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Show HOME AND FASHIONS. llloonrl Fruit Report. a. Goodman, secretary of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, sends out the following report: Apple prospects are fairly promising orch-nrd- s In all parts of the state wbere and well cultivated, been have are not too old, or did not have an of apples last year. The overload orchards showing best are the young 60 trees. Reports now Justify about of a cent of apples. crop per the drouth Pears have withstood better than the apple, and where the a full blight has not Injured the trees crop can be expected. Peach prospects are good in southwest part and extreme south central The cold of last December portion. killed virtually, all the peach buds north of the Missouri river, and thera will be only a few scattering peaches and seedlings In all that district. South of the river and In southwest part of the state, we find the injury can report getting less and less. We from this district 50 to 75 per cent of a some specrop and at the same time cial localities report a full crop. Plums being much more hardy in bud, give promise of a very fair crop k indeed. are loaded with and the prospects now are for fit least a good average crop. Grape prospects are still good. The strawberry plantations suffered more last year than for many years. From reports received, the acreage of last will be less than one-ha- lf will even these of and many year, thor a light crop. We can only re- y d of the usual sap-plport about of berries from Missouri. The raspberrry and blackberry also were so badly Injured by the drouth that we can count bn only one-thithe usual supply of these to berries. While the blackberry vines did not die, yet they grew so little, being loaded with berries last year, that we cannot expect a full crop of them. Cherry trees bios-som- one-thir- rd one-ha- lf Orchard Work la Southern Illinol The department of horticulture of the Agricultural Experiment station at the University of Illinois Is preparing for extensive field work In southern Illinois during the present season. Although there are many problems requiring Investigation, the most important one now confronting the fruit growers Is the control of the bitter rot of the apple, and this has been selected for thorough study this year. This disease has been most disastrous in Its attack upon the apple-crop- s of southern Illinois, and unless some effective means can be dlscoV' ered to keep the fungus in check, it will render the production of apples a rather precarious business in many ante sections of the apple growing disthis season tricts. The experiments will be conducted upon a practical scale in three large orchards, pu tlona of which have been placed under the Immediate control of the department by the owners. Orchards at Tonti, Flora and Tamaroa have thus been secured. In addition, the department will have the hearty sup- of a number of Illinois; thus thorough investigation of the subject is assured. The main line of work will consist of experimental spraying with two points in view; early spraying as a preventive measure will be tested, and the efficacy of later applications for the control of the disease after it makes Its appearance will be determined. In order to faclll tate the work headquarters will be established at Salem, where a hortl cultural and botanical laboratory will port and growers In southern scarf of black Chantilly !ac ts draped round the very low crown and tied in a fiat bow at the back, the ends distinguishing features of the falling nearly to the shoulders. MODES OF THE SEASON. A toque of Irish point has the lace simply caught in a few folds over the Infinite Fosalbilltlo of the Flower. Mad shape and falling in ends behind. A bunch of green currants with loops Tasty and Beaatiral French Hats of black velvet, constitutes the trim-- 1 Secrets of Good WaUtllae Little ming. Hints of All Sorts. A hat to be worn back from the face Alkali Boll. flat of crown and wide of brim, very In different parts of the West theie of coarse, yellow straw, has round unEoeret of Good Waistline. has been much complaint of "alkali A belt can make or mar a lies against the Boils. In all cases complained of figure. An der the brim, where it Banksia of a wreath roses; hair, tiny cvltva-tlod authority says if that under been have these soils also formed Vandyke the alkali at first not seeming to women would learn how not to belt the small roses wreath to the edge of themselves and women points from the affect the crops. The rendering barthe brim. There Is no trimming on ren of the soil has occurred after the would learn "how to belf themselves