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.1 fl CARE OF THE HORSE. Here is the Mark Lane Express’ idea of how horses should be cared for: The animals should be first watered. than (011.. and while they are eating their core the bed is turned up. the The apparatus consists of a white tea; cup, a four. six or eight ounce bottle? and a small measure with a capacity of; about one-half ounce. A solution of? the tablets is made by placing as many, in the bottle as is indicated by its capâ€"i scity in ounces. As the milk is delivd cred at the factory the measure is fill-1 ad from the weigh can, and poured in-: to the white cup. The. same or moth-g or measure is filled twice with the tab-é let solution and emptied into the cup” of milk. The liquids are mixed by gin; log the cup a quick rotary motion. If; the milk remains white. it contains: more than two-tenths of one per centl of acid. If it is colored. even a faint? shade of pink. after being thoroughlyf mixed. it contains a less amount of acid; and is therefore so far as acidity goes: suitable for the manufacture of cheese.l In order to protect himself as well as his conscientious patrons. the mod- ern chase-maker must be able tojudge with accuracy the ouality of milk brought. to his factory. Smelling and tasting are the most common methods but it is readily seen that neither one nor both of these methods can be used satisfactorily. For the purpose of esti- mating rapidily the acidity of milk. the W'Isconsin station has devised a m thol called the. alkaline tablet test at a stovepipe. Several joints of stove- pipe are then added to this and the whole apparatus is placed over the stump. Previous to this the soil is dug away from around the stump and a fire is kindled; then the cylinder is added. the smoke evolves from the pipe and you have a good working stove. principle complete. The stump ' burned up as completely as if it were put in a stove manufactured for the purpose. At this season of the year the dryness of the stumps will render them in good condition to burn. There is more profit derived from the de- atruction than many suppose. More work can he done in a day in a field free from stumps. and a larger yield will also be the result. Spare nothing to rial yourself of every slump on your farm. BURNING STUMPS. The months of August and Septem- ber are the best for the eradication of old stumps. Nothing connected with farming is more aggravating than those “thorns of the ground." How often do my thoughts wander back to the time when‘ I had to plow and bar- row and cradle and harvest in these stumpy fields. But my father was a fighter agiinst stumps. and year in and There is no better way than to burn them out. and this may be done by a1 simple and cheap method. A sheet ironi cylinder large enough to slip down over the large stumps is used. This cylinder tapers into a cone-shaped figure the size “(V-‘- on average hired help. There are but few farms so well cultivated that they would not be improved in productiveâ€" ness and profit by having sheep for about one-third of the stock pastured and have the pastures so divided that the sheep oould have one and the cat- tle the other. too. In this way the pas- ture can be at least partially cleared of weeds and bushes. anl a little extra. feed will secure a lot of early lambs to be sold befnre the sheep are turned to pasture. has been done and sheep that cost $2.50 in the summer have sold the next April for 84 and their lambs for $5 with- outhny bother of fencing a sheep pas- ture. But the sheep will not do this without the care of some one who knows; sheep and understands their needs and' symptoms. As this is merely a specu- lative business, to bejoined to dairying ar other special farming. it is not re- commended for people who are not pre- pared for it. .nor for men who depend . EARLY LAMBS. , If you want to raise early lambs for market begin now. You can complete the whole process without interfering with your stock pasture. Get good ewes two or four years old and put them in- to the mowing and let them have good fall feed. let them breed as soon as they will, give shorts and silage and a little grain and keep them gaining in flesh. Be careful to increase the food gradually to avoid bringing on scours, says an eastern exchange, and have the sheep fat enough for mutton when the lambs are dropped. Then a slight increase in succulent food will keep them in the same condition while giving milk, and when you take the