AGRit
HINTS
niinnar Traitinunt of Vllh.
During hot weather the best means
of raring tor milk designed for the
crenn. Ty is to rim it through a sepa
rator a few momenta niter milking.
Cool the cream as much as por'lble
with the coolest well water available.
Put the cream Into eight-gallon cniiB
and keep It at na low a temperature
as well water will hold It. Deliver
when convenient. It the well water la
B4 degrees or lerr, tho cream will keep
in good condition.
CnpMlrlm Hi1l I'll-a.
The old-fnthlonrd squash bug la not
na easy creature to destroy. It can
not be reached by the ordinary pilion
sprays, as It takes Ita food by sucking
the plant and docs not eat the foliage.
Kerosene crmtlulon, soap solution and
tobacco decoction have been recom
mended and used with some success;
but hand-ptcklng la most satisfactory.
The bugs can be decoyed under pieces
of boarda, aueh as barrel ataves. etc..
If laid on the ground with one end
slightly raised, among the vlns. Clus
tering under these boards for shelter
and protection, the pests can be col
lected and destroyed a couple of timea
dally, until their numbers are greatly
reduced.
Advice to Woalnnorii In farming.
Beginners In farming, especially
thoae with limited capital, should en
deavor to produce earlv and late ciopa,
no as to have cash coming In all the
time, if possible. One of the earen
tlals for quick returns is poultry. The
hens should lay every day. with good
management. Ono or two good rows
will also be fomd serviceable, aa milk,
butter nnd eggs are cash at all aeasons.
Small fruits, such as strawberries,
currants, gooseberries, raspberries and
blackberries, soon give returns, but
grapes and orchard fruit require more
time. On a small farm it may not pay
to depend upon the cereal crops.
Stock, fruit and vegetables give better
profits and bring In cash long before
the harvest comes for corn. There
la nothlpg thnt will give larger and
quicker profita In proportion to cap
ital Invented than fowls, and as they
multiply rapidly the number can be
Increased every year. The fowla will
also consume much waste mntcrlal
that cannot be otherwise utilized.
CnltlTAtln Hn Tomntoeft.
Producing fine tomatoes is quite
an art, and ono that It pays the grower
to master if ho expects to make much
money out of the crop. Professor
Massey says that he formerly enter
talnd the opinion, still held by some,
lhat heavy applications of nitrogenous
manures made the vines too rank and
the fruit more crooked; but persistent
efforts In Improving the character of
the fruit and tho modes of culture
have convinced him thnt with a gn"d
strain of seed no amount of manuring
will make it any more Irregular, while
a poor strain will be Irregular In any
event, and that a rank growth of vine,
Induced by heavy manuring, simply
indicates the need of more room for
the plant and a heavier crop of big
tomatoes, and that heavy manuring
on the hill Is tho best way to insure a
vigorous growth of vine and a corre
sponding vigor and perfection In the
fruit
I have also learned that small fruits
grow from seeds of small fruits, and
vice versa; that trimming and train
ing the plant to a single stem leada to
a smaller production of blossoms, less
pollen and a smaller crop; that the
largest crops are always on the plants
which are allowed to take their full
-natural development and grow at their
own sweet will on the ground; that
healthy tomatoes lying on the ground
are no more liable to rot than those
trained off It No fruit is more rapidly
Improved by careful selection, and
none more rapidly deteriorated by
carelessness than the tomato. Like
Indian corn, the tomato Is beat when
the seed is produced in the same lati
tude and climate where the crop Is to
be grown, and it seldom does its best
the first season when taken far north
or south of its native locality. The
Improvement of the tomato should the
therefore be carried on in the locality
where the crop is to be raised. Vick's
Magazine.
Tha GraMhnpper Pnat,
Nature has ordained that an endless
warfare should prevail among her
creatures, to the end that one species
should not Increase too fast, and crowd
others out of existence. The growth
of microscopic plants in certain in
sects, causing their death. Is an ex
ample of this. Most of there plants
belong to a family that the botanists
call empusa, from the Greek word
meaning "ghost"
A striking peculiarity about, the
plants Is that they can grow only on
certain kinds of Insects and always
while the insects are alive. There Is
a kind, for example, railed the empusa
gryllll, that grows only on the grass
hopper. One can find many dead
grasshoppers. In the autumn, clinging
to fences, tree-trunks or buildings,
several feet above the ground. Break
open the bodies, and you will And a
white substance that veems to have
burned up the 11 ring tissues, an
turned the Insects into mummies,
.which ellng, life-like, long after
death. This white substance la the
pores of thtf empusa gryllll.
