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A Cause of Poor Separation.

From experiments in Sweden to de-
termine the cause of the unsatisfac-
tory results occasionally noted in the
SEPARATION Of milk, it has been shown
that when the milk has been strongly
agitated (as in certain methods Of pas
teurization), before separat ton, lower
percentage of cream is obtained. In
the skim milk, when separated under
good conditions. the percentage of fat
should not exceed 0.1 per cent; if the
milk has been previously agitated, this
amount may run up to 05 per cent.
The explanation is that during the agi-
tation some Of the large fat globules
are broken up into smaller sizes, al
though some may increase their vol
ume. Very minute globules are sep
arated with difficulty; the smaller they
are the more effect has the sickness
Of the milk upon them. The same diff
ficulty is also noticed when dealing
with the milk of COWS that have been
long in milk, the fat globules of their
milk being much smaller than when
newly calved. The conclusion, drawn
from the experiments, is that milk in
tended for butter making should not
be subjected to any violent agitation
previous to passing it through the
separator.
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Waste of the Chefs.

The great chefs Of this eXtravagant
age seem to have taken for their motto.
Get the smallest portion of food out
tf the most costly bird or beast in such
a way as to effect the greatest possible
waste" A dish created by famous
Paris chef as the piece de resistance
of the dinner given to the beautiful
LIE Bargy, who is, according to recent
news from Paris, to marry the son of
ex-PreSident Casimir-Perier, consisted
of the most delicate portions of thirty
geese, ten turkeys, and several wood
cocks, served in a sauce made by stew
ing the tender meat of four sirloins of
beef, and leaving only the turkey ele-
ment to be served up with truf1es.
The cost of this one course was S40O-
not because of what it consisted, but
because of all that was wasted in its
preparation. On this principle of
waste as much as possible to prepare
fashionable dish," truf11es will soon
be as questionable as onions, as they
can almost always be obtained for
about S. a pound, and no chef has as
yet discovered that any part of them
is much better than any other part, to
excuse wasting half and double the
price.
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Company Insures Glory After Death.

Any Austrian believer in post
mortem glory, provided he is not a con-
victed criminal and can pay the SUBJ
scription to the universal Memorial
Insurance Society,"" may secure the
erection of a monument or mural tablet
to his memory after his death. This
novel insurance company, which has
just issued its prospectus, provides me.
MORALS to its polcyholders who die
after reaching the age Of fifty, in desir-
able sites in Vienna the prominence of
position being graduated according to
the amount of the premium. Thus, by
paying on the highest scale, one may
insure Il statue in the Stadt Park OF
other public garden in central Vienna;
the two next classes of policies provide
monuments in less honorable posi-
tons: and the fourth class is for mural
tablets. A policyholder dying before
he is fifty forfeits his premium. On
the death of an insurer a committee
meets and decides the charact and
site for the monument, taking into
account the class Of policy held by
the deceased. TO provide data for
their decisions, the insured have to
send i'll annual reports specifying any
thing noticeable they have achieved.
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ERg.Eatinp Eabit,

