The Now Orleans Item anxiously
asks: "Is it Klondylce, Klondike or
Olondike?" Unquestionably it is.
"Look out for counterfeit dollars!"
fthrieks a Wisconsin contemporary.
That's a bad policy, suggests the Chi
tago Times-Herald; better look out
for good ones.
A Madrid paper says that "tho
Americans are merely vulgar venders
of bacon." Spain will have all she can
do to save hers without inviting Uncle
Sam into tho Cuban controversy.
At the Boyal Agricultural Society's
Aorse show in Manchester recently the
Judges made some remarkable blun
ders. It took them four hours to fin
ish the various classes, and there were
only sixteen entries in the lot. Tho ,
award for hackney stallions was offi- I
cally announced as being given to an '
animal that proved to be a coaching
brood mare.
"There isnpopular impression,"ob
serves the Sau Francisco Chronicle,
"that labor is cheap in the South, but
a report from a veteran horticulturist
who has been experimenting with tea
culture at Sutnmervillo, S. C., rather
upsets this theory. The report states
that the minimum cost of picking a
pound of tea is eight times as much in
South Carolina a3 in Asia."
Ten million dollars' worth of eggs
were bought in foreign countries by
the United Kingdom tho past six
months, a steady increase over one
and two years ago. France furnished
more than any other one country, fol
lowed by Belgium, Germauy, Russia
and Denmark in the order named.
What a chance for the American hen!
exclaims the New England Homestead, j
Women in England have the local
government franchise in counties and j
boroughs on tho same conditions as
men, and a recent return shows how j
relatively unimportant their vote is.
In the counties and boroughs of Eng- !
land and Wales there are altogether
5,32G,879 local government electors;
of these only 729,758 are women—
that is to say, women form less than
one-seventh of the electorate.
Roentgen rays, like electric waves,
are dangerous things to fool with,
notes the New York Tribune. The
temptation to handle mysterious force 3
without knowing fully their way3, is
strong, but should bs resisted. There
has been altogether too much reckless
ness displayed, even by scientists, in
subjecting delicate organs of the liu- I
mau body to the influence of this pow- I
erful and apparently dangerous form
of energy.
The British empire in ludia com
prises 1,558,254 square miles, with a
subject population of 254,000,000, and
revenues close to 3500,000,000. Ter
ritorially its rule extends over an area
as large as Europe with Russia left j
out, and the population ruled is larger
than that of tho entire continent. |
From Peshawur, under the Himalayas,
to Cape Comoriu is a distance of 1000 1
miles, all of which is traversed by rail, :
spreading its branches oyer the entire
peninsula, rendering easy the concen
tration of troops at any desired point.
This prodigious empire is the growth
of 297 years, the first East India Com
pany having been chartered by Queen
Elizabeth in 1600. It held power for
258 years, its authority being trans
ferred to the Crown just niter the sup
pression of the Indian mutiny in 1858.
The country lias been the spoil of a
succession of invaders since it ap
peared in history. Alexander's in.
cursion was only one in a sories of al
most forgotten forays. As early as
the seventh century of our era tho
Arabs began to make predatory ex
peditions as far as Bombay and
Scinde, but it was not until the
eleventh century that they established
a permanent fooling there. Then "tho
mighty Mahmoud, Allah-breathing
lord," established himself at Lahore,
and became the first, of a line of Af
ghan kings who reigned in India for
more than five hundred years. In the
interval came Genghis Khan and
Tamerlane, the latter laying waste the
greater part of the peninsula, and
finally, in 1520, the descendant of
these great chiefs, Baber, overthrew
the last of the line of Mahmoud and
founded the Mogul empire, which
fiameil sunlike in the forehead of the
Eastern sky for something more than
three hundred years, its last beam
flickering out in 1857. England has
ruled the laud with more power and
steadiness and beneficence, remarks
the New Y'ork Tribune, than any of
the rest of its conquerors, and if sjie
finds a new mutiny on her hands, ac
cording to some current indications,
she possesses means to deal with it,
and is not without the advantage of
experience.
