2
If
Ml
.vl by Cio State
-...- ' .. " . . ..i a hundrod of
readers over hud .i opportunity to ob
.serve ::u election in which the grossest
forms of conniption and fraud -aro
practiced. These evils are at tho
worst in the slums of great cities.
A voter approaches the polls through
throng' of rowdy, ballot-distributors
and "ward-heelers." He is besot by
these men who offer him "tickets" and
follow him up until his vote has been
'deposited. In many cases the ballots
they offer are fraudulent For whilo
"Republican Ticket" ' or "Democratic
Ticket" is conspicuously printed upon
the ballot, one or more names, perhaps
all the names, are different from those
of the actual candidates, and a person
casting one of these ballots votes for
men whom he does not wish to bo
elected.
This is only one of the several evils
which have led to an agitation in favor
of the "Australian system" of voting,
which, with modifications, is that em
ployed in England and in Canada. At
least two States of the Union have now
adopted the principle, and laws to
change radically the method of voting
-will go into effect as soon as the neces
.sary arrangements can be made.
The principle is, after all, a very
simple one. All the ballots are printed.
not by parties, but by the State, and
they are all alike. Each ballot con
tains the names, of all candidates nom
inated, and the names are arranged in
alphabetical order. In order to vote
for a candidate, the person puts a cross
Opposite that candidate's name.
For example, in Massachusetts, tho
legislature of which State has passed
a law introducing this system, the bal
lot, or a part of it, will look something
''like this when it is ready to be voted:
FOR GOVERNOR: (Vote for one.)
John Adams
(Federal
Jonx Hancock V
(National Union
CHARLES SUMNEIt
Frce Sofl)
Henbt Wilson .... ,JL
.(American)' - -'" " ;
FOB REPRESENTATIVE. Vote for three.
tHKNRT UASTOU. J
.!??.. 'j?. '. -
-John-H. BucniiiMct..
(iTOBlDllUm
TnouAS T. Cabcr y 4
(Prohibition! Y
XDWAnO E. GjTERS ' , . .
Demorratl
Frank Qoe -
(Republican
Thomas S. Gornt
(Democrat)
Hkxiiv L. Q. IlOBBS
(Democrat
Osed N. Nathan
(Republican)
Joajau Wilkins y
Prohibition
This ballot is printed on tho inside
pages of a folded shoot, so that when
the voter has marked the names as
above indicated the ballot is folded up
and is so passed in to be deposited in
the ballot-box. Thore are many pro
visions of the law to adapt tho ma
chinery of voting to this system, but it
is not necessary to mention them here.
What has been said is enough to show
feow men will vote, and that is, for tho
general public, the important thing.
Now what will be gained by this
-change of system, in the interest of
purity of elections and good politics?
Many things. First, there can be no
oallot-box stuffing, since each voter
will receive only one ballot, and that
one will be numbered.
Secondly, the ballot will be really
secret, as it ought to be, and evory
voter will be free from intimidation.
Again, each voter will be secured
against the fraud of forged and pur
posely incorrect ballots, and a heavy
blow will be dealt to the practice of
trading off one part of the ticket
against another, which is one of the i
-worst forms of electoral corruption by
party "workers."
Once more, tho corruption of ballot
distributors and workers at the polls
trill be destroyed completely, and men
may hope to vote freely and in peace.
Youth's Companion.
"Evolution of the Dinner Pail.
The original dinner pail was a com
mon little tin pail with a cover. Meat,
bread, pie, pickles and all other solids
-were put in it together and no liquids
could be taken unless in a bottle. Then
somebody devised a pail with two com
partments, one pail itting into another,
and one of them for coffee. Then somo
other genius got up a pail with four or
six parts, all fitting into each other
and making it possible to carry four or
six articles separate front each other.
All this was discounted by the fellow
who got up a pail in which the coffee
could be heated by alcohol at an ex
penso of a cent. A warming compart
ment was got up by another man by
the use of water and lime, in which
the former was made to slake the lat
. ter, some heat being the result In
other complicated dinner pails lamps
are fitted for supplying the convenient
heat at dinner time. Good Housekeep
ing. m m
The opsiometer" is a new instrument-for
testing the eyesight. It con
sists of a mahogany case with two
:f ront eyeholes, behind which different'
lenses are fitted, and the person whoso
sight is to be tested looks through the
holes and and lenses at printed matter
.behind. -
Papa (of Calvanistic faith, has just
Tieard that Mollle was at the theater
last evening) "Gee atorning. daugh
ter of Satan." Mollis "Good morning,
father." Lijc
BICYCLE EXERCISZ.
