FARE AND GARDEN. Items of Interest on Agricultural Topics. by Cc Ten Crowing Seeds ntract-lLez ness The Acre Farm Etc. greatly + Vary ana amoun best in the of round, as dis of the sun hue The poiniment Peachbl the most conditions. TI! rrowth was exceeding thre wt in the ¢ son. Jlossoms were Conspicuous few that appeared bud: bu their absence The were very attractive in the the yellow tips in bronze akeathing ma- tured in straw with faint suggestion of rose on the lower petal. Preconceived ideas of the beauty of the famous “Peachblow Vase” suffer x! rude shock. Aside from the paucity of subject and colrr, individual fowers | are tco small to be greatly favored in | the orchidacecus dave at hand. New | sngland Homestead THE BROOD SOW The management is not difficult if but one litter a year ia raised. But! with those who desire two litters some | attention is required to maintain the | vitality of the sow as a breeder and thereby produce strong and healthy pigs each farrow and furnish suffi- ciently rich milk to give them a fair start before weaning time, The neg-! lect of the sow is sure to destroy, io a] color it a IN SUMMER and companion lerdraining i and gently art of buitern 1 especially in con- nection with the « gtem, who feed and keep only the habit of a proionged and generous flow milk is and finally by those who insist upon grade cows, got by pure bred sires of a breed of cattle especially adapted to butter making Mirror and Farmer, A cheap way to destroy weeds is to grow corn, potatoes, carrots, beets and A crop of cabbage should also These crops require clean pay for the labor The thistle has been exterminated on farms by growe ing crops that required careful vulti- vation, reamery 5 Po se cows in which the of fixed of The longest known telegraph cir- cuit made on this continent for actaal business was the report from San Die. go, Cal. ,to Boston recently. The line was cut out the full 3,400 miles, FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. THE TREK Little green tree, so sli the pots Standing schoolbions Arbor wre yo aoinyg ind and I really believe you hay Hinder Planted there Tell wind No quiet you st nie, “Oh, I'm dreaming tree “Of the pleasant Of the robins m dreaming of al rhanm _prous Wi inder the shade o for themselve Hine { bur-basket er-p wl te ipot His name was Goldy £0 because he was a He was not b broug Michit n { He iittie ey. badd There were othe inio the nouse by an JIN was ust hatched of a pretty on which Aunt Be siting ever so Cut rilia’ s canars wen long and But Goldy 1 little birds came out the egss in the pes, of them Daisy was standing chair looking the caze when his little beak came through the shell. >So Aunt Dora =ai! he should be hers When he waz old enough to feed him. he was hung in Daisy « room, such a shining ball of golden fluff, with such cunning ways, you never saw. Daisy was delighted. She took the best care of him, flied his seed.cup regu. larly, kept fresh water in his cage, saw that he bad cuttle-fish and lump sugar, and played ber little music box to him every day Under such good care Goldy prospered and grew to be a very fine singer, It was warm summer weather when Daisy's father and mother decided to take atrip to Europe. Of course, they did not mean to leave their little girl behind, and Daisy was delighted, until she heard that she could not take Goldy with her. Then she was so sad that paps and was first, and on a into self their little girl table, leaned her head against the bars, and began to ory. some new play, so he hopped along his and pulled out one of Daisy's hairs. il then Lier Wy hile I BR Curr going to st the Whois lerate OH Cvs At that fought stfuggle Southerners nearly fo one all through the Ww Orleans Picayune How the Ostrich Feeds. y» petrich feeds in a peculiar man- It tosses the upper part of the swallows it I have fully a quart of mealies into this sack before swallowing: it is ho uncommon thing to travelling down the neck at the same time with a clear interval betweoan them: or to see one of them (if of large and loose food, ¢. g.. grain) slide back into the sack after being swallowed, if the bird lowers its head to continue feeding before the food has travelled considerable distrg¢ down the neck. The food travels slowly and performs a complete circuit of the neck before reaching the crop. Crush ed bones are greedily eaten; if too large a piece should stick in the neck it is a simple matter to cut it out and sew the wound up again. The wound, as a rule, heals quickly, and causes but little inconvenience. As is well known, | ostriches will swallow aimoat anything | small enough to pass down the neck An osirich's crop always contains a large quantity of amooth stones, many | of them brightly colored.—The Zool Bint, food into a sack in neck, and then a bird toss {indian corn) and two seen gop swallows” WEICHING Test Recently Applied to a ¥a- taous Locomotive. Curious who said excuses my fantrymen, kpow h-0-r<g-e four enrners ith Pardon me for the laugh follows, ished New me horse what J horse! tangie a leg at each interruption the Picayun corner and Orleans A Brave Bully. When Judge Pendleton grows remin- ferent he is aways interesting. Court was short this morning and when Mr. Henry Tompkins walked in he said “Mr. Tompkins, your oousin, Louis sarih, was the only bully | ever saw who was a brave man He was in a poker game in camp with Lieutenant Forrest, a brother of General N. B. Forrest, and he called Forrest a liar, rorrest pulled his pistol, a double barreled weapon, and placing it to Garth's breast, he pulled the trigger. The cartridge failed to fire, and Garth spat out a chew of tobacco and with- ont moving a musc.e, sald: ‘Lieuten- ant. you had better try the other bar- rel’ Forrest put his weapon up, and sald: ‘Garth, you are a brave man, and i will not shoot a brave man.’ They were inseparable friends forever after. ward. "Owensboro (Kg.) Inquirer “ JUNGFRAU” CONQUERED, A TROLLEY LINE TO TH? FAMCUS ALPIN wv re ale TT TOP OF THE PEAK. Heretofore Only the Boldest of Alpine Climbers Have Overcome Her Almost Route Will inaccessible Heights, Largeiy Undergrount walls of 400 metres sheer descent t the road on summit sea unnel carries ine straight to the 4.100 metirez above And yet, at the t of the road, summit reached, is a ledge of York that up sixty-six metres higher, but crown 80 narrow that the rail So the passenger tual i& not yet real apex the ac The shoots with a road cannot reach it will dismount and enter a tower through whose interior an elevator quickly lifts him to the supreme point, Within the tube ig a winding staircase that travellers not caring to use elevator may reach the summit afoot. All the tunnels and stations are to be lighted by electricity and connected with the world below by telephone and telegraph. Near the top a magnificent road is to be built, extending for miles, upon which visitors may enjoy sleigh rides. The cost of a round trip will be only $9. It now costs $40 to hire guides and a carris: for the two days necessary to make the ascent afoot.—New York Herald. Two ounces of attar of ‘oses repre sonts the refined product of a ton of rosebuds. —— tT ——— i More than 11,000,000 yards of tweed are used annually for clothing the male population of London alone.
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