THE OLE DINNER BELLv Slier' mtiie in the lowin' of the eattls en the hill, (aa in the lazy laughter of the waterfall an' rills; In the ainain' of the bluebird an tbs bum mm of the bee, l&n the ole woodpecker pectin' on the holler (agar tree. There' mumc in the blot torn an' the clear bine of the ky, In the ecrrnmin' of the chicken hawk a'circlin' 'way up high; Cut the sweetest aongi ot Jun time ain't nowhere near a men To the muaic 'long at noontime of the ol dinner bell. flVhen plowin' in the distant field, clean out o' eight o' borne, &-wihin', too, with all your heart that dinner time would come, If on watch the furrie stretch away aroun the lower bend, 'An' potter 'round bit before yon ataxt for t'other end, An' yon bend your head an' listen to ketch the welcome sound, 'An' calc'late it' purt nigh noon by ehad- den on the ground, fWhen through the hazy atmosphere, your longin' to dispel. Cornea the fur-off ailv ry music of the ole dinner bell. tWhen the harvest day is over an the toil er' work is done. Over wavin' corn an' clover tinted by the fttin' sun, Low an' sweet the distant music of the ole bell float along: Borne upon the evenin' breeze, mingled with the reapers' ong, An' yon look acr.wt the tueuMcr, past the ole crick windin' through. Where the linger aweet in waitin with a welcome there for you. Oh, there ain't no joy of summer that can strike you mute so well, 'A the rinirin', when you're hungry, of the ole dinner bell. -Edwin C. Davis, in the Indianapolis New. The Point of View. By Mabel Crcnlsj Jones. II L iOfc. SYTI1IXU the matter with Sl-jSjt you 3im'i" And Kutb sur S (A O veyed bcr brother keeuly. k "No." jJSsWT "What's the use of fib bing to nieV" she demand ed with sisterly frunknoss. "Some thing's cone wrong, I can see that clearly enough. Any trouble at the office?" "No." ' ' ' "Well." Impatiently, "what Is It, then? You alwayi tell me things In the end, so you might as well go abend and save nie the trouble of dragging It from you." Jim stared moodily out of tbe win flow and vouchsafed no reply. "You've not quarrelled with Clarice, fcave you?" A swift change In her brother's face told Ruth that tbe bad touched on tbe truth, and she followed up ber advan tage promptly. "That is It, I know. Now what was tbe fuss about?" "There was no fuss and no quarrel, my sapient sister, only" 1 "Go on, do!" "I made a trifling error when I supposed she cored for me, that was all." "Are you crazy, Jim? I am sure that Clarice cares for you. Don't Jump at conclusions." "I didn't Jump at any conclusions, I assure you. I asked ber to marry me, and she flatly refused." "But why? whyT why?" Kutb asked In honest bewilderment. "I know something of girls, and I am positive that Clarice cares for yon." "I bad sometimes entertained such a Idea myself, but you see that we tooth made a slight mistake." "Don't be so maddening, Jim, dear; ten me all she said. I am awfully aorry for you, but I cannot help feel ins that there Is a mistake some rhcre." "Not much chance for it," Jim Ruth crford said grimly; "she bad fifty un answerable arguments against mar riage. Bbe liked me, she was good enough to say, but she did not dare try tbe trials and tribulations of do mestic life with any man. Servants were always leaving on a moment's no tice, and generally, too, when the mis tress was ill. She bad seen so many men act like brutes on sucb occasions tint she bad not tbe courage to face It I tried to laugh ber out of tbe mood. I told her to ask you if I did -not beBave like an angel In all crises ?YoT Tcajly do," Ruth interposed y Jim nodded bis thanks and then re mimed bis story wltb a discouraged Jr. "It was all no tine, for Clarice said that sbe bad observed that men's na tures changed after marriage, and that some who bad been models of courtesy to tbelr mothers and sisters were tbe embodiments of selfishness and iucon eilderatencss toward their wives." "Well, of all things!" "Ob, there was Jots more of it, too, and she was in deadly earnest. -1 never saw ber iu sucb a mood. I bad good business, but I was not rich, and I would probably expect ber to run tbe bouse aud dress herself, too, an about five dollars a week- Ruth, 9 My,'.' breaking off suddenly with a gatbetlc appeal in his voice, "what do you suppose made her talk so?" "I haven't the leust idea. I've not ten Clurloe for three or four days, but cannot see' bow sbe could have al tered so radically in so short a time. S tun going to see Iter, though, before I am an hour older and And out tbe rath.",. 