Uorr to Iterlve the Greateat Amount ef
Cood From the Ue of the Wheel.
How a bicycle should be ridden de
pends wholly upon the incentivo for
riding it. If the machino is used in
busineva, a possibility now in many
aities, to rules nood be laid down, as
the practical rider will always go about
it in the most matter-of-fact way that
will accemplish hisond;and if he rides
the wheel to win laurels on the racing
path, ho will need no outside advico as
to the hows and wherefores of this
branch of the sport. Those who ride
for pleasure, for tho sake of the exer
cise, or to got away from tho din and
dirt of tho city's turmoil, however, may
frequently gain a hint or two from the
experience of others, and looking at
the matter in this light. I shall be glad
to give very briefly my views upon the
are two methods of using a
bicycle for pleasure, the first for the
mere exhilaration and excitement of
self-propulsion, at a brisk pace, either
for physical development or to reach a
given point within a given time; the
second for the more quiet enjoyment of
every thing that pertains to out-door
life and nature. I find pleasure in both
forms of the exercise, and think that a
combination of both conduce to the best
results. There is an excitement in a
thirty-mile dash over good roads that
must be experienced to be fully appre
ciated. My usual gait in accomplish
ing such a run is from nine to ten miles
an hour, with absolutely as few stops as
possible. The first ten miles are always
the hardest; then the muscles stiffen to
their work: one gets his second wind,
and even the hills grow less difficult,
and in my experience it is less fatigu
ing to pull a stiff grade by dogged per
sistence, and to rest in the saddle after
wards by sauntering for half a mile,
than to dismount. I never drink a
drop of any thing on the road if it can
possibly be avoided, a few fruit, lime
or lemon tablets, whioh may be carried
in the pocket, usually relieving thirst;
and a bit of ice on a hot day is a surer
relief than pints of water as a summer
drink. Frequent dismounts, in con
nection with a hard pace, are fatiguing,
besides affording capital chance to take
aoid by a too sudden cooling off. One
can make a business of resting with
far more comfort at the end of the jour-
ney;"m dry clothing, and after a refresh
tag oatn ana run aown.
On the other hand, there is no
greater joy 'than to tako the road on a
aright morning, with a congenial com
panion or two, lady or gentleman
(though with lady companions I al
ways' use the tricycle) and go forth
with no other object than to spend a
happy day, wandering at sweet will in
the pure air and sunshine. The saun
tering pace, the mad-cap coast, the
speeding over the level, sand-papered
stretches, the quiet road-side pauses,
and the delightful "browsing and nib
bling," as Maurice Thompson puts it,
about the haunts of nature, all con
tribute to make the day so spent one to
live in the memory. To my mind the
use of the bicycle making the means
and not the aim of enjoyment gives
the most satisfactory and far-reaching
results. But, after all, chacun a son
gout, Charles Iticiard Dodge, in
Chicago Inter Ocean.
ROUGH EMPLOYMENT.
A. Tones' Mae Deellaee te Serve as Met-eeng-er
on a Texas Railroad.
A verdant young man visited an Aus
tin (Texas) express office the other
day, and inquired if they wanted a man
io run as messenger on the railroad.
The boys hadn't much to do that day,
and they concluded to have a little fun
with the rustic. They said they were
looking for the right kind of a man to
put in charge of an express car on a
new line that had just been opened
through a very dangerous part of Tex
as, but that they must first test his fit
ness for the position. They wanted to
know whether he had the necessary
nerve to withstand the shock of a col
lision or to resist train robbers. He
said he believed he had the nerve, but
they might test him in any way they
thought proper.
Then they put him into a crockery
orate with a lot of stone-coal, old stove
plate, coupling irons, broken railroad
lamps and water coolers, and rolled
him down stairs into the cellar. This
they told him, was to see how he would
behave when flopped down an embank
ment in an express car. He stood the
flop very well, conslder.ng that he was
a green hand at railroading.
