ll Mo
An
FARM NOTES.
A cow will drink often if water is |
fccessible at all tunes. |
Po you know, ceader, that one |
cause of taberculosis is breathing im-
pure alr of close filthy, iH-ventilated |
stables.
Oiting the separator occasionally
with kerosene will cut the gum and
faci¥iate the pasy running of the ma. |
chine.
To the farmer who has been down
to the mud hole to break the ice §0 |
the cows can drink, { will say most
earnestly, pure water is an impor |
tant factor in keeping the cows in
good condition and yielding whole-
some milk.
It is sometimes inconvenient to bed
the cows well when other duties are |
pressing but if is cruel € let a cow |
lle on 2a ficor that is bare or nearly
80. »
Shredded corn fodder makes an ex-
cellent roughage, we find to feed the
€OwS at any time and especially be-
fore calving if one doesnt happen
to have silage.
The men that have succeoded in
making dairying pay care for their!
Cows 80 as to make them produce
the greatest amosnt of baman food |
at the least cost and yet keep the |
cows in ‘he best possible condition. |
I am gure we farmers who keep a few |
Pows might learn muck froen these |
men who make a business of dairy- |
ing. The trouble is we are mot will |
rut, to be learners.
best place for the cow stalls. No pro- |
mistake. Rver notice the @leasare |
with which the cow greets sunshine? |
Crooming ddgy mach to guiet the |
cow and gain her confidence but it
fork. Whenever the attendant feels
ilke raising eain he is poor company
for the dairy cow and he should leave
the cow stable until be is in a better
humor
I used to now a farmer who had
very poor fences. His cows would
over in a neighbor's coors field. The |
shiftless fellow would zo aller them |
end lav another rail on the Tence |
The performance was repeated each |
time ‘he old fence was made a little |
higher and Snpally he bad them edu |
cated so they could get ower a high | i
fence wery easily: and as long as
that onan lived in the neighborhood |
“Dairy Notes™ by Mra. ¥. MW, in
the Indians Farmer.
SAVING HEN MANUHE.
Prof Morse, of the New Hampshire, '
experiment station after referring to |
the oss of fertilizer value, amd an
swering the gquestion how best to
retain it. says the Dest materials for
Yhis purpose are gypsum or land plas
ter. acid phosphate and kximit, a cheap
potash salt. Each of these chemicals |
has the power to form new com- |
it is set free from the original com
bination. Wood oshes and slaked
jime should never be used because
They do not asi
the good ones to average up a record
poor ones
This somo “commonsense” plan
applied to the pou,
“"
try business,
Hens that lay 200 eggs
should not be averaged at
with hens that lay 100 eggs.
A dalryman uses care In breeding,
buys, there are certain marke
shade from
the end of the nose to the end of the
tail is taken into account, the small
feminine neck and head have a value
and clear down a line of pointg he
makes his estimate, the very same
«the very same principles
apply to the highest point in poultry
raising, '
Any experienced, close-observing
poultry raiser knows, at a glance, the
laying hen. The small feminine neck
and head count again, the bright, alert
eye tells a tale, the drooping tal
tells another tale and when she picks
her feet up and plufnps them down
we have another pointer.
A very few club-headed, thick-necked
steer-horned cows are any good. Even
tail tells a tale,
clubtall seldom follows a
Bood cow, while on the other hand,
a slim tail is one of the characteris
tics of a good one. —Farmers All
in a year
150 egge
heavy
ance,
HOW TO MAKE
J would
A HOTBED
like to know how to make
-A Reader
a ‘welldrained
out manure on it
Select and
in a broad fint
After
packed and
the
location
is properly
leveled, the frames to
sash are placed in
‘ward the south.
10
support
{acing to
front
position
The
inches
board
6 lower than
back.
Three
spread
by
to five inches
evenly over the
The
the 3
allowed
frame
put on, and the bed
Have
the sash on
bright days
Mttle on the
In a
a supply of carpet to
Ven
the
side
cold nights
on raising
a
the
be ready
stylite
opposite
4
week
ar so
goed, —
from wind
oo. ! x * Fos ss
for planing tae
BRED FOR CONSUMPTION.
a oe are bred tor consumption,
imperfect animal a
of swine is more yaloabie
shambles than to reserve for a
Many inexperienced men
the breeding business when
selling at inflated prices
out their herds when
Any farm
and
of full-blood
for
close
invest in pure breg swine now
current prices
are sure
The breeder who starts a
to profit by the
ag pure bred hogs are sta
sell higher —
Values
TELLING THE BIRD'S HEALTI!
