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soMa IMpoarANr NOTES Of PIGS.

Professor A. A. Mills, OF the Utah
Experiment Station, has given tue re-
suits of several careful experiments in
pig raising, made through the two
years of 1891 and 1895. He sums up
his conclusions "a follows:
/. Pigs allowed to run ut largo over
eighteen acres of good pasture and fed
full ration of grain, made tho most
rapid growth, and required the least
grain for one pound OF gain.
.. Pigs confined in movable pens in
the pasture grew moro slowly than
those running loose, and required an
increase of twenty per coat. of grain
to make one pound of growth.
3. Pigs at pasture, fed under three
different conditions, gained 92.5 per
cent. more and ate but two per cent.
more than the pigs getting grass and
otherwise similarly fed but confined
in pens. The grair required to pro-
duce one pound Of gait was increase
forty per cent. with those in pens over
those Mt pasture.
4. Pigs fed but part ratlon5 Of grain
ut pasture made satisfactory gains.
Those at pasture getting the three
fourth3 grain ration gained more than
those fed full grain ration and
grass, either in the yards or IN the
pens.
.. Pigs pasture without grain made
about the same growth for tnrco sea-
sons in succession, this averaging SO
OF II pound per day.
6. AS nearly rs can be judged exer-
else alone increased the gain twenty
two per cent. aud tho amount eaten
but ID per cent, but decreased the
amount required for ono pound OF
gain twenty-five per cent.
Z. Grass when cut aud fed green TO
pigs, whether fed i'm pens or yards, or
with full or part grain ration, or with
ont grain, proved to be of very little
value.
3. Pigs confined in pens and fed on
grass alone, mostly luccru, for ninety
one days, lost over quarter of d
pound per day.
.. The average If the pigs fed on
grass gained little moro thnu these
without the grass, bit not enough to
pay for the extra feed in the grass
10. With the pigs confined in the
hog house pens the grass proved bone
fetal, while with those in tho yard il
proved detrimental, tho latter re-
quircd more grain to make u pound
of pork than without it,
IL. Pasturing either with full or
part grain rotlons appearing to be by
fnr the cheapest and best way of max.
iUg pork. Progressive Farmer.
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have descended upon themselves.
New York Times.
QUEEN vIcroRIA's REAL ESTATE.

The announcement that Queen Vic
torin Is TO leave, by will, Osborne
House to one daughter, the lease OF
Abergeldie House to another, and Bal
moral, the royal residence in the
Highlands, to the Duke of Connaught,
recalls the fact that tho man who
would devour this particular widows
houses must make an uncommonly
full meal. 1t was discovered few
years since that the Queen owned six
hundred houses in various parts OF
England, not royal residences, but
rcnt-ylclding property, aud that about
six thousand houses had been built by
crown lcssees on building leaseholds
held of the Queen. She then had also
reUts from markets and tolls from
ferries, besides the proceeds of mines
aud other works upon her property or
the crown property, She had large
estates in Yorkshire. Oxtordshire, and
Berks, valuable lands in tho Isle of
Man and in Alderney, Scotland, Ire
land and Wales. OF the New Forest
there are two thousand acres of abso.
lutte and sixty-tbree acres of contiu!
gent crown property. Her Majesty
enjoys income from the Forest of Dean,
from several other forests, AMI from
rich properties in and about London.
Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and
Balmoral. in the Highlands, are tho
private property of the Queen, and are
maintained out OF her own Income.
But she has the use of few royal
palaces besides, and these are main
tanned by the Nation Mt an annual ex-
pcnditure ranging from $500 to $780,
900. The Queen is in tho occupancy
OF Buckingham Palace, Windsor
Castle, the White Lodge at Richmond
Park, and part of st. James's Palace.
The remainder of the last named
palace is occupied by other members
of the royal family. Other royal
palaces maintained as such, although
not III the occupancy of the Queen,
are keusington Palace, Hampton
which, according to n recent
estimate basel on the statistics of
eight or ten years, costs the Nation on
the average over so, 900 IA year Kew
Palace, Pemt roke Lodge, the Thatched
Cottage and Sheen Cottage, Richmond
Para, Bushy House in Bushy Park,
and Holyrood Palace. When she
visits the Continent, she has one great
house or another, with whatever re-
pairs and refurDishing are necessary
to fit it for temporary royal occu-
pant, although for all this she pays
ont of her own income. Bagshot
House, Gloucester House aud Clarence
House are palatial dwellings, occupied
by various members of the royal fam
lily. The Queen has four rather old d.
fashioned yachts, on which size makes
her sea journeys, although the oldest
OF them probably is used seldom or
never. The four cost originally about
81, 1915, 900. Boston Transcript.
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MANtRGNa TIE rEA CROP.

