lllliil I'eed for I'roflr. Feeding animals only to keep them over winter is not profitable. Every animal should be so fed as to make a gain. It is a loss of time to feed in winter simply to hold an animal over until it can be turned on the pas ure. There is no reason why the rnier should sacrifice the winter lonths. Warm quarters and proper ood should make aairaals gain and in in winter. Feed DIGESTIBLE KOOIIH. It is possible to give an animal an jundance of food and yet not supply ts wants. It is the amount of diges ible matter in foods that fixes their alue. When hogs have a desire for oal, charcoal, rotten wood, etc., the ndications point to a possible lack jf something required, which may be he mineral elements, especially lime. r he feeding of wood ashes or ground ne would no doubt satisfy the de res of the animals. The food should dso be improved by the use of bran nd ground oats. Slipping Plants. In taking slips from plants for root r.g many persons take off the young •ranches from the sides and base of he stock, forcing it to expend all its nergies in sendng out new growth rom the top, and the result is a scraggy" plant. Try taking your 'ips from the very top of the plant, ■aving all sprouts at the base and des of the old stalk, and you will > surprised to find what nice bushy iants you will have in a short time, .eraniums, c-oleus, begonias and pelar oniums are benefited by such prun ig. Long branches of wandering jew ay be put into a bottle of water and ing behind a picture so that the vines 'ill twine about it, making a pretty ■coration while the roots are form g and the little branches are start ig out along the stem. —The Epito ist. Orchard Grjtsn. Those who have sown orchard grass ong with clover on land adapted to <; growth have usually been well sat fied with it, as the two are fit to cut out the same time, or much nearer gether than either of them with tim hy. They also should have the seed wn at the same time, that is, as early the spring as the ground can be ade fit. As its name indicates it ows well in the orchard or anywhere the shade, and it likes a rich, sandy iiii, deep and moist." On such soils starts early in the spring and grows r >idly, thus it makes a good grass - a permanent pasture, but when the ound is strong enough it is more val ble for hay, as its rapid growth en les one to get two or often three ps a year. It needs to be sowed ickly, say three bushels when sown ne, or two busheds with 15 pounds clover seed per acre when they grown together, as if sown thin it kes a coarse straw, that is rather >r hay, especially if not cut quite ly enough. It needs considerable •ing, but if cured as we would cure nostly by sweating in the heap, 5 a hay that is much relished es. Some sow the clover and grass and add about five of white clover seed to the mixture, mix together well, and cutting the hay one or two years e a pasture of it. This is a very :1 way, especially if the field is one t the blue grass and red top will ne in naturally. Winter Washing of Fruit Trees. he winter season offers the fruit wer his opportunity for wreaking ;eance on the ln3ect enemies which j such incalculable havoc with the t trees in the summer months. The cts are practically at his mercy in dead season, for they cannot flee n the deadly poison he may with y apply for their destruction, and le owners of orchards care to ex se their powers of quelling infes on at the proper time and in the >er way then can largely diminish .lot entirely remove the risk of mful insect attacks. The board of 'culture has prepared and is circu ig free of charge a leaflet dealing h this subject which is deserving houghtful attention. i Is well known the insects hiber e in the broken bark of the trees, the course of treatment proposed he washing of the trees with caus •lkali wash, the use of which has found effectual in removing the l decaying bark under which the cts shelter, and at the same time estroying the eggs of noxious in i. The directions given for the aration of the wash are: First dis e one pound of commercial caustic in water; then one pound of e potnsh in water. When both been dissolved mix the two well ther; then add three-quarters ul of agricultural treacle, stir well, add sufficient water to make up to lions. The best time to apply jut the middle of February, when eggs are in a more susceptible and the trees still safe from in —London Post. Trained Ifuttermen Needed. feature requiring more attention he part of buttermakers is that manliness in their creameries. As eature la so essential to making r of the best flavor, it would that it would not be necessary en mention it, bat the fact that it is one of the things which the but termaker most commonly neglects. At very few of the buttermakers through out the country are graduates of our dairy schools, there are not many oi them who understand the influences