I -I
SCOTCH FISHEK-FOLK.
HlKliU iiikI Hi-eiie In n I'mniieroim I'IdIiIiir
'IIIiiu f Hi ntliiiiil,
Many ilHhorinoii with tholr bugs
Worn on tln-lr wiiy to tho Million, for
lilt) llHlllllg HOIIHOI1 WIIH IlllllOrit OVOt',
So Ihoy said. Hut when ono thousand
limits eatno In, tiiul twenty thousand
illHlior-follc wore tin it day tu I'rasor
'lnirli, to iih It looked llttlu HUo tho
end. In nil tli Ih IniHy place wo hoard
ao KngliHh. Only (Inollo wiih Hpolcon,
nut If wo worn 01100 moro In tlio WoM
orn Ihlnndrt.
It Wlln tllO hlUIIO til tllO HtlOOtH, Tlio
tluy's work In tlio oiirlng-hniisoH was
just about to bogln. (IIi'Ih iiiwI women
in groups of throes mid fount worn
"walking toward tlioin. In tlio morn
ing light wo could hoo tlint tlio greater
number worn young. All wore neat
amd olcnii. with hnir carefully parted
und well brushed, lit t It hIuiwIh ovor
tholr hhiinldorri, hut nothing on tholr
liond. They can led tholr working
-fllothc under- tholr linns, and kept
knitting tu thoy walkod. Like tho
anon, they all talkod (iuolio.
When thoy got to work wo found
that thoio i-trango stuffs which hud
gllhtoiiod In tho torohllght woro aprons
imdbtbs muoummI with scales and tillmo,
that tho whtto hond-diossoN woro worn
only for cleanliness, that tho nhinliig
musses at tholr foot woro hut piles of
liorrlng. I havo novor noon woinon
'work o hard or mi fast. Tholr arms,
hh thoy HoUod tho tlsh, guttod thorn,
throw thorn In tho buckets, movi d
"with tho regularity and tho speed of
inuohluos. lndood, thoro could not lo
;n busier place than l'rasorburgh, All
nitty long tho boat a kopt ooinlng In,
'nets woro oiuptlod, llsh carted away.
I'lio harbor, tho streets, tho Hold bo
;yoml whore nets woro taken to dry,
"tho otui;tg-housos, woro allko scones
mf Indutrv. If tho woinon put down
tholr knives It was only to take up
tholr knitting. And yot those mon
aiud woinon, working Incessantly by
lay and night, woro almost all Vost-wru-lslmidors,
tho people who, wo nro
told.nro so slovenly and ho Inay! No ono
"who conies with thorn to tho oast coast
Tor tho Itching season will ovor again
Jiollovo In tho oft-repeated lies about
tholr Idleness. --KliwMh llobiu fl-i-
3ef tu Utt'irys Mtujmiiic.
NEEDLESS NOISES.
. Strata oil tint Nervout M,vUiii Which
Often tlu Sorltmo liovtitt.
Ono of tho Injurious Intluonoos of a
olty Hfo is tho uorvous doraagomout
often caused by tho Incessant noises
'that a lax or cowardly municipal gov
ernment tolerates, through Ignorance
of tho eUe-ot or four of ott'onso to cer
tain voters. It Is a mlsohlof oporatlag
m tmbtly and Imperceptibly that It Is
mot commonly suspected till Its worst
olToots havo become almost Immovably
alxed. It Is doubtful If any uorvous
system ovor becomes so uaod to this
;luoount strain upon It as to fool no
dturut, though It Is a ruro case that tho
'victim of some uudotluod dlsordor,
'nothing sorlous, nothing certainly
traceable to any spooltlo oauso, noth
ing to roquliv modloal tivutmout, and
ot wlthul u condition dltlcrout Irom
that of a hearty country life, woog
Uos U as tho uovoi'-oudlng, constantly
Kihauglug upivnr of a city. Tho yel
ling of stonui whistles, the hiss of
atcam pipes, the ttittle and clash of
wheels im stone covered stivets. tho
clangor of bolls, the howling of buck
wtors, keep up a coivdltlou la which a
lioalthy nervous system of natural
wtivngth ami seuslttveiess Is Impossi
ble. And theiv Is net one of these
agonelo that Is not suppressed more
or less completely lu most of the grout
vUUvi o tho world, lu Uerllu heavy
wagons aw not allowed on certalu
wtctvts. In ltrls any cart loud of
'rattling material must be fastened till
U can't rattle. Munich allows no bolls
tui stivet cars, lu Philadelphia church
boll have boon held a nuisance lu cer
tain nolghlKtrhcAHls by judicial vulliig.
