fOB THE PAIR HEX. Klehua. The fichu Is a very conspicuous fea ture in summer toilets, nnd appear* in various ways. Sometimes it is mafic of the firess material, nnfi forms the drapery on the Ixtnoni; when made of white muslin, anfi verv small, it takes the place of ft collar or frill; again, the large shawl-shaped fichus of white lace ami mull are used to complete watcr inat-piace toilets; anfi the fichu-man tle of black lftce. Surah,or onmel's-hair is the fashionable wrap for city streets or drives. The fichu as part of the firess trimming is especially pretty on thin muslin, grenadine, or light silk dresses. For such purposes it is made of four folds of the material cut bias, anfi edged at the top and bottom with ft narrow plaiting, or else a ruflle of the goods taken double. This passes arounrt the hack of the neck, and extends down the fronts as far as the top of the darts, where it is rounded off, or else it may be lengthened so that the ends will be con cealed under the belt. A ruffle of lace or a linen collar is worn around the neck. Very small fichus of white soft mull are made with a point behind, are turned over at the top, and rounded in front; they are then edged with lace two inch es wide, and this lace is also put on the upper part, which is turned down, thus making two rows in the back. When completed tiiis fichu is scarcely larger than a lady's pocket- hand kerchief folded triangularly, and is worn close and high alKrtit the throat, dispensing with the warm linen coilaror tiie full rutfof lace. It is cool and pleasant for summer wear, and is very dressy. Ladies who make braid laces, and who do fanciful pat terns of tatting, make this small hohu without muslin, and entirely o! the tat ting or lace. The shawl-shaped muslin fichus are large enough to reach nearly to the elbows, are quite straight and closc-titting across the back, and liavn ends oojely tied in front. They are shaped by a seam in the hack, where a slo' ed piece is set in The upper part of the fichu is turned down very broad ly and when trimmed with wide lace it meets the row of ln:-e on the lower edge. This is the prettiest wrap lor wearing with white dresses and the white gypsy iiats that are now trimmed with muslin and lace. White silk-muslin fichus are made to use instead of laces with dressy toilets, and are trimmed with embroidery of white silk done on the muslin. New black fichus, to be worn in the same way, are of transparent square meshes, like those of grenadine, and are bright ened by being elaborately wrought with iridescent beads and golo threads. The Spanish hire fichus are popularly worn both in black and white laces and in tiie small sizes like mere collarettes, as well the large mantillas. — iiawr. Faatilon Nolfi. £ Danish late is very much worn. Head collars increase in popularity. Japanese pongee is a summer nov elty. Children continue to wear singl&piece < leases. &>ft silk sashes are finished at the ends with tassels. Cheese cloth dresses are worn again this summer. Parisian dressmakers combine cotton goods with silk. lb avy box-plait jd flounces to the knee are much worn. Kagusa lace is a machine made imita tion of antique point- Trousers under the skirt ate univer sally worn by equestriennes. White foulards with black polka dots make very sty lish toilets. Silk fans with long ivory handles and flat borders of feathers are cheap this summer. Grenadine dresses often have the front breadths entirely covered with flounces of French lace. Cheap satin is the best materia! for trimming cheap woolen suits. It is not so likely to fade as silk. Bend embroidery on black net is used to trim kid waists, or else satin pipings and cascades of lace. The Black Forest bows of black silk, which supersede the Aisntian, are espe cially becoming to fair-haired girls. Shirring is more used than at any prevh.ua season for the front of dress skirts, but is now shirred horizontally in wide clusters instead of lengthwise, as it was formerly. Shirring u zuore used than at any pre vioua season tor the front of dress skirts. An w style is shirred horizontally in wh'.c clusters instead of lengthwise, as was formerly,the fashion. Panels at the sides of skirts are now more often plaited than plain. The plaits are lengthwise side plaits, and sometimes one large round knot is tied on these plaits about half way down the skirt. Shirred panels are also used. Panels at the sides of skirts are now more often plaited than plain. The plaits are lengthwise side plaits, and sometimes one Drge round knot is tied on the;e plaits about half way down the skirt. Shirred panels are also used • Th Mirrlam r .r.m Men. Shakespeare loved and wedded a farmer's daughter. Humboldt married a poor girl be cause he loved her. Of course they were happy. Robert Bums married a poor farm girl, with whom he fell in love while they worked on a farm together, Peter the Great, of Rossi •, married a peisnnt. She made him an excellent wileni.d n sagacious empress. John Adams married a daughter of a Presbytvrian clergyman. Her father objected on account of John being a lawyer. Andrew Jackson married a woman whose husbund was still living. She wa an amiable woman, and was most devotedly attached to the old warrior anil statesman. Washington married a widow with two el ildren. It is enough to say she was worthy of him; and they lived as married people should live, in perfect harmony with each other. Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were cousins, a rare example In the long fine of English monarch*, wherein the marital vows were sacredly o l >scrv<d and sincere affection existed. News and XWn for Woman. Queen Victoria is said to have a strong personal liking for Lord Beacons field. Mrs. A. H. H. Stuart is president of the board of emigration of Washing ton Territory. Mrs. Julia Atzroth, of Florida, has raised the first coffee grown in the open air in this country, so far as known. Sarali Bernhardt, the celebrated French actress, who is coming to America this fall, is over thirty. Mrs. Mary Wheatland, of Berated, England, earns her own living an sup ports her iamilyas a bathing attendant, and in that capacity has saved thirteen lives during the past twenty years. Warm Weather Diet. The first warm days are fruitful of complaints about the failure of appetite. Breakfasts are no longer relished; din ners afl'ord but a languid interest, and suppers seem supi rlluous. Only vigor ous workers out of doors, or young peo ple who are so blessed as not yet to have made the acquaintance of their stomachs, come to the table with a real zest for food. And it is no wonder, considering how few people have yet learned the art of altering their diet to suit their own conditions and the state ot the season. The spring appetite fails and ought to fall, before ham and eggs or a great piece of steak, on these enervating first warm mornings of the year. Rich soups, heavy meats and ail stimulating and bloou making articles of diet, that met a real want in the nipping and eager air of winter, are as much out of place now us the furs and ulsters. And yet many a person who would think it a sigu of lunacy to dress in the December styi L May, does not appear to see i ny incon gruity in eating in the December fashion Food and coal create heat, and thick clothing and tight houses preserve it for the comfort of the body in winter. Yet men who know enough to dump their furnaces, open the windows and lay oil their overcoats on the advent of-pring, are stupid enough to keep on stoking their stomach at full blast and consider themselves " out-of-sorts" and ill if nature resents the abuse. It is time to let up on the cold weather diet—especially for persons doomed to live indoors. A mold of well-cooked oatm al, served cold wita cream and sugur, with two or three oranges and a cup of coffee, makes an adequate and appetizing breakfast. All fruits and vegetables attainable fit in well at this season. The many preparations of the small grains afl'ord a variety wldeh it is well to study. Milk and pggs and fish conUiin all the needed food-eiements for a diet of a month or two, with such *ugar and starch as the housewife com bines in toothsome light puddings or other desserts. Whether we eat to live or live to eat, we ought to be rational enough to dispense with food when not hungry and to ' mri -ether than force the appetite.— (J • <!< u tit keep Ahead. One of the grand secrets of success in life is to keep ahead in all ways possi ble. If you once fall behind, it may be very diffleu?-to make up the headway which is lost. One who begins with putting aside some part of his earnings, however small, and keeps it up for a ! numlier of years, is likely to become rich before be dies. One who inherits property, and goes on year by year spending a little more than his income, wiil becou e poor if, he lives tong enough. Living beyond their means has brought multitudes of persons to ruin in our generation. It is the cause ol nine-tenths of all the defalcations which have disgraced the age. Bankers and business men in general do not often help themselves to other people's money until their own fund begins to fall_ off, and their expenditures exceed their receipts. A man who is in dent walks in the midst of pcriis. It cannot but impair a man's seif-respect to know that he is living at the expense of others. It is also very desirable that we should "keep somewhat ahead in our work. This may not be possible in all cases; as, for instance, when a man's work is assigned to certain fixed hours, like that of the operatives in n mill. But there an* ci-rtain classes of people who can choose their time for the work which they are called to do, and