Sartorial Blunder.
A New York girl has discovered
that all her sartorial blunders are
committed when sho If either worried
or tired. "That wretchod waist that
made mo look a sickly pea greon, I
bought one day when t had a head
ache," she says. "Then, one day when
I was feeling awfully put out over
something Jack had said, I went out
and bought that linen coat that I
look so grotesque In. I could go
through my wardrobe and tell you a
story about everything In it that Is
ugly and unbecoming. I have go so
I would rather go without than go"
hopping on one of these bad days."
New York Tribune.
The Eyebrow and Lash.
If the eyebrows are too thick or If
they are not well shaped, they can bo
thinned out and trained by the use
of tweezers. If they are too thin
their growth may be stimulated by
applying every night a lotion made of
five grains of sulphate of quinine dis
solved In an ounce of alcohol. If too
light they can be darkened with wal
nut juice made by boiling the bark
gently in water an hour one ounce to
a pint of water and adding a small
piece of alum to the dye. Apply with
a camel's hair brush. The eyelashos
can be mode longer and more silky by
carefuly trimming tiiem every month
and bathing thorn afterward with
corn-flower water. American Queen.
Beware the Beauty Veil.
The habit of wearing tho small face
or beauty veil so that It comos direct
ly under the nose Is giving women a
very bad habit. In ordor to keep the
veil In place they have contracted the
habit of Involuntarily stretching the
the mouth wide open like a fish and
then snapping it shut like a clam.
The reason for this ungraceful perfor
mance Is that the veil tickles tho up
per Hp. The short veil Is not
extremely becoming, any way. The
woman with a hooked nose looks as
though she were holding the veil down,
and the damsel with a sky-tllted none
never succeeds In keeping her veil in
anything but a wrinkled condition. So
let us "taboo" the "beauty veil." New
York Journal. '
Habits In a Child.
The following is taken from a paper
n Habits and Will by Mrs. Theodore
W. Birney, In The Dolineator: "The
habits of reverence, gentleness, cour
tesy, honesty, courage and patience,
like their opposltes, are absorbed by
the cltild from those with whom he
Is most closely associated. It Is In
these attributes that an ounce of ex
ample outweighs a pound of precept.
It Is a charming custom to lose no
opportunity either In reading Action
or In the circumstances attending on
everyday living' to express an enthu
siastic appreciation of the good, the
noble, beautiful and true, but valuable
beyond - and above all discussion of
these virtues, 'To be as nearly as
we can what wo wish our children to
be.'"
The Prospective Physician.
A young woman entering this pro
fession, writes a woman physician in
Everybody's Magazine, gets a great
deal of advice, of a somewhat discour
aging order. "Don't try to specialise,"
Bays one. "General practice. Is hope
less," another will assure nor; "they
will accept women for certain things,
but In general they want a man. Your
only chance Is as a specialist'' "Men
doctors will let you in on a case if
yon will do all the hard work, but you
must not expect any of the profit or
tbe credit," she is assured.
If she listens long she will have a
picture pessimistic enough to try tbe
stoutest courage. And there Is a cer
tain truth in it all; but over and above
this stands the bigger truth for her
comfort the way to success and rec
ognition is fair and open to all who
are worthy.- Hard work Is not the
only qualification; personality, tact,
breeding, force, dozen other ele
ments are needed, and failure generally
means some lock in these. With the
right endowment and a sincere ambi
tion, a woman con go as for as a man
and that Is to the very top. The way
Is perhaps harder for her; but I have
found that In the long run It is not age
or Bex that counts, but what you do
and are.
' Dresses Too Big.
To be In the height of the mode our
dresses should appear to be a size or
ao too large for us. That old conun
drum about the baggy coat being
reminiscent of two French towns, Tou
lon and Toulouse, Is constantly re
called as fair ones, young an dold, are
noted with unnecessary material in
their dresses. As for overdoing tbe
o-called shoulder breadth, the very
statement la abBurd, as the real shoul
ders have nothing to do with the thing.
One may noto -plenty of waists in
which the top of the sleeve not only
does not fit over the shoulder, as
sleeve .tops were certainly designed
to do, but does not reach this point by
lour Inches is actually sewed In. that
dlstanoe down on the arm. This
means that the shoulders of the waist
are about eight Inches too broad. To
such extremes do we allow ourselves
to be led.
