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The (Grenada (Bazette OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE FARMERS 9 ALLIANCE OF GRENADA COUNTY. K. T. PA YNK* Kdilor au<l Pr«pr*rl4»r. VOL. 1V.-N0. 29. GRENADA, MISS., THURSDAY. MARCH 7, 1889. GEN. S. D. LEE'S PAPERS. AGRICULTURAL AN» MECHANICAL COLLEGES. H Cnrrlealam *r College* se4 Culver rille,"— Object of fongreoo Id Pro viding for Use Eetobllsfcsiient of The** lusiliuilou*. AHTICI.K KO. L I propose writing a few articles about Agricultural and Mechanical Col leges, and intend showing the object and intent of Congress in providing for them, and the necessity for their estab lisliuiont. What I shall write will be in a non-partisan spirit, intended to over come objections to those institutions, which are honestly entertained by many who should be their friends. In tho older States there are colioges and universities which hare grown up with them; many of them richly en dowed and others supported by State appropriations. As the newer States were organized, similar ones were established, and in most instances provision was made for their liberal endowment by Congress by douai ion of public lands. Many of these endowments, both to the collogcs and common schools, have been lost by the States. These universities and colleges in all the States were generally patterned after tho old English colloges, and their curriculums were gotten up to educate young men, and lit them for the three learned professions of law, divinity and medicine. Tito theory of their instruo tions was based oil the idea that a thor ouglt study of t Isa nneient classics was the only trim road to learning. These colleges, betides giving a general lib oral education, also provided special schools lor law, divinity and modicino, making liberal and ample provision for those intending to pursue those profes lions, in doihg this they afforded most excellent avd necessary higher educational facilities only to a small part of tho people, but made no provi »ion for tho special training and wants of the great majority of tho people en gaged in the roultiprcd and learned pursuits of tho present day '1 he recent d scoveries of science and art have made very groat changes in the industries o< tho world, aud the education afforded by the older coi leges nnd universities was too con traded, and favored too much certain small classes of our population, and narrowed down too much the choice of selection in preparation for the differ ent pursuits of life, and wero evidently favoring the wealthier classes and dis criminating too greatly in not affording special training for tho pursuits tho ma jority of population were following. The census of 1880 shows that in a population of 00,000.000 at tho present time, that only 80,071 persons were doctors and surgeons, 6-1,993 wero min isters, and 64,137 lawyers, making214, 61 6 persons in the learned professions— less than a half million—while the bnl anco of our population earned tliyir livelihoods in olhor pursuits, one-half being engaged in agriculture nnd the others in commerce, in manufacturing, in transportation, and in tho mechan ical arts. These glaring facts caused the courses of study in the colleges and universities to bo subjected to critical examination. The inquiry was made; Why so purely literary? Why for the especial bonefit of only three or four classesof people? Why so little science? Why so much theory and so little prac tice? These wore pertinent questions, and when mndo authoritatively by Charles Francis Adams, at Harvard, a few yenrs since, they attracted great at tention. Undor public pressure, these curriculums have boon partially nnd gradually changed. Hut even these changes have been made only to meet tho wealthier and better educated classes, rallier than to meet the neces sities of Ihe masses of population. These collogo.s hnve addod-departmonts for engineering, nnalytloal chemistry, domestic economy, commercial train ing, schools of pliarmaoy, dontistry, schools of arts of various kinds, poly technic institutes, normal colleges, in fact, departments for the theoretical and special instruction of nearly overy calling, but have persistently ignored agricu turc, which, as an art, is vir tually the basis of all arts and of ail wealth. This is the pursuit, too, that ene-lialf of the population of the United States is engaged in, and in Mississippi four-fifths. Tho recont changes and additions in t.lio curriculum of tho common schools are following the same policy. In addition to the "three