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' Working Well-Drained Landl.
Well-drained lands cnn be worked
earlier In spring, and the loll will be
warmer than when no drainage has
been done. This Is an Important point,
spring work Is always pressing,
and the earlier the plowing can be done
the better.
Fowls Require a.xerelse.
Fowls that are expected to lay In
winter require exercise. Feeding
should not be too often. When millet
seed la scattered In litter, or over a
wide surface, the bens will be kept
busy seeking ttiem. In the spring the
bens will begin lnylng as soon as the
weather becomes mild. This shows that
warmth controls egg production to a
certain extent It Is In the Bprlng that
the hens can seek a variety of food, as
worms, seeds and grass can then be ob
tained. The breed of fowls Is not so
Important as management In winter,
for the tendency of birds is not to lay
during the cold weather, but In spring
nd summer. ;
Milk For Chickens.
On most of our farms there Is always
more or less milk that must be fed to
the pigs or chickens, or be allowed
to go to waste. Of course, hogs are
very fond of milk and grow fat on It
but there can be no better or more
proatable way of utilizing It than by
feeding It to the laying hens and grow
ing chicks.
It may be given them to drink, or It
may be used to moisten stale bread.
Any way. tbey relish It aud it makes
them thrifty.
Milk, to a certain extent, takes the
place of a meat diet, and Is therefore
especially recommended during the
cold months, when the supply of bugs
and Insects no longer exists. Young
chicks are very fond of milk and grow
rapidly when fed on It.
Buttermilk should be fed to the hogs,
but sour milk may be given to the
chickens, though not so good for them
as the sweet milk. If you hav . never
utilized your surplus stock of inllk
this way, try It for a month, and see
If the hens do not lay more eggs.
Home and Farm.
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A Cow Pes, Holler.
First a hopper In which the peas are
put, vines and nil; then a cylinder
twelve Inches In diameter and four
feet long. Smaller might do. The
cylinder Is covered with Iron spikes,
as shown, driven Into the cylinder
at an angle of about sixty degrees,
loping back from direction of cylin
der. Ends of spikes left out one-half
or five-eighth Inches In length. Hows
of spikes four to six Inches apart, run
ning spirally around the cylinder. In
stead of lengthwise. Around this is
a curved shaped piece of extra heavy
sheet iron or steel, strong enough to
hoU the peas up to the cylinder, and
still springy enough to allow them to
go through without splitting the peas.
Then make a box or frame In which
the cylinder rests. This Is not so Im
portant only iu so far as it holds up
the cylinder, but any old thing that
will do that will accomplish that end.
The handle Is represented on the cyl
inder, but I would recommend that
power of some description be used, as
I know from personal experience that
It requires a good deal of muscle to
make It go when it Is full of pea vines.
I ground out five acres of peas with
mine. Dove B. MUIer, In St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Kkks In Cold Storage.
One cannot keep eggs la cold storage
successfully unless proper conditions
are obtained beforehand. I approve
of a cold storage plant on every farm
where the number of luylng hens ex
ceed 200. A plant properly constructed
then will pay the owner when eggs
are so cheap that It Is Impossible, to
and any decent market for them. Eggs
stored away properly can be kept from
six to eight months. The hummer eggs
can be gathered and kept for winter
use. Not only this, but the eggs gath
ered daily should be placed Immediate
ly In the cold storage plant, so tbey will
keep in perfectly fresh condition wheu
shipped to market a few days later.
It is lmpoMble sometimes to make
shipments every day, and often It is
very unwise; yet If one has no cold
storage plant on the farm the eggs may
be ruined within forty-eight hours by
exposure to hot weather. It Is weather
conditions more thnn time which ac
tually causes eggs to become stale.
This should bo remembered iu build
ing the cold storage place for them,
eat Is the worst enemy of the eggs
and next to that Is moisture, aud third,
stale, impure air. With this under
stood It may be possible for oue to
understand why a cold, but damp celt
lur Is a poor place for storing eggs.
The excessive moisture of tb place
soon makes the eggs mouldy and
musty. Moisture must be excluded by
all means from tho storage bouse. Of
course, too dry an air Is not desirable,
although that Is preferable to too moist
eggs.
