Merits of Buckwheat m a Farm Crop.
sBuckwhoat is omo of tho most valua
ble of our cereals, both for tablo use
and as food for Htock. Tho ordinary
black or gray variety lias boon tho only
nort grown until within afow years, anil
carottil culture of tho silver hull has
demonstrated that It is in ovory way
much nioro valuablo, especially for tho
indispensable) "griddle oako. " It Is
much nioro productive and yields under
tho same conditions largor crops. Tho
hiiHk is tliinuor and thoro is inuoh less
wostoln tho manufacture of flour which
in whiter and nioro nutrltioitH. Buck
wheat, with tho exception of barley, is
loss exhaustive to the noil than any of
our small grains, although many think
othorwiso, but since it will grow on
soils so devoid of fertility that other
grains would hardly yield tho seed sown
scorns to bo sullloionl proof that such is
the ease.
ins gram (iocs won on mom iffa ,
in itttntrir uiiiu nun nitii iwi atitrtt t Hkiii
sown on
' . "
aim wi oroBuciuiunmors nceu (
to l)o rooted out,
Some farmers after
mowing a crop of
irrass plow anil sow
to buckwheat and in tho spring follow
ing not to tobacco, a very good way
since tho land will bo free from woods
during tho culture of the " wood " with
the exception of tho springing up here
and there of tho seeds of the wheat loft
at harvesting.
To tho farmer who fatlons many
hogs this grain will bo found very val
uable. It is heating and, therefore,
valuable for winter food. It should bo
mixed with corn, or with corn, oats
and ryo and at least two-thirds of any
"grist'' should bo other grains. To the
poultry brooder it is indispensable and
is not oxceedod in value as a valuablo
food for fowls unless ifbo refuse wheat,
while many think it equally good. It
will stimulate tlio production of eggs,
while its warming and heating qualities
render it valuablo during the cold, win
ter months. Tho straw by many is
burned on the field, but stock will cat
it in the yard if fed occasionally a small
quantity, while if cut flue and sprinkled
with a fittlo meal it may bo fed at least
three or four times a weok, thoroby
saving a largo amount of nioro valuablo
fodder.
This grain
is raised in all
parts
of
Now England, and in Now York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio is a staple. Now
Vork and Pennsylvania produce two
thirds of tlio crop grown in tho country,
while some of the western Slates p ro
il uco a small quantity. Largo quanti
ties of the grain are flouroil, and our
large cities and towns, more especially,
tiso it largely during winter, and it is to
tho familios'of Now England and tho
Middle States at the oroakfast tablo
what hoe cake is to tho Southern
er. Almost ovory farmer has somo
ground adapted for its culture, and it
will be found a prolitablo crop to grow.
Wo know of an old f armor who stacks
his buckwheat straw after it has boon
threshed in ono corner of his barn-yard
for his stock to feed on when turned
into the yard during the winter. Wo
asked him if his cattle would cat it.
"Oh, yes," wits the roply. "When I turn
.thorn out for tho lirst time and they go
to tho stack to feed, I get a whipand
drive them away, and holler at them
whenever I soo tli6m around it, and in
this way thoy eat it all up." Cor.
Sprinyjield (Mass.) Jlcpublicun.
The Chemistry of Ensilage.
Whv Is groon, succulent matter pre
served from boating and rotting whon
stored In a slloP This question is often
itsked, but seldom is an intelligent an
swer given. It is claimed that this is
efloetod by excluding the air on tho
same principle that wo save fruit by
canning it; but no poison with oven an
elomoiitary knowledge of the seioneo
of pneumatics will pretend to form a
vacuum with wood, or brick and mor
tar, however well It may bo packed
with olay. All writers on ensilage, from
Aiign-to dollart, who invented tho silo,
down to the last newspaper correspon
dent, speak of tho 'peculiar "vinous
odor" of the provender when taken
from the pit, and a writer in tho New
kmjland farmer, whllo commending
the silo, cautious people about going
into a nowly opened pit, from tho dan
gerous accumulation of carbonic noid
that is always present. Add to those
tho fact that tho analysis of Prof. Goos
nianu shows a loss of starch and sugar
in the fodder thus preserved, and "wo
have in all thoso facts the mode of pres
ervation clearly indicated. Shortly aft
er being packed an incipient fermenta
tion sets in, and tho sugar in tho green
fodder is decomposed, and equal equiv
alents of carbonic acid aro formed. The
former, being a gas, slowly escapes
through the covering of the silo, while
tho alcohol combines with, or is dis
solved in, tho wator presold. This
gives tho oharaotorlstio "vinous odor"
spoken of. With this fermentation bo
gins at onoo tho conversion of starch
into sugar; but a special property of
aioyhot is to roiani or entirely arrest
chemical ohangos inorganic substances.