Most farmers who have MANFRED
peas heavily with stable manure. es-
recially If applied in its unrermented
state, have generally found that the
crop was not benefited thereby. The
manure will usually make LARGE
growth of vine, but when buried in
the soil the manure dries it out too
much to make wcll,flled pod. Even
IN wet season the stable manure
does not Increase the grain product.
That depends very largely on mineral
fertilizers, which the stable manure
only supplies i'll very small proper.
tons. Both peas and beans respond
Literally to dressings of the CONNER
cial mineral fertilizers phosphate and
potash. Even on poor land where the
vine growth is small the vines will he
full OF wcll-filled pods and will yield
n lurgo crop. For the very enrliest
planted peas some nitrate of soda an.
Piled in very small amounts with the
seed will pay Beans require to be
planted utter the ground has warmed
and their supplies of nitrates can be
furnished by the decomposition of
vegetable matter VIII Gu all but the
poorest soil contains. Boston Guilt.
vatOr.
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Don't SACRIFICE TIE SHEET.

Farmers are making mistake ir
disposing of all their mutton breeds of
sheep, maintains ID. j. Briggs, of Ohio
There is no meat producing animal
that will pay better for the feed ami
time expended, if kept in small focks.
Mutton IL always i'll good demand, and
1t Is stated by physicians to be the
most wholesome meat III the whole
list. Sheep wall eat more varieties of
weeds and grasses than any other AMI.
NAL, therefore they are benefector to
most farmers. Preserve and maintain
the small docks of mutton sheep. 1t
does me good to see nice flock of
sheep well cared for, because | know
that in figuring up atlthe end of the
year, the profit OF the sheep will be on
the right side.
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be made in this way. The planks bro
held together by short chains. which
gives the best effect.
1t will be- very desirable to apply
wood ashes-ten bushels per acre
immediately after the oats are sowu,
aud cover them in with the grass seed.
Nitrate OF soda is always desirable; it
Is compound OF nitric acid AMI
soda. and one CT the most valuable
heterogeneous fertilizers. One hun lred
pounds per acre may be sown, mixed
with wood ashes. For oats alone, SOW
y bushels per acre; for peas mixed,
simply add to the oats II bushels OF
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FASHION NOTES.

The new all-over cloth Of gold and
linen designs are charming.
In black brocades of small delicate
patterns, for separate skirts, satin eff
fects on lustrous corded surfaces will
prove very popular.
The round waist, in endless and Gle
CANT varieties, comes to us again,
fresh from Paris, among typical styles
Tor the spring and summer seasons.
The leading coiors for capcs for gen.
eral wear are black, green, tan, brown,
and several handsome shades of blue,
the silverblue and marine dyes tax
ing the lead.
A handsome travelling wrap is made
OF plum cloth, with velvet
revers, collar and cuffs. 1t is lined
with soft satin and closed with very
large buttons.
Highly lustrous soft-tcxtured satins,
with Liberty finish in black and col.
ors, aud in dotted, barred and flow.
cred designs, will be in demand for
fiat, pointed and round full vests as
well as for entire costumes ana fancy
waists.
The fine underwear for the SEASONS
before us is fashioned very richly aud
extravlgaEtly. TaIetn silk, both PLAIN
and lowered, also rich lustrous Lib.
erty satin broca les arc in great nc,
adorned with leagues of lace insertion
and crimped frills.
Dainty lingerie is certainly 90 DO
desired, but tue luxury and elaborate.
ness displayed upon it are now decid.
edly overdouc, and border on vulgar.
Ity, as oil excess in dress does. This
IS especially noticeable among the re-.
cent importation OF French skirts,
which are hligreed, duted, houucei
AMI lace-laden TO ridiculous degree.
There are few departures in sleeves,
tho balloon or football sleeve still hold.
ing its own A novelty isu sleeve OF
crepon arranged in lcugtbwiss puts
from shoulders TO wrists. Tue pulfs
grow wider toward the top, aud below
the elbows are scarcely more than halt
an inch vide. The fullncss near tho
shoulders is further increased by huHy
RULES OF the material, edged with
narrow Dresden ribbon.
Velvet of all kinds is worn in pro.
fusion. Muny ladies wear velvet skirts
either in black or any OF the cloth
shades, with very light wnists fanci.
fully made aud trimmed. one cos.
tune roycrsc3 this order, the skirt he
ing of sage green and tue waist of
black crepon OF the GLc8t quality.
Tho waist is lnvishly trimmed with
lace and Dresden ribbon, with grouu
matching the color of the velvet skirt.
a returned importer says thlt the
last and most recherche production OF
modern industry is point lace, into
the web OF which French brillauts
are woven. This costly tissue will be
out of tho reach Of most persons. So
far, it has only been used for bonnet.
crowns aud Tor covering faus. Ono
great couturier, however. has ordore I
the entire trimming for n suposb gown
to be made OF it, 60 surpass all robes,
past, present, or future"
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WOMEN WILL DE ADMITTED.

