THE SONO OF THE WIND Vt'bo l..-th (in eye to find trie Who l.nth a clinin to bind me Jly limintt era earth' fnlr forests, fold and m as. I break ttii mn lltilit into dincir.g flakes. Ami blurr the pictured ilraiiu of loe;)in lakes Hither and thither gchtg vdi.-re 1 p!osN Men " not, but they h-.T.r in ' 'I'll -y l-.vc nn, yet tiiy I -ir ir. . AH nntine l.rcuTl.ei r.ud nmws lit hit com mand. Fniiciini'--. T I'nl'y with n nirddi Vi t;-r's"s, r lnr fn'nt l -re fu a fir w ddei ii' i.-un Tien strew wiili w reel s tlio -Kit 1 la;. J. Well niny the K-imr.ii trembli When I with .iiih'm; -vnilil"! For iir'ir n ni'iril had fidi changing tnor:!. From waft in ln-svi'i.wnril tlio v hit';- winded t" Cti'l-r pr.v.itioin skici, t oi.- my whip And Insh th" tcuji-'-ts frur.i their toiitnde. Who lud'ii nil i'vu to find t.: ? Who liuth a chain to I. in I nit'. The vngraut main"." i f tin- hen "'."nss'iy' before tin- hmiry mountain were, I hv.-i; Korn,;. iiiiinmu in.j through their pints have .rii i-1 Tli.it I ii!..ie 1. 1 all thi-.i.. ne'er slm!1 oif. .. A'l.'fi r, J.:, in llrlfiiri!' iUtji'iir.r. TEE SOUDANESE SPY. r.v I.i oil I'.ii " :i'-r ..I'd VV II 1.1 A -I Bru. ", l. vms : th.;. 'amU', Iv. of :i II ill "r oi I 1 IUsl"d I! nt:d uiimi it il i roll ble. IITU 1 t ,ll I. II ,ii quit ' 'trd in the .i Vi'in '!,t 'liii' the pala'V ir:il ?..:! t m 1 i.i'l HO si ,rns of il. :l dr.tm b." .-ht'.". hcrrv ill'. st': :.. Itr.il an to ; foot 'limits r'.-!nii r.ii i ! '. Land v "i 'i ;i t i!i M i' ..pd I I ill ii.i' iiit- W" li .Til nut to 'I A gun- ;.iit, li;. in lllld c i it ''1 I'llu'lLil ll i v.o certainly li-i'i I . rd li'u In ;h" ' I i"' .." s;r. and t t.i- f - 1 1 1 ; i : i u i" cli. H ii i a s s.iv.' i. ir m. ii of tin- r-i'i-ii i'.i.i'i.i , in Tc- v t'ii' w :i . w I'.'.i ii i IU:i ivo o.;l( I r,.!'.! si lit.-. rli;-n :i '"'.ii . lit r.iltii- loudly, : in. i M. i ( i'Iiih d i n tl: wi ll' tiivrn ii nl ii'iiV. Ti d. I llMi'lli'd i:i rp. i dill -s ;n'I'.idlli;rll! , mill thru ru- iird li.'irk ft r my . :md sv. i id. I: w:sli.st. In lie prr.iir. d, llioii:;!i w'nr.i iiiw-siiili! iniind for h!mi:i i-.,!..'i "i I i-oiild not m''. hn:i!ill vish Jilntr T d 1 -V 11 lif t' of M'll trii'i tl::it i ti ndi'd ;i mill' lu'Voml til" low II. .Nn .-i;;:u.l had rimir i nun llii'in.'.-t-k irt yrt In v :-. liii'. tiiiiin.il in tin Vi rv mil! t o! 1 1 1 - i'.u.i nilMti".4. A I lim ri. d I. i -!. to tii.- door tin-!rr-.-iJ pii'm-i' p'li . . w nil'; i'ii :i iind :i Mi::id of Kiry it i:m suldiiii troop: d oat, thi ir .swiiriiiy fa.'. " fliinin-r iiin IMiH. Clo f 1 li t.. I i "vi nil i'!iii . lo.il.init laan. Hi' mi iia.'t li'vldi' 1 nod liirlil, iMiirtril OS' mi' a tall, di'iii'i'it, ir.'ld :ni iiti'-inatlii'd sword in hit lmlid. I n ciii.'iiird liim nt l:i siuid im Arl: n: d lJa -. tin' l'..'yp;i;.'.i t 'ovcii'.or of Sun Hi' ulani'i' 1 up :o'd do.Mi tliu Htri ' t :;iid t!u n hurried ai'rosn to tiiu'ETii b:iMsy." Von mv n Hilt'iidi iilVa'cr!" lis said, lirfiitliU'ss with I'Xciti'ini id. Captain Diidalo, of the Ninth Pin fjnoiiH, nt yn. ir co'iiinaud, Vuur Kxccl h'liry," I mid, brii-liy. 'Thank you. 1 inn in nr'. d of your M.rviiTS. An Arali prisotn r, u ruptured i-py of tin Maiidi, lias m;:i!i' his i..capi'. Mv Ftiinid filiiii rs arr to lilnme. Tim follow ha-i lirrii Lioi.e solin1 t ilur now, :i';d 1 it is important In' htohu valna!'!'1 I i I nr i.iii'.'ooii-i 1!: fortiiirutiii;:. littii', lint if ' "Vo..r K 'u Ii.it j mi il. -ir I inoiiiiii'd my iluti', and u'alloj Kiri'i-t, Iras ini; A'- 111 l .ill l 1 .'t'l LT to..M'l I'.iT nil l!li Si I fnin'.o my !iowt loap. Off lo tho noutli f x t:'0lcd tht troiii'licji Id one in tirokon for mation, t'reir mound of ind tlRhl nnd rXAot, mnl outlinoil nlmrply in the mooi livjht .tir.iin.U tlm riht hand wall of ivirth wiu n n'viftly inuring ohadow. Evi'i m w looV.ml the uprrtor Tiininhod rouiiil n ciirvo and o uw it liomorc. Wo p'llh d our hornflit' hcadsi rrmnd md dnii"d down the trench nide ly Bide, for it wa fully will"? I'nondi fur thrco horse-inr-n to ride n'orivt. Wo thiindfreil on in nilcnce. Iclntehod flio rein tik'htlv with o;i. hand nnd with the other I held mv k.iIkt. The Arab wi'x un.irntod mid I would tnkc him alive, I thought, nnd lend him Imek In triumph to Snukin. This nil piwu'd through my mind in r.n instji'it nnd lln u wo palloied roniid thn