Ventilation Is essential to the welfare
of the eggs. Impure air will cause the
- eggs to decay rapidly, and Impure air
generally means damp, moist air. Con
sequently It Is essential on pleasant
days to have the outside air circulated
through the storage house. Thu cir
culation should be forced. There is
io other way to obtain It successfully,
where producers try to store their owu
eggs. To lest the condition of tho air
Instruments to reglkfer the moisture
' as well as the temperature should be
constantly in use. The temperature
of tho storage houses should bo kept
noUttiUil at thirty degrees- F. That is
AGRICDLTDRAL
considered the best by all storage com
panies, and If properly regulated at
this temperature, the summer eggs
will generally keep all right for winter
use. Annie C. Webster, la American
Cultivator.
Competition on Farms,
The farmer of the present day meets
closer competition In his business than
the merchant, his competitors being
other farmers who are alive to every
opportunity to Increase their profits.
The progressive farmer closely ob
serves the markets, but he gives more
attention to the lessening of the cost
of production than to anything else.
The farmer who does not know of the
production of the latest labor-saving
appliances, or of the advantages of
the various breeds of live stock, Is surs
to work at a great disadvantage In
competition with one who leesens the
cost of labor, and Increases the prod
ucts of his farm, for If prices fall by
reason of great supply, the unprepared
former, who has not kept pace with
other, will be the first to fall by the
wayside.
The beginning of the new year Is
the time to plan for next season. The
farmer no longer has any choice In
the matter of reform. Ho cannot de
cide to continue on with old methods
unless other farmers are doing tho
same. Necessity will compel changes,
and It Is better to get ready for them
than to wait until the growing season
arrives than to discover that a whole
year must be lost In the attempt t
produce crops under methods that oth
ers have discarded. There Is more la
bor performed on farms from which
the farmer secures no return than Is
Incurred In any 'other pursuit, and It
is this waste of labor the result of
adhering to old systems that causes
farmers to mortgage their farms and
pay Interest. No farmer con afford
to sell his produce for less than Its
cost yet the cost depends largely on
the management. His competitor, with
lower cost and larger yields, forces him
to sell at unremuneratlve prices.
Where some farmers fail Is in not
Increasing tho productive capacity of
their live stock. Beef cattle that weigh
less than one-half the weight that
could be obtained, sheep weighing less
than 100 pounds each on the hoof,
and milk from cows that but little
more than pay the cost of keeping,
are examples found everywhere. The
most difficult matter on the part of
those who are Interested In the ad
vancement of farming Is to convince
farmers that an essential duty in the
keeping of live stock Is to use the pure
breeds. Strange to say, the greatest
obstacle to the introduction of pure
breeds is the prejudice of the farmers.
On the large majority of farms will be
found animals that demonstrate their
worthlessness In comparison with some
that are better, yet even this fact so
plain that It cannot be avoided, has not
ludnced farmers to discard scrubs and
accept the poor breeds. Only when
some progressive farmer steps out of
the line and adopts new methods are
many of the farmers convinced that
they must do the same thing or suffer
loss. Philadelphia Record.
For Clean Milk.
Poor butter is very often the result of
Impurities that get Into the milk at
milking time. Cloth strainers will
help matters materially, but first of all
thoroughly rub tho cow's udder with
a piece of burlap before milking. The
best pail for milking with cloth strain
ers can be made by the tinsmith after
the pattern shown in the cut. Lay the
cloth tightly over the top of the pall.
then press the top piece down InsiflV
the rim of the pail. The milk cannot
spatter out, and must pass through
the cloth Into the pall. Probably not
one dairyman Iu a hundred Is as par
ticular as he should be In the matter
of getting the milk from the cows In
the cleanest possible manner. After
visiting many dairy farms and noting
tlia filthy manner lu which the cows
are cared for and milked, I think my
statement of not oue In a huudred is
wide of the mark. In many barns
tin conditions are simply disgusting,
while one can rarely find a stable
where a thoroughly painstaking effort
Is made to keep every particle of for-el-;n
matter and foul odor out of tho
milk. Even under tho very best con
ditions as regards cleanliness It Is ut
terly impossible to keep all Impurities
out of the milk if the latter is drawn
from the cow Into an open pail, for
hairs and tome dust particles will be
loosened from the cow by the action
of the hands In milking. However,
with a pail like that shown In the cut,
aud tiro thicknesses of cotton cloth,
or, better still, a layer of surgeons'
absorbent cottou, laid between two
sheets of cheesecloxh and caught to
gether here and there with thread and
needle, almost absolute cleanliness can
bo secured. A large sheet of such a
strainer cnn be made at once, and cir
cles cut from It for each milking. The
cotton mentioned Is absolutely pure,
and Is of a nature to cheek tho pass
ago of any Impurities. By the use
of such a device the mlk and cream
will not only be practically pure, If all
other precautions are taken to keep It
so, but It will keep much longer than
milk and cream secured under tho or
dinary conditions a very decided ad
vantage, If one ships bis cream away,
or has a milk or cream route, for
there is, perhaps, no more common
complaint from customers on a milk
route than that the cream or milk does
not keep from one day to the next
New York Tribune.