As he was endeavoring to crawl out,
they dropped a box of merchandise
marked "Glass handle with care,"
down through a hatchway on top of
him; and during the confusion incident
to disencumbering himself of the
debris four masked men jumped on
hint with slung-shots, and then bound
and gagged him, pistols being dis
charged in close proximity to his head,
meanwhile. Then they chucked him
into an empty coffin box, stood him on
his head and yelled "fire!"
An explosion of dynamite immedi
ately followed, which blew the box
open and drove the would-be messenger
through a two-inch partition. When
they dug him out he appeared to have
grown twenty years older during the
civil-service examination. He said he
knew it was a hard life running express
messenger on a Texas railroad, but he
had no idea that it was as rough as
that. He added that he didn't think
his parents would like him to follow it,
and if theyconld find seme man to
naake the trip, in his.place he would
prefer to consider himself discharged.
They 1st him e?reltctMfly. 7 assur
ing him that his qualifications were first
class. He was-nextseen inquiring hif
way te the nearest iwdermllL - .He.
aid if he must work-eat he preferred a
Mtiiatien-waerehe weulsl be Jeter? Ike
in an ejecr: Ita SyMif
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LIFI IN MANILLA.
How the Day Pae la the C4plt.il or the
l'hllllppiao Islands.
Probably tho most novel feature of
tho early morning scenes on the streets
are tho groups, pairs and single natives
coming to market with their loads of
vegetables, fruits, nuts, herbs, etc.
They have no horses or carts, but carry
very heavy loads on their shoulders
by means-of a strip of bamboo, at each
end of which, suspended by thin ropes
of bamboo fiber,, is quito a large basket
or woven bamboo tray filled with prod
uce. One of these baskets carried in
the arms would be a load for a very
strongman, yet one of these Indians,
by means of the elastic strip of bamboo,
will carry two and trot along at a brisk
rate. At each step the bamboo springs
up and down, assisting the bearer
quite materially by: relieving him of
half the weight for an instant.
A group of this sort is quite pictur
esque, the gayly-colored dresses of the
women, their black, glossy hair stream
ing down their backs and being tossed
upon the fragrant and cool early morn
ing breeze; the colored shirts of the
men, thrown open, in front, showing
their mahogany colored breasts almost
to the waist, the rythmyieal motion
of their forms blending with the rich
beauty of the tropical landscape out
aide the city.
When the sun is up there comes
forth on the streets a myriad of ped
dlers of all sorts, from the Chinaman
with a whole dry goods store dangling
at either end of a bamboo pole to the
scantily-dressed native woman with a
broad bamboo tray on her head filled
with "gobs" of rice paste, cocoanut
and sugar, which she sells for "dos
euatros." or one copper per gob."
Then there are women with huge trays
of luscious mangoes, the most delicious
fruit in the world, and found in per
fection only in the Philllpines; women
'and boys with great baskets of boiled
and roasted green corn, who sell four
ears for a copper; women with cocoa
nut shells filled with rare guava jelly,
selling four full shells for twenty uents;
peddlers of all sorts of sweets in which
rice is' one of the chief component
parts; peddlers of every conceivable
thing used in housekeeping and more
beggars than you can count. When
the sun. begins to near the meridian
the roar and bustle of traffic dies away,
and by noon the streets are almost
.deserted, the heat driving almost
every one under cover. A Sabbath
day quiet reigns until about four
o'clock, when- the vehicles begin to
roll again, the peddlers awaken from
their midday siestas, and the beggars
uncover their deformities and emerge
into the open streets to frighten timid
women and children and plead pite
ously with the pedestrians, who usu
ally give them a copper or two to in
duce them to get out of sight. The
beggars are a choice lot, and present
some of the most sickening malforma
tions that you can imagine.
