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I S - AGRICULTURAL. * fl Value of the .Separator. The use of (be eepurator is doing ' much toward making winter dairying I profitable. If it is properly managed j all tbe butter can be taken from the i milk, or so near it as to amount to a loss of abont one pound in a thousand, while the old system of setting the milk in a room where it might freeze often caused a loss of two or three pounds in a hundred, and sometimes the butter refused to come at all, or was worth but little when it did come. "With separator and all the other improved appliances in the dairy room, a knowledge of what is good food, and 1 all the other dairy information which has been disseminated in the past twenty years it would seem as if the dairymen should have an easy and a profitable business, much better than we had twenty years ago. How Fertilizer* Aflcct Potatae*. ~ Three years' test at the Virginia experiment station seems to warrant the j conclusion that potatoes grown without fertilizers contain the greatest amount of dry matter. The addition of fertilizer tends to diminish the dry matter in proportion to the amount applied. Potatoes grown with sulphate ! /?nr>roin ninri> Hrv matter than ! K/i yj\jluou uvubwtu ?v? v. ? where muriate was used. The ash did not appear to be affected to any appreciable extent and the same is true of starch. Neither the kind nor the amount of fertilizer seemed to have any effect upon the percentage of ni. t.rogen, phosphoric acid and potash, but the percentage of chlorine was considerably higher when muriate of potash was used and increased with the amount applied. Froqtteul Milking. It has been well established by numerous experiments by scientists, that the longer time, that el&pses between milkings, the less solids will the cow secrete in her milk, says Hoard's Dairyman. Those who have made tests of cows for purposes of competition hare also noticed th&t a cow will give considerable inorease in solids as well as in quantity of milk flow, if she is milked three timei' a day instead of twice. ' The physiological laws, -which (influence and govern the flow of milk, should meet with more study by cow owners xuan is aow;' wo mo too apt to go along iu a careless and indifferent manner, forgefrting'*that our success witli the cow oato be greatly increased or diminished thereby. Every man who milks a cow int dealing with one of the most complgz and delicate machines iu existence*.He ought to be a sincere, earnest student of the wonderful ^varying forces which may affeot thai machine to his^ profit or loss. Planning Farm Work. The farmer should decide upon the fields he intends to cultivate nextsea^ son long before the time comes for putting the seed in the ground, and' should try to decide what crops he will put upon them. In making his decision, he should consider not oaljc the adaptation of the soil to the crdj)^ but how tho work upon the vari(^ crops can bo so planned that he jjjSl not have too* many ; irons in the Are. < Wfl k?ir>w Romethintf about it. iot ijfak have been there and have had toplowj up a fair-looking croj^yhile groXringfl because it was eo wem as not to be | worth hoeing, as we^bad been\bnsyfj on another field. Bjifc. the best plitps may be changed soagptisies when one has to do with auvthing so fickle as; the New EnglanraRmther. Evek insects mragMBgHhange, as once fo? w^Srchauge an onion nfc. into a squash field, because the onion maggot had appeared in snob nunj^ bers that we eaw the crop woa^^e^a failure. We admire persevetMK^ but there.is such a thing as heingtoo obstinate, aud striving'againstiheinevitable. Give up when fairlybeaten.v and try to retrieve fortnne ia some other way.?American Cultivator. ^ Single Bathes Doable Glased. /-? t i?..' J VliO vi bUC iWajO MJ HUiVU and other stock suffer is from the rapid radiation of heat from the windows at night. Doable windows are sometimes used, bnt these are expensive, somewhat of a bother to pnt on and hard to koep clean. ; The cnt shows a single sash, double glazed, which a poultrymao has recently described. The sash is made 1 ? I Mn* f"T"ii.JL, BASH WITH DOUBLE GLASS. bo that the glass cau be set on both sides of the woodeu bars, leaving a half inch or more of space between. This gives a double window