Dr. Salmon, of the New York Bu
al Industry lays down
telling the health
“The con
furnish a
¥ f
Or Of
of the droppings
pounds and take Ms place. Paster
is apt % produce a dry, Tmmpy mie
ture when used in farge *nough gean
fies Yo arrest the ammoniz, while
kainit and acid phosphate produce
the opposite ofeed of a moist sticky
moss
Balietin 38 of the Maine experi
ment s*ation says that using their
reswnits as a basis of calenlation.
weekly Jroppings of a flock of twent v
five eons, when scraped from the
roosting platform, should be mixed
with about eight pounds of kainit or
acid phosphate and a hall peck of |
sawdust. If ene dealres a balanced
fertilizer for corm and ather hoed |
orops 2 mixture of equal partes of
kainic and acid phosphate could be
aed instead of either alone. The
same anthority tells us that “enod |
fry meadow mck or peat would he |
equally os pood as =awdust, 11 not
« to ume ss an absorbent” ;
Fresh poultry manure, at the pres-
ent walues of Yertilizers, would he
worth sixty eents per Bundred pounds,
Figures from different experiment stn. |
tiong would give the product of tween. |
the
six moaths at 375
ooet droppinzs ooly. i
Ponliry masare is especially adapt: \
od asa tpdressing for vrass Becanse
of te high content of nitrogen in the
form of ammonia compounds, |
which are searly as duick in thelr of ;
fect @8 nitrate of soda. A ton of |
the manure preseryed with sawdust
nd chemicals would be. svficlent for
‘compared. w
a chem.
TA
profit, Balid wp heir Nerds through
i
i
o Rh
#
sufficient consis
but should
should
of
to hold their shape
In color they
tapering off nto grayish
the droopings are soit
of a yellowish or brown
it indicates too much car
i en
are
“8
dark
It or
and
color,
pasty
other hand. the droopings
watery and dark with red splash
mucus in them, it indicates too
much meat, A greenish watery
diarrhea usually indicates unzanitary
conditions, either in the surroundings,
the feed or the water.”
the
of
DID YOU EVER TRY THIS?
Most people think the horse has no
use for horse radish, but a writer
who had a lot of leaves and olher
waste from the horse radish, and not
having any other use for them he
+ gave them to his horses. One of the
norses was very badly broken wind
«4, but the feed .of horse radish of. |
fected a complete cure. This is a
cheap remedy, and we should like to
see it tried so as to prove its efficacy. !
«Rpirit of the West, !
Official “Lazy List”
The town of Great Barrington ia‘e
iy came into possession, by purehass |
from the estate of the late Henry
, Warner, of a bound volume of town
reports for the years 1856 to 1888 Wn.
clusive. The annus! schoo! reports
for the years 1872.73 to 1877-78 In
clugive contain much Information tint
is omitted frcm the school commit
tees’ reports of more _ recent years
One of the chief things In this lips
wae called. “The lazy List” !
The reports usually embodied rells
of honor, lists of star pupils and the
The latter embraces the
names of scholars who were often
tardy, but not necessarily the names
of those who lacked diligence after
reaching the schoolroam. The ‘eo
port for 1872593 containe iwilve
nates. The lazy list went out of
§
—Cartoou by C.
‘Women Atte eked
New York World.
by Berlin Slashers
in the
Series oi Crimes
More Than One
is About—Seem to Seek
de-
unprovoked |
virtuous and
ides 0 an
Berlin, Germany. —T3 Wes.
generaecy, displayed in
and cruel attacks upon
unoffensive women, con
ifegt itself here
Over twenty-five ¢
have been committisd
to be more than one ’
as “Jack” this and ‘Ja i"
committed wanton and
assaults against women or
tals, withou! taking bo
seeking, apparently, anvtii
gratification of a =
pulse,
Five attacks m
the eastern y sub rin
total up to
gine
these vicions aszaulis
One won:an was ser
The others’ injur
It seems enough for
them to soller
persons, most af
they have
t
wn ind.
bE We «light.
thei
gh
nsrailants
“I Wom.
mys.
