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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1894)
OUR UUKAL READERS. SOMETHING HERC THAT WILL INTEREST TI M. t-ur-siu-ar mirriiaacst for Topa'ac Haj uvlii.l Fod4fr Plaat Slovenly nra I . ln(iiHUnc-To ( arc Hon T'.-pn n( iisyiitat-aft Ttioe who are obliged to store a portion df their hay in 6taeks from Uck o. trige rooui in the bar. .a, now how diilirult it Is to build a s.".:icfc that will remain good until it i- lirawrj to the barn in tbe winter, wnu-st' k lienton iu the American Aucuitiirlt This is lieeause it -tr contnues to set- tie while t he hay . ' the process of J't lerme n t a t i o n. " known as sweat- L4MM.I: M:CKKT.Iutf. " UeOCe It U ie tier to top the stacks after );,; ing using for the purpose wale grass when that can be obtained, not only because it is of small value for fodder, but also lve caose the bruaJ. tough leaves mat together and shed tbe rani be ter than upland gra-s. Wbeu the stacks are of consider able st7e, I have found great con venience io usinn wn.it is called a ladder bracket'' In the illustra tion. Fig. 1 shows the manner tn which it is constructed. The upper piece are of spruce or i ther st ong wood, two Inches square. Across their top is hoi ted a light plank six feet long, which makes a convenient platform. At A are iron pins put through each piece, which serve fur books. By thin means the biacket is Ptn. 1 LADtJIB ANI BBA kET IS POH1TIOX. rhooked on the ladder round at any height desi ed, making an adjustable platform on which an assi-tant can stand to rece ve the hay fritu the -man on the load, and pitch it up to the man on tbe stack. J-ig. shows it placed on tbe laditer ready for use. Jy UMng this simple contrivance, which a farmer can m.ike in an hour ' or two, it .seasy to lop a large stack, bu iding it up to a good or.n. In order that it may tie perfectly strong -and secure, it is best not to use nails in its construction, but fasten it en tirely with snjaJl car; age tx;u Molj- Farnilnr if there is any one thing more dis gusting than auothur in agriculture it Ui sloenlitiesp go-as you-plea.se farming. And it does mo e to u grude tbe occuj atioii in th minds of on looker than all the distateiul duties tog tlu.r, prominent aiming which a e the cleaning and purifying vf tbe cow stdhles and bog pens and me catting and distributing o' tiie II lb about tbe 'arm. It costs no nore to do a piece of work neatly than it does to do it in a slip-shod ashioa Tbe thoughts are bright to mm (he Gleaner's mind hv noting the oping a succulent forage plant unusu eork of gatlier iiL' a t'eld of bay which ally rich in suirar. and much relished ke paased in gottiL' and from h s place of iibor. The. men employed seemed to have had expe ience, but the work was wret:hedJy done, and more than half the value of what was in the beginning a line live-acre n. ow ing lot must have teen lost by the slip-shod manner i f handling tbe grans. In the I rst pi. ice, it was left standing till well past the lully ripe stage. The preparatory clipping with the wythe began on the Fourth of July, tbe ma n wo k not being started until ten days later, tbe few bund ed pounds of clippings lying by the road side io trie meantime, getting pretty thoroughly '-seasoned." Une briuht morning the machine was set a-goii g. and it laid down about one quarter of the field of handsome wan not even shaken up, .'rass. This tiut just at lirhtfall was raked thrown upon the -wagons and taken to the barns the j machine next .. owing at another ! quarter Thison-'aturday. A brisk j bower found tbe grass where the j machine bad left it, and it lay under a oieacmng sun auring next any, n it being- toucned till Monday afternoon, when it was raked and taken to the barn a black, unpalatable mas-: mixed with it was another quarter of tbe Held, cut on .Monday ana loaded without other handling than that afforded by the rake. Tbeprodu tot ; tbe tJrat quarter of i be lot was added to tbe other arter tbe same heedless treatment, and