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.. â€"- “Use-yr, - 1 ~ ‘«.~‘-‘?m-- .. . . . wagon. HINTS FOR THE FARMER. FEEDING PIGS IN SUMMER. Summer is the time to make pork. Making it in winter requires too much food to keep up the animal heat. If hogs have plenty of grass in summer and about half the: corn they will eat. they will fatten rapidly and my be- lief is that three pounds can be made on less grain than one pound in cold weather with a hog in a close pen.‘ writes J. L. Hersey. The grass is cool- ing and loosening and counteracts the] feverish properties of the corn. Hogs' will never melt in summer, however fat. if they can have access to water! and mud to lie in. Mud‘is very bad_ for hogs in cool weather. It absorbs too much animal heat. Milk is cooling as a drink and almost indispensable in raising pigs. ‘ But Very little corn and no corn meal should be fed to young pigs be- fore they are four. months old. Corn and raw corn meal cause young pigs to become costive. Then they will soon .scour. They will begin to rub against everything they can get at. Their Skin Will have a red and dry appear- ance. A dry, black scurf will begin to form, and the more corn and meal they eat the poorer they will become. The best thing to, do for a pig in this condition is to give him a thorough washing in warm water or sour milk, the latter being the best. Coarse flour or middlings from rye or wheat when made into a thin drinking slop wlth milk, is the best feed for young pigs. except bread and. milk. Food has to be fermented before it will digest .and if fed to young pigs before it is fermented in will overtask their stom- ach and spoil them. Lettuce is good for young pigs. lt willl stop the scours. :lhe middlings should be put with milk at night after feeding has been done, and allowed to remain in the milk until morning. Never allow the swdl tub to get quite empty. Always leave a little at the bottom to act as east. The swill should never be al- owed to get stale. Slop feed should be given often and never more at a tune than will be eaten up. Slops will make larger hogs than dry feed. Af- ter the hogs get to be three or four months old. their food can be made stronger, but a pig will not hear much strong food until it begins to change from a. pig to a hog. Many of our far- mers do not know‘ the value of grass as a feed for hogs. At least one would not think so. when their hogs of all ages may be seen during the whole summer in small yards or at best on very scanty pasture. Farmers who know the real value of such feed would as soon think of raising cattle and making milk and butter by feeding their stock grain alone during the whole summer as to raise hogs and make the business profitable without a good supply of grass. Some men make pork With little or no grass, but it costs much more and the hogs are not so healthy, LIVE STOCK NOTES. The idea that sheep in pasture need no water except what they get from feeding on grass wet with dew. is quite commonly prevalent among farmers. In I June, when the grass is itself succu- lent. sheep at pasture may need noth- ing. But during the midsummer heats there are many nights when no dew falls. and when the grass is itself parched so that there is little succu- lence in it. At such times the ex- crement of sheep will be in round. hard lumps, just as it is in winter. “"hen this condition shows itself. it means that the sheep need more wa- ter. Horses hard at work. in hot weather should be groomed fully as carefully as they are in winter. It is not quite so pleasant a task for the horseman as. it is when the warmth from the animal and the labor in using the brush are pleasurable. But it is of even greatâ€" or advantage to the horse to be reâ€" lieved of the grime and dust whichi will accumulate in his hair after a hard | day's work. Grooming is not only a relief by the agreeable glow it givesi to the skin, but it is also an aid to ISLAND OF CEUTA, \Vl-llClâ€"I MAY BE ADMIRAL “’ATSON’S BASE OF OPERATIONS. Ceuta. Spain's pet island colony fOr convicts, which commands the ap- proach to Gibraltar and the Mediter- ranean, is destined to. become a base 0f supplies for Commodore John C. \Vatson and the squadron with which he is to attack the seacoast of Spain. [The Canaries are all there is between him and this grim island. where, un- der the cover of forbidding walls and mountains, Spain has tortured her ex- ilcd prisoners for centuries past. Com- modore SVatson has been ordered to command a detachment of Admiral Sampson's fleet and to make of them a transatlantic squadron. The Can- aries subjugated and the American flag hoisted over the islands. he is to proceed direct to the Island of Ceuta and establish a base of supplies. once in possession of the self-fortified is- land and. town of Ceuta. Commodore Watson should be able to run back for supplies of coal and ammunition al- most as easily as though lie-were off the coast of Florida. Ceuta is a rock- ribbed, rock-bound island off the north- east coast of Fez, Morocco. and is