Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, September 05, 1898, Image 2
Tbo "curfew" idea is said to be gat ting very popular in Kansas towns, and, wlie; e tried, to have been effec tive of good remits in the control of the young. Tbo German emperor wrongs Amer icans by imagining they doubt his ex pressions o: friendship. But they are justified in a suspicion tha: be may see fit to take them back. United States Consul Smith at Mos cow, Russia, reports that tho Russian government bus already expended $188,011,938 on the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway. Angnsti, the Spanish governor of the Philippines, offered a reward of §25,000 for the head of Aguiualdo.tho insurgent lead jr. The latter cap tured the governor's wife and chil dren, whom be treated as tenderly us if they were his own. Perhaps this is an exhibition of the Philippine sav agery that Madrid talks so much about. Tho export trade of tho Congo state ! is growing splendidly. In 1388 it was j $351,000. In 1889 it was 8859,009. | In 1,331 it win §1,752,000, nnd in 1897 it was 83,029,009. More than half the export trade is in rubber, which lias increased in amount more than fifty fold since 188:'-. And that increase is chiefly due to the enormous extension of wheeling, Thus does civilization get swiftly forward upon a bicycle.- Tbo population of Cuba increased from 715,900 ill 1825, to 1,831,109 in 1894. The population is much less now than it was then, owing mainly to starvation. About sixty-five per cent, of the population is descended from tbo aristocracy and peasantry of Castile, Andalusia, Catalonia and other provinces of Spain. Most of the remainder of the population is mainly of African descent. Havana is about as populous as Washington, aud until the war began was a very gay city. It is hardly possible tbat the widow of the great English commoner who nil through life declined ennoblement at the bands of the Queen will now fall to the bait, muses the St. Louis Star. She is the relict of Mr. Glad stone, and a space is reserved beside bis body at Westminster Abbey for her remains. Mrs. Gladstone would read much more eloquently on the tablet than the Countess of Liverpool. Ob, no. Gladstone lived and died as plain Mr. His widow, if she reveres bis memory, will live the balance of her life an l go down to the tomb as Mrs. Gladstone. The poverty and low state of social life and civilization of tho Spaniards is .udexed quite accurately by their wage rates, states Gunton's Magazine. For instance, the average weekly pay of a bricklayer in Spain (Malaga) is $3.80; in tho United States 821.13; of a mason 8:3.30 in Spain, 821 iu the United States; of a carpenter $3,90 in Spain, s.l-1.35 in the United States; of printers $1.50 in Spain, $10.42 iu the Unitfe 1 States; of laborers, por tors, etc., $2.75 in Spain, SB.S3 in the United States. While rente, and possibly prices of a few native pro ducts are lower iu Spain than in the United States, tho difference comes nowhere near equalling the wide dis parity of wages. Moreover, iu a com parison of this sort the quality of the living must be considered as well as the nominal co3t. Thus lower routs nearly always imply inferior accom modations, anl, to the average Span iard, most of the comforts aud con veniences iu ordinary use here are un attainable luxuries. The president and the secretary of war bad a dolicate task in selecting 195 men out of 7000 applicants for appointment a3 second lieutenants in the regular army under an act of Congress providing for changes in the form of battalion organization. The selections indicate that the task was performed with rare discrimination. Eighty-nine of tbo men designated are college graduates, representing sixty-seven different institutions in which military instruction is a part of the curriculum; thirteen aro enlisted men in ihe United States army, and tho others are serving in various ca pacities in the voluntoer service. The appointment of college graduates who have bad a military training to serve as junior officers in tbo regular nrmy can hardly be called an experi ment, says the Chicago-Times Herald, for tho methods employed by military instructors in colleges are much the same as those at West I'oint. The government is thus assured of a high degree of efficiency on the part of the new junior officers, who have the ad ditional qualifications of learning and yoethful enthusiasm. !THOU SHALT NOT_ WALK ALONE. y" I Thon shalt not walk alone. I know the torturer's tongue , Tlieshadow3 guthcr and the weird winds In spiteful rage has racked thea, and has I moan, * wrung ! The ghoul. Grief, grinneth on the graven The hlood of suffering from tho heart stone; which siung Wild Is tho way. but lone It shall not be Frosumptioa with defiance, yet thescar j If I may share thy pilgrimage with theo. * Will but attect how firm thy virtues aro. As from a mystic scroll, Bo cheered, if I may cheer, a j Which love nnd sympathy