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Convenient Salt Box
Farmers and stockmen agree that
-stock ought to have either a quantity
lof salt mingled in their feed or else
fed to them direct A writer in the
Iowa Homestead who has experiment
ed with several kinds of salt boxes
j gives the following illustrated descrip
tion of one that is especially designed
for horses and cows The illustration
here produced requires but little expla
nation
It may be placed up against the fence
or on the side of the bam or shed It is
filled with salt and an opening placed
inthe front as will be seen from the
sketch The lad is hung on hinges and
is kept weighed down by an old horse
shoe which is for luck The stock soon
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SAIT BOX FOU COWS AND HORSES
learn to lift up the lid and help them
selves and as soon as they are done it
will return to position again to exclude
rain This is a much better plan than
to salt stock at stated periods or what
is worse semi stated periods or not at
all
Coolc House
Where the lay of the land is right
to accommodate such a construction
as is shown in the cut this grain vege
table and cook house will be found one
-of the most convenient structures on
- the farm The end that is enclosed in
-the side hill is used for the safe stor
ing of vegetables The central room
is occupied by a boiler in which are
cooked the rations of vegetables and of
grain the latter being housed in the
opposite end from that occupied by the
vegetables If this building can be
placed near to the quarters occupied
Ty the hogs or poultry provided large
numbers of either of these animals are
kept the combination of vegetables
cook room and grain bins will be found
especially convenient The vegetables
are placed in their own apartment
either by carrying them in through the
cook room or what is better by put-
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ting them iu through a chute at one of
the small windows Orange Judd
Farmer
Making Woodland Profitable
On many farms the woodland is ne
glected so much that it is constantly
growing less valuable instead of more
valuable as it should If it is thinly
set or if nearly all the trees on it have
attained their growth it will probably
pay better to clear it off and let a new
piece of land grow up with forest trees
of the kind you believe will prove most
profitable Where the seeds are sown
and properly cared for the trees can
after a few years be thinned out so as
to give more room and this will fur
nisn the annual wood supply with
greater profit than can come from
to cut out the decaying trees
of an old woodland whose young
growth is small
Fertilizer Analysis
The facilities which the farm experi
ment stations in every State provide
for the analysis of fertilizers offered
Xor sale have resulted in running those
ut of the business whose goods were
up to the representations made
The farmer who has money to invest in
fertilizers can now be safe in reckon
3 as that he will get his moneys worth
If t does not pay him it will be because
he is too far from market to make his
fertilizer produced crop available or
because having applied the fertilizer
Iu has neglected necessary work and
-showed the fertility to run to weeds
while the crop he has planted is crowd
ed out
Peanuts a Renovating Crop
The peanut belongs to the order of
leguminous crops and like the clovers
it has the power through nodules on its
roots to decompose air in the soil
There is considerable nitrogenous mat
ter in the peanut and this with his oil
auakes it a very nutritious food for any
purpose though it requires much chew-
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1ng and good digestive organs Where
the peanuts can be grown they are of
ten sown the same as peas and hogs
are allowed to harvest the- crop Be
sides thus fed on the land the soil rap
idly gains in fertility and after a crop
of peanuts it is ready to produce a good
crop of anything else that is planted
Breeding Good Hoes
There is one kind of stock that no
farmer however poor can afford to
breed of inferior quality It costs very
little to stock up with the very best
breeds of hogs as the pigs are usually
sold at prices that make them cost
when fully grown little if any more
than their value when butchered and
soldaspork By keeping this stock bred1
to pure bred males and giving it good
care it may be kept as good as it was
at first and pork making may be made
to pay a profit no matter how low its
price may go Whoever In any neigh
borhood begins the breeding of the
best hogs can easily find a market
among his own neighbors for all the
pigs he can grow Should he have at
any time a surplus a brief advertise
ment In some good farm journal will
enable him to dispose of it There is
never any class of stock that is less
likely to become unsalable than a lot
of thrifty growing pigs of the best
breeds
Potaeli Salts of the Manure Heap
When it is suggested that potash is
