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r I .r.i T, wbol earth, on' other 80 (rows t Rap, y Bwlne fi . John j AVis., n nt:il",i ,W.' N VV verr! To Heroes Daughters Plan lure in City of - Description of V. thi inception of the National So- f the Daughter or the Ameri-'-in Revolution the erection of a lit iu m -modal to the memory of the lieu of the Revolution in the. shape of t Mtely building In the capital city r the nation wa dimly shad owed forth. i tut wis on tho MM The idea ha lHth of October been f'ist.rt1 bv till 'i-eivlm congresses and has kent pi" with the growth dt the oclety mi'i: ni. murleen years afterward. Mi Sum- has become an assured fact. Yeir by year the fund has grown. !'! tr first, but Increasing raiil.llv ai th purpose ami full realisation of tin pi m became more widely known. An Attractive movement, the patriot ism of American women ami ..,, i, been amused In its behalf. Congress wis petitioned for a Kite, which it pr tinned but never save. Fie illy the Daughter saw that they must, rely chiefly upon their own ester ti'yu, and not upon a well meaning but iliJTiiry national legislative body, for thlV important item. So hi D)2 a mt it Seventeenth and E streets, ueur the Corcoran Art Gallery, was '.ought. I.aFer the lot adjoining was a -liitied. at total outlay of l.'.o.nmt. Uiirin; the encampment of the lin-id Army of the Republic In Octo- t, l:02, a flagpole was placed on the Jite with impressive ceremonies. In Fehru.iry a handsome silk flag, the Hilt of the Sons of Revolutions, was rtue.l in the presence of the annual congress of the society, with appro pri it,) iddress. s by notahle mn. Thus ti.-irtia: dedication of the site for pa triot!,; purposes has been made. A competition was announced for ilesigu of a memorial hall, open to all ameriear, architects. After mature deliberations this award was given to , Rd.virl Pearce Casey i f New York, a-i architect known In Washington tiir-iugh other Instances of his skill. Tho cost of the hall is expected to be between $;l00,()oo anil $400,oon. Of this Amount fully $im,oi)ii has been .cumulated. ' Ttm style of architecture Is colonial, with A-.due adherence to classic re quirements. An additional aim is to conform as far as possible, with the Architecture of the proposed Colum- li:n University extensions to he wkI.M on a site adjacent to the hall grounds. All the material to be used In the instruction of the hall must bo minoan.- a. a further emphasis of iuyilty to national enterprise and en (ivir. Marble is to be the basic JUt.crl.il, . of course, as It is believed ;" lie peculiarly appropriate In the fc'jrking gut of the details of Ihe olab mite design. The construction on Inodern fireproof lines will be pro vided fr and will not interfere with the general use of marble. The site itself, In the light of the f it ur i, is ideal. At the gateway of the lil.it jssUneil by Washington for the , erection of a great national univer jfy. but. later .degraded to more base .lova, there is a steady movement In n yerlt different quarters to tiring Tvoslnt. tu,? ofis'11' noble intentions of The twr JJJJtoiy V.nli;in' in and the far-sighted 1En fir,' n thv repaid. Hack of It rolls fh iiiiv 'rii' Potomac and in front is the "white lot." or Executive Park, an. I Mi.' Mali. To Mi ti.uthwest Is the gentle slope or oiiserva'ory Mill, already spokeu for ,u III ' site of magnificent g:i.'erles Bean Culture. A f i -tid handed me these excerpt fr:re ex.imlnation papers which he had coi e. t '.i during the past year. They ai Mi - result of nskln the youngs ten ',i write sentences showing the m i g of words they hnd to spell: MiMi-maties are all the studies put tugeth-r. r v. ml. I take quite long to travel the mJIim of the world, st'tiuruphy ni'ans to be a type- w-n'er. Pi li iy it a tl 'tee fracture on the In mi Kqud iteral means nearly half. T!m wild lyon wns very radius. He w is very radius as me. p.idio;n. different kind of peop'?. The ,-tillus of the hole was fifteen fi4 d ei lloston Record. World's Fair Exhibits. The director of exhibits of the will It lair estltnott Hint there will lie tint I 'm than tweuty thousand car lu l l i of exhibits arriving In St. l-ouls duiiiu Much and April. Thirty tons to th -ar would make 6 i.om tons of irtkle for display. of ihe to Erect Handsome Washington at e. tho Building as at or history and art and kindred educa t'oiml institutions. Nearliy Is the ne speedway, while not far off is the lofty monument to Washington. Occupying Jj.llel) square feet if ground, It will permit future improve ments