lambs away give dry feed entirely till the milk flow stops and in a short time the sheep will be ready for the butch- er. Feed the lambs middlings and. meal with sliced roots or silage as soon and as much as they will eat. All this FACTORY TESTS FOR CHEESE ly to pass through the walls whether the windows are left open or not. and a current of air is not a non-conductor of electricity. unless it is saturated with moisture. and even then the ch-mces of lightning following it are very slim, Lightning seldom enters thaside of a house. It follows that the danger one is sup- posed to incur by sleeping on steel springs or beds with iron frames is slight. It is commonly supposed that any mass of metal tends to attract the lightning, an'l people therefore consid. er machine shops or hardware stores dangerous places. The truth of the matter is that. they are perfectly safe. for a man runs more risk of death eating a fish dinner then he does lying among metal pots and pans dating an electric storm._ , __,__,_,_--..° ..-.. Wm," Lur: l:u11"lll.OIlerganfl. Indeed entering the room. Again. they will' self the retreat. as carefully as possible to theiies. centre of the building. taking refuge under a staircase or in a closet. As a f matter of fact the lightning is not like-3 irst. Indeed, he did more tha . 1y to pass throth the walls whether-[for he said ' n that the windows are left open or not. and a: thisâ€"a current of air is not a non-conductor‘bars a - ' fin er - . . , , . 8 Of electl'K‘IltY- unless It IS saturatedlplavma- g as ‘f -.._!Ll_ - INSTANTLY Ab; NIHII.AT}£D. With the exception of this position. one part. of a modern building is quite as safe as another. The precautions tnk- en by people. to hide from lightning are almost always unnecessary. It reminds one of the ostrich which. when pursued. fancies that by hiding its bad in the sand no one sees it. Many. people will not sit near an! ' THE ‘ open wmfimv during a thunder-storm,‘ “Being i or even In a room in which a window.i Highness b has been left open. Their idea is that ' inter ' lightning will follow the current. of air ; and. $351214; nnfnrina fhn rmm A..A:_ The most dangerous position in a. modern building is near the base of a system of pipes that are not well grounded. The chances are that the lightning will jurzip from than to the ground. and a poison standing near might be A large city is a safer place during a thunder-storm thm a village or sub- urban districts. Modern buildings with their tall steel frames act like so many lightning rods to connect the charged atmOSphere with the ground and thereby prevent violsnt. discharges. The water. gas and steam pipcs which pass continuously from the 10p to the bottom of‘ most buildings also serve to conduct electricity to earth. When a. flash of lightning strikes such a build- ing it is usually conducted to the. ground without inflicting personal+ injury. 3 in the streets. and yet these causes give rise to many more deaths than thunder-storms. In large cities the mortality is gen- erally less. while in the country it is frequently greater. The danger of. be- ing struck by lightning. it willbe seen. is out of all proportion to the fears which many people have of thunder bolts. A great deal more care is taken to guard against this danger, than is exercised to prevent peOpIe from fall- ing out of windows or being run over There Is Very Little ”anger at ”i‘iifll lay lightning. The death rate during th'». avenge thunder-storm is less than one to ev- ery million human brings in the afâ€" fected area. ' nu U6 v “vw‘ __ o is very useful to get the wash in the cracks. A little carbolic acid and coal oil in the wash is benefieial. Give the inside of the house a. good drenching. But do not attempt to do this “iLh your Sunday clothes on. or any suit worth wearing outside. It is hard on the mites and clothes at the same time. get a start only the most heroic mea- sures will rid a. place of them. When the house is once clean it is easy to keep clean if properly attended to when necessary. The man who white- washes his poultry house once a. month in summer will never complain 0f mites in the house. A good spraying pump Remove everything, nest. perches and all. Put a pound of sulphur in an iron kettle. set it in the middle of the house. put a. shovelful of hot coals into it. close the house up tight and do not op- en it for two or three hours. Burn all the old nest straw. paint the nest boxes inside and out with hot coal tar. and