Now It Is suggested that one of the
iest ways to get rid of the grass-
hoppers In the west, where they do so
much Injury to the crops. Is to Infect
some of them with the empusa gryllll,
and thus cause an epidemic among
them. Those who have studied the
question say that the plan la wholly
feasible, for the spores of the plants
are blown from the body of the dead
Insect In every direction by the wind,
and If even ono .... on a live hopper.
It la likely to grow, and as surely as
It grows, It will kill the hopper.
The way the farmers now try to rid
themselvea of the pest Is to drag over
tne Holds, by hand or by horse power,
a broad wooden trough, partly filled
with water having petroleum on the
surface. Bnck of the trough la
stretched a cloth, agalnat which the
grasRhoppera fly, falling thence Into
the oil. Tills device, however, Is only
partially successful, nnd the empusa
Infection would supplement it, even If
It would not render It wholly nnneces
rary. timadelphla Record.
Prnarlns; Wool lor MntkM,
To get the full value for our wool It
must be washed. The difference be
tween washed and unwashed wool Is
so great that It pays the grower every
time to wash it. Good delaine wool
will not Bhrlnk one-third, which prices
quoted in the market seem to indicate.
There are many ways of washing,
however, whlc do not prove success
ful. I have seen some housed breed
ing ewes washed so that the discolor
ation which appeared only In patches
before the operation was distributed
all through the wool, practically In
juring Ita quality to a considerable
extent By distributing the color all
through the wool it was given a dingy
appearance which Immediately excited
the s-splcions of the buyers.
Nevertheless, the careful prepara
tion of the wool for market is as es
sential today aa any other feature of
the business. In the northern wool
growing sections cold weather and
cold water often make the work late
(n the season, and this sometimes
Troves quite a disadvantage. Probably
what is needed as much aa
anything else in every good
wool-growing section of the coun
try is a co-operating scouring
house. This would solve the problem
and save to the farmers a considerable
part of the profit that now goes to the
commission men. It would cost little
to send the wool to such a house and
have It scoured ready for market.
Scoured wool sella so much higher
that the profits In some Instances
would be Increased from 20 to 60 per
cent Such a scouring house could be
conducted In almost any good sheep
raining diotrtrt on the commission
plan. It would pay both tho farmers
and the commission men. The two
could agree on a fair commission for
scouring the wool, and the farmers
could easily keep such a house run
ning. In fact, it would draw upon a
wldo neighborhood, for it would pay
tho growers to have their wool scoured
at home on a fixed basis, and then ship
It to market in this condition. As it
Is now, the unacourcd, unwashed wool
Is always purchased at such low prices
that there Is a very wide margin of
profit left for somebody to make be
fore !he wool Is finally made up Into
cloth. There are too many middle
men who must get their pay. By dis
posing of a few of these the grower
would receive more, and the consumer
would actually be charged less for his
manufactured product A good scour
ing bouse would save washing, which
Is sometimes an expensive process,
and 'alpo save loss In other ways. A
house of this kind located right In the
heart cf a wool-growing country could
easily calculate upon handling from
10,000.0"0 to 15.000,000 pounds of wool
annually. W. E. Edwards In Amer
ican Cultivator.
Poultry Point.
A poultry farm Is a photo of the
poultryman. I
Low. level roosta are pdeferable to
high, sloping ones.
Plenty of fresh water placed In the
shade Is always in order In the poultry
yards.
Camphorated balls are recommended
for keeping lice from the nests of lay
ing and sitting hens.
Keep the little chicks busy. If they
are taught to hustle for a portion of
their food tbey will grow fast and
look thrifty.
Don't let cats and dogs worry the
ben with young chickens. Many of
i..e little fellows are permanently In
jured by being trampled.
As coon as the goslings are about
feathered, put them out In n pasture
with plenty of grass and water, and
lucy will bo no more bother until
picking time.
