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The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21

bic hen has begun to lay; and ers tho
milkmaid stirs peg, the hen is up and
has dropped her egg; the corn must
rustic and flowers spring If they hold
their own with the barnyard ring. II
Maud is needing hat and gown, she
goes to the store and obtains her suit
with basket full of her fresh hen
fruit; if the milkmaid's beau makes a
Sunday call, she doesn't feed him milk
at all, but works up eggs in custard
pie and stuffs him full Of chicken fry;
and when the old man wants horn,
does he take the druggist load OF
corn? Not much! He simply robs
nest and to town he goes-you know
the rest. He fingers there and he talks
perchance, of true reform and correct
feenance, while his poor wife stays a.
home and scowls. but is saved from
want by those self-same fowls; foi
while her husband fingers there sh'
watches the cackling hens with care,
and gathers eggs, and the eggs she'll
hide till she saves enough to stem the
tide. Then hail, all hail! to the Trim
Bile hen, the greatest blessing OF all
men! throw up your hats and make
Rome howl for the preserving barn
yard fowl; Corn may be king, but it's
plain to be seen the Trimble hen is
the Kentucky Queen-Milton (Ky.)
News
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
A Last Gift.
BY KATE M. CLEARY.

Copyrighted, 1900, Daily Story Pub. Col
The click -click-clatter Of her busy
typewriter ceased. She looked across
the room at the man stretched on the
lounge. A tablet lay beside him. A
pencil was held loosely between the
idle fingers of his right hand-a thin,
languid, transparent hand, with taper
ing flnger-tips and azure veins. He had
lain 80 far an hour, during which the
metallic clamor of her machine had
never ceased. Occasionally he had
coughed, and now and then his eye
lids had closed in the drowsy lassitude
of invalidism.
"No inspiration, Duke?" she ques-
toned gently.
Not an idea I'm wondering how
! ever wrote the stuff l did last year.
Every one said it was good. | don't
feel fit to do the commonest reporting
NOW. One of these days" he ccaclu-
hed with wan smile, you'll be gath
ering the laurels-not l."
"No," shaking her head decidedly
Never that. | can grind out mediocre
essays, and nice little stories with
happy endings, and dull, instructive
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
Milk Organs.

The milk organs are quite intimate
ly concerned in the productive capacity
of the COW, as it is in these that the
milk and butter fat are finally elab-
GRATED from the food. 1t is not alto
gether clearly understood how the milk
is made in the gland, but it seems
quite probable that it is produced by
the ephithelial cells within the udder.
So far as is known, the quantity Of
milk that can be producel depends in
a large part upon the number and
activity of these cells. The number
Of such cells is limited by the size of
the udder and the amount of fatty tis-
sue it contains. The dairy COW should
therefore have a large udder capacity,
the larger the better, but the size OF
the udder should not be due to any
large amount of fat or flesh. There
should be an elasticity of the tissue,
with a shrinkage of the udder when
empty. The udder should have con-
siderable surface, extending far for
ward and we'll up behind. 1t should
be we'll balanced and symmetrical in
shape, indicating good development in
all quarters; for the more perfectly
developed the organ is, the larger the
amount of milk it will be likely to
yield. It should be spread consider
ably from side to side also, while the
placed. To make room for such ca
pacious, well-developed udder, the
hind legs of the cow should be wide
apart, the thighs should be thin, and
the f1anks high arched.
The activity of the udder, or the
amount of work done in it, is indi-
Gated to some extent by the quantity
of blood that passes through it, which
depends quite largely upon the capac-
ity of the blood vessels which are con-
nected Herewith. It is important,
therefore, that there should be strong
and full development Of the arteries
and veins of the udder and abdomen.
The milk veins should be large and
elastic, should extend well to the
front, and should enter the abdomen
through large or numerous oriflces,
thus permitting strong flow OF blood
through them with minimum of re-
sistance as it returns to the heart.
Besides these veins, there is net
work of them in the fore quarters of
the udder, and still others pass up
ward behind, which, when large, in
dicate considerable productive capac-
ity.-Bulletin 20, Storrs Experiment
Station.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
Pork from Skim milk.

