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|fe '"" ' " ' "" ' "i K" <0 Agricultural. ^ \ ^ m ^ m ^ ^ o ? <v The Hens That Give Winter Ejjqjs. ij* - . Poultry houses should now be put in shape for winter. Mend the windows j and clean the glass. Coat felt roofs j . with hot coal tar and sprinkle with j fine, sharp sand. Bank the walls out- ! aide with earth and leaves covered i .with boards. .Store a few loads of i V - l gravel and dig earth.. Arrange to make j the roosting place extra warm by ; lining the walls and use of curtains, i Hens which roost warm by night and j leep dry and busy by day will lay win- j ter eggs. If the new houses are need- ! ed, new is the last chance for the seaaon.?American Cultivator. firowlne Kaj>e Profitably. Most of the failures in growing rape are due to the impression that the crop may be grown on any soil one happens to have vacant. As a matter of fact, rape requires a rich soil; hence one should be well posted 011 the uses of the crop before giving up vaiuable soil Pu\ to it. While rape makes its best growth when the seed is sown early in the season, after the soil has become j warm, there is yet time to sow it and j get good returns in any section where I ?*. eight to ten weeks of good growing ! E weather may be depended upon. Clay loam rich in vegetable matter Is the ideal soil for rape, and if the " ' field is divided by a fence so that a portion of it may be pastured at a time. Its feeding value will be greater. The best way to pasture rape for swine or beep is to turn the animals on to it for but a small portion of the day, letting them have the grass pasture the rest of the time. While fowis may j &; use the rape field as a run. Ave have j had the best success cutting the rape ! i*V and feeding it to them on the grass iI range or in the poultry yards. Rape is one of the crops it will pay to experiment with, at least to the extent of a small area.?Indianapolis Xews. Pis and Poultry Cures. Not long ago Ave lost a number of line hcgs from cholera. An old friend came to-us just after the plague liau run its course, and when he heard of our loss, he told us hoAv he had managed for years to keep his swine in perfect health, even when cholera A\*as an epidemic in his neighborhood. All ; through the year he once or tAvice a . week Avould feed to each hog an ear of corn which had been smeared with freshly run pine tar. At first they ."would not eat it readily, but soon acquired a liking for the taste. It is such a simple ounce of prevention that urely it will be Avorth Avhiie to try it. In the same connection, I will tell What I use for sorehead among my fowls, with the result that I have never lost a single one, nor had it to spread among my flocks. It is simply to grease the afflicted ones with an ointment made by stirring vaseline thick with sulphur. Lately I happened not to have any sulphur in the house, when a pullet was brought in with her kead in such a condition that her eyes %. were almost closed. I liad her well robbed over the sores with mercurial I ointment, and then confined her. The application was repeated once a day or two later, and in less than a week she | was turned out perfectly well.?Mrs. Henry Wight, in The Epitoinist. The Dairyman and the Cow. |p; ' The world to-day needs thinkers as well as workers. Some are content to work, and others to do the thirik1/' ing for them. Some think and compel others to do the work. The dairy infcustry, especially, needs such persons. (He or she who deals jvith animal life ' or animal products needs a more liberal education and more skill than the per?on who deals with vegetable life and products. The lower form of life is .utilized to sustain the higher. The iiairy cow is a highly organized form of animal life. She is also a form of artificial animal life, made so by man, nd in consequence, needs a superior :persoa to attend her and supply her wants. Natural conditions are 110 longer consistent with her acquired iabits. The herdsman who exposes his charge to snow, sleet and cold rain, hot ?on, flies, scanty food, or gives her cruel treatment, fails in the essentials f successful treatment of the dairy cow. * In the handling of cow products freat strides have been made in recent years. The setting of milk in crocks as been superseded by the modern creamer, and this again by the cream eparator. Each step in advance requires more skill and forethought, but it they are lacking, the modern methods become a hindrance rather than a elp to the dairy. The markets of the world are more exacting each year. None but goods of the finest quality will pay for e? portingf and the home markets are each year more critical. More intelli ont nn/J mnvo s'rillfnl mflkprs of d:lirv goods are asked for now than formerly. In addition to being able to make good Matter and cheese, men who manage factories are supposed to be able to make dut invoices of goods shipped, to keep accounts, to figure fat due patrons from weight of milk and test, to test milk, cream, ^tc.. with the various testers, and, above all, to keep things j in and around the factory in a most cleanly and orderly maimer.?Professor Dean, in Farm and Live Stock Journal. ; The Care of Trees. It is r.ot reasonable to expect that f':: every tree planter will have observed proper precautions in planting and .caring .for liis ornamental and fruit ,trees. 