THE M1DDLKBUKQ1I TOST.
T. 0. HARTER, Edito ahd Tbo'iu
VIlWLKIiVltU, I'A., JULY Is, J8.
Tlic Spanish Minister of the Culm lit
h:.s announced that Cuba is not for side.
The imputation f Ireland has declined
nuir per cent sine: lssi, anl about o:io
half si. ire 1S-JI.
Xearly 22, Olhl, ()()() ,.,, f ()tlr
iin owned 1 y l;;: n who uwc : llcgianeo U
other tri vcriiiiu vl.t.
Ihiglnitd has il in iiiiml to iro)or,s nn
i.il. rnatioiialcoiilYicice (ode, j I whether
lii hring Sea i an open or clos;d sea.
Tlii' Chicago .,( declines that "tii
): .,u made in some Southern town
lents mor- like a fairy tale Ihriti fart."
CiiM .ii V 'ilherfor.-c, one of the uif.n
'.' i,i',;;i ',), d i i I , ; in Ihieland, nttrib
:. i. tiic ic.-ovcry of hi , health to
I.: f .lit It on:,.''
ia ii.siioj.lo 1 t!i law which
f .:!': i '.:.! t l !; throne colli -noting
ci.irri:' . . v. itli .i i.ui ini-mli. rs .
!.,i.. Cr. i !. (lunch.
Y'i." S!i !'iii,i i..-i ( ;i ('. thuihs
I. .'i l;...l.y of Indian i citations ;.ri!
i ',;el on: ' i .; .!! ion '.ii til" beggar! y
: :,iM ii. .i 1. 1 , hat r.i.tiii over them.
A v. il,;., i,t r. j,..n j.t:.lisli:al rcct 111.
l; . iv. -1:,,. 'ulii-1 . 1 1 , in j, ut i.f ihr ,;
' - '.-r t!if yi.T lit r.i ..i-iil, ;-,;My more
-':"." .:, placing it far' nli.ii.)
! nny oilier . oimtrv in .hi- world.
fn -!n:! tin.'. predicts ',... i.'t'uSt.n,
1 !..' Si. u i: . will h" op -'io, tlp t,, j,.
l,iT!-h. -1 i:ti:i:i:r.itii-.. TIht.- were n..
;! .!ii.Ii I... nn . t i g.i around in oklu
"'" tin- si.ni r.'vriitio:i is ,ivo
li:u tar aiv.i of ( V ihoma.
MY SHIPS THAT WENT TO SEAT
;
Ous after on titej slipped the stock
And on by one they sailed;
Blow creakwl th hoary tackle block.
And low th peunanta trailml,
A ont beyon-i the restless ti.lo
Fast ehMnfc for to lo
They lriftl o'er thi ocean wldo
My ships thnt went to iioa.
Adown the lung horizon'! rim,
I watched them ostliey paswxl,
t'ntU within the .IWnnro dim
They fadd out at last;
A happy bird, thntirk t'.io iklo
When first from rage ert free.
Bo llap'ared In-fure mine eye
My ehlp that went to eea.
And other iihlpii have eonio and jjono
Him my ship sailivl awny.
Awl miny a year In iluxk and ilarn
An.1 many a nlKht and ilny
I'nll oft the irram haa sliimmcrod green
And huddeil flower and tree,
J)ut Mnce thst hour notm linvo wkh
My ahli that lvoat to wa,
And yet and yet w ithin my drenm
Shown every mast and rojw
And nwretly on my farowell clrnms
The uniting faro ,f Hope;
My elumherinr: fntieie pi"ne nfu.-
Thnmith Ttilmisnut ti
I r theni rm tlio harlmr liar
My ships that went to sen.
Ah, nevermorel Nay, nnvvrmnrsi
Hh-il f surh plndness fi.,
Kormi some rtonn-sfrown roclcv fcliorj
I.hn every shuttered k.vl;
And Mtitl, ilrf nil that Kutn
Hn.i brought or keeps for nn,
1'p.iu thnmoHtitnt; Ktnds F wait
My ships thnt went to sim.
-Krtfjil M.'dnlfnj, in ( l.ivayt) llffuU.
Tii.-a:ii of , -riy ii (! ji -in-; In
i : t ; of Kn .i.ci.l. A C.-ciiiii'iilu. hirn
I inn of "Jo a f,.w r;,i-s airo
v a- r .,.). ', for '). linn, ,,l .,.s s:n,.e
;,.:. 1... ,i! i. j , ..i t h 1. imrst -;ir I ,
.s Jet : 1 1 1. I li";(i lit Wi-liecll fur j
: ,ie sii..) ol M'.',V 'J.
if Chic:: ;. Ir.s re.i'ly solved the sni(i!n
r.'.ii ::l'i e, ns is . iaiined, bu will hnvn
v,,:i, (.!K..r.i tii.1 New York IV.Vi, tho
I t'tin..; !,n titttde of tlie eivilized world.
