JAPES IN CHICKENS, There are 80 many ramedies recom- of them said to be effective, that it | All of collect In what worm cause of the the gape immediate dying agree that gapes i3 small worms that the chicken's throat, but as causes this worm, o» how it is propa- gated from year to year, are questions that are the foundation of about as many theories as there are remedies Some ibute the gape worm to chicken lice others to allowing chic ens free access to old chip yards. The first theory ex cept that the | ens to attr Ia seams unreasonable, then turn them under. It is the surest method known of getting rid of them everything ‘now. May is the month of work, and avery farmer ha: his hands full just at this time. By start, and keeping them up to the growiag capacity of each, it will dc much to assist them in withstanding the drought which may occur. and of as it 1 to the the lice Say #38 to the oldest to ov gapes Ai that our ome had no ry. I will >» free ac this able er would if second the chickens ha chip yard in and are aot i we not aguing that old chip yards are a pre ventive for gapes? No. it would rather indicate that the vard has nothing to do with I had so many inquiries about and remady for gapes in chickens, some ago, that I went to some go of the authorities at several Experiment Sta- tions. From the rapiies I learaed that it was generally accepted that the gape ed winter as a parasite of the angle worm, and that whan kh poultry vard once got infested, about the only practical remedy was to remove the poultry to fresh grounl The chickens get the worms by eating the angle worms, If a farm never gets the gaps worm started in the ground, of course there aot be any gapes, no matter how the chip yard but if the gape worms once get a start there will gapes whether a chip yard not The will not consider whether host is or not, seem to care who is made to bear responsibility for hig ravages only thing that jeems to care is to be allowad to go on in of destruction A. J Legg, in the Epitomist the country that 1e gapes. Have ground for part of we are about the only ones othered with t reasonably good chip Bapes. the cause time to trouble views worm liv over i111 wii old 18; there is rm be or gape wi 3 Op to nor he does OUSsYy he undisturbe his onrse FARM NOTES An overfed fowl is never a well fed one. [he p work now Saturday should be general up day It Is safest to keap a lock hen house door Ducks and chickens should cupy the same houses and yards; they do not mix ¥ ullets should be doing good cleaning on the aot oc well the hens before the winter days on, After it gets so that the hens can- not get it must de pend upon you for it, and if you fail, the hens fail and that lighter pocketbook. While ewaas are lambing, the persons who care for them should be among them almost constantly night and day to prevent accidents and to help weak lambs. They should be looked at least during the night all the ewes have had their themselves they LOO, over twice until out for themselves Keep the feeding racks clean. Sheep will almost starve before they will ea! hay that has been trodden on up the flow of milk brace them up with cow's milk from a bottle with a rubber nipple. Milk regularly twice a day If a cow does not have a sufficient amount of milk to warrant this, let dry the succeeding months, as there is 2 great development of roots, plant with a quota of rootiots is able to pass through unfavorable where and a roots and aa a weaker full season one would be sures to perish. SILOS FOR CATTLE. and been Silos consent ensilage atta persons su Jave by hed ymmon to large farma are as nothing with many troublesome to Pposing that silos construct Raally, a an air t stored as well expensive i! i 31I0 {4 re than ght cham! 1 is any ki oy ev nd of gr matier that the farmer maj for feading to his stock in fodder corn is princinally used because a large quantity of that material can be more easily grown than arvthing The lage” applios mtents giio wgelable best hiak winter, but else term ‘ensi to { the of the {storehouse ) served and is On simply pre green food many large ff +} beat farms there are silos of fa purposes int make material is flest being through ensilage cutters. whi h cut it into very De tear 18 Very onsiruction, and snded The prepared as perfect for the A8 It is possible to them green by Dressed