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One man makes a fortuno to eight
that become bankrupt in England.
Sat-s tho Topoka .State Journal: A
revenuo collector is following an ice
cold trail in Southeastern Kansas for
men with incomes ovor 8-1000 a year.
Seven hundred and thirty students
wero graduated last year from tho
University of Michigan, tho largest
number ever graduated from an Amer
ican college in a single year.
In two years Austria has obtained
through the Rothschilds two-thirds of
the $125,000,000 in gold it is hoard
ing in order to adopt the singlo stand
ard, and of tho amount secured this
year $21,000,000 is American eagles.
Tho largest permanent store of
coined money in tho world is in tho
Iwpcriulwnr treasury of Germany—a
portion saved for emergencies from
tho $1,000,000,000 paid by France af
ter tho Franco-Prussian war and
locked up in tho Jnlins Tower of tho
fortress of Spandatt. It amounts to
the valuo of $30,000,000.
Ono of tho striking tendencies ot
Now York life at present is tho elimin
ation of the home as it is to be found
in other cities. Apartment houses
and hotels, explains the New York
World, are increasing in number, but
only peoplo of largo means can afford
to occupy dwelling bouses in tho cen
tral portions of tho city. Said a
dweller in a flat rocenty: "I have a
very attractive apartmont, but I am
too old-fashioned to feel at homo iu a
place where I cannot walk upstairs or
down."
Tho South American Colonization
Company is making considerable stir
in Arkansas City, Kan. Its object is
tho colonization of a tract of laud of
over 2,000,000 acres in tho Republic
of Colombin, South America, which it
claims to own. Tho Rev. I. N. Mer
rifleld, of Arkansas City, is tho Fresi
deut of the company, which is to bo
co-operative. AU property will bo
held in common. But before sharing
in its advantages, colonists must tako
SIOO worth of stock in tho eompanv.
Eack member of tho commuuo will bo
required to labor eight boars a day.
Tlio company has agreed to pny the
Colombian Government a certain price
for tho land, and bring 800 colonists.
It will transport tliem in its own vos
sel, sorno timo in March or April.
Agenls aro now drumming up colon
ists in tho Southwestern Slates.
Professor Joliu W. Langley savs in
the Popular Science Monthly : "The
warliko temperament ol man has been
one of his most prominent characteris
tics from tho earliest times. To live
to fight has been the chief aim of most
primitive peoples, anil has been a
leading occupation of all civilized
ones. Armies havo grown in size
weapons havo multiplied in number
and destruetiveness, battles havo
grown more and moro deadly in uc
tioD, whilo OIRO becoming moro mer
ciful in their accompaniments; but
still it is everywhere apparent tlint, in
spite of these aids to carnage, the mil
itary spirit is on tho decline. May
wo not look for tho causa of this in
tho enormously increased cost of war
faro and its interference with tho pur
suit of prosperity aud wealth? When
the internal losses to u people become
greater than those they can gain
through conquest and annexation,
they will bo very loath to enter into
a groat conflict. I am very far from
saying that many other causes, such
as ethics and a growing spirit of
mercy, may not havo contributed to
this pacification of tho Nations, but is
it not true that the cost of war is tho
chief preventive of war? If so, does
it not illustrate the rulo that the re
actions set up by the vast technical
improvement of methods of destruc
tion have reaoted on tho primitive
cause of the destruction—viz., the
human will—and have lessened tho
cause by modifying tho heart and
brain of man ?
WHAT FLESII IS HE 111 TO,
INCREDIBLE ACCIDENTS WHICH
HAVE BEFALLEN MORTALS.
Sneezed Out an Kyeball —Bones Brok
en by a Cough—Cases ol' Spon
taneous Combustion.
y? UIIIOUS and strango accidents
I / are reported from time to
time, and many of them would
seem entirely incredible had
they not been given to us upon tho
highest authority.
A very curious and almost incredi
ble case was that of a woman in South
Cnroliua who had a live snake in her
arm. This case was related to me by
a reputable physician iu Charleston,
and had he not vouched for it I should
not havo given it credence. When
the woman, who is of a prominent
family, first had her attention nttractod
to her arm it was by a bow-shaped
welt, not more than two inches long.