'it therefore frequently happens ML: ? : -v-r? ; . '. ' . " V '' ' "r~. '-' (that the removal of large branches I becomes a necessity. The question arises, how shall this be accomplished with as little injury to the plant as possible: in other words, how shall the cut be made? Those familiar with the propagation of plants from cuttings, as well as those who have observed the results of pruning tre?s. will have noticed that when branches a^e cut at a certain distance from their origin, the stub which is left invariably dies, decay follows, finally the rotten stub breaks off eiose to its origin, and a cup, which catches th? rain, is left. This is also an attractive spot to many birds and rodents which are fond of nesting in such & ? Fig. 1?Progress of dceav due to improper pruning, a, dead stub; b, decay o; hear-.. places. They assist the natural work by excavating, and thus accelerate the work which the elements have begun. The result is that the branch which was removed for the purpose of lengthening the life of the tree and to improve its appearance has in reality been the direct cause of its early destruction. The decay in the stub which breaks off near its origin does not stop at that noint. Imc the factors which have been x- ? - the on use of its decay and death continue their work upon the lieariwood of the plant until the hollow trunk of the tree only remains. On the other hand, if the branch is removed at another point, the wound is rapidly covered by new growth, and in the course of two or three seasons it is practically impossible to determine where the branch formerly appeared. These results, which are so important to the life of the tree and to the success of tiie plantation, whether ornamental or economic, are well understood by all plant physiologists. The stub which is left when the branch is removed, if cut off at some distance above its origin, invariably decays and leaves a hollow branch, while the branch which is cut off close to its origin almost invariably heals quickly, the new growth covering the wound. The accompanying illustrations are taken from actual specimens. In order to facilitate the healing process in the plant, all wounds which are made should be loft smooth; that is, if it is necessary to use a saw in removing a large branch, the cut surface should be left smooth aud clean, panic Fig. 2?Results of correct and incorrect pruning. A, correct method; after two years; B. incorrect method. ularly around the edges. The saw should be sharp and should leave it clean cut, and this in turn should be made smoother by the use of the pruning knife or sharp chisel, as the healing process starts quicker and progresses more rapidly when this precaution is observed than when a rough and jagged surface is left. It frequently happens that, in order to obtain the best results in removing large branches, two cuts should be made? that is, the branch should be sawed off eighteen inches or two feet from its origin, in order to prevent splitting down and tearing off a considerable portion of the bark. After the weight of the branch has been lessened by cutting away the main part, a second cut can be made and stub held in position until the cut is completed, thus preventing the splitting down and tearing of the bark which is likely to result from the careless removal of large branches. Farm Note*. The growing stock are carrying your pocketbook. Watch them. Last year you said you would have good pasture for all your stock. Have you? If you are raising calves (and you ought to be) the dry lot is not the place for them. Are the pigs in the clover? They ought to be some place where they can be happy. Is that pig - in the pen near the kitchen? Somebody is losing something if it isn't. In all your plans for your young stock, don't Do persuaueci 10 iavor any thing but a thoroughbred male. Now is the time when it's profit 01 i loss on the lambs. Don't forget tc see that they are doing their best. How is the rape doing as a pasture for hogs and sheep? Didn't you try it? Well, you missed another chance. Stock water is just about as import ant as stock feed. This has been quite a wet season over a very large area, and stock water is not much of a question yet, but bo ready for August and perhaps September. The. Adirondack Mountains embrace an area of over 2.SOO.OOO acres, and it .this great area fully 300 mountalr peaks rise to altitudes langir.g fron; 1200 to 3000 feet .' .' ~" . :*i ST. LOUIJ -Q/ni mnwHprf ?i0mm?w>ww??mm | NEW YOU I :: FAIR ] Addison Steele, After a at Many Feature Tv. ADDISON STEELE, a weii-known newspaper and SI11 z magazine writer, oi New 5 iVI S *>>rk, recently spent a wcck , *| ^ at tlie World's Fair. l\eturning home, he wrote the following appreciative aei count of hi.