good for manure heaps most people
think of the effect of wood ashes
which contain potash in its caustic
form and which touching any manure
causes immediately the loss of some of
its ammonia But potash salts are not
at all caustic and if they were applied
with the ashes they would absorb the
ammonia as fast as the caustic potash
could liberate it Even the caustic
potash in wood ashes is soon made into
a nitrate by combination with am
monia This is very soluble in water
so that neither ashes nor potash salts
should be applied to manure heaps un
til just before the manure is ready to
be applied to growing crops Once in
the soil there is no danger that rnauur
will waste
Lifting Large Rocks
Field boulders are usually buried
either wholly or in part in the surface
of the ground To pull such a boulder
out of the ground requires an enormous
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amount of power unless much hand
digging is given beforehand The
sketch herewith from the American
Agriculturist shows a way to lift the
stone as it is dragged out by a team of
horses or oxen The inclined stick can
be placed as near to the boulder as is
practicable and as it rises to the per
pendicular it of course lifts the stone
The height of the prop will depend
upon the size and depth of the stone
The knack of knowing how to do
such things often saves a vast amount
of work
Wheat Is Always Growing
Wheat is grown all over the world
in the southern as well as in the north
ern hemisphere and as the winter of
the southern half of the world occurs
when we have our summer the Chil
ians and Australians are sowing and
reaping wheat while the northern hem
isphere is wrapped in snow In so many
countries is wheat grown and under
such diverse conditions that there is no
month in the year during which wheat
sowing or a wheat harvest is not going
on in some part of the world
Pulverization
Perhaps but a small per cent of
farmers have as yet realized the im
portance of a thorough fining of the
soil Nature provided for this in vir
gin soils by filling them with roots or
plants but we must do it to quite an
extent by mechanical means Many
soils called barren are simply com-
i pacted and heavy so that the feeding
roots of plants cannot penetrate them
A clod yields no nourishment to plants
UU crushed
Mulching a Strawberry Bed i
The chief object of a mulch is to hold
the frost in the ground not to keep it
out It is the freezing and thawing in
spring that injure the plants by lifting
or prlling the roots and leaving them
exposed Wait till the ground is frozen
hard enough to bear up a wagon and
then cover and leave the mulch until
the plants grow through it in the
spring
Treatment of Cows
Harsh treatment of cows does not
make them any better While a beat
ing does not prevent a cow from
switching her tail it is a direct loss to
her owner by lessening the flow of1
milk then and afterward through fear
Perfect ease and comfort are essentials
to the greatest production in the dairy
Grapevines
Plant a few grapevines tliis year
that is if you take care of those now
growing No use if you expect them to
fight their own battles Manure cul
ture spraying three perquisites to suc
cess
SASHES AND SKIERS
THESE ARTICLES NOW DEMAND
CAREFUL ATTENTION
Tlie Girlish Is Again in Great Vogue
and It Is Used with Many
tions Some Pretty Substitutes
Three Skirts Described and Pictured
Girlishness Succeeds Dash
New York correspondence
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RUNES and prisms
are again the secret
practice of rosy lips
that their expression
m a y in a t c h the
gown worn and the
feature of the even
ing or dancing dress
that is most charac
teristically ingenu
ous is Its sash All
sorts of lovely ma
terials come now by
the yard made in
series of little ruf
fles The sort of
thing that would
mean hours of dress
maker work even with a machine is
now in place with a rush a bang and
a row or two of sti telling The follow
ing materials are but a few of the new
est in the available list
Black net ruffled with little frills of
black net spangled with gold is just a
half yard wide the little frills running
across the width and makes an ador
able sash with the loops made of plain
black net Such a sash has to be made
up of course and the fancy just now
is for the regular tie sash White net
Is covered with ruffles of white chiffon
pleated closely and then the edge of
each ruffle is finished with narrow lace
set on after the pleating of the frill
Liberty silk is frilled with chiffon
edged with baby ribbon sot on every
frill There is a look of elaboration
about all these sorts and the height of
ingenuousness is reached by a plainer
kind one like that pictured beside the
initial for instance This was light pink
silk the dress itself being white silk
bands of the ribbon ending at the back
with the sash alreadj described
While there is general use of sashes
tying in back and reaching nearly to
the hem of the skirt there are other