'J'lie ico:is:ii Central in Irving o:i its
el oin. .- -i n. -w mid .he-lnimer wl.i -h seeini'
I wiiiI; . .t!s.";,' l-.riiy.
"'" m
A r. -idi ::t of Seattle, '.Yaiiitlu'lon Trt
ilt.'iy, which v. a-, r. cea'lv destroyed by
re, oiien to :.rie S toward n new;
,v. n hull if tiie;. v. iil i. n:mie th" jilarc.
!! ::..; !I il'i'.ai: :,, l.ot is not ,r( it'll
.: if ;!.;. e.,il N:.'u'a City. Anytiiiai;
S-. ::!, v.Iiieli I hniiaii n.'itu' for
..' '. in i! e .,
('!, '',( . the New York ("iiii.;.-.''.
i ,, : n t'.u.iiual (iiii;M:is,
- 'e ft ..i " .!: y, ia K.iitlnmre, or.'aiin i! ii-
.! I ( I - !:.ti,.l .li.Ii I'm !. -. :l
'.I . !.;;.!, .. te;i w;. tak.'l v.l.i. 'n it
'. : .. ;. i ,i in the r !i"i ei
.if t a :..i .'. I i eh-, i , the til -.!.
' !' d l:; .:i . h .:!t .1 In the iJ..;:.:'.'i
' -ih.-'c.' -i i:i i!.:i ..untry."
. ii y i f i :n . A;.;-.-, ia the Ar.
, . : i ; i . :!:!:. . lee. ie::d'.l .lurii!.'
I':.' : ' y. ! o iiiit,i,u: ;,i e..a
: '.. i...u - i hi.i -ii.i hi viiij. .1 i,i:IIi'-i
i. f (' ; ,i'!iii ea. II. Tiie.v srla r.il
h"". ' ' !'..' ,1. Ici iaiil.iiii'js in the ; i:v.i
'.'I . ollee, I . t :.hi:,it of t lien I has i.iiii'm
. . . : ' t!: ' Palis llxoiisilioli. The
itJi.'" il jii:'..Ii'' is miiv, after the
i i !t, .1 .-'".lit , tl. country wh'eh hie:i,!.i
i:i (';,:: i. :i t.. j m lut i n , fr
: II.' I.'ioil.
11' .' -r :i .. i- the i.i:h-wcr niaih Tn
:.s i. O.M) leiii... 'i'iie cmo
I . ' ' . il.: t t eaiireiy nut of the
.., oi i!., .I',, i : i rs, hill thus.' win's.-.
. . . a': ..t' in is ah-o;-iied ley the
.! ,:. ! :. 7, .i'..l!'l. hairs, .vi in-
of : " ! . I i 1 1 ever ti e y. ar ,iv
''"..;. 'i I.I' se.isiia, with uvera V
, ' r. il .vl'.l he :;,.l.l').t(!)'J liah s,
v. ortl: n aviy f. ;i!' liaaured iniliioa dnl--!
., ui r. .i;...-. tile value of nil the
, I 1 :.a I . i.v r ;ir.,'iue 1 in ihe 1'i.he.i
.t. - iri o .e v. ar.
HE NEW BONNET.
"A sr.h.eription for t!ie children's pic
nir. ch" Kiid Mr. Polaml, hei rfuliy,
lit'iiti" on his spe.'iac'.es, aa he sat on t In;
fi'ont porch with it'iirliiinr Mutton's ropv
of thehitist ( liiri'in ut' Frculmii vn his
knee. Wal, wnl! I s'pnse I lilllt f;ivc j
satin::;;, even if I hain't no children iit-
tendin' the Sahhmh srhonl. I was a lit- i
tie shaver once myself, and I'd 'a took !
powerful to h .lay in the woods, with
root brer nnd njiple-tiirnovers. How
much d'ye want now a dollar?"
The lank younj; supei intendent's fate
itri'ht.'iied.
Such n cheerful mlmi-siou of his claims
was the cKcc'itinii, not tlu' rule, in SmIcc
lu rry Center.
"You are very kind," .said he.
"And 1 jrucss," added Mr. Poi. iul.
"that inehiie Hannah 'II haven little help
for you. She's had pretty i;ood luck
with her iv".:i an. I leader money .if late,
and I'aiin .h never was o::t of the stiiiffv
kind. Ihinnah: I s.:y. Hannah:"
l!ut there t.j no resnnnse fro:u the
kit, 'lien, where, minute or two before,
tiie clink of dishwitsiiino; had made its
merry, cistauet-liki; sound.
"Vnl, that's (jui er," said .Mr. I'oland.
'I thought im much Hi could lie she was
there. Hut hIiu nin't. (Juess nhe must 'a
stepped over to m;u n iieihhor."