ADAPTABILITY OF CHIFFON.
It Is Favorite Fabrla of tho Fashion
able Woman. I
Without chiffon a woman, setting
foot Into the fashionable world of 1902,
would be In despair.
There Is no one fabric so milch In ev
idence, no one material so much need
ed la the scheme's of dress, no one stuff
half as becoming.
Without chiffon the robes of 1902
would be robbed of their gnuzlness,
and the general effect of the lightness
would bo gone.
Chiffon Is seen both winter and sum
mer, and has been called the connect
ing link between these two extremes
of season. On Fourth of July a woman
veils herself In It and makes ber stock
of it; In mid winter her gown Is
trimmed with It and her bodice is fash
ioned entirely of It. Her fur coat is
decorated with It and her linings par
take of its puffings, while her under
skirts rejoice In its shlrrlngs.
Chiffon means more to-day to the
woman of fashion than It ever did be
fore, and the prophets say that It will
continue to Increase In meaning and
In fashionable growth.
The now uses to which It Is put are
too many to be mentioned and too va
ried to allow of description. As a veil
ing It now comes In dotted form, the
dots of different colors on the opposite
sides. If this very French form of
veiling cannot be purchased ready
made a woman dots it herself, using a
fine needle and much patience.
A Queen Louise stock Is another ar
ticle of chiffon which she wears. This
Is a long veil coming from the back of
the winter bat. often from the back of
a fur hat falling right out from under
a much tailed animal, and this she
twists around ber neck many times un
til It form a stock. The two ends are
now allowed to hang down the front in
stole fashion, and, of course, these
ends are embroidered.
But this Is not all the ways of chif
fon. As a bodice stuff It Is so much
seen that to attempt to tell of new
ways of treatment opens up a field in
exbaustlve. But there is a chiffon bod
Ice that may be new. It Is made upon
a foundation, for chiffon Is too sheer
to go alone, and It is shirred every
Inch, to moke Inch wide puffs. These
are attached to the under part or lin
ing until a waist Is formed an entire
shirt waist, all little soft chiffon puffs.
New York Herald.
Woman's Place In Golf.
When women in America first began
to play golf they were allowed at many
of the big clubs to use the links only
at certain hours on certain days when
It was thought that their presence
would not Incommode the Lords of
Creation.
Tho first courses laid out In America
were very short and consequently
easy. That of the Morris County Club,
one of tho finest In the country then,
as now, had In those days but seven
holes, and not one of them was over a
drive and Iron shot In length. The
women were therefore able to reach
them with a drive and brassey, and ho
were as well off as the men, and their
scores soon began to compare very fa
vorably with those of their masculine
competitors. This was also true of
other courses and clubs, and the wom
en naturally asked for the privilege of
playing at any and all hours, urging
as an excuse their ability to make low
scores.
After much hesitation and head shak
ing on the part of those men who,
never having had sjsters, had no Idea
of the physical capabilities of a girl,
permission was granted.
The women took their hardly won
permission with Joy, and proceeded
to demonstrate that they could play
good golf by taklnUn their detractors
for a round and soundly beating them,
From that day women have had an un
disputed place on the links, and for the
past three or four years It has been es-
teemed an honor for even tho amateur
champion to be asked to play In a
mixed foursome by any one of a dozen
of our leading women players. Golf,
Cnasnal Feminine Vocations.
In different parts of the earth wom
en who earn their dally bread have
chosen strange means of doing so.
Their example may Inspire others, If
not to adopt like professions, to act
upon the principle which guided them
to choose the one thing they could do
That was near at hand.
For Instance, in the State of Geor
gia a woman not only personally de
livers mall over a forty-mile route,
riding over the scantily settled region
of Montgomery County thrice weekly
during the entire year, but manages
a large farm as well, doing much of
tho manual labor, such as plowing
harrowing, sowing and harvesting,
and supports by her energy and cour
age a family of four.