There is no doubt that skim milk is
great feed for hogs, but sometimes
too much is claimed for even skim
milk. When man claims to "fatten"
hogs on skim milk we confess our Gre
dulity is stretched to the breaking
point AS is well known, skim milk is
rich in the elements that make muscle
and sinew. but deficient in the ele-
ments that make fat. Thus, skimmilk
is excellent for developing the frame
of the pig, but after that some fat
making food must be brought In to
finish the hogs for market. Skim
milk is excellent as partial ration,
but nothing is gained by claiming
every virtue for it.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
UNIQUE CHARITY.
The Boston Plan Known as tho Farm
ers' Fruit Offering. 81

ers' Fruit Offering. 81
Boston has unique charity which
might we'll be patterned after by 9TH
er large cities. 1t is known as the
farmers fruit offering and the idea
originated with Edward Everett Hale.
In the year in which the scheme was
put into operations the farmers in
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont,
as we'll as those in Massachusetts, sent
to Boston as gift the surplus of their
fruit crop, and this was distributed
among the very poor people of the city.
A great many families were thus pro-
vided with fruit who never before had
81 n luxury in quantity. 1t was even
SAID that large number of children
tasted fruit for the first time in their
lives when they received that gift
from the farmers. This year there is
again tremendous crop of apples, one
that has made the fruit drug in the
market, unless it is of the best quality.
That surplus is now being shipped to
Bostcn for distribution through a char
liable organization that works without
pay. The railroads bring the stuff to
the city without cost. This year, in
addition to apples there are coming
considerable quantities of onions, tur-
nips, squash. some pears, and a few
potatoes. The shortage Of the latter
crop keeps the offerings of that sort
down to the lowest. A few farmers
who were lucky enough to get good
crop in this dry season are willing to
give away their surplus potatoes rath-
er than sell them, as they easily could.
These gifts will aggregate several
thousand bushels, mostly appIes. Ap-
pie parties are organized to visit Or
chards when farmer writes that he
will give the fruit to the society if
they will send men to pick and pack it.
The young people who join these par
ties have a jolly time while engaged
in this practical charitable work.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
A communication from the Unive,


A communication from the Univer-
sity of Illinois says:
Corn responds to selection as read
lily as caLlle. There is no longer any
doubt that varieties OF corn can be
further improved by the same methods
that have developed our breeds of live
stock. Little attention has been given
to systematic study of corn. as re-
CARDS the adaptation of varieties to
peculiar conditions Of soil and climate,
the breeding out OF sterile plants, the
adaptation of varieties for particular
purposes, as for feeding, starch fac
tories, production of corn oil, human
food, or to the fixing of variety char
acteristics with standard perfection.
Extensive experiments have proved
conclusively that corn is subject to
great variation and that by taking ad-
vantage of these variations by lntell-
gent selection, almost any improve
ment desired can be brought about.
An illustration OF the effect OF sucn
selection among other plants than In
dian corn can be found in the develop
ment Of the sugar beet. Vilmorln, a
French plant breeder, by selecting for
growing seed those beets having
higher per cent OF sugar than the or
dinary field beet, gradually increased
the per cent of sugar in the beets from
about per cent to 16 per cent. max
ing it possible to profitably manufac-
ture sugar from this source,
Highly bred corn has been developed.
There are at present few distinct
varieties of corn with widely different
characteristics which have been de-
veloped by careful selection during
quarter to half century. From the
fact that we have had no standard Oh
perfection for these varieties, in fact
have not known their history or pc
culiar characteristics, this improve
ment has been very slow. The uniVer
sity has secured large number OF
samples OF these established varieties
With the object OF determining the
variety characteristics and making a
has been accomplished, it will be pos
sible to supply pedigrees for these
varieties, which must mean, as it has
| meant in the breeds OF live stock, a
rapid improvement anG fixing of the
| characteristics of the varieties now in
existence. The university is also col
| lecting the authentic history of these
varlttjes as lar back rs they can lie
traced.
The specially selecled seed corn Will
never be used to plant the corn fields
Of lll,ncls. This seed nlLst ALWAYS 2X-
ist ia snail quantities which can he
used to grow the 100000 OR more
bushels of stock seed that will be
needed to plant the general crop for
Illinois. This stock seed will be Of
high grade, but one generation re-
moved and should differ but slightly
ftoru the best select .d seed. This SEED
can only be developed by corn special
lists, because it requires continued anl
careful breeding. 1t will never exist
III large quantities because of the close
selection to which it should be sub,
| iected
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
The Trimble County Hen.

