WUson, Me Farlane f ( WILSON, McFi DEALS STOVES,RANG AI "• Paints, Oils, Glas F A> BXJILDEE/S' I ALLEGHENY BTHKKT, .... HtJUI IlusiHiss Card*. HA UN ESS MAN UFA CTOIIY In (UrniStn'a New lllork, BKLLKKONTK, PA. l-l> W? P. BLAIH, r • JEWELER, WATCH KM, ClOd'Hi, JEWKLBT, AC. All work neatly nivatwi. On Allegheny atreet, under Brin kprhofl ll mw. t DEALERS IN PUKE DRUGS ONLY, I 21 1 ZELLER&SON, A to Iff • DRUCHIIS TS, •w • No 6. Brockarhoff Row. £ Q i All the PtawUrd Patent Medkiuea Pn * R BCrtptlona and Family Kwlpe* accuratelyj *. X ! prepared. Truaaes, Shoulder Brace*, Au , Ac. 3 I H) 4- £ I oris DOLL. J FA3IIIONAHLK BOOT A SHOEMAKER, Brmkrlhuff Row, AUoxbouy .tr-'L j_jy Bollrfunto, P*. c. HCHM. Pr t. ' '• WE.rt. I RPIILST NATIONAL BANK. OF 1 RKLLEroSTE, AlWh.ay DUwl, Brll.fonle, P. •* FAENTRE COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Roceioo Dopoolto AnJ Allow Intrr-.t, A Dnw'ount Notoo; Buy ami Soil Gov. Socwritlr*. Gold and Coupon*. J*wi A. IllAvn. Prootdml. J. D. Surmut.Coohior. 4-tr TRAVELER'S GUIDE. 4|— ■DPLLEFONTE & SNOW SHOE 1 t' R. R. —Timo-Tatle in oflctt on and afl.r M rrh j I, ISSI: Los>3 Snow Shoo 5 '■ A. H„rrltM in Brll.f 'iilr t j M , M BrllofuUlo 9.12 . arrive* at Snow Sh,* 11.25 . w. .... Loo.ro Snow Shoo 2,"* r. *..arrii>t In Bollufonto 4 ."i r. a. I.oac Rollofonto 4.4.', T w.,orrlto at Sdow Shoo 7.25 r. a. 8. S. II LA 111, lion I Suporlntondont. BALD EAGLE VALLEY HAIL- R.) tP —Tinio-fSU, April .St. Mil Kr- Mail, waoiwaan. io*iwm. Eip M.ll, A.a. . a. '• * • a 10 702 ArTtoo at Tyrono Loo" 7 33 * IS 1 a a 0 55 Loa.olUat Tyrono L0a00... 7 3'J 8 35 7 .*> 051 " Vail " —T *2 *SO 755 017 " Bald IU*U " ... 747 902 74* 010 " F .wlor " —7 52 < 742 oaa ...... 11 Hannah 14 ... 7V. 9 1.1 735 ft 25 " Port Matilda " ... 00 918 7 *27 017 " Martha 44 ... o7 9 I - ' 7 ID ft OS " Julian " *ls 932 7 9 657 44 Unionvillo 44 ... 8 2-i 9 ail , 700 548 14 Snow Shoo In 44 ... 152 945 fi 50 545 " MilooUr* 44 ... *34 944 540 535 44 Boltofoato 44 — 41 95* j ft 3ft 525 ...... 44 Mil-otiirt " ... *54 Ift <* ' ft 25 &14 '• Curtln " 9 oft lo 19 ft 14 5 •• Mount Ea*lo 44 .- 912 1 25 | ft 9 &01 •• lloword 44 „•2010 27 j 555 450 " Eo p IB ; • * • •' Harriot urg,... 426 a m u " t ,Vi i m ' u " Lock llvpn ' 40 r. J M " •• rriY* at KrU T 36 |> in HIAUARA EXPRESS le A Yr. I'MUlHphla T jij a n •* •* lUrrUhnrg.... 1 .Vi i m u " Vtiilinip4rt. 2 Jnpm •• arrWa* t R#nir> ..... 440p in Pllnr*r by tkli train arr*e in IWIe fnnte at 4 U p m I AST LINK IMTM Phila4!pbia 11 4iam '* M Uarri*liurK 3 .16 p m •' M WllHtmaport? Hi p m •• trriret nt Lock Ilaren % 4<> p m EASTWARD. PACinr EXPRESS lBTM Lo k Harm. 40 a m ** ** WilllaaMiport... 7 .v. a m M irrivn at llarrlahfirg 11 S6 a m M M Philadelphia.... 346 p m DAT EXPRESS lanrea R#nom 10 10 a m " " Lork II 2"am •• M Williamaport 12 i t m M BTrlre# at Harrlabnrg. 4 1> p m •* Philadelphia. 77> p m k ERIE MAIL leatea R. both A46 p m m " Inck Ilaren V 4". pHi " •* Willumport.. ]| i/i p m u BrrlrM at M " Philadelphia. 