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Commercial Fertiliser* Improved.
Fertilizers, during the past year
have been lower in price than ever be
fore, and the indications are that they
will be even cheaper during the pres
ent year. The result of the cheapen
ing of the ohemioal constituents has
been to raise the quality of the mixed
fertilizers somewhat above the mini
mum guarantee, and consequently
there are very few samples showing
deficits in their composition. Out of
448 separate guarantees only twenty-
eight failed to either exceed the re
quirements or come within the limits
of error in sampling and analyzing.—
N. H. Experiment Station Bulletin.
For the Flower Grower.
Slugs, leaf-rollers, and other pests
will have a great feast on the rose fol-
iage, unless they are prevented by the
use of Paris green or hellebore, the
former applied by spraying, and the
latter either by spraying or dusting
on the foliage while damp.
Neglect in protecting plantod-out
tender seedlings from the first scorch
ing rays of the sun and dry parching
winds‘results disastrounly.
Use no natural fertilizers until they
have become thoroughly rotted.
Young saplings transplanted from
the wood to the open lawn should
have a protection of burlap about the
trunk during the Bummer until they
beoome used to the sun.
Old shoes, bones, and other objec
tionable sights in the ordinary alley,
and even dead rats, do great service
when planted at the base of grape
vines or small trees. One of the
grandest grape-vines in England is
planted where a large number of
horses, which had died from some
epidemic disease, had beon buried
yoars and years before.
Two Way., or Fanning.
By looking carefully over a rural
community we see that not all farmers
and their families are abridged in
Reeded leisure and time for social
pleasure. This is because there ore
two agricultural classes living side by
side. One represents the man who
drives his work, has little to complain
of,and the other, one who lets his work
drive him nnd who is always bitterly
complaining. The farmer who does
not “get along” belongs to the latter
class. He makes many unnecessary
trips to town, and golden hours flit
by while he lounges. He does not
start to hoe his corn or potatoes until
the weeds are choking them, and the
grass in his meadow is past prime be
fore It is out. His work is proverbially
ten days behindhand from seeding
time till harvest, and his orops suffer
in consequence. This man takes his
leisure at the wrong time, right at
critical periods in the cultivation and
harvesting of his crops.
His more wise and consequently
more successful brother pursues an
opposite course. He meets half way
nature’s efforts to help him, and keeps
his wcrk well in hand nnd under his
control. The care of his stock and
crops always reoeives first considera
tion, because they represent his living
—his bank account. While his negli
gent brother is making those unneces
sary and prolonged visits to town, he
is improving the golden moments by
a brisk, industrious and alert polioy,
which will keep the cultivation of his
farm so thoroughly in hand that he
will have, besides plenty of leisure
for Bufficieut social enjoyment with
his family and friends, time pro
vided his hours or days of leisure
are chosen at the right time.—Ohio
Farmer.
Fighting the Scale*.
It is estimated that the scales do an
enormous damage to the trees and
crops of this country, and while the
San Jose scale seems to attract some
atteution it is not by any means the
only injurious insect of this class.
There are probably a dozenjvery active
and pernicious scales found in the
orchards of this country. All of them
do more or less damage, and the ques
tion of destroying them is annually be
coming a more important one. The
Department of Agriculture has made
special inquiries and investigations
into the subject of checking their rav
ages, and since the German authori
ties made such a disturbance about not
admitting our apples because of the
scales on -them the subject has as
sumed even more prominence during
the present season.
Some interesting experiments have
been made to destroy the scales, and
we are likely to reap some benefit
from them. Whale-oil soap has been
said to destroy them, but it must be
admitted now that this merely checks
the scales and does not destroy them.
Moreover, it takes nearly as much
whale oil to check the scales as the
crop of fruit is worth. In one orchard
in Maryland it took @600 worth of
whale-oil soap to hold the San Jose
scale in check.
The real remedy promised is found
in hydrocyanio gas, a gaB that is # so
searching and penetrating that when
applied to the trees hardly a scale es
capes. It is death to every form of
life, and not expensive. The method
of application is to place tents or cov
erings, double oiled, over the trees,
and then liberate the gas under them.
The results so far are very encourag
ing, for nearly every scale was killed
on the trees so treated.—W. E.
Farmer, in Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Preserving Egg* For Winter Price*.
Some one has said the fancier has no
right to preserve eggs at any season;
that it is his business to provide strictly
fresh eggs the year round. Neverthe
less, a great many fanciers, as well as
a great many farmers, do preserve eggs
every season, for with the coming of
every winter there is a scarcity of eggk
and a correspondingly high prioe. If
well preserved they are tit for all pur
poses. The markets are flooded every
summer with six and eight oent eggs,
for there are many who must and will
sell them at any price. But preferring
to receive for the surplus of summer
and early fall eggs twenty to twenty-
five oents per dozen, I preserve them
and find that it pays.
