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Punter in” the bill: the In of :- maker by men. rages but mind mam n anluflal inane. Ind single logitimaha ad and do a lino of ad suitor f the tax I! among marruod who have Flo to the a above mustangs mat the a graduat» 1030 years n for the as within fight hawk hag mute ll ‘10 wili. and. in order educated we can \\' ' ; ’and uman. hil we to 3h! Isa aha" urmus '18-“! let anx- L‘s pru comfot 0110‘ a debt most when I”)? nd "(‘0 up. YOU 11‘ in: rey ial L‘ aeverai crops on a. lmntea area mâ€" stead of growing one crap on a. large surface. Every farmer can ado gar- dening to his operations. Durmg the lettuce, early cabbage, kale, tomatoes and even onions. Mushrooms, (\Vhlbh require but a. small space to glve a 1ar-ge profit, are also grown. If there 1-....- tint-.11 n9 ‘1an ls plenty of room, a large flock of hens (not turned over to women and ch11;â€" dren) are kept and given good care by the gardener. The result is that there is no time lost during the winter. Mter spring sets in there are early cropsgrown in the open air, and many varieties not seen on farms. such as cauliflower, celery, egg-plant, okra. and other easily grown crops, which are somewhat rare are made specialties. These crops mail for labor, and the work must be done with the hand tools. the There is a fear of overstocking the market if all farmers should engage in ardening and fruit-growing. It :is ime to consider such a drawback when otheoccasion arises. and not before. It Is Justoas easy to go out of a parti- cular line as to go into the busmess. Experience has shown that a large sup- ply of any article educates the conâ€" umers to a knowledge of it and increasâ€" es the demand. Fifteen years ago a New England farmer raised over a thousand ducklings, puting them into the market in winter. They were unâ€" known to consumers and were styled “green ducks." but little sale being found. and they were almost given away. They were found excellent. how- ‘ ever, by those who obtained them.and% there was a demand for them the next winter. The buyers had been educated to a knowledge of the luxury of “green ducks" in winter. 'Toâ€"day the gentle- man who was the pioneer raises 10.000 duck‘lings every year, and his example has been followed, Long Island send- ing over 150.000 to the New York mar- ket every season. \Vhen a choice ar- ticle is grown the producer can al- ways sell it, and the demand for an article will become established if the supply exists. The farmer who de- sires to branch out. to add something new to his line of productions. will have the same opportunities as others. and if there is anything connected with the growing of vegetables and fruits that he does not understand. “then he should not rest satisfied until he has made himself familiar with all the de- PRACIICALIARMING. DAIRY NOTES. It is alleged, and with considerable acrimony, when it is questioned, that the flavor of butter and cheese is in no way connected with the food, but is due to some special germ 'by whom action on the fats in the milk the fia- vor is developed. Now, while it is im- possible to deny, or to prove this stateâ€" ment by direct evidence, yet there are some facts. and many of them. that go to show distinctly that the food has , very much to do with these special flavors of the milk products. For in- stance, one of h<se may be mentioned. Cheese makers know very well that fodder cheese, as the product of dry feeding is known, has a very unsatis- factory flavor, and consequently is salable only at such a low price as ‘to greatly interfere with the ale of sum- mer or grass-made cheese. So it is equally e and well known that but- ter ma e from dry food will not have the same flavor as the butter made from the grass of which the hay might have been made. How are these facts to be explained, if it is the individual- ity of the cow, and not the kind of food he eats, that controls the flavor of these products of milk 3 Prof. McCay in a recent article on the flavor of buvter says: It also seems that if the buster made from frozen cream is not good it' is the excessive heat used in melting the cream that - causes the difference in the flavor, and not the freezing. Again he states that it is the different degree of acidity which governsthe flavor of cheese. My experience during nearly forty years in dairy. 