the crown except a rather wide black application of Irrigation water, and there would be no poor figures. The velvet secret of properly belting one's gown ribbon, threaded through Interusually after a number of years opIs this a woman whose waist Is short stices of the straw, and finishing in erations. Year by year these barren a flat bow fastened with a pearl ihould avoid tracts have Increased till it has bebelts, leath-s- r belts of a color contrasting with brooch at the front come a question of some moment as to what should be done to reclaim the the color of the'waist and all straight belt effects. The d New Bloat Mod:!. woman lc3t areas and to prevent other areas can accent the tapering lines under from becoming also Infertile. On careful investigation It has been found her arms by belting her dress with a that the alkali in these soils was so bias piece of cloth, panne or silk atdistributed through the soils at first tached to the skirt of her dress. This that It was not harmful to plants. should be dropped In a pointed effect Thus, in a layer of earth three feet In front. If a leather belt Is worn it deep there would be a certain amount should be narrow and should match of alkali, enough to be decidedly the waist, not the skirt. A sash may be worn if it is flat This same moharmful If it were moved from its 'position in the subsoil and accumulated diste says that sash ends attached to panne or silk belt are becoming to in the first foot of soil. The irrigating of the fields and orchards has. stout figures when the sash ends are brought about this very thing, as the rather narrow and are looped or knotd ted near the middle of the skirt. amount of water applied was not sufgirls or women should wear ficient to more than supply the needs of the crop and of evaporation. Had1 rather high, draped belts, and may fasten then with pretty ornaments or the water been sufficiently abundant to have supplied a good quantity for they may wear leather or ribbon belts Their matching the skirt in color. drainage the alkali would have remained largely distributed through the belts should not match the waist soil. As it was, the water in three Minneapolis Times. feet of soil was gradually drawn upward by capillary attraction and took Lace for the Sommer Wardrobe, the alkali with it Thus the alkali Let the lace collar be part of your was brought to the surface and desummer wardrobe, and let it be so posited in a thin layer. A continuance large as to almost look liko a cape. of this process increased the alkali to Moreover, let them be as numerous as a poifit where 'it destroyed all vegeyour purse will allow. You will want tation. The Arizona station has apTudor collar with the front falling Blouse of white silk tucked all ove parently solved the question for all almost to the belt Then you will want localities that are subject to flood the sailor lace collar. Beside this and trimmed with, ecru lace insertion. waters. These should be used to flood there is the curious collar which is The fichu and sleeve caps are of sky-bluthese lands, covering them to a depth a part of every lace set and which panne, trimmed with the inserof eight Inches or more. The result a merely a shoulder trimming. The tion and finished with applique bow-knowould be the carrying away of much newest lace collar Is one that Is In made of velvet and Insertion. of the alkali and the washing of other portions into the subsoil. n, A I short-waiste- I long-waiste- d high-drape- It Is among those plants In which the resurrection Is apparent, not real The movements of such plants ars really like those of the scales on a pins A Dream In Spring. Like weary sentries, grim and gray, The stately houses stretch away, In long, unbroken line; Their beetling brows In anger frown Upon a cottage old and brown Thy home, O heart of mine! d Tet there the velvet grasses grow. And there the pale wild cowslips blow The first wild bluebird tings. In dreams he sees the tiny nest. Where downy fledglings sway to rest Beneath his mates soft wings. And there a giant maple stands. Outspreading his protecting hands. Like pious friar of old. wall n Oer sunken roof and ' Where white catalpa blossoms fall Snow' arrows, tipped with gold! Caressed by bee and butterfly On either side the long walk lie Low beds of tangled flowers; And up and down the quiet street The sunbeams dance with trlppllng feet. Through all the fleeting hours. But oh, the cottage lies so still! No more Its llstning echoes thrill With childish laugh and song have rest. The tireless mother-hand- s Clasped close upon the pulseless breast And, oh, the years are long! Tet ever when the faint perfume From nodding purple lilac