that affect the flavor of butter. They have learned buttermaking in a me chanical way and go through the pro cess according to rule, but if anything should occur to interfere with the working of these general rules they find themselves at sea. There is noth ing more difficult to understand than the production of flavor in butter, but in most of our dairy schools the prin ciples of producing it are taught in such a way as to place it almost com pletely under the control of the but termaker. The buttermaker finds it hard, unless he has studied his work at a school where principles are taught to adjust himself to conditions and consequently some of the bad buttei vliich is produced is traceable to his lack of information as to the best method of treatment. We would nat urally expect, from the fact that few of our buttermakers are graduates of dairy schools, that c onsiderable dif ficulty is experienced in testing the milk. Every well equipped creamery at this time has a Babcock milk test, p.nd its operation is one of the impor tant features of the factory. If a but termaker is incompetent in this direc tion he is sure to have lots of trouble, as it is quite common for farmers tc become skeptical about their test even if it is accurate. We have had in quiries come to us along this line ask ing where an official test should be obtained, as the patron did not think that his factory was giving him a fail test. It may be said here that the dairy commissioner makes such tests and the creamery departments of the various experiment stations are also willing to make tests of this kind. This is work, however, which should be acceptably performed by the butter maker, and the fact that there is so much trouble over it simply indicates that more of our buttermakers should be graduates of dairy schools. —Wis consin FarrAer. Glowing Trees to Withstand Drouth. It has long been noticed how much better deep rooted trees and growing plants stand a drouth than those which are shallow rooted. The tendency to root in any particular way is largely an inherited characteristic in the va lious varieties of trees or plants, but partly a matter over which man has some control. There are conditions in which moisture is so frequently sup plied by rain, or where the water from below conies so near the surface of the ground that it is impossible and unnecessary to try to make the trees root deep. There are no fruit trees so far as I know, and but a few kinds rf nut-bearing trees, which do well if their roots extend to a perpetual wa ter strata. But on ordinary soils, and under usual conditions, trees may be so pruned and trained that they will send their roots deep down, and the deeper rooted the trees become the healthier, the longer lived and the more productive they will average. The trees from the same nursery, on the same kind of root, if planted in California, will stand a drouth which would kill its fellow planted in New Jersey, with its ordinary root sys tem. This fact leads me to inquire if there is not some way by which trees may be induced to root more deeply. The chief cause of the difference is that in California the soil about the or chard trees is kept weli cultivated, and each wet season the ground is deeply plowed, thus all the surface roots and rootlets are cut off. The moisture during the growing months is sup plied by a deep furrow system of ir rigation, so the water is sent well down into the ground and the roots have no need to come to the surface for water. Indeed the top soil is kept so well cultivated that there is always a dry layer of earth of several inches in thickness, which prevents the ra diation of moisture. From experiments which have been made in the east it is possible to force the roots togo deeper than were na ture let alone, and always, so far as I have investigated, has the experi ment been attended with satisfactory results. If the main roots of a young nursery tree are pruned square across a number of small rootlets immediate ly start near the point of amputation, and their growth is usually at right angles to the root from which they originate. Now if in place of a square cut, a fresh very oblique cut be made the tendency is for a single main sprout to grow, and in the same direc tion with the root from which it start ed. It is evident if this rule holds true, that a deeper rooted tree can be obtained by pruning the tap root or roots in this manner. The side roots should be similarly pruned and the oblique face of the cut turned down ward. Then if in addition to the proper initial root pruning, the orchard be plowed and cultivated, if not as fre quently as is the custom in California, at least once in a while, so as to cut off the surface feeders, then the tree will depend more and more upon its deep roots. It would not be well to allow too long an interval to elapse between these root prunings for the removing of a considerable quantity would be a severe shock to the tree. Better do it often. Deep rooted trees do not respond as ciuickly to fertilizers, but on the other hand they do not make known a want as quickly. There are always a suffi cient number of small roots to take in the food or water, and the fact that there are noi»e of these upon which the tree largely depends will be a guar antee that year in and year out the deep root system is best. The experi ment is well worth trying.