'work has shown that good but- ter cannot be made from frozen cream, ails necessary to success. however it is managed. And equally. that cheese is made from sweet milk and never from acid milk, and in the curing. cheese becomes alkaline. and never acid. For in the curing of cheese it is the caseine which decomposes and produces ammonia, to which the sharp flavor of old cheese is due. Consequent- 1); ac'lld is not in this ripening of cheese 21 a1. It is very true that the ripening 0f the cream for butter-making is a very Emportant part of the work. But. 1t 15 not the Whole of it by any meansi fnr flu: nafnrp nf flu). fOOd is Of Stlil‘ ”Itmi‘s: very true that the ripening 0f @portant part of the work. But. it 15 not the whole of it by any means; for the nature of the food is of strut more illiportance. It would be task- ing the creduiity and experience of bmterâ€"makers too much to ask them be the ripening will cover all defects, and make up for deficiencies, in the but- ter. .11: would be opening the door to a ruinous carelessness in dairy work; u 1 LlLuuqu v“; ULVUJuVUV .â€" â€". The ripening of cream is always and necessarily, accompanied by, and .mdeed is due to the production of lactlc acid in it, by the decomposition of the sugar substance, it of course produces a cer- in the milk. As lactic acid is a Viscous ubstance, it of course produces a. cer- tain amount of viscosity in the ripen- mg cream, and this changes the appear- ance of the cream so perceptiny that the degree of ripeness becomes apparent to the even moderately careful obser- ver. It. gives a soft, satiny texture to the cream which. is not to be mistaken and as the cream is stirred every time a fresh quantity is added to the accu- muiating bulk of it, it is very easy to distinguish the progress of the ripen- mg by this test. Over-ripening devel- ops the butyric acid which gives the rank flavor to the butter, but if by any possibility the cream haS’been kept 1 too long, the addition of fresh sweet; cream to the mass will] neutralize the excess, and avoid the undesirable effiect of the to dlomg or too warm, keeping. It is indispensable that the cream be kept at a even temperature all through. The even ripening then goes on in such a way that one may calculate on It. and be. sure of the same results every time, which is most important in the making of the butter. If the cream gets too cold, and is sour, itshou'ld nev- er be brought into a temperature high- er. than 70 degrees. Otherwise the heat Will cause the formation of clots of the sour milk in the cream, and these will make the white specks in the churn-mg. and it is impossible to get. all these out of the butter by washing. Then too much working will be necessary gto get rid of these by thorough mu;- ing of them in the butter, and this injures the texture of the butter, mak- 1ng it greasy. Dr. Gerber, the Swiss scientist, classi- fies the causes of tainted milk as fol- lows: 1. Poor fodder. 2. Poor, dirty water, used not only for watering cows, but also for wash- mg cans. 3. b‘oul air in cow stables. 4. Uncfieanliness in milking. 5. Keeping the milk too long in too warm and poorly ventilated places. 6. Neglecting to cool the milk quickly after; milking. 7. Lack of weanliness in the care of milk. . 8. Poor transportation fasilirues. 9. Sick cows. 10. The cows being in heat. She Devoles Ber Energies to Hunting RI inks and Rabbits. Possibly the most remarkable cat in Vermont, lives in Poultney, on the shores of Lake St. Catharine. The cat is the special pride and pet of ngs. Hen- ry Hastings. As a hunter, the animal has manifested extraordinary Sagacity. It «has actually captured more game it'han any hunter in the county. % CAUSES OF TAINTED MILK. Not long age the cat entered the house with a. fine mink between her sharp- teeth. She walked up to Mrs. Hast- ings, arched her bank as if wishing to be rubbed and then dropped the mink at her feet. It was not the first time, however, that the cat had caught a mink. It has caught no less than half a dozen. All were in fine condition and exceeding- ly valueable for their fur. But it is as a. rabbit hiunter that the cat ranks preeminent. Since the beginning of this year she has caught and taken to her mistress’ house nearly 160 rabbits. Many of these rabbits were as large as her- self, and as a rabbit isn’t