we Wa
“ a,
CARE OF THE
No single feature in
in town or country, is
thar a smooth grass
secured, its care is comparatively |
simpie. The services of the lawn |
mower once a week in early summer |
and not quite to often later in |
1.AWN,
the lawn, be it]
more desirable
surface. This |
season will keep it always verdant,
Well kept and shrubbery are|
valuable accessories, their arrange |
ment and having more do |
with the general effect than the
No 1
veranda can
Virginian creeper,
in
iful
vines
training to
varie.
more desirable
be found
ry for the
native
rapid
our
grower
the
autumn most
takes on
> aes ™
ra 1
his plant is too of
tt ivy, a mistake
he
is entirely unnecessary if it be
mbered that the leaf
are always ranged
three, 1
founded with poison
of the
in
the
rmiess one are uickly
icate
annual
sniff
ring an arbor
foliage the wild
which
COV
COMES Un av
seed, is
SOWD A
and
adapt
there be
rambler
other flowering
themselves
at least
among the trees
fer prote
son rose
to
two
rgreens
ing too
It requi
AWAY
reg
half
nail
ur igor
Most er
the half-
them
the
form
of
io
The : irally blooms
ay other
florists
us varieties
forcing. Th
obligatory
to half the
soon as the June
faded, and then fer
A new growth of leaves
and if the |
from ti to
flowers through
as
prune
heavily
speedily appears,
fertilizer is
time a au m of
summer and autu
scattered over
mp
renewed me
: O8ai(
mn 8
Hebore }
end to
enemies
will put an
common
L. Putnam, in Agri-|
two
Bessie
LICE DESTROYERS
a question is asked
"How I 2
tried at all
7 old farmers
have killed
Can et
moat
deaths
and
the li
some
others
in case
the animal
to a
tual.
Kerosene in
for all and
delicates calves:
Some
and
for
down
fe
of calves been a
also. 1 have boiled
treatment and
close ¢
simple ef.
oil a cyclone sprayer
hogs, for young or
Put in sprayer first a
kerosene and then the same
amount of boiling water. Thus
diluted it may be liberally applied to!
the youngest calf, and with the very |
fine vapor this sprayer throws it will
not harm the skin while it will finish |
the line. A pint of kerosene will go
over twenty head of stock in a
thorough manner, and the work can be
done in less than twenty minntes, |
One minute to an animal and a large |
spoonful of oll as often as need be |
will keep them clean. If you have no |
&prayer the best substitute I know of |
cattle
Hite
Is to make a kerosene emulsion ars |
apply with a brush or sponge. I know
of no better emulsion than the fol |
lowing: Dissolve one quart of soft |
soap in two quarts of boiling water. |
Remove from fire and while still boil- |
ing hot, aM one pint of Kerosono, and
immediately agitate with a pump,
pumping it back into itself. In two
or three minutes the emulsion will be
perfect. In using, dilute with an
equal amount of water. If a pump |
is not available very good results can
be attained by making a plunger simi-
lar to an old fashioned upand-dows
churn dasher, horing a lot of three
eighths or one-half inch holes through
a board head, which Is fastened to a
handle one foot or more long, and
rapidly plunging it up and down in a
pail containing the ingredients, so
foreing the liquid rapidly through the
holes,
This is safely applied in liberal
quantity, and will both clean out the
and leave the skin and hair in
fine condition. But with an external
treatment I would also feed sulphur
frequently in the grain —A. J. H., in
American Cultivator,
lice
RAISING LITTLE CHICKENS.
The best results that have ever
had i little chickens were
had wheat bread soaked
dry and fed
day or two
this was sup
with fine ked grain,
wheat and oatmeal. [I be
lieve that a la ety reds and
fine grain iz an adv: ge. They can
ba purchased in quantities of poultry.
mix to
combina
wea
in raising
when
skim-milk
for
next
ed
we
squeezed
the first
few days
For the
plemented Cra¢
principally
e va
of
houses and a re made
suit ‘onditions
tions of th
3
the
market whi have very
sunded
4
foods than
valuabl« had well-gr
suspic good deal
these
that a
into
really necessary
Ons more
it
i=
All grain
wher
four
quite liberally
America
TABLE SCR
I try to fe
Bra
month,
PS FOR
to a flock
POULTRY
products
THE DAIRY COW
In a study of
+1 "ut
dairy t
dairy cows at
it
ne station
was found
Com
i
produced
ype, pared
type,
cow 134 pounds
pounds milk;
in butter and
more
¢
fit
n inced mill
procuced miik
i
and butte
more pr
in mill
hundred
per pound
WEIGHT OF FLEECE
Every season weight
increases. A t for 45
is now
for
merino
the
weigh
reported
ram 4
a65
the fleece
old. The
growth
ould be
fleece
Heavy
washed be
years
was for
fleeces,
fore
rt
cases the
half t
days’
however, sh
weighing rease
add to the i
weight of the fleece is
of the body.
ang
me
one
1%
al
hat
NEED BONE FOOD.
