A DEBUTANTE. Vi pnff, a frill, a bit of luce, A patch of powder on the face, A rounded orm, a slender reck, White shoulders without flaw or Deck, And nothing more. 'A row of teeth, an infant smile, A glance quite innocent of guile, A little head well picked with lore Of flounce, fichn end proper gore. And nothing more. 'A Vnowledse that the world if round, tome dim idea of "time" end "sound, A phrne or two of French, yon know, Enouph "rag time" to mfike a show, , And nothing more. ( 44 BEHIND N 1S73 there wasn't a like-' llor follow on the line than George Klrke. lie was the Hon of a poor man, and his mother was dead. Ills father wus a confirmed invalid of the t-heumatlc order, and George played the dutiful son to bin) in a way that iwould astonish the young men of to day. Somehow, nobody knew exactly how, (George had managed to pick up a food education, and he had polished It off, so to speak, by a two years' course at a commercial college. KIrke began on the Sandy mil rail road when he was about twenty-one r two years old. First, he was a brnke tnan. This railroad business is a regu lar succession, and, genernlly speak ing, a man has to work his way up. It Isn't often that ho trots right up to the dignity of a conductor at one stop twlth the privileges of helping nil the good looking and well dressed Indies out of the cars, and letting the homely ones, with the bnblcs and bandboxes In their arms, struggle out, ns they may, while lie is engaged in "talking to a man." George did his duty so well that bo tlras soon promoted to fireman, after tie bad learned the working of the ma chine, be was made engineer and given an engine. This engine was one of the newest fend the best on the line, and was called the Flyaway, and George was proud of It yon may well believe. The true engineer, who is out-and-out tor the business, and feels bis respon eibility, takes ns much pride in bis engine as the Jockey does In bis fa vorite race-horse, and would sit up tights, or neglect bis sweetheart, to keep the brasses and filagree of bis machine so you can see your face In em. There was another man wanted irge's chance. There's generally more Van on0 Bftrr n Pnj'lng Job- jac-Hallda.v had been waiting for Bonie-Ime to be engineer of the 1' ly- away and when bo lost it bo was mna ,i to pull bis bair. ITo was a nou: tralcnnn' likewise, nnd bad been on thn ad full two years longer than jjlrk nn would seem that the chan1 really belonged to him, but he xran Quarrelsome, clisngreenwe rci inw rlth independence enough to set iorome of tho orlginnl stock iert, n Jack realized tiint tieorge nnu 'o Inside track of him, his anger a white bent. lie cursed Klrke, mpnny. old Whately (the super- V lunt) ana tilings generally. V lo was moro than one thing mode Jack Holiday "down on" b Klrke. Georgo bad been bis n many respects, and particular ere the fairer pnrts of crentlon oncerned. Georgo was a great to with the indies, for he was ome, generous end good-natured, aclt was sarcastic, always on the ry side, and the girls avoided as they always should such a fl, all expected that 111 would I to George from Jack's bad blood pjincr mm. nnd wt wnrnea nun more than once; but be always laughed, nd reminded us of the old saying that "barking dogs never bite," which Is true In the main. And as the time went on, until two. three, four months had passed since Kirke's promotion, and nothing had oc curred, forgot nil nbout our appre hensions of evil, nnd if we thought of the matter at all, we concluded we tiad wronged Holiday by our susplc- tons. It was a Cark night In November, iwlth considerable fog In the air, and strong appearance of rain. I was at Golosha, the northern ter minus of our road, looking after some repairs on a defective boiler, and twas going down to New York on the even-thirty train Kirke's train. About seven there came a telegram from Whately, whose summer reel idence was nearly midway between Golosha and Now York, and the old fel low bad not yet forsaken It for the City. The telegraph operator was at work, and read it to him. Klrke made a note of It, and put U In bis pocket book: "Pay train on the line will meet you Just west of Leeds at ten-fifteen, fipurt on the siding , at Deerlng's Cut, and wait. Whately." Kirke's watch hung on a nail beside the clock. It was a fancy of bis al ways to bang it there when he was off a train, so that be could make no mis take In the time. Be glanced at the clock, and from It to bis watch. Both indicated the same tiour, seven-fifteen. "Seven-fifteen," said Kirke, medita