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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

brother the sweet singer. Charles Wesley.
Its ranks contain a host Of young people.
The Epworth League Is the official young
peoples society Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church It was born only five years ago.
Its exact birthday is May Is, 1880. 1t must
not be supposed. however, that previous to
that time the church fostered no societies
for the religious training and activity of her
youth The league Is an amalgamation of
five societies. namely. the Young Peoples
Methodist Alliance, the Oxford League. the
Young Peoples Christian League. the Meth
Ddist Young Peoples Union and the Young
Peoples Methodist Episcopal Alliance. Some
of these had existed for a number of years.
but 1t was thought by many. In order to
avoid friction. an overlapping Of interest
and undue competition, that there should be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
EPWORTH LEAGUE
Members Preparing to Celebrate Its
Fifth Anniversary.
LELGUERS LOOK UP And LIFT up
Delegates Appointed to the Com
ing General Conference.
LEADERS OF LOCAL LEAGUES

, HE FOUNDER OF
Methodism once said.
Il desire a league
offensive and defens-
i've with every sol
der of Jesus Christ I"
The sentiment has
been in part crystal
lied into fact The
name of the league,
Epw,orth, was be
slowed in honor OF
the birthplace of the
great preacher. John
w aaI and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

~ HE TALK OF THE
convention of dental
surgeons, held in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
Vegetarlans by Nature.

Psychologists say that projecting lower
Jaw is a reversion to primitive type
Early man had a lower jaw which projected
beyond the upper. instead of closing with
the under teeth inside. His canine teeth
were much larger-in fact small tusks.
However, the CANNES did not Indicate the
carnivorous brute, but were merely weap-
ons at all events in their origin. His teeth
Indicate that man Is by nature a vegetarian
he has become a flesh eater by habit
Monkeys, which have well-deveoped ca
mines, are wholly frugivorous There were
human beings living 100000 years ago who
had three canine teeth on each side, instead
of one. These appear in skulls obtained
from the ancient river drift.
But the human jaw, while receding and
losing it's brute-like character, has been
steadily growing narrower. This latter
change is going on even now, so that most
people have not room enough in their
mouths Tor the equipment OF teeth with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
Use of Teeth

A mammal usually has several kinds of
teeth. The incisors are to catch and min
little things, as monkeys kill fieas The
molars are for grinding. the premolars for
cutting up food and the CANNES for fighting.
The tusks Of the elephant are the unner
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-10-06

locality, and he was determined &c have
the first vessel to float in the new sea.
Evans was not a poor man, but had
money enough to hire a couple Of men
to help him lay the keel Of the vessel,
put in the masts and do the other heavy
work. AT first the work was pushed
rapidly, but when the water commenced
to recede Evans took things easily and
did all the work himself, because he
thought the water would not come again
for q year. lie has been disappointed
every year s:eco, bat still thinks that
Death valley viii become 4 sea. and lie
is ready Tor il.
~ was we'll treated by Evans, " said
Mr.. Travor IL concluding. HE took me
to his abode. which was q deep " a
few feet from the h-iG. with a delight
full temperature. staid with him two
days and found him a we'll educated
man and very interesting, bat when
left him his last words We're, When the
water rises, I will be ready for it. '"-
San Francisco Call.
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Her face flushed deeply when she
heard the clank Of the chain pump and
the tapping Of the f~ocesail, and she
thanked him with both hands and a
sweet smile.
Under a good southwesterly breeze
the yacht spun along merrily, throwing
the foam in long, beautiful, featherlike
curves from her clipper stern.
The lady stood leaning dreamily
against the side ropes, and the prince,
an experienced sailor evidently, took
the tiller and threaded the way careful
ly through the crowd of craft. For a
time neither spoke; then, abruptly Civ
ing the management to the app~reciative-
ly critical skipper, he beckoned her into
the cabin.
II will land you at Guernsey tomor-
row morning" he said, 'but I have
been deceiving you. I am not Prince
Paul Demtoff. l am his valet. l have
robbed him of 1000, 900 rubles and
am now going to the Argentine in his
yacht" and he stood up rigidly and
faced her.
She smiled and said calmly: Very
good! Take me with you. | am not
Lady Constance A~zuregore. l I'M her
maid, but I've got her jewel case. -
Million.
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Monuments to Women.

