Everything that Admiral Power does or says coufirrai his title to glory. The total losses on both sides of the Spanish-American war were loan than those of single battles in our civil war. . Several of the largest hanks in Ne braska have notified their depositors that they must reduce their balances for the reason that the institutions have more money on hand than they know what to do with. If a census were taken it would probably show that the population of the territory now subject to Ameri can authority had increased about 10,000,000 within the last six months. Of these, 1,000,000 have been added by the annexation of Hawaii, while the war with Spain has added the rest. Spaish statosmen now have an op portunity to study the art of ruling such colonies as are left to thorn. Thoir method for four centuries has been described as ignorant incapacity, tempered by cruelty. They may at last understand the wisdom of recog nizing that subject races have some claims to consideration and a few rights to be remembered. The trustees of several villages in New York state Warsaw being the latest example have passed ordi nances forbidding children under fif teen years of age from "being on the streets, alleys or public places," after the hoar of nine o'clock p. m. from April to October, or after eight o'clock for the other half of the year. It is made unlawful for patents or guardi ans to allow or permit children under their care to be on the streets during the prescribed hours, "unless there exists a reasonable necessity there for." A fine "not exceeding $25" is provided for parents who violate this section. The police are authorized to arrest and detain children found on the streets at night, but not to im prison them. Their parents are to be notified, and are liable to a fine for not thereafter keepiug their children within bounds. In her desire to bother American exporters Germany has outdone her self. It was all right for her to con demn the American cattle and Ameri can canned goods, because the spite of each condemnation was expended npon herself. Nobody believed her to be self-supplying in these com modities. But trichinm have been discovered once too often. The result is no less a startling revela tion to the world thau it must be a blow to iuuate Teutonic pride. Trichina?, Berlin officials say, have been discovered in an American sausage. This is impor tant if true, for it shows that Germany is not self-supplying even in sau sages. The report of the British offi cials will probably be refuted from high authority. They will be told that there are no American Bausages in Germany; hence trichina) could not have been found in them. Shoes made in the United States and imported into Germauy have gained so much in favor in oertain parts of Germany that official attempts have been made to create prejudice against their purchase by German cit izens. Consul-General Mason, at Frankfort, in a recent communication to the state department, sheds some light on the character of this opposi tion. He furnishes a translation of an article published in a LeipBio pa per, which reads in part as follows : "The Prussian minister of commerce and industry has addressed to the central committee of the Union of German Shoemakers' Guilds a sum mons to a systematic resistance to American competition in shoe prod ucts. It is known,and the faot is here emphasized by the minister, that re cently American shoes of the so called job-lot or inferior grades 'sohleudersorten' which are quite in ferior to the solid German-made shoes, which possess a oertain attractive ele gance of form and finish have been imported with growing success into Germany. In order to effectually op pose this import the minister recom mends to manufacturers, shoemakers' unions and shareholders interested in the shoe industry to obtain samples of such goods, aud by cutting and separating the soles aud uppers, which are made of paper aud joined by long atitohes of thread, expose aud ahow the base quality of workman hip, and to bring these faots to the notice of the press and the knowledge of their customers. ' The consul, however, advises that there is an op portunity to develop and carry on a legitimate shot export trade with Ger many provided that it is conducted on straightforward, inUl'.ijent, com mercial Luis. , LITTLE BROWN HANDS' Tnsy drive the sows home from the pasture, Up through tha long shady lane, Where the quail whistles loud In the wheat fields, That an yellow with ripening grain. They find In the think waving grasses. Whom the scarlct-llpped strawberry grows, Thoy giith'tr the earliest snowdrops, And the II rut crimson buds of the rose. Thoy loss the now hny In the mesdowi They gather the elder-bloom whltm Thny llnd where the duskv grape purplo In the soft-tinted October light. They know where the apples hung ripest, And are sweeter than Italy's winest They know where the fruit hungs the thickest On the long, thorny blackberry vines. They gather the dellente sea-weeds, And tmlld tiny castles of snml; They pick tip the beautiful sea shells Fiilry bnrks thnt have drifted to land. They wave from the tail, rooking