mil additions, while elevated t .'traces will make the grounds attrac tive and still have space for the sev eral plant that will light, heat and i ventilate the Iniilding. The hall faces Seventeenth street and has a frontage of 210 feet. A broad, shallow flight of ( st ens nance. lends to the imposing en- 1 On either side are flanked th".'e massive columns, making an impres sive facade. From the entrance hall three bread 'entrances connect. Up si'site the entrance Is the stage, twelve feet deep and fifty-four feet President of the Daughters long. Surrounding the stage rise tiers of boxes, where in future congresses the Hoard of Managers and national officers will view the proceedings. Opening off the south corridors is the memorial room, seventy-two by sixteen feet, where the cases contain ing the relics of the society will be kept. Of the nature of a museum, yet containing, as It. will, the memor ials of the Revolution as they are collected from private individunls and acquired by bequests, It was deemed advlsfhle and appropriate to call it simply the 'Memorial Room." This room occupies nearly the whole sur face of the south side of the ilrst floor, excepting a small room as yet unoc cupied by any particular division. The portico springs from two points nearly seventy feet apart and reach ing out thirty feet to the center, where SECTIONAL TOW OP PROPOSED HAIL. SL) mMWW'i Uf j W ' III OAfJCUTEnS MEMORIAL TO REVOLUTIONARY the memorial columns are situated. The columns consist of thirteen fluted monoliths arranged In n semicircle, giving a rounded effect, handsomely ornamented and emblematic of the thirteen original States. They ex tend as high us the second floor. Down a flight of steps a grassy terrace lends Fooled Them All, The stove In the little village gro cery at Squintville roared fiercely in defiance of the cold outside. Seated around It were l,em Davis, the pro prietor; Seih Stehbins and Abe Tod hammer. Ent'T Ike Cochran, stamp ing the snow from his feet and un winding nine yards of wool comforter from his nerk. 'Hello, everybody, killed my ling to day." Abe Toilhnmtncr IIow much did he weigh Ike (itieps. ,Selh Stebhlns Four hundred. Ike No; guess again. I. em Davis Four hundred nlxty. Ike No; guess gnln. Congregation l; chorus Oh, and out with It. Ike. How much did ho weigh? Ike Don't Know. Haven't had him on the scales yet. Cleveland Leader. Memorial to Elihu Burrltt. A meeting has been held nt New llritaln. Conn., to iurc the building at that place of a suit able memorial to Kllhu Uurritt. I Revolution! Memorial Struc Cost of S300.000 Present Designed to i he memorial room, eutered through six low windows reaching to tha floor. The columns i,f the portico are esti mated to cost U.noii M,h. and every one of the thirteen original States Is asked to vote the funds needed to construct Its column. This is one of the most Impressive and beautiful features uf the hall, and uothint at tests Its memorial character as much as these stately pillows, sublime in their expression of au unspoken thought. : The main auditorium on the tlrst floor has a scaling capacity of two tin us.tnd. and will be the scjmc of fu ture congresses, ljirge folding doors o-n into the library and memorial room, mid by I knowing the three to gether additional accommodation for of the American Revolution. at least three hundred can be oh- tained. The Interior of the building Is to be finished in hardwood and handsomely decorated. The general plan will he simple, but chaste, and although of ample proportions, is none too large for a building tliat is to last the cen turies, diverse Intcs permitting. It Is the present intention to lay the cornerstone of the hall on the anni versary of the battle of Lexington, on April 17, during the session of the annual Congress. If the work prog resses to alknv the dedication It prom ises to be a most brilliant ceremony, with addresses by notable public men and Daughters. A strenuous effort Is to be made to obtain a promised appropriation from Congress. The passage of a bill pro viding for the erection of a menu- SIRES. tnent to Revolutionary heroes is Immi nent, and the Daughters feci that money should be given to Continental Hall.-New Yor': Herald. Cossack Russia has l.'.n cd Cossacks, Regiments. regiments of mount- But Not for Him. I was ai a masquerade ball In Wash inglon the other night," Phil Thomp son was saying, "and while n younn man was putting a girl's slippers In his overcoat xicket I heard this scra of talk: " 'SuppeM- suggested Ills friend 'that you forgot to take them out ami your wife should find them there There would he u III tie fun then, wouldn't there?' "'Yes.' he nsnnied. 