lacmtlw IllHMi. T no period In the history ! uf tills country u* the i question of road Improve* i ment been so widely and t enthusiastically donisaed m nt the present time. In th* crystal taction of public sentiment for the bet terment of oar highways, the office of Mb He Road Inquiries, at Washington, d|s proven a most Important factor. work Is being accomplished by collating and disseminating Informa tion, publishing and distributing lit erature on the subject, testing road building materials, and in co-operating with other allied forces of construc tion of object lesson roads lu various aections of the country. The Interest manifested In this question Is by no means confined to those within the rural districts, who are supposed to be the greater beneficiaries, but all classes of our cltlseus are directly or indirect ly Interested In this great movement, and therefore should be free to ex* pr*?s their opinions and lend their as-* sktance wherever opportunities pre sent themselves. In this age of enlightenment and progress' all agree that it is necessary tQ adopt other and more modern meth ods of improving our highways than the primitive method of "warning out the hands"? male. cltisens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years la proximity to the road to be im proved. This has proven entirely too effective, especially with the rapidly j Increasing population of the country and -the constantly increasing volume of traffic on the road. Were every per son liable to duty to work with pick and shovel a few days annually, as re quired by law, but tittle more could be accomplished than to fill the worst chuck holes, and by ao doing ease their conscience and relieve the overseers of the embarrassment of being in dieted la the county court. No system of working roads is a Just one if la ker is compelled to bear the entire burden of the cost and at the aame time property enjoy eqnal benefits by to enhancement In value. , As previously stated, money 1s the ^pcessary requisite for the improve (nent of our common highways, but the v: perplexing problem with oar people 4p "how to get It.** Day by day the Subllc Is becoming more enthuslsstlc jpon the question as they study it In lis vsrlous phases, and are of the opin ion that, as the roads are a benefit to fj!. the burden of cost of their con struction and maintenance should be tarn by all. There arc various wsyt %y which this may be done, bht like t?e accomplishment of all great move* menta, fhf* co-operation of all allied rorcea Is essentlsl. Within the past few years many 8tates have enacted Hqprs and appropriated money for the improvement of the common roads ol the country, and many counties have Issued bonds for the same purpose, this purpose have also been raised by .Street taxation and by individual sub scription, but the limited amount col lected is generally too small to sctrce* It t" a nnlng on the great num oflKn^to'be improved. I ! '^Mtdaa WwiJi. lb the construction of a road In any Itind of soil it is essential to properly ilocntc. grade and drain before surfac ing and rolling. If the best results are to be 1 obtained. Good materials are equally essential, but often, however, Jt pays better to use an inferior mate rial found in the locality, if a more ?desirable quality cannot, be ? secured from a distance. The system of con structing macadam roads upon mod* cm and scientlflc principles is consld ? eroil superior to others, although more ? expensive. The macadam road built ?of crushed chert, trap rock or good -limestone, will endure th? ordinary volume of traffic almost an' indefinite period of time with but little additional cost of repairs, especially if only wide tires are used, ns wide tires are rood makers and narrow tires are road breakers. ? Any material that will re sist wear, and has sufficient cement ing qualities to render the roadbed ?* Impervious to water. Is desirable. Kither gravel, mixture of clay and fnnd, of mlnefal oil, when properly ap pi i I'd, tnako rt less expensive and at I the tame tlma n most excellent road, Vhen -v local conditions ore favorable. The us# of ftr*tclass machinery is also Indispensable to successful road build ing. The county authorities could make no better Investment than to pur chase a complete plant of the very best ro.ul building machinery. I r? Popnlurity of National Aid. No Internal improvements would more materially benefit tlie country nt largo ttinu good roads. No section of 1he country is more enthusiastic for good road* than the South, and as her people seldom receive assistance In any ?way from the National Treasury that in.