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Their Care and Culiivatioiv
To Have Beautiful Roses Like This,
iLATE SUMMER WORK NOTES
- By E. VAN BENTHUYSEN.
"Watch the tender greenhouse plants
"that are in the open and take them up
before the last days of summer have
passed.
Have the pots ready for the bulbs
-which must be taken up soon.
Insects , will now begin to attack the
iscarlet runner and other flowers of
"that nature and they must be watched
carefully.
The dahlias, gladioli and other rank
rgrowlng plants are likely to be blown
down by the wind and should be
staked.
. Unless chrysanthemums are shaded
-during the hot month of August they
"Will be injured by the sun.
Drench the ground around the tea
"roses, but do not spray the bushes.
Roses of all kinds should be thor
oughly manured with well-rotted cow
txnanure and mulched with lawn cut
VUngs and leaves.
Liquid manure should be applied
only when the ground is moist enough
to absorb it
. , It is fatal to some plants to fertilize
hem with rich manures when the
jfround is very dry.
Never allow roses to remain on the
ibush when the petals begin to fall.
All plants that are Intended for wln
ter bloomers should have the buds
."pinched off now.
Pick pansies and nasturtiums every
'day if you want to have plenty of
blooms.
r When the lilacs have finished bloom
i "Mng, all the seed clusters should be
.cut away. If the seed is allowed to
I develop on the lilac it generally has
yfew flowers in every other year.
I The best way to kill weeds now is
i to pull them up by hand.
1 - ' The redhiiff nnfi nfhpr pnpmlps nf thf
Tose, If not killed off last month should
tbe effectually removed now. An ex--cellent
spray for rose bushes is made
of one-half pound of laundry soap
melted"in hot water to which is added
one cupful of kerosene. When this
! comes to a boll, use about one part to
I fifteen parts of water.
I! ---Scrape up road dust and apply about
toe roots of your plants during the hot
weather and keep the moisture in the
raoil. Lawn clippings make an excel
lent mulch for the larger plants and
I shrubs.
w'lave the grass clippings from the
J Vi to serve as a mulch for the bed
of tea roses. These plants like to have
the soil about their roots cool and
moist. Spread the grass over the bed
to a depth of two or three Inches.
When It withers, work it into the soil
t act as a fertilizer as it decays and
supply fresh clippings.
I Cuttings from the geranium may be
"made all through August in most cll
tajates. . In a dry season don't mow the lawn
;os often as in a showery one. Itegu
flate the frequency of your mowing
by the appearance of the grass. Aim
to keep it looking green and velvety.
Early in August is a good time to sow
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Care Must Be Taken of Them in Fall.
mignonette tor the window garden.
Sow in pots or boxes and water fre
quently, but not too often.
MONEY IN COTTAGE GARDENS
By LIMA R. ROSE. '
When I lived in the country we used
to send scores of nosegays to market,
priced from five to ten cents. We
could not supply them fast enough,
and if people cared to grow common
flowers or pot plants and sell them
outside a railway station, for instance,
they could do well with them now.
Make your own leaf mold. When
sod is removed from the ground for
any purpose, shake out the fine soil
that adheres to it for future use, or
slice off the fine roots with a sharp
knife just below the crown of the
grass.
This is known as fibrous loam and
in combination with leaf mold, old
manure and fine sharp sand makes the
very best potting soil.
Throw the top of the sods In a heap
in some out-of-the-way corner, and add
the rakings of the yard in fall and
spring, all weeds pulled during the
summer, all refuse of vegetables, pota
to parings, apple peelings, corn husks
and berry hulls, anything that is vege
table matter nd will decay.
All dishwater and slops that are not
needed on the garden should be thrown
on the pile, which should be turned oc
casionally during the winter.
By the following spring you will
have the finest kind of a lea? mold.
Not all the pile will have decayed,
but along the edges and underneath it
will be found ready for use.
Add to it every bit of available veg
etable matter during the year, includ
ing the annual flowers pulled up after
their season of bloom. Add tops of
such root plants as cannas, caladiums,
gladioli, and you will soon have a sup
ply quite adequate to the needs of the
ordinary garden.
Where , there are waterworks the
hose may be turned on frequently to
hasten composition.
If it is impossible to replace all poor
soil in the garden with better, by the
addition of leaf mold and manure
much may be accomplished in the way
of building up and rendering it suit
able. USE FOR HOUSE SLOPS
Any house slops that are free from
grease or acids may be poured around
the roots of plants to their advantage,
pushing aside the mulch for this pur
pose and replacing when done.
Water the ground liberally, alwayH
watering in the evening. Or, have u
rubbish corner in which to dump every
thing that will make plant food, and
pour the house slops all kinds on
it. forking it over occasionally, and let
ting it decay.
