¥ FARM AND GARDEN. NOTES. ITEMS OF INTEREST ON ACRICUL. TURAL TOPICS. A Hint for Bee Keepers Berry Baskets for Planting Seeds—A Novel Insect Trap Keep the Stable Clean Pig Feeding Etc., Ete. A Hint for Bee Keepers. Face the hives to the east, so they get the early morning sun. This warms | up the hives and starts the bees out early before the nectar evaporates, | Two hours for work in the early morn- ing are worth four in the afternoon of a hot day. gerry Baskets for Planting Seeds. The melon, tomato and caulitower | seeds were planted in old berry bas-| kats and sunk in the hotbed, then the bottom of basket was cut out when the plants were transplanted. The small plants are much easier handled in this way, and the soil is not disturbed about thelr roots, A Nove! Insect Trap. Ai a farmers’ Liab Jersey there was raised the how the destroction cabbage Db} One of the plies by a Mr. Mills at least showed a quark of originality, His plan was to Mace several pans of vid, and in the water he pours some il oil, and in the the wae t and oil he places a half a brick on « filch is set a lantern during the night, The insects are attracted by the light, fall into the oil, and die. Certainly a unique idea and worthy of puttiog into practice. New (quest ion of Ire meeting, in best to arrest by Insects, water in centre of Keep the Stable Clean. The black fly, the fs pest, is bred continually during summer in heaped-up manure the barn, and the unclean stalls within. Were stable often and | regularly cleaned during the hot weath months and no manure allowed to | acenmulate, the breeding place of fly would be destroyed, [II decrease the discomforts of those who | must enter stables, No [I should neglect clean his stables often as usaal, horses in the pasture at night and there is less manure in stalls, If this precaution taken the annual fy plague would become insiguiticant and of loss and rmer's wors the the hy in every or the also would : the Irmer 0 as he keeps his Decanse he wer would cease to be a source tnnovance to the farmer, therein, and a tool house possessing a double floor was erected overhead, If your dairy house or room sets wholly above the ground, other means must be taken to keep It cool, Even should the Swedish method of cream fug, or a hand separator be employed, a surrounding temperature of sixty de- grees or below ought to be maintained in the room, In the absence of ice or running water, the floor aod walls may he sprinkled several times dally with cold water fresh from the well, Double walls, together with window shutters, to exclude outside hent, A little dairy house may be set in a grove of trees to great advantage. KE. Newell In New England Home stead Poisonous Bacteria in Milk. All the dangerous bacteria in milk, aside (rom those producing specific dis- belong to a group having characteristic in common-~they all pep tonize the casein; that Ix they first precipitate it, and then further ac cause it become soluble, with formation somewhat milky In a the casein precipitation, This group of bacteria is responsible for the formmtion of poisons in milk, as well as the summer complaints of children, and there Is no doubt that to this class & due the increase in the death rate of children, which always noticed in cities during summer. Not all of these bacteria are harmful in the sense that they produced a specific disens CASeS, one hy to the of a few Is CHNes in them selves, such as typhoid fever or other ntestinal but they by breaking up the complex protein coin pounds which are found in milk and forming from them a new set of bodies, disease, act toxicon, are violent POISONS, {hers stomach and intestines, thus producing a more or less violent diarrhoea, and in some cases the action on the intestines edd among the pathogenic or disease producing varieties, thus Fhe specific poisons which are in milk are classed together from their complex composition and the diffi which are obtained are very hard But i= known to t that with they to identify make DIrese ce ol milk snough Sire he to their = of the summer death rate among children, The ord of such dangerous varieties of bad can always be ak fact in due most inereased ot two “Lorement traced to ROUrCes; her they come from the Pig Feeding. Mary sui Ia the balletin sent out by the land Experiment marized the tests in pig feeding as follows: was foumd that ith gains on pigs could be produced as low as 2 1-2 In all the tests where properly compounded ra tions were used, pork was produced at A profit, when not al lowed ta become Ntation of they dozen (1 It the results about a Ww some rat as (2 cents per pound, the pigs were too old. 3) The cost of producing a pound of pork increases with the age of a (4) The should