By six o'clock the streets are filled
with carriages of all sorts, the horses
racing along at full speed, and as they
are largely occupied by ladies dressed
in bright colors and with nothingion
their heads but a bit of ribbon or lace,
the scene is quite attractive. Every
body's objective point at this hour of
the day is La Lunetta, a largo, well
kept plaza on the shre of the bay.
where a military band of sixty or
seventy-five pieces discourse music
that would not be discreditable to Gil
more. Here many of the visitors
leave their carriages and promenade
up and down the smoothly graveled
space about the music stand, but the
majority remain seated and drive
around the vast driveway with the im
mense cavalcade. Here all the fashion,
youth and beauty of the city assemble
almost nightly, inhale the bracing sea
breeze and chat with their friends.
At eight o'clock the music ceases and
the hundreds of carriages whirl their
occupants over the smooth roads to
dinner. Everybody dines at eight
o'clock, and from nine o'clock to
twelve o'clock make or receive calls.
At midnight the city is as quiet as a
graveyard. Cor. St. Louis Republican.
WHITE SUMMER GOWNS.
That Are Lovelier Thaa
Kegel
Velvet or Stately Broesde.
The linen laces remain popular for
trimming underwear because of their
durability and genuine quality. Fino
Hamburgs on India lawn and French
nainsook may be bought in patterns
which match in various widths, and
are exceedingly convenient for trim
ming muslin gowns for commencement
days or for summer afternoon wear. A
dress of sheer white muslin has been
too often extolled by poets and novel
ists to receive new praises. It still re
mains the loveliest dress of a lovely
woman, far more beautiful than regal
velvet or stately brocade. It is a mis
take for our girls ever to adopt white
silk surah or sheer white woolens in
place of the oldtime muslin. The
plain, Directoire styles, full, plain
skirts, slightly draped at the back or
left to hang in full, plain breadths and
short, round waists, shirred full in
front, with a tendency to full sleeves,
are the features of the white afternoon
gowns this season. Girdles or ribbon
coming from the under arm seams of
the waist in cream white, pale blue,
primrose yellow or some flower-like
tint of color, are frequently a feature
of these gowns. A great many dresses
have been made up this season with
pyramids of pleating in front, panels
of embroidery at the sides and full,
straight breadths at the back, thus ex
cluding all drapery. Ribbons ofgros
grain In No. 12 and No. 16 width, with
a plain, satin edge, are preferred for
garniture to white dresses over any
ribbon with feather edge or a ribbon
of moire, except in the narrow widths
in which moire is use. Satin ribbons
are ptu$e for thia purpose. Coed
I mmiwwtrjnng
ALL ABOUT BEAVERS.
The Wonderful Intensity aad Industry ef
These Interesting- Crea tares.
An idea prevails that the beaver
builds his dam for the purpose of hav
ing a nice swimming-pond in the neigh
borhood of his residence, which is al
ways made in the river's bank. This
is not true; for in every stream which
he inhabits, if this was his sole object,
he could select many natural places
where the water is without a ripple,
and it is both deep and broad.
The animal has a wiser object in
view, and it ' consists in providing
against the pinching wants of hunger
during winter, when nearly everv
thing green has lost its sap and nutri
tion, and is as a body without blood
and animation. He therefore chooses
a place favorable for obtaining food,
and also where his labors will be as
sisted by natural formations or acci
dents in the river's course and con-
struction. Having pitched upon the
right section to build, he sets to work
with his fellows and fells giant trees.
In this he again exhibits his wonder-
ful instinct; for while one party is cut
ting with their sharp teeth the hard
wood of one side of the tree, another J To the majority of farmers the difler
division is actively engaged on the 1 ence between a profit and a loss is in
other side, never forgetting to make,
like unto the woodmen, the lowest in
cision on the side the tree is to fall,
which, to suit their purposes, is always
directly into and across the stream.
When a tree is thus fallen, it is at
tacked in its branches, which are so
turned and woven together in the out
lines of the dam as to catch in their
meshes any floating material, or receive
the tail-loads of soil and rubbish which
they carry to it. Another and another
tree are then systematically fallen, and
arranged as is the first, until the work
is finished as completely as if it had
been planned and executed by a rea
soning mind.
The finishing stroke is the transport
ing of the mud and laying it-
In this
labor they show themselves to be ex
cellent masons. They now act in con
cert. A large gang marches in line to
uio uuuk, nucre lutij luou vuuu uuiers
tails, and swim with their cargoes
elevated above and free from the water.