Hs," wo find reoent introductions of philosophy, botany and physiology, and practical instruction in oarponter Ing, wood engraving, type-writing, stenography, cooking, sewing, etc., but we hear nothing of the introduction of the study of the elementary principles of agriculture lu the common schools, an art that four-fifths of the boys aud girls of Mississippi must necessarily earn their support from. This, too, in face of the fact that tho principles are as veil arranged und understood and as •asllv mastered by dull boys and girls as are the dry fucts of arithmetic, grammar, spelling, geography or his tory. Tho great straits to which the farming classes or peasants Id Europe wer« brought, about the beginning of this century,, has made a complete revo lution I n agrisytltu re. In J 840—just 48 year» ago, Laebtg reduced to practioal l tad scientific order wbtt was necessary 1 to maintain fertility in toil and to re- 1 store fertility. As a consequence, there J .en .1 I are now over 400 agricultural schools and colleges in Germany. The same system is found in Frauce and other European States. As a result of this ., , . - t ta « j thorough system of agricultural educa tion among the peasants, the yield per acre of laud in Europe has been gradu ally increasing, while in the United States statistics show it is gradually ( decreasing. The statistics as to the I for in up in for by of by all in of a a condition of the agricultural olasses in the United States points to the absolute necessity of their being better eduoated. The census of 1880 brought out the fact that in the decade 1860 to 1860, the farmers were one-half ot the popula tion, and had increased the productive wealth during the 10 years 101 per cent., and that they owned just one half of the wealth of tho entire coun try. In 1880 they were still nearly one half of the population, but during the decades 1860 to 1880, they had only in creased their productive wealth 9 per cent, instead of 101 cent, as from 1850 to 1860, showing a loss of 92 per cent, in 20 years. Also in 1880, they, as a class, only owned one-fourth of the en tire wealth of tho country, instead of one-half, as in 1860. than this, for much of the land of far- ! A ' a I j mors is mortgaged. This mortgage in j 0 the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ne braska, Kauias and Missouri is esti- j It is even worse mated at $3,422,000,000, and it is a no- ! torious fact now that land in these j States has greatly depreciated in value, and tho farm lauds of the New Eng- ; land States and New l'ork very much ! of late. To put it in different shaoe, in the 20 years, 1860 to 1880, the faraers added to the agricultural wealth ot the I entire United States $4,122,688,487, j «K«.,» _ t if . 4 . I they composing about one-half of the .- 1 , " IA . Al . entire population. During this 20 vears ' . /i . .. . , he other half of the population (not j farmers) added to the wealth of the ; oh country $23,359,794,854, or nearly 500 j per cent, more than the farmers made. This shows at least a luck of compare ; alive prosperity with the farming j classes, and this is tho reason so many ; 'p farmers and their children are quitting | the farms and engaging in more lucre- ; tivo pursuits. This accounts, too, for ; tho rapid building up of cities and cor- j This is why 22 per cent, of I a porations. our population is to bo found iu towns aud cities in 1888, while only 3 per cent, lived in towns and cities iu 1800. The great progress now being made in the world has brought about new conditions, which affect tho farmers. For instance, tho facility and cheap ness of transportation, has done away ; with all local competition. In 1880 it cost ; j 10 ^ . j .8 oonu to transport a bushel of gram , from the West to Now York, or from New York to Liverpool. Now it costs ; about two cents. So thrifty farmers in any country have not only to compete with each other, but with thrifty far mers in the West, and, in fact, all over the world. Skill and invention have j brought down prices iu all products, includiug farm products. The farmer, So therefore, must bo educated and bo come more skilled, or ho will bo at tho mercy of other callings. S. Ü. Lee. i ! It is not a good plan to mato all tht | breeding hens too early, especially ; when there is a considerable number of j up young stock, or until the steadiest and I best laying hens can be determined. FA IK .11 NOTES. the United Statos, Texas is estimated to ! have 4.721,053, the value of which | There ! ■ are Of the 45,000,000 or