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We saw In the autumn sheaf we bound
The shest Dime In tbo chimney's heart
When ft flower ot frost slipped Into the dusk
And lata flower petals were twisted apart
The dead gold blossoming, over ripe,
Ot swath that the circling cradle caught,
The harvest wealth that that the richest light
Of the budding summer sought.
WeVaw In tho dim of the faint blue smoke
The hsze on the bill where the dog rose
spread,
Slue ot damsons and blue ot grapes
And stray bright flashes ot swarthy red.
We saw the sinuous curve aod grace
Of creepers fed by tho moist dark mould,
Ths traglcd web that tno Ivy wore
And the lovo vine's mesa ot gold.
Bummer time. And the elder frost,
The dead gold, blooming of summer sheaves,
.Faint flushed disks of the wlldtvood rose,
Trldoandldvo of tho "moon of leaves,"
Reign And die and tho sccno must shift.
Fasslon ot color and blazon ot dyes
Trail like the dripping ot wine In tho path
Where a wild Bacchante flics.
These Is ever a, charm In what Is not hero;
As hither and yonder the shuttles slldo '
With the thread of seasons, we ever sco
The fairest light at tho further side.
In the dead gold gloom ot the harvest shcavis
Is a promise rouent that shall not depart;
Tes, wo waiting sigh for tho autumn sheaf,
Or flame In the chimney's heart.
PRACTICAL SCIENCE.
r " 1 Car. Couplers.
St. Joe Herald.
From an interesting communication
in tho Scientific American it appears
that there aro no loss than 20,000 oxlst
ing patents ou car couplers, yot tho de
sired conplor for froight trains has not
yot been invented. Somo of tho requi
sites for a pcrfoot coupler enumerated
aro as follows: Any numbor of cars
should bo coupled automatically, but
no coupling should bu effected unlos
dosirod; and tho coupling must bo op
erated from tho top of tho cars, or at
any rate without going between tho
..cars. No doubt tho desired invontion
will yot bo mado, but thoro aro many
failures in that lino to tho ono grand
success.
Hints on ncaltii.
The Household.
& To purify a room, sot a pitcher of
wator in tho apartmdht, and in a fow
hours it will havo absorbed all tho ro
splrod gases in tho room, tho air of
which will havo becomo ruror, but tho
wator uttorly filthy. Tho colder tho
water is tho grcator tho capacity to con
tain thoso gases. At ordinary tompora
turo a pail of water will absorb a pint
of carbonic acid gas and sovoral pints
of ammonia. Tho capacity is nearly
dtmblod by roducing tho wator to tho
tomporaturo of iuo. Honco wator kept
in a room awhilo is unlit for uso. 1 For
tho samo reason, water from a pump
should always bo pumped out in tho
mnrnlno- boforj an? of it is used. Im-
pure water js'moro injurious thnn im
pure air.
rresorvlnft Posts.
Tho Scientific American says that
charrii'g and coating with tar aro only
dosirablo when combined; that if sim
ply charro i tho surfaco would only bo
como an absorber of moisturo and
hasten decay; whereas, by applying
only tar, thoro would bo but a casing
nround tho wood, nor would it penetrato
so deep as tho absorbing proportios of
' tho charring. First char, and before
: cooling apply tho tar until tho wood is
thoroughly impregnated; and, do this
a littlo nbovo tho lino of oxposuro to
tho air, sinco it is at that point tho post
weakens first. Tho boating ovaporatos
tho acid and oils in tho tar, and loaves
tho rosin, which enters tho wood, and
, makes it air and water-tight.
Sick Headaches.
"vDr. Halre.
Nino times out of ton tho causo is in
tho fact that tho htonuich is notublo to
digest tho foivl lust introducodiinlo it,
olliior from its having btou "unsuitable
or excessive in quantity. A dlot of
broad and butter, with ripo fruit or hur
ries, with modcrato, continuous oxer
clso in opou air suuloiont to kucp 14) a
gontlo perspiration, will otton euro it
iu. a fehorl time. Ono toasipoouful of
powdered chmcoal in half a glass of
water, ami drank, sometimes gives ro
lief. And yet tho above lomodles wiU
not avail in all cases A sovoroigri
romody for this disease is not easily
found. A correspondent contributes
tho following! Sick headaoho i's peri
odical and is tho signal of distress
which tho stoniuch puU up to iuform
us that thiro is an ovor-alkalino condi
tion of Its. fluids; . tbt it nooilu a nat
ural acid to restoro 10 battory to Its
normal working condi n. Wlionjtlio
first symptoms of r.
tako a teaspoonfuj-.
clear, liftoofx mlnuMv
,aolio appear,
imon juice,
1 each meal,
no. Follow
and tho samo dbso,'
this up unlilpllt'
taking no othoVi
soon bc,blo K,
aro posh
wolconr i
to tWBi
havo
.fltjOD. A
ic a bulus-
tradWV. ii$ vimoly iniorest-
Aoty ii
HoUo. w.
