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tions. at the first opportunity the und~ er soil should be deepened. The use of the sub-sofa plough in midsummer or earl-y fall is here indicated as thei next best thing .m thorough under- drainage. mass or Isl-ERR; ' A » a .l Few Paragraphs “men Will Ts I'm-dd “'0th nuclei. The parchment. on the best banjos is made of wolf-skin. a. 7 "W’hat a. dear little girl l‘~' she said. “\Vho is she. Mr. Cresswelll, I saw DISEASES 01“ POULTRY- you talking to her just now." . . The most co dis ses at this sea- "Little Miss Carson.” he 581d. follows. of mm mm” 1:: d o It “’3 “1" 1m“ “‘1'” fig“ “'“h “51m” ’9‘“ "'3 °° 8'“ r “I.” . asmnncus. T) h f l‘-'\ a: tame en- eyes. "She is General Carson’s only-Elia very important to be able to distiu- I w pour o a pa u. n . , daughter, and a, very nice girl, Agg‘msh between bhe [mu The only was. bl row of angwdrngns a hundred fee-tiough to hold seven courts of outer. great admirer of yours, by the way. I know of“ says a “timer m Amerimnilbng will afford an abundant supplyl Laplandch are swxft and graceful MISS St- Quewflm" " Poultry Journal is by the smell. Roupéfotr an onhlnary famlfly. The best way skaters. The)“ often skate 150 miles a --- - ‘ - . To make a. bed is to d.:‘."‘ a trench two ‘ day- She has a smell so dzstunotl ' its own that‘ o i _ fi 5 ’feet deep and two feet wide. Fill in} In the Unite-d bti‘tes and “'th ten, inchgs of clam horse lnanure‘ 1 there are and 8:7: 395 Freemasons. A bill to tux bachelors one dollar a year has been introduced in the \‘ir- ginin Legislature. All the flowers of There was a big crush at: Mrs. Sin- clair‘s "at home," and people were mak- ing slow progress thrOugh the rooms, looking cynical or bored, or interested, as the case might be. For vivid, frank enjoyment, there were few faces to compare with one girlish oneâ€"a little flushed, with shin- ing blue eyes. and soft curly brown hair clustering about it. She was little country mouse, hav- ing a peep at the enchanted fairyland . of London, and at her pleasure the grave face of her companion relax- "You must introduce us. by and by. Miss St. Quentin said, smiling. _ kooks 5° imfiean‘geglce' I don't thmk {01108 a person becomes familiar with it. ever saw r ore." l , . . v _’ . “Xe; but I suppase she will be more be h {‘11 beycertalrn: to ulna.) erecogmze it in t0\vn after ha:- marriage." lagafinu II‘ .1113“ attile is thB "Oh. is she engaged?" Eo‘ior although very pronounced has none‘ . I “’ hy' yes" Dldglt you, knf’w' Spelof the villeness that it acquires after the L3 engaged to Tremamâ€"Mayor l‘remain. Cum d it and on this sow u. of twenty- firve pounds bone-dust and forty pounds sulphate of potash. Cover with six in- ltissues of the head and the throat begin db“ of rich ant" and the“ place onl i-.. -....., .... an-.-“ _â€".....-._....- .. .. A rctic reg‘ ons .. «am. 'one was and all about them: ed. end he forgot for the moment, to find it alla weariness to the flesh and vanity and vexation to the spirit, The girl wanted to know who every she thought them charming, and reâ€" gretted that she did not live in Lon- don. , "Father hates it so," she said. “Your father had a long spell of it," the man said, "But"â€"a.id he smiled very pleasantlyâ€""we shall very soon have you among us, I hOpe, for more than a flying visit." The girl blushed. and grew‘ shy, and then uttered an exclamation. . "tho is that?" she asked eagerly. "Look at her, there! That woman with the beautiful face and dark hair." "That is Miss St. Quentin. She writes, you know: W'rites, well, too; her new book is an immense success, being neither cheap nor nasty." "Oh! I’ve read it," Hilda Carson said. thepink flush deepening in her cheeks. “'And I likedit ever so much. I read it out of doors, too, and itinterestedl me all the time." her. She is wonderful, with that clear, colorless skin, and thosegreat eyes. I think-â€"I thinkâ€"â€"â€"" She hesitated a little. "Well?" "I think she is a. woman nol'ody could help loving, if they knew her." He laughed. Her fresh enthusiasm was amusing, and he rather enjoyed it for a phange, but before he could speak again, two