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THE 130*. 1. 3' WEDDING.
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Ther: 5 a wedding to-day in the garden be-
low.
‘ .W’here the pinks and marigolds stand in a ;
EUW':
The prettiest wedding that ever was Sci-:1.
I know for l peeped through the trellises 1
greexnb
The bride is a doll that is nearly as tall
As the li‘ v that leans to look :11 e1 th \wall;
In a gown of pink silk she is golguoufil)‘
drncan‘.
“'ith a plume in her hat and abrooch on her
breasm. ’
The groom is a sail or boy 1* all: mt and]: bold
In a C ‘tD and a jacket all b1 aided with Ltold
(Both dollics belong to a lassie of three.
VV hose face bubbles ova with frolic and
glee;.
'Ihere 211 e 1oses above.there are roses around
And the peta‘ 15 of roses lie thick on the
ground
And the lo 1111 is the1e with his silvery fintn
And the oriole c lad in his fiame- colcxed s 1it.
Little Tiny. the terrier, ma'ried the pair.
Sitting on a lic-1.0.1 with a. serious air,
With grandmother‘s kerchief as clerical
Clothes.
And grandmothers spectacles over his nose.
-—E‘1'ank Leslie‘s Monthly.
A .BOY HERO.
His Legs “'nmlen Ones, but He Traveled
Far and Fast to Save Lives.
Not far fro-m the Virginia line lives
a two-thirds youth, for. unfonunatcly,
. both of his lower limbs are artificial,
who has to his credit an act of hero-
ism which should make him a loved
lad as long as the memory of those
who tnow him lasts. It is little crippled
Tim Uiin, whose home is ’away up in
the mountains. thirty-five miles from
everywhere, as a book agent once said
of that part of the country. "
This bit of a boy about three weeks
ago heard that forest fires were sweep-
ing everything that would burn before
them along the Virginia side of the
mountains. One afternoon he climbed
through the snow to the top of the
mountain, one of the steepest of the
Cumberland, and took a view of the
‘1'e—swept country- below him. He
was surprised to find the fire so fierce.
and as he watched Tim saw that the
red tongues were creeping Ion toward
a little log cabin in which lived two
old and helpless women. the Ober sis-
ters, and their blind and crippled broth-
er. who is one of the oldest men over
on the other side The lad realized
”tint the house was a long ways from
' any otltcr farm house. and know that
the people in the humble cot wot ‘ld
find themselves powelicss if they \-.1 . .
loft in the until the tire got to
lltnir home.
With-out thinking of how much suf-
fering it meant to‘ his poor aching
limbs. Tim started down the rugged
hillside on his perilous journey of hero-
ism. He had a race with the fire and
twice fell from exhaustion and almost
despaircd of saving the old folks. But
his indomitable courage never flagged,
and he kept going. He reached the
old homestead just as the prairie fire
was attacking the old frame crib. lip
hurried into the house and informed
the the old and thoroughly frightened
people of their danger. It only took
him a few minutes to hitch the horse
to the sled, and the old man was helped
on to this. The four drove on to shel-
ter at the nearest neighbor's, leaving
the fire to do its worst. The home of
bid people was partly burned dining
the night, but the boy had gotten some
'iif the neighbors to go and fight the
j fire, and they were able to save most
of the contents of the house.
The modest-looking lad has never re-
covered from the injuries he sustained
in making the awful trip, but he is
very proud of the deed. The old
people will never cease to love and
contribute to the boy’s support out of
their limited means—From Sandy Sig-
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(‘.apt. Heard’s Exploit \Vith a Privateer.
The speed of the Baltimore clippers
in,(_ln_'.'s gone by made history redonnd
'with their exploits. Every boy and
girl has read at some time or place of
the piratical long. low rakish-looking
Schooners that cruised the ocean osten-
sibly as pirates, in those days. and
have iiiarvelled more or less at their as-
tounding adventures. A good story is
told of the late Captain Augustine
Iinard. that while in command of a
fine ship richly laden. bound from
China to New ;Y01'k, he was overhauled
by one of this kind. which came up
under his lee. fired a shot into his ship.
and demanded in “good English" that
she should be hove to. Captain Heard
watched a favorable opportunity,
squared his yards. ran the privatccr
flown, passed over her between the
masts, and when well to- leeward
brought his ship to the wind and re.
