Iho curfew" idea is said to be get
ting very popular iu Kansas towns,
and, where tried, to have been effee
tive of goo.l results in the control of
the young.
The German emperor wrongs Amer
icans by imagining they doubt his ex
pressions of friendship'. Bntthey are
justified in a suspicion that ho may
see fit to take them back.
United States Consul Smith at Mos
cow, Russia, reports that the Bussiun
government has already expended
$188,014,938 ou the construction of
the Trans-Siberian railway.
Angusti, the Spanish governor of
the Philippines, offered a reward of j
$25,000 for the ben 1 of Aguiualdo,the
insurgent leader. The latter cap
tured the governor's wife aud chil
dren, whom he treated as tenderly as
if they were liis own. Perhaps this
is aa exhibition of the Philippine sav
agery that Madrid talks so much
about.
The export trade of tho Congo state
is growing spies lidly. In 1886 it was 1
$351,000. Iu 1889 it was $859,000.
In 1831 it was $1,752,000, and in 1597 j
it was $3,029,009. More than lia'f the
export trade is in rubber, which has
increase 1 in amount mora than fifty- ,
fold since 183 i. And that increase is '
chiefly due to the enormous extension
of wheeling, Thus does civilization j
get swiftly forward upon a bicycle.-
The population of Cuba increased I
from 715,000 in 1825, to 1,031,409 in !
1894. The population is much less
now than it was then, owing mainly
to starvation. About sixty-five per
cent, of the population is descended
from the aristocracy and peasantry of
Caetile, Andalusia, Catalonia and
other provinces of Spain. Most of
the remainder of the population is
mainly of African descent. Havana
is about as populous aa Washington, I
and until tho war began was a very I
gay city.
It is hardly possible that the widow
of the great English commoner who
all through life declined ennoblement
at the hands of the Queen will now
fall to the bait, muses the St. Louis
Star. She is the relict of Mr. Glad
stone, an l a space is reserved beside
his body at Westminster Abbey for
her remains. Mrs. Gladstone would
read much more eloquently on the
tablet than the Countess of Livcmool.
Ob, no. Giadstoue lived and died as
plain Mr. His widow, if she reveres
his memory, will livo the balance of
her life and go down to the tomb as
Mrs. Gladstone.
The poverty and low state of social
life and civilization of the Spaniards
is indexed quite accurately by their
wage rates, states Guntou's Magazine.
For instance, the average weekly pay
of a bricklayer in Spain (Malaga) is
$3.80; in the United States $21.18; of
a mason $3.30 in Spain, s2l in the
United States; of a carpenter $3.90 iu
Spain, sl.-1.33 in the United States; of
printers St.3o in Spain, 816.42 iu the
Uuitfe 1 States; of laborers, por
ters, etc., $2.73 iu Spain, SB.BB in
the United States. While rente, and
possibly prices of a few native pro
ducts are lower in Spain than in the
United States, the difference comes
nowhere near equalling the wide dis
parity of wages. Moreover, in a com
parison of this sort the quality of the
living must ba considered as well as
tho nominal cost. Thus lower reuts
nearly always imply inferior accom
modations, and, to the average Span
iard, most of the comforts and con
veniences in ordinary use here are un
attainable luxuries.
The president and the secretary of
war had a delicate task in selecting
193 men out of 7000 applicants for
appointment as second lieutoaauts in
the regular army under an act of
Congress providing for changes iu the
form of battalion organization. The
selections indicate that the task was
performed with rare discrimination,
Eighty-nine of tho mea designated
are college graduates, representing
sixtv-seveu different institutions in
which military instruction is a part of
the curriculum; thirteen are enlisted
men iu the United StatSs army, anu
tho others are serving in various ca
pacities in the volunteer service. The
appointment of college graduates
who have had a military training to
serve as junior officers in tho regular
army can hardly he called au experi
ment, says the Chicago-Times Herald,
for the methods employed by military
instructors iu colleges are much the
same as those at West Point. The
government is thus assured of a high
degree of efficiency on tho part of the
new junior officers, who have the ad
ditional qualifications of learning and
youthful enthusiasm.
