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AGRICULTURAL NEWS BISMARCK IS NOW 81 THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FAFiM AND HOME. TIME HONORS AND SPARES THE IRON CHANCELLOR. BKCEIPT8. Sl*ty Acrcd Carefully Managed Will Produce Unougb for One Family-- ( Hotr tfl Make StralghtFurrowa--Our Climate Not Good for Oats. Living on a Small Farm. The mi slug of choice fruit and vege- tobtas aud the producing of first qual­ ity milk and cream to be sold at retail", Is a growing business, and can be made fi most profitable one. A farm of forty to sixty acres*can be worked to advan­ tage by the farmer and one man, with occasional help in the summer season. Upon such a place, ten cows can be kept, two or three female calves rais­ ed every season, two brood sows with their pigs, a pair of heavy horses and a large flock of chickens. The monthly •ales would run from §75 to $100, with good management, yielding a profit of $25 per month at the lowest. The farm ahonld be located Within fi^e miles df. a good market, and if possible upon a stone road. The farm should be so manager as to grow first the family and stock crops. Amateurs make the mistake of trying to farm too much land and to raise large market crops, thinking they can buy hay and corn r cheaper than they can raise it--this is not the ease--auAyae man that follows - it wrtl eome tmjsjsfa- The editor has farmed and is Hnruing now. and would _ snost. earnestly advise farmersto raise all their home-supplies. The strongest and best marked female calves should annually be raised, and a litter of pigs. Lot the raising of colts be given over to those that have many acres and cheap land. Commence in a small way, and feel youi^way. Remember you can spend your money quicker than you can make it. Especially is this so, if you do not understand tli^ business. It is much the wiser plaii for onp that is un­ skilled in the business to hire out for a season or two to a first-class truck farmer, fruit grower, dairyman ®r gen-, eral farmer, and learn the business in a practical manner. A year or two so spent would be of very great value to him! Our agricultural college is now controlled by practical experts in their various departments, and under their guidance an active young man would soon be well grounded in the rudiments of agriculture. A sixty-acre farm should be laid out ma follows: Fifteen acres in timothy and clover, fifteen acres in corn, ten acres pasture for stock, two acres oats and peas, to be followed with corn fod­ der for late fall feeding; three acres corn fodder for summer feeding, to be fol­ lowed by rye for next spring's feeding; ten acres garden and fruit crops; five ,acres, dwelling, roads, lawn. etc. The pasture should be lined with forty bushels of lime to the acre, and divided into two^fields". If the soil is a clay loam, the lime will bring in red and white clover and the natural grass­ es. The corn lain© if sod, should like­ wise be limed, using 200 pounds of bone-phosphate in the hill to the acre to start the crop. The manure from the stock should be spread over the grass and used upon the garden.--Baltimore American. does not show bruises as readily as the other apple, and Is less affected by scab or blotches. As an eating apple, it is greatly preferred; bdt for cooking, the Greening has points of superiority. Thq latter may yield moro fruit than the Baldwin, taking one year with an­ other, and is more likely to yield annu­ ally. The Baldwin has an upright growth tjhat makes it easy to cultivate, whereas the Greening has a low, spread­ ing habit that does not facilitate the cultivation which is now advised in the commercial applp industry; Each variety has its advantages; both are, therefore, worthy of being raised on jlic funds on hand at the commence- any farm where they thrive, but the nfc of said fiscal year, the amount of Baldwin is, above all, the commercial jipple. Its proper culture in New York 3lic funds received and from what irees received, the amount of public erraors TE OF ILLINOIS, CBKNBY COUNTY, awn of McHenry. lie following is'a statement by W. A. ty, Supervisor of the town of AicHeury he county and State aforesaid, of the mint of public funds received and ex- ded by him during the fiscal year t closed, ending on the '31st day of rnh, 1896, showing the amount of or California. during foresaid. Manure from .Clover Hay, All the clovers are richer in mtrtwjen-liftnee on hand March 26, IS95........ 1119 12 ,, ,, ' - - r.- > -r-Jceived from County Collector,being ous matter tliap any of the grasses. | It) balance of tax for issu, Joss his com 91 48 follows, therefore, that they make al«>n«nt of tax of 1^95, r< * 1 • n • i 1 .. . . Town CoM.