The Queen's Chief Dresser.
Mrs. Macdonald was for many years
Queen Victoria's chief dresser. She
was the widow of one of the Queen's
footmen, and her bereavement came a
little after that of Her Majesty. It is
one of the curiosities of human nature
that this eoincidence of sorrow should
have drawn together these two women,
so widely apart in station. However,
tho fact is undeniable, and to the day
of her death, in the midst of the re
cent jubilee celebration, Mrs. Mac
donald enjoyed to a remarkable de
gree the intimate confidence of her
sovereign.
Cloth Band Trimming-
Contrasting cloth bands, cut bias
with perfectly even edges and stitched
on near each edge will figure promi
nently as a trimming 011 cloth and
heavy woolen materials. The sleeves,
bodice, front, epaulettes and skirt of
n design are so treated with excellent
effect. It gives the arms a round ap
pearance without using much material.
The vest and collar are of silk laid
in cross tucks, every third one being
ruilled. Belt and collar wings of vel
vet. Tho peculiar scarf effect given
to the waist front is a new idea. It
requires of silk l j yards, and seven
yards of forty-inch goods for the
gown, with the cloth bands extra.
Braid or velvet ribbon ribbon could be
used in place of bauds.
Stoncß Must Match Ejcs.
Women who wenr jewels have just
discovered that, in order to got the
best effects from the stones, they must
wear only those that match their eyes.
The girl with hazel orbs that have a
| tint of yellow is devoting herself ex
clusively to yellow topazes and emer
nlds. Tho blue-eyed women are buy
ing turquoises. Solitaire diamonds
are only allowed the black-eyed dam
sols. Brown, rose and yellow-tinted
brilliants are all the especial property
of the matron or belle of several sea
sons, whose glance is deep and dark
as midnight. To brown-eyed women,
red gems are recommended. The
red-haired woman, if her eyes are
blue, cau wear opals with perfect im
punity.
Concerning Skirts.
The amplitude of skirts is somewhat
modified and their stiffness very much
so. The fulness is all carriod around
to the back, the front and the sides
being smooth, straight and carefully
fitted.
In cutting out a skirt the edges of
.the breadths should always be first
ruled with a ruler long enough to go
from top to bottom, for any irregularity
in the seams of a skirt spoils its ap
pearance and prevents it from hanging
well. In basting the seams lay the
two edges together on a long table,
the bias edge uppermost, if a straight
and a bias edge are to be joined, and
baste them while they are lying fiat.
If the goods are very thin, like gauze
or muslin or any sort of light silk,
ba3to at tho same time a narrow strip
of paper along the seam. Stitch
through tho paper, which will prevent
I the machine needle from gathering the
! material.
She Is a Itlcli Willow.
All Now York is agog over the ex
pected arrival of a rich widow from
sChile.
The lady whose coming thus excites
comment is Seuora do Cousina, who is
alleged to have an income of 38,000,000
a year. It is said by those who vouch
for her that alio has one hundred
steamers and sailing vessels upon the
rivers and in the coast-wise trade of
South America, and that she is a
shrewd manager, kmowing where to
place her money.
It is not stated whether tho object
of the widow is to replace the late Mr.
Cousina or not. There are no dukes
here, as that brand is kept over in Eng
land, but several of tho new English
duchesses have brothers who nre
ineligible for matrimonial promotion
in Europe. If the duchess would form
a matrimonial alliance with some of
the Goulds and the Vauderbilts it
might inaugurate a new era. The
fact that the seuora is fifty-five years
old will not be in her way, for Lady
Burdett-Coutts, who had more money
than personal attraction, found it pos
siblo to buy a young husband and
place him in Parliament, even though
she lost tho friendship of the Queen
by so doing.—Atlanta Constitution.
Potent Minor Details.
