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Show been; the factor that has kept down profits. It a man las a herd of cow and some ot them are poor milkers te detect the por ot As and INTERESTING CHAPTERS :fOR OUR It dispose of them. Up to the time the rural readers. tisp nest was Invented the poultry--ma- n had o way of finding out which Bow (WfMiral roraon Optraw ThU of his hens weie tie diones and which A r DepwtmHt of tho form sere the good layers With the comHint w to IIm Coro of Un 8 luck ing of the trap neat, all is changed. oo4 rooltrp. The pmfltryuian can now eliminate the unprofitable birds In Til rKci DAIRY AND POULTRY. -- Capital sy Wilkin A (Ho Tu bo. One man that has tried has found In Australia there has been brought the nest It very serviceable. trap a what dairies railed 1b; Into Use in the showed him that some ot bit most milking glove tube. Jl valre fitApver specimens were 'those the the teat and from the valve extends a worthless most In form Some of the perfect the which long narrow tube, couvejs milk from the teat Into a covered palL kinds that scored high in competitive exhibits pioved to be almost worthless as layers At least 20 per cent are Just large enough to receive the xif thd fowls so tested proved to be tabes. We Illustrate the general ides ' lobing fiipney for their owner, while herewith. From an American point as many more were shown to be bareof view the device does not seem prac ticable From Australian report we ly clearing expenses. A few of the take it that the invention is supposed birds b ho wed themselves to be persistent layers, and these were kept for to a be substitute for cleanbreedeis. A liness in the dairy. paper in that country fus. 1 he Many of the nests show not oply how troubles of dairying are caused - the many trap fowls' lay 'bet, the kind eggs.the injurious microbes that are carried by of egg. If sojnetinBesteoomee deinto the milk, and it has been dirt sirable fo kfiow yhat hens lay eggs by various authontie- - to with certain-coloreshells,' This is groom the cows and wash their add. - jrarticularly so in biei'ds that have been created by the crossing of other bleeds, as such produce eggs varying ail the way from white to dark brown. The trap nest enables the breeder to determine what kinds lay the eggs of the desired color. Then, too, the birds can be distinguished and fer, those whose eggs are habitually tile. this is a most important point. "The orifices In the cover of the pail -- pre-ppte- nt Milk Yield of Sou. The milk yield of sows might be be considerable, as it mubt supply the food for sometimes very That It is not large large litters. thoughts should teach us that the amount Of milk needed for the sustenance of the young of any animals is relatively small. Man, when he tries to supply artificially the place of nurse to farm animals, almost always overfeeds. This overfeeding is not infrequently the sole cause of the death of animals being trough) up by hand. Nature has fixed matters in such a way That overfeeding IsT practically out of lue question. As to the amount of milk yielded by sows we have not extensive data. Four sows were tested at the Wisconsin station and their mtltf weighed at different periods and foe different lengths of time. Number 5.8 pounds with soap and clean water, and wipe one gave an average of 2 4.1 pounds per them with a clean towel; to require the per day; number gave 3 gave 5.4 pounds per milkers to wash their hands and heads, day; number to brush and trim their nails, to wear day and number 4 gave 5.5 pounds per clean clothes, to put on wh.te overalls day. The Highest yield pf milk on any and caps at the time ef milking, to one day waB 8.7 pounds by sow number construct the floor of milking yard and one, twenty days after farrowing. shed of asphalt, and to wash or sweep . Coop with helout Kaa It after each fnllklng, and to frequentrun here lllustrated The and coop tar and the llntewash both ly it and woodwork ot the shed; also to, disin- are very Serviceable where- - it - Is defect the shed occasionally with chlori- sired to restrain the chicks' till they nated lima It has also been advised beeome falriy well grown., The wire or two-inc- h mesh. not to feed the cows in (he milking can be ot one-inc- h hed. All these are undoubtedly important steps, and If they could be carried into practice would result In great improvement In dairy work. 