HONEY LOCUST FOR AX HELVES. I havo made a discovery—new to rac, at least—that the timber of the honey locust, Gleditschia triacantba, i iu as good, or nearly, as hickory for ax helves and bundles of all kinds,-, writes E. S. Gilbert to the New York Tribune. Tho sap wood of tho yellow locust is not much good. Tho honey locust, like tho hickory, has strong timber clear to tho bark, at least iu young trees. Tho honey locust is eas ier to start from the seed than tho other. Tho nurseries sell tho year ling plants for almost nothing;' it has no borer that I know of; its tough limbs aro not torn off by tho wind; it seldom huckers, and is perhaps tho hardier of the two. A butt I cut this fall has annual layers half an inch thick, and tho wood is hard and heavy. A GREAT PIE APPLE. We havo recently mentioned the Ben Davis as a loading profitable or chard fruit, both at tho West and tho East. That veteran fruit grower of Missouri, Judge Samuel Miller, says of it, that, while not first rate in qual ity, the vigor, productiveness and early bearing of tho troo render it safe to plant extensively. Even in Eug laud it is reported to give satisfaction. Tho fruit dried or evaporated is white aud good; it makes excellent cider and is fiuo iu apple butter. For pies it is a great favorite; a bakery in Chicago, which turns out 10,000 pies daily, uses tho Ben Davis exclusively. Fruit of this tree grown on an up land, on trees not overloaded, is quite difierent from tho product of over loaded trees on bottom land. —Culti- vator and Country Gentleman. A NEGLECTED RUT VALUABLE TEAR. The Forello pear is seldom soon, but it has so many good qualities that it merits a ranch more general planting. It is called by tho Germans, from whom wo havo it, Forollen-birne, i. c., Trout pear, because it is speckled like the brook trout. Tho pear i 3 below medium iu size, inclining to pyri form in shape. When fully ripe, it is of yellow lemon color, with a deep rod cheek ou tho sunny side, marked with bright criiusou specks. Tho tree is a good grower and a regular bearer. It is fine grained, buttery aud molting in qualit}-. It ripens late in October and with caro may bo kept until Christmas. With our modern cold storage facilities, thero would not bo tho slightest troublo iu prolonging its season until well along in January and. perhaps later.—American Agricultur ist. THE 11 EECII AS A ROADSIDE TRUE. Nurserymen propagate and trans plant beech trees in lurge numbers without experiencing any great diffi culty in malting them grow. The transplanting, however, is usually dono while tho trees are small, or from five to eight feet high, for larger specimens aro rather difficult to haudlc, owing to their widespreading roots. Wo certainly do not know of any good reason for the almost general ueglect of tho American beech, for it is surely ono of our most beautiful and graceful troee, and so hardy that it thrives even far boyond tho limits of our territory to tho northward. Small trees found in open woods and fields may bo transplanted by giving I a little care to tho preservation c.f the j roots, aud then severely pruuing the \ branches before or rs soon as planted. ; Tho trees selected for street, roadsides and parks are mainly tho choice of nurserymen who have a stock of tho quick-growing and cheapest kinds. If tho beech, chestnut, walnut aud hick -1 ory were planted in the streets and parks vf our cities their nuts, when ripe and falling, would bo a great temptation to tho small boy aud his sister, and this would never do in this age of high moral culturo in cities. We adviso you to plunt a row of beech trees, aud theu enjoy thiulciug what a good time tho children of the neigh borhood will have a few years hence gathering tho delicious nuts.—New York Sun. DYEING AND COLORING SHEEP PELTS. A correspondent asks how to cleanse and color sheep pelts for rugs. The following directions for tunning and cleansing are us good as any and ore also tho least troublesome way. Make a strong lather with soft soap and hot water, and let it stand (ill cold. Wash the sheepskin in it, carefully squeeze out all dirt from the wool. Wash in cold water till all the soap is out. | Dissolve one pound each of salt aud alum in two gallons of hot wuter, put the skill into a tub aud pour tho liquid over it. Jt' uot sufficient to cover, add more hot water. Lot soak for twelve hours, then hang on a polo to drip. When well drained, stretch carefully on a board to dry, and stretch several times while drying. Before quite dry, sprinkle on tho flesh sido one ounce ouch of powdered alum aud salt peter, rubbing it in well. If the wool is not firm on tho skiu, let tho skin remain a couplo of days, then rub again willi alum. Fold tho flesh sides together and hang in tho shade two or three days, turning over each day till quite dry. Scrape tho flesh side well with a null knife and rub well with pumice or rotfeu stoue to make the skin soft. When used for mats or rugs they do quite as well if a little hard, unless you want to sew the skius together, when they should be soft. Several skins may bo sowed together to make large rugs. Woodehuck, skunk, cat and calfskins may bo tanned by the same process as lor sheep pelts. TTor coloring use diamond dies. Sew a loop of strong cloth onto each corn er of the pelt; proparo your dye in a shallow vat or pan that has a largo Hufaco, have the dye hot and the wool damp, let two persons stand opposite each other, each holding two corners of the pelt by the cloth and dip tho wool side into tho dye bath, mov ing gently till all parts aro colorod alike. Rinse in tho samo manner, this prevents coloring or injuring tho skins. Wool carriage mats aro easily re-dyed in tho same manner a3 tho sheep pelts. Whon tho wool is dry card it until it is smooth and fluffy.