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~ . In ' 3 “ I \I \r \l' ‘I \I \I I le ‘_4 .ts \ (\ I\ 4x..'\.: 1? EllR FARMERS Bllllll'sllwnlnluu WONDERFUL WEALTH AND BE- l posed Cape to Cairo railroad, while the intermediate distance is about 300 miles. At the north numerous lines skirt the Mediterranean coasts especially in the French territory of for the asking. houses about the. Chicago stock yards. In 1901 more than 3,000,- 000 cattle were shipped thither from every State in the Union, and of few cents, perhaps When buying poison always find out what the antidotes are, so as to be prepared to treat a case of pOisonâ€" .1, g l l it n 4 3-“. ___._ __ ing should one occur. Upon each these nearly two-thirdka little less MARKABLE RESOURCES," . . .8. . re atin receptacle paste the word antidote in than 2,000,000â€"were slaughtered . \ :égiiga?‘ miireis Tu‘Eifiieatglge Egg-yr) Seasonable and Profitable large black letters and underneath it and dressed in the yards. Eight '“Fourth Place in . , , , are, including those I ian railroads 1500 I‘ I T o-‘tit'm . . . - . 22’ k'u d '11 Africa. occupies . Slmplest remedies m the mllhon h0g3 Of 00 O l e 1 Relation to International Hints for the Busy Tillers ,z. give the about \ new /\ a construction. Of meson. 3' Simple“: and feweSt words consmtent “he Wfilmed thohil‘nfmteand Commerce in length. Those of Cape col- ? 5’" with clearness. S 99p S are 61 a l as ' t ' . - , s . . ' - I. “9 ’"5%":(WK-“X”???0'3$€"'}5€"€¢€' KW}: .__..- 200,000 calves. A single railroad The declaration of peace in south Olly fire‘OVel‘ 300 miles In length, and those of Portuguese East Africa. and the Transvaal are another thou-- sand miles in length. Including all of the railroads-now constructed or. under actual construction, the total length of African railroads is nearly 12,500 miles, or half the distance around the earth. A large propor- tion of the railroads thus for con- structed are owned by_ the several colonies or states which they tra-j verse, about 2000 miles of the Cape“ Colony system, and nearly all that of Egypt, belonging to the State. , That the gold and diamond mines of South Africa have been and still! brought 67,000 car loads and others nearly as many each. These millionswere not the lank, longâ€"horned Texas. cattle that for- HORSE TALK. Increase the grain ration of the working team and feed old bright hay. . All horses in work should be. in the bloom of health. This is‘ indicat- ed by the coat, action and countenâ€" ance. With proper 'care they should never be otherwise, and when they are it is a loss to the owner. Do not overlook the feeding value of bright clover hay. It should be cured properly and not allowed to get overripe. Properly fed it is pre- Africa, which is to be followed by the reopening of the greatest gold- producing mines in the world, and presumably by a. general revival of marl-V met their death in Chicago: business in that greatest consuming but b100led Stock, mostly hornlessl section of Africa, lends especial in- though numbering many fancy Shortâ€" .t‘erest to a monograph, entitled horns» and they reached the yards "Commercial Africa in 1901,” just fat and sleek from the‘feeding farms issued by the treasury bureau of Of Iowa» IllinOiS: Missouri: and» in statistics of the United States. met, from nearly every Part Of the The commerce of Africa, according country- to this publication of the bureaiboof . statistics, amounts to over $7 .