/ The question of the admission Of
women delegates to the General Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has been practically settled in
their favor. The constitutional
amendment which carries with it the
fate of the proposed women delegates
has received more than the requisite
three -fourths vote of those present
and voting ill the annual conferences.
Ten of the 100 annual conferences
have not voted, but when they do it
cannot change the state of the move
ment. The vote to date Is 6937 in
favor of the amendment and 2lS7
against it. This gives tho required
amount, with 375 votes to spare.
Washington Star.
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roR THE Mop1sn snrRr WHIT.

a new idea for belt buckles and cuff
buttons mas been evolved which is
likely to make them us attractive as
thcy are indispensable. The reign OF
the shirt waists, instead of being over,
is only begun, aud they furnish such
excellent opportunity for displaying
buckles and buttons that tho latter
have become more important ncces-
8Jry OF woman's summer apparel
than ever
The scheme is TO use the coats of
arms or flags Of different Nutious, the
cnsigus armorial or cscutchcons of one
family, or the ensiguia Of the army or
navy for designs. For girls who IN
elmo TO uniforms and their wearcrs,
there are sets OF light artillery, with
mounted cannon for buckles aud limo.
cent-looking cannon balls for buttons.
Crossed sabres and stacked rifles also
come under the army designs. SO n
girl may so forth armed and equipped
for conquest Of a1y k nj, aud cgn LOOK
like an animated arsenal If she sees it,.
4 very choice set has the coat of
arms Of Spain for buckle aud the
buttons. They are made OF gold and
enamel, the blue, gold, white and tan
making harmonior &, aud sublucd
combination of COON The ROYAL
arms of Great Britain is fayorite lie.
sign, the two big British lions made OF
gold making it look more solid aud
massive than any of the others. The
most popular, Of course, is orr own
big sprcad-eagle, with T. i'uiibu.
Unum floating under his chin. Tn,
buttons used with American arms mr.,
productions oil nags, either National
or those of clubs or colleges
The old conventional designs hay,
been relegated to the bargain coun
tcrs, and their places are being taken
by the blazouing arms of the country
of ones choice or birth, or the es
cutcheons Of those who can afford &c
be proud OF their ancestors and OF The
marks Of dignity and distinction which
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sumatra Junglcs.

Sumatra is veritable dime museum
OF nature In no other place is there
such collection OF odd animals. birds
and trees.
The sunbcar Is one OF the queer ami
maiS. lie is about three feet high. and
wholly untaught can perform astonish-
ing tricks.
Inc kukang Is a curious animal the
size or cat. 1t Is brown. with a fox
Ike head and paws which 1t uses ms II
IL were monkey. Its eyes are remark
ABLY large, round and yellow.
The rhinoceros bird Is the size of n
small turkey. but has n beak a foot
long, which Joins the skull two and one
half inches deep. Over this is another
beak reversed, forming cap or he'll
met
Snakes OF all sizes abound in the
Sumatra tungleS. Monster lizards are
there measuring six and seven feet.
The house lizard is about twelve inches
long and makes noise which sounds
like the bark of n toy terrier
There is an enormous black spidcr
three inches long as TO body and with
n stride Of legs that would almost cover
dinner plate. Its web sometimes eN-
tends between trees eighteen yards
apart.
The deadly" upas tree is fairly large,
with thick, dark bark, which when
cut gives forth an oozy, milky fluid.
This liquid is used for arrow poison
by the natives. The terror of the
jungle is the rlngGus tree. When cut
with an AK a shower of milky fluid
comes forth ana wherever it touches
the skin ii is agonizing in effect.
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THE GYPSY MOTIF.

