MS
TO be tidy is to facilitate largely
the workaday affairs that we all
more or less have to Itear and
share. We need not le finicky, but we
can be certain first of all iat there is a
place for everything and next that ev
erything is iu its place. Many of us
know the girl who. hastening to class
or lecture, leaves at honip an unfilled
room, open-lidded boxes, bureau draw
era, suggestive of compressed earth
quake, bookcase doors swinging in im
minent risk of demolition who litters
hall stand and vestibule with discard
ed gloves and crumpled memoranda,
whose belongings are distributed indis
criminately through every room, re
gardless of ownership. She evidently
"waits to help." but is she preparing
herself meanwhile for the prospective
service?
Many of us know the patient mother
who moves along In the track of this
household hurricane to remove the de
bris, rearrange the surroundings, close
a box, sni'Kith a glove, clear siand aud
table of encumbrances and make fast
the door that endangers the precious
volumes that it is supposed to guard,
as well as the physical safety of some
junior member of the family. We liks
to tell young people of a simple rule one
mother enforced, the helpfulness of
which it took years to realize: "Never
leave a room without noticing whether
there Is Dot something there which be
longs or is likely to be needed In an
other part of the house and will even
tually have to be carried there." It
Is astonishing how rarely you And
yourself going from room to room emp
ty handed if you observe this rule and
how many steps you save somebody
who needs to have steps saved.
1" i -Queen Isabella of Spain.
, Among the royal refugees of Paris
Hone la better known than her Spanish
majesty. Queen Isabella. Any fine day
he may be seen driving on the Champa
Elysees or taking a constitutional on
the Aveuue du Bois. In person she Is
very short aud very stout To render
this fact less conspicuous she likes to
be surrounded by women of greater
KX-OI t.WIKM.A.
circumference tlian her own. and most
of her dauics d'houut-ur have been
ladies of remarkable eiulxiupoint She
Is as ford of bright colors as her daugh
ter, the Infanta Kulnlia. The Queen's
bonnets are especially remarkable, and
although the livery of her equipage is
not conspicuous, nor has her carriage
any unusual feature, yet it may be dis
tinguished half a kilometer away by her
majesty's headgear. Isabella makes no
calls and seldom dines out. She fre
quently goes to the theater, however,
and Is very fond of a good play.
Eat Grape Fruit.
Grape fruit Is an admirable tonic.
The sharp stimulus of fruit Is one of
the best things to set the digestive or
gans in order for the day. and the pecu
liar properties of the grape fruit give it
marked medicinal value. When eaten
at luncheon it is prepared in a different
way than for breakfast service. For
the second meal the contents of two
halves should be scraped out, the seeds
and tough cone of dividing skin taken
out and the pulp and Juice thus ob
tained used to till one of the halves,
which it will just about do. A table
Hpoonful of sugar and a tablespoon ful
of nun or sherry, which is mixed with
the jucy pulp, adds the perfecting
flavor. At breakfast, with the long
pointed orange spoon, the meat Is eaten
out as Is that of au orange, and very
little sugar is used, many persons pre
ferring none, on the ground that Its full
medicinal value is In-ttrr obtained.
Woasen Make Good Barbers.
Mrs. Leo it a woman barlier In Chicane-
Rhe hvnrd the other day that the
Council was going to pass an ordinance
prohibiting women from engaging In
the occupation of bartering, so whn
the barber held a mam meeting she
gnat! herself In behalf of the hun
ni or more worn wi who are to be
tmM la CMeago bops, ftbe repre-t-ti
that woeaen are forging to the
f Mat la tat baalaeea, There la a na
na tor tata," aha aald, "Woataa bar
t a aot drlak acr eanaaa, too
".rry aatr aereaa an always ateatfy
f J Catr toaca ttsat. They a aot
C yy tree aar airti etcare aa4 al-
3M
if
ways treat their customers with the
utmost politeness." This plain talk
created a great uproar, but Mrs. Lea
smiled and sat down. satisfied that she
had shown the meeting that women
can hold their ow n am where.
When Nancy Led the Way.
She has tightened her cinch by anothei
inch, she has shortened her stirriq
strap.
