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THE BEAUTIFUL KINGDOM. There are faces alight with the glory of love In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-old." There are hearts that are light as the clear scies above In that kingdom of beauties untold. And happy is he who can dwell in that land Where children are ruling with scepters in hand, For youth is the monarch of one happy band, In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-old." No sorrows lurk deep in grim thickets of gloom, In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-old." But flowers of beauty are ever in bloom, And the pathways are shining as gold. The laughter of little ones borne on the air Is surcease of sorrow and cure for all care, For happiness reigns and has banished despair In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-old." The little hands wave a warm welcome to all In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-old." The sweet ittle voices in harmony call, And their little arms wiat to enfold. And Father Time pauses to taste of the joys, To join in the games full of romping and noise. That are played all the hours by sweet girs and boys In the 'Kingdom of Never-grow-old." Come, walk with me through the cool shadows deep In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-old." And backward the years of our troubles will creep, While stories of youth are retold. All burdens grow light and all cares we dismiss; The < tes are unlocked by a sweet baby kiss. And 've sits enthroned in the City of Bliss, In the "Kingdom of Never-grow-ola." -Will M. Maupin, in The Commoner. LOST AT THE GREAT FAIR" EBY !SEL.MA MAGFRUDER. HE Russian fairs at Nizhni outside the door of the hall, and we Novgorod are rather good clung to each other in panic, uncertair T instances of everything what to do. Then a Coor on the other which a world's fair side of the room burst suddenly open should not be. They are and a muttering person-whether mar quaint and medieval, how- or woman we could not distinguish ever, being vast gatherings of semi- rushed blindly through the room and barbarous peoples and tribes of many out of it by the hall door, evidently races. They- are worth visiting once, without perceiving us. 'with camera and note book. The hubbub in the hall increased Nizhni Novgorod is situated at the momentarily. Instinctively my aunt confluence of the geat river Volga with and I fled out at that door. We had the Oka. There has been an annual no idea where it led, but we knew thaE fair here, or in this vicinity, for ten something had -One terribly wrong centuries. The city is on both sides with our hotel. of the Oka. The fair is held on the The door led into another dark pas. left bank, in a system of booths and sage, which we now explored in ner warehouses, of both wood and stone, rus haste, holding out our hands to constructed especially for the purpose. feel our way, and stepping cautiously Ordinarily the population does not for fear of pitfalls. exceed sixty thousand, but during the "If only it lends to some side door fair there are sometimes three hun- out," my aunt whispered, "we will g dred thousand people about the town, to the Hotel de Prague, where we set from every part of Southeastern Eu- out to go when we came." rope and Asia. Hither resort Armen- Immediately we came to a door jans, Persians, and the sleek, fat mer- which opened outward, but not into chants of Bokhara and Tashkend, the street. We appeared to he in a with traders from distant China and kind of courtyard, with high, dark. India. enclosing walls, but we could see the There are three thousand booths, or stars. What seemed to be great boxes, small stores, for rental, each construct- or pens, stood round the sides, and ed as a show room for goods, with there was the same awful odor. -quarters for the proprietor in the rear. "Oh, where are we, S-lma?" my aunt Goods valued at not less than three exclaimed, and then, close at hand, hundred millions of rubles are brought something stirr~d and sniffed horribly. here for sale or traffic-silks, cottons, Not far away, too, a big dog began teas, furs, hides, knives, swords, dag- barking savagely. -ers and weapons of all kinds, sacred It was more alarming than anything imagscstlyrobsmsicainsu- If ona y eve exenead. some us o inens, nd thusad tinkts nd uack" Iyan whispered, "We shall b< utenilspecuiarto md-Aian outn to in pies!" ae. grai, i andsalttreteich oed otardasage nornt But he trages, mot rmarabl soe mintes we appeard tre n lit feature ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ in of thcari h epete-ee.I outyardqwite ipssbl tar elvs, n te od dessof o