What Shall Wo Have For Demerit 'lbis question arises in the family dnlly. Let us unswerit to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in 2 mln. No nobakingl Simply add a little hot water&settocool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Str 'wherry. At grocers. 10c. It seems odd that love Is blind, and yet can find a way. The Beat Fraaerlpttoa tor Chllla and ?PT«r la a bottu of GROTI'S TASTILEU CBILL TONIC. It Is simply Iron and quinine In • tMHlets form. No cure—no nay. Price 60& Sweden has $175,510,000 Invested In rail roads. Plso's Cn re cannot bo too highly spoken of as a cough cure.— J. W. O'BHIK-, H&I Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. fl, 1000. Home-mailo bread is responsible for many a married man's crusty temper. FreyN Vermifuge saves the lives of the lit tle ones. Druggists and country stores. i"ic., or by mail from E. & S. Frey, Baltimore, Md In China, the mem hers of a man's family are held responsible for bis debts. Cures Talk Great Fame of a Creat Medicine Won by Actual Merit. The fame of Hood's Sarasparllla has been won by the good It has done to those who were suffering from disease. Its cures have excited wonder aud admiration. It has caused thousands to rojoloe in the enjoy ment of good health, and It will do you the same good It has done others. It will ex pel from your blood all impurities; will Rive you a good appetite and make you strong and vigorous. It is just the medl 3ine to help you now, when your system is (n need of a tonic and invigorator. Eruptions—"Au eruption all over my body caused a burning seusatlon so I could not sleep nights. By taking Hood's Sir- Baparllia I was completely cured." JEN-HIE THOMPSON, I'. O. Box 36, Oaksville, N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla ■■■■wanßnnß Save ths Labels and write for lint of premiums we offer free for thorn. HIRES favorite Rir because she let it drop over my wall, and it smushed three panes of a cucumber frame. Next moruing she happened to be in tha garden, so I returned it with grave ceremony. "I —I'm afraid it broke something," she apologized. "Not in the least," I assure 1 her. "I'll tell Mary Jano not to stand it up against your wali again," she promised mendaciously. After that the apple blushed more furiously than ever. It was so ripe ; that it was marvelous how it held oil, j I heard her say. She was probably unaware that I had climbed up one night aud secured it with fine wire. Nextjshe tried knocking tennis balls I at it. Of course, she never went ; within a couple of yards. I picked i up nine balls next morniug and re stored them to her. "I thought they wore windfalls from ray apple tree," I said, and she fled indoors. "I believe he was laughing at me," I heard her tell her mother. "Now, I will have it." "So, no, dear! I forbid you to touch it. It's no use looking like that, Eve. I shall be really cross if you do." When I came home that evening the apple was still there, in all its glory, but when it grew dusk I noticed i maneuvers with the prop going on once more. Finally I heard a cry of triumph, and the rustle of her skirts as she ran indoors. Tlieu I went out. I climbed the tree, gathered about a gallon of apples and seut them in with a note. | '"Dear Madam—l trust you will ! accept a few apples from my tree | overhanging your garden, as 1 notice j that there is only one upon your side. "1 have, however, a special roason for desiring thnt one. May I enter your garden to gather it? Yours very truly, FRANK NEWTOJT. In a few minutes Sarah Ann re turned with Mrs. Parker's thanks,and an assurauco that she would be pleased for me to gather the apple ! whenever I liked. So, aftor putting the ladder over the wail, I weut round to their front door and knocked. I was shown into a cozy sitting-room. Mrs. Parker received me very pleasant ly, but Miss Eve was rather quiet, as a young lady should be. "You will be surprised at my bothering you about a single apple," I said. "The fact is I want it for some one who has particularly alinired it." "We have noticed, "said her mother with a side glance at Eve, "that it is a singularly fine apple." "Au exctptionally fine apple," T agreed. "It would be almost impos sible to match it." "I should like to Reo it when you have picked it," Mrs. Parker con fessed. Eve said nothing. She ap peared to have become absorbed in a book. I "I'll bring it in at once."l promised. i I went through tho French window and ascended the tree. No one was looking, so I gathered another fine apple from my own side. Wheu I re turned Miss Eve had disappeared. "It doesn't look quite so large ofl tbe tree." I suggested, placing the apple upon the table. "No," said her mother, examining it critically, "I scarcely tliiuk it does ; but it is a very fine one." "Perhaps your daughter would like to see it?" "Ye—es." She laughed. "I am afraid it will make her feel rathei envious." She rang the bel l , and th« servant came. "Ask Miss