-thod thuit might be adopted for gen ? ril internal improvements. It is grnt i Tying to know that this cause, meets 1ho approval of tlio Southern delega tions in Congress, particularly the en lire delegation from North Carolina. Oil# of the best speeches made on the good roads question during the latft Mcasion of Congress was by Represen tative Oudger, of the Tenth (or inoun lain) District of the Old North State. It Is becoming quite evident to the minds of our solons that In order to ?ecure re election It behooves them to j get In line for better roads. This gl gdnttc movement for better road? Is by tin* people, and the wishes of the people should, and must, be granted. Rattle* With Kinar Mad. ? Within the pait fow years thi I growth of public sentiment In favor of the good roads movement has been moat marvelous, but to secure these roads during the lifetime of the pres ent generation It is necessary that Individuals should abandon their pet ?rhemes and everybody agree on some general plan, and all pull together to accomplish the desired end. No great Victory is ever won without a unity 0t Action, and tl)is is particularly tru? la our buttle to conquer King Mud. THE ACQUIESCENT SNAKE Then one* was a man who said, MWkv Can t 1 look that bit ??ke in the ey?* The snake said. "You can," And he looked at the man. ( Moet any last line will ?^ply|. WHICH HB WAS NOT. Chumpley Qjlootnllj)? "What make* fou think there ia hope for me?" Mlsa Kidder ? "8he told me the wouldn't marry the best man living." ?Philadelphia Public Ledger. IN THE ANIMAL STORE. Japanese Pug? "Tell me the story of four life." Persian Cat? "Which one? I hare alne, you know."? Pittsburg Post. ' TIME FOB ANOTHER. Friend? "Hello, old man. how art /ou? I hear you've written the latest novel of the day." Author? "Well, I had nt 12 o'clock, out It's 2 o'clock now."? Houston Chronicle. ALL HB LACKED. . "Jiggsley's boy would have made his tollege eleven, but he lacked two things." "What were they?" "The nerve and the physique."? Cleveland Plain Dealer. WORSE THAN THE DOG. She? "You'd better alt by this open ?rlndow, dearest, in case pspa ahould come into the room suddenly." He? "But there's a Here? bulldog outside, darling." "I know it, but of two evils alwaya choose the lesser."? Chicago JourngL HI8 DOESN'T COUNT. Dremer? "My wife and I alwaya {miss upon and decide our household questions quite as seriously .as though we were voting upon national issues." Henpeck? "Well, whenever my wife and I pull off an election like that ahe alwaya wins by one vote."? Phlladel- - phla press. AN UNFORTUNATE OMISSION. Hicks? "There is one thins that these schools of elocution ought to teach and don't." Wicks? "What's that?" Hicks? "They don't teach their pu pils when they ought to decline posi tively to give a rccltatlon."? Somer ville Journal. ? NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER. "And the charity ia supported by vol* antary contributions?" "Why," said the clergyman, "I can'b say that it la exactly. The fact ia, that some or the ladlea iar eW "com mlttee are so persuasive and so per sistent that people Just have to ^con tribute."? Brooklyn Life. ? ? H? WAS ^JP TO DATE. * Nettle? "Am I worth my weight In gold to you, Ned?" Ned? "Moro thnn that, dearest; you'ro wortli your weight In trading stamps." ?Chicago Chronicle. | SOMETHING STRANGE. "Dear me," said the young wife. "I believe that dog dealer deceived me. I don't beliove this is a Boston bull at nil." "Why not?" asked her husband. "Because I cooked himisome of tlio daintiest brans and ho wouldn't touch them."? Chicago News. IIOW HE LEFT THE STAGE. "Was his debut os a burlesque actor successful?" "No." y,f| /?jT!!*.'* v "Why not?'* * "Well, ho began by taking off every* body." "Yes?" "And then everybody got together and took him off."? Clovelaud Plain Dealer. ^ A TOO MUCH. ' ' I/owe Comerdy? "Alas! it's true that Barnstom has gone plumb nutty. Tho last part he had was too much for him." Hi Tragerdy? "Too emotional, ?hf* Lowe Comcrdy? "Too Ironically ag gitavatlng, I guess. He was playing Monte Cristo at $12 per week and not even getting tho twelve."