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f I PARI AND GARDEN. Cranberry Season Sliorteninc. Twenty years ago cranberries were practically the only spring fruit auu < ? -i >r.,Tr tbej sold way lino April aim iu?.y. The increased shipmeuts of .Southern vegetables hcve cut the selling period back two months. When strawberries become seasonable cranberry sales fall right oli'. Fertilizers For Sweet Fotatoeu. The Georgia Experiment Station recommends the following amounts of fertilizer for each acre devoted to s"weet potatoes: Acid phosphate 1000 pounds, muriate of potash GOO pounds^ cotton meal 1100 pounds, or a total of 2C00 pounds. This has been tested quite extensively and the station recommends it with confidence. TranRplaalIi:c Large Trees. Very large tree3 cr.n be successfully transplanted by beginning operations ~ " * * ? in the fall belore tne grouuu The size of the tree is only limited to the power and convenience available to do the moving. The writer transplanted a large elm tree in the following manner: A circle with a radius of two feet wes marked around the tree. Outside of this a ditch was dug abouc three feet deep, cutting all roots of course but the top roots. Thi' ditch / was wide enough to allow a man to get into and work under the tree. A hole was then dug to receive the tree, and when the ball froze solid the entire tree with earth was removed and planted. Wlnlerin; Celery. The large celery growers of Kalamazoo, Alich., winter the celery in nouses or frames constructed for the purpose. Selocting a piece of upland dry ground, the soil is excavated two feet deep. A frame is then set up which is six feet high at the ridge pole. The roof is covered wiih boards twelve feet in length running from the peak of the roof,to the ground surface. Enough windows are put in to give needed light. The sides of the house are banked up all around, and coarse litter or straw, or hay is * 1 L covered over toe rooi to a-cep uu? frost. These storage houses or eelJars are built twenty-four feet wide anil from fifty to 100 feet in length. A building fifty feet long will hold 50,000 heads of celery. The plants are dug while green, the roots left on, and they are set upright in the cellars, as closely together as they can be packed, aud ia a few week9 in these quarters they are well blanched, and ready for marketing as desired. Care of Farm Steele. The care of animals at the barns and sheds wiirforin no small part of the work daring the winter, and while a boy may assist at this, and should do so to learu the business, a man should always have an oversight of it, that he may know that they are prop? erly fed aud that tuey are in good health and thrifty. If one fails to eat its rations or is ailing in any way, early notice of the fact may reveal the cause and susreest a remedy, while a few days' neglect might cause the loss of the animals. We believe that from January until April two feeds a day. giving euough morning and night, is better than three feeds for anything excepting working animals, and even for them, if the work is not severe and the days too long, and we would not have any feeding dona after thdy had Jain down at ni^ht, if one wotjM lutnish feed aad do the wjrk for Bolu* ing. Bat whatever svat93 is adopted, it should be strictly carried out. JRs^alar honrs for feeding, Sun"oay mornings as well as, other days, is o* the greatest importance, and regular hours of milking. We vTere never able to see advantage enougi in cooking food of any kind to repay the cost of labor and fuel. We know that corrse, rough fodder is eaten up cleaner when cut and steamed, but we doubt if the gain is sufficient even then to repay the cost. ?Farm, Field and Fireside. Good Gate Utchei. The form of the gate latoh or fastening is an important' portion of a fence and oare should be exercised in making. The form shown in Fig. 1 is very simple and effectivo. T^he latch, a, is of hard, tough wood, eighteen inches in length, three-quarter inch thick, and 1$ inches wide. Through the inner end a wooden pin holds it ^ Tin P 'k ? 'US EFFECTIVE GATE EATCH. in position. When the gate is closed the outer projecting end rests in a notch cut in the post, as at s. All the plans shown admit of the gate opening either way if desired. In Fig. 2, : : 1a4AU .1 II SWlUglU^ IttlULl I? UBCU, wuiuu nuuuiu be about tlie size of that in Fig. 1. It is suspended by a wire at e. Two wooden pins prevent it from being fa? tear-1 r^T fMi1 i ?lb Lr?^.p Jj r,f g r,? 