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*0 COKKKSPONDB <T*». f--fc«Uw *w till* paper *honU b« r him <|MM br tb* nam* of the author; i»t oeoMMurity fa .'t&BMMon, ba*« in ntdtam at good faith on tin® pan Writ* onl/ on on« aide of th» -japer. E. rOMfal, la gfflni Bttmftad dvjitto hiw 1 Cuenpu olihi and totlnst • China leads the world. That Is, wnen "'•V part of the world is chasing her. ' ®V»Is and hypocrites and humbugs "Will be taken for no more thautheyare *)irortli in the long run. m It the Lexow Committee perseveres, York one of these days may be ?•*, 1 too good to be true. ...... Conan Doyle says: ., 'i am ™ « »ffrite well pleased with Niagara Falls.'* im- Thanks, awfully, old boy. So kind of -J'WL ; If Nicholas of Russia can successful- : %r govern one-sixth of the civilized jworld and his wife he must be a pretty :|lkelf boy. The New York News says that before ®nd of the century New York will Isave 6,000,000 residents. Stuff and .nonsense. j . ' That New York cffibczsier was not •f*P to the tiroes or he would not have peft the bank directors enough to be s*ble to guarantee tk loss. ;' ML Wichita man secured a divorce ftom his wife in order to marry his imot.hnr-ln-law. And yet some folks there is no such thing as hypnot- /, John Eberhardt, of Toledo, went to ?few York last week and bought $900 •:<$worth of "green goods" experience in ;>7$one lot. Business in New York is look- ;;Jjtosup. . , ; The salary of Seeley, who stole $850,- f<0OO from the Shoe and Leather Bank, jwas only $1,800 a year, which shows what can be accomplished by am^ii re- . poorces improperly directed. and made great t~j liioCals on the continent L ' **ve been discovered in Chicago. They | f been manufacturing spurious vac- ^-1 v|icine points containing nothing but Jaome skin irritant like croton. k . • At last Prance has put up & statue ^ Glaude Bernard, a far greater man . « **han many hitherto so honored. He *«*"v ,f®xP*ored many unknown regions of jhuman physiology, ;. "Siiacdveries therein. S, • A woman in Springfield, Mo., who *1fell through a defective sidewalk and Pl#*oke three ribs, sued the city for $5,- ^ •' IOOO and a jury awarded her $200. The \ Value of a broken rib in Mssouri, there- fcVis exactly $66.66 2-3. Call the !&',,, next case. W. > • ^*1" ' |t», { At the recent Scotch celebration in J&teW York Andrew Carnegie responded % Uto the toast of "The Scotch Drama." $ ^ .*«He did not tell his hearers that there f, -..J*,"**8 nothing in it to equal the tragedy V* Homestead, although few border ro- h* Ik ajfmances contain more action or a great­ er variety of light and shade. # % The Atlanta Exposition has asked ?(. Government to issue a special Jpostage stamp to commemorate and i* the forthcoming cotton exposi- v ' JSon. If this means a repetition of the ^Columbian stamp monstrosity, we reg- •-' y Sster our protest right here. Liver jpada are now so cheap that the only f - *xcuse for the gigantic stamp is gone. r,/ ===============- t \ ... Thg death of the venerable Princess •v *. j Bismarck will overcloud the later years >;-"«f the great statesman who was the .founder of United Germany, and may r '»jjbe a portent regarding his own lease v Pr*nce an<l Princess Bismarck , ~ were an amiable couple, thoroughly Vy. jflevoted to each other, and models of I ' / domestic conduct 'V» "It has been a hard struggle," said ' ^General Booth of his work with the 1'JL ."jfSaivation Army, "but the joy I have trad from it no tongue can tell. Society >h - is lielpless in the presence of the evils '•<* '"'Which exist, and what we need is an ^ < (Organized system of dealing with the "" u lost and fallen with strong hands and - <Jy the grace of God. There must be a yK . .*ay, and the Salvation Army is God's ii ; invention for the solution of the prob- r ^ iesi." It must be with a feeling of tri- f V Jumph, as well as of joy, that the Gen- - <«»ral looks back over his life, for he . ^»|ias forced recognition and appreda- % jgtion from a world that once held htm ; -iafcnd his army in the most supreme con- -:r:;^4;|tempt. , Some newspapers which might be in r -lietter business are dilating upon the | • fact that Seely, the cheating bank casb- and Baker, his confederate, were J'•"exemplary men," "church-goers" and '•""indulgent parents." Suppose they •* '• Were. They are the exceptions that Ifehow the rule to be good. For one thief goes to church there are fifty who ver saw the inside of one. We pray t the wickedness of these two men Swill not cause young people to lose „ • _ jltaitli in good works and decency of out- «^rard bearing. Most thieves don't go >.r"Jto church. Most thieves are not kind ?; io their wives. Most thieves are not • <rmporate in their habits. But the 'j: - t, ̂ thief who practices abstemiousness and * 1. ^continence and preserves a righteous • rf*ront lasts longer and gets away with !. ' paore than his rakish pals. " -Princess liisumrcK wiii be classed < >»4%rith tliat mighty force In the history of *>'the world--"the unknown wives of x A;reat men." Of good but modest birth, fjlslie was married to Bismarck when he - , ;was an unimportant young man, and jfehe remained his patient and trusting . inrife, inconspicuous and unambitious ^except for him and her sons, throughout - jhis great career. She had no social as- • ;t>i rations or love for anything beyond ?3be threshold of her own home. She was a type pf the German housewife, . ;t>ut as such, with her love for her hus- •: liand and her power to provoke his love " •ifor her, she did probably more than a f'.