'J' HAS been stated,
and very truthful
ly, loo. that women
as a rule drew to
please ini'ii. Ortain
it is that ni'iir
thought In given to
a toilette which is
to grace an assem
blage nt which both
men n ml women
arc present th in for
function which
an Ad-
ri s4 ainless Eden.
1 1I So
a dressing women
"pfjJ forget In striving
a tier eneci to ne
particularly careful
In the mutter of detail, and, after all.
It Is the men who are the greatest crit
ics in this line.
They appreciate a pleasing ensemble,
lnit they are likewise more than quick
to note any little delect, and thereupon
Judge the whole costume accordingly.
In a large shop where Imported con
tinues are siid the writer waited her
turn to he nerved. While she was do
Ins this a young saleswoman began to
dress up one of the figures used to dis
play the gowns. In a moment up rush
ed the head of the depart men t -u man.
let It he staled and said he: "Miss
FIVE JMAtiES
An investigating photographer has re-
ceiiilv produced a queer result with mir
rors, i. p.. lie has taken live distinct phuto
Traphs of one head, live different views
of it, with one exposure. The subject is
placed with her back to the camera. In
front of tnr are two mirrors, forming
lilank, Is It possible that you would
put on such n handsome gown over
Uticll a soiled petticoat':"
The w riter then noticed that the llg
nre that was being arranged in the
most exquisite evening creation had on
s a foundation for all that silk and
lace a petticoat which may have been
white once, but which at that time was
Hidly bedraggled. The man who had
noticed this turned to the writer and
eald: "Isn't that Just like a woman T
Now, sisters mine, was he tmthful or
was he not?
We hnve but to question our own
Inner selves to answer this query. It
Is humiliating to admit that. In our de
ulre to please with the outer semblance
of elegance, we are apt to slight the
loose button on the shoe or the frayed
flounce on the ettlcoat
Innate breeding shows In these trifle
and the genuinely refined woman
would as soon think of going out with
a dirty face as to slip on her outer gar
ment over petticoats that were not
potlely white.
If you cannot wear silks don the
plainer fabrics with the knowledge that
even though you are not regally cloth-
d you are at least well groomed from
bead to foot
There Is no elegance In silk attire
that covers untidy linen and soiled
Ince.' Be dainty; bo scrupulously neat,
nnd you will possess a beauty far more
potent than can lie attained through
the medium of shoddy finery. Ex
change. Are Women Ahneed br Men? ,
It seems to be a fact that a majority
of women, married or single, believe
they are abused by tlio men Just be
cause the latter happen to have control
of business affairs, run politics and do
the courting.
The woman of marriageable age who
Is still living at home feels that men are
cot doing right by her. 8he naturally
wanu to marry, have a big wedding,
go on a tour of the Kaatern States or
Western, na the case may be. But she
hits to go on waiting because no man
jtka her to Join him In these festivities.
Far tbla reason she feels that she Is an
abused creature.
The old maid who settles down to
Hrn her own living Just hates the men,
because thy allow ber to wear her
finger nals off scratching for bread.
The alf of maa walking comforta
bly alotf th 4rMt, or driving, or even
iMBglaf swrtMniO. aoaa reaort, causes
tiki aw k
W K7mr mm
her indignation to rise to the top notch.
Why do they thus continue to alius
her?
The shop gir wonders why the mi
do not gather round her and nsk her K.
fliooKe one of them to Is- her def let
nnd supporter. She Is ipilte certain
that she should not lie permitted to live
ly the sweat of her lirow, and tin
whole of the blame Is placed on the
young men who are earning money
enough for two and spending It for
their ow n comfort.
Married women are the loudest cnni
plainer and their complaints are gen
erally against their husbands. It Is all
right during the honeymoon, hut when
hat Is over and they turn to face the
rcnlff lea of life they feel that they are
being abused. Her household duties
are heavier than when she wasat home,
her husband Is not the singing lover
who filled her heart with Joy and her
day are not as thickly Interspersed
with picnics as when she was a girl.