3 details or the latched. moved too far in either direction. The pian in Fig. 3 is qnito similar to the others, and is clearly shown. The latch, c, is shown in an enlarged form. A notch is cut in the lower side, which rests on a pin when the gate is closed, the weight of the latch keeping it in position. Next in importance to the hinges of a gate are the fastenings, which Bhould invariably be made of the very best material.?Farm and Home. Corn For Laying Hen*. It sometimes looks as if certain bobbies were selected solely for the purpose of provoking an argument, and tue old threadbare cry "too much corn" seems to be the one mong all others that, like Banquo's ghost, keeps constantly bobbing up. Jnow. why in the name of all goodI I Ii ' I V J ness is ail tuis liue anil cry raised over tbe feeding of corn to laying bens? Our grandmothers went to the corn ' bin every day with the dishpan,which tbcy generously filled aud distributed without stint to the hens, and who will deny that at the end of each month the balance of accounts at the wayside store was not in their favor? The hens layed during the coldest days of winter, even though in many cases not the warmest houses were provided. You never then heard the cry ol overfeeding; on the contrary, every effort was made to keep the hens fat. They hustled and worked all day, never failing in that most important task of laying. But now every tnrie our bens cease to lay or get duriijy^ we are promptly told that we are overfeeding. . Thc^e most certainly is reason in everything, and if our hens are confined in yards we must as near as possible conform to nature's wants. Still, there are more failures from lack of feed than there are .from an cversupply. Corn should be one of the principal feeds for laying hens?just enough oJ other grains to furnish an agreeable change being given, and ^ou can rest assured that if the hens do not lay the fault lies elsewhere. Of course during the warm month? n less heatincr diet ahonld take ifcf place, oats beiiag perhaps the cheapest and best of the other grains.?Home and Farm. . The Plan of a Farm Granary* I have found the granary, the ground plan of which is illustrated herewith, most satisfactory for my own use, says H. B. Moiwe, in New England Homesteads v; if is 28 by 32 feet. The corncrili, 8^x 22 feet, occnpies one side of the<&$&|J. This bin will hold about 1000,; bushels ol ear com. Next to this isissteivewaj 10 by 32 feet. Three smallXtilns are provided for xaeai feeds or grain if ao desired. An-oat bin .10 by 12', feet' will hold enough for ^he' oi^inary farmer. The bleaiJraSg alley, 6-by;10 feet, is very essential in cleaning seed for spring ^us^j^he - earner poato jfegja- The attic or nppdr^io^<n|^winj|i' a storage way for farm toolalnHLtc. These are ; hoisted b;'||^^HHbap door, rope j The is sided first with ahipia^'^.afcer this is placed No. 2^^B^M^WK^This adds to the stTeng^of.tni ?pf&mg, keep : out beating rams'it almost impossible", fqr',?1ca into the granary. 1 ^The email, grain side will hold about 2500'l^Wlels. The alleyway can be'UBWTOr storing buggies or whei^ needect'ean be utilized for ear cojn. / If ttegjred,.iarm scstos can be put iu.tho-alley way and theitt will l>o tin or rnfcfcmir. an I the 00^87 o'clock^^^^^ dnys and 9 o^6c? on Sundays, fed and watered irregularly', the stable cleaned whenever time permits, dairy lack will fly out of the wiudow. .Where1, i other farm producta a^e cheap, ther?| isn't a farmer who does not-need _ i_-i- -i ,-w than before. If. done immediately before, a deodorant oan be used on the floor prior to beginning milking. Milk flavor is so delicate andfragilo a thing that in winter especially tne greatest care is necessary to preserve it. The odor from cows and their surroundings in summer time is not offensive to even the most fastidious, but in winter it takes , a routine system of care to preserve this cleanliness. Feed regularly. I urge this not solely' because the cows appreciate it, but because they demand it. When a cow's stomach is empty, her milk bag becomes en*pty, too. While I believe in liAftw feediner. vet a small annntitv *** ""v<* " J 0? / 7, / of food given regularly will produce more milk tban heavy rations of the same character fed irregularly. While digestion and rumiifition are going on there should be plenty of water in the cow's stomach. The animal's own desire will decide how large a quantity. It is necessary both for the assimila-v tiou of food and to make up the 87? per cent, of water contained in the milk. It must bo remembered that cows are dumb, and that, confined in stanchions, they cannot manifest their thirst by any sign. Their need in thin direction must be anticipated, not spasmodically, but as routiue practice. If Several hours elapse without gratification, the present need has passed. They may drink, but the milk How has been shrunkeu. Dairymen, this winter of all others you cannot afford this. You cannot afford to neglect any little detail the observance of which would add .J* your dairy income.? I George E. Newell, in America1? &.griI cultorist. iRMYORK | fgf v aI g| Designs For Costur L &r r ^?