It grew to a foot in length and as large
as a lead pencil.
In tho London Lancet somo years
ago a caso was detailed of an idiot boy,
from whoso body was extracted quan
tities of slate pencil, from one to two
and a half inches long; bits of stick,
pieces of rug and fragments of wool.
The boy speedily rcoovcred.
gj Professor Agnew tells of a case of
an insane woman, in whose body was
found after death u pair of suHpcndcrs,
several skeins of silk, threo spools of
cotton nnd two roller bandages.
Dr. Drewry, of the Virginia Lunatic
Asylum, gives the details of a vory ex
traordinary ease. The lunatic was a
large, robust looking colorod womnu,
forty-six years old, who for a long
time had suffered from a disorder that
led the doctor to suspect tho presence
of foreign sui stances in her body.
Astonishing ns it may seem, a "job
lot" of things, weighing, after having
been taken out, uiucty-seven ounces,
proved the correctness of tho doctor's
suspicions. It was a remarkable col
lection, indeed, aud embraced such
delicacies as bits of stone, glass, slate,
brick, buttons, fruit parings and clay.
'That tho woman had swallowod tlie'in
was proven by investigation.
Dr. llushimoto, Surgeon-General ot
the Japanese army, tells of a woman,
forty-nine years old, who, in May,
1872, accidentally swallowed a Japun
tso toothbrush. In March, 1873,* an
abscess formed in tho stomach regioD,
which finally burst, and from it ex
tended the pointed end of tho brush.
The physician, after vainly attempt
ing to extract tho brush, contented
himself with cutting off the projecting
portion. Although the opening healed
after this, a disagreeable feeling con
tinued. Thirteen years later—in
August, 1886—tho pain uud swelling
returned, and about two months later
another abscess formed. On admis
sion to tho hospital, iu October, 1833,
two openings wero found in the
stomach region, at tho Bottom of ono
of which tlio probe came iu contact
with tho foreign body. Finally, oil
November l'J, 1888, tljo patient was
put under the influence of other, ono
of the openings was enlnrgod and the
brush extracted. Five weeks later the
openings had all healed and the patient
was restored lo perfeot hcnltli.
Dr. John B. Tyler, of Kuusas, Mo.,
relates a case of a limn who, aftor aris
ing in the morning, blow his nose
violently, and to his horror his loft
cyo popped out of the socket. With
the assistance of his wife it was im
mediately replaced aud a bandage tied
firmly over it. Ho then saw Dr.
Tyler, who found the upper lid much
swollen aud slightly discolored, but
there was no hemorrhage.
An English jury, some years ago,
wrestled with the question whether a
man can cough himself to pieces. Evi
dence was adduced to show that under
certain abnormal conditions of health
bones may be broken during life by
muscular efforts or by violent cough
ing. In the case that was'submitted
to tho jury it was proven that the
patient, who at the timo tho accident
occurred was an iumato of an infirm
ary, had, owing to a violent nnd pro
longed lit of coughing, fractured
several ribs.
Swallowing tho tongue is another of
tho straugo accidents that medical
men havo met with, and eases aro on
record whero suffocation has been
oauscd by this accident. Some of these
cases of tongue swallowing occurred
whilo tho individuals woro sleeping.
Spontaneous combustion of the hu
man body is still doubted by some
medical men, yet it is conceded that
there occasionally occurs an abnormal
ly increased combustibility of tho body,
which may account for cases of alleged
spontaneous ignition. In a work on
Bpontrtueous combustion Dr. Ogdoa
asserts that of thirty-five authors who
havo treated of this subject five were
entirely sceptical, threo believed in
increased combustibility only and
twenty--even believed iu spontaneous
ignitabiliiy as well.
Dr. Olendenen, Coroner of La Sallo
County, Illinois, relates a peculiar
case of spontaneous combustion. He
was telephoned to go to Henocu, a vil
luge iu the county to hold an inquest
on tho bodies of Mr. and Mrs. It., who
were found dead in their farm house.