^|fcugenle would have done to mold his ^ilestiiiy. When his days began to draw in and the court dethroned him he knowfedgment of the Influence of thlg homely housewife on his fortunes, and her death will be a keen deprivation to hl» last years. n Gen. Booth's experience, like that o| Dr. Parkhurst in New York City, demonstrates * anew that in practical life reforms are seldom worked out along the lines of commonly approved methods. When Dr. Parkhurst re­ solved that vice and corruption must be exposed and put down he was open- ly abused before the public, and had to proceed in the face of disapproval of close friends, who granted that the ob­ ject aimed at was praiseworthy, but who insisted that the methods .of thi vigorous preacher could not lae sanc­ tioned. Dr, Parkhurst has come out of the conflict one of the most respected men in the nation. One of his hap­ piest moments was when President Seth Low of Columbia College, whose disapproval in the earlier part of the crusade had pained his* exceedingly, declared a few days ago that Dr. Park­ hurst had been right throughout the struggle. The results have justified Dr. Parkhurst. It has taken a lifetime with Gen. Booth to complete the cycle from contempt and ridicule to recogni­ tion, and to demonstrate that the work his organization has accomplished was not to be done by conventional methods. Gen. Booth saw the way to reach the "sitemerged tenth." Perceiving the value of the military form of organiza­ tion, the shout and the tambourine in securing Influence with this class, he freely made use of them. The gro- tesqueness of certain features of the Salvation Army yet remains to appeal to the indifferent by their'very oddity; but the days of persistent persecution are over. Gen. Booth, like Dr. Park­ hurst, stands out as a man to whom honor is due for accomplishing what he attempted, despite all discouraging op­ position and hlnderances. HE WAS A REAL MAN. Why a Bright Summer Girl Mistrusted Her Powers of Conversation. The Saturday night train had just ar­ rived at the e watering place, and the young women at the hotels were sitting on the piazzas in postures the most graceful, each to her own style. At one of the hotels a man, tall, stur­ dy, and with a character-seamed face, bearing the burden of perhaps thirty- three years of worldly conflict, alight­ ed. An eager turning of eyes toward him did not disturb his equanimity as he passed in review toward the of- flce. He was observed two hours later talking energetically to one of the brightest of the girls. Suddenly .she left liitn, and approached a group of elderly ladies. "What's the matter, my dear T said one of them. "Did you not find Mr. Mason agreeable?" "Yes, indeed," was the ready re­ sponse, "but you see he's a man, and I don't want to make a fool of myself." "How so?" "Well, it's this way. All the beaux we girls have for six days out of sev­ en are these young college boys, and ll feel as though I had been rocking the cradle for some mother's darlings so long that I've forgotten how to talk to a real live man." Shaving in Jamaica. The natives of Jamaica have no need to buy soap, for the woods abound in plants whose leaves and bulbs supply very well the place of that indispensa­ ble article. Among the best of these is the soap-tree, so called, though it is more a bush than a tree. Its botanical name is Phalangium Pdmeridianum. Its bulb, when rubbed on wet clothes, makes a beautiful lather, which smells much like common brown soap. The Jamaica negroes, some of whom are great dandies in their way, make a soap out of cocoanut oil and home­ made lye; and a fine soap it is, smooth and fragrant This cocoanut-oil soap is used for shaving. When a man wishes to shave in the morning he starts out with his cocoa- nut-shell cup and bis donkey-tail brush and a bottle. It is never any trouble to find an empty bottle in Jamaica, even In the mountains. At least twenty generations of thirsty people have lived there, and thrown away the empty bot­ tles. The man carries no mirror, because he has none to carry. Not one negro cabin in a dozen has even a cheap look­ ing-glass. But nature provides the mirror as well as the soap. The man goes to a convenient pool in the moun­ tain stream, where the water is still, and there is his mirror. He breaks his bottle on a stone and picks