FARE AND GARDEN NOTES. WOES OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. mn Serghaw for Stock--Why the Hens Paid Seas Becoming Crop Bound--+Good Sewer age for the Farm, Etc., Etc. ' msi 7 SORGHUM FOR STOCK. Any soil that will grow a good crop of corn !s suitable for sorghum and withent any special fertilizer, This eree is fast becoming popular in sec- tiene where droughts are common and ware or less prolonged. It is used for beg and general stock pasturing and the stalks are fed in winter with good resalts. The best results are usualy abtsined if the plant is grown in drills three feet apart but not thick in the rary, requiring from six to eight quarts of seed per acre. The great value of sorghum is shown In times of «drought when it retains all its green amd fresh look even when corn and grass are burned yellow, It may be emt and fed in the pasture at such times with good results. The yield of seed is frequently more than 50 busb- ets per acre and the kerneis are eaten readily by all stock. Hogs thrive on the heavy stalks which they break and strip in getting to the pith, re- dacing the stalk to a condition in which it makes good bedding. Horses thrive on sorghum and will eat the farge canes, although the hay is pre ferred. A small plot of sorghum should be put in the coming season hy every farmer who grows corn, and especially if he is located in a section where droughts are common. WHY THE HENS PAID. Fhe best luck I ever had with poultry was with about twenty pullets, Ply- mouth Rocks, which were shut up in Nevember in the basement of one of our houses, by no means the best, but given extra care they laid 1076 eggs wot of a possible 3000 in 101 days from December 1 to April 30. The profit on each hen for that peri af was $2.70. Eggs were very high that winter and sold for forty cents = dozen a good part of the time, The «ont of feeding was about $10, The secret of success was in keeping then busy all the time. The floor was covered thickly with rockweed from the sea shore nearby, and the grain was thrown into it. The hens would seratch and work away in the weed and almost bury themselves in it. | wonld frequently go down and stir ap the weed, throw some grain in it and start them to scratching again. F was with them about all the time; famed over them a great deal. I gave thesn a warm breakfast and warm whole corn for supper. they were cared for as usual. I wmearly as well the following winter | Sy the same means, and 1 ascribed suc- «ess mainly to keeping the bens at work and give personal attention to Their wants. —H. H. Rudd, in New Eng: and Homestead. WIENS BECOMING CROP BOUND. Although the hen has no teeth and «xsuok chew its food, there is the same seorssity, and possibly greater, for It "w eat slowly that there is for animals that depend on mastication to fit food fer digesion. The hen is obliged to swallow grain whole as it has no way #» break it up before it enters the gis sand There it is ground among the pebbles | which will always be found in a Bealthy bird's gizzard, which is a col Section of extremely powerful muscles, The gizzard also furnishes a most ef. Seetive digestive agent called ingulvin, and which has several times as much digestive power as pepsin prepared Troma the stomach of the calf or the Peg. Many people whose digestion is weak prefer ingulvin to pepsin to ald dhe change of their food into blood | and Besh. So long as food comes to the fowl's stomach only moderately fast there Is not much danger that the stemach will erop bound. Instinct Seaches the hen to scrateh while she is eating. She will do so if placed before = beap of whole grain, and also if she Bas chicks, stop eating long enough to wlaek and call them to it. It is not aften that fowl become crop bound am grain unless cut clover is also large. By eaten at the same time. The weight and solidity of the grain makes some- hing for the gizzard to work on, and Sie food has solidity enough to be fore. «df through. Hence cut clover should Serm only a very small part of a ‘Bowls ration. Neither should soft Semd be fed long as an exclusive diet. Bf alse does not give the stomach amesizh to do, and thus weakens that «srgan from inaction. This is as often am any other the cause of fowls be. wmmming crop bound. It is most com- spun in fowls that have become very Moe. from high feeding, and which take Set little exercise.