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0011 in growing potatoes to be used for need. The success of the crOp always depends very largely on the seed plant- ed. Its care after harvesting ought not to be such as average farmers give to their potato now. For preparing the very best seed, the potatoes need to he eXposed to a degree of sunlight that will entirely spoil them for mar- GROWING muons FOR SEED. by can-{u} selectiun and care of seed tutors were able to keep the old-fash- fined Early RIM as a. good profitable pumto to grow, and that without re:- nmsing this variety from seed, as has (men men done since. Most of the Early Ruse now sold are of compara- flx‘ely I‘m-en? «prigin. MELON-Cl ' [XI‘U RE. i The, host fertilizer for watermelonsi .8 hurnvard manure. “ell rotted and? disin o muted; fn sh manure esnecialiy ! in 1111' seasons is not neall) so effec-I ti'm. If a manure is source, 1131». 0mm: 1119 Mai fertilizers; a. good mixture is? M“ H1. nirmte of soda, 1,000 11). super- ; Mlvsphzltv. avid phosphate, and 200 lb. : muriue of potash, making one ton;: 11m F100 to 800 lb. per acre. Water- nwnms thrive Inst on sandy soil. If manure. is to he used, plough and tholongh‘ny burrow; crow-mark the! ground, rmss to he. eight feet apart. The manure can he applied. two shovel- fuls. or more if it. can he spread, at ouch intorsection. in either of twoways why spuding or forking it in. or by digging holes. [Having the manure thorein and covering the soil; we pre- fer the latter plan. though it takes rather more time. In the vase of com- .men'ul fertilizers after ploughing and imce harré‘ ing to level the soil broad- " cast the mixture. then finish harrow- 'jng thoroughly. If the soil is very ' sands. nitrate of soda being so soluble, it might he advisable tn omit it from the mixture to be burrowed in. ap- plging it afterwards broadcast when the plants are up. A further stimu- hm may he given by scattering a little of the mixture two feet. around the plants wheni'above ground and workâ€" lug it intothe coil-with a steel rake or Immune-fork; this would he otadvant- age to the. plants even when manure Thm strum: plums in a bill are suf- ficient. hut it is heat to plant tuiw or men thrice that number of seeds in case of accident and to allow of a good mlection. As to cultivation, stix the soil lightly with the cultivator as frequently as pcssihle. keoeping it up until the growth of the tines prevent u. Pinch of! the ends of the vines when two feet or so in length. as it en- courages branching. pinching the jot-nit”: when the fruit is well set will haste: maturity. If some early melon. are desired. plant seeds on in- vert“ god in hotbed; the botched stage Still more is it putatoes be well vhile the foliage potato beetle or will cover nearly four weeks so f it can be. easily calculatei when 8m rt. Do not water seeds in hot- nntil. the plants appear. THE FARMER’S GARDEN- The best bit of land on the (arm is none too good for this purpose, but for the convenience of the family it should be as near the house as possible, {or it it is close under the eye of the house- wife, things will be utilized just as fast as they come to maturity. whit-h would often be missed until over-ripe 1f the garden was located far away and°the bringing of the product to the house depended entirely upon the men folks, Who too often think the kitchen gar- den of too little importance. to re- (‘A-ive much of their attention. Deep ploughing. libeml manuring. and thorough pulverization are the next essentials to success. and if after the garden has been most thoroughly burrowed, it can be brushed over, and even he to the expense of hard rak- in g results will more than pay for this extra, labor. Plan to have. the, rows run lengthways of the plot, and far enough apart. to admit. the use of horse and narrow cultivator, even among the finer growing plants, or if one prefers to plant“ a little closer and use some of the hand-weeders and cultivators, greater planting can be crowded into the same space. but for the general farm'garden 1' would plant. none of the rows less than eighteen inches apart. and some would need to be more than twice this distance. and expect the horse and vultivator to do the biggest (“39:186. All largo wounds should be painted. 