Hitherto in France Joan Of Arc has
been almost the only woman to mount
upon a marble pedestal, but the privi-
lege is being extended. At Wires a stat
ne is being raised to Nine. de Sevigne,
and at Valenciennes a similar honor is
in store for Mile. Duchenois. Apropos
Of these facts a French writer observes,
woman being, eve in marble, SO
much more decorative than ourselves,
one can only rejoice over the advent Of
feminine statues"
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In the Militia,

Captain-Have you ever been drilled?
Private (who had seen serviceeThey
called it drillin, but it was borin to me.
Detroit Free Press.
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His Opposite.

She-They say that persons Of oppo-
site qualities make the happiest mar
riages.
He-That's why I am looking for a
girl with money. Tit Bits.
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Qhibo0aux 5cntiue\.
A SIMPLE REMEDY.

If you'd be happy all the day,
Never nave wrinkles, never grow gray,
Feel like your work was nothing but play,
Be sure that comfort had come to stay,
Just let the women AVE their way,
Just let the women have their say.
Detroit Free Press.
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SHE HAD Her WEIGHT.

1t Was q PosthImous Triumph. but 1t Was
Hers All the Seine.
when a woman makes her mind up
to anything" said the MAI with the
ginger beard, they amt no way Of pre-
yentin her from reachin the end she
aims at"
"Thouten she dies, of course" re-
marked the grocer.
''It does look to me-" said the man
with the ginger beard to the rash in
terrupter, like you have the most nat
ural gift of tellin what you don't know
every time you open your mouth of any
man l ever knowed. l will admit"
continued the man with the ginger
beard as the grocer assumed q humbled
expression, that you are all right in
the grocery business. Fact is, a man
would have to be pretty smooth to make
a Twin out of the kind O. stock you
keep Now, the time you explained the
hair bein in the butter because the but
ter wasn't strong enough to hold itself
together without it was plumb good.
HORSEPOWER, it looks like rain, an !
can't waste no more time on you Now,
this here woman
(Which woman?"
This here woman I was thinkin Of
when I spoke was just like all the rest
of en-. When her mind was sot, it was
sot. Pore thing, she had to die to sit
her own way, but she got it."
Love AFFAIR."" asked the man from
Potato creek, who had aromantlc streak
in his mental composition.
"LoYe affair nothin! She was marrit
to her third husband They hadn't been
marrit fer more'n o week, l guess, be.
fore the old man begins twittin he1
cause she was SO thin an wonderin why
the Lord couldn't "a seen fit to make
her weigh as much as his first wife.
How much did the dear angel weigh?
she asked him kinder sarcasticlike one
day when they had been jawin a little
more than common.
"'Jist exactly 155 pounds s1ys he.
Well, says she, I'm a-soin tt
git to that weight if it takes nc a hun.
dred years
"Howsomever, stead of gettin any
fatter she gifts thinner an thinner righr
along till at last she ups al dies
Well, says the old man, seems lik,
she didn't git to that there weight sh,
started fer after all. l guess she weighed
nearer 55 than 1867 But that's all h,
knowed about it. About two years afte,
there was a boom in real estate, an tn,
old graveyard turnin out to be prett,
good town lots the folks had to move
this here woman among the rest. Whel
they come to dig her up, she had patri
fed"
"'Petrifed, Isuppose you mean" sal,
the schoolteacher.
Anyhow, l mean she had turned t,
rock. An just fer curiosity the,
weighed her. Funny thing too. Sh
come exactly to that there 155 pound
she allies said she'd git, an they won
never nobody make me believe that sh
didn't know what she was doin all tn
time. indianapolis Journal.
"Look here" said tie parent to tn,
schoolteacher, 81 see that one of tn
lines in my boys copybook is, Les
haste, more speed
yes"
"And here's another that reads, 'Th'
longest way round is the shortest wa.
home
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NEW ADV EKTISEME