As she thinks over this she becomes
more and more deeply convinced that
she Is a much abused woman; that bus
bands are not half as nice as beaux and
Is quite certain that she never would
have married had It not been fur the
men.
A Fault in I'iuno I'luying.
A well know n paino teacher suys that
( lie of the most common faults In plane
playing Is the practice of playing tie
two hands out of time w ith each other
Nine players out of ten permit the left
hand to lead the right, when the two
should strike the keys simultaneously
I' Is a sort of swagger that produces a
very inartistic effect. Of course there
ate rare cases where this dllntorlnoss of
the right hand may tie legitimate,' but
it should be remembered that in gener
ai It Is reprehensible and should be
carefully avoided. If the composer In
dliates the simultaneous performance
of the notes belonging to the two hands
l t not the slightest discrepancy In
manifest. To play the two hands out
of time with each other is to be not
only Inaccurate, but to appear affected
ON ONE PLATK.
nearly a right angle.
Of course, both
mirrors retleit the subject find each re
flects an image which the olhrr has re
ceived, milking in all five heads. The
different angles give different views of
the head, and the result is apparently a
group of live.
Shallow players resort to such devices
to cover up the lack of ability to play
with expression It fakes the place of
shading and phrasing with the super
ficial. Muffs Are Small and Dainty.
Muffs are fancier and smaller than
they were Inst winter, nnd, like other
articles of dress, are made of all sorts
and kinds of materials velvet, fur,
laco, feathers and flowers.
Those sketched here show fashion's
latest caprice In London. One Is made
half of fur and half of velvet, with the
Inevitable bow at the top. In the fur
muff a boa would seem to- have been
turned to account, both the head and
tall of the animal being "en evidence."
A border of Thibet fur trims a satln
llnod black velvet muff, with a butter-
TIIKBE MLTKH ABE SMALL AND
QUI81TE.
EX-
fly bow on top. The last Is Intended for
dressy occasions. The band in the cen
ter Is fastened with a Ithlnestono
buckle. Feather aigrettes appear on
the left side, while on the right the vel
vet bow forms a cushion, as it were, for
a bouquet of flowers. .
To Please the Raby.
A pretty baby's rattle Is easily con
st meted by winding a steel or Ivory
ring with colored ribbon. Sew to this at
regular Intervals short ends of blend
ing tints In ribbon. Attach tiny bells
to the pointed ends of these rfbbpns.
An English peeress. Lady Qarilaia,
la training aa entire staff af wena to
take charge of ths a-mrada of bar ax
teualre catata ia York.
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O- rr ' " a.-.
a I. (tie - . i. ....... , :.. .
Ami iiitl r l!. i.;. -- .: .i ..... .;.
I le lies llli.i !.c ,!. , . .. , I.;.,;- . , ;
i f buttles fiill'fi . .iln' -I vi. ?., ,( s A .li.
Of a Tongs o'ert hr.. u :iin! of n-.i dwiS
done.
I If the valor til III he .(.! !l r.ive f,t..e il.i..
er the hiiU and f.-irn'. ai
Over the li i : 1 f and fiir away!
Over the hill. jim'I li:r u'.vay.
It's oh f.r the il,e iiv.-i. tig day!
Kilt it nun len 'li m I to the s , 1 1 ethnne
With 'he lovr I' 'en ii.i.l p.cwr und
OlKie!
lii. ( i loan! v. I ,n is high -
1 1 i.. i1'. --.I i '. ;.
..til j' . . . . i. .!. of .'i.
Over the lulls iitid fir it'vny
Over the lulls a ii' i far !
Over the hills and far hwh,
Ati old ti:t,i hner at i-l .se of day,
Nov that I'is j'.'irncy is alniMsr dupe,
I I is ha I lie f i .tight a i, 1 1 h.s vie t.iricB v on,
'1 he old time Icier,; y hi- ' rult..
