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him. that he is making war on the
public health.
Air Churns.

Much is being done at the present
time to induce the small dairymHn
either to buy or take the agency for
some form of air churn, or other sim
liar device, for which great things are
claimed as to butter-making capacity.
The writer, and heads of dairy de-
partments in other institutions, have
received frequent letters in regard to
these dairy wonders, and this occasion
Is taken to state a few facts concern
ing them.
The value Of any churn is dependent
upon it's simplicity and durability,
upon the completeness with which it
does it's work, upon the power required
to operate it, and upon the ease of
cleaning 1t, after the butter is removed.
Although there have been, it Is
claimed, more patents granted for
churns than for any other single agri-
cultural implement, with the possible
exception of farm gates, nevertheless
1t is a fact that just as much and just
as good butter can be made with h
old-fashioned dash churn as with the
most modern churn known.
lAc pAlhClpAC VI OH Aulho 40 IAO
same, whether they are dash churns
or the so-called air churns, and 1t
should be remembered that no churn
can get more butter from a given
amount of milk or cream than 1t con-
tains of butter fat plus a reasonable
amount of water and Gaseous matter.
The writer has made a number or
tests with a so-called air churn, and
while butter of an excellent quality
was produced at a low temperature in
a remarkably short period of time, the
labor required to operate the churn
was so great as to render it practically
useless in day after day dairy work.
If the same amount of agitation could
have been produced in a dash or box
churn the butter would doubtless have
come as quickly and in as fine condi-
ton as it did with the air churn
While the various air churns and sep
arator churns doubtless have certain
desirable qualities, the reader must
bear in mind that they possess no new
principle and that they will not yield
more butter than the cream contains.
1t is recommended that these churns
be purchased only on trial of at least
two or three weeks and after a com
parison of price with other standard
dairy churns.-H. Hayward, Pennsyl'
vania Experiment Station.
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Cultivation of Bulbous Plants,

There is nothing more fascinating
than the cultivation of dubious plants.
They are the aristocrats of the vege-
table world. Their narrow stiff foil
age, often fragrant, waxlike, regular
flowers, have not the suggestion of
plebeianism about them. One can have
them highly colored, white. or pale;
stiff, in spikes or umbels, or hanging
in graceful sprays. They will bloom
in summer of winter, in the garden or
in the house. They demand nothing
but the most sensible sort of care, and
are not freaky or sensitive. Many,
like the hardy s~nowdrop, are among
the first harbingers of spring, firing
ing the departing snow. The dog
tooth violet or adder's tongue (beauti-
full in c%ultivation) and the crocus vie
with the d%andelion, and win the race
in their first appearance. They make
fine masses of color,.and are used with
great effect in beds of geOmetrical
shapes, and as ribbons and borders for
other plants. Individual taste may
here be displayed even in u city
back yards. Our parks and botanical
gardens are poor indeed if they have
not their beds of tulips and %hyacinths
in spring.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Turned the Tables on Reed.

A good story, involving Thomas B.
Reed, the gigantic speaker of the las:
house, and two congressman from
West Virginia, Hon. Blackburn B. Do
vener and Hon. Romeo Hoyt Freel
both of whom are small in stature an
wonderfully alike in their general ap
pearance, is now being told. Togeth
er they went Up to Names %ponderout
representative to be introduced.
"Humph!' said Mr., Reed, "is that the
best the persimmon state can do?"
what do you mean?" asked Mr..
Freer. Nothing" drawled the speak
err. 81 was only wondering at the
uniformity of things down your way.
| uppose the horses are all ponies
and the persimmons all dwarfs-'
well" interrupted Mr.. Freer, "there
is one thing in our favor, the persim-
mon has more taste than the pump
kim" The laugh was on the speaker
and he acknowledged it by cordially
grasping the hands of the Liliputians
and joining in the merriment.
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BREWING TEA IN CHINA.
Chinese Minister Tells How to Prepare
the Drink.

