THE SONO OF THE VV1HU
elds and
Vho I.; th an rye to And r;r?
V.'l'n I. nth a cliHin to liiti'i me?
Jfy limmts &:e earth's fnlr .tiivsts. f
sen.
I l-r-nk the sm.lifcht into fVoicir.p fhkes,
Ami hlurr the pictur-d tir.'ains of sloe-iin"
lake.,
IJitli- r iiml thither s'l v.i.'-rc 1 ;!os-.
Men (" not, but 1'iry li.'i.r in -t
Th y I'.vo tin-, t tii".v fir n; .
All nature t.ivntl.ej r.ml imovs lit lit T co:ii
niunl. Font,"' hues T itifty with a uic.Mi i'i t:-rsss,
Hr lnr fnoil il (m n fir wiliio ir-.-. s,
Tk'-n sti'fw wilh wi'.'tvs til.- desolated lai.J.
Well niny the ' inir.ii t.vmbli
Wh'ii I with uil-sti -vnilil"!
Fur nc'i r a nj ii il h.i'l changing Mil:!?,
From w u! t iii h !.;. v.nnt tlu white-
wined slops
Cii'l-'f pr.v.i', Ions skid, I sei' my whips
Ami lash th tv.iji ' ts frii;, i tin-ii sjiitiiue.
Wiiolmtii mi eye to fuel i.: '
Who huth n chain to bin I In'.
Tin' vagrant roam.;' of the lioi'i'v-sss'tv?
Ili foro tiii' homy mountain wire, I hvi'M;
For nirm iimriiiiii iiiji tiif.-ujli their pints
havo nrii'Vi-1
That I ill' '.if f all thi:iM nVr sha'.' oh.
.. ffilrf, J.:, in IJ'!firi!'aMiijo:ii:r.
THE SOUDANESE SPY.
r.v
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We ii itli ii
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A L'MM-
lllld ri in
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v. it . t,i . . ami l .
ei i,.in. v, 4.,'. a g'siur.' of
i ! .'.!.r.l ;ii ii.i- iut ;'.; ly. T':i :i
I i mt cg.;.s tiii'i ru-ii'-'-'i
oi ; in' Kiii I 'ii ",v.
pi. .in m:il uiimist.'.l.i'.'ile ,
..ml a t!:c mi'.al i.ii', und
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door
Lot.
.1 l '.ii
ii
v.o i rt :i i ii i
din in . ic .In .;
nml t l.e solitary 1 1.
htiaiinA-i s oar i.i
of tin' lii h ia.ilii
i.i ri I if t i . w I'
massive ( Ml '. ( d ',.i'u
life.
Then a t-'in .i tit
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si i',
1 1 1'
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i i:
t a;l Was
I.ii ip I'i'li.
a 1'ii1 pi
'..iiiii' '.:i':
rural i.a'.'Ki
ml. i 1 HO ."i
ijilli 1
tril liu 1
'.Till. 'lit
ialai'c
ll!ll
:lii uf
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li. 'ran t i
fiiUli' I niiilv. iinr.-c!
Mi'llH I I'llOl ll Oil till' !''!
wt ro tiivcii nini :i!iv,i rii. I Ir li'iii'd in
n.'i clili"; ;i-ni!ii-lin;rii', nml U'.i'ii ru-iii 'l
il,.st.
liark f ' r in v ran :iih! s.'.onl. I
In lie in ir. il, 1 1 1 1 1 : : 1 1 want )i"-iiili'
yioiiml for iil.Mi:i i'..i.,i'il I i inilil nut .-'.
hininili vas jiiotr 'i il I'V a lila' of si n
triii thai !i inl' il a ttiilr lii'voiid tli"
town. No i-i ;;i::l li.nl I ouir li'oin llli'oi;;.
i-kirli, vi ! ln ii' .".. i ilii- turmoil in tin'
v. tv tail!. I ol tii" i'u.'i n ni::rt
A I lir.iri.il I. a!, to tiii' 'lour tli'":roai
piilai'i' ;i'ti .- uii'i ojn :i iiii.l it Mi;:nl of
Ktryi: ian Ni.liiiii- troi;i:l :il, ttnir
livvin lliy f ir ' hIiiiiiii'; humit t bi irrnniso'i t j,;s t,r,..,( svnri
riijH. Cl. i r l., liiul tiii iii. iM'nitcil ly . with all tin
I "Vi ral '!i'n . l'. r.'liii' a toll, ili-iu'inl,
1 1 . . I . i 1 1 lt nan. Ilr va- i'a.i lii'.'uli' i ami
ii'.'lil an litiMi'.-athnl sv. or l ill his Iniml.
I n i'o:,'iiii il him lit tii-t iuiit im Arh
n; '1 IU : the 1'. ;i j.tii.'.i ( 'iivcn.or of .Suii-
k'!l. Ill' ulilllicl ll illlll lluAII the
Ht ri "t aii'l tluii huirii.it ai'iovs to tin: K:u-
ItilHSV."'
"Vnu i.rcn Hiitihli ofiiccr!" lie sahl,
lufinlilu.vt with cxriti'iiu nt.
Captain Duilulo, of the Ninth I)ri
KoiiiiH. at yo.ir I'liaimuiut, Yuur Kxctl
lciiry," I Fiihl, lnii'fiy.
