FREELAND TRIBUNE. PCBIJSNBP KVKIIY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THOS. A. BU OKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STRSKT ABOVK CKNTBB. J SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One Year. |1 SI Six Months 75 Four Months - 50 , Two Months 35 | Siibsrrllwrw arc requested to observe the date I following the name on the labels of their paper*. By referring to this they can tell at a plance how they stand on the books In this office. For Instant': Orover Cleveland 28June0f> means that Orover la paid up to Juno 28, lnr. Koep the flfpire* in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this office when your pujwr is not received. AH arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will be made In (he manoer provided by law. Out of 50,000 Sioux, over 4,000 nro I now members of Episcopal, Presbyter ian or Congregational churches. Lnst year foreigners did not flock to 1 the United States so fast as in former I years; the decline was 125,000. It is 1 strange, remarks the Drover's Jour- ' ual, how the great bulk of the immi grants avoid the South; tlio great West attracts, but the South is uow trying to get a larger share. Professor C. Filmore and Gardner P. Stickney form the nucleus of n branch of the American Folk-Lore So ciety, which is being organized in Mil waukee, Wis., to preserve tho legends and traditions of the region there about that were settled by the Freueh and Spanish, as well as those of the English-speaking communities and of the aborigines of the state. The number of red foxes in Mis souri is increasing very rapidly. In some places there are enough to do considerable damage to crops. There is no known reason for this increase except that fox hunting, which was at one time tho most popular sport in the country, died out to a large extent on account of the scarcity of foxes,and has not been renewed. It would not be at all difficult now to find the ani mals, and that too, within a very short distance of St. Louis. Great alarm was created tho other day in one of the principal courts of justice at Berlin by the presiding judge suddenly becoming insane on the bench. His lunacy was lirst. made apparent when, without the slightest provocation, ho sternly inquired of the witness whethershe liked potatoes. The surprise created by this question was intensified when the judge pro ceeded to make tho most horrible grimaces at the witness, and to talk at random on the most incongruous sub jects, until finally led away by tho court attendants. A great many people have laughed at the old lady who started an alarm on the brick-battleship Illinois, at the World's Fair with her fears that tho ' vessel was about to sail and carry her j off. It is now announced that the ves- \ sel is actually to make a cruiso at an early day from her present moorings to the station in front of Van Buren street, where she will bo permanently moored ns n practice ship for the State naval reserve. The Illinois is tho most perfect counterpart of a battle ship ever built. She is 348 feet Jong by 691 feet beam, nnd weighs about 2,000 tons. The plan is to float her by means of scows after tying her to gether so that she cannot tumble to pieces, and then tow her to 'the posi tion which she is to occupy perma nently. The cost of moving her is estimated at from 330,000 to 330,000. If successful, this will bo one of the greatest engineering feats ever accom plished. The bill which has been passed by both branches of the New York Leg islature and signed by Governor Flower, popularly known as the "Greater New York" bill, submits to a popular vote of the communities in terfstcd on the tith of November nest the question of consolidation with the metropolis under the municipal incor poration. The annexation proposition not only includes Brooklyn, with a population of nearly 1,000,000, and Richmond County, with over .10,000 inhabitants, but thirteen towns and villages, of which Long Islnnd City, j with a population of 30,506, is the most important. Among the others are Flatbush, Flushing, New Utrecht Gravesend and Jamaica Bay, Xhe ag gregate population of the territory which it is proposed to take in is 1,164,053, which, added to that 0 f New York, would give to "(.renter New York," a population of J,o(>s and make it second only to London in the number of its inhabitants among the cities of Europe and America. It, area would be about 317 square miles. | THE WATER LILY. In the slimy be<l of sluffjjish mere j Its root had humble birth, I / And the slender stem that upward grew * Wftsoonrso of liber, dull of hue, j With nought of grace or worth. 