- Color of Egg Shells.
' There is no difference In the color
et the yolk from different, breeds,
Bor Individuality. But the color of
the shell Is a matter of breed, and
the color of the yolk Is governed
by the food.
Sulplinr In the Nest.
Put a tablespoonful of sulphur
Into the nest as soon as the hens or
turkeys are set. The hea. of the
fowls causes the fumes of the sul
phur to penetrate every part of their
body and every louse Is killed, and
as all nits are hatched within ten
days, when the mother leaves the
nest with her brood she Is free from
nits and lice. .
How to Remove Stump?.
A soft wood stump may bo removed
by boring a large hole, sr.y one Inch,
In a downward direction to a depth
of sixteen or twenty Inches. Fill this
hole with kerosene, and as the oil
penetrates the wood, fill the holo
again. After each filling cork the
hole with a wooden plug. After a
month ot two, apply fire to the olln
the hole," which will entirely con
sume the stump. Popular Mechan
ics, Chicago, 111.
. Slmplo Slaughtering Outfit.
Figure 1 shows a 'jig galvanized
Iron washtub set upon a few bricks
piled up for the occasion. A small
Ore can be built beneath, which will,
' ig. 1 Tub For Heating Water.
of course, melt off the coating of zinc
on the bottom of the tub. but this will
do no great harm. Such a tub costs
about seventy-five cents, and can be
purchased anywhere.
Fig. 2 Slaughtering Table and Vat.
Fig. i is the table and hogshead
for scalding and taklu& off hair,
scraping, otc.
Fig. 3 Framework For Smoke Outfit.
Fig. 3 is the framework on which
to build the smoking lox.
' TJow Vp Thin Mcnilorrs.
. If meadows are thin thc7 had bet
ter be plowed up than left to lie in
UUilD IUUI. LUC TV lit ICtUTCI IUC11 UIU
vigor. It is difficult to apply manure
effectively from the top. If the land
Is plowed up and given a tree appli
cation of manure and then put into
some crop that will require cultiva
tion, more progress wl.l be made
than can be made in any ether way.
Many a thin, meadow Is kept year
after year, hardly paying for the
work put upon it in mowing 'and
curing .the light ci'op of bay, which
is often very wiry. When a meadow
becomes thin It is a. good Indication
that it should be put Into some other
crop for a few years. .
r Another tTsc For Sulphur.
That sulphur has other uses than
that -of punishing sinners, whitening
traw hats and purifying sugars and
syrups is manifest, if what the Ris
ing Sun find.) Journal recently stat
ed Is true. The report It makes Is to
tho effect that a' farmer bad experi
mented with sulphur for the expul
sion of rats and mice, and stated posi
tively that if sulphur be sprinkled on
the barn floor and through the corn
s It is gathered, not a rat nor mouse
will bother It. Ho said that he had
done this for several years and had
never been bothered by rats nor mice.
He recommends that in stacking hay
or oats a little sulphur be sprinkled
on .the ground and on each load, and
gives his word that the rats and mice
will stay away. He states that a
pound of sulphur will be sufficient
to preserve a large bin of corn, and
is good for stock and will not hurt
the corn for bread. Our experience
with sulphur and molasses in our
childhood could verify the accuracy
of the last two conclusions, but that
rats and mice should to so readily
discouraged in their attacks ou the
corn crib If sulphur be present la, to
TTT
us, rather a novel Idea, and, If true,
quite a valuable one. Louisiana
Planter.
" Improving the Dairy.
In a terse and pointed . article
touching this matter Hoard's Dairy
man says:
Two things on the dairy farms of
this country seriously need Improve
ment. First, the man ot the farm:
second, the cows of tho farm. A
large proportion of the farmers do
not believe that they need any Im
provement. They do not believe that
they have' wrong ideas of cow and
farm management. They are satis
fied with themselves and, their ways
of doing things. Of course as long
as they are in that .state of mind no
improvement can -come to- .hem, or
their cows, or .their soli, or their
profits. ..
No man does any. better as long
as he thinks he Is doing his best. Un
less he knows what better work Is
he will never try to reach It. Un
less he wants to know he never will
know. There Is a great host of men
who are keeping cows to-day who do
not know that they are "way behind
the light house" in their ideas of
cows and dairy farming. The cows
they have, the returns they get from
them, prove that. The tremendous
difference in the profits of one man
over another right In the same neigh
borhood, patrons ot the same cream
ery, proves It.