When they arrive at an unfinished point
of the dam, they dump the mud. and
mold it in place. Their houses they
have previously built in the river
banks. These consist of holes which
lead into large and airy subterranean
rooms, and which are above the water
mark. In these houses they are said
to sleep and live in pars; and, if we
could believe the story of old trappers,
they imitate human beings in managing
their household and in keeping house.
The main object they have in stavuur
the progress of the current of the river
is to afford a deep place, where, having
fallen numbers of trees, the deep water
will preserve tender and fresh the
limbs and shrubs on which to subsist
during not only time present,, but also
time to come. It is well known that
fresh branches of trees and young wil
lows, when placed in water, will keep
up partial life for a considerable length
of time. On this principle the beaver
acts in submerging his food deep in the
water, where it will retain its verdure,
and where the freezing process that is
going on at the surface of the river will
not bar his efforts in getting at his
store of provisions during the winter
season.
It is said that the beaver goes so far
as to bundle up small branches of trees
and willows, which they stow away in
the muddy bottom of the river. The
trapper, in his wondrous yarns, insists
that there are grades of society among
beavers, the same as among men. and
he will have it that they have their
"head chiefs;" that often individuals
among them have slaves who stand
ready to do their master's bidding at
a moment's warning; for instance, to
bring them a bundle of green twigs on
which to feast. According to their
imaginative stories the life of a beaver
can not be rivaled in happiness; and if
we could put full credence in their de
scription of the pastimes of the ani
mal, his palace and luxuries, we could
only compare the beaver to a citizen
of Venice in her most palmy days
the difference between the two being
that the former enjoyed himself more
in the water than the latter did in his
favorite gondola. Golden Days.
MARRIED TO A QUEEN.
Aa Aaaerieaa Defaalter Strike It such la
the South Sea.
In the divorce case decided by Judge
Lawrence, of the Supreme Court. Mrs.
Fanny A. Banks asks for her maidenly
freedom on the ground that her hus
band. Charles W. Banks, had been un
faithful to her.
Not many years ago Mr. Banks, then
a resident of Albany, wooed and won
the plaintiff, going to San Francisco to
live with his bride after the honeymoon
had passed. Securing employment in
the house of Wells, Fargo & Co.. ha
startled the Western metropolis by dis
appearing one day, a defaulter, it was
said, in the sum of $100,000. All trace
of him was lost, and it was believed for
a time that he had drowned himself in
the Pacific ocean.
In reality he had gone first to the
island of Tahiti, and thence to Cook's
Island, in the South Pacific, the King
of whose people had but recently died,
leavingacharming young widow, dusky
in color but not disagreeable of form
or feature. By accident the couple
met, fell in love at first sight at least
the widow did and three months after
they were married. Dispatches say
that his dusky bride delegated all her
powers to him, and that he rules with
justice o'erthe realm. These facts, de
veloped before the court, warranted,
the decree of divorce, which the d.
feadaat deplored in several affectionate
letters to his first wife, but agreed e
o binder. A". T. Xettcr.
FARMING THE CORNERS.
Many Little Thine That Need Prompt end
Carrfol Attention.
A prosperous farmer being asked the
secret of his success replied. "I farm
the corners." The owner of a farm
carried on entirely by hired help, came
home one night remarking: "I have
been doing to-day what hired men will
not do cleaning the weeds from tho
lence corners." a inniiy aairy iarmer
of our acquaintance proceeds with his
haying in this manner:
After the usual "bout cut" with tho
mower, a man with a scythe goes to tho
corners and along the fences where the
sickle bar has failed to reach, and soon
lays the "scatterings" of standing grass
upon the swath cut by the mower. An
J other farmer always carries a hoe when
ne goes to water cattle, or whenever
he has occasion to go to distant parts
of the farm afoot. By this means his
! pastures and fields are kept free from
obnoxious weeds and useless plants,
No grass is wasted under thistles out
I of reach of cattle. These are three
' examples of farming the corners.
Some may think this matter of too
small importance to merit attention.
saving the littles is farming the corn
ers. The cheapest, easiest and simplest
way to farm the corners is to have a
strip of grass either one or two rods
wide around every cultivated field.
