TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Comment and Critic-lam Baaed Upon
the Happening' of ttte Da 7 Histori
cal and New Note.
Tou never need your self-control more
than when you hear a friend tell one
f your favorite stories badly.
That Detroit editor who Is trying to
latent a new dollar should save hi
energies aud try to Invent a way to
get more of the old ones.
It looks very much as if we are near
hit a treat telephone and telegraph
war. The public- tan maud ilieujier
rates with a great deal of patient en
iurauce. A Philadelphia young lady who sued
her eXSW eel heart fur $.s.""" for
breach of promise compromised iu
court for la It d.K-s not take the new
woman long toMZc up a mail at his true
Lgal mutter are getting mixed over
tn Kentucky, where a witness, impris
oned for refusing to testify, sues the
Judge and gets a verdict of $lu,iM)
Uauiajfe. Witnesses have often ttevti
Vaid for holding their tongues, but tiot
through this Kentucky process.
Mexico has decreed that train rob-V-rs
captured In the act shall be shot
forthw ilh at the scene of crime. There
way be disadvantages attached to a
course so rigorous, but us t! ., ail fall
to the lot of the bandit it is p, a inly liis
taty to Come forward and e..'er what
ever protest may be necessary.
If Jane Addams, the street ch-aner of
the Nineteenth Ward iu Chicago, goes
at her job with one half the enUrisiusm
that marks the dem mstratioes of the
average woman when slic starts iu to
"clean house," the poor men will soon
wish they were living in the primeval
ilderness or permanently tuckedaw ay
to their tombs.
Because a minor pugilist said incau
tiously that Corbett could not knock
Sua head off, this assertion being in re
sponse to Corbett's intimation that he
jrmld successfully execute that severe
mai necessarily unpleasant climax of
the mnnly art, the champion demands
an apology. The settlement of the
question is not of vast importance, but
It calls attention to the delicate code of
ethics governing the ring. No wonder
that so little fighting is permitted to
ccur near It
A iuau convicted of having married
tfiree wives, without, in any case, hav
ing wailed duly to "be off with the old
awe" of being a trifle too partial anil
auger in matrimony was recommended
to mercy by the jury. The reason for
the recommendation is not stated, tut
Jt must have been admiration of brav
ery. The Court "considered" the rec
mmendatiou, and gave him three years
a year per wife. What would the
Court have done without the recom
mendation? t
La Gascogne is evideutly hard on piston-rods.
Some ships always break the
rudder, some always get the screw in
double, some break the shaft; but the
tascflgne's specialty is piston-rods.
.Saw then, it would le well for the com
pany to have her overhauled, so as to
ietermine whether the piston-rods are
wrong, or whether the driving force Is
In such a condition that no oiston-rod
ean last Two good warnings are as
many as one can expect
According to a report to the State
Department, Russia Is about to make
a determined effort to reach out for
and capture some of the great markets
of flour, such as England, the borders
af the Mediterranean Sea. and Asia,
which are at present largeU supplied
y the Cuited States. The govern
ment Is backing the project, and prom
ising to afford special transportation
rates and facilities for the export trade
In flour, and to advance lonus to the
Russian millers to enable them to ex
tend their operations.
Ve ought to raise our own violinists,
Ht actors and actresses, our vocal inn
AMans, and metnliers of brass bands.
'Ve. mast lave plenty of men and wom-
an fls for such kinds of business among
our Bpulaflon of seventy millions.
The Aaoeric-tn iwople have almost cii
"trely neglected these profitable bruueh-
of industry. We do not Isiieve It
wirti) be necessary for us to import
any taient from abroad tf we would
give proper encouragement to the
growth of the home article, By doing
this he would retain millions of money
in the country.
In one of his lectures on Journalism.