Eve tc come for a moment, please." After a few minute*' waiting during which Mrs. Parker discovered that w« had some mutual frien Is, aud me to call iu there sometimes, pretty Eve reappearod, looking guiltily de fiant. "Mr. Newton wants you to see his apple, Eve, dear. Isn't it a beauty?' Eve flushed and gave me a swiff glance. "Yes," she said, hesitatingly. She seemed to be studying the floor rathei than the fruit. "It might be a fellow to the on« that tempted Eve!" I observed, with a smile. She traced a pattern witl? her foot. "Adam was also tempted." "By Eve, I believe? I don't fancy he wanted the applo much, did he?" She blushed again. "You could not have a nicer apple thau this, anyhow." She looked right at me at last. Her eyes said quite plainly, "i r ou needn't tell mother." As if I had any such intention! "I am glad you like it," I said, "because I waut to give it to you, if I may. I could not help noticing that you admired if." "There, Eve!" said her mother. "I told you that everyone would see that you coveted it." "I—l am sorry," she said, in a sub dued little voice. "Please don't say that, or you will spoil my plonsure in giving it." "Then—l am not sorry." She took it with a laugh. Soon afterward I went, assuring Mrs. Parker that I should soon avail myself of her kind invitation to call again. I hope they did not hear me laughing wheu I got indoors. 'The next day was Sunday. In the afternoon Eve sat under the shade of my apple tree reudiug a book. So I strolled out and looked over the wall. "Eve," I remafked, ' was turned out of paradise for stealing an apple." She looked up aud smiled. Then she looked down. "The annual apple on this side has always belonged to Eve," she asserted pretending to cut the pages of her book. They were cut already. "She might spare a tiny piece for Adam," I suggested. She glanced at me out of the corner of her eyes. "Adnm was better without the apple, you know," she assured me. "Adam," I declared, "needed no pity at all." She rested her chin on one hand and looked at me inqniriugly with her big eyes. I would put down how she looked, if it were possible. It isn't. Mere ordinary charms of feature or coloring is common enough to have words. Heal prettiness is unique, i'.n nameable; little wilful curves of the features, little waves of tho hair — and "ways." Sha is pretty like that. "Adam," she remarked, "lost Para dise and the apples." "But he hail Eve." She studied her shoes, aud I seated myself on top of the wall. "You have plenty of apples," she said; "and you are not shut out of Paradise." "Theu," I replied, promptly, "I will come in." I did. "How do you know this is Para dise?" she asked, demurely. "Eve is here." She looked at me saucily over her book. "Poor Eve was much to be pitied." She simulated a sigh. "Because she lost Paradise?" "No; because she kept Adam." "Did she mind, do you think?" "Well—you see, it was just a very little bit her fault that he ate tbe apple." "She would have eaten every scrap herself if she had been a modern Eve." She looked up at the desecrated bough and laughed. A stray sunbeam danced in her eyes, like the dazzle of diamonds. "I think she could be persuaded to share it with the modern Adam," she stated. Thereupon she dived under the chair cushion and produced it. "Now you have Paradise—and tho apple," she told me. "They are nothing." I said, feel ingly, "compared with — Eve." But Eve—my dainty little Eve—is coming to No. 51 in the spring. It will save any further dispute, she says, about the apple.—Owen Oliver, in Madame. Art I*l le Slirn.i in Itnlclnm. There is no need of having hideouj things for signs, says Municipal Af fairs. Signs may be beautiful. In Belgium porticularly, a municipal art society has taken bold of the matter and initiated competition for beautiful signs. They give liberal prizes foi the best signs. Sculptors and skill ; ful workers in irou compote because ' of the value of prizes and because of ! their iuterost iu tho work, and the I merchants because of the advertise ment which it gives them. The result has been that all over Brussels yor tind pretty signs, aud the curious part is that the beautiful ones pay bettei than the ugly, for, while the latter receive only a passing uotice and then a feeling of dihgust, the signs which are beautiful attract permanent at tention. [FOR FARM AND GARDEN.] Holding Rati #fo*e F©:%le in Check. The San Jose scale is widely dis tributed and cau never be extermin ated. For many years it will remain a contant menace to fruit growing. We believe that the weight of evidence showß that it can be held in check as thoroughly as is the plum curculio or the codling moth. Those who set fruit of any kind in the future should insist upon all the stock being fumi gated, thus greatly checking the spread of this dreaded pest on nursery stock. Graflffltoppni'ft ICofufte Clover. A Kansas farmer makes the state ment that last year he sowed his rye field about the