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INQUIRIES
ANSWERED
Commissioner Nesb tt Replis«
to Questions.
KAFFIR OORN A DROUTH REdIS?E*R
German Millet N >t Injurious to the Land.
How to Destroy Insects In the Garden
*nd Orchard— k Plan For Making Win,
•nd Vinegar—Southern Blight liX-Jo
mato Plants and Wa-oriuelous.
Question. —I would like to know
more of this crop, which is said to be
such a flue resister of droath. Is it too
late to plant it uow. aud what kind of
land suits it best? Is it a good feed for
stock, and what is the best time to cit
it; also the best variety to sow?
Answer.—Kaffir corn is classed with
the non-saccharine sorghums, and like
all plants of its class, it endures drouth
with much less injury than corn. Whpn
corn has once been stunted it never re
covers, but ft the hot arid regions of
the west, when the corn crop has been
destroyed by the drying winds, Kaffir
corn, although checked in its growth,.
and curled up for days, and even weeks,
will, if the rains are not delayed >ico
late in the season, revive and produce a
crop of grain. The feeding value of We
grain has not been fully tested;
experiments so far do not
statement that it is equal to corn as it
stock food. The grain being stnall, aud
liable to be svzallowed by the auimails
before being properly masticated,' it
should always be ground. Otherwise
the unchewed grains will swell after
being taken into the stomach and j»rd
duce unpleasant, and even dangerous
symptoms. To horses and cattlejt is
fed dry. To hogs it is mixed with Qttie
slops.
It is not too late to plant it, as it fila
tures in about four months. It not
particular as to the quality of thfrland
on which it is planted, and while it re
sponds best to rich soils, it will yield
crop on land too poor for corn. It wllF
grow on clay sr sandy land, bottoms or
uplands, and ill things considered, a
splendid supplementary crop, in case
the corn and other food crops are cutoff.,
The Blackballed White variety (Af
rican millet) seems to combine all.We
best qualities of the other varieties.
The grain being white, is like all the
white varieties, nonastringent and bet
ter relished by stock. Besides this ad
vantage it has in part the-earlier ma
turity and superior yield of the red va
rieties and the seed does not shatter
when ripe. Prepare the soil as for corn
ancTbring to a fine tilth by harrowing.
During the first few weeks the plants
do not grow rapidly and care should be
taken that they do not become choked
by weeds or gn|ss. U ider favorable
conditjjsw Attain a height
“oT-as
lie vWy near the surface, cultivation
should be shallow and should altogether
cease when the heads begin to form.
As a hay crop it is not as desirable as
some of the sweet varieties of sorghum.’
For grain the crop should be cut and
shocked as soon as the grain is ripe.
If allowed to stand too long the grains
are apt to fall out and waste. The fod
der remains green after the grain ma
tures and is therefore in excellent con
dition to be cured. For hay, the crop
should be cut when the heads begin to
form, but to get the best feeding value
of the crop it should be allowed to ma
ture seeds —these are cured with the
stalks, and afterwards the heads are
cut off, threshed and ground, and the
fodder fed separately.—State Agricult
ural Department.
** Tick Theory.”
Question. —I have seen several refer
ences in agricultural journals to the
•‘Tick Theory. ” Can you tell me what
this theory is, and how cattle are in
volved in it ? I know it has some con
nection with the diseases of cattle, but
would like to have full explanation
from your department.
Answer.—The “Tick Theory,’’ as it
is called, asserts that “Texas Fever” or
acclimation fever, which kills so many
cattle when brought south of a certain
latitude, and which also kills a great
many cattle at the north, when
exposed to cattle shipped from the
south, is caused by the cattle tick (Boo
philus Bovis), so common in our south
ern fields and woods. In a special re
port on “Texas Fever,” issued by the
Bureau of Animal Industry at Wash
ington, in 1893, the following assertions
are made: First, that the cause of
“Texas Fever” “is a blood corpuscle de
stroying micro-organism, the presence
of which in the blood of affected ani
mals can be demonstrated.” Second,
“That the transmisssion of this micro
organism from southern cattle to native
northern cattle, is effected by the south
ern cattle tick, and by this means
alone.” This, in brief, is the “Tick
Theory,” and careful experiments car
ried on at the Kansas, Arkansas and
Missouri Experiment Stations have
gone far towards demonstrating its
truth, as you will admit by noting the
following experiments: Ist Native
cattle were exposed for several weeks to
southern cattle, the latter being infected
with ticks. Result: The natives con
tracted “Texas Fever.” Young ticks
were found upon them, and the micro
parasite mentioned was found in the
blood. 2d. Native cattle were exposed
to southern cattle from which the ticks
had been removed by hand-picking.
