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" 'fc&pcriments In lb* feeding* ?' car nta, biito and small potatoes. to cbwa mtmw that milk fever la lees liable to ?war vhm com an fed liberally an rest crops than when tbqr are confined to lajr and grain. No com should be given fsr six ?eek? before- calving. Ilnsnil meal may be sllowed with the la|, which should be cut fine and the M?tnrt meal sprinkled over it. Mmt ouvw. Mere attention Is now given to grow ing calves than ever before, as It Is the . wed ralasd calf that must top the beef market later on. ? good practical cslf raiser. N. JL Clopp. of Michigan, gives his own experience In this work In a >>\ letter to the Drovers' Journal, in which he says: "Some of the most painstaking and successful cslf raisers begin by giving \the eslfonlysplnt of the first milk that comes every few hours for severs! days. After the first week aklm milk for half ration la mixed with new milk, lutreasiug each time tho amount of skimmed milk And withdrawing proportionately the whole milk. The j ..milk should always be fed warm, "at '100 degrees, that being blood heat, and then there is no checking tho process of digestion. By the time the calf Is a month old It it allowed to eat some very tine hiiy or rowen. The hay has a tendency to regulate the bowels and prevent scours, a dAsenue dreaded by calf raisers. If the bowels are constipated give the milk at lower temperature; If too loose^ give the milk ss hot aa the calf will drink it. If diarrhoea Is trouble some, diminish the smount of milk, feed lb very warm and give two raw eggs at each feeding.? Indinua Farm Th? Old V?Ml?r. To continue the ?tory of otir experi ence: The party, boy or girl, that gath ered the eggs and attended and cared for the hens wa? dubbed "The hen granny** In our earlier days. Being a bit delicate In health I was their "gran ny" at home. "-leva Aud they called me names and dfa ofttimes chide me unmercifully, and' ?eemed to think it small business. But to-day my brothers and sisters all are grannies, as I said they would be. but they have adopted a more pleasing name. "Fanciers" they are. Forty eight years ago I took the fever, "hen fever," the same epidemic that prevails to-day up and down the length and breadth of this great land; and the only remedy Is let It run Its course. The patient will live through it, never fear. I was not ?atirfled with the old Wutch hen; they "were too common for Fne; I bought a setting of "Siiang eggs, from It were hatched three chicks, two cockerels and one pullet. I remember how I watched those naked bipeds (to the disgust of my folks, who saw In them only chicken*), nmtll the last seen of either was the Mat one being devoured by the old sow. .With this knockout the fever left me. ' About two year* after the episode Above related I met a man In town. He said to me, "Will, come and 'see my chicks." He had the contagion, aud coming In contact with It and not being vaccinated I took it the second time, and It sticketh? no "intermit tent" nor the "seven-year" kind, but lien fever proper. The Light Brah ma* (Chittagons) he showed me were instantly and Indelibly daguerrotyped Into my Imagination, have been, are 'now and always will be my snpremest ftlnpy.-W. II. Wert, in Inland Poultry Journal. 4 , r ? ? ? *- Kiptrt llnHrriiinltlnff. The fuct that u creamery has a mar ket for nil its butter Is not necessury evidence that its butter maker is mak ing a really fancy article, not that a uniformly better quality of butter would not bring at least a little higher ?price, if the cronmery but knows the quality is that which commands to top price and can guarantee uniformity, neither is it assurance that there are leaks in the creamery. The fat* t that the market reports nearly always show Hir insufficient supply of "extras," and much of the time an abundance of that, quality Just below the extras, while at conventions and fairs, where butter Is acorc^ by men familiar with the mar ket requirements, only a small propor tion of the total number of buttermak ers stlcure really high scotvs, would in dicate that there is plenty of room for more of the best. That most if not nlf the high scores go repeatedly to the men who have bad dairy school trainings in addition to 1helr practical experience would sug gest the practical value of such course* as a mean* of improving the quality. Tito li'.gber scores, and even prizes, won by men after securing a knowl edge of the scientific principles under lying tlieir work, where before their best effort was reworded by only an ordinary score, testify to the success of the dairy achdols in