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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
TURAL TOPICS.
Reclanting Corn Carefnl Gardening Judg:
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Simple Process for Keeping Eggs, eld
Replanting Corn.
We used to know a farmer who sald
he always wanted to have some hills
in biz cornfield fail to come up,
he conld plant His
the
or blooming
them over itlea
Inte planting,
Inter, th
vias that
the main
did
earlier
better
he
oie
field
yeoeive
an
that
the
fertilized many &
pollen
thus ti
He ears
it
Perhaps
1s
he irom
and were
ont
cur
filled
right, but if =o, he
the tip. Wis
his better one row in
Ww le
end
or
ny.
ivi
others
five
were
siv unplanted until the
Careful Planting
It iz often sald against amatal
nd veg
chea
SO e
dening, lowers, frulis a
bles ean be bonght in market
than they can be raised, In
ihe
nally
spects this
Though
ng the
Seed Corn,
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fie {
Of HDG
wl
in judging seve
Birds Distributing Seeds,
id that birds carry
ore than they
pass through
in just the best
germination and
around |
ARON COnIes
haps this is a provision
not be ex
birds,
h thus plant and fertilize the crop
d
that
they
itil by t
should
he seed-eating
wn
that
One
kept
’
"1 fening
is to feed them another year, Some |
that if weeds
kinds
nck of food, Of
immediate dan
wor. and we hope that when birds are
likely to suffer from this canse there
will be people who for humanity's sake |
will furnish food for them. A handful
oats, millet seed and other, small
erains thrown out every day in winter |
will supply a vast nomber of small
birds, and if we were rid of teh detest
able English sparrow, we could have |
the trees around our houses thronged
with song birds, and hosts of other
birds both winter and summer. The |
day has gone by when small boys wan
touly destroy many birds or birds’ |
nests, and even the village cat sue
ceeds in catching but few, The half- |
tamed eat that haonts the barns of |
some farmers often catches as many
birds as mice, but a well-trained and |
well-fed house cat is not out nights, |
and caunot get many by day light. {
“9
has said that
down birds of
extinet for
were
many must
this there appears no
of
Simple Process For Keepine Eggs.
A statement made by a correspond.
dent of the Mark Lane Express seems
remarkable in view of the commonly
accepted theory that eggs are useless
for hatching purposes three or four
weeks after being laid. This corre.
spondent declares that he has pre-
servesl eggs fresh for twelve months
or more by a very simple process:
Wrap each egg the day it Is laid in a
small square of newspaper, and pack
these eggs side by side in a box layer
upon layer until it is full. After the
Lid is fastened down It must, firstly, be
stored in a dry cool place, and, second:
iy, be turned upside down at least
three or four times a week, He writes:
“A neighbor of mine has for years
hated out a lot of chickens from
eggs so stored, and turned twelve, fif-
teen and some eightecen months after
they were placed In a box.” Canton
(Miss) Times,
Why B.tter is Salted.
The agricultural experimental sta.
tion at Madison, Wis, has Issued an in.
teresting bulletin on the subject of
salting butter, and also a chemical
analysis of the different salts in the
warket offered for the purpose. It is
known as Bulletin No, 17
fg given in brief the features of the bul
letin: Butter iz salted for
sons: First, to get rid ol
milk: second, to cheek
three ren
the butter
germ growth,
desired flavor
Water is present in buttermilk in the
shape of millions of miscroscople but
termilk drop There
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which we
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But.