VSUvtuv whistles m forbidden lu uearly
atll tho lurger cities of this country and
IKurope. Mllkmou and ktkers arv net
fllowl to use tolls or horns In some
Hjltk; In others the abomluablo yell
lug aud howling of hucksters, for
Avhleh thct Is uo excuse at all, are
1rohlbltcd. Our city might make
trial of ouo or two cases as au o.-
IK'rlUiCUU IlliitUHUfKtlw StiVJ&i
The Latest i Tea-Gown.
Cloth Is u-od for new teu-gowas aud
HuU shad of. grovu are the favorite
choice, with white or iuodo cloth for
the fronts The edges ol the cloth are
ut In. devp leaves aud pinked- The
lucdtuovid teagowu, with corset wabt
-ud full skirt of si or seven breadth.
vro bmuUluUy made oi bougultuo. or
t soft Wvvad tu pulo blue, old-rve,
yoUww and Uasskm givon. witkgreut
-jmtfed lvee oZ white luce, aud
JKwlug a potticvKil of wkiw kico
Uited ,7 IkeTett 1
where the skirt is
ilde. Ueo-eoiNred or Suede eiuol's
hair gowus are irtuuned wllh bhuik
molve riWOMn. ad kuvu kurge liefer
like pieces ef Waek lbe underlet in
the skkrU aMd eded wtik ywtfttug.
Kouud wait gathervd MUtul aud
elted, Im. Itvut are Mever kuu the
ryolutod baek and tlwwiiNC dretU tovwo
ly used for tho gow, Th Kill
leeves are wutdw Ud wtwot vxWl de
vtituti. but the uiuitaMKiatg iievn
pushed ep full alK'uA U tiMH)MM are
Miot fetjked. iurper's Ifumr.
in, in
Nothing Delicate About Htm,
Cruokufciby wbo i hmufclmt im no
MUutmn VuiA ul loimoHAo l Urtws;
little ueek elwurf toe Vhu, vtuilnJk
Uuolo I'vleg- -Held v Uwiwl. ki
ll th' mtwtt to you. 111 take M Meek
yteM. I'mi hujfy v 4 km
FOOD FIRST.
Himin it!
Hull l(i.iill tf Olitrtlnliiff Too
.Much l.ltii'NIork.
Tlio majority of porsons who opun
up now farms invest most of tholr
inonoy In stork. Thoy think Hint tho
aniiiialH will grow and multiply whllo
thoy nro improving tholr places and
raising food for thorn. Many llnd at
tho tind of tholr first yoarV operation
that thny havo nothing to food tholr
aulmalH except wild hay ami a little
nod oorn. Thoy havo Hovoral Utters of
pigs, hut uoxt to nothing to food to
thoin. Thoy can nianago to koop thotr
own and stours on poor hay, but thoy
will coiiio through tho winter In bud
condition. Tholr horses will losollosh
If thoy do not havo somo grain, and
thoy will need oats or corn to omiblo
thorn to work lu tho spring. It seldom
pays to purchase corn to food to hogs,
and u now farm Is the poorest of all
placoH to try tho experiment with hope
of hiiooosm. If u uifti has good build
ings aud ll os whore corn L plenty ho
may make money by buying it and
feeding It to hogs. With poor build
ings and a scarcity of corn the pros
pect Is good for losing money.
All kinds of farm animals will de
preciate lu value If thoy have nothing
but wild hay to oat. If thoy have
boon nceustoinod to better living they
will not bo likely to breed. Cows will
fall to give much milk, mid young cut
tle will gain very little. Horses must
ho woll fed, especially when at work,
or thoy will fall olt lu condition, tin
proved stock of any kind run down
very quickly when taken from the
comfortable (piartors of a breeder to
the place of a farmer who has poor
buildings anil no stock food
hut wild hay ami a little sod
corn. I hey are accustomed to
warm barns, good oare, and tho best
of food. If deprived of thorn thoy at
l oneo begin to lose llesh and vigor and
hi a year they begin to look like
scrubs. No farmer should take line
animals to a place that Is not pre
pared for them. Their superior con
dition when ho buys them is partly
owing to good blood and careful breed
ing, but more Is duo to good ipiartors,
careful attention and excellent food,
hike tholr former owners, they havo
been accustomed to good food.