or three people join- ed thcm, and he lost sight of Hilda for a little. ‘ A good many people admired Miss at. Quentin, but very few even: dim- ly guessed that, while writing the storiesof others, her own life hid one away In an» inner and very sacred chamber. They said she was "not a bit; impres- There were just two or three people â€"â€"of whom Mr. Sinclair was oneâ€"who doubted this dictum, and wondered if the delicate coldness of her manner did not hide at least as much of her nature as it revealed. v But even those who had so .much dis- cernment did not knowâ€"nobody knew --of that summer, eight years ago, when she and Jack Tremnin had; met in the old Suffolk mansion. Nobody knew of the long, long mornings in the orchard, talking over everything and anything, or sometimes sitting in the Silence that is only possible between friends. And nobody knew of the afternoons on the river. or the evenings in the moonlit garden, or the sudden, sharp ending to it all. Hewas wrong, and she was right, and they were both very proud, so she let him go, forgetting how hard a thing it is to be forgiven. And there had been times when success had seemed a small thing to her. and life a. very desert: of lone- liness, lwcause she missed one voice in the chorus of praise that greeted her, and onc. face in the many friend- ly ones that. smiled upon her. For Mary St. Quentin had the virtue of lflef defects, and she was terribly faith- “ . Six months ago Major Tremain had tome home. but society had seen very little of him so far. though it was eager to lionize him and raved over the deed that gained him that covet- ed V. C. ‘ Miss St. Quentin had not seen him at all. though she knew he was. for the moment, in town. and scanned the faces in. park and street. and party. in the ho she was half ashamed ofâ€" that seeing his. She was always a centre of attrac- tion. and had not been many minutes in Mrs. Sinclair's roomsbeforeshe was surrounded with a little crowd. She moing herself to the inevitable. and was trying to forget her one insistent siolnfible,’;oand, for all her beauty, very Elliott, 3361 guy’s. break her own heart or any Gibraltar, never imduhged in more hardened old bachelor. so it has been a good bit talked about." Miss St. Quentin leaned back and fanned herself slowly. "You know Tremain, I suppose 3" Mr. Cresswell continued, not looking at his companion as he spoke, but watching Hilda Carson as she stood talking to some one. with her sunny smile.‘ “I used to know wasâ€"very “Slightly,” she said. him years ago. He isâ€"or pleasant." "Oh. yes; he's generally popular. \Vhy," turning suddenly round, "I'm afraid you’re not very well. Can I get you anything i" _ “Nothing thank you. It is only neuâ€" ralgia," she said, quietly. “I can afraid 1 must go. I am subject to it, and it is very bad tmnight." “I'm awfully sorry l" He was full of sympathy and eager proffers of assistance, and when he put her into her carriage shook hands with reiterated regrets. "I hope the palm. will be gone in. the morning," she said. She smiled at him with white lips and then drove away. But the pain did not pass in the morning. HOW LONG SHALL A MAN SLEEP ? Much has been written lately conâ€" cerning the phenomena of sleep. Many persons have aired their views on the subject. Some assert that people as a ruhe sleep too long" while others are of the qpposiltc opinion. Dr. Andrew Wilson has recently made some aproâ€" pos remarks on. this matter. He first cites instances of celebralted men who needed a small amount of sleep and says :â€"-“'Hum.boldlt,' who lilved to be eightyhniine is said to have declared that when he was young), two hours sleep was enough for him, and that the regulation seven: or eight hours of repose represented an unnecessary prolongation of the time of somnoâ€" hence. It is also said that Sir George who commanded at the siege than four hours’ sleep while the siege lasted, and that little affair occupied at lcast four years. Sir George died at the age of eighty-four. Dr. Legge, Professor of Chinese at Oxford, who died the other day at the age of eilglhtyâ€"‘tWo was declared to be satis- fied with five hours of