700 am TAST LINE learea W|lliai4pr>rt 12 16 a m •* arrHea at 2 M a m I M " Philadelphia 715 a m EHe Mail Weal, Niagara RtprcM W**t, l x rk llaren AccommYjdation Meat, and Day Etpraa Eaat. mak |na ronnertion at Northamh*r|anil with L A B. K R. train* for Wllk*aharre and Scrantcr; Erie Mail Weat. Ninrfara EvprMa Weal, and Erie Rxptraaa Weat, and Haven Arromtn/idatjon W maka rlnae connctifin at Willlameport with Jf. C. K W. traina north. Erie Mall We*|, Niagara Expreea Weat. and Day Kipn aa Eaat. make cloae roßßactiob at Lock tlarea With R K V R U. train* Erie Mail Raet and Wt connect at Erie with traina tmL * A M. S R R at t'orrr with 0 (!.i A V. R R. at Emporium with It S. V A P. R. R., an! at Driftwood with A V K It Parlor vara will run Isetween Philadelphia and Willlamaport on Niagara R*preaa Weat, Erie Riprem Weat, Philadelphia Ktpreaa Enut and Dny Eipre Eaat, and Sunday Exprena Kaat. Slaepinc rara on all night traina. We. A Vtuowt*, Oaw'l Superintendent ' I ;IRAKI) HOUSE. I I CORNEK CHKSTNCT AND NINTH STREETS, rmtinumu, TBI. houoo.prnmlnrnt In • city famod fur llama, fnrtehlo buiol., 1 kopt In orry r.,f..rt w)„ a | t„ u , imclw h-dol. In tho rouutrp. tiwing tn th rtrln gonry of th. tlatM, tlw prlc of board h.a Iw.n rwtnrod I. T Miuu por duj. J. M'KIBDIN, a 1-e-e Mommw. MOXFiY To Loan atO per Ct. AIAVJAI AJ A RT THE MtTTAL LIITC INSIH. AN.CE 00. OF NKW YORK, on ort mortcac., on I".'Bd Arm pnrpurtp. In ram, not 100. that, la.ttno, and Vit oirmdJng ono-third of tho prooont ralno of tho proporlj. Any portion of tho principal ran b* pnld oir *t Uiy tlmo, nod 11 ho. twrn th. ruotom "f tho omprnm/ to pormll Iho prlurlpnl to rm*l* 00 long 00 tho borrower w labor, If tho latonwt to promptly mid. Apply to CHARLES P. SIIBRMAN, Attorney ol low, 527 Court olroot. Hooding, Po, or lo DAVID 7.. KLINE, Oo.'i Approloor, ■.liofrmto, Pm rjILMORE A CO., ' * LAW A)ltl COLLECTION IIOI'SE, 629 F Htrbbt, Washington, D. C. , Mnku C.dlorHooo, Nrgotlolo l<*M tutd attend to nil bnolnom con Mod to them LAND SCRIP, Soldier 4 . Additional iiomeotend Blgbtonnd LAND WAKEANTS *4 Louohl and eold n ,f BC •' h "">s. Sompleo worth 15 jpOtp ft". Add rem A tTINSOV A CO. Co., llartlware Dealers. WARE! YRLANE cfc CO. BUS IN ES HEATERS. LeSO ss and Varnishes, ND HARDWARE. ES' BLOCK, .... 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KELLER, • ATTOEJfEY AT LAW. <' BMI AlltgkMl) trt fottll *!'le 'f I.yon'a •bre, Dellefonte, |'a. 1-ly T ■. MT-aRXT. CTBt'B 00tt>0N. MURRAY a GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT I.AW CLEARFIELD PA Will attend the tUllefonte C-nrta wheti •j'-.JmIIy mpkftl, l | r P C. lIIPPLE, I • ATTORNEY AT LAW. LOCK HAVEN. PA. All tnvinem promptly attended to. 1 ly VVM- P - MITCHELL, ▼ ▼ PRACTICAL SCRVRTOIt, Uk k liAVCN, Will attend to all work lu Clearfxld, Centre an 1 i Clinioa eoritiw. Office o|ipaii lee k ll**. fi National Hank. 2 n Nerlh j aide of High atreef threa d'ejra Poaat of Allegheny, Dell#frsnte. Pa. l-ly CANCEIt REMOVED, \\J 11 Flol T KNIFE, and in most ww | a*"* ■' |aa|f |p fc C. W. P. I'I.MIKR, IkabUl.tirg. 11-kn* Centre Cotwty. Pa. r 1 ■ ■ —i ■ , , n A STRENGTHENER.A SL^^^ER. I HON niTTKHS are highly recommended for nil disease* in quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; rporially Indigatian , Jtyrpepton, lntrr nith-nl fVr, Hun/ of Appetite. Lzoat of Strength, Iznrhrf Energy, dr. Knriche* the blood, strengthen* the m uncles, nttd give* new life to the nerve*. They act like a chann on (he digestive organ*, removing all dyspeptic symptom*, *u< h a* T'Uting the Food, llelrhing, Ileol in the Slu nnrh, Ifrartourn, fir. TllO only Iron Preparation that will not hlnckcn the tcctli or (five headache. Hold by all druggist*. Write for the All V Book, 32 pp. of nacful and amusing reading— tent fret. HICOWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md. BITTERS IIAI.RKRT K. PAINE, Ut OwaMiAn of hlmto. BSNJ. f. (JRAPTON. STONY