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Tlio Wny of tVio Almanac.
‘To! Oil, pa! I know how t’ make a
olm’noc.”
“flow, Tommy?"
"Wh’ y’ je»’ got up a lot of eclipnen
on* mokn 'em como off Romewhoroa
where they ain* t viniblo."
Whftt Will Beoomo of 01* In a?
None can forMQO the outcomoof the «uar-
rel between foreign powers over the divis
ion of Chinn. It Is interesting to wntch the
going to pioces of tills nnclent but unpro-
gresnive moo. Many people in America arc
also going to pieces because of dyspepsia,
constipation, blood, liver and stomach dis
eases. We are living too fast, but strength,
vigor amt good health can be retained if wo
keep off and cure the above diseases with
llostetter’s Stomach Bitters.
that ain't built by foreign pauper
It's c
label
To Cure a Cold In One I>i»y.
Take I,ax ativk Miiomo QutNINK Tabmeth. All
drniritlstH refund the money If It foils to euro.
JC. W. Ukovb'h slKiinturo Is on each box. :13c.
•Imn|inpps~(i. that Idea Is out o
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-Ltfo.
sin Tuttl Fruit I aftor each raoal.
Basil for the Pole?”
r—No. Call It ?*A I)
lure Platform."—Until more American.
Wanted.
A travellnK salesman In each Southern Slate;
Iftfi lo $00 per month and traveling expenses;
xperience not absolutidy necessary. Aa<
Pknickh To u acco Wo it k 8 "CO ,.l ’ e n ickn, Va.
“Oh, nurse plaited her hair In a pigtail and
•bo won't have It."—Indianapolis Journal.
, Amcrlcto Coro.
Ityp Is tho charactcrlntlc food crop
of Germany and IluBiita, millet of In
dia, and wheat of France, while com
is pre-eminently an American crop!
over three-fourths of tho world's cort-
sumptlon being produced In this coun
try. Tho Crop Reporter for August
contains good news In regard to the
outlook for corn; namely, tlmt the de
mand for It abroad is rapidly Increas
ing. Until within recent years, Ku-
rope failed to recognize tho superior
ity nnd oconomy of corn as a cheap
food for animals, hut thoy arc. now
awakening to that fact. Indeed the
Increase In tho oxport of corn observed
In the last five years has been tho
most stlrlng featuro of our forolgn
commerce, tho Increase obsorved dur
ing that period being equal to about
254 per cent. Tho maximum was
reached In the last fiscal year when
tho exports attulncd tho unprecedent
ed total of 200,848,273 bushola, valued
at $85,200,880. This figure It should
bo cnrefully noted represents but-one-
tenth of tho total value of our corn
crop.
To Clean Delicate Fabrics,
Tho Ifliiglloh Boefety of Arts .recent
ly offered a prlzo of $100 for the host
method of clemilng silk, woollen and
cotton fabrics, and this Is tho recipe
that won: Into a pint of clear, soft
water grate two potatoes of goodly
slzo, strain through a coarso sieve Into
a gallon of water nnd let the liquid
sottlo. Four tho starchy fluid from
the sediment, and, In it rub the arti
cles to bo cleaned, rlnso thoroughly
in clear water, dry and press,
v’/ could"nt Sew another
Stitch to Save my Life. '
A gorgeous costume flashed beneath tho brilliant lights
o£ a ball room. Tho queen of society is radiant to-night.
Tho nervous hands of a weak woman have toiled day
and night, tho weary form and aching hoad have known no
rest, for the dress must be finished in time.
To that quoon of - society and her dressmaker we would
say a word. One through hothouse culture, luxury and
sooial excitement, and the other through tho toil of necessity,
may some day find thoir ailments a common cause.
Nervous prostration, oxoitability, fainting spells, dizzi
ness, slooplossnoss. loss of appetito and strength, all indioato
serious trouble, whioh has been promoted by an over-taxed
system.
For the soolety queen and tho dressmaker alike, there is
nothing so reliable as Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound to restore strength, vigor, and happiness.
Mrs. Lizzie Atiderson, 49 Union St., Salem, N. J., writes:
DBAS Mbs. PimmAM:—T fool it Is ray duty to write and toll you how
grateful I am to you for what your modloluo lioa dono for mo. At ono
time X suffered ovorythlng a woman could. X had inflammation of tho
ovaries, falling of tho womb, nnd loucorrhasa. At tlmos oould not hold a
it. X am thankful to tho Glvor of all good for giving you tho. wisdom of
ourlng suffering women. I rocommond your med-
iclno to ovory woman troublod with any of thoso
dlsoaaos."
