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A. C. HOSMER, Proprietor.
RED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA,
FAILURE IN A GARDEN.
3ef ere I made my panlen. O I was a happy ,
I read the seed store catalogue ana oyraUy
would plan
'Bow lor o! luscious Testable I easily coold
raise.
-And flnred np the proatt that, they aay. a
garden pays. 4
Or patent fertilizers, fancy garden tools aad
seeds
3 bouzht about as many a a "Western farmer
needs:
J hired men that wouldn't work, and. tiring
w:th the larii,
J dus till time Tor business and finished is tfaa
dariJ.
After I made my parden. Oh 1 1 was a wof ul man.
'The chickens scratched my pretty beds, the
cto?s upon them ran.
The cats pitched battles on taem fought, the
coars ate all my corn.
-And a ho? that tried to bite me always rooted
there at mom.
"Then came-a drought that barned to dust my
garden: then a flood
-And reltins ha:l and hurricane turned every
thins to mud:
Then, like the plagues of Egypt, swarmed npon
me nie and buss.
inch worm, moles, cut worms, locusts, cater
pillars, crows and slugs.
"With pans green, tobacco, sulphur, soot and
hellebore
I dosed that insect army, but they only cried for
more;
1 spoiled my clothes and patience in the blazing
sun and rain,
JVnd got myself so dirty that I always missed
the tram.
All summer long I wrestled, while my perspir
ation drops
1 thinS would nil the barrels I had ready for my
crops.
And thoush I wasn't able to supply one dinner's
needs,
1 took the prize of champion for raising famous
weeds.
Before I made my garden. Oh! I was a happy
man.
Sat afterwards my troubles and experience be
gan. ZCow. if some city greeniom like myself would
care to reap
The profit of a garden. I will sell out very
cheap.
E. C Dolge. in Detroit Free Press.
SAVED BY VANITY.
Literally Hairbreadth Escape of a
French lieutenant.
In ISTO. a month or two before the
outbreak of the Franco-German war.
one of the most promising-cadets, or. as
they are commonly styled "pupils' of
the military college of St. Cyr was Gas
ton de Langeais. He was the last rep
resentative of an ancient family in
Brittany. wboe traditional obstinacy
and impatience of control he had in
herited to an extent which rendered
him more popular with his comrades
than with the presiding authorities.
Not that he was especially remarka
hle for turbulence or insubordination or
that his infractions of rules were more
ji frequent than those of the majority of
.&. liis fellows. On one point alone he
was intractable, and exercised all his
inirenulty in repeated attempts to es
cape a reiruiation which was inexpress
ibly repugnant to him. Gifted by na
ture with an abundance of luxuriantly
curling hair, of which he was inordi
nately vain, the prescribed necessity
of having it cropped short was a per
petual grievance to him; and he looked
anxiously forward to his second year
at St. Cyr, and to his consequent eman
cipation from the too close scrutiny to
which he had hitherto been periodic
ally subjected.
"In two months," he said exultingly
to one of his intimates, "my time here
will be up. and once named officer I
shall be free as air, and no longer
ashamed to show myself to my cousin
Louise- For you see." he added, lift
ing his cap, and displaying a thick
growth of short curls carefully flattened
down. "I still have some hair left-"
Castles in the air. however, are apt
to collapse: and Gaston's visionary
projects were, to say the least, pre
mature, A few mornings later, at the usual
hour of parade, the corps of youngsters
-were unexpectedly summoned to un
dergo the inspection of the infantry
lieutenant, Bouchard, a lynx-eyed mar
tinet, by no means favorably disposed
toward pupils destined for cavalry
regiments, whom he contemptuously
designated as "coxcombs.' De Lan
geais. as the recognized leader of the
hand, was particularly obnoxious to
him: and his keen eyes twinkled ma
liciously a he stopped short before the
youniT man. and examined him curi
ously. "Take off your cap," he said.
Gaston obeyed with an inward shiver
of apprehension.
"I thought as much," growled the
lieutenant. "If that superfluous hair
lias not disappeared by this time to
morrow you will pass the next four
days in the salle de police-' "
O'crj are in for it now." whispered
hi sympathizing comrade when the
terrible Bouchard had passed on.