We have read of Maud on a summer
day, who raked, barefooted, the new
mown hay; we have read Of the maid
in the early morn, who milked the
cow with the crumpled horn; and
we've read the lays that the poets
sing of the rustling corn and the flow
ers of spring; but of all the lays OF
tongue or pen, there's naught like the
lay of the Trimble hen. Long, long
before Maud rakes the hay the Trim
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
Turkeys Christian Ministers.

Most of the Turkish ministers to the
different countries are Christians. The
present ministers to the United States
and England are Greeks, and belong to
the Greek Catholic church. One Turk
ish minister, Christian, served Tur-
key for forty-four consecutive years in
London,
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
Bos.on's Ignorance OF Celebrities.

The Boston Athenaeum has long
contained three busts which no one in
that city was able to identify. The
assistant Librarian, a young woman, has
just recognized them as excellent like
ness of Lewis Cass, the great states
man; Nicholas Biddle, one of the most
eminent financiers of the century, and
a Russian prince, famous all over the
world
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
The Canadian Hog.

A Canadian newspaper correspond
ent writes: The big demand, this sea-
son, for hog products, both for the
home markets and for export, has
materially reduced stocks. In some
lines supplies are almost cleaned
up, and there is talk Of the ne
cessity Of importing the product
at an early date from the United
States. There has been a good profit
in hogs this year. Feed is more abun-
dant. That has contributed to the in
crease of the hog crop. The high
standard maintained by the Canadian
packers has been the means of increas-
ing the demand in the British mar
kets, and generally fostering the indus
try at home.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21

IT surrender" she murmufed. ~
was to the picture she spoke.
And SO it came that he was weak
enough to take this last gift from her
strong hands. The affair was quietly,
arranged. Their friends never knew
the truth of the matter. For of this,
man and woman one had the coward,
ice-the other had the courage-to be.
silent.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21
Free Mason 1Oe Years Old.

The Oldest Free Mason in the world
is Adna Adams Treat of Denver, Col.
He joined the order in 1923, and is in
his l03d year. He is still healthy and
active.
The Philipsburg mail., 1900-12-21

II Is said that this years cotton
crop will pay for the cost of produc-
ton and enrich the south with a
profit of 100000.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-16

The Official news from China has
got as far as this telegram from Sheng,
the imperial director of posts and tele-
graphs at Shanghai, to Minister WI at
Washington: "Pekin news of July 7
says that General Tuan Fuh Slang, in
disobedienoe to imperial orders, was
about to use guns. Legations and the
government will be in peril" This tele-
gram doesn't improve the situation, and
it will be generally looked on as indica-
tive Of the truth of the reports that the
foreigners in Pekin have been slain.
AS it is impossible to tell what has hap
pened and how what has happened did
happen there isn't much use specializing
about it. 1t seems strange that some
news can leak out of China, while what
the world wants to know can't, but
whatever game is being played will be
exposed before long, unless the whole
world is to be balfled by the willy Chi
nese, which isn't probable
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THE FLAG LINZ,

They are carefully observing the flag
law in Massachusetts,. For instance
the Springfield Unions campaign flag
is not attached to the strip of canvas
bearing the inspiring names Mckinley
and Roosevelt" but Is suspended from
separate wire directly beneath it. This
was done that there might be no pos
sible violation of any law relating to
Inscriptions on the flag. A Massachu
sets statute approved April 10, 1899,
expressly prohibits any words, figures,
advertisements or designs" being placed
on the flag, except that flags belonging
to Grand Army posts, or flags the prop
erty of or used in the service of the
United States or of Massachusetts, may
have inscribed thereon the names of
battles and the name and number Of
the organization to which such flags be-
long. The act further makes it a mis-
demeanor to mutilate, deface or treat
contemptuously any State or United
States flag, whether such flags are pub
lie or private property.
Connecticut has flag law too which
provides for the punishment of any per-
son who, in any manner, for exhibition
or display, puts or causes to be placed
any inscription, picture, design, device,
symbol name advertisement words
characters, marks or notice whatever
upon any flag, standard, color or ensign
of the United States or State flag Of
this State, or who, in any manner, APP
ponds, annexes or affixes to any such
flag, standard color or ensign any in
scription, picture, design, device, SYM
Dol, NAME advertisement, words, marks,
notice or token whatever.
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INTO LER Il nj IL M "a NNESS.

