We lmil.l in this country every year
OOU.O'i new lions.
Amcrie.i . has shipped 'io.afU.OOO
h Is tif hreudstn'Ts to Europo thin
year ns ag.iinst ;ti),7"H,0;):) for tho
nunc period in HX.
(Juintin Hogg declared tlint thnnlis
to tlic various rescue societies tin-re
is not une destitute hid in tlio streets
of London today for every ten a deo
ndo or two ngo.
According to tlio facts nnd figure
presented by J. K. Upton in n recent
article in Harper's Weekly, tlio Month
in tlio mint prosperous and progressive
region of tho republic.
The Mouth in raising moro hogs ol
its own ninl especially moro cnttle.
There is not n little town now tlint
docs not Iihvc its ice machine Tlmt
is nil now within tho Inst five years.
Dr. Jules Bochard, of Pun's, say
tlint tho morphine habit it rapidly in
crensing in Franco nnd tlint after six
months it become entirely ineurnlilo.
Doctors and women nro tho principal
ictims.
Tho Government sales of gold burs
to jewelers and other users woro less
than half as great in tho first half ot
1894, as during tho first six mouths ot
ISO;). This as well as anything illus
catos tho effect of tho hard times.
Americans may get a suggestion
from France, thinks tho American Ag
riculturist, where numerous factories
find a profit in tho production of oil
from peanuts. Tho machinery used
is antiquated. The oil is prized tot
eonp nud as a substitnto for olive oil.
Frank L. Stanton, the Georgia poet,
preserves a queer memory of Genornl
Sherman. When tho Union forces in
vaded Snvnnunh tho General plncod
guard Ht the house of tho poet's fnther,
who wns n Northern mnn, and after
wards visited him. While ho win
there the infantile poot enmo into tlx
room, nnd Sherninn, taking him upon
his knee, said; 'This is n lino follow,
but his head is a heap too big. " Stan
ton beenmc a "devil" in n printing-jl!o-'
and afterwards n compositor Imj
foro ho began to produce tho vcrsoi
tlint linvo made him celebrated iu tin
Buiith.
The railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem,
which has been in operation for Bonn
time, is to bo succeeded in Pulistint
by another innovation belonging tc
out- progressive century notes the
rrc-.li .teriun. A steamer is now
building in Holland, which is designed
to ply on tho waters of tho Dead sea.
It will awaken tho echoes in tho old
.hills of Moub, with sounds that have
never been heard thcro before Prno
tical men will bo "opt to ask whether
tho stonmer can cxpeot to gather any
freight" from tho wild and desolate
region which surrounds Asphnltitcs.
Tlioro aro ucphtha wells on the shores
of tho sea, or petroleum as wo would
say, tho product of which is said to be
-carried to Jerusalem by tho Bedouini
for sale. Beyond the bare hills of
Moub there are stretches of fertile
plain, wlnro flocks and hords aro
tended by the Arabs. While suoh
productions miy bo holpful in tho
way of paying cxponsos, it is plain
that the steamer in its voyages will be
largely patronized through curiosity.
Travelers will endoubtedly add an
excursion round the Dead Sea to the
otlier sights awaiting them on a visit
to the Holy Laud.
Tho San Francisco Examiner re
marks : We have occasionally called
the attention of tho Union Iron Works
and other American shipbuilders to
prorltublo business thoy ouuld do in
koepiug warships iu stock. Whon a
ship is built on an order the contract
is lot to the lowest bidder, and the
margin of profit is small. Sometimes
there is a loss. Hut a good cruise!
sold rendy-mude to a nation about to
go to war is always sure to command
n gi-norous price. Bulmuooda offered
91,000,000 for tho Baltimore, which
-was about three times as much a-i she
was worth. If tho Union Iron Works
Lad begnu to build wurships for the
in irket seven or eight years ago it
CjuM have Bold itsoutire stock us soon
as completed to the Chileuns at an
enormous profit. Work oould then
have been continued without interrup
tion ou a now lot, and the Brazilians
would have snapped them up at twioa
thuir oobt as soon as they were ready
for son. Another butch could then
havo been started, uud sold to tho
Jupuuesu and Cuiuoso just before the
outbreak of the present war. There
lias never boeu a timo when a good
modern warship would have gone beg
ging, and the construction of such
cruft on speculation would be one of
tho most profitable enterprises iu
which a shipyard ould ouanue.
Distant Things.
Oh, whlto Is the rail In tlio Tarawa?