1 ' The goldfish that floated noar i Bnw alone the vulgar stem. The clumsy turtle paddled by, Tho water snake with lidless eye~ £ It was only a weed to them. But the butterfly and the honey bee, Tho sun and Bky and air. They marked its heart of virgin gold In tho satin loaves of spotless fold, And its odor rich and rare. 6o the fragrant soul in Its purity, To sordid life tied down, May bloom to heaven nnd no man know, fleeing the roarse, vile stem below, '\ How God hath seen the crown. —James Jeffrey Roche. r THE WINDMILL. fOWARD summer one day, in the years when Burke swayed admiring senates by his elo sion, ami Wilkes thundered against civic abuses, and set all London aflame; in short, when George 111. was King, one Ed ward Gray, scrivener, came down to his native village to spend a fortnight with his sweetheart, Lucy Deal. There were many pretty girls in the country around, but she was the beauty of them all, and ns gentle as she was good. Her father had died when she was a mere child, and his wife faded away some four years later, leaving to little Lucy only the mem ory of that tender love which had cherished her earliest years. So it happened that when Edward Gray, her schoolfellow and playmate, was turned eighteen, and prepared to seek his fortune in the great city by the river, he and Lucy plighted their troth under tho windmill on the hill, and it was settled they should be married as soou as Edward was rich enough to Bet up n home of his own. He had worked hard and prospered since then, and hnd made the long journey to Pen rave this summer to press her to re deem her word and marry him forth with. But Lacy hesitated. The times were strangely out of joint; rumors of war were heard on every side ; there were riots at Bristol— bread riots, what not; the prudent warned her to be careful. "Better wait a little, dear," she said, as they started for a walk the morning after his arrival. "Wait? Why should we wait? Are you not satisfied with me?" "Of course I am. Still another year will soon psss if you are only patient." The lover could not see it in this light. "It is needless to delay any longer," said he, decisively. "Heaven favors the hold, and I miss you sorely when far away." Lucy smilod, but made no answer. They had come to a rising ground, and high above them rose the old mill. The great sails were motionless, anil tho whole building—gaunt audgrim— j looked like some relic of the past set lin a background of blue sky. So old j it was as to bo almost decrepit; the very beams which supported it were worm-oaten and crumbling, and the wonder was thnt it had not tumbled down long ago. Tho girl's eyes rested on it with a wistful interest. "You remember tbo place?" she] ; said. "We used to play hero as ohil | dron, and later—" She paused, with \ a becoming blush, and her eyelashes drooped under hia gaze. "I cannot help fancying our fate is somehow concerned with that of the mill; in deed, I thougut so from tho begin ning." Edward latighod outright. "Nay, goodness forbid!" he cried, gaily. "What can wo possibly have to do witli such a wretched owl-roost? Forty years hence may be— Why, dearest, what is the matter?" Mho turned pale with fear, and he felt her lingers tremble as they rested on his arm. His eyes followed hers, and there, confronting them, was an elderly man, in a dark blue uniform, with a sword at his side. The stranger bent his brow sternly on Edward. "Who are you, fellow, and what are j you doing bore?" ho said. "Fellow yourself!" replied Edward, ' his dark face flushing with anger. "What insolent boor presumes to ad dress me in such terms?" The other drew back and clapped bis hand on his sword. There was a wild scream from Lucy, for Edward rushed at him savagely, and struck at him with all his nervous force of youth and strength and rage. The blow caught the man on the chin, and ( felled him senseless to the grouud. "O, Edward! Edward!" "I have only dealt with him as he j deserved," said Edward, somewhat ruefully, and repenting of his ire; "but 1 meant not to strike so hard, j either." "Ik iH not that, dear. Let us away nnd hide." "Why?" "The press gang.' At those two ominous words Edward shivered, and grew cold in the noon day heat. For in a moment he saw the imminence of his peril, and all it foreboded—seizure, separation from Lucy, exile, perhaps death. His first consciousness, when ral lied from the momentary stupor that hud fallen upon him, was of her voice, breathing encouragement and hope. "Come," she said, "we will make | for the glade yonder, and consider ; what is to be done next. There is no coach 4o London till the end of the week, and you must hide somewhere in the meantime. Seo! he begins to revive ; he moves; there is not a mo ment to lose. Come!" Ho caught at the words instantly, though only murmured, and it was as if a new spirit possessed him. He took her by the hand, and, half-run ning, they glided along till they reached a group of trees about a mile away. There they stopped. For a long while neither spoke. The drowsy hush of the perfect summer day brooded in this secluded spot, un disturbed by movement of sound of any kind. On the trees the sunlight flickered, fled and returned again, playing fantastic tricks among the leaves. Above stretched tho serene and cloudless sky. * 