lRM and garden Dlacstnr for 1Mb Fooil. An Bffiicnltiirnl paper suggest the following as niiln to digostion for the pigpen: Flint: A mixture of nix pound of salt, to ft bushel of wood ashen. Second: To Mix bushels of charcoal broken line ndd nix pounds of unit, one bushel wheat nlmrtK mid 1 1-t pound of copperas dissolved in a pnil of water. Third: One bushel of wood ashes, four pound flf ehnreonl.nix pounds of unit and 1 1-4 pound of copperas dis solved in i pnil of water. One or the other of these should be kept in an open box but protected from the weather in every pig peu and where the nnimnls mm help them selves. New York Weekly Witues. Manuring Fruit Trees In Winter. Manures applied to tree when their buds are dormant, a in w inter, are sins to largely increase wood growth the foUowiiigyeni'.eHpeeially on young, vigorous trees. F.ven when exam illa tion of the buds show that the tire will blosiom freely next spi ing.it is not safe to apply now much rich manure, a it will make so much sap that the blossom w ill be drowned out mid nut set it fruit. This is often the reason why fruit fails to set where there nre plenty of blossoms. Only old trees ran be thus innnured with certainty that the manure will help the fruit yield. And even when manuring old trehs, potash and phosphate in avail able form nre better than stable man ure or other fertilizers rich iu nitro Rou. 1 Heifers fining Urv Ton Lung. If thoro is nnv carelessness in milk ing it in apt to oi'.-nr when lieilers are milked after their llrst calf. Their teat are small, and it is slow, hard work to draw the last drop from the udder, as should always bo done. Besides, the heifer thilt calved last spring probubly gives only a small mem at the best, and there is (treat , temptation to dry her olV, n the milk she gives scarcely pays the troublo of milking, lint that is. not the main point. Keeping the heifer up to her usual flow of milk is all important for her own future value as a cow. When a heifer i allowed to go dry two, three or four months, the cow is after wards extremely liable to stop further milk production at about the same time. The rmiirof Mnltlril llntter. The prime cause of mottle is the fine of too cold water in washing the butter and the manner in which it is introduced into tho churn. Ily using too cold water the outside of the but ter granules becomes crusted or hard ened like 'the shell of an egg, while the inside is soft, Now, when this mass is worked together these little shells remain iu tho same condition, aud lio amount of working or temper ing salt, or even distribution of salt when added, will ch-inge the condi tions. They do not work up, conse quently do not take salt, hence the tine, threadlike streaks in tho butter. The manner in which the water is introduced into the churn is respon sible for the large mottlos or seeming lumps of white butter throughout the mass. In the majority of creameries throughout the country tho water is pumped directly into tho churn, either through a hose or a pipe. Now, w hen the water strikes the butter these . granule become hnrd and solid a in the first ense, only that thine hard granules are not broken down nt all, and tho largo mottles are the result. ,Tfhe waah water should be tempered to within two or three degrees of tho churn temperature. Krrplnv tMlhn Open. One of tho most important winter works ort.tlio farm is to open the paths after enck snowfall. Whora.the path ltenvov places that usually drift full of-Htutw mu eh of the work of ' keeping lue path open limy heavoided by removing tho obstruction to tho Wind irHsoh causes tho drift. Most generally drifting snow remain several days, so that the path will drift f M avery night, even though no fresh suaw has .fallen. Iu opening roads a team of steady, stout oxen hitched to a sleigh, or sometimes to a Stone bled, will make a broad path bet ter than horses could do it. We have often seen, when a boy, most of the cuttle in the neighborhood brought out to follow after au ox team and sled. By the time those had been driven twice over the road, it was con sidered sufe for sleigh vehicles drawn by horses. A flock of nboop driven after nil else will compact the snow best of all. But if snow drift into the trucks thus made, it will often be piled nearly us high as the loose snow on either side. It may be all right so long as the cold weather lasts, but let a thaw come, aud this solid snow must . be abandoned, mid a new track made in the loose snow on one side of what has been used duriug