Aud she off with a whirl of horse and
girl, and I'm a lucky chap!
With a 'Catch if vou can! I'm as mod
an man! ' at a breakneck pace we
rule;
I have all but placed aiy arm round her
waist. as we gallop side by side.
When "Hoop! Ki yiT and, her elbows
high, she spurts in the rowhoy style;
itn a jerk and a saw at her borne', jaw
she's a bead for another mile!
And it's Nancy's dust thst breathe I must,
and its Nancy's trail I follow,
Till I leave the nit for a steep short cut.
and I've caught her down in th
hollow.
Then into the creek, with a splash and a
shriek, to her saddle girth she dares.
"Oh, tmike for the shoal, or he'll stop aud
roll!" But it's little that Nancy
car-s.
And up the hill she's ahead of me still,
and over the ridge we go!
And my steaming nag has begun to lag
but it isn't my fault, I know.
Oh! fair astride does Nancy ride, and bet
spur she uses free.
And it's little she cares for the gown sht
wears, and it's little she cares foi
me!
But the strawberry roan, with the sharj
k backbone, that Nancy rode that day.
He 'doesn't forget that Saturday yet,
when Nancy led the way.
-Lark.
Feed the Green-Eyed Monster.
The "green-eyed monster" has been
the cause of so much human misery
ever since the creation that It Is In
deed good news to learn that a French
doctor claims to have discovered an
eminently simple method of exorcising
the Bend from any rulnd In which it
may have taken up its abode. Thl
medical benefactor of his race is con
vinced that the emotion of Jealousy de
pends entirely uion the physical con
dition of the erson affecied by It, aud
is. In fact, due to nothing else than an
Imperfectly nourished brain. Ills plan,
therefore, is to "feed up" the jealous
person with plenty of stimulating and
nourishing diet, and as the brain be
comes more vigorous under this treat
ment. Its malady will disappear. What
could be more delightfully simple and
agreeable? And what Lucullan feasts
may be anticipated by the middle-aged
husbands of young and attractive wives
If experience proves the French doc
tor's prescription to lie reliable?
Improved Spirit Stove.
A safety spirit stove for curling-iron
heating is shown jelow. It has been
recently placed on the market. This
stove has a doable flame to Increase the
heating power. Two wicks accompany
each lamp, the smaller one fitting on
tJrely Inside the tube. This. It Is ex
plained, does not burn, but from It a
SP1KIT STOVE.
gag Is generated which is Ignited as It
escapes through small openings at tin
top of the tube. The larger wick lit
around the outside of the tube, and
burns as shown In the illustration. Each
stove Is provided with a cap for ex
tinguishlng the flame and preventing
evaporation of the alcohol.
Two Toilet Hints.
To prevent mosquitoes from harass
Ing one, smear the hands and face
with pennyroyal and keep a bottle of
that pungent perfume open to frighten
away the pests. Once they have suc
ceeded In biting one the only thing tc
do la to anoint the bites with ammonia,
lemon juice or salt. A sign of advaue
Ing age almost as Inevitable as the
crease In the neck Is the gradual re
ceding of the gums from the teeth. To
counteract this tendency an astringent
tooth wash should be occasionally used.
The teeth should, moreover, be brushed
crosswise and down rather than up.
The rsstom Ranctl Petri ad Vlncnla,
hcM oa Aag. 1, waa the continuance of
a Bomaa festival lu honor of the vic
tory woa by Octavlus over Anthony al
the bottle of Action. Its observance
waa coatlaoed. bat Ita object changed
by order of Theodnalaa
NOTES ON EDUCATION.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU
PIL AND TEACHER.
Many of the Girl Graduates Have No
Tine for Farther Study-New Cifli
cera ,f the National Educational
Association.
The Sweet Girl Graduate.
Yes, dear, we graduated last week,
and It was just lovely. I wore the
sweetest dress aud we all looked so
charming that the reporters gave us the
loveliest write-up that any class has
yet had. Here is my rejtort of the
final examinations. I got 1)2 lu chem
istry. Isn't that lovely? But l'rof.