~ American Cultl- wader. —— THE IMPORTANCE OF SHELTER. The care and management of sheep tm mach like that of other stock. What fie goad for horse, cow and hog is also sw] for sheep. sn sheep husbandry there Is one hing that must be observed and not amerlooked, and that is thrift. Thrift mmesns health, gain in quality, quanti sy and productiveness, hence profit, md profit 1s what we are after. It slualld always be the object of a flock. mmpster 10 keep his sheep In a thriving nL sue hetyerat pmsiactiveness of * away in flesh as the grass fails in the autemn, The fincremsing wool cone ceals the shrinking carcass, much to the disappointment of the careless flock-master, Better confine them in the yard than to allow them to ram- ble about in some field in search of food, which furnishes a little green feed, but too light to be of any real value, Shelter is very necessary to thrift, It is the first necessity In providing for wintering sheep successfully, Fine wool sheep will bear exposure better than any other kind of sheep. The open fleece of the large mutton breeds parts on the back when wet and ad- mits the water, which completely dreunches the animal so that its abund- ant fleece is no longer a protection from cold. Economy in feeding also demands shelter, as not only less food is required, but it is better preserved from waste. Water-soaked hay, or that which is in any way soiled, is al- ways rejected. Sheep is the cleanest ammmal on our farm. It will not val or drink that which is in any way soljed or out of a dirty trough unless forced to. Shelter therefore is not only healthful and grateful to sheep, bat also profitable to its owner. It is not necessary to build expensive buildings for shelter. Open sheds facing to the south or east, as loeation of ground may be, boarded up on the back and ends and roofed over with common Inmber, with hay racks built against the back under the shed, make a good and cheap shed. Straw may be used for the roof and siding of a shed In. stead of lumber, For animals, how- ever, I prefer a close house with large double doors on the east or south of the building, and left open except in storms or rainy weather, then shut them in, as they do not crowd them- selves in shelter like old sheep, and they do better in a closed shed, how. ever crowded, than in a roomy, stormy outdoors.—From an address delivered by Jacob Zeigler before the Illinois Live Stock Breeders’ Association. SEWERAGE FARM, After trying the Waring system 1 am not at all satisfied that it is the best for all our farm homes. Where the ground is very level the pipes aro soon clogged and must be dug out and cleaned very frequently, This is no an easy task, nor inexpensive. But worse yet is the fact that the land laid full of tile for cesspool drainage gets overcharged with poison. There is at first an astonishing increase in vege table growth; the grass roots taking the food and giving double and treble crops of hay. This will go ob for several years, after which you find your vegetation becoming sodden and the ground unable to relieve itself of its surcharge of poison. This rapidly passes into a stage where exhalations sxtide from the soll that are a peril tw human life. I have tried closed cesspools of dif ferent styles and have finally become convinced that not one of them ean be kept wholesome without continooas care; a good deal more care than the majority will bestow upon them. Rot can an open cesspool be used with any more safety? 1 am quite sure that It is the safest plan. I am now conduct. ing all the waste of my house a dis tance of thirty rods. It there falls inte an open basin. Into this basin | dump frequently a load of sifted coal ashes, a load of barnyard manure, 8 load of sod or-of whatever else comes to hand for compost. The discharge from the pipes being liquid is rapidly The solid discharges from the pipes are compost: ed once a day with the pile. There is no evil smell nor any poisonous ex halation. In the fall the whole Is thoroughly comminuted and carted to the garden. The resultant is so inof fensive to both eyes and nose that no one, until told, ever imagines the com: GOOD FOR THB in the American Agriculturist. MANAGING MILK COWS, I wish to give you a few hints on milk cows. The farm hand who knows how to milk properly is more valuable to the careful dairyman than any other help. To milk 8 cow re. quires time and patience. The milk should be drawn slowly and steadily. Some cows have very tender teats; and If you want a good disposed cow be gentle in your treatment toward her, as she is naturally impatient and does not like rough handling. With constant irritation she will fall mn quantity of milk. As the udder be. comes filled with milk she is anxious to be relieved of its contents and will seldom offer