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A picture are slid into a miflc lan
tern, and thru reflected upon a wall, ao
man; people think Uod slide grace
larto the heart, and that the man's life
ealy reflects them. But graces are not
Interjected pictures. Their forms and
eoiors are the substance of the heart.
There is a woman in Georgia who
i a piece of land valued by the as-
r at one dollar, on which the tax
ia en cent. If thin one cent were not
paid It would be necessary to sell the
land. The expenses of the sale would
be far more than one dollar. This in
one of the incongruities under civili
zation at the present day.
To-morrow may uever coujc to us
we do not live ill to-morrow- we canno
find It in any of our title-deeds. Tbi
man who owns whole square, of real
estate and great on the sea does
nut own a single minute of to-morrow
To-morrow! It is a mysterious possi
hlllty not vet born: It lies under tin
seal of midnight. Iehind the veil of
flittering constellations.
If Mpain does not succeed in crush in
the Cuban rebellion within a short time
be may as well relinquish all hope of
ever regaining peaceful control of the
island. The constant accession of
Spanish troo to the already enormous
army have added to the roster since
March 8, ixa", the total of 10o.5."l men.
and if this influx of new blood to the old
army cannot suppress the insurrection
the hunt chance seem to have disap
peared.
A modern writer has well anid:
"There Is a dignity in every attempt to
provide for the fnture. It Indicate
elf-denial, and Imparts strength to the
character. It produces a well-regulated
mind. It fosters temperance. It is
based on forethought. It mailt pru
deuce the dominating characteristic. It
gives virtue the mastery over self-in
dulgence. AlKive all. It secures com
fort, drives a way care, and dispels vex
ations and anxieties which otherwise
might prey with severity upon us."
M. tttokvis. In a communication to
the International Colonial Institute,
peaks strongly In favor of successful
colonization by Kuropean in the trop
lea. In this he Is In accord with the
best expert opinion. There are enor
mous regions in Africa, such as Rho
desia, the Shire uplands. Uganda, and
parts of the Kgyp1 t Soudan, where
Europeans and Americans can live
In health and comfort. The same is
true of the fine uplands in the north
ern part of South America, including
much of the territory in dispute bc-
tween British (ill ana and Venezuela.
The organization of a company, with
substantial capital, which proposes to
establish a line of steamships lstween
Peru and Rio de Janeiro and New York
direct is emphatically a movement Id
the line of eommerciaj progress. Too
long has Europe been permitted to galu
the lion's share of trade in South Amer
ica. The merchants and manufactur
er of the United States can find many
a market for their goods and product
In the repnblli to the south If direx-t
team communication is provided be
tween their ports and those of our own
country.
The London correspondent of the
Episcopal Recorder of Philadelphia
writes of the circumstance attending
the publication of a new edition of the
Hlble by a Glasgow house in illustra
tion of the care taken in printing tn?
Scriptures. It may not be generally
known. It says, that In Scotland any
body may print the Scriptures, but be
fore publishing any edition a copy of it
must be read by a government official
and duly licensed. The edit ion issued
by the Glasgow firm was so small that
two or three copies will go into the
waistcoat pocket, and the reading of it
no ordinary eyesight can manage with
out the aid of a magnifying glass. But
this microscopic Bible had to be perus
ed from beginning to end before the law
allowed It to be licensed Tor publica
tion. ' "Mr. Depew baa experienced the first
practical result of his advent into the
theatrical world. A young woman of
"serpentine" fame, being annoyed by
a railroad regulation which threatened
to separate her from a large satchel
which she carried, applied In vain for
relief to the various officials up to the
chief, Chauncey Depew himself. He
was explaining to her how Impossible
It would be to break the rule In ques
tion when she interrupted him with
the tallsmaoic words: "As a member of
nj own profession I appeal to you,"
and of course the thing was done. It
la apparent that the traditional glamour
of the footlights still hovers about De
pew, and even the rigid regulations
that govern railroad must give way
before attacks made In the name of
"cor profession." If the little regula
tion requiring the payment of fare 1s
also to be temporarily set aside while
tola rose -colored tinge pervades the
Dope vision, a large number of the
"profesh" will be reamed from enforc
ed pedestrianlsm.