A q'iart of corn, or its equivalent, Is
etlrr,"tecl as being sufficient for 10
hens one day. But some hens eat less
and some more. Besides, It Is hard to
.ko the "equivalent."
Raw corn meal fchould not be fed to
Email chicks. If it must be given,
mix it with one-third shorts and bake.
Give the fowls plenty of cool, fresh
water and keep the drinking vessels
under shade.
There may not be anything In (.how
but there Is a whole lot in looks when
it comes to poultry. A neat-looking
egg basket is more apt to have good
eggs than a dirty one, and the cus
tomer wiil have his eye on it, too.
- Every conscientious poultry raiser
will be careful not to send stale eggs
to market If the egg Is doubtful do
not sell it, for your neighbor to eat
Gather the eggs every day and use
cblna neat egg. Leaving- an egg for
a nest egg should never be tolerated
on any poultry farm.
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DOOOOO
WHil Spain'i K"i9
onies of Age.
SCOTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOi
TIIH young King of Ppnln,
Alfonso XIII., cornea of nge
next spring, nnd will have
the nominal ruling of his
country. He will have good advisors,
however, Including bla mother, tho
present Queen llegent, Senor Hnirisln,
nnd the Duke of Tetunn. Alfonso
XIII. will be alxtcen years of ago on
May 17. It la believed tlmt the coro
nation will be practically n private
event, nnd In tho light of present po
litical conditions In tho country, It will
probably be a wise precaution.
Tho political atmosphere has cleared
anmcwhat. Things are not so bad all
they might be; there Is a surplus, even
LATEST POItTItAIT OP
though not n largo one, in the treas
ury, and tlicrj is uo lack of activity in
thu moro important trading circles.
. Keuor Sagasta, ono of tho notable
figures in the polltlcnl history of tho
dny, has a tremendous task before
blni. Ho stands for Spanish Liberal
ism, aud there Is no one in the country
that Is so well versed In its pecullnf
conditions. Worn by long servlco to
his country, absolutely faithful to it
in every sense, of unimpeachable in
tegrity, Sagasta has enrued the title
of tho Grand Old Man of Spanish
Liberalism, and it i a deserved recog
nition. Sugustu's cabinet includes Gonernl
Wcyler, as Minister of War; Honor
Moret, os Minister of the Interior; the
Duke of Almodovar del Hto, as Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, and tho
Dtiko of Vorngun, as Minister of thu
Navy. The first and last named gen
tlemen are cot know n In tho United
States, but It can hardly oe said that
they are regarded with favor.
The American people remember
Weylor through his Cuban administra
tion, the story of which, nil things con
sidered, does not Improve with the
telling. The Duke of Almodovar del
Rio is said to be somewhat In sym
pathy with tho British; Senor Moret
Is perhaps the best known of all the
cabinet, and has an excellent record.
General YVeyler'a influence was In
evidence In connection with the mar
.riago of tae Princess of Asturlaa, the
Queen's eldest child. The Princess's
choice Don Carlos do Bourbon is the
second son of the Count Caserta, who,
is a pronounced Carllst. The Queen
Regent approved of the match because
it was based entirely on mutual esteem
and love, but Senor Sagasta strongly
opposed the marriage, even refusing
to be in olflco when It took place. Gen
eral Weyler's friendship for tho young
man meant so much, uowever, thnt
notwithstanding Sagasta's disapproval,
which was warmly seconded by both
Liberals and Republicans, thu mar
riage was consummated. Don Carlo
now Prince of thu Asturlus by the
royal decree studied In the Artillery
School at Segovia, end served in Cuba
under Weyler. Harper's Weekly.
Cuba's BaWatlon.
The pest of yellow fever has been
combated with such vigor In Cuba
that not a sluglo death has been re
ported as resulting from it this year,
according to good authority. Reports
received by Surgeon-General Wyuian
from members of the medical staff
scattered all over tho Island of Cuba
show thut It is practically free from
yellow fever. This is probably the
tlrat time this statement could bo made
for centuries. The reason that yellow
fever has been so successfully over
come is bccauKo of the ettldent sani
tary methods employed by the United
States health officers. Havana itself
has been revolutionized as regards its
sanitary conditions. Recent experi
ments having proved that yellow fever
was to a great extent transmitted by
mosquitoes bred In the tropical
iwauips and the cesspools, drustlc
means were employed to kill these In
lects. The streets nnd sewers in Ha
vana and other cities of the Island
were sprinkled with kerosene, with
most satisfactory result.