Anil itlrty tho tall In thn dunk i
Ami fair nrn the nlllTs n"ros tho bay
Ami lilai'k Is tho nnarhy rock.
TIioiikIi Klltti-n tlio snow on tlio peak afar,
At our fe t It Is only wlilto i
Anil lirlxht Is the gleam of tlio ditant star
Though n lamp wero twice nshrlKhtt
Tim rose tlint noils biyond nur reach
Is rodder than no nt ours i
OI thought that turns our tongues to speech
Our fellows lonvn renter dowers.
Tho waters that flow from tho hidden springs
Aro swniit-r than those hy our side
Ho wo strlvo through life for thoso distant
things,
Anil never aro sntlsfled.
Ho wn strlvo through llfo for thoso distant
tllillKS,
Hut over they hold their plneo)
Till lieat life's drum ninl d'-iith doth como
An I wo look In his mocking faen.
And thn distant things grow near nnd close,
And Inith ! they nro dingy nnd gray!
For charm Is lost when tho lino Is crossed
"Iwlx Here and Faraway.
For tho ehnrm Is lost when tho lino Is crossed
And wn losn nil things ns they an-,
And know that as clean Is tho sail at tho
dock
As tho sail on tho sea afart
As bright tho rays of tho nenr-tiy lamp
As the gleam of thn dMnnt star.
Kl.WIM IltVlKIl Hotl'MAX.
FELIPE'S CHAN0A0A,
Bt CIIAIII.P.S F. MM MIS.
Tho grcnt wntor wheel was trundl
ing as fast as ever tho white impulso
from tho old stone aqueduct could
kick it along. The wheel, indeed,
grumbled at bo much hard work, but
tho water only laughed and danced as
tho big iron jaws of tho wheel chewed
up tho yellow culms of Biigar-cano and
spat to one side the useless pith, while
tho sweet, dark sap crept sluggishly
down the iron conduit toward tho sugar-house.
Iu front was a very moun
tain of cane brought from tho fields
by bullock carts, and half a dozen
sinewy negroes wero feeding it, nn
armful nt a time, between tlio rolls of
tho mill. Behind it others with wood
en forks were spreading tho crushed
cane to dry for a day, after which it
would bo hh;iI as find to boil its own
plundered juieo. Oil' beyond tho su
gar building gleamed tho white Moor
ish wnlls of tho roofed chapel and
manor house, built threo hundred
years ago, when Peru was tho richest
crown jewel of Spain. Everywhere
else stretched tho great fields of cano
to tho very foot of tho sandhills of
tho encroaching desort, to tho very
rim of tho bluo Pacillo. What an im
mensity of sugar it nil meant!
Tho same thought struck tho grizzl
ed administrator this morning as ho
stood on a pier of tho aqueduct just
whoro its stream pouncod upon tho
lazy wheel and swopt tho scene with
thoso watchful old cyos. "Of a truth,"
he was saying to himself, "tho world
must bo very lnrge, as they say, and
mnny must cat nothing else, for hero
wo make every day 40,003 pounds of
sugar 300 days of tho ycur, ami there
are many othor sugar hacieudaa in
Pom, though maybe nono so big ns
Villa. Truly, I know uot whore it all
goes. Holal Always that follow I "
and, springing to the ground as light
ly as a boy, in two bounds he was at
the mill.
There four of the negro laborers
wore in sudden struggle with a new
comer from the quarter a Luge,
black fellow, whoso face was now dis
torted by drunken rago. Ho was naked
to the waist and his dark hide bulgod
with tremoiidoitB muscles as he sway
ed his four grapplers to and fro, try
ing to free his right hand which clasp
ed a heavy maehoto. This murder
ous combination of sword and cleaver,
which lopped the stubborn cane at a
blow, hud found worse employment
now, for a red stain run down its
broad blade, and on the ground lay a
man clenching a stump of arm. Old
Melito paused for no questions, but,
plucking np a heavy bar of algnrboo,
smote so strongly upou the desper
ado's woolly puta thut the ironwood
broke. The black giant reeled and
fell and one of the inon wrenched
away the machete and rluug it into tho
pool below tho wheel.
"He came very drunk pnd only be
cause Koque brushed against him with
an armful of cuue he wanted to kill
him," said the men as they knotted
their grimy handkerchiefs upon the
wrists and ankles of the stunned
black.
"You did well to hold him," replied
the adiuiuistrador. "Bring now the
irons nnd wo will put him iu the culu
boz till tomorrow. Then ho shall go
to Lima to the prison, for we can have
no fighting here, nor men of trouble."