-" impressions for Brooklyn Life, i which should convince any reader that it is i wortn his while to see this greatest of ex-. | positions: i In the expressive language o? the day, j St. Louis "has the goods." I had expected ! much of the Louisiana Purchase hxposi1 tion, tor I had kept i:a touch with the j making of it from its very inception, five i years ago: but after nearly a week of jourj neving through this new wonderland I ! must confess that in every essential par ticular it is far beyond my expectations, j The biggest and best it was meant to be : and the biggest end best it is. The expo sition, rumors notwithstanding, is quite j finished. it i Those who imagine that the Columbian ; Exposition remains the last word in the | way of a world's fair should remember i i | ' PA1 i . that eleven years have rolled by since Chicago invited all the nations of the earth to come within her gates. These having beer. years of remarkable progress the mere fact: that it is up to date would place the ( Louisiana Purchase Exposition ahead o:i not only the Columbian Exposition of 18911 but the Paris Universal Exposition of 190o ! ?the only other world's fair of the perioc. mentioned. The great development o:i j horseless vehicles, certain wonderful ad var.ces in the field of electricity, the wire; less telegraph, the submarine boat and the? practicable Hying machine?all of which : are special features at :>t. Louis?are, for 1 instance, matters of the period since the j Chicago event. To ray mind, however, the j one distinctive feature which places it i ahead of all oilier world's fairs is the com-, ! prehensive Philippine exhibit. Ahead also | of any previous showing are the individual j buildings of eight cf the foreign nations j and. taking everything into consideration, ; the architectural and landscape gardening 1 achievements are greater?as they ought to , be with the world oiler. I i One of the grcates:, and certainly one of ; the most agreeable, of my many surprises i was the supreme beauty of the main group , of buildings. For the simple reason that ! the camera does not exist which could j tal>e in the yast picture as the eye sees it, , j the early views of the group?a bit here i and a bit there?ga'-e a scant idea of the j scheme as a whole. Nor did the early ! views of the ten individual buildings which j make up its component parts do justice to ' their nobility of architecture and general i grandeur. Then again in the ground plans j aud bird's-eye sketches?the only possible ! manner of showing it?the fan-shaped ari rangement of this group looked stiff and i unsatisfying. Far from that it is quite as j remarkable in its way <13 the famous Court 1 j of Honor of the Columbian Exposition. In J one respect it is even more notable, for in1 stead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen, j The main vista is. of course, the one look: j ing up the Plaza of St. Louis ? whose COLDE.M CHA NS. M. Max Regis AVore Golden Handcuffs I For Years. It will be remembered, says the , Westminster Gazette, that some years 1 I ago M. Max liegis was presented by a j group ot" lady admirers with a pair of I golden handcuffs, in commemoration j of his arrest and imprisonment in the 1 1 great cause of Nationalism. The Anti-Semite swore that he would wear 1 the manacles as souvenir bracelets-for 1 I the remainder of his life. For some time he kept his promise, and then it was observed that he had abandoned | his decorative fetters. Why? Was it infidelity to the cause, or what? People wondered, and could get no satisfactory answer, until a few days ago thero was a public sale of unredeemed pledges from the Mont de Piete. The ' golden liandeuffs (weighing forty-five grammes) were included in the catalogue, M. Regis having deposited them ; with "ma tante" to reiieve a tempo rary indigence, and having neglected to recover them. To complete the ? irony of the situation, they were pur, chased by a Hebrew, who now wears them in the streets of Algiers and ex, hibits them to all his friends. Dr. Hale an LL.U. Dr.-Edward Everette Hale is now an LL. D. of Williams College, from which his fa i her graduated just li?0 years ago. The doctor read an extract | from his parent's graduating address, 1 1 which dwelt with the question "Has I There Been a Progressive Improve} ment in Society in the Last Fifty Years?" Dr. Hale jocosely remarked 1 that a cent wy ago the boys appeared 1 to be wrestling with the same proh1 j leuis as are now discussed. 