ITHOU SHALT NOT WALK ALONE.
" Thou shnlt not walk alone.
Tlie shadows gather and the weird winds
moan, . *
The gboul, Grief, grinnetb on the graven
stone;
Wild Is the way. but lone it shall not be
If 1 may share thy pilgrimage with thee. *
As from a mystic scroll,
Which love and sympathy alone unroll,
I read the secrets of thy sorrowing soul,
And with responsive sorrow take thy
hand
To lead thee o'er the baleful borderland.
Q THEPOWEKOT" Pepper- ©
©- ©
- Filibustering Episode.
*oj ' r '" C ' ...
Y teF'\ ■ y° n p' ease > B ' r <
' I laf $ - do yon want to
i ,'■ hire a boy?" said
as t.n rd y, suu
burned boy to the
(■ j) captain of a coast
-vff ing vessel that lay
VhiwF 1 tied to a wharf in
k *** Southern port.
! "Don't believe I
do, sonny," re
plied the captain,
regarding tho boy
critically. "Ever had any experience
in a sailing vessel?"
"No, sir; but I worked for Mr.
Church, tho surveyor, aud he says
that navigating aud surveying are
pretty much alike; leastways, the
figuring is," the boy continued.
"I reckon," said the captain,
shrewdly, after a moment's delibera
tion, "that you're one of those boys
that's run away from home an' expects
to be captain of a clipper ship in three
months. You better go back home to
yer ma and pa and get a good educa
tion, an' perhaps when you're a man
you'll own a big ship."
"I never had any parents, and I
haven't had a home for a year," said
the boy, sadly. Then byway of ex
planation: "You see, I was found
floating in my cradle when I was a
baby at the time of the big flood, and
they couldn't find out who I belonged
to, so Miss Byle took care of me and
astt me to school nntil a year ago,
aud then she died, and her relations
from out West came and took her
property. There didn't seem to he
any place for me after that, aud so Mr,
Chase gave me my board for helping
him survey. He's not very busy now,
so I thought I would try and get some
thing to do."
Tho captain meditated for some
time over this long explanation.
"Well, I expect to go out to the Banks
this winter, an' I'll need a good,
bright boy that ain't afraid of work.
I expect to put in here again iu about
two weeks, an' if you'll happen around
I'll ship you. What's jottr name?"
"My name's George Kyle, sir; but
can't you let me go with you now?"
"No," said the captain, decidedly,
"you can't come now."
The boy felt too much disappointed
to tell tho captain that work was a
necessity to him at once, and that all
ho had to live on for the ensning two
weeks was two sandwiches and a bot
tle of home-made root beer that kind
hearted Mrs. Chase had given him
with his car fare to the city.
While he was trying to think of a
way out of the difficulty the idea of
becoming a stowaway on the schooner
popped into his head. This did not
seem honorable, but the longer he
meditated on the subject the stronger
grew his conviction that there was no
other road open to him.
It had now become quite dark, and
George moved cautiously toward the
schoouer to reconnoitre. To his dis
may he saw a sailor in the act of east
ing off tho hawsers that bound her to
the wharf. Too late—too late. It
was indeed a day of disappointments.
Very slowly tho stern of the vessel
6wung around with the current, aud
a ray of light from the cabin of a near
by steamer flashed under her counter,
revealing, for a brief space, her name.
"The Happy Thought, Bath," read
the boy, as he walked to the end of
the pier. "Hello! They've left their
dory behind them." The words were
hardly uttered before he was in the
boat and pulliug rapidly toward tho
slowly disappearing schooner. Then
another idea seized him, and he
stopped rowing.
