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Tt Cl) “'0 th it li.‘ Instead of having the dooryarrl open to commons. as most of them are, have Lt, fenced. Have beautiful shrubbery. n pltoo for them to have flowers. a cro- quat ground. swing and hammock; null then take tune to play an occasion- a.’ gun with them, or read aloud to u. an on tho w porch. while they darn yam has. .3 ad do have your arm-don (need from pigs at hem. Don't wear women out Mos but little to make it. littlo to beautify it. but if that. little is looking they have only a house for their families to live inâ€"not a home. In the first place build the housp as the women folks want: it. and mnwn- that for them. instead of yourself. for there they work from year to year. with little to break the dull monotony or their lives. Have far their use every kind of lalr-orm-ving machinery; wa- ter from both “on and cistern in the ink or porch. and plenty of closets and Ihady port-hoe. And in this home have music. the best mgazilns. general ne'Wimapers, agri- cultural papers and books and books. Then hove lots of easy chairs and a hung». And, heat of all. see that they , um time to mt and read and think a 3 bought all their own once in a while. 4 Don't. be [your daughters out of whool to help mother. It's the worst kind of robbery to rob them of the chance to t o good education. Rather him- a girrto work-acme as you do ‘_ “ \_ \Il "‘-’ (9},â€" pear. but keep the soil loose. During the summer each plant will throw out runners. and soon the bed will be thick- ly matted. It will be an advantage them to cut. the stems which connect the runners with the parent plants. Should weeds or grass appear in the matted rows pull them out by hand. It the matted rows are a foot wide. it will leave but a small space between the rows to cultivate. If water can he applied on a small patch during a dry apell it will be beneficial. Along in the fall. just as winter approaches, cov- er the rows with fine manure. and over the manure use a light mulch of salt hay or straw. Early in the Spring rake the bed over. so as to remove the mulch and rake the manure fine. leaving the mulch between the rows, and after the plants are well up use straw or salt 'Iay under them. so as to have the her- ‘ riee clean. These details .3 ‘ahorinus as they seem for a small plot, ‘ Incl if choice varieties are used the ex- periment will he very satisfactory. The instructions apply to larger areas also if heavy yields of choice fruit are de- II. Ml. _ "â€"-‘-n “‘"'“'J white. those of uld plaints being dark, \‘et them in straight rows, pressing the earth well around the- roots, using ueter, if necessary, being careful not ’0 cover the crowns of the plants. After the plants begin to grow, use he hoe and work between the plants .0". A hand-wheel hoe may be used «tween the rows, and it will work ' ury close to the plants without injur- ng them. If the plants are “checked" :1 the rowsâ€"that is, placed in lines nth lengthwise and crosswiseâ€"the or- t'nary hoe need not be used. as the heel hoe will enable one to do the «wk of several men with hoes. In that manner asmall patch can he hoed in fifteen minutes or even in less time. Do not wait for grass aml weeds to ap- M-m l...‘ lâ€"_-â€"# is heavy or light. If for a garden. make the rows three feet apart. placing the plants one foot mart in the row. Every fourth row should consist of the staminabe vatiety and the others of the Distillate kind. A patch 2.5 by 100 feet would require about 900 plants. Use only young plantsâ€"runners from last apring's growthuwhich may be known by their roots being nearly "-Vhib‘d. thOSO Of U'd nlamts heincr rlnrlr belie we}. and 150 pounds muriate of potaah. Let it be done the first warm day; be sure and work the manure and fertilizer well into the soil, and make the soil as fine as possible. Then leave it until April. when the ground should be worked over again. For a «mall patch the labor will not be cost- ly, and. as the first preparation is the most unportant. the work should be well done. After the plants are set out farmer. As there are new and better varietiu introduced every year, get from some reliable nurseryman two kindsâ€"ctaminate and pistillate. male and female. plants, as the selection of la varieties depends on whether the soil 1 “0118b or spade the ground as deep 3-9 POSSUM. and then Spread over the surfaoe manure to the depth of two or three inches, working it well into the soil. but before working the ground “'9‘! I180, for an acre, a mixture of 100 munds nitrate of soda, 100 pounds Early in the spring is when the new atrawbttry beds should be made. all tn who contemplate having them cannot prepare the ground too soon. It is o fact that but few farmers. com- paratively. know how to grow straw- berries. It was for along time be- lieved that it was difficult and labor- ious to grow them. when. in fact, there Is no crop grown in a garden, that Hm he produced as easily, or which gLvea such vamahle results in propor- tion to coat. They can he had on every farm. md abundantly. "RAVVBERRY CULTIVATION. 