B LADD PATENTS. PAINE, ORAFTON A LARD, Attorneys at- JMW and HoTteiton rtf Amm&m end Fortujn Patent*, 412 Firrn STKSBT, WAIRINOTON, D. C. PrwtlM MM| law In all kraa.ki". In Ik* P.i.ai "I lb* Ati|ir*m<> and llitull Court. of Ik* Uall.d SUUa. pamphl-i wad frw f* f New Advertisement*. n.J. BAKER A BRO., • MXMVrACTiBKIN or COMPLETE MANURES, roa POTATOFaS, OA RIIAOK, CORN, OATH, WHKAT, Kin;lT TKKKS, AND BVKKY FA KM CHOP. Tlieae Matiurea are pre|mrel rN|Hw'lally fur each i aeparale i fup. t ••utMiniiig in a ((•nrcntritcil fonn Juat the plant fund, in the exact pti-purtii.ua, pupilied to ' produce a large yield. They are CHEAPER THAN HTAIILE MANURES, I productni nken hmttmi mad mom oirttli ftMtlli i Veara of lielil trial have proved thia to be the correct ayafrni of fertlliyjitlot). Alois iiiauufacttirerv, Importer* and ilea I era iu Primp Agricultural Cliciuinils, | f BTIUCTLY PURE GROUND BONE, SULPHATE OP AMMONIA, NITRATE OF SODA, MURIATE op POTASH, SULPHATE OF POTASH, ACID PHOSPHATES, LAND PLASTKR. POTASII SALTS, A.-. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Cirriilni* jtltltiK full portiruiors nml roithlnlns foi l. IntoroolhiK h* lurnior*, timlli.l uu opi'llrolluu. It.l-m OfTioe 2111 Pro.rl St., New York. | ( HLNTRAL HOTEL, V/ (Op|Mtte the Kmli-'ti-i Mation,) MILKHBI lU). CENTRIC COUNTY, PA. A. A. HuIILIIKCKKB, l'ro|irictor. THROUGH TRAVELERS on Iho rollfuoll will find Ibl. Ilnlol on . v 11. 1,1 |il,,- t.. 1uni1,,..! |>rucuic o | rtw.l oo ALL TRA INS oli |, oliol '25 mli.ul.- 47 1 CTO A WEEK r.. . day to hm .. 11l wb V/to 4 ■ -tly Oulfll Ire-- A-ldrrw* TBI L A Uo ,An I yu.ta, llolln*. 9-1 y Ao>'XmbfnoGnn of Hop*, Duchu, M.in idrakl* •,> Dandolion,nh .i i", i ><■ 0j,4 in -dt cl ura th© rtn a <-f ail i-thrr }utu*m ( i .a . a\tl.p gr. t t Blood P uriCior, Llvr Re' u 1 lu*toting No diaeewc^kan paaetWy 1 svg eilaf wher., ttop * u " VA. .4 4 to.A-J imrtvt l e - t: ,r 7t7 -;rc :jv 11 V isi tJjtristti ni iilrs- T'F all whiwtlaaim*ff Mr f rgana. . r who m- I II vtvttcraorr Without intox- N . m *tter or fymjd/wnm are w.'.nt t hi 4 ■ ill. r nilWßcDt liu HopDlt \ I* H S3OO • -Hie'' paid f"f a rtoß"* 'Ley will not I file r I.clp, I n% 4- . Hod B I lumevntirr R -p lM(t i p ma or ahoaid le* WlUhmil tLroL .Tjij p.i.e.-ft * , x JdHH 17m ■ r ' ■™am Battle CrceU, Miohlaan, MAKL" 7ACTl'k(ftft UP Tilt OSU UtFCIKS | ' Traction o.id Plain Engines and Horso-Powors. Mool C'umr'ctoThrr.iioo I ortwy Eilfthll*hd lo Iho World. i 1840 00 YEARS ■m. wiUtnui rati A Vi Jm ~r lorali-e. to " Ligo-A %p " As ■ held E*fTii*|| gieew MI ifl WWr gusj <4*. • ' I - !'o\, ' ' -• ' ( aaiplrjr Niran Oaf flta n/ ma' l .<+m'u**e rv-#< Trnrtinn Rnftnra and Plain l.nglnea ®ver mi m the Auriivan rnarkal A WrlMet/ if fferidi /ro'wrt "-/ •. fir ia| tnrUKr with /mM." m ew/'ue. - e-d Ns'ffLff n-4 ilreanp*.J if tij rnai era Four a;ana of (kpsfatnra. from V- Id hora carertlj fee H'e -Ff io•• •- s l c. 4 " Jtf- unteal Hr.rwe.pYmrre 7,500.000 r/asr..r„r^ err.wtant'v m ha if. frtwu atiieh la Uiilt the i*. cnvntwraLie vml w *rk d our nuddorT TRACTION ENOINES^ Ae*a •, en* - uni naf/ mod,. K, IU, 13 iloruc I'ourr. j m>j F.rwrr, rod Thrp.hrrwiu* >• fnrttod VI IB'"*UrK lt. Thri'Uiior U.n-TJ. &n.uloro n1 frw Addr"oo NICHOLS, SHCPARO A CO. p-wi.