A slender, big-eyed Spanish boy
coming out a few moments later from
the greut castle arch of the manor
house saw four peous lugging away
between them the long hulk of the
prisoner uud stopped to ask the
trouble.
"Ah! That bad Coco. That he
may never como back from Limn,"
said tho young Spaniard named
Felipe, earnestly. "He is a terror to
all, and now I fear ho will kill Don
Melito, for Coco never forgets. I
shall ask my lather to see tho prefect,
that they keep him away. And the
sunr?"
Felipe, never tired of following nil
the processes with a gravo air, as if it
nil rested upon his small shoulders. A
boy who never felt that ho was "help
ing" if such a very helpless boy ever
existed has lost ono of tho best things
iu all boyhood, and Felipo could not
havo understood such a boy at all. Ho
went, on now and joined Don Melito
and tho two stood together watching
tho Vat with professional eyes while
tho two negroes plied their plnshing
hoes. It was very hot work even to
watch it, but a good administrador
would never trust this to tho laborers.
"Now you watch it a little," said
Don Melito, with roguish gravity,
looking at tho boy's preoccupied face.
"As for mo, I must seo how nro tho
pnilas," and ho climbed tho steps to
tho platform where tho caldrons wero
hissing with their now supply of sap.
Felipo thus left alone with tho
heaviest responsibility ho had ever
borne, knit his smooth brows very
hard nud peered into tho vat ns if tho
fato of nations hung on his eyes. For
tho first timo ho began to doubt them.
Ho wondered if it wero not worked
enough if ho had not better stop tho
hoes and get tho moldors to work. If
only Don Melito wns not hero, and
thcro wero no signs of his coming.
Perhaps ho was leaving Felipo to find
out tho difference between knowing
how some ono clso docs a thing nud
how to do it olio's self. Tho boy fidget
ed up nnd down nnd looked at tho vat
first from ono end and then from tho
other, nn I grew more doubtful tho
moro ho looked.
"I don't know nnd I don't know,"
ho cried to himself. "But sure it is
that I must do something, for ho left
mo in charg,) nud perhaps is busy w ith
other matters, thinking I would not
lot it be spoiled. Put it iu tho
molds!"
Tho men leaned their candied hoes
ngninst tho wall. The molilcrs began
ladling their buckets full and, in turn,
filling tho shallow molds. Tho color
there darkened again as sudden crys
tallization set in ; but Felipe felt u
grcnt load lifted off his shoulders. Ho
was very sure now that it was a good
color not n hint of tho hateful un
dertone black, but a soft, rich brown,
shading to gold nt tho thin edges.
Now ho was free the laborers could
attend to tho rest, ns usual and ho
would go nnd hunt for Don Melito.
Ho ran up tho steps and along tho
platform, and half way stopped short,
as if ho had run against n wall.
The rusty irons should never havo
been trusted with thnt giant's strength !
They might do for common men, but
for Coco As soon as consciousness
came back to him, aud with it tho old
rngo, ho had snapped them, and,
wrenching out the iron bars from tho
window of tho cahtboz, had come for
his revonge. Even now he was shak
ing his wrists, ono still hooped with
tho iron band, be foro tho old admin
istrador's face and hissing: "You I
You did me this. And now I will boil
yon I"
Don Melito stood still and gray as
a stone, looking up iuto Coco's eyes.
His hat was in his hand on account of
tho beat ; but now he put it on as if
scorning to stand uncovered boforo
tho follow put it steadily upon the
curling gray hair thut reached barely
to the level of those great naked chest
muscles.
"I did strike you down and order
you to bo ironed, Coco," ho said,
quietly, "and I would do so again.
Now, I am going to send you to Lima.
Thero is no place at Villa for people
like you."
But Coco leaped upon him like tho
black jaguar uud clutched him with
those long knotted arms. Melito was
sinewy aud lithe as a cat, but he was
no match for this huge foe. He fought
for life, but Coco, with the equal des
peration of hute. Struggle as ho
would, ho was borne back and back
until his legs cringed from tho glow
of tho pailu. At this he made so wild
a lunge thut it bore him back a few
feet: but it was only for a moment.
Inch by inch tho negro urged him to
ward thut bubbling roar which Boomed
to drowu ull other sounds. Aud oven
now, with a wild chuckle, the giuut
doubled him backward against tho
edgo of the puihi, with a black, re
sistless palm under his chin.
Only an iustunt hud Felipe stopped,
frozen at sight of Coco; iu another
ho hud sprung to tho rail, shrieking
to tho men below: "Juuu! Sum hi!