assisting their ^Indents to make a better article. The leaks stopped, the conveniences provided, the ln'uor caved, the difficul ties overcome, tin In?rcafcd uniformity and added premiums received add force to tho argument for education for the buttermaker. Tho Introduction of pasteurization, of commercial cul ture, of acid tpst for ripeness, of the Babcock tost. of hand separator cream with Its attendant difficulties, has raised the butter maker's profession from one of "rule of thumb" to a scien tific knowledge, requiring a knowledge of principles.? Professor II. K. Van Norninn. Purdue University. Lafayette, led., in Use Mirror and Farmer, *I<-M Twti on entnlr* , The results of our field tests 0:1 po tatoes this past season have been re markable in that two new varieties have proven, In competition with the heavy yielding standard sorts, worthy of trial by all potato growers. We do not believe In small tests of a few hills, but rather plant new varieties as they come out, in fl:?ld tests of from one to live acres each In competition with potatoes that have a reputation as re markably heavy yiclders. The Ionia Heedllng, a new late potato of parent age of the Rural New Yorker family, throw# a white sprout and wa? planted ou three different farms In competition with Oman No. 3. - Americaa Giant tad Mr Walter Baleigh. and In each case the Ionia Seedling yielded within a few baskets of 800 baohtle per acre, more than 100 In two cases, and a little lees In the other, while In the same Held and the eame culture the Carman No. 3 produced 12B bushels, the Amer ican Ota at 175 bushels and Sir Walter Baleigh ISO bueheta. The other variety that has siren ex ceedingly satisfactory results In oar fields teets this eeeeon Is the potato knonn a? the Early Manistee. This la a seedling of the old Karly Bose, bat while the shin is pink it does not resemble Its parent In shape, as It Is slightly ohkwf In form with two good ends sHghtly flattened more like the ehape of State of Maine or Green Mountain, eyee near tfce surface and fleeh pure white. It ripens with tie early sorts, such as Bliss Triumph. Cobbler, Bovee and the like. This was tested on Are different farms In lots of from one to fire acree each, with the following results: Farm No* 1, yield of Early Manistee 300 bushels per acre. Rural New Yorker No. 2. 200 bushels per acre. Farm No. 2. Early Manistee, 225 bushels per acre. Bliss Triumph, 100 bushels per acre, ripening practically at the same time. Farm No 3, Early Maulstec. 225 bush els per acre. Farm No. 4, Early Man istee, 250 bushels per acre. Early Ohio, 100 bushels per acre. Farm No. 5, Early Manistee. 200 bushels per acre. Early Boree. 150 bushels per acre. We feel that these records made by theee two new sorts In two States. Michigan and New York, certainly en title them to fair consideration of the potato growing public. ? Edward F. Dibble, in National Stockman. ? Ml A flood Farm Gat?. We hare been frequently asked to describe a rood farm sate. We giro herewith llmitratlon of a very simple. Inexpensive but strong and durable gate. >t:** 7XG0BE 1. In Fig. 1, AB is a piece of 2x3 heart scantling. CA and CB are simply pieces of 1x3 of length required by the width of the gate. CD is a piece of 1x3 of length according to the height of the gate desired. Place CD. CA and BA upon the ground, and lay the alates upon tliem. Then lay a similar atrip on top, from C to A, A to B, and C t? D. Then nail these together with four nails (Pig. 3) at each place, which will act aa a brace. The number of slats used can be vrrr? led to suit the convenience, as for make ing plg-tlght, or simply cow-tight. When properly nailed this i* tfto strongest gate to be made out of light lumber, and requires no mechanical training, but can be made by any man who can use a hammer and saw. FIOUHK 2, Fig. 2 shows the method of hanging the gate. N Is a block or rock for tho gate to turu on. H is a piece of bent tire Iron or hickory toithe. The higher up It i? placed the better. XYZ, the v latch, is simply a piece of the 1x3 slipped between the bracing, nnd slid ing on one of the slats. A null driven through at- Z is very convenient for moving the latcli, and prevents Its set ting lost. Hie secondary brace NY may be put In or left out, and has not been found essential to the strength of Hie gate. (HJ in Fig. 2 should be extended to A as* shown in Fig. 1. riOURE 3* Wc have one of these gates wlilcn ha* been in nee for over twenty-flvo years, and Is still doing good service. Eight feet Is found n very convenient length for the slats, if the gate is for general farm use. It may be made