Fkeeland Tribune. PUBLISHED KVEIIT MONDAY AND TIIUBSDAY. RILOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICK: MAIN STBBBT ABOVJS CEHTE*. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ono Year ...41 Cfl Blx Months 75 Four Months 50 r*o Months 25 Bubscribere are requested to observe the date following the name on tbo labels of their paiero. By referring to this tliey can tell at a glance how they stand on the bookß in this office. For instance: Grover Cleveland 28J une9s means that Grover la paid up to June 2R, IH9&, Keop the figures in advance of the present date, lteport promptly to this office when your paper (s not received. Ail arrearages must bo paid when |Miper is discontinued, or collection will be made In the manner provided by law. Night refuges in Paris shelter the arts. Tho nine establishments in 181)3 wcro used by 137 actors, forty-threo singers, seventy-one musicians, twelve pianists, twenty architects, 398 artists (painters), fourteen authors and eight een journalists. Twenty years ago Dr. E. 11. Dewey, of Meadville, I>enn„ wroto a book proving that the way to be healthv was to go without breakfast. The cult has lived since thon, and, accord ing to tho New London (Conn.) Day, there aro more than one hundred per sons in that town who eat no break fast. Tho proportion of women suicides to that of men is small; whether be cause their moral courage is loss, their moral courago more or their woes lighter, it would bo interesting to know. It may, however, bo safely as sumed that the last named is not tho reason, observes the New Orleans Pic ayune. Tho importance of forestry is urged by Professor W. T. Thistleton Dyer on account of the probability that tho supply of timber may bo exhausted beforo that of coal. It further ap pears in view of our complete depen dence upon the products of the vege table kingdom for tho necessaries of our existence. Tho proposition of some romantic writers to put their romances to the test by actually living through the ex periences described should bo dis couraged, maintains the Chicago Rec ord. Anyono trying to live tho ex periences of a romaueo of tho modern sensational school would como into contact with tho police before ho had lived past tho first chapter. One of the tendencies of the ago in the way of railroad improvement, noted by tho New York Telegram, is tho increased length of rails. Tho Penn sylvania has laid a few miles of sixty foot rails, and the Lehigh Valley has been trying forty-five-foot rails. Now tho Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo will lay a few miles of tho sixty-foot rails as an experiment. The utility of the long rail is that it re quires fewer joints, and, in conso quonce, affords smooth riding. Tho growth of scholarships in tho lending universities of this country is one of tho best signs of educational progress, declares the San Francisco Chronicle. A scholarship can only bo obtained by a good student who has mustered his specialty, but at C'ornoll University the system is now tried of offering eighteen scholarships, each worth 8200 for two years, to freshmen who pasß certain special examinations in addition to tho usual test for ma triculation. If many of our colleges spent less money on buildings and more on scholarships tho work done would bo greatly improved in quantity and quality. "Dimo Novel" Beadle, the man who Became famous as tho publishor of "dimo novels" long before cheap liter ature was BO plentiful as it is now, died at residence in Cooperstown, N. Y., recently, announces the New Or leans Pioayuno. Seeing tho immense profit to be made on cheap and sensa tional literature, in 1853 Mr. Beadle established a printing offlco for thnt purposoin New York, and thus became the forerunner of tho many concerns which now flood the country with flashy stories—stories that fill tho small boy's heart with delight and his soul with crimo. Parentß and polico who have been called on to discipline little boys whoso hoads have been turned by tho wild adventures of "Bluo Mick, the Bowery Tough," and stories of that ilk, hardly regard Mr. Beadle as a publio benefactor, but, on tho other hand, one must remember with abiding gratitudo that ho inaug urated tho movement that put tho best thoughts—the greatest books—within the reach of tho poorest. "FROM