Mr. Dana has told young men lrfthe
profession what It Is necessary for them
to know. Among the things he men
tions Is the part the American Govern
ment is destined to play In tiie great
drama of human affairs. Mr. liana re
qnirea almost U much. If he knows
this particular thing himself, he Is
wronging the ago. To reveal It Is noth
ing less than a duty. To the mere clti
n, not competent to lecture, It ap
pears that this Government does not
sustain a leading role In the drama now
on. It may, boweyer, be- observed In
tbe orchestra sawing fecund fiddle.
Railroad activity Is a touchstone of
koaluess. Here is a pointer: The ordi
nary wear of enrs require a replace
ment of nearly or qulto 100,000 per
year. Tu last two yearn, however,
tills hat fallen off one-half and two
thirds respectively, s to freight Tehl
3a alone, and aa to passenger can to
ant to nothing- Tna praeent year, Ieea
tfcaa ati moatiM old, mn aa many or
ian yftmi for care aa wart glrra In
1k;4. The oo-t will be over flO.uuO.lMi;
the number over 26.s. In business
earnings the same results are shown.
Seventeen roads alone in the second
week of May exbinited an increase as
great as eighty roads did during the
first week. It may therefore be as
sumed that the earning will be nearly
a million dollars, as against four hun
dred and forty thousand. One-third of
that increase comes from the great con
tinental and Western lines. The bal
ance is scattered over the land.
Englishmen, according to Cardiani
Vaughan, have reason to regard the
Maid of Orleans not only with as much
admiration as the Freuch feel for her,
but also with no small amount of real
gratitude. To sustahi the latter asser
tion, he brings forward the remarkable
argument that, but for Joan's Interven
tion, the riautag -uets might have gain
ed the throne of Trance, in which case
they would certainly have chosen to
live In that liea'itifiil country and then
there woidd have Ihvii no Kingdom of
Great Britaiu! The Cardinal Is evl
detnly a mau after Mark Taplcy's own
heart It Is extremely improbable, how
ever, that the average Itri'Uhcr will le
able to follow ttie ecclesiastical gentle
man's subtle logic to the conclusion he
readies, or to admit that as a place of
residence France Is so incomparably
superior to England that anybody
w ith the chance to live there would 1m
Mile to do iL
A kind of reaction lias alrvady set !n
ugatust the theory in Mietn.iiic mat
many, if not all, of the diseases which
human fie.-li is heir to arc caused by
minute organisms or their poisonous
secretions. As a logical ivs'ilt of this
theory, the remedies wrc sought iu
substances which would kill the lui-crolM-s
or counteract their pernicious
iullueuce, because they are always
present in g.'cut munle-is mi diseased
tissue. To a large extent treatment
still aims at this, but the medical fra
ternity has come to realize that the de
struction of germs is often very diffi
cult, frequently impossible, and at all
times so troublesome that If we would
have perfect sanitation we must pre
pare to spend much of our lives In great
discomfort. The industrious, untiring
microls- hunter has discovered germs
everywhere and in everything, Bae
teriologists now incline to the belief
that microbes, so far from being harm
ful, are actually beneficial. In other
words, m!crolss, taken in proper doses,
assist thd natural processes.
A man might Invent a tueaus for
aerial navigation or perform a mission
for the Immediate enlightenment of the
entire human nice without winning the
honors he could get as an opera tenor.
His name would get into print and peo
ple would, point at him on the street,
tliis being some.'mes a peculiarly agree
able form of flattery. He might give a
lecture now and then, and his audi
ences would applaud with gentle appre
ciation. At dinners people would drink
his health, and even present him with
a fine loving-cup for which he would
have no use. His life otherwise would
be rather quiet and retiring, and the
public would st'e him comparatively
little. The other night the opera sea
son closed in New York, the manage
ment giving a sort of haphazard pot
pourri from various operas In order to
show off all Its stars at once. The
opera house was packed to suffocation;
the people shouted themselves hoarse,
piled the stage knee deep with flowers
and handed up caskets of expensive
jewelry to the singers.. After which
the audience called out the leading
tenor about two dozen times and re
mained shouting and applauding until
the lights were turned out. Just what
sort of fever It Is that seizes an opera
audience and converts It into a raging
mob remains to be ascertained. The
people who gave solid gold wreaths and
watches and other trinkets to the sing
ers in New York would have been
thought lunatics If they had expended
a like amount of money In doing honor
to the greatest poet of the age, who
ever he may be, or to the greatest
statesman. It is apparent that If a man
wants to clatter In some kinds of so
ciety he does not need profound intel
lectual gifts or enterprise. AH he
needs is a few fibers more or less In his
voice and the ability to stand before
the footlights and be admired.