3 you do tea-mm. The Lancet describes hé'r an ‘1 thin but out warn-out looking ‘1an 00 Nineteen (ahibdren in 20 years of mar- ried ltife ie the record of one British mother reported in the Lancet. She never head twine end was able for 13 genre be m her babies without in- MAGNETIC QUALlTY OF SELF- RELIANCE. "It is a, curious fact." said Mr. Bit- fleby. "that the more self-helpful a man is the more help he gets from others. Curious. but not strange. Everybody likes the self-reliant; and courageous man. He is magnetic. and things temthis way." . UV. )8 announced that neaifiwafilwt‘he ut- ensils carried by soldiers of the French army on the march widd be made here- after of aluminum. v" r-v-‘U but it soon ceases. as an insoluble coat- lug seems to form on the metals which prom-1's it. This is analogous to protec- tive deposits on iron boiler plates and on bead water-pipes, which are often produced by water containing salts. It is flhflouncfld than nonrln all +1... .-L ALUMIN UM COOKING UTENSILS. Recent exyeriments show that al'um- inwm is a safe metal for cooking uten- sils. Some slight corrosion takes place .\s a protection to our cherries when ripening! plant a row of Russian mul- lzerry trees for the birds to eat. the ground up high enough so that the rabbit cannot stand on the drift and reach above where the soap has been applied, and your tree is safe no matter how much old grass or weeds. or how many mice and rabbits there are. And the scan will he a great ben- efit to the tree. KEEPING MICE FROM TREES. [ have. read lately. writes D. R. “'is- ed, in several farm papers, the different methods used by different men- to pre- vent the girdling of trees by mice or rabbits. One says he banks up! around the tree, another winds with‘ hay rape. and still another cleans awa‘}r all dead grass and weeds and winds the trees with wire screen, and yet the protec- tion is not complete. The mice will get under or the Show will drift deep and the rabbits will. get over the pro- tection. There is one sure, easy way to keep all kinds of vermin away from trees. and that is. a thorough applica- tion of soft soap. Scrub the tree from [on the beginner the necessity of very ’ close pruning. The old Concord is still the leading grape, but it is too often marketed half green. It should hang on the vines from two to three weeks after it begins to color. The Worden or. and largely as a result of the prac- tice above mentioned of marketing the Concord half ripe, will soon displace the latter in the nearby market. It does not ship well. Moore's Early and Agawam are both profitable grapes when not raised in large quantities. Moore’s Early for early table use. and Agawam' to he kept until midwinter in cold storage. Cultivation should be constant anrl thorough, but shallow, getting much sunshine and oxygen in the surface of the soil and preventing too great ev- aporation of moisture. Ordinarily grapes are not pruned as close as they should be. It is hard to impress up- also permits free circula'tion o£.£;ir be- negtbuthe foliage. The post and wire trellis is the best, but should be much higher than it is generally made, at least 4 1-2 ft., with the arms of the vines fastened along the top wire, which allows the grapes to hang heneath e. leafy‘ canepy and WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT GRAPES. To get the best results the vineyard should be planted on high ground, and warm southern slope. It requires a warm. loamy soil, well drained, and a porous subsoil. The soil should not he excessively rich in nitrogen. Too much barnyard manure causes an over- growth of wood, accompanied by few grapes of poor quality. The grape re- quires potash and if the soil is not strong in potash scatter ashes in the vineyard, or supply it by means of com- mercial potash fertilizers. Let them understand your financial affairs; tell them of your gains 01‘ 10$“. Then they will know if they may have some coveted article or must economize to he] pfather. Give them more of your society, he to them friend and companion. as well as husband and father. Live more with them, instead of for them: Share with them their toil, pleasure and recreations, and their home will be happy and attractive. SJ TO S .