amongst them there are some who in variably put off the task assigned them so long as possible, and then come to its performance hurried, perplexed, anx ious, confused—in such a state of mind as certainly unfits them for doing their best work. Get ahead anil keep ahead, and your success is toierably sure. Convinced. The late Thomas Blanchard's inven tion of a machine for turning gunstocks was heartily ridiculed in the British parliament, when some members moved a resolution for purchasing a number of them, on the ground that Americans were surpassing the English in gun manufacture. One very incredulous member made so much opposition, de claring that the very idea of turning a gunstoek was absurd, thai the resolu tion vVas withdrawn, and a committee appointed to come to this country and look into the matter. They re port f d the facts to be as first stated, whereupon the incredulous member declared that the Americans might have got up some thing to Wi rk their soft woods, but it would never stand the tost of hard wood. This gentleman was finally sent over to decide upon the merits of the machine. Selecting three rough storks of the hardest, toughest timber tie could find.be went to the Springfield armory in eognito, brought his storks to the stock ing room and inquired of the overseer If be would grant him the lavor of turn ing them. Without making the least alteration of tnc machine the overseer ran the stocks through In a few minutes, and then went on with his work as though nothing had happened. The Englishman examined the stocks, nnd found they were turned all the better for la ing of bard wood. After musing awhile he frankly confessed who he was, why he came, and his thorough < onviciion of tiie utility of the machine. Before he left the city lie gnve sn order in behalf of the British government for this nnd the accompanying innchines, some six or eight, which amounted lo $40,000. The machines were built at Chinopee, shipped to England, and have he. n in use there from that (lay to this. —Nt'o York Tribune. Bisect, the animal trainer of Pesth, Hungary, taught an uurang to wait on fable ami perform other house hold duties belonging lo servant*. A chimpanzee has been Inured to feed and attend a baker's oven fire on board ship A female chimpanzee in the London Zoological gardens could lock and un lock a door or drawer and thread and needle, in taking her meals she Used knife, fork, spoon and drinking cud with the same ease a* a human being. The chncnia baboon lias been taught It blow bellows and to drive teams of horses. PAMILT MEDICINE. How IHuMuUr HhtuuUin K.d Mow It May Ma l urtd Muscular rheumatism usually com mences OH an acute disease, but exhibits a decided tendency to become chronic. It nniy effect any of the muscles of the jimbs or trunk, but is ar more likely to occur in certain situations than in others. The seizures are not uncom monly quite sudden—for example, the patient may find on awnking in the morning that lie is unable to mage a certain movement, or to perform some particular act, without experiencing the most exquisite pain. Usually there is no pain while the muscles of the part a-equiet, but the slightest movement suffices to excite it paroxysm. OD ex amining the seat of suffering nothing can as •• rule be detected, but some times there is a slight tenderness on pressure. There is often no fever or constitutional disturbance—at all events at first; but its the complaint progresses there may tw thirst, loss of appetite, and even considerable elevation of tem perature, he the result of the long-con tinued pain and the want of sleep which itoccasions. We know very little re specting the causes of muscular rheu matism. It is most commonly met witli in p.-oplc of full adult age, and not uncommonly in individuals of a gouty habit. Exposure to cold and (lamp, and ttie overuse of the affected part, may act as exciting causes. One attack of the disease engenders a liability to its return. The duration of the complaint cannot be definitely fixed. As an acute disease it is usually of brief duration, but in the chronic forms it often proves very rebellious to treatment, and its dotation may lie protracted almost in definitely. LUMBAOO. Muscular rheumatism is not confined to any particular region ot tin- t>ody, hut may occur in almost any locality. The principal varieties are lumbago and crick in tbe neck, and we shall now speak of the treatment of lumbago. This is a rheumatic affecfion of the muscles of the loins, those on one or i>otli sides being involved. It is frequently very sudden in its mode of onset, the pain seizing the patient "all of a moment." The pain is usually increased by every movement of the lower part ot the spine, and by pressure upon the muscles of the affrcted part. It is not uncommon to sec patients with lumbago leaning forward and