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f AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Devoted to the Interests of Stockmen. Farmer and 4i ran I us 'lc. Many of those who havo planted fig trees liiivc been disappointed when fhe fruit appeared by having them turn out to bo something different from what was expected. In order to remedy tho mistake as cheaply as pos sible it is evident that resort must be had to grafting, and a correspondent of tho Jlural Press furnishes tho fol , lowing as his method of accomplish ing the desired result: Saw off the limb; split it tluough the center. If the limb is two to four inches in diameter put in two grafts one next to each side of bark. Cut the wedge like, taper about four inches long and havo one or two buds only. Tho cion should be one-half inch or lets in diameter. When the grafts sire both forced into the spKt there will be con siderable spaco unoccupied. Fill tho space with hot grafting wax that is, heat the wax so hot as to How very readily. Then, with a paddle, cover the ond of tho limb around the grafts, also fho ends of grafts, also tho edges of. graft and limb, after which take a strip of muslin ono inch wide and three or four feet long (must be strong), and wrap tho limb and graft, com mencing an inch or two below the lowest extremity of the split, wrapping and drawing tho muslin very light, at the Hiinio time waxing each turn of the cloth with tho hot wax, using tho pad dle. "When wrapped to tho top of tho stub wr.ip tho muslin between and around each cion, waxing carefully and thoroughly. The whole secret is to keep the air excluded from the cut. Fig bark shrinks very quickly so quick and so much that tho graft, has not timo to take beforo tho bark is drawn away from it and tho sap chan nels are dry. Tho hot wax is the only perfect way to protect it from the air, and closo and tight wrapping is to pre vent shrinking of the bark. In other respects the rules of any other graft ing hold good. Crop reports in tho western states are very favorable. Ono cattleman in Wasco county, Oregon, -lost l,.r)00 head of cattle. Tlie loss of stock in Crook county, Oregon, is estimated at 10 per cent. It is estimated that 30,000 sheep have died in Morrow county, Oregon, this winter. In Kentucky last year nearly 5,000, 000 bushels more of corn was raised than in 1SS5. Minnesota is shipping wheat to Europe via the Mississippi river and Now Orleans. At a recent exhibition in England, whore prizes wore given for walking horses, the speed attained was over live miles an hour. If swine are to be kept on tho farm i, i,nut ...nr.t n,in i. f 1 J finest breeds that run into matured 1 meat the first year. It is said that since tho general in troduction of alfalfa in Colorado the keeping of bees has become a very profitable business, that plant furnish ing an abundance of forage for the little insects. A Boston commission house handled two tons of cabbages so skill fully that tho shipper had 9 cents left after all charges were paid. If he sends another lok his own head will go along with it. The Montana Wool Grower estimates that there will bo nearly a million sheep sheared in that Territory this year, producing at least 8,000,000 poundi of wool a million pounds more tliau tho product in 188G. Don't put off trimming tho vines too late in the season, or it cannot bo dono at all. If tho sap begins to How, tho cutting of tho vines will cause them to "bleed," and tho consequence will bo no fruit. Trim when tho weather is cold. A Fronch correspondent of a Lon don paper states that Hampshiro down lambs of his raising ot nine months old dressed thirty-seven pounds to tho quarter. A yearling wether eighteenmonths old weighed, when dressed, 25G pounds. A hoo for uso in a garden requires as much care as a scythe that is used for cutting grass. It should bo sharp enough to cut off tho roots of all kinds of weeds and should havo so good a polish that it can bo moved through tho soil without much exhibi tion of strength. A leading commission houso in Milwaukeo has received overtures from a representative of tho German Government for 200,000 bushels of oats for immediate shipment, and it was learned that inquiries havo been made in other markets for largo quan tities of oats, corn and wheat for Ger man consumption. Straws show which way tho wind blows. A resident of San Francisoo is tho owner of a hen which has developed a curious freak. She lays nothing hut eggs of largo size, measuring 1 inches by GJ, and thereabouts, and each egg contains two yelks fully as largo as found in