'over to prevent “(’éhel'king,” and l0 1 keepout germs while the healing pro- cess is going on. When smaller b1‘:~in(-.hes have been removed. or cut. back, it. is well to spray the whole tree with Bordeaux mixture, which not. only. prevents germs from entering the wounds, but also checks their growth ' on other parts of ‘the trees. < _~.»~ w.-.....-â€".v-v... “â€"V... share of the work, of reduce hand labor to In pruning trees the nranches re- moved should be sawed off close to the main trunk or limb on which they grew. If a. long stub is left the wound will not heal over, but remain open subject to the. attack of disease germs, “11101), when they have once gained an- trance. are sure sooner or later to pro- duce “Black Heart," which may ex- tend through the whole tree. In cutting back small. branches or “leading-in" the out, should be made just. above a good strong bud so that no stub is left to die bark and invite (1 i3? THIS SUGGESTION PROMPTED IN CASE OF A WORLD'S WAR. SECOND DELUGE OF BLOOD. 'I‘Iu- Standing Armies «r Im- Armml Salim”. mlungclcmu Would Tomplr fiver. Vast d‘ch-u Bé In Ruins, and me- “'nrld's "up IN G‘lmngml. The war with Spain and the. 1_7nited States may be short, and peace may rpign again in a, few weeks. It, may be prolonged, and in ‘the latter event the nations that are at this time neutral ' will find their interests more .or less? interfered with. It. will he to Greatf Britain’s interests to see the war brought. to a sudden close, for war means a stoppage of commercial rela- tions with one of her best customers. Should great Britain undertake to in- terfere in the fight between the limit- ed States and Spain it will require slight provocation for her watchful‘ enemy, Russia. to take advantage of: the fact. that the attention of Englishâ€" men is temporarily distracted from the EEastern situation to commit some actié lthat will set a match to the train ofl lgunpowder laid to the magazine in' l the Orient. _- __._ .-.-â€"..â€"-... .. i l l l l l l'nder such virvumstzmues it will he in keeping with the present indica- tions for Japan to join forces with Great Britain, and for Germany. Aus- tria and lualy to be forced into ONE 'GIGAN'I'IC \VAR that will change the map and perhaps sweep away kingdoms. Armed Europe is a tremondous sight at. present. Germany’s stupend- one: army of 1.946.380 men. officered by 22.672 men. with a cavalry of over 100,- 000 horsemen and an artillery compris- ing 2.964 guns, would be aOtremendous aggregation of fighters for Great Bri- tain to face, with her little force of 215.28] soldiers, 4.918 officers. 29,812 cav- a‘irymen and 720 guns. All the men Great Britain would have to help'her through'an alliance with Japan would be 56,237 infantry and 5,760 cavrlr-y- men. The. Japs are born fighters.a.nd have prbved their prowess as have their 1 British friends, but the odds would be *tremendous. and individual courage does not. count for much where men are pitted at a distance of two miles by a. marksman with amagazine rifle. W‘hat frightful scenes would result from a general war such as that sug- gested, should France Join forces with Germany’s millions and swell her tight- ing strength by putting our 2.000.000 men into the field. with 112.000 onsl- PRU N [N(}. culture. and so a mmimum. than ry tad 3,4“ guns! Iffthe ( events should ever bring it_ that France forgets her 011 against Germany. and makes ive alliance with her, what a done army would be ready w bilization time after the decla war! t ,â€" kes an often- war! \\ hatever the outcome. of Great Bri- tain’s: efforts to obtain an ally, it: van» not; be hoped that RUssia will be any- thfing. but 9” enemy of hers. To the voâ€" almon agannst Great Britain, therefore, of the Czar, would by added the army. yumbermg 1,116,824 men, with acav- «”1‘5' force of 163.000. among Whom would be the fierce. COb‘b'ACKS OF THE and an artillery force “'It at its command. uL its commuuu. Austria would be a mighty ally, {or her fighting strength is 862.300.111811. and She can supplement. this With a cavalry force numbering 163,000 horseS, and an artillery with 1,572 guns..1f Turkey came into the general scrim- Hinge She would add to the total 0f fighting men an army of 180,000 oom- Iiatants, with a cavlry force of 80,400 men, and 690 guns. .‘Iot by any means a force to be despised, for most of 'l‘urkey’s soldiers are veterans of one “'RI‘. . "° 9L â€".. Z4- (Ll. 