The French mohairs are finer, softer,
and silkier of surface than they have
ever been, but in dark colors or bjack;
they are no longer considered dressy
gowns, to be lined with colored silks
and decorated in various ways, but nre
relegated to the reign of utility fabrics.
; Last year they hnd an astonishing in
ning, and were lined with mauve,
cerise, green, blue, and other rich
i silks, and worn on dress parade. Bril
liantine is much liked by matronly
women. It is very popular still for the
reason that it looks cool, it has a silky
finish, it hangs well wears wonderfully,
and always appears ladylike. The silk
linings, the pretty bodice effects, and
tho dainty sleeves now worn, would,
however, make even a dross of sack
cloth attractive. Just these minor but
potent details of the toilet are what
I have made Parisian dress famous the
world over. French women are aware
that these little details form the essen- j
tiul features of a really perfect toilet.
It is not always the money spent on •
costly fabrics and garnitures that
proves most effective, but the number
less little points of finish which every
well-dressed woman insists upon in
planning and carrying out the success
ful and artistic costumes and toilets ol
to-day.—New York Post.
\ lirido's Sensible Ti-oiißfienu.
Isabel A. Mallon writes of "A
Bride's Moderate Trousseau" in the j
Ladies' Home Journal. "The girl ,
who has a fortune at her command !
needs no suggestions," she says, "but
the girl who has to think out the wis
dom of every dollar spent on her trous
seau is the one who asks for advice.
Taking it for granted, then, that you
will live a more or less social life, hav
ing your day at home and visiting
your friends, and going occasionally
to hear good innsic, you can decide
exactly what you will need. First of j
all, freshen all the gowns yon possess,
then you know their possibilities; then
I would advise one handsome silk
dress, combined, perhaps, with velvet,
and having, to go with it, two bodices
—one for wear when you are visiting,
the other to be used wheu rather more
elaborate dress is required. Have
one simple, but smart-looking, wool
dress for street wear; if required, you
might better omit your visiting cos
tume than this. A black skirt, either
of taoii-e, silk or satin, will bo useful,
since with it can be worn any number j
of elaborate bodices. Then yau will j
want, also, a comfortable wrapper, to
wear in no place except in your own ,
room; two pretty, well-fitting, house
dresses; a coat suited to the season; j
a wrap that is a little more elaborate,
if you can afford it; but do not make '
the mistake, so often made, of buying
clothes that are not suited to your po
sition in life, or, what is equally as j
bad, of buying such an elaborate ward- \
robe that it will go out of fashion."
Fashion Notes.
Lavender blue and the deeper iris- j
purple blue are two very fashionable
colors just at the moment both in
dress and millinery..
Jackets for summer wenr are cut
quite short over the hips, some being
little more than basques. As a rule
they close single breasted, have fly
fronts and strapped seams.
The leading outiug'gowns of holland
are capital suits to weur wlion one runs
into town for a day's shopping, or to
take luncheon with tho father, brother .
or sweetheart held captive in the city
by business. Linen suits are cool,
pretty, becoming and much lighter
than serge or flannels.
The side-closing blouse waist is
something new, pretty and becoming.
The opening is frequently outlined
with an accordion-plaited frill, or a
lace ruille, and the full front is trimmed
with bands of insertion, if washable
materials are employed for the waist,
or passementerie, braid or gimp, if
tho garment is made of wool or silk.
Girdles and belts, with sash ends
all made of ribbon, are shown in the
shops in great variety. Ruffles of lace
edging, set on two or three inches
apart across tho ends for the entire
length, aro one rtiode of decoration;
others are of fancy striped ribbon,
without tho lace, arranged in dee})
pointed girdles, boned to keep them
in place.
A very smart little traveling gown is
of dark blue canvas made over bright
green silk. Around the skirt at the
hips are two rows of bright green silk.
The sleeves are banded with green silk
set four inches apart. The bodice is
a blouse and fastened on the left side
with a square bap. A yoke of plaited
linen finishes tho gown in au extreme
ly pretty and cool manner.