tho winter. A tllllllllf, Farm Mnnnres. It is generally understood that all fertilizing elements must dissolve be fore they becomo plant food. Hence the more thoroughly decomposed they become in the compost heap, the more quickly rains and dews will dissolve them after they are applied to the oil. My plan of caring for farm manures is to make three bins by p'.aVug (.onts eight fet opart and aid ' nig up with boards. The size of those bina will be determined by the amount of waste to be converted, into fertilizer. Board np the- first aud second bins three feet high. The third bin I make larger than the others, as it must bold the entire output of compost nutil it is distiibutad. IFOR FARM AND GARDEN. To prevent waste of the liquid manures by leaching, spread A thick layer of dry muck, peat or innrsh sod over the bottom of the bins. This will act a an absorbent. If this i too much trouble put iu a layer of coarse gins or straw instead. Blu No. 1 i to receive nil fresh manures, night slop from the house, nshe,dropping from poultry house and pig pens, old shoes, bones and trash of nil kind. Make bin No. t a general dumping ground for everything that nil possibly be utilized, such as dish water and wash wnter, unless you have hog nnd prefer to give this lust to I hem. See that the stable manure and rubbish are thoroughly mixed iu bin No. 1. Ity thus incorporating nil the trash with the stable manure you prevent its heating too rapidly, or burning. Sprinkle limn, or better, sulphnta of potash over all. This will haston de composition. Keep nil the bins that contain anything covered with straw, earth or coarse grass to prevent the uinmoiiia escaping. Fork over content of bin No. 1 a little every three or four days 'to thoroughly mix conrsa wit h flue and iu three or four day after bin No. 1 is full fork it nil over into bin No. '2, then proceed to till bin No. 1 aitnin. When bin No. is full thin time, empty bin No. 2 into bin No. It, nnd repeat the process with bin No. 1. Fvery plant that grow iu garden or Held has a tasle for food peculiar to itself. The old shoes, bone nnd even the dead cat thrown into bin No. 1 and mixed with the other com post will llnd it Way into the little rootlets of some plant. While this method does not make a complete fertilizer for any special plant, it makes a most excellent gen oral fertilizer. We are much too apt to think of worn out articles ns dead or worthless matter. Aa article serves a:' long and well ns it can iu one form and then disintegrates only to allow the individual particles to come . to gether in some new and often higher lonu. ('. M. Drake in New Kuglaud Homestead, I'nilerilt-iiliiliiv Mnrk Hwnttir. There Ls a far better way to make use of a swamp of rich black muck than to draw it out, season it a year or two by exposure to freezing, and then spread it on uplands. No doubt there are places where this plan may pay, li.it it is not economy. The black muck is probably not nearly so rich iu fertilizing material ns i supposed, mid so much handling of it as is re quired to draw it iu its raw state, Ben son it and then handle it ngain to ap ply it, very rarely pays. The better way is to make iinderdraiu through the swamp, possibly if thoro i a great doal of water leading nil these drains into nu open ditch, which should hnvo a growth of and on it sides as early us possible. In two or three years frost will peuetrato to the depth of two feet or more iu the pliable muck, nnd the surface if left bare through the n inter can easily be cultivated until it is u mellow ns nu nsh heap. Usually those muck swamp nre underlaid w ith n clny subsoil. That is a good sign, for it mean that less of the fertility ha been washed away nnd lost, in nil case the drains should bo put down drop enough to reach the clay, nnd some gravel should be put over the joints of tho tile.so n to not only keep the clay from stop ping the water from entering, but also to prevent the tine black mould from above from sifting into the tile. Sometimes when we get down to the clny springs of water w ill burst forth. Where n spring is found, much care will bo required in laying the tile, us there will be n great deal of sand brought up by the water, nnd thin is likely to get into and choke, the tilo. Tho best way probably is to leave nu opening here iu the drain nnd make a small pond thoro w ith the spring of water in tht contre. It is slow, dirty work dredging out such n pond so a to havo thu water rise up fritiu a lowor depth than the drnin. It will