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'ACTS FOE FARMERS. [More roonomv Praotiied the Bigger Will be the Profiu. 30KKEEPIHQ FOR Tfi FABM. lows ot Inttnrt and Importance Should bo Read bj ill. Which K-p Down Kxptint**. The prufli derived is that mm left over from th grosa receipt* after all ibe ex- pensea have ben deducted, and the more eoonomy practised the smaller tb expenaea, aim .-unufqnently there ii a correspondingly farger prodt. There are seasons of the year wbem it ii difficult to oortail expenses, bat farmers somelimBS v eutil upon themselves expense* that may be avoided by using discretion. To retain that whi-n entail* of itself an expense ia to ^ add to the expense ilseU, and to eiuieavor to do moru than the oapaoity of the farm permits IB to add expense by curtailing the produotive power of those things that are more largely depended apon to afford a prolu. biioh in the oae when the land il taxed to perform a service that of pro ducing a orop witboat being supplied with the proper amount of manure or fertilizer, the expecite of labor repaired to secure orop from land so treated beiug aometimea equal to Ibal necessary fur the securing of aoandaot yielde. Daring the summer season all expenses are lessened to a certain extent, as the stock no to the food m the pasture, aeek the water required, and otod less attention to protect f rum the weather, while in the winter the food and water mast be sap- plied at the barn. This handling ot the food, and the necessary management of stock is so much expense that must be in- curred on all farms, bat to r<>-inomi/->> in that direction the farmer ahonid keep only the stock necestary to oonsnme, and there- by convert into meat, better and milk the foods which are beet viable in those forms. To retain something that does not produce him a protil ia to incur an expense, ana to be content with the produce of one-half of the dock or herd, instead of demanding the foil jaoia from all, or to compel the profit- able stock to support that which is unpro- fitable, which loobies the expense to the farmer and also reduces hia profits to that extent. AM the summer pa*es away and the oold season begins it must be kept in view that each animal must consume a greater proportion of food, and the reduction of expense must be made by reducing the number ut animals, calling oat ail that do not give prospect of immediate prolit Expenses may be reduced alto by plowing the land and banling out manure at such seasons when it can be done advanta geously. instead of wailing until pressing work is in the w ty ; and expenses may be reduced by seeding down unoccupied land with rye, to be plowed under in tbe spring There is co economy m dispensing with nsoessary stock or tools, or omitting labor that should be applied, but everything for winter may be made ready in advance with a view to have all expenses reduced to a minimum, and in every direction. Mow ! Hi* Tim. I.. II. Now is the best time to dispose of tbe poorer ot your farm animals. They have pre aumablybeeuon good pasture ami are in good condition, and have been put ia that con- dition by very cheap food. Tbe pastures have already begun to deteriorate, and from this on mure expensive feed only will be available. The chances are mat even with a liberal supply of feed the poorest animals will scarcely hold their own ; oer tainly it will nut pay to feed them from this time on, much lees to shelter ibem during tbu wiutur. They will net you more now than at any other time. When yon coll. call hard. Aswrt out not only the worst, but all but tbe best. Why handle any but the most profitable when there is not any law prohibiting your having tbe most profitable? I'revcutton HvUer Thii Cur*. It will require twioe as much food to re place a poaud of lost flesh ae to retain it. Animals too often loose flesh at this seasuu, because of the scant pasture or scant drink. If a green fodder orop baa not be grown to reinforce the pastures at this time, a serious mistake baa been made and it will be better to out some ot tbe feed oorn than to allow the animals to lose flesh. An abundant supply of pun, oool water is needed. Better tar dig another well than to allow tbe animal* to want tor water, or to drive them a mile through the hot sun to some near stream or spring. limping farm AoeuunU. I want to suggest to your readers what I