I'ruud of His I'lalil.
I'rof. Kbickie frequently stnid at mj
house w hen lecturing in Glasgow. He
was always at his best when one had
him alone. One night when we Mere
sitting up together he said In his
brusque way: "Whatever other faults
I have I am free from vanity." An In
credulous smile on my face roused him.
"You don't believe that; give me au In
stance "
Being thus challenged, I said: "Why
do you walk about nourishing a plaid
continually?"
"I'll give you thy history of that sir.
When I was a poor man, and when my
wife and I had our difficulties, she oneH
day drew niy attention to the thread:
bare character of my surtout, and ask
ed me to order a new one. 1 told her
I could not afford it just then; when she
went, like a noble woman, and put her
own plaid shawl on my shoulders, and
I have worn a plaid ever since In mem
ory of her loving deed.'"- Good Words.
Ilacterla In the haidine.
A particular epidemic which attacks
fishermen In the sard lite Industry Is
said to take the form of whitlows on
the fingers. They are due, It seems, to
the handling of fish which are Infected
by certain species of bacteria. An In
teresting feature In thp reservation Is,
we are told, that for the production of
these whitlows two distinct species of
bacteria are necessary.
Hope Ho.
Scientists predict that In a century's
time there will bt no disease that la not
curable
A DESIRE for the ballot, which
distinguishes what Is probably
quite a small minority of our
feminine population, la motived by one
or other of three considerations, writes
the Rev. Charles II. Tarkhurst. IX I)..
In the Indies' Home Journal. The bal
lot is claimed by some because of the
mistaken notion that suffrage is a right
inherent In personality. Other women
are suffragists not because tbey care
anything for the ballot iu Itself consid
ered, but because possessed of those
masculine prepossessions that make
them restless at seeing men do anything
that they are not themselves allowed to
do. Many of this class probably a.e
not so anxious to vote as they are
anxious to know that they can vote if
, they want to. It would be interesting
to kuow how many of such women
j would fe converted from ttieir views if
j It should seriously be proposed to pass
I a bill requiring women to vote. Hit
, man nature is a peculiar thing, and It
certainly will not U- ungallant to say
say that all the peculiarity is not
monopolized by the male sex. I'rob-
I ably the particular stripe of suffragists
I am coiiime nin" on hist now would
find the virulence of their distemper
measurably relieved by having Hie
coveted privilege accorded to them for
a time. It would work something as In
the case of a jealous child w ho Is cured
of Its Jealousy by being allowed to
hold It Its own hand a little while t lie
exclusive plaything of the mate it Is
jealous of. There are. however, in the
third place a considerable number of
women that are -considering with a
great deal of honesty aud womanly
seriousness the question whether the
ballot, if put Into woman's hands,
would not be a means of correcting
certain evil conditions "in society that
could be less easily reached in any
other way. .
It Is very easy to have a pronounced
opinion upor the effect'which such an
extension of the ballot would produce,
although the data do not seem as yet
to be sufficiently at command to give
to such pronounced opinions any par
ticular value. Our uneasy sisters would
be making a substantial contribution
to the cause they have so closely at
heart If they, for instance, would can
Tasa two of the wards in this city, say
the Tenth and the Twenty-second, and
by that means put themselves In condi
tion to Inform the public distinctly and
authoritatively just what effect would
be produced at our next election by
having the privilege of suffrage accord
ed to the women of those two most Im
portant districts.
Cheap Writing: Hoard.
Here Is a plcure of a very cheap and
convenient writing board for the lap.
