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HARVEST. Let tonga trim to Thee, 0 God, . From every harvest field; And let the nations praise thy tianio For what the earth doth yield. We, to thy holy table, Lord. The fairest flowers do bring, And with the ttrot fruits wo prcecut To Thee our offerlug. For Thou hast In Thy goodness great, With plenty IHKhI the land; No sparrow fallcth to the ground Except by Thy command. O. giro ua grace that we may first The heavenly kingdom ahnk, , In confidence that Thou for us Dw'st earthly treaaurva keep. Enable ua to look beyond The things of time nnd see That greater harvest when wo hIiuII lie gathered uuto Thee. Not In a temple made with hand But lu the mansions high. Prepared for ua by Jeau Christ, la .heaven, beyoud the tky. Rev, Laureuee Sinclair. A Mistake. UED LORINCVS toilet waa at "--w 'engh oomputt, aiui, turn l.ivfyf In from the Klau he aald: " j. WU I-W..II I'm l nnm VxlllA- T Vlt ... w. . " , 1 . . . . i good bye." "At taut! Kx cum ma, Fred, but Just now quiet ium la more diwlrabls than your sorty. It la Im possible to get batty to slc-ep while you are flying about the room. Him net you and want'e to gef to you," answered NetUe. "All right. I'll get out of Wh way. By by. baby." And kissing the little one, Fred hur ried out. Ten or fifteen mlnutea passed. Iluby waa quiet at last, almost asleep, when the door opened and In rushed Fred again. And up started ba.br witb a shout of welcome, A certain Impatience oame Into Nellie's eyes, and the bats of her words: "Oh. Fred, I had almost gotten her to sleep. And now aeel And 1 am ao tired. What has brought you bavx so soon?" "Well, well I'm sorry, but I left ray revolver behind. I guess she'll soon be quiet again," Fred said, unlocking the drawer and taking out nia revolver. "Oh. Frod! You are ao quick and au plcloua of everyone that my great fear Is that you will hurt tne wrong per son some time!", said Nellie, with a really anxious look on her pretty ftoe, "Indeed, I am not aware of ever hav ing gotten hold of the wrong pirot I think you are calling on your Inmglu- atlon for facta. Mrs. Loring," Frod wilJ angrily. "Now, Fred, to defend my.eolf. I nhiU have to resort to fact. 1M you foraet catching hold of poor old Uncle Tom, and choking him so he could not explain that he waa carrying the clothes to his wife to wash Instead of being the thief as you supposed? And-" "And will I ever forget your hand ing me over to the police for having attempted to pick your pocket In a street cart" exclaimed a bright, mer ry-looking girl, who entered the room during Nellie's attempt to aewna herself from Fred's 'accusation. "Oh. Fan. don't, for mercy's sake. I cry quarter. Two at a time la more than I can stand. And besides, I had , hoped that you would not have ex- h.t nlurakU mlalaks" Fnpd said, with a reproachful look. "I intended to keep the secret. Uut really, Fred. I've been almost dying to have a good laugh with Nellie over it And tonight the opportunity was too tempting to resist." "Mercy. Fso! If you tell Nellie, I'll never bear the last of It." "Ob. I must! It Is too late to re cede. Nellie will imagine It worse, possible, than It really la. But I'll not prolong your agony. I'll be as brief aa possible," said Fannie. And amid cries of "Don't!" "Don't!" and "Yes! do, do!" Fannie began. "The day I' reached here, Just as I came out of the depot, I spied my be loved and respected cousin Fred en terlng the street car. I hurried up and got in immediately after him Even If my veil bad been laised I could hardly expected him to have recognised me, as I nave changed much In Ave years. As It was, my face was completely hidden. The car waa much crowded, many standing I next behind Fred. I was well laden with lots of little packoages, so the Idea struck me to drop a few Into Fred's pockets. Without discovery I put what I wished Into one, and whs about slipping my portmaneu into the other when my hand was caught with such a grip that I cried right out. At the same time Fred exclaimed, "Here Is a pick-pocket!" and of course there was a policeman there, as none wss needed. I was too frightened to speak for a moment. At length I found voice enough to say to the office r, who was making towards me, "The gen tleman will And he Is mistaken In a moment' . "After the first fright I was really amused, notwithstanding the mortify ing situation. By that time Fred had drawn forth my portmonnale. , Nod' ding to the policeman he sad PS "An old dodge. Putting Into my . pocket what she had taken from some one's else. Has anyone here lott thin?" he asked, holding up my portmonnale "No one claimed It. I managed to get my veil off then, that I had been tugging at. I had gotten a lady in the depot to tie It tightly, as It waa blowing a perfect gale when I arrived. All eyes were on me, cf course, and the officer, not recognizing an old offender, and not a very guilty looking young one, hesitated. I looked eagerly at Fred, to see If he would not recognize me, but he did not. There was a very embarrassing pause then that had to be ended, so I said, not trying to restrain my smiles: " 'If you will open that portmon nale, Mr. Loring, you will see my card. I thought my acquaintance would Jus tlfy my loading you with some of my bundles. If you will notice, your other pocket Is full.' "Everyone awaited eagerly the rev suit.. Quickly Fred did my bidding. You may Imagine his look when he . exclaimed: " 'Fannie Loring! Bless my soul! Cox, can you ever forgive me? But how could I know you? I've not seen you since you were a child. "Thes-e mam a shout of laughter heard then In which Fred and I Joined. But Fred's was not a very hearty laugh, and I think he was very glad to . get off the car, for he made me walk at least three times as far as you and I walk when we leave the car." Nellie was almost convulsed with laughter, which baby seemed to enjoy yery much.-And Fred exclaimed: "It was not half so bad as you have made It out, Fan. And just for pun ishment for your laughing so, Nellie, I hope baiby will not go to sleep fur hours. I'm off now." Merry rippling laughter followed him. And Fred ran down the stairs and out of the house, almost hoping somebody might attempt to rob or murder him even, so that his revolver might prove of great avail, and thus silence Nellie, who was ever talking about what she called his suspicious .nature, when It was only necessary ca-utjori he thought. Soon baby was sleeping soundly, not withstanding Fred's wish to the con trary. And Nellie, putting her Into the crib, went to the bureau to arrange her 'hair. "Why, Fred ' has gone without his watoh!" she'excliatned. "I don't think Jie ever did it in his life before. I wonder hs baa not bum back agiln before this!" The hours passed swiftly by, Fannie, with her merry heart, fully compen sating Nellie f'f Fred's ata'. Kteven o'clock tame before they Im agined It near so late. Just Mum they heard the dour closs and a moment af ter Fred entered the room, and In an excited voice excliUined: "Now, ladles, Hrh you will ad mit the good of carrying a revolver, when I tell you that tonight I have been robbed." "Rubbed!" exelatmed NellU and Fan nie