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By Finn, the Comedian.
"like a urate foil of eoalo I tors,
A great foil boose to see.
And rbortd 1 sot grateful prore,
A great fool I would be."
rendered tho uso of a rake tmadvla-
able for quite a Ions period. There
are several varieties of band planters
on the market, the best of which save
much labor when planting the coarser
seeds, but a drill or wheel hoe Is un
necessary In a small garden.
A report issued at Simla gives the
number of deaths last year In India,
caused by serpents, tigers and wolves,
as 24*7.
Many suburban gardeners have water
available. This Is not an unmixed
blessing, for to spray plants In bot
dry weather Is a fatal mistake. At
such times the foliage Is not prepared-
by nature to receive an artificial sup
ply of moisture, while If the. plants
THE SMALL GARDEN.
How to Make a Back Yard Supply the Table Vegetables.
GW ELIIOTT MITCHEU,
A garden so constructed will stand ditch, th
great extremes of wet and drouth, the sami
for It Is a mistake to suppose that middle r
plants on well laid up beds suffer in planted '
Sixty r thousand elephants are
slaughtered annually to supply the
world with ivory.
once become accustomed to It they
must hare it regularly. Constant rak
ing Is far better than watering for If
no crust Is allowed to form on the
surface of the soli the plants will al-
ilavoyouasmallgardcn? Ifnot,wby?
There is no reason wh
the slightest taste foi
should not be success!
a garden with very am;
effort. Unfortunately t
on horticulture, and In
Icles on the subject It
granted that the reader
vlous knowledge of the
any rate has his gardei
pared by an expert Tt
the case with many s
move into suburban bom
so It is for their benefit
bints are given. Ever
scribed area available at
twenty-five foot frontage,
erly handled, furnish
delicacies to materlalli
grocery bills during the
add much to the health i
the family, for a twent
of ordinary depth shoul
rear fifty feet to be used
purposes. ft
In many Instances car
ora scatter the subsoil i
excavating basements all
When this has been the
of preparing the garden
creased as this unfertile
removed, until not mot
Inches are left on the i
posed to cultivate. Whti
leveled the ground can 1
same way as If still oovi
the trenching being ca
deeper. The ground havl
reasonably level the h
pursue la to stretch a gar
feat from the fence lent
plot, and parallel with
other, leaving a space o:
tween them. Cut alon
with a sharp ^'Spade, ant
Ways find enough moisture, unless a
very long drought sets in. Even when
this is the case spraying should never
be resorted to, the only safe course to
pursue being to block the-outlet drain
and to place the hose so as to HU the
such as Motts Excelsior, as this ar
rangement enables the peas first ready
to be picked without disturbing the
others. The same course should be
pursued in the second bed, a second
early filling the outside rows, while
drainage system, but even this must
never be done until after sunset. Seed
should always be sown In dry soil but
Immediately after a bed has been seed
ed quicker germination can be secured
by giving the ground a moderate soak-
Hailed Bees So gveiyon* Wk© Write*.
ing m mw kind ot paint without.the on of oil.
He call* it Powdren iat It com to m ftdry
powder and ail that ia required iacoMwtar
to make a paint weather-proof, freprorfoaf
as durable as oil paint* For many fiMPMM it
is much better than oil paint, and io indis-
end took* like oil pslnt yet eoeu only «•
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valuable book on painting, all flee. Yh» book
la necetearv to ail who nae paint. Ittosyou
Into the ■efhet of paint making, eapoaee fake,
paints, tell* yon how to get the beet reenlta
from .paint' for different purposes, and1 thews
voubowyou can save and make a good many
dollars. Write today end the book, free trial
of paint, etc., will fie lent yon without any
cuples the other two. Nothing lg
more vexatious to a gardener than to
raise a patchy crop. To avoid this
the drills should always be made four
Inches wide. For peas they should
be three or four Inches deep according
to the heavy or light nature of tho
toll. The seeds may be planted eome-
Ing though after the young shoots ap
pear tbey will not send tbeir roots
down deeply If constsntly' watered,
end the rootlets that penetrate' the
soil In search of moisture not only
find what tbey are after, but a good
deal of useful plant food as well.
. As to fertilizers, a wagon load or
two or fairly coarse manure may be
used to good advantage during the
trenching process If it Is carefully
stamped down on top of tbe sod
thrown In tbe trenches, but afterwards
nothing but fine well rotted manure
should be used which should bo at
least two years old In order to avoid
the danger of Importing the seeds of
MISTAKES ABOUT NICOTINE.
There are probably few subjects
about which more people are misin
formed than nicotine. - _
Nearly everyone speaks ot the dark
brown substance which has about the
consistency and color of molasses and
accumulates In the stems of pipes as
nicotine. According to a scientific ar
ticle, It Is not nicotine at all, and It
has no nicotine in It.