Naturaly, we do not stop here. The
sleeves ax ths next temptation, and
Just how frightfully we have flown t
this temptation Is evidenced on every
side. Tbe only good thing about tills
hysterical following 1 1 fashion Is that
It dies of Its own ov ;-done. There Is
really no limit to the cbimrd'.ty of the
piling on process that has been follow
ed In sleevea
This desire for amplitude has
reached even the belt, though not In
a way to Increase the incOios around
the zone. Very deep girdles are liked.
When the bolt la narrow tho gathered
material above and below juts out in
a most abundant fashion.
The amount of material used In a
dress, especially filmy sorts. Is aston
ishing. Philadelphia Record.
Wedding Gown Moralizing.
Of perennial Interest to women !s
the wedding gown. But Polly Is justi
fied of her chlldrem and a pretty wed
ding Is a pretty eight. But for all that
there is too much made of the wedding
gown. The nowly-engaged girl, with
a few exceptions, as soon as the ex
citement of the proposal has abated
somewhat, begins to think of and to
discuss her wedding gown. Is It to
be oyster or ivory white satin T Is It
to have a court train? Is the trim
ming to be lace or chiffon? Are the
orange blossoms to be real, and will
It be proper for her to wear her
"pearls?" The latter point Is left
undecided, for who can tell the form
that tlie gifts of the bridegroom-elect
will take? These may be diamonds!
The engaged lover so often breaks
out Into diamond stars for the hntrt
If the engagement Is short the matter
of the wedding garment fills every
spare moment and a few that should
be employed otherwise of tho bride
elect's time. In her bridal finery she
must eclipse all the girls of her ac
quaintance who have been married re
cently. If Minnie Jones had six
brtdrsmalds and one pngo, Ethel
Smith must linve eight and two small
and picturesque mountebanks to boar
her train, and hor bevy of girls will
look "sweet" In crepe de chine In
stead of flimsy pongee. A writer says:
"No matter what the nationality, the
color or the social status of the bride
who has given her heart to the man
she lovoa, or who has been given to
a husband of her parents' choosing,
the mirror never reflects to her eyes
any more pleasing picture than her
self attired in the costume In which
she Is to enter into the realms of
hymeneal bliss. Here is tho touch of
nature which makes all women klm"
Washington Star.
Plain and Pretty Women.
By neglecting certain simple arts
and ordinary precautions a groat many
pretty girls fall to make the most of
their beauty, and by attending to these
arts and precautions a great many
plain girls make up for nature's un
klndnesB to thorn, riain girls, with
brains, need- not envy beauties. The
plain girl that knows the nature of
men is likely to be more popular
among her masculine acquaintances
and to make a bettor match In the end
than the haughty and careless beauty
that will not stoop to conquer. Every
girl should strlvo to moke the best of
herself physically, temperamentally
ar.d Intellectually. For tho body, mod
crate, regular and well planned exer
cise Is necessary. Exercise not only
keps a girl In health, rfnd produces
color and a cloar skin, bait It builds up
the physique, makes the flesh firm, and
adds grace to the natural curves. Tbe
hair should be well brushed and
dressed with some regard to the con
tour of the foco, head and nock. Every
girl should know something of the
manicure's art, too, and care tor her
nails with skill. An erect, graceful
carriage adds much to the girl's at
tractiveness. A woman should be
erect as well as supple. Oawklnoss or
slouehlness In standing or walking
destroys tho tender roots of regard
Uiat may bo sprouting In a man's
breast. Any woman may acquire a
good carriage by core and practice,
may dress her hair prettily, and have
benutlfv'' linger nails. Neatness In
dri.ia Is the main characteristic of a
well-attired girl. She gives attention
to details of attire. She Is aware that
frayed facings, ripped skirt bindings,
spotted garmonts, loose or missing but
tons, pins where hooks should be,
unpolished shoes, soiled or worn-out
gloves, untidy linon, rumpled ribbons,
and bolts out of place co-operate In
making a bad impression. Good
clothes re-act on the mind of the wear
er. The knowledge that one Is In good
form and correctly attired changes
one's wholo bearing, and Imparts a
poise impossible to shabby or untidy
persons. SJme shrewd observer has
remarked fcuat the consciousness of be
ing well dressed nrousos in the heart
a sense of happiness that religion is
powerless to be3tow. New York
Weekly.