simultaneously. "Yea, robbed. Hut I did not stay ao, many mlnutea, thanks to my revolver. Listen, and I'll tell you all about It. On my way home I turned Into Four teenth street. You know how dark and dismal it s there no tights. Well aa I turned, a follow came rushing akitig, knocked agalnot and nearly sent m down. And saying quickly, "Kxeuse me, sir," burred on, I sus pected what it was a dodge they have when relieving a man of his watch or pocket book, I hastened to feel for my watch. It was gone," "Why Fred, your watch-" "mopt Don't interrupt tne. Walt until I have don." , Tha girls exchanged looks-mirthful first, anxious afterward. "In a aewMHl I was after him. Pres enting my revolver, I bads him hand me tha witch. He resisted. I covered him with my pbtol, ami spoke again In a tone wHoh convinced him that 1 was In a dangerous mood. " 'Hand me the wateh." "Out H came, and, without taking second look at me, he left. And thank to my little beauty here," tapping hi revtfver, "I am home again no woraw off than when I started. Now, what do you sayr "Oh. Fredl Oh, my dear, what have you done? Oh, you have robbrtd ths man of his watch! Yours Is on the bureau. You left it at home," Nelll cried In a voice of real agitation, "WhatT.No! Surely not!" exclaimed Fred, growing very red and starting towird the bureau. Fannie handed to Fred his ow watoh, at the sains lime fairly shaking with the hvftgbter she had tried so hard to repress. "Oh, Fred! Fvxvtve me, I'm only human; I must laugh or die." Peal after poal came from the mei ry girl, who could not restrlsn herself. although Nellie look J so reproiM'h fully and Fred really angrily at her, the former saying: "Indeed, Fannie, I'm too much fright sned to laugh." . Fred was too mortified to say an other word for some time. At length, turning to Fannie, who had grown little qutet, he snappishly said: "Pray don't atcp; I'm very lutppy to afford you such amusement. Of course Fannie began anew; and Nellie, trying to stop her by looks and motions, said: "What shall you do, Fred?" "It Is not a matter of such vital Im portance that you need look so worried Nellie. Ill go to the police hnxluuur tors, explain the nuuter and li-ov the watch. That will be the end of it, said Fred, trying to aanume a light careless tone. Nellie hoped It might be the ettd of It; but still fearful of something un pleasant, asked; "Is U too late tonight to go, Fred?" "Certainly It la," Fred anwwerwl,. Bering Nellie's face still retain Its anxious and frightened expressions Frod broke out laughlttg lo himself, saying.' "You look as much frightened, Nell, as I imagine that man did when went for his watch." Next morning Fred was longer than usual getting off from home, and a Nellie's urging haste seemed to have the tendncy to retard Instead of air celeratlng his motions, But at hurt, t her great relief ha was off. After getting a few rods froro home he dnw forth Mie shd.Mt watch, and found, oi course, that It had run down. Having no key to (It it, he approached a Ji-w elery shop, Intending to have It wouijd up. lie railed to notice tne very par ticular attention vlth which a polle' man was regarding Mm. Just at he was about to enter the store, he was tapped on the shoulder. Turning, he beheld the officer, a total stranger to him, so he knew It waa not a bit of use to explain the case to him. So, to attract as little attention as poeslblc he walked Quietly along with hi. in very agreeable companion, until they reached the police hoadquarters. There he began his explanation. All were strange faces around htm, on whloh he saw unmistakable signs merriment when he said It waa a ml take. And to his immense surprise, after he had handed over the dreadful watoh and was turning to leave, It was a prisoner the accusation, "rob bery and assault, with Intent to kill." He sank on he bench for a moment, so overwhelmed with surprise and trior tlftoatlon that he could with dlllUulty collect his senses enough to know wlia to do. Just then a gentleman entered and said to an olllcer mtir: "I was surprised to hear that you had caught the villain so soon. Where is he scoundrel? What does he say?' "That it was all a mistake!" an swered the officer 'with a very slgnliL cant smile. "There he Is," pointing to Fred. 'Of course the villain! And If I hud been so unfortunate as not to have had a watch to hand over he would have murdered and robbed me of tfhatevijr I might have had of value. The mur derous rascal! Ah! how are you Lor ing? You here?" advancing and shak Ing Fred's hand cordially, and contlii ulng: "Show me that cut-throat Which is he?" The expression on Fred's face may powiibly be imagined but it cannot b described. And when, In answer t answer to the call, "Prisoner stand up," he arose, Ms friend's the plain tiff's fwrprlse was stupendous' for a moment; and then, breaking Into a hoarty chuckle, he exclaimed or course I know It was a mis take." The dignity of the place was soon forgotten by nil wf them, and mnv such a shout of laughter was heard before wtthln thx-ee walls. . But. Fred could not Join In it to save him, He" had too lately stood In the place of an Individual bearing quite too many opprobrious epithets to reel very light -hearted. He returned home to relieve Nol lie's mind, telling her It was settled she need have no more anxiety about It. But he never told her how It was settled. One thing ehe notlced-Jhe was not so fond of his revolver's compon lotmhilp ac he used to be. And once she heard him say: . If the law were more strenuous with regard to the carrying of concealed weapons, there would bo fewer crim inal liHll(.'tmerats." New York Nws. DAXIHL WEBSTER. I shnll nl wnys 'remember the flint time I saw Mr. Webster and the Im- prcNHlon ho nnidc upon my then vcrv youthful mind. It was at a gathering at i'uneiiii Hall. Ah he rose and stepped forward amid tumultuous ap plause, I noticed the broad chest, across which the bine coat was fast ened with shining brass buttons: his large head, broad forehead, cavernous eye sockets, In which shone the deep, solemn-looking, dark eyes; his llnn-sot Hp and ponderous Jaw. And when the solemn hmdi fell on the assembly as he stretched forth his right hand and began, the deep, melodious voice rang through tho hall like the musi cal bass notes of a church organ, his enunciation clear, emphatic, strong, and tne compass of his voice filled the whole hall. Boston Bulletin, , LEARNING TO SWIM MR. FIELDING TAKES HIS WIFE OUT FOB A LESSON. Ortnln riinpfcled Obstacle Occur Which K' liiler the Attempt ' a Failure Tito groat Nottlh bny I a vast nat ural l Hi tuU Nlxty miles King nnd live milt wide. My exHiliii(u Until me to bvllero (hut It Is tlio ouly one In that rt'gUm, In other words, them Is one Imtll tub for It.iNS) hotels, wltlt h Is a bettor average timn you will llnd In certain iwrls of tlm West. The bay Is very shallow. A tnll tnnu of refined tnste can wad i out so far front any of those (owns along the shore that he will not llnd It worth while to wade Imt k ngnlu. We are spending a few days In one of Dune towns. It Is a most eittortnlulng pim In the fatuous oyster producing region. Umg existence In tKnlng the oyster has taught tho native- of them part how to entertain Urn summer visitor, This explains how tho phrase to "shell out" came to be asaoeluted Willi the payment of money. I have learned a great deal here. 1 have hnd tho oysler lumistry aescrinod to me ny a mini .' LI , r'-V T 0! , i . . .... Tir.