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.
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,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
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'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.
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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.
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