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AGRICULTURAL ^^*s+-**^***s l *r^*^*s+^^*^*s***^^'**s*s' Crate For Shipping: Live Fowls. Express charges on live poultry being double rates, it is desinbie to make the crate in which poultry is shipped as light a* is consiitsnt with strecgth. Th* illus- tration shows wha: ii perhaps th* best framework for such a crate. An rniti'y grocery box of the requisite si/e may be awed in the middle, making the lop and bottom of theciate, though it the box is at all high some three or lour inches only, of the top and it th* bottom should he taken. The corner poet of inch and a half pine hould be well nailed to the box, an<i the aid** and ends then covered with burlap or ootton cloth. The top may be of slats or of boards, a* shown in the sketch. If of the LIGHT FOI-I.TKY CRATE. latter,* hole should bo cut both tor ventila- tion and for convenience in handling. Straw hould be placed in the bottom, and plenty of oat* or wheat scattered into it. If tbe bird* are to be shipped but a short distance, DO water should be placed in the crate, but if cent a long way a tin cup should be pro- vided, and notice pasted on th* outside that the fowls within are to be watered by the xpreea messenger. If food is provided for a long journey it should be placed in some receptacle so that the birds will not soil it before it i* all eaten. Do not crowd birds that are to be shipped a long distance. If they are to b* on the way but twenty-four hours, or less, some little crowding will not injure them. The Farm Teams. How much of our succe** in farming is due to tbe long suffering labors of our pa- tient farm nor***. Hence it is of primaiy importance that we handle and care for them in tbe wisest manner, both from a humane standpoint, and from a mercenary one as well, as we wish to extend their period of usefulness as long as possible, and thereby get as much work out of them as can be obtained. With good feed, regularly supplied, horses will sund steady work through the entire day snd yet. keep in good condition, providing they are not worried by a senseless, thoughtless driver. In the first place, the farm horses should have comfortable, commodious stables that are cool, airy and well ventilated. Cloa* narrow stalls are *n abuminstlon. Kvery hard-working hr* should at least be al- lowed a good wide bux stall in which he can stretrh out his lepi, and cast in com- fort. Of ooursecomfortable bedding should b* supplied. Not so heavy a bedding u needed now a* in winter, but a thin layer of sawdust, dry loom, or straw is needed te permit an animal to lie easy, a* well a* to krep him clean. To keep air of stable* weetaud wholesome, sprinkle about a lit- tle land plaster occasionally. Ths hard working horse must have lib- eral ration*. Oats seem best fitted for horses, but they are somewhat expensive- and for slow- work ing farm team*, corn and bran may profitably be compounded with the oat*. An excellent ration consists of one-third each, of cracked corn, bran and oat*. Of this combination, the fsrm horse may receive twelve quarts per day, or four quart* morning, noon and night. It is a mistake to work sn animal all day, and then turn him out very hungry to pasture by the roadside, to get his living. Thus the poor beast must work both night and day. Ity all mean* fee.) the grain ration first, with a little good hay or cut grass; then if a cool pasture is available, ths animal may be turned loon to rest in the open air. Regular thorough grooming, and well oiled, properly fitting harnesses are further items upon which the good condition of the farm team depends. Grooming is ths equivalent of a certain quantity of grain and Is it not reasonable that a horse whose kin is kept open, and the pores unologged, hould be more healthy and vigorous and capable of performing more wori than one that receives no attention in this direction? Then then is no qusstion but what a harness that is pliant and supple from regu- lar applications of oil, is found to last longer and bear lees heavily upon tb* horse* than one that is hard and stiff through neglect. A well oiled harness means less chafing, fewer galls and sore*. In conclusion, it may be repeated, that our farm horses deserve all the kindness and good care that can b* given them. Dairy Notes. If we wish to secure first-class butter, it i* not of packing alone that we must be especially cartful. We must begin not with the quarters alone in which Bossy is kept, although it is of great importance that her quarter* be kept oloan and com- 'ortable but with the milker. Yes, abso- lute cleanliness is required in the personal habit* of the cue who draws the lactea' fluid from Bossy, b* it man or woman. On