TOPICBOF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE ELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
I Hi CrtaMrau Baae4 tpwrn tfca
mt IW Ilif-IUMfM mm
Mean Hi in
Don' r depend on coneillat ng the
elephant witt a single peanut
A Cincinnati pr.-acher eaysthe ta
t red of the Republic aod wants a
k ng. Of what sua?
.lo-n iMxiNfR says: "When a fel
ler (fits a-goin' down hill. Itduz seem
t tho' everything had been greased
fur the okashun.
A jmit th Dakota man b raised
a borse that ha eight p rect hoots.
As he is a borseshoer himself the
a'l ldion is not as great as it might
be.
I r should le said for the Chicago
botelkee ers that they did not raise
their rates when they heard that
the World's Fair in Antwerp had
opened.
A DKTituiT newspaper man wants
the stars and stripes used as a de
sign for a new 2 -cent stamp. Kvl
dently he wants Old Glory on every,
body's tongue.
Chicaoo hoasts that she parked
12,000,000 hogs last years, and, of
course, a great many got away. A
prosperous Chicago man makes a
great deal of money by his pen.
TiiF.Kr. Is something akin t a boom
In gold mining. The fact slio Id not
be lost sight of that where one mine
succeeds hundreds fail, and that con
sidering the failures, more money has
been put In than has leen taken out
of mining operations l.i many rases.
Ir is said that Lord ltoseberry was
very much astonished when he heard
for the first time the rophecy he was
alleged to have made when ho was a
boy at school to the effect that he
would marry the richest heiress of
bis time that he would bo Prime
Minister, and that he would win tho
I-erby.
If we wait until we have n ore
than we want before beginning to
give, we shall d e without giving;
but. If we g ve out our scanty por
t on to those whose need Is greater
than ours, we shall 1 ve as givers, and
shall en oy living. The man who
gives only from his surplus never
knows the real joy of giving.
Ir is now cla rued that great and
e'aborate weddings discourage mar
riage and it Is said that certain young
ladies hare ghen a negative answer
because they could see no prospect of
brilliant a wedding as some of
their acquaintances have had. Hut
they should remember that the
quietest weddings sometimes are bil
lowed by the happiest married lives.
Hospital physicians having caused
a deep sleep to fall upon an Irish
patient deprived him of seven
patches of hide for the benefit of a
peel' d Frenchman In an adjacent
ward. The process of skinning a
man alive had heretofore been re
garded as figurative, and Its status
Id law. to be established through a
suit brought by the Irishman, will
be watched with Interest. If a mail
cannot control the disposition of his
own cuticle human rights are nar
rowing to an imperceptible point
As the season approaches when
the musical mosquito tunes up and
prepares his artesian bore with which
to play a skin game on mankind, It
Is well to reme nber that by sprink
ling crude pctrolem on neighboring
ponds and marshes you can prevent
their evolution. I otroleurn on tho
surface probably doesn't prevent the
hatching of the larv.e In the water,
but "shuts off their wind" when they
stlcic up their tails for breath. Keep
It dark or the Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals may prevent
this prevention.
New Jekhky's legislators have
acted very sensibly In passing a law j
which will curb the bumptiousness
of the "faith curists." Other States
should hasten to follow this excellent
example. If necessarv, a list of the '
cases In which mere faith has allowed
Innocent people to die when medicine
or surgery would have cured them
might lie prepared. Any Legislature '
would bo ready to vote down the
quackery Ave minutes after reading '
tbls list This is a clvllbed age, and
tolerant of almost everything. But
It should not tolerate the stunidlty
which kills, ar.d New Jersey leads '
the way in pointing this moral.
A mono the funny things we see
when we look over our exchanges Is
the report of a Iluckoye State woman
whose bump of economy, phrenologl
cally speaking, must be large, and
bcr utilitarian virtue on a par with
It She made use of her phthisical
and ftverlib husband during eight
weeks before hit teeth, wheo be waa
prostrate nnd resile, to Incubate
forty-six etrs Intolivelv young chicks
by placing them in cotton batting by
the side of b s lody. The chicken
so raised might acquire tuberculosis
and Imparl in germs to the unsus
pecting victims of a relish for "broil
ers" we urge each State to pass a law
rlifht away against this mode of incu
bating tfore It shall become a com
mon custom.