first appears very dry,
salting a
become
which at
atie;
heoa use
will lose
of water of this peculiar
tion of the We salt butter
it checks the growth of germs,
although it does not destroy the germ
life: hence
By uniting
with
ac
salt,
CAUSE
it
the
larger ones,
small
thus
drops of
enabling
them, as ex
plained in the last paragraph, it creates
favorable conditions for the
of life, Butter is salted
urpose of securing flavor, that
larg ¥y n matter of taste;
water
buttermaker (oo get rid of
3
loss
germ
henee the amount of sadt depends on
expectad
rule
farm
England and
fad ix for lit
the market which it is
3
old
amd
in
butter. The
to
place the is
an
ounce to a pound, or 11850
this is about in
in other Eastern cities the
and the matter of
salted light or
the
v Trade Jou
taste ol
Hybrid Plums
Hybrid plants always
wmve a certain
ate
bad i
Crossing
fascination for the cultivator, even
when they are ally her
ix something in tl
ns
Hi
I Of
Hit
pl another whicl
and t
gives one
on it
imagination,
i 1
result room
1
Hybrid phan
ran after
ss tlre fos
tHIBE in
gical | aly within
¢ been Ki
Now
them,
Hylan
sles 1 rsd pet
able numin
nest plums |
ths ep
\iready a nun
for
boon oxiens
hat thes
impression on
oR Are wile
ind some of then have
Is
will soon make a
the
janted. It seems probable t
strong
plum-growing business of the
whole country
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Of
Ie now to
vari
conrse it
res
ommend any one these tivs,
They It will
several vears planting and
to reveal their merits, The man who is
of
{OO ew
f
of
are all require
testing
a most >ngaging batch of material in
the hybrid plums. The man who is
uit had better
happens. Mean-
the
wait and see what
while it ia convenient to have
fixed as in these up to date publica
tions from the Vermont Experiment
Care of Dairy Utensils
the care of the churn
+ in this direction may
of many a pound of
butter,
After churn has been some time
of it shopld be thoroughly
scoured with salt and repeatedly scald
a
nse
the
aud it needs
temperature
Nothing will penetrate
of a churn like hot walter,
to be at a boing
applied,
There ig nothing gained in patching
up old utensils about a home dairy or
manufactory,
apparatus of a creamery or cheese fac.
tory generally deteriorates more quick-
practical use in its especial sphere,
water from the fron work of dairy
utensils,
Rigid drying by both an absorbent
cloth and heat will do this satisfactor-
ilv.l have known a new $25 curd mill
to be so eroded by rust In one season
as to be nearly ruined.
By proper care it could have been
made to run 10 years without repair,
If it is important to keep butter tools
scrupulously clean, Low much more
important is it to be rigorous in the
treatment of milk utensils,
In private dairies It would be well to
emulate the methods in vogue in milk.
shipping stations nnd fou,
First, after a rinse of cold water, the
cans and other tinned lacteal utensils
are washed thoroughly with warm
water, changing the bath frequently to
keep it clean.
Now follows the coup de grace, the
death-dealing blow to bacteria and
spores. This is the scalding process.
Where a good steam pressurdg can be
obtained, superheated steam ithe best
agency to employ, whirling fthe cans
part of the interfor,
On the farm, however,
to render utensils aseptic,
Da not senld milk receptacles
It cools too rapidly to be effec
tive on even the second can so treated,
sian trade, the sales reaching annually
{ over $10,000,000,
The hmportation of caviare to Amer.
fen is increasing yearly, In 1800 it was
double that of the previous year,
CIRCUS PEOPLE LONG-LIVED.
| Scores of Performers Have Reached
the fungi and bacteria inhabiting milk
are of microscopic
wenms which appear clean to the
with millions of these vegetable or
This subject is as important In win-
nnd
it
ter ag In samimer,
80 will never
Treat your dairy apparatus and uten
sils so well that when they finally be
come useless it will not be Ly the ero
sion of rust, but through good, honest,
cleanly friction in the path of trade
Newell, in Boston (
George BE ultiva-
SAM DEWEY'S GRIT.
His Audacity Paralyzed the Secretary Bot
Pleasca Old Hickory.