"The egg-eating habit is laid to
good many causes. However, in my
experience I have seldom noticed 1t
where plenty of oyster shall or she'll
forming material was at hand. It
generally has its beginning where
fowls get to laying soft-shelled eggs.
There are two reason for this-a soft
shelled egg is an invitation to fowl
to help itself and also if they did not
need the shell element they would
not lay soft shells unless in the case
where the fowls are over-fat," says c.
A. Stone in Poultry Standard. "There
are a good many remedies, but have
never run across any that were abso.
lutely sure every time. The most prac-
tical way have ever struck is to catch
the leader, if possible, at the very be-
ginning, before the flock has learned
the trick, and apply the hatchet cure.
Or where the habit is universal supply:
all the oyster shells they can eat.
Keep them hustling for their feed.
Gather the eggs as often as possible;
don't leave any in the nest if you can
possibly help it. Also supply liberal
amount of animal food, piece of raw
meat hung up where they will have to
jump for it will detract their atten-
ton, as with other habits. Then stock
up with a number Of loaded eggs.
Take few eggs and crack them
apart, keeping the shell as whole as
possible. Then make a paste, mixed
up with a liberal supply of red pepper,
altogether too much for comfort, or
something similar; now by filling the
shells we have an egg which, if sup
piled literally for few Gays, will gen-
orally discourage the egg-eating habit
very soon. This remedy combined
with keeping the nests in a dark loca-
ton will almost always effect cure"
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YOU cot now that would Just come to
about six dollars, that Mrs. Patten
would be likely to fancy? To tell the
honest truth, John, want to go to
that show the worst way. but somehow
Ann Eliza is bound that shan't Got
her ideas so firm I can't move 'em.
I told her 1 wouldn't buy ticket. but
she can't say anything # 1 have one
given tc me-"
The good-natured proprietor COM
pretended the situation at once. "How
would she like new shawl? I've got
some handsome ones Mr.. Patten
shook his heads His Iite did not like
shawls.
Most ladies are always pleased with
new dress. No? Well, how's the
linen department? Just in, and the
finest assortment of table linen ever
shown in this town" He unfolded a
beautiful cloth, fine and glossy. "One
of the most expensive cloths I've got;
and seeing it's you, Uncle Jerry, III
make it an even eigat dollars. Its
marked eight-ifty, you see"
Half an hour later Mr.. Patten
marched into his sitting-room, a salts
fed smile upon his face. He had not
looked so happy in a week. and his
wife noticed it at oncc.
What is it, Jerry? What's in that
bundle?"
open it," he said, affably, throwing
it into her lap. "Its for you, and If
you don't say it's the Tretdest thing
you ever saw"
"Why, Jeremiah Benijah Patten,
what under the sun ha.e You bought
ME another table-cloth for?" Mrs.
Patten exclaimed, as she unfolded the
beautiful linen. eve a new one now
that I've never used, and this Island
sakes alive, Jerry Patten, did you buy
this to get show ticket with it?" She
had read the placard when she went
in to purchase her calico, and sus-
picion of the truth flashed over her.
"Yes, I did," replied Mr.. Patten,
stoutly, land you can't say a word
against my going if I go on a free
ticket"
"a free ticket" repeated Mrs. Pat
ten, expressively; then she leaned back
in her chair and laughed till the tears
came. "Well, Jerry, if you want to
60 to that show as bad as all that"
she said, as she wiped away a tear
perhaps not all due to the laughter.
Its a mighty pretty table-cloth.
now isn't it," asked Mr.. Patten, anx-
iously.
"Yes, too pretty, and too fine for
plain people like us, Jerry"
"Not bit Of it. Nothing is too good
for you, Ann Eliza. You'll come along
ts the show, won't you?" he added,
coaxingly. "Things don't seem half so
pleasant when you amt about to share
'em with me-"
When the performance began Mr..
and Mrs. Patten were on the top row
Of the middle seats &C usual, and one
would never have gathered from Mrs.
Patterns interested face that she had
objected to coming.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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Why Flowing Kills the BupL

On most soils fall plowlng lays the
ground open to the action Of the ele-
ments, rendering fertility available,
loosening and flning the soil and de-
Stroying insects and vermin. Another
advantage is that it enables the farmer
to sow his grain earlier than he other
wise could, for at the first thawing. be-
fore plowing is possible, he could SOW
his wheat. Besides. If it should be a
bug year he gains on them by early
planting and the grain is out of the
way before the chinch bug becomes nu-
merous.
The harrow cannot be used too much
for surface fitting. The roller is dan.
gerous implement except on light sandy
soils. If used on heavy lands it should
generally precede sowing and at least
one narrowing FOLLOW it. On fall
plowed lands disking and narrowing in
the spring is sufficient. Flowing may
safely be omitted when tile wheat fol-
lows corn or some clean-cultiyated crop
but on grass lands or where weeds or
other growths are prevalent it is best
to plow to a depth Of five inches, turn
ing under all green growth. then pre-
pare with disk and steel-tooth harrows.
Don't skimp the narrowing, it is the
important part.-Farming
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DOMESTIC.