most farms the milking is performed by the male members of the family. Does one out of ten ever think of performing their moru- ing ablutions before milking? We have een th**e male members milking with pipes in their mouths, and removing thsm occasionally to sject saliva ; hair unkempt and soiled, dirt-begummed clothes. Cilt- .dgsd butter ! Bah I This is no overdrawn picture. Next we should note the surroundings of Bo**y. She should b* groomed every morning before milking, the odder washed in tepid water in cold weather, and cool water m summer, and afterwards wiped dry. The milk should b* strained soon after milking is done and not allowed to stand until crssm begins to mim before it is strained. It is less trouble to use a detached (trainer, as it at) mi is of easier cleansing. Cis*nlines* is ths wstchword in good butter-making. If crocks sre used in which to set t'.e milk, always wash in warm water and afterward scald, and if they are washed in lime water often, it will insure their perfect sweetness. Milk should lie skimmed before it thick- ens, and should be churned every o'.her day. 1 use * stone jar for cream, and every time cream is added it is well stirred in with the other. Creair should not be churned within twelve hours after the last skimming is added. Cream should be kept near sixty degree* of temperature ss possible until ready for churning, and in the winter should be brought to sixty-four degree*. In summer, if cream is warmer thac sixty degrees, it should be cooled to that temperature by placing the jar io cold water over night is best if it can be so arranged. The butter will b solid in the hottest weather if this metbol is used. The butter should come within an hour. I attend to all the butter-making myself, from firsttolast, exceptchurning. Jpreterto take the butter from the churn with the ladle, using plenty of cold water to wash away tbe buttermilk, and think that chop ping it with the ladle insure* better results than mashing it and smearing it, which by breaking the granules, renders it greasy and streaked. Drain off the water from time to time ;salt at the rate of nearly two ounces to the pound. An excellent way of packing butter is to use stone jan, unless wanted to (end off, when wooden tubs or buckets can be used, and should be thoroughly soaked in brine belor* the butter is packed in them. Have the jars perfectly sweet snd clean and cold; sprinkle salt lightly in the bottom and on the sides. The butter should be worksd the second time to insure all tbe butter- milk being drawn off, and then place in the jar and with the wooden potato masher press it evenly and firmly ; have a cloth about an inch larger than the jar wrung out of cold water ; lay it over the butt< r and press out th* air and cover with. inch of salt ; spread it evenly and pro** i cloth close to th* *id* of tb* jar. When the next lot is ready to pack take off thr cloth, salt and all, and lay in a clean dish or bowl, to be used again ; th* object of th* salt and cloth is to exclude tbe air. Over the top of the jar another cloth of three or four thicknesses should be placed. When the jar is within an inch of being full. cut a cloth that will just cover the butter, being careful to keep smooth and exclude every air bubble, then cover with- brine, strong a* can be made ; it doe* not matter if it b* thickened with salt ; then tie up with (he cloth folded as described above and cover all with a plate or wooden cover. This is the plan adopted by one of the best butter makers 1 have known. If batter is wanted for immediate use 1 roll it back and forth and shape it up with the ladle until made into oval rolls, tnen wrap each roll into a separate cloth. It will reach customers in better shape than when several rolls are piled together " promiscuous like." INDIANS OF THE NORTH THEY ARE INTELLIGENT AND WEL- COMED A CLERGYMAN. Vrrr wii-i Bane** Ac Tlrnt* T*>* Carry oa llkr wild Mrs) >..( are Ml CAPT. BOWER IN TIBET. It Kerral K\Urall.> rWhst l Calle4 Ibr ato.,f ..r Ihr Mori ! t'apt. Hamilton Bower, an Englishman hfts recently returned from a daring trip of exploration in Tibet, the "Roof of the World." Tibet does not welcome foreign explorer*, and Capt. Bower'i trip wa full ot incident. Hn plan wa * bold one. lie made tin final preparation! at Leh, Kachmirian Tibet, but he kept the object of hi* journey a profound iccret. (apt. Bower'i Chinese passport for trav elling in Cbinete Turkestan wai of no ralue in Tibet proper, ''int. Kowor s plan was to puth forwanl into Tibet without being noticed until he had gone too far to turn back. He and hu companion Dr. Thorold, represented themselves as meichant* on their way to China, and succeeded in main- taining this