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EP GRAMS. raoM tmi rKHi. v . . I. i &i'n.'yc"ur,Sodro',,,0 icro." What wm.Jroui InooMisteiicu-s woumn'i auU "i."; h. biW h,ud lt,at "ouM CHrM"' Aud ki givc for k10"'- nr. , .1 (mm nitv l not exempt, ! Diarria oil turni U. ooutemj.t. - There are widows who've f.mml ' . , 1 Their first experiment cursed, c, married o second husband T "wW lbooelvM on their nrl. V. i, i. that ber husband poiioncj lior hate. 1. Tb effect of their marriage I. queer With mm men-quite turuiug the head - Makinsall women lovely opjwar, ' Excepting the one they have wed. tfarniliif Heart anil Mauds, timj BiDCe. a beautiful 50000- l-i mftje ler first appoaranee on the 5 nf Hih minor theaters of taC0 l" uuo - Ir ttai craGO and loveliness nt- admiration, whioh her rising tal ent promised to secure. She concluded long engagement with the manager, 1,0 BPrvicea for a moderate re muneration, but which sufficed for hor ants and mose u " ""''i ho was totally dependent upon her ex- ertions. Accoruiupj i wo mum oivu clause ia tun ooniract stipulated that a forfeit of 10,000 francs should be paid in case of its non-fullment by either party. One day the young actress entered the manager's room, and announced to him that she wwiied w ". , . How! na oneu. iuu mo tun iui .nn from VUUUI i nwuiu ug va- Moted such caprice." "It is. then, the offer of another en- IlTfci.'siri and one which I cannot refuse. It is from an excellent young man who wishes to marry me." "My dear feirl, I shall want you also to study your part in a new attorpiece which I have just received." "Then, sir, you refuse to set mo free "I must think about it. At all events von have it in your power to break tho agreement by paying tho forfeit." Tn iinnaanil francs Us very dear! "It was very dear when you signed jour name; but now your services are worth more than that.' , "Alas, it will prevent our marriage! said the unhappy girl, in a voice choked with tears; and with a despairing heart the left the room. Two days afterward the manager was seated close to the grate in his apart ments, trying with all his skill to aindlo fire. The cashier entered with a visage woe folly elongated. The affairs of the theater were in a critical state; the re ceipts had diminished, and the pay day at the end of the month approached. "Yes," said the manager, "our situa tion is embarrassing. Aud this plaguy . 1; ft tire mat won unguii Astonished that he could be so in different nndcr tho circumstances, the cashier retired. As ho was leaving the room the young actress entered. "Ah! is it you?" Baid the manager, "you are coming from the rehearsal?" "No, sir, I have come to return the nirt von cava me to Btudv." "So it seems vou think of quitting the stage?" ' "I have brought you the forfeit." "The ten thousand JrauctC . "Here they are." "And how have you procured this turn?" "My intended husband gave it to mo. "Is he, thon, 60 rich?" "These ten thousand francs are nearly all he possessed. 'Cut,' he said, 'what does it signify? We" shall only have to defer setting up in business, or perhaps I may succeed in borrowing the money.'" "Going in debt, that's a fine prospect for young housekeepers! So the dowry yon mean to bring your husband is want and ruin ; you take from him the hard earned fruits of his industry, and you oblige him to renounce the prospeot of honorable independence!" 'Tray, sir pray, don't speak so cruel ly," sobbed tho young girl. "Have yon considered that such a onion cannot fail tobe unhappy? Liston to reason take back this money and return it to him who gave it to you; and if you are actually resolved to leave the theater, I'll show you a simple way of doing it that won't cost you anything. Take this paper and have the.kiudness to put it in the (,rate." So savin? he handed her apiece of psper carefully folded, whioh she threw in among the smoldering sticks. The manager watched it as the languid flame gradually curled round it, and then shot up in a bright llame. "Do you know,''aid he, "what that "Viper was? It was your signed agree ment. And now I have no further claims on your services, and can demand no forfeit. Go. my girl, and employ your littie capital well, aud bo happy." Deeply affected by this generous deed, this young actress expressed her grati tude as fervently as her tears permitted. "Don't talk to me of gratitude," re plied the manager; "we are only