Fashion Notes.
A coral colored coat and Bklrt of
butcher's linen Is the latest offering
In the linen coat and Bklrt
Shield pjoa are now to be had which
much facilitate the changing of one's
ahlolds, a needle and thread being no
lunger necessary. ' ,
Large clutitei-B of Chinese primroses,
especially the white, with theJr deli
cate green foliage, are charming on
white hats of any material.
Old fashioned jewelry la enjoying a
renewal of favor. Those "horse-collar"
bracelets that snap when they close
and which have been useless for dec
ades are appearing clasped over th
old time lace mitts.
Tatting yellowed wlUi age Is befng
buntud out from old keepsakes and
telle and brought into play for col
lars and cuffs. The totting washes
far better than the modern home mad
lace. It Is very near of kin to Irish
crochet lacs.
New York Clty.Coats In three-quar
ter length make ft notable feature of
lutumn styles and will be greatly worn
by young girls. This Mny Mnnton one
MlSSgV ENGLISH COAT.
Is made In tailor style ami Is essen
tially smnrt. As shown the material
Is fuschla colored cheviot stitched with
cortlcelll silk nml the garment makes
pnrt of n costume, but the design suits
the general wrap equally well, and Is
appropriate for all suiting nml cloaking
mntcrinls. The loose sleeves are pecu
liarly good, Inasmuch as they allow of
wearing over the blouse without rump
ling.
The cent Is made with fronts thnt are
cut In two portions and seamed to the
shoulders, backs, slde-bncks and un-
der-nrm gores. The neck Is finished In
regulation coat style and the right
front laps over the left In double
breasted fashion. The sleeves are cut
In one piece ench and arc finished with
Bnre cuffs, over bunds, at the wrists.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is three and a half
WAIST WITH BERTHA.
yards forty-four Inches wide or two
and three-quarter yards fifty-four
Inches wide.
Two StjrlUh Garments.
Waists made with round yokes out
lined by berthas appear to gain In fa
vor with each succeeding week. The
one Illustrated In the large drawing by
May Manton Is peculiarly attractive as
well as practical. Inasmuch as It can
be made high or low, with full length
or elbow sleeves, and so serve a double
purpose. The model Is made of black
and white checked loulslne, with yoke
of lace and bertha and cuffs of white
panne cloth edged with lace applique,
but any number of combinations might
be suggested. The sleeves are among
the latest and show cuffs of the newest
sdrt. When made In elbow length these
last are omitted and the puffs are
pushed up to droop over their edges.
The waist la made over a fitted lining
and closes Invisibly at the centre front,
the yoke being bonked over at the left
suoulder. The lining is snugly fitted,
and on it are arranged the yoke, the
full fronts and back. Tbe bertha is
circular and serves to outline the yoke.
The sleeves are shirred at the shoul
ders to fit the arm snugly, but form
drooping puffs below the elbows.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is four and an eighth
yards twenty-one Inches wide, three
and a half yards twenty-seven Inches
wide or two and a quarter yards forty,
four Inches wide, with seven-eighth
yards twenty-one inches wldo for ber
tha and cuff facings, three-eighth yard
eighteen inches wide for yoke and col
lur nnd three and a quarter yardB of
applique edging to trim as illustrated.
House Jackets arc among the com
forts which no woman should consent
to be without. Tbe one shown in tbe
large drawing Is graceful and becom
ing, at the same time thnt It 1b com
fortable and appropriately can be made
from a variety of materials. The model
is of dark red albatross with frills and
Insertion of twine colored lace, and is
finished at the neck and waist with
ties of red loulslne ribbons.
Tbe jacket Is simply made with fronts
and bncks, and is trimmed to give the
vest effect. The fronts are gathered
at their upper edges, and are arranged
over a yoke which serves to keep the
fulness in place. The back is plain
ncrosB the shoulders, but gathered at
the waist line, where It Is attached to
the belt which passes under It and the
fronts to openings cut at indicated
points, then thrbugU these and over the
LATEST
full front. But, If a simpler adjust
ment Is preferred, tho trimming outlin
ing the vest can be omitted end the
belt passed under the entire fronts, giv
ing the effect shown In the small cut
The neck Is finished with a big collar
and the sleeves are In one pleco each,
cut In bell shape.