character among the few no mads whom they met until they reached responsible officials within a few marches of Lhasa. At this point Capt. Bower and Dr. Thorolil came out in their true charact- ers and refused to l> sent back by the way they came. The officials did not allow them to proceed to Lhasa itself. The plan of these explorers involved weeks of the hardest travelling through an unknown district lying 1 to the north of Tibet, of which the maps give only scanty details. They lived for weeks at an eleva- tion of from 15,000 to 18,000 feet on a plateau known as the Chang. It was thin- ly populated, but it abounded in game. Irani the north of Lhasa they came to low, relevations and more populous districts and came out at last on the main Chinese trade road through Bethsny aud Lithaoy to the Yang-tae-Kiang. Capt. Bower found the religion of the Tibetans a strange worship. In speaking of it he says : " In no country is religion 10 much en evidence. Kvery man ha* a praying-wheel in his hand, whioh he con- tinually turns, even whan on horseback. . . . Bat all tbi* outward show means nothing but a gross tuperstitioo : in no way do the people regird their religion as being a rale of life inculcating virtue, and moral- ity ; all they think is that by obserring certain rule*, benefit bat they know not whit benefit is obtained, ana by neglect- ing them, calamities 1m: they know not what calamities would ensue." Capt. Bower thinks that the religious question is at the bottom ot the rooted objections of the Tibetans to the intrusion ef Kuropeans in their country. The lamas objected to his entering their monasteries for fear he should see the wealth accumulated in them. I'nlaicilry, if not a part of their religion, ii saiii'Utied by custom. China considers all of Tibet a* in some sense belonging to her, and she would un- doubtedly cry " Hands off," to any other power that attempted to invade this conn try. Ac a matter of fact, the Chinese rest dent* have little real influence, and do very much as the lamas direct. What Mamma Would Think. She (blushing) "( j, George, what would mamma think if she knew you kissed me ?" He " She wouldn't think at all ; she would say it right out." The HOD. J. C Sohultx. lieutenant govetnor of Manitoba, ha* received the following litter from the Biihop of Mac- kenzie river (Dr. Reeve) giving a report of the visit of the Hev. J. O. Stringer to the Indians in the extreme north of Canada. After describing his journey and introduc- tion to the tribes he 'lays: "Hunting the grampus is their chief occupation in summer, and last season 155 were killed. After day'* hnntal) would meet in the council house and the exploits and adventure* of the day wonld be related with great animation and considerable eloquence. Some of them had said that they would not hunt on Sundays, but one day when Mr. Stringer was in a tent visiting a sick person, a cry was raised that whales were in sight, and when he came oat of the tent all the men were off in their kyaks. Unable to get the others to attend service, and discouraged and disappointed with the day's proceedings, he was just, about to retire to rest when a message came to say that he was wanted at the council house. He went 'wondering what was wrong, and was surprised to see nearly all the men sitting there quietly.'" AW TRIM DANCIN'.. Amongst other purposes the council boose wa* used for dancing. On the night after his arrival, a* he was sitting there, a danc e commenced, which is best described in hi* own word*: "I watched them for a while, and before I knew it they bad turn 1 it into a 'medicine making' performance. So I thought I would it through. I'. . ocame wild. Had it not been that the onea who took part wsre those who were friendly to me I think 1 should have been nervous, or in other words 'scared.' When yon see a big knife brandished in cloee proximity to you, and the brandisher going through sll sorts of contortions and inim- icry, such a* few lunatic* would be guilty of, you begin to wonder what is going to happen next ; at least I did, and several time* would have been glad to be out of there, hut I thought if I left they would think I wa* scared, and that would never do, so 1 saw it to the fin- ish. I think several of them were possess- ed. Otherwise I don't know how they could have gone through the performance as they did. Perhaps it was juitas well that I witnessed it once, bat I don't think I snail again." Ill* SJCCOND VISIT. '<* The second visit was to Hsrsohel island, and wai undertaken at tn-. beginning of winter. Taking a train ot dogs, sled, pro- visions and everything aeooasary for a purnev over the snow, and accompanied by an Indian, he left the mission a 'ct. 27, and