Some people find a contrivance of this
kind almost indispensable, and If they
do not care to Incur the expense of buy
ing one at a store the following descrlp
lon will enable then to make It:
Gat a fiat board of well t-e is ned wool
and of such size as may suit your
convenience. Cover It with cloth of
some dark, serviceable color and tack
It around the edges with flat b ass head
ed nails. Or you -might get furniture
tacks to match the cloth In color. Use
COSVBMEST WRITING BOAKP.
bands of good silk elastic for holding
the address !ook, calendar, envelopes,
pens, etc. The bands should la? tacked
down securely. lukstaud, stampbox
and penwiper may be attached to the
Ixxtrd or not. as you choose, but If they
are attached It should be by means of
carpenters' glue. Mucilage is not
strong enough. A flap of cloth may be
attached to one side of the board, and
this will serve as a cover when the
Isiard Is not In use. The (lustration Is
from Cassell's Slagazlne.
A Btenoicrapher'a Lew soil.
Khe was a stenographer.. She was a
pretty stenographer. Moreover, she
waa a blight girl and she understood
her business. She
came into a down
town office la an
swer to an adver
tisement I noticed
that the manager
looked at her criti
cally as she entered
but there was no
sign of'recognition
on her face. She
expressed herself
as desirous of the position and offered
some letters of recommendation. The
manager took them, read them through
carefully and handed tin ts back to her.
She waited for his answer.
Again he gave her a searching look
and then, as If convinced of her Identi
ty, said: "tine May last, week I was
walking down ftb avenue. Directly In
front of m was a tall, slenderly built
woman alone. Two girls came up hur
riedly from the opposite direction and
as they approached I beard one of them
ay; "Quick, Jen. See that guy. Isn't
aba a perfect walking skeleton r Tma
other laughed and they passed on. Bot
I noticed the woman blush painfully.
Without a doubt she had heard the re
mark and comprehended Its meaning.
Do you remember the incident?"
The girl bowed her head and I saw
the color creep around to the tips of her
ears.
The manager continued: "That wom
an was my wealthiest client Do you
think it would be advisable for roe to
lntr-Mluce you to her as a young lady
w h' would occasionally take her dicta
tion r
The girl arose silently aud passed out
of the office. 1 don't kuow that she
felr any sense of gratitude for the man's
rebuke, but she should. Few men
would have taken the trouble.
The Husband.
Who weds because we are so d' g
And then forgets when it is le-re
The anniversary every year?
The husband.
Who, when he's donning evening clothes,
Would with an angel cotne to blows,
And let the w hole house hour his woe!
The husband.
Who sometimes makes ns quail and quake
With laics about the bread and cuke
His mill her used to make and bake?
The husband.
Who calls the landlord w ith a frown.
And then slip out and goes uptow n.
While w ife) talks thai landlord dow n?
The husband.
lint when the domls are dark and gray
And ruin seems ifot far sway.
Who takes the belm and saves the day?
The husband.
Who grumble lots, as well we kuow,
That there no wine shall ever flow,
Yet In his heart is glad 'tis so?
The husband.
And so. in water pure Rnd clear,
Fit emblem of our sisturs here,
I drink the health of those o dear
Our huahnnds.
Won by a Woman.
Women's rights advocates will And
pleasure In the remarks of the Civil
Service Commission on an examination
recently held for-library cataloguer
and library clerk for the Agricultural
Department Of the thirty applicants
for the former ail the men failed to
pass, while five out of the sixteen
women did so. Of the ten applicants
for the latter eight men failed and two
women passed. Although Secretary
Morton wanted men for the places he
was moved by these results to change
his mind and apiiolnted Miss E. Ii.
Wales, of Chicago, clerk. Miss Wales
received her training in the depart
merit of library science at the Armour
Institute, and Is a .voting woman of
unusual natural ability and Intellectual
attainment
Too Many Clothe.