tively, "and we leave at seven-fifty, . and tie pay train meets us at Peer Ing'a Gut, at teu-flfteen. Scant time to make the run In this thick weather, 1 il .1 Out It must be managed," A sweet contempt for oM time ways, For classic bunln or modern lny, A constancy much like the wind, Hut sennt regard for men who grind. And nothing more. A mannerism not too hold, A deep idolatry of (told, A high resolve to play no part Whci one mirrcnclcrs to the heart, And nothing more. A puff, a frill, a hit of lace, A patch of powder on the face, A soul in which small int'resU lie A simple social butterfly. And nothing more. New Orleans Times Democrat. TIME") And he turned away to give some orders to the fireman. Jack Ilnllday was there! he bad been strolling In and out of the room for the past bnlf hour, smoking a cigar, and swearing at tho bad weather. The train did not leave until near mid Ight, so be had plenty of time to find fault. We all went to the door nnd took a look at tho weather, and unanimously oted It bad, nnd then walked up nnd down the platform and smoked our after-supper cigars, and when we were through it wos time for the train hands to be getting into their places. Both the clocks in the engine-room nnd Kirke's watch indicated seven-forty Klrke was putting his watch in his pocket as be said: "Garth, are you going with me on tho Flyaway?" No, thank ye," snld I; "I get enough of that sort of thing in every day life. I am to do a little swell busi ness to-night, nnd take pnssngo in n palace car. Want to rest my back. Good-night to yon, nnd hold her well in going round Rocky Bottom Curve. The rood's a little shaky." Yes, sir!" responded Klrke, nnd he swung himself into position on the Fly away. The bell rang; I scrambled Into my compartment on the Pullman, and felt horridly out of place among the silks and broadcloths nnd smell of musk; but I was in for a first-class ride, and mndo the best of It so effectually that five minutes after Gibson, who now fancies be owns all creation because be bos a silver badge on his breast with "Conductor" on it, had shouted, "All aboard!" I was sound asleep. What occurred in other quarters to affect the fateof Kirke's train I learned afterwords. Old Whately, the superintendent of the road, as I guess I have already said, had a country residence In Leeds, on n mountain spur, which commanded a view Of tho surrounding country for more than a score of miles. The line of the railway could be distinctly seen In each direction for fifteen miles, nnd Whately was wont to sny that his lookout was moro to tho safety of trains, than nil tho telegraph wires on tho road. Wliatcly was a rich old buffer, hind enough in his way, but sharp as a fcr ret in looking nl'tcr the road ham's. and determined that every uinu should do his duty. lie had bnt one child, n daughter; nnd Floss Whately was the hello of tho county. She was brave, beautiful and spirited, and more than onco when her father had been away had she ns sumed tho responsibility of directing tho trains, nnd elio had always uc quitted her self with credit. Old Whately was very proud of her, as ho lmd a right to be, and kept all the young fellows at a distance, until it was said that ho Intended kccplns his daughter singlo till tho Czar of ull tho Russlns came on to marry her, This night in November old Whate ly and Floss were out on the piazza of their country home, peeping through tho gloom and fog for the signal lights of tho Golosha train, which was near ly due. It's strange It doesn't come In sight," said Whately, laying down bis uightgluss in disgust. "If. is hard on to 10 now. They ought to show their light 'round Spruce Pond by this time.' "You telegraphed them, father? You let them know the pay truiu was on the road?" asked Floss. "To be sure. And good heavens There is the headlight ou the pay truin nowl Seel Not ten miles awuy, and running like the deuce, as it ulways does!" Ho pointed with trembling finger down to the valley forge, where, far away, a nicro speck In the u'.ooni, could be seen a bright light, scarcely moving, but those anxious watchers knew that It was approaching at lightning speed. Father and daughter looked at each other. The truth was evident. For some reason the train from Golosha was .ten minutes behind time, and It could .not reach the siding at Peering' Cut until the pay trulu hud passed be youd the signal track. And then? Why, there would bo another "hor- ror" for the morning newspapers uuder the head of "Appalling Disaster," and a few more homes would be made