iral Dewe
. anecd
' are inorder, T-e
aptain Sam
vy salled
oles showing
follow
Dewey Is told in
ashington
ily of
There a family Deweys on
time,
Codd in
Was
Jackson's
which
1 cannot sin
apm
the one from our
Sprang or not,
est member was
of the old school
Hae sy ¥ Fags FH
HAE INTO iW Tan
ext an ardent
Wis
Jacl I'8 War o
wen
United States Bank made him extreme
determined show his disap
iting off tl
Dewey to
proval by w head of a full
length He «of General Jackson which
¢
formed :
gd] of the 1amous
ag in
{ 'hinriestown would
iw no easy fi gu
ship on either
notor
After
Webster
odd
with it wrapg
handkerchief,
Mahlon 1
the Navy
Sdmit hin
as ewe 5
man,
aR yon
den
Clay
he ape
mpdanna
anil to
etary of
* sald the Secretary, an
d he added, “Well,
and be br
or,
state
FOUr case,
see, 1 am busy
“1 cut off the figurs
stitution.™ said Dewey,
brought it here to return
The man's aodacity paralyzed Dick
erson for a Then he said
“You dare disfigure Old Ironsides and
then come | to tell of It”
ig the liberty,” sald
head of tl
s
“and have
its’
moment
tere
took Dewey,
“Well, sir,” anid the Secretary, reach
ing for the bell-rope, “we'll seo
said
and
know there ix no against
figuring a man-of-war All you
do ix to sue me for trespass, and that
“Hokl, Mr. Secretary,” Dewey
must
dis.
statnie
mitted.”
“You are right,” said Dickerson,
tell me how you succeeded in got
ting that figurehead from under the
noses of our bluejackets”
“Well,” said Dickerson, afier hear.
go and see the President about this
matter.”
Old Hickory. on seeing the head and
the story burst into a fit of
“That!” said be. “Why,
No wonder the fellow
I ever saw!
tion! You have him, «you say. Well
give him a kick, with my compliments,
and send him home again.’ Harper's
Weekly,
Where We Get Caviare.
Caviare is consumed in vast goan-
tities all over the Russian Empire, It
jx also sent to Italy, Germany, France
and England and is largely eaten In
this country. Caviare is a shinning
brown substance In little globules,
looking exactly like little bramble.
berries. It is obtained from sfiggeon
in March by millions on thelr spawn.
tng beds in the mouth of the Danube,
the Doeiper, the Don and the Volga
rivers, where both nets and hooks are
used to capture the fish,
After the membrane of the roe has
teen removed the graibs are washed
with vinegar or the cheap white wines
of the country.” Then they are dried
in the alr, salted, put into bags and
pressed and packed in casks. It 1s one
score Ha'o and Hearty.
In the old days it
custom the circus proprietors to
{put their own children into the busi
| ness, teaching them to do everything
in the acrobatic lige. from bare-bnck
riding to trapeze and bar work and
slack rope and tight-rope walking.
Many of them were also skilled musi.
jclans and conld play instru-
{ments in the band.
At the present day many persons
Fnot familiner with the inside life of the
will no doubt horrified to
that a man wealthy fo
Lown a big ¢lreus and menagerie would
{ train his and particularly
daughters for the rin fat
| this that | name
| 11st families in this custom
prevalled, and must that the pri
vate amd domestic life of these people
vas the general
for
upvernl
{circus be
{think enough
SOs, his
wr
2 ie SAY on
|COre cond a long
of which
“Ay
was far above
iy In
that of the average fam
Almost in
family
fashionable
wis el
riably the members of each
ere devoimd and were
fined and
On
i young
to each olher
intelligent Many of the
women of these families mar
ried wealthy and cultured men, and
retired from the elrcus business to be
the nd
mistresses of refined
homes, Many old
children were ar
accomplished ter
©cOte i“
SHOwWmen
performers
achers
happy
whose wt
carried
them on I the
the road, a3
were as well edocated as
ime had been spent
Their training
afforded
ine it taught them patience
nd many
hich made their pro
HT
attending sch
and work
not only thom splendid phys
al exer
application, alertness a other
valuable lessons w
Rress their
i
loesnonik
very rapid when it came 10
it is a
that the cir
from books fact most
LANGUAGES IN LUZON,
the Difficulties
in the
Official Tongue
Way of Trade
n—————
Spanish
ix a enrious and difficnit thing
Amer:
The
only medinm,
fon, the
The America
business
Here
3
+ seas $1 +
about the an occupation of the
of
of
official language
indeed
Spanish lan
amd Tagalo to
must tongue
A few interpreters of
Tagalo are be found,
of conntry
*hilippines
the courts, thx
nt =
use a
foreign
5: oof
LRA
to both,
sh and fo
the
and misinterpretation,
are mutual strogglings
The schools are begin.