5 "HAS THE KPffTWMCMWnMHnMinWVMaaMRWI^VIMMMMtllf :K WRITER FINDS BEYOND EXPECTS Week at the Exposition, s?St. Louis Cool and P crowning feature is the great Louisiana Purchase Monument?and across the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gardens. On the right are the Varied Industries and E'eetricitv buildings and on the left the Manufactures and Ldueation. these?with Transportation and Machinery still further to the right and Liberal Arts and Mines bp; yond at the left?making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has the Cascade Gardens?rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the* floor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, th? Terrace of States and the East and West Pavilions?and the Fine Arts building directly behind. " ' In the .architecture of the group there is ro uniformity of style. The very libera! use of great columns gives the four buildings fronting on the Plaza and Basin a ^prtain arcniteetaral kinship, but t lie Mines building, with its two huge obelisks and somewhat Egyptian aspect; trie muehturreted and belfried Machinery bunding; the highly ornate Transportation building, with its gigantic arches and pylons, and , r""- " ' LACE OF MIXES AXD METALLUI the Romanesque Liberal Arts building have pronounced individuality. Yet in the j general picture all these buildings blend finely. Nor is there any clashing in the case of the French ionic style of the buildings of Cascade Gardens. Twelve hand! some bridges across the waterways, which form a figure eight by running from the Grand Basin around the Electricity and Education buildings, further contribute to the architectural spiendor of the scene. F.ows of fine, large maples set off the | buildings in the main vista, adding imj measureably to the beauty of the picture j and lurmsmng one or xne inan.v ucmuinsnotions of the superiority of this exposition in the matter of landscape gardening. There are also many trees to set off the other buildings of the group, shrubbery and small trees have been used in profusion around the entrances and the bridges and there are handsome sunken gardens in two places. The landscape treatment of Cascade Hill is similarly fine. * The Philippine section covers no less than forty-seven acres, has 100 buildings and some 75,000 catalogued exhibits, and represents an outlay of over a million dollars. A week could easily be spent there to advantage. Entrance to the section is | free, but twenty-five cents is charged to go j into each of the four native villages, which are intensely interesting. The villages run along Arrowhead Lake, and the inhabitants all ha\e some way of entertaining their visitors. The Igorottes. who wear as little clothing as the law of even savage lands allow; Bontocs, Tinganues and Suyocs are in one village; the lake-dwelling Moros and Bogobos in another; the blade Negritos in the third and the civilized Yiseayan-s, who have a Catholic Church and a theatre, in the fourth. As a maUer of education this great encampment of the "little brown men" is one thing that no American can afford to miss. Eight of the numerous buildings of forONE HUNDRED FOR AN ECG. Au Indian Game Fowl That is Very Valuable. Not often does the price of a single egg climb to $100. but this is what was offered for each of the eggs of a certain Indian game hen, which was brought to England some time ago. For centuries the Indian game, or Azeel fowls, have been the very apex of the game breed, for the pureness of blood and pedigree have been most carefully preserved for so long thai the date of the origin of the race has been lost in the past. It is almost impossible to procure cnMimnnc r>f tho mirpst llloOfl. for tllCV LA-LAV LAV? V* LUV ^ . _ are treasured by the Indian sportsman at the highest value. As game fowl they are great fighters. Those who have seen them in India?for the finest birds never reach our colder. climates?tell of their prowess and ungovernable "opacity in battle. With them it is always victory or death. In America, however, the game fowls are seldom raised for fighting purposes, I ut for sliow. and as pets and hobbies of poultry fanciers.?Country Life in America. A Modest Englishman. Like the traditional Englishman, Arthur Stanley, Dean of Westminster, 1 wore home from his first visit to America an expression of amazement which only time could effac. lie was ' at once beset by interviewers, who asked the usual questions. "What was the thing which most impressed ljyou in America?*' was one of these. Without a moment's hesitation Dean Stanley replied: "My own ignorance." ?Argonaut. ' GOODS." i* WORLD'S ITIONS :: , Expresses Amazement rices Reasonable. eign nations would alone form an exposition worth the journey from New York to t>t. Louis. Germany's building. Das Deutsche Haus, is a reproduction of Ciiarlottenburg Sell loss, 450 feet long and finely located on an eminence overlooking Caaj cade Gardens. The interior as well as the exterior is a faithful reproduction of the palace; Gobelin tapestries, the old Cbarlottcnburg furniture and the Kaiser's wedding silver having been brought over for the superb apartments. Nearly a mile to the westward France has reproduced, at a cost of half a million dollars, the Grand Trianon, the building and great garden covering fifteen acres. Great Britain has a copy cf the banqueting hall of Kensington Palace; Japan, the Shishinden Palace, one of several buildings in a characteristic Krk, and China, the country scat of Prince 1 Lun. Italy has a superb Graeco-Roman temple, Austria an architectural glorification of Mod erne Kunst, and Belgium a magnificent structure from an original design. Lesser renroduction of note are the tomb of Etmad-Dowlah, by East India, and the new Bangkok temple, by Siam. if * ' ; . ' " ' ;;.