Gassy Is stub a fine teacher anil did
such perfectly lovely experiments for
us. It was awful hard work to remem
ber those H2SOFs and all that rubbish
but we did it splendidly. I'apa asked
me to give him the formula for a good
loaf of bread. He is so ridiculous at
times. I told him I was going to the
cooking school one of these days and I
would learu how to make some lovely
salads aud tin y were better than bread
I got S7 iu physic yon know I took
the scientific course, ami we had ruch
lovely times while we were in elec
tricity. We had a wire to the trolly.
and we used to have such fun taklu
shocks and talking with the boys over
our telephones. Aud when we did not
know our lessons, we would get the
apparatus out of order, or get the pro
fessor to talking about some of the
scrapes he used to get Into when he
went to the university. We never would
have passed If Bob hail not learned, in
some way, what the questions were.
We ouly got the questions three days
before the examination and we did have
to study so hard to learn them and
when we were so worried over our
graduating dresses, too.
Geometry 1 stood very well I Meed
In geometry. We hail to make some
tetrahedrons, cones, cylinders, and such
things for exhibition. The teacher
showed us how to mark them out, anil
we cut them out, and covered them
with gold and silver paper, and some of
the new aluminum paper, and tbev
were Just lovely. I'apa was so ridicu
lous about my geometry. He offered
to give me a diamond ring If I would
divide his block out In the seventh ad
dition Into town lots 2.1x140 feet. I got
Jack Vandewater, who Is working in
the office of the civil engineer and who
can do auch things, to go out and drive
a lot of little stakes In the right places,
and then I went with papa and made
him sit In the carriage until I 'meas
ured the lots. I never would have
found all those stakes Jack drove If it
had not lecn for sister Nell, who went
with Jack and who had my promise of
my best cat's-eye charm If I got the
ring. The Riirveyor who went over the
work next day, had leen Interviewed
by Jack and he told papa that the work
was done as well as he could have done
It. so papa got me the ring. But I
th!nk he snswcted some trick, for he
asked me next day to tell him bow
many barrela of water our cistern
holds, and just Itecause I forgot to di
vide by the number of cubic Inches in a
gallon, he has made fun of me ever
since. No. I did not get along In al
gebra. Those x's and y's would get so
mixed up. We were not examined this
year lu algebra. I hardly know how I
used to get over my examinations. His
tory I just doted on my history class.
Miss l.reen was so lu-ar-sighted and
Bob and I used to have snch fun. And
If we did not Know our lessons we
would stir her up on woman suffrage
and what a time we would have. Kaiiy
one noon before Miss ;r ft came into
the history cl.-tss. Bob wrote this song
upon the blackboard where Miss Green
had put the lesson for the day:
Miss Green once had a little lamb, her
fleece was w hite as snow,
She taught her a little song of suf
frage; And round the high school building this
little lamb did go.
Singing that little song of suffrage.
I'm sighing for suffrage! (please let me
vo(e)
For suffrage, for suffrage, I'd give my j
wool coat!
I never can be happy till I've been to
the polls
And cast my little female vote for
suffrage.
Mr. Merino passing by, saw this dear
little sheep.
Suffering because she had no suf
frage. He said, "My darling, tell me why you
thus so sadly weep,
And w by do you care so much for
suffrage?
They'd pull the wool over your eyes, If
you should try to vote
Those dirty polls would surely soil your
beautiful white coat.
So trouble not your curly head, but
come along with me,
I'll teach you a sweeter song than
suffrage."
She dried ber tears and smiled at him
and said "I'll go with thee,
I don't care so very much for suf
frage." And Joyfully they went along and wise
ly did agree
That be alone should have the right of
suffrage.
"To love and to be loved" Is all of ber
song.
She sang It and sang It the whole
summer long.
She's training her dear little lambs and
does not want to vote.
And seldom gives a thought to female
suffrage.
Miss Green was so mad. and If she
bad fottnd ont who wrote It there would
have been a fuss. But we learned lots
of history. I asked Miss Green why
Worth and Ward McAllister were aot
stationed la oar blstnry, and 1 bad to
bring her a lovely bouquet next daj to
put ber In good humor again.
