THE CULTURIJ OF SQUASH. Grown in garden or fluid the squash Is a heavy feeder, and must have an abundance of fertilizer to do well. It prefers, also, a moist soil which, to keep the under surface moist, Should be underdralned by a vein of tulcksand. It will then respond read ily to a liberal application of good, fine, thoroughly rotted barnyard man ure; especially so if the ground was broken up early In the spring, and the weed growth kept In check by cultivating the top soil to a good depth until planting time. Anywhere from the first t the mid lie of June, according to latitude and variety, the seeds should be planted. Before It Is done, however, a largo Shovelful of well-decomposed barn yard manure should be placed In each hill, In addition to the previous fer tilization; other conditions being equal, this will stimulate the young plants to a rapid growth. ' The lUlla Bhould be made at least eight feet apart, Blnce If closer to gether there Is .apt to be crowding, which means an excess of vines, and, accordingly a loss of fruit; and to Insure a good stand and admit of the plants being thinned, as their growth demands after the beetle season Is past, from a dozen to fifteen seeds should be dropped In each hill. Scat tered about somewhat, they should be covered with finely pulverized soli to the depth of not over three-fourths of an inch. As soin as they come up thorough tillage should begin and continue un til the vines cover the ground. Deep -and often the dirt should be stirred be tween the hills and rows, and the surface about the hills raked over with a garden rake. Any crust forma tion around the plants will thus be broken up, and that assists not a lit tle In their growth. After the dan ger from Insects Is past, three BtalUs are enough to leave In each hill. If not closely watched at the out set, however, there may soon be none left at all. The stripped yellow beetles alone are capable of ruining every squash In a hill during an hour or two of a bright, sunny morning. Is- suing from the earth in myriads, as It k were, they will often pounce upon the tender leaves ere they have hard . ly seen the light of day. Land plas ter, with which has been mixed kero- sene at the rate of a tablespoonful to j a quart measure, should be sprinkled abon to. keep them away. Used In t v i!ine, 'few preventatives are better. For exterminating the black or brown bugs, which appear later and smell so- offensively, the best way Is to place some bit3 of wood, as shingles, around the hills. They will collect' beneath these to pass the night, and may therefore be caught and killed each morning. Next comes the cut-worm, which Is the most diffi cult of all to combat, In that not un til the mischief has been done Is Its presence manifest. . hence, it la a wise precaution to sow wood ashes and lime in the squash hills and about the vines before this worm gets a chance to do any harm. Planting squash In a new place every year helps their escaping, to some. extent, the ravages of Insect pests. Fred 0. Sibley, In the American Cultivator. THE CRUEL CHECK REIN. More and more horsemen are com ing to see the cruelty . and folly of the checkreln and are dispensing with it. An English paper uses the following illustration against it: "The master who compelled a la . borer to do a stiff piece of digging, wearing a high collar and tight coat, would be rightly condemned; yet the man who makes his horse work ham pered by a hame-reln Is acting in a similar way. The horse Is prevented from lowering his head and throwing . v bis weight into the collar, and so is ' forced to move his load by sheer strength, which takes it out of him much more tha.n if he could use bis weight as well. Those who understand the structure of the horse condemn these reins as harmful they spoil the horse's mouth by chucking the tit; when tight they give him a sore mouth and frequently force the top of the windpipe out of place. They hinder him at work, and strain his back and legs, while he cannot rest when stand ing with his her.d up. They are both cruel and unwise for it is sheer folly o to treat a horse as towear him out sooner than is unavoidable; There is bo reason at all for using m hame-reln, except in one case, the trace-horse of a team working on land. Even then, if there are driving reins, the hame-reln is not needed, its only use being to keep the animal from grazing while at work. But suppose the rein is used, there Is still no need for it to be so short as to annoy the horse. He .ought to be able to put his nose quite down to his knees, and certainly should be able to pull his load uphill without the constant checking at the bit, caused by the hame-reln as commonly used. In no case should the rein be sewn into the bit; it should only be put on . when absolutely necessary, and it should be o made that the carter cannot shorten it. The hame-reln is not used In Scotland In either town or country, so that if the Englishman