will pass off from an equal area which has been plowed early and karrowtd at frequent Intervals. Moreover, tlie ground which lias been plowed Into will continue to dry out during the sett- :?n at a rate in excess of the early plowed. This shows plainly 11. .t plowing and frequent harrowing aru essential in order to retain soil mois­ ture, even though planting may be de­ . layed.—Ohio Agricultural Station. I 44 Durability is Better Than Show” The - , the work can be enlarged. patieut of wet feet. During her lifetime Mrs. Bradley re­ Good tillage increases the available serves the rents, issues and profits of; food supply of the soil and also con­ serves its moisture. Tillage should be begun just as soon as the ground is dry enough in the spring, and should be repeated as often as once in ten day* throughout the growing season, which extends from spring until July or August. Only cultivated crops should be al­ lowed in orchards early in the season. Grain and hay should never be grown. Even hoed or cultivated crops may rob the trees of moisture and fertility if they are allowed to stand above the tree roots. Watch a sod orchard. It will begin to fail before you know it. Probably nine-tenths oV the apple or­ chards are in sod. and many of them are meadows. Of course, they are failing. The remedy for these apple failures is to cut down mauy of the orchards. MRS. LYDIA BRAHI.ET. For the remainder, the treatment is cultivation, fertilization, spraying—the her estate, which comprises 1,000 dif­ trinity of orthodox apple growing. ferent pieces of real property. Ou her Potash is the chief fertilizer to be ap­ death it all passes over to the sole and plied to fruit trees, particularly after exclusive possession of tlie institute. they come into bearing. END OF WAR ROMANCE. Potash may be had In wood ashes and muriate of potash. It Is most com­ A Wife Who Followed Her Folil'.er monly used in the latter form. An an­ Husband to The PhTipp’nes. nual aplication of potash should be Capt. F. E. Buchan's return home made upon bearing orchards, 500 from the Philippines on the United pounds to tlie acre. States transport Valencia was u sad Phosphoric acid is the second im­ one. lie brought with portant fertilizer to be applied arti­ him the body of his ficially to orchards. Of the plain su­ wife, who succumbed perphosphates from 300 to 500 pounds to tlie climate in the may be applied to the acre. I’hllipp Ines. M r s . Nitrogen can be obtained cheapest Buchan had been a by means of thorough tillage (to pro­ bride but a tew mote nitrification) and nitrogenous months When t h e green manures. Kansas regiment left Barn manures are generally more home to fight its .'oun- economically used when applied to MRS. BUCHAN. try's battles in the farm crops than when applied to or­ Philippines there was an understand­ chards; yet they can be used with good ing. between Capt. Buchan and his results, particularly when rejuvena­ I sweetheart, Miss Lucinda M. Smith, of ting the old orchards. [ Lawrence, Kan. Separation was more Cultivation may be stopped late in than (he two could stand, so with the tlie season, and a crop can then be exchange of letters came a determina­ sown ui»on the land. This crop may tion to join their lot iu the fortunes of serve as a cover or protection to tlie war. soil, ami as a green manure.—Prof. They were married and the young Bailey, Cornell University. bride followed her soldier husband to Sau Francisco. Here the first cloud fell The Former T’oy’s Advantnse. A sturdy American of the self-made across their honeymoon. The officers stock is Tilly Haynes, known the coun­ were not permitted to have tlie com­ try over. He said in Atlanta the other pany of tlieir wives on the transports day, of the degeneracy of the Boston and separation seemed Inevitable. But youth of Yankee stock: “Just look at the Kansas girl had pluck. With tlia that sign on Washington street. Tlie wife of another officer, Col. Fred Fun­ first name is tlie patronym of a Massa­ ston, slie became a stowaway on ’the chusetts family which has been promi­ Indiana, and although the Government nent since colonial days. The second tried to prevent it she Journeyed as far is that of a young German whom he 1 as Honolulu on the way to Manila be­ has taken into partnership. When he fore she was parted from her husband. dies the German's name will have first J Though compelled to leave the trans­ place. Our young men have begun to port, she followed Capt. Buchan with­ part their hair iu tlie middle, an»1 do in a few days on the regular steamer not know bow to roll a barrel. The and shared his lot up to the time of her young German and the young Irish­ 1 death. man can lift up the barrel and carry it A MIRACULOUS SPRING off—later they carry off the business, I Fresh Water Gu-hce from an Oak in too.” There is a point here for youth in f w.tz.Hand both city and country. The world Tills Is not ail optical delusion, but wants workers—young men who mean a fresh water spring lu tlie trunk business, who are reliable and who will of a healthy oak tree, situated in develop capacity witli experience. Tlie Oncliy, Switzerland. It Is more than a farmer boy has a great advantage over passing mystery how It lias succeeded the city lad in being “raised” among in making this outlet for itself, and it surroundings that bring out this spirit of industry, that develop ability. The older we grow and the more we see of life the more do we realize that the country-bred man lias a tremendous advantage in the battle of life. The boy is indeed fortunate who Is a farmer’s son.—Orange Judd Farmer. Way to “Cool” Kitting Hen». If rightly handled, the hen may l»c induced in a few days to go to scratch­ ing and give up all Idea of sitting, without being cruel to her, either. Get a grocery box, or something similar, and convert It Into the nffalr shown in cut. It has no botoin, hut one end has a sloping top to throw off rain, anil also protect tne hen from the sun. The AND Hunt for Dewey Kellcs. INDUSTRY. Production of pig iron in Russia is estimated to liave increased from 600,- 000 tons in 1887 to 2,194.000 in 1898. Belgium had 103 strikes last year, involving 14.266 hi hoi ere. Only in 12 of these ca»es did tlie strikers win a complete, and in eigiit a partial, suc­ cess. New York made between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 fewer cigars in the year ended April 1, than in tlie previous year, and more tlian 129,000,000 fewer paper cigarettes. A machine that will greatly reduce the cost of harvesting has been iufented for the harvesting of sugar beets. This means a few more laborers will be looking for work in the cities. It is reported that Dr. Linde, one of tlie inventors of machinery to liquify air, is engaged in work on a small piece of apparatus which will weigli less than 2 pounds and will produce liquid ail in 18 minutes. The house in Montpelier, Vt., which Dr. Julius Dewey occupied and in whioh all of his children were born was originally small, but was eeveial times affiled to. Wollin the last two or three years, wishing to replace this molest structure with a handsomer, moie modern edifice, Edward Dewey, tlie second son, sold the dwelling ami barn (retaining tlie grounds) for (150. Three days afterward the buildings were resold for (100, tlie last pur­ chaser, who paid tlie cost of removal, placing them on a lot on State street. Since tlie battle of Manila tliis bouse, as the birthplace and early home of its hero, lias been an object of interest to tourists and relic hunters. The latter, indeed, liave threatened to carry it away piecemeal, a souvenir fiend in one instance wrenching off a.silver- plated faucet and leaving the watei running in tlie bathroom with tlie pres­ sure of the full system of 158 pounds. — Boston Transcript. A Reasonable Doubt. Judge—Piisoner, you are accused of A distinguished historian writes, while stealing tliis watch. Are you guilty referring to our advent as a colonizing or not guilty? power, that our in.luenee for good over Prisoner — I’s guilty, yo’ honah; but European spheres will be immense. This result was just as inevitable as is the cure I’s ’spicious dat ain’t de same watch which follows the use of Hostetter’s Stom­ what 1 stole.—Jeweler’s Weekly. The I'nitecl States a Power for Good. ach Bitters. It, cures indigestion, consti­ pation, and tones up the whole system. 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