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u lieifoi t shows, as printetl
, -e, th it the eiTeets of t' i'j
3io:i of u:.-t.i:r.
in L'Avonir .-i
l mi -re to l.o lreai:el
.i t seventeen men
than was mt i-.l. - ,
AVIl 'Kill' iO'TV -
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A CONG.
All tli4 earth I wrapixtl in nhndo -.,
Aii'l tlm lrw liavo !ivii-1i'1 tlit mradows,
Ami t!i moon has taVn lu-r Btalloa,
Ami tb! iiii'lnllit rulfs c-rtiatiou.
V.'licr L my Lt.-lovrJ ttayiiiK? j-
l:i hiT 'iaiiiU-r knit-linj: irajing. -
I- nil" I'rnj'in for li'-r l v-rT ,.
Tln-u lu-r li-uM i.i tliiv.iu-tiViT.
My ln-Iovi-il I.i hlii- " 7'""
Wutcli, or l.iilii' r.wtftly Blt'pioff?
If ! filit- not, if iray not,
if I i lisO-niiiii ttirs nlie MiyH iimiiflit
il.oulit Willi tlmiiKlit in silc:: . liuLin
li, I lino'T of vi lioia Kin).-; tliiiikin:
'i'liiiik, oli, ti in U f mi, H'.Ytt-t uiiK' l.
Uih4! of lif.-, u.i'1 !' cvuiii'l !
A'l tin t !n)ii;-;il t that im-lt or inove theo
An- liLi- Kl.ir tlial i.liiiu oIkjvi. thoc;
An I wlilli : Sii:.iu?, to tin-vcut-r
i if l liy Kirit'.s pint -iilT,
Ami lln-n? Ii-,'lit u liiu. f t nix riiul
l.iki l raul lovf, t"i-!'ul.
Hungarian of Pet oil.
TLA5HED UNDER THE SEA.
I n;;t-T Ions Kiiiina-? Km AVlio (an (live
I'l.iii'i lo llif Cable f nim!i-rn.
VI;i-n i-i-an oaliia -t $1 a word it was
I i f. t.'y natiir.-l that tho Lrok-rs and
!!:' li.Miti ho found it losirablo to urxf thst
i"' us of oomiiitiiiii-fiti'in for biiFitH.-su should
il '. v i-j thinrj j-.i)!o to reiliico tho nuia-l.'-rof
word i iii-i-.-f, iary t- oo;ivoy tho incan
HU' ;.f t!i-;r iiys.sr.i-s. One of the methods
i : j : : i- 1 i -t t -I3- i-mployed fir rutt in down tins
imai'tiiy of l:ni;viao was tho iniloymeiit
of ;!.! codt r-i, wlit-re 11 di'sinaUd word was
u-til for an entire phrase, and unotlior method
was t it-gihtcr a word or a nntno at tho
oi'Il.-i's at e:th-r -nd of the line, whieh
r as the ad-JrtH. The ixiplo who t::'e
t In; -aSIes Im ve folU'ii 011 to a now wrinkle
in t!",- r-;:istiriii of tho !i.im.s, to which the
cable eoiiivunien distinctly object, but so
i-i:i," rs th'j presi-ni eom;K-tition eoiitinues
they don't feel tlieni;i-l ves strong enough to
lake any determined stand in tho matter.
The wrinkle in (jnt-stioa is the arrange
ment of tho ciilIo codu ia s:uch a way that
the address not only serves to carry tho mes
uzis its destination, but has a significance
of its own. For instance, a Now York firm
tciern piling to its London branch addresses
th'-m under twenty-live or thirty different
resist-. -rod nan:fs, all of which are recorded
in the Ixmdon oilico. If tho message is sent
to Jack, l)!idin, it not only reaches John
Smith fc Co., for v. horn it was intended, but
John iSinith 'c Co. know from the very fact
that tlioy have beon addresseil as Jack, that
l'lM pi'-fc-s of b'jme lino of goods are ro
piiivd to l;o sent by tho next steamer. If,
on tiio other hand, the firm is addressed un
der the name of llobert, London, which is
c!so a registered nunc, a:il which reaches
tho finii indue course, they know that a dif
fei at order is iutcinlo'L In this way these
iiiv'enioag ioof-lo praelicaliy get out of ia'
i.ijj for the aJdrcf.s, and tlie cable company
M-e them wrislin.-; out of tho resjionsibility
of -:ib!e rcyidatioiifi, a;rl are praetieaily
jxiwerlesa to do anything.