treetops. Where the oriole's tmnimoek-nest swings; And at night time are folded In slumber By a song that a fund mother slugs. Those who toll brnvoly are strongest: The humble nnd poor beeome grent; And so from those brown-handed children Khali grow mighty rulers of state. The pen of the author nnd statesman The noble nnd wise of the land The sword nnd the chisel nnd palette Hhnll be held In the little brown hand. M. H. Krout. J A Sap-Brusfi Jitilingal8, J f by mion Ai.rnEn a. oAi.norjc 4 Kitty Minis is not a common name, nor can it be truthfully affirmed that it is at all suggestive of romance. Yet Kitty Minis was a remarkable young woman; but this was due. as much to her unusual surroundings as to her uudoubted personal charms. Simon Minis, Kitty's father, was the landlord of the Aurora hotel, the only tavern in the miuingtown of Ex perience, Nevada, that ngreed to fur nish accommodations for man and beast and kept its pledge to the letter. Simon Mima was known far aud near as "the Doctor," and he felt not a little proud of the title. "I ain't never graddyated as ye mout say," he would explain to strangers who came for a prescription, "hut thar's two pains I set on relieving every time, and they're the pains that most troubles folks in those diggings they're hunger and thirst. Are you troubled that way, Jriend?" The populatiou of Experience was largely transient nnd largely composed of rough miners, many of them for eigners, who seemed to have acquired the English language in a very pro fane atmosphere. The gentler sex was not well repre sented. Four sets of cotillions ex hausted the supply, and as they were uot always available for the Saturday night dunces, the younger men fastened handkerchiefs about their arniH, and so were brevetted "ladies," for the time being. But, had the ladies, been repre sented by the usual proportion, and had Experience been many times more populous, still Kitty Mima must have been the belle. She was over the average in height, finely formed and with a certain pi quant, self-reliant expression in her dark eyes and about her rich lips, that made hor'irresistibly attractive to the habitues of the Aurora hotel. Her education was limited to a not very familiar acquaintance with the three R's. But the miners, one and all, were ready to wngertheir "bottom dollar" that as a singer "Kitty Mima would give odds to Neilson, Patti and the hull caboodle of 'em, and then come out many lengths ahead." Judged by the ell'ect of her efforts, no prima donna that ever trod the boards conld surpass her when she sang. "The lone starry hours give mo love," which was always followed by a storm of "angkores." But she came out strongest in "Way down upon de Swaunee Kibber," ami "Home, Sweet Home." songs that in variably produced a great deal of coughing on the part of her bearded auditors, and the use of handkerchiefs just as if they were troubled with audden colds or dust in their eyes. Oi'oourse, Kitty Minis had suitors, and of course she was the cause of much heart-burning amongst ber many admirers, for it must be confessed she was not ignorant of her charms with a fascinating tyranny, against which the strongest did not dure to revolt. Bufus Ford, the superintendent of the mine, was a confident, fine-looking fellow, and be boarded at the Aurora hotel. Up to the time of his meet ing Kitty he was in profound iguor auce of poetry as an art. But his soul was touched so that he attempted to compose a song, in which he designed having "darling Kitty Mims" at the end of every stanra. ile failed mis erably in the effort, as a more prac ticed rhymer might have done. "If the name had only been Ford," he said, "I'd ha I no trouble with it. There's 'adored' aud 'floored' and 'gored' and and" "And 'awored," said Tom Beed, coming to the foreman's aid. Mr. Ford refused any assistance, in this connection, and it may be added he bad no admiration for the young man who voluuteered hia help. Tom Beed was a tall, well-built man of six-and-twenty, "bashful as a gal," bis companions said. Ha was the only man in Experience that neither drank nor gambled, aud though these were hindrances to bis social status, it was generally thought that he wonld get over the defects when he was older. It was Rnfus Ford's privilege to sit at the table on whioh Kitty Mims waited. He was always Kitty's first partner at the dances; aud the very first time a buggy drove down the one street of Experience, Kitty sat ia.it baaide tbejrouug superintendent. The older men joked with Simon 10ms, and thought the landlord was noa-ootuinittal; he gave tba iinpres ato that he would not object to Hufos Tori for a aoa-iu-law. "But," he wonld say, "the gal'a young, and as she ain' got no mother to advise with her, I calk'lnte she'd better not think of marryin' for soma years to come." The younger men gradually dropped off oue at a time, reluctantly leaving the field to Bufus Ford; the only ex ception was Tom lined. It might be said, however, that Tom Hood was really never in the Hold. He did nut board nt the Aurora hotel. Kitty had itever"aweetened hia coffee by looking into it" a plan thnt was thought to livelier