bloom Steals through tne Spring sunshine e home I see. In dreams that Which never more may shelter thee, O lonely heart of mine! Mabel H. Eastman, In the Kansas City Star. moss-grow- short-waiste- old-tim- Long-waiste- cone, which open or draw together as the air is more or less dry. Real resurrection, however. Is seen among certain ferns and mosses. ' The thing in out public school course In heroism, to teach the boys and girls that, after all, while heroism is a fine thing and a great thing, it is a most uncomfortable thing, and that possibly, on the whole, the best and most lasting work that Is accomplished, in life comes from a steady application of all onea best energies to a noble purpose, meeting with honest and patient effort the emergencies and vexations of daily life, and holding true to the middle course, which assures success without bringing notoriety, says Harpers Weekly. A fixed purpose to do well that which one has to do will In the end bring laurels of more permanent value to the world at large, and to the unheralded hand that achieves Its purpose, than those which are even worthily bestowed upon the brow of him who avails himself of an unusual chance in an abnormal fashion. Animal with Three Eye Nearly every one has heard of the looktuatara, the curious iguana-liking creature now found on only one or two islands off the coast of New Zealand and supposed to be the oldest living type of animal on the face of the globe. One of the most curious features Is an organ on the head, which at one time was spoken of as the pineal gland, but which Dr. Dendy discovered to be In reality a third eye. His paper on the subject caused the greatest interest in the English scientific circles, and, as an illustration of me way In which research is specialized nowadays. It may be mentioned that while Dr. Dendy devoted himself to the study of the third eye one distinguished biologist is working out the skeleton, another the kidneys and so forth. In a short time, therefore, our anatomical knowledge of the tuatara ought to be complete. More recently Dr. Dendy has discovered another New Zealand creature possessing a third eye. This is the New Zealand lamprey, a favorite article of food among tne Maoris. The third eye is situated on the top of the head and Is covered with a thin coating of skin. It Is doubtful whether it la now of any practical use for seeing, but Dr. Dendy believes that at one time, far back in the worlds history, there were two eyes on the back of the lampreys head. He Is further of the opinion that at one time, the tuatara also had two eyes where now only one emains. e e ts Tho Campbell Method Approved. Several years ago, when. Mr. Campbell was publishing through the country the wonderful things that his system of soil culture would do, he received small attention. We thought then, and think now, that his system Is of no particular use In Illinois, Wisconsin and adjoining states or In other states where the supply of soU moisture is ample in most years. The system seems to be particularly adapted to the lands in the more arid regions, especially where those lands have the soil water long distances from the surface. For some years now the system has been tried In Western Kansas, and favorable reports are received from It Professor H. M. Cottrell, of the Kansas Experiment StaIn tion, is particularly enthusiastic support of it for Kansas. He relates many circumstances where It has glv en good sized crops where all others have failed, and says that every farmer In Western Kansas should give It a trial. Mr. Campbell has purchased a farm at Hill City, Graham County, Kansas, on which he is showing what his method can do. The farm was one of the most unproductive ones in the county, the crops generally failing on account of drouth. Mr. Campbell has changed all that The crops grown on his lands last year were good ones, while crops grown by other methods failed. It may be that the Campbell soil culture will yet push the line of profitable farming further west. Fowls. interior province of China has produced one of the curiosities in the snape of An most-remarka- long-taile- d To Reimeltatn the Drowned. It was ascertained some time ago that a person who had been drowned, and Is apparently dead, may frequently be restored to life by the regular drawing out of the tongue, the operation being continued for quite a time. In order to facilitate this system. Dr. Laborde, who originated the idea, inmachine which vented a will keep up a rythmical movement of the tongue for at least half an hour, and can then be wound up again for another thirty minutes. By this means persons have been restored to life who would, under