short lengths order ompactly the shorter the in and that it may be packed In The packing is done by pres when is filled any manner farms ympletely the gilo and presure is sure, the ied 33 8 $50 the eta n most feasible me heavy { § far oh weigits and stones be { for tha pur De ng use pose Jite any attempts ch, there is a slight da lage storage, lact and nerated, aad if Mf OXYEen even none of the ed in suffi » nm the ens during the aceii formed Are prodn the ensilage + 16 y injure Are0ons assert t he ensil age Is which preveats fermentatio as the h : ; prassiure soals the ail ¢ of PAYY against the At en improved, ers ready immediata admission air and mois tura he present and and Phi ladeliphia Re time silos are gold to farm Have made liae easily put for yd ENEMIES OF THE SQUASH The grayish black squash bug ie difficult to manage Gathering the and oid spring is laborious oughly done the bugs the but early in sure, {if The bugs wil thor craw! on among the vines The do aa pass through the outside of the juices, and so will not any of the poison. In a series of ex periments in the methods of preven: ing the attacks of the squash vine borer the preventivas employed were Paris greea at the rate of haif a tea spoonful to two gallons, corncobs 4 D tar and a Kerosene emul application of the Paris use of poisons will bugs, but no good fa the they nod eat their beaks caf to suck case of the do leaves, the consume The every hard rain until Septem the cobs were dipped in coal tar three weeks, All ber: threa from lice The best fs the axe Sheep, to thrive well, must be kept from all storms Often meadows a vear or two old fail to show good seeding, owing to light growth after first laying down. Splendid returns will come from sow- ing a little seed each fall on such places. | have tried it and had the satisfaction of seeing meadows thua treated grow better and better for a number of years—KE. I. V., in the sitomist. cure for aa egg eating hen WEEDS AND GRASS, 1.0t the garden vegetables be at- tended to at obhce. Tomatoes are one of the cholcest of our vegetables and they should be out as early as they ema stand it, If early ones are needed Melons require a light, sandy soll, but dt should be rich. If manure Is used on them, avoid that which has not undergone the process of heating If possible, a manure that has been made from composted materials should be uased in their cultivation, for too much green stuff tends moras to vine thaa fruit. Let the cultivator and hoe be kept going at all times during May. Keep down the grass where it is not wanted, for if it gots the start it will entall a much greater task hereafter than at first. Grass Is a tyrant when it gets the mastery, and if not desired #n a certain location becomes a nui. mance. Kill the weeds wharever you woo them. This can be done by let. ging the seedn of weeds sprout end with perhaps a little something most coavenlent The sects, but seems to repel the moth causing her to lay hor eggs elsewhere - Philadelphia Record nl APPLE TREE will aot be gen VALUE OF AN I believe that it apple treé at ten years of age would ba worth $25, that the value of the fruit from this tree will in that time have equaled $15, says Western Ex periment Report. This certainly would be a very liberal return from the one hundredth part of ma acre, especially when we consider that under ordinary circumstances this tree will increase fa value and productiveness for ten years longer at least. In planting an | orchard, the location and site need to he well considered. In regard to loca tion, it Is yet a matter of doubt if many varieties of tree fruits, except native plums, will succeed in the ex freme North. In all other localities | there need be ao hesitation for plant ing. In selecting a site an elavatad spot should probably be given prefer snce, as the flower buds are less apt to be destroyed by late spring frosts than on lower land. — I ——~ A Dream That Led to Buried Gold. Unable to resist the promptings of a second dream telling him where to dig for hidden treasure, John Stone brunner of Springfield, Ohio, found on Saturday gold coin supposed to have been buried by the French near | Beatty in 1745. Its value to collee | tors is estimated at $1,500. It will be Louis. The coins bear dates of the | eighteenth century. —Chicago Record i FASHIONS IN BEAUTY Is the type of