Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1894 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SETlNEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1894 TWE1AE PAGES.

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VALUE OF CRIMSON CLOVER

IT IS PARTI CtTA R LT ADAPTED TO UK A SOILING CROP, And It Mny V- Seeded In Orrhnrrt, Ue-rry, Corn or Tomato Pntehe nntl Ipon Itntv Uronnd Following fielen or Oilier Crops Harvested Hefore September Runnlnn Thistle as an A nn v -i I AJ I Around the Frni Hints to Housekeepers A Collection of VaI liable Heel pes. We have r.u:r.---rous inquiries about the value of cr:::ion clover as a soiling crop. This clove- has been tried at soma of the western exp-.riment stations, and, while the result.- were not altogether satisfactory, yet we -would advise a trial on a small scale by all farmers. There is a difference in hardiness of the different varieties, and in localities where it can be grown there is no doubt as to its value. The New Jersey experiment station has recently issued a bulletin on the subject, of which the following is a summary: Its beat use is probably derived when seeded in the summer or fall for an early spring crop, either for pasture forage or green manure. The time of seeding may extend fnm July 15 to Sept. 15. depending npon the character of the season and the peed bed; good results have been secured when seeded liter than Sept. 15. The value of spring seeding for a sumirier 'p. either upon raw ground of with Oats, has not been thoroughly tested In the state; experiments are nuw in progress here to study this point. It is the experience of growers that th-? Feed takes better when lightly covered. Failures to secure a pool stand from g Hd seed are reported due chiefly to jiot, dry weather after the sprouting of the see J. an 1 to heavy rain3 immediately after seeding. Crimson clover may be seeded in orchards, berry patches, corn, tomatoes, etc.. and upon raw ground following after potatoes, tomatoes, melons, or other crops harvested before Sep timber. It is not adapted for seeding vith wheat or rye. The amount of st-el may range within (Wide limits eitrht to sixteen pounds per a-ere; 1 argt :r amounts are urually required when s-iwn with other crops, and Pxna'l-r amounts wirn suivn upon raw fTound .r :: orchards. Twelve ronnUs be- a.-r will doubtless be found to be eutü-.-ici.t. No failure to .--fand th- winter have been rejs-nted when gool. AmericanITown s -r d was us -d. It is more hardy tha u l ed cl..v--r. V uvign seed has not Ir'i d s tt isfuct ory. It contains as impuriri -s weed s e i an I ie.-s h irdy varie-ti-.-; t :?: .'.-Vit. The .-il is not as yet !"-'. ; ( in any c nsi.'-rable quantity in tit:-- st.:tf. That u-:-.-l in our ex3 -er '. roe at- w:- r in I i-wa re. where th- hj.;:nr-- of see.j-ir .,viii,-t is as.-umJns Con.-'ideraVe p-op--rt'.o-i and is rep. tried t be r : Ii , ! I:e. This er ip. in nmnvm with all other far.r. i-!-.,; r-juiivs y; 1 s ;'..- f.r its best 'ew-;.pmnt. ::mh'i it is wei; ad i.p:-t--'l f ii-'iu Ian.;.-, cat -hing readily an 1 irrowi"- wei: w'-i- -. red c! :ver "".ill im: thrive, an 1 r.Iso in iki"g use of th" miner .1 .-. titue:i:s not avaiia'.de to the cerea's. T avef-g... yi.id s-!::ci from a frd! f tan : .'ley z and repree; ining s.-iis of a !i!.e.e:;: . n ira.-t-r was 1." .77. tons of g-ven ..'.over ;cr a-r-e. or eqtiivn lent to twenty---yen tipn of dry hay. It is beli n 1 t? it tili faitiy represents the yield that may ! .-uu-i-.l under favorable Conditions, thoa.'i v. ry much larger yield have i. n i'. r ;.-,l. Regarded as a rr-.-vn manure, jarticnlarly as f-arr.is-htr.g nü-i--n derived front the ;'r, this Tc-p p -sse-'-ses many a l'. ant;:-t'. s. due to its time nf growth and deve! "unco:. A crop six iivres high April 21 Fhowc-i an aeeuty.ula f ion of nitrogen in the who! plant at th rate of 104 pounds p-r acre, an amount eqida'ent to that contained in ten tons of city manure, or ?s pounds of nitrate of soda, costing $15. Th crop sc-ured at this date may be Utilized f ,p early v r-tuhles. potatoes, melons, cte., f-foos usually benefited by liberal applications of nitrogenous mail U-e. May 12 a crop averaging thirteen Inches high. whi h in many !-ctions can Vc uriiiz-d manure for late potatoes, corn and orchards, contained nitrogen nt the rale of l pounds per acre, worth $ltr..5-. Tne plant at maturity showed nitrogen at the rate of 2"0 pounds per acre, cr an amount equivalent to that contains! in twenty-four tons of city manure, which would cost in that form Oood crops of this clover can be obtained on naturally poor or wornout lands when fertilized with the mineral constituents only. These soils are rapidly improved by the addition of the nitrogen and accompanying organic matter contained in the crop. This plant provides a good pasture before other crops are available. An early pasture is not only valuable for the food contained in it, but also because it helps to insure proper feeding and to prevent too early use of other and later pastures. It was pastured this year in central Xew Jersey as early as April 10. The crop, when six inches hiirh, contained over 1,3'V) pounds of digestible f'Md per acre, sufficient to properly uourish twelve cows for one week. Th fertilizing value per acre of the residue in the roots is equivalent in nitrogen and organic matter to that contained in three tons of city manure. Crimson clover, in average seasons, provides a soiling crop excellent both In yield and quality of product. It is satisfactory for the purpose for about twenty days, and at a time when other forage crops are not abundant. On the basis of the yield of disrestihle food secured in the experiments 2.Ö34 rounds per acre it will provide sufficient for ton cows in full flow of milk for twenty days, worth at present prices of feed at last J25 per acre. The composition and digestibility of this plant show it to be superior to red clover, and whn seasons are favorable for early haymaking the product thus rcured is not excelled by any of our farm crops as a feed for all purposes. The advantages derived from the crop when used solely as a green manure Rre but slightly reduced when the crop 13 usd for food, provided the resulting manure is properly saved and applied. Prairie Farmer. RISSIAX TIIIHTLK AX AXXl'AL. It Xever Crow In Well-Seeded Gram Land, Hat Along Kdicen of field. The Russian thistle is an annual, the seeds of which are very small, perhaps one-quarter as large as a common pinhead., "When the see-da are ripe the top of the plant breaks loose from the root, after the fashion of tumble weeds, making it free to be rolled about by the winds, scattering its seeds everywhere It jroes. These seeds germinate quite early In the season about as early as any other seed of weeds and grasses. The plant tt fust fräs two delicate spinelike 1 aves. Other similar leaves form, then branchc.?. both of which are round. eemJ-tran.'p rent and sometimes delicately PUip.d with red or pink. This pretty little plant will flourish In proportion to the favorable conditions surrounding It. The largest one I ever saw was Oldorf in shape. 4 by 7 feet and 2 feet tlig't. The growth of other plants where they wfr? very thick or among other unfavorable surroundings is often e online.! to p tir.gle Ftem only two or three lnhes hlrh. The inconspicuous blossom are ?! uated close to the stems or branch of the plant. Three sorts of f.at leaves, each with sharp, thorny ends. The whole about five-sixteenths of an Inch long, surrounds the seed cup. As th plant matures the whole becomes woody and hard, and. on account of the nricklli leaves, vry unpleasant to