sleep only» and rose regularly at 3 a.m.. “What do such cases prove? "Assuming the correctness of the details, they prove only that certain men, and very few men, I should say. are able to recuperate their brain- cells more quickly than the bulk of their fellows. They are the exceptions, which, by their very opposition to the common run, prove the rule that a. good sound sleep of seven. or eight hours' duration represents the amount of repose necessary for the average man or womwn. it would be a. highly dangerous experiment for the ordinary individual to attempt to curtail .bis hours of repose. mud it must not be forgotten that in chin matter of sleep we have to take ilnrto account the question of the (lzutly lwlmur and the nature of the work in which the indiv villunl engages. , In the case of Dr. Legge we have a piraturc of the student whose labour is solely of the intellectule kimd, involv- ing little drain. on the muscular sys- ‘tcrm. .[n the case of Sitr G. Elliott we have an active commander, who, in addition to the mental anxieties in- volle in blue conduct of a long siege bud no doubt a. fair amount of physi- cal exertion. to undergo. But. while the case of the professor may be ex- plicablc on the ground that his five hours' sleep compensated him for any wear and tear his quiet life presented, me may fall back in the Instance of the General on the theory of a special organization set, as it were, so as to satisfy use” with a. limited amount of It seems he went to stay with the! Carsons. and that it was a case of love'to at first sight. All the other fellows in m that mup in the first stages is his regiment thought him a regular. decay. 'This fact leads many to sup- mcrely a. cold, but ilt is more than a cold. Fowls do catch a. simple cold, of course, and while there is a. certain un- definable odor about such a. cold it is so entirely different from romp that an experienced person will never make a. mistake between the two. The best possible plan to prevent either colds or roup is to keep the [owls free from droughts and reasonably wanm; afowl is much safer roosting on a. tree than in any kind of mhouss where a. cur- nsnlt of air can strike them through a. crack or knotholle in a board. Do not let them crowd on the perches; count- less thousands of forwls catch cold from this one cause alone, especially young stock, mud broodxer raised chicks are much more apt to crowd on the perches than those raised in small flocks, be- cause they have been» ra'sed that way. Make perches inn suo‘h manner that no two fow’ls can touch each other, or at least crowd up close. i-Tlhfis can be done in several ways; one very good plan is to cut sticks one inch square and six inches long; nail these along the roosting poles so that only one fowl inches [high can be used and let the fowls roost on them. and between them, In eilthier case such fowl will have to sit by itself. lVlhere this climate is very cold the spaces or boards can be made to take two fowls. alud tlhat will prevent crowding up tight. :It. is astonishing how tight a row of fowls will jam up on a polls in a cold nvilght. Some of bhrem get too hot. and are, sure to sweat and catclh. cold. [The best cure for colds 3's warm, Iry air; this will so] cure wilh'out amy- t‘uxzng else. IA llllttie sulphur, alum and magnesia, all. im fine powder, blown up- on tlhB nostrils and im the throat is a. great assistance iln drying up and cur- ing a. cold. The air for a small sized poultry house can be made quite dry with a. lump alone for a heater. To do this a. heater and a condenser is requirâ€" ed; the heater own-be made out of a com- mon store box and a, place of sheet iron; the iron should be put for enough up from this bolttom of the box to allow a. lamp to be set under it; then- just above the iron bore some holes to admit air. This forms the heater; a. window can he made to serve the purpose of a. con- denser. .A tight box must be placed over the window inside the poultry lvryuss, leavilng the glass exposed to the cold air outside. 