Another favorite mode of cutting dow.i
the iiuml cr of cable words, especially in
cabling, to Cornsany and Italy, is to tako two
or three foreign words, each of which may
re-irc sent a phrase, and blend them together
i:i what appears to bo one word. L!y this
means 1111:0 or tea letters of the alpbaliet,
costing twelve or Of teen ci-nts for its trans
Kii .vioa, convey:; to tho other side cn entire
sentence. The regulation in regard to the
length of words is that 110 word, either a
manufacl tired word for code purposes or a
genuine word of tho language, shall be trans
mitted for tlie ordinary tariir if it exceeds
ten letters in length New York Mail and
Kxpress.
lite Ilat'n I.ivrr Superstition.
Of all tho queer sn;erst it-ions of which I
ever heard there is one possessed by a man
a 'Change that cajis the superstitious
climas. 1 won't tell you his name, but ho is
one of the most prominent grain and pork
dealers in the city. One night last summer
ho was a visitor at the Fifth district io!iee
ttrition. Wo were bothered a good deal just
i. -ii by but.?, that kept flying up and down
through the stable atta-hed to tho station.
Our vi-jitor and tho stable boys killed several
of the bat-?, and the liver was taken from
c.T-h of them and carried away m thu mer
chant's pocket, lie wanted them, he said, to
give him luck in his business transactions,
i'or he declared there was more good luck in
ov.e bat's iiver trail there was in half a hun
dred rabbit:,' feet, which were well known to
; o.: ts lyek of no mean proportions.
lie told us here ho had di.-covc-red tho
1 rit'j liver charm. It was on a lower Missis
Kppi f tea mboat, about a year ago. A party
f eolun-d deck hands were playing craps.
0::e of Cue party hail a bat's liver, and he
lr.il if on the deck lloor every time he picked
iv) ;;l ivori'-'s to Throw. As a result, he won
ail tkr? money his rompanions had. After
t;o;:'.g this four or live times on the trip up
f.or.i New Oi leans to Memphis, tbi bat's
j.vi r holder was b.rred from tho game, lie
couldn't .'ose. Tho merchant to whom I rc
f. t -.irriea hij bat's liver to this day, and
::e-, r thinks of going on "Change without it.
I'o'iice Kcrgeasit in Globe-Deajocrat.
A l'lea fur College TVaiuiiig.
A j'onng man with a common commercial
education receives employment sooner than
a graduate from the classical deiartment of
a college. Thus at the outset in the race of
life tho one with tho bare necessities actually
takes the lead. Put he does not hold it. He
i.-. too short winded. trJlo.-lj. but surely, the
other reis up, and. before' the race is tin
i ;hi d be has passed and distanced his com-l.-tiLor.
There is but pne way to account for this.
Drain force is tho power to be nsed in tho
race of life. The greater the force, the
creator the chances of success. The cultured
aptitude frr footing up columns of figures,
making correct cixicxys. calculating discount,
etc, is very good as far as it goi.3, Put ii.
doesn't go far. He whose education has sim
ply fitted him for such occupations will for
ever feel that ho is a bram dwarf. Our suc
fressj'nl business men are comparatively few.
-Who " t'l the heights to which some of
them vrould have risto h.nd they receive! the
training alTorJef! to the mind by a gooil col
lgiato course. St Louis Republican.
Japan's ''Seven of Man."