handle with the bare hands. This weed is as easily killed as any of oair common weeds or grasses, such as careless or pig weed and foxtail, if done In proper time. NATien young and tender It makes excellent greens. Hogs, cattle and sheep will also eat it with a relish at this time, and if there are enough stock they will keep Jt eaten down short. The plant never grows in well-wed ?d gras land, but flourishes along the edges of plowed fields or plow'ed roadsides, stubble fk-Ids or. In fact, in any plowed ground unoccupied by other crops. The roots go deep and in severe droughts when our crops are suffering for moisture the thistle grows right along. When wheat grows well it soon overtops and smothers the weeds. I do not think there is much to fear from this peat hi older countries, where groves and timber belts abound and more thorough culture L practiced. We find much "slipshop" farming in this new country, and on these broad and beautiful prairies of the West the careful farmer suffers to some extent from the earless farming of his distart neighbors. The wind, unobstructed by timber or any fence except wire, furnL-hes free transportation for many miles until the weed is worn out. find lodgment in some little grove, against some fence, in a ravine, or in some creek where the wind cannot dislodge It, and its migrations cea.se. Sometimes the fences give way under th pressure, but this will not be wondered at when you understand that the fence posts are usually small cedar, get four rods apart. I am not qualified to say whether it would make a substitute for hay or not. There were a few In some of the millet hay last year, and It was noticed that when fed to cows the thistles were left in the mangers of the well-fed cattle. Yet cattle not fed an abundance of corn or hay might eat them and do well. Chicago Times.

Farm Xotes. Stack th straw well, so it will keep. It is a good food and what is not fed can bo used for bedding and othar purposes. In selling any kind of farm products they should be graded into uniform lot;. They will sell marc readily and for better pricos. The statLsUielaaa of the United St.tes department of agriculture says thor 13 a light supply of hogs, lighter at April 1 than for six years. Someone has said thnt those who rne?r at intensive cultivation, extra heavy manui-lrsr. etc, are the mon who are never tempted "to practice them. Lambs- will fatten faster than the older sheep, but It takes a careful, -klllful feeler, who gives his best thought to what he is doing, to fatten ch'eep successfully. We are apt to charge the weakening of bones in h"gs ami genera! degeneracy wholly to food, when in truth a good deal of it may be due to the selection of breeding stock, says a swine breeder. The advice- of a prae'tioal dairyman is to milk a cow with her first and second oais until, at least, wtthin two months of when rhe is expected to calve; this is the sur r-t and Kst way of making a persistent milker. Fifty years ago barrows were no't marketed until two or three years old. Tiras have changed wonderfully. The successful swinc-grcwer now markets th'-ni under a year oil many of them at eirlit and ten months. One dairyman has reached th-? conclusion that no self-resix-rting cow will p.iy in-. re f --r her feed and care than it i-; "worth. Her milk is her eapltr.l, and if you get it you must pay for it, and you get what you pay for and no more. When milk is converted into butter an t cheese it takes ab jut tea quarts of milk to make abiut one pound of butter, the average price of -which is 22 cents pr pound; fourteen quarts of mi'.k to three pounds of cheese, average price 'S't cents per pound, thus netting in each case about two cent.s a quart for milk. The relation of the soil to water is one that can be very greatly modified by drainage, manure and tillage. Indeed, in general, on farms of ordinary fertility, the real operations is in their effect upon the physical condition of the soil, by which the relation of the Foil to water is effected, and thereby also the relation of the soil to heat. Plant the wild cherry. It is fully as valuable as the walr.ut. It grows to great size and height, and will furnish a great amount of merchantable lumber. It grows more rapidly than walnut, and is freer from inject and borers. It ranks next V) mahogany in value. There is not much difficulty in transplanting th young trees. Thla timber quejstioa concerns every faxmer. The hog is not a ruminant animal, and its smaller stomach requires more rich food than does the cow or sheep, which have a greater proportion of paunch. A little silage, simply to prevent the cloying effect of rich grain feed, is alt that can be devised in feeding swine. If much i3 given them they will wate more than they eat, as we think will most other farm animals except the cow. A poultry writer says that the dust bath is not merely a matter of fanciful benefit to the fowls. It is the same to them as a water bath to the human biped, and more, for it not only helps to free their plumage fram dirt, but dislodge insect enemies from their skins. Their appreciation of its value is sufficiently attested by the use they make of It when they have the chance. It t3kes very little grain to keep hogs in thrifty condition when they are at pasture. Grain fed at this time gives much larger return than will the Increased quality given when the hogs are put up for fattening. The clover and grass they eat are less valuar.e for the nutriment that they contain than they are for keeping digestion In good order, so that the richer food given may do the most possible In building up frame and putting on fat. The disease known as club root in cabbage i3 always the result of growing them on the same ground in succession. It is also more prevalent on land which is deficient in lime. A. S. Fuller of New Jersey has succeeded in growing cabbage free from club root by being always careful about his plmts. lie grows them on soil whexe a heap of brush has been burned, and he also scrapes up and use3 thi3 burned soil as a top dressing when he grows the plants in frames. Peat as dug from the swamp, owing