be to produce from 150 to pound pigs at six to seven months old for the greatest profits, Skim pilk was found to have a feeding value for pigs equal to fully double charged at the the Stafe. skimmilk one-half gallon, and and gluten meals at $15 per ton, have about the same value for balancing ra tious for pig steel. (7) Ground fodder was found to be a valuable addition to ration for pigs. iS} Sweet potato strings, cow pea pasture and artichoke pasture, when properly used, prodoced pork economically. & Dig. aim Hw) 5 0H the price | most of creamerios of LY at linseed Neparator cent per during frans allowed to dry drouths and mass of fermenting and material in efforts from heat atl flies cows will wade Inte sloughs and thus have been SUI INET formed into a putref ying Hp Iwcome their to escape the the become coated with the germ-contain pg slime, which is usually transferred from the udders of the animals to the wilk pail, where they find the best pos. 1 thelr F. «il i: Gentleman de conditions for growth Short in Country Raising Turkeys Turkey raising is not the difficult and uncertain business many consider it to be, If a precantions are taken very little for disaster. birds from CERES Forg ew there I= Cause fhe witich are t be saved should be strong and well groom- eel will give better amd stronger progeny than year old, The eggs will be larger, the turkeys will begin ing earlier, and, all things considered, a very thoroughly matured bird is to desired, In making turkeys great care must be taken not to inbreed; this O Those two or even three years old those a lay be ix the cause of more disaster in turkey raising than almost any other The variety of turkeys does not matier Spray Noa Bearing Fruit Trees. Kven which bear no fruit should be sprayed as thoroughly and | carefully as if they were loaded with | it, both against and Tungous diseases, Herein lies much of the se cret of success. If it is but one or two | rows or single trees in an orchard they may retain the power to reinfect the | the f ran “% insects partially destroy the effect of spraying, but there is a still more im- portant reason, The fruit buds of next year are really formed at midsummer or early autumn of this year, They cannot be formed and developed unless the condition of the tree Is such that ft can make a healthy and vigorous folinge. If the leaves are destroyed at aay time from July to October either by losects eating them, or disease kiH- ing them, or by a lack of fertility or moisture in the soil, #8 check is put 10 the Termation amd growth of wood, leaf * pds or fruit buds, Thus we say, spray is year for a bountiful crop next to protect that crop, and to keep p tree In condition to form more fruit uds. With this precaution, and with au proper thinning of the fruit when it has set, we may hope for a crop every year after a few years, and that the fruit will be larger and finer than ever before, But of course with all this the trees must be fed to keep up produoc tion, Nature may seem fo give some thing for nothing a few times, out of her great storehouse, but it Is not Ine exhaustible, American Cultivator, improving Dairy Rooms, Modern and improved metlusds of butter making cannot be successfully carried out unless the surroundings are suitable, Ventilation and cooluess ave two of the prime requisites for a dairy room, and its architecture must I? planned scecordingly. 1 know an out of-door cellar lakl up with stone in mortar and with a cement floor, that keeps cool through hot weather with. out the employment of fee. It is kept well ventilated by screened windows, of their Kind. [It is said by excellent market authorities that there is not the demand for very large and heavy turkeys that there is for medinm zed ones, and so one need to purchase a forty pound tom turkey for breeding purposes, If hens begin laying early it most be looked to that the eggs are not chilled, as they will not hateh as well, IT yon want to raise a goodly number of tur keys, and have not many hen turkeys to produce eggs. then set the eggs un der hens nnless you have an incubator, The hen turkeys will keep on laying eggs all summer if you keep them al it. Some have the idea that a hen tur key will only lay eggs enough for one setting, but jt is not so. She will lay her setting of eggs, from thirteen to twenty, and then she will want to set] but if the eggs are taken from her she will begin laying again in a week or ten days, and so keep on through the entire summer unless she is allowed to batch her eggs, In such a case she will probably run with her brood till fall and lay no more. Turkeys are more prone to care for thelr young for long periods of time than hens are, as a hen will often leave her young