• especially rich manure, says the Arnei- - ican Cultivator. Clover alone makes a richer manure than will timothy, hay and corn. Clover is also rich in min­ eral .fertilizers. It is a lime plant, and for this reason some of it cut up fine is excellent for. laying fowls. It has been calculated that the manure made from feeding a1 ton of clover hay is worth $6 to $8 on the farm. It will cost as snuch as this, to replace it from city stables, where the, manure has to be purchased and drawn any considerable distance. Clover should always be fed upon the farm. It brings less than any other, and. is better for cows than bay of the grasses. Some clover hay should always be given to cows that have .corn ensilage as the larger part, of their ration. It balances the nutritive quali­ ties, and some dry food should always go with ensilage in cold weather. Makitt{£ Stjc^ight Furrows and Rows. It requires not only a good eye in the teamster, but a strong, active team to do good work in marking out furrows and making straight rows across a field. If the team is not strong enough for the work, it will dodge from one side to another in order to relieve the excessive strain on its shoulders. This will make absolutely straight rows im­ possible, no matter how correct the eye of the plowman may be. The first furrow across the field is harder on the team than any later one. especially if the field be in the sod. After it is cut each after furrow requires less lifting to turn it oi-er, as on the plow side there Is an open fnrrow instead of an unbrok­ en sod, so that only one slice of the soil has to be cut. But the first furrow for this reason should be shallower than those that follow it. This will make less of a ridge where it lies. Grass Around Tree Trunks. Nothing is more unsightly than to see a plowed orchard with a clump of grass growing up around the bodies of the trees. It is worse than unsightly, for |t • is a serious detriment. It is true that few or none of the feeding tree roots may be under the grass around the tree, but its growing makes a har­ bor for mice in winter and for the borer in early summer. It takes but a few minutes' work early in spring to spade the soil for two feet or more on each side of the tree, turning the grass under so that it will rot. When this is done examine the tree trunk closely where the grass has shaded it, and ten chances to one you will find a borer at work in it. He should be killed at once, and the trunk be washed Avith a dilution of carbolic acid with Soap suds, which will prevent futlier trouble from the same enemy. River Bottom Land. There are some disadvantages in farming on land annually overflowed. One is that the sediment brought down is sometimes too deep, and completely destroys the grass in the hollows where most of it is deposited. A worse trou­ ble occurs when the grasses run out on such land, and it has to be reseeded. IT is very unsafe to plow it, as before, the sod can be renewed the land may be flooded and gullied so that much of the most valuable soil will be lost. For this reason river bottom land is kept in grass as much as possible. It will produce a crop for years without loss of fertility, as the soil each year grows richer by the sediment deposited up­ on it. Manuring for Roots. Roots require a large amount of available nitrogen, but it is never advis­ able to plow under large quantities of stable manure where they are to be grown. This makes the soil too dry for the best grow7th, and'it also furnish­ es most of the nitrogen in the hottest weather when the roots need it least. Turnips grow hollow and pithy when manured with stable manure. It is also likely to breed worms, which will at­ tack the roots and make them Worth­ less for marketing. Soluble commercial manures that will stimulate early growth wili pay. Later in the season the soil, if fairly rich, will develop enough fertility without manure. received from --- • v«» M - bridge watching the d o w n w a r d sweep of the tropic dusk., "It puts me -- -^***•; _ ~ in mind Of a thea­ ter sunset," he was saying; "they al- ways'go by on the run. And that was a pretty theatrical bit you hadin the en­ gine-room," he said to my. chief, VvhO had joined us.' We had found .ill. the nuts but one off the connecting:rod head; bad another half-turn been made our engines would have,, been a scrap- heap. *;' /••', . • '.. ' •. ",;'*> '. •- "Only once has it happened before," said ray chief, "and there was a grand tableau, as you call it, but not In the engine-room. Our stem and three ^vall- eyed junks Were the actors. It was. up there," jerking his head northwards. "There was nothing but a thousand odd miles of water and a dusting of islands between us and Hongkong." The mate held a lighted match to the chief's pipe, and set him drifting on with the current of his yarn. "You see it was years and years ago. and I w-as second in a local boat- Hongkong to Yokohama. We were the first to employ China firemen. We had been repairing and put on a