pleads In excuse that he cannot man age without It, he shows that h is both helpless and Ignorant" FRUIT BOXES. Sir. An article on the market page of Saturday's News, headed "Does Box Hold a Quart?" Is timely, though Inaccurate in some respects. It gives the dimension of the square quart box as 4 Va Inchon by 4 Inches by 2Vt Inches, and the capacity as 50 cubic inches. The article also states that the oblong box holds a legal quart and the square box less than a quart. ,The fact is, the shape of the box has nothing to do with the capacity, as there are short quarts In all shapes, and some of them hold but little over a pint, as exposed for sale. The package used at this fruit farm Is the square box, 4 by 4 by 2V4 Inches, Inside measurement, hold ing practically CO cubic Inches, level full. The fruit Is then piled on top, so that the top layer of boxes (with elevated bottoms of five-eighths of an Inch) will just fit down without crush ing the fruit. The top layer of boxes In turn are filled Just so the, lid will go on without crushing the fruit, the Ud being sufficiently high above the top of the top layer of the fruit to allow of a nice "rounding up" of the boxes. ' Filled in this way, boxes of the capacity mentioned hold a good hon est quart when they leave the pack ing house, and consumers get what they pay for. And I am glad to say most of the Parke County fruit grow ers use these full standard packages. The fruit box Joke, like the mother-in-law Joke, has no doubt some good grounds for Its existence, but there are some good mothers-in-law and also some honest quart boxes, and the thing to do is for all to be made good, or at least uniform. The News could be of much service to the public generally If It would agitate the question of uniform pack ages for Rmall fruits, and fruit grow ers who are trying to do a straight business will not object if that pack age be full dry measure capacity. If The News will give this matter somo attention, I think the next legislature could be compelled to enact a law covering the points mentioned. Tom Trueman, In the Indianapolis News. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Make the best start possible with the heifer, for in nearly every case the better milk development secured with the first calf the better results it Is possible to secure. A frightened or uncomfortable cow will give poor milk. A small Babcock tester and a little attention occasionally in testing sam ples of the different cows' milk with a record o'f weights taken once a week will put the farmer in possession of facts worth dollars. Feed very little corn, If any, dur ing the summer months. Ground or hulled oats make the basis of an ex cellent summer feed, and with a little wheat and millet added we have a nicely balanced grain ration. Good luck Is not acquainted with lazy poultrymen. Quality counts more than quantity, In the poultry yard. By "proper care" Is meant personal, intelligent supervision. Sell the young roosters as fast as they come Into the best market. There is much waste in keeping too many roosters. The poultry that Is having the run of the orchard now is serving well their day and generation. It Is a pity so many people .don't know how many chickens they raise! Pick the geese and ducks regularly; somebody will want the feathers. Accustom the colt to the caresses of your children, but not to their cruelty or tricks. A pet is easily broken to saddle or harness, while a wild one from the far-off pasture, which has never felt restraint or caress will fight for his accustomed liberty and may do great Injury be fore he is conquered. When clover fields are infected with the root borer, allowing them to stand but two years will help to subjugate the pest In any locality. In the spring the muscles of a horse are soft and they tire easily. Let them take It easy until they become accustomed to work and then you can "push on the lines." Gardening for Children. The growing Interest In school gar dens has given rise to a demand for more definite instruction on the sub ject, and special meetings for this purpose have been held at Horticul tural Hall, Boston, where instruction was given suitable for beginners In gardening. The tools recommended were the narrow blade hoe and rake and weeder and the lines. All the speakers emphasized the need of kill ing the weeds as soon as they come up and not allowing the ground to become hard. The young gardeners were recommended to plant common things that were fairly sure to grow. For gardens to be carried on only the first part of the summer were sug gested early ' beans, beets, radishes, Premium Gem peas and lettuce. For flowers, sweet allysUm or candytuft, but if the gardens were to be contin ued all summer, as they should be, plant early cabbages, potatoes, toma toes, sweet corn, and for flowers, the corn flower, verbena, slnna, stocks, petunia phlox and marigold. THE N TTOX.Ui GAME. TTal Chnfo may be a