- (Sodi, MleFiies" ST. XAVIEH'S ACADEMY, NKAR LATROBE, PA., "VEARLY half a Century old, from An wkieh Ik* aMrtpmaila.nl and rulllnUsl *om*n la Pawaayl.aala ban graduated. .uh .daralteoal aid. and hl.h**i .laadard of raflalnn la -80. no*. Pm.ll. admitted al an; Ilia*. Yaarlr •- p*aa* about fjiM. Addraaa, SIBT SHU OP MKBCV, to Baatlf'a P. 0, W<*lm<>tlnd nmnlj. Pa. fIAKMAN'S HOTEL. VJ Oppoall. Dart How.., RBI.LRPOXTB, PA. TKRMB i.a rSR HAT. A pood Lirtry altar had. 1-1 ®he fStnfw flenwflat. BKLLKFONTK, FA. j\. <3- XIX OTJ XaTXT XI -A- I-.. NKWH, FAITH ANI) BUOOKHTIOWS. Til ft TUT or TM ft S4TION4L WILT4kt II THft IkTftLU aixca 4KB rkorrftkiTi or tuc riiMl. Every farmer irl his annual rj/irrience iti*coeers tome thing of value. Write it ami *end it to the "Agricultural Editor oj the DkMocrat, Itellefonte, I'enn'a," that other farmer* may hare the benefit o/ it. I.et communication* be timely, and be *ure that they are brief and welt /minted. Em kh that have lost lamb# or failed to breed ought to be well fed all the time, By bo doing they can be litted ' for the early market. The price i# apt to Imj better at the time early lamb# ure in demand than at any other | Benson. I Wk have, April 27, just finished | harrowing forty acres of wheat, sow j ing the clover seed immediately after the harrow. "A little late," some of I our neighbors tell us, but the ground ! did not get in proper order before for harrowing, and we preferred to wait until it did. The wheat looks ull the better for the harrowing, and we be lieve the clover much tnorc likely to make a good stand, than if sowed earlier, and without the freshening of the ground by the harrow. LET every farm yard be scraped to the bottom, and every scrap ol mate rial that will add to the capacity of the sod be employed to increase fer tility. Sow plaster, scatter ashes, pound up old bones, clean the chip v:rd use the earth about where the drains issue ; in truth, let not a par ticle of fertilizing material go to waste. There is money in it,and the I study of met bods for the employment 1 of manure upon the Mill is everywhere needed. We complain of the poor grass and clover, talking of winter killing and a hundred other trial# tlrat may le wonderfully modified by a higher system of farming, which in every instance means more manure. Three Ways of Growing Potatoes. Joitli In Til' *in#. I have three neighlmrs, each of whom believes that only hi# own method of raising potatoes is correct; j yet last year all three of their crops were unexceptionable fine, and a# nearly alike in quality, quantity and np|M-arnnco, as it was possible to lie. ! In many way# tliere is an apparent antagonism in the systems, yet upon one point all are agrees), and after all. ' this is the main principle of success, i. e.. thorough cultivation. The first of these men invariably selects sod ground only; breaks it up in the autumn, ploughing it deeply, yet not using a sub-soil plough. The follow ing spring he runs out as deep a furrow a# po*#ible, taking rare not to interfere with the as yet unrottcd sod, and then waiters along the row a lils ral allowance of short rich ma i nnrc. The "seed" potatoes have la-en selected long licfore planting lime, j n-nally during the digging season, when the entire crop passes in review before the critical eye of the owner; and then each potato intended for i planting must come up to his stand ard of perfection without the least blemish in any essential point. He fore planting the tuliers arc mostly | cut into four sections, first lengthw isl and then across; and although some I of these "sets" arc immense, they arc never allowed to be cut again, as this jis