A SONO OF OLD TIMES.
irr- totbttikef old-tin, day brifW.t and
Th li 1
Bor .p.; oreak o' day o' U riuwl f im ..aat
10 w a.;
Muus ri lu' r.ghi ou tima wnblouo'
Inn,
as awrat l rl dou ih- uil kiu l.ero tin rai-
tlCIOad tiltt liifl!
Lot to ( hlnk of
tli Un.l. -
Tlie ml k illl d il-tj Llo-
T ua bird i. a iui.u lirp eA;4rr
n-w-i im lard aiuaJni;
lb n am o I ii iho to i lift u' 1 1 luv. r wltb
the ring :
oil tic. a day t1 glorr iD
ijin'-ttiectittna
tLa i tl e
i'f old time day- to n' ll loo
an' mora In-
Ixjva ti tb uk
lu.t .
Lovaoa lt un.re e ter lb
ciinm! to at ;
Allib. i.ri.l, brlti'.cr -d n t tuattor ubat
they hm,
Iveif lirnrt wu 1 (jlilor an' le I tiipp, ou tb
wiv t
Lov to think f old time da; akw wiaal
wijra . in-;
Vlo'et otoHh in -d a.arikbrrai, ,a t t .liikliu'
l li lli dew !
But win t Um mo' l lii a kin' au dreaiiilu' iay
au m. Ii r
II th U llnti aat lb" I rlgllteat w k D Ulake
tb uew ilmaa luigU. 1
HOW ANGELS
GOT KKLIGIOX.
"Never heard how we got religion j
lo A ug.-i. stranger? Yer ii'e'mas j
atote Atmels r t to be sech a big
camp as 'twas later on. but it was a
rich amp and a mighty w.eked one
'lhere were lots uv chaps there
whc'd je-L as soon die In their hoot
as eat: and every other bouse was a
dance-house or a saloon or a gam
bling hell. Pretty l'ete and hispird
ner Hve Ace boo, was reckoned
the wickedest in n In tlie Male: an
Old liill J iiiei. what kept toe lio.den
West Hulei, had a national reutila
Hon for i us-in'. The idea of a jar.
sop striking the cauip never was
thought uv; hut one dav 1 wa i1 y
lug hank Into eie's yamc when Five
Ace came runnin' In 'n' se. 'l:oys
I'll be , but there's an ornery
uss of a par on Jest rid up to ones-',
lie's j la pardner with him. and he
'lows he's (Minx to convert the camp.'
Vi sr. as
vkk nee, r
iko up it '
A MINIMEII or
The he is,' says Pete. -I'll lln-
Jsh the deal and go down and see
ab ut that ' So we all walked down
to .dues' and thar, sure 'null. In the
bar, talking with Old Bill, wu. the
j.arson, Hack coat and white tie 'n'
all. He wan a big, scpuar'-shouldered
hap witb a clack beard and keen
g ray eves that looked right through
yer. His pardner was only a lioy of
20 or no, with a yellcr. curly ha'r
pink and white tral'x face, and I.Ik
lluecyes We all walked in, 'n' Fete
he stands to the bar V shouts fer a'l
hands Wr drink: 'n' to our surprise
the parson 'n' the kid Ixith stepped
up and c illcd for red llcker u'
)rank It Alter the drink was Un
shed the parson se: KJent , as yer
ee, I'm a minister of the (iospcl;
but 1 see no harm In any man dr.nk
inu ez Ioiikc he ain't no drunkaid.
1 drank jus., now because 1 wanfyou
to see that I am not ashamed to do
telore yer face what I'd do behind yer j
nuckv 'liiKfii yer are, parson,' sez
l'ete, 'put It thar, 'n' they shook
bands, and then l'ete he up and
called o f the hull ifani, f ive Ace 'n'
Lucky Karnes V 1 irty Smith V one
V all the ret uv ein. The narson
book hands with ail uv us and e I
he wa koIiik to have a meetin' In
Miitty Sal's dance-house that nlht.
. 'twas the hiest hhjiu In camp'n'
asl us alt to c -we, 'i,' we sed we
Would.