The quantity of material reqdlrcd for
the medium size Is three and three
qunrter yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, three and a qunrter yards thirty
two inches wide or two yards forty
four Inches wide, with six yards of lace
and four yards of Insertion to trim as
Illustrated.
Complete Leather Coetatne,
For the modest sum of f 11W, says tha
Sew York Evening Tost, one may be
come the owner of a complete costumo
of leather, as enrefully tailored as the
most modish cloth gown, and so con
trived as to be fairly light In welirht
and perfectly ventilated. The leather
gown Is designed for nutomoblllng. It
Is mnde with a gored and fitted skirt
and a stylish shirt waist. There la
much stitching on both skirt and waist,
and the latter Is finished with a high
collar and n cravat of the leather. The
sleeves are wide at tbe wrist, and
there are under-sloeves of mnuve satin
tightly shirred at the wrist against
wind and dust.
Styles For Smnll fllrl. t
Soft silks and woolens in sun-pleated
and necordlon effects will be worn by
children and young girls this fall.
One such frock, thnt Is ndnpted to the
small girl, hnngs In fan pleats from a
tiny yoke of lace. The neck Is cut
high, which Is a characteristic of the
fall models for small girls.
A Fall Colter.
Peep collars of panne, ornamented
with embroidery or Inset lace, will be
much worn In the fall, replacing the
WOMAN'S HOUSE JACKET.
cape collars of lace, embroidered ba
tiste, etc.
Woman's Wrapper.
Tasteful morning gowns are among
the possessions which no woman
should be without. This one, designed
by May Manton, Is eminently graceful
and becoming at the same time that It
Is simple and Involves neither exces
sive labor nor expense. The model li
shown In blue cashmere with trimming
of Arab colored lace, and is exceeding
ly effective, but all luaterluis used for
house gowns are equally appropriate,
The wrapper consists of tbe fronts,
backs and uudcr-arm gores. Tbe back
Is arranged in the Wattenu pleat that
always Is satisfactory. The fronts are
loose and are finished with the frill
which Is extended from the big collar
nnd passes down the entire front The
sleeves are full and finished with frills
of the .material. At the waist Is a rib
bon which confines the fulness suffl
clcntly for neatness, but this can be
omitted when a looser adjustment Is
desired.
The quantity of material required foi
the medium size Is elcht nnd three-
quarter yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, eight yards thirty-two inches
WOMAS'S WHAPPKB.
wide or five and a quarter yards forty
four Inches wide, with fifteen and s
half yards of Insertion to trim as Illus
trated,
PRE-COLUMBIAN CURIOS.
tmithtonlan Artiata Ar Busy Prepa
ing Fair Exhibits.
Provided the place were open to all
comers, the Smithsonian Institution
workshop would doubtless at present
afford more of Interest than the In
terior of any other government Insti
tution or department In the city. The
exhibit which the Smithsonian and
bureau of ethnology will make at the
Bt Louis exposition Is In course of
preparation In this workshop, located
In an obseure and out-or-the-way cor
ner of the south side, not far from th
harbor front and steamship wharves.
At present Mr. Gill of tha bureau of
ethnology Is applying the finishing
touvhos to the fourth of the 10 repro
ductions In miniature of the most
striking, artstlo and wonderful of thoss
peculiar structure erected by the pre
Columbian Aztecs, Zapotscs, Quiche,
Mayaa, Mixta, Chlbohaa, AyamaraB,
Qulvhmas, etc., throughout- Mexico,
Central America, Ynratan, Colombia,
Ecuador, Bolivar and Peru. The re
production, now completed, la -non
other than that of the famous "House
of the Governor" (Casa del Qoberna
dor), situated on the sumlt of an enor
mous pyramid In tha heart of tha
ruined city of Uxmal, In Yucatan, and
Iry all travellers considered the great
est triumph of aboriginal art and en
gineering skill In America.
Readers will be Interested to learn
that this miniature reproduction of a
temple covered from top to bottom
with the most Intricate carving and
Btone outting Imaginable, was cast
from plaster of parts In the rough, but
owing to the wealth and Intricacy of
the ornamentation of the original the
greater portion of the model had ac
tually to be handcarved from photo
graphs, prints and pictures of the Casa
f acinic. This proved a Blow, laborious
and difficult task, but Mr. GUI has at
last comploted the work to the satis
faction of Frof. William H. Holmes,
the originator of the Idea. Some who
have seen the modol regret that Mr.
