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' r"" P : i: jmrnrnrn . ?? ? ??^ JEW CABINET OFFICEB. I Postmaster General Gary Resigns and' Charles Emory Smith Succeeds Him. CAUSE OF THE RETIREMENT. ^ ll-llealtli Given a* Iteasou?The Thlla\t delphia Editor'* Appointment Unexpected to His Friends In Congress? B Promptly Confirmed by the Senate and Enter* Upon His Duties. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Postmaster General James A. Gary retired from the Cabinet on account of failinsr health, and Charle6 Emory Smith, editor of th? Philadelphia Press, was nominated by the Presi dent to take his place, and the nomination was confirmed by the Senate. The change took the capital. Congress and the country by surprise, although it had been in contemplation for several days. Kot an inkling of its coming bad been allowed to leak out. Cp to the official jtromulgation of the resignation and nomir' nation at noon, Thursday, less than a dozen people in Washington knew of it, POSTMASTER OZXECAE SMITH. and these kept It to themselves. No whisCerof an impending change of heads was eard about the Postoffleo Department itself, and from First Assistant Postmaster General Heath down the force mere was startled by the news. The Senate was equally stricken with astonishment. Having had no premonition either of Mr. Gary's retirement or of the selection of his successor, the presentation a few minutes after noon of the message from the President announcing the nomination of a new Postmoster-Generul caused a flatter of excitement and a murmur of comment about the chamber. The reasons given for Mr. Gary's retirement are that his health is poor, that he is threatened with heart disease and that he eaanot stand the excitement of the approaching struggle. This explanation might JAJTES A. GABT. (Who has just resigned the offlco of Postmaster-General.) be accepted were it not known that Mr. Gary, like Senator Wellinjjton, of Maryl?*d nnH other nnlitfciiinK from his State. are opposed to war. Gary carried his op- i position into the Cabinet meeting, and on the vote which decided the transmittal of the President's message outlining his war policy Gary joined with Gage and Long against Wilson, Griggs and Alger, who upportedthe President's views. * Mr. Gary's resignation and the appoint\ ment of Mr. Smith to succeed him leaves the South without representation in the Cabinet. The West and Middle West now have four Cabinet members (Gage, Alger, Wilson and Sherman); in East three (Griggs. Bliss and Smith), and New England one (Long). MRS. SARTORIS A CITIZEN. General Grant's Daughter Ceases to Be a Subject of Great Britain. Bepresentative Pearson, of North Carolina, introduced a joint resolution in the House, Washington, to readmit Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, the daughter of General Grant, to the character and privileges of a citizen of this country. Mrs. Sartoris XVS. NELLIE GEAXT 8ABT0BIS. , married la 1874 Algernon Charles Frederick Sartorls, a British subject, and resided in England, thus becoming a naturalized British subject, but has since returned hero and lately petitioned Congress for unconditional readmission to United States citizenship. The hill wa3 promptly passed by both Senate and House. Mrs. SartoriVs son, I Algernon, has requested General Fltzhugh I Lee to appoint him an aide on his staff. * THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, TTaslilncton Item*. Chairman Cannon, of House Appropriations Committee, said that flS.000,000 of i the ?50,000,000 fund wa? still left, and that | a volunteer army xrouUl cost about $150, noo Q h<>v Senator Foraker cnid in debate in the Senate that he ha?l positive information that it is the intention of this Government to recognize the representatives of the Cuban Government in this country. The Ways and Means Committee dropped from the War Revenue tdll the taxes on tea. coffee and crude petroleum. T. Estrada Talma and one of Gomez's brigadiers, it is said, have consulted General Miles arranging for co-operation against Spain. Mr. Dingley's committee practically decided upon a war tax hill estimated to rat?e $123,000,000 a year. Brigadier General J. C. Breckinridge, now Inspector General of the United States Army, will serve on General Miles's staff as chief of inspection department. The Navy Department ordered the purchase of ten light-draught yachts for use j in Cuban waters. | Secretary Gage announced that Treasury employes who may enlist will be reinstated at any time within a year. The guard at the White House has been trebled and other precautions have been taken to assure the personal safety of the President. It was announced at the Navy Department that no more big warships will be bought. Commodore Howell, recently of the European squadron, has been detailed to command the patrol fleet. The House Ways and Means Committee decided to favor a tax of $1 n barrel on beer in the new bill lor war revenue. Domestic. The Santa Fo Taciflc westbound passenger train was hoTd up at Oro Grande. 