When we eot outside l'ete so,
Hoys, you mind me that devil
dodtfer'll capture the camp;' 'n' he
oid That nixht we all went alori:
down lo shiltv's and found the pT
un and the kid on the platform
when- the llddlers ust to sit; and
everv man In camp wuz in the au
dience. The pa s m sjioke first He
tied. Kients, 1 want to tell yer first
off I don't want any uv yer dust
I've itot enuir .fer luysolf and my
younii friend, V there won't be no
rnke-o.r hi Ibis yer mcelln'-botise, 'n'
l'ui not here to preach against any
mail's way o' inaktu' a livin'. 1 will
preach iitfln drunkenness, and I shall
nocak privately with the gamblers:
b tl want lo keep you men In mind
if your homes 'n' yer wives 'n' )er
sweethearts, and get yer to lead
cle iner lives, so's when yer meet 'em
ag n icr'll not b'V to be 'shamed '
and then he sed we'd hev a souk, 'ii'
the youngster he started In'n' played
a concertina and sam, 'Yes We
Will Gather at the lllver,' V there
wu.n't one uv us that It didn't re
mind uv how our mothers ust to
dreis us up !siu;l:iys V send us to
Sunday schoo. and stand at the doo -to
watch us down ht eot, and call us
back to ast If we were sure we I ad
our clean imcket hm.dkerchur; V I
tell er, mister, thar wu.n't a man
with dry etcs la the crowd when he'd
finished. That vounit fell' r hud a
Vice like 'a anuel. l'ete he sa.d it
wu. a tenner v'lce, but Five A e
offered to bet 111 ui m ki fiO It wur.
more like a tlf teener or a twenty.
"Well, thuiKS run along for about
week, 'o' one day l'ete come to me
and m.: '1 ook here, I (alters, thla
tere camp ain't no Jay camp, 'a' we've
got to hev a church fer tb parson,
lie's a Jim-dandy, and woo't uk for
not b I tiff. He'd .'att oatchedly go on
praylo' ana preachln', 'n' tryln' ter
are a couple of wblaky-soaked aoult
ilka your'a. and bill Jonea', wblcb
Ib'I worth powder to blow tbem to
, ' roud let bla fft on 401a1 It
! In that old sba k cf Sal's 'n', never
uta.e a nmvo . w I'm nuin' to
ru-tie round 'n diu' op a-item:?
liom the ik'.vs and we'd jeht bu.ld
; him a ineeilu' ijouse as M lie a credit
; In l lie c.ilup: 'u' in a tew d.i)' the
j .tlJ bed a yiKKl lo( meetin' Poue
' built, tlmned. 'n benches in IJ 'n'
eve ythm. 1 lie pursuit was tickled
most 1 1 death. Next tbev I. ma liim
a h ue 'n be V h.s pardner n.oved
into it 'J in n l et s d the rhureb
h.id to be mooerlv .iranli-d tiil tt,
j b. v deacons 'it' chore i wardens V
'-iiu u ioi its: o owi hiii .(ones
'ir A hi bam 'n' me wmk made deacons,
'n' lvt! 'n' Jrhe Ace wu. cliurch
waiilens. .
"In a month every la-t man in
campviu worryin' 'bout his future
i-tate. Old liill .ones came into
ni' ttin' one nlifbt with his face 'n'
hands washed 'n' an old black si, Hon,
Mitdown on the anxious den h aud
a-t to e prayed fer The parson
utieli down 'n' put his arm round
him. 'n' now he did pray; lfore he
uot throunh Lu ky Uarnes, . labaru
'n' me u. ou the bench too. 'n' l'ete
snoved ins ( hluamat: ud the aisle by
tin; collar 'n sot h m down 'lonirslde
o' me l'ete said be was a hlKhLoned
Christian Kentleman biin elf, bed
leen bom V raised a Christian, V
was a senior churchwarden to loot,
and that he'd make a Christian of Ab
l-oo or spoil a Chinaman. That par.
son played most pnwertul that nluht.