'I‘he-se figures are appalling when it- is considered that they represent men under arms, trained in the use if mod- 91‘0 Weapons, which are the deadliest used in any war Since the world began. and: men who are thoroughly edurated in the art of wait, with nothing left un- done that thoughtful trainers van sug- gest to harden their physique and make perfect the. fighting qualities of the troops. But what becomes of the sug- gestion of even those millions fight- ing, when it is remembered that they compriso merely tho active armies of the countries referred to! n A° 1‘ DUK' L‘UUIJLL 1‘») |\ ‘\--- w.â€" ln war times the number of fight- ers that. each nation would put into the field would multiply in some in- stances by two the forces quoted above. Thus, a million men would have to he. added to Germany’s army if. THE FIRST RESERVE he added to the number given above. If the second reserve is to be includ- ed, it will be necessary to add nearly a million more. If the grand total of fighting men capable of being put in- to the field when the entire resources of Germ-any are drawn upon he added together, it will swell the German ur- my to 5,098,180 men. All the. other na- tions would be able to send to battle vastly augmented forces, should the reserves he called upon. so that. where in past wars armies of 70,000, 80,000 or 100,000 men were vonsidered a large and powerful force, in a modern fight between great nations such an army would not he considered more than a small section of the force required to do battle on a sale that. promised suc- _ 'I‘HE (‘OM’PARA'I‘IVE SIZE . of the German. and British navy is conâ€" ? sidered, for Britain’s navy possesses no ; less than 989 ships of war of all classes 38nd sizes, while (i‘rermuny posseses on- :ly 331. It, would he a different. story should France join Germany. for in gthat event. she would bring her navy :pf 673 ships to join lhose of: Germany. iltaly has a fairly good navy, and Bri- (1’88 With millions nf men against her,, Great; Britain has shown that she. does not. consider her strength puny. She' boasts of her “ splendid isolatinn."and ' talks confidently of her ability to cope with armies numbering millions My the . simple process of bottling them up in their own fortified harlmrs and «tom- pelling' them to stay there until they : tire of the inmrisnnment and sue for peace. With her vast navy Britain feels absolutely confident that. she can set,- 1 ll? Germany in a very short time, Grer- . many’s limited- seaboard would make; ilhf,‘ investment. of her coast; towns, say i the Britishers. a matter of the greatest i ease, and then. says John Bull, what' would he. the use of her millions of trained men .’ There is truth in the ar- gument; when _ i i lain, should she final an ally in this nation, would seem the help of 330 warships of all kinds, hut in Russia she would have another formidabln en- emy, with a. navy uf 467 ships. Turkey has 211 warships of one kind, and an- other, but they are not. vpry formid- able craft. and would not make a very serious impression in a naval fight with modern bouts. Japan has a, fine little navy of 217 ships of all classes, and would «lo effective work in the Orient, but she would scarcely be an ally upon Whom England could count to balance the. force. on her side with that of a combination of continental Powers. ‘ But it, is the, awful carnage that. would result from suvh a. combination of forces as mm. suggested that makes men stop appalled at the very thought of general international war, like that which has been so calmly discussed many times recently. it would he, a world at war Not a few thousand fighting men pitted against each other but. the flower of the. manhood of na- tions taking opposing sides. every man capable of hearing arms being impress- ed into the, fight for home and fatherâ€" ]and; a deluge of blood as there was once a deluge of water, that would threaten the same dire results of the world. The peace-at-any-price party may be excused for their utterances fwhen such aresult is contemplated as Ethat. which would ensue from a gen- leral conflict of the nations. THEIR \VIVES' ACCOMPLISHMENTS Between you and me, said Twynn to Triplett, I don' t like piano music at all. but I am quite willing for my wife to play because her mouth is kept clos- ed while she is playing. You are better off than I am. re- plied Triplett. My wife sing! and plays at the same time. J obbe. what's the trouble between? you‘ and Mn. J obbs? 0, din makes me