The "seven ages of man" were depicted by
Japanese artists long before they became
famous in Shakespearean recitations in this
country, and. ix-rhaps, before Shakespeare
was born On the walls of a great tea store
in New York city, which has branches In
I long Kong and Shanghai, hang "a series of
J3jn.ri,-e pictures illustrating the seven
jjiif-uresqudiKri'id of man's existence. The
material used is mutti.-.g, pot canvas, and
great ingenuity is displayed ia th xscution
t-f the tableaux. Tho infant, of 'course,
figures in the first picture. The next shot- s
the boy admitted to a university. In the
third he stands up for betrothal In the
fourth he is a soldier. Jn the Jifth, much
t-Ukr, he is a mandarin. In the sixth he js a
dotard, dying. In tho seventh he is a wraith
vaiud aay in the wind. New York Sun.
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Tho standard oil met Russia are the two
Nobel btthers, who are said 10 ba wcrtu
4O0,00O,CO'X Their incotna u greater tbao
thu czar'.
nm AND GARDEN.
A VERY DESIRABLE VARIETY OF
EARLY SWEET CORN.
Making I'oullry Oue or Scri of Rota
tloo ( ron How l arincri I-'crt About
llrliornliiK Cattle Oue Way to Layer
the iaie.
Numbered with experienced southern
liorticulturlsts In Mr. T. V. Munson, of
Denison, Tex. In an article on "Horti
cultural Surgery," in Texas Farm and
Hunch, occurs the following:
TIG. 1 LAVF.ISINU T11K GKAHK.
In Fig. 1 it is desired to produce new
individuals by layering. We must first
partly stop, by a wouud, the food supply
from the parent, cause the layer to heal
the wound, and nt the same time secure
its food from mother earth itself. We do
this by cutting the branch partly in two
from upper side, n.s at "a", ho as to get all
the young roots on your layer, and not as
at -b," by cutting on lower side, causing
generally weak roots to fctart both from
the layer wo wish to move and the old
stock, which damages both the mother
plant and the young sought, with no ad
vantage otherwise. Another quicker,
and about as -good way as any, Is to give
the branch a quick twist, as though in
tending to, make iv wither, but tivistiug
only at one oint: then bend down in
trench and cover, leaving top out with
leaves on. In fall, cut away from old
plant, take up and transplant. That Is
for layering, in stimmer time, young
growing wood.
KIO 2 LAYEKIXO THE CRAPE.
For spring layering the grape, proceed
aa shown in Fig. 2. A trench some four
or five inches deep along row is made so
as to be out of way of cultivation. A
good strong cane i.s selected, pinned down
as at 4 c, c, c"' in the trench while yet dor
mailt, and left uncovered till buds expand
and grow branches, "b, b, b," reaching sev
eral inches above surface of ground, then
begin gradually fillins in Sue soil along
trench till level. By fall nearly every
shoot will have taken root near the old
vine when it sprung. Then cut opart at
4,n, n, a'' and '"c"', remove and plant as a
separate vine. Sonio varieties, very hard or
impossible to crow from cuttings, can be
quite readily grown in this way.
Dehorning Cattle.
The practice of dehorning cattle is
rapidly increasing, not only in the west
but in some sections of tho middle and
eastern states. The chief objection urged
against dehorning has been the cruelty of
the operation; a lesser one is that it de
tracts from the appearance of the animal.
The second objection remains, but the
great majority of those who have prac
ticed dehorning contend that it is no more
painful, if ns painful, as other operations
generally practiced. However this may
be, it is fairly safe to conclude that de
horning, carefully performed, is not a dan
gerous operation.
The arguments advanced in favor of de
horning are: First, the prevention of ter
rible accidents in handling vicious cattle,
especially bnlli-; second, that the dehorned
cattle can be turned loose in sheds and
stalls without fear of their injuring each
other, even if they are more or less
crowded.