? Philadel phia Press. One of the finest and largest tropical gardens In the world Is that of the Bel* gtan Gonsfcl it Taaglera, Morocco, Several uranium 4 mineral* bare I shown radium directly proportional in quantity to the amount of uranium, which tends to confirm tbe suggestion that radium is formed by y?e breaking down of tbo uranium atoui. The average height of man Is found ?by A. Dastre to bnre continued tb? same for thousauds of years, n? shown In primitive man, prehistoric man. and historic man. The great size ot uu .dent man Is Imugiuary. One of the most singular of the many enrious fossils yielded by the famous opal fields at White Cliffs. N. S. \\\. I? an opallzed shark. It Is three and a half feet long and eighteen Inches la greatest circumference and is euclrcled from tip to tip with thin veins of pur ple opal. Some plants go to sleep every night. The mimosa, or sensitive plant. In daylight opens Its fragile leave* wbieli are hard at work eating, absorbing the carbonic acid of tbe air Into plant food. At nighty tbe mimosa sleeps and di gests what It has eaten, and the leaves fold up double against -epch other, the stem droops and the leaf is limp and apparently dead. Experimenting on the Influence of metal containers on the fermentation of liquids, Leopold Nathan has shown that German sliver, copper, zinc, brass and bronze have a decidedly strong in hibitory effect, while tin and lead have moderate action. Polished Iron, sil ver. gold, polished tin. alumluntu. nickel, as well as celluloid, glass aud hard robber, have little or no effect. The smoothness of the surface of met als seems to have decided influence. A striking Instance of the change which the cultivation of natural science is capable of causing In the face of the earth is afforded by a remark of Mr Andrew Hurray concerning tbe result* achieved by horticulture in England. They have, he said, affected the ap pearance of all England. "Nowhere can a day's ride now be taken where the landscape It not beautified by come of the Introductions of the Royal Hor ticultural_8oclety." A FRAUD DETECTED. .IIaw .Mr*. LMoard N?*n the U?tru bmK'i . "If it is not a coincidence, it is a fraud." \ The chief clerk of tbe note counting division of the United States Treasury Department, Washington. D. C.. looked up from a pile of official documents. Beside his desk stood a short, middle aged woman. Her air watt business like. In her hsnd she held a package of Treasury notes, from the end of each of which a piece bad been torn. "What is it. ifh. Leonard?" inquired the chief clerk. "In the first place," she said, "these notea sre comparatively new. Yet you see a piece of each is missing. I have received several batches containing such notes during the past three months. I have looked ap the source, and I find in every esse the notes have eorno from the same bank." "Ah! Then you suspect something wrong?" "Well, some one has deliberately torn the ends from those notes. It would be tho easiest thing in the world for the person who has the scraps to burn the edges and then send them here foi redemption. Hadn't we better be ou the lookout?" In thia manner did Mrs. Wllla A Leonard, the expert money-counter ol the United States Treasury Depart ment, detect a fraud which might have cost the Government many thousand* of dollars. Investigation justified liei suspicions. A detective shadowed ali of tiie clerks employed by the hank named l>y Mrs. Leonard, and final); found one who had been making it i? practice to tear off the ends of note* that passed through his hands. Wher cornered by tho detective he confessed that it had .been his intention to burt tho edges and send them to Washing ton with an affidavit that the remain der of each had been consumed by fin accidentally. ? Theodore Waters, it Everybody's Magazine. How Indian* Telegraphed. With tlielr body robes of flnolj tanned buffalo hide held, raised, low ered, dropped and swung in eertnlr well known peculiar ways, tbe Indlai scouts and watchers used to telograpt tlience to the distnnt village of tb< presence of strangers or enemies li the country, .of the approach of th< buffalo bands, and of the return of wai and hunting parties. If the camp was too distant for the blanket signal to be made out, the in formation was communicated by firei at night and by pillars and ballooL shaped puffs of smoke by day, descern ible to the distance of At least flftj miles. When the traders came up tb< Missouri River the Indian Scout addel the small circular hand mirror to his meagre but all sufficient outfit, and it time learned