FARM AND GARDENJ To Shnrpen a Hoe. In sharpening a garden-hoe, that in dispensable affair, do not tile it so that the bevel will incline Inward, but rather the reverse. A hoe sharp ened In this way will present a cut ting edge to the soil first. Instead of the flat edge of the bevel. —W ouian s Home Companion. Nitrate of Soda for Crops. When using fertilizers do not over look the fact that nitrate of soda is as soluble as common salt, and should lie applied where immediate effects are desired. It acts almost magically after a rain, and is beneficial on all crops that require forcing head. If a slower suuistance is required, one that is not so easily dissolved or car ried off by heavy rains, dried blood or tankage should be applied, and even then a small proportion of nitrate may also be used. Celery Growiiiff. About the first of May I prepare the seed bed for the plants, by spading and manuring with well rotted com post from the pig pen, raking unt 1 thoroughly pulverized. Soil suffi cient to cover the lied to a of one inch is sifted through a fine coal sieve. On this the seed is sown and beaten flat and solid, with a board, after which this surface is covered with old fertilizer sacks, and kept well moistened until germination lias taken place, when the sacks are re moved. When the plants are large enough to transplant. I make furrows about ten inches deep, tilling them half full of well rotted manure and soil, thoroughly mixed. On this I set the plant, allowing the root to extend downward its full length, which is from four to live, inches. Hills are about eight inches apart. For several months I keep the soil moist, and then commence banking up with earth. 1 have never had any but large, tender, juicy bunches, with that nutty flavor that is so much appreciated. —.l. W. F. Copenhaver, in the Kpito mist Locu«t Tree®. Those who have not grown the lo cust tree may not realize that this tree has the power of enriching the ground on which it stands. We learned this many years ago, and thought then that it was from tlife blossom which fell from it. but silica we have grown older and read more, we have wondered if it might be classed among the leguminous plants, like the bean and pea, which by no dnels on the root can attract nitrogen from the atmosphere and store it up in the soil. Certainly the pod of the locust is not unlike the pod of the tiean. and while one is a woody p ant or tree, and the other only an nnnu il, they may have the same affinity for atmospheric nitrogen. The trees should lie desirable to set in pastures or around the edges of them because af this reason, and they are also most excellent trees for fencing purposes. A locust post large enough to saw in two Is nearly all heart 1 wood, and while we will not go so far as to say, HS did one old man we heard of, that "a locust post would last through three eternities," we will assert that such a post as we have described above will last longer than one man is likely to live. And we can prove it by showing good posts set before we were born, and sound now.—Boston Cultivator. Milk from Farrow Cows. The milk of cows that have long passed fhe season of greatest produc tion, which is soon after farrowing. Is much richer in butter fats than that which the same cows give soon after dropping their calves. If they had not been bred the milk also usual ly contains more of the alhumeniods also. For this reason it Is harder to digest, and as cow's milk is at best un sulted to the stomach of a young In fant, that from new milch cows, where procurable, is always to lie preferred. The milk of the cow is too rich in fats, causing the infant to throw it upsoou after taking a tpmutily. It may be improved by diluting It with warm water mntle quite sweet with pure sugar. Kven farrow cow's milk thus prepared !imy be used with safety if the Infant is obliged to suck it through a tube, through which it can only get a small amount at a time. The milk from a farrow cow is ex cellent for making Into Ice cream. It is richer in cream fats than other milk, and is nearly as good as cream. Some people spay their cows when they tlo not want the trouble of breeding and raising of calvi s. A spayed cow that has this operation performed when the flow < r uillk is great >t will tnaintiihi her uiilk flow two. three or even four years if thoroughly mllktd m> as t.i l< t all that she produces. If the uiilk is left in her udder the cow will s.mn dry off 1111(1 become In,, |,n f„r further IllilUillg. After h-lnt spaced "he Is 110 good for breeding, anil wluti fat enough to kill she must i,. turned over tn the butcher. V spayed youuu cow makes IIS IF oi H 1 beef MM A Ktccr. 