-\ VE THE There should be a horse and buggy. LY and aouL chasing and fretting. ing to ave their berries and vege- BAB '1' EVERY YEAR. CHERRIES order 6 -mv VI. ULL'BIUD. ”U" ul- ter you he‘ve sailed throngh them the epoch the see must have run out its foamy fingers and have tickled the rock ribbed coast until it split its sides with laughing. Some of the scenery around these “ tickles ” is pretty enough, but even in the fairest weather there is a. sense of desolation in the rockiness of H“. _‘ . .. “1“..- an :10 66 U]. the scene and the sparseness of the gun ulation. ICEBOUND S’l‘RAl'l‘S. All this Isa won a summer's day. and you may imagine how far more rigorous the scene is in winter. From ;Septemher until June the straits are ice locked, but the lighthouse keeper on that lone butpost of civilization must sta§r where he is all winter long. completely isolated from the outer world, with storms howling about the lighthouse tower wnd snow and sleet heating against it. He cannot leave it. for it is impossible to tell what moment the ice may break up. He must. be there to light the entranre to the straits the instant navigation becomes possible. The shores of Newfoundland are deep- ly indented by Lays, and in these hays, in turn. are many little islands. The narrow passage between these goes by the curious name of “tickles," but af- L___ __A voov uwaltl'l'lUu All this I sawifd‘n'; summer's day there is, half wag" up the rock, a shel- ter for ice crushed or ship-wrecked sailors. ' Nor “as all the ice seaward. Icebergs had drifted in between us and the shore and some large ones were stranded, jaind the Waves heat against them with Ea surflike roar. Im the distance “as the sea circled heap of rock, which is called Belle Isle,--why, it would be im- possible'to saw, for a more grewsome, weird, uncanny object is rarely dis- closed to View. Lying athwart the en- trance of the Straits of Belle Isle, ice dashes against it, fog hangs around it, and sea gulls, crying shrilly, en- Stopping to count these icebergs I found there were no less than one hun- dred and thirty-five huge ones in plain view and innumerable others so small that I took no account of them. Far uUw wunuland I came on deck one morning, and looking seaward saw what can only be described as a perfect forest of icebergs. They were drifting slowly down from the north. those mys- terious regions whence they are borne by the Arctic current. which flows close by Newfoundland and largely accounts for the rigor of the Newfoundland cli- mate. ICEBERGS BY THE HUNDRED. As many as fortsr of these islanders have perished on ice floes in a single wintry off-shore gale. Perilous, indeed. is the life and hard the lot of New- foundland’s hardy sons. - While cruising along the coast of Newfoundland I came on deck one morning, and looking seaward saw lard “to «r Newfoundland’s Fishermen -â€" They like on a miserable Existence â€"- l‘lshlng In Snmmer and Sea"!!! 1" Winterâ€"Their Fund-ten for llolasm -â€"- lDllllvnlfles 0! Parish Wurk. The news from St. Johns, Newfound- land, that in a recent blizzard a num- ber of Trinity Bay fishermen and seal hunters had been blown to sea on an ice {Ice and have only just been res- cued, is but a repetition: of similar ac- cidents which have. happened off the shores of that rockbound island. writes SOMETIMES BLOWN OUT TO SKA ON AN ICE FLOE. PERILS 0F FISHERMEN PluMEN’S HARD IAIE‘E. New toundlander says fish ho DESOLATE SHORES Statistics claim thaE-‘ihe earth will not support more than atzput 5.9941“).- 000 people. The present‘iinpulation is esgimated at 1 ___.