to communicate with hit distant friends by (lashes of sunlight The first Indian hunter or horse herd er who caught the danger signal frore the lookout station repeated It to tb? village by riding bis horse furiously In a circle or by some similar sign.? FleK and Stream. The Largest Diamond. Unfortunately, the largest diamond In tho world Is not of the crystalline sort used as a gem. If It were Its vol ne would be fabulous, for it Is seven teen times larger than the famous Vic toria diamond, the largest of moderr finds, which was sold of $1,500,000. It? truo value depends upon the use t< which It can be put when broken up for It Is of the amorphous kind, knowt technically as carbon. To flange a Conductor. The French Society of Mannfaetur ers Is offering a prize of 0000 franci for the Invention of an apparatus foi gauging the current of an electrical conductor. The competition closes or December 31, 100*. and particulars car b? obtained from M. Le President, As sociotion des Industrie!* de France, 3 Hue de Lutece, Paris.? London Engl Qter. FARM TOPICS. RYE A8 A .SOIL IMPROVER. llyc Is not a profitable sraln crop on rood wheat kfid- .It will not yield with wheat. aad Its long, soft straw 1? difficult to hUTHt. It will not pay fot the grain alone on good land. If the ?oil Is a depleted clay, heavy and cold, bye will prove more profitable than wheat. It Is a soil Improver. If sowu in the fall oi very thin land and per mitted to ma tare, the grain, remaining unharvested on the ground until the next fall, than all turned under^he poorest, saddest land, if well drained, will grow clover fairly well. Rye will famish considerable pas ture for sheep and swine In early spring, and is not only an excellent cover crop. bdfc la probably the surest crop for fall and winter pasture. HORSE TECHNICALITIES. A white spot on the forehead Is a ?tar. A white face from eye to eye la a bald face. A atrip between the nostril Is a snip. A white eye Is a glass eye. A horse has pasterns, not ankles, and there is no snch point as a hind knee or fore shoulder. White around the top of the hoof Is a white coronet. White below the psstern or above the pastern is a white leg. A snip cannot he anywhere hut on the nose. Amble la a gait like pacing, but alower. In which the two lega on the aame side are moved together. The croup la that part of the horse back of the saddle. The forearm is that part of the leg between the elbow and the knee, and the elbow :a the Joint of the foreleg next to the knee and not to the side. When the horse forges It strlkea the toe of the forefoot with the toe of the hind one. and thla la sometimes the result of bad shoeing. Every one should know that the hand, a term commonly need in deecrlblng the height of a horse, is ooe- third of s foot, or four Inches. APPLYING MANURE. Farmers will have their own views and practices how to apply the manure. Clrcumatances snd condltlona will make more or lees difference. A farmej should study the matter carefully and by experimenting on hla own land try to find the best methoda. Both methoda of plowing manure un der and aurface application are prac ticed. and each will have its advan tages. CohM^iatsawy, manure should producc the beit results by plowing under, as It lsdMtetolt tb?dFpbwetlng~tt : with the surface" soli to any satisfac tory degree by harrowing. Xarsed under it wtti be ?tat or -the way tff^enlti vatkui, decay and furnish food for the roots of the plants as they extend downward. It will sleo serve to lighten the soil and furnish vegetable matter which is of Importance. The writer used to have an idea that aarface manuring, at least on his own land, was alto gether the best, but later developments rather Indicate that plowing the man ure under hss its advsntages, and is to be preferred. Of cearse. soils, seasons and depth of plowing will have aomo influence or effect in the matter, and one ahould not be so decided in hla oplniona and practices thst be will not be willing to make a change when indications point to an improvement in so doing. Then, In conclusion, do all possible of the plowing In the fall, do It In the best manner, ayd carefully apply all of the manure available In the manner calculated to do the most good.? >E. B, Towlo, In The American Cultivator. POULTRY NOTES. Even thos?