'I'LL -re are II few places in this country wit -re it Is au advantage t>' sp-iy cows. All the bc«t cows xhouUl bred t.i bull* that aiv ot good utilU stock, while in • poor cows ai ■ not worth keeping us milkers under nny drcunutiim 4 if others can be had. TWII fJrrmi * Vrnr- Th«* cow- pea has Is cu well known for over a cent my uud tn the south t has been the salvation of some farmers; nevertheless, this valuable crop has not received as much attention in other sections as It deserved. It was be lieved until recently that Is was adapt ed to the south only, but farmers in Vermont and Canada report success with it, and in the Middle States ex periments show that it thrives as well as in the south. In fact, it will grow on any land, or in any climate, where corn will thrive, and it may be planted in rows and cultivated, or may be broadcasted. About the best method for growing the crop when the object is to improve the land Is to sow the seed broadcast and harrow it in, fol lowing the harrow with a roller. The land must be deeply plowed and made line. If manure is used it will grow on almost all soils. It must, indeed, be very poor land that will not grow at least a partial crop. It Is really a bean, and thrives best when the warm season sets in, but any time from frost to frost (spring to fall) will answei for the crop, and if intended for plow ing under only it will furnish two crops if frost does not appear early in the fall, but of course, two seedlugs will also be necessary. As a green raanu rial crop, or when intended for hay, it is turned under or mowed when the seed pods begin to turn yellow. If in tended for seed the crop should be grown by planting the seed in rows wide enough apart to permit of cul tivation. dropping two or three seeds iif a place, and two feet apart In the rows. As the cow pea is a leguminous plant it lias, like clover, the power of storing nitrogen. This is accomplished by bacteria, or micro-organisms, which form nodules on the roots, the nitro gen being derived from tlie free air of the atmosphere and converted into nit ric acid. The nearer to maturity reached by the plant the more nitrog.-n stored, and nothing will be galnt d. therefore, by plowing it under t o early, or when the plants are very young. Whenever a crop is plowed under it will be of advantage to broad cast line air-slaked lime over the sur face of the land, which will be carried down by the rains and assist in neu tralizing the carbonic acid formed by the decomposition of the plants. As all leguminous plants are what may be termed "lime-feeders," the lime wl.l assist the succeeding crop of cow peas. From ten to twenty bushels of lime per acre may lie used. Of the fertil izers wood ashes are excellent, but | sulphate of potash is also one of the best. A fertilizer composed of ~OC pounds, sulphate of potash, 100 pounds nitrate of soda, and UK) pounds acldu luted phosphate will produce a large crop if the season is favorable. The ! cow pea can endure considerable drought and will seldom fail if given even a partial opportunity. It thrives well on both clay and sandy soils, and when once it makes a start and is cul tivated sufficiently to keep it char ot weeds and grass until it gets uiulei way, it can take care of itself, as it soon shades the soil and crowds out j the intruders. About one bushel of seed will plant | an acre, but the quantity depends upon | how thick the grower desires the plants, if grown on poor land it will show wonderful improvement if plowed under, and the land will IK- in con dition for corn with the aid of a small j quantity of mineral fertilizer, but too i much from cow peas should not be ex 1 pected in a single season. The cow i pea should enter in the regular rotation , year after year. The seed is picked by hand, the long pods being putin bags ' and carried to the barn, to be threshed bv Hailing. A separate plot should be planted if seed is desired. The yield is from 15 to 25 bushels per acre, according to the land and conditions Hogs, cows, sheep and poultry enjoy the hay and pods, the fowls shcllinp the pods for the seeds. For hay 11 should lie mowed when the pods turr yellow, left until the next day, then put up In cocks. In a day or two more store the hay under shelter or stack it rapping the stack to slied water Horses also like the hay, but it is a special food