-: " ", a in tii'iat uimi ll..u..v.. I .11.1 ..... to study (he oyster. The bay eonsld . ".r1 rt crod ns a bath tub Interested me more. I had promised Mrs. Fielding lo tench her how to swim. We Intended to go tsmtlng a good deal, and as I am tin sort of a man who ties the main sheet In it hard knot, It struck me that she might find swimming a useful ac complishment. I have a theory about teaching a iersoti to learn to swim and 1 noirod her that only a few lessons woitld be necessary. Hue received the Idea with enthusiasm, which was but slightly chilled by the fear that her uew bathing suit would not wash, There was a group of bathing houses Just In-low our hotel. Competltlou for the use of them 1 not very sharp, ami wo obtained two keys tiKa the first npplcailon. The keys fitted Into pod lock of au unusually massive design, mid (he dour were very strong. 1 should Judge from those precautions Hint clothing wits In great demand with ecrial'i classes of our fellow lt- IXI'IIS. ' ' I unlocked tho door of my wife's house and saw her safely luslde, Then I withdrew to my own cage, 1 was In the act of tccrlug through a crack In tho flisir to discover. If xatbU, what had become of my collar button, wheu tho door suddenly opened and a voice sum: "Oh. my j I thought It was locked!" 1 did not Jump very high; first, be cause I was fairly presentable, and second, because the voice was Mrs. Flold'ug'a. "If you thought It waa locked ." 1 re piled politely, "then why in biases did you try to open nr I like to ask questions of that kin nit hough no woman will over answer them. Kite did not attempt to do so, lint simplv an hi: "I Just wanted to tell you to be sure and wait for me. Don't go Into the water until I am ready." "What am I hero for?" I rejoined Inadvertently stepping Into a pull of salt water with one stocklugcd foot "I can't teach you how to swim until 1 get yon into the water, can ir 8ho did uot answer that nitration c liter. Instead she elomi! the door r marking that I ought to have It locked There was something in that, sure euoitgh, so I pushed the bolt, but suft ly. so she might uot detect me In tie act of following oue of her suggc Hons. I then leisurely removed th rest of my attire and put ou my bulb Ing suit Having completed the operation pntiHcd a moment. It always requires a stupendous struggle for me to ap pear publicly In a bathing suit I do not care so much about extmslng a isirtlon of my venerable (silt, but surely It Is Immodest for a man so thlu as am to walk abroad with practical! nothing hut oue layer of Jersey cloth between the public and his skeleton However, I sooo crtwhifl down my prudish feeling. I put my hand upon the door and shot back the bolt. Tin door did uot oimmi. I knew In an Instant what had hnp- iieniHl. My w ife had closed the hast and dropped the urm of the padlock through the staple. A man can do a foolish thing like that once In a white, but Ids repertory Is comparatively Hut lied, whereas a woman can do a new one every day for forty years and give to each the etiarm of complete, origin allty. In fact, this versatility Is wo man; best hold. It is no use tell her not to do a thlug like that again. Hhe dwsn't have to. Hhe can think of something else, Huch were my reflections nt that mo ment Hie sltttntion was decidedly un comfortable. The bnlh house was hot and It was getting hotter every uio tiictit. The sun was right over It. nnd I could hear the shingles warping on tlm roof. One roof, by the way, covered a con siderable number of dressing rooms, Sly wife's, however, was not und tho same roof as mine. Still I veil tured to call, "Maude," In a most uf fectloiiuto tone, calculated to Impene trably disguise my real feelings from my neighbors. I did not want any of tnein to know I was the victim of an absurd blunder. ( There was no reply to appeal, I did not expect any. It seemed certain, however, that sm would come to my relief soon. Ho 1 waited wlillo tho shingles over my head ctn led up nnd got crisp like Hnr- ntogn chips, She didn't come. I stood It as long as I could, but the moment came when felt compelled to cast myself upon the mercy of strangers. I lifted my voice and announced my situation to the var ious iM'i'soiis by whom I wns surround' ed. Several young persons of the op posito sex giggi mi. A mun In a far comer snlj, "I call that tongh." Then he laughed In a deep buss key and his unseemly mirth was echoed from var ious points, nnd It was a sorrow to reflect thut If one of them should be washed tip, drowned, on the In-ach next day, I should not have the satis- ruction of recognizing the remains. there wns, however, u good Samar itan among them. He said In n rather timid voice, as If he waa unaccustomed to speaking In public i ll come around and let you out In a iiilnuto." f replied that thero was a good elirnr in it ror Dim If he did. Ho resounded that ho wan coming Immediately, and 1 heard his door open and close. Then. listening intently I heard the patter of ins oaro root on the sidewalk outside my prison. The feet halted at the door next to mine on tho right. Then u fearful feminine yell uroso from that quarter. " "John!" wailed the voice, "he's trv- ng to get Into my room!". 1 neard the feet of tho rood Rnmnr. ltnn hit tho boards again. His pace, I Judged would carrv him Into the middle of Great South bay In a couple of seconds. That hone was blasted and again tho demoniac laughter rang out. Home of tho people in that region were having a good deal of fun, but I was not ono of them. 'This thing," sald I, "has gono.fnr enough," and I assaulted the door. It aid not Dudgo an inch Then I en- ueavorod to devise a stratagem. I re- "HW mwivuhi, UHViiiK KW (li'riiVnmM llloltir t ilt nil, llitli I nlsm several thousand dollar lu It. He own ' ,he Z Z wh c h iiov bad mrmlKred that I hnd seen one of the doors In that row with a broken lock. If I could reach that room I could get out. Tim pel It Ion between I ho room did not extend to the roof, There was am ple space for a man of my si so to eruwl from one to (lie other, 1 had hoard nobody In the room ou my left. Thai was the right dlnctlon, ('uutlotiMly t lifted myself up to the top of the par tition and looked over. 1 looked straight down Into the spccinc!) of a mlddlK-uged school tuanii from "up the stale," who wits bourdlng t our bolet. ( had not, however, the honor of her iictpialittiiiice, ami tho ikthhIoh did not seem favorable for making it. Hhe screnmed In a voice which biiiHt have bceu audible at Fire Ixland light; and t let go my hold on (ltd partition and struck (he floor ou my knees. This IKisture seemed admirably stilted to whut I had to sax and so I maintained It while 1 poured atologlc through the partition which separated us. The lady did not wait to hear them, Hhe hupHiicd to be fully nttlrod lor the ball), and she fled precipitately from her rooci, That, after all, was just what I wanted. In a hair a second 1 was ovtr the imrtltlon; ami with equal Ncd 1 surmounted the next one, lu the direction of the broken lock. The rtsmi lu which I found myself had evidently Ihoii occupied by a man. I knew that because I bitutght Ills oout ami pantaloons down with me when I waa o more than fair to bung hlsTlothing up again, and 1 was about I tit At sua iwliiiii tliit .....a -'. " '' n'in-u nun f"'n mm, now I admit that the situation could scarce ly have been worse. To be caught tiie retainer say, "red-handed," In an other imin's bathing room with bis pantaloons In my granti, shoulil bo worth two years In Hlug Sing to n mint with no political pull, And iiolssly could have behaved any worse than that man did, lie was deaf to my explanations. In fact, ns bad (tick would have It the mm wns more or less denf lo everythlni:. and had la-en for auroral years. He wns of a stalwart frame and an irascible dls position. 