'But how far are they practicable? Farmers who have - heard these recommendations have expressed the opinion that it CUcIga aoop --itk Inctowd mo. ' dairying is to require all this they had better give up dairying at once. We but generally the one-inc- h mesh will do not believe that any device can be found best, as that Btops the egress take the place of eleanlinesa in the of the chicks and the! Ingress of rats. dairy; and, moreover, a device of this The whole may be moved from place kind will be very difficult to keep to place with eaqe, especially where clean. strongly built ' Siberian Batten Thq Siberian butter Is looming up -- as a strong competitor with the butter from a.ll other lands. The railroads, being controlled by the government, carry the goods at such a low rate that the butter Is brought to tidewater on the Baltic at small cost Moreover, the Russian government does not. lose sight of. It there. . a conference was held In SL. Petersburg 'between'Uie'inakers of butter and government officials that have duties more or less touching the shipThe secretary of ment bT butter. transportation reported that 920 re- -t frigerator cars for .butter had been provided and cold storage plants at all stations likely to be used for considerable shipments of butter. Arrangements were also entered into forth shipping of the butter to England by steamers not touching at Danish ports. The Russians are evidently determined that no more Siberian or Russian butter shall be shipped to England from Denmark and labeled Danish butter. This Is a wlss step, by which an old trick Is mads Impossible of working. Dairy schools are to be established. It Is also urged that a central laboratory be equipped for the purpose of analysing suspicious lots of butter and preventing their exportation. It Is claimed that Siberian butter badly adulterated has appeared on the English market - w Poaltrr Brlafi. Not the least among the advantages of this invention Is the being abls to determine the laying period of the hens. A fowl that begins to lay In November and 'produces her- eggs during the period when eggs are high la far more valuable than s . in pries fowl that begins to lay on the first of February and drops most of her eggs la the spring and early summer, when , eggs are being disposed of at a very low price. The phenomenal winter layer, nnless discovered by the trap neetstands s good chancs-t- f having g her head cut off at the end of the season; when. In fact, she should ' be kept as a breeder. The trap nest makes It possible for tbs breeder to become personally well acquainted with each member of his flock. ; - lay-rin- t ' No Invention of this day baa in It greater possibilities for tbs poultry The man than has tbs trap nest. dmne la the flox o? hens has always Immitnrt 8tofik m Brtadtn. It is surprising to wbat extent Im- mature stock is used for breeders, even among poultry fanciers. A cockerel less than a year old la mated with pullets, and this is kept up for generations. The results can hardly fall to be disastrous' at least so far as hardiness is concerned. When, hardiness departs or Is bred out the oor Is open To nranynevftc BreedersThat have carefully looked Into the matter believe that the resulting fowls lay eggs Infertile or with a germ weak In fertility. : Moreover the tendenccy Is to develop a strain of fowls that will have little of the force of matured 'birds. The more advanced breeders are using mature stock. What about the man that buys eggs of the men that breed from Immature stock? Are they getting fair return tor the money they rs expend? It would be well for to find out whether the eggs they are to purchase this spring are from Immature birds or not- - Almost Every Religion . The .Most C 1 omopol The most cbemopolltah city in'tl world Is Constantinople.11 lt is jfcl fctoi of the ecclaj lastical bead of the Moslem faith, as the- seat of the Patriarchs of the Creel and the Armenian churches, and Q( thl very othj chief rabb f( the Jews. religion has its representatives amoSS MU the population. It is claimed-1there are In Constantinople representatives of every nation and every Tribe upon the globe, and that every language is spoken. It is common to e lansigns written in eight orolfi guages on