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AFTtRCLOW. After the clangor of battle. There cornus a moment of rpst. And tho simple hopi*.'* ami the simple joys And the simple thoughts aro best. After the victor's pasan. After the thunder of gao. ThSro comes that lull that must como to all Before the set of sua. Then what Is the happiest memory? . Js it th?* foe's flefent? Is it thespjendid praise of a world TlthV??u?ders by at your feet? Nay, nny, to the life-worn spirit The happiest thoughts ate those That carry us hack to the simple joys And the sweetness of life's reposo. A simple lovo and n simpler trust And a simple duty done Aro truer to roll os to* light to death Than a whole world's victories won. i Wm Mm6 ? 1 ' BT" JATEES BUCKSAW ' ? T WAS 8 o'clock of a Saturday morning in February wheu Mr. and Mrs. Stone drove out of their farmyard and took tho road northward. The crisp snow ol' the highway, packed and polished by weeks of good sleighing, creaked under the runners of their .'cutter," and the sun was shining gloriously over th? wooded hills to the east ward. The Stones were going to spend Sunday with "Cousin Maria," Stone's second cousin, aud the object of Mrs. Stone's admiration and euvy. S bo declared that there was nc house like Cousin Maria's, and no domestic con veniences and advantages like those she enjoyed; that nobody wore such beautiful cloth 's, or had such good, things to eat, or commanded such re-' sources to "do with"as Cousin Maria. In short, Mrs. Amasa Stone, who had not boeu a great while married, and who had one of the nicest little farm houses in the country, as well as one of the best and most devoted husbands ! in tho world, was somehow a victim of that moat disagreeable and' distress ing malady envious discontent; and* the immediate. occasion of. it was-? Cousin Maria. If she could only ex change places, (perhaps not husbands, but everything else) with Cousin, Maria, how happy she would be! Curiously enough-by that strango irony of fate which we often see crop ping ont in human life-Cousin Mariaj felt the same way toward Mrs. Stone. She secretely, but sincerely, envied the little woman with the big devoted, loverlike husband and the model farm-, honse overlooking one of the most ' beautiful and productive valley farms in New England. "If I eould only!' keop house like Cousin Ella!" shep would sometimes say to her husband; and then she would add to herself,-, "Perhaps I might if I had as nice a, house and the things to do with that she has." Sincere and cordial envy does not; make people dislike each other, by any 11 eans; and it wns natural enough that Mrs. Stone and her cousin, Mrs. Holmes, should enjoy visiting each other and thereby adding fresh fuel to their mutual admiration.. They traveled back and forth on these social exchanges a good deal, and their hus bands, who liked each other (and eaoh others fare, by the way), were never averse to "driving over" for a day's outing The two farms lay some 20 miles apart, in different townships, and about midway between them waa a village, where the Stones and the Holmeses each had a special friend, with whom it was convenient and pleasant to stop for dinner while going a-visiting. The sleigh bells rang cheerily and the miles rapidly fell away behind the Stoned cutter this February morning, ns they drove along toward Hydeville, the half way village. "I hopo nothing will happen to the stock or the hens, over Sunday," said Mr. Stoue, "Oh, don't worry about that!" ex claimed his wife. "You spoke to Leonard, as usual, didn't you?" "Ye3, I asked him to fodder once a day and attend to the milking. But he lives quite a little piece away, and if it should come on to Btorm" "Storm! Look at the sky!" ex claimed Mrs- Stone, with a scornful laugh "I declare, if you aren't tho greatest man to worry over nothing." It was still gloriously pleasant when they reached Hydeville, at ll o'clock, and they stopped there two full hours. As they again took the road,at 1 o'clock,they noticed that the sky had beoome slightly filmy, but as it frequently does cloud over thus to ward the close of a fine winter day they were neither surprised nor dis turbed. At 3 o'clock, however the wind began to rise, the sky grew more overcast, and before long was spitting sharply ont of the northeast. "What do you think about a storm now?" asked Mr. Stone. "Drive along and get there ns quick as you can,!'was his wife's only reply, as she gathered the buffalo robe more tightly about her. When they reached the Holmes farm, at about 4 o'clock, the wind was howling and the snow driving across the landscape in sheets. Mrp. Stone got ont at the side entrance and plunged shiveringly against the door, but turned at once to her husband with a look of surprise and consterna tion. The door was locked! So were the front door and the kitchen door, as they speedily discovered. "They're away from home," an nounced Mr. Stone. "They've gone visiting," groaned his wife. "Oh dear! do you suppose it's possible they've gone to visit us?" "Shonldn't wonder a bit," replied Mr. Stone. "Come to think of it, I heard a man's laugh when I went over to the store in Hydeville that sounded like John Holmes's. But I couldn't toll where it came from, and couldn't see anybody that looked like him, so gave it np "-. ^ , "Go??pH cried: Mrs. Stone. "He was probably over at Jason Soper's, where they '"always" stop-out in the barn, Uke^asnpt If you'd only men tioned it!