"vF...omr neighbors, eongratiimLe
fwm aver your victory, and we assure
ytm ai mu high regard, because yoa
CM woman who know bow to take
tj af yourself." Thin was the text
(t a tawtlmonaU af admiration sent to
A Uf woanan af Brooklyn because she
T "J aMftd the Identifying features
11 fmantptaotM svrer. The spirit f
this eouimomlcation la wholesome, but
the new vtmu In quest ion does not
appear to deserve such anquajlfled
praise. It mould have been much more
remarkable under the circumstance
If she bad mot known how to take care
of herself, for she confesses to ZiO
pounds, while the too ardent young
man weighs only 110 and Is a tailor.
It seems, indeed, that Instead of being
flattered for her prowess thia new 5m
an should be warned against encourag
ing the attentions of attenuated admir
ers If she has any expectation of an
swering the "question" under Marquis
of Queen berry rules.
An artificer of Paris haa constructed
an artificial ben, which lays an arti
ficial egg and cackles like the natural
fowl. The egg presents a plausible
appearance, but It la not pretended
that It possesees any culinary or com
mercial qualities, so that the natural
ben of the republic remains unvexed
y any such Irregular and discourag
ing competition. She has been of more
importance to Prance than all her
kings, and her economic consequence
moults no feather under changes of
dynasty and government Her re
sected place will not be Invaded or
tisuned by the most Ingenious ovirxtal
torlal and cackling automaton possible
to the Inventive genius of the republic,
but the latter will, no doubt, make
more noise and set on more spectators
to wonder at the approaching world's
show. It should lie scheduled as the
legitimate consort of the Gallic cock,
also a fowl of artifice, not only with
bis lofty and shrill sounding throe
awaking the god of day, but crowing
all round the clock In all days and sea
sons, and it hag continued to do since
the Crusades, with a better prospect
than ever of keeping It up now that
the rugged Russian bear Is its backer
and ally.
The apiointinent of Bishop Temple,
of Iondon. to the See of Canterbury al
most verges on the sensational and will
le a startling surprise to all classes of
English iM-ople. While he la probably
the ablest bishop on the bench, be Is
nearly 75 years of age, and that fac;
alone, it is supposed, would bar hlin
out, for the duties of the primate are
onerous enough to tax the strength of
the most vigorous young' num. Mont
over, Ir. Temple ia a Broad Church,
man, who was vigorously denounced by
churchmen many years ago as a dan
gerous heretic, while the present prime
minister. Lord Salisbury, Is a stiff
High Churchman. Nor is that all; he
is a Liberal In politics, and was ap
pointed to the bishopric of Exeter by
Air. Gladstone because he supported
Sir. Gladstone's Irish Church disestab
lishment bill. It Is also said that bis
brusque manner have made him ex.
eeedingly unpopular with the clergy.
Nevertheless, In spile of all these rea
sons why be should not be made pu
ma te. he has been chosen for that great
office, probably because of bis pre-eminent
executive ability, and because his
liberal theological views iduidihhIhI
him to the Queen, who Insists on having
a goxl deal to say about lie cboh-e of a
primate. It can hardly be doubted thai
the apiwintment will lie a bitter pill for
many Anglican churchmen, and it will
!e interesting to see what the church
paMrs will say about it.
The narrow escape from probably fa
tal accident by an army lieutcu.-itit
while exiM-rlmentlng with kites on Gov
ernor's Island, in New York bay, cou
pled wllh a retent disaster to the in
ventor of a sort of airship, emphasizes
the extraordinary dangers that attend
ail attempt of men to navigate the air.
It acceutuates, too. the curious fact thut
in tbee days men are reviving tbe ef
forts of the ancients to utilize kitw as
means of ascending u commanding
altitudes. If, indeed, there is any t rut li
at the bottom of the stories told of some
of the ancients. The kite is only ,i
kind of anchored aeroplane and the
present attempts to tate it Illustrate the
almost total abandonment by recent
experimenters of the use of gas as an
ascending motor. This abandonment
has always seemed strange. The par
tial success of aeroplanic devices woukf
seem to bint that If the two were i-om-blned
the lifting power of gas with
the directing and propuklve use of
aeroplanic devices -there would l
greater promise of some useful degree
of sitciwNS than m either alone. If the
means of propulsion or any practicable
chemical devices could be made while
in the air to recruit tbe wasting gas the
problem would seem to be still nearer
solution. The kite experiments are full
of danger without compensating prom
ise of good. They depend npon winds.
while the captive balloon, for military
purposes, la Independent of all winds.
short of gales, which would also Inhibit
the kite.
