OE PUSH. DE PULL, DE PEW.
ie rru
Thrr.Va a quiet littl pn-mil),
In a eon; liitle atrx -t.
W'faero the twnkrt (rather almcat crery
day;
It has iiwui b'for thj win 1 w.
And "iiunh" uim thu door.
A ad this u what -ummaviidriiik'r ay :
Yeu mu pua ea.iia your noiirhnnr
'If you wjnt to ret ah -1,
"You must piuh booeath the living-,
"You mut mb above the dead,
You mint puih your way, bo matter
Whetht-r frind or foe you down,
Far Ie Iuah' U now the password
''In thi plutocratic town."
IX riLL.
Tkm'i a quiet little chamber
In the wigwam up the atreet.
Whore tha politician Rather every day;
It has curtains oa the windows
And has "pall" upon the door,
And thi is whit the moiern statesmen
ay:
"You UiUst have a pull, young fellow,
"If you want to got along,
"You must have a pull with some one,
"If you're right or if you're wrong;
"You must have a pull, no matter
"Whether you are small or great.
"For 'Dj Full' is now the password
"In this Democratic state."
d few.
There's a stately marble palace
On a broad and shady street,
Where the hierarchy gather every day;
It has plate gla in the windows
And has "Pew" upon the door,
And this is what the surpik'ed clergy say :
"You must have a pew in church, sir,
"If you'd sure keep out of hell,
'You should own a now and sit there,
"If you wish to feel right well:
"You should own a pew, na matter
"If from honesty you lurch,
"For -Da Few is now th3 password
"In this autocratic church."
Dr. A. 8. Houghton.
ABOUT RAILROADS.
-Some Thought on the C f t and Method
ot Acqalrement.
The actual cost of a railway varies
on each different kind of railway.
While a mile of steel rails only
cost with their ties from $ 1 000 to
11 090. for a single track railway a
tunnel or a long bridge will cost from
150. ooo to f 200. 000 per tnilo.
As there are many miles of track
without any long bride or tunnel the
average cost per mile of track is very
little increased by the few tunnels
and bridges that exist, states a writer
in tbe Weekly 'J'oiler.
Thera are about 170. 000 miles of
railway in operation in America but
there probably are not 170 miles of
tunnels on American railway's, there
fore the tunnels would not amount to
one mile of tunnel to 1.000 miles of
track und thus the a vet age cost of
tunnels to the mile of track would
cot add $l.",0 to the cost of an average
mile of r.illway in these United States.
When every item is included the cost
of building all our railways to day by
tha national government would not
amount to more than from ?,00 to
flO.OOJ per nvHe of single track on
the different kinds of railway and the
average cost would probably be lea
thai 5.7.000 per mile.
The Mexican Central railw ly from
El 1 a?o. Tcxus. to the City of Mexico,
about 1, tO'J miles long was the latest
long line constructed. It was built
through a mountain country and un
der unusual expense and difficulties
and only cost about !I,00J per mile to
build.
The government can build a rail
way for less expense than a corpora
tion, for many reasons, among which
are.
First The government bonds are
worth more than the bonds or stares
of any company. That is to sny the
government can borrow money for
less interest than any company, and
this can save half or more than half
the amounts paid for interest.
Second The government would
not have to pay so large an amount
of the expenses to help the Demo
cratic and Republican parties save
the country every few years during
political campaigns as the corpora
tions now have to da
Third The government would not
have to help so many great patriots
get elected to oSico as the railway
companies now have to do.
Although the cost of labor, iron,
wood and all the materials which are
needed in railway construction have
been constantly decreasing in price
for many years yet it is a curious
paradox that it costs our companies
every year more and more to build
and operate railways. While the
necessary cost is only about $7,003
por mile it is now costing our compa
ules about $66, 000 per mile to build
railways. One reason for th'.s is that
our companies e ery year have to
purchase more patriots to the mile
than was necessary before and those
patriots ask more every year for koep
ing their mouths shut and working
for the companies against the people
'and thus the expense account lor pa
triots annually grows larger because
patriots who will work for compa
nies very properly come high.
