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.
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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.
When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful
menstruation, weakness, leueorrhcea, displacement or ulceration of the
womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous
prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness,
lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy,
" all-gone " and " want-to-be-left-alone " feelings, blues, and hopelessness,
they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. JLydia E.
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TheHon.Gso.StarrWrites
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wonders. For the last thro*' .wars I have had Ire
quent and severe attiu-ks of s-iatica, sometimes ex
tending from the lumbar regions to my ankh , and at
times to both lower li.i lis.
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
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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
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time the pain pnssel ntirely away. Although I
hive slight Periodical atta«*.». apnr nchiicr a chunre
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HAD WAY'S HEADY RELIEF is my friead. I
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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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