A Deadly Poison.
Tbe question haa been asked which Is
he roost powerful poison? So far as is
known snake putsou coasist of a wp
tone which prodnews ks-al ulceration,
an unknown vinjfent suhstsni-e, whlci
i -a uses infiltration of blood when In
jected Into the tissues, and an albumen
which Is not apparently poisonous.
When snake venom is eoni-etiirucd by
removing the third substance and re
taining the other two, what is left con
stitutes the most powerful poison
known to toxicology. It is forty times
more tsiwerful than the original smiki
venom. It has been reckoned that .1
single thimbiefnl of ft suitably applied
would he enough to kill 21,000 person.
All Were Hlity-three
George Washington ended bis term ns
President In tri sixty -fifth year, and so
too did John Adam. Thomas .TefTersnn.
James Madison and James Monroe.
, nuiwiesuw wmM-neu, iiiea now n mey
A woman alwaya forma her esrliiiai come with uousmrl vehemency follow
of a town by its (try good storas. d by exultant war whoop, l.'ndouht-
NOTES ON EDUCATION.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU.
PIL AND TEACHER.
fstaa of Lussaat Is the Lj to
Utnlii-Firuta Bbssld Keek to
lOlf tas Bcasol Teacher-Two
Wayssf Kafordas; Dtscisliae-
Klcaicatarr Stodr of Kaaiiafc.
If children learn nothing else In
school, the should learn how to use
their own language. This is the key to
the learning of the time, the Instrumen
tality whereby all knowledge is shared
and dlstributf-j among men. it ia,
moreover, the only branch of a school
education all of which the pupils will
find of positive practical use at all pe
riods of their life. Beyond the merest
elements, how much of the arithmetic
learned In school is of real use to one
pupil out of ten? How much of it is re
membered by the very large class who
have no occasion to employ it in later
life? Beyond the great facta that could
be taught in a few lessons, bow much
of the geography Is remembered in
after years by the vast majority who
have learned It In school? In traveling
In Europe, and even in parts of our own
country, one has to burn the geography
all over again. I have to go to the Gaz
etteer for hundreds of fact that I bad
to commit to memory In my school days;
and If I want some of the same fuds
again six months later, the chances are
that I shall have to go to the Gazetteer
again. I do not care to lumler up my
memory wlib such knowledge when
I know where to find It If I have occa
sion to make some temporary use of it.
So with the minutiae of history, which
are memorired so laboriously lu school,
and forgotten so easily afterwards. It
is only teachers and critii-al studeuls of
history who remember them, or to
whom they are of sufficient value or
Interest to Justify any special effort to
retain them; but all that we learu In
the study of language, if it is taught
aright. Is of Immediate and enduring !
value. Every new thing we i-ome to
know In literature Is a Joy forever, j
Your school boys and school girls, after j
they have become fathers ami mothers
will testify to the truth of this. I am
old enough to speak on this point from
my own experience. 1 Ix-gan teaching
forty years ago, and from the start I
combined work in literature with that
In language. I have met many of my
pnpils long after they bad grown up
and become settled In life, and I have
found tbera enjoying good books and
training their children to tbe same hab
its and tastes. Tbey tell me that of all
tbe lessons tbey bad in school these in
English have been the most helpful,
stimulating and inspiring ever since.
William J. Itolfe.
Encourage the School Teacher.
There are many heartsick school
teachers In this city whose work would
be lightened by a few words of appre
ciation from parents whose children
have been the subjects of deep anxiety
through the long term, and who have
had the best care and training which
the teachers are capable of imparting.
Unfortunately there are few parents
who ever give the matter sufficient
thought to realize what they owe to the
school teacher. One who leaves him
self or herself open to censure is not l"lig
in getting It. In such cases the paretits
have a lively appreciation of their
rights, and they are not slow in letting
the dominie know what they think of
him. It is pretty hard for him to swal
low, but he takes his medicine quietly,
as a rule, and that is the best thing to
do. Hut parents who are qu.. to re
sent the exercise of undue authority by
the teacher rarely, if ever, think of the
infinite patience and fur lieu ranee hat
is necessary in the trsinitig of c-bildrcii,
and as a result they do not -as rule -make
allowance for tbe human nature
in the teacher. They expect him to be
infallible. Parents who cannot train
two or three children in their homes
have only condemnation for a teacher
If he or she falls to manage sixty or
seventy, and teach them the three R's
whether they will or no. A me her class
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press their satisfaction it the teacher
came to them, but it is loo much trouble
to go to (he teacher or write him a note.