As a o.f-hand, rouKh-'n'-iuiuble, free-'n'-easy
prayer. 1 never see his beat;
he bed the whole au ience in teais,
'n' jou miKht have heatd l'ete's
aniens 'n' lory hallaluvers otl to
H ller's Klau t. Id Jones wu. a roll
ing arm nd on the lloor 'd' hollering
ter to be saved from iho devil before
the parson was half finished. V he
made so much noise that I ete hed to
tire a bucket uv water over hitu to
uiet him down. That meetin' wu:
so plum full uv the spirit e. the par-p-on
called it that It never broke up
till i- o'cock. 'n' wouldn't er broke
up ttien only l'ete said he'd hev to
quite, his shit to deal faro iietruo
at I '.
"There wuz over twenty per:esses
that niht not couiitin' i ete's ( hlua
man. 'u' next Sunday we lied a big
baptl.m in the creek, V forty uv us
was put through, l'ete sed he reck
oned Ah Koo had better be put
through every day for a week or so,
sence he'd a ways been a dod fisted
heathen, but the parson 'lowed onct
wuz enuff, but he ilve him an extra
dip Jest lor luck: 'n' I never see a
more ornery look In' 'uss In niv Hie :
.hun that Chinese were when he ,
came out.
"Waal, stranger, things run alontf
nice an1 smooth fer a co iplo uv
mouths er so t il t brls'mus c me
ni(h 'J'he boys hed been a keepin'
iniiihty straight: thcrf wasn't a man
in camp that drunked more'n wu
hullsome fer him; there hed n't til ri a
sho tin' scrape for weeks. Nary a
man packed a nun. 'n' when a Kent
'ud forKlt 'n' drop a cuss word he'd
be(r pa dlriK. The parson wis thick
with all the buys, ile writ 1 niters
for us, advised us about all our biz- j
Dess, V knew all about everybody's
affairs. Lots uv 'em wave him their
dust sack to keep fer 'em, 'u' be
knowed where every man hed his '
cached.
"AlonK icst afore Chrls'mus cum.
lele called a imetiu' uv the di aeons I
' ever .' tine turned t.rou 1 to "n -Kreat
bii: iilack- i'anid cu-. at .e
door a tiverut' the bi.d uv u
will a douli.e l arre ed bijuljui. Vi'
jest staudin' thar tool it' s M-ut
l-aie' ruund liere, er f .mis '
yelled some ody In a sharp (ju'ck,
bi nus-1 eanlu' v ice 'n' all lurid
faced round to II ml the par on boid
injf 'em up w th anothei shoWuu
own br tber to the one theotbercuss
hed. 'I don't want a word out. er
yer,' he sed. 'Yer see my Katoe now,
don't yer Thar aint a mm in the
house Vept the ones you sei-, 'n' if
any Kent makes any riw in th s yer
ii eet.n' 1'li i II bis hide so ; inm full
o' holes 't won't ho'd his bones The
kid will now ta'-e up the collection,
'n' e. it's the first on i we ever hev
taken up yer must make It a liler'l
one. sec' The kid started out wit.h
a Kunn'sack. 'n' went throuKh every
last man in the crowd. He took
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER
AND HOU.A-!F.
wla 1 another 'c.-arre
The German miiies si.,
jHitasn, ano toe ! lend a
ents :s ertecu u hi Ibc ,
of
nitrogen,
him with
; f all ele
i lib er fjc-
TE ACHING THE CAT A LESSON.
tr.n SKB MV OA ME NOW don't YE'? '
A MKI!TI!t
UV THK DIACONS
WARDENS."
'n' churchwardens down to his place,
V after the sexton Ah Fist had
brought In a round of drinks he said:
dents, c. chairman ex-oriicer in this
yer layout, I move that we Ki'e the
parson a little present fer Chrls'mus.
Yer know he won't take a durn cent
from us, V never has I' v course he
has taken a few thou and from time
to time to send to orflns 'n' thltiKS
uv that kind, but not a red for bis
self or pa rd; V 1 move that we make
him a little present on Chris'mus
day, V t needn't be so little.
either (.cut's In favor'll say so, and
Kents wot ain't kin keep mum. ar
ried, V that settles It Five Ace 'rV
me'll take in contributions, V we
won't take any ess than io cases.'