believe would lead to a vary profitable and interesting result. If a number of farmer* wonld each provide himself with a blank book and keep an account expense and pro duct with each field he cultivates, charging it upon a page of iis own, with all oosl o( cultivation, just of be wonld obargea man or a stranger, and include interest on the valae of the field, and all taxes, cost of bar- vesting and preparation for market, and then upon tbe opposite page oredit the field with the value ot its: product, and so with eaoh field of bis farm, keeping a true and strict account, be would soon, at ideal in a fsw years, know just bow much it would cost to raise a bushel of wheat, corn or oats or ton of hay, and which crop has ibe most money in it. The publication of a few ol these results would be a very good guide to other farmtrs, and a useful mirror for i farmer to examine bis own peiformanoe in Practical Farmer. Mo MortcM*"- Don't mortgage the farm to borrow money to lend again, expecting to make s few dollars' profit by exorbitant interest, or to buy a carriage, or a fasi horse, or a piano, or tiuu furniture, or to buy more land. But for a (.lire bred ball to improve the herd, for a portable creamery, to drair tbe wet pastures, to buy the best haying machinery, to bnild a comfortable barn, tu secure a supply of pure water, or to add a summer kitchen and a winter wood ah, u n> the house, yon may borrow safely, if you will only retrain from spending until tbu debt is paid. Heller Than Gold. The bast wealth ii the fertility of tbe coil. Tbo country that largely imports fertiliser* and plant food will be< o oa gradually wealthy, an 1 the time will ,,,me when snob country will have more for *l- than she oan consume. Fertilizers are more lasting and permanent than go d aud can be drawn upon for a return whan everything else fails. The same applies to tbe individual farmer. The richer hi* soil tbe great, r hia rtsoroe* and the more secure .n vestment. Got a Fuddor Cutter. No farmer can afford to be without a Fonder cutter, and where 10 bead of stock ire kept, a horse power grinding mill wonld be a good inveatment. Onoe upon a time, where ti oxen and 12 horse* were fed, tbe in- of a cutter and a mill aaved one third of ihe hay and grain the tint winter. This wa* equal to tbe feeding of 2 oxen and 4 lumen lor nothing. Buoh saving make* ihe difference between profit and loss. Agricultural Mutes. Cows nenu salt regularly, particularly in a rainy time. Remove the sucker* from all tree*, a* bey rob the tree* ot nourishment. Neither clover nor gras* should be auf- 'er?d to get too ripe before catting. An old farmer says nine limes out of ten it pay* beat to sell any crop* a* soon a* ready for market. One advantage of duck* i* that they are easily fed, and nothing disagree* with them if it is sweet. Wheat M one of the beet foods for hens to promote laying, as wheat contains a larger per cent, ot albumen than any other grain. Grass that is cut by tbe lawn-mower i* excellent for the hens, and may be cured and stored away for winter use for tbat purpose. Charcoal in some form and lime ahonid always be kept convenient where the fowls can help themselves, especially daring the spring and summer. An exchange suggests that many inaeota which are fruit pest*, or would be another neaaon, can be destroyed by turning the Bogs in tfje orchard a* soon as the insect- stung apples begin to drup off. There are no beets so good for the table a* those intended for tbat purpcs-. 1 . Grow- ing Ibe varieties intended for stock, with ill., view of using ibem on tbe table, ia a mistake. The large varieties are too coarne and tough. Small, knotty fruit of any kind is a non- paying article It is belter to grow a du/jjn Domes to make a pint than to grow tif ty With grape B. remember thai ten Lunches weighing fifty pound* will sell belter than twenty bunube* making tbe same weight. A dairyman claims tbat two ounce* of salt per day to each cow increased tbe but ter product one tilth, which indicate* tbal a loss may occur by Ihe failure to supply some inexpensive essential, though ihe farmer may be feeding libern.lv and giving bis animate tbe best uf care otherwise. It is estimated tbat seine gram crops will take up as much a* tiva hundred tons uf water in one day on one acre of land. This is an enormon* quantity, and teaches the importance ol keeping the