Tissue paper is indispensable for
properly packing np summer ward
robes. The full puff fronts of sum
mer gowns and tho puffs of light, thin
sleeves should be carefully stuffed
with rolls of tissue paper, and the
collars and cuffs of pretty shirt waists
should bo carefully wrapped. Even
ing slippers and shoes should always
be puffed out with tissue paper and
carefully wrapped outside.
Plaids are used as garnitures, waists,
vests and sometimes as deep points at
the hems of skirts. A handsoiuo dress
of suiting has plain skirt and square
necked bodice of Victoria plaid. Tho
square neck i 3 filled in with chiffon,
and tho collar and cither side of the
front of tho square yoke are trimmed
with the most elaborate ruffles of very
soft semi-transparent lace. A bow of
plaid ribbon is worn at the belt and
there is skirt ruching of the plaid that
shows at every movement.
A charming frock is an embroidered
and perforated white cloth made up
over a foundation of dull yellow silk.
The skirt has a row of embroidery and
perforation some eight inches deep,
making the favorite apron curve, added
to by a flounce of yellow lace, the hem
of the skirt being quite plain. The
entire blouse bodice is embroidered
with sufficient open work to BIIOW the
yellow lining, and is hung from a
square yoke of lace laid over yellow
silk, n flounce of lace edging the yoke.
The sleeves at the elbow have an odd
iittle puff of lace, showing the brighter
lining.
They Would Ilavo "Dixie."
Two hundred North Carolina moun
taineers are in the city on an excur- '
sion.
On Wednesday evening, learning
that the Marino Band would give its
usual public conceit on the plaza of
the Capitol, they gathered in a body ;
to hear the music. They listened with i
every evidence of delight to the splendid j
playing of Fanciulli's band, but some- |
how or other the Minnehaha gavotte
and the Lohengrin wedding march did
not quite till the full measure of their
happiness. They wanted something
that they knew.
4 'Play Dixie," shouted a long-whis
kered mountaineer to the dapper leader
of the band.
Fanciulli turned around. "Eet ees
not on ze programme," he said with
his tine Italian accent and with a de
precating smile. So the next number
on the programme was rendered.
"Play Dixie!"
This time the appeal came not from
one, but two score of the North Caro- 1
lina visitors. Fanciulli shook his head.
Again the band tooted according to
the programme.
"Play Dixie!"
All the two hundred throats and i
well-developed lungs shouted the in- j
sistent demand. There was no mis- |
taking the determination of the crowd, j
They would have Dixie or they would
know the reason why.
Fanciulli 9 surrendered. Dixie was
played and against the whito dome of
the Capitol there echoed a yell which
must have been heard many giilea
south of the Potomac.—Washington
Post.
Heat or Sunstroke.
Direct exposure to the rays of the
sun is not necessary to cause heat
stroke. A hot damp atmosphere is
more likely to cause it than a hot dry
atmosphere.
Anything that lessens the vital pow
ers of the human body predisposes to
sun or heat-stroke.
A hot supper with wine, and a few |
drinks in the morning before going on !
a parade, has caused many a business
man to fall prostrate under the influ- 1
ence of excessive heat.
il is a dangerous thing for any per- j
son not accustomed to marching to
join a parade on a hot day. If it is to
be done, eat very sparingly of animal
food, do not drink any alcoholic j
liquors, wine or beer. Eat fruit freely
and drink an abundance of water.
As soon as a person falls from n
sun-stroke he should be taken to n
shady place and his clothes removed. '
Apply ice water over his chest and
body. Do not be timid about it; ap
ply it boldly, freely and persistently. 1
Lose no time in getting a physician,
but be sure and keep up the cold ap
plication until he arrives, as irrepara-!
ble injury may result from neglecting
the patient at this critical moment.—
11. Duncan Stewart, M. D., in the
Healthy Home.
California's Gold.