The farmer who lias warm shelter
for animals, a small Hold of timothy
and clover, a thousand bushels of corn
In orlb, ami an equal amount lu oats.
Is prepared to keep stock to advantage
and with a good prospect for making
money, lie Is prepared to bridge over
an unfavorable season, lie can stand
one bad ear for crops, llo will not
bo obliged to buy food, to stint his ani
mals, or to sell them at a sacrifice,
lie can buy young animals of his
neighbors who have not food to keep
thorn aud can purchase improved
males to cross with them. A farmer
who collects a considerable number of
animals aud has not a sutllcleut
tiuouut of suitable food for them runs
n groat risk, lie Is likely to lose
financially, lie Is also likely to In
tllet cruelty on his animals. No hu
mane man will be guilty of attempting
to keep stock over a winter on lusutll
elent or unsuitable food. A farmer
who wishes to raise stock should tlrst
provide food and shelter. C'Au-uyo
THE PENNSTATUE.
Thi 1'IkhwTIihI I- to Surmount I'hlUilel
)IU'. VUy Hull Towvr.
Mr. Calder's model of the gigantic
statue of William Toim which Is to
surmount the tower of the new City
Hall Is at length completed. Mr.
Calder's original sketch model of the
tlguro was mud' as long back as 1S75,
ami was thus described lu the report
of a committee of the Historical Soci
ety of rennsylvanla: "It represents
IVnn lu the full vigor of manhood and
lu physical proportions which would
render possible the traditions oi hi
outdoing the iudlaus themselves ia
some of their feats el activity. His
face is taken from the original pulnt
lug presented to the society by his
graudsou, Granville Venn, aud his tig
urw corresponds with IHxeu's descrip
tion: 'Kreet lu stature, evory motion
ludtcatlug honest pride; la every limb
aud feature the expression of a serene
and manly beauty. His age is about
thirty-eight aud his costume that la
vogue durlug the la-t years of the
reign of Charles 11., the date oX his
tirst visit to this country. The tigure
I Is lu speuklng attitude, aad th
! left haud is represented as holding the
eiglual charter of the city of rtuhv
I delphia. The statue being Intended to
! represent huu lit his rekitiou to our
. oU.v rather thau to our State, this wu.
i deemed the wore appropriate emblem. "
S.uie uiodtftcutious huve Won tuade
In the tigure in working out the full
sUed model, but the ottrul design has
net been changed. The ttguro 3i
feet high, and when east Ih hrotuo will
wettfh about 3 to. It b W sfcutd
apex of the reat tower at a& elwvaiitMi
of MO teet. wakliic the tetul kutght to
; the toy e tfc Hure &$7 feet t inches.
I thus eveiep(4ig the fcoou sylreo ef
1 CwJwgue CnlWhrtil The Www hua
1 e risew Im a hetyht sowuikbug like
hrei. Um yobu wfcere the umsonry
stuys, the .tuyerskruetuire beuig de
sied el taxi. turhe wok the
Www kits keen suriyoMded tor Um yres
euA mUI iIm UtWriur ef Ike huikMsg
hdtt ho vMmlwi t xd there b thus
9 UuMMdiivte proeyoet UkU Im tfreat
'hm will eneiyi ftnMtt Mm htrk. pv
ter l tk Mte'toltiig ioowa wlhtre Im
ki m to fee mn. ffttluitnlAui Timm,
WHMV I I H
man, "All mm ttUMehoJute lu.wfe
ue hm4 ei ytuni dlrvol ikom the
tlECURE
MR. AND MRS. JONES.
Thny liirriiuli.il I'liinlly ItrolU, lint Unnr
rnli'il AImiiiI Thrlr U'hiIiIIiik Diiy.