rurvp nnd kiw our rey in full view In-fore us. Itn whm ftrutrlin liloti" n!iifully and limping h timuii one I ii; vnn hurt. The moon nhosie. full upoii h'ln, nnd to my Mirprini) 1 saw that he ciirriod n jjreiil Khii ld nnd one of thorn enortnouH ilouhle-cdcd nword svhich theso Arnb uki with nui h terrible elTiirt. He had doubthsu found thtin iu tlm tn neh. Wo railed o:i liim to mirremler, li'.if. lie never p von turned until nn we v.cri' cIohi1 uunn him he siTddonly whirled around in desperation a'ld ooiifronted u mi'iiai iiiL'lv. Wc lir'vv our wibers and ila.Hhed upnii him. .lirt here, ortendiiiir full nero.m tin Ir 1'i 'n. ss:iH a riij;ued deireMn:i, iaus"d pi.T):d.ly by nTi exploding; (.'it'll. Thi.'i sse fi'.iled t'l Me, end, v. liii" i Irai f hor e l.'iip.'d it allentrv, my j animal stiimMed and fell, and iIjsvu I 1 wmt, partly b ni iith him. I trii d to ris", b'lt my ankle was badly I s'-.r:;ii'.i' 1, and. wit Ii n i i y of p:du, I lirnt.ji:' 1 ilown behind the lion . The:i I ! for ;nt every tiiimr in what I i .r.v Koin on l.efo.-n Hi". The Arab h.id r. tr.'aled I ::-4:iilHt the wall n:id wm Teri'i lv koej.in;.- Fi.wr at bay. Their ssvordi elrsl'id ' until t!i" sparks li"s. .iu I Kr.ier'H heavy ! stroke were inU i c:.:ed by the Arab": ! lre'ln rn shield. They foii-ht on in silence mnd in tne liloolili-,dlt 1 saw the Arab' faro, the i c) :';ar!ilin:: with li.itredand the white teeth i liliehed in ib'aiily ileieriniin.t ion. ('':i--h after i l.i h rany,' i Hut nijlit air. Sud ilcily Frusi r spurr.'d on bin horse and dealt a fearful blow nt the Arab1! ox )( 1 1 head, b'lt ipiiek r..i a fhisii the reat sword llovv up, and the short saber strik iii',' full and foreibly against the iiwful rdye, broke oil rlose beside the hilt and l iv shini'i'i on the sand nt their feet. What follos.rd I oati never forj,"'t. It will haunt me to i:iy dyi.i day. Fruser thresv up his riifht hand, w ith the broken hilt, and v ith the left reached for his revolver, and then, ns I looked on. 'ut.id with honor, Ihe Arab raised I'thi iri riiiisou , 1 :s ,,ri.itt sword aloft with l oth hands. nnd wilh nil too fori" of his ilesperat" Mrenu'th he hiuhd il fnrssurd blie a i ainpnit. The udeainil. bl ide f.iulied the llioon liidit froi.i its ei'me and crushed wilh r.n awful munil t liro.i.h poor l'r.iser's l".'ad, cl. avin its way ihrmih the skull nt'd bi.'twc'i'ii the shniilderH and on ilusvn through the back until iN point fairly toiiehed the rear of the .saddle. Split in twain from head to waist tlio poor fellow dropped to the urour.d with out a cry, and bin phiuifiiij; ste.'d tram pled over the body and then -;ailoped iu mad fri-.dit down the trench. Wholly elinissed in this awful m one, I forgot luy own peril, and only realized it fully when the Arab, bracing himself ii'.'idii't the wall of the troucli, beiruii to dr.ii; his 8 word out of Fr:ncr' body. With u shudder I reached for my pistol, and ).;i'sv f.iiat for an inst ant when I re l".el!ibeled that it lay under the horse in the bolster, I was wholly at the Arab's merry. The wKteh was sTill tTiL,".'!nit at the ss.oid, a'ld seemed uuable lo hnisi n it. If only 1 l.::d my pistol how nicely 1 could bii:e; Iimii down. All at otii-e I s rv soniethiu :,i!tor i:i olll s, I'elel. I'll ll:l. !,:, lillll be retaken, for he has Luis of the town at'i! nil' mv suldieis cull ilo will I '.'imr the ii y,"' I ititorrtijited. . '.n.'.l be doiii,' ai o:ice.' Ir r ", wased a L.'.s'y d oiV doss ii the narrow lined l!'i- a. id Cai ri '.o:i lli: b.is.v. to. A'..l.:isv,.l,.r teps Oi t li" tl" l;ri:ish T'.i" hot bl 1 ii'.ii ii. y veins. or '.ill a week, lll'd iienn nt vas i.i- i. ii-I. ni Wis eoiirsii:;; iire'ly thr I had only lurU lit S.l.i' the faiiii. -l tun. h c: Ii li.ii Iv w. ii o.'ur. 1 I', uiellil" li d. t 'O, ( .raped Arali olds' a ! v. I.i n he was 1 H'liiLT lt d o.il.tlve lti''oi:u'.l the streets of the iosvn-a irroat black t,rii'.nr, with iiiu-i 'i'ar. brrvvny litnbs and bis bl. o k lorku ilaiii.ny in i -tirln down his vhoulders. It fe! ol v :' isi r i'jht of il e, i . e ne a ' ''rill s. as Ids revolver, which he did ia iir.ispiii"; jii.