out a good sharp piece. Then he lathers his face profusely and begins to scrape away with his piece of glass, which works almost as well as a sharp razor. The men rarely cut themselves in the operation. "At first," says a New York Sun writer, "I trembled for them, but afterward I tried the method for my­ self, and soon became almost an expert at it" • " An Infallible Test. If you want to know whether a is married or single, examine the con­ tents of his pockets, tn those of a bachelor you will find: Half a .dozen letters from girls. A tailor's bill. Three or four old checks for theater seats. Bill for supper. Theatrical- booking photograph. A lot of invita­ tions to dances, dinners, and social receptions. A tiny glove, scented with violet. But the married man's pocket will contain: An old bllt A couple of unposted letters which were given him to post a week past A sample of an impossible shade that he must match. A newspaper clipping telling a sure cure for croup. A shopping list rang­ ing from a box of blacking to three yards of lace. Bills. More bills. Visiting Cards. Visiting cards are not altogether a modern invention--at any rate in Chi­ na, where they have been In vogue for the last thousand years. There one must not only leave cards on all one's friends, but the cards must vary in size and color, according to the rank and importances of those for whom, they are destined. )a few years ago a gen­ eral in the 'Chinese army received a visiting card, printed In pink and two yards in length. than seventy- ^ . , T „ , , - adorned with numerous Illustrations. her eagerly. In his plight he Which measured no say: "You are my true and hon- wife, as dear to me as the rud- drops that visit my sad heart" Don't get playful during work hoars, lismacrk made frequent public ac- The people won't stand it FARM MORTGAGES. FACTS OVERLOOKED BY THE DEMOCRATIC ROMANCERS. " Census Figures Knock 8ome Holes in the Statements of "Reformers"--Re­ sult of Canceling Reciprocity frtnt- ies--England's Hopeful Tone. False Statements Refuted. Free-traders have a particular lean­ ing toward making false statements which are not susceptible of absolute refutation until weeks, months, and of­ ten years afterward, by which time the statements will in all probability have been dropped by the free trade papers and orators. Western farm mortgages have formed a favorite subject for them, and before the publication of the census figures on Indebtedness, they kept repeating their wild assertions with such vehemence and persistency that some farmers were inclined to l>e- lieve them. Here is a sample from the Louisville Times, published In the fall of 1889: "Bankers know more about money and debts than any Other class of men in the country, and the Bankers' Monthly is authority Is authority for the statement that the farm mortgages Of 3KH233fl.S t of Indiana, $635,000,000; of Iowa, to $567,000,000; of Michigan, to $506,000,4 000;of Wisconsin, to $357,000,000. Upon this immense debt the farmers are charged exorbitant interest, besides paying most of the State taxes, and con­ tributing, greatly in excess of their just share, to the tariff taxes levied by the federal government . . . Is it not strange that the grangers of the West continue to support a party and sustain a policy that have heaped these bur­ dens on them?" Since then the census figures have been issued. They show that the total mortgage indebtedness of the above States amounted to only $825,962,508 in 1890, and that of this amount $249.- 943,386 was on lots in cities and towns, and had nothing to do with the farm­ ers at all. Following are the official figures Total* Indiana .... .$110,730,848 Iowa Kansas ... Michigan. Wisconsin 199,774,171 243,146,826 150,472,700 121,838,168 Oa acres. $74,533,217 149,457,144 174,720,071 95,753,320 81,535,301 Total..... .|825,962,608 $576,019,122 So that instead of farm mortgages amounting to $2,300,000,000, these five States give a total of only $576,000,000. Free-trade romancers conveniently forget the fact that In 102 counties se­ lected by the census officers for investi­ gation it is shown that 80.13 per cent, of farm mortages have been assumed for purchase money and improvements, while only 5.4 per cent represent money needed for farm and family ex­ penses; yet "tariff reformer" have in­ culcated the idea that practically the whole indebtedness has been and is for ordinaty every-day expenses and debts necessitated by the tariff. While the "reformers" have been de­ pleting their absurd and magnified views of Western farm mortgages, they have been as silent as death over the fact that the great manufacturing State of New York alone has a total mort­ gage Indebtedness of $1,607,874,301, or double the amount shown by the five Western farming States. When a true-blue representative "re­ former" Is out of power he pictures frightful scenes of horror, desolation, and want, even when the country is in the