The tired housemother, looking ov.
her clothes closets in the fall. Is apt to
find them eumliered up with a large
amount of old material. Themajorityof
people In well-to do lircumstan 'es have
a great many more clothes th in they
actually need, though their wardrolics
may be very unsatisfactory In quality.
The average every-d:iy housekeeper is
apt to hoard her clothes and shut them
up, as she does her plnuo and her best
furniture In her parlor. :iway from
moths and dust bringing Iheiu out only
on grand occasions. It Is this practice
that keeps so many women shabby 'he
greater part of their days. They have
a number of gowns put away for Sun
day and those "occasions" that never
come, while for the main part of t:i ir
days they go In homespun and calico.
Miss Gertrude Hall will soon publish
a volume of I'anl Verlatie's poems trans
lated Into English.
Mine. Augler, the widow of' the cele.
broted isjet and dramatist, Eiulle An
gler, died In I'aris recently.
Helen Frlce, the granddaughter of
Unfits Choute, has written a novel. It
is called "The Story of Christine line he
fort" Mrs. Margaret Deland has a pusslou
for dogs. She owns several thorough
breds, among them a particularly tall
and stately mastiff, who strides sol
emnly behind his mistress In her walks
about Boston.
The doctor who pulled the old X'meer
of Afghanistan through bia lata Illness
Is a young woman of Ayrshire, Scot
land, Miss L. Hamilton, who took her
medical degree three years ago In Brus
sels and practiced In Calcutta btfort
aba want to Affhsalatan
1 Mw
MISS E. B. WALKS.
THE FARM AND HOME.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
ftoiKbnm Need a More Attention I hao
Corn-V aluable Information in tiee
Cullure-Hecrtt of Making Good But-ter-IniprovtuK
Kented land-Notea.
The bor hum Crop.
Sorghum is usually planted In hills
about three feet apart each way, or If
the grouud Is not too weedy, In drills
three feet apart, leaving the stalks at
the last thinning about four to six
Inches apart In the row. If the crop
Is to be used for sugar or syrup, the
stalks should be about six lmifc-s apart
In the drill, or alsuit five stalks in the
bill. Six or seven stalks could be left
In the hill w here the crop is to be used
for forage. About two quarts of seed
of the ordinary varieties are required
Per acre, when planted iu bills, and
somewhat more than this amount when
sown In drills, Early orange or early
amber or some of the other early va
fieties, says the Country Gentleman,
woulfl probably be most sure to give a
protilable crop. On land specially
adapted to corn or sorghum some of the
larger or later varieties might be
grown, as they yield much heavier
crops; but If any of the crop is to be cut
so early as August, the later varieties
will not do. The crop needs considera
bly more atlchiioii at the start tlmn
corn, but perhaps less after it is a foot
or more high. The growth is rather
slow for the tirst few inches, but very
rapid at the close of the season. The
outer glaze on the stalk is harder than
on maize and the stalks should pre
ferilbl) be fed whole rather than cut
Into short pieces, to avoid risk of cut
ting the animals about the mouth, i be
cane, when mature, will stand for a
long time without much deterioration iu
quality, even after a severe frost, pro
vided warm weather does not follow
the frost, or alternating periods of
warm aud cold occur. Sorghum can be
made into ensilage, but will not make
as gissl ensilage us mature corn, being
usually quite sour. Some growers have
reported keeping sorghum for manf
weeks cut and set Iu large bunches Iu
the field.
Items in lic-c Culture.
Following are questions asked and
auswered at the National Illinois con
vention of tun-keepers aud reported In
the American Bee Journal: Is It last
to put the colonies on the old stands
when taking out of cellar? Most
thought It best If possible, though some
did not do It Is the eight or ten frame
Langstrotb hive the lest? About half
use the eight and the balance the. ten
frame hive. Is it advisable to super
sede queens or let the les do it? Most
of the members thought It best to let
the bees attend to It, and let the liee
keeper watch them, and to supersede
when the bees do not attend to It.
Which Isbetier.thln or extra thin foun.
datlon for sections? Thin. How many
use full sheets of foundation In sec
tions? Only one. Dr. Miller uses full
sheets. How many wire brid frames?
