1011 FAItM ASI) (JAMIE. ovEn-rr.r.wso hf.ss. TUoro Is ns nmcli injury done to a flock of lnyer by over-feeding, as by not feeding enough. Keep their ap petites sharp to make them active not Inzy. Laziness is not conductive to productiveness, nml i a hnbit easily contracted from too much Attention fit fuelling time. Wiuter weather nsn ally creates n good appetite, but this should nut be over iiubtlgeil in, nud laziness rcplauo good laying qualities. Activity must be had to introdttco lay lug. cai-sr of norv Mir.tr.. Any condition that will produce iu 3uiu:uiitiim iu the cow mil cause the milk to become ropy through nn acid state of tin) blood. The recent hot weather i ns trying to cows and tik ing the Hi. s into coUMdi-rntion, more so thna it is to per sous nu I w.i know tiow heated and feverish we become iu very hot weather the more so if we are exposed to the hot h;ju out of doors in an open field. If possible the cows should be kept np during the hottest part of the day and fed some cut feed in the darkened clean stable. This would prevent the difficulty. It shows how desirable a practice (oiling cows is. Now Yolk Times WEEVIL IS LIMA DEA.V. The insects in the Lima beans nro widely known under the uuine of "beau weevils," and they are closely related to the common "pea weevil," and while not more than oue-half the size of the latter, they are fully as destruc tive. Sometimes twenty or more of theso weevlis may be found in one largo bean, nnd they attack nearly all kiuds and varieties, but they are not so plentiful in the Northern as iu tho Middle and Southern States. The eggs are supposed to be laid ou the green bean pods in summer, and the grubs safely hidden in tho mature beans when gathered in the fall. Recently, however, some of our entomologists have cloimed that the weevils lay their epgs on the ripe beans after they are i-tored, and so continue, to multiply in thii rather unusual manner for insects of tho genus to which they belong. All weevil-infested beans should be burned and nono but good, sound one used for planting. Xew York Sun. HIIOEIXO IIORHE8. Tho United States army regulations give the following directions for shoe ing horses : In preparing tho horse's foot for tho shoe do not touch with tho knife the frog, sole or bars. In removing sur plus growth of that part of tho foot which is the sent of tho shoe, use the cutting pincers and rasp, and not tho kuifo. The shoeing kuifo may be mod, if necessary, in using the top clip. Opening the heels or making a cut in tho angle of the wall at the heel must not bo allowed. The rasp may be used upon the part of the foot w hen necessary, and the sane applies to the pegs. No cuttiug with the knife is pormittod ; the rasp alone is neces sary. Flat-footed horses should bo treatod as the necessity of each case may require In forging the shoe to fit tho foot bo careful that the shoe is fitted to and follows the circumference of the foot clear around to the heels ; the beolg of tho shoe should not be ex tended back straight and outside of the wnlln at tho huels of the horse's foot, as is frequently done. Care must be used that tho shoe is not fitted too email, tho outsido surface of the wall being then rasped down to make the foot short to suit the shoe, as often happens. The hot shoe must not be applied to the hoise's foot under any circumstance. Make the upper or foot surface of the shoe perfectly flat, so as to give it a level bsaring. A shod w.th a ooucavo ground surface should be used. HrrrLY of potash. Potash is an ubuiidaut element in all soils, but mostly in the clayey lands, ays the New York Time. These are derived from rooks that contain a large quantity of feldspar and mica, in which there is from ten to fifteen per cent of potash. These 1 soils are easily recognized by the glistening particle in them, oh the sun shine ou the sur.'iioe, und these mineral slowly disintegrate und dissolve, the potush in them becomes available. The granite and gneiss rocks, made up of feldspar, uiiou, hornblende and otlica, are especially rioh in potash and lime, and even sandy lauds thu de rived are fertile uud productive. To some extent :t i possible to dietin gu'.h ue oUttiacter of soils by a mere vti?ufrj crimination as to their con tent of potush, and when , potash i abunduut it is a general indication tu:t all other kind of plant food abound. This