mny epctsing walls, btecl sens e de diffren coutris ad trbes T r which had ound over ids, anwed tars Iirghz, uritsGeogias, e- "oho wheare we erea", m and niul sidesRussans nd Cssack, T exclntaunerstand h e coe ianto and Syrians.eItiinsaidithat anftynif-fsuchoarplace herento lagaes and iaffslsctons ay beare something eve mio bgarn heard spoke, her, occured.Behndsurinthediratio igean w aons Coflulbinds Epsitoafcrerilecudeweebrn ln thaes y y oe, it ra m sica urv stru-Orbesws apenl big tmens, the w housrlandscapnes a dragd tugig ln h lo trIs auntlliss Eat Magudeantiie Iof ha ccmaiet fyls gwrat the air heefomAgsaltot.ndipectos to thestngst,2,fite days, reandkablte An lawstebigvoety feafteroo of the 1r7sthe peoplenthem-Idrwhrfr note oryr saccompaite d ecresio of okay gifrtetmuti h asg diranfertcantis ad the rieast-ws comnTar-rdus tarst Kwrhizthya crarterede orgas the- W ure t stedroe sidcsi ians The B oasares Turyspae rn~bu o oeae 'li~td to~ plesure of he tale arheidg ssava ll in uiosy the apeard t beeatng ll heimeWht thstore andarmfing in anth ~i we wre n th waerevenwhe th roud teerd xeinced. 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It was ing mingttowad thus. , n w tha teribe oorI tink Thn Ithee aured oos th ubearopeir einereto hve een math cspfae peeng'me.ut arasomed asven But efor I fuiidit w head a ry oresape sts h s sstr bat.l in th hal fro whih wehad u the tblaboutignied we od l com, ateribl, bastlikcrwhc netue toa st'uy. th resrtenigw sentcol thill toourhetscand trustan archody fotnse in th o AuntEll sprng o m sid. er-In opedxthiate oursehtlead fomtt the cy"shewhspeed."Ws tat m puibwich wteet we voled. ge r a bast"ant boEslan here alashered fo A. fighfulscuflenow ega Jutwseud hant oe of osuriEnglit night, but I am afraid twat this is self delusion on her part. We were both very tired from the long trip on the river and this more recent excitement of losing our hotel. Strange and alarming as was our situation, I am quite sure that I fell asleep myself af ter the dogs grew more quiet. I have a remembrance, too, of hearing my aunt breathing with great regularity. The odor of attar was very soporific. I waked after a time, and when rec ollection had come pondered our situa tion earnestly, and decided on a course of action at daylight. In reality day had already dawned. Soon I heard the low *roices of men without. "Don't you think, aunt, that it will be as well for us to speak out and dis cover ourselves to them?" I whispered. "It would be very awkward to be found hiding here." Aunt Ella was fearful as to the re sult, but while we argued the matter in tremulous whispers the door was suddenly pushed open. It was already light, and two tall men, whom we knew to be Armenians by their dress, entered, but stopped short in astonish ment when they saw us rise, blinking, from our improvised couches on the soft bales. What those two merchants thought may never be known. They seemed astounded. Nor did my hurried efforts to explain in French the nature and cause of our intrusion do much to make the situation clearer to them. They stared, and soon one of them snapped his fingers impaiently, saying something to the other, which I have little doubt might have been translated as, "Beyond doubt these are thieves. We must call the police." The dogs, too, were barking noisily again, and for the moment I was quite at 4 loss. But now Aunt Ella rose to the emer gency. Pointing to ourselves, she called out the name of our little hotel, the Ivan-Veliki, and of our landlady, Darla Knavra. The two Armenians looked unfeign edly puzzled; nor was their suspicion very surprising, for now that the light of morning streamed in, I saw that the storeroom contained great quantities of beautiful cashmere shawls, some in bales and some hanging ten deep on lines. Meanwhile, acting on my aunt's in spiration, I had contrived to ask the Armenians, in Russian, to send for Dara Knavra at the Hotel Ivan-Vel iki. and this they at last did. A rather unpleasant half hour fol lowed, during which we were evident ly under surveillance. Then our good Cossack widow and landlady made her appearance, and gathered us both to her broad boscm at once. The kind soul had been sending over all the town for us, and had been muc:h con'terned for our safety. Her effusive identification and ex planations proved quite sufficient. The two merchants, much amused, escorted us from their courtyard with the po litest of bows and many expressions of commiseration for our misadventure. and as we made our way out to the street we learned something of the cause of our many alarms during the long hours of the night. The ramshackle old square which we had passed