Come down to the hard realities of
arithmetic and the scales and Cali
fornia will turn out probably three
times as much gold this year as the
whole of the frozen Northwest. Prob
ably no part of the world will be more I
the gainer than California by these
discoveries. An increase in the pro- ,
duotion of gold is of little benefit to I
the world at large. The gold-finders j
create a new effective demand which is
mostly supplied by producers in their
immediate neighborhood. The real i
gain to the world by the placers of
California lies in the development of
the agricultural, horticultural and in
dustrial resources of this magnificent
region, which otherwise might have
lain dormant for another half-century.
We cannot look for any such gaiu to
the world by turning attention to the
bleak, inhospitable shores of Alaska.
It is true there are great industrial
possibilities in the fisheries and the ;
coal mines, and these no doubt will |
feel the stimulus; but the country as
a whole will never make good resi- j
deuce property. The Californiums who i
go there will all come back to us to
spend their money when they have '
made their everlasting fortunes.—San
Francisco Examiner.
Gophers Destroy a Canal.
An Oklahoma City enterprise has
been ruined by the gopher pest. It
was thought that the rapidly flowing
North Canadian Piiver could bo used
to operate all the mills that could be
placed on its banks at Oklahoma City.
The fall was nearly thirty feet and it
was expected that 2000 horse power
would be developed. A eaual live
miles long was constructed, at an ex
pen so of $40,000. It was diked part
of the way and the river was crossed
twice. The canal is twenty-five feet
wide and four feet deep, and when
four inches of water was let in at the
head gate an electric light plant and u
large Houringmill were run with ease,
but an unsuspected enemy soon caused
disaster to the enterprise. The banks
of the canal were of porous, sandy
soil and gophers attacked the dike,
the holes which the animals burrowed
widened into crevasses and the sandy
dikes were easily swept away, causing
constant and expensive repairs.
Finally the entire canal became
wrecked, and farmers are now plowing
up the right of way and the canal is
gone.
Eislinfuiulrcd Thousand SeeilH From Ofe.
One of tlie most wonderful exam
ples of vegetable growth and fecun
dity is illustrated by the Asiatic pem
perion. A single seed planted on the
grounds of the Berlin Botanical Soci
ety propagated a vine which grew to
be as large as a man's body in nine
weeks. It grew to a total length of
nearly nine hundred feet and ripened
over eight hundred thousand seeds.
Japanese soldiers rank among the
best gymnasts in the world. Every
Japanese barracks is provided with a
gymnasium.
Clover Seed.
If tho farmer wants a crop of clover
seed, he should out tho first crop as
early as possible, says Hoard's Dairy
man. The clover plant is a biennial.
That means that it takes two years for
it to blossom and seed. Now, if the
first crop is allowed to stand until it.
blossoms, and the seed commences to
form, there will be hut very little seed
.in the second crop. The point is, to
turn all the seeding instinct aud power
of the root into tho second crop.
Hence, tho necessity of cutting the
first crop much earlier than is usually
done, when it is cut for hay alone.
Preventing Egg-Entltif?.
If an egg is broken the hens will eat
it, and it is by eggs being broken that
the hens learn the vice, as they never
eat eggs unless they first find one
broken. The only way to prevent the
hens from eating eggs after they once
begin is to make a nest with a top,
compelling the hen to walk in to reach
the nest, and have the box raised ten
inches from the floor, so that the hen
cannot stand near the box to eat the
eggs. When she goes on the nest she
cannot do any harm, as she must come
off aud stand up to eat the eggs.
Rules For Chicken Raisers.
P. H. Jacobs, in the Poultry Keeper,
gives a few rules that should bo often
referred to by chicken raisers:
Ton hens in a house 10x10 feet are
onongli. Tho yard should be at least
ten times as largo as the floor of the
house. Ten weeks from shell to mar
ket is tho time allotted a broiler chick.
Ten cents a pound is about the aver
ago price of hens in market for the
whole year.