Every day the great city furnishes
wonderful anl pathetx pictures
which illustrate the strange turns of
Fo tune's wheeL One Saturday a
wuno uaueu, iP'Tionng oki man
went. w inc lomos carrying a pa,er
I ag of bananas as a friendly offering
to Frastus W'iman, awaiting sentence
In his eelL Years ago, it was the
white haired trembling old man who
was tbe prisoner in Ludlow Street
Jail under the odio is law of lm
prisonment for debt, and Erastus
Wlman was the visit r and com
iorier, ana the prime m .ver in the
reform which brought about the old
man's deliverance, i.ound and round
turns the giddy wheel, and men still
pursue the flying phantom perched
upon its rim, without thinking of
danger until it Is upon them!
xiickb is a inr.riy sort or woman
wno cannot bear to admit that a
thing s worn out She will spend
two hours cf preel us time and ten
dollars' worth of eyesight working on
a garment in order that it may be
worn one more week, or in trying to
rejuvenate bed linen, handkercb efs.
and similar articles that when they
on e legln to give way are good for
nothing, and In which the first syrup
torn of dissolution is a sign of their
ripeness for the ragbag. Hosiery
with holes as large as a silver half
dollar ar.' not worth mending, since
the remaining fabric, after such hard
service, must be on the point of yield
ing. i ndergarments that liegln to
show lengthwise rifts are past their
usefulness, and towels gone in the
middle would better belaid aside for
lint. To wear one's self out over
worn out articles Is poor economy,
ine nours aevotna to such worn
would lie more w .-ely employed in
reading or re ting. Tile Is short,
and the list ur l .' --. Continually
decaying i exc -e . . 'ong.
Tmk mine-owners aiound Illrm
ingham. Ala.. s well as in Tennes
see, incetised at the violent conduct
of the Hun, Slav, and Italian miners,
are rapidly suppling their places with
negro m.ners. who are more than
eager and willing to go to work.
1 he same subst tution has taken
place largely in West Virginia and
to a certain extent in the m nes of
Pennsylvania. When these alien
miners struck and began their In
cendiary work many operators set
blacks to work in their places, and
they did s t well that now they are
not only retaining them but adding
to their nu i be s. This will compel
these aliens to come North and seek
for work with little prospect of find
ing it, as the mines will soon be run
ning with their old ope atives. It Is
more than likely, therefore, that
many of these fellows will have to
go back to the countries whence they
came if they can raise the passage
m; ney. They will find that thoy
have overdone the business and
struck the. nselves out of a job. The
sooner they get home the better.
Their absence will not be In the na
tu.e of a public calamity.
The season is at hand in which
the farmer will put in twelve or tif
teen hours a day at work, and see
that every hand on the farm does the
same. He will hardly stop during
that time long enough to eat his
food properly, and take no time to
either read or think. Is this good
policy? Is it either wise, prudent,
or profitable? The women In the
house will be compelled to work
hours longer than the men outside.
Will that pav? Some of these are
mothers, and have duties and respon
sibilities as such, which, if found In
any kind of stock, would justify a re
lief from work. Surely the farmer
will not overwork his wife more than
he would his stock, or himself to a
point where thinking is out of the
question, and planning Impossible.
The average farmer, however, will
aim at nothing short of getting the
work done, no matter how or what
the consequences, so long as it is
done. It Is a foolhardy policy. It
will not pay either in money or
health. 1 et us take time to think,
to read, to plan, and to live. There
are duties In these regards that we
owe to ourseves, our wives, our pro
geny, and our success that are not
met with In brute force.
The Ideal and the Rral.
"And all these joems ot June,"
tho said, ' do tbey How from your
soul?"
