WHEN SHEEP SHOULD HAVE WATER. The idea that sheep in pasture need no water except what they get from feeding on grass wet with dew, 15 a most erroneous one. is itself succulent, sheep at pasture may sometimes any water, But during midsummer there are many nights when no dew falls and when the grass is itself parched so that there is little succulenee in it, round, hard lumps, just as it is in winter, ter. be kept in the same with chickens. Many poultry breeders, who should have known better, have tried the experiment only to find that the inevitable result was fatlure Ducks and geese are extremely filthy, and chickens that are compelled to oc- cupy sickly, Turkeys are quarrelsome and worry impossible to 1 «3 . the chickens so that it is the two in the get good results from same yards. If a combination of all is desired sep- arate them, and do not let the one tres- pass on the grounds of the other Of course, ducks and kept together, as th ature cal, but chickéns wi when housed or Home and Farm. geese may be TRIMMED SHRUBS. The present “faddy” way of trimming in shrubs closely is destructive to beauty and grace certain varieties Forsythia, for exam when allowed to develop naturally is a veritable “sun- burst” he the ¢ of ple pie, S of color when abl sheared shrub is a sorry. thing. without same is spiraes well pla character © trie of f of 61 CABBAGES AS STOCK FOOD. The « } as food for S$ stong in two that alue of the stock may be summed up ; points, the large Brown upon an a culency, which ing food easily digested. But it strong soil and good cultiv not keep well for winter use ur be frozen until spring, ar even then having but a while if stumps and any decaved arc fad it is almost i it imparting the milk and unless three weeks regards Johnse mated seven! about the san Ol cake, amount Te Ot sO} NnaxKes it requires where 1t will nt SHUTT season, i £0 + img vs stile inc 1 impleasant ; and 120 pounds he ba 1 fodder and a limite The Cultivator. NABLE WAY TO INTRO- i es QUEENS will at rove suc. metho# and it a hive to and under all cond l. Last year 1 y I never saw proved quite a success hich you with to introduce a new queen, take out about four capped brood with all the adhering bees and put them into an empty hive. Be sire to leave the old queen in the did hive. Place on top of the frames of the new hive your queen cage containmg the himes tried advocated Go to which frames tract the entrance to about one incn or three days and accept her all right. After sig commences to lay nicely, go © be taken out, frames and all, and placed into the new hive. They will most al- ways unite peaceably. The aylvantages of this method are keeps on laying while the young one is hostile to the young queen and kill her, you still have the old one left. | intro- i‘uced thirty queens in this way last year and was successful with twemy-eight of them.~€. G. Herman in New England Homestead, PREVENTING ANNOYANCE FROM FLIES. During the hot months of July, Au- gust and September, flies cause great cattle and work horses. If the entire neighborhood would co-operate in keep- ing swamps drained and premises clean the fly pests would not be so bad. Of course, in new countries, flies breed in Praicie grass, particularly marshy lands {ere they cannot be controlled so read- ily. The covering of work animals is of considerable advantage, but this does not help much when ies are ver numerous. With dairy cattle and stoc not at work, pos:ibly one of the best methods of preventing loss is to k them in dark stables during the heat of the day. Flies will not go into dark places, In order to note the effect of flies on milch cows, Professor W, L. Carlisle, of Wisconsin experiment station, divided fourteen cows into two lots about equal in every respect. During the daytime one fot was kept in a small paddock, having }an abundance of shade. The other lot | was placed in a comfortable stable pro | vided with screen doors and windows { The lot in the paddock were on the mpve I constantly hghiting flies, while the others { in the stable were suffering no annoy | ce: Comparing the result from the standpoint of milk and butter, it was { shown that the cows protected from flies produced twenty per cent more butter | than those in the open lot. | In several tests made on an lowa dairy farm it was found practicable to keep the cows in a dark stable and discard screens. The cows thus stabled were i practically free from flies and gave more i milk than those left out of doors. The | cows were allowed to run in the pas ture during the night and early morn. | ing and required but little supplementary feed If it is impracticable to use screens or to darken a stable, the next best thing to do is to apply some repellent to the skin. A number of these are on the market and many of them will last twe As a rule two applications, a week are sufficient The compound, whatever it may be should be rubbed on the flanks, legs, the base of the horns { or three days after applying necks and about { or any spots where flies are most annoy [his should not be neglected. Of | course, with large herds of fattening cattle, the application of a compound of this character is rather difficult, but most | of them can be put on with a small spray pump. If the cat driven slowly through a narrow passage, the entire herd can be sprayed in a ery short time { Dairy cows, work horses and any stock kept in the stable can be casily treated } - American Agriculturalist, i Ing ng 1 ttie are PREVENTING ANIMAL DIS- EASES. Sum winter mer and diseases of ani- mals as well as of human beings can be prevented in many cases { ligent gienic by a little intel- application of sanitary knowledge | disease of filth and and hy- Swine cholera is a improper feeding Give the hogs all the blood heating foods hot ' or later they may can devour in weather, and sooner down the come with +} hes! witali the cholera. Likewise feed grain diet simple causes i Hi CATCICssniess in start the whole trouble. prevented largely y keeping the places day and summer nourishing fresh water an and hair if nece filth and 11 1 AT ey il, by catering to posal every th Nese precautions cleaning very of He dirt le the quarters of the nd watch carefully show first e treated separately acc the $ ling home method, or by who He “ A o? § 4 specially of st matiers, 2 dose of some nple medi and stimulate the put animals condition. The f such complaints closely, Contagion in } checked at outset 1s not safe to leave with the flock any inimal that signs weakness, pishness or sickness. Separate the though it stomach clean the blood digestive organs will into their normal the uid be watched way may the shows of "ey 1tmal we immediately, nothing but common rouble or a slight fever. It is always best to keep on side.—~E, P Smith : Americon Cultiveotor. even the safe SHORT AND USEFUL POINTERS. A bard-milking cow cannot be called st-class, Use judgment in these hot days. The fat and sleek good dairy animal Test your cows and find out which ones ‘pay their board.” Sudden changes in feed will cause the {| milk supply to shrink fir cow is not always a The work of cleaning the dairy uten- sils should never be done clovenly. | Always have a sufficient variety of | food to kesp th: hens in good appetite { When milk is churned at too high a temperature the butter will be greasy. If your cow has a swollen teat equa parts of lobelia and glycerine will heip it, There will be little complaint of the odor of the milk if it is kept perfectly clean. You are always careful how you han- die the egg; well, handle the fruit the same way. In a great many sections cow peas are being known under a new namne-—soil renovators, Get the milk from the barn to a cool, well-ventilated place as soon as poseible after milking. Every farmer should have an ideal farm in his mind's eye and then try to bring his farm up to it. The wholesomeness of strawberries is not generally understood. Farmers should grow more of them, “Cob” horses are getting to be quite the rage. Dealers claim that four of every five buyers are after this class of horse. | Tron't try to milk and tell yams m the same time. You are apt to pay more attention to the story than you are to tha milling ances A THIRD PERSON'S VIEW. “Visiting about, as 1 do every sum- remarked a popular woman to a on an eastern paper, “l cannot help being struck by certain faglts of manner, and, 1 might almost say, breed. ing, which are common among He nicest people, who would be the first to detect criticise such solecisms in others, habit is talking with each other to make conversation at the table, instead the guest. This is very common, and reat. ly astomiched if they thought I referred to them. It 1s generally done with the idea of amusing the visitor, no doubt, MRS. SCHWAB'S AMBITION. Mrs. Carrie M. Schwab, wife of the | steel trust man, has a great fondness for traveling on railroad trains. When Mr, Schwab was younger and did not make $1,000,000 a year, Mrs, Schwab often ex pressed the wish to be able have a special car and ride all she pleased. It with satisfaction that Mr. Schwab says he bas felt able to put a private car at his wife's disposal tor the past year, and able to do so as long as she may want it, to 15 quiet hopes to be THREE SISTERS OWN A FISH FARM sisters, the Misses Roxa, | Alice Adams. of [llinois, rictors of a prosperous “fish where they raise goldfish for the market im Chicago. One of the most interesting features of the farm 1 rearing of paradise fish, often called fish,” which belong to the nest The work of caring for t and well adapted t of the fish are kept hl th xin ie 1a 1 INCIOS~ Three and Pp the “silver building building CL ¢ va- hsh the THE PLATE-SHAPED HAT. 3f folds of white plercing is made wo black quills s cut right away with a large © 0" tutie, D the at the brim, whi and filled PABRICS WOVEN BY SPIDERS unong quisite linens; nd for ried «AG i © Liv that by colleges 18 = read day by female bachelors ling iready one doctor is a woman. aud one-twenty of al! the preachers are women eighth of the college professors’ chairs are now filled by women, while one jour. salist out of every twenty is a woman, In telegraphy and clerking women show sans of yet taking the whole field While such facts are multiplying, it is roterious that the marriage rate is stead ly falling. The whole face of society ap- pears to be changing, for the woman with a diploma is not looking for a hus- band. She is a bachelor.