Ten cents should feed a chicken ten
weeks, ami it should then weigh two
pounds.
Ten months a year is usually the
highest limit of time during which a
hen will lay.
Ten hens with one male is about tho
proper proportion.
Ten quarts of corn, or its equivalent,
should feed a hen ten weeks, if she is
of a large breed, but ten quarts for
three months is a fairer proportion.
Ten pounds is a good weight for
males of the larger breeds, one year
old.
Ten eggs is the average number to
each pound.
Ten flocks, each consisting of ten
hens, are enough for an acre.
Ten chicks, when just hatched,
weigh about one pound.
Ten hens should lay about 1000 eggs
during the year. This allows for some
laying more than 100 eggs each, while
others may not lay so many.
Moulting.
From July to December is the moult
ing or shedding period for the poultry.
It takes about one liuudred days from
the time a hen first commences to moult
until the process is completed. Some
hens will commence to moult much
earlier than others, thus finishing be
fore the cold weather sets in. This is
very desirable, as hens seldom lay
during the moult, or tho larger part of
it, therefore if they commence early,
thus finishing early, it will he a deci
ded gain, for then they can be gotten
in a laying condition before cold
weather, and we all know what that
means. The feathers are coinposed
largely of nitrogen and mineral mat
ter. The first process is the loosening
stage, when the feathers loosen and
drop out, at times leaving the bird
almost naked, thus cold and disease
(from exposure) are apt to follow.
Hens should be carefully housed if the
weather is at all cold or damp. When
the new feathers commence to come
in it causes a great drain on the
hen's body, especially of such sub
stances as goes to furnishing nitrogen
and mineral matter. Corn, wheat, etc.,
furnish the hen principally with car
bon (fat), etc., while grass, bugs,
worms, etc., furnish the nitrogen and
mineral matter. Thus we see that the
foods best udopted to the moulting sea
son are the nitrogoneous foods. It
will he seen from tlieabove that at this
period the hens should have unlimited
range, so that they can themselves
gather a good supply of such articles
as they need.—The Epitomist.
Lifting Largo Kocks Out >r tho Ground.
Field boulders are usually buried
either wholly or iu part in the surface
of the ground. To pull such a boul
der out of the ground requires an enor
mous amount of power, "unless much
hand digging is given beforehand.
The sketch herewith shows away to
lift the stone as it is dragged out by a
team of horses or oxen. The inclined
WAY TO MOVE HEAVY STONES.
stick can bo placed as near to the
boulder as is practicable and as it
rises to the perpendicular it of course
lifts the stone. The bight of the prop
will depend upon the size and depth
of the stone. The knaokof "knowing
how" to do such things often saves a
vast amount of work.—American Agri
culturist.
How to Grow Plcklea.
Before we can think of pickling en
cumbers wo must grow them, and that
is not always an easy matter, especial
ly where the blight (leaf-blight,
bacterial blight) is a sure annual visi
tor. This disease often (perhaps
usually, here and in many other local
ities) sweeps through the patches, first
taking a plant here and there, and con
tinuing its attacks until every plant in
the patch,*! long before the end of the
season, has succumbed. The way is
to plant on strictly new soil, prefer#
ably some sandy or mucky loam,rather
moist than otherwise, but thoroughly
drained. Persistent spraying with
Bordeaux mixture seems to have good
effect in keeping foliage healthy, and
if Paris green is added to it, in keep
ing the beetles in check. Good culti
vation and repeated hoeing are abso
lutely necessary, but the vines in
these operations, as well as in picking,
should be disturbed as little as pos
sible. It is the large number of
marketable pickles which is wanted
rather than large size of the individual
pickle. The size most in demand is
three inches in length. * The more
promptly we pick the three-inch size,
the more pickles the area will furnish,
and therefore the greater the returns
aud profits. An experienced grower
says in Michigan Farmer:
"The larger the number grown on
a given territory the more profit, hence
they should be picked very close. The
bulk of the crop should be of the
smallest or medium size. Those over
looked can bo utilized, but the fewer
the better, and none must be allowed
to mature. Care must be taken to dis
turb the vines as little as possible; in
this regard children with their bare
feet are preferable to grown people,
and our experience leads us to believe
that children can, quite as easily as
grown-ups, be taught to pick them
clean."