A 1
lwmz&Wfff Jtaiio, wjion ms
4$&halnvAdo a c Wion botwoon
two oonuuoimc wires jiou uapponeu
to bo exposed. Ills chain bocamo rod-
hot and sot firo to hls'walst-coat, An
other gontloman was noarly killed re
cently by a Brush dynamo-olectrio. ma;
ohino. Part of tho conducting wire wis
not insulated, and was lying on the
floor, no touched tho stand ot a lamp
L which formed part of tho conducting
system, His body then formed a con
nection through the ground to the nakod
wire, and contracted his muscles so as
to causo his hand to clench tho Janip,
Ton lamps woro in circuit at tho time,
t t itWrW
and so muoli current wa.1 passed through
him tbat eight of them wens extinguish
ed. Ho was powerloss to unclasp his
hand. Evfry musolo in hh boily was
paralyzed. His faco was distorted; his
lungs were so acted upon that ho could
rcarcoly broatho. Ho could only utter
a faint and unnatural cry. Tbo work
men in tho placo Hod, boliovitig that
iomo explosion was about to happen. A
friend camo up and tried to unlock his
hand. It was impossible Ho then lift
ed his legs from tho.grottnd. This broke
tho circuit, and his hands woro released,
whllo burning sparks flow to his hands
in tho action of broakiog tho curcult.
Ho was InsonMblo, but has sinco groatly
recovered, and an improvomont to tho
lamp has boon dovisod whloh will pro
vent a rccurronco of such an accident.
DemlenloB l'ntn.
A recent number of tho Medical Record
contains a notico of a now and curious
mothod of doadoning pain, which is of
striking simplicity. It was discovered
by Dr. Bonwill, a dontlst of Philadel
phia, in 1875. In using tho mothod,
110 operator moroly requests tho pa
tient to broatho rapidly, making about
100 respirations por minuto, ending in
rapid oxplrations. At tho end of from
two to fivo minutes an onliro or partial
absenco of pain results for half a ruin
uto or more, and during that tituo
tcoth may bo drawn or incisions made.
Tho patient may bo in nny position,
but that recommondod is lying on tho
sido, and it is host to throw a handkor.
chief ovor tho faco to provent distrac
tion of tho patient's attention. When
tho rapid broalhtng is first begun tho
patient may fcol somo exhilaration; fol
lowing this comes a sonsatlon of full
ness in tho head or dizziness. Tho faco
is at first flushed, and afterward palo
or ovon bluish, tho heart beats ratlior
feobly and fast, but tho souso of touch
is not affectod, nor is consciousness
lost. Tho effect is producod in
females moro roadily than in malos,
and in tho middlo-agod moro oaslly than
in tho old; children can hardly bo mado
to broatho proporly. It is denied that
thoro is any posslblo dangor. Sovoral
minor operations, other than frcquont
dontal onos, havo boon successfully
mado by this mothod, and it is claimod
that in dontistry, minor surgery and
obstetrics it may supplant tho common
anoisthetics. Dr. Howson's explana
tion is that rapid breathing diminishes
tho oxy 'onation of blood, and that tho
resultant excess of carbonic acid tem
porarily poisons tho norvo contres. Dr.
Bonwill gives sovoral explanations, one
being tho specific effoct of carbonic
acid, another tho diversion of will forco
producod by rapid voluntary muscular
action, and, third, tho damming upof
tho blood in tho brain, duo, to tho ox
cossivo amount of air passing through
tho lungs. Tho Record is not satisfied
with tho thoorios, but considers it woll
proved that pain may bo deadened by
tho mothod, which it commends to tho
profession for tho oxaet experimental
dotormlnation ot its prociso valuo.
Cornish Working-Women.
Ilarpor'iMiiKMluc,
Picking our way through tho purplish
mud and stones below the Karn, wo dis
covered a littlo oldwomanlaboring ovor
a pile of unmillod coppor oro. Wo had
to look twice boforo wo could assure
oursolvos of hor sex; not only was hor
dross perplexing, but thoro was an un
roalty and wclrdncssin hor porson. Sho
was very small, almost dwarfish, with
boat shouldors and wrinklod hands and
face; her skin had tho toxturo of parch
ment,, and was curiously mottled with
bluo; her hair was thin and wiry. Sho
seemed "Very old, but hor oyos had a
shrewd and ponotrating quickness, and
hor movemonts woro uttorly without do.
cropltude. Indeed, .sho applied horsoU
to hor work with tho willing vigor of n
strong young man, and tho work con
sisted of shovelling tho hoary blocks of
oro into a small wagon resting ou a tem
porary tramway. Shovelful aftor shov
elful was thrown in with tin cosy muscu
lar swlug, and with much more activity
than Ihu averago "navvy" ovor exhibits.
