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IDS marry 1'. am rmur an“ colt Ul' "I house should be placed on elevated (1;; ground. exposed to the wind and air anti having no shade. It should have a tight roof with gables Open to the air. 80 that a free rurrent of air may ass through and over the covering of he ice. keeping this covering dry and perfectly sustaining its porosity.wliich would be illestroywl if the covering phould be wet and soggy. Inside the floor should be sealed against the en- trance of air with the greatest care. [his is the weakest. part of an ice- ” and is to be looked after particul- ’rly. A tementwl floor is the best. here should be a good drainage on the floor by making: several small chanâ€" nels all. conniving to one cormr,whoro 3 perfect air-trap made like an S laid on m aids is placed. in which water will alwayl um um Pro-OWN th' W from ance- of an: whwh would or that any damp that might exist or happen in the wall. says Massachusetts Ploughman, may be evaporated from the outside and thus tend. by the in- fluence of evaporation to cool the wall; third. a well ventilated cover or roof, through which a current of air may pass by which moisture gathering in the covering over the body of the ice may be evaporated. with the result of! keeping the covering dry and cool; fourth a solid body of ice packed so that all blocks, closely fitting, or hav-1 ing the spaces between them filled;' with small ice or the powdered frag-? ,ments made in the filling swept into;f he crevices. make a single solid block? f ice. These requisites are best 86-? .-ured by a wooden house with double; walls filled in between with any dry, porous substance so as to secure as many minute air spaces as possible. Dry sawdust answers this purpose bet~ tor than anything else. Dry tan-bark comes next; fine charcoal next, and aft. or these dry forest leaves closely press- ed down w_ill_ser\[e the purpose. The The proper requirements of an ice house are first. a dry foundation per- fectly sealed against entrance of air; accond an air-tight. non-conducting wall around the ice of such a. charact- Uverworking butter is injurious, rendering it salvy and spoiling the grain. Insufficient working leaves an exress of water incorporawd with it and also leaves the butter mottled and Slreukwl in appearance after standing a few hours. The whole operation may as well be done at once as to let it remain with the salt insufficiently blended for several hours, then rework it. Every butter-maker knows how dif»l firult this is when the butter has be-; come hardened. ,It is well-nigh impos-9 sible to get it prOperly wamned. Tryg' the once working plan and you are' sure to like it. especially in very cold? weathen ' I nection with the new and improved me- thods of butter making which have been advameu of late years finds so slow arveptance among farmers' wirves as that recommending only a single work- ing. ‘l’his is the rut in which many of them stick. They have always work- ed their butter twice and consider this lintliSpensable, Wth the fact is one working. and that at the time of salt- iing is all that is required.’ When gathered in granules, only sufficiently to allow the butter to float upon the‘ surface of the buttermilkâ€"and. by the way: this is greatly facilitated by add- ing a handful or more of salt to the contents of the churn when the sep- aration beginsâ€"the washing free from. the milk is an easy task. Every grain) is distinct and separate from every other grain. The cold water prevents' their adherence and each is individu- illy brought in contact with the clean- sing fluid. Then when drained and Probably no aingh nection with the new "7 1 Too much washing undoubtedly in- ‘jures the flavor. {While it is general- ly conceded that washing until the ing its quality, if it is not to be con- sumed in the month or six weeks first following its manufacture a middle course is advisable. Wash the butter in two or three waters. then salt to taste and. work into shame. PLANNING AN ICE HOUSE. ular but.