Result: Native cattle showed, no sigui
H fever. 3d. A pasture was infected
with ticks take i from southern cattle—
no southern cattle were admitted to the
pasture; native cattle were then turned
into this pasture. Result: “Texas fever”
ftad death. 4th. Young ticks hatched
artificially from the eggs laid by ticks
picked from southern cattle were placed
upon native cattle. Result: “Texas
fever” and death; micro-organism of
“Texas fever” in the blood. These,
and other experiments on the same line,
render it almost certain that the cause
of the dreaded Texas or acclimation
fever has been discovered.
Now if a remedy or preventative
cMit>e found, then the greatest bar to
the improvement of the southern breeds
or cattle will nave been removed, and
the fear of losing cattle brought from
the north, will no longer deter our en
terprising breeders from purchasing and
introducing among oar native herds
the high priced thoroughbred cattle
from that section. At present the most
promising preventative of acclimation
fever is inoculation of the susceptible
animal with serum from the blood of an
animal that has acquired immunity
srom the disease. This method will be
given a thorough test this season by
several of our southwestern states and
its efficacy carefully tested. In the few
experiments that have already been
made with this serum, very satisfactory
results have been obtained. It only re
mains now to determine whether other
and more extensive experiments will
verify the results obtained last summer.
The tick spoken of here will thrive
quite well on the horse,
with no bad effect. Indeed the cow is
the only animal that seems susceptible
to its poisonous effects. —State Agricul
tural Department.
Wines.
Question. —Why are imported wines
so much higher priced than our domes
"tic wines? Please give me a plain,
practical method of making wine, and
also vinegar.
Answer.—The making of the high
priced imported wines is an art which
is only acquired after long years of
practice and experience. And again,
the soil suitable for growing the par
ticular grapes from which certain wines
are made is very limited in area, thus
compelling a limited yield of such wine,
and consequently a high price. Os
course this condition of things tempts
to adulteration, and it is said that the
United States alone imports more (so
called) champagne than is made in the
whole of France. To make a plain,
good, wholesome domestic wine the fol
lowing directions will suffice: Gather
th® grapes when fully ripe, discarding
all that are green or defective, and the
stems also. Then squeeze out the juice
by any available means. There are
many patterns of wine presses, and even
an ordinary cider press will answer very
well for the purpose. The juice thus
expressed is called “must,” and the
refuse, composed of hulls, seeds, etc., is
called “pomace.” Now to every gallon
of “must” add a half gallon of water
and pounds of best white sugar,
which gives you 1 pound of sugar to
each gallon of the mixture. There are
two processes of fermentation called
“over” and “under” fermentation. In
the first process the cask is filled and
each day a sufficient quantity of “must”
(kept in a jug for that purpose) should
be poured into the barrel, to replace the
scrum and solid matter thrown off by
the process of fermentation.
In under-fermentation, which is con
sidered the best, the cask or barrel is
not entirely filled, a space of 4 or 6
small bag of sand over the bung and
fermentation will proceed, with the re
sult that the scum and solid matter will
settle at the bottom of the cask, leaving
the wine clear. In either case, after
fermentation has ceased—which is usu
ally in from four to six weeks—close the
bung tightly. The following spring
draw off the wine with a rubber tube or
siphon, into clear bottles or demijohns,
or into new kegs or barrels that have
been well scalded, taking care not to
disturb the sediment at the bottom of
the cask. Your wine will then be ready
for use, though it will improve with
age.
After the juice has been pressed from
the grapes, a fair wine can be made by
adding % gallon of water to every 1%
gallons of “pomice,” putting 1 pound of
sugar to each % gallon of water used.
Let this stand from 48 to 72 hours, then
press out, and treat the same as first
pressing, except that you add no more
sugar.
In making vinegar the “must” and
“pomice,” together, should be placedin
open tubs or barrels, with the addition
of 1 pint in 3of rain water. The fer
mentation will be hastened if several
large strips of browh paper, soaked in
molasses, should be placed in each bar
rel; or better still, use tubs or barrels
that have previously held vinegar.