quits. for the last hour I have been blow ing in vain at that obstinate fire; you threw your engagements into it, and it instantly blazed up. Thanks to me, you Jie free; thanks to you, I am giving my flands a good warming." Frenod Paper. How "Innocfnu Ibroad" Wai Written. A correspondent of the Philadelphia ss, describing his associates in a 'uington boarding-house in 18C8 CD "ys: "And there was Mark Twain, in a uttle back room, with a sheet iron stove, dirty, musty carpet of the cheapest description, a bed, and two or three com mon chairs. The little drum stove was wlof ashes, running over on the zino v' 8eeme nnmsde for a eek, the slops had not been carried out J a fortnight; the room was foul with bacco smoke, the floor, dirty enough begin with, was littered with news Pper from which Twain had cut his J". Then there were hundreds of "cesoftorn manuscripts which had wn written M then rejected by the author. A dozen pipes wero about the apartmoni on the wash-stand, on tho maatol, on the writing table, on tho chairs everywhere that room conlJ be found. Ana there was tobacco, ; and tob&cco everywhere. One thirg, there were no flios. The smoke killed them, and I am now surprised the smoka did not kill me, too. Twain would not let servant come into his room. He would atrip down his suspenders (his cont and vest, of course, being off), and walk back anil forward in slippers in his liulo room, and swear and smoke the whole day long. Of course, at times, ho would work, and when he did work, it was like a steam engine at full head. I do believe that if Clomens had not been nndcr contract to write for tho Ilartford firm his 'Innocents Abroad,' he never would have done it. "Of course, at thnt time, we nover thought that Twain's book would amount to any thiog.and probably hedid not think it would either, but ho was writing for the money this naked manuscript would bring him from his Ilartford publishers. He needed that money nnl so wrote. He is glad that he did write now, for that Innocents Abroad,' written in that little back room on Indiana avenue in Wash ington, has been the making of the fame and fortune of Mark Twain. Whether bo smokes tho same stinking old pipes; whether he wears the same soiled under shirts; whether he heats tho room with the old nncleaned stoves; whether he swears at bis own or other people's ser vants; whether he mopos and snarls and whines well, I don't care. Ho is rich and aristocratic. He has edited a paper iu Buffalo, and anotbor in Hartford. He failed in both. Editing is not his forte. Mining is not his forte. Humor is his forte, but will you excuse me if I say that coarse humor should be nobody's forte?" I TI13 Story of Four Hoys. "There is alwavs room at the ton." answered Daniel Webster to one who had inquired if the profession of law was not full. The answer has beoomo a pro verbial saying. Educators often 'juoto it to stimulate the boys to do their best to reach "tho top," where they will find room for the exerciso of thoir talonts. But all boys have neither lime nor abil ity to climb to "the top." Suoh are apt to find the saying a hindranco rather than a help. It tempts them to think that thore aro no chanoes at the foot, perhaps a more stimulating saying for this class is to be found in a revised translation of Ecclesiastcs, 9:10: "What soever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." Four boys, living at Atlan ta, Ga., have heeded this hint of tho preacher. The result should encourage other boys to master the wisdom of do ing what we can, where we can, when we can and as well as wo can. The story of these boys, as told by the Atlanta Con stitution, is edifying reading: Tho four boys started a few years ago, selling newspapers. They made ton cents apiece the hrst morning they went to work, and for two winters thereaft.r they went, barefooted, through the snow and sleet in the freezing dawn, on their morning rounds. From the very first they saved a cer tain percentage of their earnings, wbish they wisely invostod iu Atlanta real es tate. The oldest of them is now eighteen years or age and tho youngest twelve. They have supported an invalid father and their mother all tho time, and now have property worth considerably over five thousand dollars, houses from which the rent is twenty dollars a month, and two hundred dollars' stock in a building and loan association. They have educated themselves the