--D v“ vac scuutlb. “Hare, Tommy!" called out. I the men to the hittle son of the 10rd. "run out. and get to kno“ that fellmv's singing." .Tommy departed on-ths errand "1119. (me that fehlow's slinging in the streetâ€"Tm Light of Other Days!" “Stow it !" ejaculated the other, gruf- flly. “That. fellow amt ' ' Light of Other Days' at a”. man. I've been Listening to him. He’s aâ€"piping ‘The Banks of Ahlan Water.” Each sailor was certain he was right, and with characteristic contempt for money, a, wager was madeâ€"a. month's wages depsnding on the result. Cl‘n’_t__._ _ â€"vw-“ w 'imbervals the loud. un-mus'wal voice of a. ’hucksber. After listening intently for a m‘imu'be one oi the “More turned to his companion and said: “F11 Jack, lad; it's a. long time since we heard that song." “What song?" "The one that fehlow's singing in the streetâ€"‘Tihe Limht of nth“- hum. I The magician (an scarce (how ER is possible for o, In to be so devoid of musiml' amusing example. All Aluuslng Example of the “'am or. Muslrul liar. -â€" wâ€"I" A priest whose parish work extend- ed along a coast line of some one hun- dred and fifty miles in Notre Dame Bay told me that in winter he made all his visits by dog sled, and that sometimes he would be overtaken at night by so severe it snowstorm that further progress would be impossible. Then he and his guide would dig a deep trench in the snow and light a fire at the bottom of the trench. The gas from the flames would keep the snowflakes out. and the men would lie in this snow trench until they journeyedl on in the morning. Such is one. of the vicissitudes of parish work in Newfoundland. In one of the little Newfoundland outports one winter the kerosene oil supply was so small that the little community burned only one lamp. It was passed from house to house. and the peOpIe would gather for the even- ing in the tilt in which the lamp hap- pened to he. In this way they man- aged be eke out the small oil supply. Even in spring. when the ice breaks 01) along the shore the seal fishermen's experience with wintry cold is not over. In the spring the sealing steamers leave St. Johns and Harbor Grace with crews of several hundred men and stand north until they meet the huge flees of ice drifting down from Davis Straits. But in winter the fisherman’s life is even worse than when he is working ifior his outfit in summer. Ice is piled l up in the bays and tickles, and he will often have to haul his boat for miles off the ice in order to get to clear wa- ter for fishing. Then, when the seals come in he goes out with spear or club and all da‘y long. and often far into the night. ranges the ice in search of seal. An off-shore gale springing up when the seal-hunters are on the ice means death to many. The ice is apt to break up, and before the men can get ashore they find themselves drift- ing out to sea, with all the horrors 9f a death by freezing staring them In the face. “ Molasses." wés'the answer. that be- ing the fiaherman’s supreme idea. of luxury. ing.” as he calls it, for his ties. and his hiscuit. and he will consider himself in the presence of a feast. DRIFTING TO THEIR DEATH. A missionary told me he had once been trying to explain the luxuries of European court life to an audience of Newfoundland fishermen. He des- cribed to them the German Emperor’s palace. his arm’s,r and the grand style in which he lived. “ And what do you think he has to eat ?" he asked. and paused for a reply. tq last him and his family over the Winter. Ybu might. suppose thtt he “1011M put in a. stock of fish. But no. he can't afford to eat fish, any more than he cOuld afford to eat mono!- Smell dried herring are about the only kind of fish he lays away for the win- ter, and he keeps these on hand as much for his dogs as for himself. Mo- Iasses is the great» luxury of the New- foundlander. Give him “ long sweeter}- moms oodfish. Fish is to him money- The fisherman goes to his trsdor in the spring and practically mortgage. “3 entire catch for the season. 101‘ M“ summer outfit. which also includes pro- visions. He considers himself lucky if after a ham season's fishing 11' can iab'_in_enough flour, tea and molasses LIMT OF WHAT WAS THE SONG. \VINTP'ER HA RDSHIPS. levoxu or musml' car as not Above the rumble of the Le street could be heard at hittle son of the laim'i: 3ch get to know what P091: EA '1' ION. *1 Jack, When the d: ”W'hiuh or us is replied Tmnmy,grin_ 8 not singing, Ho's scarcely conceive 9, human being of TH E DIPFE R EN CE. A politician says; “\Vlwn -. li [MVGO our lide and goes to Hm "W“. side he is a traitor, and we aizwfv'fé "4‘ that there “as a. subtle Si’atur‘h‘M wrong want him. But. when :I 1"” luv” the other tide and («mum "V5, to 1G. “Kl! he in Q man of great ”Wt.“ 00m. III! we ulwnys felt that U m storm. am i. him." ~v- v-n.