it is aale to say that tho last end of (bat hay m w will lie worse tbao the first and goodness knows that the first is bad enough. Whereas, but for the heedless, slip shod way of do ng the work, the re tit Would have been a mow of up wards of flueen tons of the cho cest bay a credit to tbe maker and a eoottouaJ feast to tho horses to which It waa to le served Hartford Cour aat fm Varr a Homr of Hoiking. So officer of the police detail said recently: "When 1 waa a mounted fslicetnan I learned of a most hu rie sod kind method of coring a ' talk? bone- It not only never falls, tit u we not fife the si Ifhiest pain t. aslmiL When (be bone re- f -j t p k Um froot foot by toe , zZt ttt ba4 the leg at Um koee ' - li ft tow for three aila ) czi M H Cow aatf aw will go promptly. Tbe only way in which 1 can account formic edcc'lv., mastery of tbe bore is that he can I think of but one thing a1, ,t me. and having made up bis mind out to go, my theory is that tbe tending of tLe leg takes his mind iron) tbe original thought There have been some bar barously cruel rueib ds lesoried to to. make a I alky horse go its way, such i as tilling its mouth with sand, severely beating the horse, or. as in lone recent case, cutting out bs tongue The humane societies would have their hands full to care for all these cul lies to animals. Jf they only knew, the owi en of horses woud adopt iny treatment, and there would be no trouble with the erst while troublesome baiKf horse." ur Animal Friends. C w or ( irA Quite a good manv people have the belief that iood. c eaol rie-s. Intelli gence n compound irivi rations and in feeding them, pure water, and skill exercised in tbe manufacture of but ter have more to do with it all than has the cow, since there are com paratively wortnles cows In ull breeds, says a correspondent of 'Hoard's 1 airyman." It is said that Jerser butter will stand up" letter than will any other. That all de pends. Tuere ar..- . eiseys and jerseys, and some oi their butter will 'stand up" and tume will -sit down" or run away, If you give it a chame. ' Nin -ty nine out of eveiy loo pounds of milk drawn from healthy, properly led and cared lor cows, will u.ake butter that will '-stand up and los ses s god Ujdy tlavo and texture," if the conductor of tbe traiu is an art ist If be is a d.iub" as many of them are, be'il spoil IL Thai's about aU there is of it, and the attempts to make the dairymen of this country, or the world, believe that all this de pends on tbe cow and that uo other cow than tbe Jersey can do it. will fail Th fcar y H rml Apple. The early har est apple is very likely to irverbcar. but it is uite good for ies wbTi not !ully grown, pro vided enough sweetening is added tc ake off tbe surplus acidity. It best to shake otf some inui all the tiees even though there Is no market for tht m, for those lei t to ri.en will be greatly improved in 1 e and flavor, I liesides making sure that the tree will erttc' fruit buds tor bearing tbe next season. I sualf the early haret tiee allowed to ripen all its fruit In years of abundance bears Dothing tbe following year. Wngner'n t'ttt P-a. Great 'nterest is manifested in the new fodoer plant Lathyrus .ilvestrii! Wagnenl, otherwise known as Wag ner's fat pea. r ome thirty years ago the celebrated agronomist, Ilcrr Wagner, of Munich, i.erniany, began crossing and improving varieties ot Lathyru--, until from a bitter, worth less weed he has succeeded in de el- 1.AT11KI KII.VEKTK1H. by all kinds ot stock. Tbe plant is a close relative of the sweet pea which ' it much resembles in appearance. t;ros two. three, or more feet height with root that run till they , find water, even to twelve feet, and some say twice that It see i 8 to iourih on any soil, growing well upon rocky, sandy, or gravelly soil, chang Dg hard and barren ground to fertil soiL lry seasons do not seem to hinder luxuriant growth, and It needs no manure, stals. with leaves it has a tleshy ' thr-e or four inches long, shapec" like willow leaves, and glvln three cutt ngs In a season, yielding In all some lour tons of dry barter acre. It Is claimed that, when once established, it will j last fifty years. Uild and Kudu. Salt dissolved In alcohol rill lake out grease spola it nana peels will clean tan shoes as well as regular dressing. t; ii nt i i.a t:k should never oe appl ed to a bruised wound. Wood ashes very finely sifted are good for scouring knives and tin-: ware. t ii.i sliced potatoes fry better! when a little flour is sprinkled over them. j A si itoso solution of salt and water! will remove the poison of bees or m- s-1 ouito stings. A 'i ka.