On arrivnl he impanelled a jury of tho
most intelligent citizens, one of whom
was a physician. The first thing that
attracted special attention was the
peculiar sickening odor which pervad
ed everything in and about tho largo
frame farm honso where tho deaths had
occurred. Both the man and tho wo
man, and moro especially tho woman,
were addicted to tho excessive use of
whisky. Tho man was found lying
dead on tho Uoor by his bed in tho
room adjoining tho kitchen. In. the
kitchen all the furniture was found in
its usual place. A tallow candle on
tho table, one-third burned, appeared
to have been extinguished by Mrs. K.,
as it was her custom to bo tho last to
retire. A hole was found burned
through the kitchca floor about two
uud one-half by throe foet square. Up
on examining this opening in the floor
a mass of cinders was discovered on
the ground beneath. Upon examin
ing them they found the skull, the
spinal bones of the neck and half of
the spinal bones of the back,
which had becomo roduced al
most to cinders. They also found
part ot the thigh bono and a largo
part of the hip bone, and theso also
were almost burned to cinders. The
feut were found in tho shoes, the left
one reduced to a cinder nnd the shoo
partially calcined. Tho other foot
and shoo were reduced to a conipleto
cinder. Tho other 2 )ar ts of the body
were reduced to a very light cinder,
leaving no shape of the former body.
The clothing was entirely burned.
Tho woman had weighed 180 pounds.
Tho remains, however, after having
been gathered together, were placed
iu a box that would hold less than a
bushel. Tho entire remains weighed
twelvo jjounds. The evidence dis
elosod the fact that the woman had
beou a habitual driuker, had druuk
moro than a quart of whisky during
tho previous day, and was intoxicated
whou last seen alive, at eight o'clock
at night. It appeared as if sho had
burned on tho floor without a strug
gle. Why, however, tho floor did
not continue to burn was a mystery.
The pine joist against which the re
maining cinders lay was slightly
charrod, aud no other cvideuco of a
blaze could bo fouud. The skull nud
hip bone were really the ouly evidence,
by which it could be told that a human
body bad been cremated there.
Bullets have been known to flatten
rouud a bone, as ifthe bone, having been
broken, had been thus joiuod togeth
er by the pliant lead. Iu ouo curious
case, a bullet went exactly six times
in and out of a skirmisher's body
without doing him any serious
harm. Kneeling wheu firing, tho ball
traversed tho ribs, entering one side
and making its exit at tho other, and
finishing its erratic courso by entering
aud Anally tuking its departuro from
from the other arm of that curiously
perforated soldier.
A very curious accident happened
to a commercial traveler in Omaha
who was walking l'rom the ruilroad
station to his hotel in a gale of wind.
As ho turned a corner au English
sparrow struck him in tho face. Its
bill pierced his eyeball and ruined his
sight.—New York Herald.
A Glass Factory.
A person who visits a glass manu
factory for the iirst timo is forcibly
impressed with its resemblanoo to a
huge ant-hill.
Outside, tho building is dingy with
soot and timo, and the roof swells up
ward and appears to rest its weight
upon tho great chimney which rises
sturdily from its centre. All about
the numerous doorways und under tho
dust-opaque windows lie heaps of
worthless glass and scrap-iron which
the workmen havo brought out from
the building. Inside, everything is
bustle and ceaseless activity—just
what would be expected of au ant-hill.
The workers aro running here and
tbero with glowing pendants of molten
glass on tho ends of their blowpipes;
ears with completed articles, yet hot
and soft, aro being trundled from tho
furnaces to the annealing room, and
tho furnace men are flitting swiftly
back and forth among tho blazing
"glory boles" where tho glass is
melted.
The air, oven in midwinter, is kept
at a tropical temporal 1110, and the
workmen rush about half-clad, often
showing the brown inusolos of their
breasts and arms.' And splendid look
ing men they are, too ; big nnd power
ful, with suflioieiit strongth to blow
and swing a weight of glass which nu
ordinary man could scarcely lift.