require attention every year to keep this bole from filling up. lint snch a spring once found will furnish wutev at nny time, through the open Attch into which the tile carrre it. After theswnmn in drained, U should be cultivated with ordinnry farm crops, but reserved for thoau which require mucky noil to do thoir best. If grain in sown it will probably make a rank grow th of straw, which, lacking minorul fertility, will not be able to sustain it own weight. The grain orop will probably rust, aud both that and the straw will prove a failure. ' Hut a drained muck bad fertilized with pot nsh and phosphate makes a first into place for celery, for cablings aud for corn. These can be better grown ou the drained muck bed than on upland fertilized with the swamp muck spread over them. Aliiio-t all mucky soils are deficient in potash. Thoy are the remains of vegetation that has very little mineral mutter in it. A drossing of phosphato aud potash applied to mucky soil makes them almost as rich a fermented cow manure. In time the muck bed will wnste away by exposure to the air,nnd for this reason it should every few years grow a crop of clover to renew the vegetable mat ter it has lost. It may seem needless w here the soil is still black with the remains of old vegotation to plow under a clover growth, but the clover is far more nitrogenous than auy veg etable mattor this Boil ever produced before, and it also contains a greater amount of minorul fertility. ' Bo there is probably no way of making clflver produce a better effect than by grow ing it on soil which is apparently al ready full of vegetable matter, Amer ican Cultivator. An "ice-oreeper," for wearing on the shoes in slippery streets, has been invented by a Missouri lady. It has mall steel teeth to pierce the ice as the wearer walks and can be applied I to ma sola in iu seconds. CHILDREN'S COLUMN, j Ten l.lttlo Sprvnnls. Ten little servants Johnny lias, That know lint to ohey. Ami In his Hlltitt beck anil call They never answer nay. Ami never argun or reply, Nor vexlnir questions ask, lint Willi n Komi mi'l hearty will Jio their nji)iiiliitet taik. Of illlTerent size ami illfTerent strength, Yet wlllliut all nml true. Ami ciwl t ulve earn ottier ntd In every! IiIiik they tin. l ive on his rlyht, live en his left, Anil each miu hns tils pair. Which nistehi s 111 in In size anil form Kxiictly to it kalr! In every ilnty of the day l-'.neh iiolily lieiirs his part. At school or Inline, no matter where, In htlior or In art. Ami .lohiiny never nak his wish, He only neils to think, A Mil straight these servant lo his will, As quick ns yon coulit wink! Ami sltotilil theao hiisy brothers work A simile ileeil of shame. Not theirs the fault you may bo sura That Johnny is to hlamei Ami so are you In the same ensn, All ehililren nml all men I-'or who has HiiKers strnnir nml well ( an iTount his servants ten! Youth's Companion. The f'nmel's Helens. The camel 1 stupid save when nngry, and then seems become sud denly possessed with au intelligence almost preternatural in carrying out it vengeful designs. l'algrave re late the following story of n camel's revenge, w hich nerves to illustrate this point: A lad of fourteen had conducted n largo camel, laden w ith wool, from one village to nnother,nt a half hour's distance. A the animal loitered, or turned out of its wnv, its conductor struck it repeatedly, and hinder Ihnn it seemcil to hnvo thought he hail a right to do. Hut not finding the oc casion favorable for taking immediate. quits, it "bode it time. That time wn not long in coming. A few days later the same lad had to reconduct the beast, but unladen, to his own village. When they were about half way on the road, nnd nt. some distance from any habitation, the camel suddenly stopped, looked deliberately round in every direction to assure itself that no one was within night, nnd, finding the road far nnd near clear of passers-by, made a step forward, seized the unlucky boy head in it monstrous mouth and, lifting him up iu the air, flung him down again on theearth with the upper part of hi skull completely torn otT mid his brains scattered on the ground. Having thu satisfied it revenge, the brute quiotly resumed it pace to ward tho village a though nothing wore the matter, till some men, who had observed tho whole, though un fortunately nt too great a distance to be able to a fiord timely help, came up nnd killed it. Ht. Paul's. A Lesson In Content ttiMit, Long, long ngu a robin and butter llv talked over their trouble