the fronts of the . retail shops. Thebe races and religions are There all more or less antagonistic. is nothing to unite tbenY. ECbk,JSS' They pects the other of treachery. have no relations, except in trade, and in their commeuial dealings they art; all trying to cheat one another. , , There is a multitude of priests, Into classes aud ranks. THt; lowest Is the muezzin," who is a' sort of sacristan or sexton at the mosque He calls the faithful to prayer but takes no pai t in the devotional exercises. Softas are theological students young prea hers who make up a fanatT Ual and turbulent class and are. tb cause of most of the disturbances In Constantinople, as the students of uni versities often arein other European countries. Next to them In rank sue the cadis, who exercise a temporal as well as spiritual jurisdiction, acting as notaries, justices of the peace; Judges of the courts and look after the financial affairs of the different parishes and religious orders. There are sex eral religious brotherhoods and orders like the dervishes. The moulahs or regular priests, whq conduct the services at the mosques,' may be compared with the ordinary clergy In our country. One grade above him la the khodja, or professor of theology,' who Is found dally at the mosques with s copy of the Koran and other orthodox authorities before him expounding the faith of the Mohammedans to groups of students and others who gather around him slttlfig cross-legge- d . upon tbs flooh x , ! . - . . MB, roily t On a day I met with Fotl?, - Kmrwlnr nor a Hire wa he: She wa piquant ab jolly, And ahe thrust out melancholy With a amile of, witchery. I. aufilne, could tint disarm her, Though I it iq soma degree There was mischief In my charmer. So It Came utamt. you nee, Folly made a fool of me! has been jUsetlarfceil frflrti the employ of .the government- - jtnd very generally .from ' the .employmqpt of private Turks. Before JMifi 'and as far back as aflyoaa cad jemeJer Armenians held tbs' most. ImporlAnt subordinate position i filler tl government because oTtheif exeeujj vs ability, particularly 4n the Jflnamila ' department, where they are very swing, but Aqwrihe vindictiveness- of. the Tur against them tai nose-shape- , Folly tired 'of her adorer Whea her' Slav came to 'bo, 1 bqre her, fieofl.ug gt" the lo Vexed leoane I boldly wore bef Too familiar livery. IViuient. 'aha acouiged and left ms Shorn of all my panoply So It wasSvhen ah bereft me Of her aiulle, ah me fruo , Folly umdq g man of me' Smart Bet. . at The llta Cotloa Tre. Although the silk totton tree Is a native ol South America, there la ons specimen of it la Nassau, Bahama Islands, that has flourished, wonderfully, and Is one of the 'greatest curiosities nu the Island. It Is just now In bloom and at the .height- - of Its beauty. It was planted more than two hundred years ago by John Miller. The roots seem, to be unable to find their way down after the manner of ordinary roots, and so swell up like Tnrk TraM ,Sjuilx (Singular to say bandits aYe sometimes punished in Turkey and after execution their beads are fixed on' stakes as a warning.) Is so violent that the name of Armenia has beeu strinken pf .tftqjnap and that province Is fcnotrn as Upper Turkey, The custom house officers will not permit the importation of maps bearing the name Armenia.' jittch are found they are confiscated and burned and every book containing the name Armenia la blotted by tbe censor. The Greeks, who, are next In number, gre also business men apd now havp the largest share of the merchan-til- e trade In their own quarter of the city. Although Turkey was recently at war with Greece and the rivalry between tbe two countries is bitter, there Vow-t- b lstt i ' better' than In the ordinary pot, but and i.h keiV and larger, also' gr'w keeps Cetter. The' pots are both made of clay. and. the outer pot has several which boles. ' through the air Is" admitted into similar boles of the Inner pot. The latter can be -- that Its- - hole turned In such are closed by the outer pot. great buttresses radiating round the trunk of the tree, rising from the ground 'jo a height of from six to -- twelve feet. They reach put to irregu- lar dMafices, gnarledjand twisted in the most. curious faahlbn. They turn , and bend aud double a point In all aorta of Amexpected ways and make dark