Hor putticouLs ended above tho anklo,
and were stained with tho huo of tho
coppor orojJijjrjjhr.ioloss legs wero ran
fled up in woolen wraps, and hor foot it
cased in substantial brogaus. Sho was
not apparently uncomfortable bodily,
but hor faco had in it a look of uncom
plaining NUlTorlng, of unalterable gravi
ty, of a habituated sorrow which hnd
extinguished all possibility of a fmillo.
Not understanding a question whloh wo
put to hor, sho usod tho words, "Please,
"slrP" a form of interrogation which wo
often hoard in tho neighborhood of Red
ruth. "YH &om to bo old for suoh
hard ,'(, wo repeated. " 'Doed,
jft' ' .o'n't know how old I am, but 1'vu
'iii at it
this forty years. I'm not
ind yp'IJTjMung any longor, Unit's sure," sbo an
" iiuBwordd, iu a.'ip .p with tcarcoly
iii.obJoo)J.ayjHX',''TT A"'6 j'narriodP" "No,
Jia too iitffi JfSS& wouM over havo mo," Bho
'Vmey '.tlnuod, without rolaxlnsr from her
gravity or nolng hu,, work lor a mo
ment "nobody (would havo mo or go
with mo, as I was always subject to fits
terrible they uro. 1 still havo 'em
onco or twloo a week sometimes, alwavs
with a change iutho moini." 'HvoJj'r'
von account for it?" " iJZrtV.mVMCi
twonty-fourih yoai!l)wC,A':'iecJ;uifvIooJ
ofalarS? viJo thrt'iuvb bwn stairs,
pniat changed my blo'6i sb'.'whou
tho moon changos, I havo fits. Littlo
can bo dotMor thorn whon tho blood's
ohangod." This superstition was iro
inattqr of profound faith with her, mwnib ontorprlslng pair. Thoso woro too
othorwlso hor mannor was remarkable!
Intelligent. Sho told us that hor wages
woro f ourtoonponco twenty-olght conts
a day; and, whon wo unneoossarily
said that she must bo tired of work at
suoh Bj prloo, she answered, in a bitter
tono, "No usoboing tired ; whenyou aro
tired, thore'fl the work-homo for you."
Sho had nearly filled tho wagon by
mis timo, ami two joungor women.
dressed as sho wai, but moro vigorous
looking, camo to help her, nnd aftor
spitting on tholr'hands, which woro a
largo and as hard as an man's, thoy
appliod thomsolvos with shovols to tho
heap ot oro, falling into a maohino-liku
swing of tho body as thoy snooped uj
tho heavy rock Two mon nftorwlrd
Joined them, and wlion tho wagon was
loaded, thry pro; oiled It along tho track
toward tho mill, tho womon sharing the
work equally with tho mon, if, Indeed,
thoy did not uso ovon greater oxor
Jlons.
Tho employment of womon under
ground is now forbidden by law, tko
degradation resulting from It having
boon perceived by English legislators
only whon it had becomo flagitious; but
of thirteen thousand persons ongagcil in
tho mines, about two thousand aro wo
mon, who nro employed in various parts
of tho process of dressing tho oro. In
tho simpler operations vory young girls
aro useful, anil at tlio mill wo found a
largo number of them J ho daughters
of minors usually somo of thorn pretty,
and all of them neatly clothed and in
tollig?nt, ovon port in mannor. Thoy
can all writo, and thoy havo an appotlto
for lltorature of tho Adolphus-Adollna
sort, which they dovourin penny instal
ments whon tholr work is slack.
Great Clvillzors.
Ono of tho most beautiful and appro
priato oulogifs ovor pronouncou upon
tho work porformod by railroads was
that uttered by tho lato Hon. Bron
Palno, of tho Wisconsin Supremo Ccurt,
in rondorlng his eolobrated decision in
tho caso of Clark vs. Farrington, wlioh
ho said:
"Railroads are tho groat publlo high
ways of tho world, along which tho gi
gantio currents of trado and travel con
tinuously pour highways compared
with which tho most magulficont high'
ways of antiquity dwindle into inslg-
nillcanco. Thoy nro tho most marvel
ous inventions of modern times. Thoy
havo dono moro to dovolop tko woalth
and resourcos, to stimulnto tho indus
try, toward tho labor 1 nd pr tho
gonoral prosperity of tho country than
any othor, ai:d, perhaps, than all other,
moro physical causes combined. Thoro
is probably not a man, woman or child
whoso Interest or comfort hns not boon
in somo dogroo subserved by thorn.