Quico! Come!" And then rushing at
tho struggle, ho flung hiutwlf u
lerooiously upou Coco as Coco Uud
attacked Don Melit). But it seemed
ns if ho wero back in some drealful
dream. Hn hammered with futile lists
upon thnt bnro and mighty back nnd
caught a fierce hold about ono of
those gnarled legs and tugged to trip
it nnd kicked it with crnzy feet. But
it was nil with tho tilghtmnro sense
that ho was doing nothing by nil his
efforts. Indeed, it was half doubtful
if thn infuriated Coco knew nt all of
this nttnek in the rear. What to him
wero tho pcekiiigs of a twelve-year-old
boy.
Would tho men never come? Felipo
redoubled his kicks nud blows, but
with a sickening fenr. Don Melito
wns weakening already his hend wns
thrust over the steam of thn paila.
Only for his arms locked nboitt tho
giant's waist, ho would go in. And
now Coco's hugo hand came behind
him nnd wrenched at tho old man's
alonder ones, tearing open linger by
finger rosistlesBly. In another mo
ment it would bo too Into to think.
Aim, 5,'r. Coco 1 Tho boy sprang to
tho second pailn and snatched tho
long-handled skimmer that loaned
ngninst it, and, dipping it full from
tho caldron, flung tho molten sugar
squarely upon Coco's back. Howling,
tho negro whirled about dropping tho
half senseless silministrador from him,
nnd sprang at Felipe. But the boy
stood stiff and very white, holding tho
ladlo back aloft. "This timo tho
oycsl" ho cried hoarsely. "If yon
touch Don Melito sgnin or mo, I will
throw it in your fnee!"
Even Coco hesitntod nt this. Ho
wns not too drunk with rago to know
what boiling sugar meant. Plainly,
this little fool had tho advautngo. Ho
must bo tricked nnd then But just
then a wan sniilo flitted ncrons Felipe's
face, and, ns Coco half turned his
hend to seo what plcnsnut thing could
bo behind him, ho got a glimpse of
T'aneho, tho horse-brenker, and some
thing dark nnd wavy in tho air. Ho
ducked forward, but a rope settled
upou his broad shoulders, tightening
like iron, nud hn wns jerked backward
to the ground nnd a dozen men wero
upon him.
That is about nil thero is to tell, ex
cept that Coco innili! no moro trouble
on tho hacienda of Villa. At Lima
ho found tho swift justice which some
times happens In Peru. Don Melito
was in bed several tlnya, for ho had
been roughly handled iu body uud iu
nerves, Tho first day ou which ho
could sit up a little Felipo brought
him a cako of chnueaca,
"Thank you," t-nid tho old mnn,
laying it ou tho coverlet. Sugar was
an old story to him.
"But yon must taste this, my ad
ministrador, nud seo if it is all
right."
"It is good," nnsworcd Melito,
munching submissively. And then,
with a suddeu light: "It is very
good, as good as I could have made
myself. Quito right. And I think
you sent it to thn molds at just tho
right time. "Atlanta Constitution
Elephants In the Teak Yards.
To any one for whom machinery
has a fascination there is nothing
stranger than the first glimpso of ele
phants at work about it. Amidst tho
hissing swish of belting, tho buzz of
saws, tho multitudinous separate rat
tles mingled iuto a universal roar and
vibrating through a big saw-mill, tho
poudorous figures of thoso slow-paced
helpers preseut a curious sight. Ono
elephant places the log upon a mov
able platform to be squared, whilo
another waits with restless eyes and
flapping ears until the saw has douo
its work, aud then, taking a twist in
nn attnehod rope, slips the loop of it
deftly over a big tusk, and leads the
log away. Another piles timber, lift
ing tho long pieco between tusks and
trunk, and pushing it iuto place with
the latter if the pile is low, or with
a broud forehead if tho height de
mands it. Fetching aud carrying,
lifting and stacking, pushing and pull
ing, these docile and patient giants do
their work without complaint, woek
in aud week out. Sometimes tho ma
hout (oozee it is iu Burmese) walks
beside the beast, sometimes ho sits on
its big neck or broad back. But his
indolent figure never seems to bo
necessary, for one cannot watch an
elephant at work very long without
acquiring the conviction, however
mistaken, thut the intelligent direc
tion of his lubor iu all his own, Ceu
tury. Summitry,
"I wonder what kind of people live
in Mars," said the philosophical girl.