‘ can be made in a dash churn as well as in the most approved of modern models. The whole secret lies in stOpping the churning at the proper time. Thin is when the butter particles appear about the size of wheat kernels. The old rule used to require! fluiil. Then when drained and 9 still in granules, add the salt, ermg it over the mass and- in- miting it thoroughly with the The notion of the salt will be art the‘hrine formed by its dissolv- Drain this off and work exactly as il be done [had the butter been- ously salted. {Work until all ex- of moisture is removed. and the 2r is a smooth, waxy mass. One of sufficient working is to make [er-like pat with a portion of it,‘ ' the laulle of course. then lift one and fold together. If it almost over without becoming broken nally does break. it is worked en- 1 out in the butter bowl, [points out there h h washing undoubtedly in-'erthe'935‘- NO P01 fluv.or “Vhile it is general- PUTI’OSBS has been single feature in con- of such a charact- An ingenious way of securing ventila- tion on a long barn with two ('upolas was as follows: There were large win- dows in the cupola, and a stick run across from one window to the other, that was six inches longer than the cup- ola was wide. The stick fastened onto these win-(lows. Now. when the south wind was blowing hard. it shut that south window and fastened out the one on the north side, and when the north wind was blowing hard, it shut the north window and pushed open the win- dow on the south siegesix inches and in that way formed a‘oertailn amount: of ventilation in the top of the barn. l A young pig is much like a. flower; ' it must have plenty of sunlight to make it develop and grow into usefulness. Many a fine litter has been seriously injured for the lack of it. A; writer makes the following sensible remarks: “\\ here farmers have a hog house in. .which a number of brood sows are hav- ing their litters, we advise putting in oheap sash on the south side. which can be done very easily and, at present prices at small cost. A ibrood. sow should never be allowed to produce a litter in a dark plane. illhe north side of a, building is no place for hier’ at ML; Choose the south side. or the east if’ nothing better can be done, and let; there be plenty of glass windows to,i admit the sunlight. In the summeri time these windows can be removed and; their place ltaken by some kind of' srreen. or, if nothing better. a coarse: gunny sack. which will admit the air: and keep out the flies if pigs are to be? kept in the building. 'A little atten-l tion to this matter of light will savei plenty of money and prevent serious! disappointment.“ 4 - Facts Show that high quality and : small size do not ineccssarily go togeth- ’I‘er. And the fact that all the small- 'sized. un-hardy and unproductive var- ieties listed by nurseyimen are of sup- erb quality, merely shows that asmall or weak variety is not introduced un- fless its fruit is of such exceptionally fine quality as to warrant its cultiva- 9tion. notwithstanding its delicate con- ,stitution. FALL There are I jgrow upon trees deficient in natural ivigor and hardiness, and that some of the finest varieties for eating our; ;[)oses are small. But there is no neces- sary relation between the quality of the fruit and its size or the hardiness of its tree. . Many fine dessert fruits are large, and their trees hardy and productive; and not all small fruits are of good quality. Many seedlings are small and of poor flavor, and therefore do not often appear in fruit lists. ‘ The following are the most; promising ,of the new varieties: Aroma” Anna iKennedy, Beauty, Copernicus, Clyde‘, .Carrie, Enormous, Glen Mary Hall’s éFavorite Portage, Ruby, Rio, Staples, fTennessee Prolific. Of well known fkinds that can be recommended for :general cultivation, Buhach, Brandy- wine, Greenville, Haverland‘, Lovett and \\'a,rfield are the best. It is a somewhat (-ominon. notion that the trees of the finest flavored varie- ties of fruits are nil-hang}, \Weak in growth, and unproductive, that the fruit itself is of small size, and: that these qualities are necessarily associat- ed. _---....-.u.,,. The use of water for irrigatinzg strawberries is another means of in- itensive culture, eSpecially during the season of fruiting. The conservation of gmoisture is best accomplished, the first season by fall or early plowing. and [thorough cultivation, It is quite as ne- l’cessary to stir the soil after light as 'after heavy showers, even though no gcrust is formed. purposes has been produced but the in- :tensification of desirable traits and =oharacteristics is going on continually. {The station has grown thousands of ‘seedlings but all have been discarded; *althoug-h many were more valuable than the majority of those offered for sale. \Vhile good varieties are of great importance to fruit growers, there is danger of making the variety question unduly prominnent. It would be well to give more attention to intensive cul-t lure. as there are but few crops tlnatl offer greater induoemextlts in this dir-, ection than the strawberry. I '1“. -7- - It is true that the ice cut in blocks so that the joints are broken, as for instance, 16 by 24 sor 12 by 18., three feet lengthwise cross- ; lng two thus effectually preventing cir- .culation of air through the mass. To lillustrate the advantage and effect of :this, it may be mentioned that ice cut jin this way has been packed out of gdoors in a pile and merely covered by .