ways a plenty to finisn the waist of a
dancing dress acceptably Three very
tasteful dresses are put in one picture
here and It will be seen that no one of
them has a sash Little ribbon ties are
also in vogue some of them passonce
about the waist tying at the side the
loops set up and down at once studied
and careless again ribbon is draped
elaborately about the waist binding
the waist closely in the first tie and
then looping loosely about the hips
A CUT HAVING MAY EXACTIONS
with bows swinging well down toward
the hem of the skirt Some gowns are
cut with the old time overdress idea
in view and the back of the overdress
is lifted short and divided into a pair
of ends that tie with sash effect at the
back These are the three types pic
tured
Dont be persuaded that all skirts are
trimmed they are not Street skirts
are mostly plain though they may be
embellished with braiding and party
and house gowns have skirts plain or
not exactly as each wearer likes Accordion-pleated
materials are used for
skirting the lines of the pleats falling
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In all of the befiilled sashes the frill
is pleated closely and the edging is set
on after the frilling Whole skirts are
made of such frilled material and it
takes an artist to match the frills The
material is so wide that the width
makes the length of the skirt the frills
running lengthwise is used but the
effect is not so swagger as that pro
duced by fitting narrow widths into a
much gored skirt the frills all match
ing Sashes of the dress goods too
elaborated with chiffon or ribbon or
with both are sometimes quite as high
ly wrought as are the pleated and frill
ed sorts In the second picture which
presents a dancing dress of turquoise
blue corded silk the handsome sash
was was of the silk covered with white
figured chiffon and banded at end and
sides with black velvet ribbon to har
monize with the gowns trimming
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This skirt was trimmed at the knees
with two deep box pleated flounces of
wiiite chiffon and black ribbon head
ing Three smaller ruffles garnished
the hips The bodice had a square cut
out and below the bust were two deep
ruffles Bands of the ribbon were plac
ed across the bust and started from
shoulders to the waist line ending be
low the knees on the skirt The gath
ered sleeves were turquoise blue figur
ed chiffon and the belt consisted of two
unbroken by drapery or trimming and
materials showing figure or stripe pre-
sent no other ornamentation Here are
a plain skirt of blue and white striped
silk and another of accordion pleated
light blue taffeta ornamented only by
its blue ribbon belt finish A sash bow
or looping of ribbon about the waist
may break the severity of a skirt with
out counting as skirt trimming
When the overskirt idea is carried
out it often appears over a perfectly
plaitt skirt and may be cut in curved
apron effect in deep points or even
slash 6d into several long points Lace
is set about the edge or often the en
tire overdress is a series of frills lace
chiffW or ribbon being used Some
times the overskirt is merely one in ef
fect and is really an elaborate trim
ming of the skirt but where the over
dress is really a separate garment then
often the skirt over which it is worn
is intended for wear without it and
when so worn is though unornament
ed quite as much the vogue as before
The one pictured here was of the for
mer type and a most elaborate trim
ming it made its rich white lace being
edged with white feather trimming
lace and feathers being employed else
where s indicated The dress fabric
was green satin
The woman with slender figure and
slightly sloping hips may be out of
fashion in these days but she can
wear a princess gown and make the
rest of us envious The princess gown
should only be attempted by the right
figure and when the right goods is at
your disposal It demands rich ma
terial heavy lustrous silk glossy satin
goods richly figured Rich orange sat
in was the fabric of the one sketched
here The sweep from bust to hem of
skirt demands an exquisite surface Of
ten some slight relief here emphasizes
the grace of the -cut and obscures its
trying quality A soft sash knot at the
bust the ends hanging nearly to the
hem of the skirt is a good device or
rich lace may be made to hang from
the left side almost at the cut out to
well below the knee as in this picture
Use nothing but fine material An
evening gown of another type may be
faked but the princess must bear in
spection So must she who wears it
Copyright 1898
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Matting for Floor Coveringr
If only all housekeepers knew the
value and comfort of matting how
much worry and work would be saved
how many dull houses would look
cheery If you own your home and
have hardwood floors thank kindly
destiny and dismiss the subject But
if you live In a rented house or cannot
afford hard floors if for any reason
you are considering the subject of floor