SHADOW--SUN,'' I learn as tho years roll onward And leave the past behind, That much I have counted sorrow liut proves that our God is kind Tlmt many a flower I longed for Had hidden thorn of pain : And many a rugged by-path Led to fields of ripened grain. Tho clouds but cover tho sunshine, Thoy cannot banish tho sun ; And the earth shines out tho brighter When tho weary rain Is done. Wo must stand in tho deepest shadow To see the clearest light; And often from wrong's own darkness Comes iho very strength oi right. The sweetest rest is at oven, After a woarisomo duy, When Iho heavy burden of labor Has been borno from our hearts away. I An I those who have never known sorrow Cannot know the infinite peace That falls on the troubled spirit, When it sees, at last, release. We must live through the dreary winter If wo woul 1 value tho spring , And tho woo Is must bo cold and silent 11 iforo the robins sing. The flowers must lie buried fn darkness before thoy can bu I and bloom ; And the sweetest and warmest sunshine Comes after the storm and gloom. So the heart from tho bar lost trial Gains tho purest joy of all, An 1 from lips that have tasted sadness Tho sweetest songs will fall. For as peace comes after suff jrinj, And love is reward for pain, 30. niter earth is heaven— And out of our loss tho gain. —Agues L. Pralt. A POSTAL COURTSHIP. BI LITCriFIELD MOSELEY. TV— HE prettiest Jittlo * B creature I ever I saw," said Mr. Willoughby Vane, i-p"*) is ho turned from US.I the window for the fiftieth time that ■jjjl morning. "Jane," uj he added, address • ! ing the housemaid, P who was clearing I away tho breakfast B things, "have you | any idea who the ta> people are who havo token old Mr. Adderly's house, opposite?" "Well, yes sir, if you please," re turned the handmaiden. "I met their cook nt tho grocer's the other day, and she said that hor master's name was Black—Captain Choker Black— and that he was staying hero on leavo of absence with his wifo and daughter, sir." "Oh, indeed; did sho happen to mention the young lady's name." "Yes, sir ; sho called her Miss Eva." "Eva! What a charming name!" murmured Mr. Willoughby to him self ; and then he added aloud: "That will do, Jane, thank you." Mr. Willoughby Vanco was a bach elor, twenty-eight years old, rich, in dolent anil tolerably good looking. He lived with a widowed mother in a pleasant house in Albany, anil, hav ing nothing else to do, hail fallen des perately in love with his pretty vis-a vis, and anxiously sought an oppor tunity for an introduction. However, having discovered tho namo of his enchantress, he determined to address her anonymously by letter. Having decided upon taking [this step, the next thing to be dono was to put it into execution, and, having shut himself in his little study, after many futile attempts, ho succeeded iu forming an epistle to tho lady to his satisfaction, begging hor, if sho valued his peace of mind, to return an answer to "W. N., Postofliee, Albany." That done, ho went out for a walk, and dropped tho letter in tho nearest box. llogularly, throo times a day, for a week afterward, ho called at the post office to soo whether an answer had arrived for him. As tho week ad vanced Willoughby began to loso his appetite, and grew so restless aud irritable that Mrs. Vane, liko a fond mother, fancied that her dear boy was ill, and begged him to cousult their medical adviser. But her son laughod at her, knowing well that his com plaint was beyond tho doctor's skill to cure. He was beginning to despair of ov.or receiving a reply, when, to his great delight, on tho soventh morning, a letter was handed to him by tho post master, written in a dainty female hand, and addressed to "W. V." Al most unable to conceal his emotion ho quitted the postolfice, broke open the seal and drank in the contents. They evidently wero of a pleasant nature, for he read the letter over again, kissed the envolope, put it in his breast pocket, and hurried home to see his inamorata looking out of the window of tho opposite house, as usual. For a moment his first impulse was to salute her respectfully, but im mediately afterward he bethought himself that as he was still incognito the young lady would perhaps feel in sulted by tho actiou. Besides, how could she kuow that he was "W. V. ?" 