- P-ART CORN STATES PLAY', 000,000, of which $429,000,000 reâ€" Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas raise . . . presented the value of the imports. com by mulons 0f bus'hels' I The Necessarily in so large an area, with DORSET SHEEP. The common sheep of the country need grading up by the use of blood- ed sires, writes Mr. S. R. Quick. I I . have done more or less experimentâ€" , ing along this line and have found " that the cross of the Dorset-Shrop- shire has been. exceedingly satisfacâ€" tory, resulting in early development, fat, bloeky lambs, ranging in color 3 ' of face and legs from the Dorset to 3 the smoky gray of the Southdown. l ‘ I have not tried crossing the Shrop- shire rams on Dorset ewes, but have always mated Dorset rams to Shrop- . - . ferable to timoth . ‘ . . . . are wonderfully profitable is beyond; .. é gféigrewei'r 0526113112: 32:11mffigtsgglz I’lan to fill your§> barns with it next Ezezfi? 0:31:11; gfiogfimcgfizfigeycgifi igep cgfiigeif tggidr question. The Kimberley _diaii‘i(iiid’ _ ‘ l 1301.563 ram on 7‘5 per cent" Ram_ year, and give it an intelligent trial. try. And in the dressing and Ship, a cdnsiderable amount of commerce mmes, about 600 mules from. Cam, . _: I h I bouillet ewes of Spanish extraction. Flgxseed Jelly’ ma-de by pouring Ping 0f beef at Chicago centers the must, pass without being recorded TOW“: now supply 98 per Cent“ ‘o-f._ _ 1.5 l r)”. The s ' t' 'c l wrinl'led Merinos bOilmg Water on Whom flaxseed and labor .of not only the herders of in an wa The total imports at the_d1am°hds 0f commerce! although 'i " hl' ~ . y V919 31” a ‘ 0., letting it jell, is a most Valuable adâ€" Texas and the sho,.t_gl.ass country__ y_ _. y. ‘ I t the”. existence was unknown. pup, _ g, Wlth dense’ greasy fleece' AbOUt “‘0 dition to the ration. A half-Pint ' .â€" the poms Where records al-e. ‘91) to 1867, and themines have thus -‘-'x were bred to Dorset rams and the . . all Of wesmrh Kansas and Nebraska amounted in the latest available . . . ill \ , , . - , once or tWice a day W111 work won- __ th rn r 15ers 3 well who been in operation but about .30 . same numbei fol compaiative pui- . , . . but 9 00 a a ’ year to $263 907 000. Of the‘ exâ€" . .. f, , , , ., H ders in a horses condition. form middlemen between the lama. ’ ’. ‘ . years. It is estimated that poses weie bred to Sin opsllile iams. ‘ , k t . St me P ports, a large shale, espec1ally those r T _ v . ,- About the same number of lambs re» qu‘ses that me. 61) m-a ' a men and the Pac‘kers' from the south, ' is gold and dia- $300,000'000 “ORPH - "l: What} in 011011 Caseâ€"250 continually Should be s’upphe‘if‘bfllfi The farmers are SWiftly learning monds ; in the tropical region, iv- of rough diamonds, worth double ' .s a it was very'noticeable from the once a Week Wlt’h SOdâ€"l 0° 5’ u .that Corn 111 the Shape Of 800d beef ory, rubber, palm nuts and gums, that sum after cutting, have been _ 3, . first that the lambs from the Dor- 5mg au' 1. sweet 15 Worth more than com on the 0013' and in the north at fair share of the producedfrom the Kimberley mines ' ' I t ‘Set CFOSS were Stronger than from “00 that 31151.1 muggy? “fire Sophot only from the West; but products of agriculture, cotton, cofâ€" since their opening in 1868-69. and ‘fl '! the Shl‘OPShire‘ cross. This was more and Clean an .11 e we“ €111 lfhlt 'does from the South and even “on? the fee, cacao," spices, dates, etc. The this enormous production would have _ 1‘ 5' marked just after weaning time, No 1101190 Gag file ta” , and Easf" fancy (mule go to Chlcago- export figures of recent years are been greatly increased but for tho ‘3. which in my experience is the most “‘3? (hum “Te -‘ lam e‘twba‘e‘f the It is not uncommon for a blooded less than those of former years, OW_ fact that the owners of the various trying periodior lambs. The dilier- (111.