Sid to say there it such a tiling at
ileit stupidity.
3
COMING FUN FASHIONS.
Tails Gator ran Nek PImc Fnt
Lined Paletot.
The nimble fingers of a fashionable
furrier's employes are already busy
carrying out tho clever designs from
London nnd Paris In mink nnd sable
neck pieces. Pablo, you know, la Im
ported In tho pelt ahnpe without duty,
so It la really anno to buy these flue
nntural furs here where one knows
and hna ronfldenco In tho furrier.
To J ml go by thcao fhio novelties our
furry fellows havo taken to growing a
groat number of talis. Of yore, when
wo complnlned thnt there were too
few falls on a neck piece wo were In
formed that nnlmnla seldom hnil more
than one each.
Evidently we're changed all that,
for these advance beauties are com
posed entirely of tails.
In mink tolls these pieces coat from
f 50 to $75. Tho one shown In the lllus
THE YOUNG SPANISH KINO.
tratlon is perhnpa tho most graccfa'
nnd fetching. Round the sntln neck
bund la n double row of talis, tho to
row looped down, tho bottom row
looped up, nntll both rows meet A)
ench cud of the ruchc-llko nock pleci
there are four ends In chenille effect
each of these strands being compose
of four talis.
Among tho variations on this plctur
esquo arrangement Is one which hai
twenty tails hooped around tho fouti
datlon band. The ends arc cither Ilk!
tho ono pictured or consist of slmph
bunches of tails.
Though fur-llued coats now seen
synonymous with torture garments
nover mind, there uro cold days com
Ing.
Paletots are to lead in stylo, blacl
broadcloth being the favored fabric
Tho all-gray Siberian squirrel is thi
choice for linings.
As to the details, the sleeves wil
bell a bit at the wrist, and though tin
coat is perfectly loose the scam dowi
the middle back will be slightly curved
and open about half the way up.
Women who are to Indulge In a mid
soason as well as a cold-weather pale
tot nro choosing black Loulslne, and
white Is still tbo favorite lining.
Coal la Indian Territory.
Somo idea of tbo value of the coal
deposits ia Indian Territory can be
gained when it is known the average
thickness of the vein Is four feet,
which will produce 4000 tons an acre.
These lands are leased In lots of 000
acres each, which means that 8,500,000
to 4,000,000 tons can be produced by
tho8o leasing the land. On this out
put the lessees pay a royalty of 8
conts a ton. The output during the
last year was 1,000.127, as against
1,400,442 tons the previous year. The
Interests of the Chickasaw and Choc
taw Indians are protected. Chicago
Journal,
if
A FORB T.OOK AT FUB FASHIONS.
NIGHT WORKERS IN NEW YORK.
PIsarM That Show tha Nambar of Thata
ta Ha VpmarA or 40,000.
There are 800,000 persons, men and
women, employed In what the law de
scribes as gainful occupation work
ing tor others for compensation In
New York City, says tho Sun. It has
heretofore been supposed that about
5 percent of these were employed at
night, wnlch would give a total of 40,
000 night workers In the city
Recently a table has appeared In
tended to show how many night work
era there actually are In the four
boroughs, and this estimate glvca 3200
poncemen, 3000 rnllroad employes,
3000 bakers, 3000 newspaper em
ployes, 2500 engineers and firemen,
2roo actors and mualclnna and 1000
restaurant employes. The total la 20,
000, the balance being made up ot
biitcnera, pcdlers, Bteam railroad em
ployes, telegraphers, watchmen, eleo
triclans and miscellaneous workers.
The table, accurate In many respect
fans short ot completeness as to the
total number of persons employed
at night In New York. There are In
New York and Brooklyn 2167 Raines
law hotels which are open all night,
In each of which there is at least one
man employed and usually two. This
figures up 3500.
The table dots not Include the mar
ket men, a considerable group of night
workers, who number at least 1000,
the men who work along shore load
ing or unloading boats to the num
ber of 1000 additional, and It does
not take Into account either those em
ployed on or connected with the ferry
business of the city, which Is carried
on all night. In which there are at
least 500, a total of 6000 additional.
