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J. J. BROWN.
THE EYE A SPECIALTY.
Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass
es *ad artificial eyes supplied.
Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Hours —10 a. m.to 5 p. m.
Telephone 1486.
Growth of Telephone Service.
Some highly interesting figures touch
ing the growth and development of
telephone service In the United State#
In recent years are given In the report
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph company.
Up to the close of 1891 the number
of Instruments installed was 512, 40 T.
Since that time the annual Increase
has been as follows: 1892, 40,313; 1893,
13.771; 1894, 10,015; 1895, 92,470; 1896,
97,651; 1897, 146,494; 1898, 205,723;
1899, 455,225; 19u0. 372,311, bringing
the total Installations of that company
up to 1,952,412 at the beginning of the
present calendar year. The figures
showing the growth of the system in
1901 are not yet available In the com
pany's official report, but are from oth
er sources.
Of the magnitude of the telephone
business at the end of 1901 we have
the following figures on the good au
thority of The Electrical Review:
Capital Telephone*
Invested, connected.
Bell 1320,000,000 1.080.000
Independent 150.000,000 708.717
Farmers' lines. Inter
communicating sys
tems, etc. (tnd.) 490,000
Totals $470,000,000 2,878,717
The best data obtainable as to the
growth of Independent companies not
controlled by the American show that
they now have exchanges In 2,111
cities and towns and serve, as shown
above, 708,717 subscribers.
This independent development rep
resents an Investment of probably not
far from $150,000,000. Besides inde
pendent companies operating exchang
es, there are nearly half a million tel
ephones in use by persons who do not
need connection with a central sta
tion, as the service is private, as be
tween mills and offices. The growth
of the Independent companies is rapid
enough to menace the continuance of
anything like a monopoly. In some
states the number of their exchanges
materially exceeds that of the Bell sys
tem. This is true of Illinois, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wis
consin. lowa, Missouri and Kansas
and perhaps of other states.
When we realize that the Invention
of the telephone was given to the
world less than twenty-five years ago
and note its marvelous development,
we are almost prepared to believe In
the accomplishment of telephonic pho
tography, which is now recognized aa
among the possibilities.
The report that Lord Roberts is to
be superseded by the Duke of Con
naught, brother of King Edward, as
commander in chief Indicates another
"shakeup" in the British army. The
Duke of Cambridge, the late queen's
cousin, was commander In chief fwr a
long while. He gave way to Lord
Wolseley. Queen Victoria always In
sisted that a member of the royal fam
ily should be commander In chief be
cause his rank made Intrigues or rival
ries against him impossible and him
self superior to them. Wolseley found
and Roberts has found that opposition
and detraction have way or sway when
a royal personage is not at the head of
the forces. The rule in all monarchies
In Europe Is that royalty must head
the forces, not because It Is capable or
Incapable, but because it Is royalty.
It Just happens that the Duke of
Connaught is admittedly a brave, able
and accomplished man. The weight of
his royal Initiative can quite as likely
accomplish needed army reforms as
retard them. Wolseley was and Rob
erts has been unable or unwilling to
accomplish them. Perhaps the duke
will do better.
Dr. Rush Huldekoper of Philadel
phia, surgeon of the United States ar
my, who died recently, was an ardent
advocate of horseflesh as a diet and
once gave a dinner to some prominent
men. When the coffee and cigars were
reached, he asked them how they had
enjoyed the meat. All pronounced It
excellent. "Well," said he, "you dined
on a choice portion of my old friend
Pandora." This was the doctor's fa
vorite old gray mare, that had broken
a leg and had to be shot.
The Vocal Physiologist says that
"more money is thrown away on the
education of the human voice than on
the support of government. Of every
10,000 voices one may be listened to
without pain; of every 100,000 voices
one may be listened to with patience;
of every 1,000,000 voices one may be
listened to with satisfaction; of every
10,000,000 voices one may be listened
to with sensations of Joy."