father much sugar. He had never danced with her,tlmngh once when he did muster up courage to ask her hand for the next set, aha was engnged. Tom Hood spent many of his spare hours at the hotel, watching for Kitty Minis, and pretending not to see her when sho came in sight. On her nineteenth birthday Tom sent her a bouquet of wild flowers he had gnthered iu the hills that morning in honor of the occasion the whole camp took a holiday and in the cen tre of the blossoms he hid a golden heart which he had himself rudely fashioned from a nugget he had long kept by him. It was rumored that Bufus Ford had sent to 'Frisco for a "dime-ant ring," and that Kitty would wear it at the dance that evening. As oftou before, the dining-room of the Aurora hotel did service this night as a ballroom, and from the crowded doorway Tom Beed looked at the dancers, and he caught the flash of a jewel on Kitty's hand. After the dancing had progressed some time the men about the walls began shouting: "A song! a song from the sage, brush nightingale!" Having no cold to urge aa an excuse, and being as willing to oblige them as thoy were anxious to have her, Kitty Mims mounted a chair amid grent applause and sang the favorite songs. But the "Suawnee River" and "Home, Sweet Home" were not given tonight, there being no wish to divert thought from the present festivities to other scenes. During the evening Kitty managed to got uear to where Tom Beed was standing, and she whispered: "Thank yon, Tom." Hia eyes did not deceive him. Some of his flowers were iu her dark hair, aud the golden heart hung from a chain that encircled ber smooth, white throat. Tom Beed did not wait any longer, but went to his cabin up the moun tain side and lay down, but it was not to sleep. He conld not define his feelings, could give, if questioned, no adequate cause for the tumultuous joy at his heart. He wns too happy for reason, too much excited for rest. It was uear daylight when he fell into a doze, but in his (beams he still saw the blossoms in her hair and the heart of gold npon her breast. She was calling his name louder louder. She was beating on the door. "Tom Beed! Tom Beed! For God'a sake, come out! The mine is on fire!" He sprang up and threw open the door. There stood Kitty, white-faced nnd excited. "See, Tom I see! There are eight men in the shaft and eight of them married" Tom Beed did not wait to hear more. He saw the pillar of smoke shooting up from the month of the iniiio, about which the people crowded, the bravest uot daring to descend the fatal opening. Even Bufus Ford hud lost his head nnd seemed paralyzed. "What are you about, Tom Beed! Don't go down, man! Don't!" shout ed the people. "Stand by! the fire has not touched the shaft. Fnll up usual signal!" That was all Tom Beed said. The next instant be was lost to sight. He had g.me down the chain, "hand over hand." Encouraged by this daring example, the men got their senses and the women hushed their wailing. After long minutes, a signal came up from the smoking depths. The stationary engine was started, and the bucket rose holding four blackened, half-suffocated men. Again the signal was given and again the bucket rose, with four other men, and one of them gasped out: "For heaven's sake, lower away.quick! Tom Heed is roasting!" . The, bucket flew down the shaft from which lurid heat gusts now came with the smoke. , An awful lapse of agonizing seconds, then came a sigmfl to "Houl up!" The bncket flew to the surface en voloped iu flame. Aery of horror burst from the throats of strong men, and Kitty Miius fell, fainting, beside the blackened, blistered form, that was snatched from the mouth of the pit. "Any other nfon bnt bravo Tom Beed would have died," was the general comment weeks afterwards, when it was found Tom would live live, but never again to look up at the hills that he loved. "Why why did 'you go down?" asked Kitty, as she sat beside his be,d, wondering why he was feeling 'her fingers they had no jewled ring now. "I thought of the wives of the mar ried men, Kitty. I was single. What mattered it so that I saved them." "Hush! Tom!" He le,ft a tear on hia baud and he knew her lips were near his sightless face. "You will want a wife now, Tom. Let ray eyes do for both. Father is willing." It is the privilege of queens to pro pose, bnt when Kitty was a queen, and she is none the less oue now that she is Mrs. Bead aud the landlady of the Aurora hotel. If Tom Beed ever bemoaned his calamity no one knew it not even the wife, from whom hi could hav no seorets. V tt FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT, j A Mark Nntln Costume. A costume of black satin has a skirt trimming of the richest imaginable applique set on in a bnnd dividing the upper nnd lower halves of the skirt This band ettcndsaruitiid in a straight line. Below it is another bnnd curved low in front and rising high nt the sides. This band heads a flounce about Vi inches deep, which in gath ered upon a cord, then shaped into loose plaits and tucked down upon the foundation. Thin gives the ef fect of grout fullness without the weight of a large quantity of