—~Hoston Her old. w Eve Frits FASHIONS IN PARASOLS. Summer parasols are even more elab- orate than those that are turned out for spring wear, and with the craze for lace that 13 so omnipresent this season it is not remarkable" that the parasols share in the fate of everything else. There are parusols made entirely of white lace or bleck lace, or accordion pleated net or chiffon with applique or lace, of silk with lace applique, or with ruffles of tulle edged with lacg—all looking very “fluff. fy” and attractive. Also there are para. sods of plain colors in silk and all the delicate shades. with either white of delicately tinted wood handles, finished | with china figures or queer designs in enamel. The fact is, these parasols give | a very wdividual touch and finish to the smart frocks intended for midsummer | wear, and in that lies their value FHM. | per's Bazar, A YOUNG WOMAN'S BRIGHT IDEA. Here ia something the young woman | who Itkes to be original has done. She | invesied the other day in ane of those pretty little silk fans set in lacquer frames. That will be her theater or roof garden or wherever she may go this summer, fan. But she wished it .{fer- ent trom any other fan that could he purchased. Kontequent , in pursuance of a bright wea, she confided to an amin. ble brother, who took it to the family laundryman for autographs, laundry marks, or whatever might be pat upon them. She designated t aces for the heiroglyphics, and John Chinaman did the rest. When the fan came back to her it looked, she said, as if the marks grew on it. They look as much a part of it as the original dager, and all her irl friends are wild vith envy and can't magine where the girl bought this at. tractive fan, when all their efforts fail to find anything like it,~New York Times on the part of the mistress or master of house. People should make it a rule criticise each other's actions before a guest. A third person is always made uncomfortable by it, and feels almost as if he himself were included in the repri- mand. But what is called ‘nagging’ be- tvoeen husband and wife, is the worst of ail. 1 know a couple who are otherwise perfectly charming, and who are really extremely fond of cach other, but who «0 continually squabbling and wrang- hat | stopped going there for to other reason. [| simply cannot stand i too depressing!’ af art fm t have it i 1 id i HE PRICE OF FEMININE FOLLY Consul-General Gowdy says: “I have riast finished calculating the exports from Firis to the United States for the fiscal Phere 1s an increase of $31,280,303 Half the total exports from France go from Paris. There 1s an greater the imports from the United , the increase dur ing the last year being $22,000,000 Our largest are things pertaining hair included. During the year we bought $200,000 worth of perfumery, $54.000 worth of corsets, $200,000 worth of vanilla, over $600,000 worth of dress d $730,000 of jewelry. 0,000 was paid for human hair, bought over $1,000 we of wi yCar. = 1. cover last year even increase in State France to ladies’ dre &8, purchases worth rt ly ial fps of » » 1a Paix are mucl i her example © University arvar Eeovse was : wd § Te 4 FINE and Was Not « i: 2u Miter nly designed : ‘ i of aelans ie y asad some prejudice gave the and later of the Atlanta Expositi eff Ihe New the ! thorgh are provi directions building f steel con- Tribune, omen of the Far East probabil of what they owe Confuciu otherwise the wwl execrations at his memory. day. perhaps, Western ideas will to ferment in their brains took centuries for Confucian doc- ies to affect really the status of wo- men In China there was once a good time when women had much to say about things in general, and were al i It seems there was even tie reainizaticn lowed to say it Many old poems tell us that the by them to feverish heights of poetic execution, There are Chinese love vcems which in their fervor, devotion and beauty of conceit are outdone by none in our language The Chinese consider our idea of wo- man's position more monstrous even than we do theirs. Undoubtedly, the pivot of a Western man's life is his wife and the home which they mutually cre- ste. In China the man’s entire devotion is concentrated on his parents and his millions of progenitors. He marries that be may have sons to do the same for hin, Daughters are a necessary evil. With the time of her life’ before she 1s twen- ty-five. While we do not attach actval disgrace to growing old, it 1s often in- sinttated that some of us are apt to for. Why: Be- that a post, conceded one. Can we realize then, that there are women in the world who would lixs wo have some of our discarded birthdays to add to their own? All through her vouth the Chinese woman looks eagerl forward to the time when her hair shall begin to turn gray, and her sons marry amd] bring daughters-in-law to the house, Until that time arrives she ik nobody; but when she 1s at last a mother-in-law she comes in jor her | delayed share of Confician benefits. She has the pleasure of fecelving the servile subjec. tion of her new daughters, and often takes a certain joy in making them as miserable as her own mother-in-law had made her. While she is still subject to her husband, her children are bound to make her life easy until she dies. We cannot take exception to the tendency of such a custom; we can only wish that it was balanced by others that would bet. tor the position of the Chinese wires, an | | dusslee’s Magosine. inations of Lawysrs, Many men even successful members a good lawyer, it is better to make the conditions of admission easy and thus allow the fittest