Formerly the companies only needed
a few patriots in congress and the
legislatures. . but as the sentiment
grows among the people in favor of
national purchase and operation of
railways, the companies find they
feave to seek for and purchase patriots
in lodges oT various societies and in
manj government positions of various
kinds to try to hold the peorlo bW
from taking and operating their pub
lic highways.
Thas the cost of patriots help to
swell the cost of railways from $7,000
to $56,000 per mile for patriots to
help them to construct railways in
1812 in those United States. In addi
tion the companies pay a large
amount to patriots to help them ope
ratethe railways after they are com
pleted, but that can be explained in
another letter belter as this one is
already too long.
For the Gold Htigt to Kr member.
' It is under an inspiration begotten
by 35 cents per bushel wheat that
( these lines are written, declares an
egriciijturalist of l.a Fayette, Kansas,
writing to the Topeka Advocate. Yes,
We are oflerel 35 cents for our last
gear's crop of wheat, for which hun
dreds of thousands of Americans are
hungering, and millions of foreigners
beyond the waters are starving, yet it
is proposed by Michael D. Hartor and
the old party leaders in general, to
destroy one-half of 'this pitiful sum by
overthrowing the silver dollar. I
jvant to say to these gentlemen right
here: You go a little slow in your
tinkering with the patienco and for
bearance of the American people, for
there is a great ileal of unadulterated
dynamite in numan nature which may
at any time hurl you into eternal ob
scurity, where you will have to spend
the miserable remnant of your bale
ful lives beneath the ever lowering
clouds of everlasting infamy and
popular dete-ttallos. If our suffer
ing countrymen could obtain tho
product of our farm, from iho-c who
hold tho money and gamble in our
cat and blH I at price w ithin tho
bounds of rvw:i . lie i'.u iUu:i would
prj-rfint Ie m u it ice and t era wou d
be mime coiim) h'.i..ii even in u.rt'.ng
with our propfrtv ut j.r.rc- that uro
co Jlisi-utinjf our lionet und c:i tailing
perpetual poverty iiho ourselves and
the generation to follow, finally, a
a humble tiller of the soil and one
who U now doing hie own thinking.
I will say again to you fellows: Don't
you monkey too much with the Instl
tutlons bequeathed to us by the heroes
of tho revolutioa (and the silver doU
lar Is one of them) for in such an
event we stand ready, yea, we are actu
ally panting as the hart panteth for the
water brooks, for an opportunity to
ink you doep in private life that
the sunlight of political and social
recognition ean never reach you.
Are not your dreams in the stillness of
the night haunted by the spectres of
starring women and children whose
cries for bread and mercy beat against
your deadened souls, like ocean bll
lows upon a rock bound shore?
A Blind lettl'v?.
The Clerk's Patience Was Amply Re
warded That Time.
In the matter-of-fact languago of
the New York rosloTce, a blind
letter" is a letter the address of which
is either insufficient or written so
illegibly that it cannot be deciphered
even by clever experts. Yot, though
the term is prosaic, there is often a
touch of romance about these letters
that cannot see their destination and
are therefore blind. Here is a brief
account of the strange case of one of
them that came under my own ob
servation.
To my mother, New York."
This was the sole subscription of
the letter in question simple, not
without pathos, but enough to bate
the shrewdest and keenest- witted
letter carrier in Christendom. The
letter was contained in a common
white envelope and gave no more
clue to the identity of the writer than
it did to the whereabouts of his
mother.
Long years of experience had made
the "blind clerk," as he was called,
skillful at interpreting the most mys
terious addresses, but this missive
completely nonplussed him.'. How
ever, he was interested in a document
whith seemed to suggest that there
was one mother in New York who
could not be mistaken for anybody
else's mother; so he put the letter
aside carefully, and determined to
await events when his curiosity might
be satisfied.