much. of a fighter, the shy little animals were no doubt captured Without any great trou- ble. Mrs. Hastings is never surprised to see a dead rabbit lying about the house. In fact, she wuuld not be much sur- prised if this cat brought home a fox or otherdarger game. It is a remark- able fact that. the cat never takes poor game home with her. The mink are always the finest, the rabbits the plumpest and the birds the tenderest. Sir Edward Jolh'n Poynter, the new President of the Royal Academy,though an Englishman, was born in Paris. He is 60 years of age, but looks older, pro- bably on account of his grey beard. His first success was made when he had just turned 30. His election was followed by the conferring of a knighthood ugâ€" oh‘ nim by the Queen. Sir Edward IS Director of the National Gallery, with an annual salary of $5,000. As PIesi- dent of the Royal Academy, he will have a salary of nearly $5,000 per an- num in addition. His wife is one of three sisters who are all married to dis- tinguished men. She was a Miss Macâ€" . donald; one of her sisters is now Lady iEdward Burne-Jones. wife of the cele- brated pre-Raphaelite artist; while an- other is the wife of Lockwood Kipling, once of the education department in In- dia. and now head of the art schools of Bombay and Lazhlore. She is. there- fore. tihle aunt of Rudyard Kipling. ROYAL ACADEMY ’S PRESIDENT. POINTER FROM THE NAUTILUS. The air-tight compartment theory of building ships was copied from a. pro- vision of nature shown in the case of the nautilus. The shell of this ani- mal has 40 or 50 compartments, into which air or water may be admitted, to allow the occupant to sink or float he plwses. A USEFUL CAT. minor ills with which this poor human- ity is afflicted is headache. It fastens itself with such persistency that it is aLmost impossible to shake it off; Med- icines do not always help, and besides it is not well to get into the habit of taking medicine for. everything and at all times. There are several kinds of headaches, but the most general and distracting is nervous headache. This is usually caused by nervous exhaustion. when the worn-out nerves cease their action up- on the arteries which become full of blood, pumped constantly from the heart. This undue dilation of the ar- teries and the pressure on the brain cause the pain and lethargy. The best remedy for such headaches for one who is subject to them is to never under- take to do more than one’s strength will allow. Too much laborious house- work, too much“ study, or worry, or anxiety is sure to bring it on. The only way to ease it would be to free ' the mind from all care, if possible, and go out in the fresh, sweet air. A rest- ful sleep after a warm bath will be much the best cure. Very often some gentle exercise night and morning will. set the blood circulating and remove it from the overtaxed arteries in the head. Gymnastic exercise with the arms and legs, if one will persist in it and not overdo, will do much to pre- vent congestion of the arteries. 1.â€" V vuv vvubvuwv“ v- V Some headaches are brought on by overeating or from Indigestible food. Z-reryone ought to know what is best for him and what he should avmd, as far as eating is concerned. .He should learn to control the appetite and he would have no headaches .from such a source. In this case fastmg, a mild cathartic and placing the .feet 1n hot water for a short while, w111 prove ef- fective in‘ driving it away. “‘- For a rheumatiDc headache, produced by exposure to colder draughts, the best treatment is hot applications of some kind. A hot water bag or a gen- tle rubbing or friction at the place of the pain will generally relieve it. Such pain should never be neglected but should be attended to immediately, as 1t may become so persistent that a physician may have to be summoned. Often a headache is brought on by the kidneys or liver not performing their work correctly. For this, few things 1.1‘8 better than exercise which Will promote perspiration and stimulate the tin, such as rapid walking, horseback fidm'g,_ dancing, etc. - s 1 l‘ rm--- For headaches produced by the eyes. nothing but the attendance of an occu- llst should be advised. The eye is such a tender and precious organ that 1t should receive the best of care. Eyes should never be subjected to very strong 01‘ imperfect light, and they should nev- er be strained or abused in any manner. .