Gill did not carve the reproduction
from a block of hard wood Instead of
plaster of parls, but he claims that
thlB would have been an Impossibility.
The symbolic figures, feathered ser
pents, plumed divinities, frets, chev
rons, and all the other strange figures
adorning the facade of the Casa del
Gobernador are, he states, of a char
acter so complicated and Involved as
to render a reproduction In wood out of
the question.
In addition to these pre-Columbian
and aboriginal cities In miniature,
other work of equal Interest Is In pro
gress. Mr. Palmer Is busy building
up the cast of a sulphur-bottom
whale from the moulds taken In New
foundland, while Mr. Turner is equally
busy mounting the big giraffe, the Nor
wegian elk, the Pamir sheep, tbe musk
ox and other animals. He has just
finished the work of mounting a black
bear, which competent judges say Is
another triumph of modern taxldormy.
Instead of standing reared on its hind
lega and steadying Itself with a stick
of cord wood, as most bears were
mounted by tbe old school of taxider
mists, this particular animal appears
In the characteristic act of pulling up
a Btone with his left paw, and peering
underneath In search of a wily and
artful crawfish that is trying to escape
bis cuteness. Washington Post.
Buying a Volcano.
The valuo of the Mexican volcano
Popocatepetl as a sulphur mine Is ex
plained In Page's Magazine. Its own
er. General Gasper Sanchez Ochoa, re
ceived it from the government In rec
ognttion of certain services, and Is
said to have offered It for $5,000,00 a
bargain, considering the millions of
dollars worth of sulphur it contains.
Two parties are declared to be bid
ding for It, one backed by John D.
Rockefeller and the other by John P,
and Samuel Green of Pittsburg. There
are two schemes by which It Is pro
posed to work the sulphur mine. On
is to tunnel into the volcano at about
600 yards below the crater, and to re
move the sulphur by a cable conveyor
carrying buckets 100 feet apart These
will dip Into the red hot molten sul
phur and bring it out, the buckets trav
eling 200 feet per minute. The eatl
mated cost of this equipment is about
$500,000.
The other scheme proposes to send
a cogwheel railway over the lip of the
crater down Into the sulphur lake, but
it Is questionable if sufficient founda
tion is available to sustain the heavy
support that would be necessary. For
many generations this sulphur has
been mined in a crude fashion, and It
la believed to be inexhaustible. Its
market price at present la $40 per ton
Volcano sulphur from Sicily has In
the past furnished the principal sup
pir- . .
Animals aa Sailors.
A French scientist, according to the
Paris correspondent of the London
Express, has made some very Inter
esting observations aa to the love of
different wild animals for the sea.
The Polar bear, he says, Is tho only
one that takes to the sea, and la quits
jolly when aboard ship. All others
violently resent a trip on water, and
vociferously give vent to tbelr feelings
until sea sickness brings silence.
Tbe tiger suffers most of all. The
mere sight of a ship makes him un
comfortable, and when on board he
whines pitifully, his eyes water con
tinually, and he rubs his stomach wlui
hla terrible paws.
Horses are very bad Bailors, and of
ten perish on a sea voyage. Oxen are
heroic In their attempt not to giv
way to sickness. Elephants do not like
tha sea, but they ar amenable to
msdlcal treatment -. ,, i .,.,
Tb minimum rainfall at which tress
will grow Is 20 Inches.
Bran as Food.
One advantage possessed by bran Is
that It contains a fair pre portion of
the phosphates, and for that reason
may be used with the ration In order
to render It more complete. It Is not
advisable to feed It In the soft condi
tion If it can be used by sprinkling It
on cut clover that has been scalded,
although a mess of scalded bran and
ground oats early In the morning cf a
cold winter day Is very Invigorating
and nourishing. Even when the food
Is not varied some advantages may ba
derived by way of compensation for
omission of certain foods, by the use
of bran and Unseed meal. Two pcundB
of bran, mixed with one pound of lin
seed meal and a pound of ground meat
fed to the hens once a day, allowing
halt a pint of the mixture to ten hens,
will greatly add to the egg producing
materials. Aa a food for chicks bran
should always bo scalded and allowed
to stand for an hour or two In order to
vften. Mirror and Farm.
Enduranc and Quality.