380 inileseast of Mojave, Cal. Engineer Gufford was killed and a passenger injured. The Rev. Dr. F. E. Clark, head of the Christian Endeavor Society, sailed from I Boston for Jamaica on a steamer of the [ Boston Fruit Company. He goes to attend a series of the Christian Endeavor I OAnrant loea fftV vr?)\ ir?h h? hnc hftpn ITftDffnl for a long time, and will bo absent several weeks. Augustus C. Widber, City Treasurer o* San Francisco. Is accused of stealing over 8100,000 from tho money bags in the City Treasury. Hardly 100 Spaniards took advantage ol the offer of free transportation from New York City to Havana on the steamships Panama and Seneca. Most of them went on the Panama, which was.watched by crowds as she left her pier. Major Robert Meade, Commandant at the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H., has been ordered to take commnnd of the marines of the North Atlantic Squadron. General William Booth, head and founder of the Salvation Army, was given an enthusiastic reception at Carnegie Musk Hall, New York City. George Parsons Lathrop died suddenly at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, to which he was taken suffering from a complication of diseases. Key West, Fla., suspended all business to celebrate over ,the recognition of Cubans as a free people. More than 1000 Cubans organized and volunteered for swvlce with American troops. Carnegies at Pittsburg, Penn,, are rolling a special steel plate one and a hall inches thick for the new auxiliary cruisers. The pneumatic gunboat Yesulvnssuccess folly tested her guns in Narragansett Bay. Representative Henry U. Johnson, the Republican of Richmond, Ind., who attracted attention In the recent debate on Cuba, has not been renominated by the Republicans of his district. Instead James Watson received the nomination. Ex-Mayor Strong appeared before the Grand Jury in New York City and secured the indictment of George B. White, who is under arrest in Philadelphia on a charge of defrauding twenty banks in New York and other cities live years ago. Three companies of the Thirteenth United States Infantry left Governor's Island. New York Harbor, for Tampa, Fla. Light Battery D of the Fifth Artillery also left Fort Hamilton to join the artillery and cavalry forces at Chickamauga, Tenn. Jacob Myers and wife were fatally burned at Marion, Ohio, while burning cornstalks. Mrs. Myers's clothing caught fire. Her husband lost his life trying to save her. The Government has rented a building for an army hospital at Key West, Fla. The use of reindeer in Alaska exploration has been officially discontinued. John J. Ryan, a New York builder, was shot and killed by an angry Italian who had been discharged from his employ. Several iron girders fell in the armory at Newburg, N. Y. Two men were killed and three mortally injured. "Colonel" William Hepburn was positively identified in New York Citv by Frederiok G. Isles as the man who offered him $25,000 with which to bribe the Kings County Grand Jury for March, in the interest of Police Commissioner Philips and Theodore B. Willis. Ninety-flve per cent, of the furniture makers in the United States are said to be forming a trust. The capita! stock will be $12,000,000 and the headquarters of the concern win tie in isiucagu. John C. Knowles, a well known wheelman, died In Bellevue Hospital, New York City, from consumption, attributed to excessive bicyole riding. In ISM be rode six thousand miles in sixty days. Commander Brownson, who has been in Europe after ships and guns for the Government, arrived at New York. A detachment of nine officers nnd 150 seamen of the New Jersey Naval Militia, Battalion of the West, was selected to man the Venezuela. The old monitor Nabant, manned by New York Naval Militia, arrived in Now York Harbor from Philadelphia and anchored oil Tompkins ville. Captain Sigsbee took command of the steamer St. Paul and in a few minutes after his arrival she started from New York fo< Philadelphia to be converted into a cruiser, John Van Pelt, of Hatawan, N. J., drank over two quarts of rum on a wager that he could drink more rum than his opponent could drink beer. He was found aead in bed by his father a few hours later. An explosion of dust, followed by a fire, destroyed the grain elevator at the Hoosao Tunnel docks in Boston, with 400,000 bushels of grain, mostly wheat. Citizens of Key West cheered the two colored regiments of the Twenty-firth United States Infantry as they marched thmncrh thn town. The final destination of these regiments Is Tortugas. Bussla has ordered two battleships from the Cramps, of Philadelphia. Foreign. Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, who left Venice on a mysterious, mission, accompanied by a numerous suite, has arrived at Ostend, Belgium. It is understood that he will remain at Ostend for some time, presumably watohlng the course of events In Spain. The United States military attaches at Vienna and St. Petersburg have been recalled. A despatch from Assouan, on the Kile, says a gunboat that has returned toDakala from 8hendy reports that It had an engage* jnent with fugitives from Hahmoud's , army, killing 200 and capturing seventy. _j f '. 1 ??C-l -"1^????? | PALMETTO STATE ITEMS. City Licenses for Railroads. Jnd::e Townsend has recently decided a case of vital importance to the cities ] and towns of the State involving di| rectly the right of municipalities to ! levy a license tax upon railroad comI punie i, and indirectly, the entire right of cities and towns to levy all licenses, ! under the Constitution of 1895. The I case was the Florida Central and Penin' sular Pail road Company vs. City of Columbia. This company paid the tax levied by the city of Columbia under its license ordinance of 1897, and brought iti action to recover it back upon tbe ground that as railroad companies were quasi public corporations, cities and towns could not hamper them by tbe :a: - _ - * i i Tk*.. imposition 01 license ia\t*s. xuov mitber contended that it did no business exclusively within the city of Columbia, and therefore was not amenable to the ordinance of that city. The railroad company further took the ground that under the constitution of 1893 all license taxes must be graduated. The city of Columbia made a vigorous defence, recognizing that if the decision was against the city it would strike a serious blow to its revenues, and flood the city with numerous suits cf a like character. The railroads of Columbia are assessed $200 each for this license tax, and as many of the roads have for rears past paid the tax under protest, a decision against the city would involve a good many thousand dollars. The city contended that a portion of the railroad's business was business transacted | "exclusively within the city of Colum! bia," and further that in this particular case the payment of the tax, though under protest, was not a payment under duress, snch as would entitle it to recover it back. The case was heard upon a written demurrer introduced by Mr. J. J. Thomas, Jr., city attorney. Mr. W. H. Lyles represented the railroad. Judge Townsend sustained the demur rer upon the first ground taken by tho city and dismissed the complaint. It | is a notable victory for the city of Columbia. Charleston May Rest Secure. Charleston trill be one of the safest ports on the Atlantic coast in the event of war with Spain, says the correspondent of the Columbia State, at this point, of the 21st There is not the least occasion for alarm or excitement 1 when the news reaches Charleston that j war has been declared. The four big j rifles at Battery Sergeant Jasper have been mounted. The eight new 12-inch mortars for the battery near the hotel are rapidly being mounted, and in a few days the 16 mortars will be prepared to belch forth fire and explosive shells. The war preparations are still going on at Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and soon the old rehabilitated fortresses will be in fighting trim. The approaches to and the channel itself are laid with torpedoes and submarine mines, and it will be impossible for the Spanish gunboats to approach Charleston, lest alone to get nearer enough to shell the city. Charleston offers no strategic purroses to Spain, and it will seriously interfere with her plans of procedure about Cube to come to Charleston to attempt to shell the city. The Spanish navy will have all it can attend to around the Cuban waters, looking after the safety of the Spanish possessions and intercepting American merchantmen to come to Charleston. The commerce of Charleston is not inviting enough to bring a Spanish fleet here. Grand Lodge Knights of Honor. The Grand Lodge Knights of Honor, of the State of South