'lf I had only t hat one man to reckon with," said Edward, at last, "I should not care. But thero may bo others as well, and if the worst befall me, he has tho law at his back to ex cuse and condone bim." "You are not in his power yet, nor need you bo if you are prudent. I heard that strange men were seen in tho neighborhood, but understood they wore sorno distance away. Let me go back to the village alone, dear, and ascertain the truth." Her face was composed ; hor expres sion had recovered its natural charm while she spoke to him. All at once she wheeled round with a stifled cry, panting like a hunted hare. Thre men were hurrying across the open space behind to cut off their retreat, and in the foremost of these Edward recog nized his enemy. His eyes flashed. "We must run for it, sweet!" ho muttered between his clenched teeth, and he clasped her round the waist. They were out of the glade and into the open without drawing breath. The BUU was level overhead, and its bright ness almost blinded them as they emerged in its full radiance. Never pausing an instant to glance back, they sped away. The ground was rough and uneven; hard task, in sooth, were it to run fast in such a place. And it seemed to them as if they were fleeing | for their lives. Fortunately, they had gainod a fow yards in starting, for Lucy's cry of alarm the icon paused in doubt, and before they co*id the two were well ahead of them ; Edward drawing her along and encouraging her to do her best. But the sailors' hesitation did not last long; they were used to such work, and in a minute more were in hot pursuit. Had Edward been alone, h 3 would soon have distanced them, there being but one of the number whose swiftness need have caused him any uneasiness as to the result. This man quickly shot out in advance of the other two—a lean, lithe flgure— and the thud of his footsteps sounded perilously near. Soon that one runner was scarce a dozen strides off, and slowly, but surely, gaining on them still. Ed ward groaned. Though Almost breathless by this time, Lucy heard him. "Save your self and leave me," 6he said. Edward laughed aloud at the sug gestion—a laugh so flerco and despair ing that, as the swift pursuer heard it j ringing in the air, ho had a misgiving, I and slackened his pace to let his com rades overtake him. Crafty as well as bold, he saw the folly of leaving them too far behind in an emergoncy. But even this assisted Edward noth ing, for Lucy suddenly succumbed. He still held her round the waist, and bore her on some distance, but the strain was too grout; no muu so laden could run far. She looked up pityingly into his face. Edward stopped, and, careloss of all risks, Hpoke words of comfort to her, but Lucy only sobbed aud hold him tight. Tho other man stopped also, nnd was signalling to tho laggers to make haste. Seeing the quarry at bay, he could afford to tako his time, aud was disinclined to incur any unnecessary danger. Edward raged inwardly to think that he was powerless ; and tho precious minutes were flying fast, never to bo recalled! "If I could only see away out of this," he said. "Ah, if!" echoed Lucy. A change came over his face. ''Listen, dear," he said. "I doubt the power of those men to capture mo if I were alone aud uninjured ; but I | have you to protect, for they might insult you on my account. We are noaring tho hill again; let us try to ascend it, and take refuge in tho windmill. Who knows what may happen after?" Meanwhile the other two had come up with the comrade who had headed them, when, just as the trio were in peep consultation, the fugitives started the race anew. It was their last effort. A tierce shout escaped the astonished watchers as they dashed headlong after the prey. The Hhout ceased abruptly, for Lucy and her lover had suddenly vanished. "Down the vale!" callod the leader, in explanation. The words were hardly out of his lips when they reach the edge of H hollow which none had noticed unil now. There, right before them stood Edward, poising in his hand A great lump of dried earth. Rage and de spair tore at the young man's heart, and gave strength to his arm and steadiness to his aim as he hurled the huge missile at his nearest foe. Down went the varlet backwards, his com rade's head falling cracked under his falling weight ; and in a twinkling the two strong men were rolling helpless on the ground. So sudden was it all, that the third man stood like one benumbed. Then, with a bitter laugh, Edward disap peared. With one impulse they ran to the other side of the hollow, which commanded a view of the hill, and saw the faithful lovers already half-way up the side, at a distance which showed the folly of continuing the pursuit. They looked at one another. "Best give it up, skipper," said one of them addressing the inan in uni form. "'Tisa smart youngster, and has beaten us cleverly. What then? One can easily find stout hearts for King George elsewhere, and I bear no malice." j "Nor I," said the second. The skipper eyed each in turn with a contempt which ho made no effort to conceal. No creature is so touchy about his dignity as a petty officer. "Mighty tine," he sneered, "but you may as well keep your sentiments* to yourself; they won't suit his majesty's navy. Besides, tho scamp struck me in tho execution of my duty." "Oh, as to that, if you're going to drag private quarrels into our busi ness, why, 'tis neither hero nor there; and if you ask my opinion, skipper, I say, after the bother we'vo had al ready, it's sheer waste of patience to go on. Evidently the lad and the lass know the country well, and will lead us a rare fool's dance before wo have a chance of parting them. Small blame to either of them!