"Thoy'ro out of sight," replied tho
I slaugful and conlideut young inan.---Washington
Star.
I Dr. William Waters, formerly a Yula
,utor, was a man of suuh greut good
I nature that the students dubbed him
I "Miuuelwhu" Liutrhiuu Waters.
FOR FAll.tf AMI (UKDKY
BTOItlNe) VKOKTAIH.F.S.
When storing vegetables for winter
do not bo too economical of space. If
cabbngs nrn crowded together tightly,
they will be suro to rot whoro they
coiiin iu contact with ench other. Give
them room, nud let thoro bo enough
spneo between them for freo circula
tion of fresh air to prevent decay.
American Agriculturist.
FF.F.IHS I1FJM IX TUB W-!TF.n.
It is quite I imiblo to feed bees in
tho winter nn sugar syrup, and sotnko
most of tho honey in tho fall. Sugar
is much die iper Ihnn honey, pound
for pound, nud honey is moro than
hnlf wnter. Tho purest whito sugnr is
UHed, nnd boiled ton thin syrup. This
prevents souring, which would other
wise occur, and would bo fatal to tho
bees, an it produces dysentery New
York Times.
MOTIIP.n HARKINn.
For four consecutive years a bound
ary rider, having a quiet blnek dog,
has looked after about 800 owes in ono
paddock, nud though n different lot
of owes wero lambed in thnt paddock,
thero wero always moro black Inmlis
among tho produce than in all 'the
other breeding lots on tho estate put
together.and thoy number about 4,000
eays the Loudou Live Htoek Jour
nal. This year tho boundary rider had
about tho samo number of cwos in tho
paddock, but his black dog is not
thero. Tho result is that there is only
ono black lamb in tho lot. This has
happened with tho same lot of owes
that last ycur in that paddock pro
duced fifteen black lamln. Tho writer
concludes that black lambs wero the
result of tho ewes seeing a black dog
among them every day. Ho also re
marks that in thoso paddocks whoro
foxes nro troublesome, thero nro al
ways moro rod nud yollow colored
lambs than iu nny other where ewes
are lambed.
OIISAMKNT VOflt FAIIM.
Ornament your farm, not nt grcnt
expense, but with good sense. Do it
with skill nnd judgment, with a few
trees here, another tlioro, nnd a bunch
elsewhere. You may never wnnt to
part with your farm ; that makes no
difference ; a placo beautiful is just as
good for you as anybody else, uud a
few artistic touches will often do it nt
little labor or expense. Tho beauty
thus added to ours is uot only uu ex
ample but a stimulus to others to do
likewise, uud presently you may find
homes of beauty nil nloug tho roud
from town to home nnd nddod value
thnt few could fail to appreciate. Tho
highways and tho traveled ronds of
our country could bo made ns cool,
shady and attractive as tho fainod
roads of Europe if tho owners of tho
furms bounded by them could only bo
induced to plant shade trees within
their fences. And does tho leader
suppose for a moment thut such trojs
need bo only orunmoutul? Not for a
momont. Beauty adds value, it is
true, but timber has a value in addi
tion to tho beauty it affords, aud as
well food and protection for birds and
for live stock, fruit aud nuts for the
young, aud in tho years to come, whon
our forest timber is gone, be of more
than ordinary value for the practical
purposes of lifo. Chicago Times.
TONOHEN1SO) UORHE3 FOR HARD WORK.
Winter hauling will do tho horses
good; it will strengthen their muscles
uud toughen their shoulders, and put
them in bettor cond.ti.iu for work bo
fore tho plow aud harrow. It is a ser
ious mistake, writes J. M. Stuhl, iu
tho American Agriculturalist, to keep
tho teams iu almost complete idleness
until spring opens, and then force
them suddenly iuto hard work. It is
apt to overtax them at tho very start,
uud the result is that they full short of
what should bo their capacity for
work throughout the entiro spring,
Hauling fouee material, stovo wood,
uud other things will wear off supor
flous fat and sharpen appetite, while
gradually preparing the horses for the
hard work of the field. At this time
ono should also begin to bathe tho au
imals' shoulders with strong suit wuter.
This is the very best preventative of
gulls. If it is used for six weeks bo
fore tho heuvy spring work begins,
and tho collars nro eveu a moderately
good fit, serious galls will bo unknown,
though 'tho work is unusually hard.
The best time to apply the bath is just
beforo tho animals are put in the
stables each evouing. Once a day is
often enough. The shoulders should
first be washed clean. As, tho suit
wuter is somewhat trying o the hand,
it is well to havo a cloth, fastened to a
handle, with which to apply .the bath.