HrhnUCD WANTED in each county or..
IDnUllln cial work. Will pay SIoa ~ sSe :
! month. r. W. Zeigler & Co., Box ia; A.
Louis, No. "' y
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"Look here" said tie parent to the
schoolteacher, 81 see that one of the
lines in my boys copybook is, Less
haste, more speed.
yes"
"And here's another that reads, The
longest way round is the shortest way
home.
eyes"
well, I want it stopped. I don't
want those moldy proverbs festooned
around his intellect. I'm educating him
for business, not the United States SEN
ate. "-Washington Star.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
Field Culture of Squash es,

Recommendation for field culture OF
sqnashes are given as follows in hnl-
letin from the New Jersey station:
/. Manure or te1tilize heavily and
evenly, not in the hills only. 2. Plant
the land to summer squashes, prefera-
bly, crook necks, as early in the season
as feasible. If the fruit can be marketed
to advantage, a full set can be planted
if not, few rows only will answer az
traps. 3. Plant the Hubhards. Marrow
fats or other main crop as late as advis-
able without risking the crop, making
the hills between those of the early va
rieties. 4. Keep a lookout for the
moths, and when they are noticed &c
over the field every evening during the
twilight and kill all that are found sit
ting on the leaves. A little practice
will enable one to cover three rows at
one time without missing specimen,
and in less than an hour large field
can be cleared of moths. S. When the
late varieties need the ground, the crook
necks will have made at least partial
crop, even if badly infested by borers,
and the vines can be removed, leaving
the ground to the later varieties. This
should be done carefully, SO that all the
bore1s remain in the vines, and the lat.
ter should be thoroughly destroyed in
some way that will kill all the contained
larvae. 6. AS soon as the late vines
begin to run we'll they should be covered
at the fourth joint, or even beyond it,
and the ground should be kept in such
condition that they can readily send
down suckers from all the joints. This
viii enable the vine to resist injury and
10 ripen fruit, even if it becomes infest
ed by few belated borers, but there
must be plant food enough where these
joint roots are sent down. for that in
the hill may be cut off.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
Agricultural Notes.

Set ont as early as practicable the cab
bage wintered in the cold frame. A lit
tie special fertilizer will start the plants
into vigorous growth.
There is bill before the New York
legislature to appropriate 200 to es-
tablish an agricultural experiment sta
ton on Long Island.
There are now "a agricultural expert
ment stations, occupying 500 persons in
them, receiving more than 81 900, 900
yearly from the government.
1t is estimated that the amount Of new
land brought into cultivation in this
country will hereafter be about balanced
by the amount abandoned or otherwise
diverted from agriculture.
The carelessness Of farmers in baling
hay for export shipment causes great an
noyance to shippers. Almost every day
bales are rejected by steamship compa-
nies, and hay, rejected at New York is
worse than total loss.
The wheat crop of England last year
WAS an exceedingly poor one. The aver
age yield is estimated at 22i bushels per
acre-a very low average for England.
Farmers should not be deceived into
paying fancy prices for potatoes guar
anteed to be blight proof"
The Farmers Review thinks there will
be and ought to be large breadth Of
ground seeded to clover within the pres
ent year.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
The New Celery Culture.

