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NEBRASKA IN BRIEF news notes of interest from VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious. Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The county commissioners of Sarpy county have resolved to have all its comity buildings painted. Dedication of the new Birdwood church located in the country ten miles north of Suuderland, occtmed Sunday. The occasion was elaborately observed by the iieople of the neigh borhood. who assembled and spent a part of the day picnicing at the Saxton grove nearby. The preliminary hearing of James C. Bowen, the mail who shot William Siebert. the Gretna saloonkeeper, August 16, was held before County Judge Begley and the defendant bound over to the district court in the sum of fl.OOO. Sheriff McEvoy took the prisoner to Omaha and lodged him in the Douglas county Jail. The present prospects for a bumper •orn crop in this part of the country, says a Douglas county dispatch, has caused the farmers who are holding their last year’s crop to make a de livery,-and the elevators are working from early morning until latent night taking care of the many hundred bushels that are being dumped. 1 Edward Coleman, an employe of the Chesapeake restaurant. Omaha, was stabbed by Will Ingram, a colored fel low worker and died at the Omaha Central hospital. The men had quar icled, it is saij. over a ioke and In gram cut his friend and escaped. He i? a resident of Council Bluffs and an effort is being made to find him. S. I). Bishop, aged about 45, a well known resident of Broken Bow. com mitted suicide by hanging. Financial difficulties is supposed to be the cause. The body was discovered by the oldest son. who. going to tne stable at 6:30 c clock, found his father hanging by a harness line from one of the rafters. The man had been dead anywhere from two to four hours. Alvin T Swisher and wife of Lin coln have brought a damage suit in the district court of Seward county against the Shogo Lithia Springs com pel uj of .Milford, of which General J. H. Culvei and son Harry are the proprietors, for the sum of $5,270. The damages are asked because a son of the Swisher s was run over by one of Culver's delivery wagons at Lincoln. Mrs. Fred Becker, sr.. of Grand Island. Ndt>.. who was badly burned in a gasoline accident about ten days ago. succumbed to her injuries, gan giene having set in. in the iower ex 11emetics. Mrs. Becker's daughter ac cidentally poured some gasoline, which was in a pitcher, in a tea kettle of hot water, which was at the time on the hot stove. An explosion soon re suited. John Beckoer, a young man ot 18, whose home was near Nebraska City, was found hanging to a tree three miles east of Murray. Suspended there bv a rein, he had been dead some hours when discovered. Beckner had been in the employ of Charles Creamer, a local farmer. In the morn ing he went to his usual work in the field but ,1id not return for dinner. His team was found about 2 o’clock' in a field. A young son of John Tonjes. of Grant township. Cuming county, was killed at his home. The young man was leading a team hitched to a load of cobs when the horses became frightened at children climbing on the v agon and rati away. Tne end of the tongue hit him in the breast knock ing him down the wagon colliding with a feed box. overturning it. In its fall the heavy box struck the young man on the head killing him instantly. Elmer Philpot. his wife and their three little children of Nehawka started for Union to attend the Old Settlers' reunion and as a train was on the crossing he attempted to drive between it and the depot building when the freight train commenced to move, which frightened the team of broncos so that they ran away. The occupants were thrown out. the bu„gy smashed into - kindling wood and Mr. Philpot seriously if not fatally in jured. .lay uauogiy. a pnysician s auenaaui c.t the Bailey sanitarium. Lincoln, was killed by an insane patient. Irene Nickel, who poured a bottle of carbolic acid in bis face while he slept. The I girl, who was handcuffed, arose from ' her lied, left her room, went to the far end of the hall, passing several sleeping nurses. :uid secured the bot tle of poison bhe then returned to the room, where her victim and J. C. Moore slept, and emptied the contents of the bottle in Gallogly’s face. The man leaped from his bed and fell dead in a chair, exclaiming only the words.. “Carbolic 'acid.” A valuation of the Sheldon estate near Nehawka as stated by the ap praiser of Cass county, is $222,413.55. The larger part of this Is represented by Cass county farm land bought in the early days at a low pricee. Glanders has broken out among the horses of the northern, part of Saun ders county., , WfllJgm pays has started suit against William Rasmus sen and Henning Nelson for $1,500 al leging that the latter sold him two horses suffering