more of cattle in ; reaches the sum of $00,518,860. arc more cattle in Texas than in any other State, but in value New York, Illinois and Iowa lead. Every farmer is interested in good roads. overseers should be selected, and the tax required for road repair, If properly applied, is money well invested. Good roads save valuable horses and avoid loss of time by the farmer. Most every farmer is aware of the fact that a sheep must be fat to make tho best mutton, but few conceive the idea that a properly and woll-fcd sheep produces more and better wool thau ouu poorly fed and eared for. Wool is a product from feeding, just the same as fat or flesh, and the flock should be fed and managed with a view to wool growth, and that ot flue quality. Tho disposition of swine Is to pile up in cold weather, and the warmer we oan keep it underneath them the less liable they are to do this, and unless they can be prevented from doing it to a great extent disoasc is much more liable to break out among them. It i» too early yet for spring pigs The young pigs are easily stunted by severe cold, and unless they hare a very warm plane but few of them will survive. The brood sow must also be fed liberally while nourishing them April is soon enough for the spring pigs. As to the quality of food to bo fed we cannot lay down a rule. If tho swine are in the fattening stage they should have all they will eat up olean. If they are growing animals they should have enough to keep them steadily growing. In no event should they ho overfed. If the fruit trees are split by frost a good plan is to heat grafting wax, spread it over a piece of rnusliu and plaoe over tho wound, lying in place with strips of the same material wrapped around the tree, The strip oovetied with wax should be rufficlentlj large to éntirityr cover the woun& None but experienced road out ho his Ing the the a I and 1 1 Jbe qnestlon tens h»<t been npon my tips; I Mkeil It, trembling to my Unger tip«: sa» cm not outer, though ber. voir* wa» low; The an.wer that «he made was simply: "No ' She did not look upon me with surprise; She did not from my glance avert her eyet; But In her cheelts I saw tho roses glow As she with gentle ürmness answered: "No." And no oonruiion did tho maiden show ( ^ to my question .he responded : ".No." What was iny question, reader? Let mo tell; She just had told me that she loved me well; I asked: "Will you e'r love another so?" And to this question 'twas 9he answered : "No." —Boston Couric. HER ANSWER. to in his At to in She used no trick or ertlflee with me; She did not guy a sister she would be, HE OWNED HIS MASTER. ! A Hunting Dog With a Preference For Human Game. An Editor'« Experience—He Thoughtless, ljr Accepts m Gift and Gets Into Trouble—He Finally Returns It Without Thunks. Years ago, when I was employed on the Pittsburgh Chronicle, Mr. W. A. Collins, one of the proprietors of tho paper, was the editor-in-chief. He was ' a pleasant, kindly man, with a nervous temperament and poetic tastes, very I social and exceedingly fond of hunt j ing. Every autumn he used to go away j 0 ff to Michigan, Illinois or Missouri on gunning expeditions, accompanied by his father-in-law, an estimable gen j tleman named Shields, and to both of ! them tho two or throe weeks thus an j nually spent with dog and gun wore as an oasis in the desert of life, ; One Um° the chief of police of ! Cleveland, O., came over to Pittsburgh on somo business aud by means of a leUerof introduction from a mutual I friond ' {ormed Mr ' Collin9 ' ^quaint j ance - Uurin * the three or four da * 8 I that tho official remained m the then . t .. A ,, .. n , "Smoky City, the editor did all that ' . i. J . .. . was in his power to render the visitor s j enjovable and even merry. A ; oh / noo r ' mark in conversation, the j nIght be(ore tho ehiefs ,. eUirn Cleveland, led to a somewhat enthusi ; expression by Mr. Collins of hiB j fondness for tho delights of hunting, ; 'p bo Ohio man askod him if ho had a | good dog. No, Mr. Collins said, ho ; had not been so fortunate as to own a ; hunting dog for several years, but felt j the deprivation less since he had al ways, during that time, had the privi lege of shooting over .Mr* Shields' dogs. "Well/ 1 responded the chief, "when I got back to Cleveland I'll send you a hunting dog. one that you won't bo in of Mr. and and ing the so the any " trildo fo1 ' ,in y do K of Ml ' ■ ; ; Mr. Collins, overwhelmed by the j generous proposition, hesitated to take j advantage of his new friend's liberal , and \ ud that whUe ho