The trustfulness ami tie- ef.ds of jollth,
1 b. no- iiihI uiniScr .ilex are t hey V
Ivcr tlie iiiil.i a ic! far n w ay -
Our I he ;. ears, and fur away!
A 'lllcup Kecnl.
A JUS1IFUL .MAX.
"If you will lake it, I,euh." Ai In :
.Sherman . lid no ..i':i.s.te little fun in
I eah Aylmer's hand.
"If I will ml .- ti n, durling little fan:
oli, Archer, indeed 1 will, and thank
i on very much."
And yet, Willi a Mrauge dltiiiience, he
hi.d never dared !o t'-il her how iie wol
Sl ipped her lie v i . cotiid loipiehUj
liiiilli-SS li loaded ;i .oliem e; he, whose
peii had i.f;i ti i.iweii dire consterna
tion among his eiicmh s. This proud
man was a couind vvheu he fain would
pour out his soul ai the feet of this gir
; of i.H.
I And Leah'.' Oh. she blushed Hud
I smiled, and wonden-.i with a sly gluim
, at his iii.'igiiilicciit nnd clear-cut fcai
uies if lie could be vm.ii by her or any
i ot her w uina u. For sue loved him betlc
than she knew herself.
Ii was the same Iciise. the very Kane
j riom; and In the bay window pendnu
baskets, covered Willi trailing vines
j 1,1. d oaken vases wherein grew choic
i pianis, lent to the apartment an n
peanince strangely familiar, ycl
I st!nti"ely unlike.
, In the days past there had been a;
air of indescribable elegance and re
liiieinent in the A.vlmer mansion; now
when it had passed into the hands of
Mrs. Albert l'ennoyer, it was c!:ara
b -listed by the same high colored splen
dor that that lady rejoiced in mtsoii
ally.
A slylish, handsome widow, now Juki
Hi i. who had married Albert I'ennoyei
fcr his money, and who now, mourn
Ing dispensed with, was on a second
loolioli t.
Just now Archer Sherman was all tin
rage, coiiseipn iitly Mrs. I'ennoyer's di
light. lie was the rage for two r
Hns; one, he was considered inviiln
nd'
able, almost, unapproachable; tin: other
in nau just returned from it seven
yiars' business connection Iti Chini
ard was decidedly "new," even to "old'
fr: mis. And among Archer Sherman's
old friends was Mrs. Albert IVnnoyer.
On this sunny January afternoon
then, Mrs. l'ennoyer was elegantly
dressed, and waiting for a promised
call from Mr. Sherman. But of course
I.eah Ayluier, as the maid showed her
if to Mrs. l'eiiuoyer's boudoir, did not
know that.
She was as beautiful at 25 as she had
been at li. She was Unmarried, and
perhaps u trille paler than then; but.
considering all the trouble that had
been plied on her young shoulders, aht
had preserved wonderfully.
"Oh, It's you, Miss Aylmer! I wan ex
peetlhg some one else. Will you sit
down t
"Thank you. I will detain you only
a moment. Perhaps you will look over
these" she uncovered u small casket
"and select for your own use from
them. Necessity compels me to sell my
Jewels, Kate Mrs. l'ennoyer."
"Oh, yes; you used to wear bucIi
splendid ornaments when we were In
the same set three or four years ago,
hn't It? the time, you remember, when
everybody thought you were engaged
to Mr. Sherman?
A sudden, swift pallor swept over
Iran's face. She made no reply, but
Mrs. l'ennoyer saw the white fingers
tremble as they raised a pearl ring
from Its violet velvet
"You've a number of rings, I see
Here is an amethyst Bet, too, but I
don't like amethysts or pearls, either.
I adore turquoise, only It would not go
with my Indian skin-pink only does
that Oh, Isn't that watch chain and
charm expulslte? Miss Aylmer, I'll
have that pink coral and gold chain for
my neck, and that exquisite little fan
for a medallion."