"No, madam," replied Hradby. "It
is limply hard work. What you re
ga d as poetic Inspiration Is simply a
matter o poetic perspiration."
Washington Star.
Am appropriate motto for a Senate
committee room: "Who enters here
leave op behind."
SURE INDICATIONS..
in. If she fraau To wtu smile
u wi for yrt alaaa.
ind Uaiiort e'er your bum ewtjtle
Wltb toft. aiNSli Uiue ;
II IB bcr km thai thlna light
Now urn dm, now demure
Six Ira yoa 1
Aft. ate lces on I
Ot chat von mar be aura.
Or. If aba hai oo Da (or too, -
Ana lot yon plaJalr see.
tbaUw yon tut? ear or do.
Bow "bomd" fcto can Da ;
Aad If roar areeimetH la niueb worn.
Than other men eniure
Foe lovea you 1
Ab, ali loves woo 1
Of that you mar be sure.
But If she's friendly and polite.
No mattar where and wieu.
And greets you wi.b therulld dellgbt
I-ha ho4 for tber uen;
No w&tuith or cotine.s la bar air.
Yo i'd better sek a cure
Sbe lnvea rou not I
blielove you nstl
Of tbat yon mmy Le sure.
HE GOT HIS REWARD.
Somewhat distance from ooeof the
main routes between the Eastern
States and C alifornia, hollowing out
the ecor.ac apex of a deep, rugged
conical elevation. Is the crater of an
oid volcano.
One day a small party of adventur
ous ladies and gentlemen, leaving
their riding and baggave mules at
the base of the sleep ascent, clam
bered up Its agged sides to the sum
mit, wnere an extended view over a
picturesque landscape was tbelr first
re wai cl
one of the party was a bright, vi
vacious, venturesome girl, who was
both the pride and the worry of her
accompanying parents, the latter be
cause she was so full of rompioic
giddy, dar ng life.
Ada Wilden, qui k of motion and
light of foot, so skimmed over the
rough, honey-comb d surface of tbe
scoriae p ie that she soon put consid
erable distance between her and her
parents, and now, Instead of heeding
her mother's call to come back to h r,
she began to recede along the edge of
the crater, finally mounting what
seemed to be a toppling c ag, and
standing up clear against the back
ground of shimmering sky.
The next moment there came a
piercing shriek from the same quar
ter, and the treacherous lava and
daring girl went down together to
the awful depth below.
When the tearful spot was reached
nothing of the missing girl could be
seen, but luu feet below some of tbe
debris of the fallen crag was r slble
along i be edge of the black, stagnant
water.
".01 of us will help We will do
eve ytiing we can " crie I a voice, to
which all the others gave ready as
sent The speaker was a young man, sup
posed to be very partial to Ada, anil
to him the dist.essed father turned,
with a mourniul hope.
It will be neces arv to go down
into the water to find her," he said.
'Ob, 1 could not do that," replied
the young man, shrinking back.
"The water might poison me. Be
sides, the clllf here is beetling, and
there Is no way, safe or otherwise,
that one could cl nib down to the
pool."
And this was the young man
w;intcd Ada f he could secure
with no more exertion than is
quired to pi k a rose from the
rental bush.
ut when It came to rlt-king
who
her
life for hers ah! mat was quite a
dillcient matter. There were plenty
of r,.se bushes and roses!
Several of the ladles who had not
ed the persistency with which he had
thrown himself into Miss Wilden's
company now glanced at him with
the contempt which gentle women
feel for cowardice in men.
As for the other men, they looked
at one another. Many of them w.nild
have started to the rescue if they
could have shared the peril together,
but solitaire Is ever so much difficult
to play In tbe game of heroism!
Who will venture?" said Mr.
Wilden, wildly.
tio one answered.
A minute afterward a young, hand
some stranger, In the garb or a hun
ter, w4th a ri e over bis shoulder,
was seen approaching the group with
a light, quick step.
The catastrophe was quickly and
cage ly explained to him as he looked
down from the lata I spot.
I'll go down and get tbe body,"
he said, In a quiet, positive tone.