'Now then make a conâ€" nnctio‘n between .the heater and the condenser so Itlhwt tho wanm air from the heater cam enter the condenser near the bottom of the window; the warm air will strike the glass and be- come. cold mud part wltlh. nearly all its moisture. The dry mir must be allowed to escape near the bottom of the con- dl‘mser, bull. no high album the lump as possibleâ€"mnrywhere from a foot to three feet above the lump will do. The con- dn-nser box must be very tight at the top. else it will nlot work good'. Such a crude uffafilr as this will take amost astonishing amount of water out of the air in a. mild night, amd will be found very useful in a damp house, and the whole thing need not usually cost anyâ€" thing more them the tilmc it takes .to put 1.1: up. If the appwratus is desrr- ed to be used as a veniLLfot-or as well as a. dryer. take the air from the out- side into ‘Uhe hunter, but it merely as a. dry-er then take the uitr from in- side the house to the heater box. In either case this plan. will extract the greater part of the surplus moisture. Perfectly dry air. if it could be had, would cure. roup without any other at- teun'tion. that is as far as it can be cured. SURFACEJVVASHING OF THE SOIL. One of the first things to be done who-never the farmer will sci albout per- mwn alt improvement of his lands is to prevent surfzwe-wmshing. In the "laying off" for planting. in the dir- cction of the longer furrows when breaking the land and where Space will allow a. modifin system of terraces or of surface drains must be so directed th-s dirt t\vo-yealr-Old roots. plying the are either whim or yellow‘ and “mm roots two feet apart. and they will thicken. an the rows in yemrs to come. Cover the roots will) two or three m- are 762 varieties. Female n;.yot.lmcnries are legalized in chxss of dirt. and after the plants are _ Russia; but only 0118- (‘an be employed well up and growtn (above the surface‘ In 0118 films Stom- fill the trench with equal {arts of well- mtted manure and rth cartvhu. The obâ€" ject of using so much manure is flat it will be. difficult to apply it deep aftâ€" er the bed is established. Common salt may be used on the surface every year. iMound tbs rows every year. so that the poimts will not be grown on a. level, but in a long hill. Soufsuds are. especiâ€" ally benefirlinl to asparagus and celery, and w-h. 1).- putting in the manure and earth suds should be used freely. Make a drain by the side of the row and let all suds flow down the drain. FAMOUS OLD PEOPLE. Good 0111 Age or Some or Enropc's Great .Vlcn. Among the world’s oldest men known to fame three have pro-eminence in Europe. These are Mr. Gla-lstone, Pope Leo XIII, and Prince Bismarck. Mr. Gladstone has lived to a. great- er age than any other English states- man who has been prime minister dur- ing the last. two hundred years; and at eightyâ€"eight his mental powers are pope at eighty-seven has remarkable health and vigor and shows few of the infirmities of age. Prince Bis- marck at eighty-two suffers as much from lack of occupation as from bodily weakness. The oldest Pumpean artist is Thom- as Sidney Cooper, who is now in his ninetyâ€"fifth year. He has been at work with pencil and brush over seventy years, and his paintings are still ex- hil-ited in London. ' The oldest man of letters in Europe is James Martincau, who was born in 1805, and was preaching and writing religious essays more than Seventy years ago. John Ruskin is generally regarded as the veteran of English lit- erature, but infirm as he is and unable to answer letters or to read books. he is fourteen years younger than Doc- tor Martineau. 