to its acid and antiseptic qualities, is frequently Injurious to use. It brings in on the uplands the coarse and wild grasses of the swamp, but soda ash, twenty pounds to the cord of peat (as du- out) will neutralize the acid, cause the peat to heat and ferment, generate ammonia, putting peat in the same condition as cow dung, equaling it in quality cord for cord, and will not cost a3 muh, with no limit to the supply to be obtained. Grass or hay fed to cows In milk cannot return Its full manurlal value to the soil, as a part is used in producing the milk. There Is also a loss when fed to any growing or working animals, but the manure made from feeding a ton of hay, if worked into the soil, may be worth more for a crop than if the bay was left to rot on the surface. The manure, especially the liquid portions, would act quickly, while the hay would) decay slowly and perhaps In part be blown away upon other fields or waste places. The field pea la an Important crop In Canada, partly because It succeeds in localities where corn cannot be grown and partly because in many localities the pea weevil, which In-fests peas grown in the states. Is not known. It was long the habit of farmers near the Canada line to send north for seed peas free from the weevil. When Canada seed peas were procurei each spring one or two crops and sometimes more could be grown in the states free from bugs before the pes' would . reappear again. How many of those who In spring go to the fields and slowly dig out among grass and stones a mess of dandelion greens, know that this crop is more satisfactorily frown In the srarden? Tha improved cultivated dandelion is much larger, is more easily cleaned and free from Insects than that gathered in- the fields. It Is safe to say that whoever procures and sows a package of the lmxroveU dandelion seed In his garden will

never be willing thereafter to depend upon the uncultivated supply that can be got from the pasture lots. Raising a root crop is a part of sheep husbandry and is growing more and more essential. If every farmer would take a good farm Journal alevoted to his Interests and become acquainted with the course of events, and especially the affairs of his own business, he would save much money and would not be made the victim of the better knowledge of those who are antagonists in business, and would learn that whatever happens, there Is profit in sheep keeping on the farm if it is adhered to in g.xid and evil times and pursued with perseverance and intelligence. Timothy grass makes slow growth after cutting, especially . when cut late. The hot sun striking the ground bakes it and dries up the roots, which in timothy are mostly n-ar the surface. A mulch of anything spread at this time is better tharr if given late in the fall. In winter or in the spring. There Is no appreciable loss in spreading manure on timothy sod in summer. It is diicd up by the sun, but in its dry state there is no fermentation and no ammonia to be given off. When fall rains come the manure is washed down into the soil where it is most needed. For a cooling drink in hot weather there is nothing more generally satisfactory than buttermilk. It Is none the wirs? for being from oream that has undcrg me the acid fermentation, its slight acidity making it agree better with most people than does absolutely fresh, sweet mi'.k. There! are thousands in cities who were brought up on farms in the country, anil to euch a drink of buttermilk Is a treat. No doubt in every village farmers who make butter could find a good market for buttermilk if thej' looked up customers, who would llüe to drink it occasionally If they knew where it could be procured.

Hints for Honselteepers. A gargle of salt and water is a remedy for an ordinary sore throat. A strong solution of salt and water will remove the poison of bee and mosquito stings. There is nothing more soothing in car of nervous restlessness than a hot salt bath Just before retiring. Cors? ground coffee sprinkled on a shovelful of burning coals will remove offensive odors from a sick room. If you desire to paper a wall that has been whitewashed rub the wall down with a cloth wet In strong vinegar or saleratus. Ivory, when not stained, may be restored to its former whiteness by cleaning with powdered burned pumice-stone and watr, and then placing it under glasses in the sun's rays. Flowers will keep better in damp sand than in water and a centerpiece of flowers for the table may be more gracefully and firmly arranged in a jar of Wet sand than in a foundation of moss. To polish ivory first smooth the surface with the finest sandpaper, then apply whiting on a bit of flannel, rubbing it well. The whiting may be wot with oil or water. Finish by rubbing the ivory with a slightly oiled bft of lineti cloth. All scratches must be fairly rubbed out in the process. Steel knives which are rot In general use may he kpt from rusting if they are dipped in a strong solution of soda one part water to four of soda; tlien wipe ihem dry, roll in flannel and keep them in a dry place; or the steel may be well covered with mutton tallow, then wrapped in paper and put away. Knives with iron handles which have become loosened or have fallea out entirely can be cemented at home, and with small expense, by using this cement: Take four parts of rosin, one part of beeswax, one part of plaster of Paris, fill the hoi" In the handle with the cement, then heat the stet 1 of the handle and press it firmly into the cement. The little sponge racks sold at the housefurnishing stores should be in every bathroom. Those of open-work wire permit the air to circulate about the sponge so that it dries qinckly and is kept free from odor. Wash your sponge and rine it thoroughly in clean warm water after using. Squeeze the water out. for wringing breaks the fibres of the sponge. An efficient lly poison, which has the merit of being poisonous only to flics, is mad- of the yolk of an egg. beaten up with a tablespoon ful of each ground black pepper and molasses. It should be poured in shallow plates and set about. This Is a simple process by which to catch the few flies that slip into a house before the screens are put up. for most housekeepers wait until warned by the buzzing Insects of their arrival to put in these safeguards. Valuable neeipr. Mock Oysters or Corn Fritters One Pint grated corn, one cup cream or milk, one cup flour, one egg and a piece of butter the size of an egg. Fry in butter. Washington- Cake One pound sugar, half-pound of butter, five eggs, two cups thin cream, one glass spirits, one nutmeg, one pound fruit. liake two hours. Molasses Spice Cake Six cups flour, two cups sugar, one and a half-cups butter, two cups milk, one and a quarter cups molasses, four eggs, half-tea-spoonful soda; spice, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. ISeautiful Cake Two cups butter, three of sugar, five eggs, five cups flour, one pound stoned raisins or currants, one cup milk, one toaspoonful soda, two of cream-tartar, half a nutmeg and the rind of one lemon. Corn Starch Cake Two cups of sugar, one small cup butter, one cup milk, two cups flour, one of corn starch, whites of seven eggs, one toaspoonful cream-tartar, half teaspoonful soda. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Relish for Tea Three pounds good beefsteak chopped fin?, three sol.t crackers grated, two table-spoonfuls salt and one of ieppor, one egg beaten, one teacupful milk; press it down into a baking tin or bowl, and let it bake an hour; when cold, slice thin. Salt Macherel Buy the larg fish and soak in cold water twelve to twenty Ivmrs; drain, and put in a dripping pan; set in the oven and cook until teider and brown; turn out on a flat dish and poar melted butter over it with mashed potatoes. This is very nice. Summer Mince Pies Five crackers, very fine, one cup brown sugar, one and one-half cups of molasses, two cups water, boiled cider or wine and vinegar mixed, half-cup melted butter, one coffeecup chopped raisins, two eggs last thing; spices as in other mince pies. Ginger Pound Cake One cup butter, one cup sugar, one cup milk, five cups flour, one pint molasses, two table spoonfuls of ginger, four eggs, a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little milk. Mix butter and suerar together, then add eggs and then molasses and flour alternately. Nasturtium Seed Take the seed after the flower has dried off. Lay in salt and water two days, in cold water one day; pack in bottles and cover with scalding vinegar, seasoned, with mace and white pepper-corns, and sweet erfcl slightly with white sugar. Cork, and set away four weeks before you use them. They are an excellent substitute for caperj. Mutton Dinner Take three pounds of mutton cut. in small pieces (if you skin mutton It loses- its strong flavor); put on the stove with cold water; when half done, put In a teacup of rice; pepper and salt; have water enough to cover well. Make a nice biscuit crust cut In diamonds, and twenty minutes before dinner drop them in around the top of the kettle; cover very closely or steam the dumplings over the meat. This, with an apple pie and potatoes, makes a good though not stylish dinner. Tomato Sourj One quart tomatoes, three pints of milk, one pint cream or two ounces butter, cayenne pepper and salt to suit taste, one-fourth teasioonful saleratus; place the milk on to heat in cooker and the tomatoes in another dish to boil up. and when they have boiled add the saleratus and put them through the colander. When the milk has come to a boil and been teaser ed add the

tomatoes and strain into the tureen, then add the cream; if cream is used the soup is much richer than with butter. The same rule applies if the tomatoes are raw. as with the peas and corn. Pickled r.utternuts and WalnutsGather them when soft enough to be pierced by a pin. Lay them In strong brine five days, changing this twice in the meantime. Irain, and wipe them with a coar.-e cloth; pierce each by running a large needle through it, and lay in cold water for six hours. To each gallon of vinegar allow a cup of sugar, three dozen each of whole cloves and black pepper-corns, half .äs much allspice, and a dozen blades of mace. Roil five minutes; pack the nuts in small Jars and pour ever them scalding hot. Repeat this twice within a week; tie up and set away. They will le good to cat in a month and very g-d. too. Lamb's Head Curry Procure a lamb's head which lias been dre:.-el and prepared for cooking, with the brains, which have been previously blanched; put th? head in an agate stwpan, with water sufficient -to cook, a:id ltt it stew slowly ur.tU the meat cvmej readily from the b lies; cut the meat Into small pieces: put two ounces of butter and a rather .-mall white onion cut In small dice In ano'ther pan, and fry them a light brown, adding one tablespoon ful of curry powder, one-half sionful of curry paste; mix all well together, und then add half a pint of rich broth, and putting the plecc-H of head in it. let it Mew gently for about half an hour; stew the brains in water five minutes, after whlr?h chop very fine, mix them with a good handful bread crumbs, a little grate of nutmeg, a little chipped parsley, white peiper and salt, incorporating well with an "rg. and form 'them Into small round balls; egg and bread-crumb twice, and fry very light brown; ..rve the curry wMh the- croquettes around them; have rice boiled oriental fashion, and served ,-eparately. Chicken Puff Paste rut on your table a pound of flour, and hollow the center, into which ?ut a small lump of butter and a pinch of salt; pour in a glass of ice water; knead the butter, salt and water, adding the hour gradually until you have used about half of it: then mix the rest of the flour quickly, until you have the mass in the form of an elastic paste, which will roll out without sticking to the table; wrap this dough in a floured towel, and put it in the refrigerator for twenty minutes; during this time take a pound of butter and knead it well, with sufficient ice water fro make it of about lh same consiteney as the dough; now roll the dough out to about three-eighths of an inch in thickness, in the form of a long square; put on the butter and roll it out to three-quarters of an inch in thickness; turn over the edges, so that thoy shall all lap in the middle; roll out the mass again length-wise and fold it in three; this makes what is called a "turn;" nut this on a plate in a floured napkin or towel, and sot it on the ice for twenty minutes, after which time give it a e.uple of turns more; that is, double it over ar. l roll it out twice; let it remain again twenty minutes, give it two more turn.-, and then put it on the ice for half an hour; now roll it out ta a half or three-quarters of an inch thick, according to the size of the di"-h you are preparing; cut out a circle of the required size, and the inner one, or smaller, makes the cover, which you may smear with the volks of egs in proper proportion; put thes-- forms into the oven to bake; when sufficiently cooked, and of a nice col r. take them out and lift the covers carefuiiy with a knife, exposing the maist crut within. Take the bones from a boiled chicken, and cut the meat into small cubes; acid a few mushrooms, cut up 'n similar manner, anl a bit -f lean, boiled ham. minced fine; make a sauce of well-reduced chicken broth, adding few yolks of eggs, a lum; of fiv.-u butter, and a glass of croim; season with silt, pepper and a dtsli of r.utmeg. together with the juice of a lemon; into this, put your mimccd chicken, etc., an l place your agate taucelan over a steamer en a slow fire; warm up 'the puff paste receptacles end ldl them up from tho- n.ais with a s-poon; serve on a dish with a folded napkin underneath.