In the neighborhood of Savannah
there resides a widow who for the
last two years made more than a com
fortable income as a government con
tractor, bidding for the removal of
wrecks, anchoring of buoys, building
of Jetties and dredging.
Not one In a thousand riding over
the New London Northern Hallway
are aware that the company employs
the only woman train dispatcher In
the world. Her hours, from 7 o'clock
in the morning to 9 In the evening,
are most responsible, her duties a con
tinual nervous and mental strain.
Recently the directors of the roud
complimented her upon ber efficient
service. She was also substantially
awarded.
China's Woman Doctor.
. Dwelling quietly In San Francisco
Is the "newest" Chinese woman In
the world a woman whose distin
guished career and splendid American
education makes ber "advanced" even
among Caucasian women of brains.
Dr. Yaml Kim Is a graduate of the
.Women's Medical College of the New
York Infirmary. She came to Ameri
ca when only sixteen years of age
fwm her birthplace, Nlng Po, near
Shanghai.
The Chines girl was first regis
tered as a student fit a private, board
ing school In New York, and after a
term there and a vacation trip to
Honolulu she returned and settled
down to her medical course.
Her greatest work as a physician
was done In Amoy, China, where she
was sent by the Dutch Reform Board.
The hospital to which she was assigned
was In such an unsanitary condition
that Dr. Kim resolved to have a hos
pital of her own. She built up as
paying a practice ns she could among
the better classes of Amoy, and with
the money earned proceeded to turn
her own dwelling house Into a hos
pital. "I ran that hospital on scientific
lines," she declares. "I established
baths and bygenlc wards with beds
and appliances as nearly modern as
could be managed under tho circum
stances, but I could not stand the cli
mate, so was obliged to resign my
post; but I left it with money In the
treasury."
Flowers Far the Hair.
The shell combs that have been worn
are vanishing, and even for full-dress
wear aigrettes and bows are seen less
than half wreaths of flowers or a single
delicate or richly glowing rose.
Fashions For the Heir.
Two-toned sntln ribbon Is employed
In a variety of corsage knots and hair
rosettes. Black and white, green and
cream and pink and white, each makes
an effective color combination.
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Flowers and feathers are artistically
combined in some of the most attrac
tive hair ornaments for evening wear.
A dainty bit for a high coiffure is a
small black ostrich tip set In a cluster
of tiny pink rosebuds and leaves plen
tifully besprinkled with rhlnestones.
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Small rhlnestones scintillate on many
of the fashionable aigrettes, whether
these are composed of flowers, feath
ers or ribbon. They lend a touch of
brightness to these fetching hair, or
naments which Is especially pretty un
der the gaslight.
Wreaths of green leaves, such as the
laurel, are also seen among the coif
fure sets of the season. These call up
visions of a hero's brow, but In this In
stance are designed as a captivating
evening head-piece.
T.
The Ambitions Hatpin.
A plain hatpin Is uncommon nowa
days, although the Jeweled ones cost a
pretty penny. Those formed with
thick gold twisted ' tops, with a dia
mond or pearl In the centre, are al
ways In good taste, and not likely to
clash with any of the hat trimmings,
or a crystal ball, covered with a trellis-
work of Jewels, Is a favorite design.
Many a pretty hatpin may be made
out of those old earrings which most
people are burdened with and regard
only as a superfluity; small cameos
set In gold, onyx, or cornelians only
require a strong pin attached to them
to turn them Into useful ns well as or
namental hatpins. A set of sliver or
antique buttons is another gift which
Is fashionable this year, the more
unique and old the specimen the better.
Feminine Occupations In the Orient.
There are many openings In the
Orient for a ventursome woman who Is
not afraid to enter upon untrodden
paths In search of a new occupation.
In Turkey, Cyprus, Syria and Crimea
all sorts of knick-knacks, such as pock
et knives, scissors, housewives, toys
and hundreds of small household arti
cles, have been Introduced as tho re
sult of European influence, and the de
mand for these trltles is so greatly in
excess of the supply that a fine field
awaits the woman who takes up tho
work of going to the houses of native
women with such wares. The women
of the Orient do not like to attempt
shopping In the stores, hence the neces
sity for a visiting trader.