But month after month pasged by,
and no client put in an appearance
for the epistle that was now grown
dirty with dust His colleages in
office used to chaff the blind clerk
a bit about his affection for the sin
gular letter, and ultimately he told
the mates that he would lock it up; to
the sight of it should no longer irri
tate them or annoy him.
On tho very day on which he made
this announcement to his fellows a
poor old Irishwoman called at the of
fice, and asked the clerk if he had a
letter for her from her son. She gave
her name to him. but after making
search for the missing letter in the
proper department, he had to tell her
there was no letter in the office ad
dressed to the name that she had men
tioned. The woman shook her head. There
must intimated in so many words, be
a letter somewhere in the 0 l:ce Irom
her boy her only boy.
My good woman," inquired the
clerk, "how long have you been ex
pecting to hear from your son?"
"Every day for many a week." was
the answer.
And your son; where does he live?"
she was asked next
"Somewheres out West sorr, but I
forgit the name of the place."
Like a flash it came into the clerk's
mind that the 'letter which had puz
zled htm so much bore the postmark
of an outlandishly-named place out
West. Was the mystery to be solved
at last?
Going to the cupboard where he
had placed the letter, he read out the
name of the post office from which It
had been despatched, and the woman
replied at once
Yes that's the name of tho place
where my son works. "
The clerk handed her the dingy
letter. She gazed at it for a moment;
then kissed it again and again, ex
claiming the while, "It's my boy's
handwriting."
Then she added, in undertones, as
if speaking to herself. ! knew he
would not forget his poor old mother'
With these words she bowed low to
the clerk, thanked him earnestly for
his kindly attention, and walked
quietly out of tho office, clasping the
letter to her breast
Not Very Important.
It was on tho sailing day of one of
the big Inman liners, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. The
usual tears had been shed, the usual
farewells had been spoken, and slowly,
with a snorting tug upon each side of
her, the giant craft shoved her njjse
out into the stream. Then, as quite
customary, those upon the pier and
the voyagers upon the boat began to
remember things that they ought to
have said before and howl the same
across the rapidly widening stretch of
water. Close to the bulkhead stood a
tall, spare woman, -who had been in
dustriously waving a pale blue hand
kerchief. "O-o-oh. Henry!" she sud
den! v shrieked to a stout, lit tin na
"on the rear deck who had been wav
ing a second blue handkerchief back
at her, '-did you post that letter? '
"N-o-o," howled tho stout little roan
in reply; "I'll mail it at Liverpool!"
"Never mind. Henry," responded the
other, "it was only to the butcher,
tellin' him never to send up another
steak like that last one!"
With a Ballet in His Heart.
Bill Poole, the famous prize fighter,
lived for days with a bullet in his
heart, before he died giving expression
to the famous words: "Wrap me up
in the American flag and I'll die a true
American."
Without Sinoke.
.A new process for burning coal with
out smoke has recently been discov
ered. It consists in sprinkling water
containing a special preparation of
rosin over the coal, and the result Is
that there is no smoke and the glow Is
Is intense as coke.
THE PLATFOKX.
Declaration of Prior I plea Oa Which
the Party Stand.
Mixxkapous, Jims., Juna 9. Follow
tag is tha full text of the platform a
coiuj.lrird br the cannula en reaolu
tiooe:
Itepresenlaliee of the republicans of
the I oitej Stales, aaaenibUd in general
coavfBtioa 00 the boree of the Mii-
. sippl river, mo everlasting bond of aa In-
aestruciibie republic, who most glori-
out chapter of history is the record of
the republican party, congratulate their
countrymen on the majeetio march of
the nation under the banner inscribed
with the principles of our platform of
18S8. vindicated br viotory at tha poll
nd prosperity in our fields, workshop.
nd mines, and make the following dec
laration or principle:
The atrlne of Protection.