hqllow and ravines. where. the darkle ibelfeve the elves and gnomes make their home. Tbe fereat seed pods are filled with a fine soft fleece of silk,' which the natives use for filling their pillows and mattresses. .There are several specimens of the tree on uie Island ot New Providence but this one la monarch of them all. d, .Blr ,Chng4 Ploluac. A cockatoo lu the Central Park of New York has exhibited a remarkable change of color In Its plumage, .Or- iginally of red and gold, tbe bird was one of tbe most conspicuous inmates of the birdhouse at Ibe Zoo, and so remained until s macaw was Introduced. which at once began fighting the other birds. When ?the cockatoo's turn came it was knocked down from the perch to tile floor, and was insensible for a short time. Then It went Into- a corner where It remained the the rest of the day.' and on the.follow-in- g morning, when tbe attendant went to the birdhouse, he was surprised to see that the gorgeous plumage h, turned quite white. J - Been la Constantinople during th e massacre menlans were butchered. The picture who, to avoid the soldiery, threw them selves into tom House. Herd they, were done t death by In every You can find. these-group- s mosque at all hours of the day, and they remind you of, the story of Jesus teaching In fhe' temple. Nearly all of the Moslems in Constantinople are employed either by the church or th state, or. art ordinary .common working men. They are ignorant and fanatical, dangerous when excited by the or the softas, who make the priests, 4 ' , 4 W J 1890 la which 6,000 a number of Armenians the water opposite tbe Cus-- o Turkish boatmen-- ' of Is no hatred or prejudice against them. The same ,1s true, of the- Jews'. Both races Jive at peace with tbelr Turkish pelghbor,' and are allowed to worship God In their own , way without - Interference, and are never compelled to endure such persecutions ad have bees suffered 'by the Armenians for centuries. The explanation- of this la that Greeks and Jews never meddle In politics, while tbe Armenians are continually doing so. - s . .WomM.to Op.! Arm ad, A bill will soon be Introduced In tbe Virginia legislature whereby the women of the state will 4 be placed among those exempted from the operations ot the present statute to the same manner as a policeman, constable and other officers; that is, they will be allowed to carry weapons, says an ex- change., ' The women, lp vley of many criminal assault recently, are becoming expert pistol shots. Recently a "gun club" was formed in Roanoke, and regular meetings are held for rifle A Tarfclah B(gr. practice. A young lady school teacher at Suffolk, who has to ride some distance In the countsy.to attend her school, carries a pistol regularly strapped to her side, and there are other evidences of a disposition on the part ot the Virginia women to carry arms. , Kastaeky CltlM. Wa hive near Qfoort this place a man who Is 60 years old, .was in ths civil war, and has every dollar of his war money; has the suit of clothes he wore the day Lee surrendered, has slept In a bed but tour nights fai six years, and has had a coat on but once since 1890, and that was five years ago, the 11th of last October, when William Jennings Bryan spoke In Elizabethtown, he has never been married and was never known to go to church. He Is a man In good circumstances, neighand honest Elizabethtown borly (Ky.) News. fin f Tmoh fttrtvn. .Ernest Legoure, the senior of the French Academy, has completed his ninety-fift- h He entered the year. academy In 1855. His best known Lecourreur." plays are "Adrienne e, which be wrote with Scribe, and in whleh Ristori acted. He la reported to be In good health and in full possession of his faculties. Me-de- -- Haas Dap Coder aha Earth. An Interesting discovery has been . made on the estate of the Marquis of - - - Zetland la Orkney. Workmen came across a subterranean house about thirty six feet long, and further exploration brought to light several signs of habitation. Including the remains ot tbe ruined walls, the bones of sheep, oxen, boars, fish and whales, deer boms,, stone totrestles, pottery and charcoal, gether with tome implements fashioned from bones. Tbe most remarkable feature In the building Is that the rooting Is supported by four massive pillars, each consisting of a water-wor- n itons placed , . on end. , -- - ' f ' A Scotch Sahara. Very curious Is a thimble case year ago at a The. tact Is not generally known bought about forty-fiv- e that there Is In the north of Scotland small exhibition held in ths Crystal a miniature Sahara' some twenty Palace In New York. It is made from square miles in extent. From Nairn the nut of a palm tree which grows In to the' river Findhorn there Is a great Peru. ' The kernel of this nut, when nnrtpej expanse ot shifting sandhills, known as tbe Culbin Sands, which show all Is soft and It Is then that tbs nut Is the great peculiarities of a great des- picked, so that its kernel can be easily ert,. and which successfully resist all cut into small articles. This thimble Three cenattempt at cultivation. case, made from one of these kernels, turies ago the place was a smiling Is about tbe size and shape ot an egg. garden with several farms and s vil- It la hollowed out And divided into two lage, all of which were overwhelmed part, wblch screw together. In a single night by a great storm of Ths kernel has been carved in such sand. Ths remain of tbe buildings a way that an openwork of leaves and can still occasionally be seen when the stems la all that Is left of the nut. sand shifts, and many old domestic 'tv Worn articles hawpeerr-ptot- r up, , l)iib and Tift tragic stories are still current In the Is a curious growth of trees There locality of the wonderful escape of the at Tlldens Point, Me, Three yellow Inhabitants from the blinding sand birch trees are growing on a pine drift on that terrible night stump. The tree, which was about two and a half feet in diameter, Is Mounter Fog. Horn. thought to have been cut down some A large fog horn Is to be placed In fifty years ago, leaving a stump three the Gulf of St Lawrence. The born and a half feet high. The seeds of ths is four feet in diameter (t tbs outer birch must have lodged on this stump end and twelve feet long, and tbe and as they grew they sent their sound is produced by driving com roots down Its sides to reach the pressed air through a double set of ground. The three trees are, respecvalves carrying revolving disks with tively, five, six and seven inches In boles cut in them. One set of disks diameter. produces a deep roar and the other n shrill shriek. The valves are con ' Encroaching oc the Sea, trolled by clock work, and every The growth seaward of Dungeness two minutes a roar Is emitted, fol Point In England, caused by the eastlowed ten seconda later by a shriek. ward drift of shingle, has caused ths To operate the' born there are three erection of a new lighthouse there to feet diameter in each six air tanka, become necessary, snd the contract and twelve feet long, and three oil has been placed with a Deal firm to engines run three compressors to fill carry out the work for 330.000. This the tanks. On a favorable day this will be tbe third lighthouse erected horn can be heard a distance ot twelve upon. Dungeness Point,. The first,. suto-'ftati- c; Tbe fifteen' tnlles. ls to plaftt 1 y yvai-r built swht-Tiix gtj,isTiawrn'' " mile inland, and tbe lighthouse wblch f superseded that one Is now about half r a mile from tbe seashore. Fo4 from Traa n Chestnut groves, with Snowthoec for Soldier. trees, produce six limes ss much food . Up to some time ago the Norwegian per acre as any cereals, and Humboldt estimates that a banana orchard will army was perhaps tbe only one in human beings; where Europe In which snowsbws were used feed twenty-fiv- e a potato field ot tbe same size would to any extent After ncferal years ol support two and. . a wheat farm . only extensive trials, however, the Austrione. A. time may come when the an minister of war has now equipped : staples of human food will be chiefly several battalions of the Imperial derived from trees, thus increasing Austrian army with snowshoea. Durcapacity of our ing the maneuvers carried on this the not to year in ths Austrian Alps tbs shoes planet more than five-folmention tbe savng - In drudgery, nor proved to be of Immense advantage tbs beneficial climatic influences of to tbe troops equipped with them. tree plantations. No plowing, hoeing and mowing, no worrying abont win KotlfyloS iba God. ter food for hungry cattle, no deserts One of the odd things tbe visitor overspreading vast areas of to Burmah will notice. Is