coverings pause long before passing
over the advantages of matting It is
clean fresh and easily cared for It is
a perfect floor covering in summer and
an excellent background for rugs in
winter from the cheapest to the rich
estadding to the cheerfulness of a
room yielding all accumulated dust to
light brushing possessing indeed al
most every advantage that a floor-covering
can have with no disadvantages
In making a move or refitting a house
every yard of it can be utilized It is
easily renovated by soap and salt wa
ter and can be matched or pieced
using the whole parts in two rooms to
make one good complete room Lastly
it is cheap its growing popularity hav
ing so encouraged its manufacture or
importation that it is to be had almost
everywhere in great variety at moder
ate cost To sum up its merits mat
ting gives a house a fresh clean feel
ing a sense of cheerfulness that no oth
er floor covering gives Ite soft new
colorings make it available in the most
carefully studied color schemes it is
pleasant to walk upon is a practical
protest against dust and microbes is
in faet both wholesome and satisfac
tory Home Companion
Drainage for House Plants
The holes in the bottoms of flower
pots are to let out the surplus water
and should never be entirely closed A
few small stones over them with fine
gravel over that will keep the soil from
being washed out as it may be when
the plants are injudiciously watered
The right way to -water either flowers
or other plants kept in a pot is to fill
the small dish in which the pot sits
with warm water and allow it to rise
by capillary attraction No more will
then be taken by the soil than the
plants require If this is done once or
twice a week during winter all kinds
of flowers except the lily will get suf
ficient watering The lily requires to
be watered every other day at least
and if the room is kept reasonably
warm it will be better for being wa
tered every day
Painted Walla Desirable
Painted walls are considered very de
sirable for the kitchen A hard finished
wall is very easy to paint not a great
deal of paint being required as the fin
ish prevents it from striking into the
wall A light golden brown or a soft
shade of gray are perhaps as suitable
shades as could be chosen Light blue
and pink are however sometimes used
for sleeping rooms When painted in
this way walls are easily washed on
becoming dingy Painting a wall does
not make it difficult to paper after
wards if desired as would be the case
if the walls were calcimlned A little
care in opening the outside door when
meat griddle cakes etc are being
cooked will greatly diminish the quan
tity of smoke deposited on walls
To Use Sonr Milk
When sour milk is to be used in cook
ing a few vigorous whisks with the
S beater in the bowl or pitcher will
mix the curd and whey so thoroughly
that it can be poured as easily as
cream and will obviate the unpleasant
ness of finding the cakes or muffins in
terspersed with particles of curd Soda
used with sour milk should not be put
into milk but be sifted into the flour
like baking powder
Brief Hints
Brushes of all kinds should be rested
on the bristles to dry as otherwise the
water will rot the brush
To clean tarnished brass but a lem
on in two take one half and rub on the
brass then wash with warm water
and rub with leather
The yelks of eggs dry almost as soon
as they come in contact with the air
but if dropped into a cup of cold water
and- set in the refrigerator they will
keep for two days at least
If you prefer soft soap in your laun
dry work remember that a bar of hard
soap sliced fine and dissolved in a cou
ple of quarts of hot soft water is fax
better than the strong black soap made
of wood ash lye and more economica
than hard soap
It is important that a bed even if
kept against the wall during the day
should be moved out a few inches at
night A layer of air lies against the
walls which is subject to little move
ment even when there is strong circu
lation in the middle of the room
Cleaning lamp chimneys is a vexed
question If they are washed and im
perfectly dried they are apt to break
when the wick is lighted New chim
neys if put in cold water and gradu
ally boiled are not so apt to break af
terward Burners must be kept abso
lutely clean and fresh and at intervals
should be boiled in soda and water
To cleanse and stiffen silk woolen
and cotton fabrics use the following
recipe Grate two good sized potatoes
into a pint of clear clean soft water
Strain through a coarse sieve into a
gallon of water and let the liquid settle
Pour the starchy fluid from the sedi
ment rub the articles gently in the
liquid rinse them thoroughly in clear
water and then dry and press
WHAT HE SAW IN HEAVEN
tlan Once Dead Describes Dcanties of
Xifc Beyond the Grave
With dull listless eyes that shine at
Intervals with strange light of
William Graham lies at his poor
sejiside home at Santa Monica gasping1
away his life yet anxious to see that
end that will take all care and the paiaj