^u^ar *n New York City (Special).?The newest head-dresses add not lieigUt. but breadth to the wearer. In consequence, they are uot so generally beI ^ "r- i - SMART HEAD DRESSES. j coming, but a change is what fashion ] is ever after, even if it be a change for the worse. Thei,upstanding sprigs i of maidenhair and ivy in green -velvet, < | 10 hovel bat a few weeks ago, now i find themselves displaced by the regu- 1 tation classic chaplet of ivy, such as i bound the head of the victor in the Olympian games or the winner of the prize in a poem-contest. Rose and geranium leaves also appear in.this ( same' chaplet fashion, and one merit * of the wreaths is that they may be * worn with the ,hair dressed either in * Grecian or uprip-date Parisian mode. * The first figuri: in the/, cut shows the ' effect of this broad;head-dress. Upon; * above the rest of as in siafak' numbers nowadays it is espeoially becoming; A chic, if less novel bead-dress has a j circlet of plaited ribbon in any color j to suit the co3tume, white preferred.-: The circlet is finished with a small bow and ends and a single jeweled ob trich tip iu wnite. xms oraamem * may be worn so that the plume rises 1 directly in the front or at the side. It r requires high hair, however. ? / ^ / 1 I 1 M1 ^Many head#|appear dressed for 6 eyjBpin. n o \) t h e r ornament than osprey in the dominant t cWBEkco<itume'Be*a" 0De s'c*e 1 MHBBPWBg OVBI" me uiiuuic tun ui v gracefully. The osprey s starts from a tiny rosette iu bebe rib-' a bon the same color as the osprey, or f sometimes a jewelod clasp or buckle t holds the1 plume iu place. This is I one of the most effective because most t Bimple modes of adorning coiffure. To give that breadth to the coiffure c that thq latest dictates decree, the 'v osprey is set at one side of the coil v and extends out instead of up. With 1 the hair parted in front this way of t dressing the head is a decided change f from the long dominant pompadour \ and its aigrette that towers straight r aloft. MX' / \ Pretty Model*. Children;, awr keenly sensitive ou the subject of ;thdir attire and its fashion, Bat, Iaoiily for them, they share oneftavor in common with men: their frtak* do not "go out of style, quickjjpjithough many of the models lur lUOlf J of their elders, yet they never go to the same extremes, consequently when the pendulum swings buck it has not so far to gc and does not; hi^y^adcourse, but not monsters. coriaequently, while we had to cut' ours down about one?, a month to keep pace with Dame Fashion, theirs were some time in becoming passe. And the tight sleeves, thank-their happy little stars, they can never have "in entire discomfort,, for any healthy child who took the proper amount of exercise would wear out a pair of the sleeves, which do npt.allow the azm^o be raised, in about five hours. The-party dress is just ?s important, if not quite so elaborate, to Little Sister as it is to ' Bfg*l3iSter. The 1 double-column sketch shows two 1 pretty models, which can readily be i "t.ilized also jj) tiie suwrnw dvpKKmaV-! ,t fmEH i nes That Have Be- J ^ the MetropoHs^^^^ & ing. The first is in cream ponge silk, with insertion and lace, and is worn over a colored silk; the other is in white silk trimmed with lace and ribbon. Mitten Sleeves. Mitten sleeves have undergone several interesting variations since last season. For instance, one of the newest mitten sleeves reaches from the thumbs to elbows, and is fastened to the shoulder by a lattice work of velvet ribbons. ' Another sleeve, that only the girls with perfect arms should attempt, reaches midway to the elbow. A second sleeve half covers the hand andforearm. Upper and lower sleeves are connected with a lattice work! of velvet ribbon.- On a perfect arm this Bleeve is beautiful, but unless the elbow im dimpled and the upper and lower arm in perfect proportion, it is very ugly*..' Another pretty sleeve that , is being, uted on many of the newest dinner gowns is lace on the under jide, the edges strapped together with aarrow bands of velvet ribbon, palled through jeweled buckles. The N?vut in Millinery. Incongruity in millinery has long Seased to cause surprise and nothing ;hat the spring season developes may >e expected to excite any special as* onishment, no matter what the mixures, for certainly fur and tfclle are is extreme as any iwo mixtures can >e. Already there are toqtres made of (hiffoo,^ Bti'ipped:v.with jfancy satin itraw.braids in dmereht, colors, and lftwera are fast usurping the place of nade up feathers. A large toque of now white* talle;tr: immed with eiderveito blossoms and IK: large bow and Jaud of black pann^-at one side, is one >fVt^e.'