from glanders while representing the animals to be is sound condition. The first cultivator manufactured by the Beatrice iron works was given a tryout in a field north of town and worked very satisfactory. The little six-year-old son of Her man Ludwig, who lives two miles and a half southeast of Utica, had hjB throat cut open by the horns of a t cow. He had gone to the pasture with his father and while he was alone the cow took after him and caught him with her honi6 under the chin, cutting open the throat tram the left side to the right ear, tout-the Jugular vein was not torn out. BUILDING A LOAN ASSOCIATIONS -— What Secretary Royce Says Regard ing Them. Secretary Royce of the State Bank ing board has issued the following statement of the condition of the building and loan, business June 30. 1907 sixty six in number: .ASSETS. First piortgage loan*.... *1 UJ.)0.523.43 "First mortgage loans i:i process of forecloaure. 13 132.54 Ptock loans . 3)0,660. Ht* Real estate . 41.078.16 Furnitura and fixtures.... 95.232.75 Cash . 512.761.02 delinquent interest, prem iums and fines. 28.280.58 Expenses and taxes paid.. 14.224.40 Other assets . 226.888.09 Total .*11.422.890.86 INABILITIES. Capital s toek running (dues and dividends)...* 8,344.409.49 Full paid stock. 2.232.134.56 Reserve fund . 234.778.55 I'ndivided proiUs . 191,483.71 Due shareholders on in complete loans . 318,333.17 Premiums uneurneri . : 2.347.55 Advance dues . 15,133.57 Advance interest and premiums . 2,808.13 Other liabilities . 71.462.13 Total . 111,422.890.86 There has been an increase in the number of associations during the year o' four at Cambridge. Chappell, Lincoln and York, These have accumulated since their organisation assets of $49,428.32. There were 315,372.15 shares in force in June 30. 1907, being an increase over last year of 56,075.15 shares. GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK RATES. Scheme to Raise the Same, to Be Squelched. luncoln—What is deemed a scheme to raise rates on grain and live stock will be nipped in the bud by the state railway commission. A tariff hase been issued by the Burlington railroad stating that the minimum weight on grain shipments in carload lots be 30,000 pounds per car instead of 24.000 pounds, as has been true formerly. The tariff has been issued and is reported to have gone into ef fect August 19, but the commission has not been informed. Rate Expert Powell is keeping his eyes open to any attempt on the part of the roads to obliterate any benefit derived by shippers from the 13 per cent reduc tion of the Aldrich bill. The change in minimums is noted on the same variff which announced the new min imum of 40 cents on small shipments from which the Burlington was forced to back awav from yesterday. University to Appeal to Court. Uneoln—Regent C. S. Allen stated that a test case will be necessary to determine whether the vouchers for the university will have to be filed with the state auditor the same as vouchers from other institutions. This case will be started in ihe supreme court at once. Mr. Allen declares that the university would be put out ot business if it had to submit to the demand of the three state office.rs who are sitting on the lid holding down the university appropriation. Arapahoe Man Commits Suicide. Araapahoe—The county sheriff and coroner were telephoned for to hold an inquest on the body of Adolph liogeukamp. developing the facts that liogeukamp, a man of 32 years of age. was afflicted with Bright's disease a:>d that he committed suicide by tak ing a single barreled shotgun and sh'Hi ing himself in the head. The de | cetsed was a man of good repute per otii.Uy and leaves a wife and three | small children. Warden Identifies Ben Craven. Osceola—Ben Craven, alleged to be the Kansas convict who started th“ mutiny at I.ausing. Kas., in Novem ber. 1900. during which he escaped, was identified to the satisfaction of Deputy Warden John Higgins and Chaplain McBrian. and was taken back to Kansas. Craven was arrested he re by Sheriff Ehlers of this county while peddling cheap jewelry. Diseased Horses in Dodge. Fremont—At the suggestion of Gov ernor Sheldon, Dr. J. Simonson af this 'city went to the farm of W. S. Hayes in Saunders county to investigate the condition of horses there and on ad joining farms. The result was that he reported forty horses to have been affected by disease. Six of these died. Found Dead on Street. Louisville—The dead body of James MeNealy was found on Main street. The cause of his death was pronounced heart failure. GREAT LIVE STOCK SHOW. That Is What Nebraska City Rians for September. Nebraska City—The Commercial club has taken bold of the live stock sho* and. sale, which is to be held in this city on September IS and 19. It has appointed committeees and ar ranged the program and is working with the farmers’ association and ex pects to make this the biggeut