fresh crowd, all except one, Li Chin. It was near monsoon time, and the sec­ ond day out we were sitting, as we might be here; but there was no sun­ set on view. It had been hazy all day, and we were watching the moon ris­ ing; just past full, it looked as if some­ one had bashed one side off the true. It got up a haze, big and blood-red, like a fire balloon at old Cremorne. A mean, staggering swell had set in, so oily that it had no more go to it than the slush in a greaser's bucket. We were all pretty wrell hipped and morose, being company for 110 one except the sea, and that--well, that looked as if " 'Then send her ahead again and in Ciet's get it done with,' life said. " 'Give her steam, Li Chin,' I shouted down the skylight. Li Chiii looked up and chiittered: 1 - and " 'Hi-! no talkee talkee; come chop chop:' So I went down to him. "I was pretty green in those days; and whatever came within a liairs- breadth of happening made me feel as squeamish as if it had come off. Of course, you grow out of that, but then I felt my hair creep. Our high pres­ sure connecting, rod was on the down­ throw with only a single nut on! She had the old style of engines remem­ ber, and when they went on. a burst they went handsomely, no tinkering up; new engines, perhaps new ship; may be even new hands. However,: we began to screw Up, at least the chief did; he'd only trust himself. Presently he shoved a hut under my nose. " 'That your trade mark?' he asked. The nut was chipped and scribed with, bad spanner marks tUnch I repudi­ ated. • \ "In what followed I can never quite settle Li Chin's share in the program. This was how we were after we had fixed all tight again: Li Chin was lean­ ing through the eccentric rods with the lamp; I was half in, half out the crank pit, and the chief was at my back. He had the spanner. All in a breath he dragged me backwards, flat, my head cracking on the plates, and I saw the spanner go'spit' through the standards. It didn't hit any metal but something soft. Then he clapped his hand on my fjice and held me stone tight, and some­ thing came down and rubbed by my chest, scratching me--110 more--and through his fingers I could see the crank moving, but it had passed me. If any­ one believes that engines haven't souls, just you stick him in the crank pit, and let her go, only dead slowr and just to clear him. That converted me. "He dragged me right out, hissingiu my ear: " 'Whip up on deck; tell 'em to shoot on sight any who leave the stoke-hole.' He slammed the iron door 'tween the breadth till'I ring her. Then let her RIP-' • * V - ' "The steamer was wallowing in the trough like a lame duck. All the crew had turned out forward after fixing up the turned-in China firemen. "The three junks came on in a line abreast down the wind. ; "There was a heathenish feeling about everything--that red, lop-sided moon making a big crawly snake on the oily water; the three junks sliding along, and us laid silent. There were three things I remember; The slap of the water under our stern, the rattle of the junks' sails flapping against their masts and our old man's fist; lie was pounding time on the rail. "The she begun to blow off. -- > "All at once he roared out; " 'Port, hard a-portj' and rang her full speed, and we began to move. Lord! in three minutes we had got our pace. "The junks had turned after us at first, but they seemed to guess some­ thing waS wrong, for one sheered off. Presently We'd done the half circle and headed stem on to the other two. Then I reckon they realized. "The first broke out into lights and shouts; she was right under our bows, and you could hear her split like dry firewood.. Her big battened mainsail rattled on our foc'sle head like a shower of canes. The sea itself seemed to yell all round 11s as we steamed through the cargo of drowning pirates. "I looked over the rail: we'd hit the other and smashed one side off, and, as we pranced by, I saw her men sliding off her deck like a spilt cart-load of turnips as she heeled over. Her masts caught our after-boat and tore it aw7ay. Then she beam-ended and slumped. "After hitting the first junk the old man had been ramping up and down the deck like a mad fellow. "The third junk had got some dis­ tance aw?ay, but it was of no use; after her we went, our old man roaring aud shaking his fist at her; then all at once he quieted, and conned us like a Thames steamboat skipper. "And we hit that junk clean in the The Feet of Western Horses. In the prairie States, where horses are driven mainly on soft dirt roads, their feet are not so tough and able to resist hard shocks on city roads as are those of horses grown where uniformly good roads prevail. The main roads of Kentucky are generally good. They ,were made solid originally, and, the soil being naturally dry, the road does not become miry even in spring time. It IB