- .Well, we must just make the best of a bad job. I know where Maria puts the kitchen key when she's away, and we might as well go in and take possession-as they will have to do at onr house, I reckon." The key was found on - nail under the stoop, and Mrs Stone proceeded to take possession, while her husband stabled his horse.' When Mr. Stone came in he found the lamps all lighted and his wife in a high state of excite ment and delight at the prospect of "using Cousiu Maria's nice things for a while! I guess it's all for the best," she announced, with unexpected cheei'fulncss. "For once in our lives we will have a taste of keeping house with modern conveniences!" It was a tremendous snowstorm thal swept New England during Feb ruary 25 and 26. Mr and Mrs. Stone were snowbound for a week in the Holmes house, and Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, as it happened, were similarly imprisoned in theire. Roads were not broken through for five day?, and no one knew how h iii neighbor was facing. In the meantime Mr.- Stone took cure of Holines's stock, and Mr. Hohnes took care of his, while their wives revelled to their henxts' content in the supposed "domestic advantages and improvements for which they had envied each other so loi\g. At last the two families were able to get word to one auothor, and a day was set for the mutual evacuation of each other's premises and a meeting at Hydeville on tbe way. Both parties were in vited to dine at Jason Soper's that memorable day,and tho reader may be sure it was not one of thone dinner par ties that languish for Jack of conver sation. Late in the afternoon),as the Stones came in sight of their own pleasant farmhonse, Mr. Stouo said, hesitat ingly, "John and I hail some talk of exchanging farms while, we were har nessing up. We tbou-rht, if" "Stop right there, Amasa Stone!" cried his wife, with a sudden uncalled for burst of tears. "If you ever men tion such II thing again" "Why!" exclaimed Mr. Stone, in glad astonishment, "I thought you were crazy for Cousin Maria's modern conveniences, and Johu said that Maria made life a burden to him by bankoriug after yours. So we thought we'd please both-.of you by swapping farms." "Well, you'll noither of you ever hear auything more on the subject from Maria or nie, "sobbed Mrs. Stone. "We were both of us so homesick and 30 ashamed that we burist out crying when we were up in the front chamber at Mrs. Soper's, and confessed what "ods we had been. I gness neither of us will over quarrel with her own things again-least of all, with her own husband."-American Agricul turist 1 . . THE NEW WOMAN'S BABY. She Urine!* Him Up, According to . the l?ales Laid Down in tho Kooks. ' "But haven't you any more books sn the subject?"uskcd the woman, ap pealingly, much as if the person she (vas consulting hod large installments sf books hiddeu away, only forthcom ing when his heart should soften. "Not in, now " nnd the young man it the circulating :ibrary turned to a newer comer. "Why don't you take something ?lse?" advised her companion. "Because I do not icome hore to jet any books. I just wiaut books that ?'ill give me information about curing for baby. Ever since 4he was a vtree little thing I havebeei-.readiug every thing I could uet ou tho subject.. I think," Bhe said, crushingly, turning to tho young mau in charge, "I {will not take auy book today." j Then as bhe started away hevitone changed to one of pity. "How was it, " she said to tho other woman, "that babies'used to struggle up, when there were.no magazines or books about how they should be trained? Every one of my friends who has a baby does just as I do ?nd gets evey article she can upon theKr physi cal or mental or moral weil being. And one does get such help. Just the other day I was reading somewhere: 'No mother should be without a baby's diary. Jot down all the sayings of the little one,'and so I've sitarted with such a pretty book, leather bound,you know, and I mean to keep lt up." "That must be awfully interesting," Baid the other woman, "isn't it?" "This last book, the one I had given back when I met you, gave me fine directions for caring for baby's teeth, especially the second teeth. I shalll do exactly as it Rays, and take him to the dentist in time. In that way, you know, you avoid all trouble about teeth coming in crooked and all that Kindergarten methods arc fine, too, and I've been reading up about them, for I want him to have the ad vantage of tho latest ideas." "How old is he now?" asked the listener suddenly. "Three months old, "said the proud mother, fondly.--Now York Sun. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. --Johnson. A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last-Bul wer. The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. Cecil. The noontide sun is dark, and music discord, when the heart ?3 low. Young. Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him-Bayard Taylor. If a man be endued with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility. -Plato. Who hath not known ill-fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. -Mallet. Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot bo turned out -Richter. Of all the paths that lead to a wom an's love, pity is the straightest Beaumont Modest expression is a beautiful settiug to the diamond of talent and genius. -Chapin. Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impu dence. -Greville. Negligence is the mst of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. -Feltham. Those who never retract their opin ions love themselves more than they love truth-Joubert There is merit without elevation, but thero is no elevation without some merit.-Rochefoucauld. Be just and fear not; let all the ends thou aimest at be thy country's, thy God and truths.-Shakespeare. ' Most persons would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.-Longfellow. The opportunity to do mischief is found a hundred times a day, and that of doing good once a year. - Volitaire. There is no polioy like politeness, since a good manner often succeeds where the best tongue has failed. Magoo n. Oldest Church In the World. The oldest building in the world that has been uninterruptedly used for church purposes is St Martin's Cathedral at Canterbury. The build ing was originally erected for a church, and has been regularly used as a pince for religious gatherings lot more than 1500 years.-Tit-Bits. Beavenjrer Wagon Bells. Hereafter bells that can be heard a distance of 500 feet must bo attached to all private scavenger wagons iii Chicago, and these bells must be rung continuously while the wagons are ic service, which may be between sunset and sunrise. Norfolk, Va., boasts of a traffic in garden, truck that amounts to $7,000, OOO a year. FOR THE HOUSEWIVES. Paper stuffed Pillow*. Pillows stuffed with paper are not only a fad bnt doctors have pro nounced them a hygieuio necessity. Paner proves a far mord comfortable filling than hair or wool. To make these pillows properly cut the paper in long strips and curl it with the blade of a knife. In donning I'lnno Key*. It is said that ivory piano keys and ivory kuii'e handles muy be cleaned by the uso of alcohol. Tho cleansing process should be gone through about every four days,and the articles rubbed with a clean cloth wet with alcohol. To remove stains from wood a niix tnre of one-third of sweet oil aud twe thirds alcohol will be fouud effective. Pretty Tnble Surprise. Tho newest table decoration and entertainment ii a very jnotly one iudeed. In the middle of the table is a bank of roses, violets, smilax, ferns and lilies of the valley. At each plate there ate three vases in three solid colors. These are of Bouoniiau glass; they may be ino tuted handsomely or left undecorated. By each vaso is placed half a dozen roses nnd Bom o violets or lilies of the valby. The hostess announces that the guest ar ranging his flowers in the vases most artistically wins the cut-glass rose boAvl which contains the flowers in tho middle of the tatdo. I?ncterln In Itnoks. The great danger of contagion which lies in books from circulating libraries has often been spoken of. It is a commua thing for these books to lind their way >'nto sickrooms, especially into those occupied by chronic inva lids. The state board oF health of Michigan reports tho death from con sumption of 20 department clerks whose work had been in certaiu vol umes of records. The books were found by examining bacteriologists to bo full of tubercle bacilli,and it is be lieved that they became thus infected from a clerk who had consumption.and who was known to have habitually moistened his thumb with saliva when he tutnod a pago. ( ?Id, Tepid and Hot Rath?. Tt is interesting just now to know how to keep warm, and who should advise if not the physicians? How ever, as every ono takes tho advice that suits him, it is well to have a va riety on baud. A recent number of a medical paper offors sutlicieut latitude for choice. One physician recommends a warm water spouging, thou a cold water rubbing, then the wearing of porous linen undergarments. Another advises less frequent bathing, and emphasizes the importance of puro woolen under wear.. A third objects to cold baths and hot baths equally, preferring a slightly more than tepid degree, and advocates a mixture of cotton-and wool in undergarments. Still another prefors liueu mesh underwear, while a coufrero thinks a heavy cottou tho proper material. Something Abont Rubber Plants. A teaspoonful of olive oil, poured upon tho soil of rubber plants, near the stalk, about onco a month, is an excellent tonic. Washiug the leaves with milk will keep them dark and glossy; and if there is a suspicion that