walking almost double. If Uiey are told to "touch their tots" they generally express their inability to do so, although in many cases it appears on investigation that the pain is caused not so much by bending down as by the effort to get up nirain. Sometimes, how ever, the mere effort of stooping is very painful. The remedies for lumbago are, as might be supposed, chiefly local. There are. however, other methods ot treat ment which are often attended with satisfactory results. When the pain is very severe, relief may. in the majority of cases, be obtained almost immediately by an injection of morphia under the skin. This is fact which has been known to medical men and extensively employed for many yenrs. The only objection that can be urged against it is, that in many people morphia gives rise to headache, giddiness and other un pleasant symptoms. Quite recently a French physician ma/lea somewhat curious discovery. He had a patient whom lie had frequently treated with hypodermic injections of morphia for acute attacks of iumbago, but aiways with the production of a train of un pleasant constitutional symptoms. One dav the patient called to say how glad lie was to find lie had made some alter ation in the medicine, for the last in jection had relieved the pain an usual, but had not produced any headache or giddiness. The doctor at once declared tit at lie bad u*d the same morphia solution as usual, and in order to con vince the patient, sent for the bottle to show him On examination the bottle was found to contain nothing but water, and on inquiry being instituted the ser vant confessed that some days before she had accidently upset the bottle end spilled the contents, and that fearing detection she hod filled it with water. The doctor at once saw that the fact was of value, and iiastened to publish the discoverv to the world. It then ap peared from the testimony of numerous trustworthy observers that even the water was not essential, that it was the puncture with the needle which did good, and that equal benefit might be obtained witiiout the injection of any substance at all. t:.SK OE THE NEEDLE. The treatment of lumbago by" acu puncture," as it is called, is attended witli tiic most favorable resu.ts. We have seen cases in which tbe relief lias been Instantaneous. The mode of pro cedure is very simple. The patient stands upright, holding iiis shirt behind so as to expose tbe loins. The only ap paratus required is a good, strong, sharp needle, such as is ordinarily used as a shawl-pin. The person who is about to perform the friendly office for the patient grasps the needle firmly in his iiand, and suddenly thrusts it for the distance of an inch or two into the loins over the painful part. The pain of the puncture is but momentary, and tbe needle, instead of being withdrawn, may be advantageously left sticking in or a few minutes. When tbe iumbago s double, the operation should be per formed on both sides of the loins. W have rured many cases of lumbago by this method, and have never known ft to be followed with any unpleasant consequences. Most instrument makers keep nfodles fitted in bone bandies tor the pcrformamw of this operation, hut the domestic substitute to which we have referred will answer equally well. The Turkish hath, which is such a valuable remedy for nearly all com plaints of a rheumatic nature, may be used with advantage in lumbago, when a Turkish bath is not obtainable the ordinary domestic linseed poultice may prove of service. In acute lumbago, poulticing often brings spedy relief, the severest cases being greatly benefited in a few hours, and generally cured in one or two days. The poultice must be very hot and le.rge enough to cover the whole loins or the part affected, and thick enough to remain quite hot for at least half an hour, when it must be changed. Should no benefit bo obtained, this treatment should be continued for tliree hours or longer, then the skin must lie covered with a piece of flannel, which in its turn is covered with oil 5 i*™ like that of poultices, promotes tree perspiration, upon which mainly depends the efficacy of this plan. A diamctrica'lytopposcd of treatment, that of freezing the painful part, may sometimes be adopted with advantage. Two parts of finely powdered ice, witli one of common •alt, are put in a gauze bag and placed in contact with the skin until the sen sntion is abolished and it has a leathery feel and a shrunken, tallowy appear ance. The application should not bo continued for more than live or six minutes or it may cnuse a blister. One of the bostnndmoHt convenient methods of freezing the part is by spraying upon it with ether, the evaporation of which produces intense cold. A single applica tion of the ether spray will in many aur-safford speedy relief in lumbago. OAI.VANISM. The uee of galvanism is