and beat ahow and Bale ever held here. •* * Don't Want Federal. Cpurr. Lincoln—The American Express ' company has filed a supplemental petition In the federal court asking that the suit against it by the state of Nebraska be not remanded to the state supreme court, fearing preju dice. This suit was originally brought . by Attorney General Thompson In the state court. " He inked "for' a' re straining order to prevent the Sibley rate reduction law from oeing dis obeyed. While the supreme court hesitated the companies removed the cases to the federal court. Must Have Permits. Lincoln—Food Commissioner John son has warned the outside cream eries that their agents in Nebraska must take the regular tester’s exam ination before they* attempt to test milk or cream in Nebraska. Hung ftunself in the Barn. Broken Bow—8. D. Bishop, aged abont forty-live, a well knows resi dent of this place, committed micide by banging at an early hour in the morning. Financial difficultiesare supposed to has* been the CAMPING OUT. A Night's Outing Which Had a Thrill ing Termination. The elder boys—Irvine. Ralph and Percy—had gone camping out. When they drove away with the brand-new tent, the cooking dishes and the box of provisions, the small brothers, Don, Denny and Billy, felt very down hearted indeed. “Never mind.” said mamma, try ing to comfort them. “You shall go to the Sunday school picnic next week." But Don and Denny mournfully shook their heads. What was a Sun day school picnic compared with camping ont in the woods? "You can't shoot bears at a Sunday school picnic," replied Don. . _ "Nor sleep outdoors at night, nor cook your dinner over a camp Are,” said Denny. “Now, boys," said papa, "between you and me'. I don't believe Irving or Ralph or Percy will really shoot any bears. They just think they will. But 1 don’t see why you can't have a good time camping out. too. “You have the old tent up in the attic, and it can be pitched in the or chard. 1 will set It up and lay a board floor to-morrow. You can have Billy's trundle-bed, and lie crosswise, so that it will be wide'enough for three. You may have the old wash-bench for a rabie. and three camp-chairs. Of course you cannot cook there, but now and then we will have a fire and get a real camp meal, just as the other boys will. How will that do?” "Splendid!" cried Don and Denny. Billy jumped up and down in delight. “Let them sleep out there!" ex claimed mamma. "What harm could come to them?” said papa. “Towser will be with them; they will be quite safe." So ihe tern was pitched, and the happy little boys began their camp life.- The orchard was on a slope of land, lacing ihe southeast. Ail day the boys played as usual, but the things they did seemed differ ent from usual. They did not have to Keep dressed up, but went barefoot ail The Canvas Blew Away, and Away They Went Whirling Down Hill. the time, and wore old clothes and hats; and mamma did not bother when they got soiled and torn. Once when they met her, and a lady caller on the garden walk, she only said: "These hoys are not at house now; they are away on a camping trip.” Their meals tasted different from usual, also, although they had the same fare that papa and mamma ate at heme. Once, however, papa came out and built a fire in the orchard, and they broiled steak, roasted eggs and toasted t rackers. Some way or other their dishes got cleared away and their beds made right along, although they never troubled themselves about it: and at bedtime mamma came in to hear their prayers and tuck them in. Towser slept in the tent door, and every morning he woke them up by lapping their faces. One night they were suddenly awak ened by a thunderclap, which seemed to be right in the tent. They clung to one another, too scared even to cry. The lightning flashed, the thun der pealed, the wind shrieked among the trees, and the rain beat upon their canvas. The tent was trembling. Towser was howling with all his might. And then, all at once, there came a terrific rush of wind and rain, their tent-pole broke, they were torn from bed, the canvas blew away, and away they went whirling down hill. What happened then the boys were too bewildered to know distinctly; but Ddn remembered fetching up against a tree, and-seeing—by a lightning flash—little QJliy washed by, with . Towser in pursuit. Then he saw the dancing yellow gleam of a lantern, aad heard his father's voice calling: "‘‘Boyar "where are >youn •. ..... v; v Towser caught Billy and dragged him uphill—very frightened, wet and muddy,, although not seriously hurt. Then papa carried him to the house' 'while boh, Denny and Towser strug gled on behind. And then there was a lively rubbing with towels, a put ting on of- dry -clothus, *ad -a sipping of hot chocolate as they sat toasting their toes before a bright wood fire. “Who would have thought of such a thing?” said mamma. “The sky was perfectly clear when I went to bed." “It is the worst thunderstorm we have had for years,” said papa. “I hadn't a doubt that the test was safe on that southeast slope.” “What did you think was happen ing to you. Billy?” asked Don. “I don’t know,’* answered Billy. “Towser pulled me before 1 had to catch my think.” ; “I don’t care, I like camping oat,” said Don. “So do I.” said Billy. “Bat,” he added, nestling back against Us tap.”