The recipe given below is very good
for preserving eggs, although it takes
considerable work to prepare it. Into
twenty-four gallons of boiling wnter
put twelve pounds of unslacked lime
and four pounds of barrel salt. Btir
frequently for one day. The next day
dip off the clear liquid and put it into
stone jars. Dissolve the following in
gredients in one gallon of boiling water
and add to the above liquid: Five
ounces common baking soda, five
ounoes cream of tartar, five ounces
saltpeter, five ounces borax and one
ounce alum, Drop the eggs into this
brine every day, as gathered. Eggs
greased with fresh lard and put down
in salt keep well. Use cracker boxes,
or others of about that size, as thoBe
are light enough to be easily handled.
Turn the box . half over two or three
times a week. Were I a village house
wife I am very sure that a goodly sup
ply of eggs, for culinary purposes at
least, would be preserved when they
are but six, eight or ten cents per
dozen. I should not buy them at the
grocery, but would engage my Bupply
of some reliable farmer’s wife, who
would guarantee me striotly fresh
eggs. Many are glad of the opportu
nity to furnish them for the money in
hand, rather than be always obliged
to take exchange at the store.—Nellie
Hawks, in Amerioan Agriculturist.
Cure of Young Live Stock.
There is not enough thought given
to young things on the farm. It is
considered that they should grow
without oare. In too many cases, the
weanlings nre almost as wild as though
they were not included among domes
tic animals. In the ense of pigs,
lambs nnd calves, it is advisable that
they should be given a little meal or
small grain such as oats, rye and corn
mixed, as soon as they will take it.
It is surprising to note the avidity of
pigs with sweet pure slops made from
meal and shipped stuffs, and the in
dependence acquired by the time their
mother discards them is highly grati
fying. By a gradual increase of the
ration of grain or ground food, the
youngsters are weaned without any
reverses in their progress of growth.
The feeding process requires familiar
ity with humanity and relieves the
young creatures of any fear. The ad
vantages of gentleness among the do
mestic animals are too many to be
enumerated. Providing a well bal
anced ration is also highly desirable.
The framework of meat producing
stock and the organs of digestion and
assimilation are better maintained by
a moderate grain ration once daily for
the thrifty growing youngsters. The
quality of the meat when it goes on
the market will be enough better to
more than meet the additional ex
pense. With a half ration of grain
once a day, a larger number of young
things may be grazed ou a given num
ber of aores. This permits increasing
the amount of live stook; or on the
other hand, the increase of the acreage
of the farm for grain.
In the case of calves nnd lambs, it
is particularly needful that they be
provided while grazing with dry hay,
straw or fodder, which will enable
them to leave at nny time the grass
and relieve a discomfort of bloating
by eating the dry provender. Only a
small quantity of this is required to
prevent many of the serious ills which
come to the pasture grounds. Con
venient access to drinking water must
be provided. If there is not a flow
from a natural stream, if possible na
ture’s liquid should come from a deep
well. As a rule it is not advisable to
spare expense in having numerous
tanks or lengthy troughs, which will
enable the timid to satisfy as promptly
as their stronger fellows.
The returning prosperity of busi
ness warrants extra attention to the
colts. Four or five years from this
time, the tiny colt of this season will
be in demaud. The requirements of a
mature horse at that time will date
buck to the present.
It should be made thoroughly familiar
with men, women and children, as
well as many other things with
whioh, as a mature animal, it will
oome in contact. At six months of
age it should be as fearless of or
dinary sights and sounds as it ever
need be. A few moments’ patient at
tention to these details daily will ac
complish all that is desired for the
future welfare of the little fellows
whom we are prone to neglect when
they most need the teaching which
their docility permits.—Farm, Field
and Fireside.
S wls* Reserve*.
Switzerland, although she spends
only 8500,000 yearly on her army, can
turn out 100,000 trained men in two
days in case of need, and has a re
serve of 100,000 more, as well as a
militia of 270,000.
A Startled Mother.
/Vom the Freeport (III.) Bulletin.
While busy at work la her home, Mr*.
William Shay, corner of Taylor and Han
cock Avenues, Freeport, III., was startled
by hearing a noise just behind hor.