and the ;oet is said to be not more than twenty-five cents extra per sash for the glass and the labor of setting. Those who are providing windows for new or remodeled poultry houses will do well to experiment with this plan. The glazing must be tight and carefully doDe to keep out all dirt and dust from. the inner surfaces of the glass.?NeV England Homestead. Practical Poultry Folnt*. The pure-bred heD will usually lay more eggs than any cross of the 6ame bread, and many more than the scrub hen with a mixture of half a dozen different breeds in her makeup. If she does not it is the fault of the one who cares for her. Some breeders really know more about the markings of the feathers and shape of the comb than they do about feeding their poultry, and tliey care more about having these points just right than they do about the number of eggs they receive, says a writer in the Cultivator. If they can get eggs in the ^ ?mrinar. wheD thev are wi.vted for (?' k ! hatching, iliey are contented with | that. Iu tbis way some strains of pure' bred fowl may bave been so kept and managed that tbey produce a less number of eggs in a year than they would under better conditions, and as the chickens inherit the propensities of the parent and the grand parents they deteriorate in productiveness, as much as a herd of dairy cattle would if kept in such a way that they were not up to their standard in milk production. But because certain strains under this management do not produce many eggs, it does not disprove the state meut with which we began. Place the pure-bred heus and chickens under the care of a good feeder, and in three generations they can be made tc produce more eggs than can be produced by any cross-bred or scrub-bred fowl. By selection of eggs from the best layers among them, this can be brought about, and the poultry keepei who expects to grow chickens nexl spring should begin this winter tc feed his hens for egg production, and should watch thein to see which.4c save eggs from for hatching, W.f have never attained the twenty dozen a year mark, and never expect,to, foL we cannot devote ocr poultry yard, but we believe ilSft be ' possible and desirable fr possible without losing aiiflPof the fancy points called for by the poultry standard, though it might a lo*^ er time if we tried to cowtifne the fancy points and the eggprgKiction at the same time than it wouliEbe if we only selected the best layers witfttfrot rfifftrd to the markings, as it t0tild * CJ " ? ? ^ ^ Vy jy limit our number to seleotirom.^ A Hack For FeedHM Con^Fodder. Feeding unohreiilptd corn fodder is bard work, on account of the difficulty of handling. - There is also a greater part of the etal^e that the cattle will not eat^the A2i EXCELLENT FEED RACK. ^cattle'^feet or about the feed lot soon { '^ootnef1-* jiuisance. Accompanying tnia. description I send the sketoh of a rack that will be easy to fill and which Tr^LveVl&l the stalks, allowing the cattlet to Btxjp ofi the leaves, corn and fcjnder, enable portions. The uneaten pi&rtion cap be cleaned out before filling anew,janc'i the useless stalks piled up far naming awav or mixed with the sAQtfNMratatotattaRti heap, where the ble is piled be. .to*T>6 built against the featej %tjffl"he filling can be done ; fzdaLtiSSKlide of the manger at "av , beia^Sp^Jb'tgh enough to retain the fodder*?' The frame of the rack should be ma3e of 2x4s. The rack "b' should be mafte of four-inch fencing j tomber, the slats about four inches 1 apart. The outside rack, "c," should j b^w out far enough so the cattle cac .easily reach down inside to pick up the j cbfaff. To guard against any waste | hC^e, it is well to have the bottom, | C4& floored, and the floor surrounded j lbv aH^Jfrinch board. The rack can be i ma&^toy length, according to the i to be fed.?rJ. L. Ir | wfcan Agriculturist. jy?