"That alone Is not for sale," she said,
huskily. "You may have the chain."
"Not for salel Oh, to le sure; I under
stind now. Let me six-, Mr. Sherman
gnve you that didn't ho?":; , .
, Her voice was full of malicious tri
umph, as she sent the arrow to Leah's
heart
"It does not matter who was the do
nor, Mrs. l'ennoyer. Do you wish any
of these r '
"I do wonder which Archer would
like me In best? These emeralds are
dark; I'll wear them when he comes
again. So"
Leah's lip quivered under the crepe
veil. It was so hard for her that Ar
cher Sherman had Jilted her and would
marry Kate l'ennoyer while she re
mained so true.
"I will not detain you longer, Mrs.
Penneyer. If yon wish to purchase
yoc can send your maid. I wish yon
good-afternoon."
Archer Rherman waa a good deal
older looking, bat a groat deal baao
aomer, thai wbea ba want away, and
Mrs. PssuMryer, aa saw looked sarasaaly
i
I
I
V K-
' . i .i ;.
.. fi.. -;, ., i-j many
hi
i in' vi-ii t seen our mutual friend.
M''s Aylmer. since my return," he
s.iid. niielessly. and then the black
ees op, iii n m mh oi i -e.
'Mis.. A' r! Ij-a!i y.,i mean. Iear
li'th tl.ing. J.i-t liei'ore hhe left New
S ork sh;- gave me such a beautiful
U'S'l.sal e."
I 'nd -r hi .- full, drooping lids, she was
watching I ; ' i n . ."nd she sa .' him start
n-' if a (.-:. -ii i had tn ciied hun when
-o 'me '.. his I I. i'li .yliucr't
I tiie fan, :,i t . lie ha i given her
.'. c:'i s ago.
"She gnve you thb;7 May I ask
when ''"
"Let me think: It must be a year or
more ago, just as site went away."
"And you haven't seen her or heard
of ln-r since?"
"Not once; but how I would love to
see her again' Leah was so beautiful,
I always thought; didn't you' and
when she Insisted on my accepting this
little pink and gold toy I told her that
A low rap on the door interrupted
Mrs. l'ennoyer, ami then Ieah Aylmer
entered unannounced.
"if you please, Mrs. l'ennoyer, I ac
i hlenlly left"
Tin n she saw Archer Sherman, who
sprang' to her side. A painful blush
spread over her face, then she paled;
then, somehow or other how she hated
herself! the tears overflowed her
sweet eyes.
"Icah! I-ah! How could you give
it to her?" cried Archer.
"What do you mean?"
He turned toward the chair where
Mrs. l'ennoyer had been sitting, hut
she had gone -why, he knew best.
Then came explanations, and when
a ah went out from her old-time home,
h lining on Archer Sherman's arm, and
the dainty little fan close clasped in
In r lingers, he whispered, as they
crossed the threshold:
"My darling, when we are married
we will buy your old hou buck again;
shall we? for in it has ecu decided
by fate the most moment ,us event of
iur lives."- Tld Hits.
l'ut I pon His I, .nor.
In lMd, when bunds oi i- nlaws were
i constant menace to lit, id property
in Hungary, the widow oi a wealthy
magnate was living in a lonely castle
not fur from the principal route be
tween Hilda and Vienna. This lady
received one morning a polite note, re
questing her to provide supper at ten
o'clock that night for twelve gentlemen!
There could be no doubt as to the char
acter of her self-Invited guests; but she
realized the futility of Bending to town
for help, as every road would be
u a tclied, and her courier waylaid.
At ten o'clock that evening up rode
an armed baud of twelve men. The
cuslle gates were thrown open, and the
mistress herself stood at the entrance
to receive them, richly apparelled, as if
to welcome honored and Invited guests.
She took the arm of the chief und led
the way to the dining hall.
There a goodly feast was spread, the
tables und sideboard being covered
w ith a magnificent display of gold and
silver plate, the accumulation of many
generations.
