®wæîsw
A dental college has recently been
added to the University of Madrid.
Walter Hroadbelt, of Willlston, Pa.,
clalmn to have a hen that last year
laid 247 eggs, of which ten were dou-
ble-yolked.
Neither boiling water nor cold 200
O
degrees below zero kills the sprout in
W o m e n and P o u ltry .
some seeds. Professor Becquerel found
There is no field open to women to
three seeds eighty-seven years old that
day that Is less crowded than the
sprouted.
Work Is going on steadily to deep poultry field; none that offers as good
none that
en and widen the Suez canal, and ere returns for one's labor;
long the biggest
merchant
vessels affords so much freedom when taken
with a depth of twelve meters w ill be as .a vocation, and none that makes
one so nearly independent of others.
able to use it.
Some of our best planned
poultry
F. S. Weinhold, of Brookslde, Pa., farms, aa well as our best-paying ones,
last season raised on twenty-five acres are the outgrowth of woman’s skill
about three thousand bushels of ear and ingenuity in planning, and her
corn. Many of the ears were over six financial ability in conducting the en
teen Inches in length.
terprise. Most women show a quali
For a number of years Washington fication for neatness about poultry of
has been far and away the largest which men are occasionally void, and
lumber producing State in the Union, as cleanliness is an Important factor,
and it still i3 ahead; but last year she often outstrips our “lords of crea
Louisiana nearly caught "up with it.
tion” in results obtained.
The care
Dr. James Critchton Browne, who is o f poultry is productive of good health
the real authority behind most wise to women engaged therein, giving
acres and oracles on "feeding,” says: them sufficient exercise in the open
"The meat ration of the Japs in Man air, and just enough care and respon
churia was the largest ever served in sibility to make their work interest
ing and to make them feel their im
any army.”
The field for women is
Of the revenue accruing from the portance.
national forests in Colorado 25 per almost unlimited, and it pays her bet
cent, or $150,000, is yearly turned over ter profits than she can reasonably ex
to the State by the federal authorities pect from most other business ven
for use on the public roads and tures.— Commercial Poultry.
schools.— Outing.
D es tro yin g;
W a ter
H y a c in th ,
Helen, aged 6, was telling Mary, age
7, of her plans for the future. “ I'm
going to be married,” she announced,
"and have eighteen children." "Oh,”
gasped Mary, her eyes wide
with
amazement, “ you mercenary wretch!’
The population of Germany, apart
from Immigration and emigration, in
creased by 882,624 last year. In En
gland, the births exceeded the deaths
by 393,821; in Italy, by 357,178; In
Belgium, by 71,715; in Holland, by
88,156; in France, by 46,411.
The Rketch shows sonic attractive costumes worn by
children as well as grown-ups. The little frock on the
right Is of white batiste, made prlncosse, with wide bre-
telles over shoulders to hem back and front. These are
built of tucked muslin with an edge of lace. There is
a rutile run with lace, and the square ueck is finished
w ith it. The hat Is made from ruffles of blue silk rib
bon on a wire foundation, and there are deep blue flow
ers arranged In a wreath. The second child wears a
prlncesse slip of white handkerchief linen, trimmed
with tine tucks, lace and hand embroidery. The sailor
hat Is of white chip, trimmed wth a wide band of black
velvet ribbon.
The gown on the figure at the top of the steps Is one
of the pinafore tunics of crisp green taffeta over a skirt
and guimpe o f white gauze, with a black polka dot. The
hat is of white lace straw, heaped with white roses,
green leaves and black velvet ribbon. The gown shown
on the figure at the foot of the stairs is also a tunic
over a skirt and guimpe of thinner fabric. The former
is in the fashion of a skirt, quite long and tight fitting.
It Is in linden green linen over an underskirt of ruffled
white batiste. The pinafore top with its embroidery Is
quite odd ,and the touch of linen on the tight batiste
sleeves is quite a novelty. The parasol Is also of green
linen, with bunches of green grapes and leaves cut from
cretonne and applied.
Spraying is the methed followed at
the present time by the government
in destroying the
water
hyacinth,
which has proved a serious impedi
ment to navigation on many of the
Southern rivers of this country.