“ng d‘elsse s ‘mus e O cow or bull to bring $2,000 at the ing to the hostfiities in south Afri_ mines Since their Opening in 1868- once was very apparent early. The puICSL an 0 9mm?” 1 h we SltOdk yal’ds- Farmers Who ten on, which have both reduced proâ€" 69, limit the output, so as not to ewes were the same, but the lambs It costs no mom to (eep 3‘ 0 ' year-S ago had no't a beef ahhhal 0h duction and increased local 'conâ€" materially exceed the world’s aii< ' fat and healthy than to keep him their ground new number their herds - . . - " . nu l c u " n. 5i gigging: fgdsetslliloi‘sesdsfnzliclerihlihgj lean and heartâ€"brow” and It makes by hundreds, and have found that a sumpiggUT THREEFOURTHS nguaolll; giggllgrful and promising 33 tion ‘ to seek a livelihood at the your credit better' small herd 0f fancy StOCR can be . . are the great "Witwatersrand" gold‘ ’3 f2 earliect possible moment There was Don’t turn the colts to pasture un- raised and marketed profitably of the imports of Africa are through fields of So‘uth Amerim Bette] :1 less gouble in getting tl'mm Started til you have looked them over carcâ€" where the longhorn of happy mem_ the ports of the extreme north and known as the 11J0h51;nes‘burgu the dmérence being due undoubton fully. If from any cause they have my would have been an utter fai1u1.e_ south of the continent, those at the .) mines. 'Gold was discovered there in 1883. and in 1884‘the value of the gold product was about $50,000. It increased with startling rapidity, the product 'of 1888 being about 555,- 000,000; that 'of'1890, $10,000,000 ; 1892, over $20,000,000; 1895, ovel $40,000,000, and 1897, and 1898l about $55,000,000. Work in they mines has been practically suspended during the war in progress in that . section within the past two years. )3 The gold production of the "Ralid’l since 1884- has. been over $300,000, 000, and careful surveys of the field. l 4 I l become lousy dust Persian insect powder in the hair thoroughly. This should be repeated tw0 or three times. It is perfectly safe and sure. north being for the consumption of the more densely populated regions bordering on the Mediterranean,vand. considerable quantities going to the interior by caravansâ€"a large part across the Sahara to the densely populated regions of the Soudaii. At the south a large share of the imports is, under normal conditions, for use at the gold and diamond mines of the Cape, and are reached by railway lines from Cape Colony and Natal at the south and from ports of Portuguese East Africa on the southeast. The class of imports in the south differs materially from that at the north, the demand of the mining region being for machinery, mining tools, dynamite, powder, flour, meats and clothing ; while at the north cotton goods, tobacco, spirits, clocks and trinkets form a larger share of the imports, as is also the case on the coast of the tro- pical regions.‘ ~‘ '- A very large proportion of the trade of Africa is with England. There are numerous reasons for this, the most important, however, being ' that her coloniesâ€"Cape Colony and Natalâ€"pm 'the south, are the avenues through which pass most of the. goods for that section, and that a very large share of the growing trade is also carried by British vessels, while the bulk of the minâ€" ing, as well as the stock raising and general development of that» region, is in the hands. “Of British colonists or capitalists. In'- the north alarge share of ,the trade of Egypt is given to Great Britain, wvlloSe influence- in.- the management of Egyptian affairs is well recognized, while in Algeria, which 1110.5 3. large-trade, a_ very large proportion is with France, ' THE GOVERNING COUNTRY. The total recorded imports into Africa, aggregating in the latest 52; to the additional strength. When ; they were allowed to go into the feed 1 lot, the advantage \vas very much in ’ favor of the Dorset. _I Would like to r-l say for, breeders I think a great ’ deal of the Dorset Romboullet grade. I have done a great deal of grad- ing with Cotswolds, Shropshires, Dorsets and Tunis, using the com- _mon or native ewes. In every in- stance 1 have been better satisfied with the use of the Dorset buck than any other. Grading or cross breed- ing, of course, can only be recom- mended where the offspring is intendâ€" ed ultimately for the butcher. I~low~ _'ever, there are many advantages to be gained from a careful observation of the scientific laws of breeding. 