Mrs. Ella Morgan, who is suing for
divorce at Emporia, Kansas, is well
entitled to the general sympathy which
will be bestowed upon her She has a
husband who drinks, and drinks until
he is drunk. She could, it appears, put
up with that little idiosyncrasy, but she
can't stand what he does when he is
drunk, for he is not an ordinary drunk
ard, such as many other patient women
like Mrs. Morgan manage to live with.
When Mr.. Morgan gets drunk he exhib-
It's his real nature, which is such a
mean one that Mrs. Morgan cannot
tolerate il. Before she married Mr..
Morgan she was a widow, bearing the
name OF Mrs. Meeks, and she alleges
that when Mr.. Morgan came home
drunk he persisted in calling her Mrs.
Meeks and treated her as If she was
not his wife az all. AS soon as he was
sober he apologized for and corrected
the error, but she AYERS that she can
not stand the modification which he
caused her so often
If woman like Mrs. Meeks was will
ing to set aside the sacred memory of
Mr.. Meeks in favor of a man like Mr..
Mr.. Morgan, sober or drunk,
ought to know enough never to call her
attention to her dreadful mistake He
deserves to lose her companionship and
help and we hope the court al Emporia
Will promptly free her from her bond
age. 1t probably will, and when she
narries again she can be careful not to
get man who is as mean and unwor-
hy as Mr.. Morgan.
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sown, will not exceed 1890 100000 bush
els, plus possible remainders from the
harvest of 1898, while requirements for
seed and food amount, for the harvest
year now beginning, to not less than
2,450,0O0,000 bushels. To meet such re-
quirements some 42O000,000 bushels
must be drawn from reserves that,
theoretically at least, aggregate con5id-
erably less than 200,000.O00!
Mr.. Davis holds that the farmer ought
never to receive less than a dollar a
bushel for wheat, and the farmer will
doubtless agree with him.
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| have a long skirt and because of 1t
comes into a more dressy classification,
A pretty linen gown of this order is
shown here. 1t was string color, and
the trimming was applique of white
pique. Yoke and collar were tucked
white lawn. and the bodice belt was
black velvet
Scarlet twill khaki is made UP in
tailor fashion with excellent effect A
straight front jacket double breasted to
the chin, with back bobbed up Just a
little, is as stylish as can be, and may
be worn with other than its own skirt.
Tailored White duck is very swagger
and will be all the season. The tailor
ed skirt is suitable for wear with fancy
waists of the lace and lawn so much
in vogue, and the tailor waist may be
of eton or straight front Jacket type. or
it may be blouse with few tabs at
the back below the belt Burlap is
make up in this way, too, and so Is the
still rougher sacking.
Bright blue Isle stockings hand EN-
broidered all over the the instep with
little bright scarlet rosebuds, and green
leaves are very pretty with the white
tennis shoe so much worn in the coun-
try with summer outing dresses. Mer-
cerzed cotton stockings are every bit
as pretty to look at as spun silk, and
they are Warranted to wear without
losing gloss. Women will be able to
judge of that little later. Open-work
white Isle are dainty wear suitable only
for ankle skirt and places that do not
produce dust. FLORETTE.
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C. Wood Davis is at it again. Mr..
Davis is the Kansas man who few
years ago predicted that wheat would
soon be so scarce and high that some
thing would have to be done. Since
then wheat has been most of the time
very plenty and very cheap. But now
he can figure out sure scarcity and
high prices this year. He points out
that there is little probability of
the United States growing more than
$4,000, 900 bushels of wheat, as the out
turn promises to be greater in 1900 than
in 1899 only in Missouri, Nebraska.
Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma, while in
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, the Dakotas and in Calfor-
mia, as well as in Pennsylvania and
New York, there will be greater or less
reductions, the net loss being a least
10, 900, 900 bushels, the bear" expert
Snow placing the total probable out
turn at only AGO, 100000 bushels. Aus
tralasia grows 100000 less than in
1899; India 56,0OO,OOO bushels less and
Europe probably OO,0oOOOO bushels less,
of which France is credited with 10o,-
900, 600, while Canada, in the Northwest,
will grow 30,00o,0 900 bushels less If the
countries inhabited by "bread-eating"
populations of European lineage grow
no more wheat than here indicated the
aggregate available by such popula-
tons, including 100,O0000O bushels from
the South American crop but recently
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The Frog-I wish l was lady's pet!
The Dog-You lady's pet? Absurd
| The Frog-What's the matter? Don't
you think I'm ugly enough Puck.
Sillieus-A great many fashionable
people belong to our chess club
Cynicus-Yes, somebody told me you
were moving in good society.-Phiadel-
phia Record
A Time Extraordinarily wife
tells me you have just bought her a
new wheel. Lane--Yes She can now
run home from the golf links and see
the children Observation-Disclosures Free
Press.
Stranger-Is that deep well you are
digging?
Larry-Shure, Sor if it gifts much
deeper Oi'll rint it to TIL Government to
hurry soldiers through to Chiny.-Chi-
cago News
The ViewPoint.-First Rabbit-That
town boy has been around here nearly
a week and never once tried to kill us.
Second Rabbit-Yes; he seems to be de-
void of all human NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
apolis Press.
Rating Himself High.-An Irish
Judge, on detecting witness kissing
his thumb instead of the Bible, ex-
claimed sternly: you may think to
deceive God, sir, but you won't deceive
me.'-Law Notes.
Percy Perkins talked to me all the
evening about an absorbing new book
he had just read on China"
"Wello"
when he lent it 10 me only about
one-tenth of the leaves were cut.'-In-
dianapoliS Journal.
An Excuse.-"She has been divorced
three times said the Boardwalk gos-
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sip But" demonstrated the Chicago
lady who had not caught the drift of
the conversation, perhaps she did not
marry until late in life. '-Philadelphia
North American.
The two men had talked for time
in the train. Are you going to hear
Barkins lecture tonight" said one.
Yes" returned the other. Take my
advice and don't / hear that he is an
awful bore" II must 60" said the
other. TN Barkins. '-Tit-Bits.
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FASHION NOTES.
Wnsli StufYs Finely Tailored.