"Of course," ho said to himself, "the
captain will be glad to get his dory, but
he will have me put back on shore. I
won't bo any better off then than I
was before. I'm going to return this
dory nnd I'm going to get on that
schooner at the same time without be
ing seen." Then, noticing that tho
vessel was no longer drifting, he drew
cautiously nearer and saw' to his sur
prise that all was activity on board
and that a large lighter was being
rapidly unloaded into the schooner's
hold. A moment later a boat shot out
from tho shadow of tho lighter and
came rapidly toward him. Quick as a
flash Lo dropped quietly into the
water and swam rapidly away for a
few moments; then, turning, swam
under tho schooner's bow. Seeing an
opportunity, the boy pulled himself
np by the anchor chains, and, grasp
ing tho bob-stay and fore stays,
swung himself over the bulwarks op
posite to where the crow was watch
ing tho npproach of the yawl. He ran
to the hatchway and dropped into it.
A moment later he had slipped into an
aperture and was safe from discovery.
Seeing no one in the hold, he crept
ont of his retreat, and soon found a
inneh more secure hiding place,
f.- It was tedious work lying there do
ing nothing, and he soon fell asleep.
A crash directly overhead awoke him
with a start, and he could see in the
dim light that a heavy bale of cotton
I know tho torturer's tongue ——■<<'
In spiteful rage has racked tbes, and has
wrung
The blood of suffering from <ho heart
which stung
resumption with defiance, yet the scar
Will but attert how Arm thy virtues aro.
Bo cheered, if I may cheer, 4
For thou, tho dearest, shalt bo doubly dear;
"World-wounded spirit, make thy haven
hore.
Deep as the love tliou wakenest iu iny breast
Shall bo my rapture and thy perfect rest.
—Woman's Homo Companion. >
bad been placed directly over bis bid
ing place.
"They can't find me now, be
said exultantly to himself. "I am
safe now—safer than need be, per
haps," and tho story of a stowaway
who had found himself imprisoned
under the cargo of a vessel and lived
on a box of sea biscuit for over a
week came into bis mind. "If that
fellow dng hi 3 way through the cargo
of a steamship in a week, I ought to
be ablo to get through a bale of cot
ton in a day. My, but I'm thirsty!
I'm mighty glad that I've got some of
this root beer left." There was not
much of tliis—just enough to quench
his thirst for tho time being, and m
the darkness of tho hold ho had un
knowingly drained the last drop from
the bottle. After a time he could feel
tho long swell of the ocean, and he
knew that he was fairly out to sea.
"Timo to get to work," ho thought,
and, taking out his knife, he cut the
bagging that enclosed the bale over
his head. With knife and fingers ho
tore out a big pile of cotton that soon
filled the small place where he lay,
but the tightly compressed bale hardly
showed that it had lost anything,
"I've got to tuck this stuff away some
where, or I won't have room to work
iu,"he thought. Justat this moment
his knifestruck a piece of wood iu the
bale. "The cheats," he said to him
self; "they're trying to sell old boards
for cotton." It took some time to cut
through the board, but after he had
made a small aperture he was sur
prised to find a number of small ob
jects tumbling over him. Ho exam
ined them closely. , ■*"
"Cartridges!" he exclaimed, in
amazement, "and iu a halo of cotton.
Now I know why they loaded np at
night, and why they were so anxious
to keep people away. These cartridges
are for the Cubans, and this is an ex
pedition to supply arms to them the
same as the Virginius did years ago."
George had studied in history how
that unfortunate vessel had managed
to slip by the United States authori
ties, only to be captured ou the high
seas by a Spanish cruiser, and nearly
all the crew and passengers execnted.
Ho dimly understood that something
called "international law" prohibited
the United States from allowing tho
export of arms and ammunition to the
Cubans. Ho shuddered as he thought
of what might happen if the Happy
Thought were captured, aud then his
thirst, which was almost unendurable,
made him thiuk of the work ahead of
him, and he commenced enlarging tho
hole iu tho bale. The cartridges wore
easily removed, and by hard work he
soon managed to cut his way through
the top of tho bale, but discovered
that other boxes had been placed above
this, aud ho would have to cut his way
through them. After resting for a
time he attacked these aud soon had
the satisfaction of feeling his knife
slip through the bottom boards of the
box over his head. A fine powder fell
over his head, and in au iustant ho
had thrown himself ou his face, yell
ing like a Comanche. The box con
tained red pepper. For a whilo he
thought his eyes would be burned out
of his head, but, realizing that some
thing must be done to stop this fiery
rain, lie seized a bit of cotton and
stuffed it into the hole his knife had
made. That he could not get through
the box of red pepper was very evi
dent. His only hope was to cut his
way through the side of the bale of
cotton and then work his way up to
tho surface. He now worked with a
wild desperation, cutting at the side
of the bale like a madman. On
opening the adjoining box he
found it to be filled with rifles.