-i (KiNFfi. ot powdered borax; added to cold starch will teud to give the lnen extra stillness. (Viah-i -lii-.oiM colee sprinkled on ashovelful of burning coals will re move offensive odors frun a sick room. lr youdesire to papeir a wall that has beeo wbitewa-hed, rub the wall down with a cloth wet In strong vin egar or saieratus. Whbn nsinir a spoon or whisk for beating, take long upward strokes, tbe more rapid the better. The spoon should touch tbe bottom of the liowel e Ch time, and tbe motion must l regular. Fiiwkk will keep better In damp and than Io water and a center piece of Sowers -for tbe table may be ore k acefnlly aod rmly arranged io a jar tf wet saod toao id a fouo flatioa of awes. WRAPS FOR AUTUMN " U"Ak f VXV Ui UJlil. TIME HAS COME FOR THEIR CON. 8IOERATION. "oaoa Who SWag-hl Small, rrork OaU La-t Winter Arm Hot Oolaf to Throw ir-Mf Bola( Mad Or.r Bux Paltara Pupal r. Coats aad Capo. No York corrpon1er,eei HE time hn come for tiie o n ids a tiono. i utti ca, es an w ap-, tor buying new ones, i tuai is p s-ible, for making o er tiie ol w.t i a lembianee o. t e new wheu thai ea i be managed Tbe e 1 1 Uca of tbe latt r t.oin; on. thouga. ..s u.ual, too re ttv e a e n t wall ad. i p ted to niakin ; over 1 epend up on it all trie wo mu'i who bo ght swell fro k o at fir lUt-idj wear la t ear are n t going to th-ow them away. They are ribt. too f r the woman h is b y ine new th a fall w 1 gel a n at of b x ptu-rn if he has obi coiiu. f she can ave u t what she w u a. -he w 11 bateagol cape. Thi cape Is im dif ferent as can bo from the b ou affair of many colo s and m re frills, whit; i died ut of fasl.i n la t spi-i g fnm over-elabora io.i. 'i beg 1 ia hesn the knee-, is made a go 4 d a lie a skirt, gored moth abou t e rh ul d. r and si r aJing wid at ibe eJ e, but Uli no iolds. ll is ma e o wiry or twee i-like ma'er ;il and a. a tue, in solid colors. The lioing Is the characteristic pa t o t e ga mci t It must ( iitra-t rtr ngly w th the i ut s de, may be of the most bril iant fOH AUTCMS JOCK"lriKfl plaid, and Is al rs t silk. The ca-e may be i nished w th a big hood, well lined, or w th a second caoe in cut 1 ke the under one, o ly n uch sho. ter. We.l-to-du women are publi hintf their o e .slon of Urge p irse bv se lect in w aps which i'tt ly ignore a iv I such thin.' hard time, or early (all 1 ..up u. . m . i i.l it ,t (.fib- unrt 1 u 1 iap are shown, and be irnti At ketch d -pi t one if the-e whlca ha- n sleeves, tjf waV;re.d Bilk a a trim 'ed wl h enetlan lace, it is cut prince , ench s de showing a garniture of two b ia o of g ipur.- in ertion. The bai k ii cut o.I at the wiist and te s-cir is then gatherei very full W th' bo'U e ertion. A circua' col ar enrich Hi w th guiinire forms ln-etelles in back and is cape-li 'e in front. Aside rn:t) th -?e out-lie giirinerit-'. n one it m o man's attne is mude Ume ,,, vellr H t.