-t before thunder! i rcTcrballoni cverjtlilns grot black and dim. Attrartnl by Vnf pistfd-shot, the found tin thore hrdf an hour later, utiil looked in a clono einbrnoe. My uniform win npnticrod with tho Aml' 11oim. Morsonern wore rent to Sunkin for Rtretchens, nnd while waiting ths IwJy of my de'iicrato foe wis Imrioil whore ho lay In the tronoh, nnd beside him was laid my liorwr, whose neck had been broken in the full. We inarched mournfully buck to Sunkin, nnd the not tiny poor Fraser wan laid to rest in the f'nglish o: met?ryon the shore of the 1'ii Sea. I've boon in many a skir mish with the Arnlis since, but that nijjht in the trenches outido Kunkin wh the closest rail I ever hud, nnd u a living re membrviee I hve kept that great two rdijod sword which split Tom Frawr nearly in half before my very cyt.- Ciictiy) J'imr. A Spanish Ball l ight. We arrived at Madrid on time for t bull fight, writes Mrs. Mierwood in tho New York H' rid. The first fight of tho crowded ir us, the (rroiid Coliseum, the thousands of spectator:-., the music, the Jlas, is nil very inspiring. Tho entrance of two lavaliem on horseback with their huts and collars a la Volasipioa is extremely pretty. They ndo round the rinsr. and crying to tho (Jorrrnor, they demand of him the key to the cell where the bull ii kept. This Is unt down by a persoimiri' in ini'ly nMire. Then ti e tiiiirtcts are sounded, nnd the pietidores, in.iTadort nnd torreadors enter, two nnd two. i' their beautiful dresses one of the most pieturesipm ".ti.upH possible. Thru collie the mules, gayiy caprisoned, who me to dra out tii.'- bulls and ilenl horses. The piea li'.ns, mi their sorry steeds, not unlike ltrsine.nte, are then placed lit iutcrvnU iiion; the sides, while the men ad vance with a utorcturi tc (militant air and bow to the tlovi rnor. It is all very ;:l:uli:torial, very pretty, quite touching. Then the trumpets sound and the gentle man with the key advance to the coll from which have been issuing ominous groans and bollosvings. The door Lt opened; the men jump over the wall. The bull enters. A magnificent creature, fresh frntn Andabisiiin pastures, nnd iii surprise as he stopped and looked around was most innocent nnd touching, and babylike. My heart was for him from tho first. Then the liiaiailnn s began to frighten and cnir.'io him by throwing their rod shawls ut him nnd putting arrow in his back. Then the cruel snort of sending the pieiidores i.t hif.i. lie disemboweled the poor horses; we saw three loft dead on the sand. Finally tilts Grand Tor- rrador arrived, and we saw him really perform some nets of despornto courage with the iTii.y, tiirageiV aiiiinal, whom he kills with his sword. By thi timo we were too sick and faint to move, but the populace was in raptures, lwlion throw their handkerchief to tho hand some torreador, who wupped himself iu his cloak ami sinokea a cigarette. Then the mules came in nnd dragged out tho dead horses and the poor dead bull. Then the doors opened agnty, and a bull so beautiful that ho might bo hu who carried oil' Ihiropa a mouse-colored bull, perfectly full of anger and fight- was led into tho arena, lie was destined to lw killed by Frasev.elo, tho dnrling of Madrid, tho prize bull lighter, the man w ho makes Still. ODD a year. Wo did not stay to see this; we were drugged out, almost n. ignominiously ai tho poor dvad horses and bull, and some of us have been ill ever i.inee. lint if you iimie to Spain to see the people, the institutions, the loeal color, vou must see a bull- tight a horrible, brutal, cowardly busi ness; a vs retched degradation of hu manity, but throwing a light on the liovertv. the cruelty and the lack of ... r . . I I I eivi li'.ation m n iieoo no who suouei i st.uul at t'.ie head of I'umiva fciviliz i- f hope. 1 i i:i. but who stand nt the very loot of it, h d sue- ! so far :is the lower classes are concerned, the blow I I am vers glad 1 shall i.over see nu other. AGRICULTURAL rCriCS OP IXTKKF.ST niKTiATIVE TO FAI'.M AM) OAUUKS. BTIKF siKCK IJf A COTT. Any injury to the muscles of the noek may cause stiffness; an injury to the spinal cord, which passes through the vertebra of the neck, will have the same effect. Uy throwing a colt for nn opera tion by moans of a rope around the nerk, uch injury n would produce this stiff ness can scarcely bo avoided. To throw a colt safely proceed as follows: Put strong strap or noosed rope around the pasterns, gradually draw those together, nd push the colt over on a thick bed of rtraw; then tie the