worms are destroying the roots, dissolve a tablespoonful of mustard in a little water and pour it upon the soil. If worms are there, they will immediately ' appear. The mustard nets like fire, burning the worm's skin tho institut it touches it. A friend thus lelutes her first expe rience with the mustard bath: "My rubber plant had beeu flourishing for several years, when all at ouce it came to a standstill. I was told that prob ably unseen enemies were at work upon it, and I was advised to give it a dose of stroug mustard water. I waa not prepared for immediate re sults; and when several worms, almost large enough to be called snakes,came hissing np through the earth, I started back iu affright. But after these mon sters were disposed of, I had no more trouble with my rubber plant." Helen M. Richardson in Good House keeping. Itecipea. Apple Boly Poly Pudding-Make a rich soda biscuit dough, roll it ont in a square about a quarter of an inch thick, cover with thin slices of tart apples, roll up, pinch firmly together, prick Beveral times with a fork and steam. Serve with cream and suga . Potato Puffs-Beat a pint of mashed potato and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter until light Then add one-half of a cupful of cream and two heafen eggs, white and yolks beaten separately. Beat well and put in a buttered dish aud bake iu a quick oven. Snowflake Cream-Pnt in astewpan four ounces of ground rice,four onncos of sugar, a few drops of almond ex tract, or auy extract you may wish; three tablespoonfuls of butter and one qnart of milk. Let cook until quite creamy, pour into a mould. When sti?'eued serve with whipped cream. Rye Shortcake Toast-Mix one cup each of flour and rye flour, one table spoonful of sngar, one-half teaspoon ful of salt and four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Make a stiff dongh with about one cup of milk and one tablespoonful ol' butter. Roll thiu, cat in rounds, bake on a griddle or in the oven. Tear open and pour thick cream sance over thom. Grilled SpratB-Cleanse some sprats and dry them well, brush them over with melted butter, season with salt and cayenne and flour them. Bun some small skewers through the heads of the fish and fasten them together thus in rows, then grill them over a clear but not too fierce fire, turning the fish once or twice so that they may be well cooked. Dish them up on a very hot dish and serve with lemon and rolls of thin brown bread and butter. An Engineer Strangely Killed. Engineer John C. Wise of Hinton, W. Va., while going through Big Bend tunnel, seven miles east of Hinton, was overcome by gas and died on his engine. His train was eastbound and he was almost through tho tunnel, which is over n milo long, -when the supply of sand became exhausted and his train stalled. Fireman James Langdon was almost overcome, and his life was saved by the her. ic efforts of Brakeman Vonclinckle, who carried1 him out into the open air.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribuue. Diet for Lean Persons. The best cure for leanness is free dom from care and worries, and as much sleep as can be taken natur ally. Pastry and desserts should be avoided and food containing starch aud sugar should be eaton as much ns possible. Cream, milk, batter and fruit is the best diet for emaciation. Wron? Woy to Advertise. Street boardings, covered with flashy posters, are as mach a nuisance in the city ns tl e rocks and trees defaced with hideous painted signs are on rail road lines. The place for advertise ments is in a paper, not on a fence. I doubt whether the posters do advertisers any good; they seem more likely to repel than to at tract business patronage. There should be a city ordinance to prohibit the disfigurement of our streets. Look, for example, at the ugly Bign-board fenco that Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry has erected around tho ruins of the Wind sor hotel, thus adding another horror to those of the fatal fire. I hope that the Herald will continue its crusade against such unsightly and offensive attempts at publicity.-N. Y. Town Topics. Oar Increase of Insanity. Much discussion 1ms boen nroused lately by (ho alarming merengo ol lnsnnlty. Our high rato of living ls tho cnuso ?ssl^ncd. lu tho rush for monoy, b >th mon and women neg lect their budlu* until tho breakdown comos. Tho best tray to preserve hoalth ls by a faith ful u>o of Unfetter'? Stomach Butors. By i-urlng nil stomach ills, this remedy prevents noivons breakdown, lt ld also an excellent medicino for constipation, dyspepsia and biliousness._ On tho Other IjCff. Mrs. Renter-But you bavs given me no ree? pt. Mr. Onllarhuttcraovirh-Nnin; ve depend? on your hun?" ty al re tty not to buy us twiote. N. Y. Town Tupies. Thc liest Prescription for Chill* and Fever ls a bottle of (.IIOVK'S TASTELESS Cn II.I. TONIC. It ls simply Iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. l'rlco 50c. JACK-Tho trolley car I MIIIO down on was full nf women. It made mo feel like Con gressman Huberts. Muck-Hud yuur sont contorted, eh?