When the vinegar is made it can be
rendered almost colorless, if preferred,
by filtering it through animal charcoal
or bme-black. —State Agricultural De
partment.
The Striped Potato Bug.
Question. —I notice many striped
bugs on my Irish potatoes, and they
are eating the leaves. Will they seri
ously injure the crop, and if so, what
shall I do to get rid of them?
Answer. —The bugs on your potatoes
will not only injure, but will entirely
destroy your crop, unless you can get
rid of them quiokly. The best remedy,
both as regards cheapness and efficacy,
is Paris green. London purple, another
arsenite, is equally deadly to the bugs,
but is more liable to scald and injure
the foliage. Various am Hints of Paris
green are recommended, but for gen
eral purposes 1 pound to 150 gallons of
water is sufficient. Apply with sprayer,
watering pot, or by any means most
handy. A second and even a third ap
plication may be necessary to save your
crop. From 2 to 4 pounds of the Paris
green should answer for an acre. Stir
the mixture frequently while using, as
the arsenites do not readily dissolve in
water. Should you use London purple,
you had best add to the water 1 pound
of quick lime for each pound of the
poison to prevent any injury to the fo
liage. Another method of applying
these arsenites is by mixing, 1 pound
of either, with 50 to 60 pounds of fine
ashes, or p aster, or slaked lime, or
flour, and dusting over the plants while
wet with dew, or just after a shower.
Remember that both Paris green and
London purple are deadly poisons,
and should be handled as snch. In
dusting the plants be careful that the
wind is from you, or you may suffer
from the poison entering the eyes or
mouth. Be careful also to keep poultry
and stock of all kinds away from the
premises where used. There is now on
the market a material called "Gray
mineral ash.” which is said to be deadly
to all insect lite, but harmless to man
or beast. This will be thoroughly tested
this season.. The cost is very much
higher than Paris green or London pur
ple, and where large quantities are nec
essary this would be a serious objection
to its use. Where only a small quan
tity is to be used its safety (as is
claimed) would make it preferable to
the arsenites, if it is equally efficacious.
—State Agricultural Department.
The Cost of Fertilisers.
Question. —How much of the cotton
crop would be used if all fertilizers
were put up in cotton bags? Would it
increase the cost of fertilizers to the
farmers if this should be done?
Answer.—A good, strong cotton sack,
to hold 200 pounds of fertilizer, would
Weigh about 1 pound. Georgia has
bought, during the past season, nearly
4,000,000 sacks of fertilizers. Had these
sacks all been made of cotton, 8,000
bales, of 500 pounds to the bale, would
have been required. Assuming that
Georgia uses one-fifth of the fertilizers
made in the United States, then 40,000
bales of cotton would be used in sack
ing the entire output of the country.
Forty thousand bales of cotton, though
but a small fraction of the crop, would
be well worth diverting into a new
channel, and I hope it can be effected.
It is an open question whether or not
the use of cotton bags would add to the
cost of fertilizers. The present price of
burlap bags is about cents each.
The abominable tariff bill, which will
soon pass congress, will add 33 per cent
to this, which will bring the cost of the
burlap sacks to about 9 cents each. A
good cotton sack will cost at present
prices of cotton about 12}£ cents, or
more than the burlap sack. This is
such a small amount, that in the com
petition between the fertilizer manu
facturers, it is doubtful whether or not
it would be added to the price of the
goods, and if not, of course the farm
ers would not have to pay it. The
farmers and manufacturers should both
give this matter their careful attention,
and try to bring about satisfactory re
sults to both parties. Cotton sacks were
used during the past season by some of
the fertilizer manufacturers with entire
satisfaction to themselves and their
customers, and it would be well if all of
the manufacturers would use them.
Should their use, however, add 30 cents
a ton to the cost of fertilizers, then we
don’t want tnem, for that would mean
over SIOO,OOO annually for the farmers
of Georgia alone, for which the new
nutlet of 8,000 bales of cotton would in
no wise compensate them. The entire
matter resolves itself into this: The
farmers would like to buy their guano
put up in cotton sacks, now let the
manufacturers examine into the ques
tion carefully and see if it is possible to
gratify them. —State Agricultural De
partment
Baying Damaged Corn.