feet fast nnd proceed with the operation. Au 1'ork Timet. Anot'T crrriNo asparaolm, A cultivator of this delicious vegetable inys that it is bod practice in cutting ispnragus to leave the small shoots that nre not large enough for use. Thn better way is to cut all off clean, until the middle of June. Then nil cutting should cease, nd the plants be allowed to make their lummcr growth. The old practice of planting the roots deeply Im-Iow the sur face, and cutting tho shoots as soon ns they pushed through the ground, with barely n green tip, is exploded. Green uul not bleached is the asparagus for llavi.r. All weeds should lie kop: down nd the soil stirred enough to be nt all tiiiies loose and friable on the surface. cmiors FACTi A Cliarlcstown (Mas.) ntt . , I prove that tho earth is fii ... water. i, fat frrely of thl mixture every flay. T be very particular about the food it would be an improvement upon thi plan to mil the ground shells and bone witn com mon!, and cook tho mean before the tire. Afl'l a lillln llnt.xwl mviit nnil feed thf . chickA with it every morning. Such i Tho illumination of tjm . diet as this supplied the chicken not sim- cupola of St. Peter s, i;n,( " U plv with fnt. but with the element ticco. . q" ovtr -00 men. I sary for the growth of feathers, bone nud The master and engineer nf muscle. If they are not allowed to roan steamer on the Columbia Itiver cvT nlxiut in wood nnd field they should , are husbnnd and wife. 'X, Iibvo choppod-uu fresh vegetable. I'sunlly the tops of vegetable that I A nr rnnn fifteen-year-old Insy nf v; i ., ha traine.1 six sln thrown awny before using on tho tubli and clrc them daily nhont M, " r, will do for this. Such a diet. I think. I m ..!.'. u,,.b-r'" ... .. i .1 . I HI" lliueuiuriw pnnieg nf ,, willanswer.il purposes. 'U,..5IVC h. F.xnosition is 1400 fee. ."I'1 .. young chicken,, good strt in Ute, wn.et ; is necessary for their future grovvtu gjnj0 roof mnilJ a sad 'a$hiiiijton Star. r".TIVATi: I litlT TUKE4. A1! fruit trees succe.'d best with Ci'.Hi- viition, but thore is i.i'.ro than one wav f cultivation. I have planted a row of niinccH along an open niton one-tourtli mile long, where the plow and cultivator innot go. J hrst laid down around each tree : luuleh of potato vinos, then having ny loads of stones tnat were picked from tho meadows and berry Holds, and no other u-e for them, I made a stone pile over the Inulrll. close about the trees itid three feet distant. I hose stones are pial to cultivation ns far as they go. The soil under a stone pile, if always loose and moist and free from gnus or weeds, what better cultivation is nredodf A the trees grow larger the limits of the done pile should be extended. I con sider tliis even bettor that ordinary culti vation, for the roots of the quince feed near the surface, and are in jured by cul tivation and severe winters if unprotected by such mulch. tirtfu't I'fuit (Jrottcr. in 1: iv h'i; see-i this w ii::ss pirsious, 1 spun'. rapidly If I could 1;::cm it before the Arab could ot''ieat.' his sword, 1 w:'s saved. If to'. Fras -r's fate would be mine. 1 gritted my teeth, seized my saber firmly ai'd roe erect. The Arab iisv me, and, with a saveve imprecation to Aliuhhe threw him- df on th" m.ohI with a terri ble rl'iort. STiil it clung to Fia.-.er's body, and tlnii, ns I leaped Inward him, forget ful of iny sprained ankle, and il iurished my sabre fiercely, he gr.ihbid his shield and fell back a few yards, keeping on the defensive. 1 uttered a loud shout to" in timidate, him, and then bent over poor the night air, and the jingling of spurs j p,.as,.ri Ho still held the pistol, but his mid the trampling of hoofs were heard on Ufc,. j ,.,,, I p,Vf a strong pull all sides. A few brief, conoi.v; orders ; .,. t,(. ,m.,ther, nnd just its his stiffened and we galloped oat onto the i'.'-eit and j ;lgers loosened their clasp my injured Si atterrd ovr- the sai.dy lilnill. ChilticeH I ...ai., usstTleil it.n lf and I fell heavilv to one liile. Tho wary Ariib was watching his chance and before 1 could even turn where alone the Ar.il could Hud suloty, i i, i..imi ,,. 