tillOSTis IV A CUV JUT I. Crowd See Shadow on the Windows of nn A band tied ( Impel. Residents of the neighborhood of Twelfth and Jackson have been excited recently by what are supposed by some of them to be ghostly visitors, whoso shadows are cast across the windows of the old Epiphany chapel. The chapel has been abandoned for over a year, and yet crowds each night see what appears to be the supernatural portraiture of the saints on the windows. Kach night a parade of ghostly figures, just as if they stepped from their niches in the chapel walls, passes before the windows in endless procession, sometimes one solitary fresco at a time, at another time two in close succession, and sometimes three. Last nisht the pavement at Twelfth and Winton streets was closely packed with a mass of humanity, who stood eagerly watching the windows of the church for every reappearance of the mysterious figures. The shout, "Here they come," announced the time of the appearance of a white shadow inside tho window, followed by two others in close procession, each growing more shadowy as they passed. It was quite evident that the shadows were cast from some natural cause, 'out to give any explanation to th? weird appearance was impossible without further examination. By far the greatest number that went to see the "Epiphany gV;ost" were convinceel of Its supernatural origin; not a few were inclined to become prophetic and say that it portended war in the near future, while others prophesied peace and plenty. The real cause appears to be that some of the pictures called "Stations of the Cross," or some others of those which usually decorate the interior of a catholic c-hurch, have been so arranged, accidentally, as to act as mirrors, and from these are ccst white silhemettes when acteil upon by the electric light of passing cars. Whatever may be the cause of the phenomenon, it certainly draws as good p.n audience as ever attended ths church on any great occasion, whether from devotion or curiosity. Nor Is the crowd likely to cease in the near future unless the church windows are draped to keep the ghost in bounds. Philadelphia Times. The Cost of a Fenein Ootltl. A fencing outfit for women is rather elaboiate and a trifle expensive. There are the foils, $4; the mask, $2.50; the buff doeskin gloves, 53; the black suede shoes, $.1, and any price one cares to expend for the dress itself, which may be of flannel, cloth or silk. Armed cap-a-pie, the modern girl is ready to parry, thrust, feint, dodge, take raps and give them, drive her foe to cover or gracefully succumb to her own defeat, until with a fierce stamp of the foot and a salute with the foil the engagement is over. This is immensely good discipline for women to learn to take defeat humoredly an.l to engage in any sort of contest without carry either a grudge or too evident sense of triumph away. To lock arms with an adversary after a defeat in argument and to walk away together In friendliness is training for which fencing lessons or ay other bouts of skill are of ' great usefuless. Philadelphia Ledger. - A Home Shoirer Hath. - When a bathroom has no shower or a home has no bathroom, a simple shower bath may be contrived by piercing the bottom of a tin pail or buckc-t with small holes made quite close together. A false bottom, made whole, and to the center of which is' attached a string, should fit into the pail, which in its turn is conveniently hung over a tub, or wherever the bather chooses. Fill the bucket with water of the desired temperature, and when ready pull tla strfng. The resulting shower will be of short duration, and the bather must make most of Ms time.' rubbing vigorously meanwhile. This isn't a very thorough shower bath, but it is better than none. N. Y. Journal. Dr. Price's Cream Raking Powder World's Fair tllzhist Ms Jal And Diploma.

WOMAN AND HER HOME.