‘W ell dined humanity will feel reliev- ed to hear the decision of the medical profession that the timeâ€"honored insti- tution of “forty winks” after dinner is conducive to health and a beautiful recuperative process. Plethoric, full- blooded people have feared to indulge in this tempting settling of a heavv feed, several English practitioners have made a severe attack on the siesta as tending to apoplexy or nightmare, ‘but the Medical Press declares this idea is founded on a misapprehension of. the physiological functions of the stomach and brain. And this is what it says, answering the question: “Is it harm- ful thus to fall asleep after a meal? By no means. The process is merely a physiological one, and as such when it occurs is quite natural. When diges- tion is ‘ in progress, nature arranges that all the available blood in the body shall be collected in and about the di- gestive organs. Consequently the blood supply to the brain falls to a low ebb, and thus sleep is easily induced. On the other hand, physiologically, it is wrong >r brain work to be attempted immed- iately after a solid meal." Which is a most comfortable doctrine, but one that offers a new development in the attrac- tions of dinner parties or public ban- quests. How would it be possible for these heavy diners he able to restrain the snores with which nature afflicts the children of. men in their unconscious __ -LL luc LL111ULUu u... ”4v...- __ -.___- moments? If the “forty Winks” meth- od is to receive public and immediate posrprandial adoption, another order of dining room furniture must prevail. People who are in the habit of dining not Wise-1y, but too well, must insist on the introduction of the classic Roâ€" man style of much or triclinia round the mahogany, and on that extend themselves as gracefully as may be un- til the digestive organs have done their duty. Beneficent sleep! It would work well even at the dinner dance, for then guests, however light of foot, would awake refreshed, and their gen- eral happiness be promoted, because in- digestion would be avoided. Q The doctors’ duty to say. The nurses’ duty to do. 1 In case of mental disturbance watch! the bladder. : Keep ether away from fire, it is high- ly mflammable. In a sick room always hang the ther- mometer near the bed. Always read the label on a bottle before giving medicine. In all cases of fever rub the feet with vaselme instead of alcohol. The snuffing of powdered alum will sometimes relieve nose-bleed. ' A good old-fashioned method of treat-s ing an ordinary cold 1s as follows: . The stomachs of infants nnder _ three or four years old will not digest starch. Remember that the old-fashioned idea. l "FORTY VVIN‘KS.” HELPS IN NURSING. In case of fainting ,think first to put patient flat on the mgbaok, afterwardp if necessary, loosen the clothing. of giving ph‘ysic for all ailments is I. ruinous principle. Doctors say that in nine cases oqt of ten, chorea (St. Vitus: Dance) 18 caused by lack of nutritlon. Put feet in hot water, grease the chest and back with lard and ginger. and wrap over it a piece of warmed White sheet or roll wedding. In making a bed tuck thevlower sheet at least twelve inches under top of. mattress, tuck in the upper. sheet twelve inches under the foot of mat- tress. For colds in the head try bathing the chest every evening in cold water. 1 teaspoon - I drachim (about) 3 tablespoon -- 1-2 ounce 'f A Young “'91mm in Chicago llorsewhip- pad the llorsewhippcr. Here .is an incident, related by the Chicago Chronicle, where a young WO- man taught an unfeeling and brutal expressman a severe and memorable lesâ€" son: The insolence of office and the law’s delays are not always to be count-4 ed on. Occasionally the Nemesis which Pursues the evildoer overtakes him in the very act of his iniquity and that protecting- arm of the law is clothed in sealskin, bracelets and things which one does not see on the majestic statue of Justice, which is loaded down with! scales and cumbersome equipment. This is not the theory, it is a condition, and was met full in the face by a city ex-I pressman who now knows how his horse feels under his persistent flogging and cutting. The expressman was driving the beast east on Adams street. Hi3 ;wagon was heavily loaded with house- i hold goods, including