7 don't suppose that titer U any thing to find out. Sbe seemed to know her own mind," Jim returned gloomily. "Now that is Just what she didn't do. It is no use for us to argue; Jim, but If I can find a grain of comfort for you, I will. Tbe whole thing is beyond my comprehension." When Ruth Rutherford (an allitera tive name which tbe girl detested) was putting on her wraps preparatory to a belligerent call on her friend, she heard Clarice's voice In the ball below. She went down hurriedly to meet her. "Come into tbe library,," she said bssttly, knowing perfectly well that Jim was in the room Just beyond. "Now, I want you to give an account of yourself. What have you been do ing to Jim) He is Just about broken hearted, for he believes all tbe non sense yon were talking to him yester day. What did you mean by it, Clar ice? You know that you think that Jim Is kind and lovable and bril liant " 'I don't " Clarice flashed indig nantly, although ber voice trembled a little, "be Is not brilliant at all! He Is the most stupid man that ever lived!" "Perhaps you will kindly explain," Ruth said coldly. But this Clarice stubbornly refused to do, and It was not until Rutb put off ber dignity and descended to tender coaxing that she drew tbe truth out of her friend. "He he came around yesterday morning and I bad been suffering for three days with an ulcecnted tooth. I didn't have a wink of sleep during all of that time, and I was too great a coward to go to B dentist at first. Well, Jim came then, and of course my nerve were all on edge and tbe world looked blue and I was nil unstrung, nnij I couldn't see anything In its proper perspective. Everything was distorted and out of proportion oh. yon understand how I felt " "Perfectly," said Rutl), with sympa thetic comprehension, "You called him brilliant Just now, but It seems to nie that even a man might have known better than to make a proposal of n-nrrlace at such a time. I thought nt once of all the skeletons I had seen In married lives, and of every warning I bad ever received from any one on the subject and well of course I would not listen." I should think not, indeed." Ruth said promptly. "I do not wonder that yon called him stupid. I hope that tooth is all right now, Clarice, it has done mischief enough I should say." 'The tooth has been pulled and I have bad a night's sleep, thanks." 'Then perhaps you would not object to hearing the story over Jim," rais ing her voice, "I think that you may come in now." Jlnie came, obedient to the summons. and Ruth, after a murmured "Bless you, my children," bad the good taste to leave the room hastily. Wavcrley Magazine. :, Wlieu an Oil Lamp Was a Curiosity. C. M. Shackelford, a Shelby County pioneer, was tbe first man to introduco oil ln the county. Some time ln the '50s he 'lislted St. Louis and brought to Shclbyvllle two lamps and a couple of gallons of oil. When the citizens of the village learned It there was considerable ex citement much more than when the electric lights were turned on a few years ago. About 400 people gathered at tbe store to watch Mr. Shackelford take bl life ln bis bands. He loaded up the lamp, turned the wick and pre pared for illumination by fastening a pnper lighter on tbe end of a stick. Tbe crowd looked uneasy, but didn't run, and tbe new lighting works was an entire success. Oil cost $3 per gal lon. Mr. Shackelford bought some to introduce the Improvement among bis fellow citizens, but be only disposed of a gallon the following year. Clarence (Mo.) Courier. FUn and Dog Story From Kentucky. John T. rarleh, of the Holland coun try, says he has a dog that can catch more flsb and better fish than any man. He says that when be arises in the morning, if be feels that be would relish a fish for breakfast, be makes bis wants known to bis dog, and in a very short time a nice fish is in tbe frying pan. Mr. Parish lives near tbe river, and be says be bas erected a little plat form on tbe edge of tbe water for his dog's use and benefit. He says tbe dog will perch himself on this plat form and watch for bis game. When a nice fish that be likes, tbe looks of comes near enough be dives from bis perch and sever falls to make a catch. During shoaling time be fre quently catches two flsb at a time. Whisky Peddled In Wagon A ale. An entirely novel scheme of whisky peddling bas been discovered In tbe Chickasaw Nation. Tbe culprits, who are peddlers, travelled in an old wagon drawn by a poor span of Indian ponies and were ostensibly buying eggs and poultry, but on the sly they would sell small bottles of whisky to farm er and Indians throughout tbe neigh