2 Verdi is the oldest) composer at eigh- tyâ€"four. The Italian cardinals ordinar- ily live to greater age than English l-ishops, but there is one prelate in the Anglican communion, the~ Bishop of Liverpool, who is eightyâ€"two. The Eng- lish peerage is longâ€"lived, the Earl of Mansfield being near the top of the list at ninetyâ€"one, and having a large group of ootogenarians around him. Among European sovereigns the Queen of England,who is in her seven- ty-ninth year, is senior. llcr memory is remarkably good. l-Ier sight has fal- len off so that she recognizes her friends with difficulty, but she hears the faintest word in ordinary conver- sation, and retains her Old-time uni- mation of manner. . Among all these worthies, who have attained to a green old nge.. Mr. Glad- stone is perhups the only one who has been incessant and immoderate in his mental occupations and who bus seem- ed willing at times to be imprudent and to neglect Opportunities for re- laxation and exercise. Ho is an excep- tion to the rule that the secret of long life is moderation in all things. ONTO HEI M. . Aliceâ€"I've just been remzlimg Poe. Donsn’t he tell some weird tales? Mrs. Deadncxtr-Yes. but they don't The "elephant beetle" of Venezuela is the largest insect in the world. A fullâ€"grown one weighs about half a pound. Coins bearing the names of emperors who existed over two thousnutbymrs ago are still in daily circulation ll! China. Only seventy eggs of the grant auk, a now extinct bird, are known to be in ex? |nce, and fifty of them are u‘ Engnnd. ’ lt is u notmvorthy fact that sheep thrive best in n pasture infested with moles. This is because of the better drainage of the land. Cute little shoes, intended for dogs. are made and sold in London. They nre of clmmois,\vith light leather soles. They are only worn indoors, and are to proâ€" tect polished floors from scratches. The largest railroad passenger sta- tion in the United States is the l‘n- ion Station in St. Louis. it is 600 feet in width and 630 feet in length, with 31) tracks. To acquire the right. to vote in North Dakota, 8. man must have been a resi- . "Do you consider that a severe â€"- - th es dent of tilt. Slit f0 t 1 cat 0 r n o ' ' I ' g ' ‘ . . , . . 3.: L. k l ‘ ' il ; _" test? That Sunc Give Few "ours to It Does Nol $351fiifig‘éeaégosfgfgaguf $1“th unimpaired. although his sight has to sue for ,, divzrwr it“, ‘,,,.,,,,;’"g‘uly to “Very, And I am glad bound“) seen prov». that 1111 Should. owimrg‘bo size of “wig, or boards Six’ nearly failed him, and he is deaf. The have been there ninety days. Twenty-one. recent; murders in Paris, committed for purposcs of pluudcr. yielded an average profit of only $16.- {37 to each assassin. In most cases the murderers were caught and forfeited tluur lives. The peasantry of Spain have lcnrncd to make roosters hatch eggs and. look after the chickens, while the lions, be- ing at liberty, can and do luy more eggs than they wounl if hampered by maternal duties. A French law givcs any person who is offensively mentionml in aperiodi- cal publication the right to reply in the next issue of the publication. pro- vided that he does not use more than twice the space of the original article. A strange Parisian fad, in the way of female ornamentation, is a tiny liv- ing turtle, in gold and silver harness. It is attached. to the bosom of n. lndy's dress by a. slender golden chain, and is permitted to wander over her neck and shoulders. ' A hustling kid dwells in Iola, Kansas. Al. the age of four years. Room Coffee, the son of parents in comfortable clr- cumstnnces, begun to sell [opcorm and now, at the age of thirtecn. he owns forty acres of good land. and is about to start a grocery. Thirty-six years ago, Samuel Lord, of Northficld, NIL, deposited $2,000 in tho Sumersworth Bank. The bank reci'nt- ly advertised for his heirs. and Mrs. Lucy S. 'l‘owle, his granddaughter will receive the money, which now amounts to $8,667.87. I A messenger boy in \Vall street, New York, received a valuable package to convey to n broker's office. [in dropped it on the street. and another Iroy pick-r ed it up and carried it to the address - on the package. The honest boy re- ccivcd ten dollars for this service, and the other boy was reprimanded. when both bOys met they divided the reward They were wvll acquainted, and had planned the trick. ['1‘ DIDN'T PAY. Guest at big lmtclâ€"‘A'bcrc is tlul wait hold a. candle to some of those my hus- er I had this morning? band tells me when he comes home lane. NOT FOR A RES'I‘. Dcxaisitorâ€"ls the cashier in? Pr'sI-zleutâ€"Nvo; he’s gone away. Dcposi-torâ€"Ah'. Gone. for a rest, Iprcâ€" ‘sume. _ President. sndlyâ€"N-o;. to alvmd ar- Fz'St. _â€"â€".