WhT Eyes Are Light and IJark
An Interesting point Is the cause of
the different shades of color we see In
the eyes. On a certain membrane In
the interior are numerous cells called
"pigment" cells. When these are pres
ent in very great numbers, they pro
duce that deep black color of some
eyes and in proportion to their num
bers decrease also the depth of color
till finally a light blue Is reached. In
certain eyes these pigment cells do not
exist at all, being wanting, indeed, all
through the system, hair and skin. A
person of this description is called an
albino, and among animals we find a
parallel In the oase of the white rab
bit—Chambers' Journal.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
THE PASSING T
OF MR. aod MRS.
3 JOSEPH BRUDER
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"Big Four" pulled Into Beaver Mead
ows on the Bome-Watertown division,
and Joseph Bruder and his wife got
down from the passenger coach that
was trailing behind six "flats" of rails.
Bruder was six feet four and broad,
and his wife was five feet and narrow.
Bruder carried a huge valise that cost
a dollar and had done service, also an
ax. Mrs. Bruder wore mitts and a
plaintive, piquant smile. In her eyes
there was a standing apology for the
disparity in their sizes. This seemed
to be a sore point with the little wo
man, for she was ever on the alert for
the quizzing glances of strangers, and
If one should stand apart aud glance
at the odd couple he was sure to have
his gaze arrested by a plaintive glance
from the woman which said as plainly
as speech, "Please don't make fun of
us."
But the man never bothered his head
about what other folks thought. Ho
was a woodchopper, and that's all ho
knew or cared. Next to his wife he
loved his ax, and it used to be his
pride that he could put a keen enough
edge on it to shave with. He used to
lay his cheek fondly against the purple
blade and pat it and call it his darling.
And the ax seemed to understand him,
for It would bark with quick delight
when his giant arms swung it aloft and
bite the maple and bury its nose to the
point where the tempered steel joined
the softer stuff.
When Bruder got off the train, he
1 looked around in a sort of inquisitive,
defiant way aud put liis hand clumsily
around his wife and drew her shoulder
over against his thigh. There was no
ene at the depot but the agent, a vet
eran in the busiuess, the tenure of
whose position was due to five toes
that he had years before contributed
to the annual list of accidents on the
road. Smith had heard that Bruder
was coming to take the place of one of
the striking woodchoppers, and it filled
him with grave concern. Almost all of
liis relatives belonged to the strikers,
and his sympathies were deeply with
them. On the other hand, it fell to his
lot to show ostentatious loyalty to the
conSpany. Beaver Meadows was tho
chief "woodln' up" point of the road.
For miles the contiguous country yield
ed nothing from its stubborn soil save
stunted beech and knotted maple.
The president of the company that
supplied the railroad with wood was
Smith's backer. A nod from him would
have dislodged that worthy from the
comfortable niche that afforded him a
comfortable living. So Smith was be
tween the devil and the deep sea. His
heart was with the strikers, his inter
est with the company. That's why his
usually placid mind was filled with
perturbation when he beheld the lum
bering form of Joseph Bruder and the
diminutive wife alight from tho ca
boose of Big Four.
Bruder had an arm as long as his
wife's tongue and could fell at a blow
either kind of jackass, human or
brute. Mrs. Bruder was the brains of
the outfit. She took charge of the
money, when there was any, allowing
Joseph only enough for tobacco. Oth
erwise he was a teetotaler. On the
whole, this strange couple was deemed
a combination to be avoided. No one
ever knew where they came from. On
that score Bruder himself was silent,
with a persistency that defied all the
subtle influences of bucolic diplomacy.
Surmise 6aid he was an ex-convict,
and as chapter aud verse of his past
were not forthcoming this comfortable
theory crystallized into a very good
counterfeit of fact.
When the woodchoppers learned that
Joe Bruder was coming to take Cy Sei
dell's job, they knew there would be
trouble, for they were a determined
lot. There was an understanding, how
ever, a sort of feeling, although no
words had been spoken, that somehow
Smith would settle matters, and so
It was determined that no one from
among the strikers should meet Bruder
at the depot and attempt by moral or
muscular force to turn him back.