ordinary sized eggs. These double-ynlked egga are laid daily, the enterprising hen not skipping each alternate day, as might bo supposed. A breed of hens which would possess tins peculiarity always would bo a val uable acquisition. The beokeopors of Colorado recently umic vuiiiuuuuii in, uonvor, in .....w wiumuiu points wero brought out concerning this inihmtrv Among other things it seems that tho most successful apiarians of Colorado are women, and tho convention was largely composed of thorn. There was a good exhibit of honey and bee- Koeping appliances, and much nttcn "on was attracted by a display of comb honey made entirelv from awuna. it was snow white anil ot re markably fine flavor. A large per cent, of estern tree- planters need not be told that we have no other tree euually rapid in growth which has proven as durable for posts, vine stakes and hop poles as the lo cust. Yet very few seem aware of the fact that grown intermingled with trees with heavier fohago it is not at tacked by tho borer to anv serious ex tent. Professor. Build has recently lost no opportunitv for advising the general planting of this trco for econ omic use over our great western prairies. But plant it in alternate rows with green ash, box-elder, soit maple, catalpa, or some other dense foliaged tree that will shade ttfe stems of the locust. Sir John B. Lawes says the German experiments upon cooked and un cooked food for stock do not show any clear evidence in favor of the former, and the process of steaming and other modes of converting dry food into succulent food havo never become popular among practical farmers in England, and he is inclined to think that too much value is placed upon succulent food as compared with dry food for stock for meat production ; for milk production, especially where quantity rather than quality is the object, he thinks succulent food would certainly havo an advantage; but he is doubtful whether ono would pro duco more butter-fat than tho other. Harvesting by night as well as by day, went on in New South Wales in December, lamps being used, as there was no harvest, moon. Tho self-binding machines diil their work so per fectly Unit nothing but a light to keep them in tho right track was needed. Experiments in growing wheat in this colony where it has not been com monly cultivated havo not proved en couraging, splendid crops, promising forty bushels an acre, having been so badly injured by rust that they had to bo cut for hay. Another disadvan tage under which the colony has suf fered this year was a plague of cater pillars in gardens and vineyards. Tho unusual spectacle of immense swarms of butterflies is reported from ono dis trict, myriads Hying past continuously from '3 p. m. till sundown. Canon Bagot reports that tho aver age cost of making butter at three Irish creameries and placing it in tho English markets is proved by exact accounts to be 1A pence a pound, in cluding all the working expenses of tho factories, tho casing of tho butter, carriage and commission, but, of course, exclusivo of tho cost of tho cream. The net prices paid to the farmers who supplied tho cream varied from 7 pence per pound of butter, the lowest prico in July, to 1 shilling, the : .1 ii iU"w ' vi V lu- "UUB W0IU exceptionally low in July. Lhocanon in nt AimuMi that lit I ha is of opinion that by the adoption of tho cream separator and tho use of the separated milk on tho farm, the cream bein jt sent to tho factory, Irish dairy farmers may take the first rank and beat their foreign competitors in quality and prico. The outlook for the hop growers of tho Pacific coast this season seems to be fully as encouraging as last year. Every one is familiar with tho almost total loss of tho hop crop in Central New York in 18SG owing to tho rav ages of lice, but it was supposed that tho coming season would seo a recov ery from tho depression, as it was thought hardly probable that tho scourge would again cause damage. But it seems that not only did the insects kill tho foliago of tho hop "ines, but in many cases tho roots of t e plants themselves wero ruined and v will be necessary in the majority of cases to replant the j arils. Should his bo generally done oven then tho crop would bo a light ono this season. But it is reported that tho hop grow ers aro so discouraged that while thoy will plow up their ruined yards, thoy will not again venture in the samo direction, but will turn their attention to grain, potatoes and other ordinary farm crops. In any event tho hop product of Contral Now York will cut a very small figure in tho