The number of watchmen Is .esti
mated at 400. actually It Is nearer
2000, for there are watrhmen of build
ings under construction, watchmen of
office buildings, watchmen In care ot
material, factory watchmen, private
watchmen and ordinary night watch
men. There are 250 hotels In New York
City and the number of night em
ployes of these clerks, porters, eleva
tor men, watchmen, hell boys, gas
men and cleaners Is 2500, or an aver
age of about 10 for each hotel.
Another considerable Item of night
workers Is made up of the employes
of apartment houses, elevator men and
janitors, and still another of city em
ployes connected with the water sup
ply department, which Is going all
night, nnd in charge ot public build
ings. Qashouses In New York do not shut
down at night time, but employ night
shifts of men, and the same is true
of the foundry business, and there are
tho all night drug stores as well as
the all night saloons, and the night
hawk cabmen, whose chief time of
profit Is between midnight and day
break. Taking all these classes together, It
is probably no exaggeration to say
that there are 40,000 night workers In
New York, exclusive of physicians and
clergymen.
RollTar Nrare-d lllm.
The life of a photographer is not
always a happy one. He has to in
vade precincts which are almost sacred
In ills efforts to get a snap shot, and
sometimes be literally takes his life In
his hands when he has to set up his
machine in dangerous quarters. A
well-known artlBt bad an exciting ex
perience the other day when he
essayed to make a pnotograph of Boli
var, the huge elephant at the Zoo.
Getting Inside the cage In which Boli
var has been confined for so long, the
photographer set up his machine and
awaited a favorable moment
Bolivar seemed to be disturbed by
the presence of the strange apparatus
In bis cell, and, suddenly whisking
around, managoa to snap the chains
by which be is always bound. The
frightened photographer made a dash
to one side to escape the waving trunk
which he saw coming bis way, and in
his confusion made a misstep which
landed him, camera and all. In a pit in
which the waste hay and refuse of the
cage are kept Luckily for him the
keepers rushed to his 'assistance and
dragged him out before the angry ani
mal could get at him. His camera was
badly damaged, and nearly a week
passed before he could muster up suf
ficient courage to renew bis attempt
Philadelphia Record.
Tha Anna if Walo.
The king Is said to be favorably
disposed to the inclusion ot the arms
of Wales in those of the future Princes
of Wales. It Is to be hoped that the
dragon will not be used as the symbol
of this Inclusion, for nothing, heraldi
cally, could be more absurd. The
dragon does not occur in tho coats
of arms of any of the ancient Welsh
princes or in those of any of the old
Welsh families. It is sometimes spok
en of as the emblem of the Tudors;
but Owen Tudor, the founder of the
Tudor family, was not armigerous;
and the red dragon which Henry VII.
adopted was not that of the Tudors,
but was a compromise between the
white bull of York and the red Hon
and greyhound of Lancaster.
Bis Window, No Harmony.
The Builders' Trade Journal says
that plate glass, the creation ot com
parativelx recent times, Is responsible
for many of the enormities which ren
der the street architecture of today bo
devoid' of grace and harmony. Those,
however, who contend that a house
window glazed with small panes even
those so popular at the beginning of
the 19th century, about 12x15 Inches
Is much more ploasing in appearance
than one glased with one great sheet,
are, we think, quite in the right
New York City. Simple blouses
rvlth deep round collars are among
(lie latest designs shown nnd nro very
generally becoming. Tho smnrt May
' BLOTJSB WAIST.
Wanton design Illustrated Is tucked
cross tne rront to yoke depth and In
cludes tucked elbow sleeves, which
are charming when the stock and
Binem are oraiueo, DUt can bo made
with full length bishop sleeves when
preferred. The tucks at the front give
graceful fulness below, and render
the waist effective and stylish with
Very little additional trlmmlno. Tha
original Is made of figured Loulslne
iik in snaues ot pink and Is banded
GIRL'S ETON
rwlth black velvet ribbon, but all plia
ble materials suitable for tucking are
appropriate.
