Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A. Lesson tn Business. Blumper failed once and lost his last dollar. He studied the.thing over from every view and conclnded that his fatal mistake was in. sot advertising. He was a genera? favorite m the country town where he met with disaster, he held nothing ont against his creditors, and Iii? reward came in the shape of the postmastership. The income depended very largely on the number and valne sf stamps sold. Einmper determined that he would not fail again, at least from the same cause. In the local paper there appeared a big display advertisement notifying the public that Einmper had the largest; brightest, newest and best selected stock of postage stamps in the county. He would sell them at the lowest figure, warrant them to be all that was repre? sented, would sell them in quantities to mit the purchasers, guaranteed that they would carry a letter as far and as safely as any other stamps in the world, dened competition and wound up by saying that he had the backing of the government As long as it was good he was good. "It baas the band," tells an old citi ?XL "We laughed at him and knew that he was the first postmaster that ever adopted such tactics, but be was a winner. It tickled the people almost to death, and there is no bette? way of getting their favor. They sent from 100 miles in every direction to buy stamps of him. Not a man came td town to do business or make a visit that did nofc have & commission to buy postage stamps of Elumper. He made a nice thing, is now ia privare business again . and thinks an advertisement about as good as ready money."-Detroit Free Press. Not Their Exact Words. The ?general tendency to look at the actions of others through one's own par? ticular spectacles is frequently observed. Perhaps not so often noticed, however, is the iab?t of unconsciously rendering another's speech into one's own lan? guage. A Boston girl who had been taking her first lesson in bicycle riding ex? pressed her satisfaction at home at the result of her experiment. "The man said," she repeated, "that I had made most satisfactory progress for a novice." "Why, did he really say that?" was the surprised query. "Well, no," answered the Eostoc young woman, after a moment's reflec? tion. "What he did say was, ' You:ll do fust rate for a new beginner. * " A friend of the poet Bryant chanced to be alone in his study when a cabinet mster brought home a chair that had been altered. When Mr. Bryant return? ed, he asked : "Miss Bobbins, what did the fellow say about my chair?" "He said," answered the visitor, .?that the eqniV!"jrium is now admirably adjusted." "What a fine fellow!" said Mr. Bryant, laughing. "I never heard him Salk like that. Were those his exact words?" "Well, he said, 'It joggles just right,'" repeated Miss Robbins. - Youth's Companion. * Story of a Boston "Tip." In a fashionable restaurant the othex evening a lady and gentleman were din? ing before going to an up town theater They had been belated in arriving, and their order was consequently small and nastily consumed. Handing the waiter a $5 bill for the check, he was requested to hurry, but as he did not return with the $2 change, nor could he be seen anywhere in the room, the gentleman beckoned to another waiter and tol? him to look up the other. After a still longer delay, the first waiter, looking glum enough, reappeared on the scene. " Where is my change?" said the gen? tleman. "You told me to keep the change," returned the waiter, with a surly air. Here the lady took a hand **You're mistaken," she said. "It is not likely that the fee should be $2 when you leave us to put on our own wraps. " So the fellow drew the $2 from his pocket, and the gentleman, not wish? ing to make further trouble, gave him the customary quarter and departed. Every one knows the course that should have been pursued, but with not two seconds to spare people cannot stop to make complaints at headquarters, and this the wily waiter understood quite well.-Boston Herald. Wanted a Good One. Speaking of antiquity brings up the inexplicable American fad of using coats of arms. It reached a climax not long ago, when a youthful daughter oi n wealthy German brewer visited an engraver's office, and, looking over the books on heraldry, finally ordered one coat of ?arms for her own use which combined the prettiest features of those belonging to three great English houses. Her youngest sister, not to be outdone, ordered one for her notepaper and books which contained devices from five old English houses, not ene of which coin? cided with the other's choice. The amazed engraver endeavored to expos? tulate, but neither of the young women would listen to his argument. "They liked tbe coats of arms, *** they said. "Anybody could buy them who wanted to, and they didn't propose to ailow any ridiculous nonsense to prevent them having what pleased them. Besides that, they wanted them different anyhow, so that they wouldn't get mixed up." New York Mail and Express. The Better Word. JcAd-Don't you realize that mar riigesbroadens a mau? Benedict-Ob, yes. I suppose it can fce put that way, but "flattens" is the word I've always used.