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The Van Buren press., 1894-05-12
A FISH THAT FISHES.
The Ugly L6ph!us and How 1t Secures !
Daily Food.

The Ugly L6ph!us and How 1t Secures Its
Daily Food.
~Would you think, Tommy, that q
fish would be cruel enough to fish for
other f1shes?"
"Why not, mother, he has got 70
make living?"
"But why does he not catch worms
and bugs and snails and live on sea-
weeds, instead OF catching little
flshesY"
"How does he catch them, mother,
and what is his name2 never heard
of such fish,"
Zone thing at a time. There are
many things, Tommy, that you know
now, that you did not know year
ago. II is very silly thing to say. as
many girls and boys do, when told
anything, 4 never heard Of that be-
fore? Why should they have heard Of
1t? II they don't inquire and read,
and use their eyes, how are they to
learn anything they did not learn be-
fore?"
'Yes, mother, but do not many
fish catch and devour other flshp"
Eyes, Tommy, but this fish that
was about to tell you of is a fisherman
and does not chase fishes, but catches
them as you do"
"What, does he go out with fish,
pole and an angleworm to fish9"
Pretty nearlyl He is called the
Lophius or fishing frog, or by some the
frog fish. It Is sea-f1sh, which is
shaped like bull head or catfish, and
sometimes grows to the length OF two
feet. but Its head is more than half tho
length Of the fish. Its broad mouth is
armed with sharp, curved teeth, and it
catches its food in very curious way.
1t will settle down at the bottom Of
the sea, where the water is shallow,
and lie In wait with it's mouth wide
open. On the front Of It's head are
antennp, or HORNS l suppose you
would call them, being long flexible
spikes, shaped like whip, which
end in silvery ornament like the
cracker on the whip. Then, as he lies
there, almost invisible in the mud, he
sees with his half-shut eyes, small
fish come playing along, like boy 60
ing to school and looking in the win
dows to find goodies"
mamma, does he go to a school of
| fshes?"
Tommy, you must listen; when the
little fish sees this silvery bait dangling
in the water, he thinks it must be
something good to eat, apd says to
himself. %, here is chance to get my
dinner cheaply. So he plays about it
awhile, as the Lophius or loafer, as we
had better call him. waches the little
fellow through half-shut eyes. Then
the little fish rushcs ut the bait, and
tries to swallow it, when frog fish
jumps forward and catches the little
fish In his big mouth, and devours him,
while the mud stirred up at the bot
tom spreads in a yellow cloud through
the water and hides the murder. IN.
Y. Advertiser.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
SIMPLE BEE FEEDER.

An Unpatented Invention which Is Well
Worth Trying.
Many successful bee-keepcrs are COM
pelled to feed more or less every spring
to stimulate brood-raising and to sup
ply the necdful food for the bees dur
ing the long, cold. spring rains. Dis
satisfied with the various forms Of feed
ers In general use, DR.. o. y. Brown has
invented one which he describes In the
American Bee journal a. follows:
Soft wood, like pine or poplar, 10 to
be preferred. For the bottom use q
block inches wide by u inch thick.
To this nail edgewise as a rim strips
IN inches wide and Y inch thick. This
rim should be the exact size of the bot
tom Fasten by mailing through the
bottom into the stripA
Lastly, get out block . inches by
IN inches by Y inch Il usually take a
piece OF one of tho blocks, which 1 saw
off the rim, for this). and nail 1t fat
wise in the center of the bottom on the
same side the rim is nailed Be GER
tain to nail in each corner Of the block;
then bore hole through its center and
bottom with y inch bit This is for
the bees TO enter the feeder.
Cut piece Of wire cloth (such rs il
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