The foundation or fitted lining closes
at the centre front On it are arranged
the smooth back, the tncked fronts
and the deep collar. The elbow sleeves
fere peculiar, being tacked In the cen
tre and free at top and bottom and
form graceful frills at the elbows.
When the waist is desired high neck
the shield and stock are added and
the plain sleeves can be substituted
for the fancy ones whenever pre
ferred. When made nnllned the gath
ers at the waist line ore staid with a
band of material, or the fulness Is
drawn up by means of tapes Inserted
In an applied casing.
To cut this waist for a woman ot
medium size four and a quarter yards
of material twenty-one inches wide,
four and a quarter yards twenty-seven
Inches wldo, three and three-quarter
yards thirty-two inches wide or two
yards forty-four inches wide will be re
quired when elbow sleeves are used;
four and three-quarter yards twenty
one or twenty-seven Inches wide, threo
and three-quarter yards thirty-two
Inches wide or two nnd n rjuarter
yards forty-four IncUcs wide with
bishop sleeves.
Olrl'i Eton Costume,
loung girls are never more charm
ing and attractive than when wearing
some variation of the fashionable
Eton. This stylish little costume in
cludes all the latest features and can
be made simpler or more fanciful as
the-trimming la varied and the sleeves
are plain or made with puffs. The
May Monton original from which the
large drawing was made is ot novelty
goods In mixed browns with trimmings
of banana yellow taffeta and brown
.velvet ribbon and full front and sleeve
puffs of the banana colored silk, but
all dress materials can be used. Serge
with a plain aklrt straight bands of
black on the Jacket plain sleeves and
taffeta full front seems a simple and
serviceable school frock. Pretty light
colored costumes or simple silks,
made as Illustrated, are charming for
afternoons at home and various corn-
blnntlona might be suggested (of
street wenr,
Tho front Is simply full, finished?
with a nnrrow standing collar and
closes at the centre back. The Eton
Includes a seamless Iinck with round
ed fronts nnd on Algloti collar and
novel fanny sleeves, that are arranged)
on a plain foundation. The aklrt Is)
five-gored with the fulness at the back
laid la Inverted pleats.
To cut this costume for a girl of ten
years of nge five and a half yards of
material twenty-one Inches wide, four
and a half yards twenty-seven Inches)
wide or two .and three-quarters yards
forty-four Inches wide will be required
vltli one and a half yards thirty-two
Inches wide for chemisette and sleevs
puffs.
Raanty of tha Panama,
The beauty of the Panama bat la
that when elmply trimmed, as It
should be tills yenr, It can be rolled
Into a bundle and packed away Into
a trunk or bag, and come out as good
ns new. Instead of the plain band, oc
casionally a Panama Is to be seen
with the narrow silk ribbon, but tied
In front, or a little at the side, and
quill thrust through It
Ta Clowns,
The smartest tea gowns are fitted
quite close by half bodices of heavy,
lace; this Idea, with the broad sweep
of the pleated skirt, gives a graceful
effect
M ! FlTO-dorad Shirt.
The graduated circular flounce Is S
COSTUME.
marked favorite for young girls gowns
as well as for those of maturer folk;
It Is graceful. It provides ample Hart
and freedom and It Is exceedingly be
coming. The admirable May Manton
skirt shown combines It with a five
gored upper portion and Is satisfac
tory In every way. 'As Illustrated If
Is made of castor colored serge with"
stitched bands of taffeta, bnt all suit
ing and skirt materials are appro
priate. The upper portion of the skirt fits
with perfect smoothness, the fulness
at the back being laid In Inverted
pleats, while below the knees it takes
the fashionable flare. The flounce can
be arranged over the skirt, or if pre
ferred the material can be cat away
beneath and the flounce seamed to the
edge, or again the skirt can be cnt fall
length and left plain.
To cut this skirt for a miss of four
teen years of age six and flve-elgnta
yards of material twenty-one or twenty-seven
Inches wl!?, ix and one
quarter yard '.Ulrcy-two inches wlda
or fore aud a half yards forty-font
i-ces wide will be required when the
PIVX-OOBXS SXIBT.
flounce is used; four and three-quarter,
yards' twenty-one or twenty-seven
inches wide, four and five-eighth yards
thirty-two inches wlda or two and,
seven-eighth yards forty-four Inches'
wide when the skirt Is mads plain.