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Economy in Weed Destruction.

Economy I'm Weed Destruction.
There are some farmers who still
think that there Is nothing lost In al
lowing weeds to grow on land that has
no crop. provided the weeds are cut
down before going to seed. 1t Is true
that the weed contains all the mineral
and heterogeneous plant food that 1t has
taken from the soil. When 1t decays,
as it lies. most of this Is returned to the
soil. But there Is always some waste,
and IL 1t were otherwise the plant food
In the weed Is not available fertility as
that which 1t took from the soil dur
Ing Its growth. The time when a weed
can be destroyed with greatest bene-
fit to the soil Is Immediately after 1t
has germinated. This is also the easi-
est time to kill 1t. Tlfe worst weeds,
like the perennial Canada thistle, for
example, are, when first germinated,
as easily killed as are any of the an
nual weeds. The slightest brush with
a hoe will destroy them. Leave them
few weeks, and these perennial weeds
begin to form their underground sys-
tenn Of roots, and 1t takes long time
to accomplish what could SO easily
have been done at first.
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Chocolate Marble Cake.

Put one ounce chocolate and one ta-
blespoonful Of butter In cup and set
this In a pan Of boiling water. Beat to
a cream half cupful OF butter and one
cupful Of sugar, Gradually beat in half
a cupful of milk. Now add the whites
of six eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, one
teaspoonful of vanilla and cupful and
half Of sifted -four, in which Is mixed
one teaspoonful Of baking powder. Put
about one-third of this mixture into
another bowl and stir the melted butter
and chocolate into 1t. Drop the white
and-brown mixtures in spoonfuls into
a well-buttered deep cake pan and bake
in a moderate oven for about forty
five minutes; or, the cake can be baked
in a sheet and iced with chocolate
or white icing.
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Effects Of Artificial PolIination.
The most important plants showing
the effects Of foreign pollen are the
pea, kidney bean, American corn and
possibly the orange. w. N. Munson.
Of the Maine experiment station
states that sweet corn shows the
effects of foreign pollen more fire.
quently than other varieties, but
plants In the cucumber, potato and
rose families frequently show the ef-
fects Of foreign pollen to wonderful
extent The most important examples
of agamic development Of fruits result
In the egg plant and the English fore
ing cucumber. The latter Is usually
deformed by the production of seeds
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Helpful Hints.

Cereals may be made palatable even
to those who begin by disliking them
Ii they are prepared properly. They
should not be boiled simply In water,
but In mixture Of equal parts of milk
and water. They should not be stirred,
for stirring makes them starchy, but
cooked In a double boiler.
A dainty morsel for the hungry half
hour before bedtime is cheese crack
ers." Spread thin zephyrettes or salt
ed crackers with little butter and
sprinkle lightly with grated Parmesan
cheese: Place on dish In the oven long
enough to brown them slightly. These
viii keep for several days. -s
For exceedingly damp or warm
weather during the summer an excels
lent expedient for Keeping the hair in
curl, both for the loiterer at fashiona-
BILE resorts and the stay-at-homes, Is the
use of alcohol. The hair should be wet
with alcohol and then curled. If this
is tried satisfactory results are sure to
follow.
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Look We'll 70 the Baby.

Keep your baby clean. Give him pure
air at all times. Let him have few
spoonfuls of water several times day.
Do not let every one kiss him. Do not
let any one jostle, and shake, and tickle
him. Do not keep him so warm that he
cannot sleep. Babies, as rule, are
bundled up too much. Do not neglect
him, and then, when he cries for some
needed attention, say that he is ''cross,
bad-tempered little nuisance" A.
healthy baby seldom cries when his
wants are properly filed, and sickly
one certainly has a perfect right to
make life a burden to those who al
lowed it to become so. Do act as If you
expected your child to grow up
healthy being every way; look hopeful
ly into the future, and therefore do not
worry needlessly.
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nar5 wire sieve strairsr 6oss very vsII.
but we add to this By doubling cheese
cloth or thin COTTON 70 asrto have four
thicknesses. Lay the cloth across the
bottom Of the strainer. and then fasten
It on by means Of a tin ring which slips
over the cloth and bottom part Of the
strainer. For quickness, we use q
strainer that pail Of milk may be put
into at once. This sits In q wooden
frame over the can. Some use woolen
cloth to strain with. Cloth OF some kind
is necessary 10 catch hairs and fine
dirt. This cloth must be kept clean.
Scald 1t thoroughly each time after
using.
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Grubs at strawberry Roots.