And Is it best? H. W. 1-e thought It
was not necessary, while others thought
that It was. What Is the best section
holder? Dr. Miller thought the T
super, with a follower and wedge, the
best Where a division board is used
In the hive, will the Iwes work as well
In the sections over an open space?
Not so well.
Care for the Cows.
When you are not running your
cows for all there Is In them, are you
not making a great mistake? Cnu you
honestly say that during the past win
ter your cows have had the best of care
that you were capable of giving them?
Can you say that you have made the
best butter that It was possible for you
to make? If not, why not? Have you
all the money that you want? Have
you all the farming Implements that
you would like to have? Your cows
would help you reach this .desired end
if you gave them the best care that you
could.
There Is no secret In caring for cows
or in making good butter, says the Na
tional Stockman. Any one can do It
If he will only try. It Is hard to get
out of the way of doing certain things
In certain ways, but when there Is
money In getilng. then, "let's git" It
costs no more to make a pound of but
ter that will sell for .'!0 cents than ft
does to make a pound of butter that we
have trouble In disposing of for 10. It
costs less to get a quart of milk from a
cow when she gives ten quarts, than
when tbe gives live. Why, then, don't
we make her give ten. and make thirty
five cent butter from the ten quarts,
where we formerly made ten-cent but
ter from five quarts? It Is slow work
at the bottom of the ladder, It Is rough
always under the harrow; but our
cows, If we only have two or three, will
help us If we only give them the proper
'are.
Thick or Thin Heeillnu.
We remember two experiments In
drilling oats which gave exactly con
trary results and yet taught a valuable
lesson. On the headlands, where the
osts were In places twice seeded so ns
not to make a vacant space, the part
where the needing hipped gave the first
year n much larger yield than the )sjr-
5
tlou which hud only one seeding.
we were then drilling at the rate of
ind one-half bushels tier acre, the yield
was best where nearly or quite five
bushels per acre whs sown. But we
forgot that the season was very wet nnd
the laud was rich, so that on the lightly-seeded
part much of the grain fell
doWn. Next year we drilled the oats
Is th ways,' sowing two bushels each
way. The oats came up well, and look
ed finely until the time for heading
out Then a dry spell came and tits
oata were a very light crop. Thick or
' thin aaedlng depend! on the condition
of the soil and the a-nount of molstura
that may probably l expec,.
verv rich soil thick seeding of grain
ei.vpt in ver wet season prevent It
from growing f rank and the straw
breaking down with Its wu weight-
American Cultivator.
Improtinx Rtntcd Landa.
A really g-l firmer will Dot leav.
the farm is,rcr thau he found It even
If he mly rents Instead of owus tha
hind. Hut iu this country every Im
provement made on rented land goe.
to the owner of the property, and this
fact o.-erates to prevent those from
renting who know that their method of
farming make the land more produc
tive. In Eurois-an countries most of
the furmlug Is on rented land, and re
cently the laws have Ins n changed so
us to give the occupant who makes Im
provements a considerable part of their
va Tliis is really Is-tter for Is.th
parties.
It is not to tie- aiivauiua-
mi- owner oi" land to h as.- it
as to
teliqH.rary pront. i'" "'r
.... i i
make
value conslali
decrease until "
,oiiics too p..r for an.ibo.iy to waul to
rent It.
hcientilic Tomato (ironing.
I'rof. W. VV. Mutisou. of the Maine
Experiment Station, sas of tomat.
growing: "The se.-llitig started In
fiats tire, as soon as tli'.v begin to
crowd, removed to three lie li l-t-. later
to four-inch, then to the th-ld. Fre
quent handling has with Us ' ,,e"-
tlcial. Midsummer trimming I, as has
tened the ripening of the fruit then
set. I'otnsli the soil lends to i;n rcaso
tin- acidity of tie- fruit, w hile pi; S'hor
ic acid produces a larger perei-nta-'e of
sugar, nnd nitrate of soda. In s'aall
amounts, increases the bid without
delaying the ripening. Nitrogen is the
ruling elemeirt iu the growth of t'e- p.