of the lot survive, This sentiment has been less since the American Association took up vig orously the work of raising the stand ards of legal education Many good anecdotes are told of the old tests able Southern lawyer still living good about his examination Reverdy Johnson, one of the greatest lawyers of the last century. Mr, John son knew the young man, but appar ently he did not allow his to influence the He asked one or questions as easy as $m} » 1 ” alphabet or the multiphecation ta 10 dar has a story Case two acn very severely demanded : all, “Young n brandy “1 think | “There, + can yot jtlep *"* can, reply pomting we ingredient let do The candidate finest tou me can approa amt] used selection in ping it he presented ht Compo fF 11 where, ing ivers, there iing of stream ne between “lorida ds and ow ndidate present udge ar piatle facts details of new proiems The raising of the standard means impr f Philadelphia the vernent y- isms Wanted Toasted Ice Cream. Apparently if a man in this ¢ his of frozen solid and heads produc wn likes ice CJeam is an Yariely aly d { £4 #3 s 4a § OJ eCt « CUTIOs ie OF went int a WOwWhiown restau wiped he i it on the « sometiung and | | TY au stied ye Then came th rietor. The patron forestalled hi I always eat it toast- ed.” he “hen came the waiters for a look at a new specs of freak and kst came the ice cream as be It's mighty strange.” said the y« woman who makes change. “that a can't get ice cream cooked if that way, and has to be treated curio because he orders it That's the trouble with this town. It can’t mind its own business.” New York Commercial Adpernser. iid as could Hats Designed For Horse Wear, most in the light of a novelty, is the headwear for a horse. During the past weather. kind of X makeshift straw arrangement on their horses’ heads, but these have been rather ridicuious-iooking. and nat- heavier work horses. hts have been brought out designed es- pecially for horse wear. The majoraty of these have been of a cheap character, usually retailing for twenty-five cents the trinwning consists of a cheap red handing. Holes for the ears differentia- ted these from somewhat similar hats meant for bathing purposes. An im- provement has recently been made, how. ever, and to-day some really very nice hats, to retail for about §1, are brought out for a better class Of wse~Dry Goods Economist, Fishhawks Nestige on 'Phone Wires. A fishhawk has found a new use for the wires and pales of the long distance telephone line recently built throughout Kent county. Almbst directly above the public roadway the hawks have built their nest. The birds have done their work with consummate skill. Large sticks are carefully laid across the tele: phone wires and on the top of the pole, and with these as a foundation the big nest has been made. The firshhawk us. ually places his nest in a large tree which stands on some prominent point in a field or nook.~Baltimore Sun. "cpr w suspected in Japan that fleas hh responsible as rats for the bubonic plague 1 that at American boys are read. oks than they used to, They away from the new his- torical novel in Nebraska gives the whithyres exibition the pa- inalienable of t A new law tron of i right hide before they pay for the beef, butcher hot sNops demand the ne t the lock step has been aban- New York prison the fidence s that he can 1 ii 5 ALY out 1:1 LF pend ary hik ger ia cman. volatile and there that revo- the ne Srprise or intrigues many. medium of com- | munca tic the necessities of | republic government. The absenc newspapers in the North, | American pioneer day was compensated in a measure by the town meeting. There | is no such thing in Venezuela. There is | no means by which the people can keep informed of the doings of their Govern. 3 Common that meets ~ WF fms Ol | mnt.” In contrast to the rage over the auto- mobile and the predichon of the croak- ers that the horse must in consequence soon become extinct, is the fact that the horse show is on the increase. Many | proviacial cities, small towns and ob- scure summer resoris have this year held their first Horse Show and, with such success that in nearly every case the | function promises to become a fixture, If it be true that all interes? is centered {in fhe amtomobiles these days, why should many First Hor Shows be taking place, and why, still wore, shonld they Ed fair to become permanent? The | answer that both the horse and the Hors Show have but reached the small places, {and that some decades bance it will be | the turn of the auto there, is hardly fair, | The anto has already fixed itself firmly | in many small towns—astonishingly $0, | m proportion to the number of inhabi- | tants. The truth is—and these many First Horse Shows seem to prove it there's room both for the horse and auto in this world. They can be run won not conflicting but parallel lines, states the New York Swan, Relics of 2 Sultan, Some of the costly things in the sul- tan's treasure house at Constantinople are children’s cradles of pure gold inlaid with precious stones, divans covered with cloth of gold embroidered with pearls, suits of mail thickly encrusted , with big emeralds and diamonds, and other relics of former Ottoman splen- dor. What is one man's loss is another man's gain, except in the case of reputa Hon -
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