‘-'. w»ll Did 860 have the jaundice. Hm? ed the caller. N0. Mid the little girl. I wink had the lmndioe. Yes' Jflhn “'38 (“Lite sick {or So'\"?~"“ (his. exvlained the little m1. we the boy that “VG-s in the next 1!"'~l"“- ’0,“ “0‘“ UV had oneâ€"(2hr joudice I thunk they called it. And he got w" “1d “I’ll his brother Ben gut sivk “9. n n I "NO. it is not a positive and-M!" I am out now in a position in NW ”‘0 matter any publicity. It is nut into-m1- Bdo fit 8" as a 'money-making affair. It will be Given. fmoly to the prufwwon tad thb World at large. I mud. .‘H'W' OVOI} decline to say anything fun?!” unztu I htve seen mv colleauue.” tagke credit which belongs tn team I m“ 8"" howeval‘. that 80 fur H1" I‘Plll‘ 0d! has been very successful. In um “-90 Particularly there did 1M “mm t"0 ‘30.“)! possiblity of the "Him? H" 00mm. Md no one who Mv he! thoucht she would. but she w m!“ Well. none have been :1 num’m M “968.,“11em the results Inw *"PI “Mus- " "â€"‘- -V I” u‘Jtlllu‘. Jun- I”; '- jectod. “'l‘ho Whole matter is yet in 4 mm mt yxperimental stage. Hr Hf- strom 18 really the dismwprn‘ W ”3' mdey'" “ad Dr. Lumihmk “C have worked together with thr u"- bud {03' some .time. mad I do not mm F .'AC°"3‘.di08 to What is [llfuh‘ kt. «M! the anti-toxin in this (‘usv is 1.9.; 111““ “‘0!!! the Patient himself in s w m 0‘11“” “my. and it is ihuypodex'un ..:} in Discovery of Antl-Toxin hy l'wa ltraokm , Hulda-u Who Are Cal-dent «flu f‘ Is-my. Dr. Charles Ltmdbeok and In (”ML Elfstrom. both of Brooklyn, N. Y 1w _ discovered an anti-toxin “Lid; 11m claim will cum pneumuniu in it“ unts' stages. ea or mom cues in which m» smu- toxin has been tried it has im ”I'M! of such cues throughout. the. unrM Dr. Lmndbeck refuses (.1. say jm‘t how the anti-toxin is obtained unti} m1 [M oonfierred with his associate. nun it u said. first hit upon the ('urrm‘t mluâ€" bidm of the problem upon Mam, hoth wem workim for several 39,-.” H is said W anti-toxin 13' Sr‘x‘ilh‘l‘] UV ‘ ' way, and a day later (key M. :II‘Y‘: r at Victoria. There they “1' ? 1n n" 1: about a week for the purpose of mi Iain- lng provisions and Othru‘ "We-van.- Thence they will go on to Jumau. am: at this pomt the balloon {IV'x‘nL “if take place. They home. may. vhv; an confident. that from this mm my will be able to make (hr l.1.‘_: In the Twelve. fellow GXpIOI'ez‘s v ii? ‘I mm. pany M. Varicle on his trip M fht Klondike. The party WM .20 {er1 1; Liverpool and thence to Mn Yurk From that point they will ,4“ ma Van sour-er by the Canadian l’ul-if'i its. â€"rv-' -0. ing the balloon and to 1 s: ' anne designed to enable it» 1 to stop at will. ject and in due. time a pan .ts formu- lated. A new laHoon, wu‘itwu .. » Fram,” W'u built by AI. LaVIHtmhrej'U. the purpose and WIN Cesium :1 {PW dun ago. According to the l’igam ILL aerostat. which has a m; ;wity of 1,:- metres, ascended at La Vi’ftte an: came down some hours arm-ward a: Heriey, on the banks of Hw Swill». Km day the oeronauts set off again. 'Steey. ’ ing the balloon as they thaw. ‘ and :a noon they passed over l’nlflainvlfiea , -- _-‘ ‘ v- -u,lUU[1§ He Interested his {rial-Ls in the ml toward the southwest. Th» [arty 15E 2 eluded MM. Varicle. MitUN-.- Magma and Bureau. and their mum uhjwt mg to make final ex erimvnts in steel- . Al I I- I! hardships which the groid seekers m suffering there through the extra“,~ cold and want of food. In the Word” 3 anch journa‘ifit, as won as he beam that “thousands of reckless a‘h'fimm. era, ignorant of the perim- and of u, out the posf-Jibility of rvlurnimz ham; before summer." and that [home fawn, ed millionaires, though all rrnuu 1m u 801d on all sides, WOUId {thumt sum" come to a horrible end, th 11mm ,. once occurred to him 11m 1h. no reason why he should HUI their assistamm with a {le1 u. 1;. "A 'â€"‘â€"_-â€"L‘ 1 ‘1‘0 V.” 1‘50 11. 1‘00!” :ondike within twehty'huh}; A MyolII-ench-en Hill Inn: Junea- u the I. To the Klondlhe in a MENUS 38 the. idoâ€"H Sr in; oerioualy ent-ert'iiuc. Frenchmen. Accordin. Parisian journal, the id. seabed itself to M. Var known balloonist. no (101th 88 to his ability in] and he'says that ha. up; for the Klondike irfuru this month. CLAIM IT CURES PNEUMONIA BEN'S AILMFL'T. Been my Colleague.” bnd. to test a contriv- arlcle 11100.! an '1 aseng a 5k .3.“ boundnry of x l he 00““. there is 1 1I known in Lem“ ““0 Work than tbl .rc Ed [01‘ (’11. r “n “fllwt at, of an I“ ‘53" mommy, I” ”‘6 «good of m. LLI _- AstlS .t" hâ€"im' .3”