11111 tx. altllollgb its best eh.-ct ilej.ehds
upon the presence of a full supply of
oilier elements. The best tVrt.l zcra
for the loiiinto are those thai li.i-tcQ
grow th early iu the season. I ainire to
fruit well Is due to illslllliclenl iiollon
on the stigma.' The remedy for this In,
on bright days, w hen the atmosphere Is
dry. to give each plant two or ihreo
sharp taps with a flat or padded stick.
Dairy Funning in Virulnla.
Mr. It. B. Ch.iftin, who has a dairy
farm of 575 acres three miles from
Richmond, Va., detailed his methods
and showed how he kept ,Vki cows on
4 acres of land, says the Cultivator,
He has made butter, but Is now sell
ing milk at wholesale, getting sixteen
cents 1st gallon for six months, aud
fourteen cents for six months. He de
pends largely on soiling, and gets three
crops In the season, mainly of rye,
German clover and turnips. He baa
had some difficulty with lalwir; finds
negroes unreliable. Inclined to quit on
m;clving a month's pay, and finds a
partial remedy in making the month's
payment on the 15th of the next and
enforcing his rule of forbidding
than two to leave at one time. He oniy
em ploys them for field work, and pays
$10 per month. In the barns, he only
employs whites, paying $1 per month
for each cow. milked and limiting tba
number milked by one man to forty.
1'runinn Trees In Leaf,
A great many fanners defer pruning
until the trees are in leaf, In order to
prevent "bleeding" or running of the
sap, which occurs when the pruning Is
done earlier. It is probable that not
much harm Is done by this practice,
though It Is well to know that pruning
In leaf Is always a great check to vital
ity and vigor. It should therefore be
practiced only on trees that are mak
lug too strong growth and whose wood
is growing at the expense of fruit
There are some very vigorous varieties
of apples, which, while young, are let
ter for being pruned while In full h-af.
The Northern Spy Is one of these. It Is
slow In coming Into Is-arlng when the
young trees are set on very rich ground
and - have nothing to binder wood
growth.
Calculate tbe Coot of Your flutter.
Do you know how much your butter
costs i-r pound? A little calculation
may point out better aud more economU
cal methods.
Notes.
Bitter milk comes from had feed. Tha
rag weed, which follows a crop of rya
or outs, dog fennel and the like, al
though but little may be eaten, will
often Impart a bitter flavor to the milk
of cows pastured in such a Held,
Bran Is au excellent ration for horses,
especially If fed with cut buy, as It is
not as heating as corn and contains
more mineral matter than the wbol
gralii. Bran and ground outs, mixed,
make an excellent combination for sum
mer. When u horse i-cfusin bj f,j t rt
sure indication tuat something iH wrong.
It Is better, however, to delay giving
any kind of medicine until a few hours
have been passed, unless it Is a case of
emergency, as the cause may lie due
to some slight ullmetit that will soon
correct Itself.
The attendant who enters a stable to
milk a cow with a pipe lu his mouth Is
not the projKT man to iierform that
duty. Milking should be regarded as
the cleanest and most Important work
on n dairy furm, as milk not only ab
sorbs odors, but Is also quickly u fff-t-ed
by any foreign substance,
I'lant more pens for a Inter supply
and use the varieties that are not of
the dwarf kinds, i The Champion of
England is excellent but not so prolific
as some others. If space Is not limited
more of them may be planted to com
pensate for sky bearing. The ground
for peas should be rich and In fine con
d'tlon. Fluster Is excellent In the hills for
corn as a starter, and costs hut liitio.
It Is claimed for It thai It atlnicis both
moisture and ammonia, and as It gives
the young plants a green appearance,
there la no do4ht that It I heneilclai
In sou manner. It cheapness puts
It within the reach of all, and "X)
pounds la auftV lent fy one acre.