natural fertility of course has in past ages produced a thriving vegetation, so that the do cayeil vegetable matters which supply the needed nitrogen ore nlso abuudant and this completes the full supply of all needed plant food for a series ( crops. Thus it is that very often an application of nitrates, or of phos phoric acid, to the soil Is sufllcient to pioduco good crop, tint when the potash is deficient in the soil it is gen erally tho case that all the other most valuable elements aro so too, as tho soil is naturally less fertilo. Ho that a good te'1. in this way is to use some potush fertilizers and note tho result. rnoFITAHLE SWINE RAIStSO. if a farmer grows but ouo lot of swine each year, ho should grow thcui with a certain market iu view. If two lots, ho should mirket twico a year. If spring pigs, they should go to mar ket iu tho early fall, and tho fall pigs the last of April, or early iu May. Tho time of marketing a lot of pigs should bo determined by the time they aro first counted. Wbou the farmer waits to sco what tho market promises beforo ho determines wheu tho pigs shall bo fattened, ho is almost certain to blunder in his timo of marketing. As a rule he w ho gets his pigs to mar ket at tho earliest possible time aud sells at a given age regardless of tho prevailing price, makes tho most clear money iu tho long run. When a farmer plans to havo his pigs mature at a certain age, ho has made the maiu point towards having them in primo condition at that age, nnd when iu this condition they should bo sold. Only by a well-mauaged system can the best results bo reached. If two litters are grown a year, spring aud fall, of necessity all must go to market at an early age, it will not do to hold them till they are a year old, as it places too many ou the farm at ouco. All careful swine raisers know that with the increase of numbers, the risk from disease is correspondingly in creased. Tho well-fatted hog of 200 pounds weight always sells well iu market, in fact such an animal is the choice of buyers a greater part of th time. The trouble with farmers iu producing this hog lie iu tho fact that they have not yet arrived at tho belief that in general farm practice it is possible to reach this weight at six to seven months of age. Greater weights can bo made with small num ber, but when a farmer puts off forty to sixty or 100 head, this is good weight for tho ago named. Tho markets do not call for a hog of this weight at ono year old, but for a young hog at this weight, at the earli est practical moment. The March or April pig should bo on the market not later than November 1st, tho Septem ber or October pig not latter than Juno 1st, better tho middle of May, as prices have ruled for a number of years. Haphazard work will not ac complish this, but a well-hid system, followed to tho letter will do it It is a fact that cannot bo disputed that misfortune in swiue growiug, come most frequently to the man that has no definite system. With definite plans he fall into a line of better care aud treatment of his swine. Ameri can AgriculturiHt. FARM AND GARDEN NOT".S. Troat tho colts kindly but firmly. See thai all horse stock has plenty of pure water. It is an excellent plan to have a lump of salt in tho niuugor of each horse. Though there is an overplus of horse flesh iu the country, good road sters are source. The more straw you huve the moro you should use about the burn and stables. Don't burn any. Fresh air is conducive to health, drafts are detrimental. It is a money losing game to let the horses get thin in flesh. Marsh hay, dead leaves evergreen trimmings make good mulching for tho strawberry bed. If you have neither of these run some corn stalks through tho cutter and try the result. In chuff hives it i little trouble to prepare bee for winter, as they are left out of door, aud if they have a good honey supply no preparation are needed except to contract the entrance, which i done from the out vide aud not until cold weather. When the pigs are kept without bolter, born must of necessity be mad the principal ration, a it i one of the best materia 1 that can be used for maintaining animal heat; but for growing auiiuaht and especially when well sheltered, it fall considerably be low the best ration for growth, while it is not the most economical ration when the results and the oost are