Mrs. Sarah Swoder, 103 West St,,
La Porte, Ind., writes:
“Deab Mrs. Pinkuam:—It gives mo great
ploosuro to toll you how much good Lydia B.
Plnkham’B Vegetable Compound has dono for mo.
“X had been a sufferer for yoars with fomalo
trouble. X could not sow but a fow minutes at a
tlmo without suffering terribly with my head.
My buck and ltlduoys also troubled mo all tho
time. I .was udvlsod by a frlond to take yourmod-
iolne. X had no faith In It, but docldea to try it.
After taking ono bottle I folt so much bettor that
I continued Its use, and. .by tho tlmo I had takon
six bottles X was cured. There Is no other mediolne
for mo. X rocommond It to all my friends. 1 ’
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AGRICULTURAL
■% a I%n Coins to the fact thmt *ome akeptlc.l
* null people have from time to time auctioned
n|L ,, M|BU thetjcnulnenecolthetestlmoalalletter,
■■ vro nrc constantly oubllehlnj, wo hnv«
deposited with the N.tlon.1 City Bank, 01 Lvnn, Halt, (too
which will he paid to any peraon who will .how that the ehot.
testlmonlalsnre not item,Inn, or were published before obtaining
the writera' speck] permission.—Lyons K. 1'tNxltAM Mintcis. Co. 1
^4eeece«6e«ee«eec€6€6ee'
Visa suuooeaful Dairyman. to.
Dairying Is a business, ami son*
farmers wfll succeed where others fall
bocauso they lmvo more energy and
Intelligence, adhering strictly to busi
ness principles. Tho dnlryinan who
gives'particular attention to tho core
of his stock will nlwnys ho repaid for
his labor with largo yields and greater.
profits.
!* - Caesa Ara Clans, lllrdi.
In an Intorvlow Mr, Itcnnger, tho
Kentucky goose raiser, gavo tho fol
lowing Interesting facts regarding
goose nnd tliolr lmblts:
“A goose Is the cleanest fowl nltvo.
I lmvo been In the poultry business
since 1871, have' hnndled nil kinds of
domestic fowl, nnd lmvo studied their
lmblts closely. Thoy nrc constantly
nt work Itooplng tlielr feathers clean,
nnd It furnished with plenty of water
thoy are never seen except when lit
for dress parade.
“They are equally ns careful regard
ing their food. On ono occasion wo
bought a lot of corn which had grown
musty, and tho geese would not oat
tho dough mndo from It. Nor will
thoy ont dough after It 1ms soured.
Oil tills account we lmvo to ho very
careful to mix up no more dough than
tho goeso will oat In a day.
"Anotbor thing peculiar nbout geese
Is that they eat.n groat deal more somo
days tlmu thoy do on others. For In
stance, It frequently requires thirty or
forty buckets of dough a day to a
given pen of geeso. Thou for a fow
days, they will probably ent not more
than d dozen buckets.” — Southorn
Fnrmor. a
Catching Crow, pm! llanki,
Xt Is most easily dono with the com
mon steel trap used for woodchucks,
otc. Watch for some particular spot
Where crows are frequenting for
something they llko In the way of
food, and ns quietly ns posslblo place
oho, or more If you have them, of the
traps, somewhat coucealcd by a little
earth, securely anchored by n strong
chnln or rope. Sprinkle a few kcrnelB
of corn nbout for bait. Then retire a
littlo way nnd watch tho result. As
soon ns tho birds return you will sure
ly got ono or more. Hang on a pole
nt any point you wish to protect und
you will not seo any crows about there
tho rest of tho sc-nsou.
Hawks are not so easily caught, but
with a Uttlo trouble somo mny lie ob
tnlncd. Fix a littlo platform upon a
post sot firmly lu the ground nnd
plnco a wire box with a few chickens
In It on top. Place the traps around
tho wire cage, and It tlio birds nrc
plentiful nnd hungry somo will be
caught., Hawks have tho habit of
alighting upon objects uenr what they
wish to devour, and nn extra post a
littlo wnjr from tho chicken cage with
a trap lngonlously fixed nt the top so
tho bird will not suspect danger might
bo tho menus of securing some.—A. A.
