[FOR FARM AND GARDEN.] 1 riaiiß|>l»nliiiK Tnmntoea. Before long it will be time to get the tomato pluuts out iu the field. When transplanting them remember they should be set firmly up to the seed-leaves for new roots are thrown nut from the stem, and this affords a Full amount of feeding surface for the plant. Vet tliem where the soil is good but not too rich. To have plants healthy aud to give theiu plenty of room, they should be set about four feet each way. Feeding Sitting: Hen*. One of the reasons why it is hard to make hens sit regularly in winter is found iu feeding them too often. A hen called off from her uest thiee or four times a day is likely to make some ventures of her own to get food or drink. Uutil the hen is thorough ly set on sitting, she should be fed only ouce a day, and that early iu the moruiug. If it is in a close room, where she cannot get out, the lieu will go back to the nest. again and sit contentedly. !?he takes no exercise and needs only food enough to sus tain life aud heat Keeping Chimney. Clean. After a winter's supply of wood or coal has beeu burned, much of it while rain or suow is drifting down the chimney, it is sure to be foul with soot, and auy extra hot tire, especially with wood, will send sparks up that will set the soot atire aud eudauger .he house. It is a good plau to poke a broom or brush with very long hau lle up aud down the chiiuuey to clear iway the soot If this is done and -lie soot is removed from below there will be little danger of its doing auy lamage. The chimney ought to be maJe smooth inside, so that the soot ■* ill not. lie caught by roughness as the smoke goes up. A chimney afire is a serious danger, especially when the uot fire that causes it is made just be fore the family retire for the night 'oal fires are less dangerous thau :hose from light wood, which make a might fin tue aud send up many sparks. , Culve* for Venl. Allow tfce-ealv.es to suck the cow moderately the first week, gradually .ucreasiug the amount uutil the fourth jr riitli week when they are ready for market For home use, they are preferred not more thau six weeks .ild. The stables should be kept ?lean and well ventilated and the calves should uot be allowed to «at die dirty litter. Give them a little j.eiui hay to pick at. A contagious diarrliaa Bomefi>mes j: eaks out. ltamove the calves im mediately to clean quarters, separat ug the sick from the well ones. Thoroughly disinfect the old quarters and do not occupy them with calves 'or a considerable time. Farmers who are selliug milk,cream i>r butter rarely fatten calves iu this sectiou, except they may have a par ticularly hard milker, but sell the ialves quite young to others who .uake a business of fattening them for uarket and as they are turned off re jewing tbe supply from neighboring arms. Where ths conditions are not 'avorable for the delivery of the milk jr cream or manufacture of butter, the 'attening of veal calves often pays as •veil as other forms of dairying.— American Agriculturist Salt for Cattle. A Nebraska cattle breeder desires :o know whether barrel or rock salt is .he better and also asks if rock salt is uard ou the tongues of horses and .•attle. The salting question comes up con stantly. As a matter of fact it needs ;o come frequently to attention as the waiting of stock is probably the most neglected of the uecessary operations au a stock farm. This ordiuarily .•omes from oversight. The intention .s good but the memory is at fault. >u many farms it is the cry that stock .s salted once a week; Sunday mora ng frequently being the time selected 'or that "chore." Some stockmen go io the other extreme and mix salt Jailv with the feed of the cattle. Some farmers erroneously believe that ialt is not good for stock* and with- Hold it. The practice varies widely. The safest and soundest principle s to keep salt within reach of animals ill the time and allow them to take it it will as their appetites demand. If ialt aud water were always at the co-n --aiaud of live stock health and thiift .vonld be materially promoted. It is lot always possible or economical to keep water constautlv be r ore animals, out sa'.t is readily enough placed so .hat they may take it at will. We lincli prefer io -k salt for stock. It is uore economical in that thee is much 0-s waste-l. Moreover, auiinuls are le B apt to take ton much of it. Wheu deprived of salt for some time feeding •steers can easily enough get too much if it is snpp'ied in loose form—so nuch that it will get them to scour i ig; but if it i-i put before them iu :ock form they cannot eat it but are compelled to satisfy their appe'itea by lickiug it slowly au.l are not likely to got an e\'cess. The fionl Dairv. e usefulness of the goat iu clear ing foul lands aul th i profitableness if the animal fur its hair, skin ami even carcass, is becoming p'-etty well underst iod. But. the goat is valuable as a dairy animal. If the cows, for instance, are beius used for supply, ing a city milk trade, the keepiug of goats for the home uii k supply would 1-e an