one dnv. "How much nicor it would be to live in a house, ns men do!'' said the robin. Mis Butterfly was quick-witted. "Why not go to live in that house now? Tho window's open." And she flew in nt once. The robin was more cautious. Ho alighted on the window sill and peeked around. "I don't nee nny place for a nest." '"i'shnwl You don't need a nest in n homo," said bis guy littlo friend. Ho Muster liubin flew in nnd perched on tho first thing he found, which wn n book; but bo looked homesick. Mis Butterfly fluttered to a quill pen and made bnliavo it was a flower. I'rotty soon there were sounds, mid robin listened a bard ns he could. "Oh, pirp!!" n child's video aiuii". "Iiook t.herol What n beautiful butterfly for yonr collection! And, pf, mnyri't I have the bird in a Ciig? I'd like a robin with my canary." A mart's voice answered low: "Bun around outside, then, deary, nnd close the window softly so they can't get out." Master Robin's brains -were wide awake uow. Ho spoko quickly, "That man's nn en ento well, I can't sny it; but he's crazy on insects and he'll stick a pin through you, my lady. And that girl thinks she'll put meiuacago! I guess not! Let's fly!" Out they flew, just ns the little maid's hand touched tho sash. They heard her cry of disappointment, as they dashed by her. "Oh, pnpo! they just went ont like flash and they're both gone!" But Master Hohin and Miss Butter fly laughed, heartily to be out agaiu in the free air. The black cloud was gone and the warm spring sun was shining on the garden beds of crocus and hyacinth. How beautiful it was out of doorsj Living iu a house was not to be compared to it. "Better be content where our Maker meant ns to livo," said Miss Butter fly. A wise afterthought of the highty-tighty little creature! Sun bonm. XV hen Npaln Clulmml Illinois: The boys and girls may be interested to learn how neutly a claim of Spanish conquest over what is now Illinois and adjoining states w as met at Paris by the American peace delegates 105 years ago. Here is the story: When Great Britain nnd the thir teen states were discussing the pre liminaries of the treaty of Paris and Versailles in 1783 Spain surprised the commissioners of both by presenting a claim to the ownership of the "Illinois oouutry'' the vast territory which had been organized several years before under the direction of Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia. This territory had been transferred, in 1777, from British to American rule by tho dash ing conquest of Col. Oeorgo linger Clarke; but the wily Hpnninrd al leged A later conquest. in support of their claim the Kpnuisti diplomat urged (he following incident from the history of the yenr 17H1 : Don Fugenin I'onrre, a Spanish rnplain.with n force of 2(15 Spaniards, Franco-Amerieiins nnd Indinnn, gath ered from St. Louis, then tho capital of New Spain, nnd from t'aliokla, near by, Hindu n raid across what I now the state of Illinois, and rounding Lake Michigan, captured Fort St. Joseph, nn old French fort i (lent ion which had degenerated into n British trading post. The Spanish flag wn raised over St. Joe's log fort, some guns wero fired iu honor of "bin most catholic majesty" aud then Hon Kit penio and hi bnnd, loaded with furs nnd skins, hurried southward, to give no further thought to their "con quest." But two years lator the Spaniard of Madrid bethought them selves of the incident nnd warmly supported by France, based npiui it a claim to the "Illinois country." Tho American commissioners, led by Benjamin Franklin nnd John Jny, admitted the fact of the raid, but denied the claim of conquest since thero had been no permanent occupa tion mi absolute requirement of con quest. This reasoning not proving effective, thu Anieiieann then resorted to geography. Kven if the Spanish claim were just which they were careful not to allow they showed by a mini which could not be questioned that the alleged conquest could have no bearing upon the territory in de mand, as St. Joseph wn not, nnd never had been, a pnrt of tho ll.inois country. Chicago llecord. l.nriilliiM Net n f.lntlmi. K II. House is writing n series of papers for St. Nicholas on "Bright Sides of History." The author says: One of tho (trnek historians says that the regular price of n meal at a l'liimiiii hotel was about one quarter of n cent. That was a littlo before tho time of tho emperors; but we know that in Triijnn'H reigu.two cents a dny w ere considered nmple for the support and od iu tit inn of n boy. Ou this basis, nt a rough