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Show FABM AND GARDEN. MATTERS op interest AGRICULTURISTS. Crto-D- Hint M TO Abort Call f tba Mt mmA Hortlraltwot 1 IUmIIm aid Tb Orals Loho ts WbMl It la appropriate at this time to notice thia insect whose r a rages in wheat In sereral counties of Okla- homa hare greatly reduced the ralue of this years crop, says a bulletin of the Oklahoma Station. By extensire correspondence and by conversations with many wheat growers, uniform testimony is secured that throughout certain regions the wheat or grain-louhas greatly damaged this years crop. In fact the Injury in some re-- gions has been so great that farmers hare preferred to replant the wheat ground to some other crop. A recommendation to this effect was inserted in some of the newspapers of the territory some time ago. The station received the first specimens of this louse early in April, and the entomologist has since that time glren most of his time to a thorough Investigation of the distribution and life history of the Insect. It became at once apparent that the main damage grain-louwas not due to the well-kno(Siphonophora avenae), whose structure and life history hare been' so well aired in the newspapers of late. Our form differs from the one mentioned ip sereral details and will soon described as a new variety closely In th true grain-lous- e. 8 .s it was noted that the gen-Gof the migrations of the ia-j- iu from south to north. The ' like its better known relative, t Is ' capable of very rapid multiplication and this is favored by dry weather. Kales are unknown and the reprodue-tlo- n is by the process called parthenogenesis, or the giving birth to the living young. The viviparous females are wingless but enough winged females are produced to enable ths species to migrate from one field to another in search of food. These winged females were present in large numbers from about the middle of April to the first of May. There is no evidence that this louse It is probable has a true that it winters over in the adult stage and feeds upon the leaves of ths wheat during favorable weather during the entire winter. The past winter was In some respects very favorable to the development of the louse in large numbers and it is not therefore a matter for surprise that such hordes of lice should have appeared so early in the spring. There is no practical spraying method that can be recommended this Insect pest Some have ' against suggested spraying with the usual kerosene emulsion and this would probably reduce their number if applied before they spread over so large an area as to make the plan quite se . se wn Ai egg-stag- e. Impossible and too oostly. Our greatest hope fles, however, in the rapid multiplication and energy of the natural insect enemies of this louse. The most abundant and useful of these enemies in Oklahoma is surely one of beetles (Hlppodamla the lady-bir- d convsrgens). This Is a nearly hemispherical beetle about f an inch in length and of a reddish-yellocolor with several black spots on the back. The head and thorax are black with reddish-yellomargins and the thorax has two elongated reddish-yellospots. The larvae of these beetles are Jven more rapacious and active than the mature beetles. The larva is a long, blackish, somewhat flattened, and very active larva with six legs of more than usual length. The larva when it reaches maturity curls up on some leaf or stem and changes to the pupa from which the mature beetle emerges in a few days. The beetles live over winter in the mature stage in crevices of trees and boards. These "lady-bir- d beetles have appeared in such large numbers in some parts of Oklahoma three-sixteent- w w that farmers have written to the Ex- periment Station for some remedy to destroy them. Every wheat grower should look on these beetles as his best frlsnd and in no case allow them to be destroyed. Specimens of the wheat louse and especially specimens of all the beetles found in the wheat fields are very much desired by the Experiment Station at Stillwater and may be sent tarough the mall if Inclosed in tin or wooden boxes. Haw to Draai ralvea. Calves from three to six weeks old, and . welg 'r.g about one hundred pounds, 'or, say, from eighty to one hundred and twenty pounds, are the most desirable weights for shipment. The head should be cut out, so as to leave the hide of the head on the skin. The legs should be cut off at the knee Joint. The entrails should all be removed, excepting the kidneys, the liver, lights and heart should be taen out. . Cut the carcass open from the neck through the entire length from head to bumguL If this Is done they are not so apt to sour and spoil during hot weather. Many