Add to the heap any sward from
the roadside, peelings and parings fron
the" kitchen.
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METHODS OF PUTTING UP VARI
OUS KINDS OF FRUIT. -
Tartaric or Citric Acid Added to the
Juice Will Be Found, to Effect an
Improvement Must Not Be
.Used Always.
It is just about as easy to make
jelly from apples, quinces, peaches, or
pears as from any other kind of fruit,
if you know how, according to Miss
Addie D. Root of the Missouri College
of Agriculture. All that is necessary
Is to add enough tartaric or citric acid
to the juice to make it taste about as
sour as a good sour apple. This usu
ally means about a level teaspoonful
to a quart of juice. It destroys the
delicate flavor of peach and pear juice,
somewhat but improves the flavor of
sweet apple and quince juice.
Blackberries, blueberries, raspber
ries, partially ripe grapes, crab ap
ples, sour apples, and plums usually
make good jelly because they have
enough acid already and also contain
a substance called pectin which must
be present and must be brought out
with the juice by heating If jelly is
to be made. That is why jelly-makers
do not simply press out tbe juice from
cold fruit. All apples anu similar
fruits have enough pectin for jelly
making purposes.
In making apple jelly cover the
fruit with water before cooking and
boll 20 or SO minutes. After boil
ing has continued 10 or 15 minutes,
add three-quarters of a cupful of sugar
for every cupful of juice. The sugar
that will be required should have been
measured into a p:n and warmed in
the oven for a while before it is added.
It should be carefully stirred in to pre
vent burning.
As soon as the glasses are filled
with the hot jelly they , should be set in
a cool place while jellying takes place.
They should be sealed from- the air,
but if the jelly has been slightly over
cooked it may be covered with panes
of glass and allowed to harden in the
sun. When it is well set pour hot par
affin over the top and put clean tin
covers on the glasses. Store them
away in a dry, cool place where the
jelly cannot mold.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
A hot Iron will soften old putty so
that it can be easily removed. -
Never use water from a stone reser
voir for cooking purposes.
Never allow fresh meat to remain in
pape'r; it absorbs the juice.
Lemons will keep fresh If stowed
in dry sand separately.
Salt will remove the stain from sil
ver caused by egg, when applied dry
with a soft cloth.
To polish a black marble clock rub
over with olive oil and finish with a
clean chamois leather.
Never keep vinegar or-yeast in stone
crocks or jugs; their acid attacks the
glazing, which Is said to be poisonous.
Put a silvered spoon into the most
delicate glass and boiling hot liquids
can be poured into it without break
ing it.
Health Hints for Hot Weather.
Be sure the leftover food Is not con
taminated by flies. Be sure the icebox
is immaculate. Remember that germs
cannot resist boiling, and if there is
any sick child or person in the house
hold the safest way is to use enameled
ware in the sick room and boil it thor
oughly before it is used again or by
another member of the family. Fly
screens are useful in keeping out flies,
but do not save one from the neces
sity of killing the flies that are already
inside the bouse. All fruit and vege
tables shoulti be very carefully washed,
and, better still, peeled if they have
had much' handling. Take reasonable
precautions of this kind and then
don't worry. Many a child has been
worried into an illness by an overanx
ious mother.
Steamed Peach Roll.
Sift two cupfuls of flour with one
scant teaspooaful of salt and three ta
blespoonfuls of baking powder, rub In
one rounded tablespoonful of butter
and moisten with enough milk to make
a rather stiff dough. Place on a
floured board, pat into rectangular
shape, cover with sliced peaches, dust
with flour and sugar, roll into a loose
roll, pinch the edges together, wrap in
a floured cloth and steam one hour.
Serve with peach sirup, slightly thick
ened with arrowroot or cornstarch.
Darning Tip.
To make silk stockings wear longer
than they were ever meant to do buy
a small spool of mending floss just
the same color and carefully darn the
heels and toes both ways. This pre
cautionary darning will not spoil th
looks of the new hose and it consid
erably retards the time when they be
come threadbare.
Blueberry Dumplings.
Two-thirds cupful sweet milk, two
cupfuls flour, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, a little salt. Have pir! oi
bo'led canned berries, drop by fuit tea
spoonfuls into dumplings and boi. un
til done, like any dumpling. Any berry
will do. Eat cream and sugar on them
if you like.
Clam Frappe.
Steam clean clams thoroughly until
they open.. Drain, let the water stand
until clear, pour off the sediment and
strain through fine linen and freeze
oft in equal parts of ice and salt.
ROPE FOR THE KICKING COW
System Described in Which Milk-Stool
Is Eliminated Much Better
Than Being Kicked.