#rnn1n( ipple Tree* in Winter. ^There has been a great deal of argu j ment as to which is the best season for pruning apple trees. Some asjgdMpiat the work should be done at pPeerain period, while others are equally emphatic that some other season iiynuch to be preferred, says a writer" in the Mississippi Yallej whole attention to the care j of has Oidbard there may not be n better pi<ira. Such a man oan watch his growing trees, anil with a pruning knife/ro? shears, or at most a finetoothed saw, he can keep the top of the tree itigood shape and canpretent the growth <jf ^ranches which would Sroye useless or. worse than useless, f they vreitt allowed to; upon the tree,'histead of when they were bndfl' or only , emal shoota. ; But the man whose principal business is farming and whoBe time is largely eecup^d with the cultivatior of the BOTTaw^Ble care of live stock, finds silch a bourse is altogether impractical. ,.?e wants and ought tc have, foaMtting 01 an orcnaru, oni i he must e|$.for it more in a geuerai i way and aj$f|todd jobs," rather tbau follow th6'^elaborate methods wbicb j the professional fruit grower finds it desirable, or perhaps, even necessary, to adopt.. For the reason above noted, the great majority of farm orchards need pruning, and, while it is easy to overdo the work, a great many of them need'a good deal of labor to bring the trees into the best possible condition for future usefulness. Wheu this J work shall be done is a question for jj each owner to answer for ' himself^ ami the answer, if it be a judicioti's one, will depeud.V^Jftr^ iv upon his location and circam-. stances. If located in the far north the farmer will not attempt.'to--.odcf : much with his apple trees until the* next spring is fairly opened. Thit? for the double reason, that during the* winter the cold is mucli too severe to j j work in the tree tops with auy degree I of comfort, and because when low i temperatures prevail the removal ol 1 branches at this season would be al i most sure to permanently injure the trees, j When a dog barks at night in Japan ' : the owner is arrested and sentenced 1 to work for a yum- lor the neighbors j whose slumbers mi;y l^re been dis'lurbed ^ j i pSloM ! jfg Designs For Costur 1 M come Popular in New York City (Special).?Some very simple but yet effective gowns for bridemaids are now being made for a wedding which is to take place later in the Beason. They are to be of that beautiful shade of pinkish lilac called ashes-of-roses. The material s Liberty satin. The skirts, which will have short trains, have three ruffles of white mull around the bot . mui.1. and swan's-down hat. rr ?? torn. The waists have yokes of {the white mall, finely tacked, and elbow sleeves of the Liberty satin. The collars are of white mall, tacked, and the bridemcids are to wear large white j mull fichus tied in front, with raffled ends hanging well down on the skirts. : The large hats the yonng girls will wear promise to be very effective. They will be of white mull, with a baud of 6wan's-dowu arouud the crown, and \ one very full white mull rosette at the left side. Under the brim, resting on J the hair, are pink roses of a very* a delioate shade. In their hands they will carry what are the latest nqggilly of the season?Liberty-satin of the same shade as the go^sSlmh long bows aud ends of whfta-jftffllij | These muQ's are to be from Paris, and when (his wedding, which will tafce plaaajMl f Dne of the most fashionable churches in towD, will undoubtedly set a fashion ^ for weddings to come. At another re- j :ent wedding the bridemaids carried parasols of cream-ruffled tulle, which were the gift of the bride to her choseu ittendauts. N ( Three Striking Coatmne*. Three stylish new costumes are ( shown iu the large illustration, taken j from Harper's Bazar. This publica - IJ . LIGHT QUA ticn-seema to be more and more the I traalmirror of fashion. No. 1 is a figured silk gown, with i waist cut square and trimmed with a 1 broad ooUar of guipure lace and j rosettes, black chiffcn. No. XU of light gray cloth with over-skirt cut in Vandyke points, and trimmed with narrow silk fringe of the same shade. 'There is an accordion-pleated ruffle on the under- < skirt. Lace revers are edged with fringe, and the rosettes are made : of black velvet with rhinestone buckles. 