Their movements are also marked with
an easy deftness and delieaey of touch
which comes only with long training
in the manufacture of such a fragile
substance as glass. In intelligence
and wages they are a good deal above
tho ordinary workman, and perhaps
no class of artisans is better organized
for its own protection.—New York
Advortiser.
A Remarkable Tablecloth,
Tho German Emperor is possessed
of a remarkable tablecloth, which was
presented to him upon tho occasion
of bis wedding by tho women of
Hehlcswig and Holstciu. Woven into
its texture aro a great number of
proverbs and mottoes. Theso had be
come obliterated by use. Tho Em
peror, however, being desirous of hav
ing tho words ronderod readable,
caused tho cloth to bo sent to Berlin,
where it lias been carofully cleaned.
Tho following are a few of tho prov
crdsi '' Wins!t thou hero havo spaas
(fun), be thou careful with thy glass;"
"Endurance gives strength!,hat lasts;"
"Do not believe nil you lienr, do not
soy all you know, do not do all yon
would like;" "Always hope, nover
fear;" "Important to despise tho
past, well and maturely to contemplate
the future, well to arrange tho pres
ent, and thus a peaceful life is sweat;"
"I await fortnno according to my
idea;" "Heart souks heart every
where;" "Wisdom govern, peneo
roign, love dwell, labor act, honor
grace."—New Orleans l'ieayuuo.
Lacked the Tliicl in an Elevator.
Gus-Griflln, an qll-roaud thief and
aud burglar, is in jail at San Francis
co, C'nl., as tho resnlt of tho bravery
of Miss Wiilet Robiuson. Miss Robin
son caught Griflin coming out of her
mother's room in tho Ayory Hotol.
Sho seizod tho man and lockod him in
tho elevator. Then sho Bummoued as
sistance. Miss Robinson stood guard
over tho prisoner until tho policeman
came. The thief looks well and talks
well, and when bo left Miss Robinson
lie lifted bis silk bat and bowed.—
New York Advortiser.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS 13 THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Saylnja and Cut© l>olugs of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered and
Printed Hero for All Other Little Ones to
Read.
The Frog's Revenge.
If I were a frog,
And at on a log,
In the middle of a bog,
Looking about.
And n boy, nil alone,
Hit me hard with a stone,
And I sank with a gronn,
'Twould be bad, no doubt.
But I would not die;
No! nor would I cry;
Not a tear from my eye,
I'd suffer to fall.
IM spring with a whack,
On that naughty boy's back!
And stick there, alack!
Ilo'd repent—and that's all
—New York World.
Tongue Twisters.
You all know the tongue twister
Peter Piper, but there are many other
jingles which are harder. One of the
simplest and best or worst is "mixed
biscuits." Try saying that rapidly, and
if you succeed say this, a sentence
A'lilch Londoners frequently have to
use: "Stop at the shop at the top of
Sloane street"
Suppose.
Little Margaret was going to a chil
dren's party the other day, and her
mother was telling her some little po
liteness to be observed.
"And when you come away," she
said, "go up to your little hostess and
thank her for giving you a pleasant
time."
"But, mamma," objected the small
bill, "suppose I don't have a pleasant
time. What must I say then?"— New
York Times.
A Dutiful Ron.
A number of boys in Scotland were
being rehearsed for nn amateur per
formance, and the boy who was to per
sonate the liero was told to fall on the
lloor at the right moment. But when
the crisis was reached 011 the examina
tion day, ho did not fall. The verse was
repeated, but still lie remained upright
Being accordingly asked his reason, lie
replied: "My mither said I wusna to
fa', for I've got on my Sunday claes."
The Small Hoy's Latest Game.
Who has noticed a curious scroll
drawn in chalk upon the sidewalk,
lotted with apparently bieroglpyhs, and
serving to interest and amuse youthful
New Yorkers? This is a new game,
an echo of the great fair, and it rejoices
in the name of "the Ferris wheel."