meanwhile, remaining from school this year in order that they might work the Larder and build a home for their par ents, that is to have a parlor and a bay window in it. These little boys have been carriers, newsboys, errand boys and apprentices about the Constitution office, and one of them is now assistant mailing-clerk. - Their net savings from their sales and their salaries, exclusive of their rents, have been twenty dollars a week for this year. Next year they can do better, and by the timo the oldest of the brothers is of age, they ought to bare a comfortable little fortune. One's Neighbor. A minister was soliciting aid for for eign missions, and applied to a gentle man, who refused him, with the reply: "I don't believe in foreign missions. I want what I give to benefit my neigh bors." "Well," replied tho minister, "whom do yon regard as your neighbors?" "Why, those around me!" "Do you mean those whose land joins yours?' inquired the minister. "Yes." "Well," said the minister, "how much land do you own?" "About five hundred acres." "How far down do you own?" "Why, I have nover thought of it be fore, but I suppose I own half way down." "Exactly," said the clergyman, "I suppose you do; and I want this money for the New Zealandors the men whose land joins yours at the bottom." An Engagement Off. "So the engagement is broken off?" queried the first young lady as they sat down in the car. "Yes." "And you have sent back all his let ters?" "Every one." "And the locket?" "Yes." "And the diamond ring?" "Yes." "I wouldn't have done it. I'dhavekept the ring, anyhow." "Well. I did intend to, bnt the jew eler said the stones were only glass, and I didn't want to be at the trouble of rub bing them up with alcohol two or three times day. Detroit Free Freas. A western editor says: "In the gov ernor's message, suggestions and ideas swim in an ocean of words like infre quent oysters in huge dish of church fair soup." The editor and the governor evidently do not belong to the same political party. Mrs. Pettengill, a wealthy lady who died recently at Bridgeport, Connecticut, bequeathed $150,000 to publio charities and institutions. ' Louise Sllrbel. .1 Michel Fwuce'a female . firebrand--appears at meetings dressod iu black from head to foot, and dolivora loug, monotoaoiH tirades against property anil the botirgi-iiii.ii, which are terribly 'ifT-c tive just because of their monotony. Sue has uo logio to speak of; she is as incapa ble of a definition as Isaiah; her voice is low and sweet; her manner ia tho man ner of a Sister of Charity, whilo the mat ter is that of one of the thirstiest blood hounds of the convention. She sings, irenwino, a so t, revolutionary song of hate and pillage and massacre. Half the time she seems to bo performing to hor self; hor eyes are half-dosed; slio in on toto-a-tete with her demon. Other ora tors muko the mistake of being a great doal too wide awake; they are precise and declamatory aud statistical about tho wickedness of capital. This woman is simply mystical; and the difference be tween them is that thoy can hardlv get a hoariug without her aid. lior histDry'is simple; sho has been slightly mad about the Revolution with a big It all her life. She is now quite middle aged. This is a mnttor of infer ence, inusmuch as she was old enough to have plotted the murder of Napoleon III, in imitation ot Charlotte Corday. Sho only did not murdor him because, the war came to remove him quite as effect ually in another way. She thought of murdering M. Theirs, but was dis snadod by a friend. Thero is no vapor ing in all this; she would do it beyond a doubt. She was a schoolmistress at one time, but sho taught the little boys and girls a catechism of her own nutil they shocked the priest with their awful ques tions and answers, and Louise bod to go. The Commune, of course, claimod her as its own, and she saw it all fighting, nursing the sick, starving, trying to get killed. She missed that, but she got transported. Sho was sent to New Cale donia and nearly perished on the voyage through cold weather in bare feet, to protest against the brutality of an order depriving another convict of her shoes. There has nover been any whispor against her good name but once, when a wicked slanderer dared to say that she had been listening devoutly to the church service: but sho explained at once to the satisfac tion of every candid mind. When sho came