'Thank yon. 1 ntn in ni"'il uf your
scrvii'i's. An Arali priMinrr, u rapt u w 1
cpy of tin-.M.iii' Ii, lia.i maili' his istupi;.
Mv (ituniil xiliiii is ri' to Manic Tim
follow has In rn oi.l'
it i iniiorlatil In' Im
stolen vali'iilih'
foitiiiratioi's.
lil'Ir, hut if
"Voi.r r
I I'n.r 1 1 iv Miililicis riiii il'
nii i'.iir.'oo.is will .coiir tin
I i.tr;riiiil("1,
ic !i iii; ai oar''. "
, NViivt'il a l.a.-'y
iiow ii I In- narrow
K i- a. nl Cam
lili'lilU' lo,-'rli'i T oil tin' sii'ps of tii"
-v. tor ( :i.'i i : oi ll l!ri:ih
i.i 1
.ri llrni V,"
ir i
mv h'T '
ami yallop. il olT
Iras in: A-iiuii il
' iii.t you il
I iiioiinli'il
Mlutc
hi rrrt
llolilli
Klvlli!
.V!i'.".s.,;l..r lit S.l:.
wis ruiiriiiir in 'fily
1 h.i'l only h. .''i at
the faiiii'l toui h i
ti H .-. I V Wi Inline.
1 r. inciiil" r il, I h.ivit'!; fi"."i this
r rapnl Aiaii only a few iias pn vious,
V. I.i II he w.i luilli; liil ('..l.tivc lll!'ol!L''l
llii'trnts of tin' town a irivat hlai I,
uiitnt, with mu-ni'ar. In. wny r.:nl a'nl
Ilis lilii' k loi'kb ii:i..;ii: il! rUils iloWU lli.s
rlioiiliii't's.
1 siuirii il rap'nilv tiivuu. li the town.
:n,
mni hit l.pwf leap. 0(T to thn noutli f s
ti'inlod tho trtnelic in one unbroken for
tnntion, ti.eir inouniU of niniln tipiil mid
fXHct, iiiul outIiii''il nhnrply in Cue tr.ooi
li'ht :tiraiiist thn ri'ht hand wall of r irtli
was n n'viftly moving nhudow. Kven ii
wo look ml she HjiwtiT vatiishfil arouml n
ciirvi- uml wo kiiw it no more.
Vo p'llh il our Iionn'n' hrnils round mil
lmh"il down thetronrh niilo hy side, for
it wivs fully wid" rnoiili for three horse
lun to rid' nhri'iutl.
Wn thuiKlercil mi in nilencc. I clntciipd
tho reinn tiIiily with one liiind nml with
tin- nliiLT I held my h.iliir. Tho Arah
wiis iinaniird and 1 would take him alive,
I thoni'ht, mid lend him hark in triumph
to Saukin. Thin all pimii'd throuyh my
tniiid in r.n instii'it mid thi n wo gallujM'il
round tho rurvi' and w our prry in
full view lirforp ii. Ifii whh Htru'.r'linjj
rloni piiinfully and limping n tliousfii
oni' I if wan hurt. The iiionii hIioiih full
iitioii him, n:id to my Kunirim! I :iw
that ho rarri'.'tl n jrrt 'iii ld nnd ono of
thou- I'tmrinoiw iloulli'-i'dr;cil nword
which tlii'sn Amh iisii with urh U'lrildo
I'lTi'rt. lie l.'id Uoulitlcsn found 4 hem iu
thu trench.
Vo cnlled on liiin o RiirrrmVr, li'.il lie
never even turned until vc v.cre cIomp
noon him he Kuddruly wliirleil nroiiml
in desperation ii'id confronted us inetme
iiiL'lv. Wc iir.'-.v our Kihcra uml iliishcd
upon hiiii.
Jil-t here, crtctiiiinir full ncrom the
tr'i" ii, was a riij.'oed ilepKM-ion, taiis-d
prnhi'My hy nti ex jilndiii hiiell.
Thirt we fi'ilel to mi', I'lid, whil"
I'raiT hor e leapi'd it. ;;all:'titry, my
animal siuinMed a id fell, and down I
WLiit, partly h' math him.
1 tried to ris", I ' it my ankle w.nhrllv
se.raii'.e l, nn !, with a cry of pain, I
iifi;t pe l dow n liehilld the hoi's '. Tlie:i 1
forgot i:ery tiiimr in what I i.r.v K'lin on
l.ifore in". Th" A r.ili li:t ! r.'trv'ated
(friinsl the wall and wa lierci ly keejiiii i'
K:.iM-r at hiy. Their s.voids clcshcd
until th" .::i i l;s ll '.-, and Kraser'n heavy
strokes were inter, eii'.eil 1 1 v the Arah's
lei''lu rn shield.
They fought, on in silence ml in tii'1
moonlight 1 "a'.v the Arnli' f.'.ci', tiie ce;i
sparklinu' wilii hatred and the white! teeth
cliui'l'.ed in ileanlv ileierininat ion. Ci;i-ii
af.d shouts f.,.;.,. I . .1, ,..,. , , it... iiht air. Sud-
lenly Fru.si r spurred nn his horse nml
dealt ii feiiiful hlow nt tin; Arali'n -x-limed
head, hut ipiick ks a Hash the ffreut
I sword flew up, and the short sahor .strik-
im; full and foreildy ii';aiiist tiin :iw fill
ed'je, liriiki'i'ST I'h i"e liesidi: the hilt and
j lay shini'r; on the sainl ill their feet.