chicks and begin laying when they are still unfit to take care of themselves, It is a good plan to keep the young turkey« in a coop for a few daysuntll their legs fre strong and they are able to follow thelr mother. A great many young turkeys are lost just by failing in this precaution. The mother turkey is a great manger, and she will lead her young rood miles in a day: this, for the just hatehed birds, i a litte too much exercise, and should not be al lowsd, When the young turkeys have, however, gained strength-in a week, maybe—then let them range and there will be little danger of their getting lost in the grass or perishing from over: exertion. ~New York Tribune, In an official building in Chicago a 2inpound janitor ix called “Cherub.” and an elevator boy whose weight is uo vegetables are allowed to be stored 100 Is known as “Ox” NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX NOTES OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMININE TOPICS. A Notepaper Fad -Return of the Rhine. stone Clad in Brown for the Summer Remodeling Old Jewelry ~The Widow of Ceneral Joubert-Etc., Etc. A Notepaper Fad. : The stationery of the woman of fads is now stamped with her address en- upper corners of the note sheet, In- stead of running across the top of the sheet ag formerly. Return of the Rhinestone After an absence of two seasons, the rhinestone buckle has returned, It not go gorgeous as heretofore amd in most cases consists of a modest ¢lrelet or oval. Bongets and bodiees are de cornted with these brilllant ornaments, and even halr arrapgeiments ave made of them, Clad in Brown for the Summer. There's like It is the height of satis This one impressed one just nothing har nonious rig faction, that way. The suit proper was of rich brown cloth, plainly but effectively en riched hed strappiogs wearing a with stit feta bodice of golden yellow with some cleverly worked in cluny lace, and a flchu-sear! of hemstitched white mous which was the bust with flowing ends seliue knotted at it of Tuscan siraw white chiffon. boasted no trimming save a big black velvet, White gloves completed over how this pleasing costume remodeling Old Jewelry. There is go much Jewelry on evening gowns wake use of almost anything old-fashioned filigreed gold with calrn-gorms here and has been utilized for making a charming shoulder stmap which originally hung all bracelet, suspended from were taken off and two ends when ornament ened The clasp of tix bracelet forms the top or center How worn th the nat ope A funny bracelet, Hirt there, nos Tie stones, around the fine gold chains, prt the the fast to the gown. while four pendants of the calrn-gorms form lines golng from It. Lower over the shoulder are three fine gold chains, graduating ia length A pair of lots can be worn in this way, considered more i we, Old coral which childrea used to very to Dray bist it is “chic” to wear only or amber necklaces, Yano wenn ire pretty made up into straps, hw wirnn with dresses, meh and Harper's Bazar Are nu season The Widow of Ceneral Joubert. Mrs, Joubert, the Hoer General, has from the days of the widow of hor ae chikihood been used to war's She can load ff a fun, and on many occasions has shown ibe greatest courage tensive Knowledge of ind ads has acted upon her husband, plans of cam mign being freely discussed over hes finger table. During Magatoland ampaign notwithstanding tl beat fn the and the joined the General a week or two after his panied by only two three little Kaffir malds., Finding feneral Joubert n anything but a comfortable tent, she outed Bim out, erected a tent of ywn and jastalled bim amid all omforts of home, What was dhe reconstructed the General's irrangements, and cooked with her own hands arliest arms, ind fire Nhe has ath often an ex warfare her oe wens by ther aie, 4 over HH degrees shade fever, arrival, accom io her the ness his meals The Skirt of 1900. There is no doubt now that the much trimmed «ldirts will pot ae vied hy the best dressed of woman Kind. We have become so sconstomed to graceful Hoes that we are not Bkely ‘to wish to increase our proportions ox wept round the feet, where, in the new, wft, spring materials, it seems impos TTY Iw urls delightfully round ns ax we walk, ot, rather, move, for it is no vasier to walk in the skirt of 1900 than it was in that of 18M, It ix nice for the woman with a good figure to know that in the fashion, The short reign of panniers and the fall skirt shows the of fashion, who ure willing to forego thelr desire for novelty in order to re mode, Why Queen Victoria is Strong. Queen Vietoria owes the wonderful bealth and strength she enjoys at the age of eighty-one to the wise manner in which she has lived, her housebold has just