surface ol the ground well cultivated, as a loose top soil prevent* loss of moisture by evapora- tion. The roots of planta go down low K> tbe soil aud bring tbe water to the surface. The practice ol allowing graa* and weeds tu gruw in the corn row* after the ear* are formed i* unwise. The corn land sbould be kept clean until tbe crop i* Oar vested. livery weed that grows robs the corn of just tbat proportion of plant fuod aud prevents larger ears and heavier grain, a* well a* distributing the seed* for a crop of weed* next season. As a sheep dip the following ia recom- mended by breeder : Add forty pounds of soft soap to ten gallons of boiling water, and while boiling adn one pound of carbolic aotd. I'm* may then be thinued down with 100 gallons ot oold water. Tbu (nanui . is outlicieut for dipping seventy five sheej,. Nothing i* better to prevent loss of auimuuia from the manure heap thau soapsuus. Keep the heap well saturated, ami make holes in the heap so that soap- suds oan pa** down to the bottom ol tbe map. Chemical action is facilitated, but there are formations ot salts that pre vent loss. A orop of weeda remove* from the soil as much 1 1 the elements of fertility as a orop Di grain, and exhausts tbe land jnil as quickly. Do not grow weed*. Plow them under as aoou a* they take possession of the laud, by which process tbey are returned to tbe soil from whence tbey came. Kerosene i* fatal to all kind* ot insects, ana for that reaaon it is frequently used as a preventive of damage by tbe cabbage worm. An objection to it* use i* tbal tbe keioseue impregnates tbe cabbage with its odor. Tbe remedy i* a* obnoxious a* tbe work of tbe cabbage- worm. Remove all anrpln* honey at the oloae of the bouey season if intended for market. Comb honey will become solid if left on the hive* daring the summer. The apper d tones ur sarplus chambers should be left on tbe hives throughout the hot weather itnd until feeding is done in the fall. Look out for late swarm* ! The bees may be lacking in store* and are liable to warm out and leave. They must be sup- plied with honey or united with otber colooie*. Also look out for qneenlea* colonies at this time ot the season. If colonies are left qneenleea any length of time robbers will destroy them. The woman teachers of Germany, beside* a great pension association, have had an insurance society of their own for the last six years. For a monthly fee of 96 cent* a member oan, in case of sickness, draw a .! ",0 a week for IS week, and for the same p nod agaiu after an interval of six week*. Over J'J.iKK) ha* been paid ouf. Women between 1H and 45 year* old who have a doctor'* certificate ot good health are ad- mitted. Tbe society ha* a good surplus and ia thinking of reducing tbe fee exoept when an unusual amount ot sickness occurs. Miss Minerva Parker, a Philadelphia architect, baa been picked out by tbe exec- utive oemmitioe ot Ute women') depart- .,,. ,.t .,{ .!., \Vi.iiu'* Fair to draw plans for tbe Queen liaballa pavilion to be erected ou Iho ^rounds of thu woniou'a The loqti* ion* man IB not alway* afool ha may oe Miking to kesp frooi Jtkar people talk. A L1TTLK OKBKM VAH.ll. How It K*p* a W.u-h OB Carlo** Letter Carriers. There i* a little green card in use by the posl-ollice department that is a terror to some uf tbe more cerate** letter earner*. It ia a terror only when they have once been oangbt. Very seldom, indeed, are tbey caught tbe second time. The oard ia dropped in a letter box, and on it is marked the time it was put in and also the time it should be taken out by the carrier. A record ia kept by the chief of the camera, and if thai little oard doea not turn up wuh the other mail with which il ia due, il is clearly to be seen that the carrier baa not taken tbe mail from tbat particular box. Tbe objttot, of course , ia to teat the re- liability of the carriers. Where there IB any complaint ou the part of the citizens about the taroineas of local mails then a little green oara is dropped in one or more boxes in ihe district from which tbe complaint cornea. Sometimes it shows oarelesaneaa on the part of tbe carrier and sometimea it doe* not. It is. however, nut necessary that there should be complaints, for f tqneuily the cards are put in ibe boxiB of tbe most efficient men. Of course they are happy when they dis- cover them. But where a box i* misted in which there is a green oard, then the carrier is bound to gel into trouble, and very serious trouble at that. This oard has been iu use by tbe post, office department for a good many yearn in all part* of the country. Tbey were tint used in thia country under the administra- tion of Postmaster Unidekoper. '1 hey are furnished by requisition upon tbe depart- ment at Washington. Philadelphia Ttmet. An * nit- 1 1, M 1. 