through before reach ing the Armenians' storerooms was used during the fair as the temporary quarters of a menagerie and circus Youth's Companion. A new satellite has been discovered for Jupiter. This planet appears to be rich in moons; this makes the sixth. It has been found that hydrogen per oxide acts on a photographic plate in a way similar to light. Pictures may be taken by its use. ,Tapan occupied Formosa in 1S90. By 1903~ the island's exports rose from ST, 500,000 in 1897 to $10,250,000, and the imports from $13,031,000 to $19,400,000. On account of the jarring and shak ing of the electric accumulators in motor vehicles, the use or acid liquids in them occasions some annoyance. A French investigator has devised a solution for this purpose which, after standing a few hours, sets to a firm jelly. By means of glass bottomed boats it has been discovered, according to the Indianapolis News, that the bottom of Monterey Bay, California, is a beautiful submarine forest of sea oranges, green ribbons, horses tail, sea piompoms, etc. Some of the plants are thirty feet in height. A Swedish inventor Las patented a process for imnproving the flavor of raw I offee. Coffee is usually stored for seve:al years before roasting, the standing cnusing slight chemical 'hanges. which imnprove the flavor. This maturing process may be short ened to a few hours by exposing the raw coffee to the action of a powerful magnetic field. IAn English physician declares that it Iis better to keel) scarlet fever patients at home, where the germs dlie out grad ually in the fresh air, than to send themi to a hospital, where they are in the midst of dozens of other cases in all stages of the disease. On their re turn to school, the germs are called into factivity by the foul ir in the room. and the disease is spread to others b-y coughing. etc. The earlier wcoder. and iron bridges were built much in the same man ner as the ancient Roman bridges. it accordance with empirical rules, by practical men .who had no accuratt knowledge of the strains produced or the various members of a structure by the exterior forces, but who were mer of unusual constructive ability and sound judgment, who had to depend upon their own resources and natural instinct, experimenting with modelb and profiting by previous failures. iThe London transport comnmission re lports that the busiest spot in Londor is at the Marble Arch, which is passed Ltin twenty-four hours, by 29,320 ye .e alcar. EXIT THE SIDE SADDLE. News from Newport and Narragan sett Pier that society women at the exclusive country clubs are going to ride astride this year. including such stanch supporters of the side saddle as Natica Rives .nd Kate Brice, is hailed with delight by the "cross-saddle set," as they are known in riding circles in New York City. Women riders in Cen tral Park are divided into two distinct schools-those who are undeservedly In favor of the cross saddle and those who think it is an abomination.-In dianapolis News. PREVENTIVE OF MOTHS There is no surer preventive of moths than to shake and use furs and woolens constantly; but if this is impossible they should be folded up closely and packed in linen bags, which must be pinned tightly, so as to leave no crevice open through which the insects may creep. There are many precautions which may be taken by packing things be tween the articles put away. Strips of Russian leather, powdered pepper or camphor are all good, and help to keep the pests away. Some people recommend ths.t pieces of coarse brown paper, soaked in spirits of turpentine or eucalyptus oil, should be laid with furs.-t-Newark Advertiser. LITTLE DRESSMAKERS OF PARIS The pinson is a French song bird, and the petites Mouturieres of Paris are uni versally called mimis pinsons (little song birds) because of the habit they have of always singing at their work. Crowded, hundreds of them, in ill lighted, badly ventilated, great ateliers. during the busy season. they stitch and sing from 7 o'clock in the morning until long after midnight, and they earn-the vast majority of them-fifty cents a day. With this amount they must not only board, lodge, and clothe themselves, but they must also make provisions for .the morte saison-four months, from the middle of June till the middle of September. when, the gay world of Paris being a la campagne, no orders for work are given, workshops are closed, and tie mimis pinsons earn not one sou.