—
FRUITS SECURED
SPRAYING.
~A0OUND
Insects are so numerous and diseas
es of trees are multiplying so rapidly
that fruit unless
checked by als
thr
tur:
they will destroy the
chemi
HAND
Avs a
WORKED BY
Mf cours 1. W
the
that
ie suffering as
in well
the ring stay
in all of the sn
large enough not to «¢
flesh enclosed. In a
animal, if not properly
flesh will
cause a constant |
sometimes causing
and slough off
gide the flesh
This should not
ring is used take
the rin
ring gently
ring are
flesh
from
ramp or
young
4 ET
aq)
goon
ors
and
points of
outside of
rings,
drog
ring is
after
turn
f '
ires
HEN'S ECONOMICAL
The f many chicken men
ia to keep far b rwyond the &00
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Utah Agrucaltural Experiment Station
show that two pens of brown leghorns
average 175 eggs per first
year, 132 tthe asecond. and 116 the
third. The experiment station
North Carolina Agricultural
reports, in a bulletin, as the
elaborate aml careful
“that for high production, weight of
eggs produced, and economy in pro
duction, pullets far outstrip hens.”
A single white Wyandotte hen at the
Maine agricultural experiment station
laid 219 eggs the first year, 162 the
second and 72 the fhird. There iz no
question that young, vigorous stock
the best to keep. Hens get lazy with
age, and turn their fat in
stead of eggs. Kill even ar
a sacrifice, They worth
sir rations after the firs
AGE
tendency
hens
fowl the
of the
College
resuit of
experiments
into
them off
are seldom
mount
food
KEEPING LITTLE CHICKS
HEALTHY
The first day the little chicks make
their exit from the shell thay
want nothing but warmth, The
ond day boll a fresh egg and crumble
the yellow part of it for the little
chirpors.
This feed can be confinued about
five days, then soak whole wheat bread
in skimmed milk, squeezed dry and
erumbled, For the next few days give
fine cracked graln, principally wheat
and oat meal, and seeds, fod In litter
or chaff. During the day they should
will
He
given what
[ soft food
crumbly
they will eat up clean
which should be dry and
Skfmi milk and cottage
cheese are valuable foods. To ri
} fully you must keep
clean, busy,
1ise
chickens HCCEeRE
hungry
growing
TO DEVEI OP LARGE PEACH
Thinning fruit upon peach trees
i larg:
two
WHAT GIVES
a 3 acid
France's Educated Farmers.
In France, as in
agriculture engages
Lie Ipuiation
of Roville
near
V
Institute
Dombasle
training
training
schools, irough
jonal Inst
1 itted that the
peasant” means
more than a farmer of
nation When the French
ea from the institute he ‘a
but an educated
make the most of the
BOTs
man who
samaliowt
He knows familiarly all
farm. animate and inanl
also all objects, organic and in
He is fully
of soll
life on the
organic. equipped to
wealth from smallest
Through him understand
combined wealth of
French peasantry. Were such a sys.
tem in and compulsory ‘n
America, forty million farm workers
would be elevated from a homely and
commonplace existence to an educatad
create the
means we
the vast the
vogue
ften worked in the most
humdrum manner,
mere living per family,
mortgaged beyond
Harper's Weekly
ignorant
producing a
and generally
its present wortl
An Italian Brigand’'s Horse.
Among South
their horses are
officers of the
Italian brigands
taught to
law During
at Rana Bucea, in which the
brigand Mirto was killed, the gen-
darmerie was amazed by the furiovs
behavior of horse, which lashed
out on all sides, and succeeded in
injuring one of the officers On In
quiry afterward among the prisoners
taken it was ascertained that the
horse had been trained to behave In
thig way by being repeatedly flogged
until he kicked one of the brigands,
dressed as a carabineer, approaching
The horse at last became such
an adept that he might be relied npon
to kick and rear furiously as the
mere sight of a uniform,
even
realist tho
the en
counter
his
WOMAN MORE SUREFOOTED,
Is a woman more steady on her feet
than a man, and can she distance him
in getting over dangerous places? An
3 Fox River Valley
ek seems fo aptly
#vent in the during
the last we illustrate
woman's agi and one of
the old o
hen boys
devious paths
During
1 the moving
alone.”
+} 4
areatened
ona hand on
fidren £
ive them fregt
er agses to coma
tor is sent to find
persuade her to
it is a pecullar fact
teachers in a mother’s school
highest death rate among
found in that France
the *etter butter # from
cremm to the
Comes
RAYS
that the
bables Is
part of where
“The
iniries”
om
people send the
he says, “and fe
skim milk.” The
trict are teaching the
mord of the bables ond
butter,
i their bables on the
in that dis
mothers Yo think
schools
sd
ue
iegz of
WILHELMINA'S SHOES
TIGHT
According to the opinion
by a Philadelphia traveler
mina, Queen of Holland
longer write it “Little Withelmina"
is said to be growing "
exnragped
Wilhel
one
‘very plain.” but
of very “human” qualities in
of this this same traveler tells a sory
which presents her in a pleasing lHzht
It seems that a certain famous London
photographer had been for to
take the Queen's picture. tl was
second such commission he had re
ceived from Amsterdam. When the
sitting was over and the plates had
been developed Wilhelmina sald de
lHghtadly:
“Why, this is a much better picture
of me than you took before
why that ia?”
“Your Majesty has now a more
cheerful expression.” ventured the ar
tist. “Perhaps that is what makes the
differences.”