middle of March, using equal parts of clover and timothy seed. He obtained a fair stand, but during the month of June the grass hoppers came along and cleaned out the timothy but did not touch the clover. If this is the case throughout the West, that grasshoppers don't care for clover, it' will be a big thing for those located in the sections where grass hoppers are abuudant It is earuestly hoped that it is so, though no doubt the grasshoppers would take the stover upon being deprived of othor food. Fall Calve* the I'eit. Fall calves subsist largely upon milk, aud take but little room in the shed; and there is more time in the winter to give them attention. They will be ready for the spring pastures, and make good progress from the start, and enter tho barn iu the fall again to get full benefit of solid rations there provided for them. Spring calves are incapable of re ceiving much benefit from grass the first season, because for sotue time after birth the ruminating stomach is undeveloped, and, between summer heat aud the pestiferous flies, the thin-skinned creature has a sorry time of it; but uu ler natural conditions most of them come iu the spring. Startln?a Strawberry Patch. When starting a strawberry patch select only youug, red-rooted plants for setting. For a family garden two first earlies, two medium and two late varieties are sufficient, and one of each season ivonld probably be better. It is best to set strawberries iu the spring. Early setting is not impor tant, bnt they should be planted wheu the ground can be putin good j condition and given cleun culture until late in autumn. Care should be taken to remove all blossoms the first season. Place the plauts in rows four feet wide and 20 to 21 inches apart iu the row. Turn the runuers along the line of the rows so as to fill up a matted row about one foot wide. It is well to prevent the plants from set ting in a tight mat. This can be ac complished by pulling off runners after the plauts have set sufficiently heavy. Control of Aftparnßti* Him:. Asparagus rust first came into uo tice iu August, 1896, and at that time was confined to New England, New York, New Jersey and Delaware. In 1897 it spread into the southern states. ' By 1898 it had spread westward as far ' as Michigan, ami included Ohio, In- I diana and Illinois, and recently it has ! been reported fouud iu North Dakota. This example shows the extremely rapid growth and advance of the dis ease, aud also that it cau be carried long distances by tbe wind. Fields inclosed by forests and hills are not so exposed to rust as those iu the open. Bust of this form cannot be treate 1 like superficial fungi such as mildew. Spraying has not been fouud satisfactory as a cure for aspara gus rust, as has been shown by ex periment on six kinds of asparagus with 10 applications. As a result, asparagus growers are cultivating a shorter and stronger growth. In some cases injects aro found to feed upon the spores and aro quite a substantial check upon rust No treatment of soil cau be relied upon, and, in fact, little can be don<» wheu plants are once infected. The last resort is to fnrnish the very bast conditions for the growth of the plant. Advantage of Farmers* Institute*. Farmers' institutes are gradually growing in favor with the people. Their usefulness is uo longer doubted by the progressive farmer. It brings men aud women from differeut parts Df the county and state together with their experieuce and store of infor mation upon the various branches of igriculture, horticulture, stock rais .ng, dairying, etc. This information s freely given for the benefit of all. l'lie information received at these in stitutes furnishes a short cut to many lseful reforms ou tho farm Some of the most progressive farmei'3 of tbe Hate are there as instructors. They :cach us many things of value that night take us years to find out by ex perieuce. We ciiu hardly estimate ;he advantages derived at these in jtitutes by those who atteud aud then putin practice what they learn. We ;et valuable information along the line jf breeding and raising stocks of all sind—how to rotate our crops so as to seep up the fertility of the soil aud to secure best results, how to dispose of >r utilize the crops grown to realizj most money. Iu addition to all valuable informa :ion brought out by discussion aud an .nterchuuge of thought at these far mers' institutes, tbev have a tendency ;o broaden the views of the farmer. It makes him more intelligent, more tocial, a better farmer iu every sense »112 the word. it teaches hiin (hat braius, intelligence and refine ment aro as necessary upon the farm, in the kitchen, tbe parlor, as in tha merchant's counting room, the law yer's office, or at the banker's till; that the farmer has brains to feed, a mind to cultivate, as well as stock and fields. They are calculated to give a man confidence in himself which eu able< him to get on bis feet and ex press himself freely and intelligently upon the various questions brought before the institute for discussion.