Tlie subject has received considerable
attention this season at the farmers' in
stitutes and clubs, and if reports of these
meetings may be relied upon the farmers
and breeders who have experimented in
dehorning their cattle almost with one ac
cord favor the practice. From these and
other sources it appears that the preferred
age at which to dehorn is in the second
year of the animal's life,' and spring is the
season favored. The operation, it i3
averred, is more successful in moderate
weather, then in either extremes of heat
cr cold
Freparatoi v to the operation the ani
mal's head is made fast; then the horns
are sawed otT with a suitable saw close to
the hair, where a soft place occurs In the.
horns.
Doublo liuug for Poultry.
The Importance of double runs for poul
try is not appreciated by the majority of
amateurs who try growing poultry on a
comparatively small scale, and yet these
double runs are of untold value. The ob
ject of the double run is to supply the
birds with fresh ground, and thus prevent
any tainting of it, so prolific a cause of
disease in ssnalj. yards
Only one run' at a time ought to be oc
cupied by the fowls, and the other may be
profitably employed with growing vegeta
bles, which will be found to thrive aston
ishingly in such n place. One not only
gets' the profits ot some quick, growiug
crops by this practice, bnt'lh( soil has nt
the same time been purified and brought
into good condition for the poultry. If
each ruu is thus alternated by fowls and
crops', say every four mouthSi the diseases
so common in confined poultry runs will
bo few and far between.
The efficacy of this plan has been
proven to the writer's own satisfaction,
and is well worth a trial. There appears
no reason why farmers should not make
poultry one of a series In a rotation of
crops, as by 'this means the land occupied
by the fowls is well manured, and before
being used again by the birds is purified
by the crops grown thereon.
It may happen that the small poultry
keeper cannot give these double run3. In
that case a good plan would be to lay
down the one run he has in gravel, as that
can be more easily removed and re
newed than earth, and then it is not so
readily contaminated by the droppings cs
is soil.
Preparing Compost.
Contrary to a prevailing opinion, 6ays
The Southern Cultivator, it is not in
practice a matter of great importance to
determine and adhere to fixed proportions
of Ingredients in compounding a mixture
cf fertilizing materials, pr compost, for a
particular crop. Where home' materials
are to be utilized, it is generally safe to
use n gcod deal of latitude in the relative
proportions according to the respective
quantities of each Ingredient that may be
available By a sort ot common consent.
to some extent suggested by the fertilizer
laws of the state, iu Georgia, a standard
fertilizer for cotton, and most other crop,
should contain the three valuable ele
ments in about the proportions of am
monia, 2 to :i percent.; phosphoric acid
8 to 12 ier cent., ami ioti!sh 1 1-2 to 2
Ier cent., and this is aU.ut the nver tgc t
the commercial fertilizers sold in (Jeore.ia.
If these proiort ions are njiproxf mattnl
within wide limits in mixing a comjiost.
its practical maximum value will be real
ized. Stable manure Wing one of the
principal ingredient in oiiit of bulk
usually employed in comjiost ing, ami
varying greatly In comjjosition, It is mani
festly impracticable to formulate nny near
apjiroach to weeuracy.
Iroliir-tlven-K of Fruit Tree.
'It is curious to note," says .Tames
Fitz, of Yirgiuia, "the difference in the
productiveness of fruit trees, caused by
soil and climate. For Instance, the North
ern Spy njiple, the Ksojms Sjiitzenburg
and the Baldwin, three of the most jiopii
lar varieties of the northern aud some of
the middle states, are perfectly worthless
iu most parts of Yirgiuia ami states
further south. On the other hand our
lest sorts, such n.s the Nicks Jack, Wine
sop, LimlM-rtwig, Grimes' golden, Buck
ingham, Itawle's Genet atid many others
are worthless at the north. It is true
that some Knroiean varieties, and a few
that originated in the northern and mid
dle states, are at home in southern and
southwestern soil. It i.s for tho amateur
to grow and test such and introdude new
varieties. The farmer has not time to
attempt discoveries in this line, except In
a small way."
