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Growing Lettuce Indoors.

Lettuce in the vicinity of large cities
is sold by the pound and the point is
to raise as many pounds as possible
per square foot of bench space. The
Indiana Experiment Station, to deter
mine the best mode of raising lettuce
in the greenhouse, inaugurated O series
of lettuce experiments. A bench was
set with plants, one portion six inches
apart each way and another portion
eight inches. Both were cut when the
thicker setting was matured enough
for marketing and the thinner setting
still showed chances for further i'm
provement. Contrary to expectations
it was found that the thicker setting
gave the heavier yield, being twenty
ounces to the square foot, against
eleven ounces for the thin setting, a
gain of over eighty per cent. The
saving in time for growing tho crop
and the increased yield are both in
favor of the thicker setting.
A prominent feature of the expert
ment was to transplant directly from
seed beds into small pots, then after q
time plunge the pots into the bench
with their rims half inch below the
surface soil. In this way the roots are
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cahbare Worm InsectIcide.

Pests of the cabbage family are best
controlled by the use of the following
insecticide: Pulverized resin, five
pounds; concentrated lye, one pound; !;
fish oil, one pint; water five gallons.
Make this into a stock solution by
placing the oil, resin and one gallon
of hot water in an iron kettle, heating
until the resin is softened. After this
add the concentrated lye carefully and
stir the mixture thoroughly. Add
four more gallons of water and boil
the whole mass until the mixture will
unite with cold water, making clear,
amb r-colored mixture. This mixture
should make five gallons of stock So
luton. When this is used +. A.
Shrine, of the Gevena Experim ent
Station, advises preparing it by COM
bining one gallon of the stock solu-
ton with sixteen gallons of water,
three gallons milk of lime and quar-
ter pound paris green. The water,
resin and milk OF lime are combined,
after which the paris green is added.
In every case where this mixture is
properly applied, good results were
obtained
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spoilt the Presidents Page.

During the Presidents visit to the
bot Springs of Virginia he drove
with Mrs. Mckinley to one of the
little resorts in the vicinity, where he
registered modestly as William Nc
Kinley and wife. Shortly after the
President had entered his name on
the register a young lady of fashion.
able mien approached the desk and
wrote in bold hand underit, ''Miss
Blank, Washington, D. c."
What have you done? What have
You done?" cried the clerk in a dis
tressed tone as she laid down the
pen.
"What do you mean?" asked the
girl innocently; "I've done nothing
but write my name"
eyes," replied the clerk: "but you
have written it directly under the
Presidents signature, and we had
intended to frame that page"
Whittier he goes I co. then, "
gayly quoted the young person from
Washington, who was so merry and
80 pretty withal that she was readily
forgiven for spelling the page.-Phila-
delphia Saturday Evening Post.
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Mrs. Col. Richardson
= SAVED BY MRS. PINKHAM.
TLrrrx2 70 MRS. rINxnAx NO. 72,8osl

[LIrrE7 TO MRS. rINkHAx NO. 72,SsG
= "You have saved my life, snatched
me from the brink of the grave almost,
and wish to thank you. About eigh-
teen months ago was a total wreck,
physically. Ihad been troubled with
leucorrhea for some time, but had given
hardly any attention to the trouble.
"At last Inflammation of the womb
and ovaries resulted and then I suf-
fered agonies, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano player),
was confined to my bed and life became
= terrible cross. My husband sum-
moned the best physicians, but their
benefit was but temporary at best. 1
believe I should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, if my
common sense had not intervened.
lone day my husband noticed the ad-
vertisement of your remedies and i'm
mediately bought me full trial. Soon
the pain in my oyaries was gone. lam
now well, strong and robust, walk,
ride q wheel, and feel like girl in her
teens. I would not be without Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound; it
is like water Of life to me. I am very
gratefully and sincerely your we'll
wisher, and I heartily recommend your
remedies. 1 hope some poor creature
may be helped to health by reading my
story. Mrs. Col. E. P. RIc4ARDsoN,
RHINELANDEs. Wis.
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Sorehead in Fowls.