Smith knew what was expected of
him by his friends and relatives; he
blbo knew that the suspicious eyes of
the president were upon him, and hence
the delicacy of his position. He hated
being "double faced," but he had a
very comfortable niche indeed, and
times were exceedingly hard iu those
parts. He reflected with considerable
disgust that it was quite unjust that
he, who had no personal Interest in the
matter, should be the one upon whose
shoulders the task of adjusting the af
fair should be thrust.
That explains why Smith was per
turbed upon the arrival of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Bruder. It also explains
why he alone was at the depot to meet
the distinguished pair. It is an axiom
that g«od luek always conies to the
lazy. Smith w&s a lazy man, which
accounts for the piece of good luck
which came to hin 1 on the morning of
the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Bruder.
Bab Armstrong's two-year old baby
boy had died of cholera morbus a few
days before, and the sorrowing par
ents, who were farmers, had put the
little creature In a simple pine box and
were sending him down the road to be
buried in tlie Armstrong family bury
ing ground at West Camden. The tiny
morsel of humanity was at that mo
ment resting in the freightroom of the
Beaver Meadows depot.
As Smith limped down the platform
toward Mr. and Mrs Joseph Bruder he |
looked through the open door of the j
freightroom and got his Inspiration, j
Then he accosted Bruder.
"Waitln' for Harris' team, ain't yer?" !
Bruder looked at his wife, and she
said, "Yes."
"Goin' ter work on the Job, ain't
yer ?"
Again Bruder looked at his wife, and
Igaln she said, "Yes."
"Well, I'm right glnd ter see yer," j
said the unconscionable diplomat ef- j
fuslvely. "I tell yer, we've been liavln'
great goln's on aroun' here."
Again Bruder looked at his wife, and
again she said "Y'es" softly and jiress- j
ed a little closer under the shelter of
his mighty thigh.
"Between you and me," continued
the wily Smith, "these woodchoppers
I mean the Beaver Meadow fellers,"
he hastened to explain as a slight con
traction of Bruder's forehead warned
him that any slur upon the cruft would
not be welcome—"don't know when
they're well off."
He paused, and Bruder looked at hi*
wife, but she remained silent.
"Of course I ain't got nothin' agaiust
these men here, and It may not sound
well com In' from me, me beln' in the
employ of this corporation, as pin't sup- |
loosed tvr show no partiality, but j
I tor me these men 1s n little unreason
able. Yer see," he went <lll us neither
Bruder nor his wife spoke, "times have
1 been pretty hard around here, with
1 crops failin' and a good deal of slck
j ness in the neighborhood, and I think
these men ought to been glad to get
steady employment. Of course they're
really iu the power of tho company,
cos they ain't got no money, and the
j officers knows It, and so they cuts
down their wages. Now, some of 'em
finds out that the big fellers Is makln'
' dead loads of money, and so they
! makes a big kick and goes 011 strike.
! So the company jest shuts down, and I
I heard the superintendent say as that
; they was goin' to start a process of
j starvation. i)f course I don't want
I that togo no further."
"Did the company treat the men
( fair?" asked .Mrs. Bruder.
j "Of course it did," said Smith quick
i ly. "Ain't they got a right to pay their
! money out any way they like? Couldn't
these men pick up and leave If they
didn't like it?"
"Most of these men has their own
homes, hasn't they?" asked Mrs. Bru
der.
"Yes, they has," said Smith, "but if
they keeps 011 this way they won't
have n«>one left in their homes." Then
he added as he walked toward the of
fice: "Ye'd better come in and sit
down. Harris' team may not be here
for an hour yet. They generally comes
ter meet the down train. 'Big Four' Is
waltin' here fer it ter pass."
lie adroitly halted the couple in
front of the open door of the freight
room, and instantly the maternal eye
of Mrs. Bruder caught the little coffin.
"Whose is that?" she asked.