It Is nothing but tar—tobacco tar,
distilled from the smoke, Just as coal
tar fq distilled from coal and pine tar
noxious weeds Tbir should be thor
oughly Incorporated with the soil after
the crops .have been gathered in the
fall. As to commercial fertilizers,
outside lime and-salt, though good In
their place, I fancy amateur gardeners
from pine wood. One might swallow
all the tobacco tar that a rank clay
pipe contains without serious barm.
It be swallowed the game quantity ot
nicotine he would probably be dead
Inside of five minutes.
It Is tbe tar that stains tbe pipe,
and It is tbe same tar that stains
the cigarette smoker's fingers. It Is
also found Inside tbe nostrils of one
who Inhales smoke, and It puts an
Indelible stain on mustaches.
It Is true that tobacco
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are better without them. Really the
rake, besides being the best watering
pot. Is the best fertilizer I know of,
for Its constant use permits the air
to reach the roots of the growing
plants and the atmosphere carries
more elements necessary for vegetable
life than can be supplied by any
chemical compound.
With regard to second crops. No
gardener worthy the name ever per
mits any space to He fallow, if It It
possible to raise a second crop on It.
The pea vines, as soon as picked over,
■hould be cleared away, and the space
they occupied sown with beans, quick
growing varieties of which - may be
planted with good prospects of their
yielding a crop at late as mid July.
The only preparation the bed will need
dear to tbe alley Is’tho result Prob
ably the sod on this will not at first
look very tempting, but constant travel
over It If not too frequent will Im
prove It so that In time tt will afford
a smooth green walk. Now dig a
trench a foot wide and a foot deep
across the end ot the three foot space
between the fence and tbe path, plac
ing the sail removed, somewhere con
venient for future use. Into this trench
throw the sod removed from the second
foot taking cars to Invert It when do
ing so, and then add a thick layer of
coarse manure, tramping It well down.
On top of this throw a dsep spadeful
of tbe underlying soil, and repeat tbe
„ _ contains
more nicotine than any other known
plant, but nicotine Is not a plentiful
article In nature. The rankest Ken
tucky tobacco contains less than S per
cent of nicotine, and the finer grades
of tobacco, such as Havana, have less
than 2 per cent.
One often hears cigarettes condemn
ed because the smoker gets so mucb
more nicotine through Inhaling the
smoke. The fact is that a cigarette
smoker gets almost no nicotine, be
cause the tobacco of which cigarettes
are made contains next to no nico
tine. Turkish and-Egyptian tobaccos
carry only a trace of nicotine, and
some of them none at alia - •
But no matter how much of this
contains.
straight, will in any cue bo attractive, lean towards the centra of the tied. .
even when the beds are bars. The third bed may well be used for
It Is obvious that to ensure sym- crops -suitable for salad. The two
metry, and for many other reasons, centre rows being devoted to a- late
a plow .Is,entirely out of place In and early lettuce, the outside ogee to
gardens of this size, In order to white barletta onions, which are a
achieve tuoeeea tho work must pool- sure crop and to* best variety for
lively be done by hand and consclent- bunching or pickling. They wjft~dp
lously done at that. The expense Is best In the outside rows, ss theif they
really very small, and need only be can more easily be weeded and thlnngd
Incurred once, for a garden SO con- out, and may be sown quite thickly, ail
stueted will naed vary little work to Inch deep in drills four'lncbes wide,
prepare It tho second season. To mark the rows radish used should
As to the use to bo made of the bo sprinkled very lightly In tbem.
beds when proporly prepared, much The centre rows of the next bed
depends on the taste of the gardener, I should be sown with early beaus to
deadly element a tobacco
the smoker does not get It
Is not extracted By burning
co. Burning destroys It entirely.
One often bears of nicotine poison
ing. but It Is very doubtful If there Is
any such thing. When one Is poison
ed with nicotine he dies, and he
doesn’t get poisoned by smoking.
IONG ISLAND’S BARREN LANDS.
Project to Make Them Productive
-Railroad Making Experiments.
Another railroad has essayed Ute
problem ot reclaiming land. Tbte
time It Is the lens Island Railroad
Company. It has taken under ltacou-
As Per.—Mrs. Blows: “I am so
glad your brother enjoyed hla visit to
us, Mr. Oresne.”