twelve hours' sail from the entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar. It might as well be called the island of the sev- en hills. for from these it derives its name. Of these most conspicuous is Monte del Hacho, whichllookst out; to; ward S in like a signa pom. se u to say,L"?All’s well." Stretching back from‘the mountain 3. narrow. penin- sula connects the Island with the main land of Africa. On this neck of land the town of Ceuta is built. All around are fortifications. the high hills put up their by nature and the prison walls had moats built in succes- sion by conquerors and remodeled and rebuilt 'by their successors - and strengthened again by the Spaniards when they made of it a prison hell. The seven walls coiled about the town itself are thick and impassable. _szive here and there where arched bridges have been out through. Between each wall there is a deep moat of sea water. set down like a seductive trap to catch any unfortunate convict who might escape the vigilant guards stationed all around the walls. Every one of the seven hills is fortified now. Up high on Monte del Hacho there is a tstrang citadel garrisoned by Spanish lsoldiers. Here and there the walls are pierced by the noses of cannon, but fthere is no evidence that they have lever been used except for Signaling. {and it is doubtful if they could be {brought to much better use. owing to 9 their immovability. MM _________________._¢.â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"'â€"‘ pearance in the larger growth ofstraw where the manure heaps have lain. Of- ten this extra large growth rusts and yields less grain than where the straw was smaller. POULTRY POINTS TO PONDER. Sarah E. Wilcox gives the following points on poultry keeping that may set some thought moving and some poultry-keeper to acting: ‘Finely~powdered airâ€"slaked lime dusted on the walls and floor of poul- try houses is a better disinfectant than whitewash, and is one of the. best preventives of roup, of which damp- ness is a prolific cause; and of this lime is an excellent absorbent. Later feathering chickens of Brahma or Cochin blood are more hardy than Legh'orns or Hhmburgs. Lice are more: apt to attack the latter. The quick appearing and rapid growth of the fea- thers weakens the chicks. and they of- ten die from no apparent cause. while those with downy or nearly naked bod- ies will thrive. Ventilation has become quite a fad among poultry raisers, just why it would be difficult to determine. The average ‘hennery admits in cold wea- ther sufficient outside air without spe- cial ventilation. Hens cannot with im- punity encounter drafts or currents of air, and do‘ not enjoy them any better than do people. \Varmth is necessary to comfort, on which eggâ€"producing large- ly depends. I I The ‘best remedy for lice which in- fest poultry is pyrethrum powder blqwn into the feathers. Lard rubbed on the head and under the wings once aweek is a preventive. Scale on the legs can be cured by dipping the feet and legs into coal oil. A tin quart fruit can serves to contain the oil. _ Hens take on fat more readily than pullets. If eggs are defined, they should be separated from the. pullets which are being fattened. The less exâ€" ercise the latter have the better, but laying hens should be compelled to scratch for a living. Food imparts flavor to eggs as Well as to butter. Hens fed on wheat, bran. shorts. oil meal and skim-milk will lay more eggs, but they will be smaller and of inferior quality, than when they are fed on whole corn or corn meal mush. Fowls fed exclusively on. corn are likely to be sluggish and yield a small number of eggs. but the eggs‘ will be large and of superior qual-' ity. Eggs laid by very fat hens are likely to product-inferior chicks or not to hatch. Lack of green food. unfavorably af- fects the color of yolks. as lack of grass affects color of butter. To secure deep The marvelous development. and ad- vancement of Japan within the last quarter century has been marked by most radical changes in the treatment and social status of women. The op- ponents of woman suffrage, will find Japan a fruitful field for their mis- sionary labor. for in no part of the tworld is woman t0<day making more ‘ ' ‘WOMEN IN JAPAN. rapid advancement toward equality of the sexes. Visitors to Japan comparatively a few years ago found the gentlewomen of the island empire popularly regard- ed as mere toys, willing to be sold into virtual slavery for about $6 a month. No stigma attached to this custom, and the daughter soid into slavery for the isupport of her parents often returned afterward to her grade of society and loontracted an honorable marriage. At I that time Japanese women of the high- éer grade, led gay and easy lives. and ‘were taught that woman's chief jewel was ignorance, and a writer in the Criterionâ€"has fittingly described them 18.3 "mere glorified toys." l The magicians wand which is rap-. :‘dly transferring a halhsavage. semi- barbaric race into one of the most en- lightened nations of the