been some information on the subject, The Quen rises early and goes to bed late. When she first awakens a cup of cocon, which has been prepared hy the “Chocolate Woman" of the royal household, is brought to her by her dresser, Tea and coffee are served at the same time In case Her Majesty After rising the Queen pattakes of an ordinary English breakfast at 9 o'clock, and nt 11, or an little later, she hak a light “secomd breakfast,” after the German fashion, but in her case it merely consist either of carefully made bouillon or a delicate sandwich. Luncheon at 2 o'clock ix with her the meal of the day. Tea i= served al ways In besutifal Sevres china at 4:30, and at 8:45 the great little Indy «its down to dinner, Like many hard workers, the Queen holleves tmnliclty in beef av a sus. taining food, and the day never passes but what heel, cooked in some form. either bot or cold, is eaten by her, Her Majesty always showed unbounded faith In the advice of Sir William Jen ner, and it was he who drew up the scheme of careful etary she still fol: lows, which, together with her otra ordinary love for fresh alr, Is one of the reasons why she har preserved her health in so remarkable a way, Eyes and Their Surroundings. he changes which come to the eye as a result of age are beyond the pow of the individual to remedy. It true that the time for the wearing of glasses may be hastened by abuse of the eyes, but with all possible care that one may take, the that hitherto has been normal will need shortly be | fore, it may be shortly after, the i age of forty-five the ald of glasses, So universal is this that an oculist, in his examinations of the refraction of the | exe of his patient, ean determine very accurately the number FOArs, | The responsibility of much eye trouble, 1 however, can be brought directly home to the individual, It is due to the reck. | less expenditure of the eyesight The service of the eyes is demanded in any and light. The are tried ling fine or the fine s hes of if print smooth surface reflects, mirror effect is bad If the embroidery ix to with the a $ i i% eye Or of his every CNH most by 1 print, doing sewing or embroid HT is on glossy paper whose like, the light, the Very upon the oyes be done on satin, or bewildering pon canvas, of is mage meshes, the weariness Women's suffer it only of greatly thie eves, CN es from the tax vells, bility other part of the body HOWSs the great adapta with every the and num- and chenille, the which the eyes share that meses ». T Yells, th their intricate 4 wi embroidery more do. in selecting a vell, trouble with Ihe if one has mercy s effect Wen ve dots not in (irace in Harper's Bazar, occasion than they first thing to do upon the eyes, is to test it the the confusing the nponu ight is not ight, to see that at w and do athwart the Murray, COMe eYeR Peckham Boleros and Jackets bolero is but shape or style of the present moment, of this popular gar. affair, quite straight form very short barely reaching to the bust, oul and finished off with silk fringe. These conducive to in which woe Jackets ire not warinth ht they Pas breast sive A » the - in slop the couty ing h to shoulders, of great owt wWolhien and of cut is mporiance to * ght Neverity ily 3 5 % ACK =0 these dave of sleeves shenlders of the re 3 i article sinart § Mis in o~ fog spring wear, gre lavishly trimmed with lac amd often have a good deal of jet or passemnentori of trimming Ie collars hig. have ribbon CORR Are very bot spread out broadly, amd of lao Sow many an at A PrAnEe the ihr ment and hack, which of fo Keen 1 uh. With the rolled or turned « away with th ¢ look and also helps hack jackets collar is more the plain, high collar, sack down general and better suited to the loose style VYelvet exactly the same color Paris and wiih cloth skit of nites are the bei Lhe and « {favorite bellow ix ithet r hax a sharp makes a smart calls, luncheons, accord with marning wear In cut tight-fitting plain waistline o This morning and i= 0 French idea of elegance than the cloth suit and A nglo-Raxon affection, the front » 14 in vals innit ev inme for ot OTe the shirt of waist Seen in the Shops, with black dots Plain petticoats of glace and taffetas, ties Colored chiffon White hate jn lace offects with chif Point d'esprit rolws with lawn appli Golf coats for boys, with gold but tons Colored pique vests with round black satin buttons, Mercerind in plain, dark tones, cotton fapesiry pw {ieres New pigques in dainty colorings with dots, stripes or checks, Colored tafietas «ilk petticoats worn ander organdie dresses, Bright.red sailor sults, trimmed with white brald, for little girls Rose petal parasols in white, and pink and white ack and Many new designs In blue aml