Now, how shall these men Improve
themselves In their business? How
shall they Improve their cows, make
them more profitable, get more profit
out of the business?
First, they must come out from
that cover of wrong notions, wrong
conceits, they have been hiding be
hind. They ought to see that some
thing is wrong somewhere. They are
not making the money out of cows
that Intelligent men are making.
Then face the question courageously
and ask frankly: "Am I as Intelli
gent on this dairy question as I ought
tc be? Havo I not been doing my
work with' wrong ideas, wrong Judg
ments? Would I have such poverty
stricken results as I am getting It I
were as well informed a man In dairy
ing as I ought to be? -
Now, right here is the reason why
this great host of dairy farmers do
not Improve. They never ask them
selves such questions. The.r pockets
tell a plain story. There Is no lying
there. But they will not look that
way. Yet there is where all. the
trouble lies. And until dairy far
mers commence asking themselves
those very questions, until they are
willing to admit and see that they
have been following wrong Ideas
about themselves, their cows and the
conduct of their farms, thty can not
improve.
Care of Horses' Foot.
Broken and diseased hoofs result
from Ignorant shoeing. When the
foot Is gone, there is no horse left.
There is an old adage to this effect,
the truth of which is Incontrovertible.
Yet no part of a horse's anatomy is
worse used than the feot, and thers
are no more frequent diseases
brought to the notice of the veter
inary surgeon than those of the feet.
This comes of the unwise fashion of
rasping, cutting, burning, tarring and
greasing the hoofs.
Horn is a fibrous substance which
contains twenty-five - per cent, of
water. When horn is deprived of
water It becomes dry, hard and without-
elasticity, precisely like a piece
of dry glue which breaks tnd splin
ters into glassy fragmants.
The common practices of burning
the sole to procure a fit for the shoe,
or rasping the outer .surface to get
a good shape, and of tarring and
greasing the hoof, all tend to drive
the water out of the horn, and not
only to harden and contract it, but
to make It brittle.'
The substance of the frog Is horn,
but it is of a softer and more open
texture than the sole and crust of the
hoof. It is, therefore, the more
easily affected by Injurious conditions,
and when It Is deprived of Its water
It shrinks to a greater extent than
the more solid horn.
From this explanation of the' char
acter of the horny covering of the
feet any reasonable horse owner ma7
learn how to treat the Hoofs.
When a shoe is to be fitted, ths
edge or wall shoe Bhould be prepared
by cutting or rasping, not by burning;
ladeed, the shoe should be fitted to
the foot, not the foot to the shoe.
Farm Notes.
Every farm should have some live
stock. . -v. .
It Is never wise or profitable to
keep an animal In poor flesh.
The trained veterinarian should be
encouraged and patronized.
No one who has to labor for a liv
ing should alight small industries.
There is a certain satisfaction in
taking a yearly inventory of the
farm. It is the best way to find the
"leaks," too. - .
Keep the land as rich as possible.
Angleworms work more In rich land
than In poor land, and they constant,
ly Improve the soil.
Birds of a Feather.
"Cabby, make your horse go a llttlo
quicker." "Impossible; am a mem
ber of the Society for the Protection
or Animal':. T.en minutes later, on
arrival "Come, bourgeok, give me
another good pourboire. "Impossi
ble; I am a member of the Temper
ance Society." Les Annales,
i Household
t: wa 9fc
Keeping Butter.
If a little more butter is made than
Is needed for the table it can be pro
served for future use in hls way: Be
fore the butter hardens, after it is
thoroughly worked and salted, put it
In a two gallon stone crock, and with
a wooden potato masher pound it
down smoothly, being sure to leave
no air spaces. Over the butter place
a large cloth and cover It to the depth
of an Inch with a layer of dry salt,
then put on lid of crock. Wherfever
there Is a little butter to spare lift
the cloth and with the potato masher
beat it down firmly into the first layer
of butter. The secret lies in packing
it close enough to exclude the air
and keeping the top covered with salt.
Butter packed in this way In June
was perfectly sweet In December.
Mrs. E. G., in Ladies' World.
To Use Cold Totntoes.
