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Efeet high. and it was his! desire to have i no branches lower than five! feet. Now Aâ€"GRICULTURAL. . SMALL FRUITS FOR THE FARM. lno branches should be cut away. The Mr. T. C. Beasley writes on the sub- ! prettiest specimens are those with Sect of small fruit culture on the farm. 5 branches sweeping the ground. But: in l giving the results of his experienceithe case of the one who was seeking from which we quote: Six years ago I secured 200 Black-cap raspberry l l l advice, there were good reasons for de- siring that the lower branches should plants. and planted them in bills in my , not be retained. My answer was that garden three feet by six feet. or at the i unlea the trees had more branches rate of 2.400 per acre. I never gave ‘ above five feet than I shouldl suppose. ‘ . . l , srderedu'I'he luxury of a doctor. while S generally forced. is at the some time an auxiliary of sea travel for which ; ,â€" l : ._ h the company receives nothing. and ~ A Few Paragraphs “hm: “lube Found MASTER OPABIG 003m STEAusi-uri which. when free medicines are incluâ€" “"1" “Nd”:- BY N0 MEANS A pLUTOCRAT. dedv 35 tile? l-DVM'iBbD' are. 905‘s (111ito l Nearly all savages have sound teeth. a good deal. Experienced ocean Ira-- velers seldom forget the surgeon when Low Wages Given Other omecrs for necessity makes them call for his :lt-‘ 0mm!“ “In” - The Pine? “0 "10 tention during a trip. But these exâ€", Snakes and other rcrlilcs are the Doctor nave Sllm Purses. ’ . Deflen‘fegl‘ tourists .31‘6 few dud far “9" ’only animals \\ hich seem in be able to It 15 the general impression among ‘ t“ “IL 1118 maJONt." 0‘ when“ “"09 Lexist without drink. _ . . ashore at. the end of u pus~ugc without ; 3:131:56 :ezaiZizioltitfio‘zfthat tbs dunes ,so much as a flourish of on empty L w“ ITEMS OF lN'l‘ERS‘f'd/ Y ~â€". ‘ = imperfect teeth are a s‘gn of civiliza- .tion. . them anything but ordinary cultivaâ€" it would be highly injudicious to cut tion, enough only to keep down the Weeds and grass, I think it was three times per year. Which was less than the care or cultivation of‘& crop of corn. l away any of them until the trees were stronger, and I would repeat the advice to any one seeking it in similar circumstances. A young tree well established. and well branch- !‘he first year of their hearing. I pick- ed ,will grow a great deal faster if its ed and sold 312 worm besides wth a; branches are not taken away. I am family of eight persons used to eat: also used a. proportionate amount put up in cans. jellies, etc. sold from those 200 hills has increased yearly. not stinting the use of them in the family, until last year at the unprecedently low price of $1.50 to 81.75 per crate of twenty-four quarts, each. I sold fourteen crates, netting me 823, or at the rate of 8276 net per acre, as I figure that. the amount used in the family, if sold, would more than pay the cost of picking, boxing, etc. When I first planted the 200 hills I thought that I might get enough fruit from them to supply my own table. and in that case would have been satisfied With that much return from so small a. plot_ of groundâ€"fortyâ€"eight by sev- enty-five feet. But each year as I would jingle the twelve, fifteen or twenty good dollars that lay in my pocket as additional returns in the way at bounteous profits yearly for so lit- tle labor expended. I began to study and figure. and the more i figured, the more I planted out of small fruit, unâ€" til. now I have a goodly acreage that brings me yearly returns fifteen to twenty times greater than what a crop of corn did before, and eight to ten times greater than a crop of potatoes, and at no greater outlay of either time or money in cultivation, acre per acre, than either of the other crops. \Vhat .i have said. about raspberries is also true regarding currents and gooseberâ€" mes. and I think with a greater profit to the grower. as the care and expense is not so great in currants and goose- berrles, you have not the old vines to take out each year, and the pruning is not so radical. The cultivation would be about the same; this is my experiâ€" encewm 'the few currants and goose- berrles have. I regret very much that I did not plant acres of them years ago where I now have only hills. {Ibis year I shall plant: largely of them. Can I, as a. farmer who lives on a form of 160 acres. worth $125 per core, close to a town of 10,000 people, neglect these small details. small