What followed I call never forget. It
j will haunt me to my dyi.ij day.
) 1'rii.ser threw up his rihf hand, w ith
j the hroUen hill, uml with the left reached
l for hi revolver, ami then, n I looked
' on, "'lipid witli horror, the Arab raised
alult with I otli llanos,
llie force of his desperat"
strenictli he luit Ifil ii. forwiad lilic a
i alupii'it.
The yleainiii Id ide fla-hed the tnonli
li;,'!it froi.i it 'i'i mid crushed with an
awful found tiiro.ih poor l'r.iver'.s head,
ch iivini; its way ihroii;,'h the skull nnd
hetweell tho shoulders' and on down
through thu hack until its point fairly
touohud the rear of tile saddle.
Split in twain from head to waist tho
poor fellow dropped ti the ground with
out a cry, mid Ida plumriiie; steed tram
pled over the body anil then galloped iu
mad fright down the trench.
Wholly engrossed in this awful ecne,
I forgot tny own peril, and only realized
it fullv when the Arab, biarine, himself
the wall of the trench, beuan to
dr.i'; his sword out of Frascr'a body.
Willi u shudder I reached for my pistol,
and p'i'vv faint for nn iiist int when I re
l".i'mbe(id that it lay under the horse in
the holster. 1 was wholly at the Arab's
Tin n y. The w ivteli was st ill tliyrjlutf at
thu sv.oid, a id M'ciucd iniiibli.' to lnosi li
it. If only I l.i'il mv pistol how uieely 1
ci iild liriie; bun down.
All at onee I srv siimcthin '-'itlor i:i
one of F.-.tm-r's oulsiret: la d iia.i.ls, and
ti e '-iu'it of it e,.i.eii'ea '."'rill of hope.
It was los r.'volvei', which he h d suc-r.-.'.i.
d i;i i.-raspiiij; ju.-l bcf''.e liiC l.'low
fell.
If I could li'i'.r'i il Vefore the Arab
couitl cti-icat. his stMird, 1 was save, I. If
!i"'.--I'las l's fate would be mil.e. 1
U'i'i'.t' d my teeth, seized my saber firmly
and rose erect. The Ar.ili saw me, and,
with a sav!".;e imiireeai ion to Allah he
'hc.!, ht'-rj irivr foot
some ! line now. awl j ,..r;.i,..t
reiiiKcn, tor lie l
.lans ol t:ie town him
.i
!,. ll '
'I'll" h
i:v. 1 1 my v i ins. for
ilii .1 Week, III"!
'i'ltiin ill we.s i.i-
tlmnderi isr roverba'Jotn cyeryth!Dj groir
black and dim.
Attractnl by the pMol-nhot, ther
found im there hnlf an hour later, still
locked in a clono rinliwc, My uniform
vtat n'mSSered with tho Anb' hloixl.
Mefsenern were pent to Sunkin for
t resellers, mid while waiting; ths lwly
of my d"Kicrato foe was Imrieil
where In lay in the trench, ftnil
Irt'sidc hint win laid my horse, whosa
neck had been broken in the full.
We marched mournfully back to Sunkin,
aad the nc;t day poor Frn-ser was laid to
rest in the Mnj;lUh crmetvryon the shores
of tho lied Sea. I've been in many a skir
mish with tl'.cArnlis since, but thntnipht
in tho trenches outshlo Sunkin was tha
tloiestrnll I ever hud, nml as a living re
membrance I liave kept that prcat two
edr;ed sword which split Tom Frnser
nearly in half before my very cye.
t'lika'jo Tiiiict.
A Spnnlsh Dull l ight.
We nrrived nt Madrid nn time for a
bull-tUht, writes Mrs. Sherwood in tho
New York Wold. The first sij;ht of tho
crowded circus, tho grand Coliseum,
the thousands of spectator.-,, the music,
the fhij;s, is all very inspiring. Tho
entrance of two cavaliers on hnrscbnck
with their lints ami collars a la Veliisijnp
is extremely pretty. They rido round
the rin;, and rryinir to tho Governor,
they iloniaiid of him the key to the cell
where the b ill is kept. This is Sunt
down by a personage in iruiidy nMire.
Then the trumpets lire sounded, nnl
the pieadovos, ina.idori nnd tnrrendors
enter, two nnd two, ii their heaiitiful
dre.-ses mi" of the most picturesipia
;;i'..iips possible, 'i'hen come the mules,
piyly capriomd, who are to drai; out
tlie bulls and deid horse. The pica
dons, on their sorry steeds, not unlike
P.. siiiunte, are then placed nt iutcrvnls
aloic; the sides, while tho men nd
v:i'i'c wilh a iiioreturi to salutaiit air
mid bow to the iSovernor. It is ull very
gladiatorial, very pn tty. iplite tmicliinir.
Then the trumpets sound and the pentle
matt with the key advances to the cell
from which have been issuing ominous
groans and bellowiii.trs. The door Lt
opened; the men jump over the wall.
The bull enters.
A inaynilicent creature, fresh from
Andaliisii'.ti pastures, nnd his surprise ns
he stopped and looked around was most
innocent and touehini;, nnd babylike.