The connection between a horse's
staying power or endurance and Its
quality Is frecuently seen when sub
jected to severe road work, but tho
reason for the connection Is not bo
plainly evident. The fine skin, that Is
one of the features of high quality. Is
considered to be of value for what it
tells of the Internal organization of
the animal, for It may be said. In a
general way, that the one skin covers
the horse Internally as well as exter
nally. The Inner coat of the skin which
covers the ribs and all external parts
Is a continuation of that which lines
the stomach and Intestines. If the
skin covering the Internal reclon Is
soft, One and pliable It Indicates that
the secretions are healthy and It
would seem natural to reason from
this that the lining of the stomach
would be In the same state, and If such
Is the case It Is In a better condition
to digest the food that goes Into It,
thereby Increasing tbe horse's recuper
ative powers and endurance. John A.
Craig, In the Cultivator.
Th Corn Binder for Silo Corn.
There Is no better way to utilize
corn than to put It Into a silo. When
the corn comes to maturity and begins
to glaze, cut it with a corn binder and
haul direct to the silo. Cut the stalks
Into 3-8-Inch pieces, as fine silage Is
much bettor than coarse. It can then
be fed to cows, sheep and hogs. All
do well and eat It with a relish that Is
surprising.
If a farmer has no silo, the corn
should be cut with a corn binder and
well shocked, from Tour to six bundles
In a shock. When well cured and
weather Is fair, employ some man with
a husker and shredder and husk the
corn and shred the fodder. If the rod
der or stover Is put In a mow by Itself
It will heat and mold, and mors or
less of It will not be fit for use.
So, In order to have the stover keep
good and sweet, put In a layer of stov
er about one foot thick, and a layer of
straw cr chaff alternately until the
Btover la all stored, and a fine lot of
feed It makes. In this way the Btover
can be kept for a long time and be
palatable.
The corn should go to the crib until
It Is thoroughly seasoned, when It can
be ground cob and all or mixed with
other grain aa the feeder sees fit
There should be at least one corn
binder In every neighborhood. They
are as much of a necessity as the
mower, binder or rake. J. E. Fischer,
In New England Homestead.
Curing and Threshing Beans.
Tbe most difficult problem In bean
culture Is curing and threshing, but
with a little care this is easy enough.
If beans are well ripened before being
pulled and thrown In piles, they will
bo ready to thresh Inside of a week.
The piles should be small and In case
of a rain turned over, but beans
should never be stacked or hauled Into
a barn and left as some people do.
The reason lor this Is simply that it
la not possible to handle beans when
they are dry enough to keen In stack
or piled up anywhere without shelling
them, and even though it wore they
would sweat and get too tough to
thresh without splitting, and besides,
beans lose their flavor and color when
allowed to sweat in the pod.
A gcod way to thresh beans without
a machine especially constructed for
the purpose is to put a top box on a
wagon and drive betweon the rows,
throw one or two pllos In at a time and
pound the beans out with a common
fork. When you get 10 or 15 bushels
screen them out In the wind if there
happens to be one, and sack them up.
If there is no wind, sak them aa they
are. Do not attempt to thresh in the
forenoon, or later than 5 in the after
noon, and never attempt to thresh In
this way unless the beans are very dry
and the day clear and sunny.
An ordinary fanning will clean
beans quite well or they may be
cleaned In a good stiff wind by lotting
them fall, say, ten feet. What is
known as screened beans will sell for
nearly as much as hand-picked beans,
hence It does not pay to hand pick.
But If your local dealer Insists on
hand-picked beans, the following meth
od will clean thorn so well that he will
never know the difference. Stretch
a gunny sack at an angle of 5 de
grees and tn front of this put a board.
Now lot the beans fall on this from a
considerable height, and you will find
that if th board is set at the right
distance from tha sack the sound,
clear beans will jump over the board,
wall th dirt and cracked beans will
full down at the lower edge of tha
sack. In this way I have oeaned II
bushels of beans In three hours so
well that they sold for hand picked.
A. O. Ronell, In American Agricultur
ist. Th- Robber Crow.
Yon naturally attribute the scarcity
of young birds to the cold spring, when
after a more than usually genial Feb
ruary th cold winds of March and .
April, with abundance of rain and
shnrp frosts which destroyed ths blos
soms on the early fruit trees very se
riously Interfered with th fertility of
eggs and chilled others during the peri
od of Incubation. As proof of this as
sertion our friend will tell you he has
discovered broods of three or four, a
poor return from a sitting of from a
dozen to nearly a score of eggs In ths
nest when first Been.