fruits, when I have proven by my own actual experiments. extending over a period of six years that there are im- mensely greater profits in these small liruits than there can possibly be in any consul or vegetable crop one can raise, yea. ten to twenty times greater? The pleasure we derive from growing them and from having them fresh on our table, says no. And the credit side of our ledger decidedly says no. And besides all this. What fascination and what enjoyment there is in their culture. Verin it is "a. labor of love from_ start tofinish." It is business farming. There are no mysteries about it,_ just good “horse sense" is all that Is needed. BUCKlVHEAT STRAlV AS A FERTI- ' LIZER. ‘ Figures show that this plant has conâ€" siderably more ash than any other of the grains. That. it has largely more phosphoric acid than any other. equal to four times that of wheat; and three times as mum of lime. It; has more sulphuric acid than any other of the grain crops. and many times as much chlorine, while few surpass it in the quantity of soda. These facts are of great interest in regard to this really "aluablo crop plant. In addition, the uraln has more protein in it than bur- .sy, and as much fat as this grain, and nearly twice as much: as wheat or rye. At the same time. under due culture and on good land. it will yield fifty bushels per acre. which has been made seven. times by the writer, and the marke value of it for making the popular flour. is always above that of wheat. If we may judge from these facts. W0 may be sure that the refuse of the “‘01) is of really surpassing value for who manure mode of it, when used as a litter. It true there is a common prejudice against it on account of the bollcf_tho.t it has the effect of induc- ing disease in animals, under which it is used as litter; a prejudiceâ€"by the wayâ€"that has no support in fact, and seems to be as ill founded as the belief that it may be grown on such lands as will not yield u profitable crop of our other kind. The old and common adage '(uvwa dog u bad name and you may hang It." seems to be applicable to this really valuable plant for its yield of mm and the fertilizing value of its straw. PRL'NING YOUNG TREES. The following extracts from a letter vrittcn lo Gardening may be useful to those who contemplate pruning young trees The writer says: It is not say- ing too much that many young trees aw ruined by severe pruning. and many more are much wankened by it. A gentleman who had set out: an even. no of pine oaks 3 year ago. recently in~ quimd if it would be a good time’tb out nun} some of the lower branches. The trees. he said. were about seven i i i l l . there sure that had the party referred to tried an experiment. cutting away all branches below five feet on the half The amount l of his trees, and leaving the; others un- touched, he would have been abundant- ly satisfied of the correctness of my advice. I have seen the mistake made many times. Those who raise trees in a commercial way are well aware: of the danger of cutting away the lower branches of trees too soon.» Trees inâ€" tended for avenue planting, which of- ten have to be with bare stems from six to seven feet high, are not trim- med up to the required (height at once. They are let grow almost at will for a. few years, branching wherever_t ey will. and ‘in this way from stur y trunks in less time than if they were pruned up at once. A great deal the better way, as I told the party inquir- lng, is to cut away a. few only, every year, not commencing at all until the trees are filve to six feet high. having oaks in mind. I was explaining this too. friend one time. and he replied, " \Vell, but I see here some young oaks which you have transplanted trimmed up almost to a. bare pole.” I acknow- ledged this and explained thab in such cases it was a necessity to 5:1ch the life of the trees. Roots had been: lost; in transplanting which had to be met tby shortening the tops. I added that. had the trees been moved with all their roots intact, such as would. have been the case if they had come from out of pots, there would have been: no prun- ing necessary. SOA Kl NG SEEDS. Prof. “’augh has been conducting ex- periments to determine the value of soaking small seeds to did [them in ger- minating. Both pepsin and diastaste were used in the experiments, and the professor gives preference to the latter. He explans thati the' diastaste used “is really only malt extract. \Ve dissolve