Carolina, met in Columbia last week in annual session. Forty-eight lodges were represented. Grand Dictator John E. Holmes presided over the sessions. The reports showed that the Knights of Honor in this State during the past year have collected for the Grand Lodge $91,218,30 in the way of assessments; that there has been paid to beneficiaries of tho fifty-one members who died the 6um of $98,000. It is said that almost every community in the State has felt the benefit of the order in the course of * * v i mi_ _ /.n ? tne year jusi enuea. j.ue ioitowing uificers were elected, and Columbia selected as the next meeting place. Date, third Wednesday in April, 1890: Past GrandDictator, J. E. Holmes; grand dictator, W. A. Templeton; grand vice dictator, J. W. Todd; grand assistant dictator, M. F. Kennedy; grand re portor, L. N. Zealy; grand treasurer, J. T. Robertson; grand chaplain, A. Bnist; grand guide, J. A. Vernon; grand goardian, J. B. Lewis; grand sentinel, J. B. Bonner; grand trustees, J. G. Tompkins, H. C. Moses, D. A. Smith. In the Face of War. Governor Ellerbe has received the following letter from the Mecklenburg Monument association of Charlotte: Hon. W. H. Ellerbe : Dear Sir: Whether the Cuban question is definitely settled or not the ar rangements have been so completed for haying a notable gathering in Charlotte on May 20th, the occasion of the unveiling of the monumeut to the signers of the Mecelenburg Declaration ol Independence. So if the invitation tc yourself and staff to be our guests upon celebrating that event seems to arrive late, it is because we were awaiting foi the Cuban controversy to assume amort definite shape before completing oui programme. Our city is largely composed of South Carolinians, and all of our people not only expect to join with us in the ceremonies, but will give yon a large and sincere greeting. Trusting that nothing can interfere with your coming, I am sincerely and truly yours, F. B. McDowell, President. Jottings isy tne way. Spartanburg is now enjoying the free mail delivery system. Work on Gaffney's carpet mill is to be commenced right away ar.d poshed rapidly to completion. Fire in the Millfort (Lnna) cotton mill at Fort Mill did damage amounting to $15,000 or over. The origin of the fire is believed to be incendiary. Dr. Montague, of Furman University, has been engaged to deliver the annual address at the commencement of Williamston Female college in June. ?ast week Chas. Giles, a negro, was lodged in Union jail, charged with attempted assault upon Mrs. Robert Young, the wife of a young farmer living near Sardis church, eight miles from Union. There was little talk of lynching. 7 * HOUSEHOLD MATTERS," I" j How to Improve Chocolnte. To those who study the niceties of detail in the preparation of e\en a uiinple dish, it may be suggested that j chocolate used as a drink is much improved if blended several hours beforehand. It is better even to break the lumps of unsweetened chocolate into an earthen bowl tne night before, adding cold water and covering closely. In this way the flavor of the chocolate is best extracted. lloatl fiecf For a Small Family. In baying a roast of beef for n small family do not try to buy too large a one, as the family will tire of it before it is eaten. A one-rib roast of the second or third cut will usnally be quite sufficient. Have the ribs removed, skewer or tie in a round shape, season with salt and pepper, dredge with flour; brown quickly ou each side on the stove or in a hot oven, and finish the process in a cool oven. Forty minutes will suffice for the whole operation. If browned potatoes are to accompany the roast, cut in halves, cook in boiling, salted water until nearly done, then lay in the ? ja 1 l | Gripping pan witu me ruuai auu uumu there, basting frequently with the drippings. Philosophy of Boiling. Advanced cooks who study into the philosophy and physiology of cooking, with its accompanying effects npon the digestive organs, object to the close covering of any kettle or stewpan while its contents are cooking. All will recall the frequent deadliness of the chicken pie, when the crust has been made without a vent to allow for the escape of the steam and grass generated. The same effect, in lesser degree, may be noticed in the cooking of many, if not all, vegetables, in the boiling of beef, or in any other closed cooking. The free circulation of air is an admirable thing in cooking, as, witness, the broiling of steak, or the old-time roasting of beef on a spit?the most delicious and wholesome way of cooking. While in boiling it is not