,
but may be built of concrete to be in keeping with the floor and the piers,
which are concrete The floor is in two layers, the lower throe im-hes being
romprised of coarse gravel seven parts and <ement one part, the upper Inch
being mixed throe parts sharp sand to one of cement The alley running
throughout the center of the building la six f«*et wide, with a crowned floor
one-half Inch higher in the center, to insure Its being kept perfectly dry.
The floors of the pens are given a fall of two Inches from the alley to the
outer doors.
The iiartltions are constructed of one and a quarter-inch boards ent Into
three-foot lengths. These are placed In an upright position, the bottom ends
resting on a two-by-four and the tops capped with similar material. The luft
above ia about eight feet high at top posts and furnishes an abundance of
room for storage of straw, crates, crate materials, etc. No meal f«ed should
be stored hero, ss it is likely to become contaminated.
The Illustration shows the ropes and pulleys by which the doors and
»-entllators are opened and closed from the feeding alleys. On the right side
the door and ventilator are open; on the left side closed.
ture form. As noon ss the potatoes
are up these bugs begin feeding and
laying eggs on the young leaves. The
young that hatch from these eggs, as
well as the next brood, are the ones
that do the damage. Therefore, It la
necessary that treatment should be be
gun as soon as the young beetles ap
pear on the vines. Dust the plants
while the dew is on. with a mixture
made of 1 pound Paris green to 10
pounds of slaked lime or cheap flour.
Another good method Is to spray the
plants with a composition of 2 ounces
of Paris green In 50 gallons of Bor
deaux mixture, spraying the vines two
or three times. For this purpose the
Bordeaux mixture should be made out
of 3 pounds of bluestone and 5 pounds
of lime to 50 gallons of water. This
mixture will not only kill the beetle,
but also prevent the early blight from
destroying the leaves and stems of the
vines.
chemists that the ashes of young twigs
are of more value than the ash of
the trunk of the tree, while the ask
of the leaves Is still more valuable.
Balata* Rkabarb.
Rhubarb requires a deep and very
fertile soil, rhe great secret of suc
cess In raising It ia high manuring. It
Is a gross feeder, and requires a lib
eral application of manure every year.
A grower whose small patch prodqces
rhubarb of enormous size explain» his
success from his practice of throwing
soapsuds over the ground on washing
days. lie had sold $3o worth from a
patch of two and one-half rods in •
single season.
Creameries and
Fnetorle*.
There are now in Minnesota S25
creameries ami seventy-six cheese fac
tories In actual operation, nearly all of
them being operated and owned by ths
farmers, using the same system of
bookkeeping that la given In the abort
Farm Motes.
course In the dairy school, ami every
When the wheels get so dry that creamery In the state is using the Bab
they rattle, have the tires properly set; cock milk test and is making first class
do not try to chink up the spokes.
butter—President Northrup of Minne
With all classes of stock the value of sota University.
the feed is the same. whether It la sup
plied to the scrawnles or the best of
Garden Gleaala*».
To make the garden soil warm drals
thoroughbreds.
Teams that have been partially Idle off all the surface water possible. Ua*
for some time should come Into work underdrains and overdrains
again gradually and their shoulders
The best way to secure very early
plants Is to start them in the seed box
bathed with salt water.
The cutworm Is the larvae of a or hotbed, then transplant to two-lm-h
moth; the worm Is of a brown color, flower pots as soon as the seedlings ars
fat and sluggish, about an Inch long, large enough.
and feeds only during the night.
Don't work the garden and truck
For bumble-foot In poultry jalnt the patch while the ground Is wet In ths
corn liberally with tincture of iodine haste of starting an early crop. Noto-
dally for a week. If this Is done in Ing la gained, but much Is lost, in work
the early stages the corn can be spread. ing wet soils.
Are the garden and truck patches
To easily remove the handle from an
axe. place the blade on top of a heated well drained?
The garden should have two gates—
stove and leave It there till the Iron
around what is known as the "eye" be one small one and one large one. Tbs
comes quite hot *11081 expands the small gate should be convenient tn the
iron, making It an easy matter to drive house and the large one convenient to
the bam for hauling manure and en
the handle from the blade.
A horse will never run Into any other tering with team and tools.
If the garden fence Is defective either
burning building besides his own. or
even pans a bonfire if he can help It mend the old or build a new one. Fix
but when once he scents danger he It so poultry and other animals cannot
tries to get to his stall—his borne—and disturb.« It is a waste of time and
when once he reaches there can only vexation of spirit to have the chick
be driven away by fright or shock su ens and ducks forever destroying th*
garden.
perior to hla drv • *< Aaf