She had lost some
of her head-gear. but sustained no
damage in her hull. Captain Heard
left the “long, low, black priv’atccr,” or
shined his course.
pirate, to her fate. and had no doubt,
that all her crew perished.
It was a dangerous thing to do, but
Heard relied upon the good timber in
his ship’s bows to withstand the shock,
although his heart grew sad at the loss
of life. Still, as he put it, “My honor
and life were at stake, so he had to go
walnut—flamers Round Table.
The Owl’s Eye.
The owl has no motion in the eye
the globe of which is immovabiy fixed
in. its socket by a strong, elastic, hard,
cartilaginous case;‘ but, in order to
compensate for the absence of motion
in the eye, the owl is able to turn its
head round in almost a complete circle
without moving its body.
blankey (Instigator.
First Monkey—You remember .that
boy who was teasing me, yestppdpy? I
caught him by the wrist and purity
nearly twisted his arm off.
Second Monkey Yes;
telling another boy he got hurt by a
monkey-wrench.—'Harper‘s Round '11.
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’CYCLE NOTES.
A Discovery that Will Keep Macadam
Loads Free from Dust.
Belief-I’m sc
glad Jack hai
got a. bicyce
it has lielpeé
his disposition
wondsrlully.
Nan—His d is-
position? Why,
how could it?
Bel e— Wher
he gets up it
give baby 2
drink and steps
on a tack. he is
so glad that ii
is in his foot i11-
stead 'of his
pneumatic tire,
that he doesn’t
say,an y thing. —
Pearson's Weekly.
A bill introduced in the New Yorli
Legislature providing for the expendi-
ture of $20,000 for a cycle path, twenty
feet wide, on Jerome avenue, New
York city, has been passed by both
branches of the Legislature and been
signed by the Governor.
Champion bicycle rider “Eddie"
Bald, for whom nearly all the leading
bicycle manufacturers have been ang-
ling since the .close of last season, re
cently at the Syracuse cycle show an-
nounced his intention to ride the same .
wheel this season as last. His title 01
Vihite Flyer will therefore not be
changed. Bald will start in a few days
for California or the South to begin his
season’s tialning.
The official organ of the League oi
"American Wheelmen recently stated
that a cyclist had discovered that ma
cadam roads could be kept moist and
free from dust by sprinkling thinly
with chloride of calcium, chloride of
magnesium or bittern. The plan has
been tried in a section of the West,
where the climate is very dry, with
some success, and the subject is being
thoroughly investigated in this city
with the object of making similar ex-
periments to determine the value 01
the Scheme. If it should prove a suc-
cess it may be among the possibilities
of the future to banish the watering
cart nuisance and thus serve as an-
other tributc to the enterprise oi
wheelmcn and their League.
Chief Consul Robert Holm, of St.
Louis. who has been spoken of as be-
ing identified with the movement to
form a racing association in opposition
to the L. A. \V.. has written a letter to
President Potter in which he says that
the talk of dissatisfaction in Missouri
is “nonsense and in no wise comes
from the representative wheelmen.”
He admits that the Missouri division
was disappointed at the failure to se-
cure the League’s consent to approve
of Sunday races, but had the L. A. W.
conseni ed to allow divisional option on
the question he says that neither the
- L. A. W. nor the Associated Cycling
Clubs of St. Louis would have held
such races. The object of the Mis-
souri division in seeking the approval
of the organization for Sunday racing
~was to secure jurisdiction over the bi-
cycle races that are held on Sunday at
picnic games.
not think that the “League of the In-
dependent Wheelmen” in St. Louis can
injure the L. A. W. in any way. He
says that the L. A. W. races held 011
Saturdays and holidays have always
paid financially.
AT‘our-Year-Old Prodigy.
A four-year—old infant prodigy was
exhibited recently before the Berlin
Anthropological Society. He is the son
of a butcher, and at two years of age
learned to read without assistance.
He knows the dates of the birth and
death of all the German Emperors and
many other noted persons, and their
birthplaces, the chief cities of, the
world, and all the great battles. lic
can read anything in print, and can
talk intelligently about it, but finds it
hard to learnkto write and drav, dis-
likes music and hates piarofcrtes. The
boy is physically well r1evelopcd,
though not rob1st.—New York Sun.
THE APRON OVERSL’JRT RETURNS.
Many new silk and cotton dresses are
made with this old-fashioned drapery.
(‘nlmunl'rtion Decreasing.