Young and growing
which
animals require
make bone and
rather than fat, In a majority
cases, it is injurious to heavily
4 young animal with fat. excent
when it is to go to the butcher, as it:
growth will be checked, and the risks
of creased.
will
muscle
of
load
Ai aon a {ry
Gisease in
DEPLETE SOIL. FERTILITY
Continuous wheat growing after
grains or cultivated crops tend to «
plete soil fertility. This is especially
noted in the decrease of the organi
magter in the soil
de
To Victoria Vyanza by Rail.
From the coast the road climbed
steadily ascending more than six thou
san] feet in the first three hundrod
miles. There were no settlement:
iron shanties and tents
marked the railway: telegraph and
construction posts, and little clusters
of native huts ani a bungalow or
miles apart
showed where the white trader ot
The plateaus held huge pos
sibilities for grazing and farming
But on the surface of things the
ralilway was little more than a re
markable missionary enterprise and a
wedge in empire-buliding. The heart
of Africa seemed as it had alwaye
heen, Thousands of antelops and
zebra grazed within sight and exsy
range of the trains. Ostriches acted
as pacemakers and sped beside the
car windows, almost within reach of
the outstretched hand. Steinbock
and gazelles joined in the amusement,
and big game could be killed from a
passenger coach.~A, B., Lueder In
The World's Work.
In Germany 60,000 persons are em.
ployed in making musical fnstru
ments,
A WOMAN MINER.
Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Dunn have
thus far had the reputation of being
be vnly women miners in this part
of the State. Mra. Nowlen operated
#t Twin lakes and died
Vista. The last heard of
was that she was still at
trying to find the mine
derful vision. But not
other woman miner came
strong of muscle and
nerve, who can put in a
than many men
has been
Valley smelter,
near the North
St. Kevin Mountain, and
month ago he decided to go
them and prospect
He took his w
two are doing
the tunnel which
at
Mrs, Dunn
wWol-
an-
of her
long ago
upon
steady
better
Joseph
scene,
of
day's work
Dabric, who
the Atlantic
some claims
employed at
located
End of
about a
out to
the
on
Fred
Kevin a
the
very
with him, ar
work
was started
Warren irove over to St
few and discovered
They
whic
th 101th f the
days
curious pair
rude cabin,
few feet from
nel The tunnel if
forty or fifty feet in
swings the hammer while
and Warren says tha
ago
made a
A very
tun
located
aer
)
The
garbage
capin
Promis
mixom
fin ay
un
operation
I
land dog
COMB
The
the ca
DRIES
deligl
by tha
just
her crowning
fs ivy
isi §
her
of drying
a bath in
some Jadies
around idly
y Baie
their hair
the
are
for
many
hanging
There
devices operati
but th pars on }
ways been
iy all of
quickly, 1A%
rather elaborate,
Ho »
them ne
And near
the use
of whi
ecagitated
a lamp presence has al
Ways regarded as a menace, as
there is always a possibil it
ing the hair from f(t
A new an extremely
ple construction and which |
be very effective
brought t for
a comb which heated on the
principle of Japanese pocket
stove, which has been in general and
common use for some time, designed
the
heen
device of
$
ou thia
is itself
the
hands warm. The comb has a tubu
this
fuel,
is designed to
such as punk.
slowly and gives off
heat. The latter soon heats
metal of the comb, and as the teeth
are drawn through the hair imparts
a heat which drives out the moisture
CAIrTY A rod
which
of
to do any great damage to the hair
Philadelphia
TABLE MANNERS.
a fork. So, too, are croquettes, pud.
not to soft, ice cream, and
the numerous made dishes. A steel
knife should never touch fish.
been provided. Little silver “push.
ers,” to take the place of the bread
fork are now sold for the use of
children. It is now well understood
in this country that English people eat
a bolled egg out of the shell, and con.
sider it barbarous to take it out into
& cup. If one prefers the latter pro.
cess, one must perform it with an
egg or teaspoon, never with a knife.
Neither should the latter be dipped
in the salt and tapped with a fork 4n
such a way as to scatter the condi
ment over the food. This is thought
10 be mad garm, as Is all wholesale
4
preparation of the food on one's plate
such as cutting up all
at once, or mixing butter
through an entire potato.
one's meat
and salt
Salt should
and each mouthful should be flavored
separately —The Household Ledger.
SBLAVES TO THEIR HATS
“Women of today seem to be slaves
their hats,” observed the artistic
woman. “They lunch in thelr hats
come in to tea in their hats, and even
{
hemselves
to
have photographed
hats,
and
in
theatre
evening dres
of long
peration,
headgear
spite
they retaining
What
for
satinfas
it for
do finding out
hat is u
part of a
is almost
ea
tory woman's costume, anl
imposib to get a
posing
every ha
work of
0 clever
ure
has
Eve!