to mourn. Father and daughter looked at each other In dismay. "Seliiu cau do it," said Floss quick "No, girl. It Is too far, and. too risky," replied the old superintendent "Yes, father; and If I can reach Leeds la five minutes before the train yes, two minutes all will be well, Do not stop me, father!" as be laid bis band on ber arm. "But you must not go! It la dark and dangerous! No, Floss!" "I shall go, father I Eellm knows only me, and rou could not ride blm. I have ridden on darker nights. And ho Is the only horse In the stable. Don't you remember? The others wcro sent to town yesterday." Before old Whately could stop her she had ordered the hostler to saddle Bellm, and she was already buttoning on ber riding habit with nervous fin gers. The borso came pawing to tho door, Floss sprang Into the sndlle, leaned down nnd kissed her father's forehead. 'Tray, heaven to spare mo!" she cried, hoarsely, and touching her horse with her whip, he bounded down the sharp declivity. It was raining steadily now, nnd the gloom was Intense; but Scllm was used to the rond, and the rider was cour ageous. She urged him at the top of his speed, up hill and down hill through Pine Valley, over Pulpit Hill, and then she struck upon the smooth rood, which stretched away to toed, at least n mile and straight as an ar row. Sh could see the headlight of the pay train far down in the valley dis tinctly now, nnd to her excited fancy it seemed but a stone's throw away. She even thought for a moment thnt she heard the grind of the wheels on the track, but it was only the sighing of the wind in the pines. On, still on she went. 8ollm seemed to fly. One might fancy that he knew his mistress was on an errand of life or death. The lights of the t-tatlon were In view nay, she even saw the stntlon master's white lantern ns he rolled up nnd down the platform the white lantern which was to slgnnl the np- proaclilng train to tell them to go on for all was well. On to their doom! She dashed across the t-rck. Hung the lines to an amazed bystander, and striking the white lantern from tho hand of the astonished ofllclnl, she elzed the ominous red lantern from Its hook, nnd springing upon tho track, waved it in the very teeth of tho com ing tram. Two sharp, short whistles told her thnt her signal was seen, and a mo ment later tho train came to a stop. nnd officers rushed forward to confer with the train from GoloBhn, which had not yet been telegraphed from the next stntlon beyond. Tho mnn waited fifteen minutes be fore Kirke's train slid on the siding. nnd it was then known thnt but for the decision of one young girl, the two trains must havo collided four miles beyond Deerlng's Cut. When told the whole story, Klrke looked nt his watch. The man from the station looked at bis. Klrke was ten minutes behind time. You want to know how it happened? Certainly, you guess Holiday did It. A man was found next day who con fessed to having seen Jack tampering with the timepiece lu the engine, house thnt night. Jack?" Oh; ho left town, and wos afterword beard of in Australia. His game was not n success. And Klrke married Floss Whately, else this story would not have been told, because what would a story be worth that did not end in a wedding? Wavcrlcy Magazine. Criticism Not Llbeltnt. The Appellate Division of tho Su preme Court has sustained a demurrer entered by tho publishers of a New York newspaper to a suit instituted against it by Professor Oscar Lovcll Trhrss, of tho University of Chicago, for alleged damages sustained ou ac count of editorial comments upon Pro fessor Trlggs' poetry. In tho demurrer it was contended thnt tho comments Professor Trlggs complained of were not libelous. This demurrer, after bO' ing overruled in Special Term, is sus- tained by the Appellato Division. In Its opinion, which is written by Justlco Ingraham, tho court points out that there is a wide difference between libel n.i.l ,1 l,iiiiin.Aif Stl.t . I sit a ... ent-l.irr There is certainly a distinction be- r , v a tween n publication which tends to make the Individual infamous, odious or ridiculous, and a publication which delates to a person n opinions upon top, Ics of public interest. Certainly, In no case to which our attention has been called has it ever been held that a pub lication which tends to ridleulo opin ions upon controverted subjects is libel our, as tending to make the individual who Is responsible for these opinions ridiculous." The Jupanrie Hell, The Japaucse language has no equiv alent for our word "hell," but has the