would bo ; rejoiced to have a good hunting dog of j his own, he eould not think of depriv ing tho chief of such a treasure. But tho chief said it didn't matter at all; that really ho never got any time to go hunting, and, living as he did, the dog was more bother than good, and Mr. Collins might just as well have him. So it was finally settled that tho gift would be accepted with pride and pleasure, About two weeks afterward a man came up into the editorial room one i afternoon and demanded: "Is there any body hero named Col Uns?" "Yes," answered the editor, looking up from his work; "I'm Collins."j "Well, there's a dog down at the ox press office for you." "Ah! Yes, I expected him. A hunt ^°o- ^ ust * )p k 1 £ ^ lm U P here. ' Tho looked hard at Collin9 for * ow 8econd8 » ft,ld then said: "You'd better come down and got him yourself, and you'd better come soon before he gets loose and eats somebody up." "Eats somebody! Why, lie's a hunt ing dog, 1 tell you, aud hunting dogs are not vicious." •'Oh, thoy ain't? Well, he that, as it may, we want to move somo of the bl freight that is built up into a barri cade around that hunting dog, and you ing. want to come right down and get him." "Very extraordinary? The idea of being afraid of a hunting dog! I'll go down with yon at once," exclaimed Ho CollinB, putting on hishatand starting out with tho man. It didn't seem so extraordinary when ho came to look at the dog. Tho brute was big, of a dirty brown and white the color, with a disreputable looking dark law patch surrounding one eye. His chest was broad, his forelegs bowed, his eyes bloodshot, his Jears cropped short and his tall a stub. From between his long, gleaming fangs rumbled a con Btant hoarse growl, and he wan chok Ing himself with futile efforts to break the inch rope that held him and get at the legs of the awe-stricken men, who stood afar off and stared at him. an "Very strange," mused Collins, thinking aloud. "I never before saw a hunting dog that looked like that or acted so." his "Hunting dog!" sneered one of the expressmen. "He looks to me like a mongrel, with a good deal of bull In him, and too cussed to live." "Nonsense. The chief of police of Cleveland, who sent him to mo, said that he was a magnificent hunting dog. I admit that I don't recognise the he strain, but I'm sure be would not have told me what was not true. The poor five anlinal is no doubt nervous and high strung, and has been excited by travel, do He'll be all right when ha's soothed You and calmed down. Poor doggy, poor at doggy—" if The "poor dogg[y" juet missed by on luch seizing the friendly handout ' stretched to pat him, and howled with disappointed rage. In vain Collins offered one, two, three and four dollars to any of the men present who would lead tho dog to his house and tie him to tho kennel in the back yard, already prepared for his reception, but at five dollars one of them took the job. The fellow who did so went off somewhere and pro cured a polo with a thing like a big corkscrew in the end of it. Twisting that screw into the ring in the dog's collar, he pinned the brute to the lloor until the rope was east off from the big safe to which it had boon tied, and then steered him out into the street, and to his destination, by main strength, holding him away from tak ing samples from every body in sight. At the kennel he again pinned "poor doggy" down until Collins made tho rope last. Then, standing well be yond reach, he unscrewed his polo from the collar, and said tersely : "There's your dog," and having re ceived his five dollars, went away. Mr. Collins returned to tho editorial room and resumed his work. In about an hour a panting, perspir ing, red-faced und bare-headed servant girl rushed in, and, as soon as she could get breath enough to speak, re ported: "Oh, Mr. Collins! You've got to come down to tho house right away! That dog has bit off the rope and got loose, and he's took the house. Mrs. Collins and the children are treed in a room upstairs. I got into the parlor just in time to save my life, and had to jump out of a window to come here." Mr. Collins went home in haste. On the way he procured a dog-chain and a big club. Ho wasn't a big man, but when he was mad ho hod as much nerve as the dog. He was mad now, and he had the club. The engage ment between them was opened the in stant that he entered the front door, and only ended when tho infuriated beast had been knocked senseless, it. pounded almost to a jelly, and chained to the kennel. Then Collins put on another suit of