1 XT^V O r.f 1% A f ?,oofo].Kln?k nlnfli iiu. u AO UKUHUUI |ja?5WW*u-* tncked from the waist to the hem of ; the skirt, and trimmed -with deep flounce of heavy white lace. The bolero jacket is oi lace and there is a chiffon rosette at the left side. Lone Skirts Are Fa?liionab)e. Long skirts in the street, longer skirts in the house, and it pleases every one but the woman of economical mind.. There is a sweep to the train of extra length wliish gives a pleasant Bensation to a woman of presence; she likes the feeling of the swing of the skirts. The dressmaker can get toj^er effects with the long skirt; up the material to bet are cm t with points-wliici^&hBOSt cut off the uuhappy wearer'^&riV A: new feature of the silk Btock'ia the tab-like <*nds that hang cn either jide. These are bead-embroidered, or-etfged with luce to match the stock, and they p.re uot very pretty. Still, they are '.he latest. . . ..r Yimmi I ? I p nes That Have Be- f| the MetropoHs^ The Box-Flcated Hack. The weight of your walking skirt will be sensibly increased by loading on to it a heavy box-pleated back. Still, what will we not do to be fashionable? After all, it serves us right for choosing such heavy materials for our street gowns. If a single box pleat adds its weight, what do you think of the double or triple box pleat? All very stylish, and therefore ' desirable. The double and triple box* pleat are for and away more graceful than the "single-ton." Elbow Protector* For Lace Sleeve*. Up-to-date lace sleeves may have elbow protectors.-. They may not be intended for that, but they will serve the purpose. A light cloth gown has long sleeves of lace, a piece of the cloth aetin at wrist aud shoulder, aud another, broad at the outside searn^ with points on either edge, the piece growing narrower inside the arm. It may not bq to hide,a uharp elbow; bat it might be. f . ' j -r - 1 ? Pretty Little Belt* For Girl*. Pretty littJe^beltsare worn by girls tired of th&.pl^i little yarrow belts. They arebroad in froirtwith two points above and below,"Mopjag tlowr on either fide' and-fglfesing around the wairilf in a narrowband fastening in the back or at thefodft^These belts are of embroidery or sdgib material to " match the trimmings of the gown. One of tlie Smion'i XoVtltlei. Floral muffs are oneofelhe season's novelties. ^iffi^enormoTrir and very lovely one is composed entirely of violets, and finished with great flopping Frills of shaded manve chiffon. V ,%^tr' . . .* Ujrhf Gray* For Sprlnc Wear. Possibly the place of most importance a* a spring tone may be given to graj^.the lighter lie better. Perle, lrgent, .nickel and platine are the four foremost tints. 5 A Hgttdsoine Combination. Russian' lace in heavy qnality and ffiUfeyexfeBtian laces are very mucn emplojrWtffbv trimming handsome cloth fcftyns m the pastel colore. . Handsome Negllcee* For MllAdj. Pretty little negligees are made of panne velvet, plain loose-fitting little ackets with lace trimmings. In KeattUfnl Broadcloth, Here is an illustration of oAe of the Severest dresses in that delightful ie\v shade, which is a softly pinkish ihocolate. Broadcloth is the material, md the skirt is stitched down to beow the knees in double tucks. The ixtra fulness is very becoming at the >Y CLOTH. GOWN OF PASTEL-BLUE. Foot. '* The trimmiug which finishes the edge so effectively consists of a stitched miroir velvet band a shade deeper euriched along the centre with floral appliques?each and every petal being cut out of the cloth and skill fully applied. The bodice blonse, sleeves and.aU, is tucked to correspond with the skirt,^ ' and it is topped off by one'of the new'v cape-like yokes with which nearly | everybody has fallen in love. It is of renaissance and the cloth appliques on velvet, and the chic turn-up edge is of the velvet plainly stitched. Apparently it is caught together in front ] by a creamy chiffon jabot edged with tiny ruches, and held by beautiful posed of .?oft, uarrow folds of tli9 cream chiffon, I Snre of HIinaeM. Most men are quite convinced that in a moment of sudden danger, such ns ban lately demoralized some friend, they should he perfectly cool and deliberate. Some would be, but that this is not true of all, the following incident bears witness. There is in Chicago a business man who, above all things, prides himself on being level-headed. He makes it a point never to "go off at half-cock," under any circumstances. His office is in the top story of a rather tall building, and when, one afternoon, the alarm of "fire" was given, he felt instantly aud naturally quite uncomfortable. His first thought was that the office books must be carefully locked up in the safe, but just then a number of ? * *1% ? J XlkWMM ill n ?