> skeptically inclined ad mit that now. when eggs and chickens sell at high prices, It is better to raise them than to have to buy them. ? After the trick of egg eating Is once learned by a hen. she very likely^ will soon begin to pick at whole eggs," and perhaps finally manage to break even eggs with good, hard shells. The treatment for the prevention of the egg-eating habit consists of supply ing the hens with proper and sufficient food, Including grit and eggshell ma terials, and the regular and prompt re moval of the eggs from the n?sts. Hens will eat eggs whenever broken ones are placed within their reach. It lis natural for tliein to eat anything that is good to eat and in proper shape for them to eat. To stop t*. m from eat ing eggs, therefore, is to keep broken eggs out of their reach. Nobody can get more enjoyment and real comfort out of an egg than the producer who knows all about Its an tecedents and is sure that his own hehs have manufactured it from unob jectionable materials only n day or two before it is used on the table. Just at this time, while some of the old stock is still on hand, and the sur plus of the young stock not yet dis posed of, with capons, pullets and old old hens all ready for their dally mash, or mashes, wo need plenty of feed troughs If we wl*b to protect the birds from unduly crowding one another and possibly preventing the weaker ones from getting their share. It Is often stated that eggs laid In early spring, while the weather Is cool, have better keeping qualities than eggs laid during August or even Sep tember. Thin seems hardly probable, and one should not hesitate to store the summer eggs for winter use, provided they are gathered the day they are laid, then put away In waterglass solu tion, and stored In as cool a place as may be handy .?Indianapolis News. Again th? Infant Terrible. "I have noticed that Mf, Smith al ways leaves before the sermon," re marked the new minister in tbe course of his first pnstoral call. "Yes, lie-er. thnt Is " Mr?. 8mltk Hindered about In embarrassment un? ? 1 Tommy thought It time to come to 1. r rescue. "I know wby," he piped up shrilly. "Do you, my little man?" said the minister, smiling encouragingly "Wby la It, then?" "Ma makes him. 'Cause he always snores when he goes to sleep."? New York Press. COST OP SPRAYING. The cost of spraying apple trees three times with bordeaux mixture at the Maine Experiment 8tation Is from ten to fifteen cents per tree. Baldwin apples on sprayed trees showed ninety seven per cent, of the fruit free from scab, while unsprayed trees showed only sixty-seven per cent, of the fruit free from scab. On full-crown trees It Is reckoned that the average crop is about three barrels, which would give a gain of a barrel of clear handsome fruit as a result of the spraying. The profits of the operation, however, vary, as some years there is but little scab, while other years It Is very prevalent THE VALUE OP TREES. Plenty of trees abort the farm and especially the building and yards, are a splendid thing, both for ornament and comfort. Trees break the mon otony of landscape, make the country beautiful, afford shade and kfcvlter tar man and beast, and enhance the vatae of farm property. The farmer has c?t down and grubbed out many a fin<> tree In the field .because it occupied n little room and he had to work around It. Leave them for ornament and to shade the stock. Don't deface the beautiful country for a dollar or two that may be had from the soil occupied by one of natqre's grand pro ductions. Better leave such trees to the children rather than a few extra dolls rs.?Wlscontln Agriculturist. FLOWERS TO SELECT. j For til stationary taxes a favorite covering la birch bark, and ail the new hanging baskets are made In a coarse mesh, of wire or rush, so that ?lnes msy grow oat through the crer Ices, for which purpose both ivy and , bine lobelia are favorites. Fuchsia, geranium and variegated vlnkers are reliable bloomers for the centre of a hanging basket, though the smsrtest touch Is given to the porch by hanging baskets in green alone, with all colore reserved for the boxes. Kenthla palms are a favorite of the hour for amall baskets, boxes and fern dishes. When the portable boxes border the porch the following arrangement of plants la recommended by a success ful florist: With the boose for a back ground, aet a row of daisies or ur gnerites, which. If properly cut, will Moom almost the summer through. Next comes a row of geraniums, which must not be too large when transplanted from the florist's beds or hot house; then