"It's vory strango," retnarkotl Jones
to his spouse, us ho laid aside tho
paper ho had been reading, "that mou
aud tholr wives will wrangle and light
In tho inannor thoy do."
"It Is Indeod," rojoinod Mrs. Jones,
putting up hur knitting. "Thank good
ness no ono can point tholr linger at tin
ami say wo ovor qunrrolodj can thov,
lovo?"
"No dear; I trust that wo love ouch
other too well for that. I lore wo havo
boon married nearly tlvo years, and
novor yot. have tho wators of our con
jugal sea been milled by a single rlpplo
of contention or strife."
"It's nearly six years, darling," cor
rected Mrs. Jones, sweetly."
" hy, no, my dear, it Is but live
years. You nro mistaken."
"Surely, you forgot, Constantino!
You know how uncortulu your memory
is soniotlinos."
"I know nothing of the kind." re
torted .Jones, gottlmr red in tho face.
"You don't suppn.su I've boon asloup
for a year, do ye?"
"I guess I ought to know whan wo
wore married!" replied who curtly,
shifting about uneasily in her chair.
"It was lu Soptombor, 188'J - nearly six
yours ago."
"In September, 188:1- nearly live
years ago, you mean."
"I don't mean any suuh thing! I
moan just what I said!"
"Why don't you call mo a liar, and
he done with It. I'm a confounded
Idiot, am I, and don't know whether
I'm a bachelor or a hen-pecked hus
band, oh?" and Jones jumped up and
pranced around the table to where his
wife was seated.
"Don't tell mo you'ro a hen-peoked
husband, Constantino Jones!" ex
claimed bis better-half, bustling up to
him hntitntu-fushloii."
"1 didn't say I was!"
"You did!"
"I didn't!"
"Don't stand up there aud llo to mo
lu that way, you old serpent!
"Don t you call mo a liar again, you
you vixen, or I'll maul you!"
"You dan to touch mo, aud I'll
scratch your eyes out!"
"ilolil your tongue, termagant, or
rn-ni ."
"You will, oh? You don't dare to!
I'd just like to see you lay your hand
on me, you murderous old beast!"
"Don't dare me. woman, or I'll boa
tho carpet with you!" snorted Jones,
sparring aroitnd hot like a Pawnee at a
war-dance.
"Just try It, and I'll pull every hair
out of that pumpkin bead of yours
retorted she, following him about the
room.
"Keep away from mo, you pestifer
ous tarantula, or I'll mangle you so
that your own mother wouldn't kuow
ye! There now take that, will yo
and Jones delivered a push that sent
his wife sprawling ovor tho rocking
chair.
"And you take that! an that! an'
that!" yelled she. scrambling up aud
Dieting wildly with both hands.
uunug tlio hottest or the tight a
policeman rushed lu upon them and
quelled the disturbance, draggiug the
combatants off to the police station
thus adding one more to the list of
"disgraceful affairs" which had so
aroused the Indignation of Mr. and Mrs.
Constautiue Jones. -1 UM.tsv BUitla.
CURIOUS BELIEFS.
Suier-ltlou Notion. About Tth lr-
vultliii: Aiuoik the l'uuhUtl-atvd.
lu Lower Canada and the Kastem
States children are told whea a tooth
comes out that the new tooth will be a
gold one If thetouguels kept out of the
cavity.
An "old woman's" saying, handed
down by mauy a fonH mother, tells us
that to lose a tooth or an eye is also to
lose some frteud or kinsman, or Is, p
least, attended bv some 111 luck.
To dreum of teeth was considered a
waruiug of some impeudlug disaster.
unless you happened to shape your
dreain so that the teeth would fall out.
whea you must gather from that sort of
nightmare that you would sooa meet
your lover, who would propose.
There was a tradltiou that from the
time Chesrees. the Persian, carried off
a pieee of the true cross from. Constan
stluople. the number of teeth la the
mouths of men wtvs reduced from
thirty-two to twenty-three. It is need
less to say, however, that mankind Is
usually provided with a full comple
ment of thirty-two.