So jlr. l'erkin v.-cnt on hia wny with
out hcin enriched by nny of the "egj;
und butter inoiiny."
"Jiijit liku futh-r!" said Hannah, ith
a to.s of the head, 'as she stood well hack
behind the buttery door. "Ah if I'd
been saving for u new bonnet nil th -w
weeks, to throw away my money on th.;
children's picnic."
And bin.' went back lo her dishwa..ioii
with renewed viifor, e.s the Superinti :i
ilent's not particularly elastic loot: ills
Hound. I dow n tle'dusiy mad.
Mr. Poland leaned forward, and star, d
In twei u two tre.il.s of h;-vins into the
kit, hen.
"Didn't Know v iu wero there," s.iid
hi'.
Hannah coV re
"I've been to
city this nfi. 'run
Amanda Ti'nll.
-!.'."
Tl is was th.'
v.liole truth, it
a' iu! ,
pa," said she
a little siioj
iiiil; So
!ii.:h, ihou-th
was l'.iliv half
lot
aa !
siae" she ha 1
to . all for he;
:.':-v t
lam ied would In
settled with A:aa:i'la 'I I
at t w o o'chn k in tin1 i .:
l l lio.i tui.'v, wiae.i
l:ioi-.. s. lis!) tliaa
tiie
te.ii'
II
v
s.e
tln'il'
"Ixirely!" Hannah cried, ecstatic!!.
"Tho prettiest hat I ever lair!" de
clared Amanda Troll.
"But won't pa think it rather gay!"
wiusperea Jlann.ih.
"II ain't Roing to wear it," oaf.l
Amanda. And pink is Frank Bond's
favorite color, you know."
This decided tho question. Tho lon
net was purchased, packed into a paper
Dos aim aafely lKtoweU under tho buggy
aeat.
Hannah Tolam! went home half-
fri.nhteiied, hr.lf-delii;hted, with tho bar
' vain she had made. But she whs thank-
I ful thnt on their return it was twilight
enough for her to smuggle the bandbox,
, unseen, into her own room, while she
SHtistieit tier father curiosity with it
sight of some calico she had purchased, a
few yards of ribhon, n wido-brimnicd
straw hat for the old irentlemnn's own
u.se, nnd half a dozen pulin-leaf fan.
"Hut you didn't spend all your money
on thisi" said Mr. I'oland, checking up
the sums on histingers.
"No I bought a bonnet." -j-'-
"How much ye give for it?" jir-
"Six dollars."
The truth again, hut not the wholo
truth.
"Six dollars! Whew! Your ma never
give that for a bonnet in her life.'.'
"Things cost more now, pa."
"Yal, you must be awful savin' of it,
that nil. Then there" two dollars left.
Cities you'd better send that to old Aunt
Betsey up nt Three lii I'iiies. We ain't
done much for her this year, and she wan
your ma's own i.ut.t. Will you write to
her, or shall 1 "
"I'll write, a," (aid Hannah, with a
.sinking heart.
She whs already beginning to repent of
her bargain in bonnets.
She repented still more that night when
1 1 fore her cheap little pine-framed mirror
she tried on the new treasure. In iUclf
it whs undoubtedly very pretty; but the
l .ii lii-ate color seemed to aeci ntuate every
j freckle, every patch of sunburn, every
i separate hair in tiie cowlick.
"I look like th" owl that Peter I Mil
liard caught last week," she muttered to
herself. "Hut perhaps if I used a littlu
pomatum, and washed my face in butter
milk every nioht until Sunday "
And .she put away the new bonnet with
a -igh.
"The Bismarck brown with tho gilt
i.uill.s would have been far more becom
ing," she thought. "I wonder if they
would exchange it f"
Mr. Perkins called the next day to see
if Miss Pola.id would contribute unything
for the children's picnic, nnd with burn
ing cheeks and heart throbbing with
secret mortification, Hannah was obliged
to decline.
"I know he thinks me mean nml
stingy," thought flic, "but what um I
to do","
Amanda Troll was (he nest visitor.
"Oh, Hannah," said nho, "could you
i make it convenient to lot mo have that
two dollars I lent you? I've u chnnco to
buy a silk cape real cheap all jetted,
you know, such as Mr. Deacon Wules
wear and I'm a littlu short of money.''
Hannah turned first red, then palu.
"If you could take it out in eggs "
she began.
"Kggs, indeed! Who wants eggs?"
said Amanda, crossly. "When I lent you
that money 1 cxpectud you to be ready to
I repay it when I asked for t. However,
i I dare say your father "
"Oh, don't say a word about it to pa!"
cried Hannah.
And she went to a little table drawer,
when; she knew that Mr. Poland kept his
'uoney, took out u two-dollar bill mid
handed it silently to Amanda.
"I'll replace it when Mm. Willett pays
x w for that butter," she thought. "It's
I only u limn."