"That's Cy Seidell's baby," said
Smith, lying heroically.
Mrs. Bruder looked at her husband,
then back to Smith. "What ailed it?"
she asked. "Cholera morbus?"
Smith drew closer and lowered his
voice a bit. "That's what they give
out," he said, "but between you and
me It didn't have enough ter eat."
Just then Smith found sudden busi
ness in the ticket office, where he re
mained until he heard the booming of
the down train, when he went out on
to the platform to pass up the mails,
lie lingered for a moment and watch
ed "Big Four" pull out from the sid
ing; then he looked all around. There
was no one in sight.
"How'd yer do it, Bill?" asked Jack
Lnndy that night, while a half dozen
strikers smoked and listened.
"I didn't do nothin', and I don't
know nothin'," snapped Smith. "They
come, and they've gone, ain't they?"
And then to modify the rebuke the good
soul continued in a tone that smacked
suspiciously of tenderness as he puffed
his pipe reflectively in the darkness:
"Strange; I used to know those folks
years ago—didn't know it till terday—
they was a good deal younger then -
just married, I guess—they were pret
ty poor—had a little baby that died—l
don't know, but folks aroun' there said
the little thing died—cos it didn't—
get—enough—ter eat."
It XVn* a Dream.
When a certain divine was a younger
man and chaplain at the University
of Pennsylvania, like other ministers
who filled that position he was much
troubled over the apparent lack of At
tention from the students during th«
morning exercises in the chapel.
The exercises hardly ever continued
for more than fifteen minutes. Some
of the students were in the habit of
taking th<Jr books Into the chapel and
studying there during the services to
make up for their tardiness of the
night before in not preparing their les
sons.
The young chaplain was desirous of
breaking up the habit, so one morning
preceding his customary five minutes'
address lie spoke as follows:
"Young gentlemen, last night I
dreamed I was here in the chapel ad
dressing you. And as I spoke I saw
every eye tixed upon me, every man
attentive, while in all the chapel thera
was not a book opened, and theu I
knew it was a dream."
German Scotch.
"A good story comes from Sydney,"
says the London Globe, "where letters
have been received from two American
business firms asking whether com
munications to Australian merchant*
should be written In English or 'in the
language of the country.'
"It recalls an astonishing trade cir
cular received a short time ago by a
business firm in Glasgow from a Ger
man manufacturer, also written in
what his versatile clerk had apparent
ly taken for the language of the coun
try. It was in the best 'kailyard' style
and spoke of a 'muekle consignment 0'
chemicals,'"
FOR THE CHILDREN
The Kind of a Boy the World Wants.
Boys are always in demand because
they are the material out of which men
are made, and as first class material
Is always at a premium in every line
ef trade so the boys who give promise
of making first class men are most ea
gerly sought after.
The boy the world wants today is the
one who can be trusted to handle mon
ey without any of it sticking to his
fingers or finding its way into his pock
ets. He will take as much Interest iu
the.affairs of his employer as if they
were his own and will stay fifteen min
utes without being asked to finish a
piece of work after the whistle blows
and the rest of the men have quit
work. He will be able to write a busi
ness letter and spell the words cor
rectly and to add up a column of fig
ures promptly and accurately. He will
lift his cap as readily to his sister
when he meets her on the street as ho
would were she the sister of some oth
er boy, and he will not be ashamed to
walk to church with his mother, show
her into her own pew and sit beside
her during the service. He will be
careful in making n promise and just
as careful about keeping it. He will
have sufficient moral backbone to say
"No" to those who would lead him
astray, and he will have enough cour
age to own that he is striving to make
a man of himself.
This Is the kind of boy so many are
on the lookout for.—Selected.
The Originals.
It is said by philologists that there
Are thirteen original European lan
guages, the Greek. Latin. German, Sla
vonic, Welsh, P.iseayan, Irish, Alba
nian, Tartarian. Illyriau, .lazygian,
Chauein and I'innic.
Stained Hand*.