market this season, and for that reason hop grow ers in the Northwest should bo charv in making contracts at prices vory much less than were obtained last year. Many orchards aro set out in autumn ; still more in spring ; but, whether set in autumn or spring, the ground should he well prepareit in autumn. If the soil holds water in wet seasons, it must bo woll under- drained. Subsoihng in most localities is of much valuo. This work, it is true, may bo imperfectly performed after tho trees are set and aro grow ing ; hut tho work is more easily dono and in a better manner beforehand. Some persons mistakenly recommond setting trees whero nothing else can bo raised, as on hillsides or among rocks and stono3 ; but as a good and well-managed orchard is commonly moro profitable for tho acre it occupies than almost any other crop, tho best ground should bo chosen for it, so that good cultivation may ho given. it was formerly recommended to dig wide holes. This practice answered well for a limited number of trees, whore tho subsoil was .hard and had mot boon loosened. Thero aro few soils too rich to impart a good healthy growth to young trees in connection with mellow culture for tho first five or tix years. Tho test of this is "the measured length of tho annual shoots. If these shoots aro not at loast two feet long whilo tho troes aro young, manuro must bo added ; and after at taining good Btze and beaiing largely, thoy should bo at loast a foot long every fcummer. FOREIGN GOSSIP. Tho people of Paris cat 2,000,000 larks every year. The cook in an I n ;lish clergy man's family has just received a legacy of $1,500,000. it is roportcu mat last year moro than 100,000 emigrants wont to tho Ar gentine Republic, most of them from Italy. King Kalakaua of tho Hawaiian Islands has gambled away $74,000 de posited by poor people in the Postal Savings Bank. Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother of the cx-Premior, is a strong Conserva tive, and an unequivocal opponent of home rule in Ireland. A French crank's csthnato of hu inanity in 1S8G foots up "a lot of fools who spend most of their time and nionev in making iron balls to go through steel plates and in making steel plates to keep out iron balls." The Duke of Devonshire, tho Duko of Westminster and the Duko of Bed ford havo incomes ranging from $1, 600,000 to $2,500,000 a year. No ono thinks of trying to estimate their pos sessions in any other way. The other day at Oxford a man who had insisted on keeping bees was plainly told by a local dignitary that his bees must ho sent away becauso a gentleman commoner had just been stung. Ho replied instantly: "Mr. Dean, I assure you that you aro doing us a great injustice. 1 know that bco well. He is not mino at all, but be longs to Mr. Bigg, of Merton." To show how enormously tho cost of a first-elas iron elad has increased of late years in England, Lord Brassey states that the propelling machinery of tho Howe has cost $515,000, as against the $310,000 of tho Devastation; and tho latter ship has no hydraulic ni;w chinery, which in the Howe adds to tho expense to tho tune of $375,000. At the Lord Mayor's banquet about 400 quarts of turtlo soup aro provided, 110 dishes of game, 400 chickens and capons, 85 turkeys, 3G hams, 150 lobster salads, CO meat pies, 120 quarts jellies and 200 dishes of pastry. Two great barons of beef, each 150 pounds in weight, arc leaturcs ot tho least. About four hundred people prepare and wait on tho feast. According to Ij'Elcctricicn, M. II. Dunvillo pledged his scientific reputa tion to the accuracy of tho following observation: "If two glasses of water bo placed, ono upon tho north polo of a powerful magnet, and tho other upon tho south pole, in four or fivo minutes tho former acquires a slight alkalino reaction, while that on the south polo becomes slightly acid." Bene Goblet, tho now French Pre mier, is described by tho London 'Truth as "a beautifully-built Tom Thumb, with a big head, staring and prominent bluo eves, a long and snubby-ended nose, and an air of splendid self-confidence. He is as aggressive as a game cock, fond of badgering a Clerical as a dog is of worrying a cat; no Bed Radi cal, but a reduced copy in Republican surroundings of tho skeptical, liberal nil frondeur bourgeois of Louis Pliilippo's time. Mine. Goblet is a tall woman, 'lie seems, on entering a drawing-room behind her, liko a torpedo-boat in tho wako of a largo steamer." SHETLAND ISLANDERS. SliiRlo-IlPiirtiNl Men nnil Women Xotml for Their Industry ami Honesty. Tho Shetland and Orkney islands bo longed to