-N. Y. Town Topic*. Are Cured by 5 "I vrns troubled with blotches on ray face, lt Purifies n,ld bogan tuklng ll rumies n00u>H Snr-wpnrtllii. ? ho Rlnnri After taking onebottle me DIUUU. I was entirely cured." Miss ETHEL MIXES, Clarksburg, Mas.?. "My brother lind a humor In lils blood which broke out in ClirCS frightful sore?. Ile begun taking Hood's All Eruptions. S?ra"pnrllln?n?1 Itper r mancnlly cured bim." H. L. ELLIS, Mount Laurel, N. J. "My little boy hnd a lnrgo scrofula ?oro on ,. , his neck. I purchnsod tradlCateS a bottle of Hood's Snr 0 - . papiirilla and lt cured. OCrOTUla. I tnlce Hood's us my spring ionic." Mus. MINNI?. SPEAH, Purlsb VIII?, N. Y. Insane Seaman's Gunnery. A remarkable scene was recently witnessed on board the battleship De vastation at Malta. About 10 o'clock on that night the Inhabitants, as well as the officers nnd men of the ships in harbor, were startled by the firing of two guns within about a minute of each other. The unusual circumstance led to immediate inquiries being made, and it was-found that a young seaman who had only recently joined the De vastation from the cruiser Venus had developed symptoms ol' insanity, and, forcing open the 6-pounder magazine, possessed himself of two charges, which, fortunately, proved to be blank ones, made his way to the deck and fired n charge from one of the G pounder guns on the port side of the ship. He then loaded the gun a secoud time and discharged it just as several officers and men rushed up and seized him. It was at once seen that he was suffering from mental derangement, and the medical officer of the ship ordered his removal to the Royal Naval Hospital, where he remains under treatment. That the poor fellow only succeeded In removing blank charges from the magazine was an exceedingly fortunate circumstance, for it so hap pened that the gun from which he fired them was trained dlrcct'y on the cruiser Venus, while a number of houses on shore were in the imme diate background. Had the charges, therefore, been full instead of blank, it is easy to imagine that an appalling disaster might have had to be record ed.-London News. MEYER-And the horse ran away, eh? He couldn't have been well broken. HEYER-He -wasn't; but you should have seen tho sleigh.-N. Y. Town Topics. are invited to wrltj to Mrs. PSnkham for free advice about their healthm Mrs* Pinkham is a wo man* if you have painful periods, backaches or any of the more serious Ills of women, write to Mrs* Pinkham; she has helped multitudes* Your letter will be sacredly confidential* Lydia E* Pinkhamps Vegetable Compound is known wherever the Eng lish language ls spoken? Nothing else can possi bly be so sure to help suf fering women* No other medicine has helped so many* Remember this when something else ls sug gested* Mrs* Plnkham's ad dress ls Lynn, Mass* Her helping hand ls always outstretched to suffering women* TYPEWRITERS. Wrlto for our bargain list. Rebuilt machines good as new (for work.) cheap. Machlnos shipped for examination. LarRost. best ond cheapest stock in the countiy. We rent typewriters. THE TYPE WJtlTElt EXCHANGE, 208 North 9lh St., St. tim is, Mo. NEW DISCOVERY; ciro* quick rHio' and curoi worst canns' Boole of testimonials and I O day?' troatr.io nt |free< Dr. H. H. 0BEEN'B80N8. BOX B. Atlanta, (la Ta EDEs WHERE Att ELK Rp. " s t?? nest Coujjh Syrup. Tartes Good. Uso El In time. Bold by drucglBts. eft IFOR FARM AND GARDEN.] Eating Neut*. In cold winter when forage is scarce hens are liable to eat the hay of which the nest is made. To prevent this you can make the nest of shaviugs or ex celsior. Hens will eat very coarse fodder like long grass, pea vines, etc., if chopped np a little in the feed cut ter. Burying Potator?. Potatoes always keep best if bnried. Put a foot of straw over them,^ and then ? thin layer of dirt. This' will do until cold weather sets in, when another layer of straw should be p<t on, and then some more dirt. The dirt need not be over six inches deep for the last layer, and four inches for the first, claims a writer in the Epito mist. After the ground is well frozen a coat of manure pnt over them will keep them nicely, and hold the frost in until late iu the sprincr, which will retard sprouting. Make long piles that will be abont five or six feot in the bottom, and heap them up as high as they will staud it. It makes no difference how long the pile is, how ever. Tbs longer, tho cheaper, as you get rid of covering tip so many ends. I have had potutoes buried in this way keep until the first of June without scarcely any sprouting. If kept in a cellar they should be kept in a dark place, for nothing spoils the eating qualities of an eating potato i^ore than to have it exposed to the light. If potatoes are for seed, the more they are exposed to the light the better, even if thty turn green aud short, stubby sprouts have started out on them. Mulching the Garilen. There is work that may be done iu the garden after the ground is frozeu. Thc rhubarb or pio plant should be mulched as soon as the ground is frozeu au inch or