word "JIgoku" instead. Jlgoku con sists, of first, eight Immense hot bells, ranging ouo beneath the other in tiers, Each of these bells has sixteen addi tional bells outside Its gates, like so many antechambers, so that there are In all 130 hot hells. Second, thero are eight large cold hells, each with Its sixteen unte-bells, making the same number of cold that there are of hot bells. Besides these 272 hot and cold bells for offenders of the common sort the wily Japs have twenty mammoth "hells of utter durkness," into which will be consigned the spirits of chil dren who take the name of Dal Butsii, or Great Buddha, lu vaUi. Secret of Ulauils Caatla. The death of Lord Strathmore bns revived many of the fantlstlc stories about the mysterious room at Glamls Castle, the secret of which is only re vealed to the heir ou his coming of age and to one other person. Of course, most of the legeuds bear the stamp of Invention on the face of them, aud tke generally accepted explana tion Is that which Sir Walter Scott ad vancedthat the mystery is nothing but a secret biding place which was used in the past, aud the secret of which la, In accordance with family tradition, strictly kept and handed on fjom father to sou. Court Journal. j III rMTf h n III AsnkuutulUi tf A REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE. wytlARLES CARLSEN, the Robinson Crusoe of Clip- CSS perton Island, came back a fntir' Tt-AAka nan tn Ran W Z "... "" .--": JfcX)Mi i rnncisco ana civilisation on tuo steamer reru. or fourteen months he lived all alone on the barren rock, bis only companion during that time being a dog, besides a dozen chickens, the myriads of sea fowl and the big crabs that make their habitation on the fiat Island. Except for a rather fierce mustache and a cow boy bat Carlsen looked like anything but an exile as be stood ou the Peru's deck. Carlsen took the position of lone watchman on Cllpperton Island from the Pacific Islands Company, which has a concession for the rock and Its gunno deposits. Ou February 4 the schooner Una called at Cllpperton, and Carlsen, accompanied by bis dog, em barked for Champerlco, where he caught tho Peru and came directly to San Francisco. 1 knew what to expect when I went to Cllpperton," said Carlsen. "The men who had been there as keepers be fore me had always had companions. I wns the ijrst to volunteer to stay there alone. Time passed slowly, but I busied myself in working here and there, nnd I rend and wrote a great deal. My dog was companionable, nnd I grew so attached to my chickens thnt not one of them served me for a meal. "I saw only one vessel in the four teen months, and that was tho British war-ship Shearwater. Shepnssed close to the island nnd a boat wns lowered. I boiled from the reef, but the boat did not come in. When tho Una picked mo up I was getting tired of the Job. Three men are now on the island to keep ench other company. My health wns 1m proved by tho experience. "At first I busied myself making re pairs to the buildings and Implements thnt were under my charge, and in my brief 'hours of leisure made friends with my dog and chickens. The crow of the roosters and the bark of tho dog were tho only sounds that broke the stillness of the long months, except for the strange sound of a shouting of men one day last December, when a boat's crew from the British cruiser ap proached close to tho shore while their vessel was at anchor near by The island is about TOO miles off the Central American shore, and the coast. Ing steamers never pass wlthlu eight of it All over the island, which is only about ten feet nbovo the surface of the sea, tho sands of crabs nro always crawling but they are harmless. The sea birds wcro so tame that I could pick them up from their nests, and I was careful to maintain n close friend' ship with them. Tho birds' eggs, with the canned provisions thnt hnd been left for me, together with the sea air, made me healthier man than ever bo. fore, though I was a robust sailor be fore I went there, "Would I return to solitude of the Island again? Yes, I would not mind going back. One gets used to tho sou tude nnd comes to look upon his ant mal friends ns though they were ol most humnn. Occasionally I would yearn for the presence of a human companion, but that feeling would soon pass away. Since I havo returned I feel out of place In the noise oud bus tie of civilization "Why some men select the existence of a hermit I can now understand There Is certainly a fascination nbout a hermit life. There is a calm nnd nn absence