two or three stoves and several trunks containing 130ka. The load was almost too great for the poor, half-starved annnal, but this fact argued nothing to the balasphemousa drlver, who cursed incessantly and be- laxbored the poor brute at every stepr Thus is What the young woman saw as she crossed the street. Dressed in furs her cheeks flushin- with indignation that such a. prooeegiln-g should be alâ€" lowed to go on uninterru ted in a. met- ropolitan city, she watc ed the scene a. few moments and then rushed to the: side of the panting bcrute and command- ed the driver to stop. 833 paid no at- tention to the woman’s knportunit‘ies UUuUAVu v -- â€"â€"â€" .â€" and uttered a. great oath. \Vhen his whip descended again the young wo~ man seized it and uLl-led it from his grasp. He jumped "mm the wagon and then a. number of men rushed to the young woman’s assistance, but their the guilty expressmam I over the head.3 with the butt end of. the whip. Once, twice, three {times it fell, and blood! spurtedofrom deep cuts. Still she did not desust, and continued “her battery of blows until the Whipstock broke in her “hands. Then she turned, picked up the bundfles she had dropped and i continued on her way,_a.fter pattlng the 1 Wineglass â€" 2 ounces 1 teacup -- 4 ‘ bbgi‘ Thom on the hehd. Instances in Which They ‘Von Promotion , in Civil and Military Life. . A long list might be given of men who have owed their advancement inl life to a clever-answer given at the right moment. An account of how two of them managed it may be appropri- ately given just now. One of Napole- on’s veterans, who survived his master many years was wont to recount with: great glee how he once picked up the Emperor’s cooked but at a review,when the latter, without noticing that he was ‘a private said carelessly, “Thank you, Captain.” “In what regiment, sir i” instantly inquired the quickâ€"witted sol- dier.: Napoleon perceiving his mistake, answered with a smile, “In my guards for Isee you know how to ’be prompt.” ; The newly made officer received his' commission next morning. ‘ A somewhat similar anecdote is relatâ€" ‘ ed of Marshal Suwaroff, who, when re- i ceiving a despatch from the hands of a. Russian Sergeant who had greatly distinguished himself on the Danube, at~ tempted to confuse. the messenger by a series of whim$ical questions, but found him fully equally to the occasion. “How many fish are there in the sea 2” asked Suwaroff. “ All that are not caught ye ,” was the answer. “How far is it to the moonfif’ “Two of your Excellency’s forced marches.” "What would you do if you saw your men giv- ing way in battle?” “I would tell them that there was plenty of whisky behind the enemy’s line.” Baffled at all. points, the Marshal ended with, "\Vhat is the difference between your Colonel and myself ?)" "My Colonel can not make me a Lieutenant, but your Excellency has only to say the word,” “I say it now,” answered S-uwaroff, “and a right good officer you will be." France’s Foreign Legion is the last refuge for adventures of all nations. In one company there were serving re- cently a Romanian Prince, who was suspected of having murdered his broth- er; a German Count, who had been a Lieutenant of the Guards and on the Emperor’s staff; an Italian Lieuten- onel of cavalry, dismissed for cheating at cards; a Russian Nihilist. escaped from Siberia; a former Captain in the English‘ Rifle Brigade, and an ex-canon of Notre Dame suspended for immor- ality. The legion is always used for dangerous service in which the Gov- ernment does not wish! to employ re- ' ar troops, as the men have no care or their lives. . FRAN CE’S FOREIGN LEGION. SERVED HIM RIGHT. CLEVER ANSWERS. county, ., a family a new baby (I HTEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT BUSY YANKEE. WHM UNCLE 8AM l8 M. Helghbofly Interest in His Doingsâ€"Mutter. of Moment and Birth Gathered from I‘ll! Daily Record. Roasted wann'ts are sold by tfh'e pound at Sacramenatm 08.1., the W100 now being 10 cents. Nose bleed which m is said, had con- tinued for twenty -four hours, wase-top- ped at Carthage, Me, the patient be- ing a Mrs. Flood. There was a xture of feeling in thh heusehold of {Berry of the Color- ado Grand Canyon, when the cat had a litter of half-breed pole cats. “ In a Smelt weir in 801mb Bey, ofl East-port, Mega lobster weighing 19 1-9 pounds