Tho partial exclusion of tho air, tho low
temporaturo, and tho accumulating
quantity of alcohol finally arrest chem
ical action till tho forago is exposed to
tho air and a higher temporaturo, when
tho acotio fermentation begins 'and tho
alcohol is rapidly converted into vine
gar and tho whole is soon a mass of do
cay. Alcohol and a low temporaturo aro
tho agonts that preserve green vegcta-
It ; T f i V Vi ir , i : . I product. lnt, buttor and choose pio
t ho 5th ot .July to the 25th hi time to llKoA ullor l(0 j,,,., of nlcoliol,
ripen before early frosts. I-roni three . wholhor ed in Htiil slops or onsilngo,
peeks to a bushel is sown to the acre, nru m)l nonnilI prod,.1 They aro re
thoformorriuantityifthoHoilisingood , 8its of an olio rt to dispose of waste
condition. hero is no crop grown on nml(.rIal that in normal or healthy eon
the farm that s ho easily grown lis this, : dltlon nliould have been consumed bv
while the yield will average from ton to i rcHI)lratioI1 It is ftH0 claimed that this
twenty bushels to the aero. It is a great alco1()lil. form0nliitloii renders the food
exterminator of all kinds of woods and 1 1(mj ,oslbi0. i)t digestion is ohom
foul grass, and for this reason may bo i :,. ,.i,?. i ,i. n,,,, ,i,si, ,.
TT
bio matter in a silo. Tho sugar and
starch, which' woro eonvortodjlnto ear
bonlo noid and alcohol, were important
food elements, rind "it is not fijrpbablo
that any ono at all acqiiaintedKvJth ani
mal physiology will contend tlnn? those
resultant compounds can supply their
placo as food. w ..
It is claimed that dairy cows-fed on
ensilage give an Increased quantity of
milk, and stalled animals fafftm on it
rapidly. Both of these claims aro prob
ably founded in fact. That dilute alco
hol, as in beer, lias tho proporty of in
creasing the Hocrotion of milk has boon
lontr known, but while tlio- quantity is
increased the quality is correspondingly
impaired. It is but a fow year's since it
was claimed that tho slops from a dis
tillery possessed as much fattening
power its did tho corn before It was
distilled; and the claim was sustained
by practical tests. But tho pork pack
ers Hoon dissipated this illusion by dis
carding still-fed pork as an unhealthy
cirditiir fitill-foil pork
.
llslll IKlllLlUt IL1III UUU.-1 llltlV UIIIUII XJ
lnnh oh((, , tl(J
silo promote it in
tho stomach? Indiana Farmer.
Chicken Cholera.
It Is highly probablo that cholera in
fowls originates by contagion and is in
troduced Into Hooks oitlior by nowly
acquired infected fowls, by infected
manure or feathers, or Homotimos by
tlio bodies of dead birds brought into,
or near tho poultry yard by dogs or oth
er animals. In most cases the disease
can bo traced to tlio lirst-mentionod
source. As tho virus remains in a iixed
form it is not probablo that the diseaso
gorms aro taken into tho body with food
and other matter which has been con
taminated. Preventive measures, in this disease
as, iudeod, in most others whon tho
causes and mode of propagation aro
known, aro the safest resort. Where a
Hook of fowls is already infected, tho
first and most reliable symptom is the
coloration of the kidnoy oxcrotion which
is voided by fowls with tho oll'al. This,
in health, is readily distinguished by its
white appearance, but when tho fowl is
attaekod by cholera this kidnoy excre
ment changes its color from whito to
palo, and tiion to doop yollow, and in
extreme cases it bocomos green. At
about this stago an obstinato diarrluca
sots in. This symptom being discover
ed, tlio infected fowls should bo atouce
killed, care boing taken that no blood
is loft whom tho other fowls may gotat
it, and tho bodies should be buriod.
Tho healthy birds should bo romoved to
a cloim pioco of ground which is known
to be free from the contagion, and tho
oxcromont of these fowls should bo in
spected daily to ascertain their condi
tion, and to detect the sick bh'ds. If
tho fowls can bo separated into pons of
three or four such detection will bo
hastonod. Before placing tho birds in
now quarters it is woll to fumigato
thom with sulphur, as the feathers aro
apt to convoy the diseaso.