The leader of the robbers started in
surprise, but quickly recovered himself
and acted the part of a well bred gen
tleman during the feast. At Its close he
said:
"Madam, the happiest mo nents of my
life have always, been the shortest. In
appealing to my honor an yo.; have done
to-night you have suved nie from the
commission of a crime. Bad as I uni,
no one ever appealed to my honor In
vain. As for you," looking sternly
around with his hand on his pistol,
"whoever takes anything from this
house dies."
Subsequently the name of the robber
was discovered. He was an Impov
erished younger sou of one of the
noblest families In Hungary. His fate
was Bad enough; he was captured a
few months after the above Incident,
and ended his life under the hands of
the common hangman.
Ills Hum.
Kate Sanborn tells. In "Abandoning
an Adopted Farm," a story of a big boy
in a country school, who was clever
enough In some studies, but hopelessly
deficient In mathematics. The teacher,
a man who had little mercy for a stu
pid pupil, one day lost patience with
him entirely.
The boy had failed to do a simple sum
In subtraction, and the teacher rubbed
out the figures on his slate, put down
six ciphers and six more under them.
He drew a line, handed the slate back
to the dullard, and said, gravely:
"There! gee If you can Kubtract that."
The poor boy gazed stolidly at the
new sum. It looked queer and Hard.
He tackled It aloud, making hideous
grimaces as he progressed.
"Nawthln from nawthln leaves naw-
thlu. Nawthlng from nawthln leaves
nawthln. Nawthln from nawthln
leaves nawthln. Nawthln from naw
thln . leaves nawthln. Nawthln from
nawthln leaves nawthln."
There he paused, confused, but rally
ing all IiIh brain power, he exclaimed:
"If I'm ever goln' to carry, I've got to
carry now! Nawthln from nawthln
leaves one!"
New Mcdloal Treatment.
A doctor, whose home Is near Frank
fort, presents a new medical treatment,
which couslsts In exchanging liquid
for aerial draught. Live In a perpet
ual draught, so he preaches, and you
will never catch cold. And his prac
tice la la koHplag with his precept At
his establishment all of bla patients,
many of whom are suffering from se
rious diseases, are constantly subjected
by day aad night to strong ourrenU of
air, aad when they a oat generally dl-
paaaa wKa bats and bonnets.
. it ... i a oioo r
l -iio-h ii a ii i.
A CHEAP k i: HOI S'.
NOT ATTRACTIVE, BUT IT WILL
PRtSfcPWE ICE.
How to Unlld the limine mid Fill It
Trellis for Herry Huliei4-To Hyplion
Uijiifdi from JIurrclH Direction lor
htuckiujf Corn ! odder.
I Valuable Farm Building.
An lee-house need not be a costly
structure, but if It is to be au attract
ive addition to the farm or In keeping
with other attractive buildings It can
not bo built at a small cost I shall
charge the cost against the elllciency
us a preserver of ice. The require
ments of an Ice-house are that it will
hold sawdust nrouud the lce to keep
the rain off und drain water. The nia.
icrlals used In Its construction may be
of the cheapest und rudest character
mid yet keep the Ice lis well us If it cost
$l.".i) or $2iki. A neighbor lias an Ice
house erected at a very small cost, and
yet his ice is preserved perfectly, 'ill"
sides are of poles laid up Into a pen 12
ft wide, H ft long and 10 It high, the
poles being notched slightly w here they
cioks to prevent rubbing nnd to lessen
the cracks between them. The gables
'are left open to give ventilation. A
' four is made and proper drainage ac
quired by laying rails together a foot
thick. The roof projecting tiiree feet
a; each end Is of clapboards nailed to
cross-pieces resting upon pole rafters.
All the material except the nails und
j tl e material for the door were worked
! out of the farm timber.