1 rather think ewe lambs from the iii st cross may be kept for the purpose of producing still higher grades. It should require but a few years to remove all indications of scrubs from the farms and ranges. This can be done by the judicious use of pureâ€"bred rams produced and disâ€" . seminated from the pure flocks al- " ready existing. $6,000,000,000 WORTH This meat trade of the country centers not only in Chicago, but ill a restricted area in that city in the old town of Lake. In that area, where last year 40 per cent. of the cattle and a third of the hogs of the country were marketed, there has been a stoc‘kyard for thirty-seven years. In that period the value of the stodk thatr'has been marketed there has aggregated the stupendous sum of more than six billion dolâ€" lars ($6.000,000,000), and that is merely the raw material that has come there to be manufactured into meat. The value. of the manufacâ€" tured product is inmlculable. EXPRESS S CHEDULE. Today the cattle, sheep, and hogs travel Chicagoward at express sche- dule in "palace stock cars,” and it is' no remarkable achievement for a man to land a herd of-2,000 aniâ€" mals in the yards in a single day, so that they may be disposed of at once at «“the top- of the market.” The oldway-of sending in cattle and taking the best price obtainable has passed. To-day the farmer watches the‘ price of beef, and when it goes up rushes ’lii's cattle at limitâ€" ed train speed to the yards and sells out before the drop comes. ~ For the handling of these cattle the original‘BOO acres have increased to 500, 4-50 of while-ii isvraved, most of it with «brick. In these clean,‘ bricl-pavcd pens (which number 13,- 000) there are :35 .miles of water trough. There are 250 miles of rail- road track in the yards, four miles of unloading platform witli'ciiutes, 25 miles of streets, 90 miles ‘of‘ wa-'- ter, and Iifty~of sewer pipe, 10,000 hydrants, and a waterworks having v six ar'tcslian’ wells running down 2,â€" 250 feet into the earth, and supply- : " '«T'wsoa‘ \EM i< DAIRY AND STO CK. The sheep is the great weed killer. Keep the harness in good rep-air. It is a good plan to have on hand a number of snaps, buckles, cockeyes and other "odd pieces for use in case of accident. This may save a trip to town when you cannot allord the time to go. Clean all foul litter out of the sheds, and brush the sides and ceilâ€" ings clean of all cobwebs and dust. Leave the windows and doors ,open aiid let the pure breath of summer . in, bringing wholesomeness and freshness on its wing. Stock is now out to pasture, but it does not follow that we do not need to do anything more thanlet the bars down and drive '_the cattle out. If ever cows needed extra care, it is when they first go from the barn. We ought to keep up the grain ration'for some time, and be sure there is a good supply of pure Water. - i .l by experts show beyond question that the “gold in sight” probale amounts to $3,500,000,000, the large number of mines in jacent territory, of Rhodesia, valued at over $4,500,000 last é} year, give promise of additional 3. supplies, so that it seems probable ' ‘5’ . that South . Africa will for many ~ years continue to be, as it is now, h the largest gold-producing section ‘ '1 of the world. ' ad. particularly those whose output while . i. ‘s “‘81 l l .