clothes—those worn during the proceedings with the dog having been reduced to rags—and went back to his writing, though not in that calm and philosophic frame of mind suited to literary labor. Half an hour later the servant girl came back. The dog, seeing Mrs. Col lins at one of the back windows, had he to a of of to — of is as of a 8 , s A to a a of a all in broken Ills chain and again taken pos session of the house. When the girl left the • of action the children were presumably safe in the street, and Mrs. Collins was standing on the piano in the parlor beating the dog off with a club as he sprang up to seize her. That time Collins carried back to tho house another club and a chain big enough to hohl through reasoning with his hunting dog and had him fastened up again with the new chain, he was in some doubt whether the animal would live until the next morning. Mrs. Collins laid down her platform: "If he doosn't die of tho beating y have given him and you don't get rid of him to-morrow, I shall take the children and go home to father's." That suggested a happy thought to Mr. Collins. He still clung to the idea that the "nervous, high-strung dog" had been worried by the excitement of travel until he was almost crazy, "and," said he, "bhiolds', down at Sewickley, is the very place to restore him to a normal condition. The peace and quiet of the farm and the compan ionship of Mr. Shields' dogs will soothe and calm his perturbed spirit" So, tho next morning, the dog hav ing survived the pounding, and, indeed, seeming none tiic worse for it, he took the beast down to Sewlckley* In doing so he felt encouraged by seeing that the animal's ferocity was already much abated. He did not recognize the fact that H was sheer terror of him that kept the fiend in subjection, and not any true change of heart. Mr. Shields was a retired lawyer, of cultivated literary taste and large wealth, who had left tho turmoil of a x. When ho got an is all iH in tho in the out the ing to of tho bl ; 9 y Hfc to spend the autumn of his days in the tranquil monotony of farm ing. Outside of his library only two things possessed much interest for him: one, the raising of fine sheep; the other, his anuuul hunting excursions, Ho viewed Collins' hunting dog with grave doubt, looked him over—from a respectable distance—in vain for any evidence of either setter or pointer blood, and did not seem impressed by the assurances offored by his son-in law that "the chief of police of Cleve land said he was all right." Never thcless he agreed to let the brute stay there to see what effect country air would havo on his temper, and Collins came back to the city temporarily happy and free from care. But at an early hour the next foro noon, Mr. Shiolds strode into the edi torial-room. His face was very pale an d he trembled with suppressed pas sion. For two or three minutes, while struggling to feel that he might speak with calmness, he stood by the end of his son-in-law's desk, glaring at him. Collins, looking up, bowune white and ahlvered, for the old man, aside from being his financial backer, was one whom he loved and respected. "William," said Mr. Shielun at length, speaking through his clenched teeth, "your dog got loose last night; he killed my best setter, two valuable ewes and a CoUwold ram that I paid five hundred dollars for. He haa vtndl cated himself n* a hunting dog, but I do not approve his stylo of hunting. You had better come and get him and at the same time effect a compromise, if you oan, with what he haa left of the hired man, who is annoyed by dnUolpa tions ol hydrophobia". Mr. Collins did not often swear, but Cleveland, a a it. The burning question then is t< he could do so when occasion seemed to demand the employment of such a safety-valve for his emotions, and that was one of the occasions. Low, but fervently, he cursed that J hunting dog and the chief of police of The next train back from Sewlckley • brought Coliin9 and his dog in the baggage ear. At the Pittsburgh depot they stopped. Quite calmed now by a settled resolve for ample revenge, upon the dog at least, the editor pen ciled upon #ne of his cards the ad dress: "Chief of Police, Cleveland, O.and with a bit of string tied the slip of pasteboard to tho brute's collar. Then he led the animal to the rear end of the last oar in a train just about starting out westward in the direction of Cleveland, and there made him fast to the coupler by means of his strong chain. The last seen of Collins' hunting dog—as a whole dog—he was taking a twenty-foot