In a few moments the daring hun
ter bad arranged a rope and signals
tor bis perllgus descent
One end of the line was secured to
an immovable lava rock and the
other about the body of the venturer.
Then lowering the rope, double.
about half way, so that It would not
have to slide over the verge as he
descended, young Randolph boldly
swung himself over the abyss amid
the catch ng respirations and gulping
exclamations of the ladies, and went
quickly down hand over band, bis
legs and feet also clinging to tbe sup- i
porting rope.
As Is he saw something that those
above could not see, he stepped back
few paces, gave a running jump and
swung out of sight under the beet
ling cliff.
In fact, be did see something those
above could not see tbe fair girl
be self lying still on the little shelf
to which she hud bounded when the
oiaa that took her down st uck an-,
jther In Its descent and thiew
her j
oft.
He swung himself to her and found
her in the act of opening her bright
blue eyea in wonder.
For a moment or two she stared at
tbe strange hunter, then quickly at
the black lake below and her deso
late surroundings, exclaiming:
Where am I? And who are
you I"
lie explained everything In a few
seconds.
"Yea." she answered, with a little
shudder; "I was ao venturesome, und
I remember feeling awfully scared aa ,
1 wv going dowo I suppose my
pareaAs w 11 never get dooe old Ing
me aboat it It's nicely romantic,
though. Isn't it? And vou've hap
pened aloivif ;ut in time to rescue
me!
uYou are not quite rescued yet,
Mlas Ada," smiled the amused
hunter.
"But I shall be, Mr.
"Randolph."
"1 shall be, Mr. Randolph, of
course. You are not going to miss
tbe reward father offered for me "
"If I save you. Miss Ada, It will
be lor yourself and not for tbe pe
cuniary reward."
"Is papa worried?" she asked.
"Naturally.
"Is. ot course, frantic."
"How thoughtless it was of me!
Oh, dear, I am always doing tbe most
unexpected things, and utterly with
out pre t editation, 1 assure you."
"I can readily believe," laughed
Randiljb, "that you did not mean
to fall such a distance."
"So: but, really, it didn't hurt me
a bit, though 1 shouldn't care to try
it over agala"
I should think not "
Randolph was divided between a
desire to laugh and admlrjtlon of her
wonderful coolness. Though she bad
escaped death by what was little
short ot a miracle, she appeared to
look upon tbe adventure as some
thing wonder ully joily.
Me peered over into the murky,
stagnant water below.
Not a pleasant pool to bathe In,"
she remarked wl h a shiver that was
more coquettish than genuine. "I
am very gad, Indeed, tbat I fell
j short of it."
"So am I," murmured Randolph.
"Why should you care?" she de
manded, archly. "It would have
saved you the annoyance and Incon
venience of this descent "
' No; for 1 should have gone into
the water after you, If you had been
so unfortunate as to have taken tbe
plunge. Hut permit me to observe
tbat your parents will be greatly
worr.ed. It is time tbat we began
our ascent"
"Hut isn't that going to be terri
bly awkward?" she asked.
"Possibly, for you. but for me it
will be the height of deligbt I am
going to take you up in my arms
there is no other way. And now I
will try to explain to ,ou how we are
to accomplish our reappearance In
tbe world."
Ada readily assented to every sug
gestion of her deliverer, and when
he did swing off wltb her, and she
waved her arms to those above, tbey
could hardly credit the r senses, and
the ex ltement became intense.
Just at that moment, when every
heart was beginning to bound with
hope, a voice shrieked out In horror:
"Oh, they're lost. See, the rope
nere is parting:"
Iherope, passing under a sharp
cave or slag, has been cut almost in
two by the long, heavy swing back
and forth, and now seemed to hold
only by a frali strand or two, wh ch
the gay girl was fearfully straining
by her Joyous motions, waving her
arms, kissing her lingers and calling
merily to those above.
"For heaven's sake, keep quit,"
shouted aown a horrified voice.
The rope here is parting. In an.
other moment you may be plunged to
death!"