In case fowls are introduced from oth
er localities whoro the disease has boon
raging, it is good policy to "quaran
tine" them, so to speak, for throe weeks
or so until thoy aro known to bo free
from tlio disease. Any eggs brought
from other places for hatching should
bo cleaned of any excrement which may
bo attached to them, and manure from
infected yards should not bo thrown
upon hunt to which healthy fowls have
access. By obsorving these precautions
the disoaso may bo.oxcludod or exterm
inated. Cures have boon ollooted by
feeding cooked moal, rod poppor, gun
powder and turpontino mixed togothor;
also by placing wator in which bi-sul-pliato
ot soda, in proportion of an ounce
to a gallon, has boon dissolved, whoro
tho fowls can drink it. llural New
Yorker.
So-Colloil Sweeny.
Tho vulgar torm sweeny is applied to
a real or imaginary Wasting of tho mus
cles of the extremities, and mostly re
ferred to as being located in tho
shoulder or about tlio crupper. It is
commonly regarded as a special evil,
and all sorts of cruel practices and nos
trums aro resorted to for its cure. Tho
cause or causes of a generally negative
result of tho treatment applied is simply
tins, that swoony, or, nioro properly
speaking, wasting or atrophy of tho
muscles of tho horse's limb, is, in tho
plurality of eases, moroly ono of tho re
milts of chronic diseaso of somo part of
tho limb, such its a painful corn, navic
ular disease, and contracted foot, or
ringbone, spavin, etc. If a cure of
thoso ailmonts is possible, tho so-called
sweeny will oithor gradually disappear
in tho course of time, or will yield to
treatment; otherwise, tho euro of
swoony will provo a lailuro. In young
horses, swoony, or wasting of tho mus
cles of tho hhouldor, is otten a conse
quence of unsteady pulling with an ill
lilting collar. In sueh a case, rolievo
tho animal from work, and apply, for
somo time, onoo or twice a day, a por
tion of omiul parts of tincture of can-
tharides and oil of turpontino. Tho
contents of the bottle should bo shaken
whllo applying tho same. Liberty out
doors, on pasture, will bo of additional
benefit. Subsequently, give only light
work in breast harness, or in a soft,
padded, well-fitting collar, until tho an
nual becomes used to pulling. National
Live-Stock Journal.
Do not allow tho soil about your
young fruit trees to becomo hard and
crusted, but keep it oloan and constant
ly mellow.
BanmknaBBnaMnaannmamHna
. fc n
Tho Flj-AUiihl-licndcd Man's Expe
rk'iiecs. Much has been said of tho fly of tho
poriod but fow write about him who aro
bald-headed.
Jleticb. wo say a word It is of no uso
any nioro to deny tho horrible truth.
Although as beautiful as a peri in other
ways, our tresses on top have suc
cumbed to the inclomoilcy of tho
woathor, and our massivo brow is slow
ly creeping over toward tho back ot our
neck. Nature makes all things oven.
If a man bo possessed of suoh' ravishing
beauty and such winning ways thai his
power might becomo dangerous, she
makes him bald-headed.
That is our lix.
WheiMvo have our hatjon and-,.go
chasselng dflwn tho street with' that
camolglido of ours, everyone. asks, who
that noblo-looking Apollo with tho dcop
and melancholy, eye is; but yhen wo
aro at tlfo olllco with our hat hung up
on tho French walnut sido-board, and
Iho sun comes softly in through tho
rosowood shutters and lights up tho
shollao polish on our intellectual dome,
wo aro not so pretty.
Then ' it is that tho fly, .with gentle
tread and seductive song, comes and
prospects around on our bump of-solf-esteom,
and tickles us and inakos us
mad.
Whon wo get whoro forbcaranco
ceases to bo a virtue, wo haul oil' and
slap tho place where ho was. while ho
goes over to tho inkstand and snickors
at us. After he has waded around in
tho cannino ink awhile ho goes back to
the bump of spirituality and makes
somo red marks over it
Having laid oil' his claim under tho
new mmmg law, ho proceeds to siuk
ou it.
If wo writo anything bittor these
days; if wo say aught of our fellow
man that is disagreeable oi unjust, and
for which wo afterward get licked, it is
because at times wo got exasperated
and aro not responsible.