"Not a bit of it." replied de Langeais.
ehruirginghis shoulders unconcernedly.
"Why, what on earth can you do?"
"I don't exactly know, but I intend
to put off the evil day as long as I
possibly can."
Next morning, with the aid of a
couple of brushes, well soaked in water,
he succeeded in leveling the rebellious
locks so as to deceive even a practiced
oye, and appeared on parade with his
wonted jaunty air, although not a little
nervous as to the result of the coming
ordeal. Presently the lieutenant ar
rived with an ominously slow step, and
pausing as before exactly in front of
Gaston, repeated the order of the pre
vious i iv.
Take off your cap."
For a moment Bouchard appeared
puzzled by the apparently smooth sur
face o! the "pupil's" head, but. beat
on ascertaining the real state of the
case, he unceremoniously lifted a por
tion of the flattened hair with his fore
finger, thereby disclosing a substratum
of tiny curls. Then, turning to the
adjutant who accompanied him, he
briefly consigned the offender for four
days to the "salle de police," and con
tinued his round of inspection with a
self-satisfied grin.
During the last day of his seclusion
Gaston practically employed his leisure
in decorating his knee, by a judicious
mixture of blue and green paint, with
a tolerably exact imitation of a bruise,
which he showed to the regimental
doctor, pretending that the contusion
had been caused by his coming in con
tact with a post in the riding-school.
Whether he implicitly believed the
statement or not, the good-natured
medico put him on the sick list, and
thus twenty-fours were gained. His re
appearance on parade.however. became
at length a matter of necessity, and
this time his continued disobedience
entailed on him a week's further con
finement; at the expiration of which he
was again consigned to durance Tile
for an entire fortnight.
"This will nerer do," thought de
Langeais. "The earthenware pot
must in the long run be smashed by the
iron one, aad I shall have to give in at
last. I had better try old Grison once
more."
Whereupon, having previously, by
way of precaution, added a few touches
to the pictorial embellishment of his
knee, he limped into tho consulting
room of Dr. Grison, who was for
tunately too much engaged with other
patients to bestow more than a cursory
glance at the bruise, and, not knowing
precisely what to make of the case,
gave the newcomer an order of admis
sion to the infirmary, then under the
charge of half a dozen Sisters of
Charity, presided over by a Lady
Superior.
Gaston had hardly changed his or
dinary attire for the regulation loose
gray coat and cotton night-cap when
Pitrot. the tonsor of the establishment,
was announced, bearing an enormous
pair of scissors and a laconic note,
which ran as follows:
"The pupil de Langeais' hair is to be cut off
immediately. Bouchard."
The poor coiffeur, unwilling to lose
so excellent a customer for pomades
and other capillary unguents, and yet
compelled to obey the imperative man
date, was in despair.
"Would it not be possible, mon
sieur." he suggested, to obtain from
the Lady Superior a certificate that the
effect of the operation might be injuri
ous to an invalid?"
Gaston could not help smiling at the
idea. "I don't quite see." he said,
"what a cropped head has to do with a
bruise on the knee; but there can be
no harm in trying."
As good luck would have it. Sister
Angelique. in whose memory, perhaps,
still lingered the fondly cherished rec
ollection of some romantic episode of
her youthful days, listened with inter
est to the handsome Breton, while he
related to her his hopes and fears, and
his attachment to his cousin Louise.
Being naturally kind-hearted and sym
thetie. she agreed without much per
suasion to his rather incongruous re
quest, so that Pere Pitrot, relieved
from his disagreeable responsibility,
went on his way rejoicing.
A quarter of an hour later the lieu
tenant burst into the infirmary in a
paroxysm of fury.
"So. youngster!" he cried, "it seems
you are bent on braving me! Well,
we shall see. You can not stay sham
ming here forever : and mark my
words when you do come out, I'll
have that head of yours as smooth as a
billiard ball!"
With this parting threat he bounced
out of the room; and next day every
one of the future cavalry officers the
prisoner alone excepted underwent
the summary operation of "cropping'
at the hands of the tonsor, Pitrot.