ordinary circumstances, have been given up as dead. clock-workin- Apple Bloom In Broodway, The apple tree in the southwest corner of Grace churchyard Is in bloom, giving to lower Broadway promise of an apple crop of its own growing this year, says a New York newspaper. It will not be a very ample crop, even If it reaches maturity. The blossoms have a hard time condistruggling against down-towtions. But they make a brave showing against the gray stone of the church, now covered with the spring green filigree of budding Virginia creeper, and to many passing pedestrians they are one of the sights of lower Broadway. n well-creat- Valuable Old Doeaments Many ancient documents have been discovered In the explorations of the d towns of Chinese Turkestan. They consist of writings on wooden tablets, and are sealed and tied when found, the sand having preserved them In excellent condition. Even the ink with which they were written is still black and easily read. It Is believed that these documents will throw much light on the life and customs of the people that formerly The script In lived in this desert which they are written is of a kind still known In India. finger-p- At Calving Time. ; Occasionally some remarkable feats of surgery are resorted to in an effort to sustain the thrad that holds life fast Here is one: John Olberg of Kenton, Mich., recently was subjected to the novel experiment of having a piece of dogs skull grafted upon his head. Oibergs skull had been fractured for four years, and over the opening, which was an inch and a half in diameter, a foreign growth had formed. This pressed on the brain and caused convulsions. Olberg rallied quickly from the operation and completely recovered. - . late-sow- wide-brimme- d n fowls In the world. The specimens recently brought to light and which were kept in the imperial household gardens are illustrated. The cock has feathers six feet long. There are four varieties white head and body, with feathers and tall black; white all over, with yellow legs, red neck and body feathers, reddish color mixed with white of body. BeevrreeUoa Fleet. There are plants which, when dried and apparently dead, take on the form of life again when they are eoaked In water. There are two kinds of revival, one real, the other aparent A writer in La Science Illuetree says that return to life, either In a complete form or in part, Is quite frequent In the vegetable world, where the influence of humidity and dryness is more marked than among animals. One naturalist has taken fine raisins, of the variety known as Imperial Malaga, and planted the stem in moist earth. This stem, four inches long, in three months had a shoot of three additional inches. The plant best known for . Its renewing property is the Rose of Jericho. This Is not really a rose at all, but belongs to the Cruclferae or mustard family and Its little white flowers recall those of the "Shepherds purse, so common along country roadsides. It grows in the sandy deserts of Arabia, Egypt and Syria. When the plant becomes dry Its stems curl up, draw together and form a rounded knot The wind easily uproots the thing and carries It away, but if it is deposited in a damp spot It apparently comes to tS Clow On of 18 Ess Charles W. Sheffield of Westerly, R. chickI., Is the owner of a en, jecently hatched. It was the last offspring of a hatch of thirteen eggs, placed under a barred Plymouh Rock hen. Every egg hatched Inside the usual twenty-ondays, except the one containing the bird with the extra appendages. At present the chicken uses only two legs In walking, but If the other legs reach the usual length the bird can shift its burden to Its auxiliary means of locomotion. four-legge- d Prof. D. H. Otis: If the weather Is chilly, put the cow in a box stall well bedded and free from draught When the calf is born, blanket the cow until she regains her normal condition. II nothing better Is available, gunny sacks, sewed together, will answer. Give light, loosening feeds and water from which the chill has been removed. Cold water Is likely to cause a contraction of the womb and retenIf the latter tion of the afterbirth. to la not discharged In twenty-fou- r forty-eighours, it should be removed. If the udder Is hot and caked, It is better to milk the cow frequently (at least once in two or three hours), but not dry, as a fresh flow would be stimulated which would Increase the inflammation and might lead to milk fever. Steaming the udder with a flannel cloth dipped In as hot water as the hands will bear Is very desirable, after which the udder should be rubbed dry and treated with camphorated vaseline. Keep the bowels loose. If any signs