—Charles E. Richards, in American Agriculturist. Congress's Clock-Tick*. A curious fact concerning the clock in the hall of the House of Represen tatives came to light during the sum mer. The cleaners tackled this clock, supposing it to be of some ordinary hafd wood and cast Iron, bedded under varnish. It looked ordinary enough, anyhow. The cleaners scratched and jabbed and scrubbed till nearly an inch thick of varnish had been removed, when it was found that the clock is Incased in bronze. Beautiful bronze, too. About the face is a wealth of fruit, oak leaves and acorns. The chief beauty of the clock, however, is the eagle standing with spread wings on the top of tlie case, and the bronze figure of an Amer ican Indian and a hunter, which sup port it on each side. These are real works of art. standing about three feet high, tlie Indian In war bonnet and scalp shirt, leans upon his bow, and tlie hunter is in buckskin suit, with his gun In his hand, while both seem look 'ng down on the House below. There Is no record whatever of the purchase of the clock, but it was in its place when the hall was first occupied is the House of Representatives, so the "oldest Inhabitant" says. The clock has been "gold leafed'' instead of var nished, and the bronze figures are all restored to their original state, and the whole now presents a pleasing appear ance.—Washington Star. - • A Phosphorescent Ocean. A milky opalescence, permeating the entire sea for immense distances bounded only by the horizon, is a some what rare phenomenon. It appears quite suddenly, lasts perhaps for sev eral hours, or passes away as rapidly •:ts it came; and tills without apparent •anse. At midnight we had the singu 'ar whiteness enveloping the sea, while the more brilliant kinds of phosphores cence shone in the midst of flashing rreen, yellow, or bluish lights, as the :-ase might be—a gorgeous nocturnal display. During these hours my sur face trawl-net drifted astern of the ,liip. The water was alive with count ess myriads of little gelatinous sacs ueasurings one-sixth of an inch in ength, delicate tunicate organisms .vhicli required the aid of a microscope o reveal their perfect structure. A jw specimens placed in an empty meat .In in a darkened cabin could be seen, ndeed, with the naked eyes, careering nadly around in the salt water, each uie glowing with that peculiar opal ?seent light which saturated tlie entire •ea for so many miles. It was a small species of salpa, nearly related to a liuch larger kind on the side of which :he late Professor Moseley wrote bis lame with his linger, the signature leing visible on the dead body through out the niglit, glowing with the bright est phosphorescent light.—'TJie Corn tiill. A Drill Hole Feet l»ei-p. Tlie drill hole on tlie Turf Club grounds, near Johannesburg, which is nearly two miles from the outcrop of the main reef, struck the main reef at 4800 feet, or within twenty-live feet of the depth at which it was expected formation would be struck. A furious feature in connection with the sinking uf this bore hole was tlie fact that the rods were left in the hole for twenty months while hostilities were going on. The details of the work when it was renewed are best given in the fol lowing quotation from the report of the engineers, which is as follows: "Having completed all our prepara tions, we started to withdraw tlie rods an Sunday morning. May 2l>, at 9.10 a. in. The full pressure of steam at our disposal was applied, and as the rods took the strain it was a moment of great anxiety to the onlookers, and we held our breath in suspense, as it was seen the rods had not moved an inch. The next moment, however, to our great relief and delight, they gradually and evenly slipped outward, and so continued to lift, without a hitch throughout the day, so that at knoek ing-off time we had pulled 1850 feet. Work was resumed at daylight on the following Monday morning, and we are happy to inform you that by 10 a. m. on that day all the rods were safely out of the hole."