midst of the greatest prosperity. When unparalleled disaster overtakes the land while he is in the control of affairs, he first fails to see it and then magnifies every little temporary im­ provement into a wave of prosperity returning because of low tariff. Great and marvelous Is a "reformer." - GEO. ALLEN WHITE. Please Spare a Poor Man a Dollar. Iu5T*£*22 (Itates. The beneficial effects «? the Wilson tariff Were not felt Immediate­ ly, owing to the heavy stock held iu hand by American importers. These have mow been reduced, and orders are being placed more freely. A well- known firm has received an order for 50,000 pieces of coatings for America, and It is stated that four orders, each of the value of about £75,000, have been placed in the same district by Ameri­ can buyers. We learn that a similar recovery is being experienced in Shef­ field, and it is not unreasonable to ex­ pect that by the end of the year Britfsh trade with the United States will be comparatively brisk.--Eastern Morn­ ing News. That Star-Kyed Goddess in Distress. 1 imple-Agricultural ments .... Books, maps and en­ gravings Corn Wheat flour.e Carriages and stieet cars Cotton cloths Other cottoajoods.. Fruits and nuts*..... Iron and steel...... Machinery......... Sewing machines... Leather goods. Turpentine Mineral oils Cottonseed oil...... Canned meats... . .. Salted beefy. •••••• Tallow Bacon . Hams . Pickled pork.... Lard Butter ....... .v. Cheese Timber ........ Lumber Furniture ...... 1894. $6,252 f3,384 . . . # • • * • . Total $1,255,801 $642,410 Decrease in twenty-seven articles of merchandise in a single month, $613,391. Why the <'St. Louis" Was Built. The launching of the new ocean liner, they"St. Louis," is the direct result of the partial extension of the postal sub­ sidies to American steamship com>- panies that was advocated by Postmas­ ter General Wanamaker. Had such a policy been adopted a quarter of a cen­ tury ago, and maintained in accordance with the growth of the country, the American merchant marine would by this time have been of presentable size. Our shipbuilder?! can build the vessels, but the capital that orders and uses them must be placed upon the same footing as the steamship owners of for­ eign countries, who, while paying lower rates of wages to their sailors than we do, receive substantial subsidies from their respective governments. Why Freight Is Lower. The average rate per ton per mile for the transportation of freight of all kinds on eighteen of the principal rail­ roads of the United States decreased from 1.985 cents pgr ton per mile in 1873 to .799 of one cent per ton per mile in 1892. This was under protection. The Lord Delivered Us. Congressman Marriott Brosius, In the course of a grand and eloquent address, quoted Carlyle's description of Sir Henry Vane of England, who flour­ ished some generations back. Mr. Brosius applied this description to the distinguished Congressman Wilson, who led the fight for the establishment of free trade in America. These words of the great Carlyle as applied to Sir Henry Vane are so apt and appropriate to Mr. Wilson that we reproduce them here. The lines are as follows: "Grant him all manner of purity and elevation; subtile, high discourse and Intellectual dexterity; an amiable, de­ vout and zealous man. His tendency toward the abstract and theoretic is ir­ resistible. His hold on the concrete wherein lies everything that is prac­ tical and permanent Is not that of a giant or born practical king. His as­ tonishing snbtility of mind conducts him not to new clearness, but to ever new abstruseness, wheel within wheel, ana depth under depth. His astonish­ ing intellect occupies itself In splitting hairs, and not in twisting cordage, or other effectual draught tackle to take road with. You can only get away from such a man with the prayer,'Lord, deliver me from Thee.' I want twisted cordage and steady pulling, not split hairs, hysterical spasmodics and treble. Thou amiable, subtle, elevated indi­ vidual, the Lord deliver me from thee." And, as Mr. Brosius puts it the Amer­ ican people are now saying to the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee to-day, "The Lord deliver us from thee." And the American people were de­ livered.--Grafton, W. Va., Sentinel. Of Course They Forgot It. When Democratic papers gleefully announce that the Nledrlnghaus works for making tin plate at St Louis had resumed work they are kindly request­ ed to add that this resumption of work -takes place with reduced wages.--Bur­ lington, Iowa, Hawkeye. More British Cottons. The exports of cotton piece goods to the United States from England dur­ ing the month of October were 3,650,300 yards as compared with 2,136,400 yards in October, 1893, an increase of over 1,500,000 yards during 4his one month of "tariff reform." He Has Learned It. Mr. Cleveland "gave us a rallying cry in our day of triumph." Now he gives us but a faint toot aud it comes from the wrong end of the horn. Tariff re­ form is dead. Free trade is dead. The President knpws it He has learned his "object lesson." Ah, There! "The Republican hope and expecta­ tion of certain victory and the Demo­ cratic apprehension of unavoidable de­ feat in the Presidential election of 1896 bid fair alike to prove illusory."