These were soon thrown aside, and
he commenced to cut through the top
of the box. i.
Ho had exhausted himself by his
frantic exertions, and, in spite of the
pain in his eyes aud his burning
thirst, he fell asleep for a short time.
He awoke slightly refreshed, but thirs
tier than ever. "Now," ho said, "I'll
see what's overhead." Another box
barred his way, and he cautiously cut
into it, not wishing to go through an
other experience with pepper. Again
a soft rain of powder fell over his
hand, but he was prepared this time,
and it was quickly stopped. It felt
cool on his hand, aud he tasted it to
make sure he was right. "Flour," he
gasped. "I'm all right this time.
Still, I might get smothered if I let it
fall in here. I wish I had a piece of
pipe so that I could lead it out of the
barrel. I wonder if a rifle barrel
wouldn't do the work!" He soon put
this plan iDto execntion, and had the
satisfaction of finding that a small
stream of flour was running steadily
into the space behind him. By cut
ting other holes r.nd inserting the
rifles for conduits he readily emptied
the barrel.
Half an honr later a dusty, red-eyed
boy, with tongue too swollen to speak,
was lifted out of the hold and laid on
the deck. A small CUD of water was
given to him, anil then the captain or
dered the men to put him to bed. He
was taken below and placed in a bunk,
and by the next morning had recov
ered both voice and strength. As
soon as he male his appearance on
deck tho mate told him to go down
into the cabin, as the captain wished
to see him. With many misgivings
George went below and found the cap
tain accompanied by a small, dark
man, who seemed to be extremely
nervous—so much so, in fact, that
George thought that he, too, might bo
a stowaway. Still he looked as if he
was quite able to pay his fare.
"Well, young man," began the cap
tain, "what did you hide yourself on
board this scooner for?"
"I wanted to be a sailor," was tho
prompt reply, and then he described
the manner in which he had come
aboard, hidden himself in the hold',
and, finally, how he had dug his way
through the cargo.
"Why did you choose this vessel to
run away in?" said tho small man,
regarding George with evident suspi
cion.
"Because I thought she was the
finest ship in the harbor."
George thought he saw the captain's
features relax a little at this reply, but
the next question was delivered moro
sternly than the others.
"What did you find in the hold?"
"Cartridges and guns and red pep
per and flour."
"Put him in irons! Put him in
irons! He's a spy!" screamed the lit
tle, dark man.
"Mr. Menendez," said the captain,
impressively, "so long as I'm captain
of this schooner, I calkorlate to de
liver my own orders." Then, turning
to tho boy, said: "You've got a pret
ty good idea of what kind of a trip
you're takin', I reckon?"
"Yes, sir; it's a filibustering expe
dition, I think."
"Just so. An' yon know what they
do to filibusters when they oatch
'em?"
"Yes, sir; they shoot them."
"Then, if you don't want to get
shot, all you've got to do is to hold
your tongue an' 'tend to your own
business, if we should happen to be
boarded by any one. Now run upon
deck an' tell Mr. Jones to put you to
work."
The mate kept George pretty busy
at odd jobs, but as he was very anx
ious to learn and was willing to try
anything, he Soon won the favor of
the captain and mate. As for the
sailors, they simply made a herd of
him after his story became known.
One of them even went so far as to
present him with a small monkey that
he had kept chained behind the
cook's galley, and all his spare time
was spent in teaching the little fellow
to perform.