Turning
quickly 9 h o
saw creeping
toward nor
her four-year- rra 1 1—
old daughter, I *
Beatrice. The|
ohlld moved t
over the floor,
with an effort,,
but seemed
ill led with foy
at llndlng her
mother. The
rest of the
happening is
beat told in Mr*. Shay Wat Startled,
the mother's own words. She said:
"Ou the 28th of Hept., 1896, while In the
bloom of health, Beatrice was suddenly
and severely afntotod with spiun4 menin
gitis. Strong and vigorous before, In five
weeks she became feeble and suffered from
a paralytic stroke which twisted her head
back tq the side nnd made it impossible
for her to move a limb. Her speech, how-
evor, was not affected. We called in our
fnmily doctor, one of the most experienced
nnd successful practitioners In the city.
Ho oonsldered the case a very grave ouo.
Before loeg llttlo Beatrice was compelled
to wears plaster parts Jacket. Prominent
physicians were consul tod, electric bat
teries were applied, but no benefit was no
ticed until we tried Dr. Williams’Pink Pills.
"Busy In my kitchen one afternoon I was
startled by the cry of ‘Mamma’ from little
Beatrice who was creeping towards me. I
had placed her on an Improvised bed In the
parlor comfortably close to the fireside
and given her some books and playthings.
She became tirod of waiting for me to come
back nnd made up hor mind to go to me,
so her story, 'My Pink Tills made mo
walk,* which she tells everyone who oomes
to our house, was then for the first time
verified. She has walked ever sinoe. site
has now taken about ntno boxes ot the
pills and her pale nnd ptnohed faoo has
been growing rosy, and her limbs gained
strength day by day. She sloops all night
long now, while before taking the bills she
could rost but a few hours nt a time.’’ Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People are
sold by all druggists.
Mats on Pasting Matter.
Many ot those engaged in recruiting
regiment! believe that the strict physi
cal examination required by the gov
ernment for the first call for volunteer*
will be made more flexible in the fu
ture.
However, If the medical examination
is rigidly enforced, it will be well for
officers to remember the experience of
a sergeant on the Eighth Regiment,
mustered in at Mount Gretna. With
the line officers he took great pride in
the company, and expected It would he
muatored in entire. Every man volun
teered, but two were thrown out in the
medical examination. One woe two
pounds under weight, and the othei
was an inch too short. "If 1 had known
beforehand, 1 ’ said the sergeant, "I
would have filled one man up with two
pounds of beef, and had the other man
measured in the morning, because ev
ery man is taller in the morning than
at night."
Cautious Man.
“Were yon able to soil old Billions
a lot?" asked the superintendent of
the cemetery. The agent shook his
head. “He was afraid he might not
get the full value of it," he explained.
“But, hang it all! a man has got to
die some time!" exclaimed the super
intendent. “That’s what I told him,
but he only answered, “Suppose I
should he lost at seal"—Chicago Post.
Beauty I* Blood Deep.
Clean hlood mean* a clean *kin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug
gist^ satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
Tho average speed of a carrier pigeon in
calm weather is 1,120 yard* por minute.
Piso’s Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.—Rev. D. Hitciimuki#-
lkii, Lexington. Mo., February JM, 1894.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists rofuud money.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
toothing, softens tho gums, reduce* Inflamma
tion,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25o. a bottle.
Conductor K. D. Loomis, Detroit, Mich.,
says: "The effect of Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
wonderful." Write him about it. Sold by
Druggists. 75c.
Don’t Tobacco Spit ami Knot* lomr Hft Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
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Boo, tho wonderworker, that make* weak men
strong. All druggists, GOo or tl. Cure guaran
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Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Lyon A Co’* “Pick Leaf” Nmokln* Tobacco
stands uniivailed for purity and flavor. Made
from the purest, ripest and sweetest Tobacco.
It will please you. Try it
Brazil has 3,200,000 square miles, or Is about
the area of the United States, excepting
Alaska.
F.dumte Your Bowel* With Caflearet*.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation for over.
10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
Judge (to wife of defendant): “.So
you were present when your husband
broke into the girls’ high school?"
“Of course I was! Would your wife
allow you to break into a girls’ high
school alone?"—Fliegende Blatter.
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brambles quiet holiday.
114* Ruse Wu Clever, But the Clever*!
Boy* Foiled Hint.
Old Cy Bramble had .never been a
boy. He probably began to dry up
shortly after he was weaned and
passed through boyhood in a sort of
ohrysalie state, with tho difference
that he never became a butterfly.