alone unroll, For thou, the dearest, shalt bo doubly dear; I I read the secrets of thy sorrowing soul, World-woundod spirit, make thy haven And with responsive sorrow take thy hero. hand Peep as the love thou wakenest in my broast Jo lead tliee o'er tho baleful borderland. bhall bo iny rapture nnd thy perfect rest. —Woman's Home Companion. .. ; f THE POWER OE^PEPPER © 1 @ - gs (Q- . -A. Filibustering Episode, EY C. liCNGEItFOED. y ou please, sir, j f \ do you want to ..1,,| tire a boy?" said ' a sturdy, sun _ c-- ; 0 . burned boy to the f'\ •tp'Sp' b captaiu of a eoast > ing vessel tbat lay • t ' ei ' to a wharf iu I a Houthern port. "Don't believe I "iylfvlSp;2J do, sonny," re plied the captain, ■ *' regarding tbo boy critically. "Ever bad any experience in a sailing vessel?" "No, sir; but I worked for Mr. Chnrcli, the surveyor, and be says tbat navigating aud surveying nre pretty much alike; leastways, the figuring is," the boy continued. "I reckon," said the captain, shrewdly, after a moment's delibera tion, "that you're one of those boys that's runr away from home an' expects to bo captain of a clipper ship in three months. You better go back home to yer ma and pa and get a good eddica tion, an' perhaps when you're a man you'll own a big ship." "I never had any parents, and I haven't had a home for a year," said the boy, sadly. Then byway of ex planation: "You see, I was found floating in my eradie when I was a baby at the time of the big flood, and they conldn't find out who I belonged to, so Miss Kyle took care of me and seat me to school until a year ago, and then she died, and her relations from out West came aud took her property. There didn't seem to be any place for me after that, and so Mr. Chase gave me my board for helping him survey. He's not very busy now, so I thought I would try and get some thing to do." Tho captain meditated for some time over this long explanation. "Well, I expect to go out to the Banks this winter, an' I'll need a good, bright boy that ain't afraid of work. I expect to put in here again in about two weeks, an' if you'll happen around I'll ship you. What's jour name?" "My name's George Byle, sir; hut can't yon lot me go with you now? 'No," said the captain, decidedly, "you can't come now." The boy felt too much disappointed to tell the captain that work was a necessity to hiin at once, and that all he had to live on for the ensuing two weeks was two sandwiches and a bot tle of home-made root beer that kind hearted Mrs, Chase had given him with his car fare to the city. While he was trying to think of a way out of the difficulty the idea of becoming a stowaway on the schooner popped into his head. This did not seem honorable, but the longer he meditated on the subject the stronger grew his conviction that there was no other road open to him. It had now become quite dark, and George moved cautiously toward the Bchoouer to reconnoitre. To his dis may he saw a sailor in tho act of cast ing off the hawsers that bound her to the wharf. Too late—too late. It was indeed a day of disappointments. Very slowly the stern of the vessel swung around with the current, and n ray of light from the cabin of a near by steamer Hashed under her counter, revealing, for a brief space, her name. "The Happy Thought, Bath," read the boy, as ho walked to the end of the pier. "Hello! They'vo left their dory behind them." The words were hardly uttered before he was in the boat and pulling rapidly toward the slowly disappearing schooner. Then another idea seized him, and he Stopped rowing. "Of course," ho said to himself, "the captain will be glad to get his dory, but he will have me put back on shore. I won't bo any better off then than I was before. I'm going to return this dory and I'm going to get on that schooner at the same time without be ing seen." Then, noticing that the vessel was no longer drifting, he drew cautiously nearer and saw to his sur prise that all was activity on board and that a large lighter was being rapidly unloaded into tho schooner's hold. A moment later a boat shot out from the shadow of tho lighter and came rapidly toward him. Quick as a flash he dropped quietly into the water and swam rapidly away for a few moments; then, turning, swam under the schooner's bow. Seeing an opportunity, the boy pulled himself Up by the anchor chains, and, grasp ing the bob-stay and fore stays, swung himself over the bulwarks op posite to where the crew was watch ing the approach of the yawl. He ran to the hatchway and dropped into it. A moment later he had slipped into an aperture and was safe from discovery. ' Seeing no one in the hold, he crept out of his retreat, and soon found a much more secure hiding place. (t It was tedious work lying there do ing nothing, and he Boon fell asleep. A crash directly overhead awoke him with a start, and he could see in the dim light that a heavy bale of cotton bad been placed directly over bis bid ing place. "They can't find