Mr. Greene: "Ob, he Is the sort of
youngster who can enjoy himself any
where, you know."
an absurd prejudice against them, the
young pods, when cooked green, are
delicious, while the (helled beans ere
superior to Umas. Scarlet runners
may be planted ss soon at tbs ground
Ir warm, even ss early as mid April,
for the bean Itself remains In rthe
ground sending only Its. (hoot to the
surface. They ahould be sown two at
a time; about four inches deep, and a
foot apart, so tbat when all danger
of frost Is over, more delicate beau
may be planted between tbem. The
best for this purpose are Cranberry,
Kentucky Wonder and Golden Clus
ter, u their flowers and pods form a
trol a plot of land containing abont
seventeen acres near tbe end of the
north shore of tho Island. The land
Is typical of mucb of that on Long Is
land. It Is known as pine-barrens;
Is Considered sterile and Is In tbe full
est,- sense of the word watte land.
The railroad company will establish
an "experimental fruit and vcgetablo
farm. The company also Intends to
establish an experimental farm near
thl middle ot the island and adotber
os the south shore.
Suffolk county has in area of 780,
117 acres ot which 40,000 have been
esteemed ot so little value tbat they
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process until the bed la all dug over.
Aa soon te tho ourface la dry rake In
thoroughly a dressing ot fins manure,
mixed with a liberal amount ot Urns,
and a little coarse salt Then smooth
and level the ground, giving a slops
of about a foot from -tho fence to the
edge of the path. Follow tho oamo
count on tho other olde of the lot end
at the rear end.
This mode of procedure furnishes
two bedo fifty feet long end one of
fifteen which are available for climbing
plants, with a permanent walk around
the garden giving access to the alley
on both sides. The apace between the
paths If treated In tbe aarne fashion,
will be sufficient to provide five beds,
each eight by fifteen feet leaving be
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have never been assessed for taxes,
and tbe mine of 200,000 acres of the
ramaUtder la' 10 alight tbat tbe taxes
levied have been nominal. Tho des
patches telling -of this experiment of
the Long Island Railroad announce
that several other railroad companies
will be Interested spectators ot the ifr
suits, which it satisfactory will be
* MAILNER KREN”
New Horseradish from Bohemia.—An Improved
and Cscellent Variety for Garden Use.
supply pods. Valentines for n green
variety, and Wardwell’a Wax for a
yellow one are probably the beet Tbe
outside rows ahould be reserved for
beeta, as tbey require thinning and
ccepted aa examples worthy to be
American raidroads not only open
TO new land to settlement, but exert
themeelref to attract settlers and al
so reclaim waste land. The railroad*
of the we it have done effective work
In promoting emigration to tbat section
and tbe roadi of tbe south and south-
w»*t are now particularly active In
eollcitlng immigration. The southern
purpose. One outside row should be
■own to Chard, a delicious and pro
lific vegetable much neglected In
thlo country, while the othera will sup
ply plenty ot radishes If they are
sown broadcast On a double lot a bed
or two should bo reserved for early po
tatoes,. as nothing Is better than the
young tubers when fresh dug, but
they begin to deteriorate very rapidly
aa soon aa exposed to the air, for
nothing equal In flavor to home grown
product can be obtained from a
market man.
With regard to culture, no matter
how strong the temptation may be, no
one ahould ever attempt to do any
thing in a garden when the foliage la
wet with dew or rain, or until tbe soil
Is sufficiently dry to crumble between
- _ Enough ia Bnongb.
Quitting work with a million dollars
saved In twenty-five yearn the mana
ger of the Waldorf-Astoria In New
York'sets an example that might well
be followed by those men who get the
money-making erase and develop
bom "captains ot industry" through
"plutocrats" to something worm
Thomas H. Hillard came from Ireland
when' ho had attained hta majority.
He to now forty-six and a millionaire,
having made It all in hotel manage-
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the fingers without adhering to them,
and If It can be avoided no foot shonld
ever press the cultivated ground. Tho
a sharp and narrow rake, which shonld
be constantly ran between tbe rows
whenever the ground to dry. "Except
In very wet seasons this Implement
when frequently used will suffice to
keep down all weqds between the rows.
gttpdlnal walks as drenmatancee may
require. Them beds ahould be neatly
rounded up with son taken from the
Intervening spaces and as toon aa
dry, thoroughly raked gad smoothed.
They will then furnish an admirable
seed bed that should be almost free
from seeds, the undersoil of which
tbclr surface to composed, not haring
been exposed to lnpregnatlon.
lard’s career to show that he has ever
made an overcharge. On the other
hand, he has devised many of the
modem convenience* that add to the
detectability of hotel existence, Bat
the beet thing he has done has been to
know when he bad enough and to
atop when ho got It .
which it also keeps the soil sufficient
ly pulverised to act as a watering pot
aa well. An expert gardener seldom
needs to use a hoe, except when pre
paring hta beda for a second crop, or
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