a fine carcass has spoiled in hot weather because of it not being cut open. Dont wash the carcass out with water, but wipe out with a dry cloth. Dont ship until the animal beat is entirely out of the body, and never tie the carcass up In a bag, as this keeps the air from circulating and makes the meat more liable to become tainted. Mark for shipment by fastening a shipping tag to the hind leg. Calves urder fifty pounds should not be shipped, and are liable to be condemned by the health officers as being unfit for food. Merchants, too. are liable to be fined If found selling these clunks, for violation of the law. Very heavy calves, such as have been fed on buttermilk, never sell well in our market they are neither veal nor beef. Howard, Bartels & Co. Clover Fart. Bradford Miller, In port of the K&nsaa rd m I tor Europe ho was a dinner: On his left J n HBIMAS AID There who had eoatmoted m faulty, and the that it had got The young went fisherman. And of course he tor no one ' expects a fish- sen tor the He need it erman to go out shooting rabbits. And 11! he caught two little fish, and they without Intention to were so small that he threw them back It seemed to again. And he went home without t nation for every any, and did not stop at the fish- Finally a friend of Wn mongers to buy large ones. And his thought it necessary wife said to him: "Where are the hint, and said to him :r; "Tond better large fish? and he said: "There are I be a little careful of yoi r Presslona. none. And she said: "And where Youre sitting next to ke Rev.. Dr. is the lie about the twelve-poun- d "Thi 4wll!" said Leighton Parka And then, And he said: "I have not the young man in surprl trout? one. Then his wife said: "I do not recovering his presence of mind, he believe you have been fishing at all, turned to the clergyman and made a but have been to the races and lost very polite apology. On- you needn't a lot of money and are afraid to tell apologise to me, said thsdoctor. The me. I think it is cruel, and I shall devil is no friend of mine And she wept go home to mother. for a long time, and was only perTILKPHOXI AXD TltlOBAPH. suaded by a diamond ring that he A writer in the Soientlflc American, was telling the truth. discussing the development of the telMoral. A fishy lie is cheaper than ephone system, says: One tendency of the necessary truth. the development of telephone service hsa been to lessen business done over TOO IKFRRSSIV1 telegraph lines. This tefidency must certainly Increase with the future rap- id extension of telephone systems, ao long as the two kinds of service take Place over distinct llnea Both telegraph and : telephone systems require enormous plants, mostljrjn the form of transmission lines. Telegraph lines are comparatively idle during the day, but well employed at nlftat. wnile the reverse is true of telephone lines. A moderate addition to the equipment of either system, at stations or From the King: I changes, would enable it'to compete In the long distance service now performed by the other. Thee conditions must operate as s spur to Improve and cheapen the service of both telephone and telegraph com pan tea, and may eventually lead to a union of these interests. HR PAID your order tor that dress Wife I did. I wrote to the firm the very next day. Huiband But here is the dress and the bill tor it How la that? Wife I gave you the letter to post, and I suppose it Is reposing peacefully with 10 other letters of mine in your coat pocket. THREE AT THI TABLE Oh, 1 insist! Now, do have more oystera. There's plenty ONLY John (to guest) in the Ice box.. Gueat No; really, I must refuse. Two hours later. Phyllis John, what did you urge him to have oysters for? There wasnt any more. Didnt you feel me kick you? John Eh? My dear, you did not "Now, you should sort o hypnotise kick me! em, tra, la, la, like this. HEBPIB OP SECUHTS. Lady (to dressmaker) Did you tell Mre. De Peyster Burlingame what my costume for the ball was to be? Modiste Oh, no madams! I never divulge, professional secrets. Lady What la hers llkeV' " e. Modiste Ita in colonial style, A mad-dam- Dbouuc ths Salk bulletin treating of methods of manuring the soil has Just been issued by the Experiment Station at Stillwater, Okla. The following Is a summary of the bulletin: Without going into detail as to the various considerations that may affect the results of manuring, at the present stage of our agricultural, practice, the chief points to be observed are: 1. To manure the soil. Use all the manure produced, prevent losses by washing away, quit burning straw, haul the manure onto the fields some- EXPERIENCED. Alice You should Aunt think twice before you apeak. Bobble, dear. Bobble Gee! I