mo now, be said exultantly to himself. "I am safe now—safer than need be, per haps," aud the story of a stowaway who bad found himself imprisoned under the cargo of a vessel and lived on a box of sea biscuit for over a week came into bis mind. "If tbat fellow dug hi 3 way through tbo cargo of a steamship in a week, I ought to be ablo to get through a bale of cot ton in a day. My, but I'm thirsty! I'm mighty glad tbat I've got some of this root beer left," There was not much of tliis—just enough to quench his thirst for the time being, aud in the darkness of tbo bold bo bad un knowingly drained the last drop from the bottle. After a time he could feel tho long swell of tho ocean, aud he knew that he was fairly out to sea. "Time to get to work," ho thought, and, taking out his knife, he cut tho bagging tbat enolosed tbo bale over bis bead. With knifo and fingers bo tore out a big pile of cotton tbat soon filled tbo small place where be lay, but tbo tightly compressed balohardly showed tbat it bad lost anything. "I've got to tuck this stuff away some where, or I won't have room to work in," be thought. Just at this moment bis knifestruek a piece of wood in the bale. "The cheats," be said to him self; "they're trying to sell old boards for cotton." It took some time to cut through tbo board, but after be had made a small aperture be was sur prised to find a number of small ob jects tumbling over him. He exam ined them closely. "Cartridges!" be exclaimed, in amazement, "and in a balo of cotton. Now I know why they loaded up at night, and why they were BO anxious to keep people away. Thes9 cartridges are for the Cubans, and this is an ex pedition to supply arms to them tbo same as the Virginius did years ago." George bad studied iu history bow tbat unfortunate vessel bad managed to slip by the United States authori ties, only to be captured on the high seas by a Spanish cruiser, and nearly all the crew aud passengers executed. He djnily understood that something called "international law" prohibited tho United States from allowing the export of arms and ammunition to the Cubans. Ho shuddered as he thought of what might happen if the Happy Thought were captured, and then bis thirst, which was almost unendurable, made him think of the work ahead of him, and he commenced enlarging the holo in tbo bale. The cartridges were easily removed, and by bard work bo soon managod to cut bis way through the top of the bale, but discovered that other boxes had been placed above this, and be would have to cut bis way through them. After resting for a time be attacked these and soon hnd the satisfaction of feeling bis knife slip through tbo bottom boards of the box over bis bead. A fine powder fell over bis bead, aud in an instant bo bad thrown himself on bis face, yell ing like a Comanche. The box con tained red pepper. For a while bo thought bis eyes would be burned out of bis head, but, realizing tbat some thing must be done to stop this fiery rain, ho seized a bit of cotton and stuffed it into the bole bis knife bad made. Tbat be could not get through the box of red pepper was very evi dent. His only hope was to out bis way through the side of the balo of cotton and then work bis way up to tbo surface. He now worked with a wild desperation, cutting at the side of tbo bale like a madman. On opening the adjoining box be found it to be filled with rifles. These were soon thrown aside, and be commenced to cut through the top of the box. Ho had exhausted himself by his frantic exertions, aud, in spite of the pain in his eyes and his burning thirst, he fell asleep for a short time. He awoke slightly refreshed, but thirs tier than ever. "Now," he said, "I'll see what's overhead." Another box barred his way, and he cautiously cut into it, not wishing to go through an other experience with pepper. Again a soft rain of powder fell over his hand, but ho was prepared this time, and it was quickly stopped. It felt cool on his hand, aud he tasted it to make sure he was right. "Flour," he gasped. "I'm all right this time. Still, I might get smothered if I let it fall in here. I wish I had a piece of pipo so that I could lead it out of the barrel. I wonder if a rifle barrel wouldn't do the work!" He soon put this plan into execution, and had the satisfaction of finding that a small stream of flour was running steadily into the space behind him. By cut ting other holes raid inserting the rifles for conduits he readily emptied the barrel. Half an hour later a dusty, red-eyed boy, with tongue too swollen to speak, was lifted out of the hold and laid on the deck. A small CUD of water was given to him, and then the captain or dered the men to put him to bed. Ho was taken below and placed in a bunk, and by the next morning had recov ered both voice and strength. As soon as he made his appearance on deck the mate told him to go down into the cabin, as the captain wished to seo him. With many misgivings George went below