Alexander Mcclellan, in the Florists
Exchange, says: 81 have found nitrate
of soda sure cure, or, rather, a pre-
ventive Of destruction to strawberry
plants by the larvae Of the May beetle.
My plan Is to give a light application,
sowing just before rain. OF course, It
could be applied In solution. have also
used soda on asters where the grubs
had commenced work with like good
effect. or course, this could be used
on any garden crop, but don't give too
much at time; rather repeat the dose
In the course of three or four weeks.
As the soda induces rank vegetable
growth, 1t will be well to use It sparing-
ly where flowers are wanted, such as
sweet peas"
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DR.. Conan Doyle writes very frankly

DR.. Conan Doyle writes very frankly
to the Author concerning the profits of
his lecture tour In the United States;
his statements are thus summarized In
the Critic: The subject Of the gains
to be made by lecturing in America Is
one, he declares, upon which there has
been a great deal Of exaggeration.' Any
one who goes to America with the pri-
mary Idea of making money will, he
thinks, be disappointed; but IL he goes
to have good time, and incidentally
to make his expenses, he will not be
disappointed. Thackeray and Dickens
made money. and when we have an
Crawford avalanche., 1895-09-12

1t is only eternal vigilance that is
worth anything in protecting the pub
lie from improperly constructed build
ings. When Buddensiek was convict
ed and punished in New York 1T was
assumed that the public had heard the
last of building collapses; but the fall
of the building at West Broadway and
Third street shows apparently that
building inspection has again become
lax, and that builders or contractors
ar" availing themselves of the laxity.
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Kennedy for Pear-BIiuht,

This disease is most apt to affect the
Bartlett, Seckel and winter varieties
trees that are strong, vigorous growers
The disease is not very well under
stood, but it is supposed to be produced
by an excess of sap. 1t always breaks
out during hot, sultry and very damp
season, like we are having at the pres
ent time. Sometimes only a single
branch will be affected, then again sew
eral in different parts Of the tree, and
at rare instances the entire tree will
be scorched, as II by lightning. The
leaves will turn, at first dark-brown,
then black, and, IL the branch is cut
into, the wood will be found discolored.
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SlipshOd Poultry.

Farmers, as a rule, pay but little at
tention to poultry. Most OF them, how
ever, have a few running about tn
barnyard, but give them little or no
care, says the New England Farmer.
Possibly, pailful Of grain Is thrown
out to them once or, at most, twice a
week. II you ask the general run Of
farmers whether they give any Of their
time to poultry, the answer usually Is,
swell, no; the woman folks gather
what eggs there are, and raise few
young ones, but they don't pay" No.
Of course they don't pay when not
looked after Would their cattle, their
horses or their swine pay IL they were
attended to in such a slipshod and
ridiculous fashion? Poultry will not
pay unless properly cared for and at
tended to.
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Limo In the Food.

While we believe fowls should have
lime given them to eat at will it Is gen.
orally better to give them food that Is
itself rich in this mineral. Chopped
clover Is an excellent feed to make hens
lay, as it contains both lime and nitro
genous matter. Peas are also rich In
lime and excellent for laying hens.
Whole or cracked wheat is also lime
food. and can be given freely, though it
should follow feed Of chopped clover,
so that the food may not be too con-
centrated and fatten the fowls instead
Of making them lay.--Ex.
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Grows Rapidly.