“ned to |
The
agreed
police |
guli-
wit. |
mnita. |
Many
declare
.. ail ’
assnuant,
sean the
if, as he (un
he sucp
of these : “en
exten the
ze that
attpeiw
swear that threw men
attacked nne gir’, a ser: ant, |
street, One with a sharp
siabbed her in the abdomen, |
without even
nan ix
any
ane
the
girl rearried
have
AM
uhled the pa-!
and are watching
of whatever ehar-|
nareom panied,
do
The police
the sires
merchant's wile
irreproachable chara
in a sire
the eily dhe
A 3id woman |
was |
southern
not the
wnilant,
behind,
i with al
rajeed in de.
ther the man
hn and Bed {
Five women 57 (he warkine elas
tv and §
sed hurt
fn the Mo
Kk the
The as-
the np
Was
fore. |
hern tion of the
Aftarked 5t J p.m
She warded |
hand, which
‘ter,
ifn the
bad
from her as
irom
he
hoy
rpproached
-
he nd
jdded and
in ne 1
The
n the
two "
atisck ocevrrod
Dari il DB
i! sels Si reed
wed his victim
Anaihe woman
n elo
Hoan in
Erm
in the io
A girl
the eat
the hing
nove
w aK
i Linn
i
Tedd
syBaning
tacked a hy
.
een.
in the
| Devs
Ww wife
ye
cher’
In t!
he
suburb of
the blads«
her corsets Th
his victim to
wae found half
en 2 hospital
Later in the
anoth er butcher
thig in
Higgs is
Hohenschoenhausen, but
broke against the steels of
assailant then beat
unconsciousness She
later and tak-
on
an bk
al
1 0 r
1H
io
evening the wife of
wounded in the
ern section of
was
the cast
the elt
In ezeh
FOBT
the who
ap
ising
hout arousing
s altack sudden
ance assaliant,
silent shoes,
proac wit
SUE
inboring
eh exclt
The
by the
quar-
ed over
streets
females
The po.
high-
are des
who fre iy
lice o atehfniness
keved = nonp!
Manv
made, }
fo pros th
however, fire: =
of the imacinat
ken man wan
apd flourished
Boma eau
en wir have
and pricked
pose af hecoming
interest and sympathy
list of tweor #i% victims
of these
The §
maniacs] loc
thor of .¢
doned td
nity of
jfient In nsus
" hr Ne is
geet
te have been
toners were able
innocence
fered from
erowds A drun-
his pocket knife
it wag nearir killed
% have occurred of wom-
cut their own clothing
for the pur-
nhjects of public
Whether the
includes any
anres arre
ail the pri
t Some,
the fury
ive
onehed
fhemaelves
fe
1s
rlear
wineily held that some
e Ripper was the an.
ks has been aban
feved that the imnn-
rpetrator of the earifer
encouraged sundry
ate him This theory,
azes the alarm. which
8 has become a panie.
whose very consider
have hitherin falled to
rimesz, have enlisted the aid
the House Owners® Association.
This has ben willingly given, and in
addition (oo the ennetergeos nf apart.
who have been in-
0 2 elrse waich for at.
women, srecial watchmen
emniared to gnard the
natinl the streets
have alan asked trolley
1 and oth.
roots, to
Further
appenl to
their
not
fn
sf #
5
em fn
bel
hae
tguabs to Imi
if possibile. incre
in snme istic
The Oe
efforts
ontrea gos
el
hones
tacks mn
honreg and
The police
firemen
work
weiss]
etter
ties i» the st
eonsiahb
have jsened an
all to keen
mind fn the event of an
ade on thew, and to
the eantvrs of the erim-
ral public are urged.
wiiness an asganlt, to devote
thelr "udeavors tn entehing (he ase
eallant ~ather than to hanging around
the victim
rpre
log
of rlareoy
nf
women
being
inal The gens
One Man With Wariives Hue
Another With a1 Bell ina Dark
T.ondon The bDllly Mail's St
Petersburg corvesvonden deciares
that neurasiheniy is claiming an ever.
fncreasing number of victims in all
sections of 81. Pelerghirg society and
A surorising nab of psonpis,
Hie, seok death by various
Persons of fashionable so-
clety journey to Finland Ag fling
themaelvas inio the romantic maira
Rapids, Sirange clubs and oRieties
are in existence Ona of these is
styled “Tiger snd Hunter.” Two
members draw lois to decide who
shall be the (iger and who the hunter,
A silver ba¥l is hung around the
tiger's seck, and tae hunter is given a
loaded revolver. Both enter large
darkena®™ rooms and the spectatbrs
take refuge in sale corners
The hunt begins. The hunter's
eyes are bound. He fs allowed six
shots, wuided by the sound of the
bell. If he fails to hit the tiger, the
roles are reversed, and the hunter be-
comes the tiger. This continues until
blood flows,
Another sgociely has “champagne
eveninzge.” where one among twenty
bottles is drugged with morphia.