Tie the cow about the neck with
a rope In a bowline knot. Tie the
j other end of the rope to the manger
I or post, leaving about 18 to 20 inches
of rope from the cow to the post
Next place the pail on the ground near
the cow, but at a distance great enough
to keep her from kicking it. Put your
head against the cow Just ubftut the
flank, (there being no stool in this
system). If she starts to kick the
contraction of the muscles under your
head warns you and you must start
to push against her with all. your
might. If you start soon enough she
will not kick as the shove you give her
with your head causes her to think she
will lose her balance and she keeps hr
feet on the ground to prevent falling.
In the event of her succeeding in
getting one foot raised, be sure to keep
a good hold on her teat3 and don't
stop pushing against her. In a few
lessons the cow learns that it is not
safe to raise her feet and you can just
place your head as stated and lean
against her. Of course, this Is very
tiresome at first, but it is much better
than being kicked and after you get
the "knack" of the thing you will put
the milk-stool in the junk heap.
REGULAR FEEDING FOR COWS
Greatest Degree of Contentment in
Herd Can Only Be Secured by
Strictest Regularity.
It is of great importance that strict
regularity should be observed, both in
feeding and in milking, in order to se
cure the greatest degree of content
ment in the herd. 'First give the grain
mixture, and milk the cows while they
are eating it. This routine is recom
mended because, with some cows, the
milk comes more freely while they are
eating that portion of their ration
which has the most relish.
Cured roughage should be fed after
milking because it fills the air in the
barn with dust. Succulent feed, like
silage and roots, should also be fed
after milking, because of the odor that
it gives. Feeding twice a day will
bring better returns than more fre
quent and wasteful feeding. Give half
the concentrates and half the roughage
in the morning and half in the eve
ning. In the winter they should be allowed
Dual-Purpose Cow.
to spend the day In the stall, and for
two or three hours about midday they
should not be disturbed. Turning them
out into the yard, or giving them ac
cess to a strawstack or field of corn
stalks, will cause them to shrink in
milk, no matter how much or how well
they may be fed in the morning and
evening. No more feed should be given
them than they will eat up. The man
gers should be absolutely clean and
free from any feed during the day and
night
CAP PROTECTS MILK BOTTLE
Sanitary Device Placed on Market to
Exclude All Dirt, Flies,. Etc,
While in Use.
In order to keep milk bottles, while
in use, free from dirt and flies, a sani
tary milk-bottle cap has been placed
on the market This is arranged so
Device Protects Bottles.
that, by moving the stop, milk may be
poured without difficulty. When closed
the milk is kept ulraost airtight.
CALF REMAINING WITH DAM
Three Days Is Limit, Shorter Period
Being Better Colostrum Milk Has
Laxative Effect
The young calf should not remain
with its dam longer than three days.
A shorter time is better. The calf
should receive the first milk drawn
from the udder of its dam. This milk
is known as colostrum milk. It has
a valuable laxative effect. If the
cow dies so that the colostrum cannot
be obtained, it is advisable to give
the calf a dose of castor olL
CALOMEL SICKENS! IT SALIVATES!
D0N7 STAY JiLLOUS, CONSTIPATED
I Guarantee "Dodson's Liver Tone" Will Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had Don't Lose a Day's Work!
Calomel makes you sick; you lose a
day's work. Calomel is quicksilver
and it salivates; calomel injures your
liver. .
If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, if your bowels
are constipated and your head aches
or stomach la sour, Juet take a spoon
ful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone
Instead of using sickening, salivating
calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone Is real
liver medicine. You'll know it next
morning because you will wake up
feeling fine, your liver will be work
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular. You will feel like
working. You'll be cheerful; full of
vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
CHILDISH FEARS VERY REAL
Parents Are Apt-to Underestimate
Their Effect on the Minds of (
the Little Ones.
The mother knew that her son had
been afraid of the dark for years, but
had thought him long cured of it be
cause he always went up to . bed at
night alone with his younger brother.
So she refused to go upstairs with him,
or let his brother go, as Peter was
amusing the company at that moment.
Jack went out and was gone fuich a
long time that finally the motbpr was
alarmed and went to see what was the
matter. She found - the boy crouched
half way up the stairs, slowly creep
ing up, hut plainly terrified. When
he saw her the lad started to cry con
vulsively and said that something 'was
hiding at the top of the stairs, ending
his statement with, "but you told me
to go, mother, so I am going." It was
the truest form of bravery, because he
was slowly going right on up, although
almost scared to death.
Anything that might produce fear in
the child's mind should he avoided like
tbe plague, for it . is Just as disas
trous to the child's mentality as some
dread disease might be to his body.
Take, for instance, the practice on
the part of really kind-hearted par
ent? of throwing a child in the water
to teach him to swim. This severe
method may succeed in certain cases,
but Its usual effect is to teach the
child not only to dread and fear the
water for years, but a!u to lose his
confidence and trust in his parents.
Be careful to keep fear from your
children's minds.