Thoy bring to our doors tho productions
of tho earth. Thoy cnablo us to antic
ipate and protract tho soasons. They
cnablo tho inhabitants of each climo to
enjoy tho ploasuros and luxuries of all.
Thoy scatter tho productions of tho
press and literature broadcast through
tho country with amazing rapidity.
There is scarcely a want, wish, or aspi
ration of tli ) human heart which thoy
do not in somo measure tend to gratify.
Thoy promoto tho pleasures of social life
and of friendship, thoy bring tho Bkillcd
physician swiftly from a distanco to
attond tho si k and tho wounded, nnd
onablo tho absent friend to bo prcsont
at tho bedsldo of tho dying, Thoy havo
moro than realized tho fabulous con
ception of thu oastcrn imagination,
which pictured tho genii as transporting
an inhabited palaco from tho Atlantic
coast, and, with marvelous swiftness,
depositing It on tho shores that aro
washed by tho Pacific seas. In war thoy
transport tho armies and supplies of tho
Government with tho greatost colerity,
and carry forward, as it woro, on tho
wings of tho wind, relief and comfort
to thoso who aro stretched blooding and
woundod on tho field of battlo."
Strong-Minded Women Among tho Esquimaux.
A voung woman, Dr. Dall tolls us,
really quite flno-lo'ik'u,, and of remark
ably good physlquouu 1 mental capacity,
was obsorved to hold herself aloof from
tho ycung men of tho tribo In 11.1 un
umal manner. Inquiry, first of others,
afterward-horbolf, brought out tho
following jjiasons for hor eccentricity.
Iu ofl'eot i 10 said sho was as strung as
any of tbyoung men; not ono of tliom
had ovo1 ibeon nblo to conquer hor in
wrostli i ur othor ntblollo exorcises,
thougl f'jad more than onoo been tried,
''oiup; '63 by surprito nud with odds
V tor. Sho oould shoot and hunt
'jVoll as any ol thorn, and make
V jiiaros and nots. Sho had her
o,",fv,0 ji, bought from tho proceeds of
her ULipIog. Sho despised marriago,
and $lnot dosiru to do tho work of a
wiforfii,.' .preferred tho work whlrli
custm among tho Esquimaux allots to
to mou. In short, sho was n
"woman's, right" femalo of tho most
ndvsUood typo. When winter came,
havi" juado a convert of a smaller and
less s otlo damsel, tho two sol to worlc
wltlu, j,llrus-tusk plokw, and dug tho
exciwwon in which thoy erected their
own house, which vtnt of tho usual typo
of Ezqvimaux houses walled and roof
off wll" drift-wood covered with turf.
It wa lowovor, as an additional do
fonso'aujjalnst unwishod-for prowling
nialesJuivldod into two rooms, witli a
vo0 snt nn nanwv ''oor botwoon
thrtn jxt whloh lay somo handy billots
of cruok tho scouco of a posslblo
our two amazons lived,
5-"u, uurtjrriod on their allalrs In
dofiaj; ( 'i'conimunal bonds nud publlo
80iU;4nt Tha lattor soomod to bo
coiWsed balf of disapprobation, nnd
ha' envious admiration, whllo all
iti! 'lyoung fellows In the vlllago busiod
- t Itnsolves in concocting plans against
VyUy on tho alert tobo Burprlsod, an 1
iorts against tholr poaoo wero fruitless.
When tho deor-hunting season oamo,
tho two set off to tho mountains; and no
soonor had thoy dopartod than disap
pointed lovers, and "outragod publlo
sontlmont," oxompllfied in a mob, re
duced their wlutor quarters to a shape
lesi ruin. So far as Dr. Dall's lnforma
tton goes tho foiling year tho ladles re
turned to tho ordinary ways of the
world nnd gavo up tbo unequal contest
against a tyrannical nppln on.
A Cornish Village.