one part of powdered malt in ten parts of water, strain it, and put the seeds to soak twentyâ€"four hours. ‘A quart of malt, worth five cents or less, would thus make ten quarts ofliquid, or en- ough to treat. ten pounds of tomato or radish seeds, 01‘ peas.” l THE BLACK ROT. Sulphate of Iron as a. winter treatâ€" ment; is used in France for preventing the black rot and otherldiiseases of the grape. The method of application is to bathe or sprinkle the vines with a. 10 per cent. solution of the sulphate and then place a small quantity. of the powdered sulphate around the base. of the vine. , THE WORLD’S SHIPYARD. British Shipbuilers “'crc New-r so Busy us at the Present Time. Engineering, shipbuilding, and ship fitting industries in England have never been so busy as now. They are making up for the last half year of the great lockout with. a vengeance, night shifts being almost universal and de- liveries hard to secure under two years. The immense bulk of the men who were out are at work again, but there are several hundred marked agi- tators who will not be taken back any- where. The men show no disposition to quarrel on their account. They have learned a good many lessons since midsummer. wholesome distrust of the "leaders" who get them into trouble, and so grossly bungled their efforts to ex- irimlc them from it. Many stories are current! of how generously individu- al employers belizivcd in feeding the women and children during the dis- tress. and if is cosy to lelievc Him. is :1 beiter and more cordial feeling of the own \owurd the mus-t- ers to-day "that England has known for a long time. There will be no strike in trades for years to come. The masters. though intent on re- estabiisbing amicable relations with the men, are incapable against those employed who refuse to join in the lockout. T‘lzcir' boycott. against Har- land & Wolff, of Belfast. is going to be the mot-Li intnrcsling thing of its kind the. shipbuilding trade has ever- known. The. muuagcr of this great firm. Pierle, who is already Lord May- or of Belfust, wants to go to Pardon ment, and is charged with refusing to: join the lockout in ordcr to make fav- or for himself with the electorate. He: bids fair to pay dean for his seat. for-z talks of 110-3 the Masters' Federation tiring less than smashin this leviathan of shipbuilding firms. fi‘hc steel plate manufacturers. for example. are l‘cing compelled to decline to sell to Hur- land 8: “’nlff, under pain of losing the. entire Federation‘s custom. and the= princlp practic ly all their supplies. it may involve the ruin of Belfast's prin- cipal industry. .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"-â€"-â€"â€"_ Nearb' all the residents of Montrenil, France. are in the manufac- ture of dolls‘ heads. and among them is u.- is being extended to cut off} 1 Rabbits are so plentiful in: the mar- , . the averaga . hand to the sou-bones of the good ship , kcts of Omaha that they um sold as low Eskipper of a regular liner are as many fand onerous as the successful bank i president. and that in addition his sal- lary is just. as large. The responsibil- ity, of the one is about’as great as the 1 other, but when it comes to duties the dog has, as a rule, much more to i bear, while. unlike the bank president, {his salary is as smnll us his duties are large. It may surprise some of the regular trans-atlantic travelers to learn that their beau ideal of a sea captain who in faultless gold lace goes about the deck laughing and chatting with the tourists, patting the. half- ,fare tots on the back and doffing his ‘cap to the rug-clad occupants of an; easy steamer chair between the time that he spends in his berth, in the chart room or on the little more money a month than the detective sergeant or the average steamboat captain. In many instances Mr. Gold Lace gets less. One of the most successful lines runâ€" ning between New York, and Europe I pays its commodore. who has been over twenty years in this particular service, £35 a. month, or about $175. This is about $40 a. week. The other captains in this line are paid: the equivalent. On many of the big liners the "chef receives as compensation truth of the old saying thut the easiest way to reach a. man's heart is through th stomach is just as applicable to l more than ; . . M . any two of the gold lace brigade. The .P‘u’er '11 Pnr's' “"med L“ I“°““°' ed“ 1 that brought them over. :ns twenty-five to fifty cents adozcn. All the employees of a new literary tors. compositors. press-workers. etc.l are females. The cost of fuel on steam railroads ~ ~ - l , the gentlex sex. at least it is on shipâ€" g is about ten per cent" of the operating board. A superior table with all other conditions equal means the superior- ;ity of any or every steamship line. gE‘or that reason the kingpin of the 1 cuisine controls THE BIGGEST SALARY. iwhich not infrequently equals if it ‘ does not exceed those paid to the cup- min and his chief officer. Economy is rarely applied to the head“ of a. float- ; ing culinary establishment. even {though it does attack .