beauty changlag? ol modish to | com- 8 It gradually becoming rather thick features, a plexion so fat as to approach the of the joy of life? Is fulness like a canker eating into our tastes and affecting our appre I ask you all these questions because of a visit [I paid long ago the | itudlo of a fashioaable protrait-paint ar, A few faces there were of the mig not to sweat in expression and neat But all the admired of women different Thare was a lady of t} features can be word flat anchanes of nose most Wire very ndead 1 lyri } whose described mly wiebrity, but and by the She is a Parla muaic-hall Lon now then with There no deny Meulty les in her partieun.ar ng her harm 1e d analyz it Ww those ng iat kind of soul looks out . . rom apparent) ifeless | gimoxt expr The nen iye3? The stolidity of wdsion is | Lumost inconceivable Hips are | those of the we ient arge, thick, and yot with if harm about ike ants Egypt some VRgue them The chia is solid me an SENSUOUS, mascull ng hin ne could and ne ni Oly the iMag that pleture her obeying any A wher of nevar smile would wonderfully But it is “REY 1g into a smile Is this tha not oming ‘ype jeems 30. Such a woman trving to self t [ have been never whout trouble her to anything and nestion sufficient reas ferstood her her WWery } any mndon TO REMEMBER. t it better Use some massages A thorou message Gentle shoul If hair : iN’ @ bia iv TT and ' head wi If in give our fay dal ¥ snd ; tha scaln m oo . air gor addi mge DRI § with palms of ours bg ii be Keen “an 1! ' lon ma we tha much more silky The eating green the drinking of p 3 4 great th After will fnieithar h nor overripe ned with water ng for a digagroeable tasks suffer if thoroughly acids if troat » reated to cold cream and Regularity in the tak ng of Soma meals would do much beautifying persons who have time to methodically he hands not leansed then “ly {with neces and wife gle Ary). whoe ward never affairs Philadelphia Record some onduct thal PRINCESSES OF THE RED CROSS Women in Japan lowest ranks tive hand in the wartime ald that for the Mikado’s soldiers in and in hospital It Is an from the highest to the ng an are tak ac work of gc ieties ntaresati sg n Harp that atl! Japasese princesses of roval blood among the members Mr. Dinwiddie is ona Weekly's apecial correspondents in the Far East, and he has had special oppor in Japan Speaking of the work the roval members of the Rad Cross, he telia of seeing, almost any day, a dozen pria- tha are enlisted if the Red Cross of the of making bandages and lint. The of tha Ladies’ Patriotic Society is no less 8 personage than Her Im- perial Highness Princess Kanin presi REST FOR WEARY MOTHERS As the health of a nuralag Infant depends (largely upon health of i8 vary essential, as hag been s%ated hefore, that no great strain, physical or mental, should be upon her, and that she should have a certain amount of rest and | diversion. To thix and it ia advisable, as early as possible. which means as sooa as the baby is well started and gaining in weight, to give | diluted cow's | It is the at the end of a month, and it is best | to give the milk quite diluted for the first two or three days, say. one part the stomach becomes accustomed to the chaage of food. — Harper's Bazar. GIRLS OF NEW ORLEANS. Poets and lovers of Now Orleans will tell you that the girl of the Southern city gots her pale, craamy complexion from the magnolias that bloom in such profusion; her grace and languid ease of motion from the thousands of wav. ing palma; the dusk of her eyes and ty of the Southera nights; her voice from the whispering of the zephyrs and the changeful song of the mock- fag bird. Much of her health, says a writer In the Nationa! Magazine, is undoubiadly owing to the fruit abe eats; oranges like globes of greenish or russet gold Into whose flavor hae entered the perfume of the most de licious flowers in the fruit world, figr which are flowers, purple without, rosy within, “watermelon” whose as refreshiog on «a day as tha draught that its crimson heart cool col summer comes frow are TELLTALE Hare is a GRAINS OF lesson that all persoas ensions should take A woman who was ipvited tos RICE pra y . 