-Harper's Bazar. GUESTS AND SERVANTS. On the subject of servants let a word of warning be said to the hostess. The matter is so delicate that one hesitates to approach it, and only the fact that the need of the warning has been so painfully evident to many guests dur ing the past few years could jtistify it. The warning is, be sure that all your servants are strictly honest. Of late years it has become the fashion to have the real home in the country, and spend a few months of each winter in an apartment in town. That means each spring taking on for the summer months a number of new servants about whom, as a rule, one can know little. If these are efficient and clever enough to take nothing from their em ployers, they often carry on their dep redations on guests with impunity, as the latter naturally dislike to make complaint. One liostess was greatly distressed to have so many invitations declined, and was quite at a loss for a reason, until one friend was good enough to tell her frankly that people were afraid to visit her! That Mrs. A. had lost all her best handker'chicis, Mrs. B. a valuable piece of lace, MIrs. C. a stick-pin. etc. Investigation in this case proved. that one of the maids, recently arrived in this country, had a police record in her own land! So de mand honesty even before efficiency when you apply at the employment agency for your extra help.-Har:per's Bazar. GLEEVYES. Thatlthe modishness of the gown lies in the sleeve is a fact more in eviderce than ever, and never has there been such a charming variety of models to choose from. Among the long sleeves the wrinkled or draped model Is very becoming to the slender figure. The popular leg-o'-muttonl takes first pla ce with some women. The elbow sleeve needs no statement of facts regarding its popularity. There are great possi bilities in the new sleeves. One may have theeorest of the dress compara tively plain, but if the sleeves are pretty and up-to-date they take the place of all other elaboration. In gons of chiffon, net or such slicer materials, the sleeves are not at all large. but they are dainty. Some are shirred lengthwise, others crosswise. some have tucks galore, so fine that one would not be noticeable, others aill box-pleated or knife-pleated. The Int est elbow sleeve has no flounce or rufle for a finish. It stops with a plain band of material, and the glove comes up to meet it. giving an altogether neat effect, says an exchange. Net and chiffon sleeves are not lined. The arm is allowed to show from t" elbow to the shoulder, and although not very becoming to the women with the slender arm they are universally worn. The high cuff on the heavier frocks of the summer is quite the thing. Somie are shirred galore, others tucked and the majority are unlined. On the 1830 models the sleeves are just like the ones grandmother used to wear, large pus extending out from the elbow. or beginning at the end of a bewitching drop yoke and with the cuffs attached. Then a dainty and feminine ,outfit. One cannot put too much importance upon the sleeves of a garment. They give the final effect to any gown and make or mar the figure.-Newark Ad vertiser. MORAL INFLUENCE OF CLOTHES. This is the way a correspondent ini the English magazine, Modern Society, digresses upon the "Moral (or other wise) Influence of Clothes." In a recently published romance by -ae ofm.u most distinguished lady nov lists a mother who is on her deathbed is made to remark concerning her aughter: "Angel is fond of clothes ;he has a genius for chiffons. After all, it is the only taste worth pursuing if you mean to subjugate your world and keep your man; but it's the one Irawback to her marrying a man who is too poor for his position. She will want a lot of money." Such a sentiment as this, put into the mouth of a woman who is face to face with eternity, is at the first glance rather apt to take one's breath away, but after all she was merely realizing a truth which many people are apt to >verlook, that in the case of a good many girls the passion for clothes ex rcises a stronger influence upon their haracters than almost anything else whatever. The experienced novel -eader will not be astonished to learn that the Angel mentioned above comes to very considerable grief owing to her penchant for being perfectly dressed, oupled with her husband's inability to meet unlimited bills. Many girls, of course, have not the "instinct of dress" in any shape or form, and their energies generally run to golf and hockey, and they are con tent to leave the beautifying of the orld to their more dressy sisters. But or a woman who posseses the real in tinct of daintiness and elegance there s no greater hardship than being >bliged to forego the pretty clothes ihich her taste demands. and no greater pleasure than the wearing of beautiful oilettes, in which she knows that, rom the point of view of the onlooker, he