of constipation appear, give to two pounds of one and one-ha- lf salts, dissolved In warm water. Adhering to these points means much in giving the calf a good, vigorous ht ep-so- m start e Speared by a Broom. A Wheeling (W. Va.) young man named Joseph Jackson lived to tell the story of having a broom handle knocked through his jaw. He Is a tool dresser and was sweeping out the engine-room in the factory where he la employed while the machinery was in operation. In some way the broom caught in the flywheel of the engine and was forced upwards the handle penetrating his lower jaw and extending almost to the base of the brain. Was HU Oro Wheat Field. Last Tuesday Alonzo Dixon, a teamster, coughed up several particles which proved to be grains of rt wheat. aod CAttla The Work of Jonas Webb. Ellhu Burritt, writing of Jonas Webb, says: But what higher honor can attach to human science or Industry than that of taking such a visible and effective part in that creation la sending out Into the world successive generations of animal life, bearing each, through future ages and distant countries, the shaping impress of human fingers long since gone back to the dust features, forms, lines, curves, qualities and characteristics which those fingers, working, as It were, on the right wrist of Divine Providence, gave to the sheep and cattle upon a thousand hills in both hemispheres? There are flocks and herds now grazing upon the boundless prairies of America, the vast plains of Australia, the steppes of Russia, as well as on the smaller and greener pastures of England, France and Gerof many, that bear these finger-marJonas Webb as mindless, but everlasting, memories to his worth. If the owners of these things value the joy and profit which they thus derive from his long and laborious years of devotion to their interests, let them see that these rints of his be not obliterated by their neglect, but be perpetuated forever, both for their good and for an everlasting memorial to his name. g Bemarkablo Barg lea! Feat. t i good sand-covere- Lonff-Tftli- Season la Fort Rian. The question "when to plant T" is a puzzler to the Porto Rico agrlcultur-1sbe fitted up. It seems to make no great differEXAMPLES OF NEWE8T FRENCH STRAW HATS. ence when a crop is planted the reThese are a few of the Parisian creations for the spring and summer. sult Is always the same a good harSpraying Fralt Troaa In Bloom. vest. Some years ago, one of the Is- three tabs in front, square shaped The blouse fastens invisibly on on One of the Investigations being unlands most enthusiastic agriculturists. with the middle one very wide. It Is side Le Costume Elegant the season dertaken this departby a collar that is plain In front and fasment of horticulture in the College In endeavoring to force Nature to diFlower Moff the Rase. of Agriculture at the University of vulge her Reason secret, planted a patch tened in the back, giving that baby And now It is the flower muff. Its Illinois has reference to the matter of of corn each month consecutively for look to the face that the plain front possibilities are Infinite.' It wiU dress varspraying fruit trees In bloom. Pre- a year with the result that sixteen always does give. There is one up an old gown; it will adorn a new of time the unfortunthe first from months which lace collar is, of made last year iety one. It will save the price and the liminary experiments Indicate that the blossoms which ars planting he was rewarded with . his ately, expensive. But, once possessed, trouble of gloves. Above all. It has twelfth good crop. There was a slight and Its usefulness can be Imagined. It more hit by the spray before being fertilipowers of coquetry that the fan zed fail to set fruit, owing to the difference In the height of the Decem- Is long in front, so long that the front or the parasol, and what a clever tact that the pistils are Injured by the ber crop from the other eleven and It tab tucks under the belt Over the woman cant do with It wont be spraying material. The experiments was a few days longer in ripening, but shoulders there are square extensions. worth doing. aside from these two differences, there The back is square and as deep as this season have in view the determinOf course, it is an ornament It is was nothing to show that Nature fa- the shoulders. There Is a high collar extent of the and nature ation of the bewitching when made to match a remore another. one than of vored crop article little which Is wired. This injury to both pistils and pollen, and ception or ball gown. The muff is dress will beautify any corsage, no made of the fluffiest white chiffon, the effect upon the quality and quan- Another