a strong point in his argument: "Start rigiit with strong sets." Neighbor number two ploughs his ground very early in the season, and at the same time ns deeply as possi j blc with a strong team, having pre ! viously given the ground a heavy dressing of manure; then harrow well and roll the surface. Alioulthe I first week in Juno again plough the I ground, this lime shallow, and in I every third row drop the potatoes, using for seed selected tubers, cut into rather small pieces. But this cultivator depends more |Kn thor ough cultivation,together with proper soil, tlinn all else combined. Ditto number three, who ha# become some what famous for fine potatoes, and who, by the way, cultivates several ncrcs annually, lie reports nliout as | follows : Select n good mellow soil, and plough it very early and deep. About the 10th of June, again plough and harrow well, and strike out the rows for potatoes quite shallow. Sow these rows with superphosphate, at the rate of about 350 pounds to the acre. Small potatoes only are used for planting, under the impression that the result will be fully eqnal to that from large acta. The Early Rose is the only variety grown, and in point of excellence as well as productive ness on this fani is certainly all that can be asked. The seta aro dropped about 15 inches apart and covered slightly with a plow. So soon as the sprouts show above the surface of the ground, use an ordinary spike barrow freely at first, and cultivate. Now there is a debatable question ► involved in the lust method of plant ing potatoes, and perhaps the major ity of cultivators will object to it, and that is the use of the small cull ing tubers. That this man doc# grow a# fine crops a# any of hi# neighbors, and in fact a little belter as a general rule, surely indicates that there can not Ik: inuch use in Hclucting the finest tuber# for planting any longer. Let r us examine into the scientific apect l of the system. Potatoes are really underground ste ms (not roots), with " i |>erfect buds called eyes, aud organs ' analngous to leaves in the form of small scales. They are in fact similar - to the underground stems of the I blackberry and raspberry. Now as wc do not select the largest of these for propagation, why should we do I so in potatoes!' As large plants are t grown from the small blackberry 4 sucker bud a# from the very large ! one, and so it is with the potato eye. 1 | \\ lien we speak of seed |>otatoe#, wc ; must not overlook the fact that these arc not seeds, nor are they in any I . way related thereto, or governed by . ' the same rule#. The great trouble with many growers hns been the want of knowledge in this respect, hence their improper reasoning and prac- I ; tices. After all, if one expects a ! - good crop of potatoes, the ground must I#.- first c!| pulverized, then thoroughly enriched, frequently cul , tivutcd, and not a weed allowed to j remain in the "patch." If all these , are properly attended to, then and j I then only shall wc Ik: rewarded with .'fine potatoes and plenty of them, j provided the elements are in our favor. Lpigranutic Corn Culture. Ki< is 4 <•) I r Dr. Hurt-Imi! The best manure for a corn crop is that which contains the most plant ! food in condition for the plant to use. Early in the season corn requires ammonia, later nitrates are used. Stable dung meets thee requirements when it deeoni|w>se# sufficiently fast. The fotldrr from our corn crop is strangely