is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. It was a profound philosopher who riginated the remark that the knowl dge of being perfectly dressed gives i woman a feeling of contentment which the consolations of religion are >owerless to afford; and it is this direct personal influence of clothes upon the .earer which many people who inveigh igainst feminine sanity are apt to >erlook. In a new gown, with all the little !ainty accessories in keeping, and juite spick and span, a girl can be >right and vivacious, and good tem pered and amusing, because the charm )f her toilette reacts upon her own personality. Put the same girl into . last year's frock, -dirty gloves and habby boots, and her whole outlook 3pon life will be changed, and she will Ind it impossible to rise superior to hei lowdy environment. The Best Girl, casting a contemptu. usly critical eye over the foregoing emarks, declares that it is quite in eresting to learn that there is any onnection between something so dull s philosophy and so fascinating as ew clothes. At the same time she ad its that she never feels really opti istic and happy except when she finds erself newly clad from top to toe; and h- adds pathetically, "I want to feel appy now, please!" ' - rett Soft hemstitched turnover collars are he latest thing in Paris. A surprise has bedn sprung upon us the revival of the deep Toby rufme of :ulle. Tennis is unquestionably the game f the season, and the expert player lways wears a skirt clearing the Tound by four inches. The woman with an unduly large and should be careful to wear sleeves hat are long and wide at the wrist, o matter what the vogue may be. Leather raiment is worn by women ho go In for hunting and angling, d with the sh~ort, natty suits are vorn high boots,''trapped or buttoned. A pretty model of the bobbinet made ver supple taffetas has a skirt with he front gore laid in side pleats band d on either side with point de Paris Your real sportswoman or athlete years her characteristic toggery prac ically from dawn till dusk, and does mot don frills and furbelows until the inner hour. The girl who goes in for canoeing ears a decidedly short skirt, and this car has clb)owsleveed blouses to save er the trouble of rolling up her shirt vaist sleeves. Shoulder scarfs, as useful as they are lecorative, are found in :l1 kinds of hin crepa, chine, crepe de chine. greu die and gauze-some printed, some )lan, some frilled and some fringed. It's a case of "every woman to her :aste,"' but some kind of a scarf is ab ;olutely necessary, not alone for its egance and coquettishness. but for ~rotectinl when decollete or thin gowns ire worn. What the 'reacher Muut Do. Knowledge is good. but wisdom is bet er. The college valedictorian, trained :o take knowledge in, rather than 0 impart it, may have had much of it ith but little wisdom; he may be ble, as a teacher, to drill boys and irls in Greek or Latin declensionls, and ram them with facts, useful or value ess; but if he cannot produce in thenm a'hat Spencer calls "pleasurable eX ~itement"' and Interest, he is a failure. Ills would be the sort of teaching that iarps upon obedience and discipline. .d endeavors by force of rule and rod oblige the pupil to study and learn. lhe will cannot be forced, but the real :eacher knows well that it can be led. Ie remembers the remark of Rous eau that "the teacher's province is ess to instruct than to guide," that 'he must not lay down precepts. but each his pupils to discover them." 'his was the way of that great teach r, Agassiz, certainly.-Arthuir Gilman, .n the Atlantic. In the three years 1903-05 the United States bought $142,000,000 worth of ods from Japan. OUSEHLD AFFAIRS VASHING DISH TOWELS. rd dish towels should not be drot into hot soapsuds until they havien washed first in lukewarm wate 'ys an authority. The hot suds sets fg A LE CENTREPIECE. For a,.utiful flower centrepiece fill a glass wl with carbonated water and imntely arrange in it nastur tiums willenty of leaves. The flow ers will scbe covered with sparkling dew. pres;ng the coolest appear ance. TG)IP BROTH. To dip brot,r soup from the kettle when cookinknd the fat is on it, draw the ket forward to the hot part of the ran-making the soup boil furiously. Thijises a large bubble in the middle ole pot, from which a cupful of soup atime may be dipped out-the fat all g' to the sides of the pot. KEEPING SILViWARE CLEAN. In order to keep i'er that is not in constant use in a Id condition, fill a paper with alternalayers of forks, spoons and other obj, and common flour that is perfect dry. If the silver is bright and drwhen it is put away it may be used a.ny time with out being cleaned