—Elisabeth MIL ... A GOOD TRICK. Swinging a Glass of Water Held by Flat Piece of Cardboard. We all krfow that when we cover a drinking glass quite full of water with a sheet of stout paper in such a man ner that aot a single bubble of air re mains between the liquid and the sheet, the paper will cling to the rim of the tumbler, on account of the pres sure of the atmosphere, closely enough , to enable us to turn the glass upside down without the water being able to escape. The following is one applica tion of this principle: Attach a string to the center of a square of cardboard covering a glass by means of a simple knot on the in side, and securely seal the aperture with wax so that no air may gain an entrance. Now suspend the glass by means of this string to a hook fixed to the ceil ing. and you will have a pendulum that you may safely swing without the dan ger of the glass falling, the whole day if desired. The experimenter will do well to grease the rim of the glass, so that no Doing the Trick. air will get in. Another precaution is to try the experiment for the first time on some unbreakable bowl or drinking cop.—Magical Experiments. A TWILIGHT GAME. It Sounds Easy and You Will Want to Try It. It was summer vacation. Bob and Jennie had gone into the country to grandpa's farm for a visit, and now in the early evening at the close of the first day, says the Youth's Companion, Bob asked, "What'll we do next?" "Let’s change words." "Pig to hen," said Bob. There was a moment of silence, then Jennie said, "I've got it—pig, pin, pen, hen." She had made a dif erent word each time by changing the letter and so at last made the word she wanted. It was a game they often played in the twilight at home, and they had learned a good many words by it. ” "Cat to dog." said Jennie. "Oh. that’s easy!" said Bob. almost at once. "Cat, cot, dot, dog. Let's have harder ones. Barn to door." Then they were still for about a whole minute, which is really quite a long time. ‘T’ve—" began Jennie. "I have, too," put in Bob. "What's yours?” “Barn, torn, boon, moon, moor, door.” “I went through the door first,” said Bob. "Door, boor, boon, born, barn." 1 guess it would be pretty bard to change oats to anything, or calf, They don’t look like other words. We could try it. though; oats to calf.” In a few minutes grandma came. “Here you are,” she said. “Aren’t you getting sleepy?" ’ I'm not much.” said Jennie. "We're playing a game.” Grandma bent over the hammock. “It must be a funny game.” she said. "He's fast asleep.” But the next'day .they got it. Bob had calf, half, halt, hart, cart, cars, cats, oats; and Jennie had calf, call, pall, pale, pate, path, oath, oats. THIS FOR YOUR FISHING TRIP. You Can Make Your Bait Box Out of Lath. To make this useful bait box for your fishing excursion select two pieces of lumber about eight inches square. Saw 16 pieces of lath about a foot long/ and nail them around your eight-inch piece of board, leaving one quarter inch space, between the laths. Make the door of two of the laths, the hinges being India rubber, and a but ton of a piece of lath and a screw like Pig. 1. But in making this box be careful how you hammer the nails, caution Philadelphia Ledger. Look at the point and place it just the way yon The Bait Bax. think it ought not to go. The point is broad one way and not the other; put the broad way across the grain »f,%j,S5oofi. like otherwise the hair forms a wedge and splits your, lath. You may generally observe a faint ; line running across the head of a -«n even in tacks; these lines run with the grain of the wood when the nail has been properly driven. Didn’t Want It Inventor—I have just patented a new nickeHn-theelot which 1 would like you to take hold of. It is an entirely new design and will never get out (if order. Ntekekln-tbe-slot Capitalist—Never -fiet outer order? Huh! No money la a machine like that—N. Y. Weekly. Dee Up Much Powder. Projectiles tor modem large ead rapid-firing guns require about half their weight in powder to fire Diem. VIOLET SHADE WELL LIKEO. Hm Attained Much Popularity for Bedroom Furnishing. A charming wall paper displayed In a store window shows an arbor design of light purple shades upon a cream ground, says the Chicago News. Pur ple tones are so fashionable now that they are, and very rightly, used con siderably for furnishing. They are particularly clean and pretty for a bedroom; that is, if the violet or lav ender shades are selected. For