borftuod at fl per pint, Tbe officers discovered that both axles of tbe wag on were of iron and very large. Upon further investigation it was discovered that these axles were hollow and would bold about four gallons each. Tbe peddlers would remove a bolt and insert a small plug and draw tbe whisky out of these axles. Bueslaa Fast Day. Fast days ln Rusbla are numerous, Besides the ordinary Lenten period which, however, ln Russia lasts forty' i 1 1 , A a m 1 n a . i.o il rf 1 1 .ft w tluiv lin nn three shorter periods of fasting one of nineteea days in June one o 'four-! Parity, and even variety of material activity fill tbe wide space, in which tee? tar? in August SVanotber ' found only a trackless wilderness. Common gratitude bid. u. r thu-tJ Hbree aayito 6' caU m tbe name, of Jefferson. Livingston and Munroe. who, build VTX I" tetter than they knew, made this mIlleent transformation possible. stagle di of fttiting. The Art of Ashing Questions By Bernard thaw O not ask questions" is the can give to youth. A man who never asks questions is the dull est fellow in the world. He bad better ask too many than too few. We con defend ourselves against curiosity, but no armor avails against indifference; we must resign ourselves to be bored to death. u What Is tbe secret of the art of interrogation? Tutting aside quick sympa thies, which lie at the root of every social art, we believe the most essential quality for those who would excel in it is directness. The art of asking ques tions so ai to learn, Instruct, please and influence is not tbe art of beating about the bush. The questions which offend and silence are tbe questions which suggest some ulterior motive. It is a found-out scheme which makes men angry. Anything of tbe nature of a trap keeps ns on our guard. If we fall into one, we resolve it shall be the last time; suspicion kills confidence. Interrogative hints are utterly useless. Tbe average man does not dislike to be questioned; be hates to be startled, crossed, interfered wltb, reproached, wearied or betrayed. He bates tbe questions which are not asked with a simple intention. There are questions which are asked not because the asker wants to know, bnt because be intends to tell. Others, while ostensibly directed to find out a man's opinion, are really intended to reflect upon bis character. Borne men inquire ns to tbelr neighbors' projects in order to put difficulties In their way. Strings of meaningless questions are poured out by those who pretend an in terest in some subject wblch they neither know nor care anything abont. We believe tbe conclusion of the matter to be this: Tbe art of interrogation Is a serious branch of tbe social art Well-asked questions are of tbe essence of agreeable Intercourse, but the interrogative mood will not Justify an Imper tinence, an interference, a verbal assault The Sympathetic Woman By Beatrice Fairfax t has learned ,to know likely to love some tfi&&m quality jfotfuyitfHjj HEN a man describes tbe quality be most admires In woman he paints a vivid word picture of one particular woman and IPJrT? 4fKvl ,ml8 ln au lnlPressloI)lgt background of women in general. '4?iA at ifkfi He very often becomes conscious of tbe quality only after be MM over the qualities they most admire, and when they meet the fortunate pos sessor of the said qualities they pass hor indifferently by and fall at tbe feet of some woman who differs in every respect From a woman's viewpoint wonfan's best qualify is sympathy. The sym pathetic woman is loved by men, women and children. Sympathy is essentially a womanly quality. How we love ber, the woman who when we pour out our tnlo of woe into her patient ears, puts herself in our place for the time being and finally sends ns away wltb the feeling that there is at Tbe sympathetic woman Is not always pretty or stylish or clever, but she Is something better than nil that, she is ind seek ber society. She Is restful and and comfort. Just to go and sit near Fhe never bores because she always rarely the sympathetic woman is tbe best pathetic she must posecs9 all of tbe qualities that go to mnko woman lovable. -New loik Journal . Evening Play - The New York Board of Education's Expert' ments In Recreation v By Alice Katharine Fallows 0 HE Now York Board of periment with a number of evening play-centres, some for girls and some for boys, in tho ample basements of school buildings that used to stand idle while the street taught its lessons. Pushing open tbe door into one of those play-centres, tbe visitor meets a composite rush of sound like