for year or two. After this time the fhuneeds drying again. PRESERVING CUT 1IOWERS. Several good suggestiols -r preserv ing cut flowers are contriiud to Good Housekeeping. Heliotropt bich is so hard to keep fresh, shoud iave the leaves stripped from the stulk as soon as it is cut. Greenery can t- mixed with the flowers afterwards. -oppies, very fragile blossoms, should-hve the ends of the stems seared with I ,hted match or candle before beinA laced in water. CLEANING VARNISHED WD. The white marks left on varnicd wood after water has been spillei)n it can be entirely taken out with 1. cohol. Few people know this, and, has often been a perplexity to hous wives how to remedy the trouble some of them going so far as to ha' the article revarnished. Rub the woo, work well with the alcoho!, then I it dry before touching it again. T1 slight stickiness resulting will disa: pear in a few moments, especially the sunshine can reach it. FRUIT AT BREAKFAST. Serve fresh, ripe fruit for the fir coarse at breakfast, as at other m'al At sanitariums the patients are expec ed to eat fruit before the cooked fool This may be an- innovation in the cou: try. The family are accustomed to s own at table and eat heartily of fie meat, fried or boiled potatoes. ar strong coffee, and then have little d sire for fresh berries, apples, peacht and other fruit in its season. Ti strength recuperated by the rest of tl night must largely be expended digesting hearty, unsuitable foo whereas as much as possible should I in reserve for the day's labor. Mayonnaise Dressing Without Oil Six eggs, well beaten; one cupful of u melted butter, one cupful sweet creaz half a cupful each of lemon juice at water, two teaspoonfuls dry mustar< a half teaspoonful salt and a dash< pepper; heat smoothly in a double boi er. When the mixture begins to thiel en, lift from the fire; when cool, pla( n ice until ready to serve. Tomatoes au Gratin-Cut into piec4 a half dozen (not too ripe) tomatoe Line a pudding dish with cracks crumbs, cover with a thin sprinklin f the tomato, grate over it some Ame: ican cheese, then put on a layer < rumbs, next the tomatoes, and so o until the dish is filled, having the la! layer of cheese and the one before it < the cracker crumbs. Bohemian Cream-One quart< ream, two tablespoonfuls of suga one ounce of gelatine, dissolved. Whi half the cream to a stiff froth. B~o the other half with the sugar. R< move from the fire, add the gelatin and when cooled a little the beate yolks of five eggs. Beat unill it b gins to stiffen, then beat in quickl tie whipped cream. Pour into w4 moulds and set on ice. Huckleberry Jelly-Add four pints< water for every five pounds of berrie boil tightly covered until the berrih are broken, drain over night in a thic jelly bag. Allow one pint of sugar each pint of juice, put the sugar ini the oven to heat and the juice on i fire to boil. Boil thirty minutes, ad the heated sugar; it will not hurt ti jelly if it is slightly browned, but needs to be stirred occasionally whi heating, and will hiss when falling in the liquid. Boil not longer than te minutes, when it will be ready to 1f the glasses. It is best to test it in saucer or by dropping it from a spool as soon as it drops thick or coagulat' on the sroon it is done; any furth< boiling is to its detriment. Cooking Without Fire. In the cooking schools of Berlin, M nich, Frankfort and other Germs cities the use of the "fireless stove or "cooking box," is strongly recoz mended. The apparatus consists sun ply of a wooden box, thickly lined wi hay or felt, and fitted with a tig: cover. Nests are made in the lini into which pots containing food th has first been boiled for a few minut over a fire are placed, tightly covere and the box is closed. The lining tals the beat for hours, and the foi is slowly cooked, with better resuli in many cases, than can be attained I rapid cooking on a steve. Of cours the apparatus does no., answer f cooking steaks, chops, or cakes whi, require a quick, hot fire, but it is e .elent fo- sommp and weretablea1 FARM TOI|0| OATS AND CLOVER. Ordinarily oats are not a good crop to get a stand of clover with. They are too rapid growers and consume about all the moisture of the soil, giv ing the young clover plants little chance to thrive just at the time when it is most important that they should be doing their best. Then, the oats remain on the ground for a longer period than is good for the clover. Where a seeding of clover is required& we believe it can best be gotten through the use of wheat, rye or bar ley as the nurse crop. In case clover is tried with oats one can be more sure of success when the oats are cut for hay somewhat before they mature. The common red clover answers every requirement where a good hay, crop is wanted, and for enriching the soil no clover crop is better. For per manent pasture a mixture of grass seed will generally prove more satis factory than a simple variety of either clover or grass.