For fattening fowls cooked food is
better than raw.
OvERsrIMuLAT1oN will result In en-
feebled offspring.
MILK in all its forms Is most valua BILE
as food for poultry.
SEE that your breeders are healthy,
vigorous and of good size.
THE Black Minocra lays the largest
egg Of any of the Spanish family.
THE choicest capons are the result OF
Dorking cock and an Asiatic hen.
CHICKENS require warmth and sun
shine and will not bear overcrowding.
EVERY farmer should make q point
of attending the nearest poultry show.
IT is attention to the little details
that makes = success Of poultry keep
ing.
The hen that lays we'll Is one that is
moving around and scratching all the
time.
No MEDICINE or stimulants are neces-
sary for healthy birds In good con-
dit.on.
THE most important matter In rails
ing the chicks Is to give them warmth
enough.
THERE is no better fertilizer for the
garden than the manure from the poul.
try house.
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OF drawing the rest after them, when
the whole band started away on the
full jump, bowling as they went.
found sixteen OF their number dead,
and probably not few were wounded"
As a rule, the gray wolf soon disap-
pears from settled regions. In the
United States there Is probably not
one wolf to-day where twenty years
ago there were fifty. The killing Of
the ranchmen's cattle, colts and sheep
was not to be tolerated, and q bounty
was put on the gray VOLTS head, with
fatal effect. More deadly than the
steel trap or the Winchester, the
strychnine bottle was universally
brought to bear upon his most vulnera-
BILE point-his ravenous appetite. Even
during the last days Of the buffalo ".
Montana, the hunters poisoned wolves
by hundreds, for their pelts, which
were worth from three to Ave dollars
each. Now 1t is a very difficult matter
to find gray wolf, even In the wild
west, and in Montana and Wyoming
they are almost Us scarce as bears.-W.
T. Hornaday, in st. Nicholas.
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Crushed Bone for Poultry.

Among the necessities of the poultry
breeder is crushed bone. This comes in
three forms; One as Underground
product, called bone meal; one as q
coarser product, the particles being the
size of a plump grain Of wheat, or bit
larger. and called granulated bone; and
one still coarser, and sold under the
term OF chicken bone or crushed bone.
The feeding values of these three forms
are very similar, though the finer the
bone the more quickly is it taken up by
the system Of the fowls. Bone meal Is
especially suitable for feeding very
young chickens, and for use in mixing
with ground grains in mashes and mix
lures Granulated bone is usually fed
by itself, and is suitable for chickens
two months old and older, and for
grown fowls Chicken bone is suitable
only for adult fowls.
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-12
WOMAN AND HOME.
DAINTY AND BEAUTIFUL.
Honey-soented Sweet Aiyssum and
It's Possibilities.
II II Comfort in tho House and . De
light Out OF Doors-Conveniont and
Effective Ways Of Grow
ing the Plant.

Could have but one plant either for
the border or the window garden 1t
should be that dainty, honey-scented
little darling, sweet alyssum, says Dart
Fairthorn In Vick's Magazine. Small
of growth and bloom, by those who
never see beauty except in dazzle 1t
might be considered insignificant, but
to the real flower-lover who will not
be entirely given over to scarlet ger
aniums and hollyhocks 1t possesses a
beauty all It's own. There is such a
distinct individuality about Its dainty
blossoms. such an air OF good cheer
and comfortable adaptability to cir
cumstances-entirely borne out, too,
by It's life-such winsome sprightli.
ness and altogether lovableness that 1t
always reminds me Of bright-faced
children whenever see 1t.
It is the laugh OF the flowers Some
of them preach and some Of them pray,
but the sweet alyssum laughs fright
out loud" The whole border may
preach, the lilies droop their lovely
heads, "lilxe penitents in prayer" the
callas lift their snowy chalices In mute
protest against the whole worlds
wickedness and the impurity Of earth
generally; but the sweet little alyssum
nothing daunted by the sermonizing
of statelier fowers-will run riot over
the ground, screening It's impurities
from sight, filing In chinks with its
beauty, caressing the feet Of roses and
rue alike, and seeming to my errant
fancy to be keeping up a running &C
compartment of cheerful comment Oh
an undercurrent of perpetual merri
ment all the while. Like childhood II
is irrepressible.
The seed Of the sweet alyssum, moi
SO fine as to be difficult to manage, is
fat and round, of light brown or tan
color, and stored full of vitality. Plant
twenty-five of them in a fine sandy
loan, and with ordinary treatment yor
may be reasonably sure Of as many
plants, each one of which will be
of interest from the first moment II
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DO NOT GROW OLD.
Hints to Ladies' Whose Years May Soon
Become a Burden.