for cows and sheep. It ! is doubtful if cow peas can compete with clover as a hay crop, but for grei n inanurial purposes they cannot be sir passed. The cow pea, however, can tie grown in three months, whileelovei Is a biennial plant. The seeds are i equal to beans In every respect: are fully as nourishing and are one of the ' most wholesome foods known, both foi ! man and animals. As cow peas can lie so easily grown and are capable of conferring so milch benefit on the far mer they should lie plac-d lu the list of staple crops. Philadelphia Record I'oultry NOIM. Dogs and cats should not be allowed ' to stray Into the chicken yards. If chicks appear droopy and li t tlieli wings hang down look for m'.t •*. I Sec that the chicks have plenty of shade and frisli water during hot weather. Whitewash is th* cheapest decora tion we can | lit oil the illshle uf IHI ul try houses. Olio breed of fowls well kept Is Mull satisfactory than »cv«ritl that are p jor- I ty homed and fed. Fresh dirt or old plaster serves tc keep pille the dropping Ittiurds iuid i Moor of poultry holm* s. Poultry hi.tiM « and yards should al ways be situated on hluh, dry laud; it I .ll ily hllNide Is the lit'ht of all. ItufT and while fowls are now p >|> ular, but It will he hard to supplant some uf the old and tested l> Vcds. Ito lint feed the .voting chick* Wliwr, j the obi fowls cuu aitlloy Hie ill Malty are often crippled In their ulteuipU lu i;il u portlou. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. In both south and central India the need of cheap power is specially felt and in these portions of India are some of the grandest falls In tbe en tire country. The falls of the Himal ayas, In the northern part of India, could be utilized were tbey not too fai from places where iudusU'ies can bti proiitably carried on. In a recent number of The Lancet, Dr. Philip calls attention to the fact that if a small rouua pebble is carried In the mouth, thirst disappears, and prespiration is diminished. The doc tor states that he has gone as long as eight and a half hours in a broiling sun with nothing but dry biscuits and cheese for a lunch, and at the end of that time was not particularly thirsty. An aeronaut was recently poisoned by hydrogen arsenide, which escaped from the balloon. This shows the ne cessity of purifying the hydrogen used for balloon purposes. The balloon was tilled in the ordinary way nud no thing peculiar in the odor of the pas was noticed. A few hours afterward the persons who assisted in the operation were taken seriously ill and one of them died. One of the interesting pieces of ap paratus recently shown at the Royal society soiree, at London, was a clock which was controlled from a distance by means of wireless telegraphy. The signals were transmitted by Hertz waves, and there was a short vertical wire a coherer, relay, and local battery, which worked the mech anism of the clock. It was stated that with the use of a standard pen dulum and this apparatus, all the clocks in a town would be kept alike without the use of wires. Actinium is the name given a new poles of an electromagnetic, with whose coil a telephone is connected, and It is variably magnetized at differ ent portions of its length as the cur rent is varied radio-active element of the iron group discovered by A. De bierne in pitchblende. The substance lias now been sufficiently concentrated to show that its rays have the same effect upon barium platinocyanlde, photographic plates and a magnetic llehl as those of radium and polonium, while it is evidently distinct from those elements. Professor Omiri of Japan, an au thority on the earthquakes so frequent in that country, has ascertained that in the ease of tbe Injury of two-story buildings, the damage is confined in most eases to the upper story. He affixed a horizontal pendeium seismo graph to the top of an external wall of tiie Engineering college at Toklo, and on the ground below placed a similar instrument. Records of a number of earthquakes were obtained, and it was found that if the duration of the vibration of a shock was com paratively long (say, above half a se cond), the motiouwas practically the same in both places: but if the vibra tion was of a quick period, the mo tion of the top of the wall was about twice as great as that of the ground. A curious disease which is ju«t now attracting considerable attention abroad is known as brass-founders' ague. It attacks workers in brass, stampers, metal polishers, etc.. and is said to most