-v.- -.y :.s .' ' - ':'V ' ' " i.-' ' I ~ /i ; IGY. The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the finest concession that I have ever seen. There is a great square with many quaint buildings, a little village street, and above the snow-clad mountains?which look very real as the evening falls. The best scenic railroad yet devised affords several fine glimpses of the Alps, and there is a very graphic exposition oi the Oberammergau passion play in the little church. The Cliff Dwellers' concession also looks very realistic at nightfall. It is elaborate in arrangement, and the courting, snake and other dances by the Southwestern Indians make it another of the Pike shows which should be taken in by all. In Seville there is an amusing marionette theatre and some genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the Pike offer* infinite variety, and as a rule the full money's worth is given. The enormous Jerusalem and Eoer War concessions are not on the Pike. It is a case of dine at the German Pa1 vilion and die at the Exposition. In a t beautiful Moderne Ivunst building adjoin in? Das Deutsche Haus the best food and the highest prices on the grounds are ta be found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner costing $2 and $3, respectively. There is also a la carte service. Everything considered the prices, are not excessive, and at least one meal should be taken there for the experience. Another should be taken at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in the gorgeous dining room in the mountaln[ side. The best French restaurant is at Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and in every way admirable are the two restaurants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pavilions o? Cascade Gardens. The east one has waitresses ar.d no beer and the west one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch Germany, France and England all offer delicious pastry in the Agricultural building. These are not free ads., but time-saving tips for the traveler. There are no end of 1 restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds. THE SILENCE OF BUTTERFLIES. This Insect Represents a Truly Silent World. j After all, the chief charm of this race j of winged flowers does not lie in their varied and brilliant beauty, not yet in their wonderful series of transformations, in their long and sordid caterpillar life, their long slumber in the chrysalis, or "the very brief period which comprises their beanity, their Ipve making, their parentage and their death. Nor does it lie in the fact that we do not yet certainly know whether they have in the caterpillar shape the faculty of sight or not. and do not even know the precise use of their most conspicuous organ in maturity, the antennae. Xor does it consist in this? that they of all created things have furnished man with the symbol or ms own immortality. It rather lies in the fact that, with all their varied life and activity, they represent an absolutely silent world. * * * All the vast array of modern knowledge has found no butterfly which murmurs with an audible voice and only a few species which can even audibly click or rustle with their wings.?T. W. Higginson, in Atlantic. T-lie Phiyvrrisht'a Complaint. A popular author, who has lately turned to play* writing, has not succeeded in impressing managers with the availability of his p:eductions. Not long ago, thinking to get some | useful pointers from the current drama, he made an observation tour of ! the theatres. 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Trial treatment wL / given free. Itothingcan be fairer , qRBM9Bwsf WdteDr. H. H. Gma't Soas. JVmir Sf>aci*l>sts, Box B /Wanta^fflfc * a WORLD'S FAIR ST. LQUIS, . I LoaisTlllo and Nashville Railroad. II you are going to the World's Fair yon > want the best route. The L. <fc N. is the shortest, quickest and best line. Three trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars. Low Bate Tickets j. sold daily. Get rates from your local agent and ask for tickets via the L. & N. Atl 1.tny4a A# j n of irtft #ltl?ni?hwl OQ SO" VI iULVlUi(?bIVM f mi m plication to J. G. HQLLENBECK, Dist. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Pincushion Swallowed Up 410 Needles. A lady in this city, reading that a pincushion that lias been in use for some time, on being opened developed about 150 needles, tad the curios| ity to pull apart a pincushion that ! she had been using for about twentyj five years. She found by actual count 410 needles.?Hartford Courant. i