Harper's Magazine
On the summit of tho west hank it
touches tno vlllago of Saltn.-h, which Is
built down tho hill-Mdo to tho water's
edgo, and whloh is like most other fish
ing villages In Cornwall clean, solldlv
put togothcr, unorunmcnta', nnd a whitish-gray
in color. Tho deficiency of
color is d spiriting to tho artist who has
como from tho contemplation of tho
more opulent architecture of tho Conti
nent. Tho cottages, ona and two sto
ries high, of concrete, brick, and stoi.o,
with diamond-pancd windows, have
been dcslgnod to sholtcr without any
othor Idea than utility. Their whlto or
yollow walls seem to bo vertical strata
of tho indigenous rocks of their founda
tions. Tho sashes and tho doors nro
painted black, and tho streets nro mado
of gray macadam. What littlo color
thoro is gains brilliancy from contrast
with thoso qulot i urroundlngs. Tho
verdure is tho groonost, nnd tho fuchsias
blazo in relief. Upon tho hill, with a
somowhat disorderly littlo grave-yard
Inclosing it, is a scrious'.-looklng, square
toworod church, llko many others in
Cornwall, of gray sandstone, woll worn
by tho weather of conturio?, which lias
smoothed all tho edges. The church is
noarly sovon hundred years old tho
tower oldor and where timo hastmado
a gap or a seam, tho "restoration" has
been offoctod in tho most economical
way. Tho concroto uicd to fill In has
included tho fragments of the ruined
part, and bits of gargoylos and other
carvod work are found imbedded in tho
plaster. Look from tho houses to tho
pooplo thoro is an infallible corres
pondence. Tho mon aro brown and
strong, a littlo sad, with largo frames,
but no spare llosh; and tho womon. who
nro grand at tho oar, aro scarcely their
inferiors in physical proportions. They
nro frank and independent in mannor,
gathering thoir living from tho sea,
Thoro is littlo vlco among them the
smart drosses and chubby faces of their
children nro certain indications of do
mostio virtuo; but that somo of them
fall to tho besotting sin of tho English
may bo inferred from wlir.t wo heard
ono of them sav of a neighbor: "Ho
was as dhrimk as fourty maintops' 1
shoot blocks."
Then nnd Now.
Atlantic Monthly.
Whon wo talk about "tho working-
classes" wo aro using very modern
language which thoso who formed tho
great mass of our population forty or
fifty years ago would havo found It dif
ficult to understand. The term "work
ing pcoplo" was then soldom used, bo-
causo ovorybody workod. Tho minister
and tho doctor had usually worked with
their hands to defray thoir collego ox-
ponscs; and thoy often continued their
labors afterwards, to oko out a scanty
Income Tho mistress of a family did
hor own sowing and housework, or if it
was loo much for hor, called in a neigh
bor or a rolativo as' "help." Young
girls woro glad of an opportunity to
oarn monoy for thomsolvos in this wa-,
or by moans of any handicraft thoy
could loam, or by teaching tho district
school through tho summer months
all thoso employments boiug considered
equally respcctablo. Tho children of
lhatconoration woro brought up to en
dure hardness. Thoy woro oxpectod to
mako somothing of thomsolves and of
lifo, but not oasily, not without constant
exertion. Tho energy nnd tho earnest
ness through which thoir fathers had
subduod tho savago forces of nature on
tills eontlnont still lingered in tho air,
a moral exhilaration.
Miss Swivoll was engaged teaching
school on tho rlvor bolow Littlo Rock.
Sho boarded at tho house of Henry
Muoklo, a wldowor and tho loading cit
izen ot tho neighborhood, and (ieorgo
and John Muoklo, sons of tho old m:in,
wero rivals for hor hand. Both of iho
young mon proposed marriago to Miss
Swivoll. Sho said sho loved both and
they must enter into somo contest for
flio prlzo. Tho lovor who could mako
tho hotter timo was to havo hor. Tho
lano at tho houso was a half-mllo long.
Tho young mon started. At I ho oxpira-
tion of throo hours Mr. Mucklo approach
od, with tho fair teachor oil his arm.
'Wait a minuto, my dovotod sons,"
said tho old raau, "cabh'of you havo
.shown your allootlon foryour stopmoth
or." "Stepmother!" exclaimed Goorgo.
"Stepmother!" oohood John. "Yos,
stepmother, for while you wore walking
I marriodtho girl."
FaU Pruning of Grapes.
Uhas. A. Greon, in tho Now York
Tribune says on this subjcot: Fall
pruning of grapo vinos is now generally
practised. Ono ddsirablo result is
gottina; tho vines down from tho trellis,
as tho closer thoy Ho to tho earth tho
safer thoy aro from injury from sovoro
oold. It may as woll bo acknowledged
that out hybrids, though of groat valuo
in giving us superior quality, aro not
ontnoly hardy when tho moroury
approaches zorobut by stretching tho
oanos on tho ground and weighting
them downand covoring lightly with
earth 01 litter, thoy will go through
without tho loss of a bud. I soattored
a little straw ovor Ladv Washington
vines last winter and thoy camo out
sftto, whllo where not protected thoy
wero injured.
A vostorn papor publishes births,
marriages and doaths undor tho samo
head: "Hatohod, Matched, Dlspatohod."