resistance without a cause. When a patient cow becomes fractions we can always trace it to the milker. Note this: We should not al low them to stand a long time waiting to be milked. When cows give a large quantity of milk it Is very painful when the udder is filled to the utmost, therefore causing them to become rest. less. To delay milking at the proper time will do more to cause a cow to go dry before her period than anything else. She should also be milked to the Inst drop, If possible, for the last por. tion of milk is said to be the richest, Still another point: There are many ways of conducting a dairy. Among them are: Wholesome food, such as wheat bran, cotton seed meal Al ways be careful to keep the cows well salted, protected from bad weather, giving kind handling, eareful milking, regular feeding, clean stabling, good ventilation and plenty of pure water, In some sections we have what Is eall HELD GOLUMBUS'S BONES. Slttsburg Man Whe Says Them in 1878. Jamesg C. Jamieson, President of the Damascus Steel Company of Pitts. burg, has a story to tell concerning the bones of Christopher Columbus. Myr, Jamieson, who has been a travel er, says: “It is amusing to read the many stories concerning the removal of the bones of Columbus from Havana to Spain. Newspapers have sald that the Spanish authorities have packed them up in a case and have secretly removed them to Cadiz, Such cannot be true. In 1878 I had the pleasure, if such it could be ealled, of having the bones of Christopher Columbus In my own hands, I was in Ban Domingo, on the San Domingo Island, and had gone there ou a trading expedition with a cargo of goods. While there I was the guest of Paul Jones, at that time United States Consul at that place. A force of workmen were engaged in remo elling the ancient cathedral, whieh had been built some 400 years before. One day one of the men engaged in excavating struck a leaden box with his pick just under the sitar. The box wis about 2 feet in wngth, wide and 10 inches tall. covered with inscriptions, but time | and the earth had worked such | changes that they could not be de- ciphered. “The box was opened and in It was | found a handful of dust, a part of a human skull and a number of bones, A silver plate, which had been fasten- ed on the under side of the lid of the He Touched all dates run side by side. The other road referved to is called the Aberdeen Road, which Is also eight miles long. This road contains some heavy grades, which a strong rider ean take, but they do not commend themselves tw the majority.” oom HE IMPROVED THE OPPORTUNITY. Why the Realistic Novelist Was Called a Brute by His Wile, “There, there, there!” exclaimed the wife of the realistic povelist, as ghe rushed into her husband's study and plecked up her howling offspring. “Did munzzie's precious little lamb think she had deserted him?” After she had quieted him, she turn- ed to her husband and asked, “Did you have a terrible time with Willie while I was shopping?” “Oh, no,” replied the Intellectual giant with a glad smile. “I was very much interested. 1 had never before made a study of how a baby cries. and I have secured some very intores:. ing notes. 1 have discovered just how a baby cries when lonely. A few min. utes after you went shopping he be Then be jet out a yell. When I te him and asked him what was the matter he drew down in the corners of his mouth and began to cry In earnest, The sounds he made were all variations of the vowels, altogether devold of con His method of crying is to spoke then draw 8 quick, deon screws with which It had been fasten. el having given way with decay. There were a number of pleces of jew- eiry and trinkets in the box. On the plate was the inscription, “C. Colon.” Spanish for Christopher Columbus, No one ‘but the priests of the parish saw the box at that time. A short time later an Italian man-of- war arrived at San Domingo, and as Columbus had been born in Italy, asked to see his remains. The privie through Unit. ed States Consul Paul Jones, permitted to be of the party, was among the first to pick up all that remained of Christopher Columbus. Consul Jones also held the bones, “After an Impressive ceremony, the remains were taken in charge by the priests and placed his mouth almost perfectly From time to time he varied by holding bis choking, and when he his face, but even his round. performance if not only “And you sat there and took notes, I'll never leave our dar- ling with such a cold-blooded fiend As she sald this she gathered The realistic novelist took a couple of turns about the room, smiling softly to himself in the meantime, and then stopped before a mirror and winked at himself in a way that suggested that romancing that from being left in charge of the baby In future.