also the roosts. Whitewash the house thoroughly inside and outside. and you3 are rid of the mites. When these pests‘ TO FUMIGATE A POULTRY HOUSE stalls mucked out. the feet plcxeu uuy with the picker. and the soles. frogs and walls well brushed with the water brush. the shoes being examined to see that they are firm and serviceable. looked after better A DANGEROUS! vimâ€"713?. HAVE M) FEAR. "v'v‘ tun therefore consid- hardware stores 18 tI’Uth Of the re Perfectly mfg, the feet picked out v--v â€"" ' than they usually e ENJOYth THE PLAY. ._ and this note is often accompanied by ’, personal presents in jewelry, etc., to the principal actors and actresses. “Noiiody could possibly be kinder or more cmouraging than the Queen and her sans anJ daughters when you sing 'or play before them at court,” said a private inuividu'zl who has more than once entertained royalty, including the Queen and the Prince and Princess of “'ales. “ well recollect what 8. “Stew" I was in when .1 first received the well known ‘comnmnzt’ toappear at the mtwce. Yet. you will be surprised to hear that in my case it did not ‘com~ mand.’ It was an invitation which said that Her Majesty would like to hear theâ€"just as you might send from one friend to another." And he showed the note, which he treasures highly; “You ask what happens when we»; get to the pelaxre? “’91). T was shown i into a waitingâ€"room by the servants.‘ and soon was joined by Lord Dash. who ' was waiting 0" the Queen. He told me that Hu‘ LI.:V'osty was at and would be ready for me 111 fif- teen minutes or to. In the m 'i ° he :‘huwed me to see that the piano was all right and to arrange the music. I had a pro- gramme, so hastily made out as I come along in the train that it wan ""4”-.. “We are, of course. glad," said one who had been thus honored, “to be called of ‘commanded’ to appear, but it is often an awkward business. For it is no joke to get a. lot of scenery to Balmoral in the middle of winter at a day's notice! I have recollec- tions of being half frozen in the proâ€" oess before today. But there is one thing you can ever reckon on, and that. is the appreciegtion of the Queen for all really gool work of any kind. whe- ther it be singing or acting. And no woman I ever knew puts you at your ease sooner." A day or two later the manager re- ceives from the Chamberlain a letter. saying how much the Queen The play does not begin~ until she SiVOS the signal, through the official attendant, that she is ready. There is, as a rule, no applause, as everybody takes their cue from the Queen, and it would be contrary to etiquette for Her Majesty to applaud. But if she has particularly enjoyed the performâ€"7' ance she sends for the artists and manager at the doze of it and person- ally compliments them. After dinner, which Her Majesty al- ways takes at nine o'clock, she is, as arule, ready for hearing the perform- ance. This, therefore, never begins before ten, and often it is half-past. Generally speaking, it lasts from one hour to two hours; the Queen practi- cally never goes beyond that now. room for such periormamce that the Castle boasts. During the preceding day the scen- ery and dresses required are sent to Windsor, and all is got ready. Natur- ally. owing to the room being designed for quite another purpose, it is not so “hâ€"andy" as the ordinary theatre for the artists' requirements. but they make the best of it. ' play, or 506119 from one, by some special company. a note or verbal message is sent to the manager of the cOmpany a day or two previous to the aPPOiJlted time by the Lord Chamber- lain, orsome other official acting for him. “commanding" the company to appear, At the time arranged for. supposing the performance is to take place at \Vindsor Castle, it will have to be done in what is known as the “Wat- erloo Chambers," as that is the best mnm far 0111‘“ mrfi‘rmfilnce that the ls Real-«led “ Concluded -A‘_ Queen Victoria at it Jam: shady ro- npot with oven great- at “WWI“! thermome- . be objectionable Ln oppoaranoe. and one can turn back 0‘ h:mn..-..¢.