earth is also Ielevating the status of Japanese woo manhood. No better evidence of that fact is needed than is shown by the announcement that a university for [the higher education of women is shortly to be opened in Tokio. This ; institution. which will cost $260,000, has ithe enthusiastic indorsement of the I nobility and the heads of government. ‘ from the emperor and empress down to l the petty officials of state. That Ja- panese sunrise seems destined to usher iin a perfect day. ' ' WOMAN'S WORK ABROAD. In Norway :1. law has recently been lpassed which makes girls ineligible for matrimony until they obtain certifi- 'cates of proficiency in knitting, bak- ing and spinning. ! Germany and Austria. have about 150 icooking schools. A four years‘ course i is necessary before the student obtains a diploma. Most of the hotel chefs have diplomas from these schools. In some parts of China the young ‘women wear their hair inalong single plait‘, with which is intertwined a bright scarlet thread. This style of .ornamentation denotes that the young lady is marriageable. A Peruvian heiress recently paid I \Vorth £5,000 for a. gown trimmed with , lace. Of this sum £4,000 was for the lace, IIVhen M. “'orih wishes to create a. new fashion he does not make designs on paper. but takes the materials and drapes them around the models until i | digestion, making the groomed hul‘se‘golden yolks in winter give plenty of he has either develmmd his idea or stronger and better fitted every way 1 green food. and a little corn only 01199 hit upon something new. for hard labor. The apple orchard after it gets old} enough to bear is the best sheep pas-E tare. One of the great advantages of; la day. Clover hay cut fine and steamâ€" ed is good food. Cabbage leaves. fresh and crisp, make a variety. and even results. Cut the roots lengthwise and the hens will pick at them greedily. l 5 The opal is now ‘fast losing its bad :remilation as an unlucky stone, and I the result is that opnls are more popu- 'lar now than ever before. and their posturing sheep in the orchard is to. Rod pepper or mustard seed. mixed oc-i price has risen. especially in the case destroy the fallen fruit. This they will 5 cxisionally with soft food is stiniulatâ€" of those that are distinguished [or bu]- do even better than hogs. which are: usually recommended for this pur-i ing. A simple cure, and one the writer {liant flame‘tints. A young lady, well .known in the London society world. pose. Pigs will only eat apples lifter; has found to be infallible for gapes in‘rccently showed her superiority to they are nearly or quite ripe. unlesslcbickene, is to drop into the throatcommcn superstitious notions they are slowed to it. The small green} and windpipe a few drops of_ lamp 01.1%; oopiing as an engagement bitter. A some and cankered throat in hens is opal surrounded, by apples are sometimes almost Sheep like this bitter taste. and \villscurcd by a more liberal application of run to eat the fallen apples. most oil which contain codling mollis..\\‘hich; would escape into the ground. if left in the apple long nfier.it falls. The holy advantage from the practice of dumping umnurel the oil. Fannie Field says. after trying the thousand and one modern methods of lkeeping eggs, that she finds the old- we could see fashioned way of packing in salt thei best. Cover the bottom of the packâ€" by ac- ring on thirteen small ' diamonds, and thus setting at defiance two ancient smierstitlons. SHE “‘OULDN'T TEMPT HIBI. Said on indignant mother to her lit- } tie son: Why did you strike little Elsie in heaps. was the ease with which itgace three inches deep with salt: on-' you naughty boyi' could be done and the wagon unload-3 ed for another load. The manure thus dumped is never so evenly spread as it can be from the wagon. To unload. quickly always have two men on the this place ih-s eggs. end down. in such 1] way that they will not touch each other or the sides of the package; cov- er with salt; then put in another layer. cover witth salt. and so on un- i Dick. indignant in his turnâ€"What does she want to cheat for. §heni How did she cheat? sake momma more mildly. \\'hy. explained Dick. we were piny- load. splude from curb and of thel til the mckzigo is full to within two ingot Adam and Eve. and she had the to lie on the ground. permits for weeks. The“ mum will be no heaps and giving the “rid 3 "l‘mChY" “P't inches of ill“ top; fill with salt. and apple to tempt me with. and. she never keep in a cool cellar. on a platform tempted me. but went and ate it up raised slow. the ground. herself. \ . DOLLY'S DISEASE. Poor Dolly's face was crimson, . With cranberry juice rubbed in. "She's got the 'sipelas fever." Explained Mamma Ethelind. “You can take her. Aunt Pamelia. _ 'Less you're ‘fraid you‘ll catch it. too, ‘ But she's fumerygated up so. I wouldn’t be 'f I were you." "The cranberry juice." said Auntie. "Has it helped a little bit i" "0. my, no." said Dolly's momma. "\Vhy the cranb’ry juice is it i” AUNT DID'S BURGLAR. \Ve were gathered at