\Ir. Gold Lace. 3 Yet if more liberal salaries were paid these sea (logs it is doubtful if their 3 standard of efficiency could be improv- l be equalled anywhere, not even east of ‘Suez, where the skipper of a regular . liner is the monarch of all he surveys. 5 But if economy is practised on the [“lady" of the ocean. Kipling calls the liner. it is on asmull scale com- pared to that followed on. the “poor ~old cargo boat." An examination of I the annual statements of a number of tramp steamer concerns flying the vBrilish flag will show that. the mus- iters of these vessels receive not more ithau $60 per month. The deck; hand lof an ordinary river craft would howl like. a Ceylon pirate if he had to .do as i l x l n l l l l expenses; on electric roads it. is about five per cent. Beet sugar to the amount. of 2,900 ions was produced in the l‘uilcd Suites in 1889. Last year the quantity rinsed was 43.000 tons. l A rude wag in \Vuterbury, Vt“ threw a polccat thrmurb a neighbor's window and so scented a 875 carpet that ct had to be buried. He was fined $25. llicyclists in India: are becoming pro- fane. Their chief enemies are the mos- quitoes. which not only bile tliein limbs and bodies, but actually bite through bridge, gets ? ed. for those on the Atlantic cannot [the tires_ in Dawson City, Alaska, in the depth of winter, the foam on a glass of beer turns into a substance resembling iceâ€" crenm in one minute after being drawn from the keg. The descendants of Mrs. Wall. of Forrydcm. Scotland, number 209, twelve of whom were her sons and daughters. She recently died in that. town in the Mist year of her age. England receives no trilmtc from any of her colonies They are of advanâ€" of 125 f ‘ > ' ‘, . . (age to her only as murkeis for her 1 {3' or “nay days lahm y j numb work as 501118 of these Captains productions, and as permanent homcs nun)” 0f matter‘OI‘no'fMt StOI‘es i for as little money. Of course, where for her superfluous populatmm lhave been printed with the object of showing that the commanders of the great liners received in some cases sums ranging from $7,000 to $12,000 per year. But such talk is idle. There is not a. single who enjoys such an income.l That many of them deserve to, is another matter entirely. In an argumentthat master mariners are well paid; the point is advanced that the officers are FED WHILE AT. SEA and even alongside the wharf with the best that the market affords and at the expense of the steamship company. Yet 80 per cent of these wellâ€"fed gold laces are married and have big famil- ies that demand food, clothes and a home either here or abroad, whether or not the ship is in port. This estab- lishment costs as much while the was- ter mariner is on the bosom of Oldl Neptune as it does when he is playing. drycob at; home for, a short period.' His going or coming adds or deducts little from the general cost. There are few purscrs on the Atlan- tic who command a. higher monthly salary then £10. They must have years of experience, a host of friends and. be “topsnwyers,” as they say at sea, to command even this figure. Unlike the stewards, and, in the maj- ority of cases. the ships” surgeons, the purser is seldom made the recipient of a generous tip. Nobody seems able to explain why it is so, unless it be that the purser, handling all the monâ€" ey of the voyage. which includes extra. . passage money, the receipts from the smoker made through the chief stew- ard, the wine bills from the tables, all amounting to 2). pretty large figure. is recognized as. theiinancial‘, end of the floating hotel and is treated ac- cordineg. 