two, with coarse, strawy manure from the stables or ponltry yards. If this is not at hand, any variety of mulch, as straw, leavos Dr evergreen branches will be better than nothing, but the plant is a rank feeder and cares little whether its fer tilizer is green or well rotted, or a chemical fertilizer, but the lattor is best if pnt on in the spring. The mulch is, of course, to prevent alter j nate freozing aud thawing. This will enable it to throw up stalks earlier in the spring, and if manure is used lib erally and the plants are not frost bonnd, the stalks in the spring will make the marketmen or the house keeper who gets them, thitik it is the mammoth sort. Of conrs^ almost every strawberry grower understands the beu?fit of mulching the strawberry bod for win ter protection, but few know how much good it will do the currants and gooseberry bnshes.the blackberry and raspberry to have a heavy mulch put along the row at the same time. Try it once, aud the crop will pay for it and leave a balance to pay for doing so another year. Beware of the Earthworm. Who could suspect the eorthworm. of being a possible enemy to the chick? Have we not,from our earliest iufaiicy .duqg earthworms to feed to the young chicks, and have we not encouraged others to do likewise? This many times has been the cause of the little ones dying from attacks of gapes, but we did not snspect it. Not till science took the matter up and demonstrated conclusively that th'e earthworm is the host by means of which the gape worm eggs are conveyed to the trachea Of the fowl, did we recoguize the earthworm as an enemy. The micro scope has revealed the process in enough of ita stages to provo tho rest. The government experiments have shown that to keep tho chicks free from gapo worms they need only bo kept from all possibility of picking np worms. Not that all worms have in them the eggs of the gape worm, but we never know wheu the danger is present. After the chick is a little more than half grown this precaution may bo set aside, as tho gape worms are unable to destroy good sized birds. The writer has fed chicks earth worms and. as an apparent result, has lost chicks. It is tho best plan to keep the now broods on a grass plot or on a board floor. The grass plot is preferable, un less the sod is very thin. There is little or no danger of the earthworms coming within roach of the chicks, even in wet weather, as would be the case on bare ground. A little caution iu this matter, espe cially where gapes have prevailed,will save many chicks. Chaff 1'wcklng. I believe that exclusive chaff pack ing directly over bees will admit of too much ventilation, and more especially BO if a limited amount is used, which is usually the case. Twelve inches of very flue chaff thor oughly placed and weighted down, with the entrance of hive left open, will still admit of too much draft through the hives with the usual cov ering on them. T have come to the conclusion that so much top dressing in the way of chad'cushions,etc.,aud leaviug a large entrance open to its full capacity, is about on the same principle as that of trying to keep a sitting roora com fortable with tho outside door open. Wo know that bees keop in good condition in a hive or anywhore else. A two-story hive that contains a hali bushel of bees, and is full of houey in tho hottest part of the sea ton, can get along and do business with a very small entrance, perhaps no larger than will admit of a half dozen bees at once, lt this be the case, and I think no one will say it is not, then how much of an entrance does a hive require in winter, with one-fourth the amount of bees, and a set of combs containing only twenty five or thirty pounds of honey, to give them all necessary ven'ilation re quired? In answer to th s I will say that no entrance whatever ia required when the bees are not flying, and in addition, the top of the hive should be air tight as the bees make it by gluing up all the crnckB, and also coating the cloth covered surface entirely as they dp) I do not say that bees do not require a large entrance in summer, for ? nm a believer in a very large entrance in summer, and especially so during the honey season when colonies are strbng. But in wiuter I have thor oughly experimented with all the dif ferent plans, and the last ouereforred to suits me best,and my bees have in variably como through tho winter in a re healthful coudition and stronger number.