'1 hat u. two days afore C hrls'
mus day, V when it come i'ete 'n'
Five Ace hed about five thousand In
dust V miKKCts fer the parson's
piesent. l'ete assessed Ah l oo a
tnontn s pay, 'n' ne kicked bard ac
everything even to the rlnKS on our
flnKcrs. The parson hed the drop,
V we tnew it 'n' never kicked, but
jest glv' up our stuff like lambs.
"After the kid hed finished he
took the sack outside 'n thets the
last we ever seed o' him Then the
parson he se. ''V now. Kents, 1
must say adoo, ei I must be a travel
In', for I hev another meetin' to at
tend this eve'. 1 want to say iho',
afore I ko. tbet you're the orneiiet
Hung of fools I ever tilaved for
suckers. A few friends uv mine hev
taken the liberty, while you've b' en
to meetin' this ble-sed Chrls'tuasnay,
uv Kol'i' through yer cabins 'n' diK
KUi' up yer Ittle caches uv dut 'n'
uther valables. Yer stock he, all
been stampeded, V yer K"ns yer'll
tlnd some whar at the I ottom uv the
crick My friend at the door will
hold yer level while I walk out, 'n'
we will then ke p yer ulet fer a few
minute- loiiKe.' throuKh the w nder
jest so's we can git a nice cumi'table
start, 'ir so tuey am. nai c a we
do? The parson walked out. Kiin
iiIiik all over himself 'n' he 'n' his
pals they nai ed up the door V win
tiers, itnar wu: only two, 'ir very
soon after th"y had finished we herd
the clatter o' hu:ls 'n' knowed they
wuz Kone. I mut diaw a vail oier
the rest uv thet day's purceedinjis,
sir niftr. The laiiKwldie used by
tber boys wu: too awful to repeat,
but. t'was jest as this parson sed,
when we not out o' thet meetin'
ho.ise we found every animal on the lo
cation tone. V the only arms left
wuz knives 'n' clubs yet we'd hev
Kone after 'em w th nothln' but our
bands, but we couldn't follow afoot.
How much did they Ket? I don't
rlKhtly know, but not fur from ;"'),
uuj. The h ill cmp wuz stone-broke,
all excep' Ah Too, V he wu. the only
one uv us bad sense enulf not t tell
thet durned pa son whar he cached
bis stutT."
H'w t llavfi far Vatp fop lloil:fiit
'ur:OM4 Hor-.-!!',!- WitinO- NdiU
.rlierMl Karui ami tttuM.iol.l Nol -a.
A riiraft f-'I'ti r.
Our Illustration repre-er-tsa device
for tllteriiiK water wind) is with n
i each of every farmer. There is
nothinK patented or expensive almnt
it and it mav be const niete I by the
merest tyro in un'chamcs Tiie p an
is to K''t i w i casks .is Mien n the
eioiraviiiK 111 lt:e one Into which is
in-erted the spout, or iu:iowof water,
about half full of alternate layers, of
gravel, charcoal, an I pebbles a layer
of Kravel (list, next .six in bes of
W:rs, wh ise p .c. e ate Km by
the most exact ln mical anjlyses ut
their mater ais.
Kiartl life IVmWi elli.na,
'J'he orchard ists of Connecticut se
cured In m the last Legislature a bill
for t e appointment of a commission
i f experts wboe duty was to be the
era1icatO:i of "the yeliows," that
disease that has destroyed so many
orch trds. There are nix Commission
er, who receive a day lor their
servics. wbi'jh are rendered during
uly and August 'i his commi.ssiou
Uu W ife Ja Not Liki-ly to Ifmrmt tat Bte-
The man who a' ways has a cure for
every ill ana a remedy lor every evil
sbnwed one of his strokes of kcoiim
the other day. His wife's cat bad
ac .uired a ;ondnes for one of the
Lath tubs in the house. Of course
this tub was in the next room to I be
dresslnK room of the master of the
houa of course, the master of the
house doesn't like cat.
"Fannie," he said, "1 found that
cat snoozinK in mv bath tub axaio
to-da ."