One morning, about tbree daye after
he had made his appearance, George
camo on deck and found Mr. Mencn
doz aud the captain engaged in a very
earnest conversation, frequently cast
ing uneasy glances at a vessel that lay
about a mile away. Just then a puff
of smoke shot out from her side, and
a moment later the muffled report of a
gun rolled over the water.
"Shnll we hold our course?" George
heard Mr. Mendenez anxiously inquire
of the captaiu, " .
"Yes." .Wy
Then another puff was seen, aud a
shot went skipping along across the
water far in front of the schooner. A
short, savage order from the captain,
and the schooner was brought into the
wind with all sails fluttering.
"Are you sure wo are safe if they
take it into their heads to examine the
oargo?"said Mr. Menendez.
"Perfectly safe. In the first place,
what would they examine the cargo of
a coasting schooner for? No one ever
heard of such a vessel doing nuy fili
bustering. In the second place thoso
man-o'-war's men are too tarnally lazy
to move the heavy bales we have on
top of the ammunition."
In spite of the captain's declaration,
George could see a shade of anxiety
pass over his face, as he watched a
boat that had come alongside. Tko
officer in the stern sheets clambered
aboard and was coolly received by the
captain, who, after a moment's con
versation, showed his manifest. The
offiger was evidently not satisfied, for,
calling to his men, he had j them re
move the battered down hatches. The
captain threatened and protested, but
the officer answered with an inso
lent grin, and, in company with
all but two of his seamen,
who were detailed to guard the
hatches, commenced to overhaul the
cargo. To George's dismay, they
commenced at the identical spot
where he had made his exit.
"If they find the guns and cart
ridges, they will confiscate tho cargo
and kill us all, perhaps, thought he.
Then, to make matters worse, one of
tho sailors, finding that tho flour bar
rel could be easily moved, lifted it out
aud knocked the head in. The fact
that it was empty was regarded with
suspicion. Th next thing that was
picked up was the box of red pepper.
The cover was pried oft', and, seeing
what the contents were, one of the men
set it on the empty flour barrel pre
paratory to jumping into the cleared
space. >- v
"If that box of pepper would only
upset," thought George, "they
wouldn't want to know anything more
about the cargo."
Tho thought gave him an idea.
Untying the monkoy from the mast,
George showed him a lump of sugar
in his hand and then threw it swiftly
into the hold. It was done so quickly
that no one saw but the monkey, who,
not recognizing the authority of the
guards at the hatchway, sprang into
the hold, and, finding every other
way barred to his coveted sugar,
leaped full on to the box of pepper in
its inseonro position on the ttour bar
rel. The barrol rocked, poised it
self for one anxious moment and
the DeDner fell, only to rise strain
in one great cloud that enveloped
everything in the hold. From out of
this red cloud arose a fearful uproar.]
Yells of rage and screams of pain,'
mingled with the shrieks of the mon
key, who was biting and scratching
all who his reach, added
to the pandemonium. Presently a
a man climbed out of the hold, stag
gered to the bulwarks and leaped into
tho sea. He was followed by another,
nnd another, until, last of all, came
the officer and the monkey. The two
seamen who had not gone into tho
hold regained their senses in time to
rescue those of their rnntes who could
not swim, and recover the remainder
who were swimming blindly about.
The schooner's crew thoroughly en
joyed the predicament these poor fel
low's were in, and hooted and jeered at
them as they vainly endeavored to
rub the smarting substance out of
their eyes.
"Collie alongside," commanded the
captain. "I'll give you something
that will help you," and ordering tho
men to lie down, he bathed their eyes
with oil until they were relieved. Just
as he was finishing his task another
boat dashed up full of armed men.
The trouble had been seen by the
officers of the warship, and, apprehend
ing serious trouble, they had manned
a boat and come to their comrade's
rescue. The officers and men leaped
aboard and demanded the reason for
the trouble. For answer tho captain
pointed grimly to the hatches, out of
which the red pepper was still rising.
"They upset a box of rod pepper—■
that's all," said he.