bagqnlas, and flnatly Ivy, . to floall over the fnant of the perch. AH these plants are sturdy and will bear transplanting when in bloom. If the taste runs to old fashioned flowers, verbenas may be set into the boxes when almost ready to bloom, and sslgnomette, lady slipper and port ulaca seeds may be planted among the hardier transplanted blooms. But for the emergency garden, stsrted at thla season of the year, the trans planted blooms are the safest invest* MBt CARE OF 8MALL FRUITS. Wank Aiken, In the American Ajrl nltnrlat, writes: The small fruits I prow are red and black raspberries, Dlackberries. currants, gooseberries, ind strawberries. The year's care >f all these except strawberries be gins with taking out of the dead wood In March. With raspberries and blackberries all the wood that fruited last summer is taken out with a sharp hook made of a large flat file and at tached to n handle about three foot long. With this tool I cut off all dead fanes and pull them out between the rows as I pass along. Then a week or two later I go over the same rows and put back all the new wood that is to Trult this year. My raspberries are pinched in summer, so this growth is mostly lateral and Is trimmed to about two feet long. Plants set the year pre vious are cut about one foot. This leaves the dead wood and trim mings in the middles, where after ward they are pulled to ends of rows with a one-horse rake, then piled and burned. This leaves the plantation ready for cultivation, which begins some time lif May. I usa a one-horse hoe with a vide sweep for the back tooth. I cultivate every week or two until after berries /ire all picked. I usually hoe once, and about midsummer or later pull out tall weeds that often appear. Gooseberries and currnnts aro gone over In the same way. ex cept that usually there Is not much dead wood to remove r.nd tot so much trimming Is necessary. I shorten some of tho longest growth and thin old wood where too thick. The cul tivation Is the same as for raspberries and blackberries. The only insect enemy of these fruits Is the currant wornS, which will eat all leaves from currants and goose berries If not prevented. These worms appear soon after the bushes are In full leaf. They are- easily killed with Paris green and water put on with a fine spray. I use we^k Bordeaux mix ture and Paris green. If I spray aftor fruit is half grown I use white helle bore and water instead of Paris greeo A Tailor's lllnmler. At one time In his career Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, was rather a dandy in his way. While so afflicted he ordered a pair of trousers from hi* tailor, and be expressly stipulated that they were to be skin tlglit. The trou sers came home and the Senator tried them on. lie went right to the tailor and opened tire on him. "What In the namo of? everything unprintable do you mean by sending me trousers likr that?" he shouted. "Why, yon said to make them skin tight," Bald the tailor. "Skin tight!" yelled the Sena tor. "Yes, by this and that, I sold skiu tight. I wanted them merely skin tight. 1 can sit down In t:y "kin and I can't in these."? Kansas City Journal. Thorverton Church, Devon, Englnnd. was recently used as a storehouse foi whisky which had been taken from the village Inn during a fire. Th? Cotswold Sheep. Cotswold sheep have been bred pure for at least three centuries. The Cots wold of today is In many ways at vari ance with the old type and It is sel dom now that we see a flock of pure bred Cotswold that cannot lay claim to the Ideal type of a combined wool and mutton sheet). True, they are as large a breed as we have, but did you ever know of a market on which a prime Cotswold lamb would not bring the top figure? Some very careful experiments have been made in recent years to test the different breeds for profitable feeding. The Cotswojd always Is right at the top. The nOtr desirable export trade demands the heavy weights that Cots wolds make at two and three years. Cotswold rams have been used by the largest sheep company in the west chiefly for the last 15 years. New stud-breeding flocks are being found ed ?11 over the country to supply the demand for Cotswold rams that Is In creasing with each succeeding year. As sheep of beauty and high charac ter In their whole general appearance. It can be said that no other breed equals them, and for real sterling qual ltiea as a wool and mutton producer, they are more than holding