guess you never see Jack Breeds fist fly out! LITTLE LAUGHS. On It but Im doing a flying buslnesi now! Glad to hear Flags. it What tli? Cheeky Cook. Lady That is ail, I think. Oh yea, Mary, we breakfast at 8 o'clock. Cook (Just engaged) All right mum; if Im not down, dont wait tor - me. In Garb of Groan. "Mamma, where do the leaves come from? "Inside the trees. "Then they pack their spring clothei in their trunks. I "And press your heart, aa This ways fetches em. al- OnrwalhL NaUrai Batter "I never go out of doors In the springtime.. What are you afraid of? "The grass lta shooting blades, sad every all the buds are bursting and "1v- flower carries a pistlL an Influential Boston publication, has of late been inviting opinions concerning the proper weight of the American breeds of chickens, among which are the Plymouth Rocks and the Wy&ndottes. We should say that fully two-thirof the breeders who have exon the subpressed themselves ject take the position that the standard weight is too high. It la claimed birds of these that the medium-size- d families are almost invariably better layers than those which meet the demands of the standard in regard to n One weight. poultry Judge. In his contribution to the discussion, says that not more than one Farm-Poultr- y, Thu Hia than. Bobby Say, mamma, I wish I had a whole lot of brothers.. I Mother Why do you frish Bobby? Bobby Sos you could divide np the spankings. Its pretty tough to be the only one in the family that gets spanked. ds well-know- Plymouth Rock In twelve which pass Agriculture, says: clover after cutting affords an excelBetter be stupidly silent than volulent mulch, which accounts for itself in the succeeding crop. The seasons of bly insincere. A corner In St. Louis that sold for growth vary, owing to favorable or unfavorable conditions, so that no time $350,000 In 1891 has just changed can be fixed when the cutting should hands for $1,000,000. Queensland lets certain land for be done. The general practice Is to cut it too late to get the best results In i grazing at so low an annual rental aa hay. I have obtained the best hay by three farthings an acre. Stroet. Petrlotl a. "My, top-dressin- gs the quarterly reState Board of of Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes The growth of than they are worth. Imj la eaay enough for a man to be satisfied with his lot when it la a corner one on a boulevard. se through his hands at the shows is up to standard weight. If the men who patronize the shows meet with difficulty In getting their birds up to standard weight how much more of a task It must be for farmers who, as a rule, can give but a fraction of their time to the study of the problems of the poultry yard. And if this heavy weight Is obtained at the sacrifice of the laying qualities why not cut it down? Some advertisers take great pains to have it known that their birds are fully up to standard weight. Farmers should know that they can easily pay more money for that kind TBS PENALTY. Boston husband This is going to far. You said you would countermand A Spoiled bv QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND EVENTS.' Imh Snake, wltk MS firwt Hadlee Make n Fee ell la Col.irede leeeeestln for Soeae Btieage Traen te At the midnight In the silence of the sleeptime, When you set your fancies tree. Will they pass to where by death, tools think. Imprisoned Low he lies who once so loved you, - whom you loved so, Pity me? Oh, to leve so, be so loved, yet so mis- taken! What had I on earth to do With the slothful, with the mawkish, the unmanly? Like the aimless, helpless, hopeless, did I drivel One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward. Never doubted clouda would break. Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Passer-B- y Sir, what do you mean by making love 'to me? Ill show you the way I treat such old reprobates! JUST PROVOCATION. Sufferance (to barkeeper) Give me the biggest drink I ever had. Barkeeper Depressed ? Suffrance No. confused. Ive Just been listening two long mortal hours to iny wifes arguments as to why she ought to have been elected president of her woman's club Instead of Mrs. Thatcher. Barkeeper Of course, the clear to you ? Sufferance Just as plain as a Chinese laundry allp. No Friend of Hi. The Rev. Dr. Leighton Parka, rector of Emmanuel church, is noted for his skill in repartee, says the Boston Herald. He is a'so a good story-telle- r. but it Is ns an originator of funny Forsottoo Official. Binke Say, Jinks, are you collecting curiosities now? Jinks Yes. Why? Blnks Well, Ive got a genuine freak for you. Nx at noonday in the bustle of mans worktime. Greet the unseen with s cheer! Bid him forward, breast and back as eltker