leaps through the air, over the ties, in the direction of Cleveland — J. H. Connelly, in Albany Argus. it A COURTSHIP IN IRELAND. Love Before Marriage a Thing Almost in the Green Isle. Love before marriage is so very ex ceptional as to bo almost unknown among the farming classes in Ireland. Matches are made and carried out with scarcely a consideration for tho two most nearly concerned, very little or no intercourse being considered neces sary between tho two young people do signed for bride and bridegroom until the actual day of marriage. It is not, indeed, at all an unusual thing for the young man and woman to meet for tho first time at tho chapel gate on the morning that is to make them man and wife. Every thing is arranged by the parents. Their farm is worth so much, therefore the eldest son is worth so much. Ho will inherit I'n u ii *er somo one fit tomato with their j son, some one with a "fortune" equal to his. This desirable dahghter-iu-law II gly ), the i once found (be she old or matter may be considered arranged, j The bridegroom, impressed by the gen eral talk about the bride's "fortune," which always takes precedence of her "looks," falls in with the family view j of the affair, and a wedding follows as a matter of course. P all this, has mercifully ordained that ! (• most Irish girls should be comely. The marriage once c the old people give up the reins ol int and retire into the chim- | uey comer, leaving the young con masters of the field. A most unw arrangement, that generations of fools • in their line have not sufficed to wipe I mated. ft ^ ! ! a ont Marriages thus completed with all tho chilling formulas that mark the alliances of the crowned heads of Europe, are nevertheless in Ireland almost always happy. Rarely do they turn out badly. An unfaithful bus- ! band is ■ so scarce a thing that all the countryside would ring with the men- ; | tion of him should he present himself; ; v an unfaithful wife is almost unknown. Ireland, in spite of her many imper- a fections, in spite of her uusubduable 1 people who annoy so terribly the de cent House of Commons, people w their native land would be feted by | only the lowest and most vulgar class, is the most moral country in the world, and—if I may dare say s the criminality that has unhappily of late characterized it—the most tender , !ho 1,1 i I in face of all hearted. That 1 should speak so, let you of all and every political opinion forgive me; for I am Irish born, and Ireland I love; and this small, turbulent, lova- ' v vild, beautiful Ireland is both my greatest grief and my greatest joy!— The Duchess, in N. Y. Graphic. 1 I ble, THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. Why It Is Profcrahle to tins ami Other Everj-Dfty Illuminants. Electrio-liphting, as a moans of pre serving and promoting health, has not been sufficiently appreciated by the liritish public. It may be safety said electric light is the only form artificial illumination which is not in jurious to health. This is a strong argument in favor of the general in troduction of tho electric light; but it iH when we begin to compare this light with that of gas, or any other artificial lights, that its beauty, purity, bright ness, cleanliness nnd safety come out in strong contrast. Gas not only consumes and pollutes tho air, but it is very poisonous, be sides having a deleterious effect on the furniture and decorations of our homes. Gas gives off a certain nmount of soot, which is evident from the blackened ceilings and cornices, discolored wall papers, etc. The destruction to goods in the shopB of our great cities from the action of gas must also be very groat In offices, shops and factories employes can use it continuously with out feeling tho lassitude, henslncheand fatigue which are frequently caused by the use of gas. As n moans of retain ing health its advantages arc indis putable. It has been said, with a considerable degree of truth, that every hour aman spends in a room lighted by gas tends to shorten his life and abridge his powers of work. This light is a pure, healthy light, which, if no other light wore used, and ttie smoke of out tires »elf-consuming would leave our cities almost as fresh and bracing ns a High land hill; and rosy instead of pale cheeks, and brightly-flashing, instead of dim. lusterless eyes, would mark tho city inhabitants. —Health. —What candy is like the foot of » .. - e g horse? Coltsfoo u in of FOOD ADULTERATION. me fUperi a J w o of the flies were foolish and liable be deceived, but the third fly read