' What does he mean, Mr. lian
dolph?" queried Ada.
That by our swinging on this
rope It is nearly cut in two. and any
motion of ours may part it. Don't
stir scarcely breath."
Then there's danger yet?"
j "Fearful danger, Miss Ada,"
! Her features paled, and she re
j mained silent,
! Eager, trembling bands were now
at work above, stretched over the
edge of the crater, securing another
rope to the one that was cut.
i ox the few moments It took to do
this, there was an almost breathless,
gasping silence And when it was
I coi)leted, and the rope slowly pulled
up by eager bands till the main one
could be secured, there was a general
groan of relief.
; It turned out that Randolph was
tbe son of a distinguished clergyman
, and was himself a college student,
off oo his vacation, and tbe peer of
any whose acquaintance he bad thus
! singularly formed.
That romantic Ada Wilden should
fall in love with George Randolph
as her delivering knight 6eems only
natural, and that he should respond
In kind and subsequently make her
bis happy bride Is nothing like so
wonde. ful as that be should have first
met her In the crater of a volcano and
saved her life at tbe peril of his own.
Hew York Journal.
Duma's Revenge.
Alexandre Dumas, tbe elder, had,
as it Is well kuown. some black blood
in him, and was of an unforgiving,
If nnt almost cruel nature. In bis
early years he received a dire Insult
from one whom be called his friend,
Alexandre took no apparent notice of
tbe wrong
He took him with him into society,
introduced him here, presented him
there, and so continued for three
years, at tho end of which time he
stood as "best man" at his friend's
marriage. The wedding feast tie ing
conclude I, Alexand e l umas was
leaving the house, when anacuuaUit-
ance Joined him, and, as tbey walked
along, said:
' "I have of tea wlsbeJ to say how I
bave wondered at your kindness to
I Monsieur X, whom we have Juft seen
1 married. You bave the most torgiv-
lug nature I evei met wltb. He In
sulted ou grossly some years ago.
and ever since you bave devoted
yourself to his happiness and at last
assist him to get married."
"That's It, precisely," remarked
Dumas, el wly, wltb a sinister
chuckle. "I natter myself that 1
have aTlvaui him tha vnrat, mnf.hai.ln.
law Id I'ranct"
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Cowe Rkaeld Hot B Kept After They
Am Twelve Yean OM-Eitra Work oo
the raraa faya To Keep li e from Melt
ftmg Cultivating Alter Shower.
Top Ventilation In Hen Hooaea.
From tbe in .uiries made to tbe
Philadelphia Farm, some of whom
complain tbat tbelr fowls are affected
with bl ndness and swelled eyes, we
surmise tbat many of them use top
ventilators. eni.ilation is certainly
necessary at this season, but drafts
which co . e down upon the bens are
in urious, even in summer, if tbe
weatbor Is damp. A top ventilator
may be useful or not, according to
the direction of the wind Tne best
way t . ventilate a poultry-house in
summer is to leave tbe door and
windows open, but the openings
should be covered w.ih wire osquito
netting, or half-Inch wiretmesh, with
tbe roosts back from the dra t It
is not injurious for fowls to be in a
draft on a warm su .. er night, but
should the wb.d shift to tbe nortn
east, and the aii betou.e damp, they
easily become a. ecied. Ir t..e draft
comes over their beads the result is
usually blindness and swo ten eyes.
Tbe cracks and crevices are some
ti i es the sources of drafts also All
ventllat on should e under control.
The top ventilator is excellent if it
is opened or closed according to the
direction of the wind and the con
dition of tbe atujospbeie.