reached the island after fourteen day's travelling. It was a trying journey. A dense fog compelled them to hug the shore, and thus increase the distance. The sudden breaking off from the shore of a large sheet 01 >> ""i? caused their being carried out to tea. They also narrowly escaped a visit, daring the night, from a large polar-bear, whioh was looking out for winter quarters, and perhaps for a upper too. They fell in with a party of Kskimns and stayed with them a day. They seemed to be utterly ignorant of the gospel. H* had there hi* first experience of living in a snow house, and bad one of his own. "The first," he says, "I ever owned." About fifteen mile* from the island they came across another party. whom they were glad to meet as their provisions had run out. They were all strangers to Mr. 8tringer and many of them had never before seen a missionary. He says, " I had seen some of their rela- tions fast summer and they plied me with questions about them, for they had not heard of them sinoe last winter. I made two trip* to the village on the mainland, laying over night each time, and wa* much pleased with their eagerness to learn. They used to gather in the largest house, and were very attentive as I read them what I had translated." V, HAT THE IKU'SE.4 ARK LIKE, "In the house where I stopped, there were about twenty people living. The building was about six feet high in the centre, sloped to the sides, and would have a floor area of about fifteen square feet. I was kept busy while there holding little service* with them, and trying to answer all the questions they asked. One nan said he bad killed another a long time ago, and eagerly enquired if there was a chance of hi* going to heaven. A woman wanted to know ii they used tobacco in heaven. They were as kind a* could be, and wanted me to stay all winter. They wanted me to come back and stay all next winter, and aid they would hunt for me and get me a supply of meat," - e RAT RAILWAY. cago and swarming into and about the lit- tle station. He clapped his hsnds again, and half a dczen black and sleek rats very respectable, corpulent fellows climbed in- to the first carriage, which was a first -class. Onoe more Dourof clapped, snd a half doiou black-and-white rave, quite regular- ly marked, got into the second-class car- riage, while an indiscriminately marked and rather disreputable-looking company scrambled into the last carriage, which was third-class. A black rat, who did duty as the siatioo-msster, promenaded up and down on the platform of the little douse, while two or three small white rats drag- ged some little truck* into the luggage van. These were the porters. A whistl* was heard, the driver-rat climbed upon the engine and a pointsman rushed to the points. Again the whistle sounded, and the train moved off round the trace. The training of the rat* to the perform- ance of tnis feat was, M. Dourof declared, extremely easy, except in the case of the porters, whose education ha* cjst him a great deal of trouble. Each party of " oameogers" bad been placed, one party at a time, at their breakfast hour opposite the carrisge to which they belonged, in which some soaked bread had already been placed. At his signal they had been liberated and had quickly found the bread. Little by little they had been trained in this way to enter the proper carriage*. The engine was operated with clockwork, an] the rats had nothing to do with it. A SAGACIOUS DOG. The <>r~lo..<ll,.<t Tan Was Be4 to Uve Bis BvealBc Walk. There is a story of a French dog whose breakfast was forgotten, whereupon he ran out into the garden and returning with a sprig in his month, deposited it at bit master's feet. It wa* a sprig of forget-me- not. The truth of this story is perhaps open to question, but a story almost a* re- markable ha* been furnished by a gentlemen whose veracity is said to be undoubted. The story runs: .lack is a handsome Newfoundland dog. Every etening, at 9 o'clock, he is taken fosa walk by In master, who has an orange- wood walking stick which he particularly like* and usually carries. Every evening 4t the stroke of 9 Jack rushes to the hat- racx in the ball, noses about among the walking sticks and umbrellas until he finds the orangewood stick, and immediately afterward appears before his master carry- ing it in his teeth. He wags his tail and prance* delightedly about, and shows as plainly as possible that he ill be a broken- hearte.i liog if hi* friend and master omits ths evening stroll One evening the fsmily were in the sit- ting-room with some guest*. A shower had com* on and it was raining hard when the clock struck 9. The stroke had hardly died away when Jack danced gayly in the room with