When cold boiled potatoes are plen
tiful cut them Into small dice and
mince fine an onion and a stalk ot
celery. Make some white sauce, mix
It with the potatoes, season with salt
and pepper, turn the mixture into a
buttered baking dish, cover the top
with buttered crumbs nnd hake. If
grated cheese is mixed with the white
sauce, a very tasty and nutritious
dish results. In some far off golden
future, when home caterers have
learned wisdom, cheese dishes will
not be served at the same meal with
red meat. Under ordinary circum
stances a disUNsuch as the one de
scribed above is substantial enough
for the main dish of a luncheon, with
no meat at all, and If persons only
thought so It would serve the same
purpose for dinner with nutritious
vegetables and a nutritious dessert.
American Home Monthly.
Washing Delicate Embroideries.
Make a good lather with soap and
warm water, adding one-fourth ot a
teaspoonful of powdered borax to
each quart of water. Place the arti
cles in an ordinary glass fruit jar.
then nearly fill the jar with the lath
er. Seal tightly, shake the Jar a lit
tle, and place it In bright sunshine
for twenty-four hours. Of course, it
the weather is cloudy, the time should
be allowed for. Turn the jar around
occasionally, so that the suit may pen
etrate every part. When the time is
up, pour off the lather, press the fab
ric gently, then rinse several times
In clear, soft water. Return it to the
jar with more clear water, set it
again In the sun, changing the water
daily, until the material is white. I
recently renovated a, bit of fine old
hand embroidery, which had become
as yellow as saffron, by this method,
and it was beautiful. Woman's
Home Companion.
Some Points on Cake Icing-.
Two cupfuls of granulated sugar
and three-quarters of. a cupful of
sweet cream or milk boiled together
for about nine minutes, then set aside
to cool Btirrlng' occasionally until
cool and flavored with orange,
makes a delicious filling for a dark
chocolate layer cake. It is much
richer than boiled frosting made with
water and an egg.
Two cupfuls of light brown sugar,
three-quarters of a cupful of milk,
one-half a teaspoonful ot cream of
tartar, boiled until a little stirred on
a dish Is "fudgy," then when cool
wavored with vanilla, makes an Icing
similar to maple sugaf.' Care should
be taken when boiling not to burn or
boil too long.
Peanut butter, mixed smooth with
cream and confectioners' sugar,
makes a cheap, easily made and nov
el filling for cake. Mrs. F. D. M., In
Ladles' World.
to Kea
JTM now TO
' Pot Roast Potatoes. Try out the
ham rind and scraps of fat that have
accumulated from the breakfast ham.
Have ready small peeled potatoes not
larger than an agate, and drop in the
hot fat. Cover the pot and cook until
tender. -
Frizzled Beef. Slice off enough
dried beef to make a half pint; put
frying pan on stove with two table
spoonfuls of butter; put in beef and
fry brown or crispy; stir to prevent
burning; put one and a half table
spoonfuls of flour in, and let brown.
Add 'one pint of sweet milk.
Salmon Croquettes. Boil four
good sized potatoes until well done;
mash them and add one-halt can sal
mon. Beat one egg and add to sal
mon and potatoes. Roll some crack
ers and mix In. Form into small
cakes and dip them in eggs, which
are well beaten, then in rolled crack
ers and fry in deep fat.-
Almond Surprise. Dissolve one
package ot raspberry gelatin and half
a pint ot granulated sugar in one and
a half pints ot boiling raspberry
Juice from canned fruit, as this im
parts a better flavor; strain it, then
stand away to cool. When It is
slightly stiff, stir Into It half a pound
ot ground or rolled chocolate al
monds; put It In the refrigator, and
when perfectly firm, serve Icy cold,
turned out upon a glass dish or in
Individual glass punch glasses, with
one tablespoonful of whipped cream
en top ot each cup.
A microscope that magnifies 150,
000 times has been manufactured.
Chief Forester PInchot declares
that of the estimated 400,000,000,000
feet of standing hardwood, 25,000.
000,000 is cut yearly, at whjch rate
the supply will be exhausted in six
teen years. '
Mercury can only be used for tem
peratures between 40 and 675, since
It freezes at 40 and bolls at 875. For
lower temperatures alcohol is used,
and for higher temperatures air ther
mometers are employed.
A Swiss engineer has perfected a
new fire escape. It consists ot a se
ries ot folding iron ladders attached
to the window frames. Each ladder
reaches from one window to the next
one below It. By turning a crank on
any floor all the frames beneath are
unfolded In less than a minute, and
form a continuous means ot descend
ing to the ground. .