material. . Itovnl (Ieografihy. Tho youthful Queen Withelmlna of Holland some years ago hud misbe haved to her governess, an English lady. The governess, as a penance, bade her unruly pupil draw a sketch map of Europe with the principal cities and features indicated. Iu course of an hour tho young culprit presented herself and her map to the taskmaster. Holland was drawn with vastly disproportioned territory aud careful detail. Euglnud was rep resented as an island too small in size for anything but ifs iinuie; Ireland was made rather more siguiflcaut; and across the margin of the work wns written: "The ncliuil Euglish territory is too limited to allow details. W." The sentiments of the governess are not on record. Harper's Weekly. lrael Not Dressed. Seldom it is that a French woman is visible before 1 o'clock, and then, if she leaves her room, it is to be hud dled in pretty soft crepe or thin white goods that give her the look of a fairy, too light aud airy for earth. Beruhnrdt and Amelia ltives, the two women who hare stood in their re spective countries for the esthetic in dress, ndopted the style of draping the figure iu a loose, light material which was very becoming:- Instead of cutting out a morning robe from the regulation pattern and sewing it in seams, they took the goods aud gathered it around the neck and pro vided armholea for it. They draped them long and loose aud caught them here and there with fancy ornaments. Bernhardt's dresses were generally in blue, while Amelia Hives chose the more picturesque white. Chicago Times-Herald. Autumn Tellings. New veilings are exhibited in sonio of the shops. Smaller dots set closer together thau they were last winter are shown. Gray, white and blue silk mesh with black or white small dots is effective. White with black dots aud black with white dots are seen agaiu. A decidedly new veiling is a fine black silk net with small motifs of oream or white lnce scattered over it. The etl'ect is ditTereat from that of the ordinary lace veil aud the edge is finished by a very narrow border o cream or white embroidery. Anotb r odd veil has small black chenil a dots set close together iu groups o' five, tho groups set about their own width apart. The edge is finished by a triple row of chenille dots, set close together in straight lines. Bed and blue veiling, with flue criss-cross bars and squares of tulle betweou the spaces, resembling some of the grenadine dress materials, are more curious than pretty, and will probably attain no great popularity. Miss Letter's Paper Crown. That is a very interesting story which relates how Mrs. Curzon, when little Miss Leiter, was seen strutting tip and down a room wearing a paper crown while she remarked, "I will bo a queen some day." The lady who tolls the storv, says the Chicago Post, adds siguiflcautly tlint "many a truth is spoken in jost." All of which is undeniably true, but at tho same time we hnve no special reason to be'ieve that the prediction has been verified or is likely to be verified, or thnt little Miss Mary prophetically guvs uttor ance to a sparkling truth. We sup pose there has never been a little girl iu this delightful city of Chicago who has not at onetime or another adorned hersolf with a paper crown and an nounced that she was going to be a queen. Little girls huvo a weakness for this sort of thiug, anil yet we have no recollection that any young woman of our town bus ever ascended a throne, save for temporary or uuim poituut purposes. Somebody has said tba'; nil American women are queens. Of course, not even the womeu the n sehei believe such wild hyperbole, but it is a gallant remark, and if it makes them fool good for the time be iug there is no ohjeotiou to the phrase. Let the little girls play with their paper crowns aud litter their mock solemn predictions, for we are making history nowadays, aud Cuba or Hawaii or the Philippines may yet ask for a queen. lleailjr for Fashion's Changes. If there is one thing whioh changes as quickly as the fashious , it is the inventive geuius of the woman who has that elusive qnulity called style, attained at a moderate expeu iture, the envy aud despair of her more luxurious but less fortuuate friends. No sooner were the fashion papers filled with descriptions of that long coat which is destined to play havou in the fall and wiuter wardrobe of those who believed that they had a anpply for all emergencies, all short and "bobby," as the lust seasou re quired, thau the ready woman began to think how aha could get the best of circumstances and still ba iu tha swim. . "It's aa easy aa falling off log," ' ( asserted bright woman on a hotel veranda the other day, after listening to the despairing wails of her col leagues. "Why, yon can make your coats longer by applying the tails to the hips by cross seams. Of course it is nicer to have that long sweep from neck downward, but, after nil, the long coats with the cross seam at the hips nlwnys fit belter, and If you are fortunate enough to be able to match your cont, or if you have some mate rial left, as a thrifty woman should, why, there you are. I am going to have all my coats made in