Somatimes in a single night there are
belong to the samy league of gelf-de-
struction,
Bachelors Aller 45 Years Old,
Topeka, Kan.- Kausar bachelors
over forty-five vears of age may be
Mixed $235 a year. A bill to this effect
was introdaced ny Representative
Cron, and it war immediately ad-
vanced on the calendar.
A telegram sent to President Roose
volt hy its sathor says that when «
bachelor reaches the age of forty-five
there is no h of hia wth mar
ried and. that ought to be heavily
Kansas Legisiator Would Mufet
Body of SYearOld Girl Shows
28 Knife Wounds, Besides Burns,
Margelltey,
of a crime recalling & case which oes
curred in Parig in 1907 has caused a
sensation here,
and farther mutilated by burns,
been found in a populous quarter of
the elty.
A man who had been living with |
the girl's mother, who is a widow, as
boon arrested, Srociuimed. b
jad. as a penalty for not raising .
Innocence
Hy A
TER
MOST WOMANLY WOMAN.
The ciner day |
of a country
a game of
Were
Bat the
station
on Meeps
and watched
snowball, Two tiny girls
peiting, and with excellent aim,
the hackmen who stood awaiting the
incoming train
They were rather
I am sorry to say,
men were very
every minute
ceive rough
bold little
and though
BL,
children
girls,
the
ed
re
patie ex pect
Lo see Lhe
treatment
one person
much
knocked
toward her in a
alm
her
off
ally small took
it to
hat
threat
head and,
Own amazement,
He started
enihg manner, w
n his }
ning sidied
nost engaging
Ah, | didn’t
me, wil you
The
iropped
man’s
his
snowball
of run
him in the
murmured,
won't hit
ith bryos
itn a hug
y
1
e, instead
and, and sh
AWAY, i to
and
You
up
way
mean wo
mister?”
man grinned she and
along
epishly
“Run
won't hurt
with a
the snowball
said, “1
d off
and I heard confide
companion, “Ah, [| knew he
hit me. Men don't hit girls.”
only a baby already
enough ‘
's chivalry
slesle.” he
She sty
and smile,’
to her
you.”
nod
gs
04 sa
ey
her
wouldn't
She was but
she
Knew
¥ man
advantage
Al
digsarm-
the
0 take
toward her sex 0
that gentleness is
she had
probably
good face
ing been
man
giver;
saucy 1o
would
washing,
have
at
laut
The more
on tor v
greater he
f inine th
ieminine je
charm. |
epirited as
gentle
IB Bie
thing f
ane
be
Ww
She may
CIOUs
she
ties be rough
hold 1
The
men
wWOomas born to ru
hy
Th
tight
gentleness
herself Higwe
1a fer
but the ma
eatenod
roviiteneoes
men's good
ruisance of
one
all
Just
Your treais
may
ces, but
long run
shove all th £ 9
Fairfax in the N Fork Te
WOMAN'S
ULE
Huakin,
a little
"rei ment
of them her, she was
sSwestness
Ala
rem ts
horde n
of She
“thie fact
The
BR 3 ~ . | y stad
acd : 8 rial noun
mber xi
Foes n the
Beatrice
ura:
SHE PROVES RICHUT TO
Dr. Thekia
Parliament
en of England of
the Finnish
fairs. She
ly for ths
British cit
od so
posed she
similar mis
scribed as
of delicate
who seems
cipcle th
is. enthusiastic
and has the
from practical experience. “The
now five women in the
nish Parliament.” she said.
little group has proved
beneficial influence, | know from ob
servation that neither England nor
any other country has anything
fear from woman's suffrage. 1
also it is a hollow argument that if |
suffrage is granted women will not |
vote. They will go to the polls. and
they will vote intelligently and con-
scientiously When we zained the
franchise in Finland impressed
the Finnish
the wom-
then bw
pitical af
mastered Enelisgh pecial
turing in
has arous-
est it is pro-
of
Baa been telling
the niagri
isters in
Ee of oy
ies, and her tom
much public int
visit 1ais
a:
iin, fair
Countys
Hultin
haired
Rion is
refinement
fitted
ian the political
of
features,
more for
ostrame. She
iffrage,
over equa
vantage of
re are
Fin
“and this
i Brest
twonis
we
Lis the greatest and most precions of
the privileges of citizenship, and the
outcome was the women voted on ex.
ties in the same proportion as the
men, ood there Hae been no change |
in party lines. 1 think that fact is
of Importance in Indicating what may
Phropen In anv other country that
| givea ‘he ballot
York Vices,
FASHION NOTES
Lacy Ww the
neck-wenr,
ite ¢iring ties are a
: nowy,
Touches of coral grow
{ more popular,
Gray waistcoats are very fashion |
able for men,
The new fabrics are supple but rea
sonably thick.