Southwlck, In New England Home
stead. , v* to
A Strong liny Derrick,
Tho bnso of this derrick should be
mndo of 3x12 stuff, fourteen feet long,
tiio centre crosspiece of 3x8 n'ml tho
outsi.de crosspiece of 2x8, nil mortised
In ns show In cut mid securely bolted,
ono bolt nt each corner passing
through foot of brace, which should
bo mndo of 4x4 stuff. Tho post (e) 1
may bo either round or square (If
squnre 8x8 Is nano too large), nnd
should he nine or ten feet high
Tho polo (n) should bo tlitrty-flve or
forty foot long, depending upon tho
slzo of stack or rick to be made, nnd
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<'bompson’s Eye Water
not only benefited, hut the genera!
honltli of tho trees also. In my own
experience I have found tlmt this
practice when Judiciously followed
lins n distinct benefit upon the licnltli
the trees, nnd lienee enables them
withstand the rnvnges from Insects.
This Is n point that 1ms not been em
phasized much, but If you go Into nny
orchard where thinning out Is prac
ticed you will And that Insects nre
less destructive tlmn In another where
tho lot-nlouo method Is adopted. The
Insects nre destroyed by this process
in two wnys. When you make trees
grow vigorously nnd thriftily you
make them less susceptible to disease.
Thus tho yellows will rarely nttacl: n
peach tree In good condition, nor the
blight nnd rot appear on apple and
cherry trees that have nn lron-lll;c con
stitution. Ono way recommended for
combating fruit tree diseases Is to fer
tilize nnd cultivate the trees so they
will be strong nnd hcnlthy. Tho more
Important effect that thinning ont
fruits has upon tho tree diseases nnd
Insects Is In the destruction of tho
lnrvno of tho insects In the wormy
and Immature fruit. Now the larvae
tlio codling moth produces tho
wormy fruit on apple trees, nnd If
these deformed apples are pulled off
the thinning but process scores of
would-be codling moths will be-killed.!
Tho plum curcullo produces thewormyj
plums and cherries, nnd by destroying
tills Immature fruit wo kill them.!
There nre many other Injurious worms
nnd Insects that are killed In this Im
mature fruit, and thus tho season's
crop of destructive Insects Is limited
by Just that number. 'Usually this Im
mature fruit nover amounts to much,
but ovontunlly drops on tho ground
and dries up. Tho Insects nnd worms
then emerge forth and breed a now
crop.
In thinning out the fruit from nny
trees all the undersized, worm-eaten,
deformed nnd nnsliupcly fruits should
first bo selected when very young.
They should nil ho destroyed by fire
or somo other way so that the larvae
tho Insects will not escape. Throw
ing them away or burying them raere-
glves tho Insects another chance to
grow nnd mnture. It Is only after the
poor fruit has been destroyed that the
thinning process should bo extended
to tlio belter clnss. Usually It Is bet
ter to thin only a little nt a time, fur
sometimes the fruit with worms in
them do not show nny defect until
qulto large. If the thinning out Is nil
done one does not feel llko pulling off
more fruit toward the end. By leav
ing on the treo rather more fruit -.ban
you Intend to let mature you have a
chance to destroy thoso In which de
fects nppear very late In the season.--
W. Chambers, In American Culti
vator.
IBB DBimtOX COMPLETED.
should be of good stiff timber. White
oak is good, and seasoned elm first
class. Slab off butt end to save hand
ling unnecessary weight. Have your
blacksmith make a fork (b), and fit
In old buggy spindle on top of post
for fork to work In. Tho piece (c) Is
made of straight grained 2x5, hinged
to post nnd bolted to pole. The two
hooks for pulleys aro mndo ns Illus
trated to bolt through polo nnd short
ond to enter shallow holo to prevent
pulley Jumping off.
The derlck should bo set to the
windward of the stnek, nnd if It does
not swing over stack when load
clear of ground tilt tho far corner
little by putting block under It.
properly made nnd used It will be
valuable addition to the haying ma-
chtnery for those who stack their hsy
Ip. the meadow. Tho writer stacked
ten acres of good clover Inst year In
little over half a day, with no one el:
on tho stack from beginning to flnlsL,
You would never dream there was so
much hny In the stack, It was so well
well packed by the dropping of the
heavy loads.—Ornnge Judd Farmer.
ACT OF A JAPANESE HERO
WONDERFUL DEED OF COURACE
AND SELF-SACRIFICE.