back from the penal oonvent undor the amnesty, all revolutionary Paris nocKeu to meet ner, witu Koclieiort at its head. There was a banquet ready, but sue coma not stay; she Hurried otf in a cab to see the old mother sho had left behind in France. That mother has been the bane of Louise Michel's publio life, and perhaps for that reason the sal vation of the other. ne is old and bod ridden, and she does not care about the revolution a fig; she thinks it is some kind of madness possessing Louise, and that she must get well of it if people would only loave her alone. The anxiety of looking after the mother and of look ing after the big R at the samo timo has made Louise Michel what bIib is. A visit to her is instructive, as show ing how some revolutionists live. They do not all fare sumptuously on the wages of agitation. Louise Miohel is herself the great sublime of misery aud squalor which sho draws with such terrible effect at publio meotings. It is almost impos sible to exaggerate the gloom and dis comfort of her rooms on tho Boulevard Ornauo. To begin with, tho Boulovard Ornanc is quite out of the world, and this lodeing is almost qnito out of the Boulevard Oruano, for it is situated near tho extreme end. It is on the fourth floor; it is reached by a dirty staircase, through an antechamber of dirt, and it is dirt throughout. There is but one white thing in the place a head of Charlotte Corday ami that is only be cause the plnstor is new. The books i n the trestle table look as if they had been tumbled out thero for sale in a job lot; it is tho school er's carelessness, doubled with the un thrift of poverty. Louise Michel is vol untarily poor; she gives away ovory pen ny not required for immediate needs, and she saves as little as she can, from the secret conviction that taking indi vidual wages in any fashion is a sort of crime. Some time ago she announced that she would soil interviews with her self for ten francs an hour, the proceeds to go to some "brethren", who were ia durance for trying to blow society into the air. A reporter of tho Figaro called npon her had a two hours' talk by the clock, and gravely handod hor twenty francs. Nothing seems in its place among that dreadful litter of old papers, old dresses, dog's-eared volumes, pam phlets and pats of bntter. The heroine whon it is not go-to-meeting time is dreadfully unkempt. Kew Fire Ksrapet or Ba'toulcs. The authorities have been doing a good work in examining buildings to see if they were projwrly provided with fire escapes, and ordering escapes put on where they were deemed necessary. In most cases the occupants of buildings comply readily with the request of the authorities, but they struck a snag the other day. The proper offioers wero ex aminingaboarding house and had about got through with their duties when the landlady, who had just returned from marketing, appeared upou the scene. She looked over the party as they were tak ing a view from a back window, four stories from the ground, and she asked them what they were driving at. One of them said: "Madame, we are inspecting your promises with a view to finding out what facilities you have for boarders to make their exit in a uuiry. We conclude that you must provide iron balconies for these windows, with ladders running within ten feet of the ground, so that in an emergency yonr boarders can get out." "Not much I Not any ladders nor any balcony !" said the landlady, as she wiped her hands on ber apron. "Not unless the city will be responsible in case the boarders escape without pay ing their board." "Why, whatdo you mean, madame? Do yon refuse to provide facilities for escape ?" "You bet I do," said the laly, as she put her hands on her bins and turned her head one side and looked sassy. "There are enough of them get out now without paying, when I have only one outside door, and I lock that at eleven o'clock. Yon see that window on the fourth floor? Well, a patent fire escape peddler.who had been boarding with me two weeks, let himself and his satchel down out of that window, just to show tho boarders how it worked, and I have not seen him sinoe, and ho owed me twelve dollars. You never kept a board ing house, did you?" The examiners said they never did.and 1 K)Sed at each other uud wiukod. and J the laudlaJy begun a.nain: No, gentlemen; I will givo up this house before I will provide any more facilities for sudden