Meanwhile, Gaston's position was by
no means an enviable one. Through
the grated windows of the infirmary he
could see his comrades mounting their
horses in the courtyard, and caracoling
gayly as they passed, and on Sundays
most painful trial of all could hear
with a pang of envy the joyous shouts
of his more fortunate colleagues, eman
cipated for a few hours from duty,
and on their way to catch the first
train to Paris.
The day of deliverance, however, was
at hand. Early on the 14th of July
a date never to be forgotten by de
Langeais the occupants of the in
firmary were suddenly startled by a
tremendous uproar immediately under
their windows and, on looking out,
imagined for a moment that pande
monium Lad broken loose.
Such a spectacle had assuredly never
been witnessed at St. Cyr. The entire
quadrangle was thronged by an ex
cited multitude, rushing to and fro in
tumultuous disorder, flinging their
caps high in the air, and bursting
every now and then into a loud and
prolonged hurrah! Was it a revolt,
marveled the sisters and their patients,
or what could it possibly mean?
A few minutes sufficed to explain the
mystery. A hasty step was heard out
side the door, immediately followed by
the entrance into the sick-room of an
adjutant, bearing in his hand an offi
cial document, the contents of which,
recited by him in a sonorous voice,
were greeted with an enthusiasm bor
dering on frenzy.
"War is declared with Prussia. By
Imperial decree, the seniors are hence
forth sub-lieutenants."
Before the sisters, deafened by the
clamor, had recovered fron their
stupefaction, they found thenxtelves
alone in the infirmary: the invalids,
one and all, having mustered strength
enough to throw aside their wraps and
make the best of their way downstairs.
Gaston, whose instantaneous cure
Sister Angelique afterward described
as little short of miraculous, was the
first to rejoin his comrades; and, de
scrying his persecutor, Bouchard,
standing apart from the rest, and ap
parently in no very good humor, went
up to him with outstretched hand and
a frank, cheery smile.
"Well lieutenant," he said, you
won't have me cropped now!"
"So it seems," grimly replied the
other, returning somewhat reluctantly
the proffered grasp. "You have more
luck than you deserve: for, depend
upon it. I should have shown you no
mercy!"
Each of the seniors entitled to pro
motion having notified to the adjutant
on duty the regiment to which he was
desirous of being attached, the prepa
rations for departure were speedily
completed. At an early hour in the
afternoon the band of exulting young
sters started for Paris, intent on mak
ing the most of the three days allowed
them before joining their respective
corps. Gaston's regiment being
stationed at Lille, he had ample leisure,
after partaking of a farewell repast at
Brebant's with his old companions, to
carry into execution his long-cherished
project of paying a flying visit to his
cousin Louise at Trouville; and, re
pairing on the third day to headquar
ters, reported himself to the eolonel of
the Forty-second Dragoons, who re
ceived him most cordially.
"You are dispensed from duty," said
his chief, "until you have got your kit
in order. Ma foi, young man. you
have arrived in the very nick of time,
for before the week is out we shall be
on our way to the front."
On his first appearance at mess, de
Langeais discovered to his astonish
ment that every one of his new com
panions, without exception, was closely
cropped. "A very necessary pre
caution," said the president, "in war
time: the less incumbrance we carry
about us the better. A long beard and
as little hair as possible: no comb or
razor wanted, nothing but a simple
'brush-up.' "
"Not to mention," chimed in an old
campaigner of proverbial baldness,
"that a heavy helmet plays the vert
deuce with one's hair."
Gaston listened with due respect to
these well-meant exhortations, but
without the slightest intention of being
influenced by them; aad. on the ar
rival of his division at Metz some days
later, had already, more than once,
declined to avail himself of the services
of the regimental barber.
Nevertheless, he instinctively felt
that a continued refusal to conform to
the general custom must inevitably en
danger his popularity, and that the
only way to atone for this obnoxious
singularity was to distinguish himself
by some exploit which might obtain
for him an honorable mention in the
order of the day.