cou- uldnrad. suEsime suurs. Oloscow, Scotland, hns, an under ground railway in operation aud two more under construction. The Atlantic, by f.ir the best-sounded ocean, has an nron of 31,000,000 square miles, with a mean depth of 3,200 fathoms. It would tako an express train run ning continuously at the rate of 8,000 feet a miunto 283 years to reach the sun from this plaut. The drone beo hatches from tho egg In twenty-four days from the dato of deposit, the worker iu twenty-one aud tho queen in sixteeon. Tho largest searchlight in the world is on Eiiho Mountain, near Los Angc los, Cut. It is of 300,000,01)0 caudle- power and can be seen for 200 miles. An ico locomotive was some years ago constructed for use iu Itnssin. Tho front part rests ou a sledge, aud tho driving wheels are studded with spikes. Mushrooms, when once cooked, should never be rewarmod, to serve a second timo nt the table. After be coming cohl, they are apt to dovelop injurious properties. Tho pest is reported to have disap peared simultaneously in Hong Kong aud Canton, China. Tho mortality rate was seventy-five per cent of oil cases, and a native estimata puts tho deaths nt 250,003. A man in Bremen, Germany, has invented a kind of "oil bombs" for calming tho waves, which enn bo fired a short distance. There are small holes in them, allowing tho oil to run out in about au hour. Iu tho public schools of Franco 24.2 per cent of the scholars are short sighted, in those of Germany 35 per ccut nnd in those of the United King dom 20 percent. Tho percentage of my opy is highest in the classes of rhetoric aud philosophy. Meteorologists say the heat of tho air is duo to six sources : 1. That from tho interior of tho earth ; 2. That from the stars ; 3. That from tho moon ; 4. That from the friction of the winds and tides ; 5. That from the motors; 0. That from tho suu. A thunder storm in Trimble, Tenn., induced Spencer Mills oud Hilly Gold by to halt under a tree. Lightning struck tho treo aud tendered tho men unconscious. Whou they recovered somo hours later, Milts' skin was as bluck as that of an A!ricau, and it hoe continued so ever siuce. Whoncfl Comes tho Diamond! Theories concerning the origin of thu diamond havo been both numer ous aud curious. Somo mineralogists have suggested that it is tho residue of carbon vapors dissipated by heat during that iudetiuito epoch kuowu as the "coal period." Newton say that in his opinion it is "a coagulated unct uous substance, probably of vegetable origin." Hay ties aud Faure are both of the opinion that no diamond was ever formed on or within tho surface of our earth, aud that all such gems are brought to this plant by meteoric stones from some far-away world. Sir David Brewstor, the eminent British philosopher (born 1781, died in 1808), entertained ideas concerning the dia mond' origin, which, while similar to thoso of Newton, were different in some respocts. In his estimation such gems were once mas-oi of gum, ex uded from cartain species of extinct troos or plants, which iiad subsequent ly "petrified" and assumed the crys talline form! Acoording to Dana, tho greatest living authority, they may have been produced by slow decompo sition of vcgetabloor even animal mat ter. St. Louis Ropublio. February Possibilities. It is is only possible for February to have five Sunday three times in each century, unless, through some chronological freak tho century comes in with a leap year, with tho first day of February a Sunday. The five Sun day Fobruory of this century havo been those of 1824, 1852 and 1833. The next time this oddity will occur will be in the year. 1920. Chicago Herald. Statistic Later On. 'Are you very badly hurt, Mrs. Gat along?" inqnired tho anxious neigh bor, sitting down by thj side of the bud. "I don't know how badly I'm hurt," said the viotira of the railway accident, feebly, "until I've seen my lawyer," Chicago Tribune. A Pair of Them. Mis Passay It so long ago that I uppose you, hardly, remember the day ou the luke wheh'you proposed to me and I refused you? Ah 1 how foolish I wa then, f ,. Jack Ford-Yes ; o as f 1 ' ' ! 