not uncom monly attended with the most satisfac tory results, the passage of what is know as the " interrupted current" effecting a speedy cure. When electricity, the needle, or poultices fail to give more than slight temporary relieT, it will often be found that the lumbago i s ac companied by high fever, and tfiat it is in reality the first symptom of an attack of acute rheumatism or some other febrile disease. The application of a good strong plaster over the loins will, by affording support to the parts, often give relief. Either the chalybeate plus* ter or the pitch plaster may be em ployed. It is desirable to have ij. spread on leather or some equally durable and substantial substance. In summer it is a good plan to have it punched all over with a number of little holes, to admit of the evaporation of the perspiration set as u> avoid the troublesome itching which would l>e caused by its retention. Care should be taken to see that the plaster is smoothly and equally applied. An attack of lumbago, affecting perhaps the whole loins, often leaves oehind it one painful spot which may cause dis tress only when the body is moved in onedirection. Remains of a lumbago like this generally resists the usual methods of treatment, the pain being driven from one spot on ly to reappear at another. A large belladonna plaster will generally mitigate the complaint, shoula it fail to remove it altogether. Of the internal remedies,iodideofpotassium and nitrate of potash (nitre) may prove useful under the conditions and in the doses referred to while speaking of chronic rheuma tism. The former salt, however, not unfrequcntly fails to effect lumbago, even when the complaint is distinctly worse at night. It has been claimed for net te racemose (cimicifugn) that it subdued lumbago more effectually than any other remedy. It is well worth trying in obstinnte cases, but it must be admitted that it often fails. The dose is five drops of the tincture every two hours. CBICK IN THE NECK. Crick in the neck, itiff neck, or, to use the technical term, torticollis, is usually the result of a cold or of ex posure of the affected part to a current of cold nir. The pain is sometimes in the hack of the neck, but more fre quently it affects only one side, the pa tient being in tlie latter case compelled to hold his head awry in order to reiax his muscles. A patient suffering from a stiff reck not uncommonly presents a somewhat comical appearance, and is often marie the subject of much ridicule and joking, but for all that the complaint is a very painful one, and is sometimes very intracta ble to treatment. A stiff neck in children is not uncommonly the cause of a considerable elevation of tempera ture, the fever lasting three or four days or more. When the pain of acute tor ticollis is very great It may be neces sary to endeavor to obtain relict by the administration of a hypodermic injec tion of morphia. Ixxuil applications, however, not unfrequcntly prove suc cessful. Ho. fomentations are very valuable, as. for example, a piece of spongiopiline wrung out of hot water and appliid either alone or sprinkled with laudanum, or belladonna lini ment, or a combination of the two. Turpentine often proves useful in these cases. Over a flanr el wrung out of hot water a little turpentine should In sprinkled and applied till it produces redness, tingling and smarting. It is well to bear in mind that as the smart ing arising from the turpentine goes on augmenting for some time after its re moval, the application should he kept on omyjust sufficiently long to excite a moderate degree of pain. THE KENT REMEDIES. Undoubtedly one of the best remedies for a stiff" neck is an infusion of capsi cum. red pepper or chillies, as it is sometimes called. The mode of prep .-nation and application is sufficiently simple. You infuse a Mrge handful of crushed capsicum pods in a pint of hot or cold water for tliirty-six hours. You then soak a piece of lint in this infusion and apply it to the affected part, cover ing it all over with a thin piece of guttn perchaoroil alls to prevent evapora tion. It never blisters or causes any inconvenience, and is so prompt in its action that it will often completely cure a bad case in ten minutes. Respecting the internal remedies for this complaint we have not much to say. Benefit some times arises from the use of salines whieh acton the skin and kidneys, and alter the state of the blood. The fol lowing mixture may be taken witli ad vantage: Solution of acetate ot ammo nia, tliree ounces: spirit of nitrous of ether, two ami a half drachms; iodideof potassium, twenty-four grains; water to eight ounces. Two table spoonfuls every four hours. In cases in which the patient is of a gouty habi. colchieum should, of course, be em ployed. Wben the patient is much be low par the use of ood-liver oil, iron and more especially quinine, will have to be resorted to. When the lever runs high aconite is indicated; when the complaint has in all probability arisen from* exposure to damp, dulcamara should be tried; and when it is attended with tearing, lancinating pains, be 11a dona is the remedy In tlie majority of cases we should put our trust in local applications, and above all in the capsi cum treatment. The Turkish bath oiten proves useful as an adjunct.