—in their place 1 would do the same." And the speaker folded his arms, and glared defiance. The skipper felt like a captain whose crew revolts, and his astonishment | quickly turned to anger, but he bridled his wrath. "How do you know what my design is?" said he. "Do you take rao for a clown, bent on wasting my own valu able time and yours into tho bargain? We have only to wait a little, and tho man, or most likely the girl, will be forced to go back to tho village for food ; they can't sit and Rtarve on the hill. Thank your stars that you have to do with a man who understands his business, for your worthless wits would never keep your skins whole for a sin gle hour." He looked round with a sudden start as he ended. "Lie down, both of you," he said peremptorily. Tho gesture and command was so significant that the men dropped on the green in mute obedience ; then the skipper advanced a little way, and, at the risk of being observed, scanned the road closely. No, his eyes had not deceived him. At a bond in the path, he saw Lucy coming quickly along towards tho place where he 6tood. Ho waited to make sure, and then turned round with triumph written on every lino of his face. It was as he had guessed. Deaf for once to the prayers of her lover, Lucy had insisted on venturing back alone. Strong in her love she feared nothing. "They dare not harm mo," she said proudly, and so broke away from him with a last embrace and a promise to return after sunset. The skipper made a sign to his men, and went forward to meet her. The others reluctantly followed him. To do them justice, they were ashamed of their work. Absorbed in thought, Lucy took no notice of them till they actually met, aud even then her look was quiet and composed; no changing color betok ened fear. But when she saw the fierce eyes of the skipper fixed steadily upon her, then, indeed her courage ulmost failed. She looked at each of thorn in turn aud then waited. "You are the girl that was with that man a while ago?" the skipper began. "Where is he now?" Lucy made no answer. "Are you his sister, or his sweet heart -which? Best speak the truth, or it will be worse for you in the end." "Bravely said," retorted Lucy scorn fully. Then she paused. The thought i crossed her mind that it would bo wiser to conciliate than defy liira. "I have done no more than I have a right to do," she wont on. "After all that has passed, you surely cannot expect me to stoop to betrayal." This time no one answered; she slipped quickly past tho skipper, and quickened her pace. But he soon overtook her. "Come, my Inss ;it is idle to jest with us; be not so foolish as that." He reflected a moment. "Mates," said he, "my life on it, but | our bird's not far off. I havo taken a thought, and I mind mo of that windmill we passed yesterday. Let's have a look at it; tho chanco is worth trying for." Sho turned palo directly. This change of countenance did not escapo him, "You must accompany us, lass." He caught her by the arm. As she felt tlie touch of his hand she drew back. "Release me, and I will go with you," she said quietly. Tho party walked on in siience till they reached the clearing in front of the mill door. Here the skipper bade them stop, and warned them to keep near him. He then lifted the latch and went in. They looked eearchingly round, but discovered nothing. The place was dim and close. Now the Hunlight reached the floor at intervals. Now agaiu it was veiled in gloom. "Stay you there while I take a peep at the floor above," the skipper said, stepping toward the winding staircase in the opposite corner. Seeing, this, Lucy lost all nerve, and, careless of consequences, tried to prevent him from going further. "Away!" cried the skipper, and pushed her roughly aside. At that moment an active flgure sprang on him swiftly as a cat; a heavy blow sent him staggering back, and there, con fronting them all, was the mun they sought. The shock of surprise smote them dumb; but before they could speak or move, a low, rumbling sound swept through the building, the walla bent inward, swayed, tottered and sank. With one simultaneous convulsion the old mill fell crashing down in a cloud of dust that hid the daylight, and threw a sudden darkness over the scene. Then, in the darkness and stillness, and the horror of it all, a woman's voice was softly audible : "Dear Edward, only you and I are left now!" She nestled close to him—closer still, and burst out crying. * • * * * • FROM THE PARISH REoisrnr. Marriage. Tho year 1705. T. No. 41. page 12. En ward Gray, of this parish of Fenrave, and Lucy Deal of the same parish, were married in this church by banns, this 2d day of August, in the year one thousand seven hundrod and ninety-five, by me, ALFBKD MAVKBS VICAR This marriage was solemnized between us • EDWARD GBAT, LUCY DEAL, In tho presence of i GEOIIOE EDWARDS, ELIZA JONES. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The circulation of the blood is af fected by music. An ordinary locomotive is said to | consist of 5410 pieces. A new metal named powellite has been discovered in Idaho. The only quadruped that lays eggp is tho ornithorhychus of Australia. It would take about 1200 globes M large as our earth to make one equal in size to Jupiter. Pasteur's patients for treatment against hydrophobia sometimes num ber as many as 129 a month. Dr. T. C. Duncan, of Chicago, says that smallpox epidemics are coincident with great atmospheric changes due to sun spots. It is estimated that by improper methods in tho Pennsylvania mines, thirty to forty per cent, of the an thracite coal was formerly lost. Professor E. E. Barnard has pub lished two striking photographs which indicato that Brooke's comet collided with some other body on October Ist, 1893. Tho Paris Academy of Medicine has decided that milk aud cheese are great brain restorers. Pure casein contains 753 parts in a thousand of organic phosphorus. The fastest time recorded was by the Empire State express on the New York Central and Hudson River Rail road, May 11th, 1893, one mile being made in thirty-two seconds, equal to 112 miles an hour. The phosphate marls of New Jersey have been worked for fertilizers since 17G8. In surveying marl beds a bor ing apparatus made of half-inch gas piping is used. It gives good results to a depth of thirty feet. It is said that a red parnsol destroys in a groat measure the actinic power of the sun and must therefore keep the skin from freckles. Photogra phers long ago availed themselves of this peculiarity of light transmitted through a red medium, and it seems reasonable to suppose that a red shade might protect the complexion. Mr. Chandler, the astronomer, in recent investigations into the period of the star Algol, which is subject to remarkable diminutions and eclipses, says that there is no doubt that the eclipses are produced by a far distant and larger body thau Algol. It is pos Bible that this is a new world so fai distant that light from it has not yet reached this earth. On Wednesday, January 17th, at Brocknell, England, the Rev. C. W. Langmore observed a beautiful lunar rainbow. It appeared 111 the shape of a circle of brilliant white surrounded by a broad band of brown, next came another band of violet, followed bv a bright band of green and a narrow one of yellow. The whole series was en circled by a baud of brown-orange. If there was no dust haze above us the sky would be black. That is, we would bo looking into the blackness of a limitless space. When in tine, clear weather we have a deep, rich blue above us it is caused by a haze. Tho particles in tho haze of the heavens correspond with those of Ihe tube in tho koniscope, and the blue, color is caused by the light shining through a depth of the haze. Tests for Color Blindness. America is far ahead of Great Brit* ian in protecting its travelers by sea from the dangers that might occur through color blindness. The visual examination of all British shipmasters and subordinaie officers is loft to the examiners in seamanship, which is no test at all. Any person that has made this subject a study is aware that none but surgeons or experts in optical sci ence are competent to locate color blindness even in a mild form. The test of color blindness is not in how one can namo the colors of lights but how well he sees them. Four per cent, of the males and one per cent, of the females of all civilized nations are more or less color blind. The law requires that all deck officers of Amer ican steam vessels shall be examined by a marine hospital surgeon, and if found color blind, or partially HO, they must not serve in that capacity. —New York Advertiser. How He Spelled His Name. The late Ottiwell Wood, one of the leading characters of New England, was once summoned as a witness in court. When he was called and sworn, the Judge, not catching his name', asked him to spell it, whereupon Mr. Wood began: "O, double t, i, double u, e, double 1, double u, double o, d." Ihe Judge was too thick-witted to grasp tho meaning of this string of words and letters, and, throwing down his pen in despair, exclaimed: "Most, extraordinary name I ever heard ; will you write it for me, Mr.