A
great number of suggestions have
been tried, and the fine spraying pro
cess has been found to be the most
effectual and economical.
Two gov
ernment boats are engaged in the
work. Each Is equipped with tanks
for the boiling of a mixture of white
In old Holland, when a couple ap arsenic, sal soda and water. This is
plied for divorce, they were locked sprayed on the plants, and as the lat
up in a one-room,
trying-out-cabin, ter are about 98 per cent water there
with one dish and one spoon. If, after is very little residue after they wilt
a month, they had not come to limer down under the action of the poison
ick they got the w rit which was sel ous solution. That the solution kills
the plants absolutely has been proved
dom asked for after this bundling,
in every case where the conditions
The sign read "Children Under Five
were such as to prevent the introduc
Years of A ge Free.” The conductor
tion of new plants within the area
looked at it mournfully. "You may
sprayed.
not believe it,” said he, “ but a wom
an with five children, all hers, got on
H arrow
T o oth
F asten er.
John A. Johnson, of
Lacenter,
the car the other day and convinced
me that none of them was old enough Wash., has patented a harrow tooth
to pay. Somehow, I can’t believe it fasterner, the object of which is to
yet."— New York Sun.
fasten harrow-teeth in U bar harrows
A news item stating that Gautemala without the use of clamps, bolts or
is considering putting her monetary
system on a gold basis recalls a poker
story about four players with $1,000,-
000 (Gautemalan) in the pot, which
the winner exchanged for $400 (A m eri
can gold ), but it took him four days
to do it, as $100 gold was all the
ridiculously large
How do the girls clothes from the line they are folded
money changer would part with at a
expect a man ever to save for a home? ; then and there. She says that if they
time.
He a little more thoughtful, girls, are crowded Into the basket carelessly
Lord Lister, discoverer of antisepsis,
Don't try to make the men of your there w ill be Innumerable wrinkles
acquaintance believe that you are ac- that might have been avoided, and so saw In 1867, near a hospital, an old
customed to luxuries you have never the time spent in Ironing will be ma- cholera pit which emitted a horrid nuts, and consists of a square or
had
It Is the girl who cares enough teriaily increased.
Then, too, there stench as it was standing open for the diamond-shaped hole pressed through
for
the
man
and
herself
not
to
impose
Is
a
saving
of
time
In not having to next corpses. Walls were formed on the U bar of the harrow for the re
Fashion Is trying to drive out thy
three sides of coffins piled one upon ception of the teeth, and a W-shaped
button from the full-dress scheme, as on his good nature that makes the handle the clothes a second time in
another, and this was right under the
popular
comrade
and
the
loved
wife.
the
house
to
make
them
ready
to
Iron.
fastener pressed out of sheet metal in
fa r as it is possible to do.
— Exchange.
The same housekeeper sees to It that hospital window. There were five thou serted between the teeth and the back
The long black silk coat, which Is
the large pieces are put In the basket sand cholera corpses in eighty pits in of the bar, with
a corresponding
•gain modish. Is one of the generally
the hospital yard.
A Xonr T r s g c d r .
first,
thereby saving time in sorting.
round notch in the tooth to receive
useful fash'ons of the hour.
to-
O where is my wandering ma
The fleet of the Graham & Morton the fastener.
Thus, one fastener
Many of the prettiest serge yachting
night?
Company, operating on the southern holds all the teeth in the bar.
O w h e r e c an m y m o t h e r lie
suits, instead of being all white, have
part of Lake Michigan, is being equip
S h e hied h er for tli to th e s u f fr a g e fight
iblack moire collar and cuffs.
C u ltiv a te tlie O rch ard.
ped with wireless telegraph instru
And hasn't come home to tea.
Collars and buttons made from black
The young orchard should he culti
ments. There will be an operator on
be ra n g e Is cold on the kitchen trail. '
satin are considered smart on linen
each boat and also one at each of the vated, but not with grain or grass
T h e cu p bo ard Is b le a k and bare,
'j S
x
coats of both white and colors.
