Freeland Tribune. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. t <- rilOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIKTOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year fl.'CO Sli Months . 75 Four Months 60 Two Mouths g ii Subscribers are requested to observe the date following tho name on tbo labels of their papers, ny referring to this they can toll at a glance how they stand on the books In this office. For instance: Grover Cleveland 28Junr% means that Grover Is paid up to June 28,1806. Keep the figures in ad vance of tho present date. Report promptly to this office when your paptr is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will bp rnude in tho manner provided bylaw. A railroad train in Spam recently mado a run of twenty-five miles in a little over an hour, and, according to tho New York Tribune, the papers are full of jubilaut articles about tho ac hievement. A member of the Leeds (England) Chamber of Commerce introduced a resolution at a meeting of that body a fortnight ago that the government be asked to put tho big, expensive navy to some good practical use, by utiliz- i ing the ships for commercial purposes. He suggested the carrying of the mails, j or passengers, or any remunerative | work, "so as to make the navy wholly | or partially self-supporting." United States Consul Lastremski, at Callao, Peru, who has been con cerning himself with the problem of bettering the trade relations between tho United States and the nine million people on the west const of South America, ascribes to inadequate means of transportation tho present small trade relations, and gives some re markable figures to prove how great is the discrimination in favor of Europe and against tho United States under tho present system. Tho cost of erecting an offico build fng which shall comply with all the provisions of tho Building laws in New York City is said to be about forty cents per cubic foot, while ten years ago it was estimated that the cost of erecting a large building was 82 per cubic foot. A natural result of this reduction, brought about by u variety of causes, remarks the Sun, is that capitalists have decided upon in vesting more money than ever in big buildings, and plans for several have been drawn, each of which is to be twenty-four stories high. Physicians in New York City aro much interested in the case of a man who had a malignant tumor in his throat, involving the vocal cords, states the Boston Cultivator. To save tho patient's life tho doctor removed the lainyx and entire Vocal apparatus, in serting a metallic tube in its place. Nobody thought the patient would ever be able to speak, and he was con sidered lucky if the doctor's makeshift enabled him to continue to breathe. But when the wound healed spouoh re turned and the man can talk in or dinary tones nearly us well as ever. He addressed a clinic of surgeons re cently and told them about the opera tion. His only disability is an inabil ity to shout, but wo have all known people who would be greatly improved for such a chance as this. Someone given to statistics has! discovered that, whereas in 1858 there j wero only seventy lines of industrial j activity open to women, now there are I 000. If the next quarter of a century sees a proportionate expansion of wo man's opportunities, tho New York Mail and Express predicts there will be a demand for protective organiza tions for the men. Women nVegrusp ing creatures, there is no question of that, and while men might be induced to overlook the minor invasion of tLvdr wardrobes, as illustrated by the pres ent mania for shirts, cravats, hats, etc., etc., of an unmistakably mascu line cut, but it cannot bo expected of I them to sit still while tho bread is taken out of their mouths, poor lad dies. It is a woman, as some one in the Ladies' Homo Journal informs lis, who has hit upon a qiuto new and very lucrative lino of business, one. we should think, which would pay quite as well in Now York ns in Lon don, where it has had its rise. It in the business of indexing—indexing everything deserving that distinction. A bright young English woman,a Miss Bailey,is the first to open an indexer's office, and she is making such a finan cial success that she is already casting about for competent assistants. It in dry and wearing work, but women bread winners stop at nothing nowa days that is clean, honorable and 4 'pays." SWALLOWING- ODD THINGS. ZVJSV.TI ARTICLES T7TAT HAVE GONE DOWN SOME THROATS. A Utile Girl Who Swallowed a Big "Hull or Lead-A Watch iu Ills Stomach. "l I JHR eight-year-old daughter of i Waymnn IVrris, a homestead -1 er iu tho Cimmaron Valley, (• writes a correspondent from j Guthrie, Oklahoma, has just been res sued from what appeared to bo certain I lentil. She was playing with a lump j cf lead, out of which her brother pro i posed to make bullets, when, by some I unaccountable impulse, she put it iu her mouth. A second later she was j scared by a vicious cow and swallowed I the lump, which was as large as a me dium-sized walnut. She suffered