Teeth have been worshiped, and, la
fuot, are venerated as relies la some
rottgiouc shrines. Buddha's tooth Is
preserved In a temple lu Imtiu, and
ClHguUso weshited the tooth of a
UMMikey. while an elephaut's tooth and
a shark's Woth served a similar pur
pose anient; the Malabar blunders and
the Tongtv WtaMders respectively. The j
Shuuuse valued a monkey's toots, so
highly that uwy ore reported to have
uttered the Rrtttttsu. Into wkese
kantte U kitd aUJiHt by the ftctune f
wur. TW0.0O crow no for It.
Tin ported of toothing koine an
anAiuus in ekiutlwod. it is a
troMteiy impels nl to kuvu it ever
wink. In tk wuet of Em-wind, a nueic
ktee el kotufo miute (run peony root,
was pkuted en Ike ekxkl's Mett to assist
tint othMKUton, iumI one nf amber keadu
was oW Utougfct to to powerful, ttlhirr
feeing niMnihlntml a help, nnn-tiiy- to
the eontptoAUto ut tkn ekiht. wure
the rfiilnrent euhwrutl eadn h4. h
wu aio wni Unit Um irt wotk tauat
net de Ufy n awup wkuw dtuy kUl et,
hr tf j nalawU K tank toepkj, ike
nMt toMk Mould e tliie that t tkn
wm. tluuiu mu ewi eue. PVi4nry't
MEDICAL STUDENTS.
Orni of Dm 9'rnti'riilty TrlU About
tlia
(Jiiiilltlr ol it Oooil Doctor.
"Medical education at prosont is in n
Rtnto of transition," said a tall, blondo
young man who stood near the Hush
Medical College with a book on materia
modicu under his arm. Tho youth was
a student at tho college, and owing
to tho fact that he would graduato early
tho coming year had already assumed
the air of a medical man. It was evi
dont that ho was in a mood to moralize,
and by a series of questions ho was led
to talk about his chosen calling.
"There Is no profession," ho wont on,
"not ovon tho profession of arms, whoro
manly qualities are so essential its in
medicine. It Is hero that Hfo and denth
hang In tho balance and human hnnds
adjust tho weights. A doctor is subject
to tho greatest irregularities and must
havo tho self-possession and decision to
act in emergencies. Like n fireman, ho
Is out at night in any kind of weather.
Ho must have the brains of a man, tho
courage of a man aud the strength of a
man. Ho must nNo have natural talent
that Is complemented by a good educa
tion, and ho must at least attend u col
lego four years before ho Is capable of
practicing inediclno intelligently. Tho
State law which noes Into effect next
year will havo tho effect to raise tho
profession, at least in tho State of Illi
nois, for it fixes the college course at
four years. There is a mistaken Idea
that u collegiate course of two years
means two full years of study. This is
wrong, for the years nro simply a course
of lectures which last about live
months. Perhaps J am tolling a seerot
when I s iy that a medical diploma U
within the reach of any man who can
scrape up a small amount of money. Of
course this is wrong, but it is a positive
truth.
"And you want to know somothlns
of tho habits of students, do you? Wall.
Chicago has about ono thousand stu
dents, and most of these come from the
country. New men are inclined to talk
vory learnedly of medicine, but as the
end of tho college course draws near
tilts inclination disappears. On tho
student's tlrst introduction to the dissecting-room
he is generally stimulated
for the occasion by some alcoholic
preparation so that he may habituate
himself to the overpowering stench.
With trembling limb?, but wearing a
look of hngsrurd bravery, ho approaches
the corpse for tho tlrst time, fully con
vinced that medicine is not his forte.
His assumed air of indlfferenco is easily
penetrated by his older companions,
who wink at each other and slyly slip
pieces of amputated human anatomy
into his pockets. Tho corpse which he
has dissected follows him home, as a
rule, and gets into bed with him to sit
down upon his chest as soon as he drops
asleep."
At this point in his conversation tho
young man seemed suddenly to recol
lect that he was telling too much about
the secrets of a medical student's life.
He looked suspiciously around him. and
buttouing up his long overcoat in a pro
fessional way, soon vanished within tho
college doors Chimgo -Veuy.
Mathematics for Smokers.