For mother has gone to the County
stations to be established at Chicago, crops. Corn, potatoes, beans or other
Jail
Holland and Benton Harbor. This ser vegetables, well cultivated, are ideal
A pleasant change Is made bv llnlsn-
For pulling th speaker's hair!
vice is available for passengers and for a young orchard. The ground
Ing the Dutch collor at the front with
should he stirred every two or three
two tiny rosettes and a long tab.
also for emergency.
•
O where is my wandering ma
to-
weeks until the middle of August. In
A new pongee ribbon In dashy de
night?
One of the greatest works performed
signs is Intended not so much for bat
My mother, oh where Is she?
Mias Hilda Martindale has been by Americans in Korea was the mak going through the orchard with the
Slo* dwells in the "box,”
decorations as for women's neckties.
made senior Inspector of factories for ing of the Korean-English dictionary. harrow, care should be taken not to
injure, bruise or “ bark” the trees. To
While father’s soeks
Ireland.
Corset covers ami chemises tit al
This was done by Dr. J. 9. Gale, a ax’oid this, the horses ought to be
Art* h o le y as th e y can be!
most straight across the front, there
I)r. Kathartna Fleischer is the first Presbyterian missionary. He began it
Harper's Weekly.
muzzled and the outside portions of
being little or no fullness at the top.
woman lawyer In Russia.
She has in 1892, after a four years' residence
traces and whlffletrees padded.
Just
passed
her
professional
examina
in
the
country,
and
completed
it
with
The restaurant coat of supple cloth,
H n liity llniitl* mill Itou uli W o r k .
In going through some young or
tion
at
St.
Petersburg.
in five years. Prior to that there was chards early in the season for the pur
with It flowing Spanish or Japanese
The woman who finds it difficult to
Miss Dorothy Drew, the much-be no means of intercommunication be pose of demonstrating pruning, Prof
lines. Is superseded by the Jetted coat. do her household tasks in gloves, yet
l ’ut es and shopping bags of bronze who values unstained nails, should loved grandchild of the late Mr. tween the foreigners and the natives Surface found many cases of trees
leather arc among the latest novelties. g« t In the habit of digging her fingers Oladstone, has grown up a charming except through the Chinese language.
which had been seriously damaged
There Is a rumor that Hartford, through being grazed by whlffletrees.
They bid fair to be exceedingly popu into a cake of white soap before be and pretty girl, one of the most In
ginning to work. The soap tills up the teresting of this year's debutantes.
Conn., intends to make a bid for fame or struck or bitten by the horses. In
lar.
Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser has been by establishing an asylum for the going through the orchard, rub off all
Hatpins are enormous about the nails, prevents other substances from
•lead and terrifically long about the getting under and Is at once removed selected to work for the single taxers treatment of automobiles that have unnecessary sprouts.— Rural World.
pin. necessarily with hats the size they as soon as the hands are washed. If under the late Joseph Pels fund at a been worn out In the service, and that
A T h re s h in g Record.
it Is not convenient to use white soap, salary of $2.000 a year. For the last a society for the prevention of cruelty
• re worn now.
George W. McKnight of Howell, K y „
a pure kitchen variety w ill answer, several years Miss Hauser has been to automobiles is also under considera
Jet buttons are used even on linen
but It often Irritates sensitive skins. connected with the National Woman's tion. A speed antitoxin and a method in a run of twelve and one-half days,
»nit and Jetted chains and flexible
Killing the finger nails with soap Is Suffrage Association at its headquar of injecting common sense into chauf threshed 18,000 bushels of wheat,
brooches and bracelets are among the
feurs might lessen the labors of th# moved every day, sometimes as far as
also to he recommended for women ters at Warren, O.
many forms that appear.
institutions.— New
York three miles, and never broke a belt
gardeners.
Miss Katherine I. Williams is one of proposed
Whether because the Irish lace Is
or touched the cylinder.
Mr. Mc
Tribune.
the
world’s
authorities
on
tlie
subject
\«*w
K I nd
of
niionip.
more expensive er because we are
Knight
reports
that
the
best
yield he
Dr.