narrow enough for persons only, or may be made a -double gate by swing ing two from opposite sides to meet at centre post (l-'ig. 2. O.) This gate will never sng, as long as the post stands Arm.? Timely Sugges tions. Th* Dlffkrcnt*. Little Ilodney? "Papa, what Is tho difference between climate and weather?" Mr. Wayout (of Dlsmnthurst-on-th? Blink)? "Climate, my son, Is what n a homo thereemfwypp pj pjp JpJpJ locality hss when you are buying a homo there, and weather is what It has afterward*,"? ruclu New York City.? The fitted Jacket ?f hip length is always In style whst fter others may come and go. This ooo is exceptionally desirable for the ren FITTED JACKET. sou that its seams arc so arranged as to give tapering lines to the figure, and that it Is quite close to the throat. As illustrated it Is made of black ker sey stitched with cortlcelll silk and trimmed with collar and cuffs of vel vet, edged with broadcloth, but all the materials in vogue for coats arc equi ty appropriate, and the collar and cuffs can be made either of the ma terial or of .the velvet as may be liked. The sleeves are the new ones that are full at the shoulder* and narrower at wrists, where they arc finished with becoming roll over cuff*. The jacket consists of front*, side fronts, backs, sldebacks and underarm jjores with sleeves which are cut In two portions oncli. Pockets are in serted in the side fronts, -.-bleb add both to the stvle and to the conven I chen* silk, inning in tho front over tucked whits chiffon petti edits, and chens ?U%l of the etlk croeaed the petticoats ???. were caught with strspe and bows of pale blue. The pointed bodices had ftchua of Mechlin lace over rests of finely tucked white chif fon. Their large white felt hats had pink rosea under the brims and loops of psle blue velvet ribbon sdorned their tops and came around under the brims sud tied In strings. The little girl train hearer wore a Puritan bonnet of draw* blue silk and a blue satin frock, and the page was in a Georgian page suit of' blue cloth, with s white waistcoat, white silk stockings, snd bl? shoes had paste buckles. , , n?l??WI BWk OawM. Entire dresses of black psnne are auother Paristsn novelty, and a very attractive one; the skirts are circled with broad pleats a la rellgeuse, but at the waist the fuiuess is reduced to a myriad, tiny pleats taking the place of tlic heretofore stoutening shirring*, becoming only to the very lean sister hood. These handsome black gowns are worn with a deep, beautiful col lar of rich old Venetian or other thick lace, and corresponding cuffs in Louis XIII. style; while the cavalier hat of felt, panne, or soft, hairy felt, now de nominated polluchon, Instead of feutrc castor? an o!d friend under a new name ?is simply trimmed with long, elegant drooping feathers of the same sable hue, or with black and white feathers, the latter sbsdlng up from black to white through numerous iiitt?r?uau?? of gray, the white tip In several in stances lightly flecked on tho edge* with black.? Washington Times. K* viral of Old Style Repp. A novelty material, already offered in Paris, and to be in evidence here, if repp. This repp material has not beer shown to any extent for two or three your*. In colorings, grays, browns, certain not bright shades of ruby, and green are the favorites, blues being rel egated to the background. *?*??*??? Three l>leee Skirt. Full skirts that sre so arranged as A LATE DESIGN BY MAY MANTON. lence, and tlio closing is made at tbt? left of the front with buttons and but tonholes. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and a quar ter yards twenty-seven Inches wide, two and three-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide or one and seven-eighth yards fifty-two Inehes wide, with one half yard of bias velvet to make as Illustrated. Chinese Cost I.HtMt. Any woman with an eye for the pic turesque is bound to full in love with a Chinese coat done over Into a room gown. These coals of richest satin and silk are of a sort which the Chi- ' nese Minister might weur with eclat. Of yore It was the vogue to wear them wver a pretty petticoat and let it go rtt that. Now we are more elaborate. The latest examples show a graduated accordion flounce of Liberty silk. This trailing flounce Is edged with a ruche and Is fitted up Into the side slits that distinguish the Chinese coat. The flouncing l<j also uned inside the broad sleeves. This flouncing does not nec essarily match the coat color In ma terial. It may contrast vividly. One black coat stunningly embroidered with brilliant birds and blossoms boasts flounclngs of vivid cerise. Iled