chango of baso on the part of tho boarders. I try to keep as good watch of boarders ns anybody, but they often get away. v If people who are iu dangor of being suffooutcd could nso the ingenuity of di-liquent boarders, very few people would be destroyod by fire. If I had iron balconies aud iron ladders running to tho ground from overy floor, I wouldn't collect money enough to pay my gas bill. Why, there was a follow who was selling ehromos, these "God Bless Our noma" and "Pull Down Your Vest" pictures, that boarded with mo for two weeks. Ho was pious, and had a nice- ziuk trunk, and I thoncht ho was all right, but one morn ing I missed his gentle face at breakfast. He always seemed so sad becauso we didn't have morning prayers aud ask a blessing, that I always felt sorry for him. The chambermaid said sho found the sheets tied togother in his room, and tho window open, and w hen I broke opou his trunk-it wus nothing but a ton shilling trunk painted the color of zink thore was nothing in it but a couplo of souttlosfuls of my coal, and he owod me fourteen dollars. In case of firo ho wouldn't have needed a tire escape. There was a woman here peddling books last year, and how sho got out I don't know, but sho let her sat chol down with corset strings, aud bilked mo out of twelve dollars and some nndcr clothes she borrowed of me to wear to thcsuuimer night ooncertat Schlitz Park. You needn't be alarmed abont my boarders gotting out. I could empty the house in five miuutcs by going around and asking them for a week's board iu advance. No iron ladders for this Gar den of Eden, thank you." "But, madam, the law will compel you to provido the ladders," said one of tho examiners, who was more bold than tho rest. "Then the city must enter into bonds to indomnify mn against loss. If the city, through the proper officers, will agree to pay all board bills that aro jumped by the aid of theso iron ladders, I will think about putting them up, but the city will have to keep a watchman at the front and back of tho house with a shot gun. There is a certain class of boarders that sits up nights to think of some wav to get out with thoir bag gage, and I shall not go to any expenso to make it easy for thorn, aud don't you forget it. There is alwavs some new scheme coming up to break the hearts of boarding house keepers, and this one is tho last hair that breaks the camel's back." And she put her apron over her eyes and began to cry, and the inspectors withdrew. Peck's Sun. Tho Awrul Gas Meter. Iu Philadelphia and other cities, large consumers of illuminating gas have re cently been making vigorous protests against the amounts of their bills. Last year the proprietor of a hotel in St. Louis had all tho meters in his house tested by an "expert," whose report was so con vincing that even the gas company wore obliged to accept it, although iu doing so they admitted an indobteduess to their customer of more than Bix hand rod dol lars. Tests have recently boon mado in the same manner of motors in hotels and other large establishments in Philadel phia. The examiner iu the cases was omployed by the consumers, and ho made tho test while tho meters wore still actively in use. The gns companies, whon they wish to test tho metors, re move them to tho manufactory. This method, it is asserted, is not nearly so conclusive as the other, especially as the examination of the meters is then made by persons connected with the compan ies. The same examiner mado both of the tests mentioned above and in doing so he attached to tho pipes a meter of his own, which, he assorts, is absolutely correct, under the gas company's motor. He has been threatened with arrest by the Philadelphia gas companies, and if the threat is carried out it will bring tho durk subject of house illumination into court and throw some light npon it. All consumers in gas will be interested in the result. New Pork Times. A Reminiscence of the Senate, Early in the year 1835 an amusing col loquy took place in the Senate between Henry Clay and James Buchanan. The latter, when a young man, bolonged to tho federal ' party. He was defending himself against a" charge of disloyalty during the war of 1812. To prove his loyalty he stated that ho entered a corn puny of volunteers at the time the Brit ish attacked Baltimore, or at the time of the battle of North Point, and marchod to Baltimore. "True," he said, "he was not in