Acr-mding to Dr. Abbott of the 1111s-
sachusetis State Bomd of Health. the
death rate from consumption is de-
creasing in asatisfactory manner, es-
pecially among women. He attributes
the improvement to out- door ,work
among the people and the healthful
exercise gained by cycling. - '
I-Iolm says that he does 1
CLOSE CALL FOR JACK TAR.
Just as a Shark “’11:; About to Grab Him 11
Swordfish Got the Shark.
I was mate on the Lovely. Lou of
Bangor, and we had been on our way "
to South America for' about fom ‘
weeks. The wind had left the ship
during the last day of this period. and
we were dipping our peak to a tolling
swell that seemed to come from no-
where and 1etu1n to the same place
without making a ripple on the blue
surface of the ocean.
Suddenly them came a splash, and
the cook ran to where I was standing
on the poop deck, crying that one of
the sailors had tumbled overboard.
The Lou had no way, and I laughed at
the idea of him drowning, telling the
cook to throw him a rope, walking to
the rail as I did so. The sailor was
swimming about the quarter enjoying
his bath when I suddenly saw an 0111b
nous black fin make its appearance a
hundred yards or so from the ship. I
yelled for the rope, and as I yelled I.
saw the fin move toward the sailor,
cutting the water like a knife. I knew
that unless the man was taken out
quickly he would be devoured, and
rushed to the cabin grating to get a
line. Seizi-ng a piece of ropé I hasten-
ed to the rail just in time to see the
form of an immense shark turn on its
side to Seize the sailor. As it did so
there was an lnstant’s glimpse of a
long biown body, and then the water
was lashed into a sea of yeasty foam,
the shark seemingly being in trouble.
I threw the line, and in a moment the
sailor was aboard, scared out of his
wits, but safe and sound. The thresh-
ing in the water still continuing, we
proceeded to investigate, and directly
we were able to see that the shark had
been pinned by a large swordfish, the
sword running through the jaws of
the shark in such a manner as to pre-
vent the fish from opening them.
Whether the shark’s antagonist had
.dclibcrately attacked the shark we
know not, but its timely and unex-
pected appearance saved the sailor‘s
life beyond a doubt, as another in-
stant would have. sent the teeth of the
shark into the body of the man—New
Orleans Democrat.
A NUN DOCTOR.
She Helps to Cure the Sick and Extract:
Aching Teeth.
Kalamazoo, Mich, enjoys the distinc
tion of having the only licensed nun
doctor in the United States. She is
Sister llvziphael O‘Brien, 3. member of
the religious order of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, who have charge of the
Burgess Hospital. in Kalamazoo.
She is a woman in the prime of life.
Her medical course was taken in one
of the Philadelphia schools. When
she had received her diploma author-
izing her to practice medicine she be-
came convinced that she had a voca-
tion for the religious life, and, aban~
doning what prmnised to be a most
prosperous Worldly career, she entered
the convent of the Sisters of St. Jos-v
eph.
The usual probationary period for
all novices having been undergone, she
was invested with the habit of the or-
der and sent to the Borgess Hospital,
where her medical ski-ll was made use
of. In ashort time her office became
the rendezvous of the sore and af-
flicted. It is now thronged daily. She
enjoys a high reputation among the
”local medical fraternity. The patients
that apply to the hospital, especially
the poor, attribute almost miraculous
power to her prescriptions. In her of-
fice she has a dentist‘s chair and a full
outfit of surgical appliances.
In every convent there is some sis-
cr who acts as infirmarian, and who
is skilled in the compounding of drugs.
of which a complete assortmentis al-
ways at hand, but Sister Raphael is
the only nun in the United States duly
qualified to write M. D. after her
name—New York Journal.
. Not So Desperately Slow.
Down in Ohio the other day, not
very far from Cleveland, I took a car-
ryall or ‘bus at a country station to
ride inland a few miles. The driver,
who carried the mail for Uncle Sam,
was disposed to be quite communica-
tiv.'. .
“You don’t live ’round herd. I
s’pose?” he remarked, lnterrogatively.
“No—not now,”l replied. “I’m from
Chicago." .
" 'Pu-tty big place, ain’t it?" he con-
tinued.
"Yes, it‘s a large city," I said.
"I s’pose there's something goiu‘ on
there most of the time. ain’t there?"
he asked. I nodded affirmitlvely.
“Well, we ain't so darned slow
down here." he added. “Had a dance
' in the Hin; kiey Ridgeschoolhouse last
night. and there'll be a turkey raffle
Tuesday."—Chicago T imes-IIc-vald.