If tho lly woro largo and weighed two
hundred pounds, and came in hero and
told us that if we didn't take back what
wo had said about him ho would knock
out tho window with our remaiiH and
let us fall a hundred feet into tho busy
streot it wouldn't worry us so much,
because then we could strangle him
with ono hand while wo wrote a column
editorial with tho other. Wo do that
frequently. But a little fragile insect,
with no home and no parents, and only
four or live million brothers and sisters,
gains our confidence and then tickles
our scalp till we have to writo with a
sheet of tar roofing over our head.
If the fly could no removed from our
pathway wo would march along in our
journey to the tomb in a way that
would be the envy and admiration of
tho civilized world. As it is. wo feel
that wo nro not making a very hand
some record. - Bill Nye's Jloomcrang.
Speech Restored by Electricity.
Patrick Ilalloran, a city expressman,
presented himsolf at tho Dispensary
yesterday morning, complaining of a
choking sensation in his throat. Ho
could not speak above a whisper, and
seomed quite depressed at his loss of
voice. Dr. P. II. Cronin, in charge of
tho lung and throat department, diag
nosed tho case as vocal paralysis, tech
nically called paralysis of tho central
abductor. Tho pationt was directed to
sit with his back to tho open door, and
in a fow moments tho doctor had put in
position alargootlico ba'tory and placed
the spongo of one conductor in the right
hand of the sufl'eror, attaching the other
to an instrument with an electric switcii,
by means of which lie introduced a min
ute spongo to tho internal and posterior
portion of tlio larynx or Adam s apple.
Once in position tho doctor lightly
touched tho spring at the side of tho in
strument, the patient gave one yell as
tho olectrie shock was given, wh'en the
doctor closed tho current and listened
to the now loud-voiced patient as he
fervently thanked him for his good
work.
Tho doctor says that tlio case ho had
just witnessed was not an 'unusual ono
among singers and public speakers, who
at times wouui oeeoine completely
hoarse from over-u.10 of the voice; but
in the present instance it was tho result
of chronic bronchial catarrh coupled
witli a fresh cold, and if negloeted might
have led to a permanent vocal impair
ment, for cases of over two year's stand
ing could seldom bo cured. 67. Louis
Qlobc-Democrat.
The Influential Womiui,
Wo generally picture hor as a leader
of fashion, stalely and beautiful, tho
center of hoi coterie. Hor moral qual
ities are not considered at all; and that
is whore wo orr. Whon the rich woman
can show to the world only a life of
fashion and idleness, sho is dosei'ving of
open consuro and disgrace, so long as
there aro hungry bodies, minds or souls,
crying for some of her abundance. To
whom much is given much is roquirod.
Lot public opinion mote out its wrath
of consuro upon tho fashionable, idlo
woman who is a disgraco to her sex bo
cause of hor aimless, useless life. Lot
the expression "best society" mean
tho,o who do good dcods, who leavo
the world happier and bettor for hav
ing lived; instead of those who have
boon most idlo and aimless. The "in
fluential women" of every community
are those who aro doing and daring,
that the worhbuiny bo made nuror and
better, whether thoy are fashionable or
unfashionable it matters not.
It. II. Thomas, of Sparta, Ga.,
claims to have thrashed out 1,128 bush
els of oats from twonty-llvo acres of
land, and Colonel Recso harvested 1,170
bushels
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
President Huntington, of tho Cen
tral Pacific Railroad, intends to rebuild
the Congregational Church at his birth
place,. Harwinton, Conn.
air. Georgo II. Babcoek, of Plain
field, N. J., has just given $10,000 to
Wilson College, at Wilson, Wis., and
also promised to givo $10,000 more if
tho alumni raise an equal amount.
aiaj. D. W. Whittle, after a year's
successful evangelistic work in Groat
Britain, has returned homo to Chicago,
vhoro ho will remain for tho present,
assisting in tho Gospel work of tho Y.
ai. C. A. In somo places abroad his
meetings liavo equaled in interest and
results thoso hold by aioody and Sjuikoy.
Tho wealthy Jovtoh synagogue of
Now York, of" which Dr. Koliler is
rabbi, has decided to hold regular serv
ices hereafter on Sunday. Tho congre
gation was equally divided on the sub
ject. Tho change was brought about
by membors who desired to do business
oil Saturday.
Tho northwestern provinces of
India have mudo astonishing progress
in froo education. There is hardly a
village without its Govornmont school,
wheroin aro taught reading, writing,
arithmetic, the geography and history
of India, and in tlio higher classes a
little Euclid. Thoso schools aro gov
erned by local committees, made up of
Europeans and native gontlomon.