tn* erangewood stick in his mouth. " No, Jack,'' said his master, " we can not BO to-night. It is raining too hard. We should get wet. Jnstlis'.en to it,. lack. * With that tt* host turned hu attention onee niors to his guests, ami presently key heard Jark pulling over the things ,n the ha track. They supposed be was put- ting away the walking stick, like the clever dog he is. A few moment* later a beseeching little bark was heard. There in the sitting-room door stood Jack, with an umbrella in his mouth. Kvery one flew for the waterproof and hat of the man ot the house, and that gentleman, bearing '.he umbrella so per- suasively offered him, took Jank out fur his walk without further delay. WHAT UNCL1 SAM IS AT, ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. r Helheel * iral.i.g .<. i. r.r BxhlMlleSk There was recently in Paris a Russian, by name of Dourof, who is supposed to know more about the nature of rat* than any other man living. He ha* made a business of training them to do queer thing*, and at the same time ha* carefully studied their habits and ways. A contributor, who visited him and his 'j:iO free and ordinarily uncaged rate, found him in the act of exhibiting his " rat" railway. It consisted of a narrow traeti laid in a ciiole, upon whioh were three passenger carriagee large enough to hold five or six rats apiece, a luggage van and a pretty little engine. Cloee to the track was a small painted wooden house, whioh served as a station. There were points and other railway paraphernalia. Present ly a cage was brought in whioh contained a considerable number of rats. Dourof clapped his hands together three time*, and all the rat* came running out of tbs A SMALLPOX RIOT. Tbe Klevrnik War*! ef Milwaukee l> la Arsas tcaln.i ike M< alik AsilkeHUes. The rebellion against the enforcement ot sanitary law bearing on smallpox cases ha* assumed alarming proportions in Milwaukee, The seat of war is ths south side and par- ticularly in tbe eleventh ward, where the isolation house is located. The authorities health officials and several aldermen wer* busy on Thursday night holding conferences id attempting to formulate some plan whereby the laws might be properly en- forced. There was great uneasiness mani- fested and on* of the city officer* said that th* situation wa* more serious than th* majority of peopl* imagined. Assured of police protection the health department's van with a crew of six health officers went to the house of Ferdinand J. Butler, at 736 Muskego avenue, where a child wa* suffer- ing from the disease. Their appearance was the signal for the sounding of MI alarm and in 10 minute* there was a mob of fully 2,000 people on the scene. There were loud cries and threats against the health department officers and a few stone* wer* thrown. Be- fore much danger could be don, however, squad of police arrived. The health officers broke in the door of the house and soon reappeared with the sick child, which was placed in the van. The crowd now became furious and a* the van started u > mad* a determined charge. The police would have been overpowered had not a patrol waggon filled with officers arrived at this critical juncture. Guarded by a large detail of officer* the van p isssd through th* mob and started for the hospital, pursued by the crowd. A mass meeting wa* field by fully 3,000 people, a great many of them women. A number of speeches denuncia- tory ol the health department and Commis- sioner Kempster were made. Other speak ers warned th* people not to commit any violence. Sister's Indifference. Little Boy " You needn't worry about sister and Mr. Poorjhapp. She doesn't care a snap for him." Mother (much relieved) " How did you learn that " Little Boy" \\hsn they are in th* parlor alone, she won't even let him have a chair to himself." An Innuendo. He " Pshaw, anybody can make money, bat it isn't anybody who can write a poem. ' ' 9he (significantly) "You Mt right. I've just read on* ot yours." >rlchbrlr IsUeml In Ml* n.,l.r, irr. f Meeneaii *md Mlrtk rrem Bis Bally B*eertf. Tin can" I am not entirely melees." Dog" Of course not ; you may point a morl, though you certainly do not adorn a tail." Philadelphia ha* 2,000 mile* of regularly laid out streets snd 300 miles of street ear line*. It produces every hour $500,000,000 of goods. Atlanta is called tbe gate city beoaii** it is the central point for railway communica- tion between the Atlantic coast and the great ootton belt. Durham, N. C., is on: of the greatest tobacco manufacturing points in the south. One firm there make* 300,000,000 cigarette* very year . New York dealers in the- photograph* of celebrities say that the picture of Mrs. Ballington Booth is among the most pop- ular