-_-l ”329. mare dqrws ed under the existing native official. who eteadily resists all reform in his maladministration. Neverlhrless ihe docile soldiers and sailors of (, hina have never yet had a chance of allowing under proper management what, are their real capabilities; .shuuld they un- der l’u'ruperm tutelage ever prove th¢ m- mlves in any numbers to be of real military value. the “Yellow terror" may not be a mere figment of the sup- erheated brain. ' 000,000 of Chinese .1, body of good 501-- «11ers cannot be made, and with the ex- ample of the. army which has; been evol- ved from the Egyptian Ielhlheen. it may be premature to call it impossible But China herself mmnut do it; the Very best human material and the most elaborate. instrumion \\ ould b0. wa 91'- A general near there being ordered to iced)» a sharp lookout for the Japan- 65f, “hose landing was hourly expa'zta- ml. did so by asking the railway station mzwtm‘ to send two coolies to the coast to look. for the enemy! His was the plm of arming his men wiLh bags of popper t0 he thrown if] the Laces of the. Jalmneua. “ho, while engaged in sneezing. would all be slain by the (glut-Ase spearmsnl ' ‘ I n‘ J0 be a soldier is to lose caste in China, to imbibe foreign nations 18 worse still. and incurs the hatred and suxpia‘iun of the civilians, who in real- ity govern the army and navy. so much so that to be a graduate of the foreign schools is an almost certain bar to promotion; in the military and othâ€" er schools established by Sir Robert Hart and the viwruys at Peking and elwuhcre the students have to he bribed to attend, so as to compensate them for the social disadvantages of foreign etlucation. If we add to thi-z the natural contempt for foreigners migraine-1 in the Chinese nature. we h'we potent causes for the wilful 1a;i~ ness and ignorance of officers. which is truly appalling; alas. that they shout-fl add ’ a target 200 ya'rds Histance ensued; 88 me." or 3.99" min a datum [or the guns. not a soul knew how to 3'5 qualu) “M vhnrm. laud them or set a fume, and when at Edmunl Burke's politicalm length one was tired With the aid of the ! immen, eiv aided by his “if oreigners resent. the ammunition was‘ , ' . so detective: that. although the gun ‘unlertook. the management Of was laid for 3,000 yards, the shell only :vate itffftlrS. so as toleml trveled 850. Yet these men were sent gfor pul-lic duties. Thelr mm. north to fight; at 'I’ien-Chuang-tin with- lan idva'. one. and Burke often out further training. instruction inthat fur him all care»: oflifo‘ 3' foreigner having been haughtily re- i(lire-g-th that he stepped over {11.330 .‘ ithrwhol d. , On. almost every occasion in 1894-95 the Chinese troops refused to stand up to the despised Japanese. Small won- der 1 when of the hurdle}; of thuusonds who, since 1802, have been "drilled" with foreign weapons, not. one in 50,- 000 has been taught their proper use. Musketry and urLillery practice is «limited generally to HAN‘UUNG THE WEAPONS. and instx'uozion in the use of rifles and field 30113 is not thought. nwemry ; my! i}. is opposed: in January, 3835, several thousands _of men had been Lollected at Shunhai- Kuun. under Gen. ‘\‘.r'uâ€"t.:L-<:beug, to remfurce the arm) in Manchuria; new rifles and field guns had been served nut, and the tow-a was to move early in f'civrmuy, yet. on January 20. the men fired their rifles for the first Lime, and barely 1 per cent of hits on The writer gives an interesting 30' want of Lhasa forces, and proceeding to general remarks, says: Muvh of the utter inefficiency of China’s army is explained by the native saying. "Do not use guod steel to make a. nail nor take a. good man to make a soldier." which is most thoroughly acted up to. ' arato “a: my.00 tary attache with the Chinese army. says that in many respects the army of China presents a curious example of the unfittest.’ according to the London Globe. In the broad outlines its scheme is simple and suited to the country; nevertheless. with the char- acteristic Chinese love of detail. in its minutiae it is exceedingly complex. Owing to an equally characteristic want of exactitude, although returns, as rendered by separate accountants. are often beautifully worked out to the thousandth part' of a. tael, yet in a combination of these returns nothing balances. Every province has its sep- n I: the Most Unique Dru-Inflo- I- the toeatm th the butler lâ€"but for real appreciation of Ono's work. and per. tent ggntlegnanly tmtmoqt in every â€" ‘-__-- nâ€" _._ ‘_‘- £351; gentlemanly treatment in every way. there is no audience. in my gen- mation. like that one gets when one gives a ‘private performance before the Queen.’ ' Maj. A.E.J. Cavendish. late mm. COVVA RDIC‘E AS \VELL 5.3.7:“; :1" t -. «n- « a my. Whlrh no“ ‘1 my Omnding can; draw and weave. can he . n _ Benin: Mug?! ”3:: Enid”! _ (1'12! 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