'thcre'd be a good ileal of fun -for Ihe neighbors!" New York Times. Fossils from Cape Breton. A collection of :im Cambrian fossils from Cnno llrrton has been added to the paleontology class In Ihe museum or Wesley an at Middletown, Conn. Thn r four metallic pieces show ing the (fleets id lightning have also been placi d on exhibit Ion. Sweet Potato Restaurant. A lrlnlA kitchen. In which the food values of the sweet potato will be d nioimi rated, will be a restaurant feature at thu world's f-lr. mm THE WORLD'S f BEST DESTINY OF HUMAN SOULS. Are the bodies of animals Inhabited by the souls of human villains dead and gone? IHm't sneer too hastily at the question, for if it should be answered Anally In the negative sci ence is at a loss to account for the utter depravity of the animals. It is apparent to the dullest observer that dumb beasts exercise a malign influ ence over man. Think of the tem pers ruined by cows that have kicked over half filled pails of milk. Think of the reputations for truth that have been destroyed by trout. Think of the honesty that has been turned Into deceit by the horse, so that they who trade in that animal are bywords among their less sorely tempted brethren. Think of the indefinite pro longation. of this list that might he made, and then consider if animals are or are not auimated by tho souls of human retches that bars passed away. Some such theory must be acccpled, and it fa not open to doubt that rea sonable people will accept this: The souls of the wicked are condemned to pass Into animals and to stay there until they have discovered prospec tive tenants worse than themselves. This theory explains everything. The liars inhabit fish, the tricksters horses and those given to butting In become goals. In the attcn'.pt to end their tenancy by finding suitable suc cessors, the evil spirits resort to temp tatious. with, alas! .unfailing success. The hall' pound trout dropping off the hook Haps his tall in ecstatic certainty that the angler will proclaim him a five pounder at least. And the look of human anticipation on the face of a goat about to knock some unsuspect ing person Into a barbed-wire fence can only proceed from, the knowledge thai tho resultant explosion will lower another soul, Into the mire as a step ping stone for himself. The theory is irrefutable, and lis general acceptance would help the world to a higher plane. Portland Oregonlan. MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. The Manchester Ship canal, thirty five miles lou and twenty-six feet deep, Is one of the nine great, ship ca nals of the world. It is now proposed to deepen if to twenty -eight feet and to make other: improvements, upon which $7,.r.(Hi,00(i will he expended. In its present form the canal has cost over $73,rion,o0(i.; An interesting showing of the in creasing use fh'at is 'made of the ca nal by seagoijtjy vessels Is contained in the last.' auntaf report of Iho board of diroettrs.:.rn - 1S!U, the first year the canal vf'ajj'.';,0rltC'..'the tonnage of toll-payiug--im'.'httndiso in: seagoing bonis was"t;!iii.'Vr8'. Last year tho ton nage was" a.RM'.ityHi 'which was an in crease o 'morif than 4ihi,0imi tons over I!tn2. The nef revenue from the ca nal last year was fS3,0ii0, an increase of $12."),(ioi) over Tho roven.ia-iB, however, as yet far from being sufficient to puy all the in terest on debts, incurved, not to speak of dividends on the capital stock. In terests on bonds held by private per sons has all Isvn met, but the canal company is rO'.v In arrears to tho amount !' $s.iii,i.iiih (or lniere:-t due on a $:'."). tiiin.iuiii loan advanced by the city of .Manchester. This condition of affairs does not worry the city ut all. for It did not anticipate that the canal' company would be able '.to settle with St from year to year, and it gels its guii In the increased trade that Is brought to it by tho canal. Arrangements have now been mail; by which the city Is to give the cunal company easier terms of payment, and the ofliciols of the company express the belief that In the course of Umo they can Increase the (anal tolls to a degree that will greatly Increas-o their revenue. The present plans for Ihe Improvement of Ihe canal are sufficient proof that. Manchester is well satisfied with Its huge investment. Chicago Rec.