T<> remove stains from the hands rub
them with a r t\v p >tuto anil then w."sh
th. in w itli soap and water.
SKin I'lirea.
A grain of flue sand would cover a
hundred of the minute scales of the
human skin, and yet each of these '
scales in tin 11 covers from 300 to G'K)
pores.
Hkk find Wine,
A raw egg with yolk unbroken taken
In wine is beneficial for convalescents.
THE BEAN CROP.
A Decline of Production Ilnm Canard
In>port» to l.uritely Increaae.
From nu interesting and suggestive
review bv the government division of
statistics of the United States bean
crop It is learned that with reference to
weight the commercial bean crop of the
United States is more nearly compara
ble to that of rice than to any other
domestic food crop. It is possible that
the rice crop just harvested will prove
! to be the record crop of this country,
and commercial authorities estimate It
as high as 300,000,000 pounds. The
1 bean crop is somewhat more important;
j for, excluding the important producing
j state of New York, for which uo recent
statistics are available, the production
of beans in the principal producing
! states in 1895-96, the record year for
that crop, was also about 300,000,000
pounds. Moreover, the average annual
production of beans, exclusive of New
York, for the five calendar years 1895
to 1599 inclusive, lias been about 235,-
000,000 pounds, exceeding the annual
I average production of rice for the same
period by about 85,000,000 pounds. As
In the case of rice, also the production
of beans is insufficient for the country's
needs. Exo. pting for a short period In
the past de« ade imports of beans and
peas have exceeded the exports by
quantities ranging from 8,000,000 to 80,-
000, 000 pounds annually.
Beans in great variety are produced
In a small way iu gardens and truck
patches and for consumption in both
the green and dried state In nearly if
not all the states of the Union, but the
common dried beans of commerce, to
which the above statistics refer exclu
sively, are the product, as is the rice
crop, of a comparatively small number
of states. As Is well known, the impor
tance of dried beans as an article of
food in this country dates from the civ
il war.
The adoption of this vegetable by the
United States government as a part of
the army ration created for it an ex
tensive demand, and upon the disband
nient of the forces the use of this ac
customed article of diet naturally be
came popularized throughout the coun
try. Production on a large scale, how
ever, became localized In a few states,
and at present Michigan, New York,
California and Wisconsin may be re
garded, from a commercial point of
view at least, as the only important
producing states. Recent statistics of
production, however, are also available
for the comparatively unimportant pro
ducers, Minnesota and Illinois.
The production of beans reached Its
maximum in each of the four states
given during the period from 1595 to
1897, and since 1897 production In each
state has steadily declined. The in
crease in production during this peri
od resulted in an excess in 1897, for the
first time in the history of this trade,
of exports over imports, but the subse
quent decrease in production has again
turned the tide, and imports for the
past two years have been in excess.
SCALDING HOGS.
Appnrntun That Mnken the Procem
La*y and Ilow to I ne It.
American Agriculturist describes a
scalding pan or vat made with IVi inch
boards aud galvanized Iron, using for
the sides two pieces of boards about
5 feet long and 14 or 10 Inches wide, i
Have the lower corners slightly round- I
ed. Secure a piece of galvanized iron
28 to 30 Inches wide and 7% or 8 feet
long. Nail the iron to the bottom of
the boards, allowing It to extend
around each end to the top.
To use this dig a trench In the J
ground a little narrower than the pan,
2 or 3 feet longer and 18 or 20 inches ;
deep. Set the pan over this trench,
bank up on the sides with soil aud put
In about six inches of water, build a
fire under one end and allow the water J
to heat. At one side of the vat build i
a platform for scraping the hogs. Have |
a couple of pins near the top of the |
pan, over which put the ring of two
trace chains. Put the hog on the plat
form. Have one man take hold of
both chains ou the opposite side of the
vat. 801 l the hog into the chain hold
er, letting it down into the water grad
ually. Standing astride the pan, each
taking hold of the ends of one chain,
two men will easily turn and scald a
heavy hog In about half the time It can
be done in the barrel. The water can
be kept at the proper temperature by
adding more fuel or by adding cold
water when It Is too hot. The trace
chains should be close enough together
to pass In front of the hind legs and
Just back of the front legs. When the
hog is scalded, he can be returned to
the platform by replacing the rings of
the chain on the pins and lifting on the
free end.