calculation, the money paid for Caligula's supper might have sup plied a dinner for one hundred mid fifty millions of people, if so isany could have been brought together. "I call it wickedness," said Amy, "downright wicki dness. " "That wn the opinion of quite a number, even then, my dear. Lucnl 1 us was often taken to task for his prodigality, and several year later a great writer named Juvenal spoke hi mind freely enough on the sub ject. He gave dinners, too; but from one of his bills of faro, drawn up with his own hand, we can llnd w hat he considered ampin for himself nnd friend. Miu principal dish was a young kid, after which ho offered chickens, new-laid e;;gs nnd vegetables; and for desert, grapes, pears and apple." "Ho wn no glutton," said Percy approvingly. "No; no'.' wasLiicullus, in the lowest sense, though he seemed determined to make himself out worso than he. really was. Ho always pretended that be gave his huge ban plots for a purely so! fish purpose. He invited a party of (ireel; traveler so often, mid nt. snch reckless expense, that they finally protested and declared themselves un willing to accept any more; but ho told them they should not set it nil down to their account, for, though a part of the display was for thoir sake, mora of it was for his own. "Don't you think," nsked Terry, "that ho said that in kindness1, to make them feel nt ease?" "I like to think it, nnd am glad when other persons do tho mime; for I have n fondness for Lucnllus, in spitoofhi faults, a you will havo when you come to know ull about him. Thsre is nn reason for classing him with tho vrtlgar gormandizers of hi aga, like VitelHnsnf Cmnfuodus, or, I Disy say, tho majority of the emperors, most of whom took to ore pleasure in managing kitchens than in ruling kingdoms, llomitian, the Inst of the twelve Cicsnrs, considered problem of cookery so far above questions of state that on one occasion ho called the l'oman senate together to consult with him ns to how a tin hot should be prepared for the table. He looked upon the Senator Montanus as a miracle of wisdom, for no better rea son, apparently, than that this culti vated epicure could tell, by the first bite he gnve an oynter, whether it enme from Knglnnd or from the Medi terranean. It is Juvenal, again, who tells us of the delicate taste for which Montanus was renowned. I think, however, that the faculty of distin guishing British oysters does not count for much. A good mnny Amer icans could do that quickly enough with their eyes shut; though not, per haps, if theoystorn had sugar on them, which was one of the ways they were eaten iu ancient Itoino." A Itegnliir 1'otyatot. A gentleman in a rural district drew down upon his head a storm of adverse criticism by marrying a sec ond wife shortly after the demise of his first. Two of those good ladies who look generally upon the surface of things and who mo ever rendy with condemnation, were disoussiug the disgraceful arl'uir. "Why, my dear, there's bis poor wife hardly cold iu hor grave and he goes and marries another." "Dreadful!" doolared the other, "I never heard of such a thing." "I should think not, indeed." went on number one, angrily. "Marrying wife after wife that why, the man's a regular polyglot!" Coruhill Magazine. NEW YORK i THE LATEST DPSrr.NS tvt " ' I'L. 1 II 1.LII i O SONS COSTUMES. Nbw Yonic Citt (Specinl). Posit ions corns and fashion go, but the shirt waist stnyn with womankind. It is well that this is so, for man nnys thnt nino women ont of ten look bet- ter in a nhirt waist than any other stylo of bodico. A simple but decidedly rich efloct i here gained by the association of golden brown velvet and seeded crepon in the same shade, the tii tu rning being open-meshed black silk brnid. The stylish arrangement i made over glove-fittings that close in centre-front, the smooth vest of velvet m mm- 1 BtCII EFFECT IW WAIST. A SMART BASQUE JACKET. being included in the right-shoulder seam aud hooked over with the smooth collar at tho left. A short yoke is applied on the back thnt forms iu its ontlino a continua tion of the scalloped edges of front. Each front is shaped in four rounded scallops that form graeefnl outlines, siugle side plaits nt the shoulders af fording dosirable fulness over the bust while backward turning plait at the waist give a very moderate but stylish blouse. The whole back is smoothly drawn iu at the waist with overlapping plaits at the centre. The belt of velvet is shaped to curve low in front according to the latest faucy. The