grandpa's. cous- ins from many different homes. to Spend the holidays. Those were jolly times for us young people; every day brought some fresh pleasure. and Aunt. Did was the general supervisor of those good times. Aunt Did was grandpa's youngest child and had been married to a young lawyer, but in less than a year after their marriage he had died and his young widow had return- ed to her father's home. By far the‘pieasantest hours of those pleasant holidays were the twilight hours we spent listening to Aunt Did's stories. \Ve asked her one evening if she ever had any experience with burglars or robbers. and she 1aughed in a merry way and answered: "Yes, I suppose I was as thoroughly frightened as one could possibly be, by an intruder hidden under my bed." “'8 were all attention now, for we felt sure if anything had really frightened Aunt Did it must have been very dread- ful. So we gathered closer around her and prepared to listen. “\Vhen we had been married a few weeks," she continued. "my husband bad business which called him to the. city for a few days, and I accompanied him to visit his sister, who resided there. Everything seemed so strange in the city I felt timid and nervous. My new sisterâ€"in~law I had never met before, and they lived very different from the plain ways we were accustom- ed to at home. But she was very kind and I began after a day or two to feel more at home with her. "One thing that particularly pleased me was a. very large Newfoundland dog called Lee. He and I became fast friends. and he often followed me froml room to room. or lay on some soft mm; at my feet. He had the freedom of the house and no one questioned his right. ."lVe usually spent our evenings alone. my sister-in-law and I. as busi- ness kept her husband and mine some- times till a late hour. One evening I had a slight headache and retired to my room before their return. I seated myself before the fire, brushed and braided my hair, and read a few pages in a pleasant story book. and finally retired for the night. I turn- ed low the light and prepared to sleep. I suddenly became aware I was not alone in the room. for I heard low breathing. The stillness of the room made the sound quite distinct. Thoughts of burglars and terrible murders came to me. and to say I was frightened would not in the least exâ€" press my feelings. “I held my breath to listen. The breathing had ceased to be audible. but; once or twice I heard a slight move- ment under the bed. "My first thought was to suddenly spring from my bed and rush from the room. But if I undertook to escape I should be overpowered by the ruffian and perhaps killed. I must keep still and remain where .I wasun- til my husband’s return. which might be in an hour or more. “Oh. how Iwished 1 had that faith- ful dog with me; he had often follow- ed me to my room. and if he were only here now I should be safe. I turned over in bed and my gaze fell_ upon a. large plate glass mirror which reâ€" flected the bed on which I lay. I looked at the shadows reflected under the bed. and slowly as my eyes became accustomed to the lights and shadows a dark form could be seen stretched on the floor under the bed. I lay silently and watched the glass and listened for my husband’s steps at the door. I wondered as I lay there if I should be alive when he returned; or would that dark form under the bed slowly creep out: and my life be over. “If I should still be spared until he came into the room, would not the robber, murderer. or what ever he might be, strike him down before I could give him naming? "The agony of that night I can never recall without feeling a thrill of sym- pathetic horror. “It seemed ages must have passed before I heard the heavy front door close and heard steps in the hall. Then I knew my husband had returned. "The form moved several times and Ifelt each time that my hour had come. Then he would lie still and I knew he was becoming tired of his un- comfortable position; und I felt sure he was waiting for my husband. ‘1 could form no plan, so confused were my thoughts. how I could warn my husband and so perhaps save his life. "I knew in the city it was easy to summon a policeman. but unless I could escape from the room I felt sure if all the police in the city were at the door below they could not save us. After what seemed hours, I heard my husband at the door and at the same time Iraw that dreadful form begin to slowly move. a "As your uncle opened the door I sprang from my bed and rushed to- wards him. wildly screaming, and fell in a dead faint in his arms. “'hcn I regained consciousness. l was lying on the bed and my husband and all die inmates of the house were bending over me or standing around the bed. a unething cold touched my hand and yam FQLKS. the dog. Lee. had put his nose up for his usual caress. . "'\\'hat. was it. darling? my bus. band asked. ‘whut frightened you so.