C. O. Abbott, director of the
Smithsonian Astrophyslcal Observa
tory, has left AVsBhlngton for Mount
WllBon, near Pasadena, Cal., where
he will continue observations conduct
ed for a number of -years both 'In
Washington and In California on the
amount of heat received on the earth
from the sun. The observations are
to ascertain any change in the volume
of heat.
The growth of a number of succes
sive crops ot the same plant has been
lately found not only to exhaust the
soil for that plant, bat to develop an
active poison for it. Steam distilla
tion ot a wheat-sick soil yielded a
crystalline substance that Is toilc to
wheat, and from a soil exhausted for
cowpeas a crystalline substance was
obtained that Is toxic to cowpeas, but
not to wheat.
' There Is a general Impression, es
pecially among the less educated part
of the community, that the education
of the blind-deaf is something very
Wonderful, requiring extraordinary
efforts on the part of the teachers.
As a matter of fact, the education of
such children Is entirely within the
scope of all schools for the deaf, of
which there are many In the United
States. It is only necessary. In order
to learn the means of educating such
cases,' to write to the superintendent
of the deaf school in any State. '..
ELECTRIC GARDENING.
-The Arc Light a Good Imitation Sun
Kept on tho Move.
The new system of plant culture
which has been Introduced byB. II.
Thwait, an electrical engineer, under
takes to supply all the necessities of
the living plant.
From a single gas engine, connect
ed with an electrical apparatus, It Is
possible to obtain artificial light, car
bonic acid gas, heat and energlziug
current.
In these experiments, says The
World To-day, it has been found to
be a very important ono to have tho
electric arc continuously on the move.
This Is arranged by afllxlug the lamp
to a small motor which runs up and
down the house on rails. -
A moment's thought will show the
purpose of this device. Owing to the
apparent movements ot the sun the
rays from the solar orb are never sta
tionary for a Bingle minute on any
part of vegetation. .
Another special feature Is . the
placing of a water screen so that the
electric rays passing through this
medium are robbed ot most of their
heat. Very much the same process
goes on In the case of the sun nnd
our world. The rays of light as they
reach us have been toned down from
much ot their fierceness because they
have passed through that which is
practically a water screen, composed
of countless myriads of moisture par
ticles which go to make up our at
mosphere. -
' Napoleon's Decline.
It seems to be agreed that the Na
poleon of Waterloo was not the Na
poleon of Marengo and Austerlitz.
Declared Carnot: "I do not know him
again. He talk instead of acting,
be the man of rapid decisions; he
asks opinions, he the Impervious dic
tato., who seemed insulted by ad
vice; his mind wanders, though he
used to have the power of attending
to everything, when and as he would;
be is sleepy, and be used to be able
to sleep aud wake at pleasure." This
last symptom, it is said, was the
most striking; in some ot the most
critical and terrible moments of the
Waterloo campaign he was scarcely
able to keep himself awake. This
condition was probably the effect ot
the malady that killed him, bIx years
later, cancer of the stomach. New
York American.
Not For the Court to Decide.
The Judge decided that certain evi
dence was Inadmissible. The attor
ney took strong exception to the rul
ing and insisted that it was admissi
ble. "I know. Your Honor, said he,
warmly, "that it Is proper evidence.
Here 1 have been practicing at tho
bar for forty years, and now 1 want
to know if 1 am a tool?"
"Thtt," quietly replied the Court,
"is a question ot fact, and not of law,
so 1 won't pass any opinion upon It,
but will let '.he Jury decide." Green
Bag.
Greatest Coral Reef.
Fronting on the coast of North Aus
tralia is the Great Barrier reef, the
largest coral reef In the world. It Is
over 1,000 miles long and SO miles
wide.
FITS, St. Vitus' Danee.Nerraus Tynans im
minently eared by Dr. Kline's Crest Nerve
Sestorer. 13 trial bottle end treatise fire.
r.H-R. Kline. Ld.,931 Arch St,Pbihk.Pa,
A Nature Mystery.
"Science so far has failed to furnish
any explanation of the mystery ot
seedless' fruits. They are not the out
come of the work of man. Man per
petuates them; he does no more. The
seedless orange was found in a state
ot seedlessness.
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
With Eczema Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw Thought Amputa
tion Necessary Believes Her
Life Saved by Cuticura.