Hints to Ladies' Whose Years May Soon
Become n Burden.
In Paris elderly ladies are now wear
ing almost exclusively velvet dresses,
trimmed with costly ldce, disposed in
basques, collars and sleeve sabots or
frills, says the New York Tribune.
This combination is extremely becom-
ing and stately.
A woman is never old enough to
neglect her appearance. Nothing can
be more disagreeable to the sight than
a negligee old lady.
Unfortunately, one often sees one
with the hair dragged in the most un-
compromising fashion away from the
face, brushed close to the head and
fastened under the cap in little knot
about the size of walnut at the back,
no further attempt at any arrange
ment Of the coiffure being made; and
this carelessness results in dreadfully
bald appearance, as the spaces between
hair and ears and hair and neck are
thereby rendered conspicuously promi-
nent.
Moreover, many dear old danes fail
to realize that at their time of life the
neck should be as little exposed as pos
sible, for 1t is only too frequently
brown and wrinkled. 1t would be easy
to dispose little lace about it in order
to conceal the scraggy neck revealed
with too scrupulous honesty.
It may be added that women over
forty should carefully avoid becoming
too stout, misfortune brought about
generally by self-indulgence in the
pleasures Of the table, in afternoon
maps, and in lazy neglect OF daily ex-
ercise.
Avoid candies. Never eat pastry or
buttered toast. Prefer biscuits or dry
toast to bread whenever possible.
Drink as little as possible. Accus-
tom yourself to taking tea or coffee
without sugar. Never touch jam, and
II you cannot do without butter
spread it as sparingly as possible.
Lemonade, if made from fresh lem
ons, is good for the health, and tends
to reduce flesh.
Growing old is always, of cou. sc, a
little tragic, especially if a woman re-
main young and fresh in mind. But
she need not grow fat, coarse and
ruddy as well as old.
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BEE-FEEDER.

used for fy-screen} SKIS inches, and
turn u inch down on each side, SO that
it will the better hold the tacks Tack
this over the rim upon the top of the
feeder
Heat some beeswax or paraffine quite
hot and at the same time heat the
feeder until it feels warm to the hand;
now pour the wax, or paraffine (paraf-
fine being the best), into the feeder,
and slowly turn IL until every part of
the interior is in thorough contact with
the hot material Pour out all that is
not held by the wood for future use. A
feeder thus coated will neither sour nor
leak the sirup, which is very essential
In spring feeding, as the feeder is much
more liable to sour In spring stimula-
tive feeding than In fall feeding for
winter stores.
TO place the feeder upon the hive,
remove the chaf cushion, and with a
sharp pocketknife make two V-shaped
incisions in the burlap or oilcloth, each
incision being about one inch long and
the two being separated about three.
quarters of an inch at the widest point.
Turn back the flap thus made and place
the auger hole IN the feeder directly
over 1t. This opening should, OF course,
be directly over the cluster.
To fill the feeder with syrup use an
ordinary teapot of large size, having a
long spout 1t only takes moment to
lift the cushion, pour in the hot sirup
through the wire cloth and replace the
cushion and pass to the next hive. 1t Is
surprising how soon one person can
feed twenty-five to 6fty colonies In this
way, and speed is not the only feature.
You disturb the bees but very little;
you are not troubled by stray bees com
ing out at the top OF the hive; neither
do you admit the cold air into the clus.
ter to chill the brood; and yet you have
the feed Just where you want 1t for
comfort and ease of access for the bees.
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sends up It's initial four trim, pretty,
light green leaves. When once these
are thriftily growing you may be al.
most sure Of your plant.
I like to SOW the seed in boxes In the
house; it Is 30 very interesting to watch
them grow. 1t takes such very little
time for the seeds to poke their little
green promise above the soil, and 30
very soon the smiling blooms appear.
1t is o good plant for the amateur to
begin with, being such slight tax on
the patience, as few plants admit.
When your tiny plants are two inches
high transplant into thumbs and pinch
out the top. Going on with the growth,
continue the shifting and pinching
processes until they are In four-inch
pots, then desist; you will have finely
rounded compact little plants which
will soon be perfect little pyramids Of
fragrant blooms.
A convenient and effective way Of
growing the alyssum is to SOW tho
seed directly in long narrow boxes
fitted to the window sill and about
four inches deep. Its needs, grown
thus, will be light, moisture, not too
hct sunshine, very occasionally weak
LIQUID manure and-room to spread it.
self. Given these, 1t will more than
reward you for your care OF 1t by send
ing out, surprisingly soon, munifi-
cence of dainty bloom, small and shyly
at first, as though half afraid Of its
first impression upon you, but waxing
stronger and stronger, and sweeter
and sweeter, until you grow to love 1t
in the heartwhole way Its winsome-
ness deserves. The seed may be sown
directly in the border where 1t Is to
bloom or it may be transplanted with
perfect ease. Sown thickly, it makes
q beautiful edging plant or distinct
line in q ribbon bed. But do not let
it grow too rankly, keep 1t trimmed
and pinched in, and in place, and II
after awhile 1t is going too much to
seed shear 1t back sharply. 1t will
then spring up to fresh growth and
be all the lovelier for the seemingly
rough treatment Then IN the autumn
you will find around the larger plants
the tiny four-leaved ones springing up
which are just what you want in guam
tity for your window garden. A pretty
effect is produced by growing the
alyssum in clumps between taller
plants. 1t will spread itself out like
an oval mat and be mass of bloom.
Sweet alyssum makes beautiful
bracket plant 1t should then be
pinched in less, rather allowed to grow
in its natural wayward beauty, and
though the branches attain no great
length it is pretty in such position.
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BATTLE WITH WOLVES.