and found the cap tain accompanied by a small, dark mau, who seemed to be extremely nervous—so much so, in fact, that George thought that he, too, might be a stowaway. Still he looked as if he was quite able to pay his fare. "Well, young man," began the cap tain, "what did you hide yourself on board this scooner for?" "I wanted to be a sailor," was the prompt reply, and thon he described the manner in which he had come aboard, hidden himself in the hold, and, finally, how he had dug his way through the cargo. "Why did you choose this vessel to run away in?" said the small man, regarding George with evident suspi cion. "Because I thought she was the finest ship in the.harbor." George thought he saw the captain's features relax a little at this reply, but the next question was delivered more sternly than the others. "What did you find in the hold?" "Cartridges and guns and red pep per and flour." "Put him in irons! Put him in irons! He's a spy!" screamed the lit tle, dark man. "Mr. Menendez," said the cai>taia, impressively, "so long as I'm captain of this schooner, I calkerlate to de liver my own orders." Then, turning to the hoy, said: "You've got a pret ty good idea of what kind of a trip you're takiu', I reckon?" "Yes, sir; it's a filibustering expe dition, I think." "Just so. An' you know what they do to filibusters when they catch 'cm?" "Yes, sir; they shoot them." "Then, if you don't want to get shot, all you've got to do is to hold your tongue an' 'tend to your own business, if we should happen to be boarded by any one. Now run upon deck an' tell Mr. Jones to put you to work." ■ ■ > Tho mate kept Georgo pretty busy at odd jobs, but as he was very anx ious to learn and was willing to try anything, he s&on won the favor of the captain and mate. As for the sailors, they 3imply made a hero of him lifter his story became known. One of them even went so far as to present him with a small monkey that he had kept chaiiied behind the cook's galley, and all his spare time was spent in teaching the little fellow to perform. One morning, about three daye after ho had mado his appearance, Georgo came on deck and found Mr. Menen dez and tho captain engaged in a very earnest conversation, frequently cast ing uneasy glanoes at a vessel that lay about a mile away. Just then a puff of smoko shot out from her side, and a moment later tho muffled report of a gun rolled over tho water. "Shall we hold our course?" George hoard Mr. Mendenez anxiously inquire of the captain. ' - •>. _. ' "Yes." Then another puff was scon, and a shot went skipping along across the water far in front of the schooner. A short, savage order from the captain, and the schooner was brought into the wind with all sails fluttering. "Are you sure we are safe if they take it into their heads to examino the cargo?" said Mr. Menendez. "Perfectly safe. In tho first place, what would they examine the cargo of a coasting schooner for? No one ever heard of such a vessel doing auy fili bustering. Iu the second place those man-o'-war's men are too tarnally lazy to move tho heavy bales wo have on top of the ammunition." In spite of the captain's declaration, George could see a shade of anxiety pass over his face, as he watched a boat that had come alongside. The officer in the stern sheets clambered aboard and was cooliy received by the captain, who, after a moment's con versation, showed his manifest. The offiger was evidently not satisfied, for, calling to his men, he had; them re move the battered down hatches. Tho captain threatened and protested, but tho officer answered with an inso lent grin, and, iu company with all but two of his seamen, who were detailed to guard the hatches, commenoed to overhaul the cargo. To George's dismay, they commenced at the identical spot where he had made his exit. "If they find tho guns and cart ridges, they will confiscate the cargo and kill ns all, perhaps, thought he. Then, to make matters worse, one of the sailors, finding that the flour bar rel could be easily moved, lifted it out and knocked the head in. The fact that it was empty was regarded with suspicion. Th j next thing that was picked up was the box of red pepper. The cover was priod off, and, seeing what tho contents were, one of tho men set it on the empty flour barrel pre paratory to jumping into the cleared space. ir " "If that bos of pepper would only upset," thought George, "they wouldn't want to know anything more about the cargo." The thought gave him an idea. Untying the monkey from the mast, George showed him a lump of sugar in his hand and then threw it swiftly into the hold. It was done so quickly that no one saw but the monkey, who, not recognising the authority of the guards at the hatchway, sprang into the hold, and, finding every other way barred to his coveted sugar, leaped full on to the bos of pepper in its insecure position on the flour bar rel. The barrel rocked, poised it self for one ansious moment and the DeDner