Gauzy materials are less seen than
a few weeks ago,
| Berge la one of this mont. popular |
| fabric of the season, -
The color of the poh in astally
: the axact tone of the gown material
Far fa tiifle darker Miley, the desi
more and |
touch of black lz added to the
There are many buckles of dull
gold or old silver that are used to
clasp the sash at the back, and fancy
metal pieces somethmes finish tne
| ends
in
coat is a style that
The empire
extremely becoming to the youthful
figure, and not at all trying us
it seems to bring out the most grace.
ful lines,
White zloveg are
is
for evening
Glace
at
Or
fur
worn
and for aftergoon dress affairs
kid is considered more dressy
present, whether of black, tan
waite, suede beng more used
sireel wi than for dress
Antique, Oriental
f odd jewelry
ar
other kinds
of the
and
O are the order
aay
Farrin
of a large
ge, which at first ©on-
revival
or cabochon.
ie quaint old-
rae vd
sisted pea
cut gem, have assumed tl
time pe hiiant form
Walking skirts are
are very few that
plaited, though one occasionally
with ingen
skirts with all
at the bottom.
Embroideries combine with many
different colors some times and also
gold ang sliver threads. but the colors
are so soft as give harmony of
tone, even wh several are gorge
ously embroidery
ghort, and there
are completely
meets
combinations of plain
sorts of plaited
h ious
gored
de Witoes
fo
ere
+}
Lae
blended in of
one gown
A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE.
Dear Miss Chamg you
Kindly give me your a gues
iette Is it
qu
in the
ag ne Wil
advice on
gs foli
soung
ores le
seni
tion of WE
lady when
man and another
out stroll),
voung ladies to leave
Nroner
i i
Company a
oung for a
OT
(when
ane b
gentleman and at the ap-
acguaintance
without
ing lady's return?
gentleman
excuse and an
the yo
fo excuse her
and to offer a
nation on her re
ly necessary
bods
and
's place
rodnce whom
hastily
in
1 math
ength
ans
way
that
«he
IN AUS
the last
give
members of
SUFFRAGE
Victoria fs
tralian States
right
STRALIA
of the Aus
women the
the
Fourteen times
bill was thrown
Council after
by the lower
hostile major
inished, and the wom.
courage Al the
he House the bill
a ma of more
position breaking
yf a dam For
nm other States of
on the same
et J
to for
State Parliament
the woman suff:
out by the legislative
it Bad been passed
Each time
ity steadily 4
en kept up
last meeting
went through by
than 4 to 1. the
| like the giving
P Yeary the women
Australia Mave
footing with the men The gaining
of the ballot the women of Vie
toria has been the eanse of great re
| Joicing the suffragists both 'n
England America. They point
i to it that had the pre
ficted disasts befallen the other
Australian States the hallot would not
have been given to the women of
Vietoria even at this late date—
Charlestcn Nows
vole
“Ee
the ©
thelr
oi
rity
Wav «
stood
by
among
and
as a proof
re
EVOLUTION OF THE RING.
Propie that marriage is a
| Stale, of servitude {or the woman find
‘a particular significance in the be
stowal of the ring. This mystic gold
i en circlet round which so much ro
| mance and tender associations have
clustered is 3 mere survival they sav,
of the fron bracelet that man once
| played on the arm of his female slave
| to gignify that she wae his. Gradually
this badge of servitude became small
er and more ornamental until from
a symbol of humiliation it became a
mark of honor and a woman's most
pracious ang cherished possession.—
New York Tribune.
who sas
SOME BABY STATISTICS.
Average weight at birth 6% to T%
i pounds: at * months, 9% te 1014
| pounds; at § months 12% to 12
| pounds; at 6 months, 14 to 16 pounds:
at 8 months, 17 to 18 pounds: at 16
months, 18 to 20 pounds: at 1?
| months, 21 to 23 pounds. After the
| first year increase in weight is show
ler. The weight of the end of the
| first yeur is not doubled til about
the end of the fifth year.
| Average circumference of head,
{ 14% Inches,
| Average circumference
‘13% to 14 inches,
After two years of age the chest
! Increases in size much quicker than
{the head. Up to that time the head
| circumference is slightly greater than
that of the chest. Pittsburg Dispatch
Nautical Error,
“1 am SOrry to bear, capiaig, that
your wife left you +2 unceremonious
{ iy. »
i “My mistake, sir: 1 took bat for A
; mate, and she Moved to, de a’ =i
\ vor, eT IA,
of chest
No Bru elg
wr