quite possible also that the lime­ stone which underlies the whole Blue Grass region has something to do with making sound hoofs and sound limbs as well. There is great difference in in­ dividual hprses in this respect, but there is enough likeness in all the horses from a dirtrict to make it certain that feed­ ing and locality have something to do in producing this result. Hens and Their Value. A great many farmers make a sad mistake in their estimate of the value of the hens on the place by not keeping l an accurate account of expenses and receipts--and in the receipts you must not forget to count the good .fried eggs that go down so nicely these cold tnornings with the slices of ham for breakfast, says Farm News. If the hen got half the credit she deserves, we would not hear so much talk about her unprofitableness. Try it once and see. Oats Running Out. The climate of this country is not fa­ vorable to growing oats. Our North­ ern summers are too hot and dry. If •och Weather occurs as the oats are filling the grain will be light. The same result will be found if the sea­ son is wet and warm. Then the oat straw will rust, and not being able to nourish the grain that will be. defec tive. Between these two dangers there is rarely a year when ordinary oats will hold out standard weight. l^In the cool, moist climate of northern Europe and the British Isles, oats grow much heavier than here. It is a good plan every few years to buy imported oats for seed. The heavy grain will insure a stronger early growth and this will for a year or two hasten the ripening •o that it will occur before the hottest weather is fully developed. Early sowing and the use of phosphate fertil izers will also greatly help in making the oats ripen earlier and fill better We have found that in most years a dressing of 150 pounds of phosphate paid better on the oat crop than on wheat, provided the oats were sow- early. It is no use to put phosphate on late-sown spring grain of any kind It requires a good deal of moisture to dissolve it, and if sown after spring rains have passed it may not do any good. « Baldwin VB. Greening. ^TffFTed color and the admirable ship ping qualities enable the Baldwin ap jflUs tq,sell for 25 to 50 cents per barrel jnore'than Greenings in most markets says the Agriculturist. The Baldwin 'SHE WAS RIGHT UNDER OUR BOWS.' Sunflower Seed for Fowls. There is not much of a boom at pres­ ent for growing sunflowers, but the time will come when they will be large­ ly grown here, as they are in Russia, to press into oil. Even now7 a few should be planted every year to grow for poultry during winter. They are excellent for moulting fowls, because of the oil they contain, but when fowls are not moulting the sunflower seed should be fed sparingly, so as not to fatten them. They are better feed for laying fowls than is corn. Mating Strawberry Plants. When planting strawberries in the spring it is important, if the pestilate varieties are used, that the staminate varieties, which will be needed to fer­ tilize them, should blossom at the same time. There is a difference of two or three weeks in the time when straw­ berry plants blossom, and if an early pestilate and late hermaphrodite va­ riety are planted side by side jt may result in a great many of the stamens aborting and producing no fruit. Keep the Stock Comfortable.. Aside from any pecuniary gain or loss, it i^ a great comfort of a winter's night as I lie between the warm blan­ kets and listen to the storm without, to know that the horses, my compan­ ions in labor, are as comfortable as a clean, warm stable, good food and plen­ ty of bedding can make them.--George T. Petit. Certified Milk. Certified milk from certified cows will soon be demanded by all consum­ ers. Those who place themselves in a position to furnish such an article can choose their customers and secure the top price for their milk. Raise Big Crops. ^ Remember that a big crop upon a little piece of. land is wisdom and profit. A little ci'9p on a big field is . what lames every one of us, saye the Farm Journal. it wranted to be sick and couldn't. Li Chin, who was decent for a heathen, was in charge below. "My chief was sitting on the rails, and somehow he. went over the side. You know pretty well how things like that galvanize everybody. Lose him? No. The oily swell saved him, for the old man ran the boat straight back in her own wake, which was marked out like a dusty road at night through a hilly country. Well, we came to where 'SHOOT ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT." he was yelling, and got him out. By all law, the old man ought to have got into a splutter, but instead of that he 6aid;* * " 'Look here, Mr. Gam well'--that was my chief's name--'I knew something had to happen in this cock-eyed no side-up looking weather, but. I don't believe this is the only thing to-night.' "And we all said together,! 