—Mines and Minerals. Kxpeiiftivc Chicken Potpie. Eating SSO worth of chicken potpie at one meal is an extravagant way of living, especially for a resident of West Manayuuk, where millionaires are scarce articles. A few years ago there lived at Pencoyd a young man who was just making his start in the world, but has since become one of the mon eyed men of the country. In his early career he became very fond of game chickens and invested SSO in a gamecock of the choicest fighting strain. He turned the cock loose with n lot of common liens and in his idle hours enjoyed many battles with birds owned by neighbors, lie came home from a business trip one day and en joyed a chicken dinner prepared by his wife that he thought was the best meal that he had eaten for many days. "Xiee chicken," he remarked. "Yes," replied the wife, "I got James to kill a couple of old roosters down at the barn." He finished his meal, took a stroll out to tlie barn and found his pet had disappeared, and that he had eaten a SSO potpie.—Philadelphia Rec ord. Alabnstlne, the. only durable wall coat ing. takes the place of scaling kal.somlnes, wall paper and paint for walls. It ran be used on plaster, brick, wood or canvas. Man's Chance In Life. 1 One of the biggest life insurance com panies recently figured out the chances of living, and naturally went into the spirit of the thing on lines the reverse of the sentimental. The experts sim ply took 100,000 human beings and figured out a percentage, jjust ns if the 100,000 humans were chalk on a black board. Acting on tlie understanding that the 100,000 are considered at the age of ten years.® each will have 48.7 more years to live. Of course some will die before collecting their life inheritance, but the 48.7 represents the average. As a matter of carefully ascertained fact there will be 740 deaths among the 100,000 before the eleventh year is reached. This leaves 99,251 survivors, with a chance of 48.1 more years in the land of the living. But 740 of these will die before becoming twelve-year olds. llow London Grows. Last year 2(5,000 new houses were built in London. Probably they are now filled by 130,000 people, the popu lation of a large borough. Tills is the way London grows every year.—Liv erpool Courier. ANOTHER CRAND REPORT FROM HIS MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD. AT PORTSMOUTH, ENCLAND, Where Upwards ol 10,000 Hen Are Con stantly Employed. Sometime ago the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette published a most thrill ing and remarkable experience of the wife of Mr. Frederick Payne, himself connected with the Portsmouth Dockyard for many years. The report produced a great sensa tion, not only in Portsmouth, but through out the country, being considered of suffi cient importance for reproduction and ed itorial comment by the leading Metropoli tan and Provincial Press of England, as showing the marvelous powers which St. Jacobs Oil possesses as a cure for Rheuma tism, its application having effected a per fect cure in the case of Mrs. Payne, after having been a helpless cripple and given up by several physicians. We have now further evidence of its in trinsic value as a Pain Conqueror. Our readers will do well to follow the intelli gent and highly interesting details as given in Mrs. Rabbets' own words: To the Proprietors St. Jacobs Oil: Gentlemen —My husband, who is a ship wright in His Majesty's Dockyard, met with an accident to his ankle and leg. spraining both so badly that his leg turned black from his knee to his toes. The Dr. said it would be months before he could put his foot to the ground, and it was doubtful whether he would ever get proper use of his leg again. A few days after the accident I had a book left at the door telling about St. Jacobs Oil, so I procured a bottle from our chemist, Mr. Arthur Creswell, 379 Com mercial Road. I began to use St. Jacobs Oil, and you may guess my surprise, when, in about another week from that date, my husband could not only stand, but could even walk about, and in three weeks from the time I first used the Oil my husband was back at work, and everybody talking about his wonderful recovery. This is not all. See ing what St. Jacobs Oil could do gave me faith in your Vogeler's Curative Compound, also favourably mentioned in the book left at my house.l determined to try the compound on my little girl, who was suf fering from a dreadful skin disease, the treatment of which has cost nie large sums of money ingoing from one doctor to an other with her all to no purpose. She has taken two bottles of Vogeler's Curative Compound, and one would now hardly take her for the same child, her skin has got such a nice healthy colour after the sallow look she has always had. I shall never cease to be thankful for the immense benefit we have derived from these two great remedies of yours. 