of the consumption that has been slow
ly killing him
Death has no terrors for him for Gra
ham has already been caught in Its
clutches and it brought to him such
peace a beatific happiness as comes to
only those who have passed over Dur
ing the brief period that Graham wa
one of deaths victims he visited heav
en and enjoyed such delight that he
lies eager for the cold embrace of the
dark angel to settle upon him and re-
store him once again to a happiness ofj
which he had no conception before his1
first death
Oh what brought me back Why
did you do it It was all so beautiful
he faintly gasped when he was re
stored to life through the embraces and
exertions of his child wife
It was G oclock Saturday evening
when the watchers at the bedside of
young Graham saw that the end was
near His breath came in short gasps
that grew shorter and sharper and at
last died away They seemed to hear
too the death rattle in his throat and
see the death damp upon his brow
His wife was led shrieking from the
room and the despairing father hop-
ing that his son still lived felt fop
the heart beat but all was still Gra
ham had passed to a better world
When I left this earth he explain
ed to friends afterward I awoke to
find myself in a beautiful country a
land of rich glorious verdure where
the air the sky and all seemed more
beautiful than I had ever imagined or
heard of before I seemed to be
ing in a wide smooth avenue lined
with trees tall and straight Tha
foliage was of the richest and most
brilliant description and each leal
seemed to be of a soft delicate variety5
such as I had never seen before 1
saw others like that where I stood and
all were equally as lovely There
seemed to be the gentlest mildest
breeze which bowed the tops of tho
trees slowly to and fro Around these
lovely groves of trees were fields where
the grass seemed of the richest greeni
As I stood there gazing around me
my delight mingled with surprise B
seemed to know the sweetest repose
that I believe could possibly come
There was an entire relief from care
or pain and it seemed as If I had never
known what was meant by suffering
My sensations were such as to pass all
description I cannot convey to any
one the heavenly feeling that took pos-
session of me while there No wonder
that I asked why they had brought me
back from such a place Then too
I heard soft music which appeared to
come from afar and from out of tnaj
air music that was of wonderful
sweetness and blending in such hai
monies as mortal ear had never beforaj
listened to I gazed about me too de
lighted even to stir and soon I saw
that I was not alone in this land
I saw my father approaching me
and I went to meet him and caught
him by the hand Together we walked
down the avenue and talked of the
glories of the new land where wej
were so happy But my father was1
to stay with me but a short time forj
suddenly he appeared to stop and draw
away from me and gradually disap
pear amid the trees He was the only
one of my family that I saw My
mother who is dead did not come to
me I saw God Upon this point
though Mr Graham ventured no de-
scription It was beyond his powers
I saw other people I know in life
but my happiness was not to last for
long Faintly a voice seemed to bej
calling me from behind At first X
could not distinguish it but soon it
grew more distinct and finally I
nized the voice of my wife calling mo
to come bock I did not want to leave
the beautiful land but her entreaties
became more earnest and I was un
able to resist them and found myselfj
passing along the avenue where I had
walked The trees glided past me and
soon everything disappeared that com-
plete repose left me and I awoke to
find myself in my earthly bed of sick
ness New Tork Journal
Cost of Things in 1814
Julian Brewer of Annapolis as ex-
ecutor of his brother the late ex-Senator
Nicholas Brewer has fallen into
possession of a bill from William Kilty
debtor to William Alexander under
date of 1814 j
Among the articles mentioned were
nine pounds of sugar price 3 two
pounds of Hyson tea 5 loaf sugar
37 cents a pound brown sugar 2S
cents a pound pepper 75 cents a
pound currants 37 cents a pound
raisins same price three quarts ot
peach brandy 117 mold candles 37
cents a pound two and three quarters
gallons of vinegar 103 one half ounce
of mace 50 cents three quarts of
81 centsj one half ounce of nutmeg
25 cents one ounce of cloves 18
cents flasi of sweet oil 62 cents
The war vrtth England was the cause
of the wac prices Baltimore
ican
Wa5S of Columbus Crew
A cur5o i discovery has been made
in the arcfiTres of the Spanish navy
the bills of payment of the crews who
composed the caravels of Christopher
Columbus The sailors according to
their class received from 10 to 12
francs a month including their food
The captains of the three large caravels
had each 80 francs a month As for
Columbus himself who had the titlej
of admiral he was paid 1600 francs
year
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