1:1,,, alieri- and we rolled throu.di the town, ciossed the peninsula to the uiaiiiland, where the troops were quartered side by Ki.le with the na'ive population, ami soon the bugle call to arms was lloating out on wore in our favor, for tne moon was c, lin ing up slosviy, and tho enemy's outposts, were nt .hut time iir.ee lu'.U 5 I lyond the, I town. i Not a stone or bush or a tru:: l i f s.iiid i -eiqu'd M iiiliny. 'i he n.eii were widely se.itteied.cliii inu' far to ti.e nortii ( and to thn south mid drasving steadily j nearer to the cneii y's lices. I 1 galloped sTr..i;,hl across the plain. ' closely uiiendid by a solitary tronpir, a bravi' frih. ,s lii'.n'rd Tori Fra r. I kept ; as far as p...sible in the direction I judged the fugitive had taken and 1 hop d to j have the pleasure of capturing him my-, self, for the tlampling of my hm-.w was I liiullli.d by th" ilrif'.e I s.ii'. l and would i not betray my appro.'.eh until 1 should be close upon him. A mile and a half from tho town lay u belt of deserted inireuehments from vs hieh the enemy h:.d hen driven a month or so previous. As we nno.'oached tlie.se we slackened our speed and began to look for u suitable crossing plare. The Brit ish shells had leveled them ill places, mid one of these points we soon found, a break in ilie t ench with a gentle slopii on cither side. We rod? sh.ssly down into the hollow, and i.s our horse', worn commencing to an nd again Fras.T .sud denly tuegeil Hoivlv i t mv I'.rin. over in the sand splashing through a pool of ! 'laser's crimson life-blood. Tin Arab had clutched nt my throat, but missed it and clasping ca 'h other's shoulders vc floundered about the Ironoh, now one uppermost and now the other. Willi cli nched teeth, and struggling for breath we fought on desp Tately, knowing that one or the other must die. I could feel the Aran's hot breath upon my neek and his hug i brass earrings Clipping against my cheeks. I still held the pistol tightly iu my k !t .hand. If I could only get li chanco to use it 1 Very foolishly 1 relaxed my grasp a brief second und in that lightening like interviil the Aral) sei.ed the ad vantage mid fastened botii his brawny hands firmly on my throat. In vain I struggled and strove to turn, the bony linger. v. ore pressing my w ind pipe nod tne nine rx ineo wits glaring into mine with a movkiug smile. 1 wns choking, huiuicating all sesuo was leaving me. Must I din thus? It wits honiblo. With a fearful effort, the strength that madness alone can give, I twisted the Arab induways. My left r.nn was Trea. My hand stilt eiutehr.l tho pistol. 1 raised it v. iih a jt-rk. 1 put tne mu..in The Ilittn'ole (icmiiiti Sol "lor. We saw recently a li'.tl" sound dawd ling along iii their uiiiforiin through the heat, the most ambitiniile-.s, hot, weary or la.y souls, dragging one foot after the oth'T iis if a catnii'ii ball were attached to each, writes a lhrlin correspondent, "Poor fellows," we thought, "how plainly every line about tliein tells th,' oppression and misery of the whole brutal system!" When all at once, to our amazement, they stiffened up like ramrods, flung one leg out in front at an angle of forty-live de grees with force enough to kick down a rampart, und then brought tho heel of tho ironclad lumber down upon the pavement liku a blacksmith' hammer, the sparks (lying in nil direction. AVo looked on in nmr..emeiit, wondering what had happened to them, when in tho dis. t.'.uee npprartil a liinimiitive corporal liio oeeiision of tne whole excitement. i he same iiwe of their superiors runs tiirough the entire l.eriiinn army. A com mini soldier having his boots blacked will instantly stand aside, before the operation is completed, as a corporal steps up. I la iu turn give place to un oiiirrr, and iu a few minutes three of these accommodating individuals are standing in a row, bolt upright, with their trousers turned up, nnd each one with a boot blacked. When tho fourth has been served he passes lilong with dignity, and each of tne other three tain bis turn in regular order until the com mou soldier is finally reached. "book, Capl.dn, look!" he wh'st ?red ! .,, i,;s ,.