NEWEST
FASHIONS
Small boys have their Initials or
monograms embroidered on their caps.
A simple yet popular adornment for
the neck Is a broad straight band of
velvet.
A pale blue matelasse dressing Jack
et U trimmed with a flowered pompa
dour silk and laco with black velvet
ribbons.
Many buttons were on a stylish lit
tle gown of navy cloth, edging tho
short bolero trimmed with cut work
applied over lettuce-green satin.
In the handsome silk skirts which
are selling now at a reduction, some
In light colors have narrow ruffles
edged with narrow fancy ribbons.
The newest luce pattern stockings
do not have open work at the foot ot
ankle, but Instead the lace effect tends
from the top of the stocking to the shoe
top.
Tho latest chiffon veils are finished
around three edges with a hemstitched
border one Inch wide. Those come In
many colors and have chenille dots to
match the veil.
For fancy vests to be worn with auy
coatume, flowered chiffon, arruuged
over satin or silk.' Is the popular ma
terial. White chiffon for this purpose
Is sprinkled with pink rosebuds or forget-me-nots
of silk.
An exquisite house gown of whlti?
crepe de chine Is trimmed with gar
lands of violets embroidered on white
mouHsellno de sole. Another of the
same material, In black, Is trimmed
with black and gold embroidery.
Odd blues and browns are to be seen
in the new foulard, queer light shades
of brown, and many of tho pretty and
also light shades of blue, although
there are some of the deeper shades of
the latter color, as deep as the Yale
blue.
Tucks have lost none of their popu
larity and are used In a variety of ar
tistic ways for shirt waist adornment
A stylish effect Is produced in a waist
composed of daintily hemstitched solid
tucking, running up and down, with
the sleeves and narrow cuff made of
crosswise tucki to correspond.
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS :
"Don'ts" For Tonne; Housekeeper!.
Don't put butter In your refrigerator
nth the wrappings on.
Don't use butter for frying purposes,
ft decomposes and Is unwholesome.
Don't keep custards In the cellar
H an open vessel. Tbey are liable to
oecome poisonous.
Don't pour boiling water over china
packed la a pan. It will contract by
me sudden contraction and expansion.
Dou't moisten your food with tho
Idea of saving your teeth. It spoils
the teeth and you will soon lose them.
Don't use steel knives for cutting
ash, oysters, Bweetbrcads or brains.
The steel blackens and gives an un
pleasant flavor.
, Don't scrub your refrigerator with
warm water. When necessary sponge
:t out quickly with two ounces of for
maldehyde In two quarts of cold water.
Don't put table cloths and napkins
that are fruit-stained into hot soap
suds; It sets or fixes the stains. Re
move tho stains first with dilute oxalic
.dd, washing quickly In clear water.
-Mrs. S. T. Korcr, In the Ladles' Home
Journal.
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Tho Care of Palms.
About all our palms require Is that
all dust be kept off the foliage. This
Is of the utmost Importance, as palms
positively refuse to do well otherwise.
See that they have moisture supplied
to the roots as needed, which in spring
and summer should be about every
day. In fall and winter they require
only moderate watering. They cnn
be grown from seed, but It is slow
work, and it Is better to get those
already started. The scale insect Is
their worst enemy. A wash of dilute
alcohol will kill it, but must be washed
off well afterward. A wash of weak
lye soap Is the best preventive, but,
like the alcohol, must be rinsed off well
at once. Go all over the plant and
leave no spot untouched with the soap.
Palms should have a soil composed
of good garden soil, leaf mold, rotted
cow manure and sand, one-half of
garden soil, and tho other half equal
parts- of the rest. . The roots grow
downward, consequently they require
a deep pot. Put la pots just large
enough to supply t.ieir wants, make
the soil light and ilrm, arrange for
good drainage, and place the crown
bo It will be Just above the soil. Mrs.
W. M. Knoer, in Good Housekeop-
,ns Jam. .lASUA'iCA
Salmon Cullets--To one cup of cooked
or canned salmon picked Into small
pieces add half a cup of hard-boiled
eggs chopped fine, and a tablespoon
of finely chopped pickles. Season with
salt and pepper. Mix well together
with a fork. Then add half a cup of
white sauce. Place a spoonful of the
mixture on a board or plate well cov
ered with crumbs. With a spoon press
It Into the form of a cutlet half an Inch
In thickness. Dip the cutlet Into egg
batter, then cover again wnh crumbs
and saute In fat until a rich brown
color. Or, If preferred, lay In a frying
basket and fry in deep fut in a kettle.