‘Eflax --â€"â€"â€"â€"+ J-‘JL‘. THE DUST BATH. We read a good deal about the dust bath for poultry, but did you ever notice how your fowls delight ‘in rolling in the moist, cool earth after a, shower ? They avoid the dirt that is real wet or muddy, but select a sunny exposure where the, soil is loose from recent scratching and prepare a place for a bath, by mixing the wetuppei‘ crusts of dirt with the dust or dryer earth below, until it is all in a moist crumbly mass, then they rollrfrom side .to side and work it through their feathers. Fowls prefer the slightly i moist earth to that which is very l dry or dusty. Those who have a .5’ .1»er LEO. His Personal Traitsâ€"Writes With a Gold Pen. The Pope is a keen judge of many things and has a pretty wit. He is reported to have said that Mr. Hall Caine’s “Italians,” in spite of their names,‘ are all Angloâ€"Saxons. ' Tlie' d-ailymenu oi the Pontiff eon- sis-ts of a cup of coll‘ce with milk, a roll and no butter for breakfast. At dinner there is soup, plain meat, fried vegetables and chicken cro~ qucttes fried in butter as only lieu mans know how, pastry and one glass of Burgundy. At 6 o’clock a TEND THE GRASS. The foundation of farming is grass, and iii order to be successful the farâ€" mer should never omit grass from his rotation. A good sod to turn under, at least every four years, will make the farm more profitable, and will be really worth to the farmer in the benefits imparted to the soil more than the value of the grass for hay or pvasturage. When putting in a grass crop in the spring the care- ful preparation of the soil should be the main object. An application of fertilizer, to be liarrmved in, will be worth more to the grass than at ‘ e ~ wary-rum." _ u. " «f»~N‘/‘2W~ 3’1»? doubt about this can convince them- an later stage. Get a God Start . I _ . ‘ . , 1 . , cup 'of'bOuill‘ion,‘ and at supper ‘ a Si . 501"“? by taking a box "0f the Same anhl the grass will take fiar‘e of it- llng 6,000,000 gallons 0f water a lymllf "little .COId meflt- FI‘Uit is always on '7 " size as that containing the dry dust self. . ' ‘ “Wt tll‘fi ;C($f:7 27g . _0 1111:?“ thelable, e‘spee'ially pears ; a small - _ \ bath, place it; by the Side of. the g , -' . ~ -g_ LAST YEAR’S OUTPUT. 1.23111“) yégofiofoab. T’ .-ll-e,lnc1ln_ef' Cup of coffee with a little sugar is ;.» l other, fill with moist, soft, crumbly r- . -| (1 m 1 , The aggregate packing houses of t 1,0 y’$77'7 :é.- 060, ' P ls taken during the (lay now and then. i earth, fresh dug and see which your the stockyards district shipped away ‘33:: 0563,19; 060 _ '31 Sine :1; The dish best.]iked- by His Holiness f,§ ; hens Work in_ _A box of this, crumbly ‘ ‘ from Chicago last year more than a tow yl$§p§0hlogb “a ‘ (gr-1â€" Iis ‘tasta, made especially lop the l ‘ dirt kept in the room where the setâ€" billion pounds of dressed beef and a ‘0 Jliul.'ée"spt,’t’ gimp-09160?) 18f tin-1 Vilti‘cml table by the DUNS Of Santa i'. ‘ ting hens are, is an excellent thing, ENORMOUS EXTENT OF THE half-million pounds of lard, 200,000 L t. ‘1 9,351,210,” 1 n: Maria. This is made from newâ€"laid and it should be sprinkledwith waâ€" INDUSTRY IN CHICAGO- barrels of mess pork, 800,000 1:111:02}. (infnwc? .‘fl‘iliquhci b" axilu. eggs and “our of the finest quality‘ {I‘ Fer 00031510115111)", not so as to make pounds of other pork meats. They- ’13;th Stjltcs‘m :Lel'£;etaj 1.0-; 190]; -fl‘he Pope has a preconceived idea {t “'01? 01‘ lllllddy', but just moist as ownership of Refrigerator Cars packed,1,724,776 cattle and nearly being. Sig-3 ‘542’618 Their iotql CK; iofliow he desires to have his por- it would be if freely dug, up. Gives It Great Power 8,000,000 hogs. ort‘s 'to’ Afr’ic hlw r W‘ f__‘ trait appear, says an artist who has i," Throw in a large piece of sod or -, ~1 . ' ' .It is customary to indicate the p . . a ‘ e g 0 n “’m twice painted His Holiness. Squar- 3.. - - . o‘er Ral V’ays- . . - ' $6 .377 84-2 111 1895 to $18 594 4-24.- . . o - - 'v dirt to the breeder chicks and see . magnitude of Chicago’s meat indusâ€" in ’1895 ,md ‘50,. 