--Chi­ cago Herald, Sept 25,1894. You don't say! A TON of gold is worth about six hu dred thousand dollars. » -J England's Hopeful Tone* * There Is already a more hopeful tone In the Bradford market consequent upon the Inquiries from the Uiuted ' «r- - Mi • ' That November- Blizzard. NOTES OF OF TO TILLERS THE SOIL. tJse as Feed Whatever the Farm Pro­ duces that May Be Used for the Pur­ pose--Pure Grass &e@d--Bwamft Dis- eaae Among Cattle. The Market for Good Horses. - Overproduction and the general com­ mercial depression have been blamed for the generally low prices which have, as a rule, prevailed for horses throughout the country. We all have our preferences as to breeds, some lik­ ing the trotter, others the hackney, and others the coach horse, etc. Yet It is noticeable that there is no overpro­ duction of first-class animals of any breed, and that there is not sufficient commercial depression to prevent good horses of either breed from selling at fair prices, provided they are fitted and conditioned for immediate use in har­ ness or under saddle. Breeders find themselves at considerable disadvant­ age when they desire to sell breeding stock or young things, but the finished product, if superior, goes quickly at good figures. That is the encouraging feature of the outlook.--Rider and Driver, "Work of the Denis. Senator Washburn Introduced a reso­ lution calling upon the Secretary of State for information as to the effect upon the flour trade of canceling the/ reciprocity treaties. The result of raf voklng the treaty with Cuba Is shoi^4 by the statistics of exports to that island for the month of October, just issued by the Bureau of Statistics. The following are the exports from the United States for the months^bf Oc­ tober, 1893 and 1894, of principal arti­ cles of domestic merchandise: 1893. 4,868 2,043 33,548 702 113,831 , „J5,9»2 G0,4«7 37,412 6,087 4,40T 2,2*24 17,073 11,387 41,801 2S.277 433,858 359,609 3,304 196 8,682 • 3,302 4,8711 619 7,B»fr 8,835 121 •• *00 891 • • » • 1,530 53,875 22,856 57.269 3T.994 2,194 1,705 302,396 50,708 533. 180 2,934 622 4,622 12,073 57,011 27,726 26,568 19,841' > :. Sorghum Seed as Feed, tp view of the failure of the corn crop, this is an Interesting question. It Is the part of true economy to use as feed whatever the farm produces that may be used for the purpose, and the rational feeder naturally desires to know what may be expected from un­ tried grains, like sorghum seed and broom corn. These two grains are by no means uncommon products of Kan­ sas farms, but corn is usually so abund­ ant that little else is thought of as feed­ ing stuffs. Sorghum seed and broom corn are very similar in their composi­ tion and feeding value, and can, for all practical purposes, be considered equal. Their value will vary with different varieties, a light-colored and thin-shelled grain being usually better than dark-colored seed. The following table gives the digestible nutriments and. the nutritive ratio of the grains named, and it will be noticed that, ac­ cording to this analysis, the broom corn will rank a trifle higher than the sorghum seed: Carbohjr- Nutritive Protein, drates Fats, ratio. Sorghum seed. Broom corn. Wheat Indian corn. Oats Rye Barley ..6.84 .7.10 .9.50 .6.26 .8.40 .8.37 .9.64 63.00 50.80 60.90 60.06 46.11 63.16 60.77 2.90 3.00 1.90 5.14 3.04 1.00 1.86 1: 8.5 1: 9 1: 6.91 1:10.81 1: 6.5 1: 7.8 1: 6.7 It will be noticed that sorghum seed and broom corn seed are both of them slightly richer in protein, or flesh- form­ ing material, than corn, and that they have, on the other hand, slightly less of the carbohydrates and fat. This would indicate that as a feed for grow­ ing stock, concerning which informa­ tion Is desired, they are, at least, equal to corn, if uot better. But they fall considerably below wheat oats and barley In tbelr contents of nutrients. I should say that sorghum and broOm corn seed can take the place of corn In all feeding operations on the farm, but the grains being small and hard, they should be ground before they are fed, but when compared with wheat barley and oats, these latter grains take the lead, especially when fed to young growing stock , and poultry.