- wi;a the Inst atom of strength excitedly, and ns i followed the range of j i ,,ulled the trigger, and its the stunning his outstretched baud I sy.v u ij;ht th:.i I ,imrt. echoed tlirmnJi th.i ii-mich wii.li vertit.T. C.'uro for Corn. OiiT of tne deadliest ou;.n.:i:s of tne ciiiropodist is a short and simple iveipo which soon brings reild mid immunity ,'rom tile exasperating agony which is too sadly familiar. Take equal part of car bolio arid and glvrericu und p.iint tho corn evorv rdi.ht with a camel' hair brush, first Ivitiiing tiiid carefully drvin tho fc-'t. This treatment, if patiently con tin leu, is a certain remedy. It tilso give great relief fr.ira sorenciS caused bv ex censivo walking if the mixture ! lipplie l to the fioks of Uic icct. Cvmiueicif.tJ CTiCIIAIil) MTAnVATtOV. Frnni the orchards of a single small neighborhood the waste fruit ground for iiler yields from 20 ! to S00 bushels of apple seed to the nursery trade yearly. Iu a goo I year for fruit the crop of seed apples nnd stony fruits equal or e- eods the rvcrage crop of wheat, in the ame locality. And then the leafage, oar by year carried away by the winds f autumn, removes a large amount of hoioo and necessary mineral extracted from the soil by tho root. Added to this is much of tho sume matter with drawn from tho soil and deposited per manently in the wood growth. Most of the complaint of the un profitableness of orcharding conies from Ignoring tho demands of tho crop upon the soil, and of the soil, thn weakened, upon the orchardist. An underfed or- hiird is apt to prove as unprofitable as an underfed animal. The fruit is scanty iu quantity, si.e and quality, and such fruit is getting less nnd less profitable every year. According to my experience orchards must receive as good culture and as much manure ns a grain field; and when they got it will pay as well us, or rather better than, most other CMOS. Orchard iud (liirdcn. CF.tr.UT 15 BED?. fiie ordinary distances at whicli celerj i planted is in row from three to threi and half feet apart, with at least thro plnnt to the foot in the rows. At thesi distance celery large enough for all prno tienl purposes can be raised, provided tin soil is sufficiently rich, and proper atten tion is given in tho cultivation and earth ing-up. As will readily bo seen, a ro of twenty-five feet will give a manj stalk ns will be required for an orduiarj family. JJut there are oases where tin land for oven this quantity cannot wot bo spared, or where the celery is not s much wanted for the table ns for soupa, stews, and tile like, where size of stnlkl is no object. In this case we r.itvc suc ceeded well in growing a part of thecroj in beds. For example, a piece of lmni cloc'ed. snv, 3x20, can easily bo made t ! irr.iur l.'il) celerv nhints of unite sufficient 1 f- ' i . 1 , . size for the purpose mentioned, and, in deed, that will also do for the table, at I pinch. First, the soil mav as well e taken cut three or four inches deep and lnvl to tin side two feet six inches wide. 'iis wit afterward be useful in furnishing sori. foi partial earthing up. Kxcept in very riS; soil, a good coating of immure should 1 spaded into this trench, and then the bed is ready for the plants. The planting wit be time enough in July. Three rows m:ij be planted in this bod one foot apart, am) the plants sot four inches from each other. All that is necessary during the summei is to keep the weed dowu, and the soi occasionally stirred. As it is supposed that this crop ii mainly for fall ami winter use, it i not necessary to do anything until tho end of Scptehiboror October, and then only suf firicnt to keep the stalks well together, it being well known that for late keeping celery is better not to bo tlioroughlj bleached when put away. As a part o! the crop may bo wanted for first use, thore is nothing to prevent one end of thi bed from being earthed up nnd got rendj for use first, selecting as many ns nre likelj to be wanted. Of course, whom a great quantity is grown, whore land is no oh ject, this method is not likely to be mucl followed, lhit among such as have onlj littlo land, and yet want to make the most of it, we commend tho foregoing to thei: consideration. It will be seen that lane for thi purpose is not wanted until somi of tho early crops aro ready to clear off.. I'rairie Farmer. l:ill.V r.KMOVlM) STfMI'3. ft Vs no easy matter to remove green stumps from a newly cleared Held, and to do so at once for any considerable num ber will be found to co-t more than the of the land they occupy will be worth, until tliev Invo decayed so tiiat their removal by lire or otherwise will be comparatively easy. Stumps that have partly decayed