Tailormade wash gowns are in high
favor. The unusually cool weather of
June made them popular for gowns Of
cotton covert, heavy linen, khaki and
such materials were a relief from the
woods of winter, yet did not look too
summary. Few sizeable ward robes are
without a linen made in correct tailor
fashion with jaunty Jacket and a far
ing skirt that Is usually a modified
sheath about the hips Such a dress is
made to clear and Is worn with a pom
gee shirt waist. or one Of white silk Is
just the thing for raveling or dusty
summer driving. The tailored linen
gown that is bit more elaborate may
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GOWNS.

GOWN ATS CENTS WORTH
REGULARLY s1.19 AND SIPS, OF
fine Lonsdale Cambria, square neck
with yoke of lace insertion and tuck
ing. Some in same with hem-stitch-
ed yoke.
GOWN AT-s1.25 WORTH REGU-
LARLY-s1.2s, OF FRENCH MAIN
sock, hemstitched yoke, with VAL lace
edge.
GOWN AT-$1.SS WORTH REGU-
LARLY-$150, OF FINE LONSDALE
Cambria. square neck, back and front,
yoke tucked and finished with fine
embroidered edge.
GOWN AT-s1.5o WORTH REGU-
LARLY-$2, SLIGHTLY RUMPLED
and in broken sizes, made entirely OF
Lonsdale Empire style, reveres of en-
broidery and embroidered edge.
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CORSET COVERS.

|
CORSET COVERS ATS CENTS
WORTH REGULARLY $l.00, OF
fine French Nainsook, French styles,
either short or below waist line, trim
med with fine Val. lace and silk rib
bon drawn. Both round and square
neck.
CORSET COVERS $1.25 WORTH
REGULARLY-$1.38 OF FINEST
French Nainsook, with Val. lace in
sertion. diagonal fashion and ribbon
drawn.
DRESSING SACQUES.
DRESSING SACQUE Ats CENTS
WORTH IRREGULARITIES CENTS,
of fine sheer white lawn, fitted back,
collar, sleeves, trimmed with VAL lace,
pearl buttons.
Extra sizes up to A inches.
DRESSING sACQUEs Ats, 25.
WORTH REGULARLY-$175, BUT
slightly mussed and soiled, Of, fine
white lawn, fitted back, with sailor
collar, trimmed with embroidery.
Sizes as large as A inches.
DRESSING sACQUES AT --sl.25
OF FINEST LAWN, MADE WITH
sailor collar, trimmed with lace insertion and
edge, and some with embroidered collars