-- Kansas Farmer. Testing ̂ he^Soil. Dr. H. J. Wheeler, of the Rhode Isl and Experiment Station, says there Is every reason to believe that thousands of acres of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts soils are sufficient ly acid to be decidedly benefited by the application of lime. Any farmer may easily test his own soils to ascer tain if lime would be beneficial. Mois ten half a teacupful of soil with water until it will stir up into a thick paste, and let it stand five or ten minutes. Take a piece of blue litmus paper, cheaply obtained of any apothecary. Insert one end of the paper Into the soil paste without touching that part of the paper with the fingers. After a minute or two remove the paper, rinse It with water and dry it If, after drying, the litmus paper has changed In color, from blue to red, it will show that soil acidity other than that caused by carbonic acid exists, and indicates that that soil might be benefited by an application of lime. Pure Grass Seed. There are so many weed seeds in most of the clover and timothy seed now sold in the markets that It be hooves all farmers who have seed to buy to procure a microscope. The most common weed seed Is the plantain, a nuisance which, when It once gets pos session of a farm, it is almost impossi­ ble to rid the soil of. Yet, under a common microscope, that need not cost more* than a dollar, the plantain seed and clover seed are easily distinguish­ able. Those who use magnifying spec­ tacles can make small objects much larger by holding the glass between them and the eye; but the microscope does this the best and in any family where there are young children It Is an unfailing source of amusement and in­ struction as well. Whitewash for Walls. For whitewash for out§}de purposes stone lime should be used. Get that which is fine, well burned and free from shales, and never use that which is air- slaked. Put your lime into a tub and pour on enough hot water to barely cov­ er it and leave it until it has broken to pieces, after which slowly add water enough to make it like very thick cream. Take out enough of this lime, into your bucket to make what you wish to use and tone it down with wa­ ter to the proper consistency, adding a double handful of common salt to each pail of whitewash, which prevents It from peeling off, causing it to cling well during the rain, which adds to its brightness. Do not put the whitewash on when too thick, as this is one of the great causes of its peeling off. For in­ side work, where a wall is plastered, or has a smooth finish, and when you wish to make an extra nice and attractive Job, for each pail of whitewash use a large tablespoonful of dry Venetian red, powdered finely and well mixed with the whitewash. This coloring is very cheap, and will glfe the work a neat rose tint You can use more or less of the color as you wish, remem­ bering, however, that it dries much lighter than when first put on. Use- «palt the same as for outside work. As carbolic acid, when mixed with lime, loses much of Its virtue; It will hard!? pay to use It to act as a. jpreventiva against lice, mites, eic. Cleanliness and a frequent use of whitewash will do the work effectually, for neither is relished by the Insect pests. Preserving Kgga. M. Bournauf recommends In a French journal the following method of pre­ serving eggs.- Dissolve tn tw« third» of warm olive oil one-third of beeswax, and cover each egg completely with a thin layer of this pomade with the end of the linger. The egg shell by'degrees absorbs the oil, and each of the pores becomes filled with the wax. which hermetically seals them. M. Bournouf affirms that he has eaten eggs kept two years in this manner, in a place not exposed to too great extremes of tem­ perature. He thinks also that the germ Hia.v ^ this manner be preserved for a considerable time. Vetches aAd While on a trip last summer In STova Scotia and New Brunswick several fields of oats and vetches grown to­ gether for dairy feed attracted our at­ tention. Both plants were In strong growth, and we learned that they are considered superior In feeding value to oats and peas. The vetches do not fall down as easily as the peas, and this is a considerable consideration. The vetch Is considerably grown in Canada, auu is rupiui.v coining iuio dairymen. But few of our American farmers know anything about the plant, and we believe It Is time to commence obtaining some practical knowledge of so valuable a forage plant The vetch Is one of the legume family, a species of pea in appearance, and Is rated high as a protein food. Will not some of our more enterprising dairy readers make some experiments next season In the matter of growing or.ts and vetches together? Prof. Robertson Informs us that he knows of no finer dairy feed than this combination. If the vetch Is superior to the pea we want to know It as soon as possible, and hence the ne­ cessity of taking steps toward that knowledge.