My heart was for him from tho first.
Then the liia'adores bcan to friKbten
and enra;;e him by throwing their red
shawls at him and pultine; arrows in his
back. Then the cruel sport of sendin;;
tin- piciidotcs lit hi:;i. lie disemboweled
the poor horses; we saw three left dead
on the sand. Finally tho Grand Tor
ivailor arrived, uml we saw him really
perform some nets of desperate courae;i)
with the cr:;y, enraeiV animal, whom
he kills wilh his sword. By this timo
we were too sick and faint to move, but
the populace was in raptures, Indie
threw their handkerchiefs to tho hand
some torreador, who wanped himself in
hi.s cloak and smokeil n cigarette. Then
thu mules came in nnd dragged out tho
dead hors:s and the poor dead bull.
'I'h "ii tho doors opened agnl, nnd a
bull so beautiful that ho might bo ho
who curried oil Kuropn a mouse-colored
bull, perfectly full of auger and fight
was led into the arena. lie was destined
to lie killed by Fraseuelo, thu dnrling of
Madrid, the prize hull-fighter, the man
who makes ijCiO.ODO a year. Wo did not
stay to see this; we were dragged out,
nlmosi u.s igiiimiiniously as the poor dvad
horses and bull, and some of us havo
bti'ii ill i ter (liuce. Hut ifyoutouioto
Spai.i to see the people, the institutions,
the local color, you must see a Inill
tiyht a horrible, brutal, cowardly busi
ness; a wretched degradation uf hu
manity, but throwing a light on the
tmveitv, the cruelty and the lack of
civilization of a iieooiile who should
stand at tlie head of Kurojii'a civiliza
tion, but who stand nt the very loot of it,
so f:.:' as the lo'ter classes are concerned.
AGRICULTURAL
rcrios OP 1XTKHKST rtrcii.vriVE
ro FARM AMI UAKDKX.
tTIFK Xr.CK IN A COI.T.
Any injury to the muscles of the neck
r.my cause s!iTiics; an injury to tho
spinal cord, which ins.es through tho
vertcbriB of the neck, will have the same
effect. By throwing a colt for an opera
tion by means of a rope nrouniltho neck,
tie!i injury an would produce this stiff
ness can scarcely ho avoided. To throw
a colt safely proceed ns follows: Put
strong straps or noosed ropes around the
pasterns, gradually ilraw these together,
nd push the colt over on a thick bed of
draw; then tie tho feet fast nnd proceed
with the operation. Sew York Timet.
AtlOtT CtrTTINn AST AHAOL'S.
A cultivator of this delicious vcgetnblo
says that it is bud practice in cutting
ispftragus to leave the small shoots that arc
not large enough for use. The better way
is to cut nil off clean, until the middle of
June. Then nil cutting should cease,
nd the plants he allowed to mnke their
milliner growth. The old pmetico of
planting the roots deeply below the sur
face, nnd cutting the shoots as soon ns
they pushed through the ground, with
barely a green tip, is exploded. Green
Mid not bleached is the asparagus for
flavor. All wei'ds should he kep: down
Mid the soil stirred rnoui;li to be at ull
timed louse and friable on the biirfaee.
C-T.TIVATi: I lit lT TIIKF.S.
A'l fruit trees succe.-d best with culti
vation, but there is Mure than one way
of cultivation. I have planted a row of
liiinces along nn open ditch one-fourth
mile lo:i:;, where the plow and cultivator
iiiiiot go. I lint laid down around ca:.!i
tree M mulch of potato vines, then having
i:;ny loads of stone tnat were picked
from the meadows and berry fields, and
no other use for them, I made a stone
ile over the mulch, close about the trees
nml three foot distant. These stones are
p.ptal to cultivation ns far as they go.
1 he soil under a stone pile, if always
oo.se and moist and free from gnus or
weeds, what better cultivation is nredeiH
As the trees grow larger the limits of the
stone pile should be extended. I con
sider tliis even better that ordinary culti
vation, for the roots of thu quince feci
near the surface, and are injured bv cul
tivation and severe winter if unprotected
y such mulch. ijrrtnt I'niil Uroitcr.
am
her,
erv glad 1 shall never see uu
thie'.v hiii'.s"lf
I t'i" M.-nrd wit il a tern
hie '. li'oi't. :iil it clii.ig to Fiie er's body,
if id tin n, us I leaped toward him, forget
ful of in V snrailiL'd ankle, mid flourished
crossed the peninsula to the mainland. lnv Ml,r,. tu-rft-l v , he ur.ibbed lli.s shield
where the troops were i,i..ivti led side by an',j j,.,,. f,.w yards, keeping on the
fido with the unlive, population, nnd soon , .h-fmsive. 1 uttered a loud shout tJ iu
the bugle call to arms was llo.u im; out on j t imi.lntr- him, and then beat over poor
the night air, and the jingling of Kj.u.s j pr;w,ri Me still held the pistol, but, his
and the trampling of hoofs were heard on W:K j,.,,,,, Kave a strong pull
all sides. A few bri f, com is.' orders ; .,,! tj,en iiimihc r, and just r.s his stilVeued
and we giillope l o;il onto the i'."-,iS mid ; ;l,,.r,.rs loosened their clasp my injured
si uttered vi - the sn.idy plain. Chances i ,.ne1(l !lss..i.t,.,l iUrlf mI t fell heavi'lv to
one liiie. Tin: wary Arab was watching;
Mere m oi.r favor, for the moon was tout
ing up slowiy, and tiie enemy's outposts,
wiiiie alone the Arab could find safety,
were iit ihiit lime three mile; I tyoiul thu
tow n.