-ave ing gowns. Ma to exnres-i u ich of novel tv at this womon do not iak their outing ui ti rep ember I eins and she wbi has a lar?e ward otic delights in havbar irowns fo the autcmu tri w hich are so a?g e sively now as to impress the obtt r.er with the fact that they did not do r-ervice in the Timer .n urney ings. As l lainn iss . nd e rnparat ve simp icity are a requi. em tut. feign ers need be ingeaiou to devise rome th nif novel. How well thev sueMjed at times isshovin bv t'ie traveling rig of lhis second illust -ation. Cut fr m tan wool -n suiting showing a small ehck. its left front laps over, as shown, a d falls almost to the bottom in a big bo pleat. The fal-e skirt snowl g enea h the box pleat is of plain tan stuff of a darker shade than the others. The d ess has no darts and the fullne s s confined in the waist by a sa-h of br wn turah. Tho drap?i sleeves ate wide and comforta b e a d have turned back cuffs faced with white surah. They are also gar jt-vnrv o hsd oh ska. nt 'bed with brown surah and rosettes of the same. Home-spun, serge, cheviot, tweed and cloth And the usual amount of favor for earl . tall wear. Thech.-viots re particularly pretty. M my woven of lltl-col rwd threads that make a fawa or tea tone have a nne line of owe Itfhtoolor marking off Inch and a half s i oar a Bomettmee a point r Haw of orifht-eotored thravads will be wo In the sqaaret. 7 ey are e ra b'nei wlto w toned or . i ia eni r d i ilk. i re-n tbe ere a e oice i n.e-t oltea i- Je f r dre e to be worn ob - p t-8 1 a the wate-, ui.d n J b ae U natunlt a muo laror d color. Of such " aterial aad h i Is toe ver.' pretty dre Mhiea t e rti t ia t j r'KDtt n this roetu'n the full kin it rnarnenU d ow y by thre ) rows of e -arsa Ik ti eti ; a - uud tbe 1 ottom. W it i li in worn .t st i i blue and bi'e jer-ev an I asboit girdl' 1 e a ket held in pi see bytwised ribbo s listen a I on tbe s mu.ue s. I k takei the letu in the new ty'e-. a. it u-.ua! y does, but e or-a e s ue to follow. La t seas n s iw sm h a "reg I ar a " of color hat .t is to lie h ped tha wome i c. n res ra n them l e tj Boui.-t ing like g. od laste tbii imj. Butteruut bi'owu, whieh is 1 AM IlOSAHLi. FALL TVfBS re-illy only a dull I laek. is to be a str.-et co o f r the tail in ombina ti d with th e er-audacious 11 agi n a, wuich u i 1 not g.ve u aniioawny a omaoy wouieu ifh it would. n of the tir t colors t . fo low t ie b!a-k lead t ward new vogue is gray. A p plia o s Iver g ay. ti-imrnl , iih gr.iy velvet gra. slice and -luui ga loon, i u-e . Io the dre4 whl h aip-ar-i at the eft in the ne t oieiure .tsbforid skirt Is aiiu.'il wilu velv t and irallcxin, a id has an apro.i overskirt lilcli is similarly ga uis. ed mid iithtly drafmj on the right side. 1 he ho .iv Ir int Is t im ed with pleated velvet and the low r part is coi e ed by a deep fitiod gir le The g.rniiure ion t ts of slashed h'etellos and epaulette , trimmed with vel et : nd g.illixm. Tbe mo e a ely wide trig t sii-eves ana tae anding col at- a e plaid. More novel but less pronoun' ed of co or Is the companion costume 10 t hitt just de-crib i. Its st iff is uark-bl e cri on and ihe t..-.uiinltig ate b'nek watered sillo ri lon and olored era broidery on bands of unhlca hed linen. Th si- (i-t iH edged w th a double box pi.-ated niching "f b ek moi e ri 'b n which stop on e ich side about fifteen inches from the at-n center t-eam, endi g in a U i b w. At the t p are two Kxket flnp on ea h ide, the un er one of linen, the top f crepon. In the la-t , icture two ra undue dresses a poar. The left baud one is U't dee i m'i rn az, and is mad i of hjavy blac c c e e cloth with a gored klrt banded bf a deep blue fold of era e. A largo plas ron an i revers wril h form a d -ep ro nd a- ar in back appear o i the bodicu. li th are of crape, and a ere a lisse bow is pi ced a t e n 'ck. Th gig t sleeves are banded wi h narrow bias crate lolds at the wai t, an the stanJ n; eollar is of the same materia,!.. 