--Hoard's Dairyman, The Dining-Rooin. A farmer's wife writes: "If the laun­ dry bill must be kept as small as pos­ sible (and many clean tablecloths are one of the luxuries), a little repressing of the creases with a hot flat iron will freshen the cloth, provided it Is not soiled, but simply limp. Do not be tempted to leave your table set unless you have a dining-room used for no other purpose, and even then 'don't' There Is so very little labor saved, and nothing gives such a boarding-house or restaurant air to a room as an ever ready table. Every meal should be placed before one with a dainty fresh­ ness all Its own, and nothing is so fatal to this Idea as the perpetually set table. If possible, have a few fresh­ ly picked flowers every meal, particu­ larly at breakfast, but here, again, freshness Is the main thing. Do not let the same flowers appear twice. Better a single newly gathered rose than the same old bunch meal after meal. Food In small quantities Is al­ ways more appetizing than In large. Do not put,on the whole loaf or cake, but a few prettily arranged pieces. The whole loaf of bread on Its wooden trencher Is an exception." Farm Notes. Vicious cows should not be retained, as they are liable to do harm to the at­ tendants or to the other members of the herd. They are at all times a source of danger. The cost of production governs the profit and not the price received. Ex­ travagance in feeding, waste of valua­ ble food, and the use of stock that does not produce abov^ the.^verayge, are the obstacles which cause mortgages and entail losses. : , A mess of cooked turnips, given once a day, will be found excellent In In­ creasing the growth pf young animals. They do not containi any great propor­ tion of nutrition, being mostly water, but they promote the appetite and serve a dietary purpose, being a change from the usual dry food. Drainage In winter saves plants from being thrown out by" the frost Whenever It can be! done a furrow should be .opened, with the: plow; to drain off water to the nearest ditch. This work will require but a few hours and will be of fereat benefit It an­ swers well where small, fruits are grown. A man with a high temper, says a writer, if It is uncontrollable, has no business with a cow. The man who mercilessly kicks a cow cannot suc­ ceed, for his rough treatment will more than offset all he builds Up by extra feeding. If he would be content to kick the Bide of the barn, or even him­ self, It would be more sensible, and his end would be gained just as well. There Is a healthy ( undertone In the horse trade that is encouraging, says the Drovers* Journal, but of course It is now the season of the year when thousands of common Worses will be placed on sale by owners who do not care to feeu them., The rapid extension j of electric car lines is without doubt cutting down the demand' for the streeter" giade of hofrses. In China many of the shallow pools have their bottoms planted with edible lilies, lotus, water chestnuts, water spinach and other vegetables which thrive in marshy lands. These grow rapidly, and in the Warmer sections produce more than one crop each j-ear. It might be wise to try some of these water vegetables in this country, as they will furnish a greater variety of food than already exists here. A potato grower of long experience, GUARDS WE Gf Watchman for Half'a Century I at tliA'v-' Tomb of Washington. - ^ Visitors to Mount Verftftn ftfcd the C tomb of Washington- will remember the gray-headed colored man who ^ watches In front of the Iron grating, says the Washington Post behind 5s'/ which repose the remains of the first ^ % President of the country, together with ' those of his wife. The name of this eoi- ored man is Edward Parker. He wag born a slave of John Augustus Wash- lngton. a great-grand-nephew of Gen- :;«{£&*'•• eral Washington, and /or sixty-three V.'Jr years he has been one of the fixtures of the Washington homestead. Except for about two years' service in the i ^ tj Union army, this man since 1841 has * been a constant and faithful servant about the spot which 'Is dear to the heart of every American. After the Mount Vernon estate pa^d into the ? hands of the present ownerp Parker v was designated to watch the tomb, , and during all these years be has kept . ' this vigil as faithfully as the virgins guarded the sacred fires on the altar of I Vesta. He has watched the coming and going of the thousands of visitors to this patriotic shrine, and he remembers with distinctness many notable incl- ' dents which have there occurred, in- $ " ^ eluding visits of noted personages, ' ^ both native and foreign, among them y "I? t ; tlic Euiporoi" of t'y? ;. Wales, the princess Louise, the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, Charles Stew­ art Parnell, the Princess Eulalla of,, - Spain, and also the various Tepresenta-, 5 tlves of foreign countries who have. from time to time been stationed at Washington. With much loquacity In.' - native "Virginia darky" dialect he * p tells of these, events and delights to re- call how he dug a hole where the Em- peror of Brazil planted a tree, near the tomb. „ - ' <V* '4W- £ ' Work as a Rettage. Walter Scott and Alexandre were alike in their power of Industry. "• » Scott used to say, when talking of hla *i. ̂ work, that he often wished he