1 wns very easy prey for him lie garnered tip nut clothes lu one hum and me lu the other, and the procession startou ror tne Hotel, Well, (he clerk Is n gmsl friend of mine. Also he has a developed iu-ne or justice and a voice like a fog horn With the natural advantage he suc ceeded In convincing the deaf gentle man that I was honest, though not very bright, I hail suffered mom how ever, In the unusual and eonsplotiou passage to tin hotel than would Is' ordinarily Involved hi trial and pn- iMiimeiit ror any grave crime. Wheu matters bad been straight ened out 1 made quick time foi tie shore. There was great excitement when I arrived. 1 learned tl.nl bather had mysteriously dlsiiKts-nriHl Ills wife hnd bad tils Imth room broken ok-u and had discovered his clot'i.-s lu It. It wa almost u sure thliiK that the unfortunate mini bad Ini-ii drowii'Hl, The gr al Hotitlt bay was to ls dragged for twenty miles each way from Die siot, and the cxM'tiso would ihi clinrgiHi to (he estam of the d cease. On Inquiring who this poor wretch wns. I learned without surprise that It was the long legged writer 'frmn up to the hotel," and tlmt In was called Fielding or something like mat. Then I met Maude. Well, what Is tin use of going over till thut seen ntinln It would bo more than I could hnr She forgave nn, bat hardly. Then mIio said: ' "I wns having a lovely time In the water In-fore I was frlghtem-d iiIsmii you. I met Arthur Illuke-yoii re-m-tu ber htm; he's awfully nice lis.ktng- ii nd he taiiuht me how to swim two strokes without any trouble at n't. II says he'll teaeh me the rest tomorrow. However, be won't As I rei.i irk il before, I have a theory uImhiI tnchlm: women lo swim, ami Mr. Wake Is not In It anywhere. Hut 1 haven't time to descrlls' It now. Perhaps I may do It later, ir It work. Howard Fielding li St. I-ouN (llobt-lH-mis-riil. DKCOM POHITION-IIOTTI Vfl. As a preliminary as well as a final proissiltlon, I wish to Hate once tor all that tho above heading rcpn-sctits two words for the same thing. Inm much as one of them Is the definition of the other. Now let us consider w 1ml is the pna-OKS of decoiiiiMiNlfloti. have not forgotten the old custom in vogue lu my Isiyhmid iluy hi h hi!) farm In Central New York, nor tin tlitiems'ttt In hauling, usually with li yoketif stags and tut old sled, the green Imriie'ai'd manure dln-elly on the soil. and applying It In that cumin ion to most of the crop raised In that eoiir. try. For some purposes this plan In wen. enough, I have no doubt: but when the spring freslu-ls cum", nnd the incited snnw.ais It ran lu rivulets down the hillside, wus umber-colored by the dissolved manure (the owm-in of Inml on the "Hats" never fertllly.lng. but raising hHtor crops than we), 1 early learned that this method was very tin profitable, to say the least. The Im-M chemists will ngree with me that the earth Is a great and a powerful Iiibtn tory. The capacity which the soil pos sesses of dlsNolvIng and dividing, and decomposing and absorbing- whut Is put Into It for Its own purposes. In ihi tilogoiis to the capacity of (he animal system to divide and use food with which It Is nourished, lleuce, 1 have no doubt thut there are circumstances under which the green barn yard ma nuro can be economically and profit ably Introduced Into some crop, but not ou a Hillside mrtii by tiny moans The best way to raise corn Is lo plant It on sod land, recently plowed,, with fresh farm yard manure plowed under, and a small quantity of well dcom posed muuure or some commercial fcr- tlllwr put Into tho bill: and tho reason Is obvious. During the sixty days of hot com weather the earth and the neat are doing exactly what the farm er does In the compost heap; nnd the corn, when It needs the manure, the earth, the sun, and the heated nlr are very busy preparing the tiliint food for Its use. Kxpcrlence hm taught us that tins method of cultivating thn corn crop Is a good one. Ilitt experience has also taught us that for most crops wen composted nnd well decomposed manure Is by far tho most useful. in decomposing our animal manures. we should not forget that while the manure Is largely diminished by de composition, the fertilizing flower of the manure Is largely Increased, and never, until n manure is decomposed Is It fit for the food of a plant. Home of tho most Interesting experiments that have boon niacin In modern times were made by Professor Voelcver nnd published by tho royal agricultural so- Mcty or HiiKintni. sett tig forth exnet.lv how much farm yard ninmiro Is In creased la value by decomposition. The esmts or these careful, experiment were: That all soluble salts of manure were largely Increased bv deoomno. sltion; and that barn yard manure that j tuts been carried through the fertiliz ing period, and tlie.accomminvlinr hour- lug process, althotigh.lt had lost In weight, Is largely Increased Im Its fer tilizing power, not only In Its soluble salts, but lu Its nitrogenous compounds. no decomposition of manure, when properly composted, Is, therefore, a very Important consideration for the fanner, and should bo conducted In the most economical and effective mnn-ner-t-wlth muck for sandy lands, bo cuuso they will heat It alone sufficient ly 5 with sand for clay lands, nnd with atraw for grain crops, and with any . V II IV IIKMV Hill IMl HTl It'll lit , component part which will Increase the nitrogenous quality of the manure when It la desired to raise cabbages, mangolds, or any other heavy feeding plant. And now, In connection with these view iiHitt the various malerlals with which baru yard manure may lie print ably comistcd, another fact should lie borne In iiilnd coiist.inily. The liec esxlly for using fertiliser grows out of the fact thut soils become liauld from long cropping. This exhaustion can be remedied, not only by applying different soil to each oilier In con nection with the impost 'heap, but ls with- combination with commer cial manure. 