Not a stone or bush or a u nu:: l i f
Siiul i seal ted scrutiny. The men were
his cliniire nml lieio:-o 1 count even turn
he leaped on me like a t iger and we rolled
over in the sand splashing through u pool
of I' 'laser's criius.in lire-blood.
Tin Arab had clutched at my throat,
but missed it and cliisoiu ? en -h other's
widely seattered, cliu-iug lar to ,i.e iiortn i .shoulders we lloiuid.'ietl iibuut the trench.
and to tho south mid drawing sti adily j ,,w om, uppermost anil now tin; other,
miner to the emii'y's iii'.es. ) Wilh clenched teith, and si niggling for
1 galloped sti..i .'nt iteross ti e plain, ; ,r,.,th we fought on desp 'rately, knowing
closely mteiiiled by a Military truopir, a , t'lllti ,,,. n. t;l(, 0.,.r Milt,i 1 tc,uld
brave feilo.i tian:ed Tom Fin r. I kept j the A rail's hoi breath upon tny neck
us far us possible in the direction I judged ; .uj i,j ,,, hluvi earrings Coining
1 liopt it to njrhist mv cheeks. I will held the pistol
tightly in my h it hand. If I could only
the fiiL'itne hud taken mid
ha'.'e the picisiitv of capturing him my
iclf, tor ti:c trampling of my horse was
lliullhal by the dril'ie I s.i'.v.l uml would
not betray my appi'o.'.ch until 1 bhould be
close upon him.
A mile and a half from tho town lay u
belt of deserted inlrcuihtueiits from
w hieh the enemy h.'.d hi"ii driven a month
or so previous. As we up.iroaehed the.su
wc slackened our speed nnd began to look
for a suitable crossing place. The Brit
ish shells had leveled them iu places, mid
one of these points we soon found, a
bleak in She t "eiich with a gentle slop:;
on cither side. We nub slowly down
into the hollow, mid r.s our horse--, wrr;
commencing to aee nd ugain l'ras.r sud
denly tneg 'd tleicly ; I my r.rin.
"book, Capi. in, liiok!'' he wli! ?;eti
excitedly, mid us i follow cl the range of
his outstretched hand I .:v u si,ht that
get a chanco to use it ! cry loolislily I
relaed my griisp a brief second and in
that lighteuing-liko interval thu Arab
seized the udvautage and fastened botii
his brawny hands firmly on my throat.
In vain I struggled and strove to turn,
tho bony fingers were pressing; my wind
pipe ued the hide i'jm fneo wits glaring
into mine with a nio-.-king smile.
1 wits choking, iiufioi'itiiir all seur.e
was leaving inc.
Mustldio thus? It wt.s horrible.
With a fearful effort, the strength that
madness nlone can give, I twisted the
A rub sideways. My left erm was frea.
My hand still clutched Iho pistol. 1
raised it v. iih a jfrli . 1 put tiie muzzle
to his ear, w ish the hist uioiu of streu gt'u
1 iiulled the trigger, nnd us til'.' stunning
iiuuirt. echoed ihi'.nioli Ilia Irenele wii.li I tc.
The Il.imiili' (icrmiui Soli'ier,
W'v saw reee'itlv a littl" sound tluwtl
ling along iu their uniforms through the
heat, the most ainbitioiile.-,.s, hot, weary or
lazy souls, dragging one foot after the
nth"!' us if a cannon ball were attached to
each, writes a lieilin correspondent
"I 'nor fellows," we thought, "how plainly
every line about them tells th.' oppression
mid misery of the whole brutal system!"
When nil at once, to our amazement, they
stiffened up like ramrods, Hung one leg
out m front at u a angle of forty-tive ile
grees with force enough to kick down a
rampart, and then brinurht the heel of
the ironclad n. ember down upon the
pavement like a blacksmith's hammer,
thu sparks living in ull direi'timm. Wo
looked on in nmi'.zemeiit, wondering w hat
had happened to them, when ia the dis
tance uppciirtd a diminutive, corporal,
Sue occasion of tne whole excitement.
i he same uwe or their superiors runs
through the entire Ccrmun army. A com
mon soldier having his boots black
will instantly stand aside, before the
operation is completed, us a corporal
steps up. lb in turn gives place to tin
oliicer, and in a few minutes threo 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 nloii'jf with
dignity, mid each of the other three takes
his turn in regular order until the cum
moil soldier is linaUy reached.
('tiro for Corns.
Oin of the dci'iiiic?'. ciu'icies of the
chiropodist is a short and simple rocipo
which soon brings relict nnd iiiunuuity
from thu exasperating agony which is too
sadly fanulnr. T akc eiiual parts of cur
bolic ncid nnd t,lveeiir.u and paint the
corn every night with a ciimel's huir
brush, first batiiiiig u:id carefully drying
tiiv.' .cot. I ins treatment, U iit'ently con
tin led, is a certain remedy. It also gives
great relief from soreness caused bv ex
cesslvo walking if the mixture Is i:pli?:l
lo tho holes of the kct. t'ummei cir.l Ad
COIOtS PACTS.