Within the last two or three years
French engineers have undertaken the
sowing of railroad embankments with
poppy seeds, rs, when once established,
that prolific plant covers the soil with
network Of roots that prevent It from
washing away during heavy rains, or
from npheaval when frost Is coming
cut Of the ground In the spring
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Barbed Wire with Hedges.

The chief difficulty in making barbed
wire a safe and effective fence is that
the wires strung on posts are not easily
seen. Animals running loose In pas
ture do not avoid the barbs until they
have been severely injured. But when
the same wires are strung through q
hedge it is different. The animal push
es until it feels the sharp barbs and
then desists. Two or three barbed
wires put through hedge and con.
nected with 1t ut intervals Of few feet
will make an effective protection
against most animals
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Carrots In Cream.

Wash and scrape the carrots, let
them boil fifteen minutes, then drain
Off the water, cut them In thin slices,
add boiling milk to cover them nicely,
put In generous lump Of batter, add
salt to taste. After draining or the
water, slice them In the stew pan, SO
they will not become cold before the
milk is added. They should cook al
least fifteen minutes In the milk, and
great care should be used to keep them
from becoming burned.
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Coffee Cream.

Among the most acceptable, as well
as generally available, favorings, cof-
fee may be put first. Make by the drip
method a cup Of very strong, clear cof
fee; soak half box Of gelatine In half
a cupful of milk for an hour or two,
then set in a double boiler over the
fire and stir until dissolved; add cup
of sugar, the cup of coffee and the we'll
beaten yolks Of four eggs. Strain and
set away to cool. When almost cold
stir for few minutes until smooth
and almost stiff, then stir In quickly a
pint Of whipped cream. Mould and
set on the ice.
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Out of the New York Sunday law has
arisen the edifying problem whether 1t
is work of necessity to sell sausage
on Sunday. Should the court repudiate
the theory that sausage is a necessity
to its buyer there Is still chance that its
purchase may be construed as work
of mercy to the seller.
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The people Of Jacksonville, Fla, af-
feet to be surprised ut the sudden death
in the streets of that city of barber;
yet 1t was ascertained Immediately
after the mans death that he had
seven wives living. The Jacksonville
people do not seem to understand the
relations of cause and effect.
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A Rural New Yorker correspondent
says: "By stocking the orchard heav-
lily with sheep and feeding largo quan-
titles of bran you will obtain two val
ues-the feeding value and the manu-
rial value-besides preventing the
spread Of insects which live in fallen
fruit"
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Feed for Growing Hoes.

Millers. during the grain season, want
all the room In their bins for grain and
will sell bran and middlings much
cheaper than later. There Is nothing
better than fine wheat middlings with
skim milk to make pigs grow. The
amount Of feed can be greatly increas-
ed by cooking the wheat middlings with
small potatoes. refuse apples and tho
waste vegetables from the garden, all
of which when cooked are eagerly eat
en- by pigs.
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, stormy DAYS on the Farm.

If storms prevail, muster every hand
to a bee for cleaning the barns, car
riage house and sheds, and preparing
the stables for winter occupancy.
Sweep down all the dust and cobwebs,
take out the window sashes, wash .ev-
cry part clean, and after 1t has dried
put In new glass and putty wherever 1t
is needed. Then paint each sash care
fully, and you will be surprised to see
how much more light single pane will
admit
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Nobody whose blood has been stirred
by John Philip Sousa's whirlwind
marches will begrudge him the $4,000
a year he makes in royalties. Indeed,
we wish he would raise his prices so
high the hand-organ makers could not
afford to pay them.
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straining Milk.