'That's just what I was thinking, sir,' as they do at church when the parson pipes out. boilers and us and turned on Li Chin, who was still holding the lamp, and had him by the throat before he could finish; " 'N6 bobbery, all samee white man.' As I jumped past the starting plat­ form I saw one of the new stokers ly­ ing on his back, his face a thing oi^ hor­ ror. That was the soft thing the span­ ner hit, and you know what size a con­ necting rod takes. Both mates and the old man were 011 the bridge watching something ahead. All in a sweat I sang out my message, and the old man never asked why or wherefore, but popped in the chart-room and slipped a revolver in the second mate's hand, saying: '.It's come to us then.' The mate didn't move, so the old man yelped at him: 'Why d'ye stand there, Mac? Are you white livered?' Now Mac was a Greenock man, and he said: Y' ken, ,1 want orders frae you, and I'll shoot your ain brother.' Just in a quiet and matter-of-fact way. And, Scott, he would. I know them. Shoot anything that comes out of the stoke-hole,' said the old man, and Mac slid along whistling soft and quiet to his station. Yes, that was it, 'An­ nie Laurie;' but it wasn't for her that he laid down and died. Toor Mac; he got sand-bagged at New Orleans over a chit of a Yankee girl not fit to black his boots. Q "The old man grabbed me by the arm. " 'Look here,' he said, pointing out three sails wallowing along between us and the moon. 'That's the little game your friends below are after. Their friends are coming to Join in. And by thunder, so is our stem!' He turned on the chief mate like a flash: " 'You jump down with Mac into the stoke-hole, aud make every pig-tail heathen stoke her up „to the blow-off. Wipe 'em out if they've any lip. Scoot!' "He was tramping up and down like, a terror. I never dreamt that a man with, a wife and family looked^ like a demon. a " 'You,' he cried to jne, 'jump below and don't let the engines move a hand's stern, and rode over her from end tc end. It was sickening to see the strug­ gle in our wake; 1 ran and asked him i( we weren't going to save some of them. "He knocked me clean off my feet. I was silly for more than ten minutes, and when I pulled together we were still fining ahead. "My chief was binding up my head, and the old man was staring astern. All at once lie screamed: " 'Lord, what have I done!' and chucked up his arms and fell back. He 'Hearty Congratulations Received by i the' Great German Statesman--He Makes a Speech to Thousands, Who Come from Hamburg. Crowds Pay Tributes \ Prince Bismarck was 81 years old Wednesday and in honor of his birthday bands of music played in the Schloss park, at-Freidrichsruhe, all the morning. Prince Bismarck entered the salon at 11:30 and found displayed on a table his birthday presents. He was affectionately greeted by his son* Count Herbert. Bismarck, and by his daughter, Countess Rantzau. After Dr. Schweninger had congratulated the prince the latter closely examined his TIME HONORS AND SPARES HIM. portrait painted by Lenbach, who ap­ peared later, whereupon Prince Bismarck greeted him with a "good morning." Among the presents was a collection of articles from Madagascar, sent by Eu­ gene Wolf. Emperor William's present to Prince Bismarck was a photograph of the imperial family, in a group, inclosed in a handsome frame. Count Von Wal- dersee and a deputation from t'he Halber- stadt dined with Prince Bismarck, Thousands from Hamburg. Special trains from Hamburg brought some 3,000 persons, including 300 torch- bearers. After dinner was over Prince Bismarck appeared on the balcony and the assembled bands played a choral. Re­ plying to an address of congratulation. Prince Bismarck said that the good will of his neighbors was a necessity to every Christian German. He was pleased at having enjoyed the constant sympathy of tihe Hamburgers, which he had never lost, as he had lost several other sympathies. Expressing then a desire for the commer­ cial prosperity of Hamburg, he declared that he was no fanatical agrarian, but that, after all, the agrarians were not without grounds for their opinions. In conclusion1 he called for cheers for Hamburg and its rulers. In response to this prolonged cheers were given. There was then a brilliant torcfhlight procession, which occupied forty-five minutes in pass­ ing. Prince Bismarck stood most of that time, continually expressing his ac­ knowledgments to those passing. He ob­ served that he was no longer able to •move as they did, but that his heart went with them. WINTER WHEAT AND RYE. AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. Ashes Darkened the Sun and Flashes of Fire Been Through the Gloo^l" All that day the eruption continued, and all theo next, the ashes falling light­ ly at times, as smoke-clouds, drifted