'Qr^stion^—Rhavean opportunity oL
buying a large lot of damaged corn at a
reduced price. Is it a safe feed for cat
tle and hogs? I know that it is danger
ous to feed to horses and mules.
Answer.—l would advise against the
feeding of damaged corn to stock of
every description. While a little of it,
fed to cattle and hogs along with other
food, might not produce serious results,
it could not, if much damaged, benefit
them materially. If cattle or hogs
should be confined and fed exclusively
on damaged corn for a considerable
length of time, I have no doubt that
serious sickness and death would result
to many of the animals. In addition
to this, lam sure that the meat from
animals so fed would neither be as pala
table nor as wholesome as that produced
by feeding sound grain. It is a well
known fact that the flesh of animals is
flavored by the food they eat, and an ex
clusive diet of damaged corn must, in
my opinion, result in badly flavored,
and possibly, unwholesome meat. Os
course, the results I have suggested
would depend a good deal on the ex
tent to which the corn might be dam
aged, and this is not stated in your
question, but as a general proposition
I should advise against buying dam
aged corn for feeding purposes.
Just here I will take occasion to no
tify you and the other farmers of the
state that much damaged corn has been
shipped into Georgia from the west,
and those of you who are unfortunately
forced to buy western corn should ex
amine it carefully before purchasing,
and reject all that is not absolutely
sound, otherwise you endanger the
lives of your horses and mules.—State
Agricultural Department.
Sprayingf Does It Pay ?
Question. —All things considered, do
you think that it pays in the ordinary
family garden and orchard to go to the
trouble and expense of spraying to de
stroy insect and fungus pests? Don’t
they return each year and does not the
farmer have to repeat the operations
each year ?
Answer. —Undoubtedly the alarming
increase of the countless varieties of in
sect and fungus pests, with which the
orchardist and gardener is troubled of
late years, is largely, indeed, almost en
tirely, due to the lack of such precau
tionary measures as sn • >ying and other
methods of prevent: ... tieir ravages on
our fruit trees ami vegetables. If we
had been careful in years to watch
for and industriously check the advance
of this army of depredators, we would
not now see the decay of orchards
which ought to be in their prime, nor
would we so often hear the complaint
of a failure of the fruit crop. It is true
that to be effective and profitable spray
ing must be thorough and continuous.
It requires more than one season to get
the full benefit of such care, but it will
in the long run pay for the labor and
expense. The spores of fuugi, which
are so injurious to plants, usually pass
the winter either on the trees or in the
ground near by. Where vegetables
have been planted these pests usually
go into winter quarters near where the
plants were grown, ready to come out
in the spring with renewed vigor. Thus
it will be seen that if not checked they
will in time, indeed, have already, be
come a serious drawback to successful
fruit growing and gardening. It has
shown bv experiment that if spray-
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ings are not repeated each season there
is a sufficient number of germs left
over tea re-stock the ground for each
succeeding year.—State Agricultural
Department.
Southern Blight In Tomatoes.
Question. —Last year some of my to
mato plants were affected very strangely
and for fear of the same trouble I want
to ask your advice as to prevention be
fore the disease or blight appears again.
I noticed that on the affected vines
there were at first watery looking spots,
and then the whole plant would wilt as
if scalded. Cau you give me directions
for protecting the plants agaiust the in
roads of this destructive agent, what
ever it is?
Answer.—ls you had cut open the
blisters of which you speak and exam
ined them with a microscope you would
i have found them filled with bacteria.
The disease is called “Southern Blight,”
i and potatoes and watermelons as well
i as tomatoes are liable to it. The best
1 remedy yet discovered is Bordeaux mix
; tore applied from the early stages of
i growth until the plants are in full
* bloom, say about three times. The
Bordeaux mixture should be weak.
Keep a careful watch and the minute a
i plant shows signs of the disease pull it
I up and burn it. Don’t set out plants
on land which bore an infected crop
last year.—State Agricultural Depart
; ment.
1 Raining Turkey*.
Question. —I have noor success in
raising turkeys, most or them dying be
fore they are a month old. I think I
feed them improperly, and would like
' some information on the subject.
' Answer. Confine the hen after
hatching for at least three weeks in a
' perfectly dry coop, with openings for
the little ones to run in and out. By
1 that time they will be strong enough
to follow the mother, who should be
turned out daily after the dew has
' disappeared.