Straining should begin before CON-
mencing to milk by brushing of all dirt,
hair, straw, etc., from the udder, teats
and body Of the COW. Let 1t be the duty
of some one person to go over all the
cows with . soft brush or damp cloth
before the cows are MIXED. An ordi-
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sides can be removed or put into place
in a moment, or light chains can be used
in place of 1t. Several styles Of low
down milk wagons, hay carts, ETC., are
also manufactured and have a wide
sale and growing popularity.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-09-12

After having viewed the newspaper
picture of the woman who says Jay
Gould married her. we are prepared to
remark that If her claim Is well ground
ed Mr.. Gould certainly had the right
Christian name.
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LENIkrOh Ii
the 8 U pply o I
handsome wool
en- goods to be
I o u u d In the
stores, and these
materials have
80 much to rec
ommend I h Q m
t b a I t b e y are
sure to be much
worn. Soft wool
In new weayes
that give exqui-'
site grace of fold
with the becom-
ing surface Of
wool unimpaired
are shown In all
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two pleats at the left side are set or
by snowy steel buttons.
Since sleeves cannot well became big
ger. 1t is at last safe to prbphesy that
they will soon commence to decrease In
size, and once started In this course.
the chances are that progress toward
tight sleeves will become rapid. Al
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, A Coney Island life guard saved a
New York man from drowning the
other day and the grateful Gothamite
gave him reward of $5, which prob
ably was all the service was worth.
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Low-Hung Wagon.

Low-hung farm wagons are great
convenience and save lots of lifting.
A simple, homemade device of this
kind Is illustrated. The rail about the
Crawford avalanche., 1895-09-12

A few years ago an enterprising
American published volume in which
he attempted to prove that the price OF
iron was perfect indicator of the vol
ume of business In this country. He
made very strong case and gave some
astonishing facts showing the close re-
lationship that existed between the
market price of iron and the volume Of
business. But Mr.. HaZen, formerly
third assistant postmaster general, sees
in the fluctuating sales of postage
stamps better business indicator, pos
sibly, than the prices of iron. That the
sales of postage stamps should increase
naturally, keeping pace with the growth
of population and business, is to be ex-
pected, but this increase must be in ac-
cordance with a ratio that can be
easily determined and fixed. On the
other hand, the fluctuations of sales
largely above or below that average
might fairly be taken to represent the
increase or decline in the volume of
business. The following table shows
the sales of postage stamps and
stamped envelopes for each of the last
five fiscal years:
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II they make electric motors which
will pull trains 100 miles an hour, how
the deuce is the average man ever
going to catch a train?
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The chief part of the gain to be noted
in the last item was made in the last
half of the former year. while the very
considerable decline in 1894 was in the
last quarter of that fiscal year-facts
which show cOnclusively that the fuc-
tuation in the volume of business was
the main cause of the changes in postal
business in the last two years. Mr..
Hazen declares very positively that
business depression was always quick
ly followed by decrease and business
revival by great increase in postal
business. The falling off does not usu-
ally follow instantaneously the break
ing out Of a bank crisis, because the
effect upon wholesale and retail trade
is not felt for few weeks or months"
But the revival of business Is more
speedily felt in postal business than its
decline. 1t is possible the postoffice de-
partment may be induced to publish its
amount of stamp sales as an indication
of business, as the weather bureau pub
fishes the direction and velocity of the
wind to indicate climatic changes.
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BEALRURALREADING


Wonderful Eject Of Foreign Pollen
ON Piants- -Home-Made Device for
Keeping MIX cool-Advantagcs Of
Low-Hung Farm Wagon.
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F FHh

ing the cage Is raised, new milk is put
on, and that which has been on for
twenty-four hours is skinned. This
skinned milk Is always SWEET. s.
Fowler, In American Agriculturist.
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Parislans, 1t is said, are beginning to
take kindly to the ice water habit, par
tlcularly the next morning.
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Some one wittily says that large
number Of people do their charity work
by advising others to give.
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The carbolized kiss goes properly
with the high handshake.
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China's excuses are ike her laundries
they won't wash.