Bramble hated Vboys, and every boy
in Tuuley hated U\
for hating boys •
noisy, and it na‘-
the dvr in thr
loathed was the
been known to say
His chief .reason
‘as that they were
[ally followed that
that he most
irth, and ho had
:t if he had his
way it would be a capital offenoo to set
off even .a parlor matoh.\ On the even
ing of the third of Jnly he would de
scend into his cellar withVs basket of
food, a lamp and some boAka and with
both ears staffed with oottVm, ami he
would not be seen again until he eame
01* on the morning of the fifth.
So the astonishment of tho small
bovs of Tnnley may bo easily im
agined when he gave it out that he
wonld take orders for flrecraekers and
torpedoes to bo ready for delivery on
the evening of the third, and for
which he would ask just half tho mar
ket rates. Was ho crazy or hod he
turned philanthropist?
But he was evidently in earnost, and
tho chance of getting fireworks so
cheap outweighing all other considera
tions ho did a laud oflloe business in
tho way of taking ordors.
At 7 on tho evening of the third his
goods were ready, and he had a busy
time waiting ou all his boyish cus
tomers, but by 11 o'clock he was
ready for bed, and lie went theie, not
to bis collar.
Tho morning of the Fourth dawnod
as disgustingly early as it usually
does, but wakeful nnd nervous people
waited In vain for noiBy salutes. In
neighboring towns the faint sound of
cannon and pistolB could bo konrd,
but Tnnley was ns still as the grave
of a dumb man.
When the grown-ups came down to
breakfast they found their oliildren
holding indignation mootings. Some
thing was tho mallor \Gth tho fire
,crackers. They Bputtereunnd hissed,
but did uot crack, and tho torpodoes
simply broke in n distressingly quiet
way and scattered pcbblos over tho
ground.
Bramble was found sitting outside
of his houso in nn armchair, rending
a book and looking as contented ns a
well-fed kitton. It was evidently a
put-up job on bis part. Ho bad doo-
tored the flroworks, that he might en
joy a quiet Fourth in tho open air.
When it dawned on the boys that
they had been victimized they lost no
timo in forming a pnrso nnd n com
mittee. Tho purse enabled tho com
mittee to go to the nearest town nnd
buy a large quantity of crackers of all
sizes.
At about 8 in the afternoon Bramble
Bunk into a restful nap. His dnod-up
features relaxed, bis withered talons
lay like a heap of piekod bones in liis
lap, aud bo gavo himself over to
dreams.
Then it was that tho parado began.
The paradem were all the boys who
lind been duped, and they numbered
all the boys in town with one or two
exceptions. The line of march lay
past his house, aud hiB rooking chair
was the reviewing stand. His slum
bers was disturbed by a beating of tin
pans, a blowing of horns aud tho ex
plosion of firecrackers. Then, before
I10 was fully awake he was bound to
bis chair by a stout rope, and the per
formance .concluded with what the
boys called “The Bombardment of
Moscow," in which a dozen huge can
non crackera played an active part, ex
ploding simultaneously under the “re
viewing stand.”
By a miraclo the old man was not
hurt, bnt he burst bis bonds with tho
strength that great fear sometimes
gives, and rattled into tho house like a
skeleton in a gale of wind, and all the
rest of that Fourth ho spent in his
cellar, while the boys held high carni
val in front of his house.
Aud nothing was ever done to them
either, forpublio opinion, os expressed
by their parents, held that a man who
Wus mean enough to knowingly sell
damaged fireworks to boys deserved
all that be got.
This nil happened some years ago,
ami old Bramble has gone tc a place
where firecrackers don’t keep, bnt one
of the Tuuley boys told me abont the
occurrence, and so I know it i» true.
—Charles Battoll Loomis.
German Experience With the Grip.
An extensive investigation as to the
spread of tho grip in tho German
Army, assuming, as it did, tho form
of an epidemic, has givon definiteness
to medical opinion as to its being a dis
ease that owes its origin to certain
miasmatic external causes, while, on
the other hand, thoro is not assumed
to be any sure evidonce of tho infln-
enco of weather, climate, wind or soil,
or the season of the year. To the
oontrary, indeed, the number of those
cases in which the spread and tho
mode of spreading of the ailment is
attributable to human intercourse was
considerably increased by the experi
ence of the last epidemic. But au
thorities are still in a state of doubt aH
to whether the infection is carried
directly from person to person, or
whether the infectious material is
carried by the intervention of inani
mate objects through the air. Of tho
real germ that causes the disease
there is no precise knowledge. Bessons
are given, however, for believing that
inanimate substances may house the
real germs of the disease and convey
them far away; and if, therefore, dead
substances can thus contribute to the
spread of tho disease germs, such a
fact may perhaps explain the appear
ance of the disease upon ships on the
high seas.—New York Tribune.
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