should be, "Strive and thrive! cry "Speed fight on, fare aver. There as hers! Robert Browning. have brought nourishment to Wildwood, and vines and plants grow luxuriantly. Some of the grapevines are of mammoth aiae and, ' trailing along ths ground, have run up into trees and expanded until they aeem like immense boa constrictors. Even the upper branches of the trees have been twisted into curious shapes, and number have been cut out in the form of different articles. Three of them are almost exactly the shape of a triangle, a harp and pitcher. In one can the grove walking through scarcely find a tree whleh haa not e odd form about It. A large holly can be seen which really consists of two trunks twisted about each other. Each trunk Is fully a foot in thickness, and it is supposed that when young two slips were blown around in this way and have gradually grown together. The spiral separation can be traced from the roots fully forty feet from the ground. Philadelphia Record... Idor-To- ll ad Tbe first find was a more recently. head measuring 32 by 34 Inches. It was go unmistakably the head of a fossil animal of some sort that the finders proceeded to search for the rest of the Jinks What Is it? body. They found It In sections part Binks A copy of yesterdays newson one side of the gulch, and part on paper with an article about Adlal Ste- the opposite side. The middle parts venson in it. of ths Immense body had been swept away, doubtless by floods, and the enTho Hoy Proven III Worth. tire length of the snake must have I tell you, Hannah, college educabeen 100 feet. In circumference the tion counts. You should see our boy largest fragment measured 34 inches. are placed in the back Cy. laying off the new orchard. Just as The regular aa a wall paper pattern. He part of tbe head, and tbe position has that $118 spyglass on three legs, of the head when attached to the place and just sights around while two men snakes body at the with bean pplea put In pegs where the of fracture indicates that the creature trees are to ga You see he dont had Ita head lifted to look behind it, charge anything, and says the men are perhaps for its enemies. TheTts line of tall Is the Jaw lg plainly marked. cheap at $10 a day. and a like rudder, pitched shaped That Mr. Flagg from Boston seems downward, which 'leads the discovto be very attentive. "Yea. I think ers of the reptile to the belief that It he must take me for the constitution was a swimmer rather than a crawler. the way he sticks to me. Cleveland The shape of the body is much like that of a salmon, with the narrow Plain Dealer. Courage is a plant that cannot be edge downward. The marks on the fractured, stony edges of the body In- destroyed by plucking up. eye-sock- ets ed XShe XOeeKJy ushea tket haa head tt by M the body and the head feet In length, and weigh TM There are fragments there much er la else, one head wi pounds, and the discoverers of the fossil remains think there are larger specimens there. Pennsylvania Grit. ! Panorama. 101)9 and Figvro. That love will Had a way through all. difficulties is Illustrated by the of Philander Simon and Bertha Karger, both of Paterson, N. J. Philander had been keeping company with Bertha about two years, when tor some unreason explained hia Ipve began to recent-experience- s Tha Ike WI pal of the strangest fishes In the world hsa been discovered near the One Gilbert islands. Dr. Augustin Krae-ms- r, n scientist, obtained s few fine specimens of it during n recent fishing excursion which he took well-kno- cooL Simultaneously . Bertha be- ' gan to fret and pine away. There had been no actual near Butaritari. I wanted to get aome specimens of another curious fish, known aa ika beengagement ni peka, he saya, "but as I was untween ao them, able I went during the full moon In a a could suit that small sailboat to Makln, a coral not be brought tor which lies east of Butaritari, breaking the marand there I found a German trader and riage promise, but two Chinese, who in return for some Berthas mother, wiio is not only a medical assistance which I was able .woman of expedients but a thrifty to give them were quite willing to decided upon a plan for punish.soul, me in my search tor strange fish. help When I told them that I was looklag ing the faithless Philander. She fig-had eaten sixty hearty for nl rnliedthat ih :ured thatat he her house, upon the occa- woud grat ave to get aome bait and I :dinnera to my surprise the halt which they slona of his Sunday woolnga, which 25 cents each amounted to $15. Begot was this extraordinary toothed at sides this in a rash moment she had fleh. him $10. She accordingly began lent I examined it and found that It be- suit for $25. longed to