—Har- Don Diego both died in Spain; was about thrity years after the for. mer's death that the remains of both were faken to San Domingo and placed in the cathedral. When the Spanish withdrew from the island. about one hundred years ago, they with them. The monk in charge not want to give them up, and it Ix now known that he gave the Spanish the remains, not of Christopher Co lumbus, but those of his son Don Die go. The bones of Columbus were tak. en up and secretly hidden by the monks, and they are in San Domingo at this aay.” Sutainieg P Power of Ice. “Though there is a rule in the Brit Derivitation of the word “General” The word “general” Is derived from Latin generalis, and means be- longing to a kind or species, from genus, kind; but the use of the word as a noun is but a few centuries old, This new expression was not formed same signification, for, to express the same idea the Gauls had “brenn” the Romans “dux” and “comes,” the commander. The have originated in seams fo wns made lieutenant gen- the sover- the performance of the duties that would otherwise have of ice,” explained an army officer, “there is no such a rule in our army regulations, though the engineers have Thelr formula in brief, is that ice three inches thick will sustain 100 pounds to the square foot; four Inches will sustain a colmun of Infantry and five inches artillery. In Central Park, New York, and Druid Hill Park, Bal timore, skating is never allowed until the fice is three inches thick on the lakes. The same rule is observed in other skating parks. Ice two inches thick is safe enough for a man to skate on, and even for a number at the same time, but that thickness of ice cannot be depended upon for parks where great crowds gather Ten inches of fee will hold up any weight that can be put upon it, as far as people are concerned. Railway trains have been run on the St. Lawrence river on fil. teen Inches of ice without the slightest suspicion of danger. There have been a number of horse races and carnivals on the Hudson river on ten-inch ice. One of the best races of the kind 1 ever saw was on the Potomac about thirty-seven years ago, in which a half-dozen horses engaged, and thous. ands of persons stood along the course and watched it, and the ice was not over nine inches and a half thick. Iu 1856 when the Potomac broke its frees. ing record, there were hundreds who drove wagons ard carriages op the lee from here as far down as Mount Ver. non, and teams crossed the river at many points. It was over thirteen inching thick and lasted two weeks” Washington Star. Bicycle Roads in Hong Kong Ronnsevilie Wildman, consul general st Hong Kong, China, has made a re. port on the bicycle at that point which is in part as follows: Hong Kong is built on the side of a mountain 1.800 feet high, and all streets above sea level are terraces broken by flights of steps, making the majority of them unavailable for cycle purposes. Con sequently, the available roads are re. duced to two, although there are numerous excursions that the daring rider can take throughout the island. mander-in-chief of the armies. The to the commander-in-chief of the Eng- lish forces, instead of that of lord-mar. From that period the lieutenant general, brigadier gea- eral, etc, has been preserved in the British service, as in almost all Ea. ropean armies; but it was not before the French Republic that the title of general alone began to be affixed be. fore proper names, i. e., General Bona- parte, cic. LAA. 55 A Cruel Bicycle lavention An ingenious French gentleman has Invented an effective, If not altogether humane, device whereby to foll the malign purpose of the bicycle thief. He had a sharp steel spike, some three inches long. fitted in the centre of the saddle of his machine and provided with a spring joint so that it could be raised erect on occasion, while It lay fiat in a groove until required for use, Thus equipped, the cyclist rode up to his favorite cafe in Paris, leaving his vehicle outside after duly fixing his insidions bayonet. A few minutes lat. er one of the maruders now so com- mon in Paris came along, saw his chance, wheeled the bike into the mid. die of the road, and hoped In the twinkling of an eye to distance all pursuit. Searcely had he started be- fore agonizing shrieks summoned a crowd to the spot, and the impaled vie. tim was picked up, bathed in bleod and unconscious, for