roots can often be twisted out out by placing the largest end of a long and stout pieee of timber against the side of the stump and chaining it fast, then with a team at tho other end of the lever pulling iu tho direction of a circle around it. A nut 'nod that has been recommended is to bore a hole as deep a you can down to the centre of the stump in the fall, and put in two ounce of saltpetre and plug it up. Iu the spring remove the plug and fill with kero seiio oil, and afterward ignite it. This, it l said, will cause the stump to smoul der away entirely. The experiment is one that can be easily tried. I hero 1 no doubt that saturating a seasoned stump with oil by boring into it or otherwise will greatly facilitate its burning. As a general thing it will bo found best to leave green stump to season and then destroy them as fast as you can with lire. Stumps arc expeditiously blown out with dynamite, but few farmer care to handle this explosive. When expense is no ob ject patent stump pullers may be resorted to. AV'io Yvrk iS'kh. Tho fortuno of the richest nan T South Wales, Sydney linlokin. w In iiawnbrokinir. I!n I. .,!. . 1 .. "r-ii V.ttr millions of dollar. A "sandwich men," in :,Vt tni-1iinnn 1 ft tmin til... k...i. .. ...... ... i .. . SM ""ii" iM.n.v.11 i.. i. iiuvirtiiitfl ,: I stramwd over his bIiouIiI. s Windmill nre snid to have brn nnlly introduced into Kuril., i," Knight of St. John, who XnZ from what they had seen ia nailes. Soa lion are so plentiful oa tfj of California this year ns to l , y unco, cspcciaio, in nsiierniin. J barking annoy the farmers far tsoH Aiimus-i In China grief is nsotiiti.l v 1 I. l . I.. f.l '" Willie ures, iti r.unoin.i ,tij,r,,,. Turkey with violet, und in yellow. Thoroughly uvillz uffect the black. A rustic chair, bought by a ;;;,. lork, rollll., Was ininle if ;r,,j fra wood, and a few vsurm ihv caused it to put tnrtli koine tin inch long. Mathematics lias its multiplication of '.s7,Cil.:;.q gives ,-!.'H,"IJ. liiv.x order nnd multiplying 1'.':;. i.v;,;.) 45 a result equally odd U 8,n55.5.")3,M).-i. Judge J. II. GaMon, nf M, :r, Oa., ho jumped across a thi,!,: gully every birthday of his li!P f, . year. The .ther day he nn v- five yenrs old, and he made :bt J with perfect ease. A man on Long Island, X. Y.j a dog fish in a pond fur Utti. years, and there is no i-,i nf worn out vet. He figure. that tbr u dog fish who takes proper i.irs n'J self is at, least forty year J. K. Vardeman, who ii;.,!i:x- Oa., a few days ago, ii,.v.w dorfully retentive ineniTv. lit the greater part of the HiliVUkJ and had a vast array nf i. i!'::iJ historical facts nt his tnugi.i.-' tai Beekeepers at ludrin:i! County, Cal., complain tii.it f.rni rtJ that they can see their Ik-c uri-ia;. not gathering lioiu v. (ii:c m:tJ hive on a platform scale nr.il an not incrcaso in weight ever i jrad a week. TIlKATJiKNT OK Vol Nii CIIICKKN9. Tiie young chicken should not be stinted in their diet until after tho downy covering have gone, and :t good coat of feathers has appeared. The uioultingsoa son is another critical time iu their lives, and if they tire not generously supplied with good wholesome food they ure liable to sicken and die from little exposure or change in the weather. The strong tis sue! of the body are. now being formed, and th"y should be liberally supplied with egg-shells, oyster-shells, or bones. Their craving for such food will manifest itself at once. The egg-shells should bo dried before the tire, and then ground as finely as corn-meal. The oyster und clam- FATtM AND OAKDEX KOTES. For scaly leg nothing is so certain I euro a kerosene, but it should Ijc usee very carefully and sparingly, as i bleaches tho skin and destroy thi natural color. One of the largest horse breeder ir tho country is now using e i.silngo.anc some farmers report that they luivi wintered their pigs on it with very litth grain in addition. Joseph Huston advise that at the birtt of pigs the mother should be given men: of some kind, such a cracklings o; bacon this ns a preventive against hoi devouring her pigs. If the hen lays one egg a week she wil pay nil expenses of keep. Fvery eg over is prortit. The greater the iiumhe: of eggs secured the lower the cost o: each egg proportionately. Farmers who have never trained tlienv selves to be methodical, exact and