We reaffirm the American doctrine of
protection. We call attealion to it
growth abroad. We maintain that tha
firoaperou condition of our country is
argely due to th wise reveoue legisla
tion of republican congress. We be
lieve that all article which cannot be
produced in the United State, except
luxurie. should be admitted free of
duty, end that all import coming into
competition with th products of A trier
lean labor there rhould be levied duties
equal to th difference between wag
abroad and at home. W assert that
the price of manufactured article of
general consumption having been re
duced under the operations of the tariff
ct of 1890. we denounce th effort of
the democratic majority in the house of
representative to destroy th tariff laws
by piecemeal as is manifested by at
tack upon wool, lead and lead ore, tb
chief products of a number of states,
and we ask the people for their judg
ment therron.
The Policy or Reciprocity.
We point to the succes of th republi
can policy of reciprocity under which
sur export trau ia vastly increased and
new and enlarged markets have been
opened for the products of our farms and
workshops. We remind the people of
the bitter oppssition of th democratio
party to this practical measure, end
claim that, executed by a republican
administration, our present law will
eventually giv us control of the trad
of the world.
The Silver Question.
The American people, from tradition
and interest, favor bi metallism, and the
republican party demand the us of both
gold and silver as standard money,
with such restrictions to be determined
by legislation as will secure the mainte
nance ef a parity of values of the two
metals, so that the purchasing and debt
paring power of a dollar, whether silver,
gold or paper, shall be at all times equal.
The interest of the producers of the coun
try, its farmer and it workingman, de
mand that every dollar, paper or coin,
issued by government, shall be as good
as any other.
We commend the wise and patriotlo
steps already taken by our government
to secure an international conference to
adopt such meaiure a will insure th
parity of value between gold and silver
for use for money throughout the world.
A Free and Fair Uallot.
We demand that every citizen of the
United State shall he allowed to cast a
frte and unrestricted ballot in all public
elections and that such ballot be counted
and returned ni cast; that such laws
ball be enacted and enforced as will
secure to every citizen, be he rich
or poor, native or loreign born.
white or black, this sovereign right
guaranteed by the constitution, A free
and honest popular ballot, just and equal
representation of all people, ai well as
their just and equal protection under
the laws, are the foundation of our re
publican, institutions, and tlie party will
never cease it effort until the integrity
of the ballot and the purity of elections
shall be fully guaranteed and pi o tec ted
in every state.
Southern Out runes.
We denounce the continued inhuman
outrages perpetrated upon American
citizens for political reasons in oertain
southern states of the union.
Foreign Kolutlons.
We favor the extension of our foreign
commerce, the restoration of our mer
cantile marine by home built ships and
the creation of a navy fer the protection
of our national interests and the honor of
our flag; the maintenance of the most
friendly relations with all foreign
powers, (mangling alliance with none;
and the protection of the right of our
tlshermeu.
We reaffirm our approval of tb Mon
roe doctrine and believe in the achieve
ment and manifest destiny of th re
public in its broadest sense. We favor
the enactment of more stringent law
and relations for the restriction ot crim
inal, pauper and' contract immigration.
Mlscel laneous.
We favor efficient legislation by con
gress to proteot the life and limb of em
ploye of transportation companies en
gaged in carrying on interstate com
merce, and recommend legislation by
respective states that will protect em
ployes engaged in state commerce, in
miuing and manufacturing.
Favors Home Rule.
The republican party always has been
ohampion of the oppressed and recog
nizes the dignity of manhood irrespective
of faith, color or nationality; it sympa
thizes with the cause of hou'i rule in
Ireland and protest against the persecu
tion of the Jew in Russia.
The ultimate reliance of free popular
government is the intelligence of the
people and the maintenance of freedom
among men.
We therefore declare anew our devo
tion to liberty of thought and conscience,
peecu and press and approve all
agencies and instrumentalities which
contribute to the education of the chil
dren of the land, but while insisting
upon the fullest measure of religious
liberty, we are opposed to any union of
church and state.
Opponed to Trusts.
We reaffirm our opposition declared in
the republican platform of 1888, to all
combinations of capital, organized in
trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily
the condition of trade among our citi
zen. We heartily endorse the action
already taken upon this subject, and ask
for suoh further legislation as may be re
quired to remedy any defects in existing
laws, and to render thsir enforcement
more complete and effective.