‘a heap of refuse tan-bark and simply enclosed in a rough boarded enclosure and it kept perfectly well all the sum- smer. If these necessary conditions are 'secured, any sort of shelter above: ground in an airy location will keep ice. but an underground. storage will, fail. because the conditions required! can-not be secured. The improvement of has been slow, but as I BA RN V EN TI L'A’I’ION . PIGS NEED SUNLIG STRA \V BERRY DEVELOPMENT QUALITY OF FRUITS. ”m” “Yum in (all 'oveme-nt of the strawberry 0w, but as Prof. \V. J. Green there has been progress nev- No perfect berry for all some very fine fruits GHT. '77 ("vau‘uu-nu. .1: ul LUUI', when any father, utterly worn out and irritable with the worries of the day. is ready tofind fault with everything; from the pratt'loing of the children to the cooking of the dinner. it his wife is wise enough ’to persuade him to smoke. the bear becomes a. lamb. and domestic pew. is ounrnd. Tobacco ls somewhat of a disinfect- a'nt. If he had to see patients in a yellow fever want. long as «it was sinve he last smoked, he should smoke again as a. prophylactic again-st this dire dis- loom», persons who find relief from the agony of their asthmativ paroxysms, as there are others who, inheritors or subjeuts Off the narcomzm-iacal intoxica- hion; mania. are enabled. to ward off these morbid and well-nigh overpower- inrg impulses by a smoke. There are occasions. such as in the trenches dur- ing military 01,)eratinna, when, worn out: with exposure and fatigue. or when exhausted by slow starvation. with no food in prospect. a pipe. or cigar will be a welcome and valuable friend indeed. renting the weary limbs. cheering the fainting hearty. allaying the gnawing hunger of the empty stomach. A "elem-Mod Physician's Oplnlon u Io the Value looWoml In certain flaws. Dr. Norman Kerr, an English. physi- cian, says it would be impossible for hviln, without disloyalty to science and to truth. to de'nounr-e the smoking of tobacco asalways injurious. There are The “angry trve” grows in' Nevada, Eastern California and Arizona When in the least disturbed, this highly sen- sitive tree shows its anger by ruffling un its leaves and emitting :1 disagree- able odor. no mark of any kind. And for months afterward the pay, stung is painful in rainy weather, or when, in any way, it gets wet. Frequently, it is neces- sary to shoot horses and dogs that have imen stung; by the tree, so mad- dening is its effect. upon- them. 'l‘he “stinging tree” of Queensland. is pleasing to the eye, but? dangerous to the touch. Its effects ard curious; it causes great pain to the person or ani- mal that has the misfortune to get stung by it, butlit leaves no wound. is found at Otaheite in the South {Sea. The lurk is tzikew off in long lstrips and put to soak. over night in 'lrunning' water. The soaking softens lit, 80 that the inner! fibre may he leusily separated from the rest: of the i bark. The fibres are put together in ’lengths of about eleven or twelve yards, and the lengths are placed side by side until they are at least 1:! inches in width, and two.’ or three layers of fibres are put one upon' an- other. The fibres adhere together in one piece. and the material thus formed is l‘ea ten upon a smooth piece of wood until it becomes as thin! as muslin. It is then bleached in the air for a time, whenitis ready to make upinto cloth- lug. Insects infest the tree, andl deposit their eggs in its shoots. A gall-like in diameter, is produced at the base of the shoots, and when the larvae ed upon by the wind, produce a , Whistling sound equal to that proâ€" duced by a sweet-toned flute. The "cow tree” is sd called because it yields an abundant supply of milk. To obtain the milk, deep invisions are made in the tree, from which the fluid flows into vessels placed ready{ to re- ceive it. This vegetable milk is white, somewhat viscid, and has an' agreeable flavor: and an analysis of it shows t‘ at it is very much like the milk ‘of a now in its composition. The new tree grows on the slope of the mountain chain bordering on l Venezuela. wnlcn Rank Among the Curiosities of Plant Life. The "whistling tree,” or acacia fis- tula, is found in Nubia and the Sou- dan. The Arabs call it “soffar” or pipe, beeause of the whistling sound that it produces, and the specific name) of ”fist- ula,” a word also meaning. pipe or flute, has been given it for the same‘ ‘Vh'f'l [In uk first. Most of our sprimg crops are‘ sown and planted too late, because it is only by late planting that the soil can be got to proper warmth androndi- air even before the seed was planted, so that it would mean? both warmth and fertility for the young plants as