.noveitie?., Gardenias are one j-th^ te ftower s of the moment are one of the popaar hat trimmings. Featlier Fans Again. Large feather fans are onceagftinbeng worn, though the smaller ones iredominate. a For Spring Millinery. A basic fact of importance in tho nillinery line is the probability, alnost amounting to certainty, that the lew hats will be higher in price than sver, owing to the increased cost of ' iv ; FOR GIIiLS. iverything employed in their making. That flowers are to prevail in hat rimming seems assured. Some Paris nodels are made wholly of the smaller Wossoms. A Spanish turban, for iutance, is- all of violets, with the terns drawn over the edges to form a acing. The crown is of violet leaves nth a drapery of lace aronnd it. The >rjm is wide in front and narrow at he back. Ostiich plumes are to be used in lombination with flowers of the larger 'arieties. A toque of white tulle, i rith crown of creamy Irish lace, has ] ace of the same design twined in the irim, which is caught back at the left rorit bjta knot of dahlia purple pauue velvet, held by a rhinestone ornanent. From under this knot a single vhite pstrich pfnine sweeps over the I eft side of this crown to the back. | ^ ' a . ^ __ I j SAILOR FOR SPRING 1YEAR. Jn<ter the brim, at the right, near the jack, is a cluster of crushed velvet oses iu dahlia shades. Sailor hat* viJJ be more the rare than ever The New Style in ricnon/^^^Hj Because prolixity and over-elabOTB j ftted phrasing were the snares of bygone writers, that is no reason why we shonld cut up our sentences into Four or five words. Nothing is easier. The method is simple. It presents no difficulties. It is distinct. It appeals to many. It is new. Therefore it pleases. For a time. But not permanently. Men of intelligence yawn. It is like an infant's reader. "My cat is called Tom. Do you like cats? No, I like dogs. I like both cats and dogs," etc., etc.?National Review. Shrinkage In Book Value*. mi 1- - -f - J. lie value Ul a IJUun. ucpcuuoa^&av deal on -whether yon are buying or selling it. Buy a book for a dollar, walk to a second hand shop around the corner, and you will be offered ten 2ents for it. The value shrinks nine* ry per cent, in nine minutes. The touch of your fingers has made a 'second hand book of it. Go back in a quarter of an hour to buy the book again, and it is -worth fifty cents. Four hundred per cent, has been added to its value in fifteen minutes. Ton must understand the necessity of profits to pay rents, living and othei expenses before you comprehend the necessities of these sudden fluctuations. Persons who sell second handbooks are always surprised at the smallcrice offered, yet every dealer has. a tale .of woe, of dead stock, and books that are worse than vacant shelves. It is difficult for buyers and sellers of second hand books to be,in sympathy.? New York Herald. - Yonr Neighbor Hu Them. Wqq whflO ThAaA hAnntffnl Abakan* peare panels given away in introducing 'Red Cross" and "Hnbinger's Best" laundry starcb, J. C. Hubinger's latest and greatest invention*. All starcb put ap under "Red Cross" or "Wash Tub" trade mark brands is genuine, and goode of a manufacturer with tw enty-flve yearsexperience. These are his only brands; be has nc interest whatever in any other starcn | so be sure you get only the best. The latest device to encourage higl stepping in coach horses is a glase worn like goggles, the crystals being so formed that the ground appear; nearer than it is. It is said to wori all right. i ? To Core n Cold in One D?y. Take Laxative Bkomo Qoinini Tablkts. All druggists rofnnd the money if it falls to cure, ?. W. Gaovg'a Blgaaturo ig on eacfr box. 25c, Students govern tbe dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania. My Hair Vi/riQ Coming Oof "About a year ago my hair was coming out very fast. I bought a bottle of Aycr's Hair Vigor to stop this. It not only Stopped the falling, but also made my hair grow very rapidly, until now it is 45 inches in length and very thick."?Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans., July 25,189a It Feeds the Hair Have you ever thought vhy your hair is falling out ? It is because you are starving your hair, li this starvation continues your hair will continue to fall. There is one good hair food. It is Ayer's Htir Vigor., It goes right to the roots of the hair and gives them just the food that they need. The hair stops falling, bccomes healthy, and grows thick and . long. Ayer's Hair Vigor will do another thing, also: it always restores color to faded or gray hair. t si.oi? botiic. Aiidmgitto. Write the Doctor If you do not obtain all tbe benefits you desire from tbe nee of the Vigor, write iifl TVutfAvalvint. if TIfl will ten ton inat I the right thing to do, and will send yon I bis book on the Hair and Scalp if yon I request it. Address, I ?iMr'o itape 8peltz? SreenK1Ch' Whitls it ^SEEDS^^ ioiJ^r SalMr's tods awjfarruiU* W rrodncfc^jft ??*?Mihlon Luther. E.Troj,P*..Mtonlibtd the worMVllA by gruwlu* VjO bntbfli BlgVoor Oata; J. Braider, Miibleolt, Wi?., 173 baa. barley; and B. Lotejor, VB U EidWiuc. MIlii.. bTjf05.i-.iK :20b?ih. Salzvr'eci rn BB per acre. If yon doubt, write them. We wlah to (tin H] 100,000 new onatomcra, tiopcc will Mnd on trial EE n ? DOLLAR# WORTH FOR lOo. H "S 10 pkga of raro turn acedj, tjalt Bath, the S tuid MK Corn?Sptltz, producing &0bu?h. food and 4 toon hay fl| HBL peucra?above oauandbarlry. Rroiaua Incrmla MM 1*2 y greatcat gr?? on earth; Salttr'iapi to. /^Y Wg\ KAe, Spring Wheat, ?c., Including our man- Aiu Ah Plui, Prultaud Seed Catalog, telling all /V yfjMj W"Jt Kdier'a Crest Million Dollar yCrf WotBto. all mailed for lOo. puauge ; JL&f poiitirolr worth |10 to get a mart. JL?y PolatoM Sl.'.'O a bbl. and op.jAQr i*>n earlleatT?g?talend """ Kir. nith \Ione, oe, W. L. DOUGLAS S3 IrTarnoldHum Caret Co?fk? ?nJ WM?, IVII I PI) VrcTSDte ConanmptloB. II I PK All DraulittpMta. HILUUIl RDADfiV HEW DI8C0 VERY; t"iVr 9 V qaick relief tod cures worst cases- Boui of testimonials and 1 0 dayn' trestoieut Eras. Or. H. ft. OKSftM'l lOHI. Box I, AtUntk. 8?, <0tm\ ~1 mv /Ml ' VfaM/f^HfflUBB u^*N-^st?[L _y v*; ? '/,."?i THE CARE OF BLANKETS. Never let blankets remain in service after they are soiled, dirt rots the fibre and invites moths. Because'of the peculiar saw-tooth formation of wool hair it is necessary that a soap made of the best materials be used; a , cheap soap, especially one which contains rosin, will cause the blanket to become hard by matting the fibre. To IVasb Blankets and Retain tlcir Softness.?Dissolve shavings of Ivory Soap In boiling water, add cold water until nearly luke warm. Immerse a blanket ana Kneaa witn the nanas, rinse m dean warm water in which also some Ivory Soap h^s been dissolved. Dry in a place that is neither very warm nor very cold. COPVMOKT MM BY THC PROCTER * OMMIS 00. CINCINNATI , nENSIONw?uw^.% A QTUMACURED'TRML II01 IMA bottle free, Jyrs In civil war, 13 ndjudl eating claims, atty sicca Db-Tapt Bbos. Med. Co.. 103 East 13Sth 8t? N. Y. Sleep for Skin-Tortured Babies * In a Warm Bath with And a single anointing with CUTICURA, purest of emollients and greatest of skin ctres. This is the purest, sweetest, most speedy, permanent, and economical treatment for torturing, disfiguring, itching^ burning, bleeding, scaly* crusted, and pimply skin and scalp humors with loss of hair, of infants and children, and is sure to succeed when all other remedies fail. Millions of Women Use Cuticura Soap Exclusively for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the ecalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and *he stopping of falling hair, for soften' " 1 ?3 ??* -~"~K Vian.ia in the form of baths for lug, wniiening, turn ouu.uiug iw, iui^u, uuu m?v ?, ? annoying irritations, inflammations, and chaflngs, or too free or offensive pet Epilation, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative antiseptic purposes which readily Buggest themselves to women, and especially mothers, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used it to use any other, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp, and hair of infants and children. CtjtiCuba Soaf combines delicate emollient properties derived fr'vm Ccticdra, the great fikin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the moet refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated or toilet soap ever compounded is to be compared witt it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and bands. Nt other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nurseiy. Thus it combines in Oms Soap at One Prick, viz., Twenty-five Cents, the best skin and complexion soap, the best toilet soap and best baby soap in the world. iSiifoiira CcmP,ete External an(1 ,nternal Treatment for Every Humor, mil 1. 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