The fowls of farmer in Erie Coun-
ty, N. Y, have combs which look as
if frozen and some with eyes entirely
closed. The sores seem to be what is
known to poultrymen as sorehead.
1t comes on usually in summer or
fall and is very troublesome malady
in some seasons. It begins suddenly
or may not be noticed until it has pro-
gressed to severe case with one or
both eyes closed. To me it seems
like q cold brought on by dampness
or close and damp roosting rooms, and
it may be aggravated by taking the
young birds at time when somewhat
weakened by feather growing. Atten.
tion to the sleeping apartments and
prevention of crowding are of the first
Importance and then careful attention
to the diet should carry flock past
the dangerous season without an at
tack, or so mild one as to be con-
sidered Of little importance.
When few are attacked they can
be treated with sulpht "a ci copper So
luton, / ounce in half pint of water,
or even stronger than this may be
used once or twice daily. Camphor
ated oil is one of the best things to
treat the sore places, as the oil softens
up the scabs and removes them easily.
Tincture of camphor will also cure the
sores, but the oil will carse less pain
to the birds. Hege has found several
articles, treatment with which result
ed in cures, either by his general care,
providing comfortable quarters and
dieting the bird, or the following arti-
cles, or both: Axle grease, carbolized
vaseline, iodine, bluestone or copper
sulphate, water. Fl. E. Emory, of the
North Carolina Experiment Station.
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16odJ.Sa1qbm&
Stole q Brick Paveme ent.
Ea23dl dlSSl3llzdH

The charge of stealing brick pave
ment was recently made against Pat
rick Devlin in a Philadelphia police
court. It was charged that the pave
ment in front of printing works,
fancy street. above Pennsylvania
avenue, was laid with new vitrifed
bricks. One of the members of the
firm, passing the place about noon, no.
ticed the new pavement. Two hours
later he walked over the place again
and there were no bricks there. He
notified the police, who made search
and found Devlin laying the bricks in
yard on Swain street. When asked
what he had to say Devlin replied:
"Shure, your Honor, they've got the
right man. T took thin bricks"
"Why did you do it?"
'Faith, I needed the bricks for the
job on Swain street. I saw them
iayin' there, and so just borrowed
thin. Was there any harm in that?"
IT think so," replied the magis-
trate, and he was held for trial.-New
York Sun.
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disturbed but once and a ball of mat.
ted roots and soil is retained when the
lettuce is sent to market, insuring its
perfect condition for longer period.
Two crops were grown in this manner
and 80 far as any effect on the lettuce
could be traced, the results were in
favor of the ordinary method of shift
ing rather than retaining in pots,
which is also in accord with what is
known regarding the early handling of
other crops.
To test the value of sub-watering,
bench was arranged four inches
deeper than would otherwise be neces-
sary and over the bottom and three
inches up the side it was lined with
zinc. The zinc pan is closely filed
with ordinary soft brick, C, set on
edge. These first had the lower angles
Clipped off, so that there were small
open spaces at the bottom where the
bricks came together. A tube was
passed along the side of the bench,
curved around underneath, and COM
ing up through the bottom was care.
fully scldered on. The bench is then
filed with soil over the brick. The
water is run in Through the tube and
quickly distributes itself over the bot.
tom. It is gradually absorbed by the
brick and slowly passes up to the soil
above. The gauge, a, shows the depth
Of water in the zinc pans at all times.
Water is introduced through the
tube, b.
The results from this method of sub
watering have been more satisfactory
than was hoped for. Ithas been used
for crops of lettuce and beans. The
theoretical advantages have been more
than fulfilled in practice. tits so SER
viceable that the station has no hesi-
tation in saying that for some crops in
particular it will be found of the great
est advantage and profit. The extra
cost of preparing the benches, about
thirteen cents per square foot, is con-
siderable; but the increased yield and
better crops will speedily balance the
account. The arrangement is shown
in the accompanying engraving
American Agriculturist.
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Increase of Bees.

Naturally, bees will increase to e1.
cess py swarming, if the honey season
is a good one. It is a mistake to thus
allow bees the privilege of swarming
as much as they will do at such
times, as the result will be large
number of weak colonies, and num-
ber of queenless ones unless they are
we'll looked after in this particular.
In such instances bees do not lay up
a necessary supply of honey to build
up strong in the after part of the sea-
son, to say nothing of a supply for
wintering, and in all such cases it re-
quires heavy feeding in the fall. The
limit to increase by swarming should
be confined to but one swarm from
each colony. This leaves the parent
stock in fair condition, and both it
and the first swarm will prove profit.
able colonies. It is but little trouble
to regulate swarming, and if we wish
to prevent it altogether We can do so
by removing the queen cells from the
combs. If we wish but one swarm
from each colony, we can take away
all but one queen cell after the first
swarm issues, and no swarming Will
follow.
Dividing colonies for increase has
been practiced to quite an extent, but
this method is not near so popular as
formerly, and most beekeepers now
prefer swarming in the natural way.
Bees ore readily divided and colonies
formed by simply separating a colony
in two or more parts as desired, and
furnishing queens to the parts that
have none. In dividing We should
initiate natural swarming as near az
possible, and take both old and young
bees, and also divide the brood cQmbs
of the hive. Dividing is not SO sue
cessful as swarming, from the fact
that the old bees return to the old
location, leaving young bees in the
new colony exclusively. Colonies
thus made up do not do much work
for some time afterwards as the old OF
working force of bees do not remain
with them. The most successful
divisions are made by taking the
dividing parts away some distance,
perhaps mile or two, and when thus
removed from the location entirely
they do not return, and hence retain
their working force. There is nc
manner of dividing that will produce
so good results as that of natural
swarming, and for this reason it has
been abandoned to a great extent.
Natural swarming seems to give life
and vigor to the bees, and they work
with much more energy.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
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How to Keep Flowers.