that style, and if' I get a new one I shall have it made in the same way, just to show that I prefer it, and to take the curse off the old ones. . "Aa to whether I really prefer It, that is mv affair. " New York Her ald. Cam of Klngrr Kails. To keop the nails in good condition it is by no means necessary that yon devote much of your time or money to a professional maniotire. A few minutes given every day,' once the nails are properly treated, will keep them firm and exquisite in color. After the bauds are washed each morning use the nail brush thorough ly, and then, when they are quite dry, push back, very gently, the skiu that is inclined to grow up around the edges of the nails. Under no circum stance use a steel point to push this skin back, and do not cut it away as professional manicures are apt to do. While the uaU is still moist use the point of the file to remove any dust or specks that the brush has neg lected, and then, with nail scissors, sharp, curved, and kept for this pur pose only, cut the nails in a shape that auits your finger tipa. The ridiculously loug null, which looks like a claw. Is entirely out of fashion. Use the file to make smooth the rough edges left by the scissors, aud then take the least little bit of red nail paste and smear the tiuiest morsel ou each oue of the nails. Don't let it get into the edges or roots, for it is only intended as a sort of oil to keep the nails soft and to prevent then- grow ing horny; then sprinkle a pinch of powder ou the polisher aud rub each nail with a quick, even stroke that will Result iu giving it a brightness that is refined looking, but uot a bril liancy that suggests that you only shine at your finger tips. After this give your linnds another bath, using hot water aud a delicate soap, then close your hands and rub one set of nails against the other, achieving in this way a proper finish. Ladies' Home Journal. Tho lllause Waist. The blouse waist is more popular than ever this seasou, and it is a ques tion whether this most convenient aud apparently indispensable article of toilet will now ever l given up. For travelois it is simply a necessity. With a couple of skirts auy number of blouses may be made suitable for vari ous occasions. There is the white muslin blouse, either plain or em broidered; the figured organdie blouse, which is not so pretty; the pique blouse, trimmed with light insertion; t :(1ctn aud China silk blouses, etc. Haifa dozeu of thoso useful waists are none too many to own. Blouses, however, are not, aud never will be, full dress, and therefore will never take the place of the pretty toilets with waist and skirt belonging together. These seem to grow pret tier and prettier as the seasou ad vances. A new importation which wat greatly admired the other day at an outdoor function had the upper part of the skirt cut of a deep, vivid, rose colored Liberty satin; this was cut half way down the skirt and rounded up in front to a point where n huge applied Louis XV bow, with long, wavy ends, made ia roso colored mousseline de soie, entirely covered the front of the tunic. The same niching finished the edge of the satin, tho rest of the skirt consisting of an au ordiou plaited flounce of the mous seline de soie. The waist is a blouse of su'in, made to open in n very pretty aud novel fashion by having the collar and the front turned back at the neck to f irm revors. A butterfly of lace forms the revers of the collar with lace ends that cover the draped revers of the blouse, the opening boing filled in with lace net. The sleeves have scal loped "jockeys" over the shoulders aud flaring chills made iu the same way. Now York Tribune. Fashion Ulnts. One of the fads of the moment is the wearing of flowers iu the hair. Small checks in silk are popular, and those with many colors aro the most acceptable. Pretty picturesque hats are those of white Panama, trimmed with large bunches of wild flowers. The sailor bat really ueeds a veil this year, bo small and insignificant is it without any adornment. The wear-defying vicunas will ap pear in handsome colorings aud new guises for the inakiug of handsome tailor gowns. There are bolts and oollara of rib bon in plaids of prominent clans, while the silver clasp bears the crest and motto of the tribe or family. Flannel petticoats indeed, all pet ticoats must be made with a fitted yoke, buttoned, not tied with striugs, for the striugs muke a bud rent at the back. Walking dresses made half of silk and half of serge.or some other woolen stuff, are being worn in London. This fashion affords a good opportunity fur making over old gowns. The newest and oddest of servietta riugs is of twisted silver, made in the form of a snake, the head and tail beautifully chased, the body form'iug tha double cirule for tba fcilded serviette. ACRICULTUHAL TOPICS Potatoes and Apples, Where farmers are fortunate enough to have large apple orchards, it is cits, toruary to limit the planting of pota toes in the year when the apple trees blossom freely. The present year, however, in many localities the show of apple blossoms was largo, but th set of fruit was small. Each of these crops