1 ' WINTER STYLES. POSSIBILITIES OP MADE-OVER DRESSES. Smalt Piece Can He t'tlllMft In Making Tasteful ; Gowns Tho Now Skirts Pur ( Trimming. THIS Is a comforting year for people of moderate means, says the New York Ledger. C It would be impossible to re call a time when made-overs had inch possibilities and when one could get such chrrming effects out of what would, a few seasons ago, have been thought merely the odds and ends of coats and dresses. It is not an un usual thing to find three or fonr ma terials in a dress, nnd if one has the artistic taste to combine them, even small pieces can be utilized to excel lent advantage. Narrow skirts are made wider by setting in gores at the seams. For example : A skirt of or dinary shape, made of suiting in stripes of dull red, dark blue and olive, has A-shaped pieces about three fourths of tho length of the skirt set in at each seam. These pieces are of blue, matching that in the stripe. These gores are lined with a somewhat stiff material a tbin crinoline an swers very well. The gore in the back may extend from the waist-line down, and this can be lined with haircloth. The back is then drawn into three or five large flutes, and these may be held in place by tapes and sewed un derneath. To make this dress, two narrow skirts were utilized, and enough remained for the large sleeve- tops of the blue, the cuffs being of the stripe. A yoke of plain blue with tho NECK GAKNITUEE3 remainder of tho waist of tho stripe and aoollarof velvet oomplttod a dress that was almost a handsomo as ono of now material. Thero scorns to bo a mania for red of all shades, but the brighter the bet ter, und the old-fashioned cherry that our grandmother doted on is again a favorite oolor. The new skirts are five yards wide, some of them six, but five and a quarter to a half is sufllcient for all sxcept very tall womon. Among tho aow fancies in waists aro those with lashings from shoulder-seams to the bust, through which puffs of bright r contrasting colors are shown. If iho material is of light weight, or ex- jeptionally fine, tho puffs may bo j node or the same tabrlo, hut as a rule t contrast here is proferred. A novelty in a skirt is the rrrange sent of gores at the hem in fluted folds or plaits. Those are stiffened with haircloth and caught uuderneatb sdtu tapes. There aro three of these lutes at each gore, narrowing gradu illy to the top. A skirt of this sort in dark olive oamel's hair is worn with waist of pink Bilk with bows, collar ind wide belt of olive satin ribbon. Fur is used with the greatest pro fusion as a trimming for dresses. It somes in all widths, from tho merest due not over half an inch wide to Ingor-width trimmings, aud diamond ihapad patohes that are hidoously igly. Fur, to be effective, does not want to be cut up and set on so as to jive the appearanoe of a num oer of islands in a pool of water. Patohiness, of all things, oannot be tolerated in the use of fur. Indeed, it is a question whether an extremely narrow line of fur is truly artistio, un less it is used at the extreme edge of the garment, and in this case it must be set between the outside and lining, allowing only the hair portion to how. There is one prevailing fashion that is and always has been the delight of the woman who likes pretty dresses at moderate oost. This is a black silk skirt, and is worn with waists of all colors, and is the most useful, stylish and every way economical garment in one's wardrobe. Those skirts are made quite flaring at the hem, and may be entirely without trimming. For very stout women, however, there is a front trimming of jet fringe, and seme skirts have bands of jet garniture down the seams on either side of the front. With the presont fashion one oan make charming waists by putting i!'j;i;flri cf bright' material, or, as one of the new ideas'permlts, a waist oat low and closely fitted is worn with a guimpe of soft silk or batiste with em broidery. Tbia use, however is oon- ' - i - Tim fined to younger woman and those of Rood style andflgure. Those who consider themselves reasonably young may wear these low waists with chif fon gni rapes for dressy occasion. They ore specially becoming and styl ish, and admit of a great variety in dress at a moderate cost. A DRESS CLOAK. "Dress cloaks" are very popular this season, and we give an illustration of one. The design is quite elaborate, and the dressy garment complete- BECoursa to tali, LAom. ly covers the dress. Those cloaks are particularly becoming to tall ladies, who can "carry them" well. The material is a very rich novelty of wool fancy brocade. The baok is a plain