Norway until 11G8, when, as history informs us, "thoy wero un pledged to James tho Third of Scotland as a part of tho dowry given with his Queen," for about that timo ho was married to Princess Margaret of Don mark. It is added that "theso islands wero never redeemed."' Shetlanders aro a small, activo and harih' people, vory genial, too, and dis tinguished, whether rich or poor, for very industrious habits. No less aro they noted for intense lovo of country. Much of tho farm-work is carried on by tho women of tho household. Fields and gardens aro their great delight Thoy aro adepts in culinary lore, and spin, woavo and mako up stores of household linen and flannels. No less successfully do thoy cut and mako all family clothing, and as well pride themselves upon tho num ber of bags of stockings, thick and warm, which they exhibit to neighbors and friends with intenso satisfaction. Thrift and thoughtfulncss develop many bright touches of orna mentation, but tho maiden's own wit must doviso tho outlining, her own dainty touch accomplish tho dclicato needle-work. Sliop3 full of beautiful patterns and givy-huod materials aro unknown joys in Shotlaudom. Tho flowers of the field and tho trees of tho wood must furnish not only patterns, but the coloring needed for their wools and threads. Every maiden must bo her own purveyor for every pigment needed. Tho great luxury of tho peasant women is tea-drinking. This article, brought from distant ports, would bo beyond their mcati3 unless secured by exchange, and is said to ho a universal means of payment for littlo sorvlces rendered. An errand involving hours of travel will bo cheerfully accom plished for "one drawing" of tho ycarned-for refreshment, and this may be said of many household services. Skillful spinners will gladly "givo many turns to tho wheel" for a com plement of tho delicious bovcrago. Sheep aro largely a source of trade to fanners of those islands; tho mutton Is dark in color anil of lino flavor, the fleece is soft and of such delicate text ure that from it may bo spun a thread as flimsy as daintiost cambric; ono thou- 1 yards are often spun from ono mnco oi wool, each thread being three fold, thus making three thousand yards in all. Stockings knit from this can bo Irawn through a finger-ring, and for such delicate hosiery two guineas per pair, or even more, aro often paid. Within a few years moro and moro of this oxquisito thread is used in making shawls, pure white or dark gray, which command Tery high prices; they aro liko cobwebs for delicacy and light ness. ' What the camel is to an Arab, tho sure-footed, tough-fibred pony is to tho Shctlander. Ono familiar with their customs has said that though bred wild on tho heaths, tho "shelties," as the ponies are sometimes called, can bo tamed in ono night. The hunter, throwing his lasso with skill, secures a frisky colt, and for twenty-four hours keeps him a prisoner. Tho small erent n ro hears no other voice than his mas ter's; tho hunter feeds and caresses him, and gradually tho terrible restlessness subsidos. Hereafter ho becomes a do cile, atl'eetionato burden-bearer and companion. Ho needs no stable, and has a happy faculty of enjoying what ever ho finds to eat. A dun-colored "sheltio" of exquisite symmetry, seen by a tourist, could stand under a din-ing-table, and a Utile lady could seat herself upon its back without, lifting her feet from tho ground. They aro favorites for tho saddle, and many are sent to other countries for tho pleasure of ladies and children. Nearly all Shetlanders can read and write, and are .scrupulously attentive to tho simple religious services of their church. As everywhere olso in tho world, su perstitions havo crept in among theso simple-hearted islanders", and aro handed down from ono generation to another. Notablv is that called "cured by tho coin." For tho scrofula noth ing is regarded as so efficacious as "tho touch of a royal hand." As a substi tute, a few crowns or half-crowns of the coinage of Charlos I., carefully handed down from father to son, aro accoptcd as effectual. Harper's Bazar. AN AMERICAN TRAIT. Tlmrkrray'i Kxperlonro AVlth Ono of tho Onro I'iiukhm "llowory lloyt." In tho United States tho absonco of that segregation of tho various grados of society which exist in Europo is ovinced by tho habits and manners of tho masses in that country. If tho na tional independence of character bo oc casionally pushed too far and degener ates into offensive self-assertion, at least it prevents anj' approach to ser vility. No inequality of position or circumstances will induce a nativo of inyof tlio Northern States to submit to being dealt with in tho manner or spoken to in tho tone which in England tho man in broadcloth too often adopts, is a matter of course, toware tho man in fustian. Tho lato Sidney Godolphin Osborne used to relate how, once, a ro spcctablo arti.an said to him: "I liko you, my Lord;thcro is nothing of tho gen tleman about you." 