8o ho went indoors, and amused him self for three hours iu inditing a reply to her letter, which liu posted the samo afternoon, aud in duo coursp a second answer arrived. And so matters went on, a constant interchange of letters being kept up for a fortnight, during which time Mr. Willoughby Vano spent his days runniug to and from the postolfice, writing letters and wutching his fair neighbor from tho window of the dining-room. "Confound it!" he would somo timob say to himself. "How very provoking tho dear girl is! She never will look this way. Ido wish I could catch her ove. if only for a moment. What a horribly sour looking old crab tho mother is! Depend upon it, Willoughby, that poor child is anything but happy at homo with those two old fogies. Indeed, her letters hint as much." And having given vent to his toolings, ho would put on his hat and walk to tho post office, or shut, himself in his room and compose another note to his "Dearest Eva." At length, threo weeks having flown rapidly away in this manner, ho re ceived a letter ono morning from tho young lady, which ran as follows: "To \v. v.'— "Sir—As it is usolcss to continue a corre spondence in this manner. I think it is now time for you to throw oIT your incognito, and reveal your true name and position to one to whom you arc not totally indifferent. I Doiieve me that nothing inspires love like mutual confidence. Prove to me that I have not been imprudent in answering your let ters by at once informing mo who you arc. It is with no feeling of idle curiosity that I ask this, but simply for our mutual satisfac tion. Yours, ftc.. EVA." To which Wiiloughby replied by re turn of post: "Dearest Eva ( f you will porm't mo to call you such?) —Have you not for wee * s past observed a young man, with his hair brushed hack, anxi'.us y watching you from tbo window of tbo opposite house? And al though you have apparently never taken the slightest notice of him, I trust thit his fouturcs are net nitogotner repulsive to you. I am that individual. Charmed l>y tho graceful mage of thinooj-p, Day after day I watoh and druam und sigh : Watch the -, dream of thoe, sigh for thoe ftlono, Pair star ot Albany—may I udil mine own? to quote—with some alterations—tho noble stunz iof the poet Brown. Aud now I hove a lavor to ask you. Whenever you see mo at the window take no notice of mo at pr s ent, lest my mother should observe it. In a few days she w II bo going out of towu, and then wo can throw oIT all restraint. Till then, adieu ! Adieu, my adorable one, adieu ! My oyt's aro ever on you. Your ow\ "WILLOUOIIBY YANK." To which cpistlo cumo the following answer: "Dour Kir—You explanation is perfectly satisfactory. I rany also add, your features aro not at all repulsive to EVA. " "Bless her! What a delightful lit tle soul sho is!" ejaculated Willough by. And ho went out, ordered a new suit of clothes and had his hair cut. "Willy," said Mrs. Vane to hor son tho next morning, "I wish you would do something to improve your mind, aud not waste your time looking out of tho window all day as you have lately done. Come and read tho As sembly debates to me, if you have nothing else to do." The worthy lady was a red hot poli tician, and for threo mortal hours she kept him nt this delightful task; at the expiration of which time ho suc ceeded in escaping to his own room, where ho wroto the following note to Eva: "Dearest Eva—l am ovorjoyod nt the contents of your brief communication. If, as you suy, my matures aro uot altogether repulsive to you, may I hope that you will consent to bo miuo—miuo only? "WiLLOconnv." Buck carno tho reply the next morn ing : "Dear Willoughby—Your reply has made me very happy. It is vory dull hero—no so ciety except father and mother. I long for moro congenial companionship. Thine, "EVA." In this delightful manner tho days flew on--halcyon days, too, for Wil loughby, and sweotenod by tho inter change of this and similar lover-liko correspondence. On tho following Monday morning Mrs. Vane left town on a visit to soino frionds in Saratoga, leaving her son to keep house at homo. That same afternoon one of Captain Black's servants brought the following note for Willoughby: "Willie— Havo you any objection to my telling my dear papa all? Matters have now gone so far that it will be Impossible for eithor of us to retract