intel ligotit in their ways of doing farm work might n well give up the d.airy businesi hrst as last, or adopt method. Lnst year when the juice of potatoc Wiis very low a Dundee farmer put a lo' of them among chaff at the bottom of silo. When it was opened tlm other dnj they were as fresh us when they wen dug. Prices for choice mutton, especially foi well fatted spring lambs, hnva beer quito good during tho past year, and tho prospect of an increased consumptiv demand augur well for tho future of the skilfully managed flock. What is the best breed, is a question that cannot bo settled. It is a question of soil, habits, tastes, markets und othei circumstances, the question to be settled by each individual for himself, and not for his neighbor or the public. Com is still king. Tests of a numhci of now forage plant last season at thi Michigan Agricultural College, led Pro fessor Johnson to the belief that, com pared with Indian com they nre of little value, and ho advise farmer to stick to that cheap and inexpensive though lux uriant nntive of our country. "Let any dairyman w ho finds it nones, sary to keep several skimming of cream, to collect enough for a churning, sub A biuiiiu.1 Ai-utiiii; iu iiiu:.'. f reported from Kokingtnn, Yurili Ktigland, where a hen h.i btcki chicken from one Mgg. ytb dd being in a perfect state cirept tin aro joined together on enc i.ii membranes of the wing. A Montgomery (N. Ydteff i colt that has learned ti ri; bell by catching the r in l.iiwc prancing back and forth. Ilrkuou when to ring it at daslirak.lraM the farm hands, and at inx'H.t.1 to dinner, and is never live ai id- early. O.Tf. r.itx- h.-e ' 'IU. rs-fVr Improved ReHitN ?.Iajor Baldwin, the Ir.i.n the Piegaa Agency. a-ri dition, prospect nr.! u ie r:.l tiio noble red men iiiu.er i the Major: The Picr:m "ood condition; they prospect and are luiiking gross. They have quit i. Xot a dciirodatii.il c!".:' property litis been fil.-.l !;"' an act committed within tho : veirs. lilthoii.di ouimr. i' lending for robberies prinr t.'tit Tho Piegans have wlmlly i! i llieiin ine iiiiigo, oi nun. i.ii . of the worst institiit ! ns of Ii.IjS tlm f-iiivi. nf lenrll crilll.'. built sixty miles of f nee l1-1 tintm.B mnl fnrniu. IlilMI llf STMcll'-j two vearsiiL'o. They lmuK J a!!'-' freight from Port Benton U) were liaid in cash foi dui::,"- more honest. industrii.u a"'lfi than thev ever were. W & meat ffrom twenty M tW'tit;' beof steers) among tin m "k:.r I took charge of the ic'i'"" . i,:n...l l.-h KtV- aiccisnciu Mill ' ), n-n ..II lu-lf.P illf. W'f cently ten fine Norman stalls good American man s, w their stock. They tow ""r machinery, mowers ami rS!"; qualified to take eiirenf th ru. men in this country bi:irl,:; improved condition. M.m? -tnl-.ou no lands in vi''." 1 nono has been allotted t'; " wish for such ullotim lit ti; their tribal relations. (Montana) Tribune. .!t A Huinoroiis 1'ltiit merge it until a sutileient tumidity is ob tuine 1, then ripen it ull at once, and in I . ,i ,,rit bn n word for it ho will llnd a safe, practical (n wl.:,h ia, the and profitable solution of tho oxidation, teration, stirring bug-bear," say John Boyd, in Country UentleiiuiH. Among insect that aro tho farmer" friend and do great good in killing in sect posts, Professor A. J. Cook mention the yellow jackets, the largo white-faced wasps mid tho solitary mud-wesps (usu ally black, or black and brown, or blue shells should be pounded and crushed in j black or blue); tho ground-beetle,, the sanio w ay. The holies should be burnt I w hich ure usually black, with long leg:i, nnd crushed a far a possible, and the ' and destroy host of cut-worms, whiti whole mixed up together. If distributed grubs, etc., and the little yellow, rmuidoi urouitd tho yard wiiero the chi.'keus have lady-bird beetle, which feed upon plant l;en uctiut'jir.ed to find food tL.'i" will ' lice and other ituecti. nil fa ulllitMlRI'd tO a'" make ieojle laugh. Thi' te-y resembling a Feueh l,B " , shape, and have a vcet t-v oniewhat liko opium "ni , odor. Small doses of t . i. -i n...'iiliar b" The person laugh Ih'J ilauces and cut up un '""J caper. Tho uxcitenn'iit o- t u hour, when tha Mil-jw- ;leep sleep of un ,"mr.iJp iwakcns utterly Huron j riilieulou bh!lvior.-i"',-'-al. i
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