the family of the Trichlurl-de- e, Meanwhile,' Philander, who la also and that It was as thick aa my arm, 76 centimeters in length, and thrifty and a man of expedients, be- gan to do a little figuring on hie own very scaly. The most remarkable and promptly came in with a side, ture about it, however, was ths fleet counterclaim for $86.80, which left that it had three pairs of long canine teeth in its upper Jaw and one small- Mrs. Karger $61.80 in hie debt, if the claim were pressed. Bertha, as girls er pair in ita lower jaw. had not been expensive. In two go, Either flying fleh or crabs are need as bait for the purpose of aatching years she had consumed but one box them, and, when they are caught, they .of chocolates, twelve pounds of candy, in turn serve aa bait for catching other thirty ice creams, and 100 sodas, fleh. The hooks used on such occaamounting to $9.55. She had only been sions are of a primitive kind, and can once to Coney Island, but had had 100 trolley rides, transportation footbe found nowhere exeept in the Gilbert Islands. This toothed flak la only ing up $12.60. Bouquets for two birthfound at a great depth, and it generdays cost $5 and two books 65 cents, ally makes its home near precipitous a total Investment of $27.80, which shows that Philander had the advanrocks, which it la dangerous for fisherman ts approach. tage of $2.80 in actual expenses over Mrs. Karger. This margin Philander 'increased by putting in a claim for hia Popov for Boo rot WrIUogt Now an Inventer proposes to mate time, charging 50 cents for each Sunthings agreeable for lovers by putting day evenings wooing for two yeara, or on the market a superior kind of j $52. In the course of the preparations per for secret writing, as ha calls It. .'for the euite Philander and Bertha which will be made of note else and were thrown much together, aud enpacked In neat boxes, accompanied by couraged by the artful lawyers on both the requisite envelopes. When a sides, aa well as by thrifty Mrs. Kar- young lady wishes to write to her ger, who was appalled by the counter-hear- ts adored, and la anxloua that claima, the flame broke out anew and outsiders shall not by any chance bewith greater ardor than before. An accome acquainted with the contents of tual engagement was effected, a day her missive, she simply dips her pen .for the marriage fixed, and both suits in a solution of salt water, with a lit- were dropped, and Philander and tle vinegar added, and in that harm- Bertha are happy, all owing to Phllan-der- a less and Invisible medium Indites her skill in figuring. epistle. On receiving the letter the fortunate young man resorts to the Figured in Mohneuje Cate. e expedient of holding it near Justice White of the New York Suthe fire, and immediately the writing court at Buffalo last week becomes visible, traced delicately in preme lines of blue. Where this new invention claims' superiority to anything of the kind hitherto offered is in ita extreme simplicity. Also, the paper ia in convenient commercial shape, and, not least Important, the writing does not fade or deteriorate a common dift. ficulty with most sympathetic The paper is prepared by soaking It In soluble salts and cobalt, after which the cobalt Is rendered Insoluble by dipping the paper into d, i old-tim- . maa-uscrip- sodium carbonate. Tbe process Is so easy that any intelligent peraon who chose to take the trouble might make the paper for himself, while the household pantry will furnish the materials for the Ink off-han- d. A Tryat. S891 A. IX Etherus St Trollyum awoke with a start to th peychio consciousness that seconds past th it was thirty-seve- n lunch hour. "Quail and champagne," he mused, or shall it be terrapin and burgunAnd at the dy? Better the latter. pressing of a button, a slide opened to the right of the dlaphanoue const. His eyes ran rapidly over the rows of crystal phials and traaaporeot boxes. Selecting a box labeled terrapin," he drew a saffron soft eapsule forth and swallowed it Then, grasping the phial labeled "burgundy, he held It under his nose, and after a single inhalation replaced box and phial. The elide slid back Into place. 