‘ " ‘Where. oh where is that dreadful robber,’ I faintly asked. “But. it “as some time before I could tell them of that burglar hidden un- der the bed. in a. way they could un- derstand. _ “At last your uncle seemed to under- stand itandthen he told me the dread- ful. villianous murderer under my bed . was only Lee. It seemed my bedroom door had been left open and he had mmwe in and gone to sleep under my “Since that dreadful night with a burglar I never retire without first looking under my bed." This is the story as Aunt Did told us and we were fully impressed with the horror of that night. A GHOST STORY. The Death of the Disslpiiicd Lord Lyttlcton ll (‘cntury Ago. ’ Lord Lyttleton. in the winter of the year 1778. had retired from the met- ropolis. with a party of his dissipated companions, to profane the Christmas at his country house. Pit Place. near Epsom, in Surrey. They had not. long abandoned themselves to the indulgence of their dissolute orgies. when asud- den and unexpected gloom was cast over the party by the extraordinary depression of spirits and dejection of countenance which were observed to take possession of their host. it was in vain that he attempted to silence the inquiries of the. guests on the. sub« ject of his dejection. They wens eon- 'viiiced that he was ill, or had met with loss at play. or was crossed in love; and his denial of all these imputation: only excited u more eager curiosity to be informed of this origin of his de- pression. Th‘us urged, he at last de- termined to reveal the secret that so painfully depressed him. The night before, on his retiring te bed. after his servant was dismissed. and his light extinguished, he had heard a noise resembling the flutter- ing of a dove at his chamber window. This attracted his attention. to flu spot, when. looking in the. direction oi the sound, he saw the figure of an unhappy female, whom he had seduced and deserted, and who, when desert;- ed, had put a violent. end to her own existence; she was standing in the up- erture of the window from which the fluttering sound had proceeded. The form approached the foot of the bedâ€"« the room \f'as eupei'naturally light, the objects of the chamber were distinct. ly visible. Raising her hand and point- ing to a dial which stood on the man- telpiece of the chimney, the figure, with severe solemnity of voice and manner, announced to the appalled and conscience-stricken man that at that very hour on the third day after the visitation his life and his sins would be concluded and nothing but their pun- ishment remain, if he availed himself not of the warning to repentance which he had received. ' The rive of his lordship glanced on the dial, the hand was on the stroke of 12!. Again the apartment. was involved in total darkness. the warning spirit disappeared, and bore away at its de- parture all the lightness of heart and buoyancy of spirit. which had former- ly distinguished the unhappy being to whom the tremendous summons had been delivered. . 0n the succeeding day his lordsliip's guests, with the contrivance of his at- tendants, had provided that the clocks throughout; the house should be. adâ€" vanced an hour, without the impos- ture being discovered. 'l‘en o'clock struckâ€"the nobleman was silent and depressed. Eleven struckâ€"the depres- sion deepened, and now not even asmile indicated him to be conscious of the efforts of his associates, as they at: tempted to dispel his gloom. 'l‘welve struok. III: returned to his chamber. convinced of his security, and believ- ing that the llOlllI‘ of peril was now past. Lord Lyttleton’s guests remained 10-. geiher to await the completion of the time so ominously designated by the vision. A quarter of an hour had el~ apsedâ€"they heard the valet descend from his master’s room; it was just 12. His lordship's bell rang violently; the company ran in a body to the apart- ment; the clock struck l at their on- trance, and the unhappy lord lay ex- tended on the bed before them. pale and lifeless, and his countenance ter- ribly convulsed. YELLOW AND RED IN DISI-‘AVOR. Yellow and red will not this summer or any time in the future. as far as can be foreseen. be used as a floral combination for lawn or garden beds. It has just occurred to the horticul- tural mind that these are Spanish col- ors. nont- the less from being a tra- ditional and innocent arrangemelii, started many years since. . To replace the brilliant yellow and red flower beds the gardener of the momr-ni. is now resorting to a. scheme. of pure, unrelievod yellow. His beds are to lo yellow symphonies of tone, but without Ii suggestion of any othâ€" er hue. This is a marked novelty in gardening. and promises to somewhat; transform the lawns of the day. The. flowers that. will to. mainly used are yellow daffodils. yellow roses and jou- quils. THE FLY IN THE (llX'l'MENT. [loâ€"Yes ii is a fine thing to own oui own little home, but there is one 'ihin; I. miss. She-What is that? ‘ lieâ€"Our periodical scrape uizii the landlord about the repairs “ht-h its never would make and which we never supposed he would. _ ~ w... W ,VH LWW ...... “..4.....‘.-4..~4 3..acfl.â€"fi‘.u‘- m...“ “a; L... -Q .a...... ._- ,