tbe roar of tbe ocean, and is confronted by a kaleidoscope of humanity which gradually resolves itself ln the figures, long and short, tidy and unkempt, gathered at long tables all up and down inoes, crokluole and the other harmless games. Over in a corner a few little chaps are reading, or, wltb careful thought, selecting books from a small library. In a room beyond, athletic boys in tumes are preparing under their director for a contest with another team, Class rooms are occupied by Intellectual boys, ln the alphabet of wbose desires A stands for American History or Author's Readings Instead of Amusement or Athletics. Owing to lack of funds, play-centres fourteen, who cannot be commanded to to attend. But this class it is particularly Important to reach. New lork like most other cities, bas offered for a long time evening grammar schools and high schools, helpfnl and important in their way, bnt only attractive to tbe sober and earnest and industrious, to whom tbe temptations of tbe street are least alluring. Besides these Is always to be found in tbe crowded districts a flotsam and Jetsam of young population, too tired or Indifferent to spend the evening ln work, that drifts about until it finds its kind. Then comes tbe saloon or the dance ball, bot blood and swift purpose, and afterward mischief and lawlessness and the things done that For sucb the Board of Education's night without money and without price, enter must be over achool age, are a deliverance from temptation Tbe Century, Louisiana Purchase and the By No all Brooks HE upper portion of the Territory of Louisiana; it comprised all that territory north of tbe thirty-third degree of Intitude, eastward to tbe Missis sippi and westward and northward as far as tbe undeter mined boundaries of tbe newly acquired possesions might extend. South ot this was tbe District of Orleans with its seat of government fixed at New Orleans. The cession of the . upper part of tbe purchase did not take place until March 10, 1804. when, having received tbe esslou from the Spanish, the French representative banded it over to the agent of the United States With a very brief and simple ceremony. By these unimpressive proceedings tbe Government of the United States was put in possession of territory within whose Douuds now nounsu tue btatti of Louisiana. Arkausus. Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, tbe Indian Territory and parts of tbe States of Minnesota and Colorado. The men wbowere the active agents in the transfer of this mighty land from one national Jurisdiction to another, are well-nigh forgotten in the crowd and rush of later, but not less Important, eventa, By this historic purchase tbe established. By this purchase the possibilities of developing from tne repuoiic a world-Dower wore strengtbened. Under our benignant rule, comfort, luxury, ! world-power were strengtbened 1 Wt Boufbt tUe.CrMt WU" to Scrlbuor'e. , worst piece of social advice which age nor, for tbe matter of that, a bore. and love tbe woman, and be is qulto other woman for a totally different Toets will rhapsodize and philosophers will philosophize from their ideal, least one person w ho understands us lovable. All men like and respect ber diffuses an atmosphere of untold peace ber Is to find consolation suits her moods to her friends and of all women, for in order to bp sym Centres Education bas already begun the ex Jew and Gentile, of a thousand boys tbe big room, playing checkers, dom all sorts of humorous improvised cos are still so few that only those over go to achool in the daytime, are invited should bave been left undone. oases of wholesome play, open every wltb no condition except those who Territory It Brought Louisiana Purchase wns known as the seat of a mighty empire was forever HIMTS Pigeon Raising. Profitable pigeon raising depends upon securing the right kind of Block, careful attention and proper manage ment. Homing pigeons and Dragoons are regarded as the best breeds. while a cross between the two Is also favorably mentioned. A large house is better and more economical than several small ones, but ln no case should accommodate more than 200 pairs. Pigeons require feed twice a day, the best sorts being cracked corn, red wheat, Kaffir corn, millet, peas, hemp and rice. The importance of varying the diet Is Insisted upon, as well as plenty of pure water for drink ing and bathing and attention to the sanitary condition of houses, nests and yards. Roup Among the Poultry. The usual spring batch of complaints are heard about colds among the fowls followed