IM.riTRTIO OKTlin Kl-TRCTS OP I'l .MSIlMKNT I POX iiii.imi;. Trials of Women Reporters Women iu fin rdenliiR Wrinkle llaniher The Wlf' JejMn 'on eer ulnar Housework (lariien of llden IlreaUfaxls. A few sample?, tell, in different language, the almost uniform tale of the outcome of the appeal to force in correcting children. "I rebelled with feeling of hatred and of desi-e for reve-ge. I: seemed to me unjust, imposed by sher force not reason." One tells th? story of being coaxed by older b ys to steal s-am-3 tobacco fron his father. "I was caujrht and given a whipping, no questions being akeil rnd na explanation given. The result was certainly a fear of punishment in the future, but no moral impression. I thought my father whipepd me because he wanted the- tcbacco himself, and so objected to iny having any of it." Another reports that the impression left by punishment was a mixture of a feeling of personal indignity suffered a feeling so strong as to blot out the original offense and a belief that she was punished for being det-cted. Another thought she was punished because her father was the stronger of the two; another, rhat fear of harm to self induced people to do right things; another tells that he longed for the atre of independence to arrive, so that he might retaliate. One upon whom fear of punishment from God was freely impressed formed the idea that if he could put off death long enough, lying was the best way out of .some things. One child five years old went in the front part of the house after she had been forbidden, and, failing, hurt herself. She was told that this was a punishment from God, whence she drew the not illogical conclusion that God wad a tyrant, but that It was possible to outwit him by being more careful next time and not falhn? down. One peculiarity of the method of inducing morality by creating fear is that bonie parents, in order to prevent lying, deem it advisable to lie themselves e. g., talk about cutting- oiT th end of th3 boy's tongue or making h-m leave home. etc. Rut there is hardly any need of multiplying incidents. All the reports re-enforce the lesson which moralists of pretty much all schools have agreed in teat hing that the appeal to fear as such is morally harmful. Of course there are a number of cas-s where good results are said to have come from punishment, but in such cases the punishment wa. ir.ciiental not the one important thir.r;. It va? the emphasis added to an explanation. From "Chaos In Moral Trai: i a;-." by Prof. John Dewey iu IVpuI u S.-icnce Monthly. Trlnlw of Women IJeporter. A paper that employs six women is exceptional. Three is the average number, and as they are usually on salary it is of course to the advantage of the paper to use their work as far as jxissible end to buy as little outside as may be, and the girl who is trying to get a foothold in newspaper work may go from ofilce to office for weeks, sending in her story to the managing editor and either fretting in back immediately with p 'lite regrets, or after successive- calls have It unearth-1 from some; pigeon-hole where it has lain forgotten, till her courage is all gone. Sometimes an effective, characteristic; bit of writing catches the editor's quick eye. and the story is accepted. It may not be printed for a month, perhaps longer, and in the meantime the blue pencil and thea scissors have been at work, and the mangled remains of the story (every article la a story on a paper), with a title urder which she scarcely recognizes it, ap;-ears off in the corner of some inside page and brings her Jurt half she expected. Of course, if -he has a name, matters are very different. Her work is gladly real, sought for, indeed, but the name is not made in a day. Sometimes, by way tif helping her alonj, an editor let3 a girl sit in the "city room" during the day, with a promise of the first "assignment" for which no regular reporter is available. She is fortunate if she get3 two in a week, and still more so if they bring her in $1 apiece, and then one of the men on the night dek will prolxibly rewrite the article entire. If she hangs around the office a month or so, looks bright and pleasant, does not try to fascinate the editor and is always ready to do any tiny Job, the chances ara that she wdll gradually slip into a place on the paper, prhap for Sunday specials, perhaps for dally work. She will be paJd by the column and will not love the man who "cuts" her threedollar story down to SO cents. He will do it very often and then expect to be thanked for not throwing it out altogether. Josephine Benedict in Donahoe's Magazine. Women In Gnrdcnlnsr. Gardening is destined to become a part of the general education- of women. Its value In the kindergarten system cannot be overestimated. Already in many kindergartens flowering plants are kept in the school-room, and the children are taugh to properly care fair them. The result of this innovation is said to be highly satisfactory, since the work develops traits and talents not acquired by other means. Not only for kindergarten teachers Is a knowledge of .gardening valuable, but also for Instructors cf the higher grades. Recently the thejrough understanding and proper care of the human body has become a branch of education of the utmost importance. The serious and often fatal results of ignorance in this direction have been too openly manifest, so physiology lias been coupled with elementary hygiene In our public schools. Just so also the plant culture is destined to become a part of botany, as it is now taught. Inasmuch as entomology may encoursge cruelty unless carefully guided, so also botany may encourage ruthlessness unless coupled with careful training in the care of plants and flowers. That a woman with knowledge of flower gardening, fruit culture and kitchen gardenig will make a more efficient wife for the farmer, suburban restdent or country mechanic, needs no explanation. The influence of this branch of education upon the youth of both sexes is very powerful. During the earlier years of life children are most perceptive, and the inborn love of nature can be either stimulated so as to exert a healthful Influence over the whede life or blunted and lost by neglect. Hat tie M. Clark, M. D., in Home and Country. Wrinkle nnl1ifr. According to a well-known complexion specialist in New York, a few simple precautions in youth would defer wrinkles many years. Women should avoid tears above all else. There is a lining to the membrane of the muscles around the eyes which contains water. By crying this water is lost. The supply i3 neat equal to the exhaust., causing a dryness of skin which produces wrinkles. A passive expression of countenance should be cultivated. Peonle who atl Into action the muscles of the face while speaking wrinkle early In life. Frowning and laughter also, produce wrinkles. It is better never to sleep on the face. Use down pillows when possible. Gentle massage is an excellent thing, -but one should be careful to always rub the same way. Even the lines in the forehead can be rubbed away if one is patient enough to do it. All face lotions and powders having a tendency to dry the skin will produce

wrinkles. Türe soap, containing no alkali, is non-injurious and should be used daily. Excessively hot water dries the skin and wrinkle? it, while cold water stimulates and refreshes it. The first lines usually appear between the ages of twenty-five and twenty-eight years. If they come before, they are usually brouirht by illness or. mental distress. At the period mentioned the natural secretions of the flesh begin to recede. !?av)ng the skin too large for the space it covers. This is what causes wrinkles. Tlie Wife' Senxin, The story is told of a young Boston woman, hardly more than a bride, whose husband did not come home one night. Rut he did the next morning and stammered apologies about "business," "man from the West" and other such matters that had nothing to do with it. To his great surprise and intense relief she accepted his explanations sweetly, u.iquestioningiy. Another ninht fell. Anxious to make further amends for his tardines.-. he came in fairly early, expecting to be met with the usual sWeet smile of his wife. But the sweet smile was not there neither was the wife, nor any word of explanation, nor did she return. An awful night of it that man spent, and when the little lady returned the next morning ho was ready to iK-ap scorn and anything else handy upon her apologetic head. But she didn't apologize not she. Sweetly she bade him good morning went about her usual duties amiably, but vouchsafed not the slightest explanatiem. The man went off by himself and thought awhile. When he came back in an hour, he was a changed man. He told her so. said she did perfectly right, and he was a brute; then they made up in the good old-fashioned way. He said it should never happen again, and it hasn't. That man is just as proud as he can be of his "bright wife" Boston Courier.