"I'm sorry, dear," she said. "1
have tried to break her of that, hitiit
is empowered lo no upon any man's ; but 1 don't, seem t. surged
Well, we must have that cat
! i ' r 1
IIO.MEMAIiE yil.Tlili.
char oal. then lobbies, then charcoal
anaiii.tlieu a ew lar.-erstoiies I rom
tlie hot ti m o' this . ask to the bottom
o; the next have a connection of t ic
K'lpipe, whi h wiil r.se In an e bow
to about half way upthcdepih of the
second ca k. The ca-k is lll'ed with
Kravel and charcoal just the same as
Ihe first. Tiius the water U coneyed
from the Brst cask to about half way
up the second cask and as it falls by
I s own Kravity, unde Koes i second
fllie InR. At the bo. torn of this
cask the water, twice til ercd, is
drawn o:l' for ue. Water from a
pump whether from a well, river or
tank, may lie
this manlier a
as read ly
rainwater.
filtered
Crnta for Slilpp nx Mve Fo'vli.
Express ch tkcs on live poultry be
InK double rates.it Is de-ii anie to
niak the crate in which loultry is
. npped as l'ht as Is consistent with
(strciiKth The Illustration, from the
Amerl an AKri u!turlt. shows what
is perhaps the best framework lor
such a c at . n etn t.y grocery box
of re tnsiie si e may I e .-awed in the
inlddli' making, tin: lo,i and bottom
or the crate though if the b.ix Is at
all hi h, some three or four Inches
only, of the top and or the bottom
should I e taken. The corner post of
inch and a half pine should be well
nailed to theio and the sides an 1
ends the.ii covered wit h burlap or cot
ton cloth The top may be ot slats
or of boards, as shown In the sketch.
If of the latter, a h ie should be c t
both for ventilation and lur conven
ience in handling. traw should be
placed in the t ottom, a-id plenty of
oats or wheat s altered into it. If
propert . an i destroy all trees that
show any symptoms of the disca-e-The
penalty of opposing the work
ranges Ir.uii tu Huu tine, with or
with ut imprisonment. This disease
prevads more in oid than new or
chards, but is contagious, and when
once it has gained a loothold no.tiiiig
but extirpation will destroy It.
1'eacb orchards thirty years ago were
among the n.ost profitable of the
( onneci lout farmer's possessions.
This disease destroyed more than
three-fourths of hem.
A Nulle-a Shoe.
The cut below shows a recently
patented horseshoe win h Is held to
Hie hoof b) four clamps instead of the
HOUSE SHOE WITHOUT NAII.S.
cotoniary nails This will prove a
drowned," he said, tlercelv.
His wife protested mildly.
"Tnat Is t e only annoying trl k
she has" she said. "It would he a
pity to kill her."
"Then," said the man of the house,
"i'll take this thing Into my own
hands. "ow, I'll ,usr explain to you
how I'll do it- Y ou know she gets
into the tub. She takes a run, leaps
to the e Ige and goes in with ul a
stop. I'm going to run about three
inches of water into the tub, let t
stand there and let ner gel a sous
ing. You know how a cat lUea
water," he ad.ied sigoiticaotlv.
He put his plan into operation at
once, 't hat alt moon pussy did ber
little hurdle race, as usual, over the
side ot the b.itlitub. The plan worked
to perfection. There was a lou i cry,
a streak of cat through the dressing
room and a flash into the sew og
room. .Near the door of this room
stood a perch ou wuich rested in
peaceful sleepiness a dignltb d par.ou
Thecal tried this hurdle, but missed
it, and the parrot, knocked to the
floor, added to the force of the cy
clone Wiiich went raging around the
bouse A table was knocked o.er
and a statute of the Venus of Aiilo,
already short of arms, was made leg
less. Toe adoied baby of the house
was frightened Into spasms, the par
rot scolded and screamed herself into
a fit aud afterward the dripping tat.
. . . ., ..- , a uuauu aiicinaiu luc ut I pot uu lab,
boon to horses wh sens, tlve leer, hv, 1)ude g 1UfhtIlin(f UZ
removal of the shje
qu ck application.
and equally
cordm', but Twer' n't no use. The day
was bright 'n' clear, 'n' at 1 1 o'clock
every man In camp wuz at church.