It would take loss typo to say: "Bred,
Wed, Dead."
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS.
Tho annual raisin nroduction of Gal
ifornia amounts to about 02,000 boxes,
Frost tins damaged tho cranberry
crop in two countios of Now Jersey
yiuu,uuu.
Tho United States and Canada hav
shipped 88:1.075 barrels of apples to
ijiimuu una run.
.Mr. G. W. Ganctt of ltoscoc, III
grew (11)0 bushels of tonintocs this
season upon ono acre of land.
w inter nppies aro reported lirnior in
Montreal, and a good shipping demand
tnero at s.l.Uo to $;J.50 per barrel
Long Island farmers aro estimated
to havo lost $1100,000 by the failure of
the cabbage crop. Tho potato crop was
a success.
1110 estimated value ot this years
crop lrom 10U apricot trees on the
ranch of Mr. H. Steele, Paradise Val
Icy, Col., was 81,200.
It is assorted by tho New Kngland
I'urmcr that "a rcallv tiood bushel 0
quinces" hns not been seen in llostou
market for thrco years,
Grand Lodge Iiulcpcndentjlich.: syas
David Wells, of Riley, has made over
l,uuu gallons ot amber syrup lrom sor
gliutu cnuo tins tall.
Whenever a good nursory is within
a reasonable distance, it is best to make
selections by visiting it and picking
out the trees as tbey stand 111 the nur
scry.
John Dyer, of I'laintiold, .Michigan
has a twenty aero orchard from whicl
ho has sold 800 barrels of apples this
season, which has increased his finances
1,100.
Loiuwatcr lUtcn. nepuuuenn says
Forty-ono bushels of apples were picked
from ono tree on tho farm of Nathan
Fctterly, in Quincy tp.,this season a
larger portion ot them soiling tor $'2.2;
per barrel.
Of over 7U0,000 square miles of tim
bcr land in this country tho South owns
I(ju,uIIU, or nearly two-tliirds. Thoy
will ue sources ot wealth in a lew years
to an extant little dreamed of at pres
ent.
Grapes placed in packing boxes with
til tomato layers of paper arc so success
iuuy prescrvcu nv a gentleman 111
Danville, N. Y., that his family have
tho fruit to uso iu Winter as freely as
apples.
iiieio is as mueii uiiicreiico in the
constitution of trees as there is iu an
imals, and as a rulo the trees that arc
healthy and vigorous when young will
mako much the best trees when thoy
becomo old. A vigorous healthy tree
is sure to have good roots.
"White ash is preferable to green ash,
tor tno prairie tanner to raise on our
rich soils. Tho writer set out about
1,000 whito asli this spring, and ono
hundred percent of them aro now alive
Yearling trees can ho bought for $.".00
a thousand. K. C. Bennett.
In localities where tho vinos were
iijtircd by the cold weather in Novem
ber, 1SS0, it would bo well to out tho
vines looso from the trillis; pruno and
then let them lio on tho ground until
tho buds begin to enlargo in tho spring.
Tho fanners of Dighton, Mass., are
quite fatuous 111 tho production of
onions and strawberries. This year
thoy havo raised about -1000 bushels of
onions, and novo decided that onion
raising is moro profitable than growing
strawberries.
Tho Ghrittain Union reports an
instanco of 992 of "thoso big, brown,
buzzing bcotlcs which produco tho
whito grub, so mischievous in garden
and grassland,'' captured ono ovening
last Juno by means of alighted lantern
suspended ovor a pail of water in a
raspberry busli.
In an articlo on tho non-bearing fruit
years, tho New England Farmer ad
vances tho theory that tho truo way to
regulate production so as to secure fair
crops every year, is to plant such vari
eties of trees as aro calculated to boar
moderately every year, and help them
to carry out their inclinations by pro
venting overbearing.
If you begin pruning fruit and orna-
montal trees and shrubbery while
young, and follow it up each year, you
can lorm just sucn a top as you want.
it your trco needs spreading out, out
tho young shoots off just nbovo a bud
on tho outsido of tho shoot; and, if you
want to train upward, loavo a hud, on
the upper sido ot tho limb where you
cut it off.
Whlto Russian Oats.
During tho past season Prof. W. W.