%Aai jjoupie ruautsu iuruu{^u buo ouwj jjooi bis door, and the methodical man bad a confused impression of having sought in vain for the books for a very long time. The smoke was rising slowly through the elevator well as he dashed into the hall and down the stairs. At the foot he met his partner. "It's all out said the partner, "Where are the books?" ' "I looked everywhere for them," stud the methodical man, "but they , weren't to be found." .' . ;'Tfiey went back to his private office, amtjj^here the books were lying open qfiJuB desk. Strangely enough, the nitthodffcal man never fully underPod how it happened. Natural Gat TJtlllied by Tramp*. Two years ago a well was drilled on the Hays farm in search of oil. The well was put down by some Eastern company. Situated in a secluded place along a little creek, very few people ever knew that the well had been drilled. What was found in the well will never be known, for, as soon as was completed, it was immediately filled up with rock and ditt. Lately, however, gas has begun to issue from the well, and now it comes fotth in considerable quantities. It is not far from a little station on the Santa Fe, Railroad, and this winter the tramps have taken possession of the place. They have piled rocks around the well aud turned a part 01 an on stove over it, on which they cook. They have put np a shanty, and in the centre of the room their stove heated it with natural gas. The advantage of natural gas has made the place a favorite rendezvous for tramps for miles around, aed they have quite a colony there.?Topeka (Kan.) State Journal. The Coat Dldu't Fit. In the days when Johannesburg was a mining camp, so the tale goes, Oom Panl on one occasion was riding through in a very ordinary suit of clothes. He unsaddled by a wagon belonging to a German, who, not recognizing him, began to hold forth on the reforms he wonld make if he were rnler of the State. Suddenly Mr. Kruger took off his coat, and, holding it toward the German, who was a little man, said: "Friend, pnt it on." "But,"replied the latter, "it " (fTnof. on a a i rl f)iA ID llUV Ulg. V UUU UWj WM4M VMV President with a grim smile. "I'm. Paul Kruger, and it is not too big for me." A crane having a span of 158 feet has just been installed in the erecting shop of a aertain locomotive works. It will lift a 190,000 pound locomotive forty feet iu the air, carry it 336 feet, ind set it down again iu three minites and thirty-six seconds. Household Hints, If there is one thing on which the housewife prides herself, it is that of having hec laundering done nicely, so that tlie wearing apparel may be the admiration of all. The washing is a small matter, anyone almost can do tbat, but to bave the linens flftwlhU nmsi nlAODW onnflflf kiiai nuu ance after being ironed requires u fine quality of starch. J. C. HubiDger's new laundry starcb, "Red Cross" and "Hublnger's Best" brands are bis latest inventions and tbe Qnest starch ever placed on tbe market; not h new starch made by a new manufacturer, but a new starch by the leading and only manufacturer of flne laundry starcb in tbo United States. His new method of introducing this starch with tbe Endless Chain Starch Bookenables you to get one large 10c. package of "Red Cross" starcb, one large 10c. package of "Hubinger's Best" starcb, with the premiums, two beautiful Shakespeare panels, or one Twentieth Century Girl calendar, all for 5c. Ask your grocer. 'A Poor Bicycle. "Pa, my rubber tire has to be Qxtd." ''JTow, Sammy, what have you been doing to your wheel this time?" <itit.1i "o- 2i?? r VT VU)' X a, lb a uu nuuuuun, x jco rode it through three bonfires, an' it went an' basted." magnlficcnt Service to the Winter - Beiorta South* The New York and Florida Limited, finest train in the world, operated daily, except Sunday, between New York and St. Augustine, leaves New York at 12.40 p. 11., composed exclusively of dining, compartment, drawing room, sleeping, library and observation cars. New York to S?. Augustine, also carrying Pullman drawirg room, sleeping cars, New' York to Port Tampa, Aiken and Augusta. Connections made at Jesup for Brunswick, at Wayeross for Thomasville. Ga., and Port Jam pa for Key West and Havana. Tbe New York and Florida Express leaves New York daily, 3.25 p. m., Pullman drawing room sleeping