1 Feed the little ones four times a day,
for several weeks, with well cooked
' corn bread, mixed up with either but
termilk or clabber, and with chopped
onion tops liberally added to the mix
ture. After they are as large as half
' grown chickens a feed morning and
night will answer, and by that time the
' food may be any of the grains and un
cooked. By feeding as suggested, care
fully keeping off all vermin and pro
tecting the little turkeys from hard
1 rains, you should raise at least three
' fourths of those hatched.—State Agri
-1 cultural Department.
i *
, Chicken I.ica on Cattle.
t Question. —Will chicken lice live and
( breed on cattle and horses?
( Answer. —Poultry lice will get on
horses and cattle and cause them a
* good deal of annoyance, but they will
not breed there. The little chicken
} mite, hardly visible tu the naked eye,
are very troublesome on horses or cat
tle, and therefore chickens should never
be allowed to roost in the stables where
these animals are kept.—State Agri-
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>mxll Striped Beetle on Melon VloeC
Question. —What shall I use to kill
the small striped beetles which are be
, ginning to injure my young cantaloupe
. vines?
Answer. Spray with Bordeaux mix
ture, in which has been dissolved Lon
don purpie, in the proportion of three
ounces of London purple to 25 gallons
of the Bordeaux. —State Agricultural
Department.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Cotton Starts Off Fairly Well—Corn Small
For the Season —Oats and Wheat.
COTTON.
Planting has been finished about two
weeks it. the upper part of the state,
and this late planted cotton is just com
ing up, germination having been re
tarded by dry and cool weather. Most
of the crop has been put to a stand, and
the fields are clear of grass and weeds.
The stand as a rule is good, but on sandy
lands the plants have died out to some
extent on account of the cool weather
of May. Ou the whole the crop starts
off fairly well, the dry weather of the
past month enabling the farmers to
catch up with their work, and get in
good shape to meet the grass-growing
month of June. I have estimated the
increased acreage at from 5 to 10 per
cent. The Washington department
places it at 3 per cent, and 1 hope their
estimate is more nearly correct.
CORN
Is small for the season and has had a
poor color, but the stand is generally
reported good, and needed rains will
soon bring it out both in growth and
color. The delay in preparing corn
land, caused by continued rains in Feb
ruary and March, induced many farm- i
ers to plant their corn in ground not I
properly broken. This has been rem- j
edied, however, during May, and now
in most cases, the middles of the corn
rows have been wed plowed out. I
wish I could report the acreage in this
crop at least 10 per cent greater than
last year, but I regret to say it is only
about the same. Many of our farmers
are now buying corn, much of it no
doubt damaged, and I fear their stock
will suffer in consequence.
Our correspondents report that more .
fertilizers have been used on corn this
year than usual, and-with good seasons >
and work the state should make a suffi- |
cient supply.
OATS.
Fall oats are unusually fine all over '
i the state, but unfortunately the area
planted to this most valuable food crop
was not as large as it should have been. 1
Spring oats, as usual, are reported light ,
and poor in most counties. It is my
opinion that this will be the usual re- 1
port four years out of five as long as I
we plant oats after January. Let us |
all return to the good old way of plant
ing tuem in the early fall and take the
chances of winter killing; I am sine .
that by this plan we would do much '
better than we are now doing with this
the best of all feed crops for mules and i
horses.
WHEAT.
This crop was very promising up to
the early part of May, when rust ap
peared in many fields. If this disease
confines itself to the blades the damage
will not be sei .ous, but should it attack
the stalks the crop will be a very poor
one. At present the prospect is for a
1 fair crop.
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■ SUGAR CANE, SORGHUM, GROUNDPEAS,ETC.
j The acreage of these valuable crops is
i a little larger than last year. As a rule
> the stands are fair and the prospects for
' crops promising.
NUMBER 24.
FRUIT.
Peaches of the early varieties are now
being shipped from South Georgia. The
crop will not be a large one, and the
fortunate growers who have made any
peaches should realize excellent prices.
The dry May injured the strawberries.
Grapes, blackberries and apples promise
a fine yield. Acreage in melons at least
25 per cent less than last year, and crop
backward.
STOCK.