! At sihi of the cieh payment Amanda
; I, .allied h r equipoise und smiled tr'aiii.
"Have vou heard the news," said she.
i "No. 'What m-.sr
"I'rev.h Bond U engaged to Iiittv
Pell."
Hannah felt h r-i-!f grow scarlet to the
vi iy root of the redoubtable cowlick.
Mow- she haled herself for that dreadful
habit of blushing at the wrong time!
i "I 1 hope t, icy 11 be happy, statu-j pl,,v.-,
la. red she, aud Amanda secrctlv ehuekleil : t t'o
punctual," ho laid to himself. MM 0
won't do not to bo prepared."
When Hannah came in from church,
he paw her father sitting at tho table
with a pale, tern face.
"Hunuah," said he, "I shall have to
send Billy away."
"Billy" was tho farm-boy, who had
been recently hired a bright, willing
little fellow, the only support of his
mother, who was a widow and rheumatic.
Ho wa nn especial favorite with Hannah.
Bhe looked aghast.
"Whv, father," said she, "I though
you liked Billy."
"So I did, Hannah so I did I Bui
hero's two dollar gone outen my interest
money. Gone! And if Billy hain't
took it, who has?"
Hannah sank limply into a chair and
hid her face in her hand.
"I took it, father," she sobbed.
Ami then and there she confessed to
him the whole story of her folly.
Farmer Poland wa a kind old soul,
and ho remembered that Hannah wa
young anil motherless.
"Don't fret, daughter, don't fret,"
said he. "It's ono step wrong, but it can
be undone. Only mind and be more
careful next time. Hush! there' young
Mr. Bond cotnin' up the path. Hun and
wash your face and slick your hair."
And presently, flushed and agitated,
poor Hannah cuino down stairs to meet
Frank Bond.
He' come to take you buggy-ridin',
Hannah," said her father. "I guess yo
can io chf
"I've come t o tell you some news, Han
nah," said young Bond, when they wero
well i ut into the breezy roads.
"I know it nlready," said Hannah,
faintly, wondering if she were to be
asked to oillruitc as one of the brides
maid. "Kitty Pell "
"Kxactlv, nnd since there's to be one
wedding in the family, whv shouldn't
there be two?"
"I don't understand yon."
"Why, if my brother Joe marries Kitty
Pell, whv shouldn't I iniirrv Hannah
Poland that is, if she will have inel"
cried Bond, gaily.
Hannah started, her colorless eves
glowed, her whole face seemed to brightca
into actual beaut v.
"Oh, Frank!" she exclaimed.
"Then it i 'ye,' Hannah ?"
And strange to s-iy, Hannah began to
cry.
"Only to think, said Farmer Poland,
"that lay little gnl should make the best
match in Spn-eberry Centre! One of
Sijiiire Bond' sons! But I will say ho
ain't noun too good for her. No ono
could be that!"
And Hannah trimmed her own wedding
bonnet, u pretty split -straw, with loop
of white watered ribbon and clematis
wreaths. And Amanda Troll, eyeing it
keenly, whispered to Hose Forester, who
sat next to her:
"I'll bet n quarter that l-.nt came nil
the way from New York! There's a
kink to it that Bridgeport haU duu't
havu." Saturday Xijht.
The ' '.. 1 1 ian iover anient pnr).i.i;s fn
.to into tin- c. instruction of State rail
iu'I.s o'l no cti i: led scale. Propo-als
. :ve I 'en h.vhe 1 for the construction of
n liR iu Peloiioniiesus mid o.l.' ill
I j-1 -. Alt ther work involving an
. .:::!..) of lUI.OiM,ll.S) is projected. It
i silo, li.tucvrr, that tiie Government is
i i s,: h ('luiie ial . :r.iit i ihat no one series
. .i en to uieii it the tint construction of
tie p.-i , i i 1 Ihr ,. There is u'l in' oa
t.i.ih.. which is ithoost absurd in the in
lr .1 :, .ioa of th" -hiiel; of tiie 1 oco'iio
live "ii '. th" in i.'o'e of the train miiong
I he ! .i.i h of c!.i ie interc-.-t which nr.; u
f " .I r l o ;.h ..Mid'.-ut v' Greek hU'.orv.
o'A!'. iiUld-bespattc.eil open wagon.
H.i'i iah 1
vision of ibl'.'h
she had arrived
-: never !a:i t wiie l t'i .:
t n store b.i::-;et." And
at t'.ie when a straw-
shape purrht.-.c I nt M'-s. Dilwoith's vil
uge emporium, nml trim ned with her
.. ii selection t f chea;) rioiam.;, had lo-t
its .-harms,
"What would you gel.'" she ,!'.;.'d
Amanda Troll, "if it v,:vs you:''
Tim tuo girls wero standing together
in the ehy millinery, with a goodly vari
ety of gay headgear spread out on the
eo inter buforo them, and tin ilegi-it
yoiri;: woman, with h -r hah iri.:.'.ed into
mi auburn ourcoV, mid t.vo imitatioa
-.v-juing
'ul.ttioii
diamond rite's on her linger, i:
th'-ir commands, wii'i the re.
simper.