The 300 egg gamblers of Chicago have,
gone on strike for a nine-hour day,
A movement has been started in Den
yer to bring to that city two years
hence one of the great National polit-
ical conventions.
The great bronze statue Of the late
President Mckinley to be erected on
the Capitol grounds has reached
Columbus, Ohio, from Providence. r. I.
Thomas A. Edison said he has dis
covered large quantities Of cobalt in
North Carolina and will be able to-
reduce the cost of electrical traffic by.
half and to cheaper electric automo-
biles.
The National Synod of the Reformed
Church closed its sessions at Bellefon-s2
taine, Ohio, and will meet next year
at Allegheny, Pa. 81
Women of prominence in club work
from all over the country assembled
at st. Paul for the General Federation
of Women's Clubs.
While hunting bear in the Montana
mountains, n. @. Artman, Great
Nulluelll d5eul At LloJ, ~. L., oCSan0
separated from his party and perished.
Police fire on striking miners at In
diana, Pa. killing two men aud wound
ing six, after strikers had opened FIRE
with revolver shot.
Investigation by Commissioner ELL
son revealed new system Of secret
taps of New York City's water mains
in Brooklyn which have cost New York
S150,000 in the last ten years.
President Raymond, of Union Col
lege, in his baccalaureate sermon at
Schenectady, N. Y, told the students
that the corruption against which so
great an :ry has been raised was
not new. out that there had been a
change in the worlds ethical standards.
After twenty-one years of silence,
Louis Mendelson, Of Chicago, suddenly
recovered his rover Of speech and re-
marked to his brother: "Is 1t hot
enough for you?"
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

There was a demonstration by the,
people Of Lucena, p. L., against the.
Capuchin monastery. Governor Ide
was met by a delegation which pre-
sented a petition asking for the expll-
sion Of three Capuchin frlars from
Sariaya.
Americans won't stay in the Philip
pines and Goverror-General Ide's
secretary notes, too. that clerks going
now are below par.
The public schools in the Philippines
were opened; 1t was estimated that
half a million natives attended the
sessions. ~
The gunboats Alba, Mindanao and
Maileno, captured by Admiral Dewey
when he destroyed the Spanish feet,
have been sold as junk for $6606 at
Olongapo. n
The naval tug Piscataqua has been
ordered from Manila to meet the float
ing dry dock Dewey at Singapore and
assist in towing 1t to port.
The police force of Manils is reduced
to 500 men. Of whom 200 are Ameri-S
cans and the remainder Filipinos. As
a result 10J American policemen are
slated for dismissal. X
Three slight earthquake Ehocks were
felt in Manila on June ald 6. The
shocks were severe on the Island OF
Samar. .... ,S
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&f4bEzafaF any ?

ment in many ways. The buggy or
riding horse on the farm is not usually
overworked, and unless on extra duty
the grass alone should keep it In condi-
ton. Any partial cripples that have
been made as much use of as possible
and an old horse or two are often very
useful on the farm-should be given a
complete rest on the grass to recoup
against haying time. When there Is
milk run, the milk cart horse is the
one which has as much hard work to
do as any one on the farm. He Is at it
daily, Sunday included, which sooner
or later generates weakness, mostly in
the legs, and a rest on the grass is not
only well merlted, but highly adyan-
tageous especially if given in time, and
before the horse has become chronic
cripple.
When these horses are put out and
rested a month or so-and this is none
too long-they should have their shoes
taken off and run barefooted. Hacks
which have been much employed dur
ing the winter, but are now not so
much used, should never be kept in
the stable, as run at grass Is much
the better way Of either resting or i'm
proving them. If the winter work has
been hard and the horses are run down,
the sooner the rest and grass cure is
begun the better. To run them on till
the fall will only increase their all
ments, while a rest in time will often
quite cure deficiencies, which, if let go
or aggravated by further cause, may
end in serious loss or permanent flaws.
A horse that really needs rest should
have nothing short of one month. Two
would be better in many cases, while
three months will rejuvenate most
animals in a satisfactory manner.
If possessed of any ailments which
no veterinarian can relieve or remove,
this attention should be given when
grazing begins, or grazing should fol-
low the treatment closely, If it cannot
be accomplished when on grass and
out. The most favorable land for re-
cruiting horses is that Of marshy
character. Leg and foot ailments are
the most common. and soft ground is
desirable as a remedy, but it should
always be associated with good grass.
A good water supply should invariably.
be a condition of horse grazing fields,
which should be absolutely free Of
barbed wire, broken rails or sharp pro-
jections, which are likely to enter
either foot or body. Shade in hot
weather is also enjoyed, and if not suf-
fciently supplied by. trees, an open
shed should be erected. In that case
rough, strong posts and any kind Of
cool roof answer the purpose perfectly.
w. R. Gilbert, in Massachusetts,
Ploughman.
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Farm and Garden Notel