It is a kind of "hopscotch," but much
more complex and Ingenious, and rose
in the firmament of youthful sports, a
star of the lirst magnitude, during the
Columbian Exposition. When it will
set 110 astronomer can predict. Its dis
coverer was a Chicago lad.
A great, double spiral is drawn, lots
are cast to decide who is to lead off,
and then Master A. 8., who has won
the east, hops into the diagram, as far
as the center, and then retraces his
lops—stops would bo inaccurate. After
this bo places his initials in any part of
tlie spiral which appeals to ills taste.
The others fellow in order. No one
must touch the lines of the spiral, fail
to keep one foot clear of the ground, or
THE EVER-RUNNING ELEVATOR.
An original method of transferring
travelers' luggage from and to the sec
ond floor of the passenger station of
tho French Eastern Hallway at Paris
has lntcly been devised and put into
operation successfully. Tho freight
elevators could not be worked fast
enough to suit tho public or the offi
cials, and whenever a rush occurred
the so-called "lifts" proved utterly In
adequate. The new system consists of
uu inclined piano Joining tho lower
rest upon any initials except his own.
This is no easy matter, particularly
after the diagram lias become uu In
terlaced confusion of letters.
The player scores one for each suc
cessful effort, tho highest score natur
ally winning.
The rapid spread of tho game, its
naming in honor of tho exhibit which
probably Impressed youthful visitors
most deeply, and to which they could
trace an intended resemblance in tho
curved lines of tlio diagram, Its curi
ous complexity, all make" the now sport
extremely interesting.
Johnnie Figured on the Hag. *
The lesson was multiplication, and
tho teacher sought to impress 011 little
Johnnie that three times two and two
times three amounted to the same
thing. "Now," said she, "if you could
have two bags with three oranges in
each, or three bags with two oranges
in each, which would you choose?"
"The three bags with two orauges in
each," replied Johnnie, without hesita
tion; "then I'd have one more bag to
bust."
A Small-Boy Joke.
"Jack, have a banana?"
"No; I'll have a pear."
"I've only got bananas."
"I know that."
"Then why do you ask for a pear?"
"Because that's what I want—a pair
of bananas."—Harper's Young People.
Double llcude.
(Turn these upside down.)
Big Income from "Ads."
There is a little patch of land abut
ting 011 one of the magnificent, build
ings that flank Victoria street. West
minster, London, which lias remained
waste for more than twenty years, li
is surrounded by a high boarding cov
ered witli advertisements. The income
derived from these is such that it would
not pay the proprietor to substitute a
building.
We afraid to speak to some wom
en; we are afraid tliey will talk longer
than we can afford to listen.
and upper baggage platforms, and on
endless chain travels over two large
pulleys on the upper and lower ends.
The system Is simple, and there Is noth
ing to get out of order. Each chain Is
strong enough to carry 3,000 pounds,
which is more than enough for all prac
tical purposes, and would admit five
carts on each plane. Tlicy may be
worked either up or down, and will
travel at the rate of a foot per second.
A hydraulic motor Is In use, and each
plane is run and handled separately.
AN EXPERIMENT WITH A TAIR OF GEESE.
1 let them run separately, writes
, William llankin of Massachusetts, and
fed liberally to see tho best I could
do. The goose laid fifty-one eggs; I
only succeeded iu getting thirty-seven
goslings, and a horse got looeo and
killed one aud another died, leaving
mo thirty-live for market. 1 sold them
for $51.57. Bo that gooso gave more
profit than a cow and two hogs. Yet j
L did not feel satisfied with my hatcb, j
which was under tho average, and one I
of my neighbors beat me. —American
Agriculturist.
GROOMING FOR THE COWS.
Horses have much more often been
made pets than cows have been. So
far as grooming goes the average cow
gets very little of it except what she
can do herself by rubbing her shoul
ders aud neck ugainst the sides of the
stable in which she is confined. Try
a curry comb and brush on tho cow
as well as on tho horse. Unless the
cow is very thin tho curry comb will
bo liked even better than tho brush.
The dirt in a cow's hair is always liable
(o get into the milk pail, as it is
brushed out when the milker rubs
against tho animal in getting out of
the narrow *tall.—Boston Cultivator.