-.;.v Herald. FIFTY YEARS AGO. What rhang. s have taken place In the hlsiory of ,l:ipan during the past half century i's present position tes tifies to in a thousand ways. It seems Incredible that only as recently as 1 S.". Christians were forbidden to set foot on Japanese soil under pen alty of dentil, yet such was the case. One edict, irscribed on tablets of wood nnil stone us the "Toklo Sun Trade Journal" reminds us, ran: "So long as the sun shnll warm the earth let no Christian be so hold as to come to Japan; and l"t all know that the king of Spain himself or the Chris tian's C.;mI, or the tirent dod of All, If he violate t(is command shnll suf fer for it with his lend. "San Fran cisco Call. DEBT THE CURSE. Private credit is wealth; private debt is the curs of mankind. The little letter D is a terrible arraign ment of human wickedness and weak ness. It stands for nearly everything that Is bud Debt, Degeneracy, De gradation. Destruction. Desolation, Damnation, Devil. Deuce. Debase. De fraud, Dirge, Derelict, Defeat, Decom position. Deaf, Daft. Damage, Damp, Danger. Dark, Dastard. Dishonorable, Demon. Debauch. Debris. Decay, Mo bility, Deceit, Disease, Defalcation, D feci. Deficient, Deficit. Delile, Do formed, Deflower, Delirium. Delude, Denude, Demi-monde, Demoralize, De pression, Derangement. Desecrate, De sert. Deserter, Despoil, Desperado, Desperate, Desuetude, Devastate, Dis tort. Dice. DilhVulty. Dilemma. Dim, Dire, Disaster. Disagreeable. Dis charge, Discord. Discredit, Disfigure. Dishearten, Disloyal, Dismay, Disobey, DIspoHseRs, Dirty, Divorce, Dodge. Driveler. Drown, Drunk. Dull, Dumb, Duplicity . Dust. Die, Death. On the other hand, after passing through the hell of dark D'a. you may find compensation In Deity and Divin ity. New York Press. WRITERS MESSAGE FROM LUNOY'S LANE. The Fitth I'nited State Infantry has adopted a motto, and it is a fine one. It was furnished by Col. James Miller at l.undy's ljine. He w;m asked whether he could take a certain lMsitioji of the enemy, and his hand went up in instant salute, while he said; "I'll try. sir." He won his fight In a manner that is famous to this day. He won as most or the "I II try" kind of men win. Of course, a class or a regiment motto and a cout-of arms are more rr less feathers. Alone they never made a student nor a .ohiier. Hut those things do make for pluck. They represent Ideals and they act as spurs. Did you ever stop to think what a different world this would be if there were no "quitters"? There are thou sands of them In every walk of life. They can't do things. Sometimes, it is trite, they are asked to attempt greater feats than they are mentally or phy ' iially capable of. and are to be pitied. Rut tle y could at least make an effort and die lighting. In the stores, ollices, shops, homes, there Is always the element that is afraid. Some fea rules and some work. Others fear that fhey will do more than they are paid for. Some sulk because Recognition does not al ways meet Kudeavor at the door. And all in this class represent vary ing degrees of Inefficiency. .They do not succeed, because they do not de serve to succeed. They need constant applications and repeated doses of the spirit that filled the breast of Col. Mil ler at l.undy's Kane. More battles are fought in the fields of commerce, you know, than were ever waged with powder and shot. Tbrre is pysljion and profit waiting for every man who will carry the "I'll try" spirit in his breast. Don't let the pessimists tell you that the field is overcrowded, it isn't, except v.I'.h mediocrity. The fellows who do net quite reach are always in the majority, and most of the time the fault is theirs. It would be good If, over the door of evfry store and factory and office where men toil and hope for advance ment, the brave words of the hero of l.undy's Lane could be carved in big letters. I't.r, "I will try" Is progress. Chi cago Journal. ALASKA'S GREAT FUTURE. II now seems certain that there will be a very rapid Increase in the popu lation of Alaska and an enormous de velopment of its resources In the near future. Alaska has seemed so far away to must people that tfliey have utterly failed to keep In touch with the great changes which have been going on, nnd their impressions of Its climate and .conveniences are based uism the lurid tales of experiences by the early Klondike rs. Alaska is a great empire, of the vast size of which fev7 people have any conr.opMon. It is more than 'i"0 times as large as the state of Rhode Island and nearly equals in area till the stales of the Union east of the Mississippi river. It has the grandest scenery in Hip world, and resources sufficient comfortably to support ten millions