We approve the policy extending to
town, villages and rural communities
the advantages of the free delivery ser
vice now enjoyed by the larger cities of
tlie country, and reaffirm ths declaration
contained in the republican platform of
1388, pleding a rsudctiou of letter post
age to 1 cent at the earliest possible mo
ment consistent with the maintenance
of the postoffice department and ths
highest class of postal service.
Civil Sorvlce.
We commend the spirit and evidence
of reform in civil service and the wise
and consistent enforcement by the re
publican party of laws regulating the
same.
Nicaragua Canal.
The construction cf the Nicaragua
canal is of ths highest importance to the
American people, as a measurs of na
tional defence and to build up and main
tain American commerce, and it should
be controlled by the United States government
Territories.
We favor the admission of tb re-
1 tnainiog territoriee at the earliest prao
J tieebl data, having dus regard to the in
I tereetsof the people of lh tcrritwrie aud
the Unilvd btete. All federal officer
i appointed for territoriee should Le
selected from bona tide residents thereof
and the right of self-government should
be accorded far as practicable.
Arid Lands.
We fsvor reeeion, subject to the home
stead laws, of arid public land to slates
and territoriee in which they lie, under
such congrassional restriction a to dis
position, reclamation and occupancy by
saKlers aa will aacui maximum benefit
to the people
Columbian F-ipoltIon.
Tb world' Coiambtao exposition is a
great national undertaking and congrea
should promptly euact such reasonable
legislation in aid inereot a win insur
the discharging of exp.-nsia and obliga
tion incident thereto, sod the attain
ment of reeulte commensurate with tb
dignity and progress of th nation.
Intemperance.
W sympathizi with all wise and
legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent
the evils of intemperance and promote
morality.
Pvnalon.
Ever mindful of the services and sacrl
flees of the men who ssved the life of
the nation, we pledge anew to the vet
eran soldiers of ths republic th watchful
care and recognition or their just claims
upon a grateful lecpie.
HarrlMons Adinlnlxtrotlon.
We commend the able, patriotio and
thoroughly American administration of
President Usrrison. Under it the country
has enjoyed remarkable prosperity, and
the dignity and honor of the natioo, at
home and abroad, have been faithfully
maintained, and we offer the record of
pledge kept a a guarantee of th faith
ful performance in the future.
SATAN'S REAL ESTATE.
A Wicked Finn Who Deeded 111 Prop
erty to tha Devil.
There is but one spot on the earth's
surface that has been really and truly
willed, deeded and bequeathed to his
Sutanic Majesty. -This sometime-to-be
sulphurous spot lies four and a half
miles south of Helsingfors, Finland.
A few years ago, Lars lluolarinen died
in the little town ef Pielbjarvi, in the
above-named country.leaving consider
able property in the .shape of real
estate. How he had come into posses
sion of so much laud no one seemed to
know, but as he was a very bad citizen
it was generally admitted that he was
in league with Wihtahausu (the devil),
and that they had had many business
deals with each other. This somewhat
startling opinion was verified when
old lluolarinen died, for, upon opening
his will, the magistrate found a certi
fied warranty deed inclosed therein
which deeded to the devil all of his
(Huolarincn's) earthly possessions.
The will was to the same effect The
family have repeatedly tried to break
the will, but so far have been unsuc
cessful; thus the records plainly show
that his Sulphuric Majesty has a legal
right and title to some excellent
grounds in the near vicinity of both
Helsingfors and Pielisjarvl. The
simple people of the neighborhood
have changed the course of a road
which formerly skirted the Huolarinen
homestead, and declare that they
would not enter tipon the possessions
of Satan & Co. for all the money that
three sueh estates would bring.
Although no living person has pass
the threshold since the old man died,
the mansion is said to be brilliantly
lighted every night, and many curious
stories are told of the unearthly frolics
the devils have on this their only
known landed possessions.