tbe large territories. number ot bells about the pagodas. These bells tre usually bung on sacred posts a few feet above tbe ground. traag Faaaral, ' as all 'Burwas witnessed unusual They are sweet-toneat sight Aa bells are, bat they are not furmese a funeral at Horsell, England, tbe body nished with tongues. Tbe worshiper being, drawn to the churchyard In a farm wagon painted red who comes to pray before the pagoda one of these bells with a and blue, and sttaffhed to which were strikes mallet. This Is to attract ths wooden horses. The funeral a couple ot farm of tbs god. was that of Richard Brettell, solicitor, attention - was bis last and It request of Cbertsey, SqalnatW Fact la Chlmaay. that bs should be conveyed in this ' Sexton Davis of the Congregation- manner to bis grave. Ths Journey from slist church at Winter Park, Fla., met" Cbertsey to Horsell occupied two sod with an unexpected difficulty when bs a half hours, and six farm laborers mads tbe first firs of tbe season In the walked by tbs wagon tbe whole die church a few days ago. Tbs chimney tones. In addition to which they here would not draw," and the cause the coffin from tbe vehicle into tbe was found to ' be a large squirrel's church. nest,' or a series of nests. In tbe top of tbe structure, Tbe opening was found completely closed with squirrel-ne- st Doable Flower Pot. material to tbs depth ot four feet Hugo Lonitt of Neuhaldensleben. from tbe top. claims new bis flower that Germany, it ui r t pot, which Is made ot two separate Aieltat Mtiuerlpti. It Is a curious fact that, while parts. Is tbe best flower pot now on the market. The inventor, who Is a many ancient manuscripts are almost n florist, says that on ac Illegible from the ink fading, manucount of the air being able to circu scripts of the fifth and of the twelfth late eround the earth in tbe Inner pot centuries have so far shown hardly J the plant develops not only much any trace of fading. Cartons Thlmbl Cm -- (A familiar figure met with la the streets of Constantinople.) mischief, and are as devout as any pe pie in the world. It la the universal testimony that Mussel men ars more loyal to their ' religion . and mom faithful to Its teachings than tbs members of any other church. - The Armenians at one time were the most Important part of the business community, but since tbe massacres In 1896, when at least 5.006 of that sect were murdered in their houses and In the streets of Constantinople and thetr property looted and confiscated, they have been exceedingly cautious and St Fancy butter from Canada and Irepresent very few of tbe 250,000' Arland has recently taken high place In menians In Constantinople are doing the English butter market French .business under their ovr names. Soma butter aud als6 colonial butter (butter of them have gone Into partnership from AustralaslabWbeen to some exwith Turks, paying the latter a eertatn tent crowdedojit" Butter from Siberia percentage of the profits of their busiand Russlarts reported in such ness for protection and the nse of their at names Many of the old shops of ArIt has sometimes deteriorated before being disposed of. menian merchants now have Turkish sign a over the doora, for which priviBetter not write at all than write lege, however, the owners have a heavy blackmail. thit wblch 4s not right quan-tioer'lh- v Sincere ftAsaactesieyerxArraetuau i . - lUpreceptjulvcsn.Tlip. City in, the V0rld7,': HOW TBE TURK TBXArS THE ABMEMAX. egg-buye- , s f , Escaping Mold la Chaos.' . Prof. H. L. Russell says: The molding of cheese Is, of course, a biological phenomenon due to the development of mold spores on the surface of the cheese, a condition brought about by the proper temperature tod moisture. Mold will invariably occur when the degree of saturation In the atmosphere reaches the maximum point, and under these conditions at ordinary temperatures at which cheese is ripened you have more or less trouble from. the molding of the cheese. We find that when cheese is cured at 40 degrees or thereabouts, these molds will not develop. They cannot grow to any considerable extent because the temperature Is too low for them to develop, so that those losses are to a large extent obviated by the nse of these Ipwer curS' ing temperatures.' kry A . -- full-grow- d, tree-depriv- ed d, four-wheel- well-know- |