FEBRUARY. 4 5 6 7 8 9 t 101 .213 14 15 16 r 17 18*19 20421 22 23 24 25126 27 J281 29 1 PRACTICAL DRAINING HINTS. The County Gentleman offers some good ideas on drainage, and we clip out a few paragraphs for the readers of The Cultivator who are jM 4ow so much interested in the Dains gbould always be cut as sow as possible, the bottom be. lng just wide enough to receive the pipes, which rendbrs the drain more eficient. The length and depth of drains, and their distance apart, regulate the size of the pipe that should be used, but level ground requires larger pipes than where the inclination is greater. The ca pacity of the pipes for minor drains should be just sufficient to carry off the maximum flow of water, for if too large, the sediment will lodge in the bottom of the pipes and choke the drains. ' with the diferent meth of underigaining, Prof. Scott alludes to the practice which pre- e vailed before drain pipes came into use, of forming the drains of stones gathered from the fields. These, t however, are only used now on very stony land, where it is difficult otherwise to get rid of these hin- t drances to cultivation. Nobody t would now think of carting stones to the field for this purpose. Be Oided, double the labor is required for the stone drain, and it is neither a so effective nor so durable as tile draining; while in loose soils the stone channels are more apt to get sifted up. A cartload of pipes will b go a hundred times as far as a cart load of stones, besides requiring less excavation in laying them. JAr. Bailey Denton has placed on record that he has traced the roots 9 feet deep, and the roots of peren nial grasses he has found in drains 4 feet deep, while he cites an in stance where the roots of mangolds E were found at a depth of 5 feet. C)ay lands with a southern slope require to be drained to greaterI ~f depth than lands with a northern Saspect. But, however, much prac tical men may differ over the value S of deep,as against shallow drains, Professor Scott says there can bet little doubt ehat closer draining is now being practiced than was form erly believed necessary by the ad vocates of peep draining, and the inference is, that they are at ,the same time draining shallower. The excessive distance between the drains was being resorted to by land-owners to save expense because E of their beiDg obliged by the enelo- t sure commissioners to drain to a depth 6f four feet; but a less inter- ~ vat is now being adopted, while the minimum depth on which the com missioners insist is placed at three t feet, except in special cases where -a greater depth is considered ne. a cessary. The distance between drains on strong clay lands, should, I -generally speaking, be from four tu six times the depth; on strong OarnsC six to eight times the depth, and on light soils eight to ten times the depth. FEED THE GREPE VINE -The old -est grape growers we know always manured their vines plenteously, and never dreamed of giving them too much. Of late years there has 1 risen a class of grape growers who contend that but little manure is ] needed; that in fact the poorer the land the better. We are not amonig this class. We have found that the ricber the soil the better. * We have even known dead animals 3 to be buried at the roots; though r we think this is carrying the man ure question a little too far. Vines will sometimes fail in rich land, we. are aware, but it is from other causes than the soil being too rich; - . there are other plagues in the way. s It may be mildew; it may be the ' little dusty-looking worm which 1 sometimes strips the vine of its foliage; or it may be the phylloxera r which attacks the roots and plays havoc with them; others think there r is something in the climate, and so a on. We do not pretend to decide s the question; we only know that if v we do the best we can in the culti vationi of the vines, success will re- a wardnusin amajority of casee; but d when failure is the result we feel very sure that is not high feeding. Il The grape vine, we are confident, i and all our experience goes to show Is it, is a good liver, and we run less risk in overfeeding than starving it. -gm at1Elo*a 2WpOJ)A HOW HE WORKED IT. A drummer on his first trip was eated in the same car with an old Xperienced knight of the road, and heir conversation turned on thir elative daily expenses. "I always manage to include in oy expenses," said the elder, "hats, >Oots, overcoats, etc., and every [rummer who has any respect for ds noble calling ought to do the ame. Make the firm stand 'em." The younger man thought that 6 very good idea, and on his return rom his trip he included among >ther items of expense one pair of oots, $12. His employers expressed them elves as well pleased with his suc :ess as a salesman, but objected to >ay for the boots. On his next trip he was fortunate nough to meet his former acquain ance. "How is it?" he asked, "that rour firm will stand overcoats as egitimate expense when niine :icked on a pair of boots?" "You didn't put down boots in our expense account, did you?" "Certainly," said the young man. "Well, you are a chump. You hould have dovetailed the price f boots into the postage stamps nd sundries." When the young man again sub 2itted his account his firm remark d : ., "We don't see any memorandum Dr 'boots,' or anything of that na are, Mr. So-and-so." "No," Mr. So-and-so said softly, D himself. "You don't see it, but ere is a forty dollar overcoat here just the same."-Philadelphia kvening Call. A VERBAL DiscussioN.-A husband nd wife were talking grammar. "Would you," said she, ",say scis ors are, or scissors is?" "I'd say scissors are, of course," e replied. "Would you say molasses is or iolasses are?" "Molasses is, of course." "Well, than, would you say the kmily are well!" "What? You wouldn't-say the unily are well, when family is a ingular noun, would you?" "What would you say, then, I'd ike to know?" "Why, love, I'd say the family ras not well; that you had the -runts, that Tommy had a sore nger, that the baby had the colic, bat Katie had the headache, and bat 1 wan trying to make an aver ge by being well enough for four." She went out of the room and tidn't speak to him for two days. -Merchant Traveler. A TERRIBLE REsO,VE.