expedient to leave the cover entirely off, on account of its reducing the temperature too much, it should be left far enough off to allow for the free escape of the steam. Cabbage, cauliflower and spinach cooked in this way retain their natural color, and are much more digestible.? Washington Star. Recipe*. Salad Cream?Mix one-half a tablespoonful of salt and the same quantity of mustard with one tablespoonful of sugar. Add one egg, slightly beaten, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of melted butter and three-fourths of a cup of vinegar. Cook over hot water until it thickens, strain and chill. Lambs' Tongues?Boil till they are tender. Put them into cold water and take off the skins; scald enough vinegar to cover them, season with cloves and cinnamon, put them into a jar, pour over the vinegar, hot, and keep them well covered with vinegar all the time. A careful and faithful adherence to the recipe will insure success. Waffles?One quart of warm milk, r\f moot i?nA tpasnoonfnl UUO-Uail VUf V* ? ? ? j of sugar, one tablespoonful of melted butter, a little salt and flour enough to make a batter thick as cream. Rise over night. In the morning ad J two well-beatenj eggs. Bake in waffle j irons. Take care that the eggs are well beaten into the batter. It often happens that a considerable "lump" of egg will be encountered if one is not careful. Tomatoes a la Julienne?Peel; cut in halves, and press out the seeds from six tomatoes, and then chop them fine. To each pint allow one pint of bread crumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of onion juice, a saltspoonfui of chopped parsley. Form into croquettes, dip in eggs, then in crumbs and fry. The mixture may be too soft to handle. In that case simply add bread crumbs till the right consistency is obtained. Golden Nuggets?Mix together one ounce of sweet almonds, blanched and sliced; two ounces of bitter almonds, blanched and powdered; three tablespoons of apricot jam, two ounces of very fine bread crumbs, and two wellbeaten eggs. Finally, add an ounce of creamed butter, and pour the mixture into fancy molds and bake for twenty minutes in a moderate uveu, When removed from the molds serve them in separate fancy paper cases. Tomatoes a la Julienne?Peel, cut in halves, and press ont the seeds from six tomatoes, and then chop them fine. To each pint allow one pint of bread crumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of onion juice, a saltspoonfal of pepper and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Form into croquettes, dip in eggs, then in crumbs, and fry. The mixture may be too soft to handle. In that case, simply add bread crumbs until the right consistency is obtained. "Apple Cooken"?The apfel kuchen you enjoyed so much in Germany, or apple cooken, as it is called here, is made as follows: Line a shallow tin with tart paste or bread dough. Peel, quarter and core as many apples as you require. Then cut them in halves and quarters. Lay them close together sideways on the paste till it is covered. Mix a custard of a half pint of milk, two eggs, a teaspoonful of ? <? ? ?>? soma rrra+jzA Ipmnn T>eel or nutmeg and sugar enough to flavor. Hotch Potch Pie?In a deep pie dish place a layer of cold cooked veal, then a layer of boiled potatoes, sliced thin; next some slices of ham, followed by a layer of hard boiled eggs, sliced, and so on, until the dish is toll. Cover the top with potatoes, cut ilito rather small pieces. Pour a teacupful ol stock into the pie, cover with a crust, with small openings in it to let the steam and gas escape, and bake for three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Season each layer separately and servahot. , - * "v -vr * > - . v. y ji lc5SESBaatZS??BBCBS!a3MfaOSOBPBB N Hem Should Be Kept Busy. Flying over a fence on the part of hens is a matter of education. A flock in a yard may be able to go over the fenc^, but do not know it; they are afraid to attempt it. Bat let one hen go over and she will be found outside every day, and will soon teach all of the others. A fence seven feet high is sufficient. If the hens go over it they will also go over a nine-foot fence, or a fonrteen-foot fence. Like human beings it depends on how they are raised. To keep hens from flying, make them work. Give them something to do. Idleness is the cause of all vices among poultry, such as feather pulling, flying, egg-eating, etc.?Southern Farmer. Sheep Lore. A well known veterinarian of New York in an address before a farmers' institute, gave some interesting and useful information regarding sheep, irom