If parent but knew the eu-oiiragnieut
the men and women who teach would
derive from a frank acknowledgment
of the value of their services Ian ex
pression of gratitude for the patience
exercised towards their chlldreu. thou
sands of them would hasten to thank
those who have been faithful to their
duty. It would also Inspire them to
fresh exertions In behalf of those com
mitted to their care. Evening News,
Toronto.
Diacioline.
One way -The boys are passing out
for recess. They have a uew teacher,
and, of course, boy like, are testing her
mettle. A peculiar restlessness, "half
daring, hair afraid," Is expressing It
self In their every movement. The
teacher is ready (?). She quickly de
tects the familiar symptoms or mis
chief and braces herself ror tbe neces
sary treatment. Her lips ars rigid and
her eyes defiant, but withal she Is not a
little anxious, and unconsciously shows
ft. This Is enough. From the comers
of their eyes the Imy rend the challenge
and note the anxiety; they venture the
risk. Isiwn come their fcH wllh mid-
, den, though, to Is- sure, not over contl-dt-nt,
hesvinHSS. - "Hoys! Stand still:"
shouts the teacher with a house-a-fire
j look aqd toue of voice which Is extreme
ly pleasing l lo the boys). "Now, s.-e
here, if. yon can't walk properly, you'll-
. go without your recess! Pass!" A
suppressed giggle goes the rounds, hut
the feet are passably quiet "an til" the
, edly a sound hfcture awaits their re
turn.
Another wsy Teacher No. 2 haa a
similar experience to start with. She
also ia ready. Her lips are firm, but
warmly so; her eyes, so far from being
defiant, are particularly trusting, and
not the slightest bint of anxiety la al
lowed even to euter her souL Most Im
portant of ail. perhaps. Is the direction
of ber gaze. It is not thinly and nerv
ously spread out over the whole mass
of children, making each feel that be Is
quite lost in the crowd and therefore
shielded from detection; but she wa
ters her attention on the two or three
leaders, passing along with them, per
haps making a remark or two regard
ing something she hopes they will en
Joy on the playground. In the face of
such personal sympathy it Is Impossible
to stamp; mischief fades away from the
two or three faces In question, and
consequently from most of the others.
But from one supposedly unnoticed
corner there comes a sudden stamp.
I- It run like wildfire through the
whole line? No. iudeed. the fuel ba
been dampened. Mob strength is
broken. Without changing her expres
sion toward the "other" children, the
teacher quietly calls lor fakes) tbe of
fending member from the line and
waits until all have passed out before
giving full utterance to her righteous
Indignation, which Is not fun to bear
alone. She )i.n conquered. School
F ik-si ion.
Hi boot I. one be.
Have you ever seen a lsy or girl
ashamed to open their lunch basket or
pail? The usual reason for this Is
that the I ti ne h is neither iuvltlug nor
bountiful. Have them attractive, by
all means. If napkins mean too much
extra washing, buy a bunch of paier
ones; one hundred can lie bought for
l'J'i cents and upwards, hut don't send
your child to school without one of
Kiine kind. It not only "looks" better,
but will save his clothes, for the aver
age child will wlie ills hands upon
something, and if no napkin Is at hand
a coat sleeve or an apron will le called
into service. Bread, meat and cage will
keep fresh many hours by wrapping
with paraffin paper. This is Inexpen
sive, and can tie used several times.
Put plenty of bread and butter into
the lunch basket, the buttered sides
placed together, and cut Into a nice
square or oblong. Rich pies, cakes,
tarts, pickles, elc., so dear to the hearts
of children, can easily l given up
when healthful dainties are provided.
Songe cake, graham wafers, cream
gingerbread, oatmeal cookii-H. tigs, ap
ples, dates, oranges, etc., are nourish
ing and appetizing. A suittd cup of
Jelly Is a pleasant addition is-casiou-ally.
If one has no fruit Jellies a good
substitute can be hud In apple rnd sago
Jelly, or a baked sour apple. Ills-rally
sprinkled with sugar. A bit of smoked
fish, halibut, salmon or herring. Is a
ulce iKH-asloual lunch relish. A poetic-:
lug sandwiches may Is- made from
"left overs," either meat or fish, minced
fine and moistened with salad cream
- Grange Homes.