ex cruciating agony, and lay for an en tire day without proper attendance. Then two physicians were summoned, and one of them regarded the case as hopeless. The other stated that there had been hundreds of worse cases cured, and after three or four days' treatment he succeeded in getting rid cf the unnatural occupant of the stomach without an operation, which would have been impossible unless the child could have been removed to a hospital. The child was out playing within an hour of vomiting the lead, and does not appear to bo suffering any iuconvenienco at all from the ef fects of the accident. It appears that tho capacity to swal low objects of great size varies very much in different people. A burly New York policeman, who looked large enough to swallow almost auy thing with impunity, once detected a burglar in the act, and chased him rigorously for several blocks. Slip ping on the edge of the curb, ho fell heavily, became unconscious, ami the burglar got away. The officer was taken in an ambulance to tho nearest dispensary, where he was carefully ex amined. No external injuries could be found, but he died within two or three hours. An autopsy revealed the fact that when he fell ho swallowed his false teeth, although he had kept his secret so well that no one suspected him of having any. That a lady should be able to swallow her artiticial teeth and live quite a loug time afterward, while a mau of exceptional strength should be killed almost instautaueous ly by the same process, is one of those medical mysteries not easy to solve. In another ease a bartender had an altercation with a customer, who threw a glass at him and hit him in the mouth, knocking out throo teeth, which, unfortunately, tho bartender swallowed. He was not otherwise badly injured, but suffered pain al most incessantly after the occurrence, and after two years died from the effects of the peculiar aocideut. Iu exact opposition to this is the case frequently quoted of a lunatic who swallowed a watch and never suf fered in the slightest degree iu con sequence. The case, which is an authenticated one, took place iu au Eastern asylum, where a lady had called upon her incarcerated husband. After trying various efforts to quiet him sufficiently to enablo him to talk with comparative reason, sho took her watch out of her waistband, and point ing to the face said that in two hours tho man's time would be up and ho could go homo with her. Without a moment's warning tho maniac snatched at tho watch so vio lently that the chain broke. Ho im mediately swallowed the watch and about two iuchos of chain. The shrieks of tho lady brought the at tendant in from the door, ho fearing that the patient had become violent. When the actual facts were explained the doctors wero hastily summoned, and the general opinion was that the asylum would soon bo rid of a patient who had been a perpetual source of worry and annoyance for years. The watch was a small oue, but it was more tliau au inch iu diameter aud more than A third of au inch thick, the situation being aggravated by the fact that it was an open-face watch and that the danger of the glass break ing and cutting the man's insides to pieces was obvious. No difficulty of any kind occurred, however, and aftor about three years the lunatic was re ported cured aud sent home. He lived for several years aud finally died with typhoid fever. His physicians wero very anxious to have a post-mor tem examination with a view to locat ing tho watch, but the friends of tho deceased man objected, and tho mys tery, ua well as the watch And section of chain, were buried with him. It is comparatively common for ohildren to swallow buttons, marbles and small coins, and, as a rule, the effects are not serious. Yet there are oases on record in which the swallow ing of a shoe button, a comparatively •mall object without any sharp pro jections, has caused death. A con jurer who had gone through the pro -o€sa of apparently swallowing knives and billiard balls with impunity for •ome years, turned deathly pale on one occasion when performing before a small audience, and auuouuced in a deep voice that ho had actually swal lowed the knife ho had had in his hand a minute before. It was in reality a small dagger which fortun ately he had swallowed handle first. Possibly the liberties he had taken with his throat for so many ycaro had hardened it Komewliat, for soveral days elapsed before he died. Nothing would induce him to have au opera tion performed, and until his death he suffered untold agony almost every time he moved his position suddenly. On another occasion a conjurer was slipping billiard balls up his sleeve and protending to swallow them, made a fatal error and allowed one of the ivories to roll down his throat. He could hardly be said to have swal lowed it, because it stuck in his throat and choked him almost instantly. A doctor who was summoned removed the ball in a few seconds and said that if lie had been present when the ac cident happened he could have saved the patient. Numerous ensef are