— Now England Homestead. THE COLOR OF HORSES. W. 11. Hawkos writes to tho Aus tralasian as fellows on that vexed question, the color of horses: "It is an old saying among horsey men, 'a good horse was never a bad color,' and yet popular prejudice as signs all sorts of good or evil traits of character to particular colors. I can quite understand this with those who do not know better; but that on ex pert, like an Indian buyer, should hold to tho popular fallacy is almost boyond belief, seeing that we have hml innumerable instances, both in the old country and hero, to tho con trary. It was rocoutly that some four or live races were won in ono day up on one of our local courses by chest nuts, aud I think tho faot was men tioned by ono of your contributors, and they aro equally good either in saddle or harness. Yet thero are numbers who will condemn a chest nut at once for his color only, be ho ever so perfect in every other respect. Tho objection to a gray one can un derstand from a groom's point of view, seeing that they aro BO difficult to keep free from strains as ago whitens their coats, but for no lack of good constitution or disposition. "Some will tell you that a roan is tho hardiost of all horses, and yet I venture to assert that a greater por tion of aged roans does not exist. Others credit black horses with being allied to Dragonfels hinrSelf for tem per aud untrustworthiaess. The only objection to him is that ho is very rusty in his wintor garb. M 'White legs are always a sign of weakness,' you aro told by many. But I think three to ono would bo fair bet ting against the ono white log out of a set of four, tho others being black. What about Odd Stockings and All Fours? Surely if white legs were a sign of weakness, such horses should break down at a very early stage of their career. Most judges prefer bays with black points, and it would bo difficult to beat them for general ap pearance the year through, but I for ono should certainly deny to them a monopoly of Bound constitutions, traotability, intelligence, and all other virtuos. 1 aui quite with Mr. Basil Gray 111 his general remarks, but eveu ho errs the other way, as ho credits white logs with being indicative of sonio peculiar virtue—or, as ho says, 'they always denote quality.' This I very much doubt. That skillful break ing and future wise education haamost to do with tho character and useful ness of a horse, as well as a man, irre spective of his color, can, I think, ho accepted as a Bottled fact. Renfrew was a splendid tompored horso until teased to such an extout that ho bo came a man-eater. Many a two-legged brother has had his character spoiled by thoso who should have helped to make him better. That horses, liko men, havo their temperaments goes without saying. That an eye for the beautiful leads fanciers to reject pie bald, skewbald, and horses with wall eyes and big blazes for hacks or car riage purposes is not to be wondered at. But that any should condemn many of our really beautiful chestnuts is an enigma. "The objection purely to color is, I think, much ukiu to the action of one who crosses himself when passing in tho street a person with oblique vision."—Bell's London Messenger. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Stallions aro cheap. Developed speed is in demand. Brood mares aro selling for a sang. A sandy soil is the host location for a poultry yard. A few carrots or apples are excel lent for horses. Muddy barnyards ura largely re sponsible for scratches. Why not cover the bits with smooth leather for winter use? Make tho stable comfortablo if you would keep down expenses. If a sheep is liopt dry it will stand cold much bettor than heat. Thcrb is a profitable market for handsome, useful, half-brod hackuoys. If orchards uro to bo made profit able, they must recoivo as good care as crops. Should you stop anywhere during tho cold days don't forgot to blanket tho horse. Be careful not to feed the colte or horses dusty hay. The trouble con easily be remedied by shaking out the hay well and then dampening it. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Electrical cranos are multiplying. In nearly all tho arid land regions artesian wells can bo obtained ut u depth of from 300 to 600 feet. Half a teaspoonful of sugar scat tered over a dying fire is better that kerosene and lias no clement of dan ger. A monument to Dr. Charcot, the great hypnotist, is now an assured fact for Paris. The money for it has been raised. Chicago clergymen have formed a club to instruct prospective mission aries in foreign languages by means of tho phonograph. Experts have made exhaustive tests, and have found it took no more power to haul the double truck car than the single truok car. In tho sugar corn tho conversion ol sugar into starch is arrested at a par ticular point in the growth ; the grain does not fill out, and is consequently shrivelled. Tho British Medical Journal liae caused some excitement by charging rocent outbreaks of eutoric fever among tho wealthy classes of London to the eating of oysters. Dr. Burtillon has struck a new ideo in tho identification of handwritings. It is based on the measurement beat ing of tho pulse, which is said to have in everybody a different characteristic effect upon tho handwriting. Habitual arsenic caterer can oftcc tako a dose of two grains with impu nity, and it is curious that arsenic doe not affect tho mind in any way, like opium or othor drugs, aud never bo comes a passion with its votaries. Belgian scientific men propose to equip an antarctic expedition. It will leuvo in Septomber, aud bo absent from eighteen to twenty months. If is to follow tho routo of tho Jasou oast of Grahamslaud, and if if be found impossible to wiuter there, the time will bo utilizod in exploring the less known portions of tho Indian Ocean. According to a paper road before tho Field Naturalists' Club iu Edin burgh tho British lion is not a myth like tho fabled unicorn. 110 was a veritable native of tho forests of an cient Briton. Tho modern lion could not faco him. Ho wore a shaggy coat, of which tho lion'E mane of to day is only a survival, and Lis skic was spotted. Tho two eyes really sco two objects. If tho two forefiugcrs be hold, one al tho distance of one foot, tho other two feet in front of tho eyes, and tho for mer bo looked at, two phantoms oi the latter will bo observed, ono on each side. If tho latter linger bo re garded, two phantoms of tho nearer finger will bo observed, mounting guard, ono on either side. Dr. C. Born, a German physiolo gist, has just domoustrated tho possi bility of building up living animals from parts of several other animals. Tho experiments woro made with tad poles and othor larua of amphibians. Each of these was cut in two aud dif ferent parts woro place J together in various ways, when some of them unitod, tho hinder parts more readily than tho fore parts. Two hinder parts, ono with and the other without a heart, united in twenty four hours, aud tho monstrosity lived and grow for a week or more. Breathing Carbonic Acid. It is well known that a very much larger proportion of carbonic aoid than usually exists in tbo atmosphere can be inhaled with impunity, but only recently have wo becu awaro ol the large quantity that can be breathed without actual danger. Ordinary fresh uir contains but four parts in 10,000, yet tho carbonic acid has to reach three per cent, or 100 times ths usual quautity before any difference is noticed in tho respiration. As the percentage rises tho person breathing it begins to pant, but with air con taining us much as tea per cent, enly a headache is produced, although the panting is violent. Tho actual danger point is not reached until the carbouij acid rises to eighteen per cent. Foul air in a room where u number of persons are present is not danger ous on account of tho carbonic acid it contains, but owing to a poisonous organic substance given off with the breath. Carbonic acid is not a direct poison, but wliuu tho danger point is reached tho air can take none from the blood in the lungs, so that the tiros of tho human engine are ox tin guished by their own smoke, an il woro. It is really wonderful what the human engine will endure, for a candle goes out wheu tho oxygen iu tho ail sinks to 18.5, instead of tho usual twonty-ono percent., and tho carbonic acid rises to 2.5. —Chambers's J our ual. Misapplied Kindness. Misapplied kindness iu frequently more unpleasant than literal crueUv. Two women sat side by side in u Brookliuo car. They were strangers to each other, but ono noticed that tho other was haviug serious difficulty arranging a jacket she wore, and which fitted so tightly over her sleeves that it would neither coino on nor off. "Permit mc," said tho other, and sha pulled tho jacket on oue shoulder an 1 jerked up tho collar. Still tho woman continued to struggle, so that the coat onco more slipped down, whereupon the hauled it into place again. "Now, if you'll turn round, I'll pull ap the other side," eho said to tho wearcf. "Thank out," returned tho coated ono; "if it's all tho came to you, I'm trying to get this jacket off," and with a final pull off it came, while tho woman who had tried to help her attcmptod to look out of tho window with tho air of ono who had gotten enormously jrich minding her own business,—Boston Home Journal. A A SURGEON'S KNIFE gives you a feeling of horror and dread. u\* There is no longer necessity for its use ,i\i\ iu many diseases formerly regarded as !;|\u incurable without cutting. The 5ll! Triumph of Conservative Surgery •: j is well illustrated by the fact that 1 RIIDTUPF or breach is nowradi i; IVUI I UI\U ca ijy cured without the YjJ knife and without pain. Clumsy, chaf wrj ing trusses can be thrown nway ! They n I never cure but often iuduce iuflammu jn tiou, stiangulation and death. ft TUMORS I I removed without the perils of cutting I II opcrnlious. " PILE TUMORS, v „ e fa la „ r f