The rejMirters praised our German
music we had at graduation, so much.
We bad them come to one of our rehear
sals and sing those lovely college gotig
with us. and we coaxed them to sing a
song, and we encored them and made
so much over them that It would have
been too mean not to say in their papers
that "for pathos, accuracy of rendition
aud fine pcri-cption of !;Ut aud shade,
this class exi-eli, J any other, and so
on for a column.
Am 1 going on with my studies?
Why. 1 can't find the time. I have a
lovely new bicycle suit, and a golf suit
aud my tennis, and we are going to
play progressive whist this fall, and 1
may Joiu the Browning class. With
all my calls and society duties I have
no time for any outside studies, at
course I shall forget all about the folks
in our history, but I don't believe that
there were a half dozen of them who
could have passed our high school ex
amination. Northwest Journal of Ed
ucation. New Oflicrrn.
The officers of the National Educa
tion Association for the ensulug year
are as follows:
President, .Newton C. Dougherty,
Peoria, IlL
Secretary, Irwin Sbepard, Winona,
Minn.
Treasurer, I. C. McNeill, Kansas City,
Mo.
Vice Presidents, X. M. Butler. New
York City; Mrs. A. J. IVavey. Denver,
Colo.; W. F. Bartholomew, Louisville,
Ky.; X. C. Schaeffer. llurrisburg. Pa.;
W. X. SheatH, Tullahassec, Flu.; Henry
Sabln, Ies Moines. Iowa; K. B. Mc
Klroy, Portland. Ore.; C. G. Purse,
Beatrice. Neb.; 11. U. Pattiugill, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; U. H. Halsey, Madison,
Wis.; J. K. Talujage. Salt Ijike, Utah;
Miss Kstelle Heel, Cheyenne, Wyo.
BOAKI) OF IUKKCTOUS.
Alabama, F. M. Uueu, Montgomery.
Arizona, T. B. Comstock, Tucsoii.
Arkansas, Junius Jordan, Utile Hoik.
California, Karl Burues, Palo Alto.
Colvrado, J. H. Vauslckle. Denver.
Connecticut, George B. Hurd, Xew
Haven.
Delaware, A. X. llanh, Xewark.
District of Columbia, Z. Hichards,
Washington.
Florida, Oscar Clute. Lake City.
Georgia, Otis Ashmote, Savannah.
Idaho, F. U. Gault, Moscow.
Illinois, John W. Cook, Normal.
Indiana, D. F. Gos, Indianapolis.
Iowa, F. B. Cooer, De Moines.
Kansas, John McDonald, Tot-ka.
Kentucky, John MagUiuW, Ow ens-
bo ro.
Loelslana, Warren Kastoo, New Cr-
leans.
Maine. M. C. Ferald. Dover.
Maryland, Henry A. Wine, Baltimore.
Massachusetts, U. A. F.wlng, C'aiu-
brtdg.
Michigan, W. H. Whitley, Detroit.
Minnesota, C. B. Gillicrt, St. PauL
Mississippi, It. B. Fulton, University.
.Missouri, John H. Kirk, Jeffersoa
City.
Montana, J. M. Hamilton, Mlssonla.
Nebraska. W. H. Skinner, Nebraska
City.
Xevada, A. H. Stump. Carson City.
New Mexico. 0. K. Hodgtu, Albuquer
que.
New Hampshire, D. C. V. Bound.
Plymouth.
New York, C. It. Skinner, Albany.
New Jersey, J. M. Uulstou, Asbury
Park.
North Carolina. Benne-1, Smed Ril
Igh. North Dakota. L. 15.. Avery. Mayville.
Ohio, W. J. White. Dayton.
Oklahoma. O. It. Boyd, Normal.
Oregon. .1. II. Acki-rman. Portland.
Pennsylvania, C. lv Garmo. Swarth
mifre.
ItlKide Island. II. K. Tarls-U Provi- 1
dence.
South Carolina, I. P. Johnson, (V j
lumbla. !