the Drink.
The assertion made by WI Ting
Fang, Chinese minister to the United
States, at the recent Tea Importers
dinner, that Americans did not know
how to brew tea. attracted so much
attention that he was asked by a
morning paper to give the public the
proper recipe. Mr.. WI says: "The
teapot, in China, is invariably of por-
celain, and varies in style, cost and d.
mansions in accordance with the taste,
wealth and size of the family pos
sessing it. In the morning a sufficient
quantity of the dry tea is placed in it,
and on this is poured hot water. Let
this infusion stand for a few minutes
say four or ive-and you have what
we, I think rightly, regard as a drink
fit for the gods. 1t is always ready.
Whenever the pot needs replenishing
all we have to do is to add a little
more tea and a little more water.
There is no hard or fast rule as to the
proportions of tea and water or as to
the character of the tea itself. 1t is all
a matter of individual taste. We use
black and green tea, and have either
weak or strong, just as our tastes
direct. We never drink it boiling hot,
as is done in America and England,
but at a moderate degree of warmth.
To maintain this desirable tempera-
ture it is customary to cover the tea
pot with a sort of bag padded with
cotton and lined with silk. The fam
lily teapot is simply emptied and re-
plenished every morning and not
secured inside, as that would rob the
vessel of it's delicate aroma. In this
way an old teapot acquires a degree
of fragrance that is analogous to the
seasoning of a pipe that has
been long in USE" The addition OF
milk, sugar or any other ingredient is
severely condemned by the minister.
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X WITH A
Chicago Man Runs a Restaurant ON
bible PRINCIPLES.

blOl6 RIInCApASSs
A restaurant conducted upon Bible
principles, ''as Christ would conduct
an eating-house;" is in successful OPP
Grafton in Chicago. Although hidden
away in an obscure basement in Clark
street, the restaurant, called "The
Christian has grown in favor since
it's establishment a year ago, and hun
dreds of persons %patronize it every
day. Paul Funck is the proprietor of
''The Christian" restaurant, and he
declares that he is guided in every act
by the Bible. The restaurant occupies
a room 40 feet by 80 feet, and it is
fitted out with a lunch counter and a
dozen tables. The walls are decorated
with quotations from the Scriptures.
Gospel meetings are held in the res
taurant every Saturday evening, and it
is closed on Sundays. Proprietor
Funck says that he follows out a
Christian inspiration in giving pat
rons large portions Of well-cooked food
for the least money possible. Five
years ago was a hopeless drunkard,
tottering between the penitentiary and
the grave" Mr.. Funck said yester-
day, as he arranged a pile of tracts on
his cashiers desk. "One day l went
into a Y. M. G.. A. meeting, and there
heard the voice of the Lord. Since
that time l have been a Christian,
Good-by, and God be with you, Broth
err john" Mr.. Funck said, turning tc
shake hands with an aged shoestrins
peddler who moved at a snairs pace
While Mr.. Funck was talking there
were frequent Interruptions as Gus
toners stopped to pay their checks ant
give the proprietor a greeting or {
blessing. Whenever a customer who's
appearance ~betokened extreme povert!
entered the restaurant Mr.. Funck bad
him keep his money, and the checl
went into the waste basket with
God bless you," or some simila
benediction.-Inter Ocean.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH
insulated Cabinet Prevents Radiation of
Heat.

1O@As
In one of the hospitals in Chicago
there is an Interesting electric light
bath, which is essentially a large
wooden box, the walls and top of which
are lined with mirrors and studded
with incandescent lamps. The inte-
rior horizontal dimensions of the cab
met are 3h by Az feet, with a height
of about z feet. The bottom side walls
and the ceilings are lined with rec
tangular' plate glass mirrors, between
which are narrow wooden strips with
porcelain sockets for the i~ncandescent
lamps. In the lower half of the cab
met there are so lamps, and in the up
per there are So. The cabinet is care
fully insulated to prevent the radia-
ton of heat. The door of the cabinet
is in two parts, the lower one being
lined with mirrors on the inside and
the top M formed of clear glass. The
temperature varies from ITO to 140 de-
grees Fahrenheit, says the Western
Electrician. The electric light bath is
used for the treatment of v dis
eases, Bright's disease and fatty de-
generation of the heart. There are on
ly two similar baths in tn country.
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Dairy Notes.