Concerning Ilonneworlc. One thing is certain. If women are determined to meet men in the public arenas of life and fight them with their own weapons, they will, cf necessity, be compelled to desert the arena of their homes and their own natural duties, for, as these duties cannot be abolished, the only thing possible is to delegate them to some one else to perform that is, they will leave their children and their houses in the charge of ignore-nt, cruel servants and give thfm?o!vt-s, their time and energies to what they are pleased to call "wider duties." And what of the pour children? Lately there ha? been a grfat deal of fretful, impatient, womanly writing a.bout the degrading, depressing Influence of houaehold work, anil it has ben urged that it is better for wives and mothers to wrUe or se-w or uo any kind of mental work in order to make money to relieve themselves of the duties of cooking and nursing. Women who have this idea ought never to have become wives, and they ought never, never to have become mothers, for if there is any loftier work than making homes lovely and sweet and restful, cr any holier work than nursing and training her own little children, no womnn will find It In writing or pewing or preaching or lecturing or in any craft of hand or head known ta morals. London Lady. finrdt-n of Dilen I!renLfats. Before Eve dishonored paradise and came into a world where face powders and beauty lotions are advertised on every street corner she must have been the enviable possessor of a radiant and peerless complexion. To her less fortunate daughters of this later day Edmund Russell advocates, as in a measure calculated to remedy such distressing drawbacks cf skin color and texture as they may sur'ter under, what he calls "garden of Eden breakfasts." This is merely a fruit breakfast, such as the t;rst woman must have partaken of in Eden's bowers. Not a bite of 1 Cwad hot rolls were not known iti Eden. Nor a sin of coffee Adam did not learn to grumble at his coffee in paradise. But wholly and altogether fruit and fruit only. In orange season, two glasses of orange juice; in berry season, all the berries you care to eat. When other fruits are reigning, let the other fruit alone constitute the breakfast. Under the new regime of "garden of Eden breakfasts" you will not be found mysteriously dead before lunch, as one apprehensive maiden predicted, but you will thrive, your disposition -will be suave and lovely, and your complexion the envy and admiration of the unitlated. N. Y. World. Oirln and Exercise. In reply to a question as to how much walking should be undertaken dally. Dr. Albert Westland, a recognized authority, says that It Is impossible to give an answer that will apply to all persons. Much depends upon temperament, strength and nervous energy as well as upon the circumstances under which the exercise is taken. It is a matter of daily observation that one can walk much farther with less fatigue if one has a pleasant companion or a special object in view. It may be said that most girls and women would ba better for walking three or four miles a day, while some are able to enjoy and be benefited by a daily walk of six or eight miles, but the latter number is comparatively small in this country. If no special motive for walking exists, it is often well to Invent one. Dealing with stores at some distance or paying frequent visits to friends who do not live near at hand may serve the same purpose. The main point is to avoid what is called taking a constitutional, a proceeding which is unlikely to promote health. Children' Hooks. A wise mother says that she never gives any of her children a mere story beok for a present except those which deal with historical events and personages. In this way, she remarks, thy obtain the "local color" of those times and people, even if it is all colored by the author's prejudices. She also finds that every such book interests the readers in 1(3 characters sufficiently to encourage the bringing out of their histories, the looking up of other authorities and the eager discussion of what was to be feund concerning the heroes and heroines whose adventures had been described. There are plenty of sue-Ji stories for every age. This method may mean "history and water," but it is that much better than no history at all. And there are children who will Le inoculated with information in no more severe form than some such gentle manner. An Ke Opener. Depraved men pay from 10 cents to SO cents for a nightcap. If women paid the same price for an eye opener of tea or coffee, they would be happier, healthier and prettier. Nothing tones up the system like a cup of hot cofrVe, with a squeeze of lemon and two sugar loaves, unless it is a cup of tea, with two squeezes of lemon and three loaves. It warms the cockles of the heart, starts the circulation, comforts the stomach and puts the whole interior in good humor. Women who may be inclined to suspect the sustaining oowers of the continental breakfast will, wdth this prelude, find it ample. Taken the very first thing in the morning, the very very best results will be obtained. Somebody in a work on diateotlcs calls this 6 o'colck tea "nectar for Venus." A morsel of food will spoil this draft. N. Y. Ne ws. Olive Thome Miller's Methods. An exchange tells us tnat Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, who gets through a great amount of work every twelve months, has a way of her own to accomplish it. Early In May she starts on her summer jaunt, one year up in Maine, another in Colorado, now north, again south or east, as she elects. The three months till the 1st of August are spent in the pursuit most dear to her heart btrd-watsching and by that time her notebook is full and her stock of 'bird lore much added to and

vivified. Then she returns to the deserted city, and in her pleasant Brooklyn home works diligently until October. Practically. thn. her doss work is finished. Her lectures and "talks" ara written and arrange !, her articles f T