Empty eggs, the shells having been
broken for the purpose of extracting
the contents, tell another tale. Instead
of being found split across In ths
orthodox fashion to denote that the
eggs have fulfilled their purpose and
the shells discarded when the chicks
have been released the former ar
found in. all directions with boles
pierced In the sides or centre and ths
albuminous matter gone.
Our sooty friends of th elm trees
have been blamed for this, and so war
far Is carried on during tne egg sea
son to avenge the persistent thefts.
One with experience Is able to tell the
kind of bird which has stolon the eggs
by the position In which the eggshells
are found.
On the carrion crow no mercy Is be
stowed by preservers of game. His
deep, gutteral "caw, caw" betrays his
whereabouts, and It he comes within
range he is a doomed bird. Without
doubt he Is a veritable robber of birds'
nests, carrying off either eggs or young
when opportunity offers. With his
short but sharply pointed beak he will
seize the prey and carry It away to a
particular spot tn the plantation or
lofty elm before enjoying his titbit. A
pair of crows In our neighborhood this
year have "walked off" with many eggs
within a radius of three miles from
their nest In the wood.
In one spot we know of eggs were
missed time after time, and some two
hundred yards distant the shells of
over one hundred eggs have been found
within a few yards. A favorite spot
for eating the spoil Is on a bill, bo that
from this point of vantago a lookout
can be easily kept; for the crow is a
deceptive bird, and not willing to be
caught at his tricks. -C. U. U, la
American Cultivator.
Modern Creamery Refrigeration.
From the tlmo the milk entera the
separator until the golden product la
on Its way to the consumer, the buttor
makor eagorly watches the tempera
ture of the material from which It Is
made, and the system of refrigeration
which will produce the desired results.
This Is at all times under perfect con
trol, and the system which can be ap
plied with the least expenditure of
time and money la the ono the cream
ery man will adopt
The advantages and disadvantages
of Ice refrigeration have long been
known, so I will omit this and discuss
the artificial or ammonia system. This
consists of a compressor operated di
rectly from the engine of the creamery.
The ammonia Is forced In a liquid state
through a system of pipes supplied at
proper Intervals with valves. In pass
ing through the valves, the ammonia
1b converted Into a gas, lowering tb
temperature to such an extent that th
pipes when charged are constantly
covered with frost The temperature
of a properly constructed refrigerator
can be easily brought to freezing point
or much lower If desired. The gas, af
ter serving Its purpose, In the pipes,
Is passed through a set of colls sub
merged In cold water. By this means
It Is again condensed Into liquid, when
It Is pumped back by tbe compressor to
repeat Its journey. .
For a creairffery for 15,000 to 30,000
pounds of milk a day use a No. 2 four
ton compressor. Tbe creamery room
should be well Insulated, not less than
two spaces filled with mineral wool or
pulverized cork. Three spaces would
be better. Use large twin cream vats
and place about four colls on each side
of the pans, each pan being furnished
with proper valve, making each vat
a complete system of Its own. By this
means with the proper stirring of th
cream It is alwaya under perfect con
trol. The refrigerator should be sufficient
ly large to hold at least one week'f
product It must be thoroughly insu
lated and supplied with galvanized iron
pans large enough to hold not lest
than 300 feet of colled pipe and four oi
five barrels of brine. This should br
placed in the upper part of the re
frigerator, leaving the lower part foi
storage. The ammonia , passing
through the submerged coll reduces th
temperature of tbe bnne to th freez
ing point or below without causing it
to congeal as would wa'cr. This pro
duces a cold, dry atmosphcra which t
much better than tbe dim? ccld pro
duced by lea Butter tubs come out
dry and unstained. Being operated di
rect from the engine of the creamery
while In operation makes tha expense
very small, and while the results ob
tained are almost miraculous, the man
ner of operating the system Is so sim
ple that a person of ordinary mechani'
cal Ingenuity can easily comprehend,
operate and produce the desired re
sults. H. S. Beir, in Oranse Judd Far
mer. Too Much.
, "This Is too much too muchf." she,
cried, pale and trembling.
"Then I'll make It $14.89," said the
milliner.
"Very well; wrap It up." And ths
ded was don. Ohio Stat Journal.