a sunny exposure violet gives a cool effect. Most woiien select blue or pink for their bedrooms, but if violet is becom ing it is every bit as effective, and if the solid tone is not used the dainty floral designs in papering are not suf ficiently pronounced to conflict seri ously with a dislike for the color. In a spare room violet is very pret ty. One room facing north and east is furnished with old mahogany, al though the two little beds are of brass. The matting is violet and white, with two or three woven rugs of the same coloring. The paiter shows clusters of violets on a cream-colored ground, and the colonial fireplace and deep-embrasured windows are of snowy white paint. The white flowered muslin curtains have plaited ruffles. Can any .one imag ine a cozier apartment for a welcome guest? DISH OF MEXICAN ORIGIN. “Chili Colorow" for Those Fond of Highly Seasoned Viands. A dish that cannot fail to delight the palate of those who love highly seas oned viands, and yet, strangely enough, will not induce an increase of the body’s internal heat, is recom mended by Harry Leighton, whose tal ents as an amateur cook are quite on a par with his ability as an actor. This is a Mexican concoction, called “Chili colorow,” and those who care for such dainties will find it a most delectable mixture. To make it. Mr. Leighton takes a quart of boiled tomatoes and one onion that has already been chop ped fine. To these he adds three ta blespoonfuls of granulated sugar, one tablespoonful of the prepared ground Spanish pepper—a condiment that may be purchased at any first-class grocery store—and a little salt. The mixture is then permitted to stew rath er slowly for some 20 or 30 minutes, when, if it seems too dry, a little water is added.—The Bohemian. Fruit Dumpling. Sift one pint of flour, one-half tea spoonful of salt, and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder: rub in one heaping tablespoonful of butter and mix into a stiff dough with three-fourths of a cupful of milk. Toss the dough onto a well-floured board, knead it slightly and roll out one-third of an inch thick. Cut into rounds with a large cutter. Put half of a pared peach in the cen ter of each, draw the dough up over the peach and roll carefully in the hand until the folds have disappeared and it is smooth and round like a ball. • Butter the perforated pan in a steam er, arrange the dumplings on it so that they will not. touch, raver tightly and steam 20 minutes. Serve with fruit sauce. Rub one-fourth of a cup ful of butter to a cream, add gradual ly one cupful of powrdered sugar and beat until light and frothy, then beat in gradually one cupful of sliced peaches. Set in a cool place till hard. Serve the same as hard sauce. Buttered Rice. A nice 'made-over” entree for lunch is made by boiling rice, draining well, and placing while warm in a bowl or mold. The next day turn it out care fully upon a pie plate and set in a quick oven. When hot ail through draw to you in the oven and butter plentifully. After this let in the oven until it browns lightly. Then butter again, sift over it a thick coating of cheese—preferably Parmesan — and leave in the oven until the cheese is melted. Then heap irregularly with a meringue of whites of two eggs, beaten up with a pinch of celery salt. Brown very lightly, slip a spatula un der the mold, and transfer to a hot platter. Cheese Sticks. On a day when pies have been made, take a piece of pastry dough, roll it out very thin and cut into strips as long and wide as a Anger; spread on each strip gratpd cheese sprinkled with salt and pepper. Lay on another strip, pinch together, brush with yelk of egg, and bake in a slow oven. rif no pie crust is at hand, it can be easily made of a half-cupful of Aour, a table spoonful of butter and a little icewa ter. Double-End Pillow Slips. When making pillow slips, if both sides are left open instead of just the one, there will be no hard corners to turn in washing, and they are easier to iron. Both sides can be trimmed with lace and insertion—two buttons and buttonholes on each side to but ton the pillow in. They look so pret ty on the bed pillow shams are not needed. How to Bake Peaches. Peaches may be baked like apples with excellent results. Peel the fruit, put into a baking dish .with sugar, bits of butter hnd a cupful of water. Bake until the peaches are tender. A few chopped nnts sprinkled over the top of the fruit is an improvement. They should be served cold. . Keep Rood Met. Instead of putting food into the oven to keep hot for late comers, try covering It closely with a tin and set ting it over a saucepan of hot water. This plan will keep the food hot and at the same time prevent it from dry ing. To Serve Watermelon. A watermelon came to the table the other day with the pnlp heaped in the shell as if it had been a basket. The red pulp bad been removed with a big spoon and some of the white uneat able fibre had also been taken out. Butting Up Praaanss. In putting up trait in glass jars care should be taken to get fresh robbers small expense and win Save untold worry fram leaking jnra, ' .