“And I know why that should bave
been #0.” added the Queen, instantly
“The last time you were here, 1 re
member | had on very tight boots
How can any one look chearful when
her feet are being pinched. —Philadel
phia Press,
sent
the
BECOMING AND NEW RINGER
Rings and thelr suitability fo the
hands that wear them Is just nev
the subject of serious preocenpation in
Paris artistic circles, for fashion has
sent forth the edict that they must in
future be adapted to the wearer's spe
clal shape and color of hed, and no
longer be worn merely bocause they
are beautiful and costly articles of
luxury.
It 1s a fact remarked very frequently
t¥at some very prefty rings appear
Wranealy anil of nlens An snsia Sends
and that the colors of the various
gems do not always appear to adapt
and coloring
adorn In conse
French
themselves to the shaps
of the person they
artists
and de
He
language and
shortcomings A
« {1 a special duty to col
f h
holce
production,
words and dis
made part
should soon
mistake in the sound «
¢ and in Its
words; if voice
tion otf
ro were
right pronunci
& training we
» an intelligent and
people Unchecked
lv bark
musically
shal
we
ASHION'S FRILLS ARD FANCIES
is a favorite
Straw
seementerie is a (iimming
in straw de
newest and
Button roses
the
orate
toques bon
White is destined to retain during
Year.
Spangled and bead effects are con
Floral buckles for evening gown
garniture represent a Parisian novelty.
Ostrich feathers are finished with a
of geld or silver in ornate de
sign, oftentimes studded with colored
stoned,
Gooseberry green and old rose
leading shades in millinery.
Oyster white is a {Int in pongee that
is much admired
Chiffon and lace coats are somewhat
shorter this season than last,
For bridesmaids, beautiful and cost
ly gowns will be fashiondd of hand em.
broidered nets and handkerchief lin
"a
Suits of
will he
are
white embroidered pique
worn next Sammer
Val lace ia promised pronounced vo
gue as garniture for Summer dresses
the new laces
The shepherdess hat remains popu
lar,
The Tall Missourians,
Missourians are sald te be the tall
ewt men, on the average, in the world, |
They average, it is asserled § foot |
9 inches ~~Kansas City Journal. |
A Winter Rainbow.
In Siberia a winter rainbow some
times lasts all day. It is caused by |
fine particles of snow ssspended ia |
the air
SEALING
canning
FRUIT CANS
fruit
ad 4
HIIOWe
WHEN BOILING VEGETA
When bi
water
tat }
Ai
vege
» 4 Foon
OR remein Her
somewhere
ertain
keeping
was
nd a worse kind
paper
had entrusted to his
would at once say that it a very
poor sort of a lawyer
of dressmaker who didn’t keep
i in a more
remember
of their client's belongings
! And yet
AWAY
1sinesslike wi
last
that
able to find since!
numbers of teings ¥¢
rid
t things year
when you cleaned house
have no
Think of the
find ev: ry time lean house;
had forgotten that
sessed! This speaks for itself, and mn
home can be run without friction un
til busines: methods are applied to
machinery of that home. Then will
there be no ‘white slaves,” no
“Ameri among house
you put
vou
been
you
es you you pos
more
more anitis.”
wives
ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE
A compartive noveily in portieres
is one made of denim with border of
applique leather.
Curtains of Arabian and Cluny lace
retain the which they have
enjoyed for some time past
prestige
is the filet
drapery, the
beyond the
most wealthy
the leader
handsome
puts ft
but the
In curtains
[talienne, a
of which
reach of any
householders
Oat
A pretty fancy in the form of a bon.
bon dish is a Japanese design in
bisque or porcelain representing a
young girl carrying a basket in either
hand. Each of the receptables is G11
ed with bonbons,
A new kind of orange knife has
made its appearance this sppring. It
has a hook of barb at the end of the
back blade whi®h prevents ils pene-
trating beyond a certain depth of the
rio, which is more easily rémoved
than with the ordinary knife. The
reverse slde of this knife Is a regular
blade, !
THE KEYSIONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in)
Short Order.
noned be-
fealth and
n failing
> at
Ix i
men resent
the State mn \ arious boards of
frustecs
The
has compiled a statement making com
parison of the business done by the
two Auditor Generals in thet
respective terms to show the greal
nerease in the State's revenues Major
McCauley, in 1868, succeeded to a
balance of $4.557.185.04. He collected
in the three vears of his terms $40.
400,501.47, which was considered phe
nomenal, and paid out $32.680.37093
the largest up to that time in the ns
tory of the State. When he left office
he turned over to Mr. Hardenbergh
in 1001. a balance of $11,341,300.00. In
three years Auditor General Harden.
bergh = collected $50,275.04208. and
paid out $24.154.00084, retiring with &
balance of $16,£56,31008 in othe
words, Auditor General Hardenbergh
began business with $6,784, 115.15 more
than his predecessor, collected $0,784.
540.61 more, paid out $11,405.61001
more, and closed with $5,215010.8¢
more of a balance
At the burning Locust Gap colliery
Shamokin, several heavy internal ex
plosions occurred, flames and war
shooting from the openings. No dam.
age was done to the surface. Supers
intendent 1’. F. Brennan directed al
persons living in houses close by to
vacate, as a cave-in is feared,
W. W. Kehoe, Philadelphia, and
William Titus, of Lancaster, Pennsyl
vania Railroad employees, were held
up by footpads on the Lancaster cut
off while going West on their train,
The robbers at revolvers’ point com.
pelled the trainmen to give up their
watches and $15. .
Auditor General's Departmen!
ast