on record of people swallowing live objects, frogs, snails and other objectionable creep ing things having been found within a human anatomy on certain occa sions. In aucient times more than one woman was burned as a witch for no greater offense than having within her a frog or some other living ob ject. No one has ever been known to admit having made a meal off a live snail or frog, or having swallowed it whole, and the opinion of the profes sion seems to be ttiat in cases of this kind the creatures must have been swallowed when very small while drinking, and it is well known that animalcule are swallowed by the million, and especially by those who drink water which is both unlilterod and uniced. Fortuuately, however, in an immense majority of instances the new quarters and diet do not agree with the auimal or insect of life thus introduced into the system ami speedy death follows. That there are exceptions to this rule is obviously the case. The expression "going the wrong way," is applied to water or other fluid which is diverted to the lungs by sud den laughter or coughing while drink ing. This unpleasant sensation is fre quently a source of danger, and on a recent occasion in New York while a child was being given a dose of castor oil, it struggled so violently that a fit of violent coughing was produced, the castor oil went the wrong way and the child's life could not be saved. Only one romance in connection with swallowing was told by the young physician. This was in the case of two families who lived iu New Jersey and were distantly connected. For two generations a feud amounting al most to a vendetta had been in pro gress and no member of one family ever spoke to a member of the other as they passed by. On one occasion, while making dinner of a large bone 1 fish, a young lady in one of the fami lies swallowed a good-sized bone, which stuck iu her throat, and soon had her iu a very dangerous couditiou. Oue of the neighbors, who was sit ting at the table, and who was not aware of the feud between the two branches of the family, rushed out and called in a distant cousin of the young lady who he knew to be a medical student. The young man promptly responded to the call and* by the adop- I tion of practical remedies, not eveu re motely connected with either medicine or surgery, soon got the obstruction out of the way and had the young lady ! restored to health. Her parents were so grateful that they lost sight of tne veudetta and asked the young man to call again, which he did repeatedly, finally falling in love with the fair patient, and putting a stop to the fam ily feud by aid of a marriage license and a very hilarious wedding party. The age of heraldry is well-nigh past or the young couple would certainly have adopted a fishbone as their crest. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. WISE WORDS. The possibilities in a case do not prove it. Instruction is but an incidental part of education. To educate is to unfold, and to in struct is to enfold. A. breakfast-table or a long voyage for close acquaintance. Most men are willing to die for their country of old age. Once your friend does you an ill turn ho will never forgive you. Inherited wealth does not neces sarily render a man despicable. Loosen your grip on others some times, but never upon yourself. Most women nowadays are fair just in proportion as they are false. Louging for the future has its pendent iu regret for the past. Imagination is what makes a butter fly of the grub called observation. No one knows the right way so well as one who has once been misled. Sometimes genius may be bound or barred for a time, but she will out. To enjoy one's work is no less neces sary than to enjoy the definite result of it. Emergencies occasion substitutes, and nature is the first adept in the art of substitution. It must be au unusual an 1 peculiar case which CAII require a person to so far forgive and forget an injury as to place himself in a position to invite a repetition of the offense. A Dangerous Disease. Dr. Ellis, superintendent of the In sane Asylum at Singapore, India, lias ma lea curious report 011 the peculiar form of insanity which causes the patient to run amuck. Remarking that fright, grief, brooding over real or imaginary wrougs, the sight of blood and especially that of the patient himself, and a peculiar Htate of ner vous prostration, have been noted as the oxciting causes. Dr. Ellis raises the question as to how far a mail can bo held responsible for his actions when in such a state. He says that there is intense muscular spasm an l unconscious paroxysm of homicidal mania, during which paroxysm the af fected individual will rush through the most crowded streets, stabbing right and left at all coming in his way; after such a demonstration, the duration of which may be from a few hours only to a few days, the patient cannot remember anything that took place during the attack, his usual ex planation being tha. his head was giddy an 1 that all subjects appeared red or black.