"I have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five year for a bad case of eczema
en my leg. They did their bent, but
failed to cure it. My doctor had advised
me to have my leg cut off. At this time
my leg waa peeled from the knee, my foot
was like piece of raw flesh, and 1 hail to
walk on crutches. 1 bought a set of Cuti
cura Remedies. After the first two treat
ments the swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new skin
came on. The doctor waa surprised and
said that he would use Cuticura for his
own patient. I have now been cured over
seven years, and but for the Cuticnra Rem
edies I might have lost my life. Mrs. J. B.
Renoud, 277 Mentana St., Montreal, Que.,
Feb. 20, 1907."
Good Times Coming.'
Prosperity for the farm, big freight
receipts for the railroads, more beef
at a lower price, a bounteous break
fast and a "full dinner pall" are all
Included In the promise of the fields.
Nature has done her part toward a
business revival the rest Is up to us.
If this promise Is disappointed it will
be a case where every prospect
pleases and only the politician Is vile.
New York Mall.
Ask Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Ke.
A powder. It rests the feu!. Cur Corns,
Bunions, Swollen. Bore, Hot, Callous, Aching
Sweating Ftet and Ingrw.ng Nails. Allen'H
Foot Eae ma keg new or tiv lit shoes an sy. At
all D. uggists Hnd Shoe stcras, SiS cents. Ac
cept no rubstitute. Sample mailed Freb.
Address Allen 8. Olmsted, lcRuy, N. Y.
First Daily Paper.
The British journal entitled to the
description "the first dally paper" was
the Dally Courant of London, begun
on March 11, 1702, by "E. Mallet,
against the Ditch at Fleet Bridge."
It was a Bingle page of two columns
and professed to give solely foreign
news.
Mrs. Wlnslow'eSootbing Byrupfor Children
teething.sof tens thegunis, reducesinflamma
tion, allays pain,cnre wind colic, 25c a bottle
Few Desertions In Mexico.
"Instances of deBertron from the
army in Mexico are very rare and for
the best of reasons," said Senor Jose
de MInaldez, of Nueva Lbon. "The
reason lies In the almost sure capture
of the fugitive and the certainty that
he will get not one bnt numerous
floggings on his bare back. These
l:ishlngs are done in the presence of
the comrades of the deserter, and
when the men see how great Is the
suffering of the miserable wretch who
tried In vain to quit his military ob
ligations they are forced to conclude
that It is better to stlclc to the army
than to undergo such a terrible or
deal." Baltimore American.'
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eraia
Cleanses the System Ef f ect
ually.Duspels Colas and Head
aches due to Constipation;
Acts naturally, acts Truly as
a Laxative.
Best f)rMcnvomen and Child
ren rVbungand Ola.
lo jiet its Dene Jicial Effects
Always huy the Genuine which
. has ihe jull name oj the Com
pany' -
CALIFORNIA
JIo -Syrup Co.
by whom it it manufacture J . printed on the
front of every pockne.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS,
one size only, regular price 50tp- bottle.
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FOR MEN
A shoe that is too bitr mar not pinch, but It Is a bad fit lust the same.
What you want is a shoe that matches the shape of your foot at the II
place where your weight rests, not too large or too small, but exactly 11
MoT. OVDITRUrDB .M.I.AH I;L.4W mwA Sz
the style is there, too. Look for the label.
FRED. P. FIELD CO., Brockton, Mass.
AN IMITATION TAKES FOR ITSx
PATTERN THE REAL .ARTICLE
There iras never an Imitation made of au imitation. Imi-
tators Always counterfeit the genuine article. The genuine Is $
3 what you ask for, because genuine articles are the advertised ones. S
Imitations are not advertised, but depend for their business on the
$ ability ot the dealer to sell you something claimed to be "Just as S
W good" when you ask for the genuine, because he makes more profit $
$ on the Imitation. Why accept Imitations wben'you can get the gen- $
jlj nine by Insisting? t
8 RF.TTTTSF. TMTTATTONSGET hat too $
g. 1 Mi ailUAtaAAWtlU AM IUHI .
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Seaweed Very Useful.
The edible seaweeds of Hawaii
number more than seventy species, of
which about forty are in common use
by the natives, and M. Reed, of tho
Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment
Station, suggests that these seaweeds
Bhould supply the raw material for a
large Industry in .the manufacture of
gplatlne, glue, starch, etc.
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Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body
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