'J be M h THI OAKB 4 OBIBViar. other dress Is lost w-mbor, and Is from bla k w oln su ting. Over its Ml shaped i nd rsklrt comet a draped overs irt which is open on the left 4ie and garnished with th e ; rows of black wo tlcn brail. The bod Ice is fitted in back and has loose ja ket fronts, which open to show avost of bl ck gr.x-gr in shirr d several times around tue neck. Folde I grc sgrain gives h wi.ie girdle wnich fastens with a small bo d in back. The sleeves are shirred sev-r 1 timet t ear the urmho e. and are edged with braid, whi h it a so p it on t ie revers and turned down collar. Many velvet weave . ure on th t m r kta.id so sati f ct ry ii col r and ftm-as are s mo f thee t at it in iy Ixj ell toihink tw co ixs ore plungi ig 1 to genuine ilk velvet, ror womon who ha e i cached the bea ity of g a hair. bl-ick v Ivet will alwHys le tht ideal formal gown A really toyhl gown worn ' y tho ma est ic mother of a pretty b ide at the woidl g lees ti on was of silk velvet, na'e with a io-:oof dm hess lao o er ti e velvet. The lee e er-' e o m us el et pull's leaching to tb - ei ows. (toints of a e e; tend ti lr. m the yoi-e over tbe puffs and rich iaco cutis were sol on the band of the s . eves tu turn unk r gainst t'.i velvet Th t skirt a lo g in front, itt fo ds nwinsr heavily when pu-hei foiward. A wids tain foil from under th pi fnted bisiloe, se r- j Inz to either hide and furml.ig as it ; b( backgriiif! ia the woman spb-ndid height. Her hair, a sn w whit ', was piled high at tue b ck, and held with an iv. ry comb. At the ore head the 1 cks pa ted s iftly to either side. Si ch a gown was magnificent lo its simplicity und cou d oot be im proved upon, but like other works of art It i cost was g. eat. Oewrrlab. wa The heart of a Greenland whale Is ' yard In diameter. h n Mm r, ti i tu l hi tl U.1 U ' ii Hi Ll M DOMESTIC J5C0X0MV. TOPICS Of INTEREST TO FARMS AND HOUSEWIFE. How air. Dnt. nail SiWirf Hrl.l In tho Ouil at Ihf iaiu T air talu f Vhlt C ovrr Kucllah llur.-.- - ItipvnUiK ut Frail. , A K-sium WIt rrM Fall. The conect condition for soil to ls in is when ll is Ut to bold three things, each in t tie riuht quantity, ne.lher too much nor too lute o either. They are, says Oilman's oral World air, beat and water. Too much of either will cause the crop- lo ail, whoe too little will h.ive the same e ecu You see how dl cult a science is farminur, in fa t, you have felt this all your live. Air, beat, and water have each an an n ty for each otuc-r, and yet they are eaeh antagiinlatic to each other, sc tbe trnuolc is just how to maintain the best po-sible balance of all thren in the soil at one time, and cuntinti-ou-ly while the (Top grows. If you shut enher out of the soil the crop will die, and if you give either In too reit a uantity It will likewise die 'I he ma ii v processes you eiiect when wo.kug land are all under taken lor th i - en i, thouuh some of yi u may not have liefore seen it in i this way. To the man with the ; i n I Mini (arming .mention thi-knowledge is jiertiaps of no use al all in every day piactice To tnoe who arc eve. anxious to learn the reasin wnv, it N at iea-t a satisfaction, if nothing else j To illustrate bow air, heat, and-1 water can l held In the soil at the 1 same lime take in imagination a toil, and Ull ii. with sod worked up iuio a tine tilth after a good autumn rain. In th.s . ase you h.ive air heat, j and waier each io correct uantity. lou; waier geut'y in on t he s-dl in the tuh till you Know it will not ab sorb au more, 1 on tnereby dr.ve out the air and any farm plant growing in it will then dwindle and Ui -. Make a bole in the bottom of the tub to let the water e-t'ae. and the uuireyou pour in. H done gvo'ly, 1 like falling ram, and not loo . on sianlly the more the plant w 11 j bourir.li 1 . however the water is j cold arid the surrounding atioo-ii.icre In cold also. I hen ;ii'.nii the pbinlwiil P'tie: the cohl air and cod water will ; k..l it if c.i.itiiiiie.. Trv the tub ; ug'liii tilled wil b soil n twoiked hto a tl'lh. I ut In small clods. In llns case you woiilO have air hlliog all the 1 spac s .it tbe epv,se oi the water or inoisitire. bur u a ram the spaces j would e lliied with water, wn ch would at once run thtougti the suit- ; soil, to lie imuiedlately loiiowed by I air to till the interstices. If the air i waa cold it would tend to kill the lit- ! tie moisture retained by the clods 1 would at one evaporate, and in ; either case vegetation would sutler. ! 