which the following useful points were taken: The breeding ewe more than any other, needs exercise. A sheep's weak points are the head and lungs. Sheep crave a wider variety of food than any other of the domestic animals, and some succulent food is highly desirable for ewes, but don't pay high prices for concentrated foods or so-called condition powders. Get five pounds of gentian, 100 'pounds of oil meal, and mix with wheat bran to help the ration. Referring to scab among sheep which has gained a strong foothold in the country, the speaker made this pertinent suggestion: Have sheep from the stock yard dipped before leaving and again on their arrival at the farm. Then watch closely and if nna ia anon nnlltriff if a trnnl nofnli if. VUV AO UVWU *t?J n VVi VWWU AVy shear the spot and apply the dip, rubbing it in with a brush. The scab is not hard to kill if it can be gotten at, but it is frequently found under the scarf skin. Recent experiments have demonstrated that the scab can endure aud multiply} in sandy soil where Bcabby sheep have been, aud clean sheep may contract it by lying where it is. Yalac of Barnyard Manure. The real value of the accumulation in the barnyard is beginning to be appreciated. We have farmer readers who have said to us that they don't believe in barnyard manure. They believed it made their land "too rich." We really never have seen land that was too rich. It might be too rich for a particular crop if highly manured, but if the manure is applied where it belongs, in a rotation, there is no danger of land ever getting too rich. It might make land too rich for an oat crop to manure it heavily, because it would make too rank a growth of straw, but there's the grass land that always needs jnst the kind of growth that is objectionable in case of oats. Put the manure where it belongs and no farm ever makes too much of it. While the manure pile is beginning to be appreciated, there are a great many who do not know its real value. They do not appreciate the fact that if it is put in the right place it means increased yields, and returns far exceeding the cost of application. The reason why there is a failure to appreciate the value of the barnyard accumulation is hecause farmers have been for a long time accustomed to a very rich and comparatively virgin soil; but there never was a soil so rich that it would not wear out by COIU1UUOU8 LTUppiUy Wiuiuub ail J IC" turns being made to it. Every comparatively new country is slow to learn this. It has the accumulations of i centuries, perhaps, to draw upon, i Eastern farmers had these accumulations, too, and eo did those of the South, but in both sections commercial fertilizers are now being used, at a cost that would throw the Western farmer into despair if he had to incur it. Feeding Work Horse*. W. C. Edwards, Rockland, Ontario, writes thus to the Canadian Sportsman: Some years ago we adopted a method that was in a measure new to ] us. but has proved highly satisfactory < and unprofitable, and nothing would 1 induce us to return to the old system. ] We employ forty horses about our i mills here in the summer season. In the rear of our stables we have a feed , room where our cut straw for bedding ] and our cut hay, oats and ground j feed are kept; and here we have j two mixing boxes where the rations j for the horses are mixed before feed- , ing. Th a eni hav is tint into these boxes and is thoroughly mixed with the wet hay, one-half pound bran and five pounds#'ground oats and barley to each horse night and morning, and four pounds dry oats only at noon. Our horses are generally of large size and are doing excessively hard work and we found this ration tod small for them, and we gi?dually increased it until we have settled down to this: Five pounds hay, five pounds grcund grain and one-half pound bran to each horse morning and night, and eight pounds dry oats only at noon, no hay, and this we find ample for the largest class of horses doing the most excessive work. Our saving is at least ten pounds' liay per day for each horse and six pounds grain for each. Not only is this the case, but our horses are healthier and better in every way. Under the old system it was a common thing for as to lose from one to V : ' fire horses every summer and some* times even more, with colic and inflammation, but in the past seven summers under our new system, not only have we not lost one horse, but wa have not had a sick horse. A much less ration than we feed would be ample for farm horses or for any horses doing ordinary work. We may add also, that with this system of