—New Orleans Picayune, Turn down collars are a new feature >f capes. There are in the United States 30,• 500,000 women. Tho tinkling, jingling chatolainei ire coming back again. Less severe than the Euglish sliapei are tho French sailor hats. Women gardeners are in great do maud in England and Germany. The latest fad in imdorclothing is white silk garments, trimmed with black lace. In Astoria, L. 1., many of tho larg est hot houses are controlled aud man- Aged by women. Deer Isle, Me., has women for town stewards, assessor of taxes and super intendent of schools. 4 'Ouida A dislikes intensely to shako hand 3, a salutation she pronounces to bo of all forms tho most vulgar. The origin of the bustlo is not knowu, but it was worn by French ladies of fashion as early as 1598. Some late fashion notes are to tho effect that the long reign of wool for street costumes is waning iu favor of silk. Greyhounds, roosters, lizArds and tortoises arc made iu gem jewelry for the women who like those pin do signs. Open work ombroidered ecrn bat iste, lined with white or colored silks, is used for full vests iu black silk gowns. Cotton grenadines are exceedingly dressy. Like tho silk and wool fab rics, they arc lined, and with charm ing effect. Mrs. Flommg, tho assistant of Pro fessor Pickering at Harvard observa tory, has recently discovered four new variable stars. Hair cloth and alpaca skirts mado with three ruffles up tho back and a 6teel in the bottom are prophetio of the crinoline scare. Yachting dresses are mado of cream white or blue serge, with red sailor collar, cuffs And panel trimmed with gilt braid nnd buttons. Moire ribbons in delicate colors and shine patterns are in use for trimming black dressos and giving a touch of color to black crepon gowns. The health ol Miss Florence Night ingale has been steadily failing since tho death of her brother-in-law, Sir Harry Vornoy, with whom she made her home. In New Orleans one of tho finest or chestras is composed entirely of wo men, and tho leader and hor corps of well trained musicians are seen at every entertainment of note in that gay oity. The height of elegance in garniture is realized by the association of lace and jet. One choice trimming of this kind preseuts a succession of fans made of jet beads and cabochons and edged with box plaited point d'esprit lace. It has been deoidod that the deacon esses of tho Methodist Church shall wear black gowns, with gathered or plaited skirts, bishop sleeves, round waists, turn down collars and white cuffs. They may "friz" their hair if they desire to do so. A now dross material is called 4 4Ven etian," and is to take the place of oashmorc; and a silk chock called "Scotch llama" is very soft and fine in texture. Tiny checks are becom ing very popular for walking dresses, bicycling costumes, etc. Married women are being deposed from service iu tho public schools of the Australian colony of Victoria. Under a new law when n woman mar ries she mast resign her place. The main design of the change is to give advantage to single women. Six weeks ago a young girl, who lives in Pouglikeepsie, N Y., applied a bleaching preparation to her hair, and since then she has becii confined to her bed with threatened congestion of the brain. Her hair and the skin on her head have both come off. Black stockings, eithor in silk, lisle thread or balbriggau, remain in favor. Tan colored are the only rivals, whioh are often chosen to go with tan suede slippers. With evening toilet 3, stock ings match the slippers, which are of satin, moire or material of dress. A most dainty fan for a young lady is of white motlier-of-pcarl, each stiok wreathed with tiny pink roses aud en riched with gilding. The ornamenta tion is interrupted by au inch-wide band of vellum, gracefully painted with wreaths of flowere. Above this the sticks are again seeu and nro richly gilded. Tho leaf is of white silk, and has soft, green medallions surrounded by silver spangles. Miss Julie It. Jeunoy, a daughter of Colonel E. S. Jeuuey, one of tho bo*t known lawyers of Central Now York, has beon admitted to the bar at the general term in Syracuse. MissJen ney was a member of a class of twelve law studonts, all young men oxcepl herself, who were examiued at the same time. The examiuers say that •he was splendidly successful aud pre dict for her a brilliant career. The capability of Miss Wilkinson, Who is the successful landscape-gar dener of the Metropolitan Public Gar den Association of London, has sug gested to American women a new vo cation that may in time be opened tc them, a vocation both healthful an<! delightful. Asa step towards it it 'ia proposed by a number of people iu Philadelphia that six women having a taste for out-of-door life study forestry under a specialist. - HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. DON'T NEGLECT TIIE DISH CLOTHS. No articles in kitchen use nro so likely to be neglected and abused as the dish cloths and dish towels. Put t teaspoonful of ammonia into the ivater in which these cloths arc, or ibould be, washed every day. Hub loap on the