A Handy Farm Roller.
The ordinary farm boiler, or set
kettle, is unhandy from the fact that
the contents after each boiling must
be laboriously dipped out. The cut
shows a boiler that avoids this difficul
ty, for the boiler itself is made oi
sheetiron (the heaviest to be obtained),
A SET KETTLE.
and rests upon the top of the brick
work, so that it can be raised and re
moved. It has a handle at one end
and a lip at the other, so that it can be
emptied directedly into pails or tubs
or car, bo pulled off the brickwork
upon a wheelbarrow and wheeled away
to the barn or hog house. A light
cover sets upon the top when over the
fire. If the boiler is to be used out of
doors, it should be made of galvanized
iron to prevent rusting. If the boiler
is very large,an iron rod can be placed
across the middle of tho opening in
the brickwork to support tho bottom
of the boiler. This arrangement will
be found convenient where food is
often bailed for stock.—Xew York
Tribune.
Dairy Doto.
Color is subservient to taste in but
ter.
Quality is of more importance than
quantity.
Bail water will make impure, un
wholesome milk.
It is uncleanly to wet the hands
while milking, and should always he
avoided.
To improve the milking qualities of
a dairy herd, use hulls only from the
best milkers.
Dairy heifers should always be han
dled familiarly from the first aud there
will he 110 trouble.
The chief advantage of tho creamery
system is cheapness of product from
the saving of labor.
No dairyman can make uniformly
good butter unless* his cows are fed
liberally with wholesome food.
Dairying has one advantage in that
its products are always in the line of
food, and heuoe always in demand.
Proper management of the dairy
gives the farmer a continuous income,
something he does not have with most
lines of farming.
Feeding and general care and man
agement have as much to do with in
creasing the product of the cows as
breeding or blood.
If the air is warmer than the cream,
the purity of the cream and the fine
flavor of the butter will he impaired
by exposure to it.
After cream becomes sour the more
ripening given it the more it depreciates,
and the sooner it is skimmed and
churned the better.
The milk cans, pails and other
sels should he kept clean by first wash
ing in tepid water and then scalding
thoroughly in boiling water.
Clean pastures, witn good clean
water and proper care, is the surest
preventive of bitter milk. Weeds,
especially ragweed, eause bitter milk.
In a majority of cases kicking eows
are made so by oruelty and harsh words.
To have gentle eows it is essential to
treat them kindly from the time they
ore calves. —Agric-'tural li^itomisk
HEARTS.
Han's heart's an inn;
Its guests are for a day.
Night falls, bugle calls,
Saddle and away.
\ Han's heaft.'s an inn;
Its guests are for a night.
Eve sup, stirrup-cup,
Soon as morn is white.
But woman's heart's a homo;
Its master sitteth by
Fire-light aud hearth bright.
Forever and for aye.
—Post Wheeler, in New York Press.
PITH AND POINT.
She—"And when did you first sea
the light of day?" He—"l believe it
was at night."
Jack—"Oh, I suppose she has her
faults!" Tom—"l thought you wera
in love with her?"— Puck.
"I can't see) why you object to young
Softly: I'm sure he is constant."
"Worse than that. He's perpetual."
—Truth.
"Berger seems to be spending his
vacation in town?" "Yes, he spent
all his money on outing clothes."—De
troit News.
Count—"My love for you is as deep
—as deep as—" Constance—"Papa's
pocketbook, dear count."—Philadel
phia North American.
Jack Dashing—"The entries are:
Slowcoach,los pounds—" Miss Askins
(her first experience)—" Goodness! Is
that all that horse weighs)!"— Puck.