I In lining this house, the blocks are
laid within elghtenn inches of the poles
and the space between tilled wdth saw
dust as the ice U built up. Where tim
ber Is not so plenty a serviceable strue-
; ture can "be built at a cost but little
g: eater than the cost of this one. Ref
use boards or slabs can be used for the
sines, nailing them up or down nnd put
ting on a board roof. The house should
be built on high ground that surface
water may not enter. It is well to cut
a shallow ditch around the building.
In filling cut the blocks as large us pos
sible and pack closely. All crevices
should bo tilled. In the spring atch
!oi holes and close them as soon as
found. K. II. Met 'ready, in Farm and
Home.
Stacking Corn Fodder.
One of the most disagreeable things
to do in winter is to go Into a muddy
corn-Held to liiiul out foddor. This may
he avoided by stacking it where it is to
bo fed,, and every careful farmer will
intend to this before bud weather comes
on.
Choose a damp day without wind
und there will be no loss of blades and
other valuable portions of the fodder.
My method is to begin the stacking by
setting the bundles In a standing posi
tion until 1 have covered as much
ground us I want the stack to occupy.
)n tills I lay the bundles butts out be
ing careful to keep the middle filled
high enough that the water cannot run
In form the butts. As the stack rises
I ki-p drawing in, and presently the
tops of the bundles will overlap In such
a manner that the center will keep get
ting higher, and by the time that the
stack Is as high as It is convenient to
pitch the bundles, It will be nicely
topped out, and In shape to keep
bright for an Indefinite time. Small,
round stacks are better than ricks, be
cause less surface is exposed while the
fodder Is being fed through the winter.
A. S. Rogers, In American Farm
News.
VacclnatinK Land.
Impoverished land is now "vaccinat
ed" on the continent of Europe. It Is
generally known that land is enriched
by planting It occasionally with a legu
minous crop like clover or lucerne, the
rots of which absorb more nitrogen
than they take from the ground. Where
the nitrogen came from was the prob
lem. Messrs. Hellriegel and Wlllfarth
have discovered that the absorption
is due to minute organism, a sort of dis
ease In the roots, which, when the sup
ply of nitrogen In the soil begins to fall,
appear as an excrescence, draw nitrogen
from the air and so enrich the soil
again. Experiments have been made
In Franco and Germany to haRten
the growth of the disease by sprink
ling the fields with soil In which tuber
culous crops have been grown or with
water In which they have been steeped.
In Prussia a field was sown with lupins,
one part was then treated In the ordi
nary way, the other Inoculated from
au old lupin crop; the yield In the latter
part Was five and a half times as great
as In the other.
One on the Knrmer.
"They'se no use o'tryin'," declared the
farmer to the denier, of whom he had
bought a grinding mill; "I kaln't make
'or go.' She seems to have teeth 'nult
till she gits to goln', an' then she's a
reg'lar smooth bore. Jest notls r,"
and then he began to lambaste the indo
lent mule that was expected to contrib
ute the motive power.
"See thar," said he, after the sweep
had made a round or two, "she skacely
teches hit"
By this time the dealer waa laughing
heartily and the farmer soon got so
blue In the face that an explosion was
only averted by a few Italicised re
marks. When ha had finished the deal
er asked:
"Did U ever oaaar at yoa that yon are
Irft-handed, and that ya hare baaa
AN ICE IIOUHE.
trying to run that innchine back wanly
i.e-vaior ui.ii Oiuiii Trui''1
r plioiiiuif I.jr,iiilM from li.in.-l.
'i be acc .iupa,;.; iilufiiullon, taken
from the American Agriculturist fchows
a ready means of drawing off liqubbj
from a barrel having no faucet. A rub
ier tube a collide of yaids In length
lias one end pusseif throngh a bit of
pine wood and glued tightly Into posi
tion. A hole is now bored through the.
top of the piece of wood into this tubo
and a short piece of niblier tulie Insert
ed and tightly glued into position.
HKVICK F OH DRAWING LlijUIHS.