-London Tit Sits. A Broad Hint. Visitor-Is Miss Hose at home? Servant-No, sir. Visitor-Why, she has just come inl I saw her. Servant-Yes, sir, and she saw you toa-Nugget* The Repartee. Bven Dr. Johnson was won over by j Wilkes' delightful manners nntil they were found by Boswell "reclined -apon their,chairs, with their heads leaning almost/closo to each other and talking earnestly in a kind of confidential whis? per of the personal quarrel between George II and the king of Prussia. It presented to my mind the happy days which are foretold in Scripture, when the lion shall lie down with the kid." According to Boswell, "when Wilkes and I sat together each glass of wine produced a Hash of wit, like gunpowder thrown into the fire-puff, puff!" But Wilkes hardly confirmed this, for he thought the famous "Life" the work "of an entertaining madman, " in which j "much was put down to Boswell which was -undoubtedly said by Johnson what the latter did, and the former could not say." We can well imagine that an encounter with Boswell would have many charms for Wilkes. No man ever lived who could adapt his wit better to his company. Compare his chaff of the alderman, formerly a bricklayer, who was trying to carve a turbot with a knife-"Use a trowel, brother, us? a trowel"-with his reply to Mme. de Pompadour when she asked him, "How far is it safe to go in England against the royal family?" "That is what I am trying to find out. madame." There are few more really witty replies recorded than that made to the prince regent, who asked him at dinner when he drank to the king's health, "How long have yon been so loyal, Wilkes?" "Ever since I knew your royal highness. "-Cornhill Maga? sine. - Sensitizing Paper. There are two ways of sensitizing pa? per. One is to apply the solution with a brush, and the other is to float the salt? ed paper on the surface of the liquid. Thin papers like Rives photographic paper take the solution quickly and do not require so many applications of the solution if it is applied with a brush, or so long a soaking if floated on the liquid as do the heavy, rough papers like Whatman's drawing paper or cray? on paper. The paper is first salted, and it i? better to have this done by the dealer in photographic goods, as it is much easier to apply the sensitive solution than it is to salt the paper. If photo? graphic paper is used, ask for fresh salt? ed paper, but if drawing paper is used tako it to the dealer and have it silted. The expense is very trifling, a sh>*et of salted paper costing only a cent wc twe more than the plain paper. The sensitizing solution is made of 240 grains of nitrate of silver and 5 ounces of distilled or filtered water. Dissolve the nitrate of silver crystals in the wafcpr. and then add strong liquid ammonia drop by drop, stirring the so? lution constantly nntil the browix pre? cipitate which is formed by the addi? tion of the ammonia has disappeared and the liquid is clear. . Not more than 75 drops of ammonia should be added to the solution, and if it does no* clear when this amount has been added clear the solution by filtering. - Harper's Sound Table. A Sixteenth Century Letter. ' The following copy of a letter, writ? ten in 1595 by a young lady when, re? siding with a lady of rank as attendant in her waiting room, an office carrying no menial service with it and much sought after by the daughters of gentle? folk, may be interesting : To my good Mother, Mrs. Parke, at Broum field: DEAR MOTHER-My humble dutye reborn bered unto my father and you, &c. I receiver] cn Wednesday last a letter irom my ?ntbei and you, -whereby I understand it is TOUT pleasure that I should certifie you what tunes I do take for my lute and the rest cf my exer? cises. I doe for the most part playe of any '.uto after supper, for then commonlie my L-idy heareth me, and in the morninges after I am reddie I playe an hower and my wrighting? and siferinge after I have done my lu Le. For my drawinge I take an hower in the aft er nowne and my French at night before supper. My Lady bathe not been well these toe days, she telleth me when she is well that she will see if Hilliard will come and teche me ; if ?he can by any means she will. I hope I shall per? forme my dutye to my Lady with all care aod regard to please her and to behave myselfe to everye one else as it shall become me. Mr. Har risone was with me upone Fridaye, he heard me play and brought me a dusson of trebles. 1 bad some of him when I came to London. Thus desiringe pardone for my rude writ inge, I leave you to the Almightie, desiringe Him to increase in yon all health and happiness. Your obedient daughter, REBECCA PARKE. Negroes With Ked Hair. "A man sees lots of funny things while traveling around the country, but the most peculiar sight I ever say was in Omaha the last time I was there," said Charles Killinger of Cincinnati. " While walking along the street there one day I saw two negroes with hair as red as any red hair yon ever saw. It was as kinky as the negro wool usually ls. It was a funny sight, an4 I stopped to look at them as they went down the 6treet. A friend of mine who resides there told me those negroes, had come from the south some years ago and as far as he knew were full blooded darkies. Six fingered people are not uncommon, but for freaks those darkies took the cake."-Denver Republican. Mistakes of the "Publisher's Reader." I was speaking of some of my experi? ences as a publisher's "reader," a few years ago, in a recent conversation with a friend, who tola me that Mr. John Morley had read "Mr. Isaacs" for Messrs. Macmillan and had advised against its publication on the ground that while it would be a most creditable book to have on their list, there would be no sale for it. In the light of subse? quent events this is rather amusing, but it only proves that even so astute a crit? ic as Mr. Morley is not infallible-in other words, that ho is human.-Critic. No Need of It at All. "Have you given up your idea of mastering some European language?" said the courtier. "Yes," replied the Chinese emperor. "What's the use? There is no meaDs of telling which 1 will need in order to talk to my neighbors."