tired. {The idea of uny- woman tryin' to hold. a man to what he said when he was conrtin' her. Sh. ought to htvo morn .0080. UNREABONABLE: with 2 ' .672 guns it. which car-pets rest for months and years xx-mwut the thorough cleaning they so often need. Commence “ith the floor by preparing for the rarpet before the latter is down. The Buffalo moth is the worst en- emy known for this part, of our house- hold belongings, but keep him away by scrubbing the bare floor with warm water and turpentine, half a pint of the latter in each pail of water. Anoth- er good cleansing mixture that is we r- ranted to [righten all kinds of insects away is one and one-half pinls of soft ‘ soap, the same of lime, and. two pints of sand with: plenty of warm. water. Do not sprinkle tea leaves over a carpet, but, once a month use cornmeal. which revives the colors and effectual- ly lays the dust. 1n: sweeping dip the broom in water, shake it well and then sweep, but the broom must be clean or [a muddy appearance is the result. If the (-a‘nlet looks faded, Sprinkle, it with (lamp bran and brush with a stiff broom, then Wei. 3 piece of flannel in strong salt mater and go over the. car- et doing a small piece at a time, as it must. not; he wet thnrugh. llry with a second cloth. Ammonia and warm water is applied in the. same way if “he Polors are fast. '1 Very dirty spots in carpet should: be xx'ashed omt with a scrubbing brush: and xx arm water strong with ox ga||;! in favt, the latter is nearly pure”: }I‘P{LS€ Spots will disappear under qu ual parts of magnesia and Fuller’s earth, mixed to a. paste with boiling' water. This is put on warm and left for twenty-four hours, and when it is brushed off the. grease spot is athing of the past. Haw stamha and water iS‘ another remedy for grpasy spots andl various stains, repeating the «out of‘ paste. _seyeral times if necessary. ‘ paste several times if necessary. 3 A: the bump -r \\ .1 o o o ' . . ‘ ‘ . : . [1' ml 1.3.3mlled on d. «arpet, at unle‘ were klllml m. MM.“ apply l-mllng water or heavy hrownlv 000 l . . _ wrapping paper, and press It wuth a. 0’ . .5“ ““1” ”1 ”“ very “arm iron. Fresh ink may he re-l and it IS esuulznwl moved by using the blottlng paper at gather killed M .m.“ qncq. Take up as much of the ml: as 1 shots fired. cuumin; , poesnble. vuth aSpoon,sa.ys an excellent. l. l ,f i 7 housewife, and then pour cold sweet dn‘ 1’ I“ “hm” milk on the spot and dip it up with! In the (‘runomn \mr $8 5138011. until the milk ls lnarlely ling- ‘ sacrificwj. mm a l... “1"; wk. Then wash up «‘0 d “alter. French and “HR-m“ and u we as dry as possnhle. . In place of sweeping an invalid’s men “91“ '9“ “6'“ "1 room, try rubbing a slightly damp Theme \u‘re :Cwulnu 2:! cloth over the carpet to gather up the . that engagemvn‘. 'l 'A ed with ink. Then wash in cold water and wipe as dry as possible. In plzu-e of sweeping an invalid’s room, try rubbing a slightly damp cloth over the barpet to gather up the dust and brighten it. If you wish to patch an old carpet; out a piece to fit. over the hole, man-hing the figure. paste it. down with flour paste and iron well with. a hot flat/iron. \Vheu whitewash has injured your carpet try a, few «irons of caz'l‘mnztte of ammonia in warm water, on the spots. It is said that, fleas can; he kept out of carpets by sprinkling oil of worm- wood around the edges. The carpet. moth haunts the edges and housewiv- es often lay a cloth: wrung mm of hot water on the carpet edges and iron unâ€" til dry, thaw killing the moth and its eggs. This will answer for an ingrain carlmt, but the thicker varieties must be loosened and the edges lurned back, as the steaming and ironing will have to be done on the inner Side. If a oanmt has to be washed, after heating it well on both- sides and re- moving all grease. and extra dirty Spols ax previously described. apply with a vlean brush. a mixture of half pound of soap boiled in a gallon of water until dissolved, and then add to it two ounces of salts of tartar. l’se tliis hot, covering not over a, yard at: a time, and dry with a coarse towel before using more of the liquid. A carpet may be washed on the floor if two persons work at it. and care. is taken to pmxent its being wet“ too long. Straw mat tings take the place of car- pets and should be included in this ar- ticle vspecially as the increasing use if large rugs its also bringing more matting into play