An opportunity soon came. On the
18th of August his regiment, posted
near St. Private, behind an avenue of
poplars bordering the road to Saar
bruck, had been exposed for several
hours to a galling fire of the German
artillery: and had suffered severely
from an incessant storm of shells,
which were beginning to set the trees
on fire. The position of the French
corps became untenable, and the
colonel, deciding that the enemy's
guns must at any cost be silenced, or
dered a small detachment of dragoons
commanded by de Langeais to charge,
and cut them off from the main body.
The Germans, taken by surprise and
imagining they were about to be at
tacked by the entire regiment, ceased
firing and hastily retreated, leaving
one of their guns on the field, which
Gaston, at the head of fifteen men, bore
down npon. and, sabering the gunners,
carried it triumphantly into the French
lines.
"Bravo!" cried the colonel, warmly
grasping the young sub-lieutenant's
hands; 4,you have deserved the Cross
for this, and I will take care that you
get it."
Stimulated by this first success, and
eager to justify by some further act of
daring the good opinion of his chief,
de Langeais neglected no opportunity
of proving himself worthy of it. Dis
patched on a foraging expedition, and
attacked by an outpost of infantry, he
completely routed them and brought
ten prisoners to the camp, and a few
days later held his ground for half an
hour, unsupported, save by his own
men, against an entire corps of the
enemy. His gallantry did not pass
unrewarded. Not only was the Cross
of the'Legion of Honor conferred on
him, but his name was three times
mentioned for exceptional bravery in
the order of the day, and his speedy
promotion to the rank of lieutenant
was generally regarded as a certainty.
At this juncture the unexpected
capitulation of Metz was a severe blow
to him, and unwilling to accept com
parative liberty on parole, he con
ceived a project which, although ex
tremely hazardous, might enable him
to join the Army of the Loire. His de
sign being approved of by the general
commanding under Bazaine. who in
trusted him with a letter to his col
league. Aurelie de Paladines. inform
ing him that the army of Prince
Frederick Charles would shortly march
toward the Loire. Gaston exchanged
his uniform for a blouse and a peas
ant's straw hat, and carrying a basket
of eggs, pursued his way coolly in the
direction of the enemy's lines.
"It is a terrible risk," he thought.
"but better be shot at once than rot in I
a German prison."
Challenged by the first man he met.
and arrested on suspicion, he was
taken before the colonel of the rqg
ment. who, surrounded bv bis officers
in council, scrutinized the prisoner
attentively. .
"Where do you come from?" he In
quired in tolerable French.
"From Ladonchamps, on my way
with these eggs to Grigy," was the
young man's reply.
"Are you aware that you run the
risk of being treated as a spy?" pur
sued his interrogator.
"Necessity has no choice." retorted
da Langeais with a perfectly indiffer
ent air.
During this brief colloquy, the offi
cers glancedjcuriously at the stalwart
individual before them, whose appear
ance and manner contrasted so
strangely with the homely dress he
wore; and were almost unanimously of
the colonel's openly expressed opinion
that he was no peasant, but an officer
in disguise, and consequently a spy.
A pause, boding no good to the ac
cused, ensued, and in another moment
his fate would have been sealed, when
gray-haired major, who bad been
intently gazing at de Langeais, sud
denly rose from his seat.
"Stay," he exclaimed, "with all
submission, I think you are mistaken.
This man, whoever he may be. is no
officer. All those we have taken
prisoners have been close cropped,
and no one ever heard of a French
soldier on active service with such a
head of hair as that."
"True, the major is right," assented
several of those present.
"It may be so," said the colonel,
only half convinced, "and in that case
he is entitled to the benefit of the
doubt. ive him a pass, and let him
go and be ianged somewhere else."
"A narrow escape," muttered Gas
ton to himself, as he left the camp. "I
wonder what Bouchard would say if he
knew it"
A week later our hero reached his
destination, and delivered his creden
tials to the general in command, by
whom the grade of lieutenant was im
mediately conferred on him. At the
conclusion of the campaign he was
promoted to a captaincy, and in 1871,
after the final rout of the Commune,
married his cousin Louise. In the fol
lowing year, while on leave in Paris,
he came across his old enemy,
Bouchard, ou the Boulevard des Ital
iens. "How goes it with you?" asked the
latter, as they were sipping their ab
sinthe together.