-Washington Slgsbee a* an Artist. One day in the spring of 1875, when The Daily Graphic of Kew York was iii the full swing of its meteoric career, G. modest looking young man called at th? art department of the paper, at its Park place offices, with a package cf sketches, says the Philadelphia Times. The draw? ings were left for inspection, and the artist, handing his address ic Brooklyn to the assistant of the art editor, took bis departure. The availability of the work was manifest as soon as the pack? age was opened, and a comic series from the lot was reproduced at once for the front page. Their appearance made quite a flutter in t&e cockloft of the art staff, for talent capable of furnishing good comics in pen and ink in those days was a scarce and costly article. The page was signed "S." and that was all the staff knew about it until there was a general shoving about of werk desks to make room "for Mr. Sigsbee." But Mr. Sigsbee did not materialize, nor did the supply of his wonderfully funny drawings continue. It became known that the art editor had duly notified Mr. Sigsbee thut his sketches were accepted and that he would be given a place upon tho art staff at once. Would Mr. Sigsbee please be on hand on Monday morning? But the week rolled by and there was no Mr. Sigsbee. The art editor was un? speakably astonished. He then wrote still more urgently to the coy, but de? sirable artist, and this time he got an an? swer: "Lieutenant Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., sends his compli? ments and begs to say that as he is at present in command of a government i ship he cannot accept the position sc kindly offered." Japanese Love of the Beautiful. In the principal room of every Jap? anese house built by rule there is a slightly raised platform sometimes so arranged that it can be entirely inclos? ed. This dais is the "sacred niche" where the mikado would sit should he ever enter the house. It is still tba rule there that the subject must not look down upon the mikado. In the day3, not very long past, when it was unlaw? ful even to look upon his face, he would have sat entirely shut off from view, and his food would have been served through a side opening so placed as to prevent a sight of his sacred counte? nance. The royal inclcsure is looked upon as an altar. With it the whole house must be in keeping, and it is here that some grouping of flowers or leaves, some beautiful work of ar*, i? always to be seen. The spot is itself a sample of excellent work, and here the little children learn from infancy to re? vere and love the beautiful and the good in nature and in art. The love of the beautiful seems, in? deed, to be inborn in the Japanese race. Pictures on the wall are changed every month, according to the season of the year. Clusters of favorite flowers are gracefully disposed around the house in huge pots or vases and are a source ol pleasure to young and old. In the open space at the rear of the house, no mat? ter how small, a garden is made ic which a tiny landscape is skillfully planned.-Ida Tigner Hodnett in St Nicholas. Two Bad Boys. Years ago a Michigan farmer fooJtc two boys in his melon patch, and ha locked them both in his granery. The frightened lads huddled close together in the lightest corner of the prison, and after their first fears were over began to tajik. "Billy," said one, "did you ever hear of a congressman:" "Yes, Charley,M said the other. "The fellow that made the speech down tc the schoolhouse the other night, with the silk hat, he was a congressman." "Well, they's only one thing you eas a?rese a congressman for." "Not for stealin melons?" "No, you bet not." "Let's be congressmen, Charley." "All right." After they grew to manhood, one ot the boys moved to Duluth, Minn., and the other staid in Grand Rapids. Elec? tion night in November, 1894, this message was sent from Grand Rapids: Charles A. Towne, Duluth, Minn. : I'm there with 5,009 to spare. WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH. In reply came the following from Du? luth: William Alden Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. : I see your 5,000, William, and go you five bet? ter. CHARLES A. Towxa. The two sat side by side in congress. -Chicago Journal. , Domino's Ball. It was not a success, Domino's ball. The men were right enough, and there were plenty of them, but tue deas girlsi Such painful types of beauty, and all so very mature. And there they sat, waiting in vain for partners-Helens ol Troy and Joans of Arc and Rosamonds that were not a bit fair-all antique subjects, you will perceive, back num ? bers of fiction out of date. So the men kept near the buffet, and one said to another : "I did not know that our host was so devoted to horticulture." "Do you refer, " said the other, "to the cabbages he presents us for cigars?" "No," smiled back the first. "I was thinking rather of his ardent passion for collecting wallflowers." And their glances vrandered vaguely to tho ballroom.-Pick Me Up. Abyssinian Ltegal Pomp. The lord chief justice of Abyssinia was a cheery old gentleman, dressed in t huge black hat. green .silk handker? chief tied round hi.s head underneath the hat, black silk cloak embroidered with gold, smart purple silk shirt un? derneath and continuations of the fairest linen. This representative of the law was also armed with a long sword in a red scabbard, a:id his squires running alongside carried bis riile and gold mounted shield. Altogether he was a most imposing figure.