white, Alligator, lizard amd seal chatelaine bags and purses in great variety, Exquisite dressingsacques of How ‘ered matin ribbon and lace insertion, Organdie dresses for children, in all i colors, trimmed with baby ribbon and lace, Coats elaborately Jaoug and three-quarterdength made of taffetas «ilk, stitched. i A new military heel on walking { boots, mote comical than that in vogue | last SORRON, Khaki suite for children, trimmed with red, yellow or white bands and brass huttons, Box-plaited dresses for girls made of flowered pique and trimmed with Hame purg Insertion and edging, Bonnets, for children, of China «ilk, mull, organdie, point esprit and lawn elaborately trimmed with varied rib bons, a _— 1t i= not often that a man ix found with such an appropriate name as Mr. Miles Long of Westminster, Md, The appropriateness lies in the fact that the Mr, Long bax the reputation of be. fe the tallest man in the State, AUTOMOBILES WiN —— if They Frighten Horses sad Cause Runa- ways That Is No Cause for Action. IN COUR County Judge decided a case at of Jonathan West, who has invented a gasolene horseless carriage, and who was sued by the proprietor of the Swiss Laudry for damages dope to the company's wagon by a runaway. The horse drawing the laundry wagon became frightened at West's horseless velilcle and ran away. The laundry- man obtained a judgment for $42.95 in the municipal court, and the appeal was argued before Judge Sutherland, The court says: “1f one should find it desirable to go back to primitive methods and trek along a city street with a four-ox team and wagon of the prairie schooner va- riety, it would possibly cause some un- easiness In upused to sights. Yet it could not be actionable, in my opinion, If a runaway should re- sult, provided due care were shown not nnnecessarily to interfere with the use of the highway. Horses may fright at conveyances that have come obsolete as well fis at which are povel; but the dangers incidental to of horses, and the fact cannot be inter. Sutherland recently horses such be- those of the driving this Is one posed as a barrier to retrogression or progress in the method of locomotion. but ned, Electric many run- Automobiles operated without Bicycles used to fr horses, right of street AWAYSE, steam by storage lene explosion engines may ghten no action acer cars have caused batteries or hy gago- running a cause fright to unused to them, yet the horse must get used to them iver take his chances. “It will not do to say that it te run any kind of whi at moderate speed, horses oO or the di ® proper A conirivance upon may would he go the and this the street In h carried. A machine puffing and sporting streets, (railing clouds of smoke, might be a is not such a cane, convenience and the introduction of practical modes of travel upon highway must subordinate larger and permanet the general public resulting from the adop- tion of science and per. fected, The judgment appealed from reversed.” Persons that through f steam nuisance, but I'he temporary in dangers incident to these modern and the be to the benefits to the Improvements which inventive skill have Advice for Nervous People. Persons whose nerves ar iv way out of gear should not hair well-known pick shaervid a n wy alist yervons disegsves recently, fiend, “and, f am almost willing to go further and To that they handle ith hair a5 mattresses or pillows sto he located in the ends of the fingers, seem * 08 tactile nerves, the nerves that are to be specially affected by handling 3 Or Winn of aniroal 1S Gos Lait kind Many rw wet any 2 wii thet 3 good vives do themselves at injury King halr in the re n alteration of rhe pair and while they think they by or MATIC SReR, will themselves, KAYO IDoney doing such work thes find suffering in many hills what thes aften out that, besides the per sonal the pay mecticine Consequendye, ont times in doctors save from mattress makers, 1 know of some per men however sons frequently than wo would they were com more Iw men, who thrown into nervous spasms if pelled to handle velvet for fifteen min that ix, to handle it on the Tuzzy § slide. Thoss who are uo- pleasantly affected by know it sud therefore avoid as sible.” Washington Star, ites; velvety velvet much it as Tee I~ A Pistol asin Pen A great deal i= being written about the wonderful marksmanship of Boers, and it is stated as a fact that when a boy reaches the age of aigh- teen he ix presented with a fine rifle by the Transvaal government, But no men in the world are so ac complished in the use of firearms as our own Texan cowboys, (me of these, Petmeeky by name, is the son of a gunsmith and only a boy in years, fiis favorite rifle trick and probably the throw a brick high In the alr