Admirable." replied Gaston. "Here
am L a captain at twenty-two. Cheva
lier of the Legion of Honor, and the
husband of a charming wife; and all
this no thanks to you, by the way,
Bouchard because I saved my hair."
Charles Hervey, in the The Argosy.
FANCIES OF "FASHION.
Note Coseeralns; th Latoat FoiwigB aad
DoSBMtlC DtMl XOTCltlM.
The hem of a widow's veil is deeper
than ever.
Mutton leg sleeves are becoming to
every one.
Narrew plaiting are no lunger used
to finish the edge of dresses.
Fruit is only occasionally used as
decoration for hats and bonnets.
Sailor hats in colored straw are effect
ively trimmed with black lace.
Nainsook morning jackets have their
entire front laid in narrow tucks.
Dressy young married ladies wear
white tulle veils with capote-shaped
bonnets.
Many of the summer dresses made
with thin fabrics have bodices without
darts.
Mourning is worn for a longer period
in the United States than any other
country.
The directoire ruffle of white or
black lace is one of the features of
summer gowns.
The ribbons used for sewing in rows
on net dresses are generally two inches
wide.
White silk brocaded or lace parasols
are not seen to advantage in an unex
pected shower.
Scarf veils three-eighths of a yard
wide, scalloped on the lower edge, are
worn with traveling hats.
Twenty yards of ribbon is a very
meager estimate of an allowance for
trimming on a summer dress.
Sailor hats, which are again used for
summer wear, are much more trimmed
than they were last season.
Sage tea mixed with a little bay rum
is an excellent wash for the hair and
prevents its falling out.
The handwriting of educated women
a generation ago was far more legible
than it is at the present time.
An ancient fashion, revived by gen
tlemen of changeable tastes, is the
watch fob on the right side of the trou
sers. Plain coat-sleeves are rarely seen.
There is always some plaiting or full
ness at the top about the armhoies.
Enormous sleeves are necessary ap
pendages to the light taffeta surah silk
dust cloaks worn by ladies when driv
ing. Chicago News.
Pictures Made by Electricity.
The latest novelty in which elec
tricity plays a part is one of the put
y our - money - in - the - slot-and-see-it-go
style. It is higher priced than its pre
decessors, but you get more for your
money. This one costs a quarter. You
put yourself in a satisfactory position,
cook up a proper smile, look steadily
at a spot designated, drop in your two
shilling piece, wait about five minutes,
and a suap-shot photograph comes out
complete. In military parlance the
whole is done in one time and two mo
tions. The machine can't make any
change, but you can make it give you
two pictures for one price if you and
your girl are sufficiently well ac
quainted to stand very close together
when the quarter goes down the slide.
Electrical Review.
FLORIDA WILD HOGS.
UtU Man-Eaters Whme atara
Know o Twmr.
One of the many terrors that the
Northern huntsman has to deal with in
Southern Florida is the ferocious wild
hog. No one who has not encountered
this ani I can appreciate its thorough
cussedness." They are among the
fiercest animals that inhabit the wilds
of any land, although but little is
known of them right here in our own
country. The wild hog of Florida will
attack any thing; he seems to fear
nothing, and is by great odds a bolder
fighter than the bear. There is noth
ing foxy about him. He does not pos
sess any of the traits of the coyote or
the wolf, but will march fearlessly into
a fight, alone, unaided, and with the
odds against him. When assailed he
becomes a fiend incarnate and will at
tack any thing from a cougar to an
alligator. He has none of the fear
which the latter possesses, and while
he keeps away from the cavernous
jaws of the alligator as much as pos
sible, yet he does not fear to assail
him, and if on dry land, will swoop
down upon the alligator without the
slightest provocation, and the chances
are that in less than an hour's time
there will not be a shred of the alli
gator left to tell of the terrible conflict,
except the hide and skulL
The huntsman would rather run into
a school of sleeping, man-eating, alli
gators, or a den of rattlesnakes, than
take his chances with the bog. He is
by far the most dangerous foe that a
hunter can encounter in the wilderness.