of worry that makes one dls like taking up tho cares of life among his fellow-men again. As to tho anl mala with which I was surrounded, I came to understand them, and they np . n i.n.lnn.l.nH n n m flint ".;'"'', most seemed to know what I wns say' lug when I would talk to them, and learned that each had a language of It own by which he made himself known to bis fellows. "I believe thnt one spending his life as I nave spent the past Tourtqeu months would live to nn enormous age, T-he absence of enre, the healthy sur roundlngs and the prohibition of all forms of dissipation ought to keep mnn perennially young." New Yor World. ' rfUNTING OrillR'S LIONS. When Dr. Karl Peters made bis fa mous Journey, during which he dlscov ered what be says positively is the Land of Ophlr of the Bible, be bad some thrilling adventures with lions and leopards. He tells this story about one of these encounters: "A negro came Into camp and re ported that three lions hnd been seen entering a thicket near the river. My companion, Bloecker, nnd I took our stations near it, he being posted dow the river and I taking my position near a great tree. . "The blneks circled the thicket with howls and yells and fired shots into It. Almost Immediately the bushes parted and with a tremendous, thundering roar a magnificent lion bounded out, He came galloping straight toward the tree and I fired without having the opportunity to tuke careful aim. "My shot wns a clean miss. I pre pared to give blm the second shot out of my double-barreled rillo and waited In order to get a good chance. But be changed his tactics at the same mo ment that I gave blm my first shot, and sprang at me. "Four blacks stood between me and the beast at this moment,' they having rushed into the way at the critical mo- ment. Hardly bad they appeared In bis line of approach, before they were down, struck low by the terrible fore paws, with which he swept through them like n reaper using a scythe. "Barely had they gone down before he leaped straight to my side and fell a fifth negro, who hnd stepped from behind the tree. He pulled the man to tho ground, ripped his talons Into tho body, seized his vlctliB by the shoulder with bis mighty teeth and shook blm as If be wcro a mouse. !'I sprang nslde far enough to get Into line to shoot; the lion wns only three feet from me now. At this short range I sent my second bullet Into blm. I hnd to aim n bit too high, ns I feared to bit the man under him. At the same time I dared not aim high enough to smash his backbone, ns I feared thnt I might miss, owing to tho frantic mo tions of the furious beast. "As soon ns I struck him, tho lion dropped bis prey nnd turned at me. For a moment we stood face to face. Ho looked at me with his eyes green with rage. At this moment I saw, from the corner of my eye, thnt my gun bearer wos running away and with hi in went my cartridges. I clubbed my -empty gun on the Instant to fight for my life, but little expecting to save it. "The Hon crouched, roored and fell In bis tracks. Before I realized It, be crawled toward tho bigb grass and disappeared In it "He was dying, and a little Inter we found bis body, only a few feet nwny; but dying ns be wos, he still mannre'l to cripple another negro for life; for ns he crept Into tho gross, one of the enters ran directly Into him, and with one blow of his paw he tore the mnn's left hip clean off." New York rres. A TEST OF DISCIPLINE. English annuls show ninny fine ex- mptes of discipline in disaster at sen, nd both the army nnd the navy share In tho credit of theui. Most persons re. member the magnificent courage and coolness displayed by the men of the ill-fated Victoria, which was rammed by the Cnmperdown, In 1S!)3, Many renieniuer, too, now tne luouci or the vessel nt the World's Fnlr in Chi cngo was drnped with black when the news come, nnd how for long nfler wards tho great crowds of Americans thnt filed by talked little and gazed gravely, the women often with dim eyes, in tribute to the tragic and noble pngo newly written In tho history of the mother race. Lord Wplscley, In his recent autobiography, tells how he once came near shnrlr.g such a fate with bis men on board tho Transit, bound for India, when she struck a rock In a dend calm. He was a young lieutenant then, but his vivid recollection of the event has not waned in nearly half a century. "The bugles sounded our regimental call, and we all ran down to our men, who were still below, cleaning up after their breakfast. All the troops were carried on the mnln