any engagement, as tho British had retreated lie fore he got there." Mr. Clay "You marched to Balti more, though?" Mr. Bdohanan "Yes." Mr. Clay "Armed and equipped?" Mr. Buchanan "Yes." Mr. Clay "Will the Senator from Pennsylvania be good enough to inform ns whether the British retreated in con sequonce of bis valiantly marching to tho relief of Baltimore, or whether ho marched to the relief of Baltimore in consequence of the British having al ready retreated?" This colloqny, with unlooked for end ing, was greatly enjoyed by the Senate and galleries, and put both in excellent humor. Lawrence American: Iu a grammar examination in town the question was asked: "How many senses are there, and what senses has Lanra Bridgeman lost?" One pupil wrote his answer as follows: "There are two senses, com mon and proper. Laura Bridgeman has lost all her common senses and has only her proper ones left." During the same examination, scholars were asked to state three prominent employments in the world. One boy wrote "agriculture, mining and school keeping." Pea vines and bean vines are very rich be grown to an acre as of corn fodder, 1 1 1 1 - . 1 .. 4 ..I.. luey wuuiu iuuo una ui vuo iuua 'su able of fodder crop. NpNDg Fodder. There are differences of opinion as to the value of late sown rve as a crop for early spiiug feeding. These dilfen-nct s aro almost entirely duo to the circum stances of soil and season. Should tho soil be poor, the ryo crop, like any other, will be poor, and should the seusou elot-o in with hard freezing, soon after sowing, tho plants will not have mado aufllcicut roots to save them from injury. If, on the other hand, the soil is rioh and mel low, and Iho sowing is dono so early that strong, well-rooted plants may form, then a protltabld crop may bo expeotod. The writer has oeu inoHt satisiactory results obtained by plowing under a sod previously well manured in luto autumn, and tho ground sown to ryo. In tho spring this liuld yielded a heavy growth of fine, green fodder, which was used to feed a tloek of ehoep and other small stock. Aftor this pasturago wus oyer, the "stubblo" was turned under with a heavy coat of manure, and tho field planted to corn. In this caso tho ryo was what is called a stolen crop, put iu between the old meadow and the corn. Instead of tho land lying idle from tho time tho grass was cut until plowod for corn, there has been an extra manuring and a foddor crop. Sonio portion of tho field was clay and the additional tillage had a good effect upon tho mechanical conditions of tho soil, Tho groon crop thus produced camo in at just that time iu the spring whon a Bnpply of fodder of this kind is of special value tho pas tures not having fully started and tho dry stored food bciug limited in quantity and of high price. Ito Ready Kurlj. A season ot activity is near at hand. Are furmors ready for sowiug and plantiut;? Every implemout should bo providod bo forehand, that no time may bo lost in making purchases or repairs after tho work should begin. Wo have known a halfdav of plowing tj bo lost becaase the whitlktrees wore not at hand. Bomo farmers start out with their spring plow ing without a single plow point iu stock, aud when ono is needed, tho team is taken out from tho plow and driven to the store. Such a Joss of timo is a serious matter, and should bo thought fully guardod against by nmplo provis ou of all such artioles of tho farm. It is a poor timo to mend a harrow whon it should be at work iu the field. We do not favo' that economy if such it may be called that rolios upon the noighbors for many of tho tools of the farm. There are certain farm implements that may be owned in partnership, as a roller or a reaper, but the oonstant borrowing of rakes, forks, etc., is not a wise and eco nomical practico. Bo provided with all theso esseutial farm tools, and have them in good order, and at hand, when tho time arrives for using them. Now is the time to look to theso matters, and mako all needod preparations for the busy days that will soon be here. In tho peace of winter prepare for the war of spring. American Agriculturist. Corn or OaU for Horses. Tho comparative valuo of corn or oats for horsoa may be briefly stated as fol lows: The formor isdoficiont in many of the elements of nutrition so necessary for roenporating tho constant wear and tear which neoessarily takes place in the body of a living animal. Ou