excell nt policy. '1 he goat will live where a cow would s ar\e; an I whi e it, like eve y other domestic animal, will do beat on good pasture, it will live anil yield milk on astonish ingly little food. The animal and its niillt ave almost entirely exempt from disease; the milk is more nutritious than that of the cow and agrees with stomachs that cow's milk frequently offeuds. The animal requires oulj the cheapest kind of shelter; but it needs shelter from the storms and in winter. If by renson of drouth, soil ing is necessary, leaves, vegetable re fuse, peelings of the apple or potato, bread crusts or stale bread, if they arc sweet and clean, will be all the feec thttT is needed. All goats, however, will not eat the same food, and the feeder will have to study the appetite* of the individual animal. Frequen' feeding and a variety of food, in wiu ter, will be found beneficial. Roots, oil meal, oats, corn (of tlie latter, ir the whole state, the goat is very fond are proper feed, especially for the milking goat. Rock salt is greatlj relished. The flavor of goat's mill cannot be distinguished from that o cow's milk, if it is properly cared for From three to four pints a day is 1h» average yield of a good milker. Tin milk is so rich and of such a charactei that in making pastry it will take the place of eggs. —The Epitomist. Planting and Cultivation of Corn. The cultivation of corn should be gin with the plowing of the ground. The best depth to plow will depenr altogether on the kiud of soil and tli< condition of the field. Many fieldi cannot be plowed the same deptk throughout the whole leugth. Ofter oue end or the other of the field, 01 probably the middle, is low. Ther the side of the hill may be quite steep, with most of the surface soil washec off. Low places and these washeo hillsides should not be plowed more than four inches deep. Give such spots a good dressing of manure be fore harrowing. Another point it this section is to avoid plowing wher the ground is too wet. On level and moderately dry laud, plow to a depth of eight inches. The giouud will then hold more moisture and the-coru suffer less trom diouth. If southeru farmers would plow theii grouud in the tall and seed to rve, the roots of tue growing rye would pre vent washing and would catch and hold the fertility which otherwise would leach through the soil. In the spring it will only be necessary tc plow to a depth of two or three inches. .Megan harrowing as soon as tb« ground will permit, going once each way be fore planting, or as many times as ir necensary to pulverize the seed bed. The distance between the rows ol corn and the thickness of plautiug de pend entirely upon the quality of the land, .and every farmer must be his own judge. In some southern local ities one stock every six ieet in rows four feet apart is sufficient When the land is rich more cau be planted. As soon as the corn is planted, the ground should be harrowed agaiu.and ordinarily the fields should receive Another harrowing just before the corn coiues to it lie surface. The crop will not be injured. When the rows can be seen across the field, go over with a weeder or an A harrow. Culti vate one each way in this manuer.theu use an ordinary corn cultivator, going over the Meld not more than three times with this implement. In very dry seasons, twice is sufficient. Much corn is ruined by deep and close cul tivation, for it the roots are once dis turbed, the crop will never fully re cover. After the last cultivation, Igo through the field once each way with a small one-horse harrow, which runs between the rows. If the season has been at all favorable, the crop will need no further attention. When the husks on the ears have turned yellow, cut and put iu shocks 12 to 14 feet square.—W. M. Knover, iu New Eng land Homestead. Short and Ireful Paragraph*. It is not the hog's fault that it has a reputation for filthiness. Lice iu the hen's nest is depriving many farmers of quite a few eggs. Fowls as well as all animals do bet ter ou mixed feed. It aflbrds a va liety. It is a pretty hard matter to trim o grape vine too close if yon do it before the sap runs. During shearing time keep the old nud the young ones apart, so that the ticks cannot migrate to the lambs. In purchasing fertilizers for early market carden stuff, remember that it is a quick acting fertilizer that yor are alter. A good preventive of milk fever i? to have the cows calve iu the fall 01 winter when the feed does not have sc great a tendency to make milk. Owing to the increasing importance of the sueep industry, it would be we 1 for farmers to look into the mat ter and study up the "ins and outs." Milk contains about 87 per cent, of water. If the water the cows drink if bad about 87 )er cent, of the milk that you are using is uot what ■ (light to be. Farmers, doa't ignore the ducks. With a fair average of eggs laid dur ing the year, if you did not eat or sell them, but set them aul hatched ou' 50 per cent, of the eggs, it would b • n excellent investment. Milk fever generally occurs among the