If he stumbles upon a pack of them un
knowingly he is, nine times out of ten,
a dead hunter. Even should he suc
ceed in killing any of them, he does
not escape, for their dismal death por
tending howls soon bring reinforce
ments by the dozen. They attack the
hunter at all points. While some arc
snarling and snapping at his legs,
others are springing upon him from all
sides, some have him by the throat, and
others are upon his arms.
To shake them off is an utter im
possibility. It can not be done. Soon
the hunter becomes weak, and sinks tc
the ground from utter exhaustion.
When this stage arrives the balance is
comparatively easy work for the hog,
and the sportsman soon shares the same
fate as the luckless alligator. Their
teeth are small and as sharp as a razor,
and they have been known to gnaw at
a tree for hours in their mad efforts tc
appease then hunger.
Should a hunter be fortunate enough
on running across them to have a good
sized tree within easy distance, he may
save his life by taking to it. but he it
even then in a bad way. The hogs arc
bound to scent him out. and as soon as
they do they are sure to range them
selves about the base of the tree and
remain there for hours, until hunger
compels them to start in search of pab
ulum. Lven then the old-timers will
not leave until they have thoroughly
shown their disgust by champing their
foaming jaws at the fugitive; and
their little eyes, full of malice, seem tc
snap sparks of ferocious fire. For a
Northerner whoscontemplates hunting
in South Florida. I would advise him
to steer clear of the everglades, unless
accompanied by an experienced native.
who knows the haunts of these man
eaters, and how to contend with him.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
THE HIGHEST CATARACT.
A Water-rail that Xakos m Plug t
TVestrly Two Tboaaaad Feet.
The lake is about four and a half
miles long by a mile to a mile and a
half wide. On either side huge moun
tains rise almost perpendicularly from
the water's edge, covered with snow
and ice. and waterfalls come tumbling
down on all sides. On the right Terror
peaks and Giants' gates (7,000 feet) are
the most remarkable features. Ducks
of every variety skim upon the surface
of the lake, such as paradise, blue
mountains, gray and teal. These
abound and pay little heed to strangers
Several gigantic mountains among
them the Castle, the Danger, Mount
Hall, and Mount Daniel surround us,
rising from 6,000 to 7,000 feet high,
and we saw some fine avalanches
coming down the Barron slopes with a
thundering roar. Several rivers fall
into the head of the lake. We selected
the center one, which turned out to be
the Poseidon, and after rowing about
two miles up, night coming on. we
camped. I must leave to some
able writer the work of picturing
to the world in suitable language
the grandeur of what will soon
be known as the highest waterfall in
the world. It consists of three leaps
in almost direct line, but when stand
ing about a quarter of a mile away it
has the appearance of a straight leap
with two breaks. The two upper leaps
are equi-distant and the lower one
shorter. The water issues from a nar
row defile in the rock at the top of the
precipice; it then makes one grand leap
of 815 feet into a rocky basin on the
face of the cliff ; issuing forth once more
it makes another fine leap of 751 feet,
and then goes tumbling headlong in
one wild dash of 338 feet into the pool
right at the foot of the precipice. It
will thus be seen that the total height
of the fall is 1.904 feet, thus making it
the highest waterfall that has yet been
discovered in the world. Proceeding
right on to the pool in the foot hewa
out. we are told, by the heavy fall oi
water from the mound of stones and
debris projected over in times of flood
at the expense, however, of getting
drenched in the spray a splendid view
of the whole is obtained; and when the
sun is shin;ng the effect is enhanced by
a beautiful rainbow of colors of the
most brilliant kind conceivable. This
bow is in nearly a full circle, and the
closer you get to it the smaller is
grows, till it is right in front of your
face a brilliant-hued ring a yard ia
diameter." Chambers' Journal,
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
An infusion of hay will keep the
color of buff linens, and an infusion of
bran will do the same for brown linens
and prints.
One advantage in well-tilled land
is that the surface water drains off
rapidly without washing, and the land
warms up quicker and seeding can be
done easier.
The quality of milk is affected by
the food and water given the cow. by
the condition of the stable in which
she is kept, and by the care of sloven
liness used in milking.