thia 00 oount, horses which are exclusively fed on corn or hay do not receive that kind of nourishment whioh appears necessary for tho due support and maintenanco of tho animal fabrio; hence we must not bo surprised that corn-fod horsoa show evi dence of being languid, by sweating pro fnsely whilo boing worked, lack of vitality, etc Oats, on the contrary .con tain more of tho essential elements of nutrition than any other article of food which can be fed with impunity to horses. Oats are not only tho most na tural food for horsos, but aro deoidedly the most nutritious. Thoy aro tho cheap est, because there is less risk in feeding thorn, and exporienco has proved that horses properly fod on oats and timothy hay can, with regular exercise, good grooming, and proper sanitary regula tions, be brought to tho highest state of physical oulture, and can perform more work with loss evidonoe of fatigue thau whon fed on any othor article of food. Sever Died Noon Enough, "Me poor father is dead, and Oi'ra so hungry and can't give me tho shape nv a moal?' asked a serious looking Irish boy. "Father dead," said the lady of tho houso, as she spread the cloth and pre pared a dinner which tho boy soon began to dispatch. "I've got some very tine wino here; won't you have a glass?" con tinued the lady who was moved to pity at tho thought of the boy's lonely condi tion. "Thank ye, mim, I will." "How long has your father been dead?" "About fifteen years, mim." "You shan't have the wine 1" exolaimod the lady indignantly. "I won't bo im posed on." "Ow, the divil," replied the boy in disappointment, "an' this is on account av me father. Alus, and the old man was nover dead soon onotigh." Aarkan saw Traveler. The latest invention is vegetable but ter, the recipe of which is given by an English vegetarian, opposed to the use of animal fat. It is this: Take four ounces of Brazilian, or cream nuts, pounded very fine in a mortar; four ounocs of pure olive oil; run them into a smooth jelly; add eight ounces of fine wheat flour, and a quarter of an onnce of salt. Bub the whole into a smooth paste. Judging from the ingredients we should say that if well mado this might be preferable to much that goes by the name of butter, although snrely not less expensive. An English mechanic has invented a horseshoe composed of three thicknesses of cowhide compressed in a steel mould and subject to a chemical preparation. It will last longer than the common shoe, weighs only one-fourth as much, does not split the proofs, reaoires no calks. and is very elastic. A AnlntiT of Franciscan monks ami nuns is about to settle at Clevedon, in England. Tne largest hotel in Ine place liia hnnn kflnirtit fur the new monutnr. and a villa with extensive grounds has been secured for the nunnery. AOKICULTI'BIL. Clover Lay is good for hogs, and the hog liko it. The Jitpanesi orango grows in Califor bin fifteon feet in ciroumferoni!. A farm of ono hundred acres of good arable land should keep at least lix work horses, twenty mileh cows and twenty hogs. l'armirs who do not recognize poultry as farm stock, but look upon it as an in aignitleant side issue, are not wise in thoir generation. JefflTSOll COUIltv l. Y. lurmnr nnv carry their milk to tho limburgor cheese lactones, where thoy pay 12 and 12;; ceuts per gallon for it. Lurth floors keen do constantly il.imn that they aro apt to soften tho hoofs of a iiorse, or oinoywise injure tuoro, and givo rheumatism to tho limbs, particu larly in cold woather. Our results have thus fur civnn nnitn conclusive evidence iu favor of tho ter minal portion of tlm nntnto nlwr in far as regards cortaiuty of growth, early sprouting, ueaiiny vegotation and vigor. lit. Dttiriovaiu. A loamy soil, with a loose, gravelly sub soil through which tho surplus wa ter easily drains away, may bo deeply plowod with good effect, or at any rate .:ii.A..t 11. : , . . muKMii, iuu injurious res uno wuicu 101 low tho practico of deep plouchinur on stiff, clayey soil. . As soon as a lamb gota largo enough it should bo encouragod to eat food for itself. For this purpose a low troush should bo placed where the lambs can get to it and eat without disturbance. J hey will soon eat enough to assist very materially in thoir growth. All kinds of roots in the collar will keep butter if a little fresh dirt is thrown over them. For boots and turnips this is vory important, theso roots drying np