J'.MW'i 'n awful d,.'! for a yo ::ig
I a.ly," s dd Mi.is Troll. "I'd g.-t '.::; il
I you, ll.ci"..;h, or blue."
"l'i'nk, to be sure," said the frh.v.l
one. "Here is the very id--a ro-v-c.-i
-red tullu shirr.-d, with a Ihiih Ii of r
buds, and a humming Ian! j u t hoviiiag
libovit them. A ri-.-.l Paris fancy, and
just reduced to tea dollars, '.Voi.i f '.ir
teeu." "Ten .tollais'."
Pool Hannah had but ciyjit at her rm-i-.'.lond
at the ulutost. She whispered this
fact to Mis Troll, with her eyes lucd ou
tho roic-colored ti.lle.
"I'll lend yju the o'.!i.:r two," Am i ida
whi.ipirid back. "It's a pity to lo.sj such
a borgahi. Just think how it'll out-hiuu
all the other bonnets at chuivli i:e.t Suu
.by." '"Shall I try it on?" said thj fii..e.l
d.uii.st-1, us she lightly adju.stej the li.it on
her o-.vu head. "You eau form some
idea of iU general stylu by that."
The fitl. slady hail bright tie.ses ami i
delicate stay iu-ilours sort o; iouipleioii.
Iluiiith Pola'id wiui 'juhurr.ed und
freckled, with cohu-lcu hair like dry
grii.vj, v.hieh upiiftcd itself at the pauiug
in a genuine "cowlick." lint neither hu
nor MIm Troll took these liuie iueoaiij;
:Tjie iMo ll'JCCUat.
.to herself.
! "Tln-ii it's true," she thought. "H.-.n-ii'.h
l'oiaed was tjea I in love with Mr.
! 1! .ml. As if he would ever have given
ii M co:d thought to such n course, plain
, girl ns she is!"
j Poor Ilicitr.ih! Shu had had her day
i dreams, und many w.u tho scalding tear
that dropped into the milk pun of cur
; ta':t:; the.: .-he was sU-imuiug to make jelly
that day.
i She went over to Mrs. Willett to nsk
for the butter money iu soon us thy cur
rant jelly was strained through the tlau-
ucl bag. Mrs. Willett, however, like
( many another boarding house keeper, was
short of res-mreej.
' "I can't pay ye, Hanner, till my city
lati-.ily pays me, "said she. "Ami what'
more, 1 don't like to be dunned, neither.
1 P'n.ps on Friday or Saturday "
I And with tiiat, Hannah iu forced to
be content.
On Sunday morning, sho dressed for
I church in her best white gown, neatly
laiintlried by her own hands, and went to
' take out the pink tullo hut with thulium
' mingdiird.
j Dm, to her dismay, the closet door had
I been left open she had not replaced the
: lid on the bandbox; nml there, iu the
very eeiitte of the rosebud and tulle puf-
lings, lay the old gray cat wiih u family
I of three downy kittens!
11 iriiah went to church dispirited und
seal, iu her old straw hat, with its faded
1 yellow daisiei and dyed string.
; Her father stared ut hero. thu climbed
: into the wagoa.
1 "I thought you hud bought anew
1 bonnet," said ho.
"Tho tho old cut has mado a nest of
! it," faltered poor Hannah, with tuurti iu
hvi' soiee.
j "H al, I declare !" said Mr. Toland.
That afternoon, of all afternoons, he
' saw tit to count over tho money hu had
1 been saving to pay tho intereiit on u
mortgage which had brooded on the farm
j for full ten years.
I "Thu Boad family arc dreadful
Sword fish Rllltnj.
Hiere Is both money and fun In sword
fishing. A few year ago few fished for
tho big, wilcy, wicked aud solitary pirate
fish of tho ocean ; then snuicksmcn chatted
him in their sw ift crafts for the sport the
novel cruise afforded to idlers at summer
resorts, who paid $ I a head to see the
fishermen stand up to a awordfish nnd
stick a harpoon into him. Finally, since
the dietary merit of broiled swordlish
wero recognized, swordlisiiing became a
steady and lucrative vocation.
New London, Stonington, and espc
cinlly Block Island are the home of
swordtishmen. To open the swordtishing
season it is necessary only for a sniacks
mui) to tlx a board walk up to th" end
of the bowsprit, where a little cage is
erected for the Imrpooai r to stand in nnd
lash a long-tailed harpoon along the side
of tho bowsprit; then hi; h ready to
cruis". He sails right out toward tho
gulf stream, twenty, thirty or forty miles,
Heir whose tepid waters the sv. ordiish
loves to float lazily near the surface, his
dorsal (in just showing above in: I cut
ting the water like the cutter of a sod
The smack swims smoothly up
tin ai-.tl ihe harpooiier drives his
longdiandied trident into thu big ii-.li.