'Iho moaning of tho speaker was undoubtedly that Lord Osborne did not treat him in tho patronising maimer that members -of tho higher class usually address those whom thoy regard as their social in feriors. Now, no ono perhaps has a keener appreciation of tho advantages of wealth and education than tho American; but that tho possessor of them should feel himself justified in using toward Iho man who lacks theso idvantageous gifts tho language of a superior to an inferior is what ho can not understand and which ho will not for one moment put up with. An anocdoto Thackeray used to ro- lato of an experience of his when in tho United States well illustratt.o tho trait of tho people. While in New York ho expressed to a friend a dosiro to soo soino of the "Bowory b'hoys," who, ho had hoard, wero a class of tho com munity peculiar to that city. So ono evening ho was taken to the Bowery and ho was shown a "b'hoy." ' Tho young man, tho business of tho day being over, had changed his attiro. Ho wore a dross coat, black trousers and a satin wajstcoat, whilo a tall hat rosted on tho back of his head, which was adorned with a long, woll-groasod hair known as "soap-locks" a stylo which tho rowdies of that -day affected. Tho youth was leaning against a lamp-post, smoking an enormous cigar, and his wholo aspect was ono of inoH'ablo self satisfaction. Tho eminent novelist, after contemplating him for a few moments with silont admiration, said to tho gentleman by whom ho was ac companied: "This is a great and gorgeous creature!" adding: "Can I speak to him without his taking of fense?" Recoiving an answer in tho affirm ative, Thackeray wont up to tho fellow, on tho pretext of asking his way, and said: "My good man, I want to go to Broonio street." But tho unlucky phraso, "My good man," roused tho gall of tho individ ual spoken to. Instead, therefore, of affording tho information sought", tho "b'hoy" a diniinutivo specimen of humanity, scarcely over livo feet in height eyeing the tall form of his in terlocutor askance, answered thoquory in the senso that his permission had been asked for tho spoakor to visit tho locality in question, and ho said, patron izingly: "Well, sonny, yer kin go thar." When Thackeray subsequently re lated tho incident ho laughingly de clared that ho was so disconcerted by tho unexpected rosponso that ho had not the courage to continue tho dia logue. Chambers' Journal. Intellectual Boston chews moro sprueo gum than any othor city in tho country, but intellectual Chicago comes next on tho list Chicago Times. CHINESE FARMING. Tho Comfortable. Cnuillttnn of tho Oelei- Mill Kmplru'A Agricultural lVipulntinn In passing through tho silk-growing district which begins verv near to Shanghai and extends all round to the city of Hangeliow, I could but be struck indeed with tho comfort whicl prevailed every where. Tho farm houses of China, or at any rato in that part of China, wero models of what farm houses should bo. I had expected to seo squalor and wretchedness, and was all prepared for what I really be hold. Exceedingly good gardening I was of course prepared for, for Chi nese gardening is synonymous with everything that is neat and productive, But tho orchards nnd mulberry .trees nil beautifully trimmed, with tho brick- built ami excellent houses half-hidden away in them, certainly astonished mo. I chanced to land from my house-boat frequently in order to shoot wood cock, lor it was in win ter time when I passed throng the district. To got those birds it was necessary to Fcrainblo over tho fields and through tho mulberry orchards of tho districts, and I was simply amazed to see how beautifully tho trees wero kept. Underneath great quantities of vegetables wero grown, not a foot of earth appeared to bo wasted, and every inch was in tho most superb order. Had tho wholo country been a vast gardon, it could not havo been better tended and cared for. There wero not hereabouts any hedges or walls, tho fields were divided from each other by deep dykes, which served tho double purpose of marking out tho land and lmgr.ting or ilraining, as the caso might be, tho adjacent soil. Tho trees, of which there wero myriads, wero all planted with