OdAy EOONSs
Professor Otis of the Kansas Agri-
cultural College says that there are
in that state over 684, 900 cows, and
intimates that about IA per cent of
them are not paying expenses. Thus
if $4,000 Of the poorest COWS in Kan
sas were sent to the slaughter pens
at once the Kansas farmers would be
ahead the beef value of the cows, for
their value for dairy purposes is moth
ing. 1t would be well if every farmer
that keeps a COW would find out
whether the said GOV has a dairy
value or not. The opinions Of Profess
sor Otis were formed on native COWS
used at the station for experimental
purposes.
Where alfalfa can be successfully
raised it should be grown for use in
the dairy. 1t is a very serviceable
plant for the production of protein,
and is far more valuable in it's pro-
tein contents than most of our tables
show. 1t is generally figured that al
falfa hay contains 1915 per cent of
QlS0SIlDI6 pIOIoIu1 UuC IL SOhAOAANS
greatly exceeds that. At the Kansas
Agricultural College good alfalfa hay
analysed as high as Is per cent of
digestible protein, which is far in ex-
cess of ordinary bran. This would in
dictate that a ton of alfalfa contains
| digestible nutrients far in excess of
its commercial value. The lesson to
be drawn is, that alfalfa should be
freely used where easily obtainable.
The makersland consumers Of dairy
products everywhere should make a
vigorous fight against the use of any
chemicals in butter and milk. The
large prevalence of disease like
Bright's disease is believed to be due
to the adulteration of food. The. gen.
eral public has sunk into a state oil
carelessness in the matter, n take
the authorizations as a matter OF
course. Farmers are in a position tc
exert a salutary influence on the sit
uation. When a druggist advertise:
drugs for the preservation of milk ant
butter, he should be given to under
stand by the farmers that patrontz'
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Remedies.

During the past year the department
Of entomology of the Kansas Expert
ment Station made extensive trials of
a number of horn-Ay traps and repel-
lent mixtures for the purpose of find
ing some means of furnishing protec-
ton to stock from the horn-fy at a
reasonable cost. In no cases were the
fy-traps effective, but with the mix
lures more satisfactory results were
obtained.
One of the best remedies on the mar
ket, in order to be reasonably effective,
had to be applied every day, and in
such large quantities as to make a cost
of 20 cents for each application to one
cow-a sum greatly exceeding in value
all the benefits derived from the use
of the mixture. Of a number of RENE
dies of our own ~compounding that
were tested we have selected one
which for cheapness and effectiveness
seems deserving of a more extensive
trial. 1t is not as satisfactory as we
would like it to be, but it is consid-
erably cheaper, as effective and often
more lasting than fish-oil, which in
our opinion is one of the best of the
horn-fy remedies. 1t is made as fol-
lows: Pulverized resin, 2 parts, by
measure; soap shavings, l part; water,
II part; fsh-oil, 1 part; oil Of tar, 1
part; kerosene, 1 part; water, 3 parts.
Place the resin, soap shavings, ~ part
of water and fish-oil together in a
receptacle and boil till the resin is dis
solved. Then add the 8 parts of water,
following with the oil of tar mixed
with the kerosene. Stir the mixture
we'll and allow it to boil for fifteen
minutes. When cool the mixture is
ready for use, and should be stirred
frequently while being applied. The
mixture costs about 80 cents a gallon.
| From ~one-eighth to one-half pint is
sufficient for one application. To apply
the mixture, a brush is essential. We
find nothing more satisfactory than a
large painters brush. At first it is
we'll to make an application for two
or three days in succession. After
ward an application every other day
will suffice. Cows, in standing in
water and mud, running through
weeds and brush and rubbing against
trees, often remove some of the mix
ture. In this case it is well to re-
touch the unprotected parts. 1t is
often more economical not to attempt
to protect the entire animal, but only
those parts not reached by the head
or tail. This mixture is very sticky
and for this reason is not recon-
mended for horses. 1t is perfectly
safe. and in no case has it appeared
detrimental to the health of the ami
mal.-Bulletin Go.
If the farmer wants to have laying
fowls this fall he must have pullets
now and feed them so they will mature
in a few months. 1t is not difficult
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-19
These Women.