Is, indeed, very much the vogue, espe cially In the raspberry and strawberry shades. Half light hyacinth and peri winkle blues are much liked also, as these colors often figure superbly In these embroidered garments. All the pretty rose shades are noted In these flounclngs. Ho Is emerald green. Such a robe Is much less undress than the same coat when worn with a petti coat, however ornate. A Plclnr* Wrddltf. At a recent wedding the bride's wed ding gown had a long train suspended from the shoulders with pearl orna ments, the train was lined with white chiffon and the girdle of the gown was made of silver embroidery. The brides maids' gowns were all of pompadour ! to leave a narrow, plain panel at t!i< front may safely be called tlie favor ites of the season, and are exceeding! j graceful and genera llv becoming. Tlilt one Includes also a flounce that It joined to the sides and back and If finished with box pleats that coneea' the seams at the front. The model h 'made of willow green crape de chlm trimmed with ruches of silk and fill I rosettes, but nil materials which an soft enough to mnke the fullness at trnctlve are suitable. i The skirt is made with front gor* and circular portions, which are joined at the centre back. The box pleat* are separate and are applied over tlu front seams, while the closing Is mnd< Invisibly at the back. '1 he flounce i* turned under at its upper edge anc shirred in successive rows, so form Htg a heading, and the fullness at th< upper edge is also collected in shir rings. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is eleven yardi twenty -one, nine and tbree-qunrte; yards twenty-seven, or five yards fortf four Inches wldo. ?V MTOMS - gl TS KV YIKK Z9HNNAL fUOL M (. CilTU mmimm. T la bj no means an easy matter to assign their proper place In the animal kingdom or to determine wliat really constitutes an utetope. No better opportunity 1ms ??er been given In this country to see for one's self tbe different members of this family, from the pygmy Duy kerbok antelope to the ox-like eland, sod from our own aberrant type, the American prong-born antelope, to the ?till more aberrant giraffe, than Is now given by the incomparable collection of antelopes nt the New York Zoologi cal Park. Among the most slngtilar types In ?onttt respects are the water antelopes. There are Ave allied species, of which It mmj to added that.?i far at tenet II tto un of Celebes to concerned, the uiul iici to 'occupy a place almost exactly half way "betweeu tbe antelopea and the oxen. "It approxi mates to tbe antelopea," writes I^rdek ker. "in Its alender build, tbe structure of. the hinder parte' of Ita skull, the uprlfcht direction and the s>tralgbtne*s of Ita borne, the spots on its bend, back aud limbs, and Ita ^mall size."? Scien tific American. FOR Al UTVAUp'S BED. Will Permit of Any Possible Pssl tlon of Ocenpant. Among the patents recently granted was one for a mattress, which Is cal culated to make the life of the iuralld easier and to permit of a variety of changes of position without submit ting the patient to any distress. It will be readily seen bow this 1s ac complished. LITTLE ANOA BULL Oil ANTELO PE BUFFALO AT THE NEW YOKK ZOOLOGICAL TARK. the Sing-sing antelope, a flue speci men of which Is to be seen at the park, is a representative. It scarcely carries out our Idea of an antelope, be Ins a rather henvJIy-buHt animal, which. Instead of presenting the sleok, glossy appearance of other members of Its family, is clothed with I coat of long, soft, loose, and floceulent hair, longer upon the neck than else where, but not forming a mane. The color Is grayish brown. The male* alone carry horns. These iu the adult Individual are lyre-shaped, and cov ered almost to the tips with bony rings. The animal exhales an odor, and the flesh is so powerfully scented and of so bad a flavor as to be entirely un eatable, a circumstance which will go far to preserve the species from becom ing exterminated, long after its con veners have disappeared forever from the face of the earth. The natives, we are told, tame these antelopes, and al low them to run with their cattle (in much the same way as we keep a goat In the stable) because th?