To the end of the spar is attached by u
stout cord a floating buoy, which tin1
harpooiier lets go overboard i:s soon u:i
he strikes tho fish. No sooner dues tho
tish feel the cold steel in his vitals- than
he is oil iu a furioiu nidi into the wide
ocean, dniKftiug along tfc'. buoy, which
points out to tho fishermen the cnursn ho
is taking. The smaeksnien sail after tho
tho tish until ho tires himself out ; th'ti
they kill him ut their leisure, lift him
aboard, an.! go cruising for inoro game.
A smitten swordlish does not always
tlic ignominiously, and when tho notion
pops into his head, as it frequently does,
that he will make it lively for the enemy,
he is tin ugly antagonist. Twice last
summer wounded swordlish drove their
long, sharp swords clemi through tho
sides of snmeks, and in ono instance the
vessel barely escaped going to tho bot
tom, thtt sea pouring in through tho
broken plunks. In unother iustaneo a
big swordlish towed a amuck several
miles, the linrpotm line being fastened
to tho vessel. Sao Yvrk $'in.
A SIHMonnli-o'a House-Boat.
Alexander Graham Bell, tho millionaire
inventor of thu teU-phoue, is going to en
joy his summer in u novel fashion. A
liahimoro boat-builder haa built for him
the most singular looking craft that has
ever been put afloat, patterned somewhat
after Mr. Noah's historic, craft. Mr.
Bell culls it a house-boat. I am told it
is un immense catamaran, housed over
with a charming cottage that contains
double parlors, dining room, billiard
room nnd spacious sleeping apertn.'.uts,
besides kitcken, bath rooms and servants'
quarters. The houso is eluborutely fur
nished mid fitted up with every comfort
und convenience that can be found in n
modern residence. It is propelled by two
powerful screws, and iu smooth water it
is estimated that tho boat will attain a
speed of fifteen tnilei hu hour. It was
put together iu Ngta Scotia. .Vw Yvrk
U rouble "
.AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OP tXTKRftST REIjATIVE
TO FARM AM) UAKDK.V.
hat rnn iiomk csr and ron market.
If to be used for the farm, do not allow
it to get too ripe; if to bo sold for baling,
tho purchaser do not mind tho hard
stems, they think thnt there is more
"substance" in it. 8o there would Im
In shinnies, and In nny kind of wood.
The beginning of flowering is tho proper
time to Itegin cutting clover, h well ns
the grasses. Timothy becomes hard nnd
woody much more rapidly than orchard
gr.w. It makes better hay to sell, but
uot o good to feed out. AgrlciUur'ut.
cfm( ci.ovkh.
To determinn the condition of partly
.ured clover I have found much help in
taking a half dozen stalks nnd twisting
them very tightly. The more or less (or
110:10 at all; sap that I can twist out
show far better than tho look of thw
clover how much it 1 cured. This hn
be?n laughed nt In these columns, but
nevertheless it is tho best way I know of
tn determine the condition of the stem.
They tuny be too full of ap to put into
the bnrn and still the hay nppfur tpiite
dry. I suspert I cure my clover more
than some. I do uot care to handle an
extra ton nf water on inch acre, only to
have it sweat nnd steam in the mow. It
seems : wHI to let the air take this wa
ter while tho hay is in the t'Hd, ua later,
nnd saves me useless lifting. But I nant
the hay gren enough so that it will heat
some, so ns to Settle solidly. It is eny
to think and write about these things,
but it has tshen many years of experience
under varying circumstances to make one
feel unything like a master of the clover
curing b'i"!pcs.s, so tlo not be discounted
if yo-.i cannot make good liny the first
time. C'.'o'j t'ormiT.
TI'K fi.VPKS HOW to crnr..
When a large number of chicks have
gapes it is 11 ililh'cult tak to handle each
line separately so us to force n feather tip,
or horse hair, into the windpipe in order
to pull out tint thread-like gape worms,
though such is the usual practice, as cures
art; not always reliable without physical
aid. The licit remedy is to give each
chick 11 drop of spirits of turpentine on
a bread crumb. If the chicks are nu
merous, mix a teasponiiftil of spirit tur
crtine with n ipiart of com meal, make
into 11 stifT il-'ugh nnd feed it to the
chicks. A wholesale method of curing
gape is to put tho chicks in a box with
a wire partition; on one side of the par
tition the chicks are to be placed, and on
the other side of the wire a hot brick or
stone. Pour a little carbolic uciil 011 the
hot brick, shut the lit) of the box and
compel the chicks to breathe the fume
of tiie carbolic ucid. It will cure the
gapes at once, but cure must be taken not
to sulTocate the chicks. This remedy is
also excellent for roup, or where adult
fowls are suffocating with the well known
diiiicult breathing. Once or twice nt
practice will enable you to handle tho
chicks just ns it should be. To prevent
gupes, keep the chicks 011 clean, board
doors. Farm and Firoidt.