what we have written. I,ot us take papa Into our confidence. I know his kind nnd generous nuturo well and have no fear tline he will oppose our union. Pray send men line by bearer. "EVA." Tho auswer was as follows : "My Own Eva—Do whatovoryou consider best. My Into is iu your hands. It your papa should rofuse his consent, I—, but I will not think ot anything so droudtul. Pear uot that 1 shall ovor retract. Life without you would be a desert, with no oasis to brighten It. Yours until death. " WILLOCQHBV." That evening, just as Willoughby had finished dinner, he heard a loud doublo knock at tho street door ; and on its being opened, a strange voico inquired in n loud tone : "Is Mr. Willoughby Vano at home?" His heart boat violontly as Jaue, en tering the room, said: "A gentloman wishes to speak with you in tho library, sir." And sho handed him a card, in scribed "Captain Choker Black, 1001 st Regiment, N. G. 8. N. Y." "I will bo with him in a moment," said Willoughby; and he swallowed a couple of glasses of sherry to nerve him for tho interview. "Captain Choker Black, I believe?" ho said, as he entered the library. "Your servant, Bir." said tho gallant Captain—who, gluss in eye, was bus ily enguged iu scrutinizing an engrav ing of the battle of Gettysburg. "Your servant, sir." Have I tho pleasure of addressing Mr. Willoughby Vano?" Willoughby bowed. "Then, sir, of course you know tho business that has brought mo here." Terribly uervous, and scarcely knowing what answer to moke, our hero bowed again. "Come, come, sir; don't bo nfraid to speak out 1 My daughter has mado me her confidant; so lot there bono reserve botweeu us. Eva bus told mo all!" Hero poor Willoughby blushed up to tho roots of his hair. "You see, X know all about it. You have fallen dusperately in love with the poor girl, and, although you have never exchanged threo words togeth er, yon aro already engaged to be mar ried. Mighty expeditious, upon my word I Ha 1 ha! ha! Pray excuse mo for laughing, but the idea is some what comical. Ha! ha! ha!" As tho Captain appeared to bo in a ' very good humor, Willoughby's cour ago began to rise. "Don't mention it, sir. You aro her fafchor, and have a right to do what you please. But I sincerely trust that you liuvo no objections to offer." "I? Nono! Believe me, I shall bo delighted to soo my Eva comfortably settled. But, harkye, sir. Business is business. lam a plain, blunt mau ; and fifteen years' sojourn with one's regiment on the plains doesn't help to polish one. First of all, what aro your prospects?" And tho Captain drow a notebook out of his pocket and proceeded to ex amine our hero as if ho was in a court of justice. "You aro an only son, I bolievo?" "I am." "Good!" And down went tho noto in the pockotbook. "Your ago?" "Twenty-eight next birthday.* "Twenty-eight! Good. Is your constitution healthy?" "I believe so. I have had tho moasles, whooping cough and mumps." "Disorders peculiar to infancy. Good." And tho Captain scribblod away again. "Aro you engaged in any business or profession?" "None." "Then how on earth do you livo?" "On my private income, Captain." "Then all I cau say is you're an un commonly lucky fellow to bo able to I subsist on that. I only wish I could. What is your income?" "About four thousund a year." "Is it in house property, shares in limited companies or in 'govern ments?' If in public companies, I should bo sorry to give two years' purchase for the lot." "In the new four per cents." "Good ! I think I may say very good. What, sort of temper aro you?" "Well, that's rather a difficult ques tion to answer," said Willoughby, smiling for the first timo. "Hang it, sir, not at all!" returned the Captain. "If anyone asked me for myjtemper, I should say, 'Hasty, sir; confoundedly hasty!' 