Professor T.. Ii. Forbush, Of the
Massachusetts, Gypsy Moth Commits.
sion, recently spoke before the Wor.
coSter Horticultural Society, says the
Spy, on tue moth and Injurious insects
generally. These begin their rayages
with the settlement of country, in.
crease in extent up to n certain point,
then gradually decrease, especially il
the inscctivorous birds are cncour.
aged. Man is often tue most obnox.
ious instrument i'll multiplying such in-
sectS, and imported insects are often
more destructive than native species.
Tue gypsy moth (ocncria dispur) was
brought into this country to cross
with the silk worm, to establish II
harder species. The attempt failed,
but the worm remained hardy, indeed,
surviving forty degrees below zero,
and is, in fact, most numerous in Rus.
STA and Siberia. 1t has been very de-
structive TO foliage within certain
area about two hundred square miles
in Eastern Massachusetts,, where the
WORK of determination has been car.
RED on for five years both by hand
gathering and insccticide1. Tho best
success has been with sprayed solu-
ton OF arsenic and lead. At present
there are not more than two thirds rs
many moths rs when the work began.
They have no skirmish line, Int move
in n solid body. There would have
been greater success, had not the
State appropriations for the past three
years been too small. much below the
closest estimates. The speaker believed
the moth could be thoroughly exter-
minated, but it might cost the State n
million of dollars, perhaps ten mill
ions, if the work continued to be
siinted. About forty kinds of birds
will eat the catorpillsrs, but not the
eggs. In the case Of silk worms birds
destroy niuety-ivo per cent. of the
eggs. The total cost of insect injury
throughout the United States has been
estimated at from $3.50. 900, 900 to
800, 900, 900. 1t costs the farmers of
Massachusetts, about $50, 900 annually
to check the potato beetle with Paris
green.
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a prince of Venice; for the wedding
brca lfast she provided herself with IA
silver fork and II gold spoon. This sct
the fashion. and wealthy families soon
provided themselves with Ike table fur
niturc. phc greatest excitement fol
lowed their Introduction, and the
church condemned the use OF these arti-
cles, without which YOU would not he
able to eat with comfort. 1t Is said
that Il was G13 years later that the fork
and spoon entered England.
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WOMEN cYcLlsrs THE WORLD oyrn.

We hear of women cyclists almost
the world over; in England and her
colonies the interest grows. The
Princess of Wales rides "a tricycle., but
her daughters use the bicycle. Miss
Cochrane, n maid of honor to the
Queen, rides well, aud the Cyclists
Towing Club has this year added to it's
membership the names of several titled
ladies'. In Sydney and Melbourne
ladies are following the fashion set by
the mother country, the daughters OF
Lord Hampton, tho newly appointed
Governor of New South Wales, having
given fresh impetus TO the fashion in
Sydney, where 1t is said the demand
for ladies wheels is greater than the
supply. Louis Star Sayings.
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Tnn ExrEysIvENEss or rAyrrnLNl.

Wherever land is dear the pasture
provides food for stock that. consider
ing its nutritive value, is much dearer
than that grown by cultivation. In
the first place, the grass, even if uu-
disturbed, does not yield rs heavy IL
crop ms will most of the grains and
corn drilled for fodder. In the pasture
the constant trampling Of stock lessons
the grass yield still further. What the
stock waste in II clover field will iu
most places pay for the labor Of cut
ting and carrying the clover to them,
provided the field is near where the
stock is kept, and the cutting of the
clover can be done by horse power.
Yet there are many places where Guilt,
walton is impossible, and using these
as permanent pastures is the only way
to make the laud II eful ard profitable.
boston CultivGtor.
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DOUBLE HIVES.