The Evolution of the Windmill.
The evolution of tlu 112 windmill, from
the huge, clumsy machine of the four
teenth century or from even the wind
mill of fifty years ago to the present
improved, light, rapid running but
power; ul form of today, has been as
remarkable as any feature of irrigation
development, and the American wind
mill of the present is uo unimportant
accessory to the great irrigation sys
lems which are being year by year
projected and completed throughout
the west.—Farm, Field and Fireside.
New* and Notes.
The government statistician reports
9,674,000 bales as the probable cotton
production of the United States in
1901-02.
Commercial estimates of the area
sown to rice in 1901 In Texas range
from 75,000 to 115,000 acres.
It is stated that the manufacture of
cottonseed oil Is not likely to be taken
up in India because the seed of that
country Is not sufficiently rich in oil.
Of goatskins our principal source of
foreign supply Is the British East In
dles. __
It Takes a Fcmedy of Un
common Merit to Draw
the Unqualified Praise of
a Successful Practicing
Physician
Dr. J. W. Hates of Corfu, N. Y., state*
"A most remarkable case has come under
my hands of late and has fully convinced
Oie of the wonderful power of Dr. A. W.
Chase's Nerve Pills over diseases of the
nerves.
"A young lady who was treated Kn «ver
two years for epilepsy by two doctors was
given up to die. I found that her sickness
was not epilepsy, but nervous troubles, due
to menstrual derangemente, and prescribed
four of T>r. Chase's Nerve Pills a day, after
meals and at bed time Since that time she
has not had a single bad spell. Her health
has rapidly improved, she has gained about
fifteen pounds in weight, and I do not hefi
tatc to state that Dr. A. W. Chaee's Nerve
Fills have saved her life and restored her to
health."
See that the portrait aod signature of Dr.
A. W. Chase are on every box. Price 50 cent*
a box.—Six boxes for $2.50. Manufactured
by the Dr. \ \V. Cbatc MWlcine C»,
buffalo NY
SOFT PORK.
Indian Corn as a Cauae—Skimmilk
the Great Corrector.
Many theories have been advanced
to account for softness In pork. Some
have ascribed It to the character of the
food, others to undue forcing of the
pig In the earlier stages of growth, to
killing while still immature, to the
breed of the pig, to the locality in
which it is grown, and even the phase
of the moon when the pig is slaughter
ed has been assigned as a cause. F. T.
Shutt of the central experimental
farm of Canada has made a study of
the character and causes of soft pork.
Mr. Shutt finds that softness (slight re
sistance to pressure) is nearly always
accompanied by olliness, and he draws
the following conclusions from a series
of experiments In feeding:
That the one great controlling factor
In the quality of the pork of finished
pigs lies In the character of the food
employed.
That Indian corn and beans tend to
Boftness—l. e„ to Increase the percent-
FED ON CORN. PEC ON BEANS.
age of olein in the fat If these grains
are used, they must be fed judiciously
if first class pork Is to be produced. If
fed in conjunction with skimmilk, it
has been shown that a considerable
proportion of Indian corn may be used
In the grain ration without injuring
the quality of the pork.
That a grain ration consisting of a
mixture of oats, peas and barley in
equal parts gives a firm pork of excel
lent quality.
That skimmilk not only tends to
thriftiness and rapid growth, but coun
ter.icts in a very marked manner any ]
tendency to softness.
That rape, pumpkins, artichokes,
sugar beets, turnips and mangels can ;
be fed in conjunction with a good raj
tlon without Injuring the quality of the
pork.
That the fat of very young pigs and
animals of unthrifty growth Is softer
than that of finished pigs that have In i
creased steadily to the finishing
weight.