EFF7.0T OF 1IOHN COTTIXO.
What effect has the growth of n horn
upon nn animal, mid what would bo the
results of its removal? This qucstiou has
come up in regard to the now prevalent
practice of ilishornuig cows 'inrt other
cattle, and it is thought by some persons
concerned, that cows may be injur, ti a
milkers ami bulls us stock getters bv the
operation. This matter strangely enough,
it seems has occupied so much atten
tion that Professor I.uvv, the Veterinary
Profes.vr of Cornell I'niversity, has been
called upon to give nn opinion upon it,
which he does by saying that tho Ions of
the horn can have no iil'feet upon the
ability of a cow to give milk, or upon
tho quality of the milk. The opinion
cannot be questioned. Any reasonable
person could scarcely ask for it. A horn
is made up of hair closely aggregated i:i
a solid but fibrous substance. It grows
from the skin as hair does, and if the
cutting olT of a horn should ulTcct the
milking of a cow the clipping of the
switch from the end of her tail should do
the same. On the contrary tho removal
of the cow's horns has largely increased
the product of milk and butter, because
it has given the weaker cows rest from
the persecution of thu stronger . ones,
leaving them to eat nnd rest iu penco nnd
ruminate upon the better condition (,f
ufTnirs more usefully und profitably.
.Ycu) York Timet.
YftrVI VltflT Tit TIES,
If the young trees uro to make a good
ihrifty growth, considerable care must be
given them. It is not gootl economy to
purchase nnd set out a lot of trees and
then expect them to grow as they should
without giving thent good care. When
once well established, they can easily bo
kept growing, lull a tree or plant that is
stunted will not make us good a growth
afterward.
Closo contact with the soil is always an
Important itom, especially during the first
summer. If in setting out proper c.iro
has been taken to press the soil (irmly
around the roots, a considerable portion
of tho risk of damage is avoided. The
winds that wo usually havo iu tho spring
will often loosen up tho roots, and caro
should bo taken to press tho soil around
tho stem before hot dry weuther seta in.
It is a good plan to stir the surface
and keep it stirred, killing out tho weeds
and keeping tho soil in good tilth.
Weeds and grass allowed to grow around
tho stems of tho trees will teud to prevent
a good growth, and one important item
in tho treatmont of young trees is to give
reusonnbly good cultivation at least.
While a considerable part of tho prun
ing should bo done when tho tree is set
out, yet it w ill pay to go over the trees
and rub off any extra growth that may
start up where it is not desired. This
can bo done much easier now than when
tho wood has hardened.
One of tho worst things to contend
with is tho borer that so often attacks
tho young trees, and the surest plan is to
pr.-tcct them in advance, us oftuu the tre-o
Is practically ruined the GrtTT
past. liJCij
A good mulch will 0f,
ben-ficial through the hot (irTr?ti')
keeping the soil moist, .si u
after giving good cultivate "
made profitable in the lt tt, , T bi
growth of the trees. ono. .,
well cstablislicd, it will ,tnni. ""nti
able drouth without injury
tho earlier stages of growth ',, "J f5!
very beneficial Farm. ',,,; ' JI
Hr.r.p.
THF. rrti.iTY nr
o.,. 1 . .
1 wl" "w iryinv to ; 1 I
pleasant faith that people have K, (
jojcii in regani 10 sneen l.i,,..-
turo or a farm. The si ". .
must eat tho same as other st-trk""
the substance that ire to "'
wool and carcass is lost to the,;!
ami very rvideut; but tl. '
points of dissimilarity l)ct(s,n ,,. !
cattle In their fewlitur in .l
a pasture. Khcep will in ,lr ,V
at any time in a uliort pasture, ,
swamp and hushes to fnd ,a"J'":l"
in i-nnjr 11101 oilier anil )(,,. w , -
hill-tops and lie down In t),e j "
fhevr tlit-lr i-iwU nn,ll l . . "
. ,t . ti- nirinim,,
tp. IaP, In r, nn . I . I. ... . . 1
,. ,, II..., -1 ... MM".I
siope, .
into thu soil. Cattle whirl, .
bushes or coarse tiliinin ,,..ri ..
ipi?rtl r i,f u.:n i i ." r
"' - "n e i ll mi (V , v
Isml till tllr-V fet il t-V i.ii.t 1 ' .