The little bulldin' looked mighty j
tasty all fixed off with pine las-els j
'n' red berries we'd got In the woous,
V every man wuz dressed out In his !
best duds. At II exact the parson1
V the kid, who hed bin standin' at '
the door shak n' hands 'n' wlsliln'
everybody what cum In merry Chris'-
tiius, cum In V took the r seats on
the platform. I'ete V Five Ace V
Bill Jones 'n' Aluba ii 'n me sot on a
bench jest In front o' the platform.
We wu all togged out in our herd, 11 x-
Asaaultcd by a Drunken Man.
Here is an original way of dealing
with a drunken man, adopted with
great success by Thomas Jefferson
Hogg, the biographer of Shelley. "I
was aiiout to enter Covent Garden,"
be says, "when an Irish laborer,
iiearlng an empty hod, accosted me
somewhat roughly, and aske I why 1
had run against him. I told him
brlelly that he was mistaken.
Whether somebody had actually
pushed the man. or he only sought a
quarrel, 1 know not; but be dis
coursed lor some time as if he con
sidered himself iu,ured or insulted,
and being emboldened by my long
j silence, concluded wjth a cordial In-
vitaliun Just to push him again.
I "Several persons not very unlike
him in costume had gathered round,
j and appeared to regard him with
sympathy.
I "V hen he paused, I addressed to
him slowly and quietly, and w tb
great gravity, these words, as nearly
a-. 1 can recollect them:
"'i have put my band Into the
hamper; I have looked upon the
sacied barley; I have eaten nut of
! me urum: i nave arutiK ana was
I well pleased; I have said Knox uui
1 pax, and It is Un shed.'
j "'Have vou, slr'r' Inquired the as
I mulshed Irishman, and his ragged
! friends pre sed round him with.
'Where Is the hamper. I'addy.-'
1 -What barmy.' and the like. And
! lad.ej rroui his own country, that is
to say, the basket-women, suddenly
j began to Interrogate him:
I "'Now, I say, Tat, whero have
i you been drinking? What have you
1 had!"
"I turned, therefore ti the right,
leaving tho astounded neophyte,
whom 1 had thus planted, to ex
pound the myst c words of Initiation
as he could to his Inquisitive corn
pan, ons."
LIGHT POULTRY CHATS.
A "MutHng."
According to the dictionaries a
mustang Is one ot the wild horses of
the American pr dries, small aud
hardy. The word comes from tho
SlIllllKh HIat.AllUf I Hiinpluliiln., t.t
In s. n I cte V l ive Ace they sorted , lueu or K, a.lera," and mesia means
a body tit proprietors of black cat-
dimotis till yer couldn't rest Waal,
e' Uitual, the perceedln's oiieued ud
witb er prayer from the p son 'n'
thro we hed slDgln', 'n' it seemed ter
me as if 1 never bed becrd slch
Tn , 'In In rav life afore ez thet kid
let out o' him thet day. Then the
parson he started In ter Jaw, V I
must allow be glv ns a great dis
course I never see him so long
wlndud afore, tone 'n I ete was be
irlaala' to get mighty restless V oa
easy, when all ut a sudd In t we beard
(be door opaa 'n' skat quick 'n' sharp,
tie or sheep. I rom ibis came the
meaning of mustang, something be
lo glng to a grazier, so that a mus
tang horse was such as a graz.er
might tie expected to ride lo herding
his sheep. In time the word horse
was dropped and the adjective to us
tag was used alone as a noua There
is a mustang grape, a hard? variety,
wltb small berrlea
Thk fall are of right Is reparable,
Uut ot wroag flaal
the birds are to be shipped but a
short distance, no water sho. .id be
placed In the crate, but If sent a long
way a tin cup should lie provided, and
notice pas ed on the outside that the
fowls within are to be wat red by the
ex ress messenger. If food is uro-
vided for a long .ourney it should be
placed in some, receptacle so that the
birds w 11 not soil it licfore It is
eaten. Jo not crowd birds that are
to lie shipped a long distance. If
they are to be on the way but twenty
four hours, or le-s, some 1 ttle crowd
ing will not Injure theui.