English, but some
before this
understanding
| Just now there
instruction
DeCessary
in
however, doesn't
Your soldier man,
question. He leans casily
tle booth or shop. and attempis bar
in a jargon of English, Ameri
Tagalo and Spanish, There
| results a “pigeon” of queerest type.
The vender says: “You care egg cook.
Pretty goo —fiv cents?” And the soldier
man retorts, “Aw, g'long. Muy heap,
No Mabootey, Give you 1U cents por
tres. Nabe? Ten cents—three. Babe,
three?” ut the lady sitting tallor
wise on her counter answers, “Yo no
entlendo. Egg cook. Pretty goo’ #F
cents. Quiere?’ Still they make a
trade. Unfortunately, next week may
gee him in locos or Pampanga, per
haps anotner province, and if he knew
Tagalo perfectly it would not avail
him oue jota, The many dialects will
make it a matter of years before there
can be cortainty of any understanding,
It is surely a great problem that is to
be solved,
| can slang,”
Borns 8 Clown.
“Did you eve hear of the joke which
got Dan Rice, the most famous of all
the circus clowns, his job under the
canves?' asked an old-timer,
“No-—what was it?’
“Dan, while still in his teens, applied
to a circus manager for a position.
“What salary do you want? asked
the manager,
“ ‘gight hundred dollars a night,’ re
plied Dan,
“opel you what I'll do, sald the
manager,
wiwell, speak quick,’ returned Dan,
I'm losing time
“al give you $4 a week)
“All right, sald Dan; ‘it's a go," "=
Atlanta Journal,
Wireless messages have been sues
cessfully sent between | captive bal
of His Rival
A
mrnum’s most formidable
A
fiontiiit hegan tween
of Mr, Balley's large f
phants gave birth to an baby
the way, first baby
ever
At one time James Bailey
rival in the
circus business short
open
One
Tie
In then
“le
Thin, by
emale
wins tin
in captivity. |}
immense card for Mr, |
birth was chronicled far and wide over
the country. Mr,
the advantage of having so important
nn attraction a real live
baby elephant, telegraphed to his rival,
Mr. Balley, “Will give Tor
vour baby £100,000 Mr.
Mr. Baile) “Wil
not sell at any price.”
This seetned
for S106 0040
born t proved an
dalley 1
he
HE
ns follows
eleph hl
wired in answer
a daring 1 to do,
Was
pine
HI
fin snormous
i
'
show
offer for a tiny little Least refuse
he did, and
eet
hustled wi
Phineas 1
meanwhile
hi
thie great nrmng on
his own ground
ids
pondering
in fertile brain a oo which was
un
By the time Mr
Balley read fxd the ve
gion where the Barnum show was ex
hibiting, tl ras |
whole country was billed
witl
conspicuo
“What Ban
Elephant’
ing was
TWO MORE ISLANDS.
Mons sod Monite Islands in the Mona
Passage Belong iw the Uspited States.
go
an island
uly a coral
known un
islands bx
« and then
Lie research
ent has been
Ww Ane
Indies
was in doubt whether or not 1o in
145 rican
and
ng
POBRSCRS (
finely
{hese
communicati
Department inguiring
tween United States
vided for
fed States
ini
wis examined
the
thelr acquis the
Fhe treaty
aud sbowed ceded to
United
thal Spain
Puerto Ri
siands in
indies except No Spee
i made of Mona Island
no information
island to show to whom t
longed. It is pearly six miles
iodd three and ball miles wide, It
rises about one hundred and seventy
Nlates, ang
pther Spanish
ial
Cuba men
ion was and
there was
1
Tye
the
ty miles west of dayaguez in Puerto
Rico,
coast of San Domingo and lies almost
midway of the Mona passage between
two islands. The State Depart
ment had no Information showing
whether or not Mona belonged
the
fo
until 8 search was made of several
charts in the Navy Department,
chart was found indicating in colors
the different colonial possessions of the
world, and this showed that Mona was
regarded as a Spanish possession and
accordingly becomes Awerican prop.
erty under the Paris treaty. It is
thought probable by naval officials
that the island may prove of service to
the United States at some time in the
future, aml it is not unlikely that or
ders will be issued to have it surveyed
and charted as an American posses.
sion. It is not inhabited.