4 haar two spring hats quite good enough tc with Paris that 30 the undaunted wo 2 milliner's and affair of lace, which charged to her account. Of idea was to to the wedding and Hor admired. She glibly Cope would ne rations prevail Adele tor she had course hey OT returned the next hat Was vas gald Hi the of frienda Unfortunately she got in the way of the shower {f rice Ost a joyed her hat was The next + 3it 6 was asked to cal asd was confronted iL You wedding woman denied n "How did a §1 + Ya ell t Wear @ a inhappy ne found ses of lnc ry fashionable for wash ma 3 # og 16 neck of jackets hand sh affect held to : nen ilars embroidared Eng gether by gold links if chiffon silk Are and finished with or much with valvet tulle Yery arate wals's mul mesialine ri aven thnan % Soft plaitings are trimmings orded bhon amnng the newest Chiffon volles are ac first place The colorad great f faston nen gown 2 to be In vogue in green, blue isnmmer pale avor for mi shades, like aad ye &)- mu manva The ata, oF ow htalkad-of ‘men’s folds ™ are simpli” ks very ida tn Men Who Lasso Ships. Writing of a trip over the Great Lakes in Harper's Magazine, Louise Morgan Sill lariat throw. who are skilful than Western One of the most connected hy Lae {eis 0 era even more cowhoys interesting per lake traffic brother to the landlubber she “He Is practi cally the lariat thrower of these prai iakes he does not lasso anything so trivial His game may be a wharf or an 8.000 ton freighter, and never misses his cast. He makes no pretence to any- thing and it is doubtful if he would care to be so described: but picturesque he is as he swings the rope in the air from the dock to ves the SOUS the is a sort of cowboy with writes talit rialike but cattle or he pict uresque, “He may be ia trim sailor garb ot ments of the man who wears toem merely as a means of covering. “The lariat thrower is of no partie ular nationality. He may be an Amer ican or Canadian, or Irish, or Swe dish, or German, or almost anything; these vast inland waters the lakes put their stamp upon him and he becomes a lake man. He does his work with a certain calmness and ease, a philo sophical mastery of things without excitement. [If you talk with him you will find that he knows much more than he seems to know.” A Rag Time Letter, Monotonous as their life is, as » rule, the postal authorities in India have their exciting moments. We cull the following Babu letter from a contemporary. “The Sub Postmaster reports that last evening a mice came out from behind the office door, and after walk. ing a little stammered and breathed its last in the presence of the Sub Postmaster thers, Ag these are the prognostics of plague, [ beg you will kindly arrange to have the office dis infected al an early date” Qurious that the mouse should have stammered. Nervousness, prob- ably, A PRIMROSE BOWER. housewife who harmony in her follow The wishes simplic charac collage example of to terize a might room well country the embodied protest against over decoratad furniture and apartments of A Brore of years ago His room was simplicity itself and the colors were those of the primrose He used every shade from the green leaves and the greeny-yellow stem uj to The was 2 spring bower as refreshing as a wood land dell after the the pale flower resul! a sunlit p.ain LEMON HEALTH HINTS. should spring T ipoint al No family ye n the 3 in the ier health stan ne, are merous ¢ A teaspoonful of lemon ju small cup of bla ee billoua headac! Two cup of headac or manent TACK AS YOU time is placed dom goes hy pet is not {fo equaled by promp ly wt nd the verge of fal $ 5 3OMmMe WOK ) tacks and make Aft ér Years o + BL nme needs 16 Driual 3 4 for never loan plea. A few of ia double-points and very Keon t} matting sign of quickly edges Ba me a8 wal treated Taken in time, household ailments may he and a ong phys! fal coasfully useful life fo Ww SILLY NEATNESS One hears much aowadays about hyvgieni soning matters generally that it that any woman ordinary printed matter have knowledge on tant But for all this it Is certaia 80 $ and sanitary housek Ress IMpOos 5 gible who can read can fail 1c some this impor question that woman whose house. keaping may be dea as “nasty and whose methods are of fifty years sgo, has means died of land lingers here thers with fashioned dices and She prides herself, fact that every article of clothing of herself or children taken off at aight ia carefuly folded, one piece upon the other, befora she gets into bed. This is a piece of folly axacted by