How to Chooae Food.
Phosphorus is found in eggs, fish,
oysters, lobsters, game, cheese and po
tatoes, and these should be freely eaten
by the brain worker. Another element
that enters Into body building is sul
phur, which Is required for growth of
hair, nails, bones and cartilage. Of this
there is so much found in eggs that sil- :
ver Is darkened by contact with them, j
Curd of milk and cheese are also rich -
with sulphur. Iron is also present in
the blood and is found In most articles
of food, being most abundant In the
juice of beef, In eggs and in milk. Lime
and salt are also needed for the body,
the lime making bone, while salt aids
digestion. Lime Is found iu all grain#, j
in wheat and in milk. Nothing is more
healthful for growing children than
bread and milk.
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BREEDING UP ALFALFA.
Uelter Varieties to Be Ohtalnril by
Selection anil Other Mean*.
Most farmers and even alfalfa grow
ers, If asked whether there Is more
than one kind of alfalfa, would Bay,
• '"No; it seems to be all alike." A Cali
fornia grower, however, takes a differ-
I ent view, believing that it is possible to
breed up a better variety. Ills theory,
| expressed in Orange Judd Farmer, is:
Where there Is a thick stand the
; stalks are all forced upright and min
. i gle together, so that the characterls
,: tics of each cannot be seen, but if you
, 1 will carefully examine a field where the
i plants are very thinly set and therefore
have an opportunity to show the dif
| ferences In their nature by their style
| of growth you will see that they are
very far from being all alike. Some will
be lying so flat on the ground that It
would be Impossible to cut them with a
mower, while others grow so upright
' j that they look as if they had been tied
to a stake. Then, again, the leaves on
some plants are small and narrow,
I while those In others are large aud
1! round, and since the leaves are the best
i part of the plant this is of very great
Importance. If you will look at such a
1 field a week or two after cutting, you
j will see that some plants are only just
! beginning to grow, while others have
' already attained a height of six or eight
I I Inches.
In the blossoms similar variations oc
cur. On some plants they are almost
white, while on others they are of a
deep purple. Now, I contend that where
nature has already made so many vari
ations man, by careful selection and
other means, may make even greater
and more important ones. This Is a
work which cannot be done by the
farmer, as he has neither the time, skill
| nor the appliances to accomplish it, but
| the experiment stations have all the fa-
I cilities, and I hope it will not be long
| before some station will take hold of
the matter and succeed in giving us a
1 better variety of alfalfa than we are at
| present cultivating. If only 100 or 200
pounds of hay per acre nt each cutting
could be added to the crop by such im
provement, it would add millions of dol
lars annually to the income of alfalfa
growers.
The success of the introduction of
Sumatra leaf into the Connecticut val
ley and the control of black rot In the
Pennsylvania crop have been vary In
vigorating to the tobacco Industry In
New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Texas and
Florida.
How to Devil Tom at •en.
Cream two tablespoonfuls ®f batter
and one of powdered sugar, add one
saltspoonful each of salt and dry mus
tard, with a dash of red pepper, on*
beaten egg and the yolks of two Uard
boiled eggs mashed fi:iw. Add slowly
three teaspoonfuls of hot vinegar and
cook until it thicken*, stirring con
atantly. Peel tojnatoes, cut In half
Inch slices, season with isalt and pep
per. sprinkle with "fienr and fry In hot
butter. Take up on a heated dish, pour
the sauce over them and serve at once.
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Ilow to Improre the Complexion.
For a hot and shining faee an excel
lent remedy Is the juice of half a lem
on squeezed Into half a tumbler of
milk. Bathe the face with the creamy
curd thus produced and dry off with
out using water. Used at night, the
lemon curd will hare a magical effect
on tho skin. The use of distilled water
Is recommended for the Complexion,
but if ordinary water !b u»ed K should
be softened with some of the prepara
tions sold for the purpose.
According to the legal records, Mr.
John Armstrong Chanler Is sane in
Virginia and insane in New York. It
Is a rather embarrassing positien for
; a man to occupy.