> animal Is supposed to bring good luck and ward off disease. Sing-sing antelopes abound in marshy districts 011 the banks of lakes and rivers In central and western Africa. If disturbed, they Invariably make for the water at full speed. It. this way they escupe lions aud leopards, who in common with other cats are reluc taut to take to the water, but they ?annot get away from the natives, who pursue them In boats, which they pad dle faster thau these antelopes cau swim. In view of the fact that (he curious little nnoa has been adopted, along with the other Inhabitants of the Phil ippine Islands, as a citizen of the "Oreater United States," the specimens nt the New York Zoological I'ark as sume an additional interest. Although the nnoa is ranked among ungulates with the oxen, and more particularly with the hulTtiloes, It lias so many features in common wltfi the antelope that it is sometimes called the antelope buffalo. It Is a veritable pygmy, being wh mi full grown, ac cording to Mr. Ilor.'auay, two feet nine inches high at the shoulders. "We have," says the last-mentioned gentle man in writing to me. "three specimens at the park, two fnll-m>wn males and a female, the latter hnmntnre. These little creatures take kindly to captivity in zoological gardens, and breed with fair regularity. Two of those that we have are quite docile, biit tho third, a Formed in the mattress at one end thereof is a framework ronnlsting ol two parallel rachet roils, having down wardly extending parts and the guide hrnocN. Hinged to the rachet rods it the adjustable framework section of the mattress. to which arms are piv oted, the free ends of .which engage and operate in the ratchets. This arrangement forms a bed rest, which is always available with very M ATTRKB8 FOR INVALID'S BED. little trouble ana with little dlsturb nuee of the patient. On tlie other side of the bed in a similar arrangement. by which n collapsible chair is called lip as desired as if by magic. Anyone who lias ever been contlued to bed by a long spell of sickness will recognize the beauties of lids arrange-, ment. Likewise will also the nurse who has been compelled to move a helplessly bedridden "pcrsm, during one of these spells. ? Philadelphia Record# (Itorgn A<lf> a Kurmlmnct. Judge Sauudcrson, who is practicing law in Everett, Wash., formerly lived in Keutiand, Ind., the boyhood home of (Icorge Ade. the humorist. "Ade was a peculiar character in his younger years." said the Judge. "He made my ottlce a sort of i(?aling place during the little time he spent In loaf ing. He was employed on a farm owned by a banker. One day he walked Into the office and said to me: " 'That man is the best I ever worked for.' THE 81XU-HINO Oil WATlilt ANTKLOPK. full-grown male, was once no savage thnt for nearly ? year ho was bent on killing something or somebody. Tin* creature Is quite cow-like In form, but It* horn* most nearly resemble the) horns of the harnessed antelope of Africa, except that they are not twist-' ed. The color Is a rich chocolate brown, becoming dark with age. Celebes Is the home of the specimens which we have." The specimens which inhabit the Philippines (Bos tnlnriorciifllH) is called tainarao. "It stands," writes Illchurd Lydekker, "three and a half feet In height. The horns, thoufrii massive, are comparatively short and rise hp ward In the plane of the face with a lyrate curvature; they are distinctly triangular, with the largest face In front, and are somewhat roughened. In Its massive form, thick legs, and uniform coloration this species cornea nearer to the Indian buffalo than to the anon." New ftpong* Mnil Ho?p Holder. A now com hi not Ion aponge and soap holder In hero Illustrated. It la made of hrasa wire, polished and nickeled, and la designed for uae afcalnut a wall or wainscot lng. The sponge holder I* 0 Inches deep and 5V4 Inchei In diam eter; the soap holder above It, 5% by 3 lnche? .?Philadelphia Record. A report to the Department of merce and Labor freer lUo de Jam poiuts out the warning afforded Brazil, concerning the effect* of foi denudation. Through the destroctl of trees in Northern Brasil, the ... says, large states have been brought to) the verge of ruin. In 11 io tirunde Norte and Cenra chronic drouths cur, causing famine and depopulal In regions which were once richly t t . bered and well watered. The Bradl' lans are beginning to call for the M'j entlflc replanting: pC their devastator forests. The project of running a gcodetljflB baseline between Cairo mid tin* Cupf^ of Good Hope (.nils attention to tbt ?trance hostility often shown by sav? M age tribes to the operations of the cu- J, glneers. In .'lidia it has been found ! that the erection of pillars and caitna ] to mark the site of surveying stations almost Inevitably attracts the atten* ?' tion of the trlbe.s|MK>ilo in the neigh- . borhood, who subsequently destroy the , monuments. Similar trouble is fouud 1 in Africa, South America and else where. For this reason it is suggested 1 that the only way to safeguard th) ' basal