Serve garnished with lemon points.
cress, curled celery or thick slices of
tomato.
Grilled Sweet Potatoes-Boll or steam
four or five medium-sized potatoes and
use them while hot, for the texture of
the potatoes when freshly cooked Is
quite unlike that of those which have
become cold and then are reheated.
Pare them, cut them in shapely slices
lengthwise, and about one-third inch
thick. Dip them lu melted butter aud
sugar, lay them on a greased broiler
and cook until brown. Be careful no)
to let them burn. Being already hot,
they only need the quick browning,
and the sugar and butter will burn eas
lly Jf not watched. Put two round
tablespoons of butter, oue of sugar, out
of hot water and one-fourth teaspoon
of salt in a saucepan over hot water,
t.nd It will mult while you are paring
the potatoes.
Almond Cake Beat to a cream
one cup of sugar, one-half cuj
of butter; add beaten whites ol
two eggs and one yolk, one cur,
of sweet milk; then mix two tea,
spoonfuls of baking powder Into foui
cups of well sifted flour. Bake Imme
diately after It has been stirred. Fill
ing: Chop fine one cup of seeded
raisfius aud one cup of blanched al
monds. Cook one cup of granulated
sugar with one-half cup of water uu
til It strings, thin ndd the whites ol
three eggs, well beaten, and stir untl
a cream, and when cool add chopped
almonds aud raisins, using for flavor
Ing a few drops of bitter almond am!
oil of rose. This can be. used as t
solid cake by adding the filling to thi
cake aud bake in oue tin together.
Chicken Soulile In Pepper Cases
Chop very flue one cupful of chlckei
meat previously cooked; inlK with li
two tablespoonfuls of flour, one table
spoonful of chopped parsley, one-hah
tablespoonful of chopped onion and out
cupful of hot milk. Put on tho stove
let it come to a boll, and add the well
beaten yolks of three eggs; removi
from the fire. Fold in the whites o!
the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Poir,
into the prepared peppers; clot will
bits of butter, and bake until browi
and fluffy. The large bell peppers an
the best for cooking; always selec
those that have not begun to changi
color. Cut a slice from the stem end
extract the seeds, throw them In clea
cold water; let them be fur an Lout
then drain them and they are read;
for use, t
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CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
km Industry That Has Been O row lug Fe
Many- Years.
, "Perhaps more fruit Is Imported from
the State of California to the National
Cifpltal and other Eastern cities each
year than from all other States In the
Union combined," said W. W. Lough
rey, a prominent California fruit grow
er, to a Washington Star reporter. "I
have noticed this fact particularly dur
ing the Christmas holidays. Nearly
all of the finest fruits displayed by
your dealers were the products of my
State. The exact' state of the fruit
culture In California is best told In
the report of a Government field agent
of the Division of Statistics who re
cently visited the" State and says: -"
'Few people know that the fruit In
dustry of California was practically
begun during the establishment of
missions by the Franciscan monks. As
early as 1702 there were about 6OO0
trees growing on the different mlsolonj.
Apples, pears, oranges, limes, lemons,
and olives constituted the greater pro
portion of these trees, aud as they
nearly all did well they proved the
possibility ot fruit culture In Cali
fornia. " 'In 1830 some attention was given
to the cultivation of fruit in Sonoma
County, and several small orchards
were planted. Several years later the
planting of fruit trees began in Los
Angeles and Yolo Counties, but only
In a small way. It was at the time
of the great gold excitement, however.
In 1849, that the Industry renlly re
ceived Its first Impetus. While the
majority of the Immigrants to the State
thought of nothing but gold, a few of
the more conservative obtained posses
sion of some of these old orchards and
found a handsome profit In selling their
fruit at exorbitant prices.
" 'Since that time the demand for
fruit from our State has steadily In
creased. The climate of the State is
particularly favorable to the Industry,
and as a result there are many kinds
of fruit produced successfully In Cal
ifornia which cannot be raised in most
Eastern States. This Is particularly
true of the citrus and subtropical fruits
which grow In great profusion with
us and pay handsomely. Even the
high mountain valleys are adapted In
both climate and soil to the raising of
hardy Northern varieties, and between
these and the low valleys of the south
may be found conditions of climate
admirably suited to the production of
nearly all kinds of fruit known to do
mestic commerce.' "
A Hundred Tears Usnce,
The twentieth century 1b not closing
without Issues to be settled, says John
Bates Clark, in the Atlantic. You know
whnt foreign relations now mean; not
a strugglo to keep from fighting, but
an effort to adjust trade connections
and other vast and involved Interests.