Exciting Adventure OF Timber Hunter
In British Columbia.
OF the very few instances Of the gray
wolf attacking man. one Is related by
John Fannin in Forest and Stream Of
Mr.. King, who was timber hunter
in British Columbia. Once, when tray
cling quite alone through an immense
forest, searching for the best timber,
and camping wherever night overlook
him, Mr.. King suddenly found him
self surrounded by pack Of be-
tween forty and fifty gray wolves.
They thought they had him foul"
and would lunch at his expense; but
they made ono slight mistake. In
stead Of being armed only with an AK,
as they supposed, he had good re-
peating rife and plenty OF cartridges.
''Well," said Mr.. King, "the fight, II
It could be called one, lasted about
halt an hour. Then few Of them
broke away into the timber and COM
menced bowling, which had the effect
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Corn for Fall Feeding.

In regard to green corn for fall feed
ing. says an Indiana dairyman, our ex-
perience is that a large variety Of
sweet corn is the best 1t produces
most milk, is the most palatable to the
COW. and gives the milk a better flavor
than any other food we have used;
green clover and ensilage coming next
in order for flavoring milk. If green
feed produces milk cheaper when we
can g ct it. the closer we come to it
when we can't get it, the better we are
off. Therefore, early-cut hay and en-
silage made from ordinary field corn
are the chief factors in producing milk
cheap in the winter,
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Delicious Washington Pie.

One and half teacupfuls sugar, v
teacupful each of butter and sweet
milk, 21l teacupfuls flour, 2 teaspoon.
fuls baking powder and eggs. Stir
together quickly and bake in three
layers. Filling; Pare and crate two
large apples, add l teacupful sugar
and the juice and grated rind of a
lemon. Place this on the stove and let
it cook until it jells; then remove and
add the yolls of egg. When the cake
and jelly are both cold spread the lat
ter over the LAYERS and serve
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-12
THE OBEDlENT EGG.

How to Mako 1t Source OF veritabie NIyU-
terry to Your Friends.
Some curious tricks can be performed
with eggs prepared in the following
way: Pierce an egg with pin, and
empty the contents Of the shell. When
the interior Is quite dry, pour into it
some fine sand until fourth of the
shell is filled. Then seal the hole with
a drop of white wax. You can then
place the egg on the edge Of knife or
the margin Of the decanter, and it will
stay where you put 1t. Take care to
shake the egg well before placing it in
any of these positions, and thus bring
the center OF gravity to the place
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-12
A Chsnne for Cooper..Io .Ion.

II six men in any community should
put $500 into a stallion their neigh
bors ought to stand by them TO the ex-
tent Of giving them their patronage.
A good stallion is an object of public
interest and the public ought to show
its appreciation Of an endeavor on the
part Of such club TO improve the stock.
If q community refuses patronage,
form your club, buy your stallion and
use him exclusively In the club. Don't
buy an inferior horse whatever you do.
Better breed half the mares to good
stallion than all to poor one that is
free. Make war on poor stallion serv-
ice, even though 1t mean sacrifices In
many directions. The old brood mare
must 60 II she is physically weak and
liable to transmit this weakness to her
offspring. Farm and Home
The Van Buren press., 1894-05-12
Snake Defeated by . Frog.

A North Carolina farmer witnessed
q curious encounter between black
snake and huge bullfrog The snake,
looking for his dinner, had seized the
frog by the hind legs and attempted to
swallow 1t, but the frog was not In
clined to consent. Selling hold Of q
bamboo brier with its mouth, 1t held
on like grim death, while the snake,
wrapping its tail around convenient
shrub, pulled back with Q will; but 1t
was no go. The frog held on firmly,
and, as the snake could not pull him
loose, 1t finally released its hold and
retired in search of something better.
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matched boards and slant SO that all
the urine runs into the yards Each
pen las two slide windows made OF
boards, one opening into the yard O
and the other at the end.
The troughs B which run along next
the passage way are square boxes OF
solid seasoned oak plank with oblong
holes In the top for the pigs TO eat
through. This keeps each. pig in his
place and prevents them getting their
feet in the trough. The feeding places
at the corners are represented in the
cut. The side of the trough toward the
passage way opens on hinges for the
purpose of cleaning. The yards out
side the pen represented by the light
lines were dug out 2 feet and stout
board fence built. Three feet of peat
was then filed in and this taken out
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Queen ytctorla,s Dairy.