Tracy, superintendent of tho tost garden
of I). M. Forry & Co., of this city, has
been growing a number of varieties of
oats. Among tho other ho has grown
tho Whito Russian, a varioty that was
largoly advertised in tho agricultural
press last season. When visiting tho
grounds recently ho pointed out this
varioty among others, and expressed
tho opinion that it was a most valuablo
acquisition. Ho had found it hardy, a
thrifty grower, and a largo yieldci, tho
heads being largo and vory hoavy. It
wns grown along with a number of
other variotics, had tho samo soil and
tho same care; yet its growth was much
moro thrifty, and a comparison of tho
heads of any other varioty with it
showed a remarkable difforenco in its
favor. But tho difforenco was most
ronnrkablo in its weight. Taking a
head of any of tho othors and woighing
it in tho hand, tho Whito Russian was
apparently fifty por cent heavior. Prof.
Tracy said this .varioty was vory similar
to tho Whito Australian, and might bo
tho samo: but whothor it was or not,
would not detract from its morits,which
ho said entitled it to bo considered the
bost varioty of oats now in cultivation.
Michigan Farmer.
MIRV AX1 HTOCK ITHMS.
American cleomargarino is sold in
Kngland under the name of "Holland
bnttcr."
Tho decrease
of sheep in Great
Britain during the past two years foots
up to 3,000,000 head.
Tho averago weight of hogs at Kansas
City sinco November 1st, shows a
decrcaso of ton pounds as compared
with last year.
The President of the Philadelphia
Produco Kxchango nnd twenty dele
gates aro coming to tho Cedar Rapids
Dairy'l'air.
California estimates her wool clip
this year at 53,000,000 lbs, as against
10,074,101 lbs last year, and 20,002,
(579 lbs iu 1870.
Bloonificld Jkmocmt, Nov. 17: T.
II. Murphy sold and delivered nine
head of 8-montlis-old shoals, last Sntur
day,which averaged 270 lbs.
Wool has mostly passed from tho
growers into the hands of dealers and
manufacturer. Wo may soon look
for another iidvanco in prices.
America exported to Juno 111, 1881,
of butter :U,r(i0,r00 pounds, worth
$0,520,021, and cheese, 117,995,01.1
pounds, worth SllytSOJBS.
Chcycnno Leader: By next year
there will be precious littlo spaco left
for ranges iu Wyoming, if tlio cattle
are taken iu as thoy have been this
year.
Tho quarterly report of tho Kansas
Stato Board of Agriculture givo tlio
number of cattlo in that Stato at 1,210,
15 head, being an mcrcaso of
111,115 head ovor tho number reported
in 1880.
The cold wcatiier has started a lively
movement of hogs from tho country
somo 70,000 having been received nt
Chicago on tho 15th and 10th. Of
course tho receipts will ineaease lajgcly
as tne weatner grows colder.
A now and fatal disoaso has mado its
appcaranco in tho vicinity of Dubuque,
Iowa. Ono fanner has lost nino cows
in 0110 night. Tho animals are seized
with rigors and trembling, and death
ensues iu a few years after thoy aro
attacked.
Tho aggregate number of hogs killed
in tho West for tho Summer season, or
for tho eight months ending Nov. lst,is
1,775,000, against 5,:i25,000 last year.
and lor tlio twelve mouths is 11,09.),
000 hogs, against 12,275,000 last year.
ngus cattlo are bringing higher
prices now 111 baotland than short
Horns. At a lato salo a cow brought
225 gincas, or $1,125, nnd othors with
bulls, from -12 up to ISO guineas. Tlio
average price obtained for 15 cows was
1.1. It is evident that tho breed ot
ngus cattlo is increasing ranidlr. not
only in Scotalnd but in Kngland.
Horses in Now England aro ad vane-
ng from 15 to 30 per .cent in price
Horso car companies in Boston, thrco
years ago, bought good scrvicablo
horses at from $S0 to $100 each. They
ow pay as high as $130 for equally
good animals. Heavy draft tounis aro
worth $125 to $550, while stylish, well
matched and well bred carriago pairs
bring all tho way rrom $500 to $1,000.
A fnrmor near Peru, Miami county,
Ind., increased tlio weight of fifty head
of hogs 4000 pounds in thirty days by
actual weight, realizing $1 per bushel
on 208 bushels of corn which thoy con
sumed in that time Tho gain was
eighty pounds por day, while tho con
sumption of corn was 8.9 bushels por
day, which would bo nino pounds of
pork for ovory bushel of corn con
sumed, A now and interesting feature of the
forthcoming report of Commissioner
llaum will bo a chapter, accompanied
by statictical tables on tho feeding of
cattlo and hogs at tho great grain dis
tilleries of tho West. Tho oxtont to
which this feeding is carried may bo
inferred from tho fact that, during tho
past year, upwards ot 17,000 booves
woro fed and fattened for niarkot at
tho djstillorics located at Peoria, 111.
Stock should bo woll sheltered during
tlio wintor, for whon unprotected from
from tho cold winds and snow-storms a
great deal of tho food consumed goes
to keep up animal heat, instead of
adding pounds of flesh to tho animal.