best milkei s. Look out for such cows. After a cow has helped fi.' your pocketbook tor eight or nin a enths, surely a little atteution foi ou y a month or so is not out of th« way, "Johnny, get your gun" is general ly the word every time a barn owl or tome such bird is seen around the fai'in. This is an aw fill m stake. It wonld bi pretty hard to get a mouse or rat-trap that could b.at this bird at ca'.cliiug these pests. HOW DOCTORS EARN BKS FEES. One Who Got S4OOO for Saving a Patient's I.ife by diving Him a Good Dinner. The doctor and some of the report ers were talking in the little room op posite the telephone office dowu at Bellevue hospital. "I see by the papers, "said the doo tor, mentioning tbe story of a large bill reported to have been sent in by a surgeon of the city, "that this doc tor didn't feel satisfied with 84000. He thought he ought to have 94000. That's a rather line distinction, per haps, but it all depends on the sort of a case which the Mirgeon treated. A mau with his skill and his standing cau charge almost anything he pleases. "The way in which some physicians earn large fees is curious. 1 recall one case of the sort —or at least a 3toiy of a case, for I won't vouch for Ihe truth of it ail. A man had beeu suffering for some time with gastritis and had been treated for more thau a year by several physicians. The usual treatmeut is to put the patient on a milk diet. That usually does the work, but this man kept growing worse. He finally summoned Dr. 8., one of the best known physicians in the city. When Dr. B. learned the history of the case he took one long look at the man's face an I reached for his hat. " 'I need time to think this over,' he said, 'You meet nie tomorrow at Delmonico's and I'll prescribe treat ment of some sort for you.' "The patient appeared at the time the doctor had set. " 'Come in and sit down,' said the physician. 'I can talk to you while 1 am eating my dinner.' "Then the physician said something in a low tone and when the waiter came back he brought two orders of oysters. The patieut looked sur prised. " 'Now,' said the doctor, 'you just fall to and eat a good meal. That's all you want.' "It turned out that the doctor wae right. The mnn who had beeu nearly dead was soon in good health. Theu the physician sent in his bill. It was for S4OOO. When the man received it he hurried around to the doctor's of fice. " 'By thunder,' said the man. 'Do yon think I'm made of money. I can pay it all right, but now, honestly, doc tor, don't you think it's pretty large?' " 'No,' replied the physician. 'Your life is worth more thau §4OOO, isn't it? Well I saved your life. I can't see that I'm asking too much.' "The man sent around his check the next daj. " —New York Hun. mpliy Mtirf It is said a certain statistician stater that geographical distance is the rea son so mauy meu remain bachelors. He savs that the United States has 'J,200,000 more uumarried meu ovet '2O years of age thau there ate unmar ried women, so that a vast host of Americans must inevitably remain bachelors. Women in Euglaud and Canada are now considering the ways and means of educating women, not uecessarily as wives, but as competent helpmates to pioneers. Thus wives daughters and sisters may all Ie able to take their places as companions and helpmate* to pioneers in a new country. This idea is un doubtedly a good oue, but it does uot get over the difficulties of the mar riage question, for the Knglish girl who goes with her brother to settle in son.e remote part of Australia or South Africa stands as much chance of living and dying a spinster as il she had remained at home, where the preponderance of women over meu makes the problem of what to do with the girls eveu a harder oue thau what is to be done with their brothers. In the United States women are in an ex actly opposite situation, inasmuch a? they are fewer thau the men. In parts of the east, however, women ate greatly iu preponderance, as the men have gone west to better their pros pects. WH« He Superstitious? The dignified geutleman with tli< buckskin gluvos saw a pin lying on the sidewalk. He stooped to pick il up without removing his gloves. The first grab assayed about thret grains of sand, but the dignified gen tlemau persisted. A bootblack, i newsboy and two idlers stopped to se« the performance, and with this nucleuf the crowd gathered rapidly and began offering adtice. "Good for yon, old bo?!" "Now you've got it !" "Somebody get him a derrick!" ".■lay, ain't you afraid of apoplexy?" "Stick to it!" called a vo ce with a suspicious iutonatiou of insincerity, and the piu was picked up and the diguified man drew a stna'l box from his overcoat pocket, opened it aud said: "Well, said, my friend. 