fell, onlv to rise again in one great cloud that enveloped everything in the hold. From out of this red cloud arose a fearful uproar,' l Yells of rage and screams of pain, mingled with the shrieks of the mon key, who was biting and scratching all who camejvithin his reach, added to the pandemonium. Presently a a man climbed out of the hold, stag gered to the bulwarks and leaped into the sea. He was followed by unother, aud another, until, last of all, cauie the officer aud the monkey. The two seamen who had not gone into the hold regained their senses in time to rescue those of their mates who could not swim, and recover the remainder who were swimming blindly about. The schooner's crew thoroughly en joyed the predicament these poor fel lows were in, and hooted and jeered at them as they vainly endeavored to rub the smarting substance out of their eyes. "Come alongside," commanded the caplain. "I'll give you something that will help you," aud ordering the men to lie down, he bathed their eyes with oil until they were relieved. Just as he was finishing his task another boat dashed up full of armed men. The trouble had been seen by the officers of the warship, and, apprehend ing serious trouble, they had manned a boat aud come to their comrade's rescue. The officers aud men leaped aboard aud demanded the reason for the trouble. For answer the captain pointed grimly to the hatches, out of which the red pepper was still rising. "They upset a box of red pepper— that's all," said he. The officer who had commanded the first boat began talking rapidly in Spanish to the newcomer. As ho talked the faQO of the other was grad ually overspread with a grin that ended in a derisive laugh. The captain, who was watching the speakers close ly, remarked, dryly: "The officer wasn't satisfied with our manifest, and ho has been looking over the cargo. Perhaps you would like to complete his task." "No, thank you," said the other, still laughing. "I will let the lieuten ant dd that," and, ordering his men- Into the boat, he was rowed swiftly back to the cruiser. The "lieutenant," however, was more than satisfied, and hastened to Jolloiv the example sot by his superior officer. As his half-blinded hieh rowed away, tho captain called out to them: ....'ts*' say, Lieutenant, there are thirty five YJiore cases of pepper in the hold that I'd be pleased to have you ex amine.;.: . It was quite evident, however, that it was not the lieutenant's pleasure. As the schooner's sails filled and she wofe away the mate came up to George and asked: "How did the monkey happen to jump down in the hold, George?" "I threw a lump of sugar down there. I thought perhaps he might upset tho pepper or frighten the men so that it would get knocked over someway. Hello I there he is up iu the cross-trees." Mr. Menendez shook hands with him with n pleas auter expression on his face than George thought it possible for him to wear. He was very much embar rassed at all this demonstration, but the proudest moment of all was when the captain took him by tho hand and said, in hi 3 gruff Yankee way: VYoti clone well, George, an' I reckon wo can find a berth aboard this schooner for you. MS 'Twoulcl be a shame to make a surveyor out of yoii.'VA -• vt: And this was a great deal for the captain to say. Next night the cargo of tho Happy Thought was successfully lauded, and Georgo was presented with a hand some gold watch and chain by Mr. Meneudez, who proved to be an agent of the Cuban Junta. But George put a higher value upon the captain's few words of praise.— New York Ledger. Our Flag at Cavite. Ohio claims tho honor of being the birthplace of the first American to hoist a Hag over a captured fort in tho Old World. On Tuesday, May 3, Lieutenant Williams landed with his command of marines from the Baltimore and posted sentries around the captured navy yard, which was the first act of pos session. At four p. m. he hoisted the first American flag over Cavite. Ser geant James Grant and Corporal Joseph Poe hauled the flag up. Of this glorious event for all America our young lieutenant modestly but tenderly writes: "As I stood in front of my little guard of marines and watched the colors fly out to the breeze from the same staff that a few day 3 before had borno the flag of Spain, now humbled by our little fleet, my feelings were of wonder how it had all happened, and of pride that I was the one to hoist the first flag. It was the happiest moment of my life, and I couldn't keep the tears back." And neither could the friends who got this message from tho other side of the world.