The Uov. Paxdor Hood, ono of tho
most famous of tho Indopondont preach
ers of England, is coming to this coun
try. In a letter to a friend this side tho
water ho says: "I am going and not
knowbig whithor I go. lam going out
like Abraham, but ovon at sixty years
of ago I am not unchcorful. i have
often been invitod to go to America;
my purpose now is to go uninvited."
The St. Louis Christian Advocate
forcibly remarks: " Wo havo watched
such things for a long time, and
watched closely, yot do not remember
to havo ever seen a really prosperous
church whoro tho prayer-meetings woro
not woll attended, nor yot whoro tho
brethren were given to long hymns,
drawled rather than sung, and long
prayers, in which tho samo things woro
substantially ropoated again and again."
President Seolye, of Amherst Col
lege, presided at tho recent convention
of tho American Homo aiissionary So
ciety at Chicago. The society was or
ffauized fitty-live years ago. Tho num
or of its missionaries lias increased
from 1G!) to 1,032, and its income from
18,000 to 2')0.yj;l. Its missionary
congregations and stations have in
creased in number from l'JG to 2.G53. It
has collected and expended more than
$9,000,000 and has organized or aided
in sustaining about 1,150 churches. Of
the amount collectod $5,82:1,000 came
from Mow England, $2,07!5,000 from
tho Middle Status, $1,0!2,000 from the
Interior and rJorthwcst, and a consid
erable sum from missionaries in foreign
lands. A committee of fifteen was ap
pointed to take into consideration the
" wliolo work and welfare of tho so
ciety." A Life Saved.
He wanted legal advice, and when
tho lawyer told him to state liis case, he
uegan:
"About two years ago I was fool
onough to fall in love."
" Certainly 1 understand."
'And for a year past I havo been en
gaged to her."
"Of course"
"A few months ago I found, upon
analyzing my heart, that I did not love
her as I should, aiy affections had grown
cold."
"Certainly thoy had go on."
"I saw hor pug-nose in its truo shape,
and I realized that her shoos were No.
6."
"Exactly, and you made up your
mind to break off tho match? That was
porfoetly proper."
"Yes, that was my object; but she
threatens to sue mo for breach of prom
ise." "Certainly she does, and she'll do it,
too. Has alio any love-letters from
you?"
"That's tho hang of it. Sho tallies
up 826." '
"And do thoy breathe your lovo?"
" I should say thoy did; but 1 think
I've got hor tight. All thom letters are
written on wrapping-papor and with
pencil, and I've come to ask you if such
writing as that will staud
law
"
Ot course it will. It you had writ
ten with slate and pencil sho could hold
you."
"Great hokcy! but is that so?"
"It is."
"And sho's got me.fastP"
"Sho hits."
" Woll, that settles that, and
poso I'll havo to givo in and
her?"
I sup
marry "Unless "
" Unless what?"
" You can buy hor off."
"Egad! that's it that's tho idea, and
you havo saved my lifo! Buy hor oil'
why didn't I think of it beforo? Say,
whoro1 s tho Dollar Store? I'll walk in
on her with a set of jewelry, a flirta
tion fan, a card case and two bracelets,
and sho1 11 givo mo a quit-claim deed and
throw in all the poetry I over sent her
to boot?" Detroit Free Press.
A prominont olootrician of Cleve
land, Ohio, claims to havo solved the
problem of storing and retaining elee
tricity in a much nioro practical way
than that of Fair's. Tho inventor says
tho electricity is stored in metallic
plates, which will hold it for an indefi
nite poriod and can bo transported
from placo in any maimer and kept foi
'iso at pleasure.
An Intensely Funny Sloryy
You romombor that follow who wrote
vhat'8 it's name? You know ho made
jomo money on ono of tho Western
railroads. I forgot what they call it."
"Well, what of him?"
" Why, not long ago ho was in, what's
that town in Wisconsin? You know."
"Don't mind the name of tho town;
what did ho do?"
" What the douco is the name of that
town? A big policeman came from
thoro. You know him. Woll, this fol
low" "Which follow?"
"I can't think of his name It's a
good joko, and I nearly died whon I
heard it. He'd come up from that big
plantation in Louisiana kept by--by,
Who's that big banker in St. Louis?
The man who built a lino of steamboats
from Keokuk to to I'll think of tho
tiamo in a niuiuto -tho mouth of you
know that river in Arkansas. Anyway
ho'd como up on tho that road that
runs at tho west bank of tho Mississippi
from that placo opposite Cairo consol
idated with tho Cairo & Fulton road.