1'otKtn Itiljr Love NtinMhlnp.
The p itato beetle and larva have
made their appearance in Kngland.
The London Agricultural Gazette
prints a complaint of farmers that
they cannot effectively spray with
poisons to destroy the slugs, because
me spraying only reacties the upper
surface of th leaf, while the slug is
a great part of tho tune un ;er die
leaf out of reach of any anplicalion.
This may be the fact In Kngiish cli
mate, where on many summer days
the under side of the leaf is often
the dryest and most comfortable
place the hug can tlnd. In our Amer
ican climate the bug finds plenty of
sunshine and when fe ding is always
in it If tho larva retires to the un
derside of the leaf at night it does
not then need to eat anything beiore
morning sunshine tempts him to the
surface agal . in Kngland, being o
much on the under side of the le if,
necessity mav lorcc the larva to tnc
ha'iit of eating there Hut in a cll
tn ite thus dam and cool the potato
bug will not rap.dl.v Increase if his
Insect enemies are encouraged, or at
least not destroyed by poisons.
Our rurtlllrrra.
Fordl etent, crops different fertil
izers are made in factories As th '
great natural resources of prehistoric
a id were overdrawn, the Kuropean
agriculturist has nt.il i ed the finely
ground slag or the basic steel pro
cess. The farmer den is no longer
on his tarn ard, but pure asos his
plant lood In the most approved
form, made In factories from the
most unpromising sour.es of supply.
The Atlantic Coast is patrolled by
steame s whoso occupation Is the
catching of menhaden or bony fish.
Aftei the II la extracted from these
Ash, the farmer has a claim on what
la 'left a a s area of nltrcgen for bis
crops. South American nitrate of
Iturns ami Lightning.
The freiuency with which Darns
are struc.K by lightning lias set some
long-headed person to thing tig. and
he h i llgured out t hat the buildings,
being filled with newly-cut hay and
grain, become generators of heat, the
heat rises in a column several feet
above tho barn and attra ts the
liglilnlng, which readily follows a
colum of moist or hub air. When
the building is reached by the electric
tl u ill. sliv is lol ow. The re ue iy
suggested is to throw open the doors
as much as possible and let the
winds blow through, carrying oil the
unnatural heat and distributing it.
This will not give perfect prot ction.
jS'othiii r yet discovered can do that,
iiut it will prevent the Intense heat
ing, tho accumulation of heat and
vapr, and will consequently break
up the danger column to a great ex
tent, and probably reduce the liabil
Ity by one-half, , i
house, was found, trembling and sub
dued, on ber mistress' jacket, price
$ !5. i
"I hope," said the lord of the
manor, when be had surveyed the
scene of wreckage, "that this will
teach your cat a ;esson."
' I ope so " said his wife, soothing
the baby and looking at her jacket
with mournful eyes.
"There is only one way to go about
such limits," sa d th husband, wiili
salisfacilou. "I pride myself on be
ing ,.ble to handle anlmais " nd
his Wife . discieetly said nothing.
JN'ew York Tribune.
hlte CIomt for Filature.
White clover is to short and small
to tie available for hay maKiug, but
we know of no plant that makes a
better or more enduring pasture.
Land that Is once wed seeded with
white clover is nevet afterward en
tirely clear from It. !-eeds form in
the heads all thr.,ugh the season, and
they have the faculty of lying in the
ground without injury and growing
whenever a favorable chance offers.
The plant also spreads by trailing on
the g ound and rooting from the
joints, as a str.iwiierry will do, when
ever there Is a soft, and moist place to
strike its roots into. Fx.
)rin Notra.
Pollthy that is to be used on the
table, if continued and fed on corn
and clean water a few days, will l.e
found to have the llesh sweet, jt.cy,
and tender.
Cutj.k should not be shipped di
rectly from the pasture. The more
rank and rapid the grass growth, the
softer the stock. Thev should be fed
some corn at the last.
Tiik Ohio Kxperituent Station says
that the best of old varieties of
strawberries are Wartield, Uudach,
Crescent, and Ilaverland, and no
variety seems to have been found
that Is likely to supersede them.