South Dakota, Geo. P. Smith, VermiU- j
ion. i
Tennessee. Frank Goodman, Nash- i
vllle. 1
T".xns. II. C..!ilclmrd. Hnntsvllle.
I'tnb, W. U. Ma lone. Salt Ijike City.
Vermont, Alford Turner, Huthtnd.
Do Scorpions Commit Kuicide?
It has been slated that a s-orpiou will
poison Itself If placed In such a posi
tion that It cannot escape death. This
Is :ti I to be CHpeciully true If the rep
tile is surrounded by tire, with no visi
ble means of reaching safety.
A British ollicer said that while In the
Punjab a servant brought lu a scor
pion one morning which had probably
straye.1 too rar rrom its home during .even dairy breeds of cattle under test
the night. The reptile was put In a made nn average profit for ten months'
glass case for safe keeping. After a period of $2S per raw, reckoning the
time the officer thought of exiH-riinent- milk worth 1.2S cents per pound, or
Ing with It. He took a strong sun glass about 2Vi cents per quart. If, Instead
and focused the rays on the lick of of selling the milk at this price. It had
the scorpion. As the heat began to tell been set for cream, and the cream so
on the animal. It ran around its cage, skimmed as to contain 20 per cent of
giving every sign of terror. Finally as fat (the standard quality), and sold
the heat was Intensified. It raised its st 20 cents per quart, the profit would
tail and plunged the stinger Into Its have been $71 per cow, or nearly three
bnck where the sun's rays had I u 'times the profit for milk. Had the
centered. In less Hum half a minute milk been converted Into butter at 2.1
It was dead. Other experiments with cents, the profit wiuld have been $JT,,
actual fire bad brought about the same j while. If put Into cheese at 10 cents iter
results, according to the officer. pound, the latter would hove made a
,. ; i"''t profit of only $10 per head.
The Crater in arlMoi.
The formation of the crater on the i Lanterns and Fires,
tipper carbon of on arc light is said to I "That wag a costly lantern," sighed
be due In part to the checking of the n lfc',p D., ho looked dolefully at
current and cousequent accumulation '' smoking ruins of his new barn. The
of energy nlwve by the high resistance k"rosene lantern had been set on the
of the arc. causing Increased cousiimp- n("r "J for minute," but long
tlon of carbon, which, owing to the ex- ''nougU to get knocked over. The blas-terlor-cnrlwu
surface being denser and " ra-le Quick work with the In
harder than the Interior, aud also ra- flammable material on every band. In
dialing heat more rapidly, Is consumed ten -tlnutes the roof waa falling In; It
more rapidly from the Interior. The ' Impossible to aave even the anl
formatlon of the (mint on the lower aula. A few precautions would cer
rarbna I dne to the accumulation of talnly lessen the frequency "of snch
fused particles of silica carried down, disasters. Having a place for the light,
eecore from long handles, Irresponilblo
Addlaon usually prepared oae of Bit aeela and twitching talla, would be one
essays la a day. ' atfafoard, ved the rale waa al
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Calcalatioae Made aa to the Area of
Uajr'e Plowing Borrowing and
Lending Farm Implementa-Poultry
Should Be Fed KeKularIy.
What la a Day'a Plowing?
While cutting a furrow nine Inches
wide the plowman walks Just about
eleven miles while he Is turning over
an acre that la, without reckoning the
Journey from the stable to the field
and back again. It is one of the ad
vantages of long fields that the time
occupied In turning at the ends Is so
much Iew than on shorter strctehi
and smaller fields. In plowing au acre
.2 yards long, cutting a nine-Inch fur
row, the man goes 'Z'Vt times roum
and turns on the headland 5.1 times. If
we allow one minute for turning, the
time thus occupied Is equal to .V mln
tMes, or, say, an hour's work the hard
est cf the day. too. Tills would lie in
a paddiH'k of field of average length,
iH'ing 10 chains long. When a field Is
8 chains-17'J yards long, the uumbi'
of turnings Is doubled, and the amount
of hard work and time absorbed is
Hour and 50 minutes. In a field 't
chains long (117 yards)-a uot unusual
length the plowman turns Kio times
lu order to cut through an axe with a
nine-inch furrow, and allowing a mln
ute for each turning, 2 hours are oc
cupled In that operation.