What's tho namo of that lins?"
"Don't know, never was in that
country. What did your man do that
was so funny P" A
"Why, ho'd como up from that plan
tation on this lino to tho town in Wis
consin, and struck for tho the--that
hotel on tho oornor of JoU'erson and that
other stroot named aftor a Frenchman.
Strange I can't romombor it. Don't
you know tho house?"
"Nover heard of it. Don't know any
thing about it. Go on with your story."
"Well, ho got there, and ho perpe
trated tho best pun you ever heard on
tho landlord's name TJio landlord got
off a protty good thing on this man's
name; but 1 can't romombor what it
was. Anyhow, this man askod tho
landlord: Why aro you like an insur
ance company'--ho named the compa
ny, but I've forgotton what it was.
Why aro you liko this insurance com
pany? Givo it up?"
"Yes, I givo it up."
"Well, sir, the answer is the funniest
tluug you over hoard. It broke me all
up whon 1 hoard it."
"What is it?"
"Why, if I could romomber tho
namo of tho landlord I'd know in a
niomont. Who's that follow that in
vented the pshaw! that machine for
making what1 re thoy called? You
understand, something " about stair
rods." " Never heard of him."
"ltfs tho samo namo except the last
syllable. Funny 1 couldn't catch it."
"Is that all of your story?"
"Why, yes. You seo if I could ro
mombor my man's namo and the insur
ance company and the landlord's name,
I'd bust you "right open with tho.bt
thing you over listened to. By thoy
we had a littlo party at ouv house last
ni"lit, ami the ijuooi'cst thing is that I
didn't know I'd forgotten to mvito you
until my wife asked why you wasn' t
there Good one on you, wasn't it? I
said to that follow I loaned $25 to oa
your guarantee, what's his namo f:Cc
fellow? Nover paid it, and I wish you
could let mo have tho mono'."
"Don't remembor the nunic; don't
recollect the circumstances, and didift
know you had a wife. I'd hoard yon
would havo a part)', but couldn t ro
mombor tho number of your house I
should havo forgotton to come if you'd
invited mo," and the bored man de
parted in dudgeon.
A vast proportion of society is mado
of a vacuum in memory, mid some of the
shining social lights of Brooklyn will
compare pleasantly in conversational
ability with the gonuino lioro portrayed.
Brooklyn Eaijlc.
Cat Willi Fly-Paper Attachment.
An uptown lady is tho owner of a cat
who loves to jump after flies. This
lady, wishing to rid horsolf of somo
flies, purchased sovoral sheets of sticky
lly-papor, and on Saturday morning
placed one of thom on tho writing-desk
in tlio dining-room and wont about her
work. Soon she heard a remarkable
noise, and tho next instant tlio cat
wont through tho room with such speed
that it could only bo likened to a cat
boing shot from a cannon. It was
nothing but a dull, gray streak. In tho
rear, attached to ono ot its hind Ice
cot,
Tlfti
followed tho sheet of ily-papor.
animal was perhaps tho wildest cat
over seen. Sho took in ovory room,
staircase and hallway in tho house, ami
wont through thom all at the samo gaii.
oxeopt increasing it slightly in going
down stairs, owing to tho fact that sho
didn't stop to count tho stops, and
whorovor she went tho lly-papor fol
lowed liko grim fate, and the oat would
likely still bo "scooting" through tho
house liko a veritable specter had not
its owner, in attempting to shut ono of
tho doors so as to narrow tho scene of
opqrations, caught the paper fast. As
it tore lowse from tho Hind foot of tho
cat she gave an awful yowl and disap
peared under the ico-box, not returning
to her usual serenity until sovoral hour
aftor. Sinco that time, whon sho sees
a bit of fly-paper, with wonderful sa
gacity, learned by experience, sho
makes tracks with tho speed of a coxote
to somo other part of the house, ami
when a fly audaciously buzzes in clo.-,o
proximity to hor noso sho moroly looks
at tho insect with an injured air, ns
much as to say: " l es; you take mo for
a cussed fool now, don't you.1" A'i?ii.s
ton (N. Y.) Freeman.
If the cucumber which grows near
est tho root bo saved for seed fr a
number of years tho result will be n
smaller and earlier variety. If the fruit
on tho extremity bo saved it will make
alargoi- and later variety. -Farmer'
Uome Journal.
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