prominent grower. In experimenting with pineapples, produced an matter how gone it may be In the ruffled with it, niched with tity of the crop. it; a long abundance of this fruit in March, fully matter of rents and raw seams. streamer of the chiffon trails from It before months season.1 Its three The lining is of the daintiest of rose--1 Mlaeoart Horticultural Mooting These two citations of the many like tinted satin. The summer meeting of the MisMeoasellae One have been made on that experiments Some of the hats have roses. souri State Horticultural society will the make it easy to understand island, These muffs can be made of any be held at Eldon June 10 to 12. The how it la possible for the people in the kind of artificial flowers. If yours is winter meeting will be held at Spring-fiel- d United States to have fresh fruit and to be worn with a hat, let the flowers December 2 to 4. vegetables 365 days In the year. match those of the hat A violet muff, Rico Journal. Porto Agricultural with the chiffon of a pale lavender. Is Tho Hanlon Fly In Kentucky. exquisite. A poppy muff, smartens a H, B. Hersey, Director Kentucky Bonn Bra Pasturage. red costume. A blonde English womWeather Bureau: Since the recent ad' A correspondent of the Farmers an recently wore in New York a butvance in the price of wheat, this crop Review mentions the fact that last has become a favorite with Kentucky tercup muff, the chiffon all golden of acres he had twenty rye and farmers and the acreage sown has year yellow. Her sown was cf pale yellow will get a good crop from It this silk and cream lace. steadily Increased. With this Increaa spring. He says that In addition he lng acreage, there has been a grow saved $50 worth of feed by pasturing lng abundance of the Hessian fly. Last it In the fall and spring. It came parTo Hol Bed Clothing. years sowing suffered especially, ow ticularly handy this past winter when Have you ever, oh, babys mamma, mild lng to a prolonged period of was selling at 8 per ton and corn slept on chilly nights with one eye weather at the time of planting. hay half-ope- n and one hand holding conat 55 cents per bushel. The rye crop Probably very little of what was sown frequently works in to advantage with vulsively on to the comforters that in some localities escaped injury other crops, and wherever it can be your infantile bedfellow would pern This injury suffered by sist in kicking off, thereby insuring advantageously used will pay welL It wheat has led some farmers to become Is of great value to the men that have his little self a bad cold? Rather unto skeptical as the advantage resulting no Bilos and have to feed dry hay all pleasant, isnt It? Well, theres a from late planting. The skepticism Is winter. It adds succulence to the raremedy for that, like all other evils unwarranted by the facts, when all tion, and in that is like fresh silage. under the sun. Its a little. Ingenious are known and considered. It Is well The practice of pasturing rye is an contrivance, neatly constructed of enough understood here that when old one, but may yet survive the In nickel-plateOne end Is atwire, cold weather comes, and especially croachmeut of modern methods. tached to the springs, sideboard or after a few very heavy frosts, the rail of the bed and the other end is adult mosquitoes that frequent dwell Timber belts, around farms have a sort of clamp which holds the lngs disappear. The Hessian fly 1s a their friends and their enemies. bed covers, thereby keeping the litvery similar insect It 1b somewhat Some claim that they take up too tle ones securely covered. Restless smaller, but has the same general much room and cast too much shade. older people who have a h&blt of form, long and slender legs, etc. As Others claim that the shaded fields kicking the clothing from their feet an adult It does not endure cold any give more corn or any kind of grain, will find it usefuL And all this comstates wbere in the hot better than a mosquito, and the fact especially tucked mousse- - fort to be bought for 25 cents. . of gown A charming winds blast the crops. explains why delaying planting Une and embroidery for an afternobn long as practicable results in less inLittle Hint or garden party. letone bed of Mr. Jones If plants jury to wheat The adult Hessian flies taffeta ribbon la usod In Changeable how two beds of and onions, long have simply placed their eggs on other tuce many new gowns. French Hat wheat and have perished before the will it take Mr. Browns chickens to Embroidery has set up Its claims on white crinoline hat A late planted wheat came up. dig them up? suit. to be worn low over the brow Is faced the tailor-mad- e tulle hat is covered If you want to know what a ducat t Two sparrows on one ear of corn underneath with shirred black chiffon, - An roses. never agree. 