in the market. Wool ten, the famous country place of tbe late < ieorge W . Child*, I* now occupied by George U". Childs-Drexol, who purchas- ed it after Mr. Childs' death. Lewi* U. .Stevenson, th* son of V ice- President Stevenson, has declined the office of assistant paymaster of th* navy, to which he wa* recently appointed. In % suit over six gee** in Stamp Creek, I "a,, when the cost* had amounted to about seventy dollar* the matter wa* oompromi*- ed and Milled by dividing the geese. Fifry thousand dollar* in counterfeit money gathered in by the officer* of the secret service, was destroyed at the United States treasury department, at Washing- ton. American Tobacco Company report* for the year I83 net earning* $4,344.467, against $4,739,301 in IH92, %nd surplus after dividends $1,212,61)7, against $1,612,- 501. There were 231,000 sheep sheared at and near i.'asper, Wy., this season. The lessnu lasted 15 days, and 150 shearers were employed. The price paid wa* seven cent* pe>-head. Mobile report* the export lumber trade there is increasing, and that mills working " are b*\ ing all that they can do M supply the demand, vessels often having te wait for cargoes." The confederate Women's Monument Association ha* been organized at Rich- mond and a charter is to be obtained. Voluntary subscription) toward th* monu- ment now amount to $600. Tbe Metropolitan Telephone company, of New York city, who are Licensed under the Bell Telephone con.ju>y, are now offering the genuine Bell Telephone instru- ment* for sal* at $1.25 each. Mrs. Peter McPherson, of Muncie, Ind., attended a party at which there were 13 guest*. Some one uperstiuonsly inclined, remarked that before many weeks some one ef tne number would d*e. Mrs. McPner- son at once fell ill and died in IwU days. A pointer dog ha* gotten it* master, James l>. Brewsur, of W. looit, N. Y., i:. trouble by devouring vegetable* belonging to neigh Dors. A neighboring farmer has brought action agaiust Krewcter, "for trespass and malicious mischief by canine proxy. Tbe most wonderful cliff dwellings in the United States are those of ihe Maocos. in a southern Colorado canyon. Some of these cave* are 500 to 600 feet from the bottom of the perpendicular side* of the canyon wall, and how their occupant* gained in- gres* i* a mystery. Dr. Lewis Swift, who is credited with uine distinct comet discoveries, thinks that "comets are composed of little particle* a* mall an kernels of wheat, each with it* own atmosphere surrounding it, "but this is about the extent of hi* knowledge on the subject, "and % to why th* tail is some times one way and sometimes the other," he says, "I do not tnink any one known." The annual report of the United State* Custom* house at Niagara Falls for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1.H94. shows tbe amount of duties collected there on good* taken over from Canada to have been \Z 14, 576.62 ; amount of fines, $7 50. 69 ; amount of fees, $7,1*41.70: miscellaneous, $3,770, total collections, S226,9J5.01. The value of imports upon which duty wa* * $5,048,340, and the value of entered free of duty $608,317. A Co Operative Colony. A large number of people in Vancouver, B.C. , are interested in th* scheme to found a co-operative colony which i* more direct. y the idea of the Vancouver Co-operative Club. It is understood that the choice of a suitable locality for this co-operative colony has already been made, but it is not propos- ed to specify the same until a later date. However, it may be said that it* situation and resource will afford peculiar facilities or f ulure development, and the promoters of the scheme are sanguine as to the result. About a dozen pioneers will leave before long and prepare the ground for th* settlers by erecting a number of house* and clearing up a little land, and ther* i* very little doubt but that many ieltl*ra will go out next spring and apply themselves to the cultivation of the soil . Ag.'icultnr* i* not the only field of labour te which the pro- moter* look for a large return. It is expect- ed that in the course of lime, mill*, fisheries, blacksmilh's shop*, stores, and even canner- ies may Utimately be opened up. A cordial invitation is extended 10 all desirous of joining th* colony, for I'M the intention of the promoters to give > rybody a chance of bettering hi* con>i,>.uii if possible. Active arrangement* sre already being made for th* purchase of the supplies, hard ware, ploughs, etc., and there sssmi no prospect for any subsequent hitch in th* proceedings. Really a Serious Matter. Actor "Hurry, or we'll mis* tbe train." Actress "1 can't find my diamonds or my pur**. " "Oh, well, never mind." "Yes, bat the pane had tea dollars in it."