'J ake the I un again and llll it with a : a firm lay soil. The clay would hold i moisture but i.ol air. As regards j beat, t would be warm when tho at nio-.p:iere was hot, and cold as the j weather changed to cold. The heat and . old w.uid not so often be chain iug, waim in the day arid cooling o i j rapidly at night, that plains here again would not be strong. I it is very important to lc;tr iu j rntiid when wo k u.' a tleld th it you wantitin such . condn ion thst it will hold 'these three elements iu well balanced propo tioi s. A sjsaige is a gtsjd illustration of bow water is held iu rapillary altra-'-lioti. Dm a ssiiii;rt in a tu.i of water, and when lifted out it is full ot w;:ter an v d ot air: give It a gentle squeeze Vj eliminate so i:e of Ihe water, air immediately lakes Its place. You then Have both air an I water held n the s; one. Not only thai, but tbe moist sponge wou d ho il l" at in a more uniform degree than f it was either full of water or on ilc dry. it would not cool oif antl heat up so milcgiy with every . hange of temperature u the weaUer. j waUT costs more thau the (lour. Woole i ami linen a rics also I I us- i irate this power of retention of heat I l o ' r'it'' ,r" '" or Knalano. WihiI in its tl re is ho, low, linen '.s At its 'Irs I establl h merit the Inex. solid. I ut your hand on a roll of ' Ierieoce of Its founders was by no llauncl -the llanuel feels warm, it 1 m ans ihe worst peril which the gently altsiirlis and ictalns the heat 1 bank had to enctvunter Jtwassur froiu the han , the mlriule hollows ! rounded tiy enemies, whose opposl- and spaces of the la iric i raw the heat and hold it Try the same with a roll of 1 nen in the same loom. It feels coid to the touch. It Is a more soiid lio y, like a clay noil, which draws the heat iroin the bind rap diy to let It go again io the same rapid manner. Ti.e wool rep.eseuts ante 0eu friable suil-- always growing, nota.'ected by rapid changes irom heat t coid, nor from dry to wet; the linen, that of a heavy solid clay soil, always either too hot or too cold. t o wet or too dry. Ktiii i lovr. tine of the most valuable plants for pasture, when sown with other kinds, Mivs the New ork Times, is while (lover, lis nutritive jiialliies an: considerably Ix-itr than iho c of red i lover, arid It is u hardy, iier.slsr ent plant. It will grow under the shade of Ihe stronger grass and c over, making a dense lottom that, while it is not available for hay, yet a lords a large addition to iho feed tor pasturih' a .imals. It Is lieyorut reproach lor cows and sheep, but for horses has the ciTccl in iho late sum mer of salivating them profusely, so lunch so as to make them o,u te ihin. It has the same etfe. t upon mules, and these animals should, therefore be sept out of fields in which It grows to any extent It will be a useful occupation for a sparo hour or two to scalier a pound or this seed over Ihe pasture, espec . ally where the grass Is thin. It wilt show next seasuo, and ou e having pussesslna of the ground ll will seep It for several years. It Is tbe best of all the booey-producing plants kanwn, and, having a lony blooming season. It Wen make more money from It than from any other svtuioe Iu effect wpn the yield of w.lk ed butu-ro thecowslsso atpar'r always to dnrw Ironi tbe butu-r-niaker the remark: -The cow aie getting the white-rioter now." Aod this is always the rase when, at Uii lime, the cows are turned into in newly mown mead w where thw piant is abundant Klprn'ns of Frtrtr, .Jrapes, unlike most otlwrr ftulta never riKii any after picking All that can be ex ected io the way or change is the evaporation of of the water, and Dually dec y. They must be in perfeci co dition for cat ion when plucked, or the full alue of the fru is will be m ssed. Tne K. oibd I plucked an soon as ripe, however, and stored away in seiue 3.mJ place They ran Imj p eserved even lomrer than ears basplierriea, slrawiicrnes, arid blackl en les gain very little alter picking. They should lie allowed to reach llieir fuli g owlh be lore pick ng. but they aie worth less for keeping if allowed to reach the stage common!, known as "-icad ripe." They