This gives room for turning around in
plowing and in cultivating, if the crop
is corn or potatoes, and room for tho
first round in harvesting small grain,
without trampling with horses or bull
wheel of machinery. The hay can be
gathered by four or eight rounds of the
mower and half as many with the rake,
with a swing of the scythe in the
corners if the field is fenced.
If any one considers the hay he sets
from fence corners insufficient to pay
for the time it takes to procure it, let
him stop a moment and think how
many fence corners there are on his
farm that produce a
crop of strong,
healthy weeds each year.
Why? Be-i
? Be-
cause good grass, if left year after
year uncut or un burned, will soon
make a fine place
for weeds. The
seeds get among the decaying grass
and grow when the grass roots are
grow
killed by the same mantle that gives
life to the-weeds.
Another corner that needs farming
is that big stone in the meadow or corn
field- If not too large, get it out this
fall; if it can not be removed, sink it
below plowing depth, if possible. If it
must remain, clear every thing from it.
Do not make it the destruction of your
farm. In other words, do not pile
stones and rubbish upon it, and make
j it a lodging place for weed seeds; they
will germinate and thrive without cul
tivation, and are pretty apt to go to
seed, as the nature of their root-bed
forbids an easy extermination.
If you have stumps to deal with, pull
or burn them out at your earliest op
portunity. Clumps of straggling trees or under
brush should be taken out, root and
branch, that the fields may be cultiva
ted without hindrance. If you wish
shade or a wind-break from the clump,
clear and trim up, leaving only the best;
then care for these, that they may
thrive. Unless these unsightly clumps
are taken care of, they often become
seed-beds for foulness to the farm.
The same care may be applied to the
single large tree you wish to preserve.
Keep the limbs trimmed off well up, so
that the sun's rays may reach all the
ground under it at some time during
the day. This will enable you to get
something of a crop from under a tree.
Besides those in the fields there are
other corners on a farm that need care.
nnaionftanfmin in tho f-Ho-r nf I
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the horse stable. Be sure the feed-box
does not leak; much grain is wasted
that ought to help the horse do his
work. Another "corner" sometimes
found in the stable is the waste of hay
the horse is allowed to get under his
feet and then use for bedding. Have
you ever looked to this corner of your
farm?
The cow stable often has both these
wastages. Even though you are a
renter, the investment of a few dollars
for lumber and a few hours' time will
pay big interest in the feed saved or
milk gained. Sometimes the corners
in barns are holes and cracks through
which wind and cold steal the animal's
comfort and the farmer's profit. How
ever poor you are,' farm this corner, if
with stuffing only; and really, for the
outlay, this means will prove very
profitable. A few nails and some old
boards, strips or poles will make a
frame-work which can be filled with
straw, old hay or leaves. Stuff with
something, if it be the best new tame
hay. It will pay a large dividend.
Do not wait; do it now.
There are many other corners about
the farm that need attention. Look
after the farming of each of them in
its season, and you will find your work
will be done more easily, satisfactorily
and profitably. Farm, Field and Stock-
num.
A Boston expedition in search of
buried treasure found and raised an im
mense anchor of antiquated pattern,
having a shank about fifteen feet long
ana a ring twenty-nine inches in diame
ter. Thoyalso raised two iron can-
nonsotaacient st vie and fmnulnn rt r i
it w .!. . mane me uisiance from the coronet to
IHwhTST WfS "f to the toe the iamen.Lt
t V S T"1??"11 Wa8hei forwa . and then let the shoe
SiiSLflr TSeniunosv;siriMm?itaii
thieWST covered witt shellTand I dS , Jf: footWiU not raised a.
posit. i igh it will not be thrown as far for-
' ward, and so forging will be prevented.
Mother (to Bobby, who has just .This is a simple procedure, and one
?t?J?3KriP can be ordered by any farmer who
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Hang a small b:ig of charcoal in
the rain-water barrel to purify the
water.
Currant Fie: One teacup mashed
currants (canned ones will do), one
teacup sugar, two eggs, two tablespoon
fuls flour and one teacup cold water:
bake with one crust. When done make
a frosting of the two whites and spread
on top.