Tho officer who had commanded the
first boat began talking rapidly in
Spanish to the newcomer. As ho'
talked the face of the other was
ually overspread with a grin that ended
in a derisive laugh. The captain,
who was watching tho speakers eloso
ly, remarked, dryly:
"The officer wasn't satisfied with
our manifest, and ho ha 3 been looking
over the cargo. Perhnps you would
like to complete his task."
."No, thank you," said tho other,
still laughing. "I will let tho lieuten
aut dd that," and, ordering his men
into the boat, he was rowed Bwiftly
back to the cruiser.
The "lieutenant," however, was
mbro than satisfied, and hastened to
follow the example set by his superior
officer. As his half-blinded ffieh
rowed away, the captain called out to
themi -
"I say, Lienteuant, there are thirty
five more oases of pepper in the hold
that I'd be pleased to have you ex
amine. .
It rt'as quite evident, however, that
it was not the lieutenant's pleasure.
As the schooner's sails filled and
she wove away the mate came up to
George and asked:
"How did the monkey happen to
jump down in the hold, George?"
"I threw a lump of sugar down
there. I thought perhaps he might
upset the pepper or frighten the men
so that it would get knocked over
some way. Hello! there he is up in
the cross-trees." Mr. Menendez
shook hands with him with a pleas
anter expression on his face than
George thought it possible fot him to
wear. He was very muoh embar
rassed at all this demonstration, but
the proudest moment of all was when
the captain took him by the hand and
said, in his gruff Yankee way:
."You done well, George, an' I
reckon we can find a berth aboard this
schooner for you. 'Twonld bo a
shame to make u surveyor out of
you.'?* V ■■
And this was a great deal for the
captain to say. -
Next night the cargo of the Happy
Thought was successfully lauded, and
George was presented with a hand
some gold watch and chain by Mr.
Menondez, who proved to be an agent
of the Cnban Junta.
But George put a higher value upon
tho captain's few words of praise.—
New York Ledger.
Our Flag at Cuvite.
Ohio claims tho honor of being the
birthplace of the first American to
hoist a flag over a captured fort in the
Old World.
On Tuesday, May 3, Lieutenant
Williams landed with his command of
marines from the Baltimore and posted
sentries around tho captured navy
yard, which was the first act of pos
session. At four p. m. ho hoisted the
first American flag over Cavite. Ser
geant James Grant and Corporal
Joseph Foe hauled the flag up. Of
this glorious event for all America
our young lieutenant modestly but
tenderly writes:
"As I stood in front of my little
guard of marines and watched the
colors fly out to the breeze from the
same staff that a few days before bad
borne the flag of Spain, now humbled
by our little fleet, my feelings were of
wonder how it had all happened, and
of pride that I was the one to hoist
the first flag. It was the happiest
moment of my life, and I couldn't
keep the tears back." And neither
could the friends who got this message
from tho other side of the world.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Newspapers In the llrtti*li Musenm.
In the British Museum there are
16,000 volumes of London newspa
pers. There are 47,000 volumes of
provincial newspapers from England
and Wales, and about 9000 volumes of
Scotch newspapers, with something
slightly less for Ireland. Last year's
accessions were GOO volumes of Lon
don newspapers, 920 volumes of pro
pincial papers from England and
Wales, 127 volumes from Scotland,
and something less from Ireland.
No Servant Problem Here."!
A servant girl on a farm near Cam
brai, in Northern France, has lived
seventy two years with the same fam
ily. She is now eighty-fonr years old,
and still attends to her work.
Judicious Poultry Feeding.
All who raise poultry recognize tile
act that it is impossible to give any
letinite rule for feeding, either as to
piautity or variety, and that the coa
litions surrounding each individual
lock must bo taken into consideration
ii supplying a ration. It is also gen
irally recognized that different breeds
•equire different courses of treatment
md feeding for the best results.