two-seamed sleeves are very slightly full at the top, the cap of velvet being applied over the top. The wrists are finished with a rounded cuff of velvet to match the other decorative features of this hand some waist. Very many stylish combinations in plain, plaid, figured or striped silk, tucked or corded taffetas with plain or figured effects in tilk, wool or mixed fabrics and decorations of pas sementerie, irregular insertion, gimp or braid may be nsed appropriately. To make this waist in the medium size will reqniro one and three-fourths yards cf forty-four-inch material. A Sletween-Seasons' Costume. The model depicted in the large en graving shows an extremely smart and effective design that is particularly well adapted to wear between seasons. The material is steel-gray broadcloth and the fronts are closed with small, round crystal bnttons. A tailor finish of machine stitching completes the edges, and the spotless linen chemis ette and collar worn at the neck are accompanied by a small tie-bow of Cuban red satiu. Hat of crushed steel-gray velvet, with wings and satin ohoa in a lighter shade. The basque of fashionable length is trimly adjust ed to the figure by the usual seams and double bust darts. Above the closing the fronts are reversed to form pointed lapels that meet the rolling collar in notches. Laps and pleats are formed below the waist line in back that are pressed fiat, According to the present style, the sides fitting smoothly over the hips. The fashionable two-seamed sleeve have very slight fnlnesi col lected iu gathers at the top, the wrists FASHIONS. rrm nrTiirru.i.P being plainly completed with machine stunning. i.asqiie in tin style are usually made to matnh the skirt in tweed, serge, camel's hair, Cheviot or other close-woven wool fabric. Vel vet or poplin make tip fcmnrtly by the mode, and both are much in vogue to wenr with different skirt. To mnke the basque in the medium size will require two yards of forty-four-inch material. T Clowns Cut l.nw. For evening wear many tea gowns are cut low, with elbow sleeves. Long laoe scarf are desirable adjuncts to wind about the figure. For snch gar ment blue and cerine is a new com bination. A pale-blue libnrtT silk neglige is cut with a polonaise and suapeii nonnce, tins heing eugod with creamy lace and oerise rilibon put on enrland fashion. The full front U f lace falling from a butterfly bow at me necK anil caugut here and there with cerine ribbonn. The nleeves are of 'accordion-plaited lane, hmnrinu in straight ruffles to the elbows. , Artlflral Flower In FaTor. Artificial flowers are very ran oh in evidence with evening gowns, and even with street gowns a small bnnoh of artificial violets may be worn, a filmy lace handkerchief being used as a background, or the flowers msy be tied into a loose end of the lace scarf. Needless to say, they should not be of the regulnr kind used by milliners for trimming, but flowers of nltra fine quality made especially for the wear described and delicatoly perfumed. For Torine In Vog ns. Fur toqnes, which are so much in vogue, have the rims and sides of fur, the soft crown in many showing so little that it in hardly noticeable. Their only decoration is stiff wings or breasts. Many of the jo woled bonnets are exquisite. A charming model of jet and rhinestone is ornamented with a large white tulle bow fastened with two largo jet ball pins. A Irsiy and Cninfortithlft Jacket. This comfortable and rather dressy jacket of fine French flannel in bebe blue Las small pal It a dots in white silk embroidered all over it surface. A deep lace frill surrounds the fancy pointed collar, the trimming of irregu lar insertion being applied on collar, yoke and cuffs. A semi-girdle of pale blue satin ribbon is gracefully bowed yi front. The pointed collar may be omitted if a plainer effect i desired. The modified bishop sleeves are shaped with inside seams aud gathered at upper and lower edges, the wrists being finished with straight bands that roll back in prettily pointed onlfs. Pretty jackets in thin style can be made from cashmere, challie, camel's hair, French or outing flnnnel and other soft woolen fabrics that wilt soon be made up for next season's wear by provident women. Lace insertion, "frizzed" ribbon, WOMAN S H0UiS JACKET. narrow braid and etnbruidoiy all furn ish suitable decoration. ' To make this jacket for a woman of medium size will require four yards of material twenty-seven inehes wide. ,' - j
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