—Mr. Mr. Witness.' - fit, Louis Republio. BFRING REPAIRS. ' It pays to look the farm over before the hurry of spring work comes on, and find out what ought to be done to keep everything about it in good con dition. If time is taken by the fore lock in this matter, a great deal of the hurry and worry of spring work, as usually experienced on the farm, can be avoidod, aud the sundry jobs neces sary to keeping things about the place in good shape can be done more satis factorily, because more leisurely. American Agriculturist. POTTING COMPOST FOR PLANTS. The soil used for potting is made of one part of clean loaf mold or decayed sods or rich garden soil free from weed seeds, one part of clean sand from a stream, and ono part of thor oughly-decayed cow manure. For bright flowering plants some powdered charcoal is often added, this giving great brilliance to tho bloom. A good liquid manure for house plants is made by dissolving oue pound of ni trate of soda, two pounds of good su perphosphate of lime, and two pounds of fresh wood ashes in a barrel of rain water.—New York Times. TO KEEP HOGB HEALTHY. Cleanly surroundings, pure, clean, good food of tho proper kinds for building the growing frame work whilst growing or for fattening when finishing off is as essential to the health of hogs as to any other animal, says Colman's Rural World, and to reverse these is to induce frailty, weakness, loss of appetite, and, soouer or later, disease. It may bo in individual cases only, or it may attack and decimate the whole herd and bring ruin and dis aster to the owner. Filthy pens, filth fed with food, filthy, rotten, and de cayod food, sour swill, the dead car casses of diseased Hnimals, the drop pings of diseased animals, etc., etc., and a like line of feeding and keeping aro all conducive to uuthrift and dis ease, just as surely as that dry wood will burn when heaped upon a big fire, and we do well to recognize the tact aud act upon it. Hogs as raised and fed for market nowadays are the merest kind of hothouse plants any how. They are crowded, aud crammed, aud made gluttonous from their earliest feeding days and unless great care is taken very easily become feverish, ex cited, overheated, and fit receptacles for floating microbes or other animal culm iu the air, the grass, or on their food. MAKING AND MENDING FENCES. Building and maintaining the fences on the farm is an item of considerable expense. It will be found advisable to plan the farm so as to lessen the quantity of necessary fencing as much as possible. In many cases the greater part of the cultivated land can be put into one field and in this way a con siderable saving be made. What fences are necessary should be good ones. A fence is intended either to keep stock out or in, and if it fails of this purpose it is an expense with out benefit. In the spring go carefully over the fences and see that they are in good repair, as it certainly is not good economy to risk a crop where there is a chance of stock breaking into it. One of the best times for driving posts is in tho spring when the frost is all out of the ground and the soil is soft. If the posts uro well sharpened they can be set more rapidly in this way than in any other. At this season there is always more or less time when the ground is foo wet to work, and the fences can be overhauled without in torforiug with the other farm work. Wire fencing is so cheap and so convenient that it has largely taken the place of other kinds. One decided advantage with it is durability, while a good barb-wire fence will restrain stock that no other kind of fence will. Ono of the best fences, especially when small hogs aro to be restrained, is made with wire netting eighteen to twenty-four inches high at the bottom and three or four strands of barb-wire above this. By using four-point hog wire at the bottom, making the first three or four strands of this kind, and the rest of two-point cattle wire, a hog-proof fence can be made entirely of bar bad wire. When this is done it will nearly always be best to set the posts eight feet apart, taking care to stretch the wires tight. One important item in a good, all-wire fence is to have /good, stout end posts, and to set them deep in the ground and see that tbey are well braced. A very good fence of all-smroth wire can be made by using nii.e or ten wires ard putting in an upright stay not further than every three feet. Two planks at the bottom and three or four strands of barbed wire above them make one of the best kinds of fences that can be built. At present prices it is doubtful if it is good econ omy to make an all-rail fence. ork the timber into lumber, ties, posts or cord wood, and a better, cheaper and more lasting fence can be made buy ing wire. One great advantage of a wire fence is that it takes up much less room nnd is much easier kept clean.