-"DO you ee that dudish looking fellow over bere, the one that looks more like n organ grinder's monkey than ny of the others?'' "Yes." "Well 1 hate aim and I am going o drive him into an mnsane asylum, rhere he v,ill never be heard of gain." "Oh! come now. In the firet lace, you would not do such a bing, and in the second place, you ould not." "But I can, though." "How in the world can you?" "Easily enough. There is to be grand party tc-night, and we ill be there." -'Yes." "I am to write a notice of it for be society paper, and in less than an forty-eight hours he will be o crazy that the doctors will have im locked up." "Goodness gracious! how will -o manage itt" "I will spell his name wrong. k'ening Call. AN INTELIGENT Do.-"I thought -o said that dog knew his busi ess," said a metropolitan youth ho had been out after docks and ad hired the dog to assist him. "So I did," was the reply; there p't a better bird dog in this part f the country." "He's the worst mongrel I ever aw," continued the youth. "Why, hadn't been out more than a half n hour before he left me in the "What did ho do?' asked the ian. "Why the first duck I saw was erched on a fence and, through me trouble witb the gun, I fired t it seven times without hitting it nid every time I would fire the dog rould set up a long howl. After the seventh shot, and just s I 'was getting a sure sight on the ird, what does the miserable cur o but tear apiece out of 'my pa.n ioons and, with his tail between is legs start on a dead run for ome. Do you call that a dog that dog that knows his business?" "Yes," replied the owner patting im on the thebhead,'"jdo." (PidlNk el HALF OUT OF HIS HEAD. "Blessed be the man,' said Don Quixote's weary squire, "who invented sleep." San cho's gratitude is ours, but what if one can not for any reason enjoy that excellent in vention? "Nervousness In me had become a disease," writes Mr. William Coleman, the well known wholesale druggist of Buffalo, N.Y. "I could not sleep, and my nights were either passed in that sort of restlessness which nearly crazes a man, 6pin a kind of stupor, haunted by tormenting dreams. Having taken PARKER's ToNIc for other troubles, I tried it also for this. The re sult both surprised and delighted me. My nerves were toned to concert pitch, and, like Cwsar's fat men. I fell into the ranks of those who sleep o' nights. I should add that the Tonic speedily did away with the condition of general debility and dyspepsia occasioned by my previous sleeplessness, and gave me strength and perfect digestion. In brief, the use of the Tonic thoroughly re established my health. I have used PAR KER's ToNIc with entire success for seat sickness and for the bowel disorders iiciden to ocean voyages." This preparation has heretofore been known as PAitER's GIsozi ToNic. Here after it will be advertised and sold under the name of PARKER's Toxic-omitting the word "ginger." Hiscox & Co., are Induced to make his change by the action of un principled dealers who have for years de ceived their customers by substituting in ferior preparatious under the name of ginger. We drop the misleading word all the more wiliingly, as ginger Is an unimportant flavor ing ingredient in our Tonic. Please remember that no change has.been, or will b, made in the preparation "-V-. and all bottles remaining in the ba1 dealers, wrapped under the name o KER's GINGER ToNic, contain the genuine medicine if the fac-simile signature of His coy & Co. is at the bottom of the outside wrapper." Feb. 1-1m. TUTT'S PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. From these sources arise three-fourths of the diseases of the human raee. These symptoms indicate their existence: Loss of A petite, Bowels costive, Sick Head asfuness after eatixg, aversion to exertion of body or mind, ErUctation of food, Irritability of temper, Low spirits, A feelin of having neglected some duty, D nesu, itttering at the Heart, Dots before the eyes, highly col ored Urine, CONSTIPATION, and de mand the use of a remedy that acts directly onthe Liver. AsaLiver medicine TUTT'S PILLS have no equal. Their action on the Kidneys and Skin is also prompt; removing all impurities through these three s scav engers of the a stem," producing appe tite, sound digeo7ion, regular stools, a clear skin and avigorousbody, TVTT'S PILLS cause no nausea or griping nor interfere with daily work and are a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. IE FEELS T,=H A NEW 3AN. 0I have had ,Dsia with Constipa tion,two years, and ave tried ten different kinds of pills, and TUTT'S are the frst that have don me any good. They have cleaned me out iioey y appetite is splendid, foo digests Aly, and I now have natural passages. I feel like 4 new man." W, D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, 0. Soldeverywhere,2&. Oce,44 MnrrySt.,N.Y. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. GRAY oR WR SKERS changed in. tany to a GoossY BLAcK by a single ap. plicat on of this DYE. Sold by Druggists, or sent by oxpress on receipt of $1. Omfte, 4 Murray Street, New York. TUTT'S MAIUAL OF U61fl, UCEIPTS FRES July 19, 20-ly. -ITTEKS They who work early and late the year round need, occasionally, the healthu stimulouis imparted by a wholesome tonic like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. To all its purity and efficiency as a remedy and p)reventiv~e of disease commend it. It checks incipient rheumatism and malarial symptoms, relieves constipktion, dyspep sia and biliousness, arrests premature decay of the phy'sical energies, mitigates the mfilrmities of age and hastens conva lescence. For sale by all Druggists an