Doche
(French
arm
y)
says
that
o f cookiflg. and at a meeting of chem
A little country girl saw for the
growing a little tired of It. there Is a
found was twenty-three acres for
ists In London said that she was an spawning Is really the cause of some
preference for the Cluny Just at pres first time a schoolgirl go through gym
George Wood, that averaged twenty-
opponent of vegetarianism because of oyster poison In summer. Spawning
nastic exercises for the amusement of
rnt.
six bushels.
Of his own crop fifty
oyster»
are
sometimes
called
"m
ilky."
her knowledge of the chemistry of
some little chlldrfn with whom she
Their Juice looks something like milk. acres averaged twenty-two bushels,
cooking.
T i l e I x Ir nx n g i i n t IJIrl.
was playing
INxche says this milky Juice holds poi and the whole crop of 100 acres aver
There are
far too many girls,
The country gtrl looked with some
R d n p m i o n l l i l l Fall«*«!.
sons
which the oyster throws off In aged twenty bushels. All of the crops
whether they are engaged to a man compassion upon the performer, and
Clubwomen In Georgia are ver, spawning. He tells of the violent poi he threshed made from fifteen to twen
Dr not \x ho deliberately place him In presently asked If the schoolgirl had
much disappointed that the compul soning of a number of soldiers from ty bushels an acre.
t position whi te it Is necessary for ^ lit«.
sory
education bill was not passed by eating "m ilk y” oysters. Dread of sum
blm to spend money that he can 111
Food V a lu e of R atterm llk .
"N o," said the one questioned, "that the Legislature.
The bill provided mer oysters Is practically universal,
afford When n girl would be delight I* gymnastics."
Buttermilk
is a nutritious and
that
every
child
in
the
State
under
14
and
the
"R
months"
Is
a
safe
saying.
rd to nreompanv her brother to the
wholesome food, or drink, and It Is
"H ow sa d '" pityingly remarked the must attend
school
at
least
three
T w elve years ago Prince Buelow was relished by a great many people.
theater In a street car. and even view country girl. "A re they very painful?"
months each year. There are more a poor man
He retires from the of There is a good sale for It in all towns
the performance from the gallery, why
than 20.000 Illiterates In the State. flee of German chancellor with a large
!■ It necessary for her to have a cab
F o ld D am p C lo th e«,
and cities of any size. The quality of
The opposition to the bill w~as that It private fortune and the rank of count
•nd the best scats In the orchestra
Some housekeepers, when w»sh day
buttermilk, like all other foods. Is de
would
force
the
colored
children
into
and prince. On the day the kaiser termined by the way it is prepared.
when she accompanies a young man come«, prefer to take down the plain
gave him the latter title Buelow was
whom she knows to tie relatively In clothe* whan still • llttls damp, ao aa the schools.
To secure the most wholesome prod
notified that hla share of the estate of
the name financial tmsltlon an her to do away with the necessity of sprin
Flowers.
uct, keep the milk as pure and clean
brother? It In no nany for two peo kling before ironing
The starched
Pipped In the melted wax of can Hedd Godfrey, the wealthy sugar mer as possible, use the most pure water
ple to spend live or ten dollars on an pieces, of course, need sprinkling and die ends w ill keep fresh flowers for at chant of Hamburg, amounted to $1,- obtainable and practice absolutely clean
Herr Godfrey had never met
•ventng'n entertainment, and when should be allowed to dry thoroughly. I least a week
Small flowers, like pan- $75.000
methods In churning. It muet be held
this sum Is compared with the earn
One clever housewife finds It a great alee, may be dipped In bunch«», rosea Prince Buelow, bnt had beooma inter at a low temperature In order to hare
eatad in hla pa bite career and laft him
V "
*** average man It la time aaver if In taking down the piala I *ad large flower# separtely.
it freah tor any great length of time.
fiid s and fancies
| £j/i S )rvss^ j£
V
-
W e ig h t
and
Feed.
When one comes to figure on a
difference in weight for the same age
and feed of 200 to 400 pounds, and
a difference in price of several cents,
he can see as plainly as he can see
anything that there Is more money in
improved stock. Suppose a 2-year-old
scrub steer weighs 900 pounds and
sells for 4 cents a pound, while a
2-year-old pure bred
weighs 1,200
and sells for 614 cents, there will be
$36 for one and $75 for the other.