Harper's Bazaar gives some excel
lent ideas on the preservation of cut
flowers. Merely putting the stemsin
to water is apparently not sufficient,
and with little more care even the
most perishable blossoms may be pre-
served.
"All leaves should be removed from
the part of the flower stom that is to
lie underneath the water, otherwise
these sodden leaves decay and make
the water offensive. Every day the
flowers must be carefully lifted from
the water, and the eighth of an inch
cut with sharp scissors from the end
of the stem. The vase must then be
emptied, washed out, and rehlled with
fresh water"
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The Horn FLY.

For the past few years the horn fly
has been a great pest amongst the neat
stock of our farms. This is particu-
larly true on the dairy farms, as by
the continued annoyance and pain
caused by the fly the dairy cow shrlnks
materially in her milk flow.
The fly derives it's name from its
peculiar habit of resting ut the base of
the horns. While there it appears to
do no particular harm, but confines its
attacks to the backs and loins of the
animal, and such other parts as can
not be readily reached by the tail or
horns. This fly is about one-half the
size of the house fly, but unlike the
house fly does not breed in ordinary
waste matter, but in fresh droppings
of the animals. The eggs are laid by
the fly as soon as the manure is
dropped, and if left undisturbed they
will hatch in about forty eight hours,
when they Immediately enter the
ground and 60 through the second
Transformation. After remaining here
about two weeks they emerge from the
ground, a perfect fly fit for business.
It will thus be seen that many gener-
atoms will appear during the season.
Nearly everything that can be done
to prevent their ravages must be of g
preventive nature. They may be kept
from breeding by scattering the void
ings of the animals every two days or
by sprinkling land plaster, lime, or
dry earth upon them. They may be
kept from the animals almost entirely
by applying some oily preparation, or
pyrethrum powder. The liquid prep
arations are cheaper, and some of them
are more effective. They may be ap-
piled to the sides and limbs of the
animal to better advantage than the
powder, another advantage. A gen.
tleman in Knox County reports
that he uses mixture made Of one
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One Way to Write Stories.

ct used to know a man." said New
Orleans bohemian, fwho made a liv
ing writing stories of travel for boys.
He had never been out of Missouri in
lis life, but he was famous for the
graphic fidelity of his description Of
foreign lands. His reference library
consisted OF exactly three works, an
encyclopedia, a set Of United States
consular reports, covering four or five
years, and a copy of Woods Natural
History. If the scene of the story
was to be laid, for instance, in Bor-
neo, he would begin by reading the
Borneo article in the encyclopedias;
then he would turn to the consular re.
ports and look up all the odd and in
teresting matter he could find touch
ing that particular island, and finally
he would get description of its ami
mails from Woods. He wrote at an
old table on which was glued map
of the world, covered with a sheet OF
glass. This was constantly before his
eyes, so be couldn't 60 astray on geog-
raphy, and as I said before, his de-
scriptions were marvels of accuracy.
He would draw better and far more
realistic pen picture of foreign coun'
tries than travellers themselves. Peo
pie thought that he had been great
globe trotter, and crazy as it sounds,
I believe he actually got to thinking
so himself. The last time I saw him
he talked about Afghanistan in the
easy, off-hand vein of personal OBJ.
server. If I hadn't happened to know
that he had been living in st. Louis
oil his life I would have sworn he had
been there. New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
The Bleacher Not Necessary.

Straw hats which have lost their
pristine freshness may easily be re-
stored to favor at home without the
necessity of q trip to the bleacher.
Dissolve five cents worth of oxalic
acid in pint of cold water. Lay the
hat upon a fiat surface, and scrut
briskly with an old tooth or nail
brush. Rinse we'll with cold water tc
remove every bit of the acid, which
would otherwise eat the straw, and
lay it out in the bright sunlight to
dry, taking care to still keep it in o
fiat position.
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Realism With q Vengeance.

A company OF wandering comedian
have been acting at Przemysi play
entitled captain Dreyfus." The pub
lic followed with such interest the &C
tion of the drama that several of the
spectators waited for Henry" an6
"Esterhazy" as they left the theatre
and cudgelled the two miscreants.
The two artists who had sustained
the parts of the Uhlan and the fcrger
were conducted back to their lodgings
in pitiable state by the police. And
now who will give them compensation!
MILAN (Italy) Secolo.
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Nun. nu,uu rx.Iuesresr.