George Appleton tells in the Farm
Journal that when the production Of
honey is lot side industry, but the
only one, the double hive hns taken
the place OF the single one. The more
workers there are in any industry the
greater will be tho product if the
workers have sufficient room md
facilities He says "A small colony
requires rs much attention rs, i'm fact
probably more than, large COLONY.
Therefore, when the sea on is fairly
begun and the strength Of each colony
IS determined, unite the weak coroni cs
immediately. H. is better to have i've
.irong colonies than twenty five wenk
ones. Give each colony double hive
- that IL, "a hive with as much room m
the surplus chamber ns IN the brood
chamber. IT this be done and this
double hive bo kept recruited TO its
maximum cnpucity, then there is no
question as to the profit IN kccuiug
bees. provided OF course that The sen.
sou Us an average ono uud that there is
honey in the field that may be col.
lcctcJ. There Us n rcu on why n
colony should uos contain 30, 900 or
$4,000 bees, aud thcv must be ms
numerous in order to insure success,
not few pounds o. honey, but 30, IS,
or 100 pounds of cxtractcd honey 10 u
colony Farm and Labor Journal.
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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS or INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GAROEN
TO FAT En- AN OLD COW.

An old COW will make very good beef
II well fattened. 1t will be necessary
to give her plenty of time, and ten or
twenty bushels OF turnips will be re-
CURED. These, with four quarts of
corn meal, or half as much with an
equal quantity of linseed oil meal,
given with cut hay and some dry hay
AS much as will he caten-will make
as good beef as can be wished. If the
COW is milking she should be dried at
once. SOFT corn is good feed for fat
tening an old COW, AS it is easily eaten
1t will be desirable to begin tho fat
tening process in the summer Now
York Times.
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them. This m xed crop will yield on
one acre Just the same rs on two acres
sown separately. But rs the peas will
settle down AMI shade the surface, it
Is not advisable to SOW grass seed with
this crop. After the oats are gathered
1T might he we'll to SOW on the young
grass ten bushels of air Stacked quick.
lime per acre. Or in place of it, one
bushel of plaster. Lime has an ex.
ceedingly good effect on clover. New
York Times.
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SUCCESSFUL WELLS.

The sallow complexioned woman
should fly the blue veil, she of roseate
cheeks from the red, the business wo-
man from the impractical white, aud
so on, while undoubtedly the smartest
and most becoming veil of all is the
black, of soft, fine quality and fascin-
atinS design. New York World.
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PINK THE FAVORED TINT.

Pink in loveliest tints will be n very
favored color this summer, and among
the beautiful dyes are anemone, also
known as valesque, an old-ross pink :;
Venus, n delicate flesh tint aza!ea, n
soft rose, tingcd with silver like the
"Iawn" tint of other seasons; shep-
herdcss and Louis XVI. pinks arc
tinged with faintest mauve like the
old Pompadour and lilac shades, and
still deeper tones of this exquisite
color copy the hues of the orchid,
chrysanthemum and sweet-pca bios
SON. All of these dyes combine beauti-
fully with silver gray, reseda, fawn
color, cream, beige, apricot, magnolia,
white, and some Of the pale yellow
shades. The latter mixture is like the
"honeysuckle meIange" of colors
used year ago. Pink and yellow
French roses, jouquils aud geranium
blossoms are massed upon some of
Virots round hats OF black or dark
green openwork straw.-New York
Post.
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England Acmjrc3 a New Word.

Lord Rosebery is said TO have been
the first Enghshmlu 90 make formal
use of the word Chunk" His state.
meut In recent speech that cen
years is II great cbuuk out Of mans
life" has occasioned discussion in
England at to whether or not the word
is good English.
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How to Keen House.

With oil the luxuries aud pleasures OF this
life, its big enJoyments and its smaller COM
forts, there is an effect or antithesis which
We have to contend with In the form or
a hes and pains. In some way and by some
means every one has "a touch OF them in some
form NJ some time. Trihing as some oil them
may be, tho risk is that they will grow to
something greater aud rack tho system with
constant torture. There IS nothing, there
fore. OF this kind that have a right TO
trilo with. Taken in tiu:e, the worst forms
OF aches and pains are easily subdued ant
permanently cured 10y the free use OF ST.
Jacobs oil. No we'll regulated household
ought TO bc without bottle OF this great
remedy for pain. One good reason for thi
Is that some kinds OF sudden pain are acute
enough to be fatal. where the application o!
the great cure might save life. You want 1
also in the house at all times for hurts, cuts
and wounds, and the house that always has
1t keeps up sort OF insurance against pain.
Every man is Il volume if you know how to