There is no soil too good for the gar
den.
Poor seed in good soil is making a
poor use of good thing.
For the best and most tender vegeta-
bles the ground must be rich.
Every orchard that is we'll cultivated
can be made to pay handsomely.
Keep the stables clean; standing in
wet manure tends to make the feet OF
the horses tender.
Systematic training is of value in
handling young colts; teach them one
thing at a time and learn it thoroughly.
With poultry, as with other farm
products, one secret in being able to
secure good prices lies in the offering
of good stock.
The proper way to feed corn to young
chickens is to give in crushed or
cracked condition, and it may be fed
dry or scalded.
In breeding for color, always select
birds shade darker than the color
YOU want to breed, as fowls are in
clined to breed lighter.
The crowding together of young
chicks is productive of more evil than
almost any other form of mismanage-
ment. and especially so in summer.
Catch the first toad you see and
place it i'll the garden. Aside from his
usefulness in catching insects he is
an amusing creature, for when he
stands he sits and when he runs he
hops.
Seeds of all vine crops may be sown
on inverted sods in the cold frame.
After danger of frost has passed, the
sods and plants should be removed in
tact to prepared hills in the garden.
Place four plants to the hill.
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Alfalfa as q Hog Food.

At one of the Canadian institutes a
speaker said that "in no way will alf-
alta yield larger return than as
pasture for hogs. A great many of the
farmers are doing this, and are getting
very large returns. I know one who
kept ten head of hogs to the acre of alf-
alta, and they were not able to keep it
down, and lie cut it for hay once and
got a ton to the acre. 1t is possible to
grow good large hogs on alfalfa with
out any other food, but the best results
have been obtained from feeding a
small amount Of some other food along
with it, such as corn. I would feed
about two ears per day to hogs pas
tured on alfalfa"
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on the bank of the stream all day and
not a fish to show for the days sport,
but if lie has had q few dozen bites he
will be satisfied. To this class Of fish,
ermen the trap shown here will be
of little interest. The inventor has
utilized the principles of the animal
traps and adapted them for use in
the water. There is little chance for
the fish getting away once he is i'm
paled, and the latter is easily accom-
plished. The trap is suspended in the
water on a dipsy. the bait being on
the end Of Il line in the centre. When
the fish pulls on the bait 4 spring is
released, bringing the sections together
and impaling him. 1t was designed
particularly for catching cells and cat
fish, effectually preventing their es-
cane
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BITS 5E NEWS
- EA~
WASHINGTON.

President Roosevelt told correspond
ents be ought to have $25,000 year
for travelling expenses, and a bill pro-;
yiding for it was introduced.
The Senate passed the Diplomatic
and Consular Appropriation bill, carry
ing an aggregate appropriation Of 3d.
154,594. .
In the discussion of the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill, Mr.. Brundidge, OF.
Arkansas, criticised the expenditures
in connection with the maintenance OF
the White House. va
President Roosevelt was visited by
Rev. Thomas Patrick Hurley, of Athle-
ton, Ireland, who comes to this country
OIL Il special mission from the Bishop
of Elphin. 3
Seven committeeman signed report
to the Senate fayoring the ousting OF
Smoot, and five filed dissenting re-;
port. 80
The President has declined to ap-s
point American inspectors for the cleo
tions in Panama.
The House passed 357 pension bills
in fifty-three minutes, which estab-'
fishes new record.
John Sharp Williams, minority lead
er in the House, Is considering quitting
politics for university professorship
paying $4,000 year. {g
President Roosevelt continued his
war on the Beef Trust by transmitting
to the House Agricultural COMMITTEES
a report of Government officials corrob-
Grating the Neill-ReynolC.. report.
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Kolllrnbi For Stocks.