The Trout men t of Colt.
The treatment which colts receive has a
telling effect nn th-i v' ' :
grown up. Injuries and bo.ni.she.- are
like the leaves on trees they increase in
size ns the body increases. It is an un
disputed fact that the condition of the
feet of a horse is more or less affected by
the condition of the ground on which the
feet are treated in any kind of soil. If
they are kept confined to stables and com
pelled to stand continually upon hard,
plank floor, the feet will be morcvor less
injured by it; or if they are constantly
kept on soft, loamy ground the feet will be
soft and spongy, and iu about as bad con
dition as if bruised up by being stabled
continually. Southern Cultivator.
I'tillzing: Coal Aolies.
It Is the general understanding that
coal ashes are not of enough value ns
fertilizer to pay for hauling them out for
that purpose, but when sifted tho line
ashes will be useful on 6tiff clay soils,
lightening them up aud making them
more friable, but the cinders should be
kept off from any land you intend to cul
tivate. Many jersons consider a few
shovelfuls of fine ashe3 useful around
their fruit trees and use them for that
purpose, and the sifted ashes have given
excellent satisfaction when used in the
garden to prevent the attacks of the
melon and cucumber bugs.
Vest Milk Producing Food.
Professor Stewart, authority on such
matters, says: "Neither corn meal nor
bran is the best milk producing food.
With he best clover hay, corn meal
should be added ns a part of the ration
but with corn fodder, straw or poor hay,
good wheat bran should be added instead
of corn meal. Bran will balauce jioor
fodder better than corn meal. But in
making up the milk ration the feeder
should seek variety in food. Corn meal
and bran together, are better than either
alone. The kinds of food best in a milk
ration depend upon how the foods balanco
each other."
Huwlne Oats.
Undoubtedly the Burt oat is the safest
for spring sowing, as it will mature in
100 to 120 days when sown in February
or March, according to latitude. Sow
plenty of seed; the later the sowing tho
heavier should be the seeding. Allow for
yield of twentyfold is a jiretty safe gen
eral rule, unless the expected yield or ca
pacity of the land is small, in which cas-;,
the seeding should be somewhat heavier
than this rule would indicate, and vito
versa. Southern Cultivator.
Farliest of All Sweet Corn.
Bepeated tests of the new extra early
varieties of sweet corn make it appear
that the Cory corn is as early as tho
earliest, if not the earliest, of all sweet
corn. It originated in Rhode Island with
Joseph Cory.
Gradually a few
of his neighbors
obtained some of
the seed, and from
this it became
gradually known
to the geedmen.
In 1883 it was in
troduced to the
public by Mr.
Gregory, of Mar
blehead, the well
known Massachu
setts seedman. To
this gentleman we
are indebted for
the representation
of this corn here
given. Me. Greg
ory' claims that it
lias proved on his
grounds to be
earlier and larger
kerneled than the
Marblehead. The
agricultural edit
or of The New
York World, who
THE CORY CORK.
has tested it along with other early sorta
in sandy Xaw Jersey soil, has reported ii
as not only the earliest,' but the sweetest
and tendercst of all.
Facta Farmers Ouglit to Know.
Lettuce gives best results when grown
!n a moist soil and in comparatively cool
weather..
The radish will thrive in ar.y good soil,
out to be crisp and tender must be grown
quickly.
The black walnut tree will cut a figure
on our farms in the future. It can e
made as profitable as the apple tree in lo
calities where it will thrive at all.
Two new lettuces are the Ohio and the
Golden Apple.
In view of the fact that the potato crop
was short in many sections last year, and
that much of the crop was not well rip
ened, greater car than usual should le
taken with this seuson's seed potatoes.
Try and get seed freni healthy well ma-
, tureti tuoers.
I According to a recent announcement
: the next convention of the American llor
' ticultural society will be held in Texas
two years hence,
In procuring trees remember the older
. the tree the more liable to loss ia trats
i planting.
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