Runs a Woll Farm
in Ralny Lake County, Minn, lives
a man who makes a living raisiag
wolves, Rumor says he is growing
rich out of his business, but Frank
Gissler, of “Ol Woll.,” ad bie is called,
is not raising wolves on account of the
money in the business, Gissler was as
keen a hunter a was to be found in
that part of Minnesota years ago, and
many a wolf fell victim to his rifle. A
band of Chippewa Indians were stay-
ing In the neighborhood and Gissler
fell in love with a young Indian maid.
en. He married the Chippewa girl and
disappeared, taking with him his wife.
Nothing was heard from him for a
long time, when be suddenly reappear.
od, dressed in wolf sRine and wearing
a long white beard. All he would say
to inguirers was that he had built a
cabin “up the river a piece,” where he
was living by himself, It was ander
stood that his wife had been torn to
pleces by wolves and that Glssler had
gone crazy in consequence.
recently that Glssler's
only retreat
i
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HS USAT SU A NAR
discovered by a gold prospector,
twelve miles from Halny Lake
The gold found a high
ade, formed of pine logs, fastened
anid
113)
as
ibhout
(ity, hianter
juside this pen were more
fighting for
hg
the end
ing to them
than wolves
ples of 3 Gissler,
tioned at
of the stock
ng a wolf far,
A
thie
to 55 is padd by
the
are
bounty o
Btate for
Auditor, i resin]
wolf
sent to
County prices
stern §
Hrs,
To See Smokeless Powder,
fast;
Wi # 14
from nl rif
with
be de
Cv y
This
charged
pi powder ma now
of an
firing
5
| {arty
and the position
determinad with the first
will prove «
Cun rooms
190
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The rebel weap
rorw dler
1 bey RELL [AOR in
jungles
onnter began
1 hase
3 tions
bamboo thickets and
after
Gelise
A ots
1 ssl 5 : 1 1%
Would i pti OIy
re
Lay
heavy lire
al siuddy
lie Bur
i
44
the
iving, with
r+ in camp
This same
with the
life and soul
Indian allies bLelng
British
(haan ns
ty
remeniiver A mas
who was
He sang
t was fearfully bot
He got both pres.
grootion from the officers,
noffensive he was
London Tit-Bits,
afais
aay
How of nite jest
! anol. when
for hours together
ents
Aas
Prosperous When Women Rak
that the reign of
imes has been
rful advanes In
literary and
« of her country.
The reign of Catherine the Great of
Russia witnessed the widest exten
of the Russian Empire that had
{act
itis»
Over)
silt
Queen in modern
$
dltended by wands
fas 1
aah 4
bis
Cen milkiary
renter part of the Russian conguesis
g
The reign of Maria Theresa was a
period of prosperity for Austria-Hun-
gary, in spite of the Seven Years War,
while the reigns of Ellzabeth aud
Anne In British history were ages of
glory in letlers, ars and war.
Great Britain has never seen such an
age as that of Victoria, and perhaps
will aot again for centuries. The pres
ence of a Queen on the throue as sav.
ereign seems to inspire all the poetry
and chivalry there is in the nature of
man, and perhaps that fact fornishes
an adequate explanation why coun
tries flourish under female rulers —
Philadelphia Ledger,
Money ia Laliabies.
A new industry is that of lullaby
singing. Young women who are stady.
ing vocal music very often turn their
growing talent to small account, at
least, by going to nurseries two or
three times a week to sing to the ehil-
lullabies. It is in households, of course,
where the mother has 20 singing voice,
swoet and correct singing on the de
veloping ear of the child, This may
in these days it is the trifies that are
considered In their bearing upon the
large results, a