■ --V* ^ PHASES OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD A Disease Which Works Havoc in ike Hive—By G. F. White* Ph. D.> U. S. Department of Agriculture. American foul brood (often called simply “foul brood") is distributed through all parts of the United States, and from the symptoms published in European journals and tests one is led to believe that it is also the preva lent brood disease in Europe. Al- I though it is found in almost all sec tions of the United States, there are j many localities entirely free from di- ! sease of any kind. The adult bees of an infected colony are usually rather inactive and do little toward cleaning out infected ma terial. When the larvae are first af fected. they turn to a light chocolate 1 color, and in the advanced stages of decay they become darker, resembling roasted coffee in color. Usually the larvae are attacked at about the time i of capping, and most of the cells con taining infected larvae are capped. As decay proceeds, these cappings be come sunken and perforated, and. as the healthy brood emerges, the comb shows the scattered cells containing larvae which have died of disease, still capped. The most noticeable characteristic of this infection is the fact that when a small stick is in serted in a larva which has died of the disease, and slowly removed, the broken-down tissues adhere to it and ' Portion of Comb from Colony Infected with American Foul Brood. will often stretch out for several inches before breaking. When the lar va dies, it forms a tightly adhering scale of very dark brow n color, which ;an best be observed when the comb s held so that a bright tight strikes the lower side wall. Decaying larvae which have died ot this disease have i very characteristic odor, which re sembles a i»oor quality of glue. This disease seldom attacks drone or queen larvae. It appears to he much more virulent in the western part of the United States than in the east. Adult bees in infected colonies are not very active, but do succeed in cleaning out some of the dried scales. This disease attacks larvae earlier than does American foul brood, and a comparatively small percentage of the diseased brood is ever capped. The diseased larvae which are capped over have sunken and perforated cappings. The larvae when first attacked show a small yellow spot on the body near the head and move uneasily in the cell. When death occurs, they turn yellow, then brown, and finally almost black. Decaying larvae which have died of this disease do not usually stretch out in a long thread when a small stick is inserted and slowly re moved. Occasionally there is a very slight "ropiness," but this is never very marked. The thoroughly dried larvae form irregular scales which are U'.'-t strongly adherent to the lower side, wall of the cell. There is very little odor from decaying larvae which have died from this disease, and wlien an odor is noticeable it is not the "glue pot" odor of the American foul brood, but more nearly resembles that of soured dead brood. This disease attacks drone and queen larvae very soon after the colony is infected, it ir as a rule much more infectious than American foul brood and spreads rai> idly. On the other hand, it sometimes happens that the disease will disap pear of its own accord, a thing which the author never knew to occur in a genuine case of American foul brood. European foul brood is most destruc tive during the spring and early sum mer, often aln^bst disappearing in late cummer and autumn. The nature of foul brood as a germ disease.—If a comb be removed from near the center of a healthy hive dur ing the summer months its cells will normally be filled with eggs, larvae, and pupae in every stage of develop ment. The eggs as left by the ovipos itor of the queen or mother adhere commonly by the end to the base of the cells they occupy, and favored by the high temperature constantly main tained within the hive, the germinal vesicle at about three days matures into a larva ready for hatching. These eggs I have shown as liable to the di sease even before they leave the body 3f the mother, but most careful micro scopic examination is needful to make this apparent (and of which 1 shall speak presently more particularly). On the contrary, the larvae, which are constantly fed by tbe workers, so change in appearance soon after infec tion that a practiced eye at once de tects the presence of the disease. Whilst healthy, their bodies are of a beautiful jtearly whiteness, lying, at first floating, in the abundant pabulum the nurses are ever ready to supply. As they grow they curl themselves at the bottom of the cells until they be come too