-Farmer's Guide. A KICKING COW. There are many recommended meth ods of dealing with kicking cows. One, which is by some found to be very effective, Is to rope or strap the hind legs together just above the hock. The rope or strap should be put on Il* the form of a figure eight, having it cross between the legs. Some milk ers apply the rope close down to the feet and fasten it to a ring in the floor, Rather than fasten the rope secure ly, it is better at the first trial to have an attendant to hold the rope, so that he can loosen It in case the cow throws herself in her effort to kick. A plan that does no good and generally much harm is to beat the animal. This only increases the retaliation in the form of kicking. A kicking cow is an angry cow, and after one has exhausted his efforts in attempting to soothe her by means of patting, currying, giving mashes, etc., without success, the only, thing to do is to secure her in a man ner that she can neither'kick nor in' jure herself. A HANDY POULTRY HOUSE. I will give my plan for a handy poultry house, which I know is a good one. Make your house eight feel e wide and twelve feet long, with a I- partition four feet from the front doow tor a shell, grit and grain room, with Le double window in the corner next te - le roost, so that you can open the if, trp L I ' Swindow ar.a air out the house every day. For nests, use just common. cracker boxm.s, cut two holes in back side and put a partition in it for two nests and nail it to the partition from the grain roon; have holes in the partition, so the hens can go into the nests and lay, and you can get the eggs by just lifting the lids from the grain room without going Into the roosting room for them.-John M. K.ester, in The Epitomist. CAN I CONTROL SWARMING? -The following plan, which, I believe, is entirely original, was tested on but. a few colonies during the summer of 1904, and cannot guarantee satisfac tory results for that reason. However, if it appeals to you, try It, and I should like to know of the results. ~Acting on the knowledge that all queen cells are built downward, I re versed the entire brood of a heavy, prosperous colony that had a number -of cells in different stages of develop ment. The frames and follower fit so snugly after swelling that not a frame sagged. One week later all cells ~but one were destroyed, and that con taned .a dead queen. These few colo nes so treated failed to mature a queen cell, and, so far as I know, cast no swarms. The bees were located ten ifmiles from home and visited weekly. ,By placing two thin, narrow boards over the ends of the frame, and pass i ing a wire over each, fastening the - ends to screws on the outside, any hive ,body can be safely reversed without the frame falling to the bottom board. - All combs would then be built to the bottom bar and all boney stored In the upper part of the frames be carried into the supers, when r'everged, as the fbalance of the frame would be filled with brood or pollen. If this system sworks satisfactorily it will simplify the control of swarming.-E. H. Dewey, in Massachusetts Ploughman. eThe London transport commission re ports that the busiest spot in London *~is at the Marble Arch,- which is passed, itin twenty-four hours, by 29,320 ve - hiLcles. nThe Mill and the Water. I"'The mill will never grind With the water that is past' " Sighed the Moralizing Person . To the Cobbler at his last: 'And he sighed again profoundly , 5 At this solemn thought of his* rConcerning men's and women's Wasted opportunities. But the Cobbler kept on cobbling, And he said: "Well. I don't claim To be much uv a grinder. - But I git there list the same With cobblin' shoes: and. mister. * FIl say that there warter .Wa'n't quite all throwed ayray." c- The Moralizing Person hSighed again and shook his head. And the Cobbler kept on talking: t "Why. it's plain as day." he sa~id. , "You kin put yer plant uv bilers "3Jst below the mill an' git it A j'int er two uv pipin' s To reach right up to it: ,"Then chuck in slabs and shavin's, And :tet the pile afire. - an' 'fore you know it. mister. You've got that steam up higher Than Parson Trlimble's steeple; .Then turn yer throttle. and That mill will git a move on And grind to beat the band." I he Cobbler ceased conversing r And let his hammer drop. And the Moralizing Person Got up and left the uhatA o a amiD publ.