—Philadel phia Time*. A number of Philadelphia experts In coal raining and the manufacture ot iron and steel have been granted a valuable concession by the issr for tbo purpose ol developing the resources of a large tract of country in Southern Russia. The giant extends for eighty years and promises to be immensely pro (liable. About $8,000,000 lias been subicrilied by Amorics*) capitalists to put the en terprise on Its feet. Dr. Guttnan, who for ten yearn has, for his health, frequented ail the im portant watering places of Germany. Austria and Switaerland, says that whon Americans are asked for payment at oafes it is their not unusunl habit to hand their poeketbooka to the wait**#, so that they may take out the required EARN, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Tsrnlp Osltan. It seems strange that when tbe feed ing qualities of turnips have been so long recognized in foreign countries, that they have been so long in estab lishing themselves here for a like pur pose, and as the product of an acre is so large, and aside from its feeding qualities, tiieir sanitary effect upon stock so beneficial, it seems as if the farmers—not only stock raisers, but dairymen—would more generally adopt the prt etice of rui-ing this crop, and using them judicially as a w.nier feed, to vary the monotony of unchanging hay and cornmeal. The turnip is not n very discriminat ing plant, and any good soil free from weeds, and kept so, will produce tur nips, though a loamy or well fertilized sandy_ soil will best succeed. If the crop is drilled in, the rows should be about fifteen incites apart, and after the crop has established itself it should be thinned down to two or three plants to the foot. It the crop is for table use new land should be selected, as land that has been cropped long is liable to impart a strong, unpalatable taste. The crop may be sown at anytime after the weather becomes settled in the spring, but for stock feeding the first half of July will Is: best suied, both for the convenience of gathering and be cause the turnip favors cool, moist weather, which the late fall months fur nish. The ways that turnips can be sown and yet not require a special prepara tion of the land are many. I know a farmer who, after the last hoeing f his potatoes, scatters the seed thinly along the rows, and when the potatoes are dug the dirt is pulled back into the last hill, and the turnips are not disturbed. The fine soil that works down about them rather helps than injures tiieni, and a big crop of turnips usually results. Sow ing among the corn is another not ob jectionable method, for the turnips will not draw very much upon the soil until after the corn is cut up, and the after crop will prove a far more profitab'p one than planting pumpkins among the corn and far less injurious to the de velopment of the ears. Among root crops rutabagas hold a favorable position, but cannot be sown broadcast with any certainty; and if labor is to be taken into account, the turnip is the crop requiring the least labor. With increased attention to its cultivation there has come into notice a score of new varieties, and in addition to the old familiar names, we boar of the White Egg. Golden Bail, etc.. each excellent, but will be a long while in superseding the Eariy Dutch, i'urple Top, Stop Leaf, and for more southern latitudes, the Long Whip holds a con spicuous place, with no real rival. If the turnip is to be fed to stock it is not nir—ry to cut •IT the tops, | pec in Ily if you have a root cellar where a low, even temperature can be kept, ami the green relish of the leaves to gether with the bulb will cause them to tie eagerly devour<d. With turnps, fed tops and ail to sheep, with a small additional quantity of green, either oats or corn, tin amount of hay required for a tlocs of sleep will be very small. Ifour farmers would make up their minds to givi tliis i oot a trial, tin ii superior feed ing qualities Would meet with prompt recognition.