strait for their occupants, which now advance to the heed to be in readiness for the cocoon spinning, which follows upon the close of the eating stage. When the disease strikes the larvae they move uneasily in their cells, and often then present the dorsal surface to its mouth. * • * so that mere posture is no insuffi cient evidence of an unhealthy condi tion. The color changes to yellow, passing on by degrees toward a pale brown, whilst the skin .becomes flaccid sad opagae; death sotin occurs, when ** increasing in depth of tone, until in a few days nothing more than a nearly black scale remains. Should the lar vae. however, escape contamination until nearly the period of pupahood, they are scaled over in the normal way by a cover made of pollen-grains and wax, * * * and which is per vious to air. The cover furnishes a screen on which part of the cocoon is soon after spread, but the inhabi tant of the cell is marked out for death, and before very long the cap ping or sealing sinks and becomes concave, and in if punctures of an ir regular character appear, * * * and this is a nearly conclusive sign of the diseased condition of the colony. The sense of smell is also appealed to, as a peculiar, very offensive, and ex tremely characteristic odor now ea capes from the diseased combs. The bees, in addition, lose energy, but be come unusually active in ventilating their hive by standing at the door, heads towards home, and flapping their wings persistently so that a strong out-current, and as a necessary consequence, a correspondingly in draught are get up. Should any at tempt be made at removing a dead larva which has assumed a deep brown tint, its l>ody tenaciously ad hering to the cell wall will stretch out into long and thin strings like half dried glue. The microscoplst can easi ly explain this. The thin chitinous aerating sacs and tracheae do not un dergo decomposition at all easily, and I these remaining, occasion the pecu j liaritv referred to. * * * The di ! sense is terribly infectious, and once : started soon spreads fro pa cell to I cell and often from stock to stock. AGRICULTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS By Prof. D. O. Barto, University of Illinois. Agricultural College. First there must be a body of teach ers with special training for this work: second, pupils must remain longer in school; third, the work should be adapted to local conditions and the capacity of the pupils. The agricultural colleges have al ready worked out and formulated a vast amount of scientific knowledge admirably adapted to instructional work in the secondary schools. Our own college of agriculture has begun the training of teachers for such schools. 1 would like to make the study of agriculture a permanent feature in the course of every high school, because the deepest interest of this communi ty is agriculture, and I believe it to be the duty ol’ the high school to advance the interest of the people who are supporting it and give the child that training which shall best fit him for his vocation: because the environment of these pupils is wholly of the country and the farm, and therefore agriculture provides the | most effective field in which to reach : and teach them: because agricultural | science offers a subject for education j al purposes unsurpassed by any other ! in our schools. Instruction for these boys and girls i should be about things which enter ; into their daily life, and hawe to do ' with the interests of the home and the ! farm, with earning a living, and mak i ing money—why these are real things. • and have never been associated in i their minds with school and educa tion. These young people have ! learned by daily contact many of the commoner theories and practices of farm life, but when they learn in these schools how the key of science can unlock for them the mysteries of the soil and give them a power to con trol plant and animal life as they will, the indifference which has waned in so many pupils will rapidly crumble to dust. Breed for Medium Heg. The coarse, active hogs are the moet i hardy animats; while the fine, fleshy, qaiet animals are the better feeders. In profitable animals, says Farm Jour nal, these two extremes must be blend ed into a medium animal, not too coarse nor too fine, too fat nor too lean. _________ • Cheap Food Makes Stock Pay. One of the great factors in success ful dairying and stock raising is using methods to obtain food for stock cheaply, thus reducing the cost of pro duction to a minimum. Com for Fodder. If the fodder corn is going to be used dry, cut it reasonably green when the stalk is still retaining the juices. The feed will be much better. A Good Hen.—A good hen is worth two poor ones; therefore kill or sell last year. The first laying year In a hen's life is really the tent at her ability ss an egg producer, under or dinary conditions. u • ' . ^