54.) 619 . ’ {901 mg himself 111 his 80511}. 1113 hand I.” . 5 , how .the little things will pick and The strength of the 13le Trust in. tries by saying that the “Big Six," This rm’ic‘l inc;_(;;38’e ig’lalf 1' t ‘ upraised, with two lingers, extended ,. ' - dig" it apart, _then wallow in~ 1he dealing with the railroads lies 111 against which the Government is [hp faétpth. t Draws .Sent {1; 1331].:- as in the act; of begedigtio‘n, 3, con. _. . . H. l mmst dirt. Give the hens with their the l'efl‘lg‘el‘fltql‘ Cal: heh‘lgel‘athr proceeding, andfthe one other hunâ€" e-d’SLIIteS $01, minim" nncgiuef 1i venltional smile drawing. back 'liis - 3; broods all the liberty DOSSible where cars are CXDCDSIV-e.' There are many dyed firms doing. business in Chicago otherinu flies so mlfm in dams; pm colorless lips, he wouldmit motiom I ,5 ) they can have access to Side hills trunk lines of pulll‘oitd running east Stockyards, Gummy there 40,000 sou-tholfifi‘fcm. fire mm .H . It” 11: loss, for a moment, fitmenng every (3.5 and other places where the soil is from (Jillcag9’ :alld no one of them men, to whom they pay an annual with goods 0} thec htepét pttgnl ea muscle as we all do in photographic )3 crumbly and mmst: _ . I could allord to buildand. own * enâ€" wag-e “ of v $30,000,000 ; . that the most acceptlblé chriracterpa’ an expectancy ;, then abandoning it. ‘ , p011 t 311°‘V_thc.lltt10 ducks L0 2‘0 011311 refl‘lg‘el‘fttm's t9 Cfll'l‘y the out“ stockyards company employs ,inorc Africa Occilpicg fourth ‘.lape i u "voila, mon enfant l” he would exâ€" " , without examination for_ lice, . even put .Of the big pitching houses- The than a' thousand other men, and list of grand diviqions 01; the": Claim, With an air of triumph. He . if they were hatched in an incubâ€" leading D‘deGl'S bill“; “'10- cars If” that 1,500c1erks are engaged in the in its 00;]SLl'1ni'lla " owe]. in {Chg-I ( is alWa-ys 11111011 intC‘I‘CSth ill. his" P01“ I’ '. . ntor. If you .do. not keep the upper themselves, and .liavlllg the cars busimSS-‘Of the egghmyge, in the to interlntionlficgmn-m‘ce tb ‘ .0" trait and the artist, and renders 3 hand of the lice they Will very soon “Lore able ‘0 5111!) by Whit? 11110 they buying and selling of cattle, and ports 6f ‘Itfiéhmqnd divisiom’e 1m: every assistance necessary except '5, ’, 5 ‘5 get the upper hand of you. There is lllfgd, il-Ild Charge the ralh‘oads‘ ‘1 similar operations. But when yell cording to tlfe‘ lqtegt l 3;” that of remaining still, which seems ,v ‘1 _ no sure and final cure for them. still price for the rent of thercars. consider those who are engaged in n “res hem" (ls i 1‘] “iv :LE‘I‘a 0 to be out, Of'his power. ‘ {7 f‘ l â€"'â€"' Competition “’as‘ fohhd to be a .use' raising cattle» 1108’s. and Sheep, in 3% 300,000 030‘ . 05331.; ' A m O-pe’ Leo XIII. speaks quite as often in .v a i l LABEL SPRAYJ-NG POISONS- fill means ,IOf Refilling dog'nt fif‘elglht growing the corn on which they are (51’300’000’000 KAqu $9100 033216183 French as Italian and "tl‘V'tVS with t" l ,v- . , . 1. 'l‘ S i. I, - ‘. ~ q , I“, , , L g, . , , ; . c 'c. g (,p : The adage, _“familiarity breeds cons Fificshand t"? pt}? ‘038‘0‘80 1:»; fife fattened». 1n transpmtmg .lihem iron} Kfric‘a’ $430 000 000 . South Am_ extreme rapidity. He only comnienc- . .- i . - .n. . . - ._ «0' fly lhme. hm .’ 1911391“ the. ,range to,tlie farm and from ,- r,â€" ’ ’ ’ - 1 t t d F. .‘ l, ' . a g ,y , temp , . is pei laps not bettei lllus t , . - . .t . - . eiica, $615,000 000 and OCO'llll'l 9‘ ° 5 u y- “311911 W 1“" aP13011110 J ,. r. l . f _ 1 , __ a 01s me in use carrying mea pioâ€" farm to market, and feedlng and m, i l. _ V e t» N- . B 1 . I 2 .. . trated than in the caieICSsness ex 1, t f Cl ~ d . .1 n . . . - $320,000,000. Of this total of $11 â€" - “new to '0 mum: “ha I 00"” : if ' ' 1 1' r f ‘ -. . “-C 5 1‘0)“ Imago: an .nC-ll y a_ caring for them there, in buying and ' ., p ' a, k ‘ fl, .1 - 1 . .1 - ; f , hibitod in the land ing 0 poxsons ll}, f m c. b 1 t th 10 e rs n , ., .. ., . _ 530,000,000, the Unlted States sup- mm as Lent y as I (o by tie time , “" -.1 a l -. W'tl ‘11 l 'q. 0 We 6 “g. 0. 