their own In this country. Applying Manure. Farmers will have their own views and practices how to apply the ma nure. Circumstances and conditions will make more or less difference. A farmer should study the matter care fully and by experimenting on his own land try to find the best methods. Both methods of plowing manure under and surface applications are practiced, and each will have its ad vantages. Coarse, strawy manure should produce the best results by plowing under, as It Is difficult Incor porating It with the surface soCI to any satisfactory degree by harrowing. Turned under It wfO be out of the way of cultivation, decay and furnish food for the roots of the plants as they extend downward. It will also serve to lighten the soil and furnish vegetable matter which is of Importance. The writer used to have an Idea that surface manuring, at least on his own tend, was alto gether the best, but later develop ments rather indicate plowing the manure under has its advantages, and Is to be preferred. Of course, soils, seasons and depth of plowing will have some influence or affect fn the matter, and one should not be so decided In his opinions and practices that he wilt sot be wining to make a change when Indications point to an improvement In so doing. Then, fn conclusion, do all possible of the plowing In the tell, do it in the best manner, and carefully apply all of the manure a vatf strife hx the manner calculated to do the most good. ? E.. R. Towle, in The Massachusetts Pteugh man. Crib-Biting and Wind Sucking. A noted English veterinarian says that he couples these bad habits to gether because they often are insepar able, and says: "Either may exist without the other, but one (crib-l>itlng> may lead to and end In the establishment of the oth er. Crlb-bltlng Is habit contracted by Idle horses who start by playing with the manger ? licking or biting ft. It may bo copied from the habit of an other horse, and therefore a crib-biter in a stable is undesirable, because it may teach other horses the habit. Just how and when if arises is a difficult question to answer. I remember one case in which the habit was contract ed .In only a few days. A horse may "crib" and not windsuck, fn which state I hold the horse has a vice. When he wind-sucks. Is ho vicious or unsound? Mere cribbing does not dim inish his usefulness. Wind-sucking may not Interfere with the working ca pacity of a horse doing regular, con stant work, but should anything occur to prevent his working ? as. for in stance, a lame leg or a sore back ? he will soon diminish his capacity for work. Most horses require some rest ing place for their teeth or Jams be fore they wind-suck, but a few are able to do so with no fixed point to rest against. The evil of wlnd-sucklng. I assume. Is the distention of the stomach by swallowed air. This leads to gastric defect. I do not believe that the habit has. as a predisposing cause, a gastric affection, nor do I recognize any evidence that Indigestion leads to wind-sucking. I consider It merely a bad habit ? a vice leading to un soundness." ? Indiana Farmer. Profit in Qulness. One branch of the poultry business has been very much neglected, and that is guinea raising. A flock of gulnean are about the most profitable that can be kept If they can have the range of the farm. The common guinea Is Just as good as the albino or white variety, but when cooked the flesh Is not so white. In the morning when let out of the poultry house they often stop no long er than to pick up a llttlo of the grain given to the flock before they wander to the Holds In search of weed seeds and bugs which they llko better than anything that can bo given them. They never become tamo like hens. They will lay In the nests with the hens dur ing the forepart of the season, but when ready to set they will steal off and hldo their n*?t* and hatch their eggs unless watched. Do net. let them hatch their own eggs, as they are most careless mothers and a guinea hen that will raise two chicks out of 20 hatched will be doing pretty well. Hatch them under hens and let" the hens raise them. They will develop a great affection for their foster moth er, refusing to be weaned during the whole season and following her faith fully whenever she Is out of the poul try house. When first hatched guinea* are exceedingly wild and unless con fined will wander off and perish, leav ing the nest very frequently and with in two or