'And Chocker Black's proud of it, sir; proud of it." "Say about tho average," answered Willoughby, timidly. "Temper average," snid tho Cap tain, jotting it down. "I think these nro about nil tho questions I havo to ask you. You know my daughter bv sight?" J "I have had tho pleasuro of sooing her frequently—from tho window, sir." "And you think you could bo happy with her?" "Think, Captain! lam certain of it." "Very good. Now, harkye, Mr. Willoughby Vane. Marry her, treat her well, and bo happy. Neglect hor, blight her young affections by hard ship or cruelty, and, hung me, sir, if I don't riddlo you with bullets! I'm a man of my word, and I'll do what I say, ns sure as my namo's Choker Black!" "I have no fear on that score, Cap tain. Unite her to me, and if a lifo of devotion " "I know all about that," said the Captain. "Keep your fine phrases for tho girl's ears. Give mo your hand, sir. I've taken n funcy to you." "You flattor me, Captain I" "Hang it, sir, no! Choker Black never iudulgos in flattery. Don't bo afraid to grasp my hand, sir; it is yours as long as I find you plain sail ing and straightforward. But if ever I suspect you of any artifico or decep tion, I'll knock you down with it. So now, I hopo wo perfectly under stand each other." "Ono word more," said Willoughby. "Am I to understand that you consent to our union?" "Certainly. You can bo married to-morrow if you please. Sir, tho happiness of my dear child is my first consideration. lam not a brute— not ono ol thoso unnatural parents peoplo read of in novels. Choker Black may bo a fire eater on the field, but, at any rate, he knows how to treat his own flesh and blood." "Captain, you overwhelm mo with gratitude." "Say no moro about it. Clap on your hat and como across tho street with me, and I*ll introduco you to my daughter at once." Scircoly knowing what ho was about, Willoughhy did as ho was told. They crossed tho stroet together, and tho Captain openod his door with a latch key. "Ono moment, if you plonse," 6aid Willoughhy, who was titivating his hair and arranging his crnvut. "Are you ready now?" askod tho Captain. "Quito!" "Mr. Willoughhy Vano 1" cried tho Captain, ushering our horo into tho drawing room. Then, waving his hand ho added, "allow mo to intro duco you to my wife and daughter." Wiiloughby looked exceedingly foolish as ho bowed to the two ladies. On n couch by tho fircsido sat MB en chantress looking more bewitchingly radiant than ever, his vis-a-vis being the tall, thin, angular woman in black that ho had frequently noticed from over tho way. "What a contrast,'* thought Wil loughhy, "between mother and daugh ter !" "Annie, my dear, Mr. Willoughhy Vano is nervous, no doubt. You know tho udage. Let us loavo the young people together, and ho'll soon find his touguo then, I'll wager," said tho Captain, addressing tho youngor of tho two ladies, who immediately roße from her seat. "Stay, sir—there is some mistake here," soid Wiiloughby. "This lady is"—and ho pointed to tho gaunt female. "My daughter, sir," said tho Cap tain. "My daughter bv mv first wife." "And this"—ejaculated our hero, turning to tho young lady. "Is my second wife, sir!" Mr. Willoughby Vano fled r from his homo that night. About a month later his almost broken hearted mother ) received a lotter from him explaining the wholo affair and tho postmark boro , tho words, "Montreal, Canada."—Bos ; ton Journal. SELECT "siFTIXUS. Tho Rothsoliilds havo on 818,000 clock. Umbrellas ore mado of varnished paper. Tho canvas-back dnek is tho sub ject of a poem of praiso by a Maryland man. No parental enro evor falls to tho lot of u single member of tho insect trihe. Kentucky courts havo decided that gas companies cuuuot colloct rent for their gas motors. Bananas aro so plentiful in Martin ique, West Indies, that a big bunch may be bought for a cent. Commercial travelers aro now al lowed to toko samples into Russia without paying duty on them. It is statod by tho attendants at zoo logical gardens that no apo will sleep flat on his back, as adult man often does. Tho namo Munich is derived from tho fact that tho monks ownod tho property oil which tho town now stands. In 1783 tho Dutch lost tho vessel Antoinette, au ludiamuu, and with her sank 83,500,000, besides jewels of great value. Tho Church of England boasts among its clergy ono Ebkimo. Tho clergy man in quostion is Rev. Robert Gib bous, and his parish is I'urrsboro, Nova Scotia. Peter Coopor's onginc, tho Tom Thumb, weighed about a ton; the whoels wero two and a half feet in di amter, and the smokestack looked like a big "putty blower.'' A comrndo of Edwin Libby Post, G. A. R., of Rookmann, Me., has mado with his knife 100,000 toothpicks within the last three years and sold them for tho benefit of tho post. Tho first uso of gns in n placo of public amusement was in tho Lyceum Theatre in London