conveyance to the nearest hospital. The inventor is so delighted with the success of his experiment that he has applied for a patent, Ax Ol Paper. Russia is not usually associated with newspaper progress, but it is a singu lar fact that the Viedomosti of St, Petorsburg, 1s one of the oldest news. papers in Europe, for it can boast a continuous existence of 172 years. Printing was unknown in Russia until a short time before its first appear. ance, Just two centuries ago Peter the Great licensed one Ivan Andrelvich essing to print at Amsterdam and ex- port into Russia certain books, for the most part of an educational character. In 1704 he himself if bad 4 Apes oy t and sent them with ha font east hy Tensing priestly a not, how. NEWS FOR mw FAR SEX. ITEMS OF INT EREST ON ON NUMEROUS FEMI- NINE TOPICS. Substitute for Chiffon-~New Ribbon Stocks «How Some Cloaks are Lined ~~ Mark Twain's Clever Daughter, Etc, Etc. FOR THE LADIES A SUBSTITUTE FOR CHIFFON, A milliner of international repute has hit upon a novel substitute for chiffon. She calls the new trimming “damp- day chiffon,” and the effect is calcu. lated to rob rain of its terrors for the perishable-hatted woman. The new material is composed of twists of large, soft, glant wool. A skein of this is boldly twisted and looped upon a light felt shane, used In this torsade style on bats, the little ruse is only detected by close scrutiny. NEW RIBBON STOCKS. The latest stock looks for all the last summer. It is made of wida lib. erty satin ribbon in any desired quite long and Is fastened with a the fancy of the wearer, It 1s put] around the neck, and is fastened in front with the buck-! le, Those of turquoise blue ribbonbare a dull gold buckle, studded with tur. auolse: those of ribbon in any of the new shades of plum or red have buckles ornamented with amethysts or garnets, and so on. A of this kind Is infinitely more becoming present moment. —— HOW BOME CLOAKS ARE LINED. so warm that it matters little of what material the cloak is made, One of the warmest evening cloaks of the season is made entirely of Ince, sew- ed on a chiffon foundation. There are alternate rows of black and white lace and an odd contrast is a high coliar of ermine, the front of the coat also be- ing faced with ermine. This coal not lined with fur. but i= almost warm as though it were, linings of wool and fel, and just at the back is a plece of chamois, The lining that shows 18 of white brocade of the heaviest quailty. At the throat, fastening the cloak together, is a wide bow of black velvet, the ends of the velvet being covered with ermine. It is a curious fashion to ent ermine in this way, but the effect is good, and with the lace is extremely smart. It ins the year, for the lace is real MARK TWAIN'S CLEVER DAUGH- TER. Clara Clemens, the pretty daughter of Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark their second winter. love of ple.sant company. In Florence, when she was still a slender young along the Arno quays as norina,” of the town almost equally with ber Austria. When Miss Clemens went to Vienna | complishment. This year, she is devoting herself seriously the study of music, having learned | that she is the possessor of a voice of | singular sweetness and power. It Is RU RTI, nets of her own creation. “Take these as models, call them ‘bonnets Amelie. and tll your customers they are made after the queen's own fashioning.” Her majesty wore herself one of the identical bonnets, and commanded Ler ladies do likewise. Within two months the once starving girl could take larg- er premises, and to-day she is herself an employer of over 200 women. —~New York Herald. m—— THE CARE OF BLACK BEKIRTS. The care of several black skirts, and those in mourning need at jeast three, is no small task, for the tinest spots show, as on no other goods. Never hang them away with the dust of the streets upon them, for the longer it remaing, the more difficult it is to re- move, A few vigorous shakes frees it while the whisk broom soon finishes the task. Sometimes a skirt loses its stiffness while yet upsoiled, the result of cheap linings, and excessive dampness, In this case the lining should be dampen ed and pressed out with bot irons, be- ing careful to leave no wrinkles upon the right side, as often happens when If the skirt Is stiffened with instead of baircioth, dampen ihe lining profusely te the depth of the before it is ironed, which will leave it equally as stiff as when | pew. When the skirt is so much soil en alike, do not think it must be made over entirely, which means a large amount of