The Benefit of Hruiaina; Oata.
tT all oats could be run. through
the m.ll it wouid make better teed
for horses. The re.ison has. been
given many times, ftoth the grain
and chaff digests better, the indi
gestible woody fiber of both being
broken admits of the action of the
stomach more treely and. fully. Care
ful feeders of horses, know that In
feeding oats, especially tbe whole
gra n, much depends upon the na
ture of the hull or chaff. It is. not
always the heaviest grain that gives
the best results. That which Is
much above tbe standard weight has
most often a rough, gritty chaff,
which so acts on the stomach, aa to
expel much of tbe grain, la an indi
gested state. Tbe hud,, however
soft in texture, is laxative, and a
modern degree of laxativeness is ben
eficial, especially to breeding ani
mals, but there is no gain in passing
through the heaviest grain In a
nearly whole state. Belter use a light
grain, which will be more thoroughly
digested. It is com i nnlv supposed
that the oat which sells for the high
est price Is the best feed, but it is
not always the case Farming World.
Cultivating After Showers.
There Is no time better to culti
vate the soil than after a light rain
fall, by which we mean any shower
in which enough water does not fall
to make the soil sticky. There a e
scores of times when such rain falls
during the summer. In this is to be
Included times when the co n leaves
are wet with dew in the morning, so
that hitting the whl i.etree on the
leaf causes the drops of dew to fall to
the ground. Tuis dew Is always rich
in ammonia In summer, but unless it
is cultivated into the soil very quick
ly t is evaporated and entirely lost
Kvery cultivation of the soil, while
1 s surface is wet, imprisons some
mo sture under the turned surface,
and tbls condition is undoubtedly
favorable to nitrlflcat on of the air,
even If no ammonia were in the rain
water In the first place. Cultivation
alter a crust has formed on the sur
face prevents the radiation of heat
and the evaporation of molsiure, and
it does all the more good if the soil
turned up by the cultivator is less
moist than that which it turns under.
The Eitra Work Para.
It is often the complaint tbat or
dinary farming does not pay. It is
probably always tiue. The ordinary
kind ot farming is that in which the
farmer attempts to grow crops with
the least labor. He does not usually
succeed in saving a great deal of
work, for weeds and insects have to
be fought first or last to save the
crop. What he does is usually to de
lay the work until nearly ail the in
jury possible has been done. Ttvn
with tbe crop half or more ruined,
the work that has to be done does lit
tle good, and of course it does not
pay. 'J horough work from the first
costs somewhat more, but it pays
when the crop comes to be harvested.
Tbe mistake of the poor farmer is
most often seen in bis atttempts to
grow the crops that cost least labor.
It is such crops that never pay very
largely, because there ard too many
farmers In that Kind of competition.
It is true in farming as it is in every
other kind of business, that the ex
tra work, which Is more than most
will attempt, pays the best,
How to Dry Wet Shoe.
When, without overshoes, you have
been caught in a heavy rainstorm,
perhaps you have known already
what to do with your best kid boots,
which, have been thoroughly wet
through, and which, If left to dry in
the ordinary way, will be stiff, brittle
and unlovely. If not. you will be
glad to learn what I heard only re
cently from one whose experience Is
of a!ue. First wipe off gently with
a soft cloth all surface water and
mud; then, while still wet, rub well
with kerosene oil, using for the pur
pose the furred sides of canton flan
nel. Set them aside till partially
dry, when , second t eattnnnt of oil
is advisable. They may then be de
posited In a conveniently warm place,
where tbey will dry gradually and
tl oroughly. l efore applying French
kid dressing, (rive them a final rub
bing wltb tbe flMuielt stU slightly
dampened wilb keroaetM, aad your
boots wiU be soft and i.eiitks aa new
kid, and be very little affected bf
their bath in Uie rata
How Old Shall Cows Bo m.mt. .
Unless cow hats remarkable in
dividual value as a mlik and butter
producer, and has shown ability to
perpetuate these qualities in ber
progeny, 10 to 12 yean tald is long
enough to keep her. A good many
cows condemn themselves long be
fore tbat time. We have known
cows to breed up to 18 or 19 years
old. but they bad to be fed ground
grain and bran mixed wltb moistened
cut nay. The e was bo profit in
milk and butter made this way, for
the old cow. gradually lessened her
yield. The b ect was to procure
calves from this cow to be used for
breed. ng. But as the cow aecreased
in value so also did her calves Those
last born were feeble, and not good
milkers either. A cow whose milk
production has been artificially forced
for two on three years la apt never
the eafter to come up to the stand
ards i-ho had lefore, as the produ
t on of a a excessive amount of milk
impairs. the animal's constitutional
v.gor.