No Cause for Alarm.
The at tendant who had thoughtless-
ly laid his hand on the arm of the Sul-
tan's chair jumped back. in alarm, ex-
claiming:
"What is it? An earthquake?”
"Not that I know of,” replied the
Sultan.
“Possibly.
and fever?"
“No. I know what you have refer-
ence to. I've read about it in the
newspapers. \Vha‘it you felt was the
quivering of my uncertain sovereignty.
You needn’t pay any attention to it.
It's the same old totte1.”—Washington
Star. E I
Death in a Love Letter.
Miss Helen llIuégrave of Cameron
township, found death in a letter to’
her lover. While moistening the back
of the envelope preparatory to seal-
your Majesty has chills
.ing it the young giil’s tongue was
slightly lacerated, which resulted in
blood poisoning, from which she died
on Sun‘lklyrl’hiladelphia Record.
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Anoth 1' Scheme for \Vomen.
Do you know the latest scheme of a
bright woman for earning a living‘.
asks a correspondent of Boston Honn
J ournal. She is keeping a boarding-
house where she caters only to peoplc
who are "dieting.” Some want it
grow thin, others are trying to cure
dyspepsia, still others are feeding then
nerves. All found it impossible to warnl
of hunger at ordinary places of pub-
lic eating with-out taking things con-
trary to the doctor‘s orders. My friend
sets a table with whole-wheat bread,
all kinds of mush, fruits stewed with
very little sugar, rare meats for those
allowed meat, cereal coffee and “fresh-
boiled” hot water for those taking the
water cure. The plain food is cooked
deliciously, and the dieting is thus
made a pleasant affair for those under-
going ,it. Special dishes are cooked
when asked for; the best beef tea is
always on tap, and graham crackers of
every knOwn variety abound. Those
who have fasted on water biscuit and
soggy brown bread at other boarding:
houses, feeling obliged to pass even
the boiled mutton because it was im-
possible to divorce it from the caper
sauce, fully appreciate this table.
The Queen of Roumania.
Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania, who
was a Princess of Pied. one of the
small Rhine provinces, is far bettc1
known to Americans as Carmen Sylva.
The Author-Queen Elizabeth was not
only a princess of small means, but of
modest ambitions before chance raised
her to the throne of Roumania in 18st).
She was a most studious girl and
wished to become a. simple German
schoolmistress, when an offer came for
her hand and she accepted a throne.
taking up literature as her life’s work.
Her only child, a daughter, died a few
days after its birth, and no other chil-
dien coming to take the little ones
place, the sorely bereaved lnother
turned to her pen and to music. She
was a pupil of the great Clara Schu-
mann. an author of ricognized ability
and surely a belove. wife, for when
the Itoumanians .~ug;;cstcd their king
should pier-11m like Kapolcon, :1 di~
vorce and 1:1111-1‘1: 1 will; in hopes of
an heir, Q11. c1: .-.l'.1..1l:c.h's husband re
jccred the pioposition with scorn and
indignation.
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Fishes that Spin Silk.
A queer little shell-fish, known as
the “pinna,” lives in the Medit't'rra-
noun, and has the curious power of
spinning a viscid silk, which is made
in Sicily into a regular and very hand-
some fabric. This silk is spun by the
shell-fish in the first place, for the pur-
pose of attaching itself to the rocks.
It is able to guide the delicate fila-
ments to the proper place, and there
glue them fast, and if they are cut
away it can reproduce them. The ma-
terial, when gathered—which is done
at low tide—is washed in soap and wa-
ter, dried, straightened, and carded,
one pound of the coarse filament yield~
ing about three ounces of fine thread,
which when spun is of a lovely bur-
nished, golden-brown color.
Mnd Face Baths.
The latest fad of fashionable ladies
in search of beautiful complexions is
mud—plain, dirty, sticky mud. The
idea is by no means new, but it is the
first time that society has accepted it
as a skin beautifier.
Swamp mud, or the mud from the
bed of a stmam, is the best. The skin
should be thoroughly cleansed and
iried until it for‘s warm and the per-
spiratiou has Started. Then apply the
mud thickly, taking care to keep it
from the eyes.
It is especially necessary that care be
taken to cover all portions of the skin
alike, as the smallest patch of uncov-
ered skin is likely to stand out with
disagreeable plainness the next morn-
ing.