towels; put them in the water and then rub them out; rinse; 3ry out doors. Dish cloths and towels need never look gray and dingy—a perpetual discomfort to all housekeep ers. —New York World. TO CLEANSE SILK FABRICS. For every quart of water needed, pare, wash and grate one large potato. Put the potatoes into cold water and let them stand two days without stir ring, then carefully pour off the clear liquor into a vessel of a convenient lize in which to wash tho silk. The washing is done by dipping the silk up and down in the water; is there are spots draw the silk smoothly through the fingers, but do ' not rub it or allow it to wrinkle. Hang the silk over a lino and let it drip nearly dry; then lay it llat on tho table, and with a cloth wipe it first on one side and then on the other. If it must be pressed place it between flan nel and use a moderately hot irou. Hibbon can bo nicely smoothed by windiug it around a large round rol ler of smooth wood covered with seve ral thicknesses of cloth. If you have new dress silk that is not to be made up for months, by all means got a large smooth piece of round wood to roll it on. Straight breadths of old silk are kept best if rolled in this way.—New York Dis patch. MARKING CLOTHES. A number of people shirk the very simple task of marking their clothes legibly ami permanently, and this, too, at a timowhen almost everybody's things are sent to a professional wash, to be mixed up with heaps owned by strangers. Yet writing one's name on a collar or haudUereliief is almost as simple as scribbliug it on paper. A very little patience is required, and a fire should he close at baud to fix tho ink indelibly. Printed tapes and letters to bo sewn on are well enough in their way, but not much protection against an article being stolen, asthoy can bo picked off by anybody. A uamo conspicuously inked on tho material is a better safeguard. With new brands of marking ink it is necessary to pay some slight attou tion to tho directions issued with each bottle, so as not to write with a steel peu when a quill is demanded, nor to use heat wheu uono is required, nor to mix liquids wrongly when two happen to be given. If a woman shrieks out that two dozen fine new handkerchiefs and a whole batch of table napkins have dropped iuto holes where she printed her name she has evidently treated her chemicals by the opposite plan to that advised. However suc cessful you may bo yourself, never recommend your own favorite make of marking ink to anybody, for fear the process should bo conducted the wrong way aud you recoivctlio blame. Even among our nearest and dearest friends there nro some who insist ou blundering over very simple work, and it is best for thorn to luarn wisdom from their own exploits.—Now York Advertiser. RECIPES. Escalloped Tomatoes—Put a layer of tomatoes in an earthen dish ; theD one of bread crumbs, with a little sugar, butter, pepper and salt; au other of tomatoes, another of bread, until the dish is full. Bake three quarters of an hour. Asparagus Omelet —A nice breakfast dish is asparagus with eggs. Boil twe pounds of the vegetable, cut off the tender tops and lay thorn on a buttered pie dish, seasoning with pepper aud salt, and two tablespooufuls ol melted butter. Beat four eggs just enough to break the yolks and pour over the asparagus. Bake eight minutes in B good oven. Servo with slices of tendoi broiled ham. ComMuflins—Two cups of corn meal, aifted with a teaspoonful of salt, one and a half cups of rice, oue toaspoouful (not heaping) of lard, enough boiliug water to scald it all aud leave it thick, two eggs well beaten, one-half teaspoonful saleratus, enough sour milk to make a rather thin batter. Grease your gem pans slightly with lard (wo use the Southern mulliu rings and like them better) uud bake as you bake corn dodgers. And you will liavo some royul muflitis. Duchess Soup—This soup is ore ol Mrs. Rorcr's aud is a very good oue. Put a quart of milk over the fire in a double boiler, with a blade of mace aud slice eich of carrot and onion; rub together two tabiespoonfnls each of butter and fiour and when tho milk boils remove the vegetables and stir in this roux; add three heaping table spoonfuls of cheese, take from the fire and add tho beaten yolks of thre eggs. Season to taste aud serve a! once. A change is made by using chicken or veal stock instead of milk, or half of each. Fried Hasty Pudding—Put oni quart of water ou to boil. Mix on< pint of corn meal, one heaping table spoonful of flour aud one teaspoonfu! of salt with one pint of milk. Stii this gradually into the boiling watei and boil three-quarters of an hour, stirring often. Fill a bread pan with cold water aud let it stand a tew min utes. Throw out tho water and pom in the mush. When cold turn out on a platter, cut in slices three-quarteri of inch thick, roll them in flour and brown each side in hot fat in a frying pan. Or roll tho slices in thumbs, dip in egg, roll in cfuuib3, and fry in deep fat. SELECTING SEEDS. Every man that plants seeds, whether for tho farm, tho vegetable