in 1803. It was begun as an experiment, and for a time was discontinued becauso tho audience complained of tbo odor. A preneher named John Smith died suddenly in the pulpit in tho midst of his sermon at Penshir, England. Ex actly forty years beforo to a day an other preacher, also named John Smith, died suddenly in tho same pulpit. A novel alarm letter box has been invented. Tho principle is to let householders know when letters havo been dropped in, their weight releas ing a catch which allows a short spring to unooil and set a vibratiug hummer to ring a boll. The pigmies of Central Africa aro supposed to be tho remains of an an cient rnco which oneo occupied tho wholo of tropical Africa and Houtheru Asia. They have lost their original language and history, and only rem nants of thoir numbers remain. Miunio Chow is a woman highway robber serving a term in tho Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. liy wild screaming and wilder talking at night she hus mado tho keepers so angry that they now keep her chained up in her coll, with a halter tied in her mouth to insure silence. Tho winter days in Sweden nro only six hours long. In the northern part of the peninsula tho sun does not rise onee for two months. This is mado up for, however, by tho sunny sum mer. In tho north tho sun doos not Hot for woeks and weeks, an endless day. Tho most glorious sight of all tho northland is tho miduight sun. A political agent in England re cently sent tho following protost to nu elector: "To Mr. X. Y. Z.—Take no tice that I object to your name being retainod on tho list of tho ownership olectors of the county, and I ground my objeotion on tho fact that you aro dead." Tho document was addressed to tho dead man and openod by his widow. Whilc-llumllcil Razors. There aro many barbers who will not own a white-handled razor be cause of an old superstition that bad luck goes with it. A razor is to tho barber what tho locomotive is to the engineer, and thero aro more things to learn about it than one would sup pose. For instance, thero aro razors that will cut certain qualities of hair bettor at certain seasons than at others. Climate and weather have a great deal to do with razors. Somo will cut hotter in cold weather and some in hot. These are only a few of the causes that eflect razors, and they and many more all tend to inako the barber who does much work keep accumulating razors until he has all sorts to pick from.—Kansas City Journal. Cold Killings. Pcoplo, says a dentist, wonder why gold is used for stopping, and aro apt to credit tho dentist with employing it for his own euds, on tho ground that ho can chnrgo more and get cor respondingly larger profits that would bo tho caso if ho used any baser and less expensive metal; but, he soys in explanation, a littlo reflection would convince the suspicious ones that thero is no ground whatever for such ideas, and that tho reel reason for using gold is that it will weld while oold, and will successful ly resist tho action of tho acids and fluids of tho mouth, hence it is uncqunlod us a preservative for the teeth.— Scientific American.* KEEPING APPLES IN WINTER. One method suggested for keeping apples during the winter is to pack thorn in perfectly dry oats, not per mitting one apple to touch tho other. If wrapped in paper before packing in the oats tho apples will keep all the better. They may bo packed in boxes or barrols, and il put up in an attrac tive manner will bring good prices. Apples have been higher in prico than oranges for the past four or fivo years, and are always salable after cold weather sets in.—Now York Observer. WARMTII IN THE IIEN HOUSE. In the very coldest weather wo think it pays to introduce artificial heat into the hen house. A small coal stove does not cost much, and a fire in it made once a day will keep tho tomporature right and the fowls will be ns happy as in springtime. It is cold weather quite as much as tho dif ference in feed that makes eggs Bcarco in winter. Besides, in tho coldest weather there is always temptation to foed corn for warmth. The stove in the hon house, carefully guarded against fire, is cheaper as well as hotter for tho fowls than giving them a corn diet so as to keep them warm.