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' The bloodcurdling narrative entitled
"The Bold Brigands of Bulgaria and
the Captive Missionary" continues In
serial form iu the newspapers.
Honey.
Pure extracted honey Is the pure
honey which the bee draws from the
blossoms and deposits In waxen cells
i or gives to young bees to feed the
hrarui
DRESS ACCESSORIES.
Which Ever y Well Urfined
Woman Should I'omess.
Many are the dainty trifles which in
» j crease the beauty of a costume. Col
j l»rs of pearls are still as stylish as
ever, and a single string of tLf?m is
worn looped over the top of the collar.
, Dog collars made of strands of the nar
rowest velvet ribbon are smart addi-
FRONT FOB VET.VCT OOFITTME.
tlons to a decollete gown. The ribbons
are held together by Jeweled slides to
match the ribbon.
Huge Jeweled flowers are taking the
place of the omnipresent rosette.
Wreaths of baby roses are worn by
these who are still young, and they,
give a quaint look to a pretty fact.
Bunches of marabou feathers are
smart for matrons. Draperies of Jew
eled tulle are held together by Jeweled
button# and form smart evening sleeves
on dinner and dancing frocks.
Smart sashes of Persian chiffon or
panne have the ends embroidered with
black lace butterflies, and the girdle
proper la run through slides of Jet
Many fancy fronts are being worn
wfth dressy tailor mades. One of the
prettiest of th«se Is shown in the illus
tration. It Is made of pale blue chif
fon over liberty satin. The square yoke
is eollarless, and from this three bands
of guipure run the length of the waist
There is a yoke of tucks, and the full
ness la hald into a folded b*lt of pale
blue velvet Jueic CHOIXET.
EVENING GOWNS.
tetl And Flower Design* Ornament
the Richest of Them,
Haadsome gowns are made of white
and black mousseline de sole. A fa
vorite way of trimming the white
fawns consist# of stamping them with
OF WHITE ..0 SILVER,
floral designs. These designs are out
lined with silver spangles, and the in
ner shading is done with washes of
gray water color. This gives a very
shimmering and dainty effect. A gown
recently made by Worth for Minnie
Maddern Fiske carried out this Idea.
It was relieved by touches of turquoise
blue liberty satin.
The beautiful evening gown In the
Hlustratton Is mude of sheer white all
over lace. It has two linings, the up
per one of mousseline and the under
one of taffeta. The skirt aud waist are
leaf applications of black
mousseline outlined by silver spangles.
The stems Joining these leaves are alsa
ft silver spangles. Hore and there Is
placed a fluffy pale yellow rose made
out of ehlffon, with a flower center.
The b»H Is of folded panne. The
slatves reach to the elbow and consist
of two small Bhoulder capes, into which
are gathered poft transparent puffs of
mousseline. JCDIC CHOLLET.
JINGLES AND JESTS.
l"i>dl«mn> «><!.
She Mrs she hates me. If the do»%
Then am I measurably content.
Thus I'm assured I'm not of thow
To whom she is Indifferent.
Sb« often thinks of me, it shows;
In that I find encouragement. J j
Frem hate to love, as love to hate,
Though long the way, that end may com*. !
to still I'll hope the happy fate
And not yield to despair, as some;
But, undismayed, with faith I'll wait
The swing back of the pendulum.
Anloiala For IheTf^arm.
The Ideal farm cow, sheep or pig
should be n medium between the high
bred animal and the old scrub, says a j
Kansas farmer In American Cultiva- i
tor. That Is, each one should possess '
eorne of the hardiness of the latter and
be able to hustle a little for a living j
without suffering therefrom and yet !
be able to do good work, make beef or 1
nrflk In good quantities or produce j
pork or wool that will pay. These ani- I
mals show a degree of success ou the
average farm which makes them of !
great value. They are suited to a little
rougt), practical life, and yet wbeu
kindly treated they respond quickly to j
tUo Unproved enviroumeuts.
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