1. .11. A correspondent writes to a contempor- ary : Considerable amusement was created in a Scotch police court when a sweep about to give evidence in a case of assault, was asked hia name and replied : " Dr. Thoma* Macleod." "Doctor"' tj*oulated the oherilT, " doctor of what.'" I dinoa ken," the begrimed individual answered, but I'm wbat they oe' an LI.. I'., and that, folks say, ia muokle the same thing." " Well," aaked tbe oonrt, scarcely able to maintain its gravity, how did von acquire aaoh a ilUtiu^uiohi-u academical honor '" Weel, sir. it was like this. A Yankee ohiel that was agent for yin o' the colleges in hia ain country oara lau bide hereaboots wi' bis family for tbe Rummer. I aoopit his three lums thrioe, but deil a bawbee could I get out o' him, Ae day I >okil aair at the orator for the siller, an'. savs he, ' Weel, Tamrna*. I'll make an LI. . D. o' ye, an' that will pit us even.' I JUKI took him at hi* offer, as there seemed to be nsething else for't. I've gotten my diplomay framed at bame, an' I oan tell \ ... sir. a bonny picture it mak's." KirkcaUly Scvtlatul 31ml. ()r*ai itiiiMin - Nllr Cola**;*. In the silver coinage in Great Britain last year the chief demand wa* for half- crown i'ii.-.- to Ihe value of '>01.4 U 6, and for iJil.HOiiin crowns. No fourpenny- bus" save a few for tbe ancient "Maundy" were struck. The " fonrpenny" indeed has been doomed for years, but tbe " three- penny" is still hiithly popular- witness the iii- m of over 1,1)00 supplied in Ibe form of this little com to private persons," and thai although private applicants fur this coin were up to Ibe end uf last year referred to a certain London bank which held a stock of ibene coins in excess of its requirements. Crowns and double florins were freely asked for by the larger em ployeraof labor, who find them convenient for the payment of wages. The oxtraor- liuary demand for -diver in officially attri- buted to the revival of trado, in Ihe United Kingdom. Die coinage of florins, ahillingn and sixpence* rrachml the recpttctivo totals of r.".i7.:5ti. U.M.'.lHl. snd i;-.MM,473. and tbe value of ihe threepenny pieces issued amounted to i.V'7 .M. Tbe bion/.e coinage amounted to it>H,l7l. A N. i, . -ih, ii. I am told that dicoovery ha* hern made ot a new It rl drug for producing ai i-->ihei of tbe akin. The discovery i* said to be due to a German medical man, who bad intended biinging hi* investigations and results in connection therewith before tbe International Medical congress now sitting at Berlin. This, however, wa* found to be impossible, and some lime will yet have to nlepse before Ihe profession oan be made acquainted with the name and properiine of the new drug. That the introduction of such a drug will be hailed with immense gratification by doctors i* oonoeivable enough. At present there ia no preparation the properties of which are suob as to render the skin insensible merely by local application, and yet in the performance of minor operations nothing wonld l<e more useful. -London V<-rreipouJtner Uunchttter I it. i. .1,14. -i Word. A word on another subject : An inquir recently appeared in your columns a* to the longest word in the Kngliah language. Here it ia : " Honoritioabilitndinity." The woid ia given by Nathaniel Bailey in hi* Kngliah dictionary, published about 1721, with tbe definition " honorableneea." A. D.8. in iht Nev York Suit. o- " Wbat are you laughing at so ?" he a* ked, suddenly starting up in bed. The wife checked her laughter at once. " I couldn't help it, John. I dreamt I wa* a widow." The last report of Ihe work ol the " Slum Kvangela " in London shows that the number of workers ha* increased from two to 80. They give their whole time to house-to-house visitations, to nursing the sick, feeding the hungry and doing gospel work. Though they were oooly received at first they have succeeded in winning a welcome from those among whom they labor. In one year more than 100 young women were