by an alarming number of deaths. This Is one of the troubles where prevention is worth all tbe cures known, for once roup gets into a flock s treates havoc, and even though the fowls are saved, they do not amount to much for a long time. The first thing to do- Is to make the quarters occupied by the fowls dry. and do It In any way which will bring the de sired results. For treatment, If the fowls are not too sick, in which caFe lIU them and burn thd bodies, take ten drops of formalin, obtainable at any drug store, mix It In two table' spoonfuls of werm water and, with a feather, swab the throats of the fowls It's a nasty Job and you will not need to do It If you will make It a point to have dry quarters for the poul lry Indianapolis News. To Handle Barb Wire. Wire fence Is the feme of the pres ent day, and likely to be for more years to come. A farmer often wishes lo move a string of barb wire fence to gome other pi are. To do so Is a Job that tries the patience and cuts the hands. Ijet me tell ,you how to handle It and have no more trouble. Take the spool on which the wire was originally rolled run a good, strong, smooth stick through It and drlvce a wedge in firmly at one end to keep the spool from turning on stick; now fix a crank firmly to one end of your stick and fasten one end of wire to the spool Two men take hold of the stick, the right-hand man holding the stick with his left hand, and turning the rrank with bis right hand. Walk right along and you will be surprised how easily and rapidly you enn take up wire. A little . different form of spool and fl crank on each end will take up wov en wire the S3me as barb. Farm Jour nal. Double Eggs. Hens cannot lay two porfect eggs in one day because the hen'a body Is not capablo of releasing sufficient carbo nate of lime to furnish two perfect shells. Tbe first growth of tbe egg ln the hen Is the yolk. When this reach es maturity It drops into a long mem branous canal, known as the oviduct As it travels through this canal it re ceives a coating of albumen, wbfeb Is the white of tbe egg. As it approach es tho mouth of the oviduct It re ceives a coating of lime, which consti tutes tbe shell. With a full laying hen this operation occurs .only every 24 hours. Once In awhile, however, due probably to stimulation and overfeed Ing, tbe ova, or yolks, are produced so rapidly that two of them drop Jnto the oviduct together. These ova trav- el together along tbe passage and re ceive the white separately, but be come inclosed in one. shell, and when laid are commonly known as double yolked eggs. Such an egg Is ln reality a double egg, the white being dupll cated as well as tbe yolk. Exposure of Manure. When tbe open barnyard Is also the manure heap there Is a large surface of the manure exposed to the air. It Is true that many farmers use good Judg ment ln keeping the barnyard well sup- piled wltb straw and cornBtalks, but each should have a separate receptacle for tbe freuh manure from tbe stalls. It Is claimed that if the manure is thrown out upon the litter of the barn yard tbe whole becomes trampled and mixed by tbe feet of the cattle, thus making more manure by adding tbe absorbent materials known as litter. Such is not the case, however, as tbe mixture of tbe two materials litter and manure cannot pos3ibly add any thing additional to the whole. Tbe proper plan Is not to wait for the cat tle to tramplo the stalks and straw, but to shred the stalks and cut the straw, using the clean materials bedding, and then add such litter and manure to the heap, collecting all man ure that falls ln tbe barnyard, It pos Bible dally, thus throwing everything on the heap. If the barnyard must be littered it must be done ln a manner to allow of raking up the litter at any time and uElr.g it on the heap. Tbe li quid manure should never flow Into the barnyard, as the first rain that comes will carry it away, or the heat of tb sun with decompose It, but as fast as It can be done all materials should go on tbe heap and the heap tramped and compacted Into as solid a mass as possible, the manure kept under cover and every precaution taken to have the litter fine, using also dry earth, if necessary. Philadelphia Record. Growing Onions. Onions have proved an extremely profitable crop in many sections. Fol lowing la advice from the Kansas ex- perlment station on the manner of growing them: The best soil Is a rich, sandy loam, as free aa possible from weeds. A well cultivated field of sandy loam that bas been well manured with stable man ure for several years will grow good