Potatoes for breakfast: Into e
well-buttered pan place a layer of cold
boiled potatoes sliced thin, salt and
pepper them, add another layer and
cover with cream or milk; bake until
well browned. Cold mashed potatoes
are nice baked the same way.
Never attempt to work a colt be
fore it is four years old. While service
may be secured earlier from a well
grown colt, yet it is a risk to begin
with a colt too soon. Give him plenty
of time to mature, but break him ia
early, imposing but little work on him.
Banana Custard Pie: Take two
bananas, rub through a colander and
have them perfectly smooth: mix the
bananas with one pint of milk, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two eggs and
a little salt. Bake in a medium-sized
plate in a slow oven.
If the grass is very rank around
the house the lawn mower should be
used. By keeping the grass short there
will be fewer snakes and other small
reptiles harboring therein. If the lawn
mower will not cut it use a grass scythe
first, and then apply the lawn mower.
The safest way to dispose of weeds
is to burn them. Make a small fire of
any wood, throw on the weeds, a few at
a time. It is astonishing what an
amount of green stuff may be burned
in this way. and quite a quantity of
ashes will be left which should be
spread. They will benefit any crop.
American Agriculturist.
Those who sell out farms in one
section of the country with the inten
tion of purchasing and going into
farming in other parts, should remem
ber that there is a greater change in
store than simply that of location. A
change of location means a change of
conditions, and those who expect to
make the first change must count cer
tainly on the latter.
Tc Can Tomatoes: The secret lies
in keeping them in a perfectly dark
place after they are canned. Stew
without sugar or water, dip off a little
cf the juice so as to have as much of
the fruit as possible, and scald the cans
well, before putting the tomatoes in
them. Then seal quickly, and put
them into a covered box which set into
a cool, dark closet. Examine every
day or two for ten days, to see if they
are keeping all right- If they keep
ten days they will give no trouble-
Household.
Haying and harvest is usually a
season of hard work, and its conclusion
should be marked by a vacation, in
which rest and recreation should be
the chief objects, to be taken according
to the peculiarities of the locality. If
there are good opportunities for fish
ing near, lake or river, many will pre
fer to make this vacation a fishing ex
cursion; but whatever form, let it be
such as the whole family can enjoy,
aud if "haying and harvest" is a period
of hard work, let "after haying and
harvest" be marked by a period of en
joyable recreation.
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BciBs; of Live-Stock.
In advanced agriculture pasturing is
regarded as a wasteful way of feeding
animals. There are pastures, but feed
ing is not their chief object they are
for exercise, for rest and for comfort.
How can there be any comfort in a
pasture in which there u no shade. In
some of the wooded portions of the
country the settler or farmer appears
to regard a tree as his natural enemy;
created expressly for him to cut down.
As to leaving groves here and there for
shade, he will not listen to the sug
gestion. He wants his land cleared;
then if he needs any trees he can plant
them. He can. but rarely does. He
sells out his cleared farm and moves
further West, where he "clears" an
other farm not to enjoy it, but to sell
and repeat the operation. We have in
mind one who, over seventy years old.
could not give up chopping down trees.
He had made himself well off and
raised a large family of boys, most of
whom went into the army. During the
exciting times of the late civil war this
old man could no longer be content to
chop in the "back woods," but he was
able to buy a piece of woodland on
which he could ply his axe and still be
near enough to the highway to hail the
passer-by and inquire: "What's the
news?"
If one owns at farm upon which no
ahade'trees have been left, he should
at once' put up artificial shelter, which
may be done with little labor or ex
pense. Set crotched posts at proper
distances apart to hold lighter poles
for "plates." Use more slender poles
for rafters, upon which should be laid
a roof of leafy brush. Poles may be
laid upon the brush and be bound to
the rafters with willow twigs, or the
roofing kept from blowing off in any
convenient manner. These are intended
for shade only, and the sides do not
need to be enclosed. The roof need
be only six or eight feet above the
ground. With an annual mending,
the brush roof will last for several
years. The comfort enjoyed by the
cows under such a shelter will amply
repay one who cares for the welfare of
his animals for the slight trouble and
cost, even if on does not take into ac
count the greater yield of milk from
cows that can "ruminate in quiet i
comfort.-American Agriculturist.
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