break. img it into two pleces with one shot and then with two succeeding shots he shatters cach of the two pieces and all before the fragments reach the earth. Joseph Tumlinson, a famous Texan, wag very proud of writing his initials on & tree with a six shooter as he galloped along on his bhrnthoe. Even more astounding i= the pwr formance of still another Texan, Adolph Loepperwein, who draws por- traits oft a board by a rapid succes. sion of revolver shets, certainly he makes an impression on fhe board, occupied the woods and dales now forming the most picturesque portion of Fairmount Park, Probably there is no prettier story in erature than the simple legend of Indian Rock, a bold promonitory of granite that in one of nature's upheavals hax fallen away from the hillside and overhangs the dashing waters of the Wissarickon, This rock gets tx name from the pretty story of the simple hearted love of an Indian maiden, Nhe was, accord. ing to the legend, the only danghter of # noble chieftain, whose band of wan riors had through their prowess and strength, retained possession of the {rm inviting and fertile valley which wax named Wissahickon, She waz bold of spirit apd beautiful, perfect clined Khe grew futon womanhood and her heart in a handsome youth hand own, toward warrior of trilw been at war with her scalps had been torn off and and " that for years Many 11 the Blaody great Wood” had Once, when still a boy, future lover had and ber girlish heart nesp Feet been taken prisoner went out to him the love and but hearts weoddn had fallrg in pledged hime he had Year after year she waited, and be o compel her to marry the son Htill nndaunt od, the first lover proposed 10 her fath his rival and war a race between him and winner 1 t hye he first OG Teceive neart old lover his daughter, rior consented, of but the Aaw and the gh as consigned wed the man she not love ‘ Hather than pros less she and ' ’ top of the oO their death wilers of story of Indian Press ONE AMERICAN FAMILY. The Joys Expanded Across the Continent 245 Years. MIOWR fonnder, The BIE OGTOr 2 re ord : cam ve England as man of twentr-8 He married the daughte - VOUnNE, unimar ried with hi make petition 3 $ fl voston, LER and Indian SOK danghters ind Imarria “Report i RE LOTTR i or Zenerat down 1o CL grandchildren « et left thu sion; it was ne that the abroad T “ration wandering« ¢ new iniand bh Iands wider [He Inents gun Lounts land nelghibo create a England while Their crossed tits $d i and wet 1 Colorado iifornia, as Another work 0 the turning north and gr k families, after Salisbury Hampsii later Maine Yeh Zeneraiion wand into New trying 1 forts n wes 10D trying & ’ n n 0 and le 3 aren : "hi the AZO schioves prosperity he hile the from Thomas the their ‘ ol ninth generation cradles or every four horn the It was not un t scion of *acific coast at San family had <4 continent emigrant, are now i school, and three out i ve Den beyond New England “ ure then limits of til ISSO that the branch tonched the | this been Francisco, Tht veuars in crossing the The Chameleons Revenge. crawling in that voung ladies “Merey! What is shrieked fous “That.” said Roswell Brooks, with of ope who knows, “is a chame We received jadies, If changes Observe, this morning. it is at pres in upon which it is placed. ent crimson In crawling on a crimson tulip.” “Dear me!" sald the girls, in chorus, “How strange!” ‘11 now fake the chameleon from the tulip,” sald Brooks, with the alr of a professor of natural Tistory, “and place it against my cheeck. What col or is it now?" “Green!” cried the girls, And so it was, The animal had turs. od a Mgt shade of green, in spite of Rrooks' furious blushes, Scientific gen. tiemen in the neighborhood were nn. able to aCeount for the color It as sumed, as Mr. Brooks is anything but green~Clincinnati Enquirer, color because it People Scattered in Porte Rice. Charles EK. Buell, who was secretary of the United States Special Commis. sion, points out the need in Porto Rico of village communities, Mr. Buell says that only 19% per cent. of the total population of Porte Rico live in towns thé remainedr, SI per cent. live dispersed in the country, not in villages even, but singly. This geattered state of the people makes it difienit to spread the educational sys. tem. The children cannot be sent to school, because they have Tong dis- tances to go. Thus, so long as the present conditions prevail the exten: gion of public instruction seems impos. gible. The solution is fo group the country people in villages. Ran Joan News, The Man W “The man who doesn't brag about the salad dressing he can make hasn't got concelt enough to cure if his hat is amashed fn ne
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