.u.- ..in ""r"r- tn
ne-jr win Jim urniK. 1
utiially on low land, nml if jt j
Km In ti uV.i.lt e. ...... !. . e
un in. i.,.,,ltv,
n.m witni. manure niev leave t'
wasted. Wleit tlu.v 1. 1.. .. .... i ,'
, ' "' " "it ill'. irs
! .1... i. . . -
i no ne-.ier man ciups in n f, ,v ,j
hot weather, and if it gets I ir-.kn
irninping over u it will li,,M; ,,;T i,,,,'
III .11 u T
VTlll tll'ISIIIVC.
Sheep reliah a good iro Mr'.;,,.,
nnd twi.s in flii.tr fw.,i .., ..n
will live and do well on i,; ,;,,, ri . J
.1.. . ii .. i i !
no nor iiKcaim norsi s will ii,,i,.;ll
a smaii naiiy ration ot grain A-,;-
tnriVc in u liusliv piutture vl
very little that other stock vw.uM, u ..
.:ii i.:ii . .i i . . "
itiii rtiii out. mi? wt'eo,.s anil I 'il-.ii, , j
Mine lime; aiut it they ilo not ri:illt ,
rit-li the soil on the whole, thv nrj
ncn trie poorest parts of it, and wiii,
to trie value of the pasture hv ti,,.
of the labor it would take to kill w
weeds and bushes and cover tl.o 5j-.
with lino grasses.
This is no fanciful theory,
seen a field w hich laid be. n ie
turn for colts and calves till
third of it wtut covered with
nml blackberry vines chaiign
grassy sward in three years In
n in! iiuiii' Mierp mail il w ouet k
good condition, and giving t'mm
food to iniike up the tl.-;ici. a v. A:
1....... ,i. i . ,
mum iii.iv i.iii.'iu tii: lllillis;jii
of rough piisture in New Kngl..:.il
; . i i . , ..
ing iqi n ousiies, wneiv tile rici
mo i im k io anow cutting tin- l,ii'S
. 1 I A- - I . , .1 . ....
pinning mu iniiu, mat liiietit It-t
into good dairy pastures in tie-
XT .1... . .1 ! ,
now mai. mere is sucu an aw a!:"a;it
tho dairy business, cow s arc about ill
stock that wo think of or provide h
hut on tho most of our farms tad.-
Interest would be further Hilvmwid
more profitable In ten years if tin
tures were divided Into three nun
one of them stocked with shoiujf
cows kept in tho other, clwr.ginj i
one to the other each week. The it
can bo kept on their part cm ec
years according to their tllt
weeds and bushes, and tlieti l. t thtr
have thnt antl drive the sheep eneoi
others. Mlrrwr and Firmti;
i '. v3-.
lii Ut ,
i'".K-,
I n
.iit::;j
FAIIVt AND ;AI!!U:N NtiTKJ.
Put th; Irustv teiun to tin- n. r.
Forethought is one good h.ru
It is highly extravagant tn v
priced mower oil.
Keep the little chicks i im; . 1 J
tiie dew is o,T the grrss.
Do not feed fowls mi cum J-r.
fiiil to provide clean grit t" l..ij"
tho corn.
There is no luck in li isiire i.i !
ing; procrastination i.s the tl,; ' c'
nml grass.
Many a vigorous, fruitful t".1 '
exist .-nee to u mulch at this ,...:.
it was vouug.
Beauly always nt tr.n-t, uiuliti
dishonest to semi clean, bright l"'
fruits to market.
Cutworms do not liKf l'-:1
according to (h-rhurd .' ''.i."i.
may Im; driven off the lii.ld nrt.irr-
by planting it with that . r.'
Affection cannot be pnii'su-
animuls. Kind trentlient it'-1
nlTection of an animal, while r
ment is sure to cause its lintroi
Poultry fanning conduct''.'
tetn and managed lu a Imsini--ner
should pay w ell, the profit-
siderably increased by gruwitii
the farm.
Mulching with itnythinir i"
fuvorablu to plant grow th hy i'IJ.'
pie, nnd the benefit is of crmiv
when tho mulch ite!f has U'
projierties. After turkeys are t n ,'-.v'"';
miy be turnetl out every iii"t"i-::,-'
tlcw has disappeared from tli."
may remaiu out uH day if it"' v'v
warm nnd bright.
The temiiernturo of water f'
not so much of an object if I'
it. Whllo it is best to lis" J ,
cool, it is more important t' 1JU'
from nil impurities.
Animals of vicious lutlit h"uki -be
used for breediii'' nul l" i-0- '
aro transmitted. Bv careful It.-'1"'
this respect, tho disposition
muls can bo partially cotitrclol-
It is claimed that wheat I'-l
for cows does not provide tlic n
for butter-making; thnt while T
nf null.- is l:irnrn Um crealll t-'"
slnwlv iiiwl liiii:w u- iih ilitliou'tj.
v-i. ....,... ..- ciiT. riB"
11 ulii ir unci, hiw .'
bites of Hies or stings of I'M .J
sponge tho parts that i,:uiii,)!''.-''li
dor has been mixed tables;-'0
callous of. water.