-A. H. Duff in Farm, Fiokl and Fireside. Preserving Koot Crops In Pits, ilany in their desire to have roots snlily stored for winter overdo the matter. They like t~ make as short a job of it as possible, and as soon as the crop can be dug, the roots are placed in a heap, covered with straw and then enough earth is put on them to prevent freezing in the severest winter weather. This is a great mis take) and many pita are lost becanse of this over-protection. It is very desirable to avoid storing large quan tities of roots in the cellars of dwell ing houses. Oonsequently where no separate storage place is available, pitting outside is the best pla'u. Gather the roots after they have been dug and sufficient time has elapsed to allow them to dry off. Place in oblong heaps in a high spot in tho iield so that good drainage is possible, cover with straw and a few inches of earth so that moderate frost and the slight freeze of early winter will not injure the roots, dig a tren cia around the base of the pit so that water will not stand. Where the water rises near the surface during the wet period, it is best to place the roots on the top of the gronnd.as suggested above. However, if there is good drainage there is no reason why an excavation canuot be made six feet wide and about a foot deep and as long as necessary. Begin by carefully stacking the roots, filling the first two feet of the trench. This will form the first section, leave a space of about .six inches, then put in auother sec tion, aud so on. Hound up the top, fill the six inches of space between the heaps with straw and cover tho whole with straw and 18 or more inches of soil. This plan requires much less work in covering and is in reality a series of small pits each distinct. The tubers keep bette/ iu this waj, and ns only one section nt a time need he open od there is less liability to waste than if the pit were a large one coutaining tho entiro crop. In some sections of the country the covering or soil must be two or three feet deep to prevent freezing.-Kew England Homestead. Pniry Equipment. While it is to be freely admitted that the methods of some successful dairymen are crude and not include the equipment which other success ful dairymen deem essential, such cases aro oxceptions. The best suc cess depends upon complete equip ment, as a rule. A dairyman may make a success that is entirely satis factory to him, by feeding whole corn stalks and un husked corn together. Some have claimed to have done so. They may have been satisfied with feeding in racks outdoors iu winter weather, but these methods are not in conformity with science and common seuse; and in 91) cases out of 100 they will result in at least partial failure. We make no attempt to explain the successes that, ns claimed, resulted from such a system. We only know that we could never achieve success by such practices. Feeding nnhusked corn aud stalks together, of course, saves labor and the expense of grind ing. But the only grain that we ever found it profitable, or rather, the most profitable, to feed in a similar way, are oats. Oat hay is the be^t shape for feeding oats, and, if it can be afforded, it makes a grand, good feed for the cow, as it does for auy other animal. Every dairy farm ought to be eqnipped with feed grinders, feed cookers, water heaters, dehorning im plements-unless the horus are al ready off-feed cutters, a shredder and a cream separator. Each of these . machines is important and will prove profitable on the farm. All of them, it is true, will not be required for f-tendy use in the dairy, but there is not one of them that will not be of occasional use, and most of them are a practical necessity. The feed cooker, whi!o capable of increasing tho value of feed for the hog many per cent, and often exceedingly useful in feed ing steers, may not be considered a necessity in dairy feeding, but an oc casional ratiou of cooked feed in cold wenther is of decided bcuofit to the I cow, increasing thc milk ;\ield and greatly aiding her digestivo functions. The cow, in our judgment, never should be fed whole grain, except oats, as before stated, and after a time corn becomes so hard that it is utterly unfit to bo fed unless it is ground, soaked or cooked. If it is ground, it should b'.i ground on the farm, aud corn meal loses its aroma so quickly that rnnch of it should not be ground at one time. Corn stalks aro in the best condition for feeding when they are shredded. Occasionally the cow will greatly enjoy cut feed, hay, clover, or even good straw, mixed with meal, wet down and permitted to stand 24 to 36 hours before feed ing. We have said nothing abont the silo and the necessary machinery for preparing green crops-preferably corn-for ensilage, but they are all important features of feeding and will greatly simplify the problem. In manufacturing enterprises the plants are equipped with everything that is necessary and a convenience. The farm is a factory. 1'airying is manu facturing, and yet on ninny farms and in many dairies the policy seems to be not to provide everything that will aid in achieving the largest measure of success, but to get along with the very least equipment that will pos sibly answer; and it is a penny-wise and pound-foolish policy.