for summer use, My ing a rug over them for colder weatho er, A matting should. be washed with salt and water! and wiped dry at once with a coarse flannel cloth. If the. mat- ting is a dirty white, wash it. all over with a weak solution of soda, whirh will turn it a creamy shade. Newr scrub a. matting. After each 'wéekly sweepiu dip your broom in warm snapsuds, aha .. it well am} hgmgjt. up {0 _dry. This qleaniug and the fact that it is kept hanging when not in use, will make it last twice as long as it would with careless treatment. When carpets are to be laid away [or the summer they should be beat- en. cleansed, paper wet with turpen- tine ldd in the folds. and after the ctrpet is rolled up. cover it with tar- rod up» or new it up in burlapa or heavy ticking. . FEEDING CATS. A good may people who make 3 pet CLEANING CARPETS. otthe “11311111688 [19091 know how to [wed it out his nine lives. hm able that a pet kitten frail hold upon exist child is beset “i111 m to the lot of kil'wnh Too much ('n-am and ‘0‘ kill many kittens. \Vuit un full grown before [Eh ing it and then give. meat and { ally and Offer vegetable Sweat owners think that of cat appetite \shivh era tato or an ear of mu“ “\Villie," in one of M Stories. “1.1089 “Ii?“ I‘M-3s hi of “inter squ.xsh fur his bad but 1h? ordinary ca vegetable {00:1 in sump f. M LL]. MADE BEDS Few things an? more But than 0. sweet. (WEI). “HI-mad. begin with. e\'9l‘.\‘ article shun? 1"" ""1150 uxr more gu- than 0. sweet. (well. “ell-made“ begin with. every article Should; en off and laid St‘pill‘lllflly on” and o, strung curn-m of a" 5W allowed to circulate ‘hrough the“ Then the millll‘vsu Sh’tllld l1“! and from end in and. as thisim being worn more manly and Wm sink in the middle. “blob 5N“! looks of any bed. hmxmer mum! cover. The sheets should alum amply large, and. in luakingufw excellent; plan is In plaw one!“ lengthwise across ll. In this “m is a double ad mnmgvâ€"less ml“ the shoulders :tnd plvnty of c a. firm tuckingr up. A remix} might be prewntml hum taking“ if blankets “9w {waved across [bl papvrs that a stop to think involved in u A‘Iflll hrs 0! I.H¢- Hun-Ibo (In-kl. The chi} war u .~ this number 9811143 The vast army \\ disease \s as an lc-M the remaining 201 wounds received. Of the. 951i] the Crimea 80. 85.21113. At Camus. l mans sufferel history. it is soldiers we re : in this [)3er â€"the pivked ' empire. In the 1"l‘:4l]"W-| Frem'hmen we: v ‘n‘i five/d 30,000,(IIO J‘il‘w result. Duling "n ans fired {WHMJ Since the. him I: * men have liven 5‘“ the beginning “1" 1 losses (‘unnut in; the very indistinn counts that haw In nlrnt}. of the was dynamite. uw the future this 1 struct'wn must ho Mbu have studio-«l tics of the pars! sh' of what may hr i that; am to come. the use of dxntnu been considemd ml}- ing It. 'Ihv Hunk}! however has bet-min: blem, and the nut) hereafter “ill face struction beside “M Napoleon’s old 1.u play. The helpfulness III it comes to assist“ (airs. is apt. in he v of the Mr. Barkur narrated below: I}. th and he had said N “in a jiffy.” " You just gel luv u: tum-hook." he Ntiii h tell the serxanbgill 1 lar and bring up the carry it intu the par: those two little scum that go into the back the Bidt‘s to put lhr Look them up fur luv. gimlet to bore a lit! screws. Somebody gt" maybe 1 can drive the‘ met. Johnny, you run “it: ‘thp hammer. l.\|1 "I don't; knmx NH better than the step-l: stand on. Sumehod} 8 kitchen and get me 11 Want to stand on um chairs. . chairs. “Got that curd? JU< about the right WW” .besi‘ in those little thing”: ”:OLH'V‘ THE HUMAN COST OF WAR w person kittenhood of I! W a 1‘1 am “(I I h ll me ll”. cost of ham! little 0 urge Wat Wtween w N131“) Iim until t ‘°° mu ll hostilitiu “‘1 slaw g rea 5|!th um ll It d W [or 19‘ It hing l'bm a! V9 \V man m m 13 {I t0 in nu you crymg Laoâ€"Willie'- broke bl t him all (he tellers v 1rd. Why don’t you 1 l! Bambooâ€"L4 can't I hnrcutic citizen. in form. answered Dis “,3! (thud. IDPVPJ' g :tht the}. wombat H P. to ram. ' :youu huduand Lo 1 hi wife. Never mind. lam. whose humwket H6 nil. Newer mind; [you know, said Mil the young m u ht.) pose .Lo you wriuus m 1 Ya. Well. be any! thy With hi: subject. V01? biota-11rd. is “It terrible noia ' ‘15 (flu-fled rm]; h m Ie Igun, as I! ought to mk [use you. [Because it I did it, .‘t mollect a thing of o timo I had. 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