— Farmers' Guide. / Hlrli Platform* for ClannllneH. The first aud most essential item in order to produce milk that will be clean and free from stable odors is the stable aud platform on which the cows staud. When I built my new barn last year, I put the platform eight inches above the gutter, and I the planks were sawed just four feet four inches from the stauchions to the gutter, with only one inch slant The glitter is 20 inches wide aud slants back tbe thickness of a shingle under it on the sleepers. The scuttles are back of it in the main floor between every other sleeper. My stable is on the south side of the barn and has a six-pane 9x13 glass window every five feet For several hours in the middle of the day, the sun shines directly on the cows' hind quarters. The droppings are hoed down three times a day, and the cowa are carded and cleaned off once a week. There is no manure on the platform or cows, and I hear no com plaint of "cowy" milk among my cus tomers. A two-inch plauk platform is no good at all, a four-iuch one is | not enough, a six-iuch one is better, but one eight inches high is just right, and it should not be over four feet six inches long for a large cow. At tnis height, keep it nearly level and I have seen no trouble in cows slipping off.—S. A. T., in New England Home stead. How I* the Home Shod? Every farmer should try to learn something about horseshoeing,enough at least to enable him to determine whether or not his horses have been correctly shod. In the trade of horse shoeing there are mauy incompetents, as is true of every other busi ness. The fanner that knows nothing about this important trnle, really lacks the power of protecting his teams against injury, and that, too, of a very serious nature. Many of the bad cases of lameness among horses are due to bad Bhoeing, and it is no uncommon thing for the veter inarian called to look after a lame horse to order the shoe on the lame foot removed. The writer kuows ol one veterinarian that had the shoe from a lamo horse removed, as it was the sole causo of the lameness, being more than a third of an iuch too high on one side. The result was that th« horse at every step had lamed his cords till they were reduced to such a condition that every step or ever movement of the leg meant intense pain. How long do some of oui horses suffer before we find it out? The owner should see to it that the shoes are made to fit the feet of thi horses and that the feet be uo' trimmed down to fit the shoe. I' often happens that the blacksmith puts a red-hot shoe onto the foot burning away the horn of the foot and iu uring the quality of the foot beyono the part burned. If the shoe is tot small he nails it on and then cuts anc pares aud hasps the foot down to it. Corns on the horses' feet are too fre queutly due to bad shoeing, and the same may be said of interfering. The nale price of many a horse is lowered because of the appearance of some trouble that is,unknown to the owner, due only to ignorance on the part ol tiie man that put on the last set o) shoes. Unfortunately, it is not al ways easy to effect a cure of the de fects that are so easily produced. Furthermore some of the things that have been brought on by bad shoeing can only be got rid of by skillful shoe ing to offset them. We are sometimes led to the conclusion that we need qualified horseshoers about as badly as we need more qualified veterina rians.—Farm, Field aud Fireside. Farm nnil Garden Notes. Everyone who has a taste for en tomology ought to keep bees. The farmer has many good friends, but none so faithful as clover. Mold from the woods is a big thing for house plants. Give it a trial. Earthworms can be got rid of by giving tbe ground a liberal salting. The increased value of meat ought to be an encouragement to those who raise stock. It can never be expected that any animal will thrive without a proper amount of food. The farmer himself should attend to all matters pertaining to the packing and shipping of his produce. In putting up a building iu which to keep cows or milk special attention should be paid to ventilation. The average yield of potatoes is not half what it would be if proper methods were practiced by the farmers. A groat deal of the trouble experi enced iu churning can be overcome by having the oream properly ripened. Strawberries will do well on almost any well-drained soil, so don't deny yourself or your family this luxury. The man who does not make it a point to see the sun rise every day is not the man for the farming business Wheu there is a deficiency iu the hay crop it should be supplied by one or more of the numerous fodder crops. I'nv, F»y, Pay. Collector —This is three times 1 have asked yo i to pay. Betera You're another of those "Absent-Minded Beggar" elocution ists, are you?— Baltimore American. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. It is stated that the authorities al Scotland Yard are now eugaged iu subjecting a police electric lamp tc practical tests, to ascertain if it will stand the necessary wear and tear o' the serviie. In South Africa the warmest month is February aud the coldest is July. The temperature is not as trying as that of Central Europe. The rainfall for the year is light, varying from live to 20 inches. The German army authorities ar« experimenting on a cotton stufi as a material for balloons. It is I treated with rubber before befng used. The fabric is said to have great strength, and is better than silk which is apt to genorate electricity. Professor B. S. Woodward of Col umbia university, in a recent papei shows reasons for thinking that the earth's atmosphere extends to a height varying with the distance from the equator. At the equator he estimates the height to be 26,0J0 miles which diminishes to only 17,000 miles at the poles. But of course, beyond a few hundred miles above the grounJ, the density of the atmosphere becomes sc slight that its effects are impercep tible. The discovery of two Belgian chem ists, Hoho and Lagrange, whereby I iron may be brought to a while heat by dipping it in water, is attracting much attention iu Europe. A metal vessel is partly tilled with water and connected up to a source of electricity supply giving HO amperes of current. | The other pole is attached to the iron I rod provided with an insulated handle. The water oilers grout resistance to the passnge of a current through the combination, a very high ele-trical potential being thus generated iu the neighborhood of the iron ro.', where by the water is rapidly decomposed, and a temperature of 1200 to 1503 degrees is t>et up within aperiol of 20 seconds. In the last 60 years the speed of ocean steamers has been increase 1 from eight and one-halt' to 22 aud one half kuotsan hour. .Ships have been more thau trebled in length, about doubled iu breadth, and increased ten fold in displacement. The number ot passengers carried by a steamship has j been increased from 100 to nearly 2000. The engine power has been made 40 times as great, while the rate of coal consumption per horse powet per hour is now only about one-third what it was 1810. 1810. The weight ot the machinery per horse power has also been very greatly reduced. Were the engines of the Campania propor tionately as heavy as those in use 6C years ago, they would weigh about 14,000 tons. In other words, machiu ery, boilers and coal would exceed the total weight of the ship as she float? today. IMAGINATION AND DISEASE. Amusing Incident Cittifted by a I>octor*» Lettflr* (iettimj Mixed, Iu "A Journalist's Note-Book" Frank F. Moore tells au amusing aud significant story of the influence ot imagination upon health. A young civil servant in India, feeling fagged from the excessive heat aud from long hours of work, consulted the best doc tor within leach. The doctor looked over him, sounded his heart and lungs, aud then said gravely: "I will write you tomorrow." The next day the young mau re j ceived a letter telling him that lii-r left lung was gone aud his heart seri ously affected, aud advising him to lose no time in ail justing his busines? affairs. "Of course you may live for weeks," the letter said, "but you had best not leave important matters un decided. " Naturally the young official was dis mayed by so dark a prognosis—noth- ing less than a death warrant. Within 24 hours he was having difficulty with his respiration, aud was seized with an acute pain in the region of the heart. He took to his bed with the feeling that he should never arise from it. Duriug the night be became so m«'*h worse that his servant sent for the doctor. "What on earth have yon been doiug to yourself?" demanded the doctor. "There were no indications of this sort when I saw you yester day. " "It is my heart, I suppose," weakly answered the patient. "Your heart!" repeated the doctor. "Your heart was all right yesterday." "My lungs, then." "What is the matter with you, man? You don't seem to hove been drink ing." "Your letter!" gasped the pntient. "You .said I had only a few weeks to live." "Are you crazy?" said the doctor. "I wrote you to take a few weeks' vacation in the hills, and you would oe all right." For reply the patient drew the let ter from under the bedclothes, and ?ave it to the doctor. "Heavens !" cried that gentleman, is he glanced at it."This was meant for another man. My assistant mis placed the letters." The young man at once sat up in bed and made a rapid recovery. And what of the patient for whom the direful prognosis was intended? Delighted with the report thut a so |ouru in the lulls would set him right, he started at once, and five years later was alive and in fair health. The children of the Berkeley, Cal., public schools are required to bring their owucup, towel,aud soap to school, to insure the best of sanitary condi tions.