— John Zyjp, in Practicj farmer The Manure Kile. Nothing adds more to the riches of the firmer than the manure piie, says the Farm ami Firc*uU, tor without manure the crops can grow but feebly, and the fertility of the farm is not in creased. It should be the object of every farmer to increase, in every pos sible manner, the bulk of Ins manure pile, and thereby increase ttie fertility of the form, ami consequently the dol lars in his pockets. Some of our beat farmers every fail buy up a lot of stock for fattening, enough animals, in fa< t. to eat up all tbe grain and coarse feed they produce on the farm, and thus market their grain in the form of meat, from time to time, until late spring. Usually con siderably more is realized in this way than selling the grain, and when merely the sum is obtained for the fat eaUle. only enough to pay for tire food and care, there is still a fair profit to the fanner in the shape of rich manure, and just on the farm where it is needed. Manure is the iwisi; of good farming, and he who usre tire most of it, judiciously, is sure to make It pay. While but few persons seem to realize it, manure from grain-fed animals is worth fully twice as much as that from animals sparingly fed on it; it is richer in tire elements of plant growth. Nearly • very farm has some woodland at tached, and in that woodland annually Em s to waste much that can and should e utilized as fertilizing matter. We refer to leaves, which so few farmers make any use of. The off days and parts of days when there is not much else to do in the winter, can be profita bly employed in gathering up the leave* and hauling th< m to the harnyard, where they can be used for bedding for horses, cows, pig*, etc.. as well as spread thickly in the barnyard to ab sorb the liquid portions of the manure, which would otherwise be wasted by evaporation and drainage. This work f [lves profitable employment for both torses and men. at a time when the reg ular farm work is at a standstill on ac count of severely cold or inclement weather. If there be muck or marl on the place, this should be dugout in the winter, especially tbe muck, so the frost can disintegrate it, and thus put it in better condition for plant food. This muck is useful wben it has been separated well by frost as an absorbent, and is used mixed with the manure, or is spread in the barnyard, or it can be spread alone over clayey soli, whicb is deficient in vege table matter, which many of the old Southern farms are. WMurine Oat of Salli. It is common to hear people in the far West boast that they can take crop after crop from their virgin soils for several successive years without Im pairing tbe general fertility thereoi This is regarded as something marvel ous and as something whicli could not occur in any other part of the world. It is, howrver, clear that this representa tion has been overdrawn. Only in the bottoms, such as that of the Muskin gum. the Scioto, in Ohio, is there any great degree of permanence in this con linusi cropping, and this chiefly from Die fact that fertilising agents are brought down from the high lands about them. In tbe flat lands the sta bility ot the great richness is liule more than in tbs lands of tbe older States. In Ohio especially lands, onoe of superior quality for oorn and wheat, have become SJ run down that they are given over tj sheep walks, as being the onlv sure thing—at leant the surest return that can be made from the land. We can do nearly an much h<'re in the Kant. We have known land near Phil adelphia, which han been under culture lor perhaps a hundred years, produce oorn nix successive yearn in fair quan tity. with no artificial aid but a lit tle " shovelings," which means rich earth scraped together here and there and put in the lull* when the oorn is planted. t .The fact in land in pretty much the same nil the world over in itn adapta tion to certain crops. When things are forced to grow in land not suited to their growth they soon fail, even when well cared for; but when they find their natural element no great amount of artificial aid is required to keep the land In good condition for yearn. Even in the older countries of Europe, where land lias been cultivated for a thousand years, this principle has been found to hold good. Experiments have been made with some of the cereals— first selecting land known to be favor able to some special thing, and then by manuring annually lightly with mate rial also known to be favorable to the plant. Crop after crop has been taken for twenty years, and the last has been an good as the first. Yet with all these facts we often read of the question being discussed, will Hoii wear out? We believe there is no such thing in nature. Some of the e eie nents will of course be much diming ished, and will need an ocean onal re plenishing ; but we would not suppose our digestive organs had worn out be cause we feel hungry, and neitl rr in any sensible light can we suppose soil wiii vear o\il.