'reaching to within an Inch of the edge. with small white worth, try to borrow one. 1 Heroism. Beery-Da- y It would be a Feable Bulletin 140, Department of Agriculture: The mite that causes cattle itch, ' or mange, is closely related to the mite that causes sheep scab both belonging to the same genus and species, but are different varieties. The sheep-sca- b mite will not attack cattle, nor will the cattle mite attack sheep or other animals. The itch mites are found to be very numerous upon affected cattle, and a very small quantity of debris from an actively Infested area of the ekln will often reveal a surprisingly large number of the parasites. These mites may be removed from an animal and retain their vitality for a long time. Specimens have been collected and kept in small glass bottles In the laboratory at the ordinary temperature of the room during the winter months varying from 45 to 80 degrees, which lived from eight to eleven days. Exposure to bright sunlight, however, would kill most of the mites In a few hours. Scabies does not appear to affect cattle while they are doing well on grass nor attack those In good condition over three years old. The animals that suffer most are calves, yearand those In lings, and poor condition. The first symptom cf the disease is usually an Intense Itching of the skin about the neck or shoulders, and It extends more or less rapidly, depending upon the health and vigor of the animal, along the back and sides and down the outside of the legs, but does not usually affect the inside of the legs or the skin of the abdomen. He had inhaled them while The lmb Want Enemy. Mr. John Howat, in an address said: The lamb has its enemies and the shepherd that can succeed In constantmarly getting a crop of lambs on the ket without serious loss la deserving of a statue. The stomach worm Is the worst enemy of the lamb. We have read and studied and experimented with all or nearly all of the remedies, worm powders, gasoline, turpentine, and so forth, but the conclusion of the whole matter is that in the long run they do not pay. The damage to the lambs thrift Is not compensated for In results. Our theory, which we have partly demonstrated by practice, is to feed the ewes and lambs grain until the lambs are In the habit of seeking grain on their own account, then feed corn in a creep with a tonic that will aid digestion and keep the stomach In the most vigorous condition. This Is the only cure or preventive against Stomach worms that is practicable and profitable. threshing last September and they had Sayar Beet Polp a Feed. commenced to sprout He suffered A government publication says: much pain. Examination by an machine showed where the particles of Sugar beet pulp can be successfully wheat had sprouted In the mans preserved in silos and makes a very lungs. Since coughing them up he has fair quality of silage. It Is relished by X-ra- y cattle, even the slightly spoiled portions not being distasteful to them, i In Europe the silos consist of trenches J or pits dug In the ground, but the orlife. Saved by a Feather Boa. dinary silo used in making corn sllagi It was once thought that It absorbed - Mrs. Henry T. Vilas of Pasadena, will undoubtedly preserve the matewater from the soil, took root and be- Cal., owes her life to a feather boa. less loss. As the sugar beet with rial gan to grow again. In reality, how- She was driving when a stray Is an exhaustive and the ferever, this never happens. The Rose bullet struck her In the neck. The crop of the soil canone, be maintained of Jericho is lifeless from the moment missile passed through the pstrlch tility feeding the pulp. It becomes quits when it is uprooted. It is simply feathers of the boa and its force was by an important matter that farmers dead plant which has changed form lessened until only a slight wound resugar beets 'should combine growing from the absorption of water. Is believed if it had not sulted. It of the pulp wfeere The dried plant furnishes a very in- been for the boa she would have been with it the feeding - , . . practicable. teresting change when it is plunged killed. i , into water. In an hour it doubles its To realize the meaning of the phrase size, stems begin to rise and capsules The guides to darkness find their family pride, visit a house in which take on a pinkish tinge. It seems to way to ther own element. Rams there is a boy or a girl who la going be reviving, but this is a vain show Horn. to graduate this June. been improving (Ind.) Observer. rapidly. Idaville - |