of people. Through the heart of the v:'.st terri tory Hows tli" mighty Yukon river, the largest in North America, larger and lon;;er than the .Mississippi. On this great river one may ride for more than 2.0UII miles with as mecti comfort as upon the Hudson. The valley of the Yukon has been pronounced richer than the valley of the Missouri, and it wi" undoubtedly some day support an immense popu lation. From "The Natural Riches of Alaska," by Arthur C. Jackson, In Na tional Magazine for March. WHEN IS WOMAN HAPPIEST? When n girl is IS she thinks the best time of a woman's life must ci'tlaiuly be from IN to 22. When she has passed her "I'd year, she is decidedly of the opinion that from then until the age of really marks the limits of the best time, and when IM comes on the scene she Is ready to give way to all those who believe ft woman lo be then Ht Ihe zenith of her life. It Is generally maintained that ufter 1!.") the average woman begins to at tain her physical and mental perfec tion, nnd that for some eight or ten years alter this she still retains her chnrins undiminished. After this time, of course, It depends entirely upon the woman whether she chooses to advert Ise her years, or by her charming personality and ( lever dress ing conceal all ravages of time. Philadelphia Ledger. MUSCLE RAYS. There would appear to be no longer any doubt that ruys ure given off by active muscle ami nerves. Dr. Hugh Walshatn nnd Mr. Leslie Miller point out that experiments are re markably easy to perform and are ah- solutely convincing as to the actual existence or the rays. The fluorescent screens are prepared with hexagonal zinc blende, which Is placed In the form of a very thin film on thin pa per, gold-beater's skin r thin cellu loid. The screen Is excited and the fluorescent, light allowed to die away until It hns reached the steady stage. At this point IT a muscle in a state or contraction be placed underneath the fluorescent screen It will be seen to brighten perceptibly. The Lancet. BEAUTY OF EXPRESSION. It Is often the plain men nnd wom en who Inspire the deepest and most lasting affection, and this Ik probably due to the fact that their play and IKiwer of facial expression not only atone for their lack of regular beauty but reveal such an attractive aide that no more charm Is needed to cap Uvate a lover. New York Times. AGRICULTURE Prevent Potato Rosette. Potato rosette Is a disease that seems to be spreading lapidly and raany reports are received as to the damage done by it. The top are at tarked, but the tops are the parts of the plants that elaborate the food ti make he tubers. Of course it the tops are Injured in tho crowing sea son, the tubers themselves will also be Injured. U is therefore necessary to take precautions to save the crop from this deteriorating influence. It xeeius that the disease Is carried over from year to year on the surface of the tubers. The seed can be treated, however, very effectively. One plut if formalin In XO gallons of water will prove a strong enough fungicide to destroy entirely the spores referred to. The seed potatoes should bo put Into this solution and left there for two hours. Tho potatoes should then he taken out and dried and cut for seed. The expense, of this treatment is small, and should not be neglected. Formalin may be obtained at any drug store. It Is sold uudt; ' " name, of formaldehyde, which consists oi . per cent pure formalin and 70 per cent water. That combination Is the ba sis for the solution above. No allow ance should bo made for the water already combined with the formalin at tinio of purchase, else tho solution will he made too etrong. Sterilized Chambers for Grain. Mr. Wm. Goodwin, F. R. G. S.. who was for years a leading South Ameri can grain exporter and inspector, ad vocates the shipment of Argentine corn In chambers sterilized with car bonic acid gas. In an article con tributed to a London paper he said: "Some 25 years ago Pasteur dem onstrated that fermentation does not result from the generation of gases hut from tho action of living mlcrobic organisms; and It Is now known to bacteriologists that some 93 per c(t of the germs which cause fermenta tion In grain require oxygen as well as a certain amount of heat and mois ture for their development Chemists 8ay that inexpensive com positions ot a pertcctiy Earmiess na ture In their after effects on human food, can be used to sterilize an air chamber that Is either to consume or drive out tho oxygen contained In atmospheric air and that their appli cation to the holds of a steamer