The feeling of the mud on the f ace is
not as unpleasant as one might at first
suppose, and its beneficial results are
very great ’tis said—New York World.
Fancy \Vm k
The fancy work of the day is in two
inct varieties, with the line sharply
. ' .2v-n between the truly artistic and
the reverse. which is anything not ex-
pensive, requiring no esp :cial skill, and
simply a. means of passing away the
time without much thought of the re-
sult. Something called “giant work"
'5 a large cross stitch worked in various
patterns in soft art colors 011 a basket
canvas. “Serge work” is amther fancy,
which is simply a long loop of silk or
wool caught down by 11.1.cthe1 stitch.
Ecru net is employed in various ways.
as a foundation for linen braid trac-
ing designs filled in with darning, and
for linen applique figures finished on
the edge with fancy stitches. Silk and
linen thread are woriwzl 1n together
with good efifect.—I\‘ew York Sun.
Excessive Perspiration. .
A free state of perspiration is abso-
lutely essential 'to health, but, on the
other hand, excessive perspiratica is
not only very weakening, but often .ne
sign of impaired vitality, as well. For
sufferers from this complaint, it is said
that a pound of oak bark, steeped for
half an 'hour in two quarts of boiling
water, is a remedy. The mixture
should be strained and bottled. At
night and morning it should be used
to bathe with, putting two-thirds of a
:upful in a basin of warm water, and
adding three teaspoonfuls of powdered
starch and two of borax.
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Y0“ seldom find peep-1e ungrateful
‘0 long asyou are in a. condition to
verve than
ERAlD AN IMPORTANT FEATURE.
Applique Lace and Jewelled lifl‘uts Ln-
surpaSsed ln'Beauly. ’
(By spec al Arrangement with the xv. Sun.‘
Black and white materials in both
checks and stripes are decidedly popu-
lar this season, and the open meshed
fabrics necessitate contrasts of color
in the lining to bring out the cfiect.
Some of the prettiest combinations in
these are the black canvas gowns made
over, the new purple red. or China
blue, and trimmed with black satin
ribbon andred canvas over black. Black
trimmings are almost a necessity on
any red gown to tone down the color.
Green and black are a. fashionable fin-
ish for a brown canvas gown. A gown
3f dark blue material which looks like
poplin, but is much thinner, shows a
mixture of Oriental embroidery, black
satin ribbon, gray velvet, fancy braid,
and cream white coarse linen batiste
3111' the bodice. No one but a French
woman could possibly manipulate such
1 combination. with any success; but
this gown and many others seen this
season which do not sound at all like
harmony, or even good contrasts, are
wonderful examples of1 good taste
when you can see the effect.
Fancy dress trimmings in galons, em-
Jroidered, applique lace, and jewelled
affects surpass in elegance and variety
ill the productions that have appeared
oefore. Applique trimmings are made
)f gold thread, jewels, paillettes, and
shot silk, which forms the pattern, of
silk embroidery in pale tints, and gui-
9ure and other laces in a great variety
of patterns, any of which sewn on
looks exactly as if it were a part of
the fabric itself. The general effect
among the jewelled trimmings is
“m
bright color. and turquoise and ether-
aids are mingled. together in one band
with plenty of gold thread between.
Some of the finest jet trimmings have
colored beads forming some flower in
the pattern, and very narrow galons
which is crowded! into a limited space.
Jet and gold cord in scroll patterns
form another novel trimming, and ro-
settes of ‘silk are set in at intervals on.
beaded bands. There is an endless
variety in the silk embroidered flowers
and leaves, which are easily divided
into any desired shape, and the foun-
dation of some of the Lilghtest color-
tags is eithencanvas or glass lawn.
Black tulle and lisse cut into bands
are embrbidered with beads and lace
applique; and in- ruchings of chiffon
1.1111 grenadine with satin striped edges
there is-unlimlted choice. These. ap-
pear in narrow widths on some of the"
gown-s. but with the jet and satin rib-
bon they figure largely on capes and
to. factv mick rut-hes.