A Tin-, horse added .00 pounds to
his weight in a m nth when fed three
pints of molasse- on clover hay daily.
There is danger of resultant Indiges
Hon, and care must betaken, but it
will make horses sleek and fat
M. A. Tu ay Mi says that bcrrj
vine-, canes and fruit buds grown
nus season prouuee rrun next year
and die This year's growth ol plants
and buds, then, practl alh decided
the quantity a: dnuality of fruit that
may be expected next year. Fortius
reason tho modest vigorous plants
shoii d be used in tho beginning.
HbACh knot on plum and cherry
trees prevails wherever those trees
are grown. It can lie prevented If
all fruit growers will work together
to extirpate it hio has a law
against It, which should prove bene
ficial. It is as much a matter of leg
islation as the destruction or this
tles, against which many of the
States have passed law-, making ltan
offense to allow them to grow.
The skim milk from one cow Is
estimated to tie worth 2 , a year.
So far as its actual proportion of
nutritlou matter Is concerned it I
more valuab e than cream, because it
contains tho protein aud mineral
matter. Its value on the farm de
pends on the use to watch it It ap
plied. It should furnish sustenance
Incidents o Kii w iy Travel.
The hero of the following anec
dote, given in "Uur nailways," is
protiabljr not the only boy who has
found by sad experience that the
only safe p ace in a train is the seat
you are entitled to:
Several lads lesiding at Bedfoid
attend school at Coventry. Not
i long ago they Jjjt upon a novel plan
or amuse.-eut tine or them
mounted on the shoulders ot two
comrades, and got his head through,
the a. ertute Tor the lamp in the roof
of the carriage lie surveyed the
scenery with great satisfaction, but
at Counden Koad be discovered as
many wiser people have done that
It Is easier to get into a tight place
tbau to get out of it.
lie was unable to withdraw his
bead, and when a porter entered the
compartment and endeavored to as
sist him by tugging at his legs be
complained with no small alarm tbat
be was in danger or strangulation.
There was nothing lor 'it but to
i send on th young gentleman witb
nis supporter, to the next station,
lle.e the astonished officials uncoup
led t.ie carriage and ran it into a sid
lug. A liie aud saw were secuted,
and after considerable trouble the
lad was released.
Another remarkable story is told
by a passenger who escaped unin
jured iroiu a serious railway smash
in Suffolk, .seeing a iel ow-traveler
searching anxiously among tiie wreck
age with a lanie.u, ho offered to as
sist in the search, an. i thinking the
old man had .osl his wite, asked tu
sympathetic tones, "What iiari of
the train was she in';"'
liaising his lantern and glaring at
the kindly-disposed passenger, the
old man shouted with indignant ,is
tinctne.ss that triumphed over physi
cal in Urmlty, ",Sho, sir! she! I am
looking for my teeib."
Mo (Vim tort.
One of the l.rst clever speeches set
flown to the credit of Lord Macaulay
belongs to his very early days, and
must have been entirely spontaneous.
When he was in Trinity College, ho
attended a i alu bridge election, where
the mob, with the ireedoiu peculiar
to iftitlsh voters, were hustling the
successrul candidate.
Missiles of all sorts were flying
about, and Macaulay's ardor for pub.
lie life may have been somewhat
(ooled by tho dead cat which he re
ceived full in the face. The man
who bad thrown It apologized pro
fusely, and assured him that he had
only mlstf.ket: his aim.
"The cat was meant for Mr.
Adeane," said he.
"Then," said Ma' aulay, ruefully,
"I wish ou had meant it for me and
hit Mr. Adeane."
Me Wim 1'erniannntly Rotlretl.
It has been discovered that a man
who for years has held a place In the
llfe-ssvlng service of Toronto, Out.,
cannot swim, and be baa been tbiowa
out of hia Office In consequence.
EVRN though Napoleon was
autn rol the mock aphorism
"love aoas more barm
Mm
than aYuiH
for two pigs in a year If used la eon- It would be equally true to ear that
neetlan with clover and grain. ' hat dot nora food tfaaa ham.