A lliarlpsfown (V n
" - -.; mftQ .1 . I
prove that tho enrth is flat Ba i
water. "sss
fat fr?ely of this mixture every flay. Tc
b very particular about the food it would
b an improvement upon this plan to mis
the ground shells and bones with corn
meal, and cook tun rows before tho flro.
Add a little Kn:ni1 tn.i1 nml fprd thf .
chick with It every rooming. Such t ' Tho illumination of d
diet as this supplies tho chickens notsim- cupola of St. Peter's, i:on,t) i
ply with fat, but with the elements neces- quires over 200 tnco. l
xnrv for the crrowth of feithers. bone and i The master and mm..
nuiseic. II iney are mil nnowt-ii m nnm strainer uu mu v-oiiimnu Hirer fwl t
nlniiit In woods and fields they shoulti , are husband and wife. '""ttj
lisvo choiipptl-up fresh vegetables.
i A tifteen-vear-old Im, - I
I'snnlly the tops of vegetables that art Conn., has trained six 1Pt.n J'V'M
hn tAl,I .. -l; ti . .1..:,.. . I " EtlswJ
'" miu ur'.-i tiieiu ttiinv niumt e
diet. I think. '
thrown away before using on tho tabli
will do for this. Such a
will answer all numoes. and stive tin
lUfJ
. i,! .... a
I"" lliuiuiuvij I'lllRCO Of IK ft I
w... answer a., purposes n m, K m , ... ExposItion U 140(1 feet I,;'"
your, chickens a good start in life, whit ! t 3
js necessary for their future urowtu. $ . . . a l"n,inictrd aJ
, m hiiikiu iififi. -
necessary
Wuihiiojton Mar,
r:iciiAi:i sTAnvATtox.
From the orchard of a sinirh; small
neighborhood the waste fruit ground for
nh r yields from 2D ) to 500 bushels of
apple seetl to the nursery trade yearly.
Iu a goo 1 year for fruit the crop of seed
iu apples nnd stone, fruits cipiuls or ex-
c"d the rverage crop of wheat, in the
same locality. Ami then the leafage.
year by year carried away by the winds
of autumn, removes a large nniount of
choice and necessary minerals extracted
from the soil by the roots. Added to
this is much of tho same matter with
drawn from the soil ami deposited per
manently in the woou growth.
Most of the complaint of the un
profitableness of orcharding conies from
ignoring the den. anils of tho crop upon
the soil, and of the soil, thus weakened,
upon tho orchard ist. An underfed or
chard is apt to prove ns unprofitable as
nn underfed animal. The fruit is scanty
iu ipiantity, size and quality, mid such
fruit is getting less and less profitable
every year. According to my experience
orchards must receive as yowl culture
nnd as much manure us a grain Held;
mid when they get it will pay as well
us, or rather better than, most other
ctjjs. Orchard mJ (i'nn!c:i.
cr.LF.uv IS BKr.
lhe ordinsry distances at which celerj
is planted is in rows from three to threi
nnd a hnlf feet apart, with at lenst thre
plants to the foot in the rows. At then
distances celery large enough for all prnc
tieal purposes enn lie raised, provided tin
soil Is sutileiently rich, nnd proper atten
tion is given in the cultivation and earth
ing-iip. As will readily be seen, a ro
of twenty-live fret will ive as man
stalks as will be required for nn ordiuar
family. Uut there are rases Vthero tin
land for even this ipiantity cannot wel
he spared, or where the celery is not s
much wanted for the table as for soups,
stews, and the like, where size of stalki
is no object. In this case we liKve suo
reeded well in growing a part of thecro
in beds. For rxnmple, a piece of lam!
sclrc'ed. say, IJx"0, can easily bo madott i
(mm' 1 ."ill relerv itlnnt of ollile sllllii lent i
. - j , i ,
size for the purposes mentioned, ami, in
deed, that w ill also do for the table, tit l
pbich.
First, the soil niny as well e taken out
three or four inches deep uud Invl to tin
side two feet six inches wide. Tis wil
afterward be useful in furnishing soTv fm
partial eiirthing up. Except in very riS.
soil, a good coaling of manure should bl
spaded into this trench, and then tho bed
is ready for the plants. The planting wil
be time enough in July. Three rows mat
be planted in this bed one foot apart, ant'
the plants set four inches from each other
All that is necessary during the summei
is to keep the weetls down, nnd the sol
occasionally stirred.
As it is supposed that this crop ii
mainly for fall and winter use, it is noi
necessary to do anything until the end of
September or October, ami then only suf
Orient to keep the stalks w ell together, it
bring well known that for hte keeping
celery is better not to bo thoroughlj
blenched when put uway. As a part o!
the crop may be wanted for first use.
there is nothing to prevent one end of tin
bed from being earthed up nml got rrndj
for use first, selecting ns many ns nre likelj
to be wanted. Of course, where a urea)
quantity is grown, where land is no ol
ject, this method is not likely to be mucl
followed. Ihit among such ns havo onlj
little hind, and vet want to make the most
of it, we commend tho foregoing to thei:
consideration. It will be seen that lane
for this purpose is not wanted until som
of the early crops aro ready to clear oft.