DECAY OF A PACIFIC TRIBE.
The Aborigine of Andaman laland Near
ly Kxtlnct.
As in former years the most inter
esting portion of the English admin
istration review of the Andaman is
lands for 1800-91 is that which deals
with the Aborigines. Mr. Portman
has done much for this unique and
primitive race; but even he, apparent
ly, is unable to arrest the process of
decay which threatens them in the
near future with complete extinction.
For untold centuries the Andamanese
have lived as effectively cut off from
the outside world as the mummy in the
heart of the pyramids, and the atmos
phere of the nineteenth century proves
not less fatal to the one than to the
other.
In common with the Pacific Island
ers, they are unable to survive contact
with civilization even the civilization
of the average Pt Illair convict. All
the people of Rutland Island and Pt.
Campbell are now dead, and very few
remain in the South Andaman and
Archipelago. Apart from the mortal
ity from infectious disease, the few
children who are born do not survive,
and it is stated that the present gener
ation may be considered the last of the
Great Andaman tribe. Mr. Portman is
still endeavoring to keep the tribe
alive as long as possible, and he is col
lecting all the children at his house
where they are well fed and looked
after; but this measure, although it
may postpone, cannot prevent the
eventual extinction of the race.
An Kmphatlc Answer.
Some time ago, upon the occasion of
a visit of the Lord ISishop of the Lon
don (Can.) diocese to a friend here, the
Chicag oan gave his children a prelimi
nary course of instruction in etiquette
before the arrival of tho distinguished
guest. "Now, remember, children,"
was the last and most emphatic ad
monition, "that you are not to speak
unless the Bishop addresses you and, if
he speaks to you you must answer,
'Yes, milord,' or 'No, milord,' but be
sure to add 'milord.' "
After dinner the Bishop suddenly
turned to little five-year-old Johnnie
and remarked: "I suppose you are a
good little boy aren't you? Do you go
to Sunday school regularly?"
There was a moment of silence, the
child being too terrified to speak.
After vainly trying to recall the phrase
which his father had sought to im
press upon his mind, the youngster
shouted, "Oh, my Hod, yes," burst into
tears, and rushed from tho room, leav
ing the Bishop speechless with aston
ishment and the father horror-stricken.
Two ladies of New York are the pro
motors of a scheme for starting a hotel
for women only. There are to be no
rules. The lights are not to be turned
out at a fixed hour, as was the edict in
the Stewart's women's hotel. Neither
pianoes nor sewing machines are to be
tabooed, nor is tho money-making
typewriter to be forbidden. Tho whole
is to be conducted on the lines of the
ordinary hotel boarding house, except
that women only are to be admitted.
FARM, FIELD AND GARDEN.
INTERESTING
CARDING
INFORMATION RE.
FARM WORK.
It Pay to Keap Be--Sure Cure
for Scab Teaching More
to Stand A New lont
In Feeding.
It Pav to Keep Be.
Thin in my conclusion after a dozen
yeer of expericnce,ayn writer in tlie
Ohio Farmer. I fitwl that'each year,
a I get to understand them better,
the profit increase. I first started
with plain boxes and let them take
rare of themselves except to eet small
boxes on top for surplus. I attended
to them when I got ready whether
the honey season wti passed or not,
any day that I happened that way.
Other people did the same and surely
it must be (til pight. But experience
taught me soon, that this phtn was
good as far as honey and profit were
concerned. Thus I lost about three
years in the old rut of planting with
out cultivation. Tlie balance of the
time since I have used the Simplicity
hive, with movable frame, and find
that to get profit one must havethinge
in proper shape, and give the little
occupants a chance.
The first thing to have is a rousing
colony tne first of May boiling over
with bees, in a nice, clean hive, with
new combs all in first-class shape, and
if the season is only an average one
you are sure of 60 lb. honey, which
at 20c. per fb. would be $10 besides
winter supplies. So it is plain to be
seen that it pays if properly managed.