-Agricul tuval Epitomist. A Will In Two Pieces. The will of Eli A. Smith of Perry township, offered for probate, has caused some trouble to the probate commissioner. The will was written ?on a page of letter paper, which evi dently had proved too short to contain all that the writer wanted to say, aud contiuuod on auother scrap of paper, the two being pinned together. The scrap boro the signature of Mr, Smith and attesting witnesses, Mrs. Smith the beneficiary of the will, has, therefore, had to introduce evidence of persons who were present when her hnsbnnd signed his will. Amoug other witnesses she introduced Benja min Morgan, trustee of Perry town ship, who swore that he wrote the will and could not get it all on one piece of paper, so he continued it on the scrap and piuued the two together. Other evidence will also be offered to show that the pinning was done before the will was executed.-Indianjpolis News. Peculiar Kind of Writer's Crump. "What's the matter, Brown? You're getting thin," said a successful writer of svjecial stories for the Sunday news papers to another "free lance, ' whose work is seldom accepted. You look as if you had been world, .j too hard." This -was a lie, and the successful man knew it, but he could afford to flatter. "Haven't writteu anything for a month," growled Brown. "I've got a writer's cramp. " "Why don't you use a typewriter then? I nevor heard that writer's cramp would make a man thin, any way, " exclaimed the prosperous man. "Thekind that I have does,"replied Brown, gloomily. "It's a poor wait er's cramp in the stomach. The loss you write the more it cramps you?" N?w York Tribune, Where the Canada Goose Breeds. The breeding place of the Canada goose ls In the neighborhood of Hud son Bay and In northern Labrador and Newfoundland. It ls thc favorite dish of the Indians of these districts, and its advent ls a joyful occurrence for the Montagnals and Nasquapees who winter In the far Interior of the Lab rador peninsula. When caribou, par tridges and fish fail, there ls little left for them until the geese como. Indeed, throughout British North America the advent of the geese is honored and welcomed in many different ways. One of the Indian names of a month means "the moon when the goose lays her eggs." The goose dance ls a time-honored custom among the Crees of the Sas katchewan; and similar rejoicing and ceremonies existed among the Montag nals and Nasquapees prior to their con version to Christianity. On the coast of Hudson Bay, the coming of the geese ls watched for with the greatest anx iety. When the long and dreary winter has fullyexpended Itself, and the wil low grouse have taken their departure for more southern regions, there ls fre quently a period of starvation to many of the natives, who are generally nt that time moving from their wintering grounds to the trading posts. Thc first note, therefore, of the large, gray, Canada goose is listened to with a rapture known only to those who have endured great privations and gnawing hunger. It was computed not long ago, thnt not fewer than 74,000 geese are killed annually by the In dians of Hudson Bay, and that not fewer than 1.200.000 leave their breed ing grounds by the Hudson Bay line of flight for the South.-Correspon dence New York Sun. A Wonderful Germ-Killer. Skin diseases, such as tetter, eczema, ringworm, salt-rheum, or anything of the kind, are cured by Tetterine. It kills the germs, and the skin becomes healthy. Its efficacy is well estab lished. Hundreds of testimonials can j be shown by J. T. Shuptrinc, Savan- | nab, Ga. Sond 50c. for a box post- ' paid if your druggist doesn't keep it. Where We Get Caviare. Caviare is consumed in vast quan tities nil over the Russian Empire. It ls also sent to Italy, Germany, France and England and is largely eaten lu this country. Caviare is a shinning brown substance in little globules, looking exactly like little bramble berries. It ls obtained from sturgeon in March by millions on their spawn ing beds In the mouth of the Danube, the Dneiper, the Don and the Volga rivers, where both nets and hooks are used to capture the fish. After the membrane of the roe has been removed the grains are washed with vinegar or the cheap white wines of the country. Then they are dried In the air. snltcd, put into bags and pressed and packed in casks. It is one of the most important articles of Rus sian trade, the sales reaching annually over $10,000,000. The Importation of caviare to Amer ica is increasing yearly. In 1S99 it was double that of the previous year. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are foot to Fanlight, watling and rubbing. Sold by oil druggists. Truth By Accident. "The marriage tie la the proper tie," said the popular clergyman, as he read to the re porters ohnloe xtracts from his sermon for the Mondey newspaper.-1. '.The marriage tie is tho property," was the sentence as it appeared In print.-X. Y. Town Topics." To Cnro a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINIVS TABLETS. All drnmlrts refund the money If it falls lo cure. ?. W. GROVE'S signature la on each box. 25c. A War Expert. Although no man of mighty deeds. Ho has my admiration keen ; Hf CM n pronounce the namea ho roads And knows just what the war maps mean. -Washington Star. There ls more Catarrh in this section of the country than all othor diseases put togother, and until the last fow yonrs was supposed to be Incurable. 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