princess, with side pocket flaps. OF THE SEASON. The Modioi collar aud bertha are vel vet, embroidered richly with jots, nnd the gauntlet cuff is the same. The front is formed of deop side pleats, meeting in the centor. My readers will be able to see at a glance how very elegant is the design of this "dross cloak," although it is not one difficult to make. Any dressmaker can easily copy the cloak. It is warm, and on the whole nn economical design, as ono oan wear it with any dress. MUFFS ARE SMALti AND DA WIT. Muffs are fancier and smaller than they were last winter, and, like other articles of dress, are made of all sorts and kiuds of materials velvet, fur, lane, feathers and flowers. Those sketched herewith show fash ion's latest oaprice in London. One is made half of fur and half of velvet, with the inevitable bow at the top. In the fur muff a boa wonld seem to have boen turnod to aooount, both the head and tail of the animal boing "en evidence." A border of Thibet fur trims a satin-lined black velvet muff, with a butterfly bow on top. The last is intended for dressy ocoasions. The band in the centre is fastened with a Rhinestone buoklo. Feather aigrettes these mnrpg AUK SMALL and ixQFisrrc appear on the left side, while on the right the velvet bow form? a oushlon, as it were, for a bouquet of flawer. It is beooming more and more the fashion for women to use natural blooms on their muff. TRAINS WORM BY BRIDES OXLT. A Parisian authority says that trains are not worn this winter even for very ceremonious occasions, except by brido. wbo must, "in obedience to Mrs. Grundy' laws, wear the majestio and traditional train and veil. CHICAMAUGA COMMISSION. HANCOCK STATUE, Work Don by Tho In Cbr- of thai Nat'L Military Park. The commander-in-Chief, desiring that the romradei may be fully advlsod of the action of th Commistloa having In charge the Chlckamaugs nod Chattnnnnga National military Park, submit you herewith report f work up to October 1. Forty-two mile of road have been com pleted, which finished the heavy fod con struction of the project; ?,250 acres of forest have own clrarvd uf uadertirusb ami recent zrowtb of ttiulier, so tbnt carriage can drive lu an direction tnrougn th wooii. me driveway from Hherinno Hliilits to CrawMtb Bprtm;, 2) miles In lentb Is milnpleleil. Tbe Inst mouiirueut to the regular troops bnebeen plnced In position! these number nlue In, all, aud have cot t4, 500 oseh. Tbe Ohio monu ments, 55 In number, are mostly In position; a few of the smaller ones have cost 1 1.U0O sad all of tbe others $1,101! each, delivered sad erected upou the Held. Hereafter, uuder tbe provisions oi appropriation lor tue rant, su tbe fuuuilHtk'in for mate monuments will to built by the Engineer ol tbe l'srk, without ny expense to the Stales, The mstnrlnl ti. t mouumeuts, under tbe regulations of tho Secretary of Wur, 1 now ooullued to granite ami trour.e. At the request of the family friends of au ollleer killed nt I hlcurantigu. the Secretary of War bus given permission for the erection of t monument nt the spot where be fell, fa this case tbo design and inscription were lubmltted, as lu the cose ofstntiiinouuments, tor the approval ol the Secretary ol War, and the Inscription shows that the mouuinont was erected by the family. Pyramidal monuments of oight-loch shell, (sou monument about 10 feet high, are be ug erected at tbe spots whero general olTlcers u each sue, or mote exorcising mat runic in tbe battle, were killed or mortally wound nt. Seven of these have been eompleted.aad Jollowlug ones remain to be erected, Durlug the past year tbe following Stat Commissions, or representatives of them, lave visited the field aud made excellent progress In the work of locution of their re- Ipectlv troops: Illinois, luainua, iina, Louslnna, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mlune lota, Mississippi, Now York, Ohio, Feunsyl ranis, renneseen, South C.irollua, Virginia, md Wisconsin, nnd several other t'otnmt liuns visited tbo Held during tbe mouth jl November. Negotiations are In progress for the pur chase of the north end of .Mls-lounry Kidge, which, nbeo acquired, will euablu toe Com mission, by tublets aud mouumeuts, to lllus tra'.e every fealuro of the attack of Oeu.Sber Oiiiu's army upon that position. The paragraph ol regulations eoDcernlns tbe Inscriptions upon monuments approved by tbe