A young man who not long aj;o was
an inveterate smoker, but who was re
cently induced to "swear off," came to
me to-day and talked la this strain: "I
have been doinjr some figuring lately,
and the result astonishes me. When I
was smoking my hardest my average
was eight cigars a day. Sometimes it
would run over eight and sometimes
under, but eight was about the ail
around tigure. 1 rarely bought my ci
gars by the box. and, as I indulged in
straight 10-eent goods, SO cents a day
was what smoking cost me. This, with
40 cents added for cigars which I gave
away and lost shaking dice, made a to
tal of about $6 a week that I now save,
it is just nine weeks and three days
since 1 swore off, and by Saturday I
shall have ftJO in bank, without an ef
fort on my part save that required to
control an unnecessary appetite. 1
must also regard as an asset the super
abundance of animal spirits I enjoy as
a direct result of my abstinence from a
habit that every body knows is weak
ening, when tnUulgeu. in to excess.
Smoke youself. do you? VeU, try my
scheme. Swear off and put your ciar
money in bank. You might need it
some day. even If you are a newspaper
man. LinentfO Journal
England in a Bad Way.
Mr. lieorgo K. Sims, the London
writer, thinks tkat the rZngush climate
makes veoplu insane. He savs: In
the kighest circle In the land we dad
morbid sentimentality and gloomy fore
bodings mutuant. Lost relations are
mourned for twenty years, and the
cie;raers Isolate themselves from the
public gaM. Year after year tke re
Hiaining' relatives are compelled to
gtttker in teotay mausoleums, and
crttpo and crying seen to be tke wafch-
words ol certain illustrious lives. In
wireitfs a trtdu hts Lofty we dad old wo
men ot seventy worrying young' lads ef
twuntp-tkree. kuredtoury peers congort
ks wtk bineickMs, wwtoker and men
who kuve keen in Her Majesty's juiL.
We have great nohluraen displaying- tke
touMMr and utiH the language el
drunken eustornt ungues during' & ti
MMRtic e,unrrei. and. aoetoty as a whole
toojnti wuk scunduitf which are abso
lutely due to tke madness of the prut
eipui a tors er autees a nuninewt
wink a ntetltod knt itli part and par
eel ef Km general btouey wktofc tu be
ing fevfcped hy Ike Brtntok naitua.
im tone r nninitimt w
perth
did Uky te to iUd viuofe
etker.
VALUE OF ENSILACJtf.
Truthnony In
lilnliril
1'nvor of tlit) I'rnctlco l"nr.
Ilr An Ohio Fanner.
The following experience in regard
to ensilage adds moro testimony in fn
vor of this practice. It is m Ohio
farmer who thus relates what ho knows
about it:
".My farm is an experiment station
for mvsolf. on which items of interest
aro carefully note'd, and any informa
Hon I can rondor to visitors will bo
cheerfully givon. I havo no doubt that
nine-tenths of tho visitors who como
hore and sco how onsilajro is used on
theso farms, will go away 'almost per
Bunded' to try and got out of the old rut
of feeding cattle. Several of my neigh
bor within a few miles of my farm.
who havo seen for thomselves how
hr.vo grown enough ensilage and b ots
on 11 acres of laud ono aero of
which was beets to feed some 75 head
of Jersey cattle and horses from No
vember !) to July i!0, havo become so
enthusiastic in tho matter of cheap
food as to build a silos this year, and
thus avoid in the future purchasing hay
at inarkot rates. Two men aro erect
ing silos of ilAO tons capacity, which
will be Hlled from tho product of 15 to
IS acres of land. Had theso mon de
pended upon a hay crop this season,
that amount of land in meadow would
have ffiven them about 25 tons of hay,
or sutllcleut to feed about 10 good sized
cows six months, whereas tho onsilago
crop will sustain their 60 head of cattle
and horses from 2s oveniber until Juno 1,
when their pastures will get a good
start, and after that date they can have
enough to feed a half ration every
morning until August."
A few farmers who havo tried it for
tho tirst time, and havo made mistakes
for want of experience, have lost faith
in it. but there has not been ono failure
in a hundred eases, which speaks woll
for tho value ot the silo. A. J. Times.
STORING POTATOES.
The lli-it Wiiy mill tlu Iteit l'luco to Keep
the Tuber.
Potatoes can be stored in pits or in
tho cellar or out-house, but in either
case should be free from dirt and dry.