I'rairic Farmer.
Tho fortune of the richest n,, . r
' ....v. . u.. i '''SHUT,
isouui nines, nyuney IJimlekii, t'i
r.r.Mnvi.Nti sri'Mi's,
It Vs no easy matter to remove
stumps from a newly cleared Held,
green
tin I tu
n u ;n -
do so at olice, for any considerable
ber will he found to cost more than the
Use of the land they occupy will be
worth, until they have decayed so that
their removal by lire or otherwise will bo
comparatively easy. Stumps that have
partly decaye.l roots can often be twisted
out out by placing the largest end of n
long and stout piece of timber against
the sidt; of the stuinii and chaiuiiiif it
fast, then with a team at the other end of
the lever nulling in tho direction of a
circle around it. A method tlmt has
been recommended is to bore a hole ns
deep ns yon can down to the centre of the
stump in the fall, uud put in two minces
of saltpetre ami plug it up. In the
spring remove the plug and fill with kero
sene oil, uud afterward ignite it. This,
it is suit), will cause the stump to smoul
der away entirely. The experiment is
one that, enn be easily tried. 1 here is no
doubt tlmt saturating a seasoned stump
with oil hy boring into it or otherwise
will greatly facilitate its burning. As u
general thing it will be found best to
leave green stumps to season uud then
destroy them as fast us you can with tire.
Stumps are expeditiously blowu out with
dynamite, but few farmers cure to handle
this explosive. Wlv-ti expense is no ob
ject patent stump pullers may be resorted
to. A'ew Yvrk Sun.
TliRATJSKXT OK VOI'NO CIIICKKNS.
The young chickens should not be
stinted in tiicir diet until after the downy
coverings have girie, and a good coat of
feathers has appeared. The moulting sea
son is another critical time iu their lives,
and if they tire not generously supplied
with gooil wholesome food they are liublo
to sic ken and tlie from little exposure or
change i;i the weather. The strong tis
sue. of the hotly are now being formed,
atitl th"y should bo liberally supplied
with egg-shells, oyster-shells, or bones.
Their craving for such food will manifest
iSself at onco. Tho egg-shells should bo
dried before the tire, and then ground ns
finely us corn-meal. The oyster uud clam
shells should be pounded ami crushed in
the s.inio way. The bones should he burnt
nml crushed as far us possible, ami the
FARM AND OAKDEX NOTES.
For scaly legs nothing is so certain I
euro as kerosene, but it should be usee
very curcfully nnd sparingly, ns i
bleaches tho sklu and destroys thi
naturul color.
Ono of the largest horse breeders ir
tho country is now using ensilage, ami
some farmers report that they linvi
wintered their pigs on it with very littli
grain in addition.
Joseph Huston advises that at thehirtl
of pigs the mother should be given ineai
of some kind, such as cracklings o;
bacon this ns a preventive against hei
devouring her pigs.
If the hen lays one egg a week she wil
p:iy nil expenses ol Keep. J'.vcry cgj
over is prorfit. The greater the niiinbe:
of eggs secured the lower the cost o:
click ccg proportionately.
Farmers who have never trained them
selves to be methodical, exact nnd intcl
ligent in their ways of doing farm work,
might ns well give up the dairy businesi
first as last, or adopt method.
I.nst year when tho price of pot at net
was very low a pumice farmer put a lo'
of them among clmlf at the bottom of t
silo. A'hen it was opened tho other duj
they were us fresh as wheu they won
dug.
Trices for choice mutton, especially foi
well fatted spring lambs, havo beer
quito fgootl during tho past year, am)
tho prospect of an increased consumptive
demand augurs well for tho future of the
skilfully managed flock.
What is the best breed, is a question
that ennnot bo settled. It is a question
of soil, habits, tastes, markets und other
circumstances, the question to be sett lei!
hy each individual for himself, and not
for his neighbor or tho public.
Corn is still king. Tests of a uutnbci
of new foncre plants last season at ti.t
Michigan Agricultural College, led Pro
fessor Johnson to tho belief that, com
pared with Indian corn they are of little
value, uud he advises fanners to stick to
that cheap ami inexpensive though lux
uriant nntivc of our country.
"Let any dairyman w ho finds it neces
sary to keep several skimmings of cream,
to collect enough for a churning, sub
merge it until a Nunlcient ipiantity is oh
tuined, then ripen it ull at once, and mi
word for it ho will find a safe, practical
und profitable solution of tho oxidation,
ii'i'titioti, stirring bug-hear," says John
Boyd, iu Country lientlei,mn.
Among insects that uro tha farmer'
friends and do great good in killing in
sect pests, Professor A.J. Cook mentions
the yellow jackets, the largo white-faced
wasps and tho solitary mud-wesps (usu
ally black, or black and brown, or blue
black or blue); tho ground-boetl'js,
which nre usually black, with long le;tii,
nud destroy hosts of cut-worms, whitt
In pawnbroking. Ho
millions of dollars
A "sandwich mnn." In v.
parlance, is a man who walk ' n,l J
streets between two ndv..-: "M
trapped over Ins shoulder. '
,. ,. .,,. ...
i minimis are snm to ,SVr j ,
nally introduced into lair,.,,.
Knights of St. John, ,n t.),)ltJ.1i
irom wnui wiry nail seen ia
at ies.