points of a great triangulation i in uncivilized lamls is to tlx a iarg<* number of secondary point?, scattered over the country, consisting of natural features which cannot lie removed, nnd. which will icnnfin unknow n to Qio natives. The apparatus by which Dr. Artnur Ivorn. a Herman inventor, lias succeed* 4 ed in transmitting photographs ahou* 500 miles over telegraph ami telephone ? lines depends for its action ui?on the changing electric resistance of sel enium under the intlueuce of light of varying intensity. A fay of light* caused to pass systematically over the'\ surface of a transparent him contain ing a photograph, falls upon a selenium cell whose electric resistance varies with the amount of light passing through different parts of the photo-, graph. These variations are trans mitted to the electric wire, and at the receiving end they vary the illumina tion of a small vacuum tube, which passes over a sensitized photographic paper synchronic lly with the ray of light moving over the lllm at the send lug station. Thus a copy of the orig inal photograph is produced. That a IhhI.v e.in acquire duriug the ( night a different temperature from that of the surrounding atmosphere l< has been demonstrated by Mr. Well, an English physician. If a thermometer is taken from a window, wrapped In*^ cotton and placed on the ground, its mercury will dcscmid seven or eight' ' degrees. Vegetables similarly situat ed, and being bad conductors, may freeze at a time when the thermom eter docs not mark the freezing point ?proof that the cold experienced by a plant may lie entirely different from the temperature of the surrounding air. This low temperature of plants, however, only occurs when the night . Is clear, since at this time the plant sheds its heat throughout space mid becomes chlllcd, whereas if the night is cloudy the phenomenbn does not occur. This gives rise to the popular ' superstition that plants and buds ate frozen by moonlight. Lunelicon liy Sueumtlnn. * Lots of women order their luncheons merely by force of suggest ion. If you don't think so watch the wavering ones sit down, look on the card, glance at their neighbor's plate, .aid then or der whatever the latter happens to be eajtlng. In a crowded luncheon-room 011 matinee one little round table seat- ^ ins four women bore out this state ment. Two of the women refreshed themselves on cake and cofi'ee. The third w?is putting away a savory clam chowder. A fourth came in. observed the cakes, gazed a pprecia lively on the. S chowder, and ret pies led the latter. The' llrst cliowderer finished and departed, and the woman who immediately took her place looked around the table and ordered cakes and coffee. By this time the tlrst two cake and coffeeltes had finished, and ;.n uncer tain-looking woman sat down on that side of the table. She looked at the two opposite, glanced at the card and said, "Bring me a clam chowder." This is a fact, and there is every reai son to suppose that nothing but coffee and cakes and c'.mwdcr w etc served at that table all the afternoon, or at least as long as wavering ladles sat down at it.? Philadelphia Bulletin* To Cure I'noilinlKin. Hang these words on your bedpost or tack them into your brain: I am going to become an optimist. ^ i From now on I am roing to chango my entire life and my entire stjle of thinking. 1 will endeavor hereafier to he gen erous In my view toward others, broad inimleil, large-spirited and kind, think ing well of everybody, mean of no body. and overlooking the little l';iult?, believing that there are other ip"il'tles in the man that overwhelm the dcfl<^? lency. "There is so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of * us that It behooves each one of us to be charitable to the rest of us." I shall seo the bright side of every* P thing. I shall talk like an optimist, laugh like an optimist, and move a limit like an optimist, consciour. of the fact that I shall radiate sunshine and make everyone around me happier. -1'bysU cnl Culture. Two H?nat? Clock* That Tick m On*/ t At a cost of the new clock a a thorized by Senator Hpooner's resolu tion passed by the Sennte last spring has been hung over the chair of the Vice-President in the Hennte chamber. It Is a six-day hand-winder, equipped with modern appliances, and Is n du plicate of the old clock which has hung for forty years on the opposite side <Vf thw chandler. The old timepiece hat been repaired so that It will keep ex act time with the new one. By tha present arrangement Senators can see the time without turning half around, as they have had to do iu tile past? \Vfl?lUngtou Post. L