Chore are, however, a few general
•ules which apply to feeding all
rreeds. In feeding for egg produc
tion, only sweet feed generally will
produce the proper flavor in an egg,
ind consumers of late are quite as par
ticular about the flavor of Ihe eggs as
jf other things they consume. The
ictivo Leghorn can stand much more
lorn than the heavy Brahma or tho
medium weight Plymouth Ilock. In
grain foods all poultrvmen should
•ccognize the value of" wheat, oats,
lorn, barley and split peas fed in a
mixture over any of them fed separ
ltely, for egg production. It will bo
plainly seen that the question of judi
cious feeding is one that must be reg
ulate 1 to suit tho requirements of
one's flock. If the best results
eome from a ration that is not gen
erally accepted by ponltrynien as tho
best, never mind, stick to it until you
have good reasons gained from your
own experience to change.—Atlanta
Journal.
"What a Canlen is Worth,
The value of a good garden is more
than is appreciated.lt is a satisfaction to
all the family,especially to the mother,
who is enabled to get supplies from it
for the meals she has to prepare. 'The
man who plants it, too, is proud of a
flrst-class garden. In this section,
where the soil is quick to respond to
tho influence of heat, moisture, fertil
izer and cultivation, gardening should
bo a pleasure.
In laying off the little plot arrange
your rows so as to permit the use of
the cultivator; have long, straight
rows of vegetables. If you plan to do
all the cultivation with a hoe your
garden will be full of weeds.
Some of our readers may have seen
gardens with weeds higher than amau's
head—digging potatoes there was not
easy nor were the tubers large. Not
half of our farmers have enough sorts
iu their gardens. Thiuk what value
there would be iu having an abundance
of pic plant, lettueo, radishes, peas,
beans, beets,turnips,cabbages, onions,
potatoes, sweet corn, squash, cucum
bers and all the small fruits, tomatoes,
a few apples, peaches aud pears. If
some one who has such a garden, one
aere.iu extent, will keep aa accurate
account of tho value of tho produce
consumed on tho farm and sold in one
season, it will be found that a good
garden goes a long way toward the
support of the family.—The fciouth
we3t.
Cleanliness In tlie Dairy.
There are a few points that seem to
be overlooked when you count the
requisite necessities of cleanliness iu
regard to milk and butter. It is usu
ally said that the milk pails and crocks
must be scrupulously clean, but there
is another important item. A man or
woman who milks should have their
hands and nails faultlessly clcau—
also their clothes should be as neat as
possible—for bacteria and disease
germs multiply where there is tho
least chance.
If there is a place about a farm
where cleanliness should be observed,
it is the dairy. Borax kills tho germs
which cause tho milk to sour—and it
is an excellent purifier and cleaner
whero the milk crocks aud vessels are
concerned.
The pails and crocks should be
rinsed once a day in borax water to
keep them pure aud sweet.
The hands of the milker should be
washed in borax water every day, and
especially before milking. This sim
ple practice will keep away mountains
of trouble aud health aud hygieno will
prevail.
It is cheap and cleanly, and the
churns and tin cans in whioh milk is
delivered to town customers should
be rinsed out with borax water. It
disinfects, and microbes are said to
linger about the stables by myriads,
hence every precaution to pi'-ify and
make clean is a virtue.
This thought of washing the hands
clean is a worthy one, for I have seen
men attempt to milk without ever
thinking of washing their hands, and
the pure stream of milk sent through
grimy lingers gave you a distate to the
milk; aud of all things we eat or drink
that we want dainty, it is milk aud
butter.—Farm, Field and Fireside.
Feeding Flgg In Summer.
Summer is the time to make pork.
Making it in winter requires too much
food to keep up tho animal heat. If
hog 3 have plenty of grass in summer
and about half the corn they will eat,
they will fatten rapidly aud my belief
is that three pounds can be made on
less grain than one pound in cold
weather with a hog in a close pen.
The grass is cooling and loosening and
counteracts the feverish properties of
the corn. Hogs will never melt in
summer, however fat, if they can have
access to water and mud to lie in.
Mud is very bad for hogs in cool
weather. It absorbs too much animal
heat. Milk is oooling as a drink and
almost, indiaoansable in raisins nica.
But very little corn - and no corn
meal should bo fed to young pigs be
fore they are four months old. Corn
and raw corn meal cause young pigs
to become costive. Then they will
soon scour. They will begin to rub
against everything they can get at.