over the Village. On Wednesday the sky was again darkened, so that they had to light candles in the house, and the air was full of ashes. Through the gloom they could see flashes of fire on the mountain. But children get used to anything. Lydia and Ruby played about under the orange-trees, soiling their frocks with the ashes, and omy pausing now and then as the fire gleamed brighter 01: the the hoarse rum­ bling,, increased. The plantation ne­ groes had gone back to work, and the morning and noon bells rang as usual. On Wednesday night Dr. Bell was called to a patient at Wallibou, three miles away, and much nearer the moun­ tain. At first he hesitated to leave bis family; but the call was an urgent one, so he went, promising to be back next day. . - -Early on Thursday morning the chil­ dren jumped form their beds and ran out, as usual, to see the volcano. "Oh, mother!" cried Lyddy with delight. . delight. "Come quick! It's too beauti­ ful!" v.,, '..V--' \ It was a Wonderful sight. The wind- had wafted the smoke clouds from •above them; the rising sun •shone 011 that giant mass, and from it turned to silver and purple and gold; even the negroes stopped their work to gase at it. But ,as they, gazed a lurid yellow crept oyer it; the rumbling sound in­ creased to a roar, and the smoke-eol- umn rose higher; there was more to come yet. ' ' , • Mrs. Bell was very nervous; the more so wrhen a messenger came from her husband, saying he would be detained all that day. There were' explosions like thunder, that frightened the chil­ dren. Little Ruby began to cry, and would hardly be comforted. By noon the rumbling noise grew and grew until it was a mighty roar. The ground began to tremble, not with the rocking motion of an earthquake, but vibrating continually, as a railroad bridge does when a heavy train passes over it. The children, clinging to their mother, watched the smoke-column in awe and wonder. It streamed into the sky like molten pitch, fired now and then by a flash of lightning, or a glow of flame from the crater. The roaring was so loud that at a little distance they could hardly hear one another'speak. The negroes forsook their work in ter­ ror; people hurried southward for .refuge, women screamed, the dogs crept off to hiding-places, and cattle wandered moaning, half-starved be­ cause all the grass was covered witii ashes. Once Lydia ran to pick up a little bird that fell near them. It had been overpowered by the vapor, or per­ haps hit by one of the small stones that began to. drop. Most of these stones were very light, like pumice, else tliey would have done more damage.--St. Nicholas. The Farmers' Review Receives Re­ ports from Ten States. Reports have been received from the correspondents of the Farmers' Review in ten States on the condition of winter wheat and winter rye. In Illinois winter wheat is in fair shape, but has been injured extensively by the late thawing and freezing weather. The percentage of damage runs all the way from 5 to 50. Fortunately, there are not many reports of the latter amount or near it. A like condition exists in Indiana. In Ohio the loss is still greater, and the present condition is below fair.' Michi­ gan reports great loss, but the condition, taking the State as a whole, is a little above fair. In Kentucky the crop is in a very uneven condition, some counties having good prospects, but others ex­ pecting little more than half a crop. The loss from freezing and thawing does not seem to be much of a factor. Missouri also 'has an uneven crop at this time, and the conditions have been variotis. Some counties have a good..start. and no freez­ ing and thawing has taken place. Other countries have lost half of the present stand from this cause alone. We may summarize by saying that the loss for the State has been eonsiderable, and that the present conditions of the crop are fair. In Kansas and Nebraska the crop is in fair to good condition. Little loss has been experienced from freezing and thawing, in fact some of the correspond­ ents complain that they have not had as muCh cold as they would like. In Iowa there has been small loss on account of recent^ changes of weather, and the crop in the State is in fair condition. In Wis­ consin tihe crop is reported quite poor, and the recent losses have been great. Winter rye is in muclh better condition than wheat, and is generally reported at an average of fair to good. Fur Changes Color. One of the most marvelous provisions of nature for the perpetuation of spe­ cies in cold countries is that by which a change in the color of fur takes place when the cold weather begins. Arctic regions are covered with snow seven or eight months in the year, and 011 this sheet of pure white a dark-colored ani­ mal would be conspicuously visible for a long distance. In the extreme north all animals are carnivorous, and