The very Intimacy in which nations
live, while it guarantees peace, makes
work for the International courts. In
Individual morality we are not yet at
the portal of the millennium; for pros
perity has brought Its sore temptations.
Here, Indeed, our gains seem to be In
Borne danger, and In this direction the
strongest effort is needed In order to
save them. A certain manly quality
In our people gives assurance that
we have the personal material out
of which a millennium may grow.
Fraternity abounds where once It was
rare. We can all lock with toleration
on our new billionaires, knowing, as
we do, how little the excess of their
fortunes reully does for them. In the
retrospect it seems to me as If the
ship that carries our fortunes had once
been half disabled by storms, but had
outridden them, and were well on its
way to port. More wealth, strength,
and virtue are yet to be attained, nnd
In tho struggle against evils we shall
gain moral stamina. There are con
tests enough still In progress to give
virility to the popular character. You
have work before you, children of the
twenty-first century; but my hope is
that the area of greatest danger has
been passed, and that your tasks will
be lighter than ours have been, and
your strength greater.
Locking the Gibraltar Fortress.
The Gibraltar correspondent of the
Military Mail describes the ceremonial
of locking the fortress. Twenty min
utes before first evening gun tire, the
drum and fife band of the regiment de
tailed for this duty parade at the Con
vent and pick up tho key sergeant, who
takes the keys from a safe In the Con
vent and falls In rear of the band with
an escort of one non-commissioned offi
cer nnd two men, with fixed bayonets.
Then, led by the sergeant drummer,
they pluy with great ceremony through
the main street to Casemate square,
where the key sergeant proceeds to
lock all the gates leading Into Spain,
while the drummers souud "retreat" on
the gun tiring. The same ceremony Is
observed on bis return, aud he duly
locks up the ancient keys securely in
tho sufe on again reaching the Convent.
Ouco the gutes are locked they cannot
be unlocked unless by special sanction
of his Excellency, the Governor.
The Flaoe Hunter.
' Once upon a time a professional poli
tician called on tho President for a
place where the tenure was not un
certain. Though told that there
wus no acant office, he called again,
and again, Insisting that his application
should bo granted.
Finally he called with very strong
written. Indorsements, one of them
bearing tho names of two Senators;
but alas! the names had been forged.
Then the man wus Indicted, found
guilty of forgery, and was sent to the
penlleutlury for flvo yenrs.
Moral: Persistence will find a place
where the tenure is not uncertain.
New York Herald.
Valuable Pebbles.
Between tho northern polut of Long
Island and Watch Hill lies a row of
little Islands, two of which Plum Isl
and and Goose Isluud possess a peculiar
form of mineral wealth. It consists
in heaps of richly colored quartz peb
bles,, showing red, yellow, purple and
other hues, which are locally called
agates. They are used In making
stained glass windows, and there Is
sufficient demand for them In New
York to keep the owners of one or two
sloops employed in gathering them
from tho beaches, where the waves
continually roll and polish them, bring
ing out the beauty of their colors..
HE THOUCHT HE KNEW IT ALU
( knew a man who thought he knew it ill,
He knew how earth became rolling ball.
He knew the source and secret of all
life.
He also knew how Adam came to fall.
He knew the causes of the glacial age,
And what it was that made the deluge
rage.
He knew in fact, lie knew most ever
thing. In his own mind he was earth's greatest
sage.
His knowledge was of such stupendous
girth,
It took in everything upon tho earth
And in the heavens; but most strange
of all.
Ha didn't know a thing of real worth.
He knew where people go when they are
dead.
He knew all wonders ever sung or said.
He knew the past and future; hut for all
He didn't know enough to earn bis bread.
He was a marvel of omniscience.
He knew the secret of the hence and
whence.
He was a bundle of great theories.
The only thing he lacked was common
eense.
J. A. EJgerton, In Denver (Col.) News.
Little Elmer "Papa, what Is It that
makes a statesman great?" Professor
Broadhead "Death, my son." Har
per's Bazaar.