1 suppose I should not eat so heartily," he sighed, taking up ths wireless telephone receiver. Hello, central, give me 81H2S321X .) Faria. (Elapse .002321 part of n eeo-ond- Ah, that you, Eleetm, my astral, affinity my sublime twin star? I have It arranged for tha tryst impossible to secure a not previously engaged trysUag plaoe with any old world romantic surroundings, even In the Himalayas or la dprksnt Africa; so I have arranged to have our astral bodies meet face to free at 7:2156173321, Mare time, at ths Rock to-nig- There is a small gulch near Florence, Col., which le filled with snakes great atone snakes, whose wriggling days are over prehistoric snakes with enormous heads and tails like rudders. The Colorado State Historical society has become much interested in the diaoovery, and an effort will be made to secure some of the best of the strange specimens for preservation In the collection in the state capitol. The first fossil reptiles were found several months ago. and the others, well-defin- Its la-lan- Being who? o Trees to Look st Wildwood, the resort on the Jersey eoast where the ceremony of flowers upon the sea on Memorial day, in memory of naval heroes, was inaugurated, haa a good reason tor its a It is looated upon aa island, which la separated from the mainland by Grassy sound. For about two miles a grove of trees, perhaps the most remarkable in the world, fringes ths sound. Tha pises takes its name from ths tress, which have been shriveled sad distorted into all kinds of fantastic shapes, by the gales which swept over it from the Atlantic for centuries. The coast Is completely ea posed to the full sweep of the southeast and northeast storms, which in the winter rage for several days at a time. Some of the trunks of the trees have twisted Into numerals, letters of the alphabet and weird forms, which give the grove the reputation of being haunted among aome of the negro servants and ignorant white One people who live in the locality. tree, which must be fully 60 years old, haa bean bent over until It forme the figure 8, looking at it from one elde, while from another point of view It is a perfect oval. From the. lower left hand corner projects a branch which startlingly resembles a snakes head with the tongue sticking out.' Two of the largest trees started to grow up from the ground, then changed their minds and bent downward, shaping their trunks into the form of the letter W. Still another tree haa grown in the form of the letter N, two trunks starting from the same root below ground and a third growing from one to the other In a diagonal direetlon. Another consists of two trunks running straight up and parallel to each other. At no less than five different points branches or stubs have grown from one trunk Into the other, forming a sort of natural ladder, for a distance of thirty feet from the ground. The warm southeaster - g- I . - where, sometime, somehow. 2. Manure the highest and poorest spots, give a good application at one time from fifteen to twenty-two-horloads and manure another place next time. 3. Manure with reference to the time of rainfall, to the next crop which is to be grown, and to the other work which must be done. Late fall and winter, when other work la not pressing, Is a good time. Light may be applied to wheat in the fall. 4. Growing crops for green manuring alone is not the most profitable method. Pasture them and plow under the remainder when about mature. This applies chiefly to cowpeas. If sorgum is to be plowed under, it should be while the atalks are green and juicy so that they will decay quickly. - . difference. The cost of thrashing (one dollar per bushel for the machine) is too much, with the price of seed at from three to four dollars per bushel, but probably cannot be helped until the quantity raised is largely Increased, but the desirability of having good, fresh seed Uncle Bob "Bertie youll never sucadds to the inducement of raising your ceed own. Clover hay should be kept un- sive with the girls. You aint impresenough. der shelter, and as a feed, when propmost kinds cared for made and tor, erly of stock, I place it second to none other. It is claimed very generally by clover growers that a field upon which a good crop of clover la grown for two successive years will, when replowed and planted to corn, yield from fifteen bushels more corn per to twenty-liv- e acre than it did before sown to clover, or than similar land by its side will which has not been thus treated. The percentage of increase is quite large in raising wheat, oats, potatoes aud other crops. To explain just how this is done is not the purpose of this paper, but to speak of the fact, which has been fully established both in this state and elsewhere. The plant draws nitrogen from the air, and stores it in the soil for the use of succeeding crops. The roots of the clover penetrate to a great depth In the unplowed, subsoil, drawing nutriment therefrom, assisting in holding moisture, which, when the roots die and decay, increase the fertility of the soil as well as the storing capacity for moisture, and with its sister, alfalfa, has justly earned the name of the "silent subsoller, whose success and efficiency are generally ad mitted and admired. ' THE ODD mRWWtt : hs w x of