dock, except one compnny, which wns on the deck be low, and situnted well forward. It was a horrible qunrtor, below tho water level, nnd lit only by one solitary candle lantern. Ench compnny took it for n week In turn, nnd it wns my com pany's luel: to be the unfortunate oc cupants when the ship struck. Upon reaching that dreadful lower region, I formed tho men, half on one side, half on the opposite side of the deck. There we stood in deadly silence, nnd I know not for how long. The abominable candle In the lantern sput tered and went out. We txcre In al-' most absolute darknes?, our only glim mer of lilit coming down through a small hatchway which wos reached by narrow ladder. The ship begun to sink by tho stern, so it was evident to nil that wo hung on n rock forward. The angle of our deck with the sen level beenmo gradually greater, until at last we bad to bold on to the sides of our dark submarine prison, My pro- dominant feeling wns of horrid repug- nnucc to the possibility, which becamo tho probability, of being drowned in tho dork, like a rat in a trap. 1 should have liked to have u swim for my life at the last, the supreme moment; but that would be Impossible, if tho nbouv limbic ship should slip oil! the rock. 'If Greece must nerUli. I Thv wi'.l obev. But let me pciinli in the lute of day.' "The only aperture to tho mnlu deck wus very small, and most eyes were kept riveted upon it, I am sure every man now alive, who was there must shudder as be thinks of what seemed to us the interminable time were In thnt pit. Every minute seemed nn hour; but at last a face appeared at the aperture, and we were ordered ou deck." All found refuge on a coral Island, whence in due time another vessel car. rlcd them to their destination; and the future lleld-uiurchal proceeded with a lighter kit, but the richer for a precious experience iu the value of dis cipline. Youth's Companion. I?gK a a Tribute to the Kins'. Formerly, at the approach of Faster, nil the bou roosts of France were ran sacked 'for tho largest eggs, which were brought us a tribute to tho king. At the conclusion of the Easter high mass in the chapel of the Louvre lackeys brought into the royal cabinet pyramids of gilded eggs, placed thuin in baskets adorned with verdure; aud the chaplain, after having blessed them, distributed them iu the presence of his most Christian majesty to ull persons about the court. the Una failure, These schools for Journalism are great things. Final examinations were1 recently held for the students at Kan sas University who are t taking the course In Journalism, and only one stu-i dent fulled to pass. He was an expe rienced newspaper man, Sprlugfieli) Republican. Use Plenty of Seed. It ta advisable, in order to start a pasture, to first plow the land deep and harrow well, thereby rendering the earth fine and In good condition for the seed. In selecting seed It Is bost to choose the varieties of grasses that are known to be adapted to the soil and climate, but be careful to use enough seed. Economy In seed Is ex travagance, a loss being the result in the end. When land Is plowed In the fall sow lime on the surface and leave It there. A good start Is everything, and tho greater the variety of grasses the better the variety of pasture. As some lands have been laid to grass for permanent pasture. It is Important to warn farmers against the practice of turning stork upon new pastures. No thing is more Injurious, not so much by the cropping of the gross as from the constant treading of the animals, and, though a few months' deprivation of the field may ho a little Inconvenient at first, the ultimate benefits to the field will be permanent and lasting. High Class Eggs. I do not think it would be possible to get as good an egg yield as I report without tho best of care In feeding. My poultry have been fed three times a day, Juft as early as possible. A duck ten we?ks old will tost less than half what one will four months old, and will bring JiiHt ns much money. Early chicks no larger than quail will often bring more money than those that are kept twice aa long. During nearly the entire four months In which my eggs were sofd, ns reported, tho hucksters were paying but seven cents per dozen In cash, and tho grocers eight cents In trade; but by contracting my eggs to a largo boarding house, warranting every egg to be fresh, and seeing that It was so, I received always two cents or moro alnive the market price. When no nest eggs are left in the nests, and one psrtion gathers the eggs every day, keeps