Jones—"l wish old Bichman would
give me a tip on Stocks." Smith—
"lf he did you'd he wishing you could
tell whether it was straight or not."—
Puck.
Drummer: "By whom was the play
presented in tlio Town Hall last night?"
Squam Corners Merchant—"lt wasn't
presented—it was perpetrated."—
Puck.
First Dog—"This hot weather makes
me nervous." Second Dog—"Me, too.
Heat seems to drive some people crazy,
anil tliey devolop a mania for shooting
dogs."—Puck.
Mrs. Distrait—"Dear me, this
chicken salad seems very stringy!"
Miss Frankly—"Goodness gracious, I
don't wonder! You're eating it through
your veil."—Truth.
"What does that man Slickly do for
a living?" "For board and lodging he
does the hotels aud for clothes he does
his tailors. Outside of that he does
the best he can."—Detroit Free Press.
"I think it's absurd to say kissing
is dangerous," gushed Mrs. Lilly ton.
"What possible disease could he spread
by the simple act?" "Marriage,
madam," grnnteil Grumpy.—Philadel
phia North American.
"To save me, I can't tell which
Tones girl I want to marry." "What
is the trouble?" "One makes such
delicious strawberry shortcake, but
the other one looks so lovely on her
wheel."—Detroit Free Press.
Wallace—"So yonr partner fell in
the river and rose no more? Do you
think the shook of getting wet was too
much for him?" . Perry Patettic—
"Naw. Guess the disgrace of it hroko
his heart."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Eastlake—"You visited Venice
while you were in Europe, I hear,
Mrs. Trotter?" Mrs. Trotter—"Yes,
indeed, aud we were rowed about by
one of the chandeliers for which that
city is noted."—Harper's Bazar.
Ethel—"Well, Jimmy didn't blow
his brains out, after all, because you
refused him. He proposed to Miss
Goligbtly yesterday." Maud—"Did
he? Then he must have got rid of
them in some other way!"— London
Punch.
"Am I to take this medicino inter
nally or apply it externaHy?" asked
tho lady customer of the drug clerk
who was filling her prescription.
"Whichever pleases you, madam; tho
stuff is perfectly harmless."—Detroit
Free Press.
"I have come to have a serious in
terview with you," announced the
would-he son-in-law. Tho old gentle
man fell right in with this idea, and
made things so serious that the yonug
man was glad to escape without his
hat.—Detroit Free Press.
Bullets ol* .Solid Gold.
Bight Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
Secretary of State for the colonies, bus
received a dispatch from her majesty's
high commissioner at the Cape stating
that in the fighting at Fort Martin,
near Hartley, South Africa, on Satur
day, the noted chief, Mushingombi,
was slain aud between 400 and 500 of
his followers were taken prisoners.
Tho Government forces occupied all
the positions at Marlies Kraal, where
they captured more than one hundred
prisoners.
A dispatch from Fort Salisbury says
that the British forces took tho na
tives completely by surprise. When
a charge was made upon tho stock
ades the natives Hed to their caves, in
which they were afterward captured,
Mashingomhi's main cave being de
stroyed with dynamite. Mashingomhj
was wounded during the attack and
died soon after being taken prisoner.
Two bullets made of'solid gold were
found after the fight.—Washington
Star.
Whence the Expression?
"To drink like a fish." But alcohol
invariably causes him to float wrong
side up. One per cent, of most deli
cate amylio will kill a sporting gold
fish in one hour anil thirty minutes.
Twenty per cent, will act like prussic
acid. It has been calculated by a
deep thinker that a pint of tanglefoot
will do a Bhark, and a quart of forty
rod a whale.—Boston Journal.
The Fall of Borne.
The extravagance of the Boman
ladies of high rank was one of the
prime causes of the fall of that mighty
empire. Lolia Poppea, who cnt a wide
swath in Nero's time, was the happy
possessor of a gown said to have cost
nearly $1,000,000.