makes extra work in harvesting, and in both it comes about the same time and will not admit delay. It ia not often, therefore, that a great apple crop and a large yield of potatoes hap pen the same year. Mine Aa a Milk Preservative. Some of the Chicago papers com plain, and with reason, against the practice of a few farmers in putting lime in their milk enns inorder to keep the milk from souring. Salt also is used by some for the same purpose. Both lime and salt are alkaline, and will therefore help to prevent acidity. But iu just the proportion they do this they make the milk indigestible. When put in the stomach milk becomes acid as tho first step towards digestion. All alkaline substances are, fur this rea son, injurious when combined with food products. flklm Milk for Growing Chickens. As a summary of experiments made at Purdue University Agricultural Ex periment station on the use of skira milk as food fur young growing chick ens, it is stated: 1. If skim milk is added to the ra tion fed to young chickens it will in crease the consumption of the other foods given. 2. The great increase in averago gain was coincident with the periods when the greatest amount of skim milk was consumed. 8. Skim milk is especially valuable as a food for young chickens dnring tha hot dry weather; and becomes of less importance as the chicken grows older and the weather becomes cooler. Fall Heed-Sowing. There is no good reason why tho Eortion of the farm devoted to vegeta le garden, be it large or smalt, should be permitted to grow up to weeds as soon as the summer-ripening oiops are gone. The garden can be made to look as attractive in August and September as in midsummer, to say nothing of the additional profit to be obtained from the space at a mini mum of expense. Something may be grown, if only a little rape for sheep or poultry; radishes, turnips, spinach, lettuoe, and soon, may all be grown. Most of it will mature before frost and be very palatable. Any portion of it likely to go to waste or not to mature can be utilized as food for stock or poultry, or, if not enough for that purpose, it may be plowed under and add to the fertility of the soil, making it ail the better for crops to be pnt in next spring. Bare late fallowing is no more necessary in the vegetable garden thau on the farm generally, and the time spent in cultivating late crops will save just so much time next summer in pulling out or cutting; down weeds. Wet drain In Mows. During the rains which have lately fallen, much grain has been pnt in mow and stack in much too wet a con dition to keep well. While the grain itself is in not muoh danger, because it is surrounded by ohaff, which being always dryer helps to take up its su perfluous moisture, there is danger that the straw, especially where the bands enclose the bundles, will rot, and thiB may extend before checked all through the bundle, and may even affect the grain. It is a great deal of work to turn over a mow aud relay it again, especially if this is done when tho air is nearly saturated with mois ture, so that exposure to it dries it out very little. The best remedy wo know is to thoroughly dry some bricka or tile in an oven, and after digging down into the stack, deposit a few of these through it. A well dried brick or tile will absorb nearly or quite its own weight in water. In other words, weigh it when you put it in and when it is takeu ont, and auy one will be snrprised at the increase in weight after a few weeks exposure to damp grain. Care is needed when thresh ing such grain not to put the brick or tile through the threshing ma chine. Tne remedy for damp grain is applied without this danger if brick or tile is put among grain in the bin. Vermin on Treea. Fruit growers have to contend not only with tho various insects that at tack foliage and fruit, but with ver min and insects that atlaok the bark. These are usually the borer and the mice. Many remedies have been recommended, all more or less valu able, bnt the following is known to be good. It is simply a mixture of water lime (hydraulio cement) and aweet skim-milk made to about the con sistency of thiok whitewash. The albumen of the milk unites with tho cement and forms an insoluble com pound, not at all injurious to trees, nor washing off, but effeotnally keep ing off all gnawing vermin or insects. Wtaen borers have been at work oi tha tree, dig away the earth to the roots, dig out the borers if any, and apply this wash from the roots up ward for two feet or more from the surface of the ground. Cover tht bark thoroughly, filliug all crevices, giving a seouud coating if neoessarj to do the work thoroughly. When the wash is dry, replace the soil re moved. For proteotiou against miots and other vermin, apply the wasb from tha surface of the ground ui three or four feat, being sure that af grass or sod about the base of tht tree is removed so that the trunk wil' ba completely covered to the ground. A tho tree grows this coat of uMi cementYwill orack, but two applica tions a pear on young trees will inahrt erfeot vroteoeiou. AsMauta JouraL
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