'Stick to it' has always been my motto, aud yoti will find it blown iu each aud every bottleof this justly celebrated muci lage, which I am offering at the smal price of 25 cents a bottle. It—" But the crowd had melted away, with the exception of the mau whe had spoken the "cue"—ludianapolir Pi ess. IMM of a Single DN.V. The amount of pie which the peo ple of one of the great pie markets oi the world manage to cousume ins single day is almost impossible tc estimate. A single large bakery ir Chicago, devoted exclusively to* th. making of pies, cooks between 80i and 90(1 pies every night in its huge rotary oveus, all of which are easily disposed of to retail bakeries aur luuch rooms on the following day Multiply this sum of daily consump tion by the number of other bakery establishments interested in the maim 'nctnre of pie and tbe sum will not 112 .11 short of the 10,000 mark.—Chicngc C-jrouicle. Singular Appearance of Flail In Hainoa. One strange feature of this sea life of the tropics is the regular recur rence of migratory swarms of fish of very small size, that return in huge numbers year after year with such ab solute regularity that the natives cal culate on the event on a certain day in each year, and even within an hour or two of the day. One such swarm of fish forms the occasion of an annual holiday and feast at Sa moa. The fish is not unlike the whitebait for which the English Thames has so long been celebrated, and eaoh year it arrives at Samoa on the same day in the month of October, remains for a day, or at the most two days, and then disappears entirely till the same day of the following year. . Why it comes, or whence, no curious aaturalist has yet discovered, nor hart anybody traced its onward course when it leaves the Samoan group; but the fact is unquestionable that suddenly, without notice, the still waters of the lagoon which surrounds each island within the fringing reef become alive with millions of fishes, passing through them for a single day and night, and them disappearing for a year as though they had never come. A visit to Samoa enabled me to see this strange phenomenon for myself, and to witness the native feasts by which it is celebrated year by year.— Lippincott's. 1 tough on the General. A French actor named Hyacinthe once illustrated the saying, "Discre tion is the better part of valor." It was in the month of June, and a com pany of the national guard, of which Hyacinthe was a sergeant, was en gaging a body of insurgents behind a barricade a* the other end of a short street. One of the insurgents, in particular, from a corner of the barri cade was making remarkably effective practice on the assailants. At that moment up came a general. "We must get him to expose him self," said the general. "One of you must clamber up on top of the barri cade; then, when onr friend at the other end of the street shows himself to take aim, two or threo of you fetch him down. Up with you, sergeant!" "Beg your pardon, general, but, perhaps, you see, an insignificant un commissioned officer like myself may have no attraction for him. But a handsome, distinguished man like you, in that Btylish and becoming uniform —he'd bo more thau mortal if he could resist the temptation. I'll lend you a hand, general."—London Tit-Bits. The Xlmble Nickel. The nimble nickel works wonders in all i itaes of trade, and the ottener It U turned the greater is the purchasing power lu any line. The Endless Chain Starch Book will en able you to,get with the nimble nickel one large 10c. package of "Red Cross" starch, one large 100. package of "Hublnger'a Boat" starch, with the premiums, two Shakes peare panels, printed in twelve beautiful I colors, as natural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl calendar, the finest of Its kind ever printed, all for sc. Ask your grocer. A New Word In Boston. We heard a woman say the other ' 'lay at table,"l like this bread; it's so nice and ohewy." She is a New Eng lander by education. Did she invent "ohewy," or is the term used freely? We never heard it before, and dialect dictionaries know it net.—Boston Journal. 'fry Urain*o! Try Uraln-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you t paokage of OBAIM-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without Injury as well as the adult. All who try It like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha oi Java, but Is made from pure grntns; the" most delicate stomach receives It without distress. V the price of coffee. 15c. anO 25c. per package. Ejgld by QH gyocers. Eleven cubic feet of water when frozen make twelve cublo feet of Ice. STATB or OHIO, CITY OK TOI.BDO, I LUCAS COUNTY. i "■ FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partuer of the firm of F. .1. ( HENKY A Co., doing ImslnesnLutbeClty ofToledo,Count} and State aforesaid, and that said (Inn will i>av the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH < ITRE. FRANK J.CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my I —' — / presence, this nth day of December. ■< SEAL - A. D. 18t». A. W'. GLEASON, ( —' A'o/nri/ PtiMic. 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The Calendar almom j J HMD ibinlAM and alwayv ihoivit Ike \ J correct date. j J MBS Send for catalogue Xo. 130. 4 5 Mi THE PIIKNTINS CLOCK ' J IMPROVEMENT CO., ) * vHH De pt. So. 13, « Key at.. N. V.City j AT)VERTOING HDADfiY new oiicovekt: ,.**.