rescued and ii.000 children were cared for. UI.K-.IM IB not without it* advantage* nnder certain circumstance*. On Thnrxilay a New York saloon keeper, weighing HOO lb*., fell into Ibe river at Staten Island. Any ordinary ai/ed man, unable to swim. would have mink and drowned, but not ao Sohiffer. Hi* enormous tize and light specific gravity nnablod him to float for an hoar and a half till n pausing boat lowed him to a vessel's side, when he was hoisted to the deck by mean* ot a tackle from the davit*. A rOKKaT niKI I.I.LK Two Oregon Faultier* Flsjht to th* Death For a Planocr'i llarlli. I have often wondered what hindered the cougars from being very plentiful. They are monarch* of the woods, and are very sly, with plenty of game and cattle to live oa. This spring I was talking with an old or n i *r (a man who bants for timber and good land claims), who bad followed the business for the last twenty year* in Oregon and this State. He never take* a gun, hat carries only a blanket and a small axe. He related that one night when he wa* otmpmg in the head of a ravine, about dark, he heard a conger ecreain on one of tbe ridge* and thit olio waa answered by another on the opposite ridge. They kept working to- ward the Mean, until finally they came together some .((X) >arda above him in some quaking aspen , and anon a row nun racket as tfrey made ho had never beard before. They rolled down within 100 yards of him ; and be says that he was pretty well aoarrd ; bat he kept up a big tire and stayed behind that. They jumied down in a Duple o' hour*, and ihe next morninc. wheu it was light enough, he went on to the battle ground. He found one of them lying there dead, all cot and torn to pieces. It was a very large one. Four days afterward, as he was coming back the same way, some 500 yarn* from where be had found the first one he had stumbled upon the other one, dead. This, too, was all out and torn as the first had been. At another time, in Oregon, he heard a big tight going on, but aid not go to eee tbe results. He was stop- ping one night with an old Indian who had hunted and trapped all his life, and was telling him about the tight when the Indian said that that waa tha way when two old males met ; one or the other was killri, and very often both; and that whenever the male would find the young one* and the mother absent he wonld kill the last one of them, but if the mother were with them she wonld keep him off. That must be the reason that the mother goes with the young until they are nearly two years old. They say that all the cat kind will kill thr-ir )i>ang. We know that this is so with the domestic oat t'orrtt and Stream. I M-KMMI.IATIli* I.lrBNUBU. Th* recent edict* of the Ransian Govern- ment against the Jew* are exceptionally severe. It ia ordered that in tbe future Jew* shall reside only in towns and not in the country. No Jew will any longer be permitted to own land or i ven to farm land. To mtenaify tbe severity of this u.iict, and widen its scope, the Government oliioial* have included many bundred* of small town* in tha oategory uf country village*, and expelled the Jews from those towns. Ten* of thousands of soul* will be thus rendered homeless. Jews are no longer allowed to be in auy way connected with mines or mining industry, nor even to bold shares in any mine. The Jew* will henceforth be practically debarred from partaking ot any educational advantages, whether in schools, gymnasia or univer- sities. Hitherto they have been allowej admisaion subject to Ihe limitation that their number sbonld not exceed ."> per oeut. of the total number of student*. Secret instruction* have already been sent re- quiring the reduction of this amall per oentage to still lower limits, and from many of the higher educational institutions all Jewish students have been expelled. The legal profession, in which heretofore a large number of Jew* in Kut-sia have achieved great moots, will in future bi closed to Jewish student*. Jew* are hence- forth prohibited from following the prod a eions ot engineer or army doctor, or from tilling any Government post, however Hubordinnle. In thu days of the Kinperor Nicholas it wa* a subject of reproach lo the Russian Jews that they were all traders and not producers. Ibal reproach has since been wiped away, and now an enormous proportion have become skilled artisans, agriculturists, and