I'lace the other end of tlve long tube in
the barrel, pinch the lower end with
the fingers and draw out the air from
the tube by applying the mouth to the
upright ph-ce of tubing, when the long
tube will lill with the liquid which
will How steadily through it when the
lower end of the tube Ik released, al
vays providing that the end of the
tube outside of the barrel is lower than
ti c end which is within the barrel, as
this Is the principle on which the sy
phon works u long arm and a short
arm. Care should be taken in drawing
the air out of the tulsj not to proceed
8) far that the liquid will rise to the
mouth In the upright tube. This might
very well bp of glas. us glass tubing;
can be hud at any druggist's.
Fall Miinurinif of tbe Garden.
The earlier manure Is drawn upon a
garden the better will be Its effects,
provided the garden Is not liable to be
wuiilied by running water in winter or
spring. If there are underdmiiis three
feet deep to take off surplus water it Is
very little fertility of any kind that in
, our climate will be carried away by
drainage water. If there is any nitro
gen in the water passing through the
subsoil, most of it Is lost In the first
few Inches of soil that it is filtered
through. If the underdraln were tilled
by a stream of surface water fiqwlng
In from the top, some nitrogen and even
mineral fertilizers might be carried
away wdth it. But with filtered water
there is no danger of anything of ma
uurliil value going Into the underdraln.
TretlU for Berry Iiuahes.
American Gardening gives a sketch
allowing a good trellis for raspberry
and blackberry bushes. It has only sin
gle strands of wire, and the bushes
must be tied to them In some way. The
trellis, therefore, although cheaper thad
the double trellis, is hardly as convent'
vnt, but it will answer, and surely
makes a little patch of raspberries or
blackberries appear neat and tidy.
When blackcaps are grown for evap
orating purposes, as a farm crop, they
must of necessity be grown cheaply,
and spending a lot of money for posts
und wires Is entirely out of the ques
i Hon. Close pruning is the only practi
cable method of keeping the bushy
growth within bounds, and providing
convenient chances for gathering the
berries. For the home garden, how
ever, there is no excuse to allow this
state of affairs. A good trellis can eas
ily be provided for the small patch of
A GARDEN TRELLIS.
berry bushes, and It will pay many
times Its original cost In the greater at
tractiveness of the garden, in conveni
ence of gathering the fruit, and In satis
faction generally.
The Rnaalan Thistle Scare. .
J. S. Wilson, Badger, South Dakota,
writes: "I have had eight years' experi
ence with the Russian thistle, and can
say that on my farm It has not caused
as much damage as the common bull
thistle, also a native of this region.
With due respect for the opinions of
legislators who are endeavoring to se
cure additional aid In suppressing this
pest, I think that appropriations for
that purpose are entirely unnecessary."
Farm Notea.
Oats are excellent for laying hens.
It Is cheaper to make a road than It la
to drive over a bad one.
Strict cleanliness is one of the requi
sites for successful dairying.
Italians produce a larger number of
bees than blacks, and so, Indirectly,
more honey.
Canning frufta with the stones in
them is known to add greatly to the
flavor of the fruit
Spraying is only in Its Infancy, but it
Is a good, healthy Infant and promises
a great deal at maturity.
Wide tires, with axles of different
lengths, on heavy wagons, would be a
great help to road-keeping.
I'lan to grow every crop on the farm
that will help toward tho sustenance of
tbe family and of the stock.
Give a colt plenty of opportunity to
exercise and he will grow faster and
make a better horse when matured.
Good dairying cows, .winter dairying,
cheap food and plenty of It, are the
four essentials of success In dairy farm
ing. Cattle should be kept comfortable.
What Is lacking In warm and dry shel
ter we pay for In feed and uumed
fat of the animals.
Ws can gae rally Judge from tha
barnyard what kind of a farmer a man
la. No portion of tha fans shows mora
tha rxhlieiss or earafalnaaa with
wMea tha farm wat la aatited om.
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