mathematical exactness and in tho greatest order, unliko tho trees in many English orchards, which seem to havo been stuck into the ground with a view of wasting as much spaco as possible. And as for tho tops of tho trees, they had all boon carefully trim med to the samo pattern, every littlo bough having been inspected and cut as circumstances chanced to require. I never saw anything half so orderly in any country in tho world; for theso wero no ornamental gardens which I was going through, but mulberry orch ards, extending over hundreds of squaro miles of country, and owned by thousands of dilYerent husbandmen. Inside tho house, again I was surprised at tho comfort which prevailed. In each ono there wero at least two rooms sot apart especially for tho silk-worms, and theso wero kopt scrupulously clean. Tho other rooms of tho house were well lurnislieil, coinfortahlo anil warm in every caso very clean also; and I did not seo in any country houso any of tho squalor or misery ono sees in many English, Scotch, and especially Irish districts. At tho timo whon I was in this country, too, thero was a very general fooling of increased contentment springing up, owing to the opening of some largo silk-winding factories at Shanghai by American and English linns. Hitherto tho winding of tho silk from the cocoons had been dono in most cases by the silk growers them selves, and tho demand for tho silk thus indifferently wound and tho prices paid for it wero alike small. But with tho establishment of silk-winding factories, fulled with steam and machinery, at Shanghai, it was hoped and expected by tho silk growers that tho prico of cocoons would go up, and that conse quently silk growing would hnprovo as an industry. In any caso tho entiro population seemed to bo prosperous and well contented. It docs not always do to take tho dross of any China man as an index to the wealth ho may possess. Ho may have ninny reasons among them being tho dread of at tracting tho attention of some ra pacious mandarin for not showing moro richness of attiro than is abso lutely necessary, and ho may prof or to go about in warm rags than run tho risk of being "squeezed" by tho local officials, so that many a traveler may mistake this intentional poverty of at tiro for want of monoy. I had pointed out to mo in Canton ono day, for exam ple, a particularly woc-bcgono-looking Chinaman going up tho streot. The gentleman who was with mo, and who was a resident on tho ndjacont island of Shamien, said: "Poor? I wish I was as rich as that Chinaman. Why, half tho European houses hero nro in his debt; hut if ho showed this by his dress tho Mandarin horo would soon bor row a trifle of him." London Morning Post. USEFULNESS OF GIRLS. Why Kviry Yoiiiir AVoiniin Nlioulil Ao quire, it Knowledge, of llonxfi-Wnrk. There is a largo class of Americans people of opulence, men of acquired or inherited wealth who do not hosi tato to inculcate tho belief among their children, and especially their daught ters, that it is useless and unnecessary for them to learn to do any thing use ful in connection with domestic manual labor. It is no uncommon expression in tho higher circles of society for la dies to declaro: "My husband" or "my father is rich, why, then, should I demean myself by manual labor?" In such "society" it is deemed vulgar for a lady to know how to do a useful thing in connection with housekeeping. Parents in tlioso oases rear their daughters not to learn to do tho useful, and many mothers, whoso husbands aro under a hard strain overy day in tho year to find tho wherewithal to keep up appearances Impress their daughters with tho idea that labor Is degrading, and that a hand which shows any sign of manual work will not bo sought in marriago by a gontlo man, Wo confess wo do not know how true this is. If it is correct, then it Is the evidence of a lack of manhood, and. if it is not true, it is a wicked libel on tho character of an American gentle man. Girls who won't learn to do useful things at homo becauso their fathers aro rich loso opportunities to fit them selves to meet tho exigencies and the accidents of life. It has alwaj-s been ihe custom for the Princes of Germany to learn trades. Tho Bourbon Princes of Franco all acquired trades. Soma of them wero printers, bookbinders, shipwrights, houso carpenters, joiners and painters. They did not follow these vocations, but they understood thorn. Royal and princely la dies in Germany and Franco understand every function of housekeeping, and know how to per form it. They can go to tho dairy anil stable and milk