—Bos ton Cultivator. GOOD WINTER COVERING FOE ROSES. Lay down your hybrid perpetual rosos, and cover thorn in sorao way writes E. E. Itexford. I find nothing bettor than leaves, but if you cannot get these use hay, or straw, or ever green branches. I have often win tered plants finely by simply covering them with soil. This unswers very well if there is good drainage about the plants, so that water is not re tained in the soil long enough to in juro the wood of the branches. But tho better way is to lay tho branches down in a closo mass, all pointing one way, and set boards six or eight inches high, on each side. Fill in between the boards, and over tho bushes with leaves, upon which place evergreen branches to prevent their blowing away. Hay and litter will not require anything to hold them in place, but it is a good plan to lay boards over the whole in 6uch a manner as to shed rain.—American Agriculturist. JUDGING BUTTER. It soems to mo that one method of judging butter would be improved if wo would follow the examples of judges of livu stock to a certain ex tent, says Professor H. C. Wallace. When a judge is asked to pass upon a ring of twenty-five or thirty horses, ho first goes over them carefully and selects a dozen of tho best ones, send ing tho rest to the stable. Then ho goes over those criticully and weeds out tho poorer half, continually nar rowing tho competition down until he has but two or threo to docido be tween. If, instead of doing this, ho started in with a handful of scoro cards and attempted to select tho winner in that manner, ho would very soon regret tho day he consented to net in the capacity of a judge. And yet he would have a very easy task compared to that of a man who at tempts intelligently to score thirty tubs of butter in succession. If our butter judges would go over tho ex hibit in this manner, they would havo little difficulty in selecting tho best half dozen or dozen tubs.—Farm and Dairy. ECONOMY OP SHELTER. Tho tiruo is at hand when tho wiso and merciful man will see to it that his live stock uro properly sheltered during tlio winter months. Warmth and comfort are essential to health and thrift. If they are not provided an attempt to supply them will be made by an increased consumption of food. This is a costiy substitute and an unsatisfactory one, as it cannot prevent the cheek which tho growth will rocoivo. Like all substitutes, it sonietimos faihi to accomplish tho end designed, and tho animal then grows sick and weakly. If, on tlio other hand, the animal is toughenoj and hardened by exposure what is gained ? The extra feed he has consumed is more valuablo than tho shelter which would have avoided its need, his stunted growth will never be mado up, and the toughening and hardening of his constitution, on which so much stress is often laid, hns resultod in a doteriorntion in quality. Tho native steor is hardier than tho Shorthorn, but whioh makes tho best beef? Tho scrub cow will bear more cxposuro than tho delicate Jersoy, but which yields tho richost milk? It is a law of naturo that improvement, whether in man or beast, is accom panied with a certain amount of deli cacy. If wo desire tho former wo must bo willing to give tho necessarv care to counterbalance the latter New York World. DANGEIt OP FEEDING WHEAT TO nORSES. This winter a great many are ad vocating or considering the advisabil ity of feeding wheat to horsos on ac count of tho cheapness of this foed and a fow have raised tho alarm against such a practice. While this grain may prove of advantage to hogs and other animals, it is certainly unsuited to horsee, except iu tho very smallcet quantities, and then more as medicino than us food. It is much better for an old horse than for a young growing animal, and while it may be fed with impunity to a horse twenty or thirty years old, it will, in nine cases out of rr ten, founder a young one. k If some of the old horse breeders r- and farmers can look back thirty or r. forty years, they will remember whou n wheat was fed quite liberally to horses, e and the term "grain founder," then ls became very generally known through .. hard experience. This is the worst founder known to horses, and nftor a n great number of horses suffered in this i, wny, it was found that grain was tho d cause of the trouble, and the chief '. grain was wheat. A young horse that has been liberally fed with wheat