In order to get celery in good shape
for use before Aug. 1, says American
Gardening, we must have good plants
early in May and set them in very rich
ground. Our present task is to get the
seed to start promptly. Prick out the
plants in other flats or in hotbeds, OF
cold frames where well protected, Civ.
ing all the space needed, and stimulate
strong and healthy growth by every
means in our power.
For home purposes we rather like the
system of close planting known rs 1.-THE
new celery culture" and the bulk of
our plants, both of the early and the
late celery, is planted in rows 10 inches
one way by five inches the other. This
takes a good many plants for small
patch, and we must make our calcuIa-
tons accordingly. At any, rate readers
are advised to give this method trial.
White Plume has been our mainstay.
Golden Self Blanching is of better quail
ity and of rich golden yellow color, but
it is almost too dwarfish. A pink sport
Of White Plume has been introduced
under the name Pink Plume. These
three varieties are the ones available
for the summer crop.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
Comb Honey and Swarminp,

The query, "Can we secure more sur
plus comb honey by allowing one prime
swarm?' was asked at meeting of bee.
keepers. Here are the replies as re-
ported by the American Bee journal:
Mr.. Hines-All the time that it takes
to build a new set of brood combs is lost,
and would rather keep them at work
in the sections.
Mr.. Benton-I would rather my bees
wouldn't swarm, for in so doing the
comb honey crop is decreased in my To-
cation.
Mr.. Kimble-I want one swarm from
each colony, because then 1 will have
two colonies for the latter part Of the
clover crop and two colonies to gather
the fall crop, and the two will gather
more than the one.
Frank Coverdale Il can't prevent
swarming, and SO have to do the best
can with swarms. My method is to run
all the working force into the new swarm
for IA days after hiving, then double the
increase for the fall crop. and much nice
comb honey will likely be the result.
Mr.. Merritt-New swarms build much
nicer combs.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
ShipDiDg Live Poultry.

Here are few general rules in regard
to shipping live poultry from Lloyd's
Poultry Book that are applicable to all
markets:
Shippers should see that the coops are
in good condition before using, SO that
they are not liable to come apart in tran.
sit, as they are roughly handled some
times.
The coops should also be high enough
to allow whatever kind of poultry is
shipped room to stand up. Low coops
should not be used, as it is not only
cruel, but great deal of poultry is lost
every year by suffocation. Coops should
not be overcrowded.
In shipping hens and roosters they
should be kept separate. Nothing depre-
ciates the value of fine coop of hens as
much as to have a number of old cocks
among them. Shippers often wonder
why they do not get the highest market
price for their stock. In most cases this
is the reason. Good stock always com.
mands a quick sale at best prices.
Poultry should be shipped so as to ar
rive on the market from Tuesday to Tri
osty oeCtlptS SSueIdliy luCI6tSS LOW" ! J
the end of the week, and there is enor., h
carried over stock on hand Saturday tt
supply the demand. Merchants, rather
than carry stock over Sunday, will sell
! at a sacrifice, as the stock when in coops
loses considerable in weight by shrink
age and does not appear fresh and bright.
Besides. Monday is usually poor day tc
| sell poultry.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
m THE POTATO FIELD.
The Potato an Important Crop to Easter
Earmera-Grown IN FertiIixars