Almoit a Soir-Illver.
There lins been it grant deni mild
nnd written on tho subject of self-
lilvers, nnd a great deni of experiment
ing, too, but so fnr wo lrava not
rtached nny degree of perfection. In
.i,,.
A QUEEN THAI*.
nn nplnry of sixty hives or more it
frequently happens that several
swarms Issue simultaneously, nnd, of
course, nlwnys cluster together In ono
huge mass. If the queens nrc nt large
with tho bees, the cluster will neces-
sarllj^be lilvcd ns ono swarm, nnd the
queens will kill cnch other until only
one survives. To prevent this loss, I
practice In my home nplnry a method
with perfect success, which, while It
Is not exactly a self-hlver, still comes
very near to It A week or so before
swarming time I slip a qncen trap on
tho hive entrance of each populous
colony.
Just a word nbout attaching tho
queen trap, Pig. 1. Tho directions
which accompany tho trap are to fas
ten It to the hive with two nulls. It
Is not the best thing for n beekeeper
to hammer on a beehive that Is boil
ing over with bees, so I Invented the
contrlvnnco Herewith shown, which
consists of two small pieces of flat
Iron bent nt right angles and fastened
to tho trap with a screw, Fig. 2. To
nflix tho trap to the hive, slip the fas
teners under the lighting board. No
matter how many bees ure clustered
all over the trap, it can be removed lo
nn Instant without even a Jar. When
a swarm issues, the queen remnlnsln
the trap confined In an apartment by
herself. I then remove the old hive
nnd place nn empty one In its place,
also removing the queen trap with tho
queen, nnd then sit In the shade and
wntch results.
The swarm will Invariably return In
from ten to twenty minutes nnd enter
the empty hive, for the bees mark the
location nnd come back to their old
stand after they have missed their
queen. I then release the queen and
let her mu In with tho swnrm.
have had three queenlcss swarms
hanging In one cluster, but they re
turned to their respective hives,
hnre also had them return and cluster
all on one hive. Such a mass of bees
could not nil enter, so I take a dust-
pan and brush nnd divide them,
could not always get tho right bees
nnd queens together, bnt that seemed
to make little difference at swarming
time, when such intense excitement
Thinning Fruit to Kill Insectf.
In thinning out the fruit in the or-
chard during summer growth the to-1 prevails among tho bees.—F. G. Her
itage and fruit left on the trees are I mnu, In American Agriculturist
Goto nil Life to Open n Way For tlio Al
llot Into Tlon-Toln—Awful Scene. «t
tho Copturo or tho City — Torrlblo
KITect. of Lyddite.
The most realistic description of the
horrors attending the battle of Tlen-
Tsln, nnd tho only account bo fur pub
lished of the heroism of the Japanese
soldier who blew up tho wall of tlio
city nnd blow himself up nt tho snme
time, comes In a letter from Corporal
John E. White, of the Ninth United
States Infantry, written from Tlen-
Tsln on July 20, when he wus noting
sergeant-major of the Third Bntnlllon.
says the Atlanta Journal.
'After the awful experience of the
battle In which Colonel Llscuin nnd
Captain Austin Davis were killed, this
regiment moved on Fckln with Gen
eral Chaffee nnd participated In the
brilliant forced march through ex
treme lient nnd the subsequent storm
ing of the gate and the reduction of
the city.
His letter wns written to Ills brother,
Mr. Lewis White, of Atlanta, Gu. The
letter follows:
‘Tlcn-Tsln. China, July 20. 1000.
“Mr. Lewis White, Atlanta, Go.:
Dear Brother—I wrote you about
tlio 18th of Mny from Conception, P.
Since then a great muny things
have transpired that have been very
Interesting nnd exciting to me. My
regiment received nn order nbout June
20 to proceed to China. We went to
Manila and from there to Nugasnkl,
Jnpnu, nnd reached China July 10.
Tlen-Tsln Is a lnrgo city, n million
nnd a half population. It Is divided
Into several parts, according to the
creed of the Inhabitants.
'The foreign populhtlon have > con
cession nnd live apart from the Chi
nnmen. There nre somu magnificent
buildings lu tlilB part of the city.
The main part of Tlen-Tsln Ims n
huge wall around It, thirty feet thick
nnd fifty feet high. Tills wall Is built
In tlio form of a squnre, and Is about
two miles long on each side. Quito n
wall, Isn't it?