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. NewMjinpers in the British Museum. In the British Museum there aro 16,000 volumes of London newspa pers. There are 47,000 volumes of provincial newspapers from England and Wales, and about 9000 volumes of Scotch newspapers, with something slightly less for Ireland. Last year's accessions were 600 volumes of Lon don newspapers, 920 volumes of pro pincial papers from England and Wales, 127 volumes from Scotland, and something less from Ireland. No Servant Problem Here.' A servant girl on a farm near Cam brai, in Northern France, has lived seventy two years with the same fam ily. She is now eighty-four years old, and still attends to her work. .Tmllcloiia Poultry Feeding. All who raise poultry recognize the act that it is impossible to givo any lelinite rule for feeding, either as to luaDtity or variety, and that the con iitions surrounding each individual lock must be taken into consideration 11 supplying a ration. It is also gen irally recognized that different breeds •equire different courses of treatment ind feeding for the best results, i'liero are, however, a few general ;ules which apply to feeding all meeds. In feeding for egg produc ;iou, only sweet feed generally will produce the proper flavor in an egg, md consumers of lato are quite as par aoular about the flavor of the eggs as if other things they consume. The ictivo Leghorn can stand much moro lorn than the heavy Brahma or the medium weight Plymouth Rock. In grain foods all poultrymen should •ecognize the value of wheat, oat 3, lorn, barloy and split peas fed in a mixture over any of them fed sopar itcly, for egg production. It will be plainly seen that the question of judi cious feeding is one that must be reg ulate! to suit the requirements of one's flock. If the best results come from a ration that is not gen erally accepted by poultrymen as the best, never mind, stick to it until you have good reasons gained from your own experience to cbauge.—Atlanta Journal. What a Garden is Worth* The value of a good garden is more than is appreciated. It is a satisfaction to all the family,especially tothemother, who is enabled to get supplies from it for the meals she has to prepare. The man who plants it, too, is proud of a flrst-class garden. In this section, where the soil is quick to respond to the influence of heat, moisture, fertil izer and cultivation, gardening should be a pleasure. In laying off the little plot arrange your rows so as to permit the use of the cultivator; have long, straight rows of vegetables. If you plan to do all the cultivation with a lioo your garden will be full of weeds. Some of our readers may have seen gardens with weeds higher than a mau's head—digging potatoes there was not easy nor were the tubers large. Not half of our farmers have enough sorts in their gardens. Think what value there would be in having an abundance of pio plant, lettuce, radishes, peas, beans, beets,turnips,cabbages, onions, potatoes, sweet corn, squash, cucum bers and all the small fruits, tomatoes, a few apples, peaches and pears. If some one who has such a garden, cue acre in extent, will keep an accurate account of the value of the produce consumed on the farm and sold in one season, it will be found that a good garden goes a loug way toward the support of the family.—The South west, Cleanliness in the Dairy. There are a few points that seem to bo overlooked when you count the requisite necessities of cleanliness in regard to milk and butter. It is usu ally said that tbo milk pails and crocks must be scrupulously clean, but there is another important item. A mnn or womau who milks should have thoir hands and nails faultlessly clean— also their clothes should be as neat as possible—for bacteria and disease germs multiply whero there is the least chance. If there is a place about a farm where cleanliness should be observed, it is the dairy. Borax kills tho germs which cause the milk to sour—and it is an excellent purifier and cleaner where the milk crocks and vessels are concerned. The pails and crocks should be rinsed once a day in borax water to keep them pure and sweet. The bauds of the milker should be washed in borax water every day, and especially before milking. This sim ple practice will keep away mountains of trouble aud health and hygiene will pre rail. It is cheap and cleanly, and tho churns and tin cans in which milk is delivered to town customers should be rinsed out with borax water. It disinfects, and microbes are said to linger about the stables by myriads, hence every precaution to pmify and make clean is a virtue. This thought of washing tho hands clean is a worthy one, for I have seen men attempt to milk without ever thinking of washing their hands, and the pure stream pf milk sent through grimy fingers gave you a distate to the milk; aud of all things we eat or drink that we want dainty, it is milk and butter.