1 should add, lurther, that such a
colony will likely cast off a good
swarm. The amount of honey to be
expected must be based on the
strength of thercolony in the spring.
A hive 01 bees, lull to oversowing,
will civs 20 lbs. surplus easier than a
weak-colony can build up strong and
gather stiflicent food for winter during
the summer months.
My average fcfr five years has been
abont 23ths. to the colony, good and
bad together. The largest amount I
have ever taken was 67lbs. net, but
50 lbs. often. I have the best strains
of Italian the country can furnish,
and find that they are superior to the
blacks in the ratio of 2 to S.
A sure receipt for profit ia to see
that weak swarms are built up early
in the fall, before cold weather, by
feeding granulated sugar, as it fs cheap
er than honey: but don'tlfeed any
thing but the best; as poor feed is Irk e-
ly to give them the dysentery or make
them unhealthy, and before eold
weather sets in pock chart well
around the frames and lay a chaff
cushion on top, and you will be in
good shape, in ordinary seasons, in
1L 1 1 . . 1 . 1 .
tins locality, to snow up a nanusome
profit next season.
"Ten Acres Enough,"
That was the taking title of a book
published some years ago, in which
the author endeavored to show how,
under high cultivation, ten acres could
be made to yield a comfortable living
for an average family. A good deal
of ridicule has been cast at this and
similar attempts to demonstrate the
feasibility of making much of little ia
the cultivation of the soil. But the
experiment has been tried, and, under
favorable conditions, not found want
ing. Men who, like the late Peter
Henderson, have made a thorough
study of the utilization of small areas
know by practical experience that a
great deal of money may be got out
of-ten or twelve acres o! proporly cul
tivated land.
It is said, however, that the condi
tions of market gardening have great
ly changed since the Southern truck
farmers began to flood our markets
with early vegetables and frurts. This
is true; but where our Northern mar
ket gardeners have had the wisdom
to adopt their product to these
changed conditions they haveconsinu
ed to make money, although perhaps
not in so large amount.
The time will never come when vege
tables and t'he more perishable fruits
can be sent from a long distance,
even in refrigerator cars or steamers,
and arrive in as fresh and appetizing
condition as those crown clone at
hand. Hence there will always be a
demand for early fresh vegetables and
small fruits from neighborhood gar
dens if they are invitingly presented
to the customer. Every large town
and city is a good mine for the market
gardener who is "up betimes," and
oilers his frosh, wholesome-looking
good? in 'neat and tasteful packages.
Untidy packages repel ihe finest class
of customers, but good taste will inev
itably attract them.
A good illustration of this is afford
ed by the experienpe of the owner of a
ten-acre tract of land at Andover,
Mass., who found, very naturally,
that general farming did not pay oa
so small an acre, lie therefore deter
mined to adapt himself re the situa
tion by following a higher method.
He planted one-half of his little farm
to a great variety of small fruits, and
devoted the reminder to thegro wth of
vegetables. These he arranges ee
that for some seven months be ob
tains crops which can be either dis
posed of at good prices in the mar
kets of Boston or the nearer city of
Lawrence, or put up in various forsns
for sale to Boston customers during
the winter, in the latter case the
fruits and vegetables are carefully
selected and as carefully preserved,
pickled or put up as nearly as possi
ble in a Iresh state.
Lost year besides the fresh fruits
and vegetables sold, some ten thous
and quart jars of produce were dis
posed off in this way. Nearly all the
work was done in the family, thus
saving much expense, and tlie in
come was about $3,500. Such a re
sult can be obtained, of course, only
by huh culture, which implies fore
thought, skill, industry and good bus
iness capacity. But it 6hows what
can be done on a mall tract wisely
managed.
Sure Cure for Bcab,
A prominent sheep raiser, 8. H.
Todd, of Ohio, says totake50pound
of tobacco stema.that you can get at
a cigar factory, aud steep them in
100 gallons of water until the strength
is all out of the stems. Then take 28
fullons of the tobacco liquid and put
n 25 pounds of sulphur and boil, not
English Shire Stallions and Clares.