He Admits HI Guilt.
A distinguished lady from, the con
tinent, visiting Chli-tigo during the
World' Kalr, was asked to lake a
morning stroll down one of Chicago's
fashionable avenues. I
"The Americans have such filthy hale .
its," she said, turning up her eye ami
cloning them, deprecatlugly, "that ft Is
nauseating to walk their streets. If
people must expectorate why do tbey
not do It on the gr.isx. or pavement,
and not on the sidewalk. Nationalities
are Judged by their cleanly or unclean
ly habits."
Last summer a party of ladles took
passage nil one of the steamers plying
lift -u Chicago and St. Joseph for a
pleasant sill! on the lake. To enjoy the
full Is-uefit of the breeze they sought
the prow of the lxir. Hump in the
center of the deck Mat a well-dressed,
middle-aged man engaged in the solac
ing diversion of chewing tobacco. Be
fore the steamer had made the outer
harbor tbe black liquid stood lu pool
about bis feet. The ladles were rushing
here and tliere for stools, but all gave
him a wide Is-rth. When the space had
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sests. I he foremost lady suddenly
hslted. and with disgust pictured upon
her haudsouie face said:
"What pig did that?"
- Isjokiug up, unabashed, the middle
aged man replied: "I gue I'm the
critter, inarm." Chicago Chronicle.
Not a Fisher of Meu.
A lady lu Cleveland, says the Plain
Dealer, engaged a uew i-oucbmaii not
long ago. He was new In a double
sense, having but recently brought him
self and his mixed dialect accent acro'-w
the briny from Liverpool, (hie day it
ovurred to the gissl lady to find out
something definite about John's family.
"And your father, John, what was
her . j
"Thauky kindly, ma'am." said the
coachman, "feyther "e was a seeker like,
ma'am, fer the "errin'."
"He means a clergyman, of course."
thought the good dame. Then she said
aloud:
"And was he ordained?"
"I tli I nk 'e wor. ma'am," ssld the
cimchiimn, "though I hey didn't 'sve the
smallpox much to N4k of where be
came from, and 1 don't know whether
It took or no!." '
Ami now the good lady takes great
delight in telling her acquaintance
that ber new coachiuau Is the son of
au English dissenting clergyman. Some
day she will rudely awaken to the fac
that the "errin" re not sinners, but
fish. '
r. W, U. Grace, In a recent cricket
mutch Wtween Gloucestershire and
Sussex, made 301 runs, the largest
core of tbe year and the third 300 that
he ha made lu Arst-clas matches la
hi long cricketing career. '. '
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO
FARM ANO HOME.
THE
Bow Plow Poiats Dhonl4 Bo Grooaa
sly Lara silos Ars ProBtsble-
Otl-eoakeo Cobs Make Good kiad
llag-Ocaeral Farm Matters.
About Plow Points.
Nearly all plows, whether riding or
walking, are now made with large, al
most square cut, points on tbe shear,
and In consequeuce when the plow Is
new, roots adhere and double over the
point, which gives a rocking motion to
the plow and makes good work lmposst
ble. It Is claimed that the point wear
very fast, and that It soon become suf
ficlently rounded to allow everything
of the kind to pass off. and while this
Is true I much prefer having a plow
that will do good work from the begin
nlng, than to wait for several weeks,
nd In plowing have to stop every uow
and again and clear the point of the
plow, says a writer in Itural Life. There
Is no satisfaction in the use of such a
plow, and if the manufaturer has
failed to do his work In a proper mau
ner the point should be rounded by tile
or grindstone before the plow Is used
Sometimes It may be necessary to take
the plow to the blacksmith shop and
have tbe twlnt made hot and cut, but
the file or grind-stone is to le preferred
If too much work is not required.
Only Large ftiloa Are f'rotttablr.
Tbe silo dejs-nds on entire exclusion
of air for the preservation of Its con
tents. It la tilled with vegetable matter
and carbonic acid gas. which, being
heavier than air, excludes Its entrance
from above. But If there is any leak
below through which the smallest par
ticle of air can reuch the etstllage. It
will rot so far as the air extends. There
Is always more or less rot around the
edges uf silos and at tbe top. But this
top bats Is prevented by covering with
some worthless material, which will
rot and preserve tbe ensilage below. It
is u practical generally to make a silo
for less than four or five cows, as the
waste of feed In the small silo will be
too great proportionally.