Concerning tho former mothod it is
said: Sometimes they are covered care
lessly and in a slipshod manner, with
li.-st a thin layer of straw, and to com
pensate for this deficiency in straw, a
foot of dirt is heaped upon them out
side. Tito moisture and foul air which
slowly accumulates in winter is held by
this thick layer of earth, and it rises
to tho upper point of tho conical heap
and cau?e' decay of tho tubers, which
is mistakenly ascribed to tho freezing of
this apparently most exposed part. A
much better way is to use plenty
of straw and less earth. A farmer
who novor lost ono bushel in 50 in
his winter-stored potatoes outdoors,
made it a rule to put on tho heap
one foot of compact straw with only
three or four iuches of evenly laid
earth to hold it in position. Ventilat
ing holes were made with a crowbar at
tho apex, and tilled with whisps of
straw. Ho found it safe to place na
many as seventy bushel in heaps thus
treated. The thick mass of straw not
ouly served as protection against frost,
but acted as an excellent absorbent of
bad moisture.
In the cellar or outhouse being
clean and dry. they may be placed on a
broad slatted floor on the north c r cool
side of an outhouse, so situated that the
air can circulate freely from below
and pass up through the potatoes. They
should not be placed in too large masses
so as to obstruct ventilation. Crops
which would rot badly in wet ground,
would not seriously suffer if properly
treated in this way. In some unfavor
able seasons, when more than half the
crop was ruined by rotting when dug, i
the seleeted and sound remainder, thor
oughly cleaned and placed on such slat
ted floor, has nearly or entirely ceased
to decay, so that not one bushel in thirty
has suffered. It is very important,
however, that the work be done thor
oughly and in the best manner, for il
carelessly performed, it would be of
comparatively little use. Bojton Globe.
How to Bury a Rock.
How many plow-points have you
broken, first and last, upon that fast
stone? How many times has is been
criss-crossed by the harrow? How
much injury has been done to your
horses by the shocks received when
they were brought to a sudden stand
still? How much less has the yield
of your crops been on uccount of this
cum borer of the ground? Now Is as
good a time as any, perhaps, to dig it
out and convert it into fence material
or bury it. Having buried many larg
stones, I aSirm that the danger In
curred is very slight if the work is at
tempted in the right moaner. Do net
dig under it at aU. Keep the uxvava
tien about six inches from tke nearest
side of the stone. Make it long enough,
wide enough and deep enough to eoa
tuin the stonu witk reoot to spare.
When tke hole is due suiiieiuntly large,
tkea wink iooi?-bundled tools carefully
rejmtee tke atx-teck skeU of ear Ik as
tow as tou cua leueh easily witkeut
taking any rwte of beta? crushed. A j
plunk UhI alutt- tke further edgu ot tke :
koto mop gtat yeu sonwt advuntou ia
dig-it?- -ext a anrcow
alunc tito opposite skin ef
frwa tke exenvMion.
Mnltntk kwokl
pnrtly mwtor it. i
ekk-e m tke
Now pour w
trimckand
knep on pouring tut til tke eurak undnr
wulk w auftmuMi into nuui. when tke
stone mm. uMaily he M wttknut maun
truukto nun tke koto. A Ue 3
uteil to ffte It 4 Mart. - J'arwi
--guv." nut' SuiNjumt-fMUinrni,
taere Jhuut tt m pari. Wmj.
Ml' ' rMAMi Ut V 4-niiv. "WV lOarry.
A HUNTER'S MISTAKE.
A Fnltlifnl Dor IteceUe the Hullet Tht
Would llnve Killed Its Mnnter.