'Tis not because her ways are chill,
Nor that she's illy bred;
It's just because she's dressed to kill
She tries to cut me dead.
Philadelphia Record. '
Visitor "Well, Joy, I am glad to see
that you are not at all shy." Joy
"Oh, no, I am not shy now, thank you.
But I was very when I was born!"
Punch.
Mrs. Crawford "I suppose you suf
fer a great deal from your dyspepsia?"
Mrs. Crabshaw "Not half as much as
I did when my husband had It."
Judge.
When men do foolish things we say:
"Thi.t is, indeed, their natural way."
And if they're wise, we're not content
We murmur: " 'Twos an accident."
Washington Star.
Lady Visitor "And was your hus
band good and kind to you during your
long illness?" Parishioner "Ob! yes,
miss, 'e just was kind; 'e was more like
a friend than a 'usband." London
Tattler.
. Miss Angular "Do you think my age
Is beginning to tcU on me." Miss
Plumplelgh "Yes, dear, but then you
have no cause for worry. It doesn't
begin to tell the whole truth. "Chi
cago News.
"De Graft Is one of the most remark
ably successful financiers this city has
produced In a decade." "I thought he
was broke." -"Broke? Why. that man
can write his debts In six figures!"
Indianapolis News.
Mrs. O'Flinn "I'm wrltln' to the
scbule tacher, darlln', an' I want ut to
be folne. How many capitals do you
put Into a sentence?" Jennie "Ocb,
be glnerous with them. Put In half a
dozen." Boston Courier.
"Tut, tut," said the dentist. "That
nerve does not reach up so far as you
say. It Is not a foot long at all. That's
all In your rnlnd." "Um-m-m-m!"
groaned the writhing man, "it surely
feels as If it were nearly all there!"
Atlanta Constitution.
"Henry, how is the plot of that sea
novel running?" -"Well, Just at this
chapter there is a terrible storm and
the passengers are afraid the boat will
go to tho top." "You mean to tho bot
tom." "No; this is a submarine boat."
Philadelphia Record.
"And now that you ore through col
lege, what are you going to do?" asked
a friend of the youthful candidate, "I
shall study medicine," was the grave
reply of tha young man. "But isn't
that profession already over-crowded?"
asked the friend "Possibly It is," an
swered the knowing youth, "but I pro
pose to study medicine just the same,
and those who are already In the pro
fession will have to take their chances."
-Tit-Bits. 1
How the Kaiser Betallates.
The German Emperor when iu any
way crossed or contradicted pulls vio
lently at the lobe of his right ear with
the thumb and forefinger of his right
hand. When be was staying in Eug
land at the time of the Queen's funeral,
he received a telegram and opened it
in the presence of one of his smart lit
tle nephews, a boy of six. Something
in the telegram did not please his
Majesty, nnd he began to tug at bis
car. The little fellow said:
"Tell me, uucle, why do you pull
your car?"
"Because I am annoyed, my darling,"
was the reply,
"Do you always do that when you
are annoyed?"
"Yes, my darling," said his Majesty.
"And when you are very, very much
annoyed, what do you do?" persisted
this juvenllo Inquirer.
"Then I pull somebody else's," said
William II. London Answers.
AVlfoy Saw the Gas Bill.
"I saw your wife In a car with you
the other day," said a friend to the
gay Wall street bmker. "I thought
she was going to stay South over the
holidays."
"She thought so, too," and the brokei
smiled. "She was with friends down
there for a long tlmo, aud kept writing
mo not to tell ber to come back Just
yet." -
"How did you manage it?"
"I didn't write for her to como back,
I Just sent'ner last month's gas bill
It was for eleven cents. She got her
two. days later, aud her trunks bavt
been coming in on every traiu since."
Then they both smiled and drifted
between latticed doors that swung u
ward. New York Press.
Seattle Gets the Baered Ox.
The sacred ox, a part of the asset!
of .the stranded Australian circus,
which went to pieces In Blaine a fen
years' ago, and of which Lester C,
David, Tom Kenney and O, II. Walket
became the legatees, was sold to thi
Bcnttlo museum and shipped yesterday,
This, it Is claimed, Is the only auluia!
of Its kind in tho United States, and
the owner said as he wus putting him
ou the boat, that 500 would be no
temptation to part with him. The dlfc
ferent brands show the tribes by which
lie had been worshiped In India. Seat
lie Pot-IutellIganeer. -