Oil Soaked Cobs for Klndlta-.
Much of the danger of using kerosene
oil for kindling fires would be avoided
If corn cobs were handy to be dipped
Into tbe oil and used for kindling.
The cobs will bold more oil than will
wood, and If dry sticks are piled over
the soaked cobs they will quickly
make a blaze, which la always needed
on cold mornings to lift the volume
of cold air that la always found In
pipes and chimneys after tbe Ore goes
down. It Is not best to dip more than
one or two cobs Into the oil. If all
the kindling, eupcclally that on top, Is
wet with oil, the fire will sometimes
quickly burn off the oil, and then.
without lifting the cold air. a dense
volume of carbonic-acid gas will settle
down Into tbe stove, making the start
ing of a fire worse than It was lu the
beginning.
Keeping Hogs la Barnyards,
We once knew a farmer who would
not keep bogs. He was prejudiced
against iork as unhealtbful and
against the hog as being an especially
uncleanly animal. It is true, as he
used often to say, that no other farm
stock will eat hay or other rodder that
a hog has nosed over or bas trampled
upon. But that Is Itseir uo good rea
son for discarding the hog. One of
his best uses Is to keep in the barn
yard, or rather In that part of It which
haa the mauure pile. Of course, uo
other farm stock would be fed here,
ir cattle are fed grain of any kind, or
If horses are red whole oats, the hog
will get much of his living from the
grain passed whole in their excrement.
In doing this he will add his own drop
pings both liquid and solid, to the pile,
and thus convert It Into much more
effective manure than the farmer can
get without the labor of turning over
and composting the manure pile.-Exchange.
Hiiravlog- Grape Vines.
The advantage or spraying grae
vine is not aloue In preserving rnilt
rrora mildew and rot. Even when
these are not present on vines uuspray
ed, a close examination or the leaves
will show patches of brown, beginning
early In tbe summer, and gradually
spreading during the season. The ripen
ing both of rrult and or this year's
growth or wood depends on the vigor
and beslthrulnesa of the Iimivos during
the growing season. Whatever Injures
the leaves must by so much delay the
ripening of fruit and injure Its quality.
Now that the Bordeaux mixture ap
plied early In the season Is known to
secure healthful foliage, there should be
uo neglect In applying It.
Keep an Accosnt.
It is to be regretted that there are
not more rarmers who imitate ihe ex
ample or a farmer lu Vermont who
kept a close account of what It coals
him to manufacture and sell butter.
After considerable bookkeeping with
respect to bis dairy herd, he found
that be made butter at a cost or l.'lVi
cents a pound. How many farmer
re there who have been making but
ter for year, who know with anything
like reasonable accuracy what il costs
to make It, or whether the maniifiirtiire
has been any profit to them?
Late Kali Seeitlnv with Tlninthy.
Wherever It is desired to permanent
ly seed land for meadow or pasture
timothy and, in fact, ail the grasses
will sucteed Is-tler ir som d In fall, even
though laie.. rather thiiii In spring;
we have, sown ilinolhy seed up to the
time the ground freezes np, ami have
had a better catch than could be got
hy spring seeding. There Is soTns
growth of llmoihy whenever n open
poll of warm weather come during
the winter. If tbe ground Is covers
with deep snow the timothy roott
will make some growth under It Tea
wheat sewn late may winterkill, hot
the grass will not, even when exposed
to frequent freezing and thawing. Ns
doubt the tiny plant Is thrown out ta
the surface, but It catches hold of ths
loose, wet soil again and grow aa rap
Idly as ever when suitable weather
come. On tbe other hand, the spring
sown grass seed barely gets rooted
before it Is liable to be pinched by
droughts, and that, too, before It haa
got deep enough root to withstand In
jury from this cause.
Chanrlna from Grees to Dry fees.
All farmers recognise that sudden
change In spring to green feed for
stock, after being used to dry feed
all winter, Is unwise. But when the
change Is the reverse, the effect,
though perhaps more Injurious, Is apt
to pass unnoticed until loss of health
compels attention. A rough, staring
bide always show that the animal la,
or has been, constipated. It U not
necessary to dose Itb physic to rem
edy this evil. That will purge tbe ays
tern violently, and be followed by
equally violent reaction. Whenever
green food Is superseded by dry the
change should be gradual. Cornstalks
do this very nicely. When put up In
the rail they are always more or less
damp from their natural Juices, which
only slowly dry out during winter.