are ben unlit fot shle ping. I radically, the destructive forces havealreadv started into opera tion at thai pjint and nothing will che k them after suco a starL Kiifll-h llor-. In spite of the imptrrts from To land. Finland, lleliand and even America, and the pony trade with the lialtlc. the Kriwllsh eKrt of horse-enormously exceed the wo"l In value. A three years total ges A2,.i.iJ.iii)0 or exixmia a agaiust 4oi,(ion or Im ports am-i treauality and pric- of Knglish horses rise steadily. The import-do not ncludl those from Irelan , which until re cently suppl ed tne entire ltelglan army witn remount and al present largely till the ranks of London cab horses, Ihev fetch on the aveisge alsiut Un upit, and us a new han som cab costs l"d, the hirer employs the leiii)o ary use of a capital oljtlW and the serv.ee of the tin ver. Itait the uu iibcr of calj- stead ily decressra, and irom the horses s Int of new this decline is hardly U) I deplore I. NntrA. TiiKliest wiy to iheckmate low prices for leedstuffs, says a wilte , is Ui keep good rlK'k local theiu. A i. admit that a cow needs shelter In w inter; but It Is ejua ly necessary to furnish her prole lion from Hies and the scorching rays of the sun of summer. N , i n waste good a-hes. Save every pound, and use them on the uicliam laud, torn cobs are very ric.i in p tush, and the ahes of such should ie preserved carefully. T .1-. sow ui un lie in thrift condi tion to raise thrifty plir. Feed her on sticcU'i-iit iood. i oosed or su-aiucd clover, turnips, potatoes, beets and a va lety of Iood. with a due ptopor t.on of arain. will keep her rn tbe lest ondilion. i s - i. h animal is sure to bung a good price but he who has all i rst-class sloe usually obis na the lop of tbe market.' When they aM seem to lie of one mold, and thai a good one, ihere are dealers ready to take them as a lot (i a is essentially a milk, cream and butter food. The finest grain mixture ever devised will not answer so we. I V hen t be latter is given it shou d be w lb the idea of making hone .rid muscle, while the grata makes the milk V ben the grass U poor the chopped if rain ts a good ad junct. T i': handiest and most effective wav to app y parls gree.n to xtatoet is Iu Ihe orm of ad y mixture with lour. It st cks loiter than any oilier subslauci;. a very small i uan tity is suil cie nt; and w th a small sitter it may lie appl ed rapidly and with little waste . It does not lo vo ve such bard work, and Is really ' ' that reason. Carrying lion arose partly from political and partly from selfish motives The goldsmiths. n whose hand . tbe bank ing of London, such a it waa ha I developed Into i q;n-t profitable lr de. were natural. d s posed to set every olistacle n their rival's way. They couiende that an Institution on so large a scale was likely to aa sume the control of all financial bu. ties oa euree most threaten. lug lo the common interests of tho I country, anu lo attain so much power j as would give lo It a dangerous au I thorlty and Influence, even with tho I National Government They pre . ten.ied to lores e that, as soon as It was tlrruly e-tablished, it would so raise the rate of Interest as to cripple i dusiry. while filling Us own cotl.-rs ly H-urr. And In Ibis there was no . doubt some reason, fornunr or thern had growu w. atthv by the very metb sis they now denounced. Some of them employed their means freely in endeavors to embar lus. ;hu bank, and their plot were ""''" " ourciBsiui enoiiub lo bring their new rival Into danger, line of the most unscrupulous or iu enemies was Mr Charles 1 unoomtA who bad lately pu chased a magn t oeu i estate out of the pro.U of bit own banking buslno-s On one oc casmn he is said to have sold his co tire holding of bank slock, amount ing to M.,noo, In order lo discredit IU reputation, and, s me years later to have t (inspired with others U create a run bv mil t in.. . .. I anting on one day ou.o, o lo notes oi vneuant-Macmlllio'sMairaxloe, I r sounds like a shame to rail ,omm men professor.