''The doctor said he couldn't do any
thing for my rheumatism unless I
drop out of my rainy-day club"
.eWhat does your rainy-day club do?".
"Why, we dress up in our suits and
run around in the rain, Of course"
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SIMS ter.

"He says he would gladly lay the
world at my feet" said the sentimental
young m That's what he'll
do" said Miss Cayenne. after you've
married he'll lay the world at your
feet and compel you to walk on it,
because you can't afford a cab"
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alone, NJ. W. Robinson, a lawyer Of
this city, has fought Vehmeyer's case
for him taking it from court to court,
successful in the end.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
Sussex Tomato Growers.

The tomato growers in Sussex county
are much enthused over the tomato
question, and many of them are hold
ing meetings in the rural school build
ings and signing written agreements
that they positively will not grow
tomatoes under q stipulated price. A
farmer who is not able to live season
without the profits of such a crop will
beaded through by the prosperous farm
err. This, the farmers say, they real
ize they must do or else they will soon
have to succumb to the muscular pow
ers Of the syndicate, and practically
become under state of bondage. II
this works effectuslly with this crop
they will also attempt to have some
degree of say as to the price of other
products. They claim when they buy
goods of merchant they must lay his
price, and when they employ lawyers,
doctors end mechanics they must pay
them according to their charges, con-
they believe that they right
fully should also have some degree of
say as to the value of their products
and labor.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
TO FIRST VOTERS

There is a constitutional pro-
vision which viii become opera
tive before the next general cleo
tion is held, of which the general
public maynotbe aware, although
lt has been published IN connec-
ton with the Constitutional Con-
vention. It is an educational
test. 1t is "that no person who
becomes Of age or who is natura.
lzed after January 1st, 1900, shall
De permitted to vote who shall
not be able to read the Constitu-
ton IN English, and be capable Of
writing his name. I
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
ais LifeI was saved.

Mr.. ]. 3. Lilly, j prominent citizen of
Hannibal, Mo-. Lately had wonderful de-
llverance from : ffishtfuI death. ii telling
of i be says; T was taken with Typhoid
Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. Nv lungs
became hardened. wasao weak I 1couldn's
even sit up in bed. Nothirlg helped 1ns i
expected to soon disof eonsunaDtion aha,..
7 heard Of D.. King New DiscoVarv / ops
bottle gave great rslisf. continued "a uss s
\, and nov am well aud strong. sa,,f ssss. Is
VOC muen y " pshias. THIS marvellous
medicine i The sursh md o,.;es.sss ,,,s ,ss;..
~ Wolio soz alA lnIFoat ard Lung Trouble:
: nszaiaz slzzs 90 eatsts and n esl Trial Isl.
Ties fzea ii Yaugh ~. ,s,,, IS.
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1887 THE SUN. 1900
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orally il better able TO impart his
knowledge than he man who has little
or nothing 70 spend.
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THE SUMS reports from all parts Of
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The SUMS Cable Service is the
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Philippines and in South Africa de-
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In getting the news. When you get
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When you read daily paper, whose
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BY mail Fif y Cents q month; six
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THE CHURCHES.