could cease thinking, just to see whether his : pen would not finish the page of itself, The great French romancer's capacity for continuous labor was even more extraordinary. To him, indeed, as per­ haps to all such men, work was a refuge from all the Ills of life. For forty years he suffered from some i n t e r n a l d i s e a s e w h i c h , w h e n i t w a s . , upon him, made It impossible for him $ to sleep. - • When Alexandre Dumas, the young- ^ er, was just out of college his father ^ '*• - j, took him on a hunting trip. They put up at a farm-house, and occupied twoV little bed-rooms which opened into each*; other. In the middle of the night the" | son was awakened, and saw his father walking back and forth. ^ < a • ;• 3 >*' > 3 YC'i "What are you doing?" aaked ttev boy. • ' •. V "You see. I am walking;** "You are sick?" "Yes, I am in great pain; bnt.JI .apt; used to it I have It every nightAO"^!-*. "Is there nothing to cure It?" ' ' I "It is incurable." "But can't it be relieved?" ' ^*1 "No. When it takes me I get up and ̂ ;! walk. If It is very bad, I go to feed- vliiP 4 ing." . "And when It Is Insupportable?" "I go to work." It was true; and In later years his. often saw him in the night his desk writing with one han holding up his stomach with holding upon his stomach other. one asked him on such an occasion. "I have nothing else to do," anayrered Dumas.--Youth's Companion.! % ars hlsVtn sittflHB hand^^^^^H M Who Was the Martyr of Algiers. In the sixteenth century the town of Oran, on the north coast of Algeria, • was held by the Spaniards. Between 1,?^^ the Christian garrison of the place and the Barbary pirates there was frequent warfare, and it was during a sally from; the town that several Moors were cap--; tured, among them a mere child, who; was baptized into the Christian Church by the name of Geronimo. ^ When 8 years old he was carried off;^ by some Arabs who managed to escape from Oran during a panic ca the plague. Restored to his turned Moslem again. At the 25, however, of his own accord back to Oran and entered the hold of Juan Caro, from which he been removed seventeen years before. Once more he became Christian, niar- Yied one of Caro's slaves, joined the army, apd lived happily for ten years. Then, in 1569, he took part in an expe­ dition against the corsairs. The pi­ rates won the day, captured Geronimo among others, and conveyed the pris­ oners to Algiers. As one who had re­ nounced the Moslem faith they dealt^ very bitterly with him. They required* him either to renounce Christianity at once or suffer death. He chose the lat­ ter and met his fate bravely. They devised a cruel torture for him. build­ ing his dead body in the wall of a for­ tress. This happened on September IS, 1569. On the 27th of December, ISkv this fort was being torn down, an*l Geronimo's skeleton was found in the ruins. His remains were removed to the cathedral of St Philip, and rev­ erently buried there. Geronimo's inerHory, however, has always been cherished as the martyr of Algiers. The People Victoria Likes. Although it has frequently been eo that newspapers are caretuiiy from her Majesty, it is well kno among those acquainted with , the Queen's private life that no current discussing the question of whether it i events or topics escape her attention, was better to sell or hold the crop, says 1^,1. My opinion is that it is undoubtedly best to sell at 50 cents per bushel at digging time, even if one were assured of double the price four months after storing. Handling, shrinkage and de­ cay in foui- months usually reduce the amount stored about' one-third, and I have never found out when to market a well-grown crop." Th£ feet of the horse should.receive special attention. No two horses re­ quire shoes alike. Ignorant black- smiths, who know how to make a shoe and drive in the nails, but who know nothing of the structure of the hoof, destroy or injure more horses than all other causes combined. The frog is cut a<vay, the hoof is burned, and the rasp is freely used where it should not even touch the hoof. This Is a very import­ ant matter to those owning horses. Horse shoeing Is now a science. cipal personages of the day that she never rests until she has obtained their photographs. Among her Majesty's most curious photographs la of Louise Michel. The Queen likes two classes of pco> pie, those of rank who keep strictly within the limits of court etiquette--- for which the Queen is as great a stick­ ler as the Emperor of Germany--and those who are no *respectors of per­ sons," who can neither flatter nor cringe, who will reprove, or gossip, or repeat an amusing anecdote, such as the Scotch peasants or th? most confi­ dential servants of the royal; The Queen has a great pet ence over children, and Is very uracil interested in getting the opialNpi of nurses and governesses connected frit&t the rocral household as to their tmfeaiaf̂ i --Th# Woman at Home r St! vrf 'iv