elders in past days—a remnant of old-fashioned early Victorian tidinesa Almost bet ter the methods of the average man who flings one garmont here aad an Other there Al jeast they get some chance to ventilate [It wtill when clothes are separated and hung for the night near the open windows Then there is the woman who prides herself upon the face that hor bed is never seen unmade: that before ghe goes down to breakfast it is immacu latly remade, with its French bolster and its starched “shams.” and its in terior, alas! stil] warm. It may be a radiant plece of furniture, but all the same it is a fusty, unhealthy sleeping place Then thare is the housekeeper who goes out against dust as if she were a London policeman and dust a street gamia. She has but one [dea—it must the : ribed nice.’ out and preju He ’¥ She 3 ald eT iid no the preferences it may be on the is better cloth or that ridiculous household utensil, the feather duster, she stire ft up and whacks it from place te place, but nevar learns to gather it up into a soft duster and remove it to some place where it will not be re breathed, The care of clothes In a cloaet le another matter often mismanagad Every one knows how quickly a ward robe grows fusty, and the happy day may come when architects will man method of ventiation for cupboards other than by occasionally leaving the doors wide opsn. In the meantime, {f all clothes are perfectly cooled and alred before they are hung up, and if they are carried out from time to time and hung in the opea air for a few hours, this difficulty will be very largely mot. The lives of women who keep the house will be simplified and sweetenad when they all learn to "use their braing to save their bodies" Youth's Companion. Wireless tolegraphy ia in successful use between Port Limon, Costs Rico, and Bocas del Toro, Panama A sta tion will now be establichaod at Colon "HE FISHERMAN { Settin’ on a log An’ fishin’, An’ watchin’ Aa’ wishin’ 81 Jus’ settin’ round home, An’ sighin’, Jus’ settin’ An’ lyin’ New Orleans T the cork, round home mes-Democrat. wera di a “They weren't “Y ag money they Each though Lif : 3 V SCOVERY A DI Bric $ “Is that “and here ‘em for pea » OVERHEARD ON “Were you Pinkerton?” “How much ainy INSTAILN Yeast—He the Dougnt ins‘aiment plan ar And fb aear of Fimasaon Dea’ | expect to the hospital in the AVOIDING A They Was Rav mart ave ny eremony OW wt the war. Do saw any fighting?’ He moving p SUDDO%E he eve Gotham -—Sure! used harge of a which had nothing bdut ture ma in | TRUE LOVE Do you th Ove RIWAY Certalaly 1 Patience nx ry for true Patrice marries a girl for her mon Pationce—Yes Patrice-—And he - OVER doesn’t he Patien ©“ Patrice Certainly Well, that's true love USUAL EXPERIENCE Stayvathoma-1 told my cook gO « and ge cake i: going THE Mrs the other things mixed for the to make Mea. Gadabouisky--Did she Mrs Stayathome—Yes some things mixed all right Mra. Gadaboutsky-— What Mrs. Stayathome-—My ~Baitimore American evening to nt > iy I wa io ism she had wore they’ instructions SHE KNEW THE TOWN “Oh! Mr. Gallaunt” Pumpleigh, “can you guess waat weight is?” “lot me sea” preparing to deliver a graceful pliment, “of we'll have to Troy weight for such a preci : “Don’t be funny! I know what kind of a jay place Troy is.”"—Philadeiphis Presa. Migs my cried replied Mr. Gallauat om Course use AN EXCEPTIONAL MAN. Hicks—Conscientious, is he? Wicks—1 should say so. Why, he went out the other day, and left a sign on his office door that he'd be “back in half an hour” and. hang me if he didn't keap his word!—Philadeip® Ledger. THE WORST OF IT “life is full of trials” sald the melancholy citizen, “Yeu” answerad Mr. Grafton Grabb; “and the worst of it is that a whole lot of the trials are resulting in con victions.”— Washington Star. AS BACH VIEWED IT “He isn't in our social set any more.” “So | understand. ™ “Yes, he dropped out “Why. he gave me to understand he “ad climbed out.” Philadelphia Press some time POOR PROSPECT. The X.ray operator makes an ex cuse to call his assistant into a room away from the patient upon whom the assistant is operating. “Say,” observes the chief, “you'll nevar do for this husiacess.™ “Why? “Can't you see that that p#tient only has two dollars in amall change in his clothes, when our roguiar foe ia twen r—ddte -
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