Secretary or War, conceruing which much Inquiry It made of the Commission, I as follows: Inscription must be purely historical, and must relate only to the tnickamnuga and Chattanooga campaigns. Tbey must also be based upon and conform to the official re ports of these campaigns, nnd must be sub mitted to thu Secretury of War. through tba Park Commissioners, for bis approval before being adopted and cut Into stones. The mounting of batteries upon Iron gun carriages, now being cast, bas begun. Onus hnve been procured from tbe Ordnance office, of the same pattern a those used by each baltnry In tbe battle. Tbe gun carriages will be made an exoot reproduction of tbe carriage in use at the time, excerpt that tbey will be of iron lustead of wood. These batteries will be placed In tbe positions actu ally occupied by the various batteries oa such side during the battle. There will be 33 such buttery positions for each army oa the Chickauiauga Held. Tho division tublets for the Chlckamauga Held and fur Missionary Illdge have been completed, aud will all be placed la position during the coming month. Tbe tablets for Army Headipiarters, Corps and Division lor the Cbiukumsuga Held and (or Missionary Illdge have been completed and are lu posi tion. Tbe costing of brigade tablet for tbe Chickauiauga field la now In progress, aud the casting of uronxo tablets for tbe lojatlotu n-itbia the city limit of Cbutlanooga. TRB OAXCOCK STATU. The model for tlie statue of General Han cock to be placed ou Cemetery Hill Is now complete, and tbe brouze oaatlug will soon be made. This Important work was entrust ed by tbe Pennsylvania Uettysburg Commis sion to F. Edwiu Elwell. whose treatment of the subject bas been eminently successful. The statue will stand on tbe ridge where Hanoock checked the first day' route and assumed full eoiomaud, temporarily, under Meade's order. Tbe statue Is of heroic slue aud stands up on an ornamental bronse base. The General Is represented as be looked during tbe wur, bis hair rather long. He I silting upright oa bis horse, the rein tightly held ia tbe left band, while tbe right I raised a 11 com manding attention. The poise of tba bead and tbe appearance of the eye suggest that be Is watcblnga.llne-of-battle and consider ing th strategic points. Tbn llgure wo niude after tbe most careful study und after listening to luggestloos from persons who were well acquainted with Geueral Hancock, inoluding member of his family and those wbo served as Alds-de- 0 imp during the war. Th horse, which measure nine feet to tbe withers, Is a noble looking animal. It stands on three feet, It 1 'ft fore foot being ranted. Every detail of tue uniform, his slouch bat and the trapping of hi borne, have been treated witb great care. THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS. Are Founded on tbo Seven Bible Enumerated llelow. The seven Eibles of the worlj are the Koran of the Moha'umedan, the Tri Pittites or tbe Buddhis', the Five Kings of the Chinese, the Tnree Veda of the Hindus, the endavesta of tho Persians, tbe Kddas of the Scandina vian and the Scriptures of the Chris tians. Tho Koran Is the most recent of all, dating from about the seventh century after Christ, It I a comp .und of quo tations (rem btth the old and Jew Testaments and from the Talmud. The Tri Pltikes conta n sublime morals and pure aspirations. Their author lived and died iu tbe sixteenth century before Christ. Tbe taered writing of the Chinese . are oalled the "rive -Kings," tha wotd "king" meaning web of cloth. From this it is presumed they were original ly written on rive rolls of cloth, f cey oontain wife savings from the sages on tbe duties of life, but they cannot ba traced lurther back than the eleventh, century before our era. . Tbe 7endavoata of the Persians, next to our lilble, 1 reckon 1 siuuif scholar a being the grea est and moat learned of tbe (acred writings. Zoroas ter, whose aylngs It cintaln, lived and worked in the twelfth century be fore Christ ..:, Moses lived and wrote' the Penta teuch 1,5ik) year beforo ' the blrta of Christ; therefore, that portion of our Bible is at least 3( 0 year older than the mo t ancient of other saoied writ- . ing. The Eddas, a seml-sa'red work ot the Scandinavians,1 was gi.y.qrt,, yitb, world in tbe fourteenth century, , ,'
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