Probably the largest dairy in the
world is that owned by Queen Victoria
at her model farm near Windsor. 1t
has floors of porcelain tiles of white
and blue, containing medallions of the
queen, her husband, and each of their
children, marble columns supporting
the roof, and windows Of stained glass
bordercd with daisies. buttercups,
primroses and May blossoms, Bas-re-
lieis of the seasons and various agri-
cultural designs complete the orna-
mentation and marble tables and basins
are ranged round the walls at intervals,
while perpetual stream OF water runs
through the building.
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Crucltv to Animals,

Two little girls, whose father was
an earnest member of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
were taken to a menagerie by visit
ing aunt. When they returned their
father said:
~ hope you didn't see any cruelty to
the poor beasts"
ooh yes, papa" said the older gir.,
"there was one case OF 1t"
"What was it?"
"Why, the lion-tnmer put his head
right in the lions mouth"
"Well. what was cruel about that?''
"Why, you could see, just as plain as
could be that the horrid man had hair
oil on his head!"
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each year and replaced by fresh. It is
almost the best manure made on the
farm, soaking up all the urine from
the animals. Over the parts inside the
dotted lines and marked G is roof OF
rough boards matched SO as to shed all
the rain and keeping dry sleeping
place for the hogs. The whole yard is
kept we'll Uttered with straw, leaves,
etc, and never gets muddy.-R. d.
McCurdy, in Farm and Home.
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A Camp Prayer Meeting.

During the war with England In
1912, Gen. jackson, commanding the
American army at New Orleans, issued
an order that work Of every descrip-
tion should be suspended on the Sab
bath, and that all uncommon noise in
the camp was strictly prohibited on
that day of the week. The following
Sunday one Of the officers of the gen.
erals staff reported to him that num-
ber of soldiers had assembled, and in
violation OF his orders had opened a
prayer meeting, and were singing and
exhorting.
"Go and Join them," replied the gal
liant old soldier; land request that they
will not forget me in their prayers.
God forbid that praying should be an
uncommon noise in my camp."-Har'
pers Young People.
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where you desire it to be. To make a
disobedient egg introduce into an
empty egg shell some grains OF shot
and sealing wax. Close the hole, and
hold the shell over flame until the
wax inside has melted. The shot and
wax will then adhere to the bottom Of
the egg. When cool place the egg on
the table, and it will stand upright,
like the one shown In our illustration.
The egg will be source Of mystery to
your friends, as it will refuse to assume
any other position.
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Regular Schools for Scandal.

Nothing so generates the practice Of
and the thirst for gossip as long stay
in a boarding house. 1t Is an unnat-
ural, harmful life, and neither man
nor woman can altogether SUCCESSFULLY
fight against its influences
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ulAo ne III spcnulnB Lhe WINTER In tne south. i
:" Robin in tho apple tree,
Prithee sing thy song to me;
Tell me, Robin, tell me true,
TO what pleasant land you few,
When the autumn passed away,
And gave place 10 winter day.
We have missed you now SO long
Missed the music Of your songi
Looked around Tor you In vain,
Through the sparkling, frosted pane,
And wondered where you had your nest
Robin with the gay red breasti
Did the sunshine smile on you,
In that land to which you fews
Were there roses, blooming fair,
Scattering fragrance through the air,
Blossoms on the orange tree,
Beauty on the silver sea-
Where the pulses throbbed and stirred
With the song OF mocking birda
Did you tune your little throat
And send forth merry motto,
Just as when YOU sang TO me,
Last summer from tho apple treef"
" To beauteous land Istrayed,
will tell you, little maid.
All things there were fair and bright
Life itself rich delight
Softly blew the balmy breeze
Mingled with the hum OF bees;
Deeply lustrous were the skies,
Vocal with sweet melodies
And the streamlets laughed with glec,
AS they ran to Join the seal
But my song l could not sing
was yearning for the spring;
Dreaming Of past happy hours,
Mid the northern trees and flowers;
Longing for the promised day,
could rise and fec awayl
Now I'll sing my song to thee,
From this dear old opplo tree!"
John v. Hood, in Golden Days.