them in a cool place, end mar kets regularly on a given day ench week, It Is perfectly safe to warrant tho egRS. for they cannot be otherwise than perfe tly fresh and good. South ern Farmer. Dejlnners In Gardening As there are a hundred and one de tails In Mardenlng, and several differ ent vr.rietlc of each vegetable, the b-glnner should procure books on gar doning. which can be had of any seeds man, nnd also permit the seedsman to select for him the varieties most suitable for his location, as an Inex perienced person will easily make mis takes In selection. The seed catalogues describe methods of planting, but ncme varieties of vegetables ore better adapted for stock feeding than for the table, while some are early In matur ing and others are lute. Frequently two crops may he had on the same plot during the year, such as early peas followed liy Into cnbbage, or turnips follow onions, but the roll mut-.t be rich nnd well supplied with manure or fertiliser. One ndvantago with small garden Ib that during very dry periods some of the crops can bo wat ered by the use of a hoso end sprink ler. Inexperienced persons should not expect complete success the first year, but there Is nothing too dlillcult. to loarn, and tho second season will prove satisfactory If the weather does not become too dry. Philadelphia Record, Sheep on the Farm. A number of years ago every farmer kept a few sheep, through nn absolute lecesslty of supplying the family with wool for making winter clothing and stockings, regardless of any other val ue they were to him. How choerful it was to tho farmer to hear the hum of the spinning wheel as his good wife manufactured the wool into yarn, and the girls of the family were busy knit ting stockings for the family instead of reading worthless novelB, as a great many do at tho present day. Tbcsa clothes were not so fine as now-a-days, but they were thick and warm, and wore two or three times as long, as the present .machine articles. But since the Introduction of machine mad clothing, theep are not appreciated as they deserve. Of course a great many farmers keep a few sheep, but In many cases they are not kept and managed to maho tho most profit. It Is much the practice with fanners, as soon fti they are sheared to turn them out to tho woods or distant pistura, and very seldom see them, end when they are brought to tho barn they look like a bunch of burrs. 'The value of sheep in cleaning and renovating old fields is too great to be overlooked by tho far tiers; especially when so many havo poor, briery and buu'.iy farms. The farmer must bear in mind that sheep to be of tho most profit must l.e well cared for at all times. Tin demand cf the manufactures will IJl.ely never de crease, and a ready market will be found at good prices at all times, so that wool-growing Is and always will be one of tho most valuable farm in dustries. A good flock of Ehy-p 1b tho best helper, not only in filling the puree, but In keeping up tho condi tion of the land without really any oxtra expense, that Is within the reach of all. One thing should be remem bered that they make a very great mistake, and oubmit to annual loss of more importance than they Imagine, in the absence of a good flock of sheep. An Ohio Farmer, in the Epltomlst. A Tarmer's Peach Orchard. On June 6th tt was very wet here, and we could not plow, or cultivate. I was thinking what fine weather it was for trees to grow rhut had been set last spring. I bad Intended planting an orchard this spring, but was able to get only a few peaches, apples and some grains set I had a lot of seed ling peaches that I had Intended bud ding and planting next year; think ing tho matter over It occurred to me to plant them In the corn and bud tb?m where they were to stand In the future orchard. As It was raining I put on my rubber -coat and went out Into the future orchard, planted the corn, I had set two rows of pear, ap ple and poach trees early in the spring, before the corn was planted. I took a lC-foot pole and measured off for an other row and set a line of stakes. I then got the crowbar and made boles In the wet ground two feet deep the same as for setting fence poots on a line with the stakes and opposite the two rows of trees already set. I went to the barnyard and mado a hole Just below the manure heap and made trenches to lead the liquid manure Into this pool. I took some old palls and carried this liquid manure and poured a quart In each hole; I then went to the ash bin and got some buckets full of ashes and put a handful Into