To intending purchasers of this breed I can show thera aa good a lot ot joanm
ttot k from yeai ling up, as there is in the west.
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ltf
wiTFLL com, co.,
simmer It, for one-half hour. Take
three-foaiths of a callon of crude car
bolic acid, and four callon of soft
soap and beat it up till it will be of
tbe consistency of an egg prepared for
Use: Mix all together and then have
a Vat of 10 inches wide and deep
enough so that the fluid will cover tbe
back of the sheep when standing.
Let the sheep remain in the fluid DO
seconds, then immerse the head en
tirely under the water and let tbe
sheep out upon a platform to drain.
nave tne piatiorm so that the
liquid will run back into the vat.
and have the fluid above blood heat.
In 10 days alter the first dip use the
same process aain. If the sheep are
Dad, use one callon of carbolic acid to
five gallon of soft soap. This treat
ment won t kill the sheen, but I am
positive it will clean out the scab. As
soon atter dippiag as possible, turn
the sheep into the yard and stable
that the premises may be saturate!
from the drippings of the sheep. If I
had sheep that had the scab badly, I
would fix them a warm place, shear,
feed liberally with grain to keep up
vitality, and in a few veeks after
shearing J would dip them. You
must be tnoroush. and if the scab has
become fairly seated nothing weaker
than this will do the work. I cured
400 that were badly infected. I would
dip the third time before turning to
grass. I hnye given this as a pre
paration to kill scab, but it is a good
general dip. .
Teaching Horse to Stand,
An old horseman gives the following
as his method of training horses to
stand without being tied: Afteryoung
horses have once become entirely bridle-wise,
' I first endeavor to teach
them the meaning of every word I say
to them. This is not a difficult mat
ter, provided too many words are not
used at once. The first step ia to
adopt some word at the sound of
which they are to understand that
they must stop. Words that are easy
to speak, and which can be made em
phatic, should be chosen, such as
"ho," "whoa," etc., and every time
the word is used the horse to which
it is spoken should be made to obey
fully. Carlessness in regard to this
matter will do more to undo what
has been taught than anything else.
When a horse fully under
stands the meaning of the word w'hich
you use when you wish him to stop
ajrid stand still, the greater part cf the
work is accomplished. He then can
be trusted with safety while you leave
him a short time. To take no risk,
and to make the work more effective,
it is a good plan for two to get into
the yeliicle to which a horse is hitched,
and, having stopped after a short
drive, one should get out and leave
him for a short distance. Should the
horse then start, the one in the vehicle
can draw 1 he lines suddenly and thus
prevent his getting away. There will
be no trouble in teaching any horse
with an ordinary amount of good
sense to stand as Ions; as you desire
without being hitched, if a little judg
ment and patience are used in at
tempting it.
A New Point In Feeding.
Mr. Appleton, breeder and owner
of thefamous Jersey cow, Eurotissima,
in his address belore the New York
farmers, calls attention to one rule In
forcing cows that may be of service In
all feeding for profit and that is, that
the roughness of grass must be fed
after the cow has eaten all the rich
ground feed she will take, ears the
American Dairyman. The object is
to get as mu:h rich batter-makina
food in her as she can assimilate.
This can best be accomplished with a
well composed ration which relegates
hay and grass to the rear, by feeding
the ration first and all sne will eat of
it, then topping off with the other.
Tlie fact is that hay and grass are
losing their grip, so to speak, with
the scientific feeder. While it is not
practical to do away entirely with the
roughness of the farm, yet it is best to
keep itdown as much tvspoossible con
sistent with the well being of the cow.
It seems to be more useful in helping
digestion than in any intrinsic merit
of its own. While grass is probably
the best single feed for milk making, it
certainly is not so good as a well com
posed ration, exeept it may be for a
few days 111 the summer time, when
the rains and temperature seem to
combine to bring the grass to perfec
tion, but this is an exceedingly limit
ed time.
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one fare for ths round trip. Ticket oa
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