a cow and handlo a horse with dexterity and satisfaction. Tho Prince of Wales is a bookbinder. Each of his brothers has a trade, and his sons nro now learning trades ac cording to their tastes. All the ladies of the English royal household aro ac complished in practical things thoy know how to do useful things, oven if they are never called upon to perform them. Tho mawkishness or sentimentality which encourages girls not to learn to do useful, practical and strengthening labor is a debasement of the noblest impulses of nature. When such an in culcation is encouraged it tends to do prlvo girls especially from developing their mental and physical forces, to enervate them, and hnprovo functions which, if properly trained, might de velop the good and grand in their character. Work properly performed is a recuperator, not an exhauster, of mental and physical forces. Knowl edge is power is an axiom as truth. To know how to do tho useful is an accomplishment of which any girl can bo proud, and especially an Amorican girl. Hamburg Independent. WOMEN HUSKING CORN. Imlitntrloit AVIvon ami Dnuchtcra Who Havo Alilml In Iiiwii'n Development. A man who had returned from a trip across Iowa, was telling as though it wero a new or raro case, that ho saw, womon out in tho cornfiold in autumn, husking corn. Ho talked of it as though it wero degrading" and unbecoming for womon to bo engaged in such servi tude. It shows a man's ignorance of tho world, especially of tho Iowa part f it, if ho does not know that it is not a now, a raro, or a degrading work. Every good man of course, deoply re grets tho necessity which demands such work in inclement weather by women. But it has boon practiced in all parts of tho Stato over sinco it was inhabited. It is doubtful if thoro is a county or oven a township, but what noblo and truo women, tho past fall, could havo been seen husking corn. It was not ns a frolic spell, or for mere amusement. But it was dono in most cases as a work of necessity. Nor is a girl or a wifo, lessened in tho estimation of good men and women, in times whon the profits of tho farm will not justify hiring men to gather corn, for tho daughtors and wives to prcparo themselves comfort ably, ami go to the field and aid brothers and husbands in corn husk ing. Jt is a tedious and lengthy part of farm work which has not yet boon aided by any patent machinery. It ha3 to bo dojio in tho old-fashionctl way. Tho writer has known in the past thirty years somo of tho best girls and truest women Iowa over had, who made regular hands during tho entiro fall, in tho corn-field. And wo es pecially recollect seeing an intelligent and bright girl who prided herself in' being able to husk forty bushels of corn per nay, glorying in the nonor ablo and exhilarating labor of corn liusklng. That woman is now tho hon ored wife of ono of Iowa's ablest Sena tors. Instead of theso being raro cases, thousands of girls and womon havo aided elllciontly in tho corn-husking in Iowa. Nor is It in tho loast dishonor able or derogatory to tho character of any good woman. The best of womon of England, Franco and Germany (not, of course, of tho Lady Camp bell class) aid in tho wheat harvests. And in this country, until recently, it was the universal practico for all tho females of tho family, in hoalth, to work in tho fields in hay harvest. Tho invention of tho mower, horso rako and automatic pitcher havo rolioved tho fo malos of tho farm from this service. Yet there nro many who go out yot from choico to aid in this healthy and invigorating work. Instead of docrying tho womon who annually aid In the corn-harvest in Iowa, wo honor thorn for tho spirit and economy which prompts them to nld in this most pressing work of tho farm. It does not degrade them in character, but, on tho contrary, aids In develop ing them physically for tho groat du ties of life. Dea Moines (la.) Jtegisler. A Bangor ico man says that thoy novor take a horso on tho Ico without tying a rope around his neck, so that if ho gets into tho water tho ropq may ho tightened and the animal choked. Tho strangled horso at once pull's up nnd rises to tho surface, and is then usually pulled nut without much trouble, and when ho is well away from tho holo the noose is loosened and ho gots his wind again. A few hours' hard work gen erally warms tho chilled horso thoroughly, and ho Is nono tho worso for his cold bath. Jloston Journal. Why Is it that a woman with a costly fan finds the atmosphoro in the theatre so warm whilo the man noxt to lier Is thinking pf putting on his ovw ooaL A'ew Jlavea News.