The Potato an Important Crop 10 Casters
| Farmers-Grown on Fertilizers.
The potato Ia one of the most impor.
tant crops grown by the majority OF
eastern farmers, and the time has come
when these farmers must depend on
something besides barnyard manure to
grow crops if these are to be raised
quickly and cheaply. While barnyard
manure may be a complete manure, it
does not contain plant food in its best
form, as all plant food when taken up
by the plant must be soluble in water.
Barnyard manure must be decomposed
and destroyed as manure before it is SOL
uble IN water or is available as plant
food. The elements of plant food needed
as a food supply are nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash, with perhaps a
little sulphuric acid and lime. These
chemicals are found in both barnyard
manures and chemical fertilizers, but
available plant food found in chemical
fertilizers exceeds that found in barn
yard manure. A chemical fertilizer is
more concentrated, and labor is thus
saved in handling and applying. The
best method of deciding what fertilizer
should be used is best found out by ex-
perimenting. A Massachusetts, farmer
reports in The New England Homestead
an experiment made. He writes: In
April, 1899, had an acre of land that
had been in grass six years and did not
yield 1000 pounds of hay the year pre-
vious. 1t was of poor quality, and l
then determined would try crop Of
potatoes and raise them on chemical
fertilizer and nothing else. The soil was
black sandy loan. 1t was plowed
eight inches deep and 1,400 pounds of
fertilizer broadcasted over it. 1t was
then thoroughly pulverized with disk
harrow and smoothed with clod crush
er. A man and Aspinwall planter were
hired and the piece planted. Six hun
dred pounds more of fertilizer were ap-
piled in the drill. The potatoes were
planted Is inches apart in the row and
the rows three feet apart. Some seed
was cut, some was planted whole and
some with the bud end clipped. Nine
bushels of seed were used. A Breed s
weeder killed weeds as soon as they be-
| gan to show. They were also hand hoed
and at the last hoeing hilled up with a
| cultivator. The crop yielded $40 bush
| els of good, smooth. marketable potatoes
of extra size and quality. free from scab
| and blight. The quantity and quality |
claim were due to the fertilizer, as there
was another piece of potatoes adjoining
mine on precisely the same kind of land,
but with different kind of fertilizer
that would not pay for digging. The
fertilizer analysed nitrogen 81 to .
per cent, phosphoric acid to s per cent,
potash 5 to per cent.
| COST OF RAISING THE CROP.
Fertilizer, one ton. 81
"w wing. .......'.''. .''....'......
| Sowing fertilizer and pulverizing.
tianuhs .............. ....................s..
| Cultivating and hoeing .....................
| Paris green and applying ...................
| Marketing and delivering. L
+ t-.. RECEIPTS FROM THE CROPS.
| 90 bushels marketable potatoes at &c.. -. $27
! Is bushels small otatoes....................
Total receipts vi
| Not piUuL.. Slo
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-04-12
REARING CHICKENS.
Care of the sitting Hens-Excelient dot
For Chickens Small and Big.

Care of the sitting Hens-Excelient dot
For Chickens Small and Big.
Corn, wheat and cotton are called the
great staple productions. Farmers sell
dom consider that the value Of poultry
and egg products, some $2Oo,OOO,OOO an
nually, far exceeds that of any one OF
the above mentioned crops. AS explain
ed in The New England Homestead.
most of the great agricultural products
are of sectional character. Each is
raised chiefly in particular sections of
the country especially adapted to its cul-
ture. On the other hand, poultry keep
ing is universal throughout the country.
At this time of year it is pertinent to
discuss different methods of Matching and
rearing chickens, since so much of sue
cess or failure with fowls depends direct
ly upon the kind of treatment the young
chicks receive. Farmers will for the
most part still pin their faith to the hen
for Matching purposes. The sitting hens
should have an apartment by themselves,
separate from the laying fowls, in order
that they may be undisturbed by the lat
ter. A dish of whole corn and one OF
fresh water should DO kept where the
sitters may help themselves at any time.
AS hens upon the nest are apt to become
very lousy, clean dry earth or ashes for
wallowing must always be available.
The first food for young chickens may
consist of stale bread soaked in milk.
This forms an excellent diet for chickens
of all ages, and if it can be had no better
food can well be obtained. Milk is the
banner poultry food, whether it is pure
and whole, skim or buttermilk. Chick,
ems fed upon milk show strong legs and
develop bone and muscle with great ra-
pidity.
Oatmeal is another excellent chicken
food. Soon the little fellows will eat
wheat, oats and cracked corn. Besides
grain, they require some green food, az
cabbage or clover and little meat daily
Whatever is fed, let there be variety
The same diet day after day is not con
ducive to rapid growth. Perhaps it is
unnecessary to add that chickens to dc
their best should have their liberty
They need to range and forage, both fol
exercise and to CLEAN great variety OF
animal and vegetable food.