they are starting into growth. TOBACCO, MAN'S FRIEND. with any other way-of disposing of it. In no other way can it be so thoroughly incorporated with the soil, nor can it he in any other way made so‘ useful in THE “C‘ LOTH TREE” at the tree, andi deposit its shoots. A gall-like bout an inch and: a half is produced at the base "I have tried experiments in line with this s-u‘ggest'inn and haw? rezu'hod most remarkable and startling results. that impress me as being of great val- no. They will be cuntinued and their actual value positively ascertains he- foro th'n method is u‘nqualifiedly ro- ’I‘H‘E SCIENTIFIC FACT of the result described is accomplish- ed. and We will consider its applieation to the human l‘ody in eases of skin disorders or any disordes that may arise from the skin being attacked by disease germs or parasites of any sort. Since small partivles on a lrody van lze thrown from it by the means Ihave told you of, it is thinkahle or even very probable that a human body may in this way ri .1 Itself of any extrane- ous particles that may be on it. and as the disease germs. if any. would he among these particles, the possibility and practicability of such treatment naturally suggests itself. ~wvi~0 henause of the smallnpss of the par- ticles. Still. if tho pressure was suf- ficiently greatâ€"as in the rage of a, l7ghtning straikeâ€"the brass ball could be destroyed in an infinitesimal period of time. “Now we will see what. all.of this leads up to. I know that hen “But further. You know how firmly bronze paint adheres when it has dried. It requires great force to tear it away, but i‘nder the pressure I re’er to not only is. the bronze torn fromthe brass surface. but the hard brass itself is subjected to such a pressure that its partirles are torn asunder, scattered with great force and thrown away, not only to distances measured by feet. but measured by miles. Keep Up the action. and finally the entire solid brass ball would be varried away, but ages would be required to accomplish this result with the present apparatus, “87 means of my apimmtua I have “I have found ways of producing all degrees of pressure. even to a degree that approaches more or less to that of lightning; and the repulsion exert- ed on the small particlesâ€"when a body is charged with such a tremendous pressureâ€"is so great as to actually tear asunder not only the firmly ad- hering small objects. but the verypar- ticlee of the metal on which they rest. Now, for an illustration, if a brass ball is painted with bronze paint- which is czmducting-the whole of the paint is almost thrown away when the is practivally a point. So th accumulation on the surface toâ€"say it is of brassr-is exce- the accumulation on the sun that may he on that surface weight 3on that electrically charged surfacefiand if they are conductors capable of taking electricity, they will also become charged with the SAME KIND OF ELECTRICITY that the surface has received. What is the result under the law of repul- sion? .There is a force at work be- ‘twenn them and the surface, which strongly tends to part the two, and the particles are thrown off, frequent- ly with great force. In fact. this force can be increased to pressure of any] desired magnitude. Just the form of‘ apparatus 1 am using, and which acpl complishes this thing. 1 must keep 89-! cret for a time yet. . “This repulsion under the pressure I have referred to is increased the; more under the law that governs it, 3 for if a given electrical pressure is! doubled the repulsion is increased 5 fourfold, and even more than this, on ’ account of another law. because elec- trioity preferably accumulates on points, and an extremely small body ' o In nun:.‘---...l‘.. _ Then ,as a foundation, the electri- cian explained that it is a fundamen- tal electrical law, well known, that two bodies charged with the same kind of electricity, either positive or negative, repel each other; that if a body he charged with electricity from a static machine the electricity accu- mulatgg on its surface. Mr. Tesla. was found in his laboraâ€" tory with head and hands full of mat- ters electrical as usual. and when Spoken to of the interests his hints and suggestions of what: he was doing had aroused he hesitated for a moment be- fore answering. knowledge into practical operation, for the ridding of the human skin of all extraneous matter, includingpar- {asites of every nature. whether they ?are virulent disease germs or not. ducted by Mr. Tesla for some time within the secret precincts of his lab- oratory, and all of the matters involv- ed, from the figst inception t0' the? last experimentfhave received most] careful consideration, and a number of times in his published writings he