Tho scaroity of grain and tho conse
quent high prices will mako this wintor
a good timo to try tho experiment of
economizing feed by sheltering stock.
rui-lfylug Cisterns.
Ji. correspondent of tlio Farmers
lloview gives his oxporionco iu purify
ing cisterns as follows: I rocently
moved into a housa that had bcon
unoccupied for sovoral wooks and found
that tho cistern water, wliijo looking
olear and puro, had a most abominable
odor. ThinKing that tho agitation
caused by pumping tho wator, would
soon lncnd tho matter, tho family did
its best to uso tho offensive stufT, Cut
finding littlo improvement, I prooured
from a druggist a couplo of ounces of
permanganato of potash, and dumpod
it into tho cistern. In twonty-four
hours tho otfonsivo smoll had entirely
disappeared. Tho ohomioal cost mo
thirty oonts. Porhaps this oxporionco
may do of uso to somo of yourroadors,
honco I mako a noto of it.
Do not neorlect a fJoui-ii nr (Villi. Wlloriu Wt.
tract ot Tar ana Wild Cherry Is a standard
remedy In all throat, asthmatic and bronchial
affections, and has saved many valuable Uvea.
It never falls to e-tve aitlsfnrtfnn.
uable Uvea.
Sold by all
uo
Druggists.
Prale of Women.
JarMSptrka,
I havo obsorvod among all nations
that tho women ornament thomselvoa
moro than tho men; that whorovor found
thoy are tho samo civil, kind, obliging,
humane, tendor beings; that thoy aro
ovor inclined to bo gay and cheerful,
timorous Mid modest. They do not
hesltato, llko mon, to porform a hospit
ablo or generous action; not haughty
nor nrrogant, not suporclllous, but
full of courtesy and fond of Focioty; in
dustrious, economical Ingenious, mow
llablo, In general, to orr than mnn, nnd
performing more good notions than ho.
I never nddrcssed myself, in tho
langtiago of decency anil friendship to
a woman, whether civilized or savago,
without receiving a decent and friendly
answer. With mini It has often been
otherwise In wandering ovor tho bar
ren plains of iiihopltablo Denmark,
through honostSwo'Icn, frozen Lapland,
rutin and churlish Finland, tinprinelplod
Russln, and tho wido spread regions of
tho wnnderiug Tartar, If hungry, dry,
cold or sick, woman hns over boon
friendly to 111c, and uniformly so; nnd
to add to this virtuo so worthy tho ap
polatlon of beiiovolcneo, theso nctlotH
liavo boon norformed In so froo and In
so kind a luniiuur, that, if I was dry, 1
drank tho sweet draught, and if hungry,
nto tho coarse morsel with a double
relish.
Unclo Ham' .Nmo'ii'ruone l.tnlriient la
most clllclcut In J'.liciitniitlf in, IlruUea, Uurne,
Scratches and many otb'-r Ills Incident to man
ami beast. 80M lv all Drmrelst.
Bave ?our lmrncM lij- olllni; It with Uncle
Sam'a norncnsOtl, which will keen It, roftand
pantile. Tills Is tlio Iwft oil ever made for
leather. BoM by all llarneat Makers.
Dr. Jarmc'sUcnnan Worm Cnkes are an cSco
tual rdiI safe remedy for worms. They ore
pleasant to takcamlnotonlyiiestroythoworms,
but remove nil traces ot them from the system
leaving the child healthy nnd strong. They are
warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Bold by
DniKKlstj;
UbcIo Sam's Condition i'owdcr prevents dis
ease, purities tho blood, Impioves the appetite,
elves a smooth
coat, ami Keeps the anl-
mal In good condition.
All DniKdsU sell It.
For Headache. Constluatlon. Liver (Vimolalnt
and all bilious derangements of tho blood, there
Is no remedy as sure nnd safo as Ellert'a Day
light Liver 1'IIUU? They stand unrivalled (a
removing bile, toning the stomach nnd In gtv
lng healthy action to tho liver. Sold by all
Druggists.
Dr. WInehell's Teething Byrun bas never
failed to give Immediate relief when ucd In
enses of Summer Complaint, Cholera-lnfantum
or pains In tho stomach. Mothers' t hen your
little darlings nro sutTerlne from these or kin
dred causes do not hesitate to giro It a trial,
you will surely be pleased with the charming
effect. He sure to bu v Dr. WInehell's Teethlnir
8ynip. Sold by all Dn'gglstii, only i!." cto per
oouie.
Comet your liablto ot crooltcd walMnir bv
tilne I.vnn'a Patent Hol RMttVni'rs.
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