three hours after hatching. Guinea eggs do not sell well on the market because of the small sice, but' for house use they are as good as any and are produced in such abundaiffce and at such little cost that any one can afford to keep a flock for the eggs. Be sides being a cheerful bird, they are aa good as a watch dog to tell when strangers are around. They detect a stranger as soon as he comes near and set up their shrill cries. They also serve to frighten off hawks as they are sure to raise a clamor If one < comes In sight.? Mrs. Henry Koster before Dubuque County ^(Iowa) Farm ers' Institute. The Busy Bee. ' If your hives are poorly sheltered, or full of cracks, the heat will pass out and the bees will have to consume Just so much more honey for fuel. If your bees have a good warm hive, a good queen and plenty of honey, very little care will be required from you until next swarming time arrives. If any hives are gaping in the cor ners now will be a good time to rensil them, and put on an additional coat of ' paint. Do not try to keep your bees warm by closing up the entrances of the hives. Make the top as tight and warm as you please, but allow sufficient bot tom ventilation. To protect empty combs from the moth larvae, place them whero they will get a good freezing during win ter. Nearly all empty combs will be f found to contain moth eggs in au tumn. If the combs are kept in the cellar, or other moderately warm place, these eggs will hatch into lar vae, and feed npon the honeycomb. Ixjok out for mice getting into bee hives during winter. *They play havoc with the combs. Remember, It Is Jnst as important to take proper care of the honey, and, put It cms the market fn a first class condition, as It is to use the best and most economical means of securing it. One of the essentials of proper care Is keeping the honey in a very dry and ' warm placer especially is this true of comb honey, or extracted honey Iks open cam. Honey taints very easily, and for this reason ft is best to nse as tlttfo smoke as possible when extracting. After many experiments in melting honey, I have come to the conclusion that it cannot be done without impart Ing to it a waxy flavor. When hunting wild bees, right a small fire and burn small pieces of old comb or beeswax, drawing the bees in this way. Then take a comb of honey and let the bee* settle as It, and place It inside of a box. When your first bee gets filled, keep your eye on her. After circling several1 times, each circle befag larger, she will start en a straight line from yo?? ? ?ometinrea ? she wITT start for homo when so far away that ecie needs good eyes to> see her. If the colony Is close- by. there wiTl soon be ethers following the first bee. When you can see them leave the comb and go without circling, then get. a direct Tine marked by something you, will remember. CTer simu? of the* bees Into the box and carry them to snnie other location where your observa tion will not be broken by trees, ami let your bees down on the comb, t watching them as before, till yon se cure a straight line from this point. Now. all you have to ?|o. is to follow up this liiio until you come to where the other line crosses. ? F, (?. Herman, in Tho Farm Journal, Pinning Off Onion Smart. "I have been putting up preserves and pickles for thirty years." said a , Brooklyn housewife of tlur old school, ? "and I discovered the other day that I am not too old to learn something new. I went to New Jersey to see my son's young wife, nn Iowa girl. They were married last winter. She was putting up onions ? a decidedly dis agreeable task. But her eyes cro not watery. They woro as clear as the sky. She simply nodded and mut tered something between closed teeth. " 'What In the world nrP you keep- 4 Ing that pin between your teeth IV?r?* I asked. "She removed it long enough tossy: 'To keen the onions from hurting my eyes. I'll be through In a minute/ " 'I>o you mean to say that will do It?' I asked Incredulously. "She nodded. The pin was in Its place again. She kept it there for ten minutes while 1 watched her work, and her eyes were as dry as a walnut.'/ ? New York Press. The New Agriculture. Agriculture has always been the slowest, of human industries, as wel as the oldest ami most fundamental, says Country Life in America; and, although It Is a giant beside which manufactures Is a pigmy (though ? most lively and qulck-witton one>, it has always been a lumbering* an