onions. Onions should never tie put In a toil that Is foul or that has beta too recently fertilized with barnyard manure unless the manure has been well rotted. Ground that is Intended for onlona this year should be plowed very early in the spring and disked later. The ground should be well cul tivated Just before the onions are put on tbe land. There are two methods of sowing seed. The old way waa to sow in drills in the field aa you would peat or other garden crops. After this the fight with the weeds waa sure to dis gust the cultivator of onions, ln the end we had sacrificed many ot tbe plants in trying to kill tbe weeds and of course bad a very poor stand for onions. During the past few yeara the cultivators of onions for commercial purposes have been growing their onions In hotbeds and then planting them out ln the field. Some of the ad vantages of this method are: (a) The crop matures earlier; the seeds may be sown In the hotbeds In February; (b) the onion transplants with as much case as any of the garden plants; (c) It materially Increases the yield, be cause of the more even stand and be cause of the choice of the better seed lings for the row, where If we allowed them to grow In drills, the stronger ones are liable to come up too near together to allow them to grow, and many of the leet plants are destroyed, while the weaker ones grow up where we want the stronger ones; (d) It does away with the task of weeding, thus making the production cheaper. By actual experimentation It bas been found that the cost of maturing the crop when transplanted is somewhat less than when tho seedo are sown ln drills ln the field. Connecticut Far mer. Good Poultry Food. Milk has always afforded an attrac tive field for scientific investigation Its possibilities seeming practically limitless, and its uses comprise a long list of articles that have become prac tically indispensable. Everything, from an infant food to cold water paint, has been got out. of the lacteal fluid, and now there comes a new product, made from what has hereto fore been an abrolute waste. It Is the refuse that is left from the process of manufacturing sugar of milk. This waste contains all of tbe albumen that was in the original milk and many other important elementa of food, which, when properly prepared and put into a balanced ratlpn, makes a val uable poultry food, the album?n being so essential to egg formation. For a number of years Myron H. Cent, of Antwerp, has been a success ful poultryraan, and about a year ago It oocurred to him that the' waste pro duced at the , factory of the National MiTk Sugar Company at that place ought to make an admirable poultry food when properly fed, being derived, as it was, from milk, which every one who bas kept hens knows to be ex cellent for fowls at all tlmea. He be gan to experiment systematically, and asserts that be bas obtained good re sults. A separate flock gained from 30 to 40 percent over its previous rec ord when It was fed on meat scrap for animal food, and when the new food was discontinued the egg yield fell back to its old figure, but picked up at once when the new food waa fed again. Thereafter Mr. Bent fed it to his entire flock throughout the year, and obtained gratifying results, secur- lne nearly nine thousand eggs from about sixty brown Leghorns during the year. The fowls were fed no other animal food at any time ana mounea in the fall better than ever before, and never entirely stopped laying at any time. The flock was healthy and con tented. Growing stock also thrived finely, and It seemed to Mr. Bent to be Just tbe food for producing feathers and making eggs, especially in win ter. Mr Bent obtained second prize on a pen at the recent state fair which was raised on this product Tribune Farmer. Hog Notes. One of tbe best grains for growing swine is oats. Let the nest be elevated above the level of the pen. Tbe bogs should have ashes or char coal at their disposal, also clean water at all times. It Is best lo have two pens for the jrood sow one for feeding and one for sleeping. Potatoes should always be cooked and mixed with bran Into a thick pud ding before being fed to swine. Give the hogs only the amount of feed that they will eat up clean. Any more than thlB is sure to be wasted. All grains fed to hogs bad best be soaked twelve hours before being fed, especially Is this necessary with bar ley, peas and corn. All changes of feeding should be brought about gradually. When first in off pasture give bran and mill stuffs gradually working ln corn and other concentrates. Clover