1 urn a flrm believer In mixing soil . If you have sandy laud, for Instance, you can luerease Its fer tility by nn admixture of muck or clay, or botb, or vice versa. That the fertility of an exhausted coll can bo hugely enhanced by mixing other soils with It 1 have not the least doubt. There may ! tracts of cold, heavy, clay hinds, uimhi which an abundant nu J luxuriant crop of some of the hardy grnsw-a can bo raised by a lib eral covering of sand. And I have known tunny a snttd hill to he brought Into luxuriance by a good supply of clay or muck. , What tlm farmres need Is more money !nt In exisirlmoittltig and less In cosily fertilisers. Mix tin various soil of the farm, and, like the celebrated painter advised his pupils, mix brain with them also, and 1 am smti that w shall eventually find a method of Increasing the fertility of the soil, simple, true tp nature and meat effectual than (his plan of taking a loud of produce to market and spend lug the money obtained for It for fer tilisers with which to enrich lite land iijsiu which tho haul of produce grew, a fact that Im come to my observa tion throe times the pr.m-ut season. Farmer Imvu already received too many liHinictloc on the subject of those clalsirate method -expensive ones, oo4if keeping up the fertility of (ho soli, nml the time has come when eoiiiM-Utloii renders It necessary that the cost nf produclhg the fcssl of nations, a It Is with tho prices of wheat, corn, and other farm produce now prevail, with but poor prospect of hcMitultig ls-tier soon. The more wheat a farmer rttlecs at fifty cents per bush el the isiorcr he will get. On the Im-sI of land and under the mc-st favonibl of condition, wheat cannot bo raised at a fraction cs than one cent no ismiid, and under less favorable en dlllous the actual cost of production Is more, reiu liliig a high as ?tl cents l bushel the plvw-lit seiimill.-J, , F I'.Imoii, I'Kkh ami irAitr; op thu house Prof. Wlllhims, of the Kdluburgh lelcrlmtry college, recently delivered a lecture Is-fore a nnmlM-r of Scotch farmers on (he above subject Among other things lu' said: It Is my Intention to eul with the horse from tho moment It Is (sail until buiturliy, The muif vhc birth to aer offspring quicker t huu any niilmul we know of. We have known a mure to foal In two mluuics, and at tin i ml of that lime lo Ihi up and fading It Is the custom lu some parts of tin country to tie the naval suing to pre vent blooding, This Is not according to nature, and Is a very daugorou practice. The naval siring Is iwunll.v lorn by die act of th - dam In rlnlng i ml nils, prof cut the danger of bleed tig. The miviil string Is cotllsiod of a number r clltTereiit coatings, which being Irregularly torn, prevents bleed I ig. Thorn! who ate lu the habit of tying It of ten pay the Hnalty, ns there H great clanger of PIimhI Nilsonlng Very often It '.vr rise to Joiutlll. or i swelling or enlargement of the JoluK wh'.ch menus the death of the nit Im fore maturity, other evil con vqticmva often Intervene; the colt boiiiuicM Mlckly and dull, then begins t pttigo nod dies In from a week to Mi days. 'Hit I certainly the caust of the lo of a givat many foals In toit.e pans of the country (nml Ik might have said In tut conutrlc) I'lieie may Ik- a few caws where Un 'on! might bleed from the naval, but If It doe ll Is lnt lo I wist the miVlll drlug Instead of tying ll. II any h!ii- Is applied cai It let It ts good coich wliNky. nml If ony solid mat cr I applied ft xl pass It through th. Hume lo de troy iln germs. As rule the after birth Is soon dlMsmed of, If It Is retained long It Is a source of great clangor, as it coiniueiiccs to putiify nml blood polsoulmt of tin1 in. iii' rnlinw. fever and Inflammation s-t lu, and the animal often dies In the cnnrt of twenty four to thirty horn, ir the mail- does not clean In two hour semi fur ilie veterinary civ'tooii at once. Tin-re k no nulinal si suceptlble to blood polti as n n .are at that stage. Afler the mare has foalitl and the uimg Is all right mid out with Its mother on the grass (he faruier has nothing to do save to notice that the nights are not too cold. The foal ilioiild be made as liiii'dy as lsissible. It Is a great mistake to feed young isiits heavily, if they are hand fed iholr lsidles Ih-coiiic too heavy for their legs nnd their HiiiIh swell. It Is of the tit most lniMirtaiice to have marcs lu clean houses when foaling and nil flu sun 1 1 my conditions as iMfeet n h poMslblc. When the col ivaches two nnd u half years It Is t-Hiiit time to iinmiie him, to halter h ud It 1 1 n about. Hit his leg. etc. The foot should be kept to the proper size ny the uo or tlm rasp, When coining three yearn old he might do it half day s work throe or four tllnes a week but should not be worked regular!) until four. I consider it the greatest piece or cruelty ever Invented for the young horse to have calking cm bis slides. He should be shod plain. Shoes wiin cniKings spoil the action of the horse ami develop side bones. The veterinary mm goon should examine all horses shown lor tirlr.es. and no mil mill mulcted with side bone should receive a premium. If this were fol lowed hIiIo bone would dlsntUM-iir In ten years. , The frog of the foot Is siillielent to prevent a horse from slipping. When a horsi shod with ctilkers makes n mistake ho low's all oummaml of hlmm-M. HorNcs should not bo fed with boiled fcssl for the reason that they bolt It! Indigestion follows, colic nnd other Ills. Wheat is tho best all round food for horses, given with discretion. SI xtv-t wo pounds oi wnoat sells nt the same . . price ns forty-two pound of oals. Ac- cording to nualysls It Is the more valuable food, pound for pound, but Is too Humiliating unless e ven verv cutilloiisly. The farmer might begin with four pounds of wheat nor clav coarsely ground. Increasing It to six pounds and In this way help to raise tne pneo or tne article as we as do- crease the cost of feeding tho horses Wnler should be given before feedlnc- and, If In moderation when the horse is warm, is the greatest bodv i-efi-ewii. w hi uio world.'. HOW STItKKT-CAU HOUSES 'ARK FED. A Chicago exchange savs: The street cur horses of Chicago ore usually fed on ground corn und oats about one pound of the former to two of tho lat ter In warm weather; nnd this Is al- ways mixed with cut hay. They are not allowed to gorge themselves with hay. bn.t only get about twelve pounds each per day. These horses do very hard work, much harder than the nv erngo farm bono, but are really fed less. A farmer will not feed quite so much In weight of grain all the year round, but oats will usually weigh a pound to tho quart, and when work ing the common food for a horse is twelve quarts of grain and till the hny thoy will eat. This Is an uncertain quantity, but no doubt Is twice or three times as much aa be require THE ANNUAL ADDRESS DELIVERED BY -HON. JOltS MIXTO AT TJ1K STATE FAIB He Tll Homctlilnr of tlicOrg-anlm-turn of the Society also Itl 11 Isiury, Ladies ami gentlemen: The thirty fourth Oregon Ktute fair I now open for your Iiikish IIou; to see and exam ine tlm rcsuli us hero offered for your comparison and criticism. It has been said that the result of civilisa tion can Is- approximately measured by a comparison between the furnish ing or the camp of A wild Indian bunt or ami a modern ladles' sitting room. A iH'iler method to meet tho wants of the majority who attend an assem blage like this for purpeme of Inspec tion, would