or flower garden, should select those that do the best iu tho locality where they are to be planted. Different soils require different varieties, and every farmer or gardener should select, after trial, the kinds that succeed best on his land. One of the best guides in this direc tion is to note the success of the vari tios used on similar soils by neighbora; the State experiment station can also usually givo good advice. —American Agriculturist. CONTRACTS WITH HIRED MEN. A contract with a farm laborer is not necessarily to bo made in writing, but it is wise to mako it so, in case of disputes that so often arise when the man suddenly makes up his mind to leave just at haying or harvest time. Tho safest way to make a contract to meet this frequent contingency is to scale the wages, giving the least the first month and increasing each month so that at the end tho largest amount is paid. This may be arranged in this way : If the sum is S2O a month and the time live mouths, tho amounts may bo slfi, $lB, S2O, $22 aud $24. The average is S2O, and if the man leaves before the end of the term ho forfeits the larger sums. In the contract everything agreed upon must be writ ten down; it must bo signed by both, one copy for each, and witnessed, both parties stating to the witness that they agree to the terms of the contract. This will avoid many disagreeable dis putes and many changes that will otherwise occur. If tho man leaves without due notice provided in the contract, ho should forfeit the whole wages of tho broken mouth, and the payments should be made on the 10th of tho mouth followiugthe work done. This gives some security against sud den leaving by tho man.—New York Times. CONTRACTED IIOOFS IN MULES AND HORSES, Contraction of tho hoof in horses and mules can scarcely be called a disease, but merely the result of some injury to tho parts, for it may occur from alternate soaking aud drying the feet, from bad shoeing, and removing the frog, which supports tho walls of the hoof. An animal that is ieverely foundered, followed by severe inflam mation in tho legs and feet, is almost certain to have contracted hoofs,unless given prompt attention in reducing the fever in the feet. Contraction, of course, implies a wasting awuy of the internal structure of tho feet. Re move the shoes and then keep the mule standing in a puddle of wet clay for twelve hours a day, or wrap the front feet in rags and keep these con itantly wet until tho inflammation lubsides, then apply hoof ointment to keep the horu soft. It may take two or three weeks of 6oaking in water half a day at a time to reduco tho in flammation, but if kept up it can icarcely fail to remove tho fever. Have tho edges of tho hoof smoothed off level and even, and then when tho animal is in condition to do light work have your blacksmith put ou a bar •hoe to protect the heel and prevent oracking. For a hoof ointment use equal parts of sweet oil, pino tar aud mutton tallow, and in warm weather add a little beeswax to make it harder. For the stiff cords of the leg rub them two or three times a day with the hand and apply almost any good liniment or simple spirits of camphor. Never attempt to work an animal while there is anything the matter with the feet. —New York Sun. LIBERAL MANURING FOR CORN. If any one has gained tho impres sion from what has been heard from lecturers at institutes the past win- I ter that corn cau be successfully grown without a supply of plant food, applied or already in the soil, ho has only got to try it to be convinced of tho error. Corn, in common with all other plauts, draws on a store of plant food out of which to make up its growth. If this supply is not within reach it refuses to grow, the same as any and all other plants. The idea, then, that it does not exhaust the soil, or draw upon manures that may be applied is an error. It is true that through experiment in these later years it has been learned rhat in some way corn will make a crop with a less application of tho one material nitrogen than formerly was supposeJ. In some way it sup plies itself, and without the hand of tho farmer, with at least a portion of this one important ingredient that is represented in the crop after grown. In many cases lands that have been raauured with barn manures for a long series of years contain a surplus of this one ingredient, which the corn may draw upon possibly for several crops. And then again, thero is evi dence that goes to support the theory that the corn plant has the power to secure a measure, at least, of its needed nitrogeu from the air. Whether it is the one or the other that is really the source of supply, the fact remains, all tho same, that good crops of corn are being grown with a smaller application of nitrogen than was fortnerly deemed necessary. But it is this one element only that cau be spared or can be reduced in quantity iu the growing of this crop. The phosphoric acid and the potash r—2it be supplied in tkq full propor- tion called for. In manuring with barn manures the application must be liberal