has hinted at what he Lelieved and what he expected to accomplish, but only; made his readers anxious to know just .i what it is he expects to do and how he intends to accomplish it?" NICOLA TESLA’S ELECTRICAL CURE FOR SKIN DISEASE. REMARKABL‘E DISDUVERY. Envelops the Human Flame will: Woman-on}; Resultsâ€"Exp meats nave Reached Most sun-(l Results. er! lug mint. So the normzil the spri‘ace referred. -is exceeded by the small bodies "'0. Bod! III Luminous 1 V'l‘liey ca.” :vour Ion 'Coma' because. {he‘s at tho foot of mg class. ' I And papa kicked W9 brfiiliaut a. "mm: are they (allimgg‘ you son! ask- ed the colic-bonus father. Corns. torus, that’s what they cull me. And when papa intorviemd tho schoolmaster the next morning the pod.- wgogua was put on (bio memo. Papa said a school boy who had W badlgered by his sr'thmlmatu. they arc calling me names; Not: a particle ugh-hot than in in his head. Isn't Mr. Dumply light on his feet fax a his: man? she asked of her esuut “ho regards Mr. Dumyly u a riva!. I just think it all comes down to this. that mostly everyliody's for locking up their house and‘ a-search- ing the world for that contentment they've. thrown away in their own lum4 her room. Talking about happiness. observed Aunt Maria, severely. do you‘ know what I think about the matter. John Samuel? John 9'? zmuel didn’t know, and mlld- 1y admitted as much There‘s Nothing Wear: a Man 0It 5. Quick as lbwclllng on Illa farm. “The worst possible thing for a man to do when cares Opprsss him." said Mr. Gratebar. “is to move; to sit down and think it over. If there is any- thing on earth that will mildew a man and make him good for: nothing, that’s it. \Vhat he wants is activity: to keep moving. If he can’t work. or thinks he can’t. let him get out and take a walk, and start his circulation, it's amazing what a little fresh air and exercise will do for a man. Keep moving, and the first thing you know you’ll find yourself whistling. or humming a tune, and then you laugh to yourself a little. and go back and go to work." BRITISH ARMY SURGEONS. Although the pay is liberal and the military rank substantial in the army ’medical department of the Britishser- l vice, it is found difficu.‘ to :;et army .dortors, says an exchange At pres- ent the establishment only numbers geigrht hundred and ten, while, in i spite of the lowering oi? the standard by abolishing the rule thati those who have already failed twice at. the en- trance examination shall not he per- mitted to compete again, there has been an insufficient number of madl- dates for the advertised vacancies of the present year. Thie does not re- fer to the army medical service of India, but to the home service. The whole matter is being very freely discussed in the English pa- i Miss Joan Harris, of Belfast, also plunged into the sea without undress- ing and rescued a grown girl; further circumstances are not given, but swim- mers know that it was a feat, anyhow. Miss Louisa Bright. of Rea'iing, too, did not waste time in preparations When she saw a schoolboy drowning in the Kenneth It is not many years since swimming was regarded as a dubious sort of accomplishment for women. Forfarshire coast, apparently, when fshe observed a manufacturer in great fdistress out at sea. We are not told whether she threw off any of her clothes, but since the man was seized with cramp and was drowning it is ,to b supposed that she did not. The distance was 300 vards. and the sea out, and “exhortiing the manufacturer .to preserve his presence of mlnd"â€"also “holding him up"-â€"sl)e conveyed him safely until a boat picked them up mid- way. This is something like a “record." “Our fathers would not. have believed it possible for a girl to swim a quarter of a mile in her clothes through a heavy sea, but this brave young athlete act- ually supported a manufacturerâ€"who run to weight as a ruleâ€"in the agony of_cramp. HER VlFI‘V OF THE MAl‘l’ER ciety is more then usually interesting this month, says the London Standard, If evidence he wanted of the strength and courage and hardwood of our young women, hem ilt isâ€"with a vengeance, old-fashioned folks would add. The sil- llerolc fondue: cl lingual: I'onnlx Wellie- PIMHNI try llunmne Hen-kw. The report of the Royal Humane 80- nerves." “I have gone far enough with these experiments to suggest the possibility of completely enveloyning the bum body in an actual sheet of flame, with-A out injury to either the .ekin or the “The electrical pressure not only violently agitated the air armnd the body, but the repelling force threw oft all particles with such violence that their extremely rapid motion throth the atmosphere caused a friction that “'ELL-JA MED. A'l‘ BOTH ENDS DON'T MOPE. THREE HEROINES.