each bole and then filled the holes nearly full of fine soil. Next I took a sand sieve and went to the seedling peach row and with a spade took up one at a time with the wet soil, then pressed a ball around the roots of the young seedlings, carried them In the sieve to the row of holes and placed one In bach hole. I made two holes at each ' place and pressed the moist dirt around them; they were a choice lot of seed lings from select Becdllng pits. When I set these I thought I might as well net tho whole orchard (this was June Cth), so I went Into the old peach or chard and took up the .young seedlings and set 480 trees the same way. we have the lnrgest of them budded with choice varieties. J. W. O. McCor- mick, In tho Epltomlst. Provide for Early Vegetables. "Please give directions about making a simple hotbed, so that a woman who Is ambitious to have a better vegetable garden can make the bed herself, and make the garden, too. I am tired of having to use Inferior vegetables, sim ply because the men folk "have no time for truck." In my Judgment the first essential to a decent home in the country Is a good vegetable garden. This ought to include room for such luxuries as will make the farmer's ta ble the most Inviting In the world. A simple hotbed can be made by taking horse manure with the straw or lit ter that is used for bedding, half and ' half, or two-thirds manure, and piling In a heap, four or five feet high, with tho top level. This will ferment pro bably, without applying water pos sibly not. Now turn this heap three or four times, mixing it very thorough ly each tlmo. When It Is well fer mented, mako your bed. This can be in the ground, or on the ground, as you please. It Is well to build it of brick, for then it will remain perma nently; but If not build of thick boards. If you dig out a foot of soil fill in litter or any coarse stuff, for a eort of bottom drnlnnge; on this pack two or three feet of manure you have prepared, treading It down in layers. On top of this spread on inch or two cf leaf mould, and on top of that four or five inches of fine garden soil Just as flue as you can got It. Some people prefer to build on tho top of the ground, ns that saves digging, and In sures good drainage. ' The framo, when dono, should slope toward the south or southeast about six to eight Inches higher at tho back than at tho front. The glass in the sash should le so laid as to bhed rain. When the soil in the hotbed is warm enough you can toll by feeling of It. Lik out to open your hotbed In th? sunshine, or Jt will be very quickly burnej. Tho snuh should Ho within four or five Inches of the dirt. Another point to .look out for is sowing seed too thickly, and in rows too close together. Better get . i . . . , .i vnur earner umnis iruiusuiuuum. aim then fill in the spaces with other sorts. Thin sowing gives stout plants; other will not be worth setting out. E. P. Powell, In Tribune Farmer. Dairy Notes. If possible, milk the cow you intend to buy at least once before making up your mind. No fair-minded man can object to your doing this;-if he does, look somewhere else for your cow. It is worth a good deal to be able to tell a good cow when we see one. Many rules have been laid down for the guid ance of the man who sets out to buy hut after all the best and safest guide Is the word of an honest man, te man who wants to sell. It Is not true that any kind of salt will do for dairy butter. Salt has a great deal to do with tho quality and keeping properties of butter. Only tho best should, therefore, be used. . It may cost a trifle more to buy it, but the return will make up for that In a short time. s 1 read the advice you gave to milkers about holding the cow's tail with the knee against the pail. Try a weight, one or two pounds, with a wire tojt . - 1 1 i, . 1. 1. . .. V. . 1. 1 1 . milking, or a string with a wire hook Tie the string to tho ceiling behind the cow, then hitch t..3 hook to the brush of the tail. ; Do not carelessly throw down your horsewhips, or leave thorn standing iuj tho whipsockets. For from five to ten cents you can buy a ht-avy- tin whip hanger; which placed lu a handy pi arc In the barn will soon cave the price of a new whip, as the old ones arc! kept In good condition if always hunrf here when not in use. A warped whip; is an unpleasant thing to use and tJ see. It a cracker comes off, do no ute the whip again until a new on is put on. The per capita wealth of England I $210; that of Canada 1240.
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