The plow space to do good, steady
work varies from 1 Va to 2 miles per
hour. Applying these figures to the
eleven miles walked lu plowing an
acre, at the rate of IV, miles an hoor,
takes 7V4 boors. With a ten-inch furrow
there is one mile less of walking, which
may be computed as half an hour to
three-quarters, according to the est!
mate of traveling pace. With a ten-Inch
furrow on light land, where the furrows
are 3,r2 yard h.Dg. from six to seven
hours are occupied per acre, at the or
dinary pace of two miles per hour.
itius. in short fields a great amount
of extra work becomes necessary, and
time Is lost In turning. So. an acre
may require eight or nine hours. Plows
cutting a dounle furrow, or three, or
four, or more furrows at the same
time, may be estimated on the same
lines.
Borrowing and Lending.
"So much as lleth In you live peacea
bly with all men," was the injunction
vi uie aposue. une or uk uest means
to this on one Bide Is an obliging ills
position, that will share advantages
with others not so fortunate, and on
the other side a spirit of manly Inde
pendence that would scorn to ask help
unless absolutely necessary. There
are many kinds of farm conveniences
and tools which every farmer should
he ashamed to borrow, and which he
might well refuse to lend These are
tools whose first cost is small and that
are used most of the time. The Injury
aud waste In borrowing and lending
small articles more than offsets the
convenience that lning able to liorrow
thera may be to anylody. On the other
hand, much of the large and expensive
harvesting machinery may profitably
be owned by several farmers living
near each other and used by each in
alternation, as can be agreed upon.
It Is better to do this Limn to expend
a large amount of mouey In buying
wnat will be used only a few days In
the year, and which will rust out rather
than wear out by use.
Feed XcuiiIhtIt.
It is not a good plan to keep food Ik-
lore a nock of hens all the time. If
this Is done they will get fat and lazy.
and not take enough exercise to keep
them lu laying condition. It Is the lies!
plan to have a fixed time for feeding
fowls, especially at night, says Furm
News, and not feed them at Irregular
; Intervals. If they are fed at about the
same time every evening they will soon
! know when to come for It, and will be
j content until tlmt time, if food is
thrown to them at all sorts of times tiler
will come rushing around you as soon
, as you make your appearance, and a
1 good many of them will stay close to
; the house all day In exs- tatlon of be
' Ing fed. The best way to feed hens In
the summer Is to feed them in the morn
ing und again Just at night, and not
give them anything to eat l'tween
times. If kept confined they will be fed
at noon, of conrxe.
Profits in t'hernc-Mukinic.
The studies of the New York experi
ment StHllou results show that the
ways adhered tc of ptitiina It iu Its
place when n-t Iu hand. Grcit cars
must be used In uukit:.' a piucj. for the
light, so that it will be safe from dan
gers above as well as below. The best
arising from a continuous flame is con
siderable, and if too near the woodwork
might gradually heat It to the burn
ing point, or a dusty cobweb might
serve as a fuse to carry a blare. A
candle fixed in a lantern makes a
much safer light than kerosene, but Is
not bright enough for all purposes. One
farmer who had suffered from fire plan
ned so as to have all his barn work
possible done lefore dark. When a
light was necessary It was never car
ried Into the barn, but put from the
outside through a window Into a box;
made for It, with a glass front.
Fattening Hoga Karly.
Fortunate Is the farmer who ha
some corn or other coarse grain left
from last year with which to begin the
fattening of his pork. The grain will
be much more effective fed lu small
amounts while the hogs have a run at
pasture, than It will fed more largely
w hen the hogs are confined iu the pen.
One of the best feeds for hogs in sum
mer Is peas. We know farmers who
grow an acre or two every year as feed
for their bogs, only harvesting each fall
enough to furnish seed for next year.
Thfjpea Is a lietter feed for hogs in the
beginning of fattening than corn is.