feeding hay, together with the free use of wheat bran and a little ground oats mixed with it, we find we can ,. develop colts in a manner that we have never seen them developed before. Listed Corn Is Profitable and Why. 1. Because more corn can be raised per acre than checked oorn. 2. Because it takes less labor than ^ checked corn. 3. Because a man'can tend a third more at least than he can of checked corn. i 'Rppatisa he ran shnck more listed -) corn than checked corn, because it stands straight and is less liable to blow down or tangle owing to the brace roots being in the ground instead of being abcve the ground, as is ;-V' usual in checked corn. 5. If you wish to cut your corn with a cutter it is another great advantage,, : because it does not pall up as easy as checked corn. If you want to sow fall grain you can sow' in listed corn where you sNH could not in checked corn, as, if plowed properly, the corn should not be ridged the last plowing. ^ I listed corn for eight years in Nebraska and experimented a great deal i and took particular notice of both - ' ?$9 listed and checked corn, taking into . > fm s consideration everything in all kinds of seasons, and find that listed corn was best And cheanest. - a V&CS Takeoff your drill attachments in the fall and go into your stubble and ' ' '-tM fall list, list deep and that takes half the work in the fall off loll plowing, and there are your ridges to freese and thaw all winter, and if any weed seeds blew across the field during the * fall and winter, when you commenoe to list in the spring you cover them . deep by listing out those ridges and you also have loose dirt to throw to your corn all the season, and you '* fjg should never put a harrow on listed In plowing listed corn use a box V about twelve or fourteen inches deep,, ' ^ made like a sled with runners about six or eight inches apart in front and about half the width behind; box be*.' ing about three feet long; fasten ? rope to each runner, and to about the V " vC end of the beam in front, and let jour inside shovels rest against the box;' and let the shovels down lower than the outside ones; turn them to throw the dirt awaj from the corn and the outside ones to throw it it A disc cultivator may be used the same way, except you put a rod be* tween the beams to hold them to their place; this is for the first time cultiYou are less liable to hurt listed corn in plowing it in dry, hot weather? than checked corn, for the little fine roots that you see gather on the plow shanks when laying it by are deeper in the ground than in checked corn. I hardly think listed corn would do in this State (Iowa) for the subsoil is different, bnt in Nebraska or Kansas I think it is the successful way of ' \ raising corn.?"Iowa Farmer," in Farm, Field and Fireside. ? Farm and Garden Xotee. Look out that the brood mares that are in foul do not slip or get mired as spring comes in. . , jSjjjj The old wood should be cut out of the raspberry and blackberry planta- ( tions. It is a job very often neglected. Stale baker's bread can usually be had for fiftv cents a barrel, and. if not moldy, makes an excellent chicken food if soaked in mnk and then squeezed ont pretty dry. Only soak what is needed for a meal at one time. Sows about to farrow should be looked after closely, that a cold night or a stormy day does not catch the little porkers with a chill and take the life from them. A little watchfulness now may bring big returns next fall. A few oats given the calves and yearlings aud the sheep just now will bring them ont in the spring in bet:er shape than a clear ration of hay, jtiaw or corn stalks. Try it on one pen if you do not wish to take our itutement for it. After the chicks get three weeks old wheat and cracked corn may be given )nce or twice a day. Feed twice as nuch wheat as corn and?will we have :osay it again??feed on a clean board ind only what the chicks will clean up n, say, five minutes. Mammoth clover is an elegant crop with which to enrich the soil, being a ank, coarse growing plant. It, how ;ver, makes a fair quality of hay vhen sown thickly in connection with ;imothy. It gives but one crop per rear, however, either of hay or seed ind a3 a rule the medium variety is sreferred. Where an occasional fence post has otted off, allowing the fence to sag, a rery satisfactory job of repairing can )ften be done by sharpening and drivng good new posts that are not too arge, soon as the frost comes out and while the ground is yet soft deep down. t [f a wire fence, look well to the coriers, as it must be tight to work well* .