and BKlm-mllk pigs can be hardened tor market by a ration of corn, barley, wheat or rye. When s predominance of lean meat is desired lavor should be given' the last three grains. When weaning a Utter, take only the strongest away at first, then a few more, and so on, so that the sow is gradually dried off. By this method, the sow may be saved much suffering and the weaker pigs given a food start E PRACTICAL?! i nf (gardeningI TRIMMING TIIUIT TREES. Trim tbe fruit trees, so as to have- Ibe tops open and free, not allowing; any of the limbs to touch or cross eacb other. Much depends upon tbe first trimming of a young tree, as Its shape Is then fixed, and the cutting away of the small limbs can be done wltb lesa Injury to the tree when it is young; than at asy other time. TREATMENT OF HEDGES. Wken the hedge plants begin to die- Cut the cause may sometimes be traced to lack of plant food. There Is consid erable wood removed from hedge plants every1 year when the hedges are trlmracd, and this annual loss cannot be sustained by the plants unless they are assisted. Apply wood ashes freely; every fall aud early spring. TRUNIXG. Tew of tho old orchards bsve been properly -pruned. Tbe chief trouble bas been that the pruning bas beeru spasmodic. The farm orchard I usually pruned but once In several years and then so severely that the trees for a year or two are thrown out of balance, a condition maflifested by I great growth of water-sprouts. The proper way to prune is to begin when trees are young and prune only' enough to train and bend the tree to the desired form. And then as the trees coine into full bearing, llttle prunlng is needed, if done yearly, aside, from beading In long growths,, training the branches, and removing crossed, crotched and weak branches. Late winter, February and March. Is tbe best time to prune. Tbe wounds should be made as near ds possihle to Ibe tree trunk nnd parallel, with it and. not beyond tbe bulge and at right K angles tvuu me unuicu, ns rs so com monly done. An old and a hood rule Is. "prune, strong-growing trees lightly and weak-growing ones severely." Detroit Free Press. GIANT GLACIER LETTUC rcr ". There Is considerable profit 1". grow ing lettuce for market when one An produce beads of large size which nje soiia ana it locatea near a large town or city. If the location Is near a smalt town it will hardly pay to give nnicli more space to lettuce than is requlreOl lo produce that needed for the bomn table. The Giant Glacier, illustrated! OLACISB LETTCCK. this week, is one of tbe most promising at tbe newer sorts wblch bas been fairly, treated. On the grounds of tbe writer it did not produce tbe results claimed for it by the introducers, yet bad sufficient merit to warrant further and more extended trials. The heads are large and solid, crisp and tender, while the plant stands tbe heat of summer well,, thus greatly extending the season. One of the peculiarities of tbe variety la. tbe tufted leaves and these, with the large and solid bead, makes the varie ty exceedingly attractive to offer on. the market. HUMUS IN THE ORCHARD. It is an Important point in farm ing to preserve tbe humus in tbe soiL where there Is no bumus. Humus has. a value distinctive from that of the fertility it contains. It holds moist ure ln tbe soil and also holds some forms of fertility. To Increase it iu the orchard a good way is to grow legumes of some sort and plow then under at stated seasons. Not only does the cultivator thus Increase the bumus in the soil, but the nitrogen. Is Increased as It - bas been caught from the air by these plants. Some follow the practice of not plowing or spading under tbe green crop, but of mowing and leaving it on the ground. But to our minds this is a very in ferior way of getting tbe good of de caying humus. The air must in that case rob the crop mown of a part of its fertility, especially tho volatile por. tlons. Moreovei, the roots In taw ground cannot gut hold of this decay ing vegetation, and wo see little chuuee of their benefiting by It. Wo believe that by all means the crop should be turned under iu some way, The soli will then grow more perfect in mechanical structure from year to year aud the roots will always be able tu get Into touch with tbe humus and the fertility and tbe moisture in it Site or th tun. If the sun were hollow it could bold &0O.UUO globes the size of our earth and an eye capable ot viewing 10,000 square mile an hour would require C3t0UO jeur to tee all Its surface. . 1 I (
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