PROTECTION FOR SMALL ANIMALS.
If large and small cattle or hogs aro '
fed and housed together tho smaller
animals will hardly thrive. They will
bo whipped away from tho trough and
get less than their sharo of tho food;
and they will bo driven arouu l or
from the shelter, and tho large ani
mals will scarcely profit from the mis
fortunes of their smaller fellows, as
driving tho other* from l'eod and
shelter will "work off a good part of
the llesh from the extra feed. Some
times tho smaller animals are seriously
injured ; and in the larger animals is
developed a quarrelsome disposition
that is not desirable, to say tho least.
Yet other considerations make it a
bad plan to confino small and large
animals in tho sauio enclosure. Much
better results will bo secured by put
ting only a few animals iu tho same
enclosure, and those of the same size.
--New England Ilomostead.
CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT.
Tho use of wheat for stock food i
complicates the diliiculty of determin
ing the consumption of this grain. It
is calculated that in tho Wost forty ,
per cent, of tho hogs are being sup
plied this grain and that it is being also
fed in largo quantities to all other
classes of stock. Tho practice is
spreading in tho East in many sec
tions, so thai, it would appear ttiat the
farmers have themselves solved the
question what to with their surplus
wheat.
Wheat certainly is superior to corn
for growing animals, as it contains
about thirty per cent, more proteiu,
or tissue-building matter, than coru.
On tho other hand, corn produces fat
and is tho better food for finishing off
animals. Tho two grains aro not
really rivals. Tho ono serves us a
complement of tho other. Farmers
will do well to study tho feeding ques
tion and learn how wheat can be most
profitably converted into uniuial pro
ducts.—New York World.
FEEDING POTATOES TO SHEEP.
Thero is no doubt of the value of
tho potato for feeding to sheep, but
as this animal has but a weak diges
tion, it will bo advisablo to cook
the potatoes for them, and add bruu
to tho food. The starch of tho potato
is very indigestiblo when raw, aud, as,
by cooking, the cells iu which the
starch is contained uro broken, aud
the starch granules aro swollen uud
burst by tho expansion causod by the
boat-, tho food thus prepured is fully
and easily digested. Thero is more
to be learned by expcricuco in the
management of sheep than from
science, for this animal is peculiur and
always will be, and thus the results of
feeding other animals upon certain
foods do not apply to sheep. Bo that
it is wise, when one has got a good
( feeding ration for a lloelc, to avoid
changing it, uulcss by tho most care
ful preliminary experiments. But ex
perience has shown that potatoes,
boiled until they are mealy, in couse
quenco of tho rupturo of tho starch,
cells, and fed with tho usual ration of
bran—a pound for each full growu
sheep—with a quart of potatoes not
broken up, have been both digestible
aud nutritious—New York Timos.
THE OXALIS.
Plants continually in blossom and
requiring tho least care givo the most
satisfaction, especially when they
bloom during tho dreary months of
winter, says Mrs. C. F. Underwood.
The oxalisis tho most useful, all round
window plant in cultivation, being so
hardy it requires but a short rest aud
its bright green clover-liko foliage is
seldom injured by sudden changes of
temperature. If paitially frozen, a
dash of cold water will restore its
beauty. Tho imnnmoth oxalis has
showy foliage but uot tho hardy qual
ities of tho smaller variety aud has
less profusion of bloom. The beauti
ful, delicate, star-shaped flowers
surpriso one daily. They delight in
sunshine and turn toward it and for
this reason are frequently used as a
window hanging plant. Its drooping
stems aro graceful on a small stand as
a sitting room ornament. Tho pink
blossom is more common, tlio pure
white and yellow being rare. For
soil, chip dirt fertilized with cominou
liquid manure, or rich garden soil, is
adaptable, the tubers being planted *
an inch below tho surface. Give fre
quent showcrings. The common wood
sorrel is a similar plant, easily potted
and made to thrive, and hard to dis
tinguish from the cultivated variety.
CASE OF HORSES.