cars, New York to Jacksonville and Augusta, connections for Branswick and I homasville ; dining car .?rvice. Connection at Jacksonville with Florida East Coast Railway for Palm Beacb, Miami and Nassar.The fast mail leaves New York at 12.10 (flight). Pullman drawing rooms sleeping care. New York to Savannah, Jacksonville and Miami, uonne'-Mons for Key Weft and Havana; also ror Toint? on Plant System west coast or Florida: dining car service. Particulars sleeping car reservations, etc., of Alex. S. Thwcatt, Eastern Par s. Ag)t., 371 Broadway. New York. JNO jewcr cuan 112 muiuifa 01 mjuriuus insects vex farmers. $100 Reward. (100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to I earn that there is atleast one dreaded disease tbat science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that la Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Uure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitulional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surraces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of tne disease, and giving the patient strength by bufldinK up the constitution md. assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much fa th in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars cor any case mat it iaus w cui-c. neuu ior jisc ?f testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, ,0.... gold by Dragpistp, 75c. Ball's Family Pllla are the best. UUttiae o( the telephone net in Berlin, t Sera^uy, costs $45 a year. > ): ?/ Harr Are Tew , yBfcflebtw'Sparaens PIU*COT0*UWWfrtni. Pan> tqrjni HrxrUpg fi*nj?d?Go..Om?80 or N. Y. The meat of a stieep killed by a doc 'atally poleoced aKalamuzoo (Mlcb.) t;irl. 1 - ' * ' i;-. n*- .... A,- t' ? lil \ Cheap washing soc With alkali are s The dire destructio Is sure to show < But Ivory Soap wil The fabric, howe It makes short wor But no work for COPYRIGHT IMS QY TMZ Pft > ^Millions op Women Use for preserving, purifying, i cleansing the scalp of crusts stopping of falling hair, f healing red, rough, and sore for annoying irritations, in too tree or onensive pers^ir. for ulcerative weaknesses, ar purposes which readily sugg especially mothers, and for bath, and nursery. No amc those who have once used for preserving and purifyin infants and children. Cut] emollient properties derive skin cure, with the purest ol most refreshing of flower < toilet soap ever compounde for preserving, purifying, ai hair, and hands. No other i however expensive, is to be purposes , of the toilet, bath bines in One Soap at One Pr the best skin and complexi best baby soap in the world purronil ano Internal ' consisting of Cuticura soap (25c.). to cleai thickened cuticle, Cuticura Ointment (50c Irritation, and soothe and heal, and CUTlci blood, a Single Set Is often sufficient to < and blood humors, with loss of hair, when a tek Drug and Cuem. Corp., Sole Props., B ADVERTISING )ea HI CURES WHERE ALL ELh'fc FAILS. Ed ijfC Best Couph Syrnp. Taenia Good. Use Rl Pjjl in timei Sold by drugglatg. ips and powders, too, trong; n which thev do ?re long. 1 never hurt * , . i'er tender; *3 k of stain and dir? 'gfjfe -J the mender. OeTCH ft GAMBLE CO CINCINNATI ) : Cuticura Soap exclusively md beautifying the skin, for , scales, and dandruff, and the 01- softening, whitening, and i hands, in the form of baths flammations, and chafings, or - - ? i / ition, in the form or wasnes, id for many sanative antiseptic est themselves to women, and all the purposes of the toilet, )unt of persuasion can induce it to use any other, especially g the skin, scalp, and hair of [cura Soap combines delicate d from Cuticura, the great : cleansing ingredients and the odors. No other medicated or d is to be compared with it id beautifying the skin, scalp, 'oreign or domestic toilet soap, J Zi. C ^11 3 compareu wiwi iu iur an me , and ; nursery. Thus it comice, viz., Twenty-Five Cents on soap, the best toilet and treatment for every Humor S1.25, ise the ekln of crusts and ecales and soften the to Instantly *T.Hy Itching, inflammation, and ISA RESOLVEMT (50c.), to cool and cleanse tlie 3Ure the most torturing, dleflgurtug skin, scalp, lleUeflkllfi. Sold throughout the world. Potostou. " A]] about Skin, Scalo.it in) Hair" fret MALARSA,CH!LLS&FEVER CriDoe and Liver Diseases. KNOWN AttDBl'CCISTS. a&c.