—St. Louis Republic. POTATO RAISING MADE EASY. In deciding upon a specialty, loca tion must be considered, thinks C. E. Chapman, of New York. The largest part of the potato crop must be grown within a few miles of a shipping sta tion, as tht bulk makes too much cost for hauling long distances. Thirty bushels at twenty cents per bushel, where but one load can bo drawn per day, little more than pays the cost of hauling. Do not be handicapped from the start in planting ground un suited, or illy prepared. Potatoes require mellow soil; depth and looseness are more necessary than richness. The poor hemlock, yellow land of Tioga County, New York, yields the finest potatoes brought to the New York market. With me phosphates have proved valueless; horse manure spread on clover sod a year previous to planting is the best preparation. The land is plowed in the fall, twice dragged iu the spring, with a spring tooth harrow. The drills are marked out three feet apart with a two-horse reversiblo plow, let ting the plow run as deep as when the land was first plowed, turning all fur rows down hill, which forms a bank on the lower side. Where land is steep the soil cauuot be worked up to the hill from the lower side. The other way is marked with a narrow toothed marker, which drags some fine earth back into tho furrow, which makes a perfect seed bed. Tho cut seed is dropped and stepped on by boys. With the same plow and one horse walking in the trench, the seed is covered, throwing tho soil the same way as before, not back. Tho tubers are covered six to eight inches deep and the ground is two-thirds re plowed. The potatoes will be a long time in coming up, will escape the first crop of bugs, will withstand drouth, can bo harrowed several times, and, best of all, will be strong, rank growers, soon shading tho ground with their foliage. I have never yet found a new tuber below tho piece planted, nor above that point on the stalk which first saw the light, no matter how much soil was piled arouud it afterwards. Therefore it is best to plau so as to have a long bearing stem, with tubers attached far enough from each other to expand fully, instead of a hat full of the size of hens' eggs at tached to two inches of stalk. From the time the potatoes are plant ed uutil they break through tho ground, they are dragged several times with a heavy two-horse spring drag, drawn in the same direction they were covered, but not across the furrows. This levels down the two furrows par tially, aud forms a rounded hill, com pletely mellows the soil in the hill, kills all weeds, can be done by a boy at a very small expense, as compared with cost of cultivating, and is infinite ly better in the quality of work done. By this process no hoe ever goes into the field, nor any sunburned potatoes come out. The root growth iH enor mous ; some of the roots are twenty inches long before any tubers have set. The after cultivation is very shallow to keep the ground from /rusting over after rains, and to keep the soil fino and mellow, so as to serve as a mulch in times of drouth. Helect some large, yielding, medium late, disease resisting, long white po tato, and the battle is half won. Round potatoes are not favorites in the mar ket, and peal to waste. Do not let your seed sprout. In a trial row I out the seed early last season, placed it in crateß aud covered it with land plaster, which kept it cool; when plauted the buds were swollen full, but not enough to break off. Thus treated, it gave the largest yield of any of my trial rows. My rule is to seed according to the quality of the land. Tho poorer the land the farther apart the hills, and the less seed. —American Agricul turist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. A hen should lay about twelve dozen eggs a year. Always see that the milch cow has a good milk-foriuing ration. You can feed clover to laying hens fofir or five times a day with profit. Be sure to fix up a warm poultry house for next winter. Cold hens are profitless. Sprinkle a good dressing of copper as under tho grapevines as a remedy for mildew. Land that cannot be profitably culti vated may ofteu be plauted with trees to advantage. Between hay and grass is a precari ous period for the cows. They will bear attention. In the growing of large strawberries a rich soil thoroughly prepared is an important factor. Good drainage should always be pro vided before the plnnting is done, rather than afterward. Unless a sow has shown characteris tics of early maturity she should not be used for breeding purposes. A weak, delicate horse is poor prop erty. Breed for vigorous action. Breed sound mares to sound stallions. In building your poultry house don't put too much glass in it. One third of the south front is sufficient. The best time to prune the plums is in the spring, between the last heavy freezes and the breaking of the buds. If giveu plenty of room the white and sugar maples are fine door yard trees for shade. A lawn set with maples and evergreens presents a hand some appearance.
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