The Chinese bombnrilod the foreign
part of tho city from these walls, and
most of the line buildings nrc In ruins,
Tho big buttle occurred on tho 13tli,
and It did look silly to run lufnntry
up against those walls, hut It wns done
nnd nt n frightful cost.
The British used their forty-flve-
ponnd Lyddite gun with terrible effect
In fnct, I don't think we could have
run them out of there without that
gun.
"Tlio Japs were next to us, nnd they
flglit like demodns nnd enn outdrlll
nny troops I ever saw. There Is not
two Inches difference In tlic height of
nny of them. They lost heavily nnd
stood It bravely. One of them volun
teered to blow up a part of tho wnll
with gun cotton, and blow himself up
with the wnll (It could not bo dono
otherwise), nnd he wns allowed to try
It; so that the troops could get Into
the city. How ho ever got to the wnll
nobody knows, but a few minutes ut
ter he left nn awful explosion occurred,
a big part of tho wall wns down, nnd
tho bravo little Jap went with It. How
Is tlmt for licrolBm?
"Tho Busslans also lost heavily, and
they nre a elnss of men who have my
deepest sympathy. Some of them
could speak German, nnd ns we lmd n
good many Germans In our regiment,
we learned a great deni about them.
“Their salary amounts to about thlr-
ty-flvo cents In our money per month,
nnd it was disgusting ns well ns pit),
fill to sec soldiers of n grant nation
like ltussln walking around picking up
little scraps of hnrdtacl: .that wo lmd
thrown away. We fed qulto a lot of
them, nnd. a more grateful set of men
you never saw. I don’t mean by this
that they lmd no rations. Oh, no! But
you should see their bread. It Is
cooked in large round loaves, looks like
burnt gingerbread nnd cannot
broken In your hand. And Just think
of It—we were tho first to tell them
of the Spnnlsh-Amerlean war and the
Filipino Insurrection, ns they wore JUBt
from Siberia, where no newspapers
or anything to read Is allowed!
“We went Into the walled city on
the 14th, nnd the sights there were
sickening. Without nny exaggeration,
there must have been anywhere from
ten to fifteen thousand dend Chinamen,
all over the city. Most of the place'
Is lu ruins from the bombarding and
is on fire, and thousands of bodies are
burned. *
“The Chinamen never touched their
dead and wounded, and no matter
where yon look it Is nothing but dead
bodies In nil stages of decomposition,
npd a common occurrence to see a
dog chewing on one. It was awful!
Horrible! We had to stay in'there two
days, and I had ebnrge of a fatigue
detail who were forcing the Chinamen
nt'the point of the bayonet to bury
their dead. I had two severe vomiting
spells before I go through with that
job.
“I helped to pick up eleven of our
own men the dny before who lmd lain
on the field nil night. Our regiment
got Into n tight place, had to Ho there
nil day and wait for night to esenpe,
as the instant you raised your gun
you would get the stock shot off or
the gun shot out of your hands be
fore you could raise yourself up to
fire! This may'sound like nn ‘Arabian
Nights’ stdry, bnt It is nn honest one,
nnd will be sworn to by most nuy
American soldier here, nnd there are
plenty of guns to show for it that have
bullets in the stock. I was right be
tween two men that got shot ‘In the
rifle,’ nnd the Bpllnters from one of
them struck me. • ,
“The Chinamen are certainly dead
Bhots, nnd there were fully 100,000 of
them making targets of us, but we
were too well intrenched for them, Our
loss In the reglmonr was ninety-olglit
men and eight officers,, .killed nnd
wounded.
"You could tell a Lyddite victim ns
Boon ns you saw him, anil there were
thousands of them. They were black
In tho face nnd splotches of green
were on their bodies, with long strips
of skin torn off nnd bleeding nt the
mouth, nose and cars.
’The women nnd children did not
escape. Mothers with Imbes In tlielr
arms nnd children of nil nges were
scattered all around. Tho stench from
the bodies In the burning buildings
wns simply unendurable.
“There was a mint here, containing
million of dollars’ worth of sliver bull
ion, nnd nil troops were allowed to
take nil they wnnted of It except the
Americans. It finally enught fire nnd
that stopped It. I stood guard there
In charge of a squad one night, nnd
It wns quite n job to protect 1L as
there nre several fortunes there yet,
and tho bullion Is plainly visible
among the bricks of the fallen walls.