This root is cultivated much in the
same way as Swede turnips, but is
somewhat more hardy-that is, bears a
little more roughing it in general
way. Manure at the rate of sixteen
tons of good farmyard dung to the
acre, work the ground to fine filth,
and drill on the fiat as soon as the
ground is ready. 1t is Il characteristic
Of the crop that it may be varied in lis
time of sowing from early in April un-
til after midsummer. 1t is really OF
the cabbage family and, like the cab
bage, may be transplanted. if it is
found more convenient to rear the
plants on il nursery bed. Unlike the
Swede, it tlourishes OH clay land. If
sown directly in field. drill in rows
twenty inches apart, four pounds Of
seed per acre, lightly roll to cover the
seed and to leave 4 level surface to
the ground. Top dress as soon as the
plants appear with some active dress
ing-say, guano-at the rate Of 400
pounds per acre, or it may be sOWn as
soon as the seed is drilled, or even with
the seed. Single the plants out in due
time. Store in precisely the same man
ner as mangel or Swedes, and serve to
stock in similar manner. 1t is
claimed for kohlrabi that when served
to dairy cows it does not make the bI:-
ter strong. rs Swedes are so apt to do.
There are only two varieties i'll use
tho "short top" and the "hardy green"
Both are suitable for field or garden.
The former is the earlier, but the latter
suits sheep and lambs quite as we'll
probably bit better.-Boston Cultiya-
tor.
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FOREIGN.

Notice was given that the packing
house disclosures in the United States
would be brought up in the British
House of Commons. - -
The University of Sofia, Bulgaria,
has added instruction in English speech
and literature 10 its curriculum.
Two German officers and eight men
were killed and ten men were wounded
in q fight with Hottentots between
Warmbad and the Fish River.
The Spanish cruiser EXtremadura
sailed from Ferrol for Kiel carrying
King Alfonsos yachts, the Monricot
and Giraldilla, to participate in the In
ternational regatta. .
The American meat scandal figured
in the voting OH the new food inspec-
ton law, which was approved by
large majority, at Berne, Switzerland.
The formation of new party in the
Russian Duma was announced and re-
ports from the interior of the Empire
showed fresh disturbances among
troops and peasantry.
Emperor Francis Joseph complained
TO Austrian delegates that he needs
rest.
A regiment of Russian infantry in
Poltava revolted and attacked the po-
lice.
William J. Bryan has accepted an in
vitation to make speech in London
at the American celebration Of the
Fourth Of July.
Conflicting news was received from
Guatemala, 10th the Government
troops and the insurgents reporting
success in hard fought actions.
Owing to the falling in of the crater
of Vesuvius toward Ottajano. thick
rain of ashes fell at Naples, Italy.
The Theatre of Arts has been de-
stroyed by fire and twentyone firemen
were injured at Barcelona, Spain.
Henri Brsson, the eX-Premier Of
France, was elected president Of the
Chamber of Deputies.
John d. Rockefeller was offered by
the Mayor Of Compeigne, France, the
same sort of homage lie would pay to a
visiting monarch,
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A young girl sat in her bedroom with
novel. Her hair was down and her
feet were i'll red slippers. Now and
then, extending her white arms, she
yawned.
1t was very late, and downstairs in
the parlor her elder sister was enter
tanning young man. She naturally
felt deep interest in the entertain
ment. She was waiting to hear how
it would terminate.
And at last there was a sound in the
hall, a crash as of a closing door, and
it was plain to the impatient girl that
the young man had gone.
She threw down her novel, and, rum
ming forth. peered over the balustrade
down into the halls intense blackness.
"Well, Maude," she said, did you
land him?"
There was no immediate reply to her
question. There was a silence, a pc
culiar silence, a silence with q certain
strained quality in it. Then a mascu-
line voice replied:
She did. d."-Argonaut.
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THE SILENT LIFE.

Happy the man who has the poets heart,
Fen though he lack the poets golden
tongue!
Happy is he who having never sung
And hopeless e'er to sing though but small
part
Of those fair visions that before him start
Still lives within world forever young,
Still walks high fancies, noble thoughts
among,
And feels the influence which the planets
dart.
His life is fed from pure unfailing springs;
And silent flows, stranger to unrest,
Like some deep stream that finds its
voiceless way
Amid the timorous haunts of all wild
things,
And their unconscious beauty day by
day
Mirrors within the quiet of it's breast
Lewis E. Gates.