work. Instead rip off the worn binding, loosen the goods from the lining and interlining, remove all collected lint, then brush the goods, lining and interlining, until perfectly free from dust Sometimes spots tween the palms, the motion one uses to wash clothing. Be sure that every particle of dust about the seams, as far as you can is removed. Then sponge the goods on both sides for several inches above the bottom, also the entire front breadths., Make the canvas quite damp, and iron. Then press the goods upon the wrong side, for about six inches from the bottom. This can be managed without ripping open the seams. Turn the skirt, put it upon the ponge the lining with clean water and iron, adding a crease down the front breadth, a bit of par- donable deception, for it gives the ef- fect of new goods, Trim off all worn places about the bottom, even it all around and sew on the new binding. Brush braid is now considered the most servicnble binding, as only the brush portion wears off, leaving the braid intact. ‘When, bow- ever, the lining and stiffening are much in addition to the skirt being it is best to rip it up, wash the peed go to the trouble of washing. starching and mending the old ones. NEW FABHION FANCIES, Pretty neck clasps are enamelled and jewelled in both silver and gold. A novel and useful chain purse of color is known as Na- it is a bright marine shade that promises to be guite popu- The newest Gorgeous colorings are noticeable in pext season's skirts, and many of the | designs are reproductions of nutural flowers, The latest friendship bracelet of plain silver has at short Intervals small tablets for the inmitiale of the Rkating skirts should be cot to flare | well around the bottom, stiffened nar. rowly with hair cloth and finished in- with one or two pinked Press, PORTUGAL'S GOOD QUEEN Queen Amelie, the wile of the King | of Portugal, is one of the many good | story is well known of her that in or. husband through obesity she has studied medicine, passed her examina. tion and taken the degree of M. D., and thus becomes the only queen M. | D. at the present in existence. And be it always remembered that she took her studies not only seriously, but in the most democratic mannper. Khe at tended classes at the University at Lisbon, “walked” the hospitals for some time, and It is reported that she has on various occasions practiced her profession in cases of emergency and among the poorer of her subjects, Queen Amelie has another accon: plishment, She is a born milliner, and has a room set apart at the palace, where bats and bonnets are continual iy In progress of construction. And thereby hngs a pretty and pathetic story. Once while out driving in the streets of Lisbon she observed a large crowd surrounding some object. ‘ihe queen sent the footman to see what was the matter, and when he reported that a young woman had fainted she immediately left the carriage and bad the unconscious girl brought to a neighboring shop, and personally at tended her professionally. The queen had the young wotnan removed to her own home, and inquiries made about her, and learned the poor girl's his tory. She was a milliner, and, having falled to get omployment, had ven. tured to undertake work of her own necount for the support of her invalid Fancy belts will be even more popn- {thus allowing a large surface for | elaborate decoration in which contrast. {ing colors are ured with great effect. A solid plaid in white goods makes | up attractively and with a certain style lof its own. Figured white has the advantage that it does not show every | wrinkle, as do the plain goods. A | waist made of the white plaid with | eeves and yoke of the plain is very | pretty. EE — —— Cuba's New Stamps. The new Cuban one-cent stamp win bear a representation of the statue of Columbus which stands in the patie or courtyard, of the Captain General's palace in Havana, The two-cent stamp will bear a map of Cuba; the 3-cont stamp a reproduction of the statue of “La Cubana,” a female figure in marble, emblematic of the which stands in one of the parks of Havana. The five-cont stamps will be decorated with a pictuce of one of the new steamers of the New York snd Cuban Mail Company, and the ten cent stamp will present an agricultar al scene, a Coban ina to. bacco field with a yoke of oxen, and a group of royal palms In the back- ground mana he All Kinds of Bubbles. A young tailor named Berry, lately succeeded to bis father's busin ; once sent In his account to Charles Matthews somewhat ahead of the.
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