'llhere is no man aboard ship who is more generally thrown in with the passengers than the purser. and there is none who is capable of making him: self more popular or the reverse. Seven-eighths of the complaints go to him, and he has the power to rectify them if he will. He can change the berth, or even the room of the passen- ger who thinks the accommodation us~ l signed him not up to expectation. That; . in itself is the source of a great deal of ‘his popularity. He may go into the ;smoker at night when his assistant | is maintaining the rigor 0f! offi--e lbours, puff away at his brier, sip his ggrog with the tourists or make him- ' self generally agreeable with. the poker ! crowd between curd draws. The smok- fer and its many attachments are lux- 5 uries which the captain is not permit- ted to enjoy. or if. permitted. rarely indulges in. Any skipper who would make himself i A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW ‘in the smoker would lose, the confidâ€" jcncc of those under his care as fast 1 as u trout taking :1 May fly. his appearance there would make him - | inuy less the sailor, but! Imssengers. ifor some reason or another, seem to f lleieve that the only place for the runs- ! ter of their ship is on the bridge or in. the chart room. And if they can pic- ; lure fnim on this bridge in oilskius and. t so'wester with the wind and elect and -ice bluslex‘ing around him so much ithe better to the perfection of their , idea of the practical and capable mar- iner. r The poorest paid man in an official capacity on u the surgeon. .. me passengers have the opinion that as the company pays the ship's doctor those using: him on a trip are not supposed to give finan- cial recugnilion to his attention. It 2is true that none is' obliged to. but :bc should. The demand of a doctor w at sea is in no wise different from that ldemand on. land. The sleamshif ‘companies give a passenger boar lodging and transportation at a cost that could not be equaled on any railroad onlbe earth. when distance, accommodation and attention are con-| captain on the oceanl Not that ! lsu‘ch poor salaries are paid to master ! mariners who have hundreds of thous- i ands’ worth] of propertyatt their com- mand. there is generally 11- leak, and the butcher, baker, candlestick maker .and even the stevedore and the ship chandler at ports where this cheap sample of trump touches bus to furnâ€" ish. a. rebate. which the captain pockets without the formality of informing the ship's husband. The other day the British board of trade suspended for three months the certificate of the captain of the Bee- croft. The investigation, held at Liver- pool, showed o. unique and startling device on the part of. the master of that vessel for pocketing the wages of his crew during a. voyage. It was shown that the captain took a big I stock of liquor to sea with him, which ’ he relailed to the men during the trip. He bud among other spirits twenty [cases of whisky, for which he paid 188.50 a. dozen bottles. and this stuff i he sold to the men at; about $1 a. bottle; The carpenter's bill for whisky. gin and beer during the voyage amounted to $67. The Ashby, of “'est Hartlepooli is run on an economical plan. if ever w ship was. Do a passage from! .Balt.i-, more to Billion the ship averaged nine and a. hqu knols per. hour on a. con- sumption of ‘ Tl-ll' TONS 012‘ COAL A' DAY. This coal cost but; six shillings a ton, Which made the daily expenditure for fuel about $14.80. The engines of this Ship, although of the triple expansion. type, are made with :1 view to economy as well as for speed. 'Dh‘erc are but] i three engineers on the Ashby, includ- ing the chief. The doukeyman stands a watch. but does not, of course, get. engineer’s pay. The ship has a dead! weight capacity of 2,650 tons, and notâ€" withstanding this fact, her entire crew list, including officers, numbers only twenty-one men. This is certainly one of the samples of trump steamers that has reached the point where freights ; must be remarkably low if she cannot : be made to pay. 'l‘lhe Buckingham) is another sample I that avcrnges ten knots as hour on a.‘ lconsumption of fourteen tons of cool.- i a: day, has a displacement of.2,700 tons z and carries a crew of luentysnine mcn lull told. the A. l3.’s or sailors, of which -get only $12 a. month. Of course the shareholders of these ships make o 1011 iof money through this economy. 