or to suitable warehouse silos, would only need reasonable precautions. The logical sequence of Pasteur's dis covery should be a radical change In the method of storing grain and near ly all other food products; and It would appear that air in storage cham bers either on sea or land, can be more economically sterilized with car bonic acid gas than by any refriger ating process." Know Your Clover Seed. It does not do to sow clover seed with no regard for its condition as to gcrmlnabllity or freedom from other seeds of an undesirable nature. In vestigations have frequently been made as to the purity of clover seed nnd alfalfa seed, and it has been shown that more than half a hundred kinds of weeds seeds are to be met with in seeds of those plants. In al falfa dodder seed Is quite frequently found, and tho dodder will sometimes kill out tho alfalfa before the latter gets started. A study of clover seed will prove very interesting to the farmer as well ns valuable. It can bo done by means of bulletins obUin able from the Department of Agricul ture at Washington and from some of the stations. Tho Ohio station partic ularly has done much work along this line. Tho government bulletins give fine Illustrations of the seeds of clo vers, alfalfas and the seeds that aro UMiiJly found mixed with them. The Olive in California. Only in recent year has tho olive become a considerable factor In the fruit producing regions of California. Tho olivo seems to he especial) adapted to California. The troo Itself Is a slow growing evergreen of great longevity nnd productiveness. In some of the older countries about the Mediterranean, trees hundreds of years old and sometimes twenty feet and more In circumference have been reported. When grown naturally the tree attains a height of 40 feet or more nnd has a rounded form. The leaves are small and lanceshnped dull 'green abovo and silvery beneath. Though tho olive was grown In Cali fornia by tho early Mission fathers, it Is only within the last twenty years that It has become of commercial Im portance. As yet tho growers of olives are experimenting with tho soils stilted for It, nnd have many things to learn. Tho Industry Is somewhat checked by the sale of cottonseed oil for olive oil. Olives have to have a temperaturo that never fulls below 20 degrees, and succeed best where the lowest temperaturo of the year Is not below 43 degrees. Tho trees ore well suited to sandy lands rich In potash. Phosphorus In Feeding Stuffs. The Now York Kxperlment Station (Geneva )hcs been making some tests to determine the presence of phos phorus feeding studs. The I nges as reported follow. Onts, O..".".; wneat nran, l.&ts; molt sprouts, 0 f.77; brewers' grains, 0.42!; distillers' grains, 0.307; corn, 0.313; alfaira, O.iiK; linseed meal, 0.7S9; oat straw o.i;i;.; wneat. u.a'.nj; blood, 0.12.1; mont meal, 4.073; liver meat meal, 1.034. Tho targe amount of phosphorus In meat meal was due largely to the pres ence In it of ground bone. Cats on Ocean Steamers. From eight to twelve cats are pari of the equipment or every great ocean liner, and they duly appear on the ship's Iwioks. where their rntlons are accounted for. F.inh rat Is stationed at a different part of Hip ship, nm certain stewards are told t,, f ( them dally. There Is not a little rival ry between different stewards when the respective merits ns rat end hen are being discussed. The silent watches of the night must h those o forget to w ind up. I POULTRY Care of Sitting Hens. There are numerous farms onwnlcdi Hume fowls are raised, but not cnouga to Justify the owner in purchasing and using an Incubator. On such farms tue old hen must still be used for the pur.ioses of Incubation. It will be found that the amount of eare that is given the sitting hens will determine to a considerable extent the outcoqie ot the hatching operations. All pouW try raisers must acknowledge that the sitting hens require a good deal of attention, and often more than Is Riven them. In a state of nature the hen at this period takes care nt her Relf. Let us not Imaglue, however, that she always does. It successfully. In that rtate she laid more eggs than she could cover and naturally many of them Bpoilod. The wild things of the wood and the air preyed upon her nest and It was often despoiled, When born Her chicks often fell Into the clutches of rapacious aulmals and birds. Let us not supposo that the hen in her wild state led a life ot uninterrupted prosperity. It left to her own inclinations the hen would Joday prove a very unprofitable In vestment