- FIRST DUTY. Now. that we have decidwl to organize the company. said the first prmnomr. lucst, who lwl given the morning Head \\'a.'.tcr~â€"llo's lmsy SlLllJ wui‘l’fir a big foe. and doesn’t repeat the rrpl-raliunâ€"Cnn'l him here? [ll-ml “'ut-icrw-N-o mull. want to you send l":|cl is, ml: lsmnu mis'nblc fool gzub him Hlluh u. liq 'f-se this mnwlmn' that he's gum. off on n. d rumk. sah. '1'“ H HORRIBLE SCHOOL. Now, would you call Hauler. an “(5 pretts'ionist .’ No, repliwl knowlcdgo- of his work I should call tln- other. From In} ./ I v.4: x i z k ‘ , . ' . . .- aloe. . . . k fififiifiznzedwhendig‘iiifilfiiswmnnfi bigwheli‘p "'Fhe parsxmnl equation in sham-L, us «to catch the surface waters and de- who was somewhat new to the immune-‘53. him a impressionist. ' “Miss St. Quentin. may I introduce Major Tremni'n to you?" she said.and then there was a little exclamation of mutual recognition, and ten minutes' ordinary chat, andâ€"that was all. .ih. yet not nil. Who could say whens it might end-«the story began in she Suffolk garden. and. them. resumed in a London drawing- moxn. and t9 go can-perhaps? :‘lu; certain . certainly. her heart cued. Fate oou d not be so cruel as to mock her with a mom willâ€"o’-the-wisp of a bone after all these yearsâ€"these lonely. lonely years! A man's voice broke in upon her (Insights. He was the same who had lmn talking to Hilda Carson in the cycling. and Miss St. Quentin enter- ulmd a very kindly feeling for him, She main room for him beside her. a”! an M31!) to talk. Pace-til: Hilda posed by. looking so interrupted . plus the kind or character of a man's work. determines l-he duration of his repose; and that the average period required by the ordinnry individual in health is from seven to eight hours is the one opinion confirmed by lthe collec- tive experience of the civilized race. _.___..._ ._ +â€" OH, THOSE GIRLS! Miss “’estlakeâ€"I‘ reale believe Geo- rge Bemvood is weak minded. Miss Cuttingâ€"Why. dear, has he been making love to you. READY INFORLIA'I‘ION. Tanmy. looking up from his book- ,Pa. what do they mean by Darwin's missing link! PanWhyâ€"erâ€"hfr. Darwin lost one of hi- cuff button. I suppose. liver them at the foot of the slope by a. gentle descent of not more than one foot to five hundredâ€"one inch to forty feet of drain. There must be careful (onsiderntion in advance and equally careful execui'un of plans adopted. It is best that all of the rain shall per- colate into the land upon which it falls and that it shall not flow off upon the surface. This is rarely possible in the open fields. even under the best conditions; but there should be endeav- or in this direction, not only for the .onoervation of plant food. but to less- 'n the injury to the phys‘malo condition of the soil which always cornea from the rapid movement of overflow waters. Wherever upon nearby level lands. ex- cept. of course. the small areas of alluvials subject of overflow, the rain waters submerge the fields and remain stmnding for hours. or for days. as the writer has seen in the red-clay see- what In the first thing to be done? 7 Vote oursebves salaries. replied the second promoter, “ho had been in (be promoting business for some time. ._â€"-â€" TWO G ENTS. First Hotel Waiterâ€"That ere young squirt at table C is a gent all through. He guv me half a dollar. Second Hotel Walterâ€"He ain't half the goat as that era ole bald-headed fat poer at table B. fie gun me a dollar. THOUGHT HIM AN OFFICIAL. “'estern Conductor. pointing to cap- tured train-robber. amonmamied by sheriff-Do you. see tint man? He has robbed thmmands on Life road. Passenger. with interestâ€"That's so! Win? Us lieâ€"president or superirlend- e!“ 0‘ EASILY SA'I'IHHEI). Willie had done an crrnnd for “unit- l“rank and received simply a kind Thank you. ~ Oh, i don’t care for any thanks, mm “'illie; I'll be satisfied with your dark- knife. NEEIXS A (‘LEVl-Ill MAN TO PLAY '1’ AlgernLuâ€"“Wlnt makes you so 0-”- thusinstic about golf! ' Henriettao-\Vvll. it is played out doors and {times one such a film chgnu. got away frmn stupid people. DEADLY Olll) NUMBER. Are you huxerslilious about the ,3... her thirteen? That's what; I used to earn an: I week and now lget only “0. 1”