Chemists say that potatoes should
always be boiled in their jackets, as
there are various elements detrimental
to the wholesomeness of the vegetable
that are absorbed by the skin, and that
potatoes that are peeled before bailing
retain some of these elements.
Statistics show that meat consump
tion in foreign countries has increased
twenty-five per cent, in the past few
years, while meat production there ha
decreased. This ought to make a bright
prospect for our meat producers and
increase our export trade, especially
in pork. Western Swineherd.
Green Pea Porridge: Boil thre..
pints of green peas in just water enough
to cook until they are tender; pour io
three pints of milk: let it boil up and
then add one-fourth pound butter
rubbed into flour enough to thicken it
to your liking. Boil until the flour is
cooked, and season with salt and pep
per. Serve when hot.
Berry Breakfast Cake: One quart
of flour, one pint of sour milk, one
half cup of butter, one even cup ol
sugar, tnree eggs, tnree cups or ber-
i "cs, one toaspoonful of soda sifted
j witn one-half teaspoonfui of salt twiee
through the flour. Roll the berries in
! flour before adding to the batter. Bake
in two shallow pans.
The most successful swine-breeders
never let the pigs stop growing un-
: til they are ready for market.
When-
i ever Pte come to a standstill then nil
, the food given them is so much lost. a-
; mere lsotnmg to snow for it. A
good thrifty pig may be made to gam
puuuu uy unui ae is ten monins
'd. when he is of the right age and
weigu u sen ana snoutu snow a gooa
, pruut iur me ioou consumeu.
' ce water makes an excellent
sympathetic ink. When dry the char-
. aeters become absolutely invisible, and
on an application of iodine show blue.
A simpler sympathetic ink in its ap
plication is prepared by adding a fluid
ounce of oil of vitrol to a pint of soft
warm water. Use a clean steel pen.
When dry the writing is invisible, but
held to the fire it becomes indelibly
black. " If you want to get away from
chemicals altogether write with a clean
quill pen dipped in onion or turnip
juice; when the paper is heated the
characters turn brown.
WEANING LAM8S.
Row te Do It Properly end Without In
jury to the Yoeag- Aalamal.
Lambs are' usually weaned about
August 1, and it requires some thought
to do it properly. When separated
irom me ewes iney wui worry less lr
retained in the field where they are ac
customed to run and the ewes removed
out of hearing. For a few days th
lambs should be confined in a covered
inclosure and fed a little hay and grain
and then be turned out to pasture to
ward evening, to be taken up again
next morning; otherwise tho worry, the
loss of their milk diet and the annoy
ance of flies will cause them to shrink
visibly and it is always bad to have
growth checked. The ewes should 1m
turned into a "lean" pasture until dried
np, and they should be examined every
day, for it might be necessary to relieve
the udders of some by milking.
Many allow the lambs to run with
their mothers continuously, but it is an
unwise practice. The latter need to bo
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freed from maternal care, whether
they are to go to the shambles or lw
retained for production. Sheep do not
feed in the middle of hot. sunny days
when flies bother, but lie huddled in
fence corners or under shrubs and trees.
or any spot where they can get even
their heads in the shade. It would bo
a blessing to them it they could havj
access to roomy sheds, somewhat dark
ened. It is to be hoped that somebo-iy
will invent a sheep-shed on wheels that
one team could remove from field to
field as occasion might require. for.
JT. r. Tribune.
How to Prevent Forging.
There is no driver of a horse but that
has felt the annoyance that results from
I forging, or the striking of the forward
shoes by the hind ones in traveling,
and yet this can be prevented. Tho
occasion of the forging is, the hind feet
are thrown forward and strike the for
ward or front feet before they can got
out of the way. a result of the action of
the horse, which must be corrected,
which is explained in "Artistic Horso
Shoeing," and which is accomplished
by using a heavy toe-weight shoe on
the front feet to make the horse reach,
further. After the front shoe has bey:i
nailed on. take a rule and measure- th-
distance-from the coronet to the bottom
part of the toe, observing the slant of
the foot. Measuring the hind fo't in
the same way. in most cases it will b
found to be from one-quarter to on-'
inch the shortest, and the shorten the
foot the quicker it can be raised. Jkt::
by placing tho shoe upon the hind foot-
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