The worst constipation la rrom tim
othy or other meadow grass hay. Clo
ver la rather laxative than constliiat
Ing. All animals red mainly on mead
ow hay should have a small amount of
linseed meal, or boiled whole flaxseed
fed dally with a few oat. These will
keep tbe bowels In gtsid condition, and
also give the animal a sleek, shining
coat, which Is the natural result of
good health and good digestion.
Care of Farm Hosdsideit.
Much or the attractiveness of i-ouu
rv scenerv. and with It the farms and
country places It Includes, depends ou
Having well -cared -Tor road-sldea. This
subiect is ire til n ir more thought from
rarmers than It used to do. Becauss
the roadsides do not bate to be tilled
It Is often thought they are the fair re
ceptacle of whatever stumps, stones or
other material U unwelcome else
where. Whenever a farm hss lit tm
sold whose owner takes this view of
things he Is apt to discover hi mis
take. A row of maule tree far enough
from the roadside fence to allow a
path for walking or bicycling Is a
paying Investment for any fanner to
make, ir he lives ten or firteeu year
these trees mar be tanisvl. sn.l having
plenty of sunlight they will yield uior
ana wuer sap than he can get rrom
trees of equal size In the woods.
What Grsin Chaff Is For.
In its wild state the chaff of grain
served a very Important pur)ose In
shielding It from too early sprouting,
which with all kinds of grain would
Insure Its destruction by the ensuing
winter. If a head or wheat, rye or
Imrley or of Indian corn Is exposed to
the weather all winter some of It
grains will survive till spring or of
the winter grains will fall out In time
for the best seizing n full. It Is thus
that these grains were perpetuated lu
the ages before man learned to culti
vate and care for them. Kven now
heavily bearded grains are less like
ly to te Injured by rotting In mow or
stack ir the straw and grain are wet.
Often lu threshing the straw will b
rotted around the baud, while the grain
protected by Its chaff Is uninjured.
Ilome-Grown Href.
Since the monopoly or tbe beef -ship.
ilug business by Chicago millionaires.
It bus been almost lmHSMible ror farm
ers to find home butchers willing lo
mrchase their home grown beer prod
uct. Vet steer or heirer Is-ef fattened
at home is better than beef brought by
rail many miles, aud kept for w"eks.
lerhaps, on Ice before It goes into the
bands of the meat retailer
Color Blindness Increasing.
"Color blindness Is on the Increase,''
says n New York optical exix-rt. 'The
auses of this defect In vision lhat
may In- otherwise js-rfect are not very
well understood. It would s-eiu -hat
be use of tobacco had a good deal to
lo with it. I have examined A great1
mauy ror color blindness, having on
several occasion U-eu employed by1
railroad i-ompauies lo do so, aud In
every lustauce where Ihe mini exam
ined whs found to be i-olor bll'i l he
was it user of tobacco. Women are.
seldom afflicted lu this way, hei.i-e It
must Is- caused by something ,hal,
men do which women do not. W bat
uses exist among women will be fou.id
o lie Inherited from male ancestor I
have never kuowu a woman lo he
olor blind whose father was free from
he defect. I am a smoker, and my,
perceptions of color are unusually!
good, so thut it Is not lmH.slble that'
man may use tobacco without rin-li
an cffeW, but 1 believe a large rosr-
lon or ihe cases nre caused by j.
acco.
hbe Was a Heroine.
Among a party of youna- men
womeu who were takluir an event,..-.
re in Me tbe other day near the vlll.,,..
Clamly, lu County Derry, was a young
man rrom iveirost who bad come tl
marry a Derry girl, one of the party,
In crossing the Klver Kuiigbaii by a
wooilen bridge he missed bis footing
and fell Into twenty feet or water. Ii
vain the disirmted girl besought thi
men around her to rescue him. hut n..
one waa willing to court an almost cer
tain death. A he rose to tbe aarfacs
for tbe third am) last time she lesnmi
Into tbe river herself, and, clutching
her now exhausted lover with one
hand, swam with great difficulty to the
river side, where willing hands . cceiv.
ed I hem Isith.
There should be more work, or least
money, In office-holding.