when growing, even for only one winter, is 0 pretty euro to be unsound, and many 1 purchasers would refuse to tako such j a horse at any price. B In feeding wheat to horses this 0 winter it should bo romembered that 1 this danger is always present. It may g bo fed in small quantities along with . oats, so that no real harm may follow, D but as a rule it is tho worst posßiblo t food for horses used on tho road. It 3 makes them lazy, slothful, fat and j overheated. If one wishes to make j fat instead of musole, in tho form of r good bran, wheat can bo fod ulong j with hay or oats very successfully. Old stallions do well on a diet of ono part oats and three parts of whoat, for it makes them more vigorous in tho stud, but fat and lazy. There is a timo in a horse's life when wheat can bo fed with great success, ' ond that is as a medicine to a mare > with foal that is apt to have abortion. As soon as tho mares begin to get loose, they should be fed some wheat. A pint of clean, sound wheat, mixed - ; with two quarts of oloan, sound oats, should be fed night and morning for three days. By that time tho trouble will stop. Where a suckling foal has the scours a pint of whoat Hour in a pail of water will generally remedy 1 the evil. Sometimes a little wheat mixed with the food will answer tho samo purpose. Wheat is constipating and it consequently has its value in the feed economy, but it is hardly tho kind of feed we need for our horses as a regular diet.—Germantown Tele graph. FARM" AND GARDEN NOTES. Milk is eighty-seven per cent water. Cheese is the most concentrated form of milk. Silage of dorn and clover is believed to be the fodder of the future. Dairy salt is as sensitive as milk or cream to odors, and should be equallv guarded from them. Like com, wheat is better for slow, hard work, than for speed. Oats and hay are best for fast-goers. Peed alone will never control tho value of milk. Tho individuality of tho cow has much to do with it. Wheat is moro a growth than a fat producer, is good for young animals, but should be coarsely ground before feeding. Grain alono is too highly concen trated food for horses. They must have some "roughness" with it, such as hay, straw or fodder. The man who expects the biggest success in dairying must have dairy cows. The all-around cow is not and nover will be a shining success. may be stopped lata in | tho season, and a crop can then bo sown upon tho land. This crop may serve as a cover or protection to tho soil, and as a green manuro. Trotting stock, except for oxtreme speed, is suffering from over-produc tion, but thero is and probablv always will bo a profitable market for hand some, useful, half-bred hackneys. Never believo tho man who says ho can remove a spavine of ring-bone and leave no blemish. Even if ho calls himself a professor, do not question his titlo—that is what ho is and all he is. Two parts each of bran and ground wheat and one of chopped oats make tho best ration for brood mures. They should bo given übout three pounds of it, three times a day, with hay or straw. Feed that will mako a pound of beef will mnko n pound of butter or two pounds of cheese. If butter and cheeHo bring moro than boot thero is money in dairying, rather than stock raising. Barn manures are generally moro economically used wheu npplied to farm crops than when applied to or chards ; yet they can bo used with good results, particularly wheu rejuve nating old orchards. Whole wheat should not be fod to horses, they swallow it without chew ing, and it fermouts in their stomuchs, producing indigestion and colic, or passes through unchanged. It should be either soaked to burst the grains, or coarsely ground, for tho same pur pose. In general, tbocommorcial complete fertilizers are less practical for or chards than a fertilizer mado for tho ocoasiou out of materials evidently needed by tho trees; but the com plete fertilizers givo muob better re sults than tho (prevailing indifference and neglect. Any cow that will give less than twelve pounds of solids in every 100 of hor milk, three pounds of which should be butter fat, is not profitable, and should be converted into beef. There should be thirteen pounds of solids in every 100 of milk, with four pounds of actual butler fat-
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