1 think it a duty to recommend these medi cines now I have proved their value. (Signed) ELIZABETH S. RABBETS, 'j.l Grafton Street. Mile End, Landport, Portsmouth, England. A liberal free sample of Vogeler's Com pound will be sent by addressing St. Ja cobs Oil Ltd., Baltimore. The above honest, straightforward state ment of Mrs. Rabbets' evidence is strong er and far more convincing than pages of paid advertisements, which, though in themselves attractive, yet lack that con vincing proof which Mrs. Rabbets' descrip tion of her own experience supplies. St. Jacobs Oil has a larger sale throughout the world than that of all other remedies for outward application combined, and this can only be accounted for from the fact of its superiority over all others. Fees of tlie Patent OflU-e. Patent Office fees must be paid in ad vance, and are as follows: On filing eat-li original application for a patent, sls; on issuing each original patent, S2O; In design cases, for three years and six months, $10; for seven years, sls; for fourteen years, S3O; on filing each caveat, $10; on every application for the reissue of a patent, S3O; on fil ing each disclaimer, $10; for certified copies of patents and other papers in manuscript, ten cents per each hun dred words; for certified copies of printed patents; eighty-five cents; for recording every assignment, agreement, power of attorney or other paper of 300 words or under, $1; of over 300 words and under 1000 words, $2; of over 1000 words, $3; for copies of draw ings, the reasonable cost of making them.—New York News. Alabas'tlnp can be used over paint or | naper; paint or paper can be used over] Alal'astlne. Riiv nnlv in five pound pack ages, properly labeled; lake no substitute. | Sapcnenßitlve. The man who offered himself for I vivisection has aroused so much bos-1 tile comment by his action that he I feels all cut up about it.—Boston Globe, j Last year nearly 450 miles of the j Anglo-Egyptian Railway were built, I and another 700 miles will l>e under- ! taken on the Upper Nile this year. i Mrs. L. A. Harris, a Prominent Member of a Chicago Woman's Political Club, tells how Ovarian Troubles may be Cured with out a Surgical Operation. She says : " Doctors have a perfect craze for operations. The minuto there is any trouble, nothing but an operation will do them ; one hundred dollars and costs, and included in the costs are pain, and agony, and often death. " I suffered for eight years with ovarian troubles ; spent hundreds of dollars for relief, until two doctors agreed that an opcrat'on wa3 my only chance of life. My sister had been using LydiaE. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for her troubles, and been cured, and she strongly urged me to let the doctors go and try the Com pound. I did so as a last resort; used it faithfully with the Sana>- tive Wash for five months, and was rejoiced to find that my troubles were over and my health restored. If women would only try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound first, fewer surgical operations would occur."— MßS. L. A. HARRIS, 278 East 31st St., Chicago, 111. SSOOO FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. 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During the time 1 have been afflicted I have trie! almost nil the remedies recommended by wise men and tools, hoping to ilnd relief* but all proved to b.- failures. I have trie 1 v rious kinds of baths, m nlpulations, outward application of liniments too nu • erous to mention, and prescript o H ot the most eminent physicians, all of which filled to (rive me relief. • ast September, at ?he urgent request o a friend (wh 1 had been ainicted as myself) I was in lived t try your reined . I was then sutferinr fearfully with one of my oh I turns. To my sur rise and de light the llrst application ir ive me ease, utter bath ing an«i rubbing the parts «ffe<-te«', limbs in a warm glow, created by the Relief. In a short time the pain pnssel ntirely away. Although I hive slight Periodical atta«*.». apnr nchiicr a chunre of weather, I know now how to cure myself, and le 1 quite nr ster oi the situation. HAD WAY'S HEADY RELIEF is my friead. I never travel with .ut a bottle in my valise. 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Be ware of imitations. i It i» proposed tr> increase the strength |of the ISelpiau army to I SO,OOO men. Capsicum Vaseline Put up In Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or sny other plaster* and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain allaying and curative qua ities of this arti le are wonderful. It will stop the t othaohe at once, and relievo headache and sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and sto nach a:id all rheumatic# neuralgic and grouty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable in the household. Muny people say "It is the best of all your preparations." Price* 15 cents, at all druggists* or other deal ': a, or by sending this ai.ount to us i 1 i ostage stamps we will send you a tube by mail. Nvj article should be accep od by the public unlesa the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. 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