understood and too often underrated in it# value. If cut and stacked early, when the grain is but just glazed, and housed early in the season, before fall rain# wash out its substance, it is worth six-tenths as much as good timothy hay. \\ ithin reasonable limits tbo great er numlicr of stalk# to the acre the larger the yield of grain. The earliest accounts of this cul ture date very far back in the tradi tions of Central America. ____ The corn plant likes warmth, and grows fastest when the soil is warm- ( est, if other conditions are favorable. The feeding roots Incline for this reason to keep in the tqqter four or five inch layer of soil. Deep plough ing and deep burying of manure or fertilizers are therefore not conducive to the growth of the corn plant. Deep stirring of the soil, with ploughs that do not invert the soil, are not objec tionable aud may Is- Is-neficial. More coin can Is- grown by drill , culture than in lulls. The first requisite to successful corn-growing is good seed. Bond seed on uumanured land has yielded larger crops than inferior seed on manured land, other conditions all lieing equal. Vet good seed is very scarce. It should be raised as a specially by men competent for the undertaking. To raise corn economically in the East, western method# must be adopt ed. Hand planting and hand culture, ' t as by the old Indian methods, have seen their day, and roust step aside for the introduction of machine labor. Sweet corn was probably originat ed in the Susquehanna Valley frou* the Dent corn. i • I All the work of cultivation should lie done by horse power, the few weed# that need be left will not pay ; for the hand labor their destruction would occasion. _________ Cultivate flic lnr.d deeply to dry it j of surplus moisture, and shallow to 1 conserve moisture. An inch of light soil on the surface nets as a mulch and prevents loss of moisture from below. Deep cultivation is advisable on rich land to check a too rampant , growth of stalk. Tearing the roots . off to the depth of four inches and ns near the rows as may lie, reminds the I corn plant that its business is to , grow grain rather than stalk. Such a check, however, lasts but a day, ' and will require repeating if the soil , and weather favor too rapid growth. , Practical farming is a series of com promises, and the farmer must judge on the spot what to do and when to , doit. The chief influence of the cultivator should be on the corn and the soil | rather than on the weeds. "01-S boly bontra me, W hi • ann l>tU |.|t Trm far lb* 4m4t, # Sic Umw * by lr. Holland, Iloswell Smith, Charles Scribner, senior (who died during the following year), and the partner* of the latter. Mr, Konwell Smith has teen the publisher and business manager ol Hrnhner't and of St. Nfhnbu from the beginning, an title At ■ hr\cr M'/niMy for a year, j It is much in favor of the name that , tile records Of the fli-paitlnerit of State, ; at Albany, and the directory of the city I ff New York do not (how it to be any wherein u-<* except by "The f'enturv I Club, ' and there i* precedent lor *u -h i double use of a name in the < k- of "7 he Athena-urn,the well known literary weekly in London, and the famou* ! "Athena urn Club" of that city. i ihe editorial management, also, con , tinuea a* heretofore, Ir. Holland re ! imimng as editor in chief of Hcrihui If f./y, and Mr*. It >dge conducting ,V. NwMut, The most cordial relations will continue lx-lw-<-n "The