—(Jcrmantown Telegraph Sloth! and Carpet Baetlea. These insects have a great repugnance to tallow and may be kept from woolens and furs for an indefinite period by its use. The wife of one of our American ministers, who resided abroad for many years, told us that she preserved her fine carets left in this country entirely from the ravages of moths by wrapping up with them tallow candles. When the carpet beetle has commenced his work the carpet should be taken up, sprinkled thoroughly with benzine and th' floor painted over with melted tai ow, taking care to fill up all the crevices in the floor, as in these the arvre secrete themselves. The carpet lining will prevent any tallow getting upon the carpet. The ItulUier ami Wwlworkcr given an account of the manner in whitm a set of furniture that seemed to be alive with the iarvse of the moths was made good again. It was set into a room by itself and the upholstery saturated through and through witii benzine, applied by m< ;uis of n watering pot with a tine rose sprinkler. Three gallons at thirty cents a gallon were required. This killed every moth, larvae and egg. The benzine dried out in a few hours and its entire odor* disappeared in three or four days Not the slightest harm happened to the varnish, or fabric, or wood or hair stuffing. Months pa a ed and not a sign of a moth was Been. The carpets were sprinkled all around the sides of the room and with equally good effect. When woolens or furs are infested with moths, if they are put in a box closed tightly, the moths will be destroyed. Those who can procure barrels from which alcohol has just been emptied will find them good to store woolens in. The atmosphere of such a barrel when closed tightly suffocate* the pests. A garment that is sealed up in fine brown paper is safe from the moths, but it must be entirely free from them before being sealed up. Pat CI our on l our Und. An Ohio paper says that by cloverirg hundreds of farms that were about worthless have been rescued from dilap idation J aid ruin. It is an accepted truism that as long as "clover will catch " the farm can soon be restored to paying fertility, and by a good rotation is even getting more productive and profitable; for after somp years of such treatment the land will bear harder farming—that is, two or three crops may succeed a good coat of clover before laying down t > clover again. Rough new land should he subdued by the use of large clover. Nothing so effectually rots out stumps and kills weeds and sprouts, and prepares the land for the plow and good paying crops. Wild, new lands should always have it sown on the first grain crop down. It saves a vast amount of labor, for in a few years it so tarnr* the ground and clears it of enemies to the plow that it works like old ground, and is good for fail crops. One great error is often fallen into, and that is following the old tra dition that a bushel of clover seed will do for eight a/ res. That may have been enough to clover land partially when it was new. but_ whoever aims at getting up his land in a speedy and profitable way should sow a bushel on tour acres so that his land may be thoroughly shaded. Kill Yoar fVhp WhlltVoM> There are few animals kept on the farm which, when they are in their prime, pay as well as sheep, and there are very few. if any others, upon which old age has such a damaging effect. As sheep are much shorter lived than any other of our domestic animals, it is not strange that m iny farmers attempt to keep them too long. At ten years of age the horse is just in his prime, and the cow is as good as ever, with the roe pert of remaining so several years onger. Rut ths sheep is very old when it reaches ten. the limit of the term of its life. After reaching this age sheep are very likely to be injured by the slight exposure which do younger animals no harm. They are more liable to be attacked by disease, and i f they live they will be likely to pro duce less wool and smaller lambs than they have done previously. We do not think it pays, except, perhaps, in special instances, to keep sheep after the/ are six years old. HanSl* l'ir Br Carcftatlr. A Western beekeeper states from ex perience that it is an entirely mistakea idea that bees will not sting when irri tated. When hives are rich with honey and the bees have all they can eat. s war .us may he handled with impunity, while those taken from hives contain ing litt<e or no unscsled honey will sting every man or beast within reach. The most vletons bees are produced by a cross lietween the native and the Ital ian varieties, although this breed makes up f>t other deficiencies by being usu ally active collectors of honey. He rei-omniends to all who handle bees as a protection to the head, face and neck, a screen made of fine wire. Buckskin gloves as a rover ins for the hands, fast eoedat ths wrist with an india rubber band, will be a sure protect! n. Al though some claim to ba able to handle bees without any protection whatever to face or hands, it is a dangerous and unnecessary exposure.
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