Keeping lee from Melting.
Ko. matter whether ice is pur
based or comes from the ice house
where it has been put up by Its own
er, for his own use, it represents
value and should not be wasted. If
exposed to the air it melts rapidly,
with, tbe effect of making the air
coolar. What is wanted is that the
lump remain unbroken and very
gradually cool whatever it is in
tended to preserve. Wrapping it in
cloths is oi ten practised, and for this
purpose woolen is better than cot
ton, as it is a proper conductor. Pa
per Is better than either, with the
lurther advantage tbat it d ies not
admit air, and when newspa; ers are
used they can be thrown away when
wet without any necessity of wash
ing or drying them.
Farm Notes.
All lines of business hXV0 their
ups and downs, and It is only those
who stick to what they have under
taken and follow it intelligently who
are successful.
No KAiiiii.K should be satisfied
with an "average" crop. The farm
should be made to produce more
every year than it did previously.
The average crop may cause a loss,
and a slight gain may be profit.
Ookn feeds very close to the sur
face, and for that reason tbe soil
should not be cultivated in a manner
to break the roots too much. Shal
low cultivation, ust suilicient to
keep the top soil loose, should be
practiced.
BiAN,- as a staple crop will find fa
vor with farmers this season who are
reducing a reage in wheat. Prices
are not liable to fall much for several
years. In Michigan, where great at
tention is given th.scrop, theyseldom
net as low as $i per bushei.
Mo.vr farmers have learned the
value o, pers, stent labor; many more
have yet to grasp the importance of
systematic work. These latter often
wouder why the city man, who takes
to farming, frequently makes a finan
cial success, backed by no practical
experience. I sually it is because his
school, college, or business training
has taught him discipline of mind.
I. a field Is coveted with weeds
turn on the sheep It is better to
convert the weeds into mutton than
to have them go to seed and stoctc
the land with weeds next season.
Sheep eat the weeds down close to
the ground, and they will come back
again for the newer growth If any
appears. Kagweed, purslane, crab
grass, pigweed and all young weeds
that are just starting will be con
sumed by them.
Fuhslane is a weed that is very
persistent, and it is not easily killed.
Geese are very partial to it, and hogs
relish it highly, une of the best
methods of destroying it Is to employ
a boy to feed it to the hogs, and It
will then be a crop worth having,
provided that the hogs are kept well
supplied with It; but it is not advisa
ble to attempt to feed h gs by allow,
ing the weed to grow If it can be
kept down. Purslane should not be
given the least chance.
Therk is sonie disposition to laugh
at men who go into agriculture late
in life. This is all wrong, as it is a
tribute to the attractions of the oc
cupat.on. It may be that they do
not go to work in a practical manner,
but most of them have some good
ideas. Often these men have money
enough to indulge In fancy farming,
and then, by bringing in improved
stock, etc, they prove themselves a
valuable addition to the community.
Do not discourage any man who
wants to try farming, but give hi.u
all the a d you can. There Is room
enough for all who come, In some
branch of tbe Industry.
Curing a Bolting Horse.
A horse purchased at an equine
"rubbish" sale was a confirmed bol
ter. No sooner was it harnessed
than it set off at full gallop, a career
wblcb generally ended in a smash
and the Immediate release ot the
culprit lint the new purchaser, far
from trying to check this propensity,
resolved, as be said, to "humor bim
a bit," and generously "lent him to
a fire engine." Tbe horse soon found
that be was encouraged not only to
bolt at the starting, but to keep up
the pace, and In six months was quite
ready to stand In harness or to start
at any speed wished by bis driver.
It is said that tbe light of a match
will frighten a wolf, but a love match
sometimes fails to keep the wolf from
the door.
Thbrjc is no severer teat of
reliance than a tbieadbara ault
elf-