The First Step. -
Ed Bowes, the theatrical manager,
used to live in San Francisco, and out
there he knew a certain contractor
who did a good deal of work for the
city.
One morning so Bowes says a
stranger who professed to understand
street repairing in all Its branches ap
plied to the contractor for a job as
foreman. The boss' undertook to test
the applicant. -
"Well, now," he said "supposln'
you was called upon to .clean out a
sewer down in Chinatown that was
clogged at both ends. What would you
do first?"
The man thought a moment.
"I'd bless myself," he said simply.
Sunday Magazine.
Unnecessarily Alarmed.
The postman handed him the letter.
One glance at the envelope sent hlra
nearly Into hysterics, ,
"Heavens !" he cried, "the first chal
lenge I ever got."
"Duel" was in big letters on the out
side of the envelope.
"But I can t fight, and"
So he hurried to the station house,
explained that he knew of no enemy
who would demand his blood and
asked for protection.
Three blue-coated arms of the law
presented themselves.
The detective force hurried out. By
that time the desk sergeant had re
covered. He said It meant, "Due one cent."
Her Motive.
"Mercy sakesl" exclaimed the caller.
"What dreadful language that parrot
uses I How can you ever stand it?"
"Oh, I bought him to reform him,"
replied the lady of the house.
m uttered sighs of pain, nor blind
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than nasty calomel; it won't make you
sick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
will start your liver, clean your bowels
and straighten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chil
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because it is pleasant tasting and
doesn't gripe or cramp or make them
sick.
I am selling millions of bottles of Dod
iBon's Liver Tone to people who have
found that this pleasant, vegetable, liv
er medicine takes the place of danger
ous calomel. Buy one bottle on my
sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your
druggist or storekeeper about me. Adv.
frTTYVfTrV Is a deceptive diaea3a
JVILALXllr I thousands have it
TRflTTRT I? ad don't know It. If
IwUUIj you want good results
you can make no mistake by using Dr.
Kllmer'8 Swamp-Root, the great kidney
remedy. ' At druggists in fifty cent and
dollar sizes. Sample size bottle by Par
cel Post, also pamphlet telling you about
it. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghara
ton. N. Y., and enclose ten cents, also)
mention this paper.
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BRAVE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
Grimaldi, Who Drove the Moors From
the Mediterranean, Given Monaco
as His Reward.
One of the many disappointments
of the present war is almost total ab
sence of thrilling stories concerning
the soldier of fortune. Even the "for
eign legion" of France, that Is made
up of dare-devils, from all over the
world, hns little or nothing in the way
of romance to offer, and the romantic
spirits have always been the ones that
attached themselves to the French ban
ner. Did you ever hear of the most dis
tinguished of the Grlmaldi family, not
the Genoese general who remained at
home and fought for his own country,
nor yet the artist who did heroic stunts
on canvas, nor the sixteenth century
Grimaldi who died by the hand of an
assassin In the palace at Monaco, but
the tenth century ancestor of that
prince, who saved Monaco from the
Moors? His was an achievement
worthy of n true soldier of fortune.
The tiny principality, perched on Its
seagirt cliff had been settled by the
Greeks even before Athens became
the greatest city of the civilized world.
It was one ofthe cultural outposts of
Rome, and in the fifth century it was
an Important center of Christianity. -
Then the Moors crossed the Medi
terranean, extended their sway over
Spain and seized the ancient Hereulls
Monoeci Portus and gave over Its
churches and monasteries to the In
fidels. For 200 years they defied the
soldiers of Europe, and then Grimaldi
came. There had been many wars in
Genoa, and here was a chance for a
Genoese captain. When his military
genius had driven the Moors into the
sea, he was rewarded by being made
absolute monarch of a country 53 miles
in circumference.
Meaning Business.
"The American girl means business."
The speaker was Miss Alberta Hill,
the courageous and popular New York
suffragette. She went on:
"She Is quite right, too. I know an
American girl whose two weeks at the
shore a pale young man in a blazer .
tried to monopolize.
"'What Is the meaning of platonlc
affection?' he asked her, one evening on
the board walk.
"Tts usual meaning,'vshe answered.
Is that the chap who talks about it
is either too poor or too stingy to get
married.' " Cincinnati Enquirer.
There Are Others.
"It is very strange that no one has
ever been able to find Captain Kidd's
treasure." . "v .
"Oh, well, Captain Kldd isn't the
only man, who has put his money into
real estate and couldn't get it out."
Sties, Granulated Eyelids, Sore and Inflame.
Eyea healed promptly by the use of BOM AN
JYK BALSAM. Adv.
. The leap year maid who hesitates
may win by losing.
At an early age your daughter de
mands the greatest care. It is then
that she reaches the first vital period
nf her life. Be not deaf to her half
Stella uotsB