dark fur on a white background would pre­ vent any animal from watching its prey. AS it is, they pass to and fro on the snow almost unobserved. Peary tells of almost stumbling over a very large bear, which, half covered by the snow, would have passed unnoticed at the distance of a fewr feet, while on an­ other occasion be saw a white fox steal up to within four or five feet of some rabbits before the timorous and watch­ ful creatures became aware of the presence of their mortal foe. A Remarkable Photograph. Professor Boys of London recently delivered an illustrated lecture in which he show't'd photographs of the Lee-Met- ford bullet as it passed through a quar­ ter-inch sheet of glass. Just before the bullet touched the sheet the air wave cut a disk of glass about half an inch in diameter clean out. At the same time the glass around the hole was crushed into powder and driven back at an extremely rapid rate. The glass stuck to the bullet for a short time after it had passed through, the disk being driven out in front of the "bow wave." In this experiment the waves caused by the vibrations of the glass were plainly shown. A photograph of the bullet after it had cleared the glass by nine inches showed the remainder of the glass intacj, but when the bul­ let had proceeded another sixteen inches the sheet of glass was seen to break and fall in fragments. 'WHAT HAVE 1 DONE!" ttever spoke more, but wrent out next morning. We made the heathens stoke us back to Hongkong--and jail. I went to the hospital completely knocked over. "You know Aberdeen? Y'es, well, you know that old house against the town hall--an eating-bouse; his widow keeps that now, and if ever you're stuckl up say t as you know one who sailed with him, And if you're flush Black and White. Notes of Current livenjs. The wall of a building recently de­ stroyed by fire fell upon a residence at Cleveland, O., killing Mrs. F. O. Brad­ ford, of Olmstead Falls, p., a visitor in the house, and seriously injuring M'iss Emma Deitrichs, a domestic. James W- De Ormond, the counterfeit­ er, wiho has just completed a two years' sentence in the Kings County (N. Y.) penitentiary for that crime, was handed over to officers of Paris, Tex. When he reftdhes there he will be tried on a charge of murder committed in 1891. On the Chancellor's . seventy-seventh birthday Emperor William sent to Prince Hoheniohe as a memento a bronze bust of himself. Most of the German sovereigns, Prince Bismarck and the German impe­ rial ministers, telegraphed birthday con­ gratulations to the Chancellor. MTS. Hir-am Smith and . family, of Co- burg, Ore,, are the innocent victims of an unknown person's hatred and live in daily fear. Repeated attempts have, been made to poison the woman and her chil­ dren, and of late the woukl-be poisouer has grown bold in his attempts. It is announced that a large car factory, to be known as the Union car works and to be run on the co-operative plan, will be put into operation in North St. Louis, Mo., during the coming summer. It will be a large concern and expects to cut quite a figure in the manufacturing world. The Treasury Department has evidence tending to show that the steamship Com­ modore, which recently cleared from the Jiort of Charleston,. S. C., with arms and ammunition," did not lose her cargo in a storm at is.ea, as reported by her captain, but landed it on the coast of Cuba. The Farm Laborer ol* the West. The Western laborer is his own em­ ployer. He is also his own landlord. These two facts constitute ideal inde pendence; but there is also a r'*ctical side in liis case. From his ten or tweuty acres, insured against failure by flood or drought, first by aridity and then by irrigation, he can systematically produce almost every item of food which his family consumes. The la­ borer who works for another expends the greater portion of his wage for these essentials. The laborer who works for himself is surer to have bis table supplied; and, moreover, he may enjoy far more variety, and of a better quality.--Century. - Aluminum -Will Be Cheaper. The production of aluminum in this country has increased from eighty- three pounds in 1S83 to 850,000 pounds in 1S95, and the estimate for 1896 is 3,660,000 pounds, tne processes for mak­ ing it having been greatly improved. The price at the reduction works ranges from 50 cents to 55 cents a pound. Applied electricity explains the ease with which the light metal is now turned out. What Weyler's Silence Means. Gen. Weyler has gone on a new tack. When be was asked about the report that twenty-four Cuban citizens bad been taken out and shot he said that he knew nothing about it. The New York Sun says tjiere could be no plainer intimation to his subordinates to go ahead, and do their worst, It nearly always shocks a man to see a woman attending church in the mid­ dle of the day. "