—Farm, Field aud Fireside. Feeding Pigs in Summer. Summer is the time to make pork. Making it in winter requires too much food to keep up tho animal heat. If hogs have plenty of grass in summer and about half the corn they will eat, they will fatten rapidly and my belief is that throe pounds can be made on less grain than one pound in cold weather with a hog in a close pen. The grass is cooling and loosening and counteracts the feverish properties of the corn. Hogs will never melt in summer, however fat, if they cau have access to water and mud to lie in. Mud is very bad for hogs in cool weather. It absorbs too much animal heat. Milk is cooling as a drink and almost indianensable in raisinar iocs. But very little corn anil no corn meal slioulil be fetl to young pigs be fore tliey are four months old. Corn and raw corn meal cause young pigs to beoorne costive. Then they will soon scour. They will begin to rub against everything they cau get at. Their skin will have a red anil dry appearance. A dry, black scurf will begin to form and the more corn and meal they eat the poorer they will be come. The best thing to do for a pig in this condition is to give him a thor ough washing in warm water or sour milk, the latter being the best. Coarse flour or middlings from rye or wheat, when made into a thin drinking slop with milk, is the best feed for young pigs, except bread and milk. Food has to be fermeuted before it will di gest, and if fed to young pigs before it is fermented it will overtask their stomach and spoil them. Lettuce is good for young pigs. It will stop the scours. The middlings should bs put with milk at uight after feeding has been done, and allowed to remain in the milk until morning. Never allow the swill tub to get quite empty. Always leave a little at the bottom to act as yeast. The swill should never be allowed to get stale. Slop feed should be "given often and never more at a time than will be eaten up. Slops will make larger hogs than dry feed. After the hogs get to be three or four months old, their food can .be made stronger, but a pig will not bear much strong food until it begins to change from a pig to a hog. Many of our farmers do not know the value of grass as a feed for hogs. At least one would not think so, when their hogs of all ages may be seen during the whole summer in small yards or at best on very scanty pasture. Farm ers who know the real value of cr.cb feed would as soon think of raising cattle and making milk and butter by feeding their stock grain alone during the whole summer a3 to raise hogs aud make the business profitable without a good supply of grass. Some men make pork with little or no grass, but it costs much more and tho hogs are not so healthy.—New England Homestead. Farm anil Garden Notes. A light, well drained soil is neces sary to successfully grow muskmelons. Once a month at least every chicken, old and young, should be thoroughly powdered. Every pound of manure that can possibly be made should be collected and spread on the laud. Throops is a trouble prevalent with young pigs and is due to feeding too much grain aud giving too little exer cise. Keep the hoe bright by constant work among the bedded-out plants, as cultivation is to them what food is to the body. Be careful to grub out all weeds in the corners before they go to seed and thus make yon plenty of extra work next season. If a spell of dry weather comes, help out the little moisture the plants ob tain from the dew by the frequent use of a watering-can. The round silo is best, as the great est capacity is secured with the least side exposure. A round silo is thus tho mo3t economical. It is hardly necessary to urge the flower-grower to keep the weeds down. Weeds aud plants, while often close neighbors, are not fast friends. A knapsack sprayer is a necessity on every fruit and vegetable farm, ami its use will save much time and labor in combatting disease and insects. Use considerable care in pruning shrubs during the summer, for while the operation in many cases is success ful, in others it results disastrously. In many sections tho rust is often on strawberry plants. This disease may be controlled to some extent by mowing off tho tops of the plants after fruiting. Hogs do better if they can get in the shade during the heated days of sum mer. They cannot be harmed by the chance to get there if they are so in clined. If you want a good garden you must give it clean culture. Good seed and care in planting may have given you a good stand, but neglect now will re sult in a poor crop. Green cabbage worms succumb to a powder made of I'yrethruui powder, one pound, cayenne pepper half pound, flour one and a half pounds. Apply with a powder gun when the dew is on. Indian Canals. Probably tho largest canal in the world is the Chenab Irrigation Canal in the northwest provinces of India. Its breadth is 200 feet, with a main channel somo 450 miles long, while tho principal branches have an aggre gate length of 2000 miles, aud the vil lage branches will extend, when com pleted, Borne 4000 miles additional. But, apart from irrigation, the longest canal in the world is that which ex tends from tho frontier of China to St. Petersburg, and is 4472 miles iD The Bengal Canal, connect ing with tho river Ganges, is 90C miles long, and in all India there are 14,000 miles of canals, irrigating 8,- 000.000 acres.