’ spring, sow the seed where the
Champion
' 5:: pounds, Mithigan 5-1,
Electricity on Farms. ~
This has passed the experimental
stage in at least one town in Ger«
many. where a farm is equipped with
172 electric lamps. The motive-power
is f1‘1r;_i.<ficd by a small brook, which
drives a turbine wheel furnishing" 16
to 22 horse power. The turbine drives
a dynamo, which develops all the
electricity needed._ \Vires of different
sizes, strung on poles, conduct light
and power to the yards, garden,
dwelling, barns and other farm build-
ings. A small motor drives the power
for the stables, a turning lath, a
grindstone and a large band saw. A
large motor is mounted on iron
wheels, and together with the thresh-
ing machine, can be put into any barn
to be connected there by an electric
current with a small cable. The syS-
tom of ha‘hdling the motor is so simple
that any farm hand can readily un- .
derstand it. The 34,000 horse power
used last year'cost $1,428, or a little
more than 4 cents per horse power
per hour. Compared with other work—
ing expenses, a saving was made of
$285 a year in favor of the electric
plant. Power is always ready, enabl-
ing the farmer to employ his hands
at once in threshing in case bad
weather or some other reason pre-
vents them from working in the
fields.
Value of Cornstalks.
Mr. Prater of St. Louis, who has
studied the cornstalk scientifically,
thinks that within a few years the
farmers of the country will be receiv-
ing f10m $15 to‘1 .,25 per acre for their
cornstalks. Mills will be established
in the south and other parts of the
country, he says, and pretty nearly
the whole crop of cornstalks—at any
rate that part of the crop which is
grown on farms contiguous to rail-
road lines—will be used in the mills.
The market for the manufactured
products is already made, as the pro-
ducts will be staple articles in con-
stant demand. Of the products that
may be evolved from the matured
cornstalk—the stalk which has borne
its grain—Mr. Prater enumerates cel-
luloid, smokeless gunpowder, lacquer,
cattle feed, roofing material, and a
material that will answer every pur-
pose of papier macho. Grccn stalks,
he says, are rich in glucose. and will
yield “a better quality and a finer su—
gar with less expense than ‘can be
made from the cane of Louisiana."
Moisture in Celery Growing.
I prepare the ground early in the
sun
can strike, and thus get a healthy
growth. After sowing the seed, cover
up the be’dwith old carpet or old bags
and keep 'moist. Moisture is an es.-
sential in celery growing. Leave the
covering 011 the beds until the plants
are all up, then remove and keep the
ground moist and free from weeds.
The middle of July I prepare the
ground for the plants by digging
trenches about ten inches deep, and
put in each trench three inches well
rotted manure and two inches soil.
Take up the plants and cut off the
tallest leaves, and thoroughly wet the
roots and set in the trench. Do not
puddle around plants; it is injurious.
Keep free from weeds and earth up,
and you are almost sure of success. I
raised the Giant Pascal last year, and
better celery I never saw—Theodore
B. llull’, Morris Co., N. J.
{otatlon of Crops.
The rotation of crops is undoubted-
ly one of the most important prob—
lems for farmers, to consider who
wish ti) obtain the best crops for a
series of years at the least expense
for manure or fertilizers. At the Min-
nesota station mangel-wurzels gave
the best yield after peas; wheat and
flax after potatoes; corn, potatoes anti
peas after corn. The liOcd crops. es-
pecially corn, potatoes and mangeis,
gave a good effect in preparing the
land for other crops, while the reverse
is true for flax, wheat arl even field
peas. The largest yield of field peas
was given by \Vhiie Canada. followed
by Alpha, Blue Prussian, Crown and
Green Canada. French (thvalicr
proved to be the best out of 34 vari-
eties of barley, followed by Odessa,
of Vermont, Highland
Chief, Black I-Iulless and Salzes.—-Dc-
troit Free Press.
Care in Selecting Seed Potatoes.
I made three applications of bor-
deaux mixture to my potatoes last
summer. The result at harvest was
that not one bushel in 50 showed any
signs of rot or scab. A portion of my
seed potatoes was grown on new
burnt land. just cleared from a heavy
forest growth. Few farmers are as
careful as they should be in the selec~
tion of their seed potatoes. In order
to save a few cents per bushel at
planting time, they lose as many do].
[are at harvest. Poor seed never pro—
duced a good c131), and good seed
hardly ever falls of producing a good
crop—E. E. Barkhurst, Aro‘ostook
County, He.
“‘eight of Onions.
The legal weight of onions varies
considerably in the different states.
New York has no legal statute in that
regard, but in New Jersey and the
south it is 57 pounds per bushel, ex.
cept Tennessee, 56, the same in most
of, the West, while in Connecticut and
Ohio it is only 59 ppunds. Maine, Yer-
snout, Massachusettsc and t“the Dakotas
Indiana 48
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