It Is a better proportioned ration for
making growth and frame, and for this
reason ft Is more easily digested. Any
highly carbonaceous food, like corn. I
hard to digest, and It should necer le
fed exclusively. If a farmer lmi not
a patch of peas the next best sulsttltute
Is fine wheat middlings. These ute al
ways cheap after harvest, and they
will be greedily eaten If mixed with
water and what milk can be spared. A
very little nrflk with wheat middlings
will keep hogs growing when thy liave
the benefit of pasture. American Cul
tivator. Sheltering Heapera.
The self-binding reaper Is large, cum
brous and very awkward to handle.
For this reason It Is often left exposed
to the weather loiig after harvest has
ended. With Its pole on It takes too
much room on the barn floor, and is
always in the way. As good a plan as
any is to run the- reaiier on a stomi
boat, take off the tongue, and then It
can he drawn In a comparatively small
place. It Is Important to have a plank
floor over the stone boat, so that too
reapwr may rest evenly on all In parts.
If It Is tilted to one- side the weight
will gradually bend some of the flexible
part out of shape. One of the bftst
farmers we have known has a largu
tK)l bouse with ground floor where he
houses the reaper, mower and other
farm Implements and also wagon. He
leaves the tongue on the reaper, but
llfla It up and puts a prop under the
part nearest the body of the reaper, so
that tb weight of the tongue shall not 1
wrench the machinery of the reaier
out of shape. '
Chain for Tying Cattle.
For tjylng cattle I fmd a chain most
satisfactory. In my stalls I place a
2x4 Inch scantling, wii.h rounded edges.
to permit the free working up and
down of the chiilu. One end of tills
Hctuillfug is fastened. Vi the top of the
paiiiliiiu, and the o'Jier to the top of
liiunger lu u slanting manner. The
chain, placed about the scantling and
the nek of the animal allows plenty of
room while eating mid lying down, but
keeps the animals in phice. My cow
stall have a six-inch drop, the length
of taall varying t corresimnd to the
length of the cuttle. They are double,
with a partition lo,tiie inmiger, so that
each animal lias Ks own food. This Is
an important point where hiiIiiiuIs of
liffetent ages are stalded together. In
nil well-regulated stablest a good box-
stall ncccsxlbh.- from both cow and
hoise-biiru. Is cirsirablc.-Kxchauge.
Fly on Young Tnrnipa.
T'ntll turnip get Into the rough leaf
they are liable-to be troubled with tlii
fly, which cuts the leaves nnd will
pjickly destroy a piece while they are
small. The Ijesl remedy for this is fre.
qnent sliiriug of the soil while the
ives are dry. This dtlsls the leaves
mid kills tlw tly by tilling up the aper
tures In its boily through which It
breathes. In a wet time the plants grow
:tiidly and soon come Into rough leaf.
nil If the fly begins to Is-come numer
ous, dusting the leaves with plaster.
ashes or lime will kill the insect. J-jich
of these will alw. act as a fertilizer for
the young plants and insure their wore
vigorous growth.
Level Surface for Ileurm.
In planting beans it is best to leave
the surface over them level with th
twill around, and on no account to plant
a noiiow. ilie bean leaf U verv
aslly Injured by contact with the soil
This is almost Inevitable when as the
young IsHins come up the stem Is mir-
rouuaeo t.y a higher surface. Ko on
as cultivation begins, the soil wm
thrown against the beans. The same
thing will happen If violent storms
cause floisllng of the soil. The lean
rop is very impatient of wet, except
uougn or moisture to germinal- ti.
seed.
Cheap Potash.
Cotton hull ashes, at present i.rl,.,.-
are worth the attention of fruit grow'
era. One ton of cotton bull ahe uill
upply as much potash as five tons of
unleaehed wood ashes of average qual
ity, and costa from f 10 to $15 less ti,
quantity of lime, however, would be
very mucn less in the cotton hull N,es
than In the wood ashes.
Oeate oa tbs rsraa.
A Missouri fanner who baa .
goata on bla rough land for aeveral
yeere, aaye they are quite as Droiitahu
aa abeep He pronounces their flesh
equal to the beat mutton, and aaya they
have cleaned ont the weeds, bathe
broaMumac, eta,, la great shape. '