or becomiug tough and tastoloss if ex posed to tho air. It is not too late to got somo sods in the collar during mild days in winter. By vaporizing two quarts of tobacco juioo over a slow fire, Baron Rothchild's gardinor at Paris destroys all tho troub lesome insects that may bo contained in the hot-house in which the operation is performed. Ho considers the remedy infallible, and says it rarely injures the tondcrost plants. Tho advantago of grinding the cob and ooru togother is not altogothor iu the nutrimont of the 00b, but because the cob, boing a coarser and a spongy mate rial, gives bnlk and divides and separates the fine meal, so as to allow a free circu lation of the gastrio juioe throgh tho mass in tho stomach. Lambs can bo mado to shear from two to four pounds more wool by a little ex tra care and feeding during the wintor. The extra wool will more than pay for the extra feeding, and tho result will be a much larger and stronger Bheep. For this purpose food good olovor hay, with bran, corn and oats mixed equally. A young eook of any bread, (ora young male of any breed of animals,) with his vigor unimpaired, will beget bettor stork than a jaded one will at maturity. But a matured 000k, not jadod or worn, who has always been in good health, will be hotter than either, leaving extra early chickens out of tho quostions. Tho use of coul ashes undor the drop pings in tho hen houso is recommended. Tho hens cratch in the ashes for the hard whito bits, and thus koop the droppings looso end dry. The mixture, spread on tho meadow in the Bpriug, forms an ex cellent manure. The ashos also sorve in the place of shell, and for a dusting-place for the lions. In Germany, during tho slippery soa son, temporary calks are used for horse shoos. Two sharp-pointed studs an inch long are screwed into the holes loft in the shoe, and whon the borso enters tho stable they aro taken out and a button screwed into thoir place, thoreby pre venting all damago to tho horse and keoping the holes from filling. In pruning trees, all stems half an inch or more in diameter should be covered with some water-proof aubstance like grafting wax or shelluo, of tho consis tency of cream. The bark and outer wood will thus bo preserved, and the wound will in a season or so be covered with now bark. If this precaution be not taken, the end of tho branoh will do ouy from exposure to wind, rain, boat and cold. In South Africa the raising of cattle has almost entirely ceasod, owing to the fact that several years ago a Holland bull was carried there afflicted with the lung disease, which, boforo it could be stopped, spiead beyond control. This should a warning to Amorican farmers. Congress should make a law forbidding the removal of cattle from any iufeotou territory nntil they shall have undergone a period of quarantine. A farmer who once secures a supply of ice for summer use will never afterward be without it. Ice is indispensablo for dairies, either for butter or oueeso, and is valuable in any cellar for keeping fresh moat in warm weather. A good ioe-house of moderate size can be built for ZM or $10, and the interest on the oost, with the trouble of filling it, are trifles com pared with the convenience of having ice during the summer. "I cut dry corn stalks np fino, spread 'em about six inohes deep in a corner ot tho barn floor, and sprinkle on a weak brine; then add more out atalks, then brine, etc, till I have quite a pile. I left it stand a few days, the staffs beats a little and beoomes soft, and the cows eat it with a relish. It's a kind of ensilago on short notice." So said an experioneed Vermont farmer at Burlington recently, claiming that by this means thore was no waste of foddor. For 40 years I have been employed by my neighbors who havs had cows with, stoppages in their teats to lance the ob structions, acd have been successful in enring many bad cases. I was at first troubled to hit npon a plan of confining a cow so as to be in no danger myaolf and at '.ns same time not to hurt her, but at last succeeded. I used a strap three quarters of an inoh wide, six feet long with two loons and a bnokle; one loop quite tare. Now I loop this onto the right leg above the gambrel, pass the strap around the other leg, then cross it back and forth a few timet and bnckle snugly and 'lis done. Suoh a strap ia very valuable in breaking heifers to milk. Cor. New England Homestead.