tho papers regularly, and was conse • luunily a difficult insect to delude. Ihe first fly. observing the beautiful color a rue« Told Id ice of Tin ictivc Man There 1b an ancient legend that oroe 'upon a time there were three flies. a and the delicious fragrance of some . genuine golden sirup, tried a little of it on his batter-cakes, so to speak. It i tasted very nice, indeed, but it had been adulterated with prussic acid, aud the consequence was the fly soou began to complain of general debility, accompanied by a sensation of nausea. A learned physician was called in, and he very soon discovered that the un happy insect was suffering from flamed condition of the mucous mem if in brane; also that the the stomach were frayed at the edge lining. physician prescribed and expectorant in the shape of a tincture of guiacum mixed with alkaline extract of jalaj magnesia and n of Kits much and needed careful mild sedative The ne volatile calcined acid, mix-ul dalle well, and to day. this be taken thi ordinary cir times Under urn stances d a complete eatly modified the : and rom which the fly tight to have efft re, or, at least, gr indigestiot to n< rvous ch loros i> incipient but. unfortunately. io golden sirup had been i ut,- g„ ■r, just HO tho in; vdieuts iff the prescripti hud boo I cd by the druggist The result 'll.-it. vas instead of producing tin* d--Hired » fb-ct. the prescription throw the mhappy fly into epileptic fits, accotnj the most arming symptoms. final lv deg» •a tod into cough md cancer. nt ig t to col laps The dru gout. St's is that the family was left ; amateur perform; j I'hus perished one The of the foolish Hies. mo II v wh i Hv who wj j her. She ha m /. into room of an in did who brandy toddy which the d ibed as a t< j SV stem and give hi ! (• | • nms I thrown 01 had pr lie to build up etite. m m ap| As the brandy h;ul cos d. a bottle and was labeled ne French ognac," the inexporic red young fly thought she might with *af* a ft drop or so of it. ^ ! brandy had bee ! was made of l nfortunately. adulterated al>o. It cheap hi.si d a acid mj ills the tie si is h-ir to vas that the equence i a bed of sickness. Fort is Hutely. the disease and the d( preparation ta ken »rescribed d m P< of pi »ared tincture of • •ale in» quassia, of myrrh and a few other simple a in :igue*.i; emulsion lo a( , t as a ,, r v ! m •nt, but a ■ these thing ; | )an j e( ] ; v j 0 i en ^ 'ialtrratod. Péri sot in flat hie] •dueed the tor doomed flv to a skeleton. a ttack of *1 1 | After a s. nf ow m panied by a ^ki not linger much lie i ated drum ion, the erup Th" adulter •!'. smoothed her path the tomb, of which she soon became a I silent inmate. The third fl; Ho kne» is smart. what he was about. Who •it the break: want somo fresh country butter he re plied he did not wish h asked it-tahle if he did meoui ' v ' ! * % "° 11 <>,H lu ».hat the rule deliberately fed found m »nil this I ol« vas othtM >nmi ine, n •t in his diet. .'ircumsp •d that all the health; ot poisoned. In a aet •s. ho he on the fly poison that set out for his benefit, and. sure enough, it. too. hud booi and wa fat on it, and was mentli in the papers for Congress. Mercury. adulte rated c The wise tty harm! T orublv N. V. of Tho Pig Pen. need swine raiser The most experte lo not think it proli 250 to 300 pounds in Breeding sows and young pigs should be fed plentifully with wheat bran and other muscle-forming and bone-grow ing foods. A noted Irish breeder of swine oom lablo to go bey i weight. id of plains that Denmark, Holland and getting a strong grip on Germany Ireland's trade in bacon. The direct cause of hog cholera is the presence ot bacteria or disease germs on tho grass and in the water. Those cause inflammation of the stom ach and bowels. By feeding an abun dance of bone foods, such poas and oat«, we can raise strong healthy pigs which will not readily succumb to disease. Colonel F. 1>. Curtice. d muscle-forming rheat middlings, clover, a I If the growing colt is deprived j ot its exercise, the most promising | qualities are stifled. Exercise duces Huploness in a horse, and strength and endurance under the severest Exercise All Important. It is only by well-regulated exercise that the utmost strength and celerity of which a horse is capable is devel oped. P r0 * ! i trials and the most laborious work. Nothing is so contrary to the horse's nature, destined a- ho is for exertion, ns lengthened and continued rest- Tho horse neglected t,o lie exercised grows indocile. Ho contracts alt sort* of bad habits in tho stable when idle.