was caugm.1t was forty 1n- chug long and seventeen inches around. Rubbers were the means of saving a life in Maine, when a NVGSIC Sullivan boatman who wore them used them to Silknut his boat, which had swung ea c At Hartshorne, I.T., an Italian who had suit for divorce instituted urged haste upon his attorney, saying that he wanted to marry a Choctaw squaw be- fore the land allotment. {1‘3th was ground for amusing specp ulation in the» contribution of a Bang: or, Me.; firm to a Stair for the benefl" of an hospital. [[‘he donation consists of 2,500 cigarettes. « . ‘ Buried in a. p-auper's grave near Hartshorne, 1.13., was the body of an old man named Johnson, Who, it. is said, was once Lieutenant-Governor of Flora. ida. He was fbrought low by drink. Mrs. Dorothy Parker of Brooklyn,Me., at the age of 84, was sufficientv inter- ested in the affairs of the ay to mould candles for the illumination 01 three houses to celebrate McKinley 'a victory. _ __ I An. ,m' v -v'v- A letter tram Havana to the Times dwells upon the fast that the white element now predominates largely 1n the insurgent ranks. The Worst . ele- ments have disappeared. and an Inde- pendent Government, if weak. “raga at least be in the hands of e-duca. and yquonqible men. .. L 11 __ -3. “H-~“v -“v” Carl Hoolzheueer, a farmer of Rush- ville, Kan, carried to Atchjson ahald eagle which he had captured after a battle with it near Lake .Corntr s Where he was hunting. He had left h 3 horse, and when he returned to it fpund the eagle on the animal's beck, f1 ht; mg it. When he beat it off. the 1rd attacked him and tore his clothing and face before he could shoot it. According to the Superior, Ne‘b., Journal, Bert Serf of: the Deane Gol- lege football team, on leaving Crete for a game at Lawrence, bade a com- rade good-by, and added in a solemn tone that it might be the last time hlb friend would see him alive. The friend told of the incident and some. of. S‘u‘tjs friends for a. joke draped his chair 1n mourning, and had juet hung on the (111-..; Peace, ” when a despatch came. saying that Serf had been killed in the gamé. An'gered at the attendance oi the young women school teachers of the place at the meetings of a dancing club, the School Board of Osage City, Kan., passed a resolution forbidding further indulgence in such gayety, on the ground that the influence upon the pupils would not be good4 The town arose and asserted itself; The Knights of Pythias stood up for the teachers, and a .business men’s meetlng was head, the members of the School Board be in- structed to refrain from the use of to- bacco, as good results to the pupils could inot be accomplished while such aprao- ltice was indulged in. A SAD ACCIDENT. Western J ungeâ€"You are chmwgeisir, with being the Leader of a party which {hunted down and lynched a horse thief. say? Prominent Citizenâ€"I ain’t guilt jedige. I’ll tell you how it was. VS 0 caught the.» feller and tied his hands and feet. Nothin’ wrong about that, was there, jedgei’ No»; that was no doubt necessary. \Val, jedage, there was a storm comin’ up, and we couldn’t spare him an um- brella very well, so we stood him under a tree. That was all right, wasn’t it? Certainly. . \Val, the clouds Lkept gatherin’ an' the wind was purty high, and we didn’t éwant him blown away, so we tied a lropearou-nd his neck, and fastened the other end to the limb aboveâ€"not. tight, jedige, jest so as to hold himâ€"and we left him standln’ solid on his feet. Noth- inig wrong about that, was there? 1 Nothing at all. ‘ Then I :kin be excused, can’t I? ‘ But the man was found suspended from that tree, and stone dead the next the. night the rain came up an’ Is’pose ipay for a. constabie IS $6.75, for a ser- igeant $8. an inspector gets $. 8. I year, and a. superintendent from $1,200 ;to $1,500. The St. Peter-513mg chief of {police draws $2,500 a. year, a sergeant éfrom $300 to $400, and a. patrolman. girom $150 to $220 a. year. Paris aye g$5.25 to $6.50 a year at Vienna. mm and $7 to roundsmen. Patrolman get from $225 to $260 a. year at Vienna,from ; $230 to $300 at Amsterdam. from $200 gto $320 at Brussels, w‘hlere .detectrves Emay rise to $480. The Turkxsh p011?- ‘men ,rgert $3 a. week and the natty. ' policemgn of Calcutta from $4 to‘dfl coupleâ€"0' feet. That's r cident hapmmd, Jedge. WAGES OF EUROPEAN POLIC a. men an EMEN.