professional men, all adding largely to the wraith uf tin ni|iirc. But under Ihe new repressive law* all thi* communal progress is to be reversed, ihe artisan, tb farmer and the professional man are all to be ruined, and those who survive the persecution must become traders in the overcrowded towns. It is estimated that the to*al number o! persons who will be expelled from their home* under the new law will not be far from one million. The consequent mig lion and the oongealiou of ihe siarvm fugitive* in those oitiea when Jew* wil alill be allowed to dwell will be so danger ous, and possibly ao pfslilrntial in it* result*, that only one object oan be con templated by the instigators of these par aeootiona namely, the total extermination of the four million Jewa of Russia. Hurt Mil l)i k nii). Tramp (refusing some bread) No madam, I cannot accept vour kind offer My knowledge of the laws ot health oom pels me to draw the line at that bread. Young Matron The idea t Perhaps il isn't good enough for you. Well, what would the Lord High Duke like to have T Tramp (with dignity) Madam, I may be a tramp, a loafer, a uead beat, a chicken thief, a scamp, or whatever you will have it ; but I would like von to distinctly nn derstand that I am no foreign dnke prinoe or oouui. No, Ma'am. THE oensns of the Britiah Empire will be taken next year. An exchange a*> s : In current calculation is that at the opening of Ihe year 1 -JO tbe population of tbe lint ish Empire wa. very nearly .v.N.ooo.iHX) f whom 3H,126,000 were dwellers in the United Kingdom. '-'71,1*0,000 in India, anc the remaining r.i.UOO.UOO in other posses siona. Two years ago tbe Indian Govern inont nstimated the population of British India at _'08.7;M,H;-.0, and that of the native Stale* at <K> tM4,H7S. Assuming that tin various nnasoeriaiuable elements ol nativi populations in all her posse>**ions foot ii| 10,000,000, Riid that the natural rale o increase has been maintained, the Britiah Umpire will probably be shown lo have not far from .'UO.000,000 population ouuni erated and estimated. Bum ami Wagner estimated the population ol the world ii 182 atl,4;v> -<S7 .')00 Houls, of which Kuropo has about :c.'s,ooo,000. or I'J.OOO.lKK) lexs than the expected result of the BMIIM census of l.vjl. We have shadowed tho man who -iiola our umbrella. />...'/<u .Yuri. Iu the volume prepared by Mr. Helbonr- ner, containing extract* from the dooo- ouuiM and reports preempted lo tbe Social Eoonomy section of the Pan* exmtulion, and printed by th* Canadian Secretary ol State, tbere is a chapter upon tbe means of preventing workinicuiea from indulging to loess iu tbe us* of intoxictltug n.j uor*J Tne several kinds of brandies are aes^ribod in order, snowing tbe increasing noououa- ueea, brandy made from wine havn >; the leant toxic property and brandy made from potatoes ihe greatest. An extract i* quoted from /schokk, the Auairiau economist, who says : "All the laws are powerltta* lo ex- nrpaie an evil which has taken root in the oe of the people ; il IS with tlie people themselves mat the moral reform must be- gin, and i.u Government is strong enough to do it " 1 hen Ibe report continues : iie law on droukenuess, as we nave shown iu uur report, produces no salutary effect ; it dots not prt>veul ibe habitual ai inkL-r from rt-lspaiiig ; beni .e. il only ,iui lihe* tiliu who is evideully drunk ; II dues nut reach ihe drmlitr whu eve-ry uay nsorcs a certain |uaullty of alcohol witb- ut Betting inn. xuated, tbuugn lie >* .1 most aioononaed. To remedy ihi* evil, we must regulate the oar rooms wnb ihe greatest uare. I'nfuriuuatbly no law has been paaaed n iliai sense ; on tbe contrary, we. have given to Ibe retailer every facility to sell us product*. Tbe number uf drinking naoes le unlimited, no superintendence is ruued a* to tbe iulit> uf liquors told, and me hour* of ale are no longer, we might y, regulated; tbe rum seller is free to do a* he pltaaea. " As ha* been well aaid by Mr. A. Lau- rent, the tavern make* the drinker, more so than tbe drinker make* the tavern, and when we retKol tnai in moat of the large me*, bar-room* are attended by women who give themselves 10 the first comer, we couiu to tbe conclusion that beaidta Ibe xusoning we have just pointed out, there a moreover a serious cause of demoralisa- tion and a new attack on public health ; his terrible evil