be, to have here' sss-l-metis of the "Indian from bl unlive wild" with hi agencli-s of suludsteiico nnd seir-ilefense; and compare thcin with thn agencies now used by civil lised iiiiiii, here showu for a like pur- 1 umlersiaiid efforts have been tnnde to have here such a ropnontntlou of the nullcc race. I hope tho effort luts been sticecwxful. hs no living object could (In my Judgiia'Ut) Is) shown here more Impressively. Instructive than would bo a nutlvo woman, dnsiscd (ns. t have seen hundred of them) lu giir meat of their own fabrication, chiefly from the Inner bark of the ecdiir tree. It Is doubt fill if such a retire seiitallnu cun now bo acs-ured, as the natlvn race nulckly and eagerly adopt Ml the while man' woven fabrics nnd iimstiicttted man scsui forgets past fashions. The native fruit of Ore gon, I understand, will to some ex tent, bo on exhibition; and a com IMirlsnti between them and tho pro ducts of settled agriculture in tne tsmiologlcal division will lie litstrue tlve, a measure lu that line between the condition of savage and civilized life. The Indian end Ids family ns i Improved by fifty fears' example of nnd by his while neighbor Is ln-re mid lu his lire and cqnlpnieiit he I far lu advance of what we luiv.i reason to believe the condition of the F.nglMi agriculturist was 5cs years after th Isittle of Hunting. Indeed, his con dltlun and that of his family ludlcnb self resis-ct which ought to secure him the rosis-ct of others; and a wel come here from every generous mind. I am sis-akliig to ladle-, who arc dressed as well a her majesty, Vic torlii, queen of Ureal Hiiluln. nnd Kmpres of India, needs lo ls; though she Is the honored bead of a nation which Is the itsdher of nations, a tin I Ion wii'ili is In Itself bu exhibition of the results of 2,000 years of upwanl struggle from the savage to the civil txed life. 1 am sis-aklng to ladles whoso mothers and grandmothers: aye. to some who with their own eyes have seen the womniilusMi of the mt tlve race the chief Ih-iikI of burden In this iN'iiutlful Willamette valley, 1 urn sK-aklug to men, any one of whom would deem it nn honor lo have u Just claim of ch-sccnt from either l-wis or Clark who nt the Is-hcNt of Pre Idout , JefTerson explored this grand valley of Hie Columbia ninety year ago, nml found the supply of food so scant and prcccrioii. Unit they fre quently resorted to the purchase of dogs from the native, ns a menus of utwlsteiice during their great enter prise. I make these allusions to give cmpluiMls to the statement that It I to scuIihI agriculture that we owe the changed condition f life now as cumiMired with what It was even eighty years ago; when strong ener getlc men siIsIiih1 from want where UoW is fix m! to feed millions. The origin of iiutiuul full- reaches back Is'voml written history. Houbt cs beginning with, If not antedating ettlcd agriculture; and must have been nmoiigt the carllct means of cilNtrlbiitlng Its prod mis us well as of disseminating menus of its Improve ment. At all events, lmnl fairs have been active agencies in upKrt of settled agriculture amongst the an ce-Htry of this assemblage, from time Immemorial: and arc yet so much lu public favor, that we have neighbor- hisal fairs, county fairs, district fairs. state fairs, Interstate, national and In tcrmiiloii fniis, as next to (he school, the generally conceded ln-st menu 0 fundamental human uuT.inccmcntnnd comparison. This is the thirty-fourth Oregon state fair. It may therefore not be a waste of lime to briefly glunoo nt the origin of agriculture In this fair Inml. In is.' I Or. John Mclaughlin was apiolnted chief tiietor or the Hudson Kay ooiiiimny lu the valley of tin (hen "fair Columbia." Its chief isn't was then Fort Ucorgo . (Astoria). Hu resolved to change It to the north batik of the Columbia Hhi miles Inland. He called the sist Vancouver (now the city) mid adopted agriculture as a local siipiMirt to his fur trade; It liav Ing proved a gnat advantage to the lludxoii Hay Co., lu its contests east jf the Kocklcs with Its grout rival, the Northwest Fur company. He moved the twenty-seven head of cattle of all ages the company then owued from Fort tlcorge to Vancouver In 1SJ.1, and planted Mas and potatoes the same year. He received this year also, from York Fortny, Hudson itay, ono bushel each of wheat, oats, bar ley and corn, nml one quart of tim othy seed, all of which were lilanted iu lOI, The results of this beginning were, that in iKiH the company ceased to lumort Hour for the use of Its em- ployies. 'He Induced the iM-glnnliig of settlement In Oregon by advising one of tho retiring French Cnnndlnn eu- gagees of the company to settle as a farmer In the Willamette valley gave Him one quart of wheat for seed nnd loaned him two cows to furnish his family milk and two steers to be used as" team, such were the very beginnings or agriculture here, 'mis great ami good man continued - to encourage other retiring servant of the company In thoHiimo way and adopted the same liberal policy towards the free Amer ican trappers, who left tho hunter's life and adopted farming ns a menus of subsistence. He was equally gen erous to the ilrst Mlssouiiuns: for be sides furnishing them the use of horses nml boats to get to their chosen loca tion, near this city of their planting, he furnished them seven oxen to do their heavy hauling nml eight milch cows In place of the two cows Dr, I.oo had brought across the nlnlns and left nt Walla Wullu. Settled farming thus begun sun- ported a population of 500, consisting of sixty Canadians with native wives and halfbrcpd families, and SIxty-llvo American families in 1811. There were 120 farms, producing .'iri.noo bushels of wheat and a duo proportion of oats. barley, peas and potatoes. There was then In the country !t,000 head of cat tle and liOO head of horses, besides an uncounted numbed of hogR. The ent ile were owued mostly by the Hud son Bay Co. nnd the Methodist Mis sion, but by the second caltle drive from California in 1SI2. 1.2.-.0 head of entile, OOO head of horses, mnrcs nnd mules, nml 3,000 head of sheep wccc added to the pasturnl wealth of per sonal ownership, To' protect this property from the destructive ravages of wolves and panthers the historical 1 "wolf meeting was called; which In addition to effecting the object of Its call, appointed a, committee, which succeeded after tho failure of previous attempts in formulating a form of civil government from which shortly grew tho provisional government of Oregon that In a few short years took the government of Oregon from the hands of the great nnd good Mc aiaughlin who as chief factor of the Hudson Ray Co. had 'been virtual au tocratic ruler over the country Tor over 20 yours, nml put an eud to tho . - -i.. AVr ettttlo monopoly ot un i-vii - - and commerce, Thus wo et(Jed agriculture i by natural evolution become i the i wU r of civil government aa well B of com merce, innndfactnrea and rta. Lp i ill the date of l-'l "e ' m. strongest or mt cunning, dominated Z "n,ry from the Missouri rlwf to the Pnelllc ocean; exce-pt In this Ittle colony Pbtnb-d and hoiirished by Hr, McUughlln. From this date till 18 0 ai led by him also the Improve Imiit of Imme building by Immlgrn- ion across the (dalii wa wrr.lJ This was temiKirarlly arrested by the general rush to tho gold flclds of t-i i t nibi but wiw scs.ii stimulated I again byTbe excellent nmrk.