to her owner. Tho first care for the sitting hen, then, Is to see that she Is undisturbed In her task of hovering tho eggs for. three weeks. It is needless to say that she should not bo left to make her nest In tho fence corners or the bushes, as is sometimes done. Her nest must be provided for her, and if It is an exposed place she must be shut in each night. On our farms a good many people follow tho practice of turning down a barrel and setting tho fowl in that. The barrel Is left In the door yard or any other place that comes handy. This Is all right. It tho owner prefers It that way, but in such a case the barrel should have a cover to It that will permit the enfranco of air but not of animals of prey, such as skunks, coons and minks. Where brooding places aro provided In the poultry houses the greatest danger is from mites, which frequent ly kill the hens on Jhelr uests. One farmer ioIJ the writer his experience in this matter. He said he had a flock of about Ifty fowls and had pro vided a good house for them. Ills nests were speclnlly arranged for sit ting, so that the laying birds could be kept from the oncB that were sitting. The nests opened on both sides, but at sitting time the openings Into tho roosting part of tho house were closed. He set two fine birds on some choice eggs and waited re sults. In a few days ho noticed thut both birds were becoming pale around the combs and wattles and It was a puzzle to him to find the cause. They were apparently sick, and he went on doctoring, but this did no good. Ono morning he found one of the sit ters dead on the nest and tho other nearly so. Ho examined the dead bird and found not a louse on her or anything that would give a hint of the cause of her death. She seemed bloodless. He took the other hen off and gave her her freedom nnd she at once began to recover. He found a well hen and put her on one sitting of eggs, nnd she began to get sick. Then he took the bird off and began to tear tho nest to pieces. That solved the mystery. The bottom of the nest was n writhing mass of red mo.es. Kvery night they had climbed onto the doomed birds and sucked so much of their blood that they had killed one and nearly killed another. I'p to that time this poult ryman did not know that ho had u mlto In his poultry house. This proves most con clusively that It never pays to set u hen and then forget her. Farmers' Review. A Flock of Pekin Ducks. We havo tho Pekln ducks, and this year we have the most magnificent full-bred birds we ever saw, come of them weighing 10 to 12 pounds each. In raising them wo hnve used various methods, and we are satisfied that the plans we now use are the best for this section. We have constructed a largo artificial lake, which is fed by springs. Kuch dirk yard Is 110x150 leading out Into this lake. In this way our birds get the advantage of actual living. Our houses nro 10 by 20 feet, low sheds with raised floors of earth. Theso floors we keep cov ered with straw. Wo put 20 ducks nnd four drakes In each yard and house, and In the laying season wo keep our birds up till about 10 o'clock in tho day. In this way we have no trouble In regnrd to finding tho egfrs. It Is not absolutely necessary to have water for ducks. Yet we find they look much cleaner for having water, nnd we really think It gives us the best results. The duck Is a great money-mnklng bird. It Is easy enough to succeed with ducks if common sense Is used In their care nnd man agement. G. W. llrown. Ouachita Co., Ark. Good Cream Necessary. It was once supposed by a few pro gressive creamery men that a firft class buttermakcr ought to be able to make g.xxl butter from half rotten cream. Later on experience taught us thot there is no method by v.hlch we can renovate old, over ripe cream or milk and mnke a desirable product from same. Therefore It Is of the utmost importance that tho milk or cream furnished the creamery bo In a clean and sweet condition and free from all foreign odors. In order to reach this result It Is necessary tor the buttermakcr to gain some Influence over his patrons so that they will receive his Instructions and feel that they are benefited. M. Murtensen. Pear Blight In Idaho. Reports from Idaho Indlcato that the pear blight Is making great In roads In that state. So great have the ravages been that snmo of thn Har orchardlsts aro thinking of giv ing up tho attempts to ralso pears. The onl. remedy practiced thorn Is that of cutting back below tho point of Infection, painting the wounds made by the cutting, that Infection may bo -evented. J":