Bethesda NJ. E. Church.-Rev. E. w. Cas-.
$50 a. m, and 7.30 p. m. Sabbath School
every Sabbath at2 p M, A. G. Cox, Superin-
tendent. Prayer meeting, every Thursday
evening, 7.30 O'Clock. Junier EpwoFth
League and Epworth Cadets every
Friday night at z O'Clock. Young Ladies' Mis-
Women's Foreign Missionary Society, first
Friday night of each month. Women's Home
Missionary Society. first Thursday night of
each month. Mite Society, first Saturday
night Of each month. Official Board meeting
lrst Friday afternoon Of each month at 230
o'clock.
Forest Presbyterian Church.-Rev. f. III.
Moore Pastor. Services held every Sabbath
morning at 1890 o'clock, and every Sabbath
every Sabbath morning at 9.l5 o'clock,
Ell. G. Ellison, Superintendent. Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday evening. Young Peo-
pels Society Christian Endeavor meets every
Sunday evening at 6.45 o'clock. Junior So
ciety Christian Endeavor every Sunday after
noon ut o'clock.
st. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Rev. VIM. ]. Wilkie, Rector. Holy Commun-
ion on the first Sunday In the month at 10.3c
q. m. On all other Sundays at 7.30 a. m. Di-
vine services every sunday at 1890 a. M, and
80 p. m. Morning Prayer and Litany every
Wednesday and Friday at $50 a. m. Even
ing Prayer on Wednesdays at 7.30 p. m. and
on Friday at $50 p. m. On all Holy Days
service at $50 a. m, Sunday School at 9.45 a.
m. Adult Bible Class at rs 3. m. on We'd
nesdays. The Guild meets every Thursday at
2 p. m, the Junior Auxiliary TN Saturdays at
3 p. m. and the Woman's Auxiliary OH the
second Friday of each month at ESQ pm.
Services at Arm strong's Chapel the first
Sabbath of each month at 3p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
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Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No.2, Jr. o. y. A. M
Meets every Monday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. 5, A. r. & A. M. Meets
first Tuesday Of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, /. D. o. r.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. II, K. OF P. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhorter's Hall at
8o'clock.
every second and fourth Friday night in K
of p. Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 8, A. O.U. W., meets every
ID and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24

There Is no little enemy LiEtis I'M
puriIies in the blood are sources of great
danger and should b. expelled By Hood's
sarsaparilla.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
ABScGa)TELY PURE

US, but when the party leaders in Con-
rress concluded that it was best to put
a small duty one-fourth o: what foreign
countries psy,-on Porto Rico products
he at once stated that he would not at
tempt to place his personal opinion
above that of Congress, but would sign
any bill passed by Congress. The prin-
cipal object of the duty is to raise mon
ey to be spent for the betterment of
Porto Rico.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24

Crisfeld, Md, now has system of
water works, The plant was recently
accepted by the Board of Town Com
missioners. Experts pronounce, the
system one of the finest in the State
and congratulated the contractors E.
+. Kitson, of Reading. Pa, and Engi-
neer 3. M. Ksnly, of Baltimore. The
mains cover an area of over three
miles and consist of eight, six and four
inch pipe. The standpipe, which is
the largest on the Eastern Shore. isle
feet in diameter and 100 feet high and
has a capacity of $50, 400 gallons.
The water supply is from three wells
sunk to depth OF 200 feet, either of
which will afford 10000 gallons of
water day. The water is first lifted
into reservoir, which has a capacity
OF 10000 gallons, by an air system and
then into the standpipe by a powerful
pump, with a capacity of 200 gallons a
minute.
Jacob Poore, aged 38 years, Of Farm.
ington, who attempted suicide q few
years ago, made another attempt to
take his life last Tuesday. Going to
the house where his wife and children
aie staying, he requested permission to
see them, but his request was refused;
then ne drew a revolver, and shot
himself, the bullet entering his head.
barely missing the temple, and coming
out the scalp. He fell to the ground,
unconscious. When he revived. he
asked for his revolver saving he |
" wished to make better job of it.
his wound Is not regarded as serious, |
jealousy is supposed to have prompted |
his rashness. In the previous attempt |
10 take his life. he climbed stree. and. |
after fastening one end of rope to |
limb and tying the other end around |
MS neck, jumped to the ground. This
attempt at suicide failed because the
rope was too long.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24

Secretary Hay has begun an ia
vestigation to ascertain whether the
charge of Charles E. Macrum, who prac'
tically deserted his post as United
States Consul at Pretoria, because
this government did not take sides
with the Beers, that his official mail
was opened by the British Military
Censor at Durham, was true. The first
that Secretary Hay, or anybody in
Washington heard Of this serious
charge was when Mr.. Macrum pub
lished statement, over his signature,
giving his reasons for running away
from bis post. If the charge be true,
an apology will of course, be demand
cd from the British government.
Middletown transcript., 1900-02-24
rliddletown Directory.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
RANKS

President, G. W. w. Naudain; Secretary,
George g. Rowe; Charles II. Howell, VIM. r..
cochran, David L. Allen.