The Russian thistle Is the anarchist of
the vegetable kingdom.
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Belittling the good that Is In others Is
the special privilege of meanness.
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WORN By THE WOMEN
frivolity il to Reign In the Makeup
Of Fall Fashions : TafFetas and
chanseabie silks, Dresden and
stripes Will be AZ Popular AZ Ever.

style. for September.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-25
KILOGRAMS BRIEFED.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The re-
port on the Kicks case was sub
mitted to the House today. Har-
ris of Alabama, always very terse,
simply reciting the resolution
adopted by the judiciary commit
tee.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The cattle
market is dull and weak.
PARIS, France, Jan. 25.-Presi-
dent Faure has summoned Ribot
to form the cabinet, and the latter
has accepted the task. The wife Of
Rtbot was formerly Miss Minnie
Busch, of Chicago.
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 25.-The
minority report OF Senator Cantor,
OF the LexOw committee, submit
ed to the Senate today, proposes
the mayor appoint police COM
mission, and the department have
the power to examine into all
matters affecting departments.
Hazel TON, Pa, Jan. 25.-Fire
broke out today in the Hazel mine
slope of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company. The slope is
5000 feet deep, and underlies half a
dozen other cOllieries.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. PA snow
fall began at midnight, and seems
general in western Missouri, and
also in Kansas. According to re-
ports from the west the storm is
severe, accompanied by very low
temperature. At Perry, Oklaho-
ma, snow has drifted two feet
deep, with the thermometer below
ZorO
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-25
For CI|y Treasurer
H. H. STEVENS.
Over the Seas.

A man in London, Eng, cut his
throat the other day because a
Salvation Army band playing out
side his house would not stop.
Alexander Dumas was made a
grand officer of the Legion of Hon.
or on New Years Day, and Fred
eric Mistral, the author OF "Mirero,"
an officer.
Twenty small statues were re-
Gently stolen from the front Of the
Rouen Cathedral and offered for
sale to a sculptor of that city. 1t
was only when he undertook to
find out where they came from that
they were missed from their
places, as they stood high above
the ground. The manner OF their
taking down is still a mystery,
and the thieves have not been
found.
On Christmas Eve the Comtesse
de Mapas, living near Poitiers, re-
ceived an anonymous letter, in
which she was warned that she
would be blown up by bomb on
Christmas night. On investigation
the writer turned out to be the
parish priest, who explained that
he was laboring under an hallucina-
ton. Before her wedding, four
years ago, the Countess received a
similar letter.
A Scotch woman, missionary
in Morocco, while travelling with
friends on horseback, in attempt
ing to ford river near the city Of
Morocco, was carried away by the
current. Some Moors drew her
out OF the river, carried her off to a
distance and hid her, refusing to
give her up until they had received
a ransom OF $40. By the time her
friends recovered her she was dead.
During the performance on Box
ing Day of the Christmas pantomi-
me, Wilmington and His Cat"
at the Elephant and Castle Thea
ter, London, the actress who play
ed King Cat, after a song and
dance, dropped dead behind the
scenes INC luQ uSSU SuOWSuS lIOIh
tight lacing. The play was not
stopped and the woman's husband,
who was the clown in the pam
tomime, was obliged to act his part
to the end.
A highwayman on bicycle came
upon young lady who was
watching the sunset on the
Corniche road, near Mentone, late
ly, took her purse, and demanded
her watch and chain. While she
was removing the chain from her
neck he walked of from the bicycle
to light cigarette, whereupon the
young woman jumped on the
machine and tore down hill to
Mentone. From there telegram
was sent to Vintimiglia, and the
robber was caught in a trap, for
the perpendicular cliff on the one
side and the precipice on the other
make it impossible to get out OF
the Corniche road.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-25
A Centenariau Donkey.

Herbivorons animals are gener-
ally thought to outlive carnivorous
ones, and of the former class those
dedicated to labor appear to furn-
ish the largest number ofinstances
OF longevity. A few years ago a
donkey died at Cromarty which
was known to be at least l06 years
old. 1t could be traced back to the
year 1873, when at an unknown ago
it camo into the hands Of the then
Ross Of Cromarty, and it lived in
the same family, "haleand hearty"
until a kick from horse ended its
career. No horses known to have
attained to anything like such an
age as this, but a few have lived
from ages varying from forty to
fifty years.