Sp.i lions nre so plentiful oa IS. J
tu i niii.'iuiii mi ii-iir r.n m ,
nin e, tsjiti iiiiij in nsnernici, ;,;uj
1 L. !. .
mming iiiinuja tne i.inuiT.s lur Jot
uuauu.
In China grief it ass,M;lt(.
white tires, in Ki tii,,i.i wit), i,- "
1 urKcy witnvioie;, n:;i in y,,.(
yellow. Thoroughly livil!; , ..
uflect tho black.
A rustic chair, hntidit hy a
.i-L I'l.nn tt--ia in... I.. . r
, I . . ,,i j,r,,
1.im (v.srwl a, t, f 1 ii f. ... .
"" " t ' " " ";rni lijn
caused lt to put forth i:.u.; ,.
some uu inch lorur. ' '
Mathematics lias i;s nti.!;:;.,
mimipiicaiioii in .'(,(..il..;;' (,
gives 4 1,!H.'lH,'l.i. l;,u,v,
order nnd multiplying V.rl,i.V;v
45 a result equally mid is
6,555.535,50:..
Judge J. II. GaHon, ,,f M rriT-J
G:l., has jumped across a tiiirt-"
pilly every birthday of his lifP (,.
years, ino inner tiay ue m. J
live years old, and ho made tie -i
w ith perfect ease.
A man on Long Island. X. y .
a dog fish in u pond fur U :
years, ami there is no sia n( k .
worn out yet. He figures tlu:;4,
a dog fish who takes prop-.r i. 4
self is at least forty years.
J. K. Vardeiniin, who ill JiisJ
Oa., a few days ago, iM.-stV,
tierfully retentive tueiiiurv.
the greater part of the Iiilu
and hnil a vast array of
historical facts nt his to:i:.f'(jl
lleekeepers nt l:tb pi uki, ;
County, Cal., connilain tliutf..riM
that they can see their hi 1 u: i-j.-J
not gathering honey. Oiiesxt
Juve oil a pliitlorm scale nr.it tin-i
not increase iu weig'ut uvtr 1 p
a week.
. A curious .feature in oroi'iw
reported from fcckingtoa, ru
Knglantl, where a hen h:u h&k
chickens from one ugg. b- th isJ
being in a perfect state except till
arc joined together on one liiltui
membranes of tlie w ing.
A Montgomery (N. Y.ltei
colt that has learned to ri:.;'4l
bell by catching the rois' in Lhvfi
prancing back and forth, llekwl
when to ring it ut ilaylirik, U'1
the farm hands, and at mum. Km! 1
to tlinner, uud is never tin' a,t
tir early.
whole mixed up together. If distributed ! grubs, etc., and tho little yellow, romidei
urouiid tha yard whero tho chi.:kens haiu ' lady-bird beetles, which feed upon phu:i
b'.".'U uetustomed to liud food tL.i- will ' lice und other iu;ecU.
Inijiroieii I!" ! iri
Major llaldwin, the Ir.'i!i! '
the Pieguii Agciicv. w:is ii'rf-
tliiion, prospects nr. ! !.' -u - r.i p.1
the noble red ine'i inn! T !:'! 'i
the Major: "The Pit cm !:.l.'
good condition; tiny h-f
prosjR'cts uud me iiiakiiii!
irress. Thev have pii '"'
Sot a deoreihitioii cl.iu M
projicrty has hceti tiled
uu net committed witiii'i '"
years, although runnr..i
ie:idiiig for robberies pr'i-r t'-'
luo Ficgaus have w nein a:
medicine lotlge, or annual Z '
of the worst iiistitiitioiistiflf-s
tho c.-iiis-n of much crilli1.'. I"-
built sixty miles of fcDo;
homes anil farms, none uf sa'-i
two vearsairo. Tin v hauk-J u '-
freight from Port ii;it"a U'-lfl
were piiil in cash foriloi::.'sJ.
more honest, mdustrinus mi'.'-' 1
than they ever were.
meat ffrom twenty M ti' P'."!
hoof steers) among tluiu xl
I took i-liHi-crn of the agency
steers were killed weekly. A'
itw.v nil lu.it.ir olT. Wutrl
centlv ton fine Norman s''!'1
innil A Tiiel-ii'iill man S. 10 H ti '
Their htock. They have iw
iniichiiieri' mowers nml p-?
ouulified to take cure of th'3'
... l l - . .... I.i. ir ttl!ii I
men iu iiiiseoni.il .,
improved condition. M.tsy1
...i i 1j :,. BiivcnKT'
i-ll.eu tljl mini ii y
tioiio lias beell allotted tiieni"
wish for such allotment tin '
tlieir tribal rehttiu: "-('
Mont ii ii a) Trihune.
..1..1
k Humorous I""
A rrrWl.nntlired ulll-lt 1
pnvi'reil one wldetl lilt t'"1
as l'unch is supposed to ,"j
tuake jieople laugh. im
resembling a French In'
shape, ami havo a nweet w
somewhat liko opium un'l '
otlor. Smull doses of
jeeds give riso to pecuhiif -
The jierson laughs Is''-11,
ilnnees and cuu up a" r..
tapers. Tho excitenn'u V
n liour, when tho MA
sleep bleep of un hour ;
awakens utterly uucoii"
ridiculous buhnvior.
al. '