"All troops except ns were allowed
to loot, nnd there wns plenty of it
Magnificent fiirs nnd robes tlmt would
easily bring from $150 to $300 In the
United Stales were plentiful.
“The grandest sight wns when tbelr
mngnztnc wns exploded by one of our
shells. There wns a cloud of smoko
fully, n mile thick that was blown two
miles high In nbout a second. The
explosion wns terrific. It broke all
the window panes in the now city
(forolgn) nnd killed over seven hun
dred Chinamen. There nre seven arse
nals here valued nt over $20,000,000.
nnd the enemy left them behind. I
haven’t time to write more, ns I nm
acting sergeant-major of tho Third
Bntnlllon.
“When this reaches you write me.
wherever I nm, ns you can find out
where I am by tho pnpers.
"JOHN E. WHITE.
"Corporal Compnny L,Ninth Infantry.”
Quite Different.
“An Incrcnso of salary!" exclaimed
the pompous amnnger of a small omni
bus compnuy to a clerk who- lmd Just
mndo tlmt request “I nm afraid, sir.
that you nre extriivngnntl” lie toyed
with his heavy watch chain and
looked severely nt the young man.
who returned his stnre boldly. It wnB
the Bet phrase on such occasions, aud
tlio applicant hnd heard it all before,
lie meant to have that rlso or—go
somewhere olso.
"Excuse me, sir,” he replied re
spectfully, “I haven't nny chance to bo
extravagant on what I earn.”
‘Young mnn,” continued tho pomp
ous gentleman, “I lmve risen from tho
rauks. How? By being careful.
When I was young I made money by
saving bus fares.”
“Ah, that was in the old days,” snld
tho young mnn, with a knowing wink.
“But with the bell punches and the
present system of Inspection, you
would find j’ou couldn’t savo six
pence without being collared, how
ever careful you wore.” Tho manager
nearly fainted, nnd the young man
lmd to seek otht.- employment
Ooir In Mexico.
Golf 1ms found a lodgment In Mexico
City. It has been many yenr-s In find
ing its way from the United States to
the republic In tlio south, as there has
been u feeling that It wns more of a
fnd thnn n serlouH nnd engaging occu
pation. Besides, it 1ms In Its practice
a little more freedom tlmn has been
considered consistent with social Ideas
In the seml-trloplcnl city.
Persons courageous enough to toll
of the witcheries of the' sport nnd to
follow their convictions have been
found, however, nnd after mneh
trouble links have been laid out nt
Snu Pedro. Americans and English
men resklent In the city are tho
principal movers In a club tlmt has
been formed, nnd they Intend to put
up a club house nt Snn Pedro nnd
mnke It rival the clubs In America.
Mexicans did not take kindly to the
Idea nt once, but some of them havo
ventured to piny, nnd the game prom
ises to take hold among them as It bns
In the United States. There are now
nlne-liole links that nre pronounced
to be very sporty.
Hemp Industry of tho Philippines. *
The entire hemp Industry of the
Philippines Is still worked by primi
tive methods and with simple con
trivances. Tho native, though unam
bitious himself, Is Jealous of the Chi
naman, nnd is averse to the Celestial
getting control of the plantations or
contracts, while scorning up-to-date
methods himself. The “Cheno,” how
ever, has made Inroads In this Indus
try, as well as in others In the Phil
ippines. Had he not, tho development
would not have been ns rapid ns lt hns.
Tho native Is thoroughly capable and
understands the treatment of the plant
and Its lmrvcBtlng and could he be in
duced to work with regularity would
be as good a laborer as the Chinaman,
but the Celestial usually controls tho
baling and locul marketing of tho
hemp.—Edwin Wlldmnn, In Harper's
Weekly.
Harvesting by Moonlight.
The London .nark Lane Express re
marks that the rather unusual sight
of harvesting by moonlight has been
witnessed every night during the Inst
week In South Lincolnshire. Labor Is
so scarce In the district that the men
cannot be spared to secure their own
allotment crops, and some have conse
quently gathered them by the light of
tho moon. Mnny men have been seen
working In the fields until nearly mid
night. On some farms, too, harvesting
has also been carried on at night:
many of the crops are dead ripe, and
there Is not much liability of tho
wheat shak'ng out v^hen gathered
with a dew upon it. TJJIs scarcity of
labor Is mainly duo to tlj,\> draft of the
. military reserve force. /■>*