'l‘nke Filie Cresrent as :1 sample of profit. fliere- is a craft that has paid £389 10 gshillings per sixty-fourth share for 1 five and one-half yeurs’ work. Her or- , iginul cost is understood to have been , £335 per sixty-fourth share. so that she = left over :21 per cent per nnnu'in con- liinuously for five and onoâ€"lmlf years. éllock-l‘oltom priccs for wages and Klondike finds for profits were nevcr . in the rush for gold. with the success- ful "poor old cargo boar." l .. l III “DI-1N BEAUTY. ‘How of range that we should walk for ' years. ' V Friend with friend. nor look above, ~Tl1e petty trials. the few poor fears, ’ For proofs of deepest love? fWhy is it in the hour of death. 5 AH man bends o'er his wife; i Love never known in life! Ah, heartless man. pray, why is this \Vith owes you could not ace; Nor feel communion in a. kiss. As in catastrophe? ’8'“ “no? is I’rObably' It needs the fierce. refining fire, To purge the dross from gold; lAnd oft in some disaster dire Our friends we first behold. .â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"d A Bill THING. l l l H The term “ infantry meaning fool.- soldicrs. originated with the Spanish. It was first applied to the military force employed by an infurtc. or young prince of Spain. to rescue his [other from the Moors. Last year the importations of; chum- pagne in the United States aggregated 219,000 cases. This is only about one- fortli of the quantity consumed here. The other three-fourths must there- fore hu've been spurious. The hotel and gambling balls at Monte Carlo last year made u. profit of $2,880,000 over all expenses. For the next ten years Prince Albert. of Monaco will exact $250,000 it. your from the gambling syndicate for its lease. Jumes Mclndoo, of Modclflu, Mind. is a remarkable young mun. Ho is. only .18 years of age, yet he is 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 303- pouuds: He “Will‘s a 2-1 shoe, 3. No. 8 but, and drinks 8gllztllon of water ut'u time to quench his thirst. ’ The Rev. Thomas E. Moore. one of the five young men who. in 1865. Originated the Salvation Army in London. recon“ LV 111th am unexpected dculli. He who preaching in the Baptist Church In Harper. Kansas. and dropped dead In the pulpit. A 'lorpedo, such as those used by. railroads for signaling, was found by. Frank ’Warrcn, aged sixteen, of Mid- dletou‘n, N.Y. 1n allicmpling to ex“ plodc it by baamnering a piece of lna nose was torn off. and, the sight of one: eye was destroyed. A Jewish congregation in Chicago. that of Dr. Emil G. Hirer-11, holds divine service on Sundays insl'cml of Sutur- dllys. Hebrews all over the Ilmied States are discussing the propriety of a general change of the Jewish Sabbath from Saturday in Sunday. Pawnee County. Kansas, offers a bounty of three dollars for every bond of u coyote brought to the Treasurer's office. These animals have slain num- erous sheep. and even young. culvm-i arc. their victims. Hunters make big wages by the slaughter of coyotes. {Having a. marriage in view with a new charmer u Parisian sludan deter mined in ulumlon an earlier sweet- heart. She bogged for :1 final. meeting They met. and in half. an hour be we: in a stupor from drugged wine. Tbs-v she l'ourcd vitrol in his eyes, utterly dcstroying his sight. The scnsc of snwll possessed. by Pub rick J. LuUle-ur, of l.(-xi11;zf.ul), Ky. is very kccn. llc is filly-five. ycurs ol age. and his nose is Considered HM: lel whinky tester in the world. By simply suwlling whisky lw can in” tho :Ign ingrwiicnts, and nmrkct vuluc of any. spirits of that kind, llis nqu has ul- re-nrly cnulzlml him to accumulate. u. for tune of SPOJlOU. llilionsncss Ho ‘uffwic-d u (‘lv-vclnnd man that his (lo/'lor told him he must give up drinking coffee. lie "fused. li‘i‘w- or six necks passed, and his phy~ .His could may feet of her last inn-nib. :siciun noticed n. marked clirmw- in tho man's nmmnr'mm, lu- bud u clmm skin and “as active and vigorous-i. "So you ' have given up rolive ’I" hold the doc- tor, "Indeed I have not." replied the man. “I still drink [no cups «aw-ry morning." llc “no not aware ilml bi» wife had substituted imitation coffcc for the genuine article. â€"â€"___;._.._.. __â€"._ HIS PRESENCE EXPLAINI’ID. Friend (over the wine after Ilium-r) “’iuel idd:,sâ€"â€"\\'i1‘.;iu~; rm invented a! â€"-Your wife is certainly u brilliantly telephone :Ipp mu 1! mini 11 can But (“it Etc make his fortune, } (iililertz'cc‘.'oâ€"»‘.‘.'.:1! i». it! \Vim-l i Micâ€"vi? i-. u «in-i n to coal-3(- two in ll-‘5 ! ) in. 2. at the some time. handsome woman. I should lbink you would Ic jealous of her. Host (confidentiallybâ€"‘l‘o tell you the truth. Robbin-s. I run. l‘uevcr in- ....;»r 1,;.- mm" wire vita anybody here tlut .1 sum: woman cmfld possibly lake the least fancy to. 1-..»- ,