the cutting when about one-thiheads were turned brown. The mow- lng should be done after the dew Is oft, and the clover aooa turned with a good todder, which assists the curing very much. With favorable weather, it is ready for raking Into windrows shortly after noon. The old rule, that clever is not ready to be put in the barn until It would rattle like a lady silk dress, has given way to the practice of getting it under shelter before the evening dew falls upon it; if fairly well wilted, the rest of the curing is done in the mow, to the benefit of the new hay. Where the roof of the barn has good ventilators, no special risk is taken on account of heating and causing fire. When put into the mow in this condition it cures nicely and comes out in a bright and sweet condition the following winter. The second crop for seed or for feed; If for feed, the cutting ehould be done before the seed is ripe. The second crop is usually of a finer growth and makes a most excellent feed for young stock. If this crop is cut for seed the cutting should be done before too ripe. While the seed does not shatter badly if very ripe, when dried the stems of the clover break easily and the head is lost. The same trouble is encou&ered if the crop is cut with a mowing machine and subsequently raked and bunched for handling. A 'preferable way is to cut with a machine having a side delivery, which lays the clover oil in bunches, where it cures without handling, and when ready Is hauled If away to be stacked or thrashed. cut before too ripe, and properly cared for, the straw, after thrashing, makes a good feed for cattle. While the seed may not yield as much as when cut later, the straw compensates tor the of Ages. Convenient, souls essence? Yes? I ht hope, Good-b- my y. Fattlag ths Flames Oat. Hand grenades for putting out fires, which were common enough fifteen to twenty year ago. consisting of glass vessels filled with solutions of various kinds supposed to have special fire extinguishing qualities, date back to a much earlier time than la commonly suppoaed. Probably tbe earliest form consisted of a wooden vessel or barrel containing a considerable quantity of water and having in its center a small iron or tin 'case full of gunpowder. From this case a tube was filled with a composition that readily ignited. When room was on fire one of these machines was thrown into it, aud the powder exploding dispersed the water in the outer receptacle lu every direction. Papa At tho Chocolate. Mamma brought home a box of candy for Harry and Mamie, and papa was present when they opened it. Thera was only one cream chocolate In the box, and the two youngsters at once began a dispute as to which should have it. Papa listened to them for a little while, and then settled the dispute by eating the cream chocolate himself. MRS. FLORENCE ROGER8. granted a divorce to Mrs. Florence E. Rogers from Edward F. Rogers, thus confirming the report of the referee. The judge allowed Mrs. Rogers $2,230 in lieu of all alimony. Mrs. Rogers is the daughter of the late Mr. Kate Adame, and a distant cousin of Harry Cornish. Roland B. Mollneux was found guilty of causing the death of Mrs. Adams by poison, which he was accused of lending to Cornish at the Knickerbocker A. C., New York city. Cornish had a room in Mrs. Adams apartments in West 86th street. New York. Mrs. Rogers lived there, and was there on the morning her mother died, after finding the dose of cyanide of mercury. Mrs. Rogers and her husband have been separated for some time, she living In New York, he in Buffalo. ' When she brought her cult she applied for alimony. One of her lawyers stated, pathetically, that she had to "live in a New York hash house, while her husbanu dwelt in luxury at the hotel. It was shown, however, that Mr. Rogera paid hia wife money for her support, although he lived apart from her. Iro-quol- Plain TalK to S Mr. Barber, riti-thmr- se . the president of the Dia- mond Match company, talked with wholesome frankness to the dissenting stockholders of that English match company the control of which has just been secured hy his company. He said to these Englishmen. who had spoken of Yankee trickery and who had boasted of their intention to fight to tbe death to retain for English capital the business of making, iiiatches for British use, that "I may as well talk frankly to you people. Unless you come to terms we will whip you out of your boots. We know that we are able to beat the world in the manufacture of matches, and we intend to keep our advantage. Iiow long do you think you can com-- , pete with ua with machinery that' America discarded sixteen years ago? Tbe salary of the young king of Spain' is C 150.000 a year. |