I A ouru cub uiakcs a, oouvt-uieut handle.
Tho cloth enn bo w rapped nnd tied
around one end, nnd tho uneven sur
face of tho cob will hold tho rag nloo
ly. Sometimes a pad to enso tho col
lar from a gall is needed, heuco it if
well to mnko two or threo beforo tho
busy spring season begins. Tho cap
acity for work of tho horso depends,
in no small degree, upon tho condi
tion of his shoulders ; henco by pre
venting galls and sores ho is ablo to
do the field work faster.
TRANSI' J.ANTINO FOREST TnF.F.A.
Tho smaller tho tree tho moro cer
tain it is to livo wheu transplanted.
But if you want trees of fair slzo, or
six to ton feet high, with a stom one
or two inches iu diameter, select such
nnd then proceed to dig them tip, sav
ing ns mnny of tho roots ns possible
After they nro dug, proeeod to the
pruning, hearing in mind thnt all loss
iu tho wny of roots must bo fully made
good by redlining tho number and
length if tho branches; and, to bo
suro of it, cut all back at loast two
thirds of their original length. If tho
branch is six feet long, cut away four
feet But in this pruning leavo the
stumps of branches m such a shapo
that tho head of tho troo will bo well
balanced when tho new shoots appear
tho following season. This may ap
pear at first to bo rather sovore treat
ment, but it is the only safo way of
insuring tho lifo of tho npocimens
transplanted. Besides, bofore tho
end of the following summer
fur more and larger shoots will be pro
duced thsu if not severely pruned. If
forest trees of nil deciduous kinds are
fronted iu tho samo way, thcro is littlo
dilliculty iu m iking them livo and
thrive, even if their roots are few in
number when dug from their uativo
habitats. Littlo or no attention need
to be paid to tho position or number
"of buds left on tho pruned tree, for
theso will appear iu duo timo, and of
then moro than nro really required to
form a good hend to tho tree. Tho
now shoots springing from tho pruned
branches will bo iu proper condition
for receiving the clous in tho spring
of tho second year after transplanting.
Unless such trees asyoii pnrposi trans
planting havo very largo laternl roots,
they should be staked when set out to
prevent being blown over by tho wind
during heavy rains and winds in fall
and early spring. New York Sun.
FARM AND OARDF.S NOTES.
'J'ho dairy pys better in winter than
in summer,
Tho greatest wnsts is having no
system iu feeding.
Fodder to keep a cow can be grown
nt not moro thuu one fifth tho cost of
pasture.
Keep onions from dampness. Do
not pile them up in deep luyors. Thoy
must bo stored iu a dry, cool placo.
Gather peppers nnd tomatoes beforo
frost comes. Pull a fow plants and
hung them under a shed away from
tho frost
Ilemovo dust nnd cobwebs, and thus
make tho poultry house much bright
er, luoro sunny and pleasant. Light
is an enemy to disease.
Professor Henry of tho Wisconsin
Uuivorsity estimates that a shrinkage
of from thirty to fifty per cent in tho
dairy product of the state was caused
by the recent drouth.
Cucumbers, pumpkins, squashes,
and melons, must ba gathered bofore
thoy ure frost-nipped. Melons will
finish ripening if packed in oats. Use
ripe cucumbers for pickles.
By good management ono cow can
le kept the yeur round on tho pro
duct of an acre of ground, but no
management can make less than four
ucres of pasture support oue cow,
Hens thut aro ntllcted with bumblo
foot roost too high uud injure their
feet by striking tho ground too hurd
when they fly down. The remedy
consists iu the removal of the cause.
To get rid of tobacco gnm after
toppiug, suckeriug or working among
the green crop, rub the hands with a
ripe tomato nud thoroughly rinse.
The acid in tho tomato cuts tho gum.
There is much detuil conuooted
with poultry management. Women
as a class pay more attention to little
thiugs thuu do men. Heuoe, the for
mer often luako better successes with
fowls thuu tho lutter.
Tho lute full ceUry planted in single
rows needs blanching by curthiug or
boarding up. Winter celery planted
iu the samo wny must now be handled
to muko it grow upright, and fit it for
storing in trench or cellar.
Tho oldest and toughest hen can be
luado quite acceptable providing it is
well boiled und served with plenty of
nice vt getublcu, such us squash, on
ions, potutoes and cabbage. The
poultry keeper should huve, plenty o
. cuod lucat at low cost.