FANCY
Some
amit
at, par
ni
grandmother;
reached
a 35 hi
Ces a double
MIYSICAL CULTURE
Woman an
greatly
physical cultus his
mean
graceful
have the fidgoty wigg!
mean that
and cover
that you
that you
You will
ip
solid, healthy, tissue,
to 20 to a good
In a few lessons
get a lot of apiendid ideas
Record-Herald
Brow musclos
with
would
your bones
It
$
you structor
in
WOrK you ox
Ch
pies
Prosperous China.
Mr Minor Mickle, an engineer
D
i
i
i
to the Shanghai Times an account
of the people In the interior of Hunan
which represents them as anything
but such starved ani surly wretches
the Chinese at home are some
“All along this line.’
Mickle, “we have found
in most friendly mood.
“We have not seen a single sign
of distress, although the people de
not live in affluence. There {8 no in
dication that wealth is concentrated
in the hands of the few. The peo
ple have all they need to eat and
comfortable houses to live In. As for
their rations, it is not uncommon for
writes Mr
the people
which we have brought out to us
while at work to the more appetizing
meals of fresh meats and vegetables
which we can buy in the open market
and have cooked at the nearest farm
house when midday comes.
“The people are beyond Joubt
honest. During all the time we have
been among them, passing from vil
lage to village, our baggage handled
by innumerable coolles, not an arth
cle has been found missing. Yet we
have all carried money In our bag
gage, which has been at all times
left in the hands of our personal sep
vants to pack and care for”
§
|
HOUSEHOLD.
¢ MUBHROOMS8 WITH EGGS.
It was In a very wet meadow
her pretty suburban home that | saw
near
and rubber boots, apparently looking
for something in the damp grass i
rushed downstairs eager help and
found Polly in the kitchen peeling
pumber of large mushrooms,
were placed upside down
of buttered toast in a
seasoned with butter, pepper and salt
to
Lie
pquares
hall i4
baking dish
on
and inverting a jelly tumbler
they for few
OwWY
trans
wore ooked a
in the
done
When
1
to a hot dish spr
each
moments
steam,
ferred
lemon juice and a poached
oven in thelr
they were
top of each mushro«
Ti m
The
“en in Household
an
an
dream
iream
Tribune
AWay
AST
DELICIOUS BREAKF
A delicious breakfast {«
wh
morning meal,
ornmeal puff. The
for making these puffs
Two-thirds cup
up cream, one large
eggs (preferably the |
whole wheat flour and one-half
white flour; or one cup
and one-half cup cornmeal,
teaspoonful salt.
Break the egga,
in the milk and
requ
material
is as follows
and
two
milk
m one-third
smail
latter),
one-third
the
the
placing yolks
setting whites
aside in a cool place. With a batter
whip mix the two thoroughly, ed
then slowly add the flour, beating all
the time. After all the flour has been
thus worked in, continue the whip
ping process for ten minutes (unless
enough puffs are being made to sup
ply a large number of people, when
the batter should be beaten at legst
20 minutes), using long, even strokes,
in this manner working in as much
lightness of the puffe.
Now beat the whites of the egga
fold them into the batter very gently
and quickly turn the whole into very
hot gem-rons, and bake in a very
quick oven. If the pans and oven are
not very hot, the puffs cannot be a suc
cess. After baking, let the puffs stand
at least five minutes before serving
for they are apt to be a little sticky
inside immediately upon coming from
the oven. —Pittaburg Dispatch.
A motor fan should be placed nea
an open window or other opening
where it can draw fresh alr. If in »
corner or center of a room it simply
stirs up foul air. "
THE
He stole a tart
From the baker's
“Oh, what a thi
They sent him to jail
Without any
And published
DIFFERENCE.
CATT
1” thoy
ball
it far an
He #tole some gold
(A mill
They Bald
They
With hipful
And hustled
All nu
on cold)
sot him
WO?
REVERSING TI
Willie-—Pa a
r th sa
You
until aft
Pa—Ex
comedy, my
vome first,
Fa sina
adie
case of a
chestnuls
Then the :
frost afterward. —
oe the
I ia
80ND
and the
WHY THEY Di
paper says,” remarked Mrs
“that every one of the
a dead letter.”
they are,” replied
“That is a natural se
ir being uncalled for.”
News,
THE REAL HERO
Woodby Riter--] have called about
manuscript I left with you lag!
week ———
Editor--Oh, yes:
story a “Novel
believe,
Woodby Riter—Yes,
Editor—Well, it has a hero now,
I actually read it
ED
“This
old
laws is
course the
“Of
he
ly
vou called your
Without a Hew,” 1}
phia Press.
DIDN'T PLAY FAIR
Said an indignant mother to her
young son: “Why did you strike lit
tle Elsie, you naughty boy?”
Dick, indignant in his torn, ex
claimed: “What did she want te cheat
for, them?
“How did she
mamma, more mildly.
“Why,” exclamed Dick, “we wers
playing at Adam and Eve, and she had
the apple to tempt me with, and she
never tempted me, but went and ate
it up herself.”—Tit-Bits.
cheat?” asked