Keep your harness soft and clean,
particularly the insido of tho collar
and saddle, as the perspiration, if al
lowed to dry in, will causo irritation
and produce galls.
Tho collar should lit closely, with
sufficient space at the bottom to admit
your hand ; a collar too small obstructs
tho breathing, while one too large
will cramp and draw the shoulders into
an unnatural position, thus obstruct
ing tho circulation.
Never allow your horse to stand on
hot, fermenting manure, as this will
soften tho hoofs and bring on diseases A
of tho feet, nor permit tho old litter
to lie under the manger, as the gases
will taint his food and irritate his
lungs as well as his eyes.
Do not keep the hay over tho stable,
as tho gases from the manure and tho
breath of the animal will make it un
wholesome.
Kindness will do more than bru
tality ; therefore do not use harsh
language to your horse, or lush or kick
him. JJear iu mind that ho is very
intelligent and sensitive, a williug ser
vant, uud deserving of your kindest
treatment and thought.
Item ember that horses aro made
vicious by cruet treatment; that it is
speed which kills; that moro lior3es
aro huno from bail shoeing than from
all other causes; that a careless appli
cation of the whip has blinded many
horses; that moro lull from weariness
thaii from any other cause uud thut no
auim'al should ever bo struck upon
the head.—New York World.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The Poultry Monthly tells of a man
who paid $323 for ouo pair of pigeons
recently.
Warm water two or throo times a
day in tho coldest weather helps 6olvo
tho egg problem.
There is hardly a brcod of fowls to
day that does not have its counterpart
iu tho bantam class.
An old horse dealer says: "If you
want to buy a horse, don't believo
your own brother."
Don't wait until you build tho big
burn before sheltering the cows. Build
the shelter for them and they will
help you build tho bam.
Dreed well, and when you have a
heifer calf as the result of such breed
ing feed well and tiuiu properly, uud
you will have a good cow.
Don't regard imloh cuttlo solely as
machines, hut remember that they
have sotuo llosh and blocul about them
that merits appropriate treatment.
There is no better crop for tho win
ter feeding of sheep than oats and
peas mixed. It is very nutritious,
and is euten with avidity by tho
sheep.
Feed milk to thoswiuo warm, and in
troughs that are free from ice or filth.
Add something to muko up tho loss of
butter fat, such as u little corn or
barley meal.
Give carrots, turnips and othci
juicy root feeds to horses plentifully
in winter. They will vary tho monot
ony of equine hard tack and they are
excellent for tho digestion.
Give the fowls some litter to scratch
in. They will amuse themselves if you A
only give them the necessary play
things, uud a busy lion generally
rneauH a healthy and laying one.
A pig is a pig till it is a year old.
Theu it becomes a hog. Iu classifica
tion of fairs, however, when a premium
is offered for a sow and pigs, it is un
derstood that the pigs are to bo under
six mouths old.
Tho exact teraperaturo for loosening
tho hair from the skin of a pig at
butchering is 130 degrees. Tho pig
should remain a full minuto iu the
water at this temperature to give
time for tho hair to bo loosened.
Tho swiuo will respond in a profit
able way just as promptly to good
treatment us do tho cows to good cure.
If, at tho same time, the pigs have
dry, warm, healthful quarters, they
will grow as fast as in summer on
clover.
Pork represents money, just the
sumo as butter does, and if thero is e
chance to make it out of tho casein ol
milk, it should surely be done. With
this 111 yiow, don't let your skimmed
milk freeze, nor let it sour or ferment
in a filthy tub or barrel.
In tho East, at loast, tho pig pen is
a natural concomitant of tho dairy.
Through tho utter neglect giveu to
theso animals on many farms, pigs
cannot bo successfully bied, and
every spring they must bo purchased
of more paiustakiug brooders.
Tho boaring of a few berries out ol
tho season doos not entitle a fruit to
tho naino of ever-beariug, yet mo3t
ever-bearers seldom do more than
this. They are a delusion and a dis
appointment; tho over-bearing rasp
berry and strawberry for instance.
Tho normal death rate of Canton,
China, is 1000 per month.