-t jg-gfg for Oregon produce. Id 1K I M st' from Oregon wa driven to the mine of California and goon thl sisikeii of by the miners a "the mm of big red apple" and It wll t title The high price J fruit sent there, atlmulaleel the pln big of orchard here and rtheryb Isnullfylng Oregon borne, Tho Ore gon Pomologlcal society wa tl , flrst ,iuio organisation ront'oeM lib the culture of the bnd. It held it first exhibition at Hab'in, and wa merged Into the Oregon mate Agricultural m- tety ui.u lis formadon l WW. Homw yenr prevlmi to that California iu tsir and capital bad been turning from mining toward pastoral and agricul tural tmriiltt and Oregem a market there was rnpmiy iiinimi .... ,..,. The Oregon pre led by the Oregon Ian, began to advise tlm production of " ...,nnuu. .r wheat lu order to attract the atti'ntwn of the markets In ICurope. Aided by Im proved barvc-stliig machinery lid wa done, ami Oregon eniered the foreign grain trade. For twenty yesm i . en after grain farming wai prolitnble In Western Oregon, but wool growing and meat production, also were profit nblee; and from Ihiio to INK. wool growing and cattle graalng' and horse breeding were a profitable In the eastern tsirtJon of the slate a wheat production In tho Willamette valley. All this had (he effect of stimulating attention to the be-t line of Improvinl .t.w-k anil im vers came from the ex treme of the tat to the state fair to purchase Improved uorscs, came, sheep and awlne; tbl created a pub lic spirit at the state fair of Oregon, f,.r the decade between 110 ami tx.N0. which was not surpi!. I think, anywhere; ami It ui!ed the country up with most lines of good stock so completely that at thl date III tie oneoiimgmncnt exist for breed lug. except In choice dairy cattle, pro lific and quick mniiirlug mutton sheep, bogs and the 1st all purte poultry, one great Interest to farm life U so thoroughly blighted, that St Is almost true to sny the liotve twd Ing luterest has Ish-u struck by light ulng. Only "Ave years ago mm were striving for the privilege of horn car line lu the city of Salem. Four years ago 'Jew head of horses wcro retmrted ns taken off the car lines of Portland at once. The nppllcntlon of ebs-trb' foreH' for business ;urpeHe ba Istn going on ev-r sine, and the proghn lve farmer who wlshe a profit m his grain cnp. evcii If he must com-jM-te with the cbiiip aud cttenslve wheat lauds of Sou lb America and Australia aud the cheap lnlsr land of India, Egypt and Ittnwla. In the world s mnrkels, Is beginning to ask for the mail who can attach electric wer to the plow. I am so flrm of fultb that he Is now alive that 1 am quite willing for tilt inniiugej-s of the fuir Ui offer (1,011 of the horse- race money for him to appear and show that be can plow au acre of laud ts-tter, quicker and chciiM-r than can I o done with borc IKiwer. There Is still another agency that must claim attention, as transfer ring to the mechanic a branch of pro duet inn (t may say) which op to recent date has len the pride of the fanner. 1 mean the already great and Increas ing tio of the bicycle lu the place of the saddle horse. It is becoming to Hume who have Indoor ocvupatlous, a menus nt once of wiving time and tak ing exorcise. It Is no spirit of fault finding with the pwsent management of this a id other fairs, that liui me to any, tlmt to continue to offer if lo.uici for trials of oed of horses, which, (except they arc excellent) will nt command lu the market (he cost of their rearing, Is not good use of money. True It Is a progressive people seem attracted to contests of animal power, but. with the Introduction of the bi cycle and the use of electric force, It seems to ine thero cornea questions of public ecouoiuy which ought to take precedence of nmiiHcmcut, With" the dlsmlHsal of l.tssi hoi-Res from service In Orcgou, or an average weight, or 1.1.T0 ismtids each, and more than that has already been su'reeiled, their places can Ih taken, and In lime will be taken by 7,U of mankind, to be red from the products of th,- land It would re-quire to furnish fcssl for the 1,CKS hores. Those who di-alre to see human happiness Increase and ajteti elos encouraged to pimh kick Into an Indellnlte future the drendc-d Malthu shin law will rejoice to see electric force and the bicycle used as a sul stltuto Tor the horse. The humaultv we licqs' will take Ids place as a coii Kumer will want eggs and limn for breiikfust. Instead of hay ami wits, so I -say, (us I have said before' ou these grounds), to scHicty at large a ben that can give to her progeny the pow er to produce a doaen eggs annunllv moro thnu any other ben, haa more value to man preseut and prospivCvcly limn tho hmne that can make a mile 10 siK-onds qilcker thnu any other horse. I do not wish to be considered as disparaging the horse ucr be dlsrc H)cctful to the feelings of lovers of the horse as the servant and asslHtant of man. Indeed there I nn nh.i.t i shall see? on those grounds to give me more pleasure than to see reponb-d here one of the contests of Judv ihhics trhinshlp for which pita used to 'he ofTcn-d. But this society has grown away from mich contests; aud general society Is growing nwny from tho Use of horses. Our boys ami jjhis are growing up to scorn them, and to pre fer tho wheel, on which the hovs eau even now. outrun the hm is,' loug race; aud on which the girl also im.- io ruie to sucu un exteut that unless menus bo taken to enforce an Upright 1)0111(111 lnliii-lnne ..,.. ... both back and bivnst of sonic blcvcle tidc-rs Is almost sure to follow. I un derstand myself to have been selected w. . oino im ncicircss iu order that 1 might use the opportunity thus afford- ed to give some counsel to the minent management derived from experience ot past management which may tend !vi,h ? "K,!lu th? 1H)'mlnr which rormerlv mmln bltlons Gentlemen or the state board' of agriculture you have for acme rea sons I have nlrentlv him.i t mm-edlfflci.lt task than had thofonnd" ,f (iIVK0U Agricultural society To flud fault with any wa" is much easier than to find the Cli way; and fiom well reiiiemborcl ! Ions planning for suece still hopi ig for your success wiuH... ...... i' .h hen or not, I will venturo a few worch of counsel: 1st, cheapen the means of Ke.tl.,g Into your Vi e to buying your exhibits froni the o orchards and (ho boxes m- ,u vegetable clealevs. Under the old ,., i, k v. ii ,,, (, milt, ..i.n was imuii to Durciinso - ,! iHiiH-u ins premium f one was awarded. The doubt. "f t o Shi f t01 tb b0'-d' P'u-chasluK u exh bit Is now nn Injurious Influence 2s nd I think deters a nv n rT1'8, ana f,uit "'ists wh ought to be here from nttcmptlhg o make an exhibit No state mtn u- sbo'i.m t0 reclve Vrmnmi Room should be awarded them to show what is excellent or xvhnt ia ""w, wiiu ,i..i...i : -"'ii. ii . . flUSi M they nro already a senso pub e nrnn.