Somo olght or nlno years ago four of
us wcro camping for a fortnight, and
on tho day when the incident I relnte
occurred, we hnd nil gono out early,
and had hunted until past noon with
out success. On our trip homeward
we agreed to soparate, two and two.as
we havo done to-day,spread out widely
and surround an immense marsh,
whoso brushy borders were wont to bo
a favorito resort for tho gamo wo woro
in search of, and wo accordingly de
parted on our respective routes. I had
nearly reached tho lower end of tho
marsh, which, by tho way, was en
tirely open, when my companion, who
was slightly in ndvancc, beckoned to
me. and. upon coining up, told mo that
he had seen a largo deer slowly feed
ing along a strip of alders which
reached to a tongue of high ground
running out into tho marsh, and that
if I would wait for a few minutes, ho
would go around to the further end,
and thus ono of us would bo sure to
get a shot. A moment after my com
panion hnd left me, our separated
friends, ono of whom was accompanied
by his dog, crossed a narrow lagoon
in tho marsh about a mile distant, giv
ing no indication of having seen mo;
soon after I approached tho place
wnore the deer had been seen by my
friend, and as nothing hud occurred
to disturb it, I counted confi
dently on getting a good shot A low
brushy point covered me until I was
within one hundred and fifty yards of
the mound, which was covered with
scrub oaks of a very dense growth,
with hero and there open spots, where
an animal in motion would have to
show itself in ascending tho ridge. I
had approached very slowly and cau
tiously, and waited for some minutes
for sound or motion, but in vain; and
had about concluded that tho deer had
either escaped or laid down, when a
slight rustling on top of the hill at
tracted my attention, and the next
moment I saw faintly through the
foliage tho unmistakable whisk of a
doer's tail; again, a little furthor on it
was repeated, the- same quivering
hake of the flag so familiar to every
deer stalker, and catching a quick
iglit, where I supposed tho body was,
I tired. My shot was answered by a
yell of agony that told too truly its
own story, and upon hurrying to the
spot I found the dog of my friend lying
dead at the feet of his master. The
man's hand at the moment the fatal
hot was tired had rested upon the
head of tho animal, whoso jovful re-
pone to the caress of his master lfad
been tho cause of his death. It was
the wag of tho dog's tail and not the
deer's that I saw. I was thunder
struck, not at tho death of tho dog.
but at the thought of the consequences
had my aim been ten inches further
to the left. Forest and Stream.
WHOLESOME STIMULANT.
Warm 3111k Mire Klllcaclou Thau Heer or
Other Intoxicants.
Milk heated to much above ono
hundred degrees Fahrenheit loses for a
time a degree of its sweetness and
density. No one who, fatisrued bv
over-exertion of mind or body, has
ever experienced the reviving influ
ence of a tumbler of this beverage,
heated as hot as it can be sipped, will
willingly forego a resort to it because
of its being rendered somewhat less
acceptable to the palate. The prompt
ness with which its cordial influence
is felt is indeed surprising. Some por
tion of it seems to be digested and
appropriated almost immediately, and
many who now fancy they need alco
holic stimulants when exhausted bv
fatigue will find in this simple draught
an equivalent that will be abundantly
satisfying and far more enduring in
its effects. "There is many an ignor
ant, overworked woman who fancies
she could not keep up without her
beer; she mistakes its momentary ex
hilaration for strength and applies the
whip instead of nourishment to her
poor, exhausted frame. Any honest,
intelligent physician will tell her that
there is more real strength and nour
ishment in a slice of bread than in a
quart of beer; but if she loves stimu
lants it would be a very useless piece
of information. It is claimed that
ome of the lady clerks in our own
city, and those, too, who are employed
in respectable business houses, are in
the habit of ordering ale or beer at
the restaurants. They probablv claim
. that they are 'tired,' and no oue who
sees their faithful devotion to custom
ers all day will doubt their assertions.
But they should not mistake boor for a
blessing or stimulus for strength. A
careful examination of statistics prove
that men and women who do not drink
tun endure more hardships and do
More work and live longer than those
less temperate. -.V. 1". MUkhI JbcvnL
"Vt ill you kave wine?" asked
waiter at tke hotel of a vouncr k
tke
wko was evntontiy a bridegroom, as
ke -at In tke diniag room opposite tke
uwly made partner of ki joys and
wrows. "Weil. I shoeld say. Urtmjr
na tke best you've rot." "Cluunv-'-Yw,ir;
cknmpn-ae.' "Kx
trtt dry r "Er-non mn an' Mitrtkr's
I
ew treaekjhoih ah-hty hir-j; bettor kuTe it
ke stone j ;xtra -t " irmlmr yv.,J
"Mr. Hon aWcmt ate to he ki wife
Fin "And wkat 4W you
r " "I toU him a meat ytw an a
t-u.e urn-, and k $uki 1 eoukl kve
the imut, uow or dv per it en I. ntf tor
ben ui tune ami aaoto
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