print are prepared, and the winter sea I son finds her ready for its varied occupa ' tions free from pen thraldom. Turkish Hed-RooniK. Turkish bed-rooms are models r.f simplicity, the beds, though luxuriously soft and furnished with heavily embroidered pillows, being made upon the floor, from whence tl.cy are swept up early in the morning by slave girls the moment their occupants' eyes are open and stowed away in closets, while th visitor is left to dress b.inis-. If in a room from which all trrces cf night occupation have disappeared as if by the wav o' a magic hand. This docs nut applyto all parts of modern Turkey. Th-r are progressive Mussulmans who indule-3 in brass bod st cads and l-'ia-nch tin-sting tables. Mr. Harr's View on Matrimony. In a symposium in the Ladies" Home Journal on the qu'stio.i, "What Constitutes a flood Hutband?" Mrs. Amelia E. Barr s:s her f a -e against the poeti3 "love in a cottage" idei. '-joo not," ehs says, "choose a px.r. strurglinsr mm. A man in this ? ga has no right -to talk of love in a cottage and roses and honeysuckles to pay the rent. No man who really loves a woman will ask her to share with him the ugly wret-hMness and limitations of poverty. If he is in earnest about getting a home a.. J wlf he will work and save for that jm. It he cannot manage this brfore marriage -he will certalrly iot manage it after marriage. Marrying is easy. Housekeeping is hard. Gooil for the Toilet. In the cucumber season, instead cf throwing away the pe-ol and pulp. r-1t them in a Jug of water on your toilet table and wash with this infusion. Yoj can also use süe. of pulp inst-, a I of so-'p. Cucumber has wonderfully c ling as we'l as softening proivrties. Orange ?r, 1 lemon reel used in the sam way will keep the water soft and scent it eielieiously. Ilnlij-'n I !'. When you send your baby cut far an airintr, b sure that the .-o;-e knows enough to sha le its ten i -:' ey -s from th sun. Irreparable injury ein ! done a chil l's eyes in a very sh'-n t:.r..- by v. o --c-'-irg it toward te swi with t:v f--.!l jr'.ar striking it in the fuee. Toe i fen Is alio apt to make a child ill if it io no: sheltere-d from th direct ras. Deviled Hani Sanilnli-hr. Chop cold boiled ham very f.-v. Fof each cup take the yolks cf t.v hard Wiled eggs, a tab!ep o mful cf lerne i juice, a quarter of a t.--s;.-nful cf must, ard and a quarter o" a p u-i i of t-.r.it r. Rub tl ei ess .smooth with th ' 1 raer, mix with the ingr-Uie:-,u an I .- as. a tj ta'ste. Spread thin s::--- of bre-i 1 with it. Fold together or roll. Kloridii Water. To make flarlda waur take two drarr? eaoh of oils cf lavender, bergam-at and lemon, one dram eat a f tiim-':!" and cd of neroli, thirty di-op- cf eii of palm and ten drops of oil ef j..-e. ? ix these ingredients well with two pints of deodorized al-ohol. It will 1.h ready far u-e In two or three minutes after mixing. WOIK l)ISIil ll.l) A3 .MEN. ltoniuntic Stories HiM-alle! hy n KrltioU War litte' Incident. The reeent attempt made by the naval officials to hu.-h u: what would hav-3 furnish "d material 1 -r a seandal of unusual dimension? h;:s apparently been successful. Tne real sta.e of affair? w. s known only t j a few. This was that in j more- than CTe vc.-sej 0f war, females. dressed in male attire, had been aeun-r as orfieers private srvants. Rumor even wen: si far as to say that some of these girls were hisraly connected. Tb affair revives the re-coiie-i tions of many oases of wm-n iu breeches. It is said that IZ) women disguised as men were discovered In the United State; army of the Potomac in ISiM. The Ii-t C)f strantre impostures would of itseitf liil pages; the narrative of theiT conception and fulfillment would occupy several volumes. Some of them have been ouite purposeless; some have been daring and well affected: but the cirewd-st and most daring cf all have been criminal in design an I too often successful. The late Col. Burrtaby told of the discoery of a wo:ri.i;i wh served as a soldier in the ranks of the aitny of Don Carlos ha 1S74. She wore the uniform. and lived and fought jut as tho other soldiers: but a priett in whose parish sh had lived identified her. Don Carlos removed her to the nurses quarters, but she bg?ed to b-? sent back to the ranks. He laughed. "Not to a ivgimeat of men; but when I form a baltilien of women you shall be a colonel." In Australia, not many years ago, th"-e was a woman who traveled under tha alias of Edward da Lacy Evans. For years she was miner at Bendigo. Sbe H stated to hae been married as a nun three times. Her trua sex was discovered upn her reception into Kew lunatio asylum. She eventually recovered hr J reason and returned to the t.uter world. The career or Alary Ann ivunot contains a still further flavor of r mar.ee. Sl; wa9 the reputed daughter of the earl of Talbot, and at fourten years she feil into the hands of a certain Capt. Bcwfn of the royal navy. The captain, being ordered to San Domingo, to k h r with him, disguised as page boy. When Capt. Bowen was killed in action Mary Ann changed her flag and entered the French navy. She the-n entered the American merchant marine. She quickly of course, still in male disguise became the favorita with the captain ofl the vessel, and he took her home with him. His niece fell la lova with the pretty s.iilor boy, as she considered hi:n, and pro ose j marriage herself. The proposal Mary Arm deemed !t prudent to accept, and it was arranged i that the marriage should 1 ce-Vbrate.l on the sailor's return from the next voyage. It is hardly iieeessary to say thai this gay deceiver had no intention o going back. Landing in England, Mary Ann was arrested as a deserter from tha British navy, and. to escape further service, sh? confessed her sex. The story ot her adventures immediately spread abroad and created a considerable sensation at the time. The then duke of York procured for her a pension, and shj received numerous and handsome pres--ents from him and others. It is strikingly noticeable that many of these Amazons were fatally attractive to their own sex. As we have seen. Mary Ann Talbot unwittingly captivated the heart of the American captain's niece, while "Edward de La?y Evans," who married three wives, must also have been a very pretty fellow. Landen Truth. Real faith never grows weak by having to wait. Sufferers taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for chronic complaints should be patient and the result will ba satisfactory. Hood's Cures. Hood's Pills act easily, yet promptly and efficiently, on the liver and bowels. " Those Female 1 His V can be cured. J? I suffered long 4.J W 5 an" severely. ham's Vcge1 i.-l.-5'.rY-, VSwALTFJttiü table Corapound cured nie. I advise any woman who suffers with any form of female weakness to try it." Mrs. Waiter Wilcox, 7Uti West St., Philadelphia, Pa.