frequently occur in young women and boys. Absorption of the poison seems to take place through two channels, the lungs and the dlgestve tract: in the lungs by In unlation of brass dust with which the air of the workroom Is always loaded, and into the alimentary canal by the eating of food with unwashed, brass* contaminated -bands. The symptoms are paleness, neuralgia, emaciation, hacking cough, spitting blood, and a presence of a green line on the teeth, or greenish colored prespiration. A constant metallic taste in the mouth is often complained of. Brass is an al loy of copper and zinc; and the for mer of these is supposed to be chiefly responsible for the .disease. Plenty of milk, personal cleanliness nud well ventilated workshops are said to be prophylactics; phosphorus in small doses is recommended as u useful drug. A Trunk Full of Illuir*. A trunk belonging to Charles i.enz of Butte City, Mont., bulged o|M-n the other morning In the union statioa baggage room and leaked dimes ami nlckles. l.eiiz. who was boarding a train for Vaudalia, 111., was told ot the mishap. "That's all right,'' he said. "Never Ulliid the money; l ve 4*ot to see mother before starting tor Cape Nome." Menu while John IC. Kentlev, general baggage agent lor the Pennsylvania lines, guarded '.ho trunk nud hail it placed in the car. "You see saiil Lena, "I don't < are about that trunk. It's full, of course, but the contents are only nlckles and dimes. I'm Interested in Montana ittlues. Out there everything costs a qimiter. Every time I've received *i nh Wle or tl dime I've tossed the coin Into the old trunk for mother." The trunk followed l.cnz on me next train, it contained a fraction over fr>o«> nil in dimes ami nlckles according to Mr. Hentley, l.i-nz certainly shnwi d Ids faith in the honesty of tlt • rntlroait wen, as lie did not go near the trunk, but trusted everything to tb in. nits blllg News. A W iiiii iii8 < mml. "The pastor of the citui'ch has been try Inn t" Ims* the choir for six weeks, but they have won," "What did they do';" I "Hot his win to Join."- llarjwr'a I Jht*ttr. Horaeinaiterahlp. The secret of the staying power of the mounted Boer lies, apparently, in the fact that he Is not a better horse man, but a better borsemaster, than the British artillery driver. He knows to an ounce hew much he can safely take out of his mount, and never calls on the beast beyond that point. He nurses him always, tends him carefully at every opportunity, and knows how to doctor him the mo ment he Is knocked up. Among our men—excepting probably the Colonial Irregulars—stolid indifference or ignor ance prevails on all such matters. The majority of the mounted infantry have probably never hnd any instruction whatever in the management of horses outside stables. Nor is the prevailing ignorance confined to the rank and file. If only officers understood all the nice ties of nursing horses under a heuvy and prolonged strain, they would see that the right thing was done, but com petent witnesses affirm that, though there are conspicuous exceptions liere and there, the average cavalry or artil lery officer never gives his attention to such matters, apparently regarding the management of the horses in his command as a menial matter, to be left to the rank and file. I have even heard it said that the smartest and most suc cessful of our cavalry Generals would have done much better if he had given more attention to the mysteries of "horsemanship."—London Truth. And All Were Happv. Appeal to a woman's vanity and her temper will be improved. The Willow Grove car was uncomfortably crowded and a large portion of the passengers were women, decked out in holiday at tire. They were squeezed together tightly, and some were obliged to stand, which did not tend to make them happy as they gaed ruefully at their ruffled clothes. On the rear seat was a little girl, with a shrill, penetrat ing voice. "Oh, mamma!" she ex claimed, "hasn't that lady got a be you-tiful hat on?" Every woman and girl in the car smiled. They all had their backs turned to the child, and of course could not tell just which had been designated. But. judging from their faces, each one must have thought her hat the one that had aroused the little girl's admiration. It was a little tlimg in itself, but every woman in the car seemed happier after that. —Phila- delphia Record, Rmtlcfirld Reunion. Atlanta, G«. The Southern Railway annminres round trip rate one fart'. SIT sft. 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