0'9 n e 1 Sellms them, handling the almost m- . . - . . I re ch d ‘ Brussel ”‘l ' r rt d the gene” umm 1 I 1 t1 IOL the heldâ€"the 131% 81" " Armour and finite by products and managing the 131168 5 Del cent" “1 the case Of a e K 5’L 10 IS epo e ' l s, the followin rues shouli le ,“' 4 ‘ -' , ,’ " , ‘ _ ‘ ‘ . - - . to have said. in co (id us (1 to L , on enforcedgin bOth houvsehmid Company own mme than “LOGO of mtncate (busmess of placing; the Africa, 10 pm cent. in the impelts g p) c I , aux-1k»... d7)‘lra".- . . n..c.-,.-....-...,e. .vwm. . rigidly and tlie'workv room of the farm : Always keep poisons under lock and key. Never keep poisons in paper packages, but always store in woodâ€" en, glass or metal receptacles. Alâ€" ways use the same form of receptacle for poisons. In this way the mere sight and touch of the can or jar will mean‘ poisons» Never allow pois- ons in ' the same part.oi the house where materials for kitchen or table use are kept. ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ' In addition to the name of the substance ’kept in a receptacle, paste 0“ a label, printed in large red let~ tors, poison. A dozen of these may be obtained at the drug store for a them. Lipton, the Angloâ€"American, Hammond, Libbyâ€"each concern has its own. ’l‘lidre'are others owned by the railroads and by the smaller houses, and by special companies, which accommodate those who have not. eprs of their owu. There are more than 100 firms engaged in the business of packing meat about the ' UnioiiStock Yards, tho‘ilgli the six big ones have the bulk of the‘ busi-f ness. -»‘~ «- Cinemas GREAT INDUSTRY, Thus it is that of all the beef slaughtered in the United States, more than 40 per centâ€"nearly half, in factâ€"is killed in the packing dressed beejzand the cured meat in the hands of the consumers, the 4-0,‘ 000 men seem only a handful and the $30,000,000 a bagatelle. Fm Sisterâ€""Oh, Bob, that Dr. Scrimp isa mean litltle fellow." Brotherâ€" .25Whatfs up with him 7” Sisterâ€" “You know he attended me when I was ilI'.""‘Well, he began to call re gularly after that for another ma~ sonâ€"till at last he proposed and. I rejected him. And now he has charged all those love-sick call as, professional visits 1”: of South America, _10 per cent. of those of Asia, and Oceania, 14_ per cent. of the imports of Europe, and 40 per cent. of the imports of North America, exclusive of the United States. RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT. in Africa has been rapid in the last few years and seems but the begin- ning of a. great system, which must contribute to rapid development, civilization and enlightenment of the Dark Continent. Already railroads run northwardly from Cape Colony about 1500 miles, and southwardly from Cairo about 1200 miles, thus completing 2700 miles of the pro- exclaim “I forgot Pecci is an Ital: ian." u He does: his private writing with a gold pen, but his pontifical signature is always with a white flattened quill, which is believed to have come from the wing of a dove, although persons who have seen it say it must have come from a larger bird. The same quill has been in use more than forty years. It only serves for important.signatures, and is kept in an ivory case. The pen with which the Pope signed and dated the first document of the twentieth cen- tury was a present from the citizens of Naples. It is of gold, mounted with precious stones I ' ‘wslwd»:n)uu"“‘p'u-u-¢ *«,m"‘fl“ru~.nv