Is there any man in his right senses
who can think it will not pay to keep
well-bred stock when he compares
these figures?
They are not imag
inary at all, but represent the quota
tions in the market reports during the
last few months. The real question
then is, how to get better cattle.
Bulls are cheap just now, and in fact
have been selling lower than cows and
heifers.— Denver Field and Farm.
A n ts
D estroy
Seale In se cts.
Prof. Harlan of California has dis
covered that the ordinary black ant
will remove the scale from fruit trees
without injuring the tree or leaves in
the least. He says their work is more
complete than that accomplished by
spraying or by any of the imported
insects. The ants are captured by
placing a plate of sugar near an ant
hill, and when covered with ants the
plate Is put in the forks of the infect
ed tree. The ants leave the sugar and
go to work on the scale. As soon as
they all leave the sugar the plate is
placed at the foot of the tree, and as
the ants come down after
having
cleaned the tree of scale, they again
assemble on the sugar and are thus
easily removed to another tree.
S u p p ly
of
N itra te.
It Is claimed that at the present rate
of use the known supply of nitrate of
soda w ill be exhausted in less than
fifty years, while as a matter of fact
the consumption is increasing steadily
and rapidly. It is therefore safe to
say that before twenty-five years have
passed the supply will be low, unless
new fields are discovered, and that the
price will be high. Over a m illion and
a half tons were used last year. This
is not encouraging for the young gen
eration of farmers, except for the fact
that we w ill always have our clovers,
our alfalfa, our cowpeas— the great le
gume family — and properly rotated
these w ill supply the soil with nitro
gen from the Inexhaustible supply in
the air.
A
nutter
Fraud.
An ingenious fraud in the butter
line was brought to light recently in
England. In that country the amount
of moisture in butter is lim ited by
law to 16 per cent. Australian and
New Zealand
butters, on the other
hand, usually contain only 8 per cent
of water. Taking advantage of this
fact, several firms imported
large
quantities of these colonial butters,
to which 8 per cent of water was then
added, thus bringing them down to
the British standard. As the added
water naturally cost nothing and the
product was sold at the current price;
a substantial profit was made.
S la u g h ter o f R o b in «.
Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee have the undesirable distinc
tion of being the only states in the
Union where the slaughter of robins
is permitted by law. Recent investi
gations show that not less than 9,000,-
000 robins are killed in these three
states during the winter months. It
Is a fact that every robin earns $1 in
the destruction of insects injurious to
crops every year. The hunters sell
them at 5 cents apiece. This is a
waste of millions of dollars and ought
to appeal to the hard, common sense
of every farmer.
It ought to be
stopped in every state.
A m e rica n
P lo w »
Abroad.
American plows and cultivators are
turning up the soil in more than sev
enty
countries and colonies of the
world. In Japan, In 1908. there were
$22.000 worth; in Asiatic Turkey, $14,-
000; In New Zealand. $50.000; in Brit
ish South Africa. $222,000; in Portu
guese Africa, $31.000; In Cuba. $85,-
000: while Argentina took In 1908
$7SO.OOO worth: Canada. $t74.O00; Rus
sia in Europe. $259.000, and Asiatic
Russia, $750,000 worth.
D es tro y in g
W eed*.
In Denmark the farmers are com
pelled by law to destroy all weeds on
their premises, and in France a farm
er may prosecute his neighbor for
damages If the neighbor allows weeds
to go to seed. It would save m illions
of dollars In this country if laws pre
vailed which prevented farmers from
growing weeds to seed on their own
as well as others' farms.
Shorthorn
M ilk
C o w .,
Experiments in developing a m ilk
ing strain of shorthorn cattle have
been begun by the dairy division of
the United States Department of
Agriculture In co-operation with th#
Minnesota Experiment Station
and
with nine MInneeota breeder«, the lat
ter having agreed to allow their herd*
to he used and to manage them ac
cording to the Instructions of ths ds-
partmeat.