Stock reported in good condition, ex
cept that in a number of localities chol
era is killing the hogs. Much less com
plaint of glanders among horses and
murrain among cattle than there was
a year ago. Sheep doing well except j
for the miserable curs that abound in I
every county, and prevent the growth 1
of an industry that, but for them, would |
be very profitable. I
Feeding Value of Street Potatoes and Corn.
Question.—What is the difference in
the feeding value of sweet potatoes and
corn ?
Answer. —As the sweet potato is over
two-thirds water, it takes about 3 pounds
of potatoes to make one of corn—that is
of dry matter, and the dry matter of
the potato, the weight being the same,
contains about half as much protein or
muscle food as the dry matter of corn.
Corn is therefore the more valuable
food, but the potato gives the variety
so necessary for healthful feeding, and
as potataes on sandy land will generally
turn out a far better yield than corn,
we would advise every farmer to culti
vate every acre possible in potatoes.
State Agricultural Department.
German Millet.
Question. —How late can I sow Ger
man millet, and is it injurious to the
land?
Answer.—German millet may be
sown as late as July or August, and
with good seasons will be ready to cut
in October. It should be cut when in
bloom, before the seeds form. If this
is done there will be no complaint of
injury to stock by feeding the hay or of
exhaustion to the land. This crop re
quires rich land, but will fully repay
the time and labor and manure in
vested. There is no better feed, except
ing oats, for farm animals.—State Ag
cultural Department.
To Fix the Nitrogen After a Pea Crop.
Question.—l expect to plant very ex
tensively in peas, and while I will har
vest the main crop I may leave a part
on the land to turn under for manure.
How shall I prevent the loss of any
part of the nitrogen which the peas
have accumulated?
i Answer.—To prevent the leaching of
the nitrogen from the heavy winter
rains, turn under the vines and apply a
light dressing of lime or potash. This
will fix the nitrogen and prevent its loss
by being dissolved into the drainage
waters and thus carried off. —State Ag
ricultural Department.
Death From Poisoning.
In a number of murder trials held
within the past couple of years
there has been a great deal of testi
-tnony, OA'perttjp— so
called, to show that poisons were
found in the system in sufficient
quantities to produce death. Many
a man has gone to the gallows be
cause traces of poison have been
found in the stomach of somebody
for whom he was known to have an
ill will. How many innocent people
have lieen sacrificed on the altar of
ignorance only the recording angel
will ever be able to tell. It is estab
lished past a shadow of question
that the human system is a most
complicated laboratory, and that
under given conditions the organi
zation can, out of strictly innocuous
matter, produce the most virullent
poisons. Indeed this process of poi
son making is going on all of the
time. At the same time there are
counteracting influences at work and
neutral elements which convert all
of these poisons into lienevolent
matter. If for a instant the health
producing machinery should stop
work, the amount of poison turned
into the blood might cause death at
any moment. In view of these facts, -
what is ordinarily called expert tes
timony in murder trials needs to be
taken with a great many grains of
salt.—New York Ledger.
Americana Abroad.
‘‘There have been many estimates
published of the total expenditures
of Americans in Europe every year,”
said a steamship agent to a reporter.
‘‘l estimate that SSOO is the average
expenditure of each tourist. I be
lieve that 120,000 Americans went
abroad last season. This would make
the total expenditures last year, at
SSOO a head, $60,000,000.” —New
I York Mail and Express.
Paper collars are now almost gone
i out of use owing to the cheapness of
j the linen article and the conven
ience and excellence of the work
done by the laundry. They were
made of a basis of linen with a film
of paper celluloid spread over its
surface.
Charles Stratton, better known as
, General Tom Thumb, was 31 inches
■ high at 25 years of age. His wife
! was 32 inches high at 21. Their
1 child is said to have been the most
I minute speck of humanity that
i probably ever appeared on the
| earth.
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a Slight Mistake.
I Pretty Mrs. Brown was wedded to
I her second husband and had ape-
I culiar way of talking about her first
and her second in the same breath,
i which was confusing to her listeners
!as well as to herself. One day she
! planned a birthday party as a sur
i prise to Tom (her second).
Al>out an hour before the guests
were to assemble to celebrate Tom’s
birthday she could contain herself
no longer and confided the secret to
him. A troubled look stole over his
face, and he seemed greatly dis
tressed to dampen her enthusiasm,
but upon her questioning him as to
his seeming distress he answered:
‘‘Why, my dear, this is Dick's
birthday, not mine.” Pearson's
Weekly.