-' Farmers Homo Journal MIMICRY IN NATURE. Variation One of tlie Results of tlie Uni versal Struggle for Go to the sea-shore and observe tho grasshoppers among the beach grass. They flv up at your approach, whiz off a rod or so, ami alight. Can you Bee them? They are colored so nearly like the sands they live upon that detoo tion of one at rest is almost impossi ble. On yonder grassy bluff, astone'* will find none of . i throw away, you them, but other kinds equally, or al most equally, lost to eight by their harmony with their surroundings. What chance of life for either if they suddenly changed places? They would bo so conspleu that every passing bdrd or creature would other insectivorous sight them. Of course these pro tective colors have been gained by steps. Every grasshopper that found its preferred food among the sands was liable to be eaten, long run just those would be eaten which wero most easily seen. One which v slow In the m coloring in never so finali a degree, so as to be less easily seen than his brother, perpetuate his kind, and his brother n untimely end: the progeny ow the fortunate variation, more Likelv to be spared roil id live to mid sh ind be to t ru »eil du me in the P the i-n. a brood of •eferred food ** other and act upon them it to be lires fond of grasshop pers. that in time they will resemble hopper spot: id in 1 ' 1 'ful fo m their liability Ltcn by coloring the sand on which they they should live; it is impossil ; t! iot specially pro not. Any ci tec ted by >r habit. nam sort. •v nature of things, if it •t ii ill. have some other pro by color aud is to live at *df and that a pattern is b far the made u most common, p of caters and •s to catch and devices The work! i eaten, of d< >cing W the name reasoning m 'Pi •rflief subject ntiV the urally ti that is, living in tin Hying at the same time. enemies; LllfC 0 region aud If one hat» the Miir. 'lightest adva or the otl in [age the fight for life, b; 'ing, for instance, a of common ene that these forbear to attack it in-tinct vthe al experiments), and lie less favored flock, aii individual which, inees favoring it. 0 or shadow, may steful to one elas disti mies. a t [»f i mon g undo such jws be mis if ten than its more taken of its than usual f the wing, re of -how k\ it by the enem; o: t: neigh b P< • fa cert-aii t; n a pa a little 1; :>t or mo band tin sma mât i list. be t'hcri: d. perpetuated, Mire steps, imit to its inci by v ?d, Nor an absolute deception of the i? the slight definite th. •niy. id' in variation in tion. the struggle for ex ariation. now know of the possible di ipel that stei Knowing what aws of life, miini >• of favored races been predicted.-— might even Atlantic. A GOOD DISINFECTANT. Expel v 11 h T. oke Made i* inn The exp rejoice the hearts of many smokers. He o mented together by their wide yljjs* funnels so as to form a large chamber in i. was SU8 u'imentsof Y Tassinari will mouth a cigu the n pend pieev cig:.: aet u wo O; \ ,'lp a:*l of the smoker b -ing a " By this filtering meut the rounded by a dense cloud of tobacco smoke. At the end of half an hour, half to four of linen sur pieee vlueh three and during grammes (about ounce) of tobacco ie-eighth ot was smoked, fcho an opened and the linet a rd to fall into a test tube contain b ing fluid gelatin d colonics of si genic microbia. including those of chol era, anthrax (chicken cholera), and pneumonia. In every instance Ihere was a marked delay in the development of these colonies as compared with what occurred in similar test tubes charged with the same, birt not ex posed to tobacco smoke; the develop ed of some was entirely prevented by the smoke. The special constitu ent of the smoke that has this vere plant •on varieties of patho vhich effect is to be the subject of further investigation. 1 venture to suggest a practical application There is little doubt that contagious diseases are in those days frequently communicated by tho aid of railway carriages, espe cially first-class carriages, seeing that I their cushions and padding supply j nurM . r ies f or microbia, and that in | „alids usually travel by first-class, even ! those who would take third-class if in full health. Therefore, at times when dangerous infection prevails, those who are liable to such infection should select smoking carriages, tho cloth lin ings of which have been subjected to a treatment similar to that of the piece of linen suspended in Signor TaRsinari> experimental smoking compartment — \V. Mat tien W illiams, la (ioijtleeuwi • i Magazin*.