Their skin will have a red and dry
appearance. A dry, black scurf will
begin to form and the more corn and
meal they eat the poorer they will be
come. The best thiug to do for a pig
in this condition is to give him a thor
ough washing in warm water or sour
milk, the latter being the best. Coarse
flour or middlings from rye or wheat,
wheu made into a thin drinking slop
with milk, is tho best feed for young
pigs, except bread aud milk. Food
has to be fermented before it will di
gest, aud if fed to young piga before
it is fermented it will overtask their
stomach aud spoil them. Lettuce is
good for young pigs. It will stop the
scours.
The middlings should be put with
milk at night after feeding has been
done, and allowed to remain in the
milk until morning. Never allow the
swill tub to get quite eirpty. Always
leave a little at the bottom to act as
yeast. The swill should never be
allowed to get stale. Slop feed should
be "given often and never more at a
time than will bo eaten up. Slops
will make larger hogs than dry feed.
After the hogs get to be three or four
months old, their food can .be made
stronger, but a pig will not bear much
strong food until it begins to change
from a pig to a hog. Many of our
farmers do not know the value of
grass as a feed for hogs. At least one
would not think so, when their hogs
of all ages may be seen during the
whole summer in small yards or at
best on very scanty pasture. Farm
ers who know the real value of ercb
feed would as soon think of raising,
cattle and making milk and butter by
feeding their stock grain alone during
the whole summer as to raise hogs
and make the business profitable
without a good supply of grass. Some
men make pork with little or no grass,
but it costs much more aud the hogs
are not so healthy.—New England
Homestead.
Fariri and Garden Notes.
A light, well drained soil is neces
sary to successfully grow muskmelons.
Once a month at least every chicken,
old and young, should be thoroughly
powdered.
Every poitud of manure that can
possibly be made should be collected
and spread on the land.
Throops is a trouble prevalent with
young pigs and is due to feeding too
much grain and giving too little exer
cise.
Keep the hoe bright by constant
work among the bedded-out plants, as
cultivation is to them what food is to
the body.
Be careful to grub out all weeds in
the corners before they go to seed and
thus make you plenty of extra work
next season.
If a spell of dry weather comes, help
out the little moisture the plants ob
tain from tho dew by the frequent use
of a watering-can.
The round silo is beat, as the great
est capacity is secured with tho least
side exposure. A round silo is thus
the most economical.
It is hardly necessary to urge the
flower-grower to keep the weeds down.
Weeds and plants, while often close
neighbors, are not fast friends.
A knapsack sprayer is a necessity on
every fruit and vegetable farm, and its
use will save much time and labor in
combatting disease and insects.
Use considerable care in pruning
shrubs during the summer, for while
tho operation in many cases is success
ful, in others it results disastrously.
In many sections the rust is often
on strawberry plants. This disease
may be controlled to some extent by
mowing off the tops of the plants after
fruiting.
Hogs do bet ter if they can get in the
shade during the heated days of sum
mer. They cannot be harmed by the
chance to get there if they are so in
clined.
If you want a good garden you must
give it clean culture. Good seed au l
care in plauting may have given you a
good stand, but neglect now will re
sult in a poor crop.
Green cabbage worms succumb to a
powder made of Pyrethrum powder,
one pound, cayenne pepper half pound,
flour one and a half pounds. Apply
with a powder gun when the dew ie
on.
Indian Canals.
Probably the largest canal in tbe
world is the Clienab Irrigation Canal
in the northwest provinces of India.
Its breadth is 200 feet, with a main
channel some 150 miles long, while
the principal branches have an aggre
gate length of 2000 miles, and the vil
lage branches will extend, when com
pleted, some 1000 miles additional.
But, apart from irrigation, the longest
canal in the world is that which ex
tends from tho frontier of China to St.
and is 4172 miles in
The Bengal Canal, connect
ing with tho river Gauges, is 900
mile 9 long, and in all India there are
14,000 miles of canals, irrigating 8,-
000.000 acres.