enough to meet the wants of the crop in these two elements or it will bo a failure. If heavy crops are wanted tho manuring must be liberal. Corn cannot mako the crop without the full supply of plant food. No farmer, then, need conclude ho can grow corn successfully with scanty ap plications of manure. —Maine Farmer. VALUE OP STRAW ON TIIE FARM. Straw is worth more to any farmer to use at home than it is to sell, writes E. R. Flint, of Michigan, to the Amer ican Agriculturist. The cost of baling is one dollar and a half per ton, be sides boarding tho four men and two teams of the pressors. Add to this one dollar per ton for hauling to market, anil the amount reaches close to three dollars per ton. Good, bright wheat or oat straw sells at from three to four dollars a ton, seldom reachiug the lat ter figure. Where tho profit comes in is not clear, yet there aro largo numbers of farmers who sell all the straw they can possibly spar a every year, actually depriving their stock of bedding to do so. Straw is not of great manurial value in itself, yet fur nished freely to stock in the form of bedding, or where thoy can tread it into the litter of a barnyard, it ad<!4 greatly to the value of the manure by absorbing tho liquids and holding tlm gases, to say nothing of the added comfort to man and beast obliged to travel over it. It is always a mark of an intelligent farmer to see well lit tered stables and a barnyard dry enough to be comfortable under foot. Can anything more uncomfortable for any animal be imagined than to ho foiced to occupy a stable where therj is a week's accumulation of filth, un relieved by the thick coating of straw which would, ut least, make its bed dry, if not clean? Yet that is exactly the state of many a stable, and that too, perhaps, with a straw stack within a rod of it. I wish it were possible to impress upon the mind of every farmer the desirability of providing all his stock with a good thick bed of dry straw. No one should be guilty of robbing his animals of that comfort for the few paltry dollars that tha straw brings. But there is another point. On heavy soil nothing surpasses straw to lighten aud loosen it. Spread the straw aud plow it under, and if it does not plow under, scatter it in the fur row for the next furrow slice to cover. If this plan is followed it will not ho many years before a change may bo observed in the character of the soil; it will be more friable, as well as more fertile. It is a bad practice to burn the straw. Tho ashes may have some manurial value, but not much in pro portion to tho whole straw. The valuable nitrogen has been waftod away by tho flames. It may be that on some farms tho quantity of straw is so great that there is no other way of disposing of it, hut burning is cer tainly the least desirable way of do ing so. Give tho cattle, horses or sheep access to a stack of straw through tho winter, and there will net be much of it left in the spring. Oat and burley straw make good feed for stock, given in connection with grain. When hay is high-priced, it would bo wise to utilize a portion of the straw in this way. Another profitable use for straw, in many instances, is in keeping out tho cold from tho stables. If there is a place where tho wind whistles through or the snow sifts, nail boards to the inside of the studding, beginuing at the bottom, aud fill tho space between that and the outside with straw. It is excellent for this purpose, and will soon pay for the expenditure in the improved condition of tho stock. This is especially true of cows in milk. Nothing more quickly shrinks the flow of milk than cold. In finding methods to dispose of surplus straw, do not forget the hog pen. No animal more oujovs a goo I dry bod than u hog, and there is no more perfeet picture of conteut than a number of hogs comfortably nestled in a pile of straw. There is no reason why a hog should be regarded n* partial to filth. If he could talk b/i would express himself in favor of clean food and dry quarters. True, ho seeks relief from heat and flies in a mud hole when he can liud no clean water, but if ho had access to the straw stack he would show his appreciation of it. Feed the straw, work it into the manure pile, tread it under foot in the barnyard, plow it under ground, dispose of it as a mulch around trees, berry bushes or grape vines, but never sell straw off the farm. It is needed at home, and should bo used there in some way. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Give the colts a good start and there will be little trouble about the finish. It would seem to be only a question of time when the Clydesdale audShire breeds would unite. The best grades of butter have no foreign market to sustain prices, hence the slump this year. The red raspberry is a good honey plant, and larger and better berries are the result of the visit of the bees. It is folly to raise a scrub, when a grade which will bring double price can be as easily bred, and as cheaply raised and fattened.
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