must be cured without delay. It is only by regulating this un- wholesome tratlio thai the drinker will be stayed in his downward oourse." Then follow i nutations fruni a lecture by Pr. K. Dubuik, who say* : " It has been iroved that an jhuiitm ruled especially where wmv was unknown ; remove ibe MX on wine, you destroy at one blow aoullera- lon ; limit exportation if uec*s*ary, and ilaui the vine every where . give good wine cheap, aud less brandy will be drunk . for tbal purpose, reduce tbe middlemen, and !avor co-operative supply societies. " Beige, confiscate averywhere the badly rectified alcohois ; forbid thu adulteration ol wine ; exact a Heavy license from liquor ler*, and restrict their number, as also the hour* of aale, and give free scope to the sale of good fermented liquors wbtch are lews hurtful , encourage toe use of non- alcoholic drinks ; reward thoes who knew bow to spread tbe use thereof ; remove the tax from tea, outfee, sugar ; po*l up table* abuwtng the relative tone power of ajuruu- uua It. i Horn; multiply uauiioua, drive away doin ibe juuiry the old offender* who form >XI to -<0 per cent, ot tbe incurable aud dangerona drunkards. Teach hygiene in schools, inculcate m youth tbs horror of drunkenness. " It is in large centre* that alcoholism cause* the greatest ravages . apply your- solve* to correct tbe inconvenience* ot tbe crowding of individual*; give plenty ot air, water aud light. " Poverty, grief, fatigue bring forth vice anppree* those abominable taxe* on food, by which the more mouths a workman has to feed, the more taxe* he has to pay diminish Ibe hour* of labor, mcreaee tuu wage* of the worker . he will thus be able to secure a comfortaole home, far prefer- able to the tavern ; induce him to eoouum- lee ; tbe woiker wno begins to nave in not far from renouncing false ei.joyrnent* . give to tbe Mrls a practical education, so tbal later ou they make good wive*. A* in \merica, create temperancu aooietie*, and for thai purpose a*k ibe women lo ead the movement, for tbey suffer most from the after-blow ol alcoholism, witbout i xpttrienoing auy ol its false enjoyment*. L)o not ooutiuu yourselves) to physical hygiene, preach alto moral hygiene ; seek and leach the grand natural laws ; make them respected, by showing ihv numberless miseries resulting from their mobeerv- anos ; for Ibal purpose, multiply public lecture*, open libraries and work-rooms, well lighted, well heated in winter, and not kept oloaed precisely at the time when the workman could come. \i< a foil to fimui anil idleness, favor theatre*, concerts aud assemblies where drinking ia not allowed ; by exciting the thirst ol intelligence, yoa will satisfy that of tbe body." The Sooiete ile la Vieille-Montagne dis> misses every workmen found intoxioMsd in a workshop, and forbid* Ihe sale of spirituous liquors in houses belonging lo Ihe society and rented to its workmen. Among its reooinendalious are these : " l>itrili*vt. Tbe first and perhap* the best mean* to keep tbe workman from tbe tavern i* to give bim a pleasant home. The working man who owns the house he live* in, and tenda his own garden, or even th* workingman who can rent a clean and neal i welling seldom become* an hiil itn, ot the tavern and a victim to alcohol. And il, moreover, thai man had tbe lack lo marry a good house-wife, we may safely leave him alone. A dirty tenement, ill dressed children, a slovenly wife are the great aux- iliane* of drnnkenneas. It is for that rea- Hon that the \ ieille Monlagne, finding thai the true place of tbe woman ia not in the workshop, but at home, does not encourage Ihe labor in factories of girl* and women. Tbey forbid it in the interior of their mines, even in the localities where Ihe law allows it, and they only permit it where health and morality are safe. " .imunmtnti. But il doe* not atiinoe lo lodge the workmgmen , we must alo think of giving them recreations whtub may occupy their leisure hours in an honest and healthy way. For that purpose the Vieille- Monlagne has on an .1 tint pairoui/ed in all their establishment societies uf amusement, orpheons, harmonic*, bauds, target shoot- ing, etc." T HI- I'nitod 811 for ponsionB in the Miar ending .lime loihltxi >]<> In the year emiun: .lime .10111. l>^-. tin- amount wax -- bill will be when all who bore arms in the civil war have passed from the aoene nobody can guew.