Ontury Co." and Messrs. Charle* Scrihner's Sons. I'ho growing business of both bouses I teemed to demand this change, arid il I was a condition of the (ale thai the inagtzine publishing house in which the Scnbner* have held only a minority ' intr red *houbl drop the Scribner name Irorn it* bu*ine*s and it* magazines A Poor Bee inning. Prujo lli* Audi AS U turret. If a farmer wants good horses of Inn own raising, he must Ix-gin at the beginning, and not start —as too many do—with an old, wind-broken rnarc that is blind in otic eye and lame in two leg*, simply Irecausc she 1 can Ire bought for a little money. l or breeding purposes, in nine casea I out of ten such an animal it dear at any price. A good thoroughbred stallion would get from such a marc a colt far better than the dam, but her weakness and constitutional traits will sooner or later become apparent lin the offspring. "Like begets like," it a well established law, and a supe | rior animal cannot come from one I decidedly inferior. Only from sound and vigorous mares can wc hope for ' a race of healthy horses. Let all miners of horses start in the right direction by breeding from the best on both sides. Early Cora. Ht %n Ol J GrtHnirr. 1 with to say to your readers that the two best early varieties of corn I have ever tried, are Early Minnesota, for first early, and Iliissell's Prolific j next. Indeed, with a little Evergreen lor late, 1 have used none other (or three years. Some in my neighbor hood arc using a small white corn for early, that is neither sweet nor wrink le*!. I'lease advise the planting ola littl" corn salad this fall. If this in formation will be of any value to your readers, it is at your service A iMim room that can !e made to maintain a uniform temperature is the only way that full and satisfac tory results can be secured. In se curing milk and caring for it so as to guard against soft white butter will also have its effect in preventing white s|ecks in the cream—a matter j that is often not well understood'. Whitc specks are traceable to many causes that a milk room of even and not too high temperature would pre vent; for n rapid souring of miik in a hot room or putting the skimmings of different days' ereatn together, with their different degrees of condi tion, is the chief cnuso of w hito speck:? in the butter. Cream may develop these specks by being kept too long before chortling, even though not mixed with other cream, nnd by too great warmth in keeping the ereatn and hftving to reduce the temperature before churning. Cream should be stirred as often as three times a day when it has to be kept any length of time. Another way to reduce the liability of specks is to skim the j croain off as free as possible of milk, and if it is necessary to thin it out so ss to churn it, a little water at <52 degrees will better accomplish the pur|H>ac sought. Lamiis should be fed meal and! bran mixed every evening so that they can go to it during the night whenever they feel so inclined; the* eat little at a time but will feed often if permitted. Their meal abould be given regularly till the pasture in good enough to mske a full bite for all, both young and old. Watch the sheep carefully. Should any get purged by eating the early grass ipve them some timothy bay and trim off j immediately all the wool that ia wn/ed, as a sheep cannot thrive with a lot ot tags to irritate it. Eoos for batching should not be more than two weeks old.