-tv u a sense public property thcise , vli u? control of tlw. n,ii i " ..s splrit enough to exhibit ttiem ber f the DllbllC gessl wltlioot funher ward. Diversified fanning ought to t oncurnged a much aa powilbW ni the man of one excellent prodotio sliould be encotirageet Market ut. dener ouglit to sls.w a a rUs U tbemselve. Owne-rs of herds oorbt lo have a bree-eb-rs' prise. For a W4 or all agist and gender np to m. tiirtfy, It ought not to 1st h-s thnu jm for the best lles-k ff slscs-p not less tin, and no anlinnl should Is- twws for two piiae. nor charge an eutr fee In two premium. A great mistake baa been mode In regard to premium, on sheep! they ought to ! IncieiuM) rather thsn diminished. National V. Islalfon ha taken slcb for the tlu. against Uii Am'rb'an sheep fnrnw-r, trot the bitter will lie he-nrd from tn. This bring nie tn the anbjc of fc. iMiauon ami a sugKcsuon witu trtt em-e to that ot our own atate, tut th public gesid aud the gsl of tiw ea-rk-l tbemselve It Is desirable that some mean of employing the mt prisoner should Is ailopted. j0t mill ba Is-em proji-cb-d and Is nov ulmiidom-d. A sugar beet factory hu been suggi-sb-d, While ned donhia,. sugar Ixs'ts can Is raises well tn Oj. egoii. I will clesw my Minark by tug. gestlng flax presltictlon a a desirable crop for the Oregon farmer and flat dressing A A iiieiirm of employing mtut nt b-ast of the prison uilsir. a a mm hint of the reasons for tbl mtt. tlon 1 will any that tin-sued flax wu worth an average of IwiO t-r ti,a the Atlantic seslssird under the Kliihy law, and exs-rt worker oh. (alncil f-' l-r day for dressing slit liuuds of flag dally. Mik-Ii of ern Ore-gon has an excellent na tnm, Ing soil and climate and the slate re ceived a ilrst-clas medal for flag nbrt at the tVntctuilitl fair of lK7a cm ibis fact not suggest the wisdom of tt least putting the flax plant on your premium lists? ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN. Chntincey I't;w lost $.V),Ofjo ear by Indorsing for frh-uds. Kaiser William I an expert dancer, with a great fondness for leadlag in' mans. The author of "Kwet Marie," ths popular song, I now receiving t2,OM mouth n-veuue therefrom. Teresljn f!ndxi, the daiiglitir of eleiieral tinrlbnldl. Is writing the shay i f Id life In It most Intimate details. (Jueen Mclorla purchases almost very new Iss.k ot note published, and ber expenditure on literature ef all sorts is over flJSm is-r anotmv Mrs. William Waldorf Aster owa the i-elebnibHl diamond cimb whk'tt was a pn-setit to Mine, de Montmpaa from Iuls XIV. It Is worth Wti. Ijiwton Shcnnan, who died at Prov Idence the other day. aged ninety nine year, left a widow also agvd tilnety nlm. They bad been married M'veiity-elght year. John O. IbN-kcfetlcr la said to bare ,(iven hi daughter to understand ihnt tbe-y are not to Is? great lcl esse. The bulk bf his property will go to a uuinls-r of public; liiHtitutlooA,. .The snuilli-st woman living today Is said to be Mile. I'aullue of Holland of a resMH-tablo family, who is 18 years old. weigh ten pounds aad la 1 foot 9 Inches tall. Senator tic rman wa Hcnator Doog as' i-rlvate m-retary for some time-, tnd a such he aecouiauled IKiughu to IllliMiis on the occasion of the sen sloe's historic debate with Lincoln. At Ijtncastc-r, 1'ctiii.. are three sis ters two hundred and eighty -three year old. That Is, Mrs. Margaret F.wlug Is ninety two, Mrs. Klizalfc-ta Zcll ninety four and Mrs, Martha Monlson nlue-ty-aeven. The A nicer of Afgnntstan U evi dently uot a mere ornamental ruler. He baa had built an electric light station at Cabul, a planing will, a mint, an arsenal, and, among other things, a soap factory. Aba Fasbn, the young Khedive of Egypt, always has bis mother with him, aud she outranks all bis advisers. She la said to be oue of the most beau tiful women lu Egypt, Iu addition to being the bniluh-st. 8r Henry Farker, formerly premier of New South Wale, has become a woman-sufTntgist, and Is trying to convince Australia that the "moral at mosphere of politics will lie purified when women go to the polls. EniMror William of Ormany uses a rowing apparatus dally In his room to llmls-r up nnd harden bla muscle. It was constructed eseially for him by a Berlin physician. .He fluda It a great lecuellt to bis health. Mlsa Marion Gilchrist and Miss A. 1 I Cummlngs of t.lasgow have th honor of being tho first ladles to take the medical degree In Scotland. They have Just graduated from the Uulver ally of Ulnsgow after a seven years' course. A toautlful granite monument bai recently been winced over the grave of Dr. It. F. Stephenson, the founder of i he Urn ml Army of the Republic, in Itoseblll cemeU'tT. near reter- burg. 111. The monument will be un veiled some time this full. The Ouccn of England, ho !s worth jasi.ooo.ooo, probably never , had a broom or a dishcloth in ber bauds la her life, ltut the next queen, the Princess of Wales, when her father bud an Income ot $1,200 a year, had to sew, cook, sweep and make her own ureases. Ittirthelemy St. Hllalro, the French author and statesman, who Is now ninety, writes nnd corrects hla proof sheets without the use of spectacle. He believes In the doctrine of hard work, and says: "If you want to live to be old be always at work and dil igently. Do not listen to those who asplro to save enough money to rest They are lnxy bodies." Tho ' daughter of Bret Hurte, Miss .Tessa my Harte, is not only extremely pretty, but la highly gifted aa well a combination tho gods do not always provide. She has marked artistic ability, and It Is the oplulon of com petent critics that - she can, If she chooses, mnko n brilliant name for herself In the world of illustration. She Is dc-scrlbcHl as having a sea-shell complexion, with blue eyes set under straight black brows. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Each field Is ndn'pted to some spe cial crop, study the soil and the needi ot tuo crop. M J'0" nro t able to build a first ! m lmm to Writer your machln- cry, build a cheap one. By all means protect machinery from the weather. Nothing adds more to the looks of the home than mowing down the weeds about the outhouses, the barn Jot, and along tho roadsldo near the nouso. To preserve the fertility of the soil, says the National Stockman, three methods are being practiced by our best farmers, via.; Rotation of crops, nppl teat lou of , commercial fertiliser! m m 1,80 '' barnyard manure. T. It. Tcn-ry this year raised on an average -17 1-4 bushels of wheat per ?(,roit c1om' nnl tillage, ho says, did It No manure or fcrtlliiiers were put on tho held..... Ho sere-ens and grades his seed wheat, and sowa ouly the plumpest grains. . ; , L : fcV writer thinks that the farmer who , buys nothing whle'.i bo can produce, , should lie on tho high rond to suc cess. It is not so much tho amount of money we can get In, as it Is the faculty of keeping tho expenses down, that makes the proilt lu all cases. ilio work of a thoroughly progrea s ve farmer,' , says nn exchange, in-. eludes not ouly agriculture proper, but stock raising and horticulture. -I his tact by Itself Is enough to show that the farmer should be a liberally educated man; It requires a good deal iL ge.to haudl0 vroWW ' .,'10 things that come under ikesa w utv puouc. ucadlugs. .