The only yrule about pallbearers that
I know, says Victor Smith, is that
they shall in all cases be selected
from among friends unconnected by
blood with the family of the departed.
The number is q matter of taste, and
custom has made it even instead Of
odd. In certain communities the
pail actually carry the coffin,
but in New York such an act would be
regarded as plebeian by the aristoc-
racy. who cling to the pail of black or
purple, without, however, requiring
the bearers to hold its corners and
tassels. s.-New York Press.
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Metallic Alloys in Crude Petroleum.

Chemists have made the discovery
that in the crude petroleum from one
certain we'll lead and zinc alloy i.
held in solution to the amount of one
and half pounds to ten gallons Of
oil. The discovery was made in the
process of refining the crude oil. Then
the zinc was deposited, and, as
metallic flakes, was discovered. The
amount of lead is small as compared
to the zinc. The chemists will in
vestigate further TO determine the
chemical value of the alloy and the
practicability Of extracting it.
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lawns. The board can be of consid-
erable length, sharp at one edge,
with bit of fat iron riveted 10 the
edge, the used-up blade of an old
wood-saw being excellent for this pur-
pose. The handle is braced firmly by
a half circle of iron which q black
smith can fit in place in few mo-
ments. With such an implement the
work of leveling and grading can be
done quickly and easily. 1t should
have a place in any garde kit.
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X AGRICULTURAL. X
Remedy For Forest Worms.

The invasion of our orchards and
towns by the forest worm will require
prompt and united action. Kerosene
is the remedy where it can be safely
applied. Arsenites are right If they
can be applied. 1t is of course not in
the power of many to apply spraying
to high shade trees. Even then
where it can be applied there is need
of several renewals. After tree is
rid OF them it is wef to twist a rag
saturated with kerosene around to
prevent others climbing. Tar paper
soon hardens and they crawl over.
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part fish oil, one part tar oil, one part
kerosene oil, with a very little car
bclic acid. This, he says, is quite
cheap and seems to be very effective.
It will be found advisable to apply
this mixture with some implement that
will put it on in a fine spray, as it will
be quite as effective iu this way; there
will be saving of material and the
animals will not be unnecessarily GOV.
cred with the oil.-Maine State Board
Bulletin,
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When a CIoHa Trea Beara.

A Glove tree begins to bear at the
age of about ten years, and continues
until it reaches the age of seventy-fve
years. There are two crops year,
one in June and the other in Decem-
ber. Hot weather is favorable to the
,rop, although little fog Is said 10
improve the flavor.
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Rev. n. P. Carson, Scotland, OAK, says:
1.-TWO bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure complete.
ly cured my little girl" Sold by Druggists, T5c
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Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, BY
purities from the body. BegiE to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead,.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed; l0c, Csc, Soc.
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ASK Your Deaier for Aliens Foot Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes; rests
the feet. Cures Corns, BuDions, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating Feet
and Ipgrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new ortigbt shoes easy. At all drug:
gists and shoes stores, rs cts. Sample mailed
FREE. Adr's Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
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for few minutes whether or not you are TO
set a fall and broken neck? Wouldn't you
lave given small farm just then for some
means of driving off the beast? A few drops
If ammonia shot from Liquid Pistol would
njure the animal. such pistols sent postpaid
:or fifty cents in stamps by New York Z MON
Supply Co., la5 Leonard St., New York tity.
Every bicIclist at times wishes he had one.
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Ask for Aliens FoOt.Ease,

A powder for the feet. It cures hot, smart
Ing, aching, sweating feet and ingrowlng
nails; kills the sting OF corns und bunions:
S0,0GO testim onials; all drug and shoe
stores sell 1t; &c.; sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
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The Mopadnock block, Chicago, is said
to have daily population OF COCO.
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To Cure Constipation Forever
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 100 or 200.
u c. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
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A Garden Leveler and Grader.
Our engraving show very handy
homemade tool for leveling seed beds
in the garden or for grading walks and
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
testhing, softens the gums, reduces in1amma'
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Soldiers in the italian army are al
lowed two hours in the middle of the
day for a nap.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
,ess after frst days use OF DR.. Kliue's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treat free
DIR, z, II. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
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In the rock OF Gibraltar there are seventy
miles OF tunnels.
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Lions and tigers are too weak In lung
power to run more than half mile.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has sayed, me
many doctors bills. F. HARDY, Hopkins
Place. Baltimore. Md. Dec. =, 1894.
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Three thousand m marriages are performed
every duy all over the world.
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No.To-Bac for Fifty Cents
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weah
men strong, blood pure. G0c, q. All druggists
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British India now has 40 colleges and
II, 900 students.