left-handed batter next season. Teddy Tlonsev?lt, Jr., Is a Rtihstl- tute on the Harvard varsity nine. Ttn-sman Is Cleveland's best pick- nn this senson. He is a timely hit ter Ottrrmn, nf Ruffalo, Is bnttina. left-hand'vl this season. He Is as fast, as ever. When It comes to working a pitch er for a base on balls Roger Bresna hnn ranks on top. The P.ostnn .earn has a strange look with Jack Hayden in rleht. Hoey in left nnd Morgan on third. Itoly Cross will have to hustle In base ball rmxt season and will have to construct an entirely new team. Tf Lajole keeps on as he has been batting of late, he will head the American procession of batsmen '.i a walk. Charlie Hickman has come to life again for Washington, and lately has been hitting the ball In old-time form. It's not the high-salaried play ers that play the best ball. Often the reverse Is the case in the major leagues. Hahn's hitting has made htm solid with Chicago American fans, but no poets have yet raved over his base running.. Waddell's new twister is termed the "combination smoke ball and Delsare Dip." This ought to fool the batters. Princeton Is the real champion of the college arena on form and gen eral performance. Williams Is a good second. Senator Elklns, In a speecn Deiort -art virolnla Rankers' Associa th tion, at Elklns, declared that poverty . . tl 1 and want will yet De Dantsueu uu the world. He said: "There is enough wealth In the world now to prevent poverty, but we have not yet learned how to distribute It. We understand the ways of accumulation but ii nf Hiatrihntlon. Society and Government are constantly struggl- ing wlth great questions, socieu, au a free Government, has reached point where it can In the end der the get It what is demands, what is Desi ior and protect itself without force. Materials required Two ounces of butter, one ounce of sifted sugar, half nlnt of milk, one tound of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. Pro cessMelt the butter and sugar' in the milk; mix the flour, baking pow der and salt. Here add the milk, etc., Incorporating the whole well together; knead it well and make It into a cake or cakes, wnicn snoum ue in a greased tin before the fire In order to rise. When sufficiently risen out Into a hot own for half an hour. 37 Here's a Big Fat Package that gives you the biggest five cents' worth of chewing you over got; and it's all long leaf, fresh from the tobacco.' plantations, pressed into a soft, moist, spongy package a rare good chew for everyone. The Clean Chewing Tobacco made extra clean, extra .big, extra, good, and kept fresh with an extra wax wrapper inside a scaled bag that fits flat in your pocket. Three times as many chews as you usually get for a nickel. Big Package 5c, SOLD EVERYWHERE sroimiro brevities. Charles E. Courtney has resigned as rowing coach of Cornell. Carl Schlechter, of Vienna, won first prize In the chess tournament at Ostend. Rock Sand, a Rtallton for which August Belmont paid $125,000, ar rived at New York on the Minneapo lis. The French swimmer Bouguln won a nine mile International con test at Paris in three hours six min utes. For the first time In five yean Columbia wan not represented by a freshman crew In the Poughkeepsl regatta. The Canadians were outclassed In tho cricket match with the American team at Philadelphia and lost by 253 runs. Payne Whitney's new motor boat Artful. In a trial trip of two hourf acainst wind and tide, averaged 24. 62 miles an hour. Because he Imported an automo bile not licensed under the Splden patent, John B. Trevor has been en Joined from Its use. Irish-American A. A. athletes won fie point trophy at the Pastime A. C. games by a score of twenty-sli points to twenty-three. May Sutton, of California, lost the tennis championship of Great Bri tain, which she won last year, being defeated by Miss Douglas by 2 0. Work has been commenced on land Mfolnlnft Belmont Park, New York City, and a steeplechase course for the jture home of the United Hunti Is In course of construction. - W. K. Vanderbllt's French coll Malntenon won the Prize 8f th President of the Republic at Malsons Laffltte. and the American Is far In the lead In the list of American twr ers. . , ' INSTEAD OF HASH. ., . A writer in an exchange suggests that the remains of a dinner be made into a salad instead of the everlasting hash,- and gives the following direc tions: Cut beef, potatoes, beets and turnips In cubes, keeping each sep arate. Cut the cold cabbage fine. Place on a platter a bottomless wooden mold or pasteboard box with compartments, such as eggs come in, and fill each compartment with a different vegetable and one or more with meat. When all are arranged set in the Icebox until cold, then pull up the frame In which the different things are molded, leaving them all in shape. Serve with French dress ing, mayonnaise or a boiled dressing, as preferred. If you have no regu lar egg compartment box, take any pasteboard box and with strips of pasteboard mark into triangles or squares. Tae murderer tometlxes get h!3 due. but tae kidnapper always. THE LABOR WORLD. Boston labor leaders are Insisting on the union label being UBed on the school books of that city. Efforts are being made to organ lie a French local union of clothing pressors at Montreal, Canada. Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor wants the office of chief fac tory Inspector made elective. There are 124 manufacturers using the union label on mechanics' clothing In the United States and Canada. The national officer of varinnn unions are making nn open fight against the Industrial Workers of the World. Cleveland macnlnlVi ere bnlldln up their orcanlzMni with a view of mr.klrg a demand for a twenty per cent. Increase. Fallwar trackmen to the ntimhr of KOO.oflO on everr railroad In th United States have begun a campaign for better wages. "Hi Miner' Federation of Oret Tlrltnln, st th conference held In London, decided to remodel the miner-' eight hour bill. The International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Prodeemen Is a new orRpn'-intlon lately affiliated with the A. F. of L. The sheriff nf Pino Bluffs, Ark.. has been ased by the planters ol Wabaseka to prevent negroes from forming trades unions. The new Iowa child labor law nro Mblts the employment of children under eighteen years of are In any occunaflon Iniutious to health. Cincinnati firemen are Innktn for ward until January 1, 1907. An or dinance has parsed the Cincinnati Council raising the pay of 4-17 fire men $8 per month. SWEET MILK SCONHS. One-half pound flour, one-half ounce sugar, one' teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful baking soda, one gill milk, one ounce butter, one-half teaspoonful salt. Rub the butter slightly into the flour, add the sugar, cream of tartar, soifa, salt and mix well. Mix all into a light dough with ihe milk, turn onto a floured board, work lightly until smooth, roll out and cut Into eight pieces. Lay the scones on a greased baking tin; bake In a very quick oven for ten minutes. To glaze the scones, brush them with a little egg before putting them into the oven. These are good breakfast substitutes for the hot rolls and are easily and quickly made. Tho original scone was cut triangularly in shape. Notwithstanding taut me Japanese army made an unprecedented record In sanitation and hospital service, as well as In actual fighting, a commis sion has been appointed to remedy the defects noted In the army during the recent war. Will nothing less than perfection satisfy the Jap? asks the New York Tribune. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat No. 9 red I m A2 Kyn No. 2 n 7:1 Corn No 2 yellow, eiir m 62 No. yellow, shelled m 61 Mlied ear 10 61 Oats No. S white 41 45 No. 3 white 43 . 41 Flour Winter patent 4 1,) 4 Fancy straight winters 400 4M Hay Nn. I Timothy 15 "ft 15 2i Clover No. 1 in 75 1 1 Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 11 M 23 0) Hrown ruMdllngs 19 VI to 00 bran, hulk z2 01 21 50 Siraw Wheat 7 V 7 w Oat 7 53 800 Dairy Products. Butter Elgin creamery I 21 Ohio creamery ill Fancy country roll l j 2(1 Cheese Ohio, new u Yi New York, new u 13 Poultry, Elc. Bens per lb I II 16 Chickens dressed H H Pa. and Uhlo, tresh 1 40 Fruits and Vegetable!. ' Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 90 Cabbage per ton 13 u) 15 l Onions per barrel y 2 BALTIMORE. Flour-Winter Patent f , m , B Wb-at No. SI red m Corn Mixed M n li) no butter Ohio creamery U PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent..., t sot 5 ft Wheat No. H red .". 34 j Corn No. 2 ml ted 33 54 Oata No. S white to m Butter Creamery .' rj at IS Pennsylvania firsts id m NEW YORK. Flour Patents t J 00 5 Wheat No. red W Corn-No. 2 t7 6B Oata No. S white M W Butter -Creamery W Ktfgs State and Pennsylvania.... 16 18 LIVE 8TOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. , litra, 1,460 to 1,600 lbs... S TO 5 85 Prime. l,Wu tol.MX) lbs... i J i 01) Good, l.suo to 1.80J lbs 1 i 50 Tidy. I,u60 to 1.150 lbs 8 10 J a) Fair, VU) to 1,100 lbs 4 4 S3 Common, "00 to WO lbs 4 00 4 75 Common to rood rat oxen 75 ' 4 30 Common to good fat bulla 50 4 lj Common to good lat cows 8 00 4 ou Hellers, TOO 10 1, 100 lbs 4 50 4 ill f resh cows and springers 16 00 iS i)0 Sheep. . "rime wethers t 5 40 550 Good mixed .. 0 00 S 29 iralr mixed ewes and wethers.... 4 35 473 Culls and common 250 400 Culls to choice lambs 5 :o 7 as Hogs. J rlmebeavy hogs 1 7 05 ' 7 13 Prime medium weight T 10 7) best heavy Yorkers...., 7) 7 o tiood light Yorkers )0 7 00 Plgf, as to quality t 70 ( ho Common to good roughs 5 40 5 ) 8'ags .m. 00 4 35 Calves. Veal Calves 14 50 50 tleavy and Uiln calve .... sou 4 60 Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, told the grad uating class of 1,136 members that the nation Is drfftlng toward a great economic or poliUal change.
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