-St. James Ga setta. Quality is first consideration; of the White machine. POULTRY HOUSES. SIMPLE DESIGNS COMBINING UTIL- . V AND ECONOMY. Convenient Arrangement of Perches-Se? cret Nests Which Aro Movable-What May Be Accomplished With Tarred Paper-Light and Ventilation. A. C. Turner of Ohio sends to The Breeder's Gazette a sketch of one end ? of his poultry house, believing that it has some good points not generally used. : It was built to accommodate .100 bens j and is 20 feet long, 12 feet wide and 12 ' feet high at back side. There is a dirt proof roosting floor running from the top cf the back side to Lear the bottom of the front. This floor is made of cheap flooring boards and lacks two feet of being the full length of the building. This two feet of space allows one to SIMPLE POULTRY HOUSE. pass from the house proper to the perches. The perches are placed along on the upper side of this slanting floor far enough apart to . bo perfectly clear of each other, the droppings rolling orr down in front of and outside the build? ing. Underneath the bottom cf this floor is made a run extending half way across the width cf the building, the top of which is intended for nests. At the bottom of the back are two rows of secret nests. Make lots of windows in the south and at least two in the back. Your perches should not come nearer than six inches of the slanting floor and should be easily removed for cleansing and whitewashing as often as desired. All nests should be movable, one at a time if wanted. Have an earthen floor. At the bottom of the perches lay a flat board to walk on. The secret nests open on the inside, but are built on the outside. Chickens enter at the door and a small open win? dow at the back end, which is made above the slanting floor. The opening at the bottom of the slanting floor is about six inches in the clear. This building faces south, with the door cr entry way in the east. Consequently the doublerowcf secretnests >s to the right as you enter. Another row of nests is made to the left, which are built upon the run, the run being open only under the south side of the building. The up? per half of the south face is made chiefly of glass. A writer in Rural New Yorker shows what can be done economically.. In building the new henhouses, says he, we soon decided that tarred paper costs too much. A friend in New York stats told mo how he used ordinary thick pa? per and painted it with gas tar. We bought of a printer a large quantity o? tho thick, rough paper that is used to wrap bundles. This was carefully tacked over the sides and roof, lapping the large sheets like shingles. "Wooden strips were nailed over this along the cracks, and the whole well daubed with tar. The gasworks in our town make water gas. This tar is thinner than coal gas tar. We heat it and swab it cu while hot. It looks well and sheds rain perfectly thus far. We expect to use an? other coating of the tar and then to dust sand over the roof. The tar, including the barrel, cost ?2.50. Of course we da not advise others to do this until we learn how it stands the winter. Poultry and Fruit. Poultry keeping goes first rate with fruit growing, as the poultry needs the shade afforded by the fruit plants and trees and supplies the latter furthermore with the very best of manure and ferti? lizers. The fowls also secure excellent animal food from the legions of grubs, worms and insects which infest out fruits, and by consuming these noxious pests essentially augment the chances of horticulturists obtaining a crop of fine, handsome fruit. The combination of poultry raising and fruit growing keeps a man busy the entire year and gives him a steady income through every month of that period. Then there are not known to the writer two othei branches of rural industry that will yield the farmer anything like the finan? cial returns and profits that aro returned by the above combination, considering the small amount of capital thad re? quires to be invested. Choosing a Location. The nearer a poultry man can get to his adopted market, where he disposes of his fresh eggs, poultry, etc., the bet? ter, for obvious reasons. 13ut, on the other hand, it is best to keep out of city limits, as in a small town or village land is much cheaper, taxes aro lower, and there are less restrictions than in a city. So get as near the city as you can without gutting into it and have au eyfc to good, easy roads connecting your plant with yuur market. Time is money, and it is expensive driving ten miles to market when five are all that should be necessary. Then, as to site, highness and dryness are of principal importance. Cold is not nearly as bad and unhealthy for fowls as dampness, the fosterer of colds, lung troubles and roup. Build your houses if possible upon high and dry h?ls or knolls, with sandy or grav? elly soil and free, natural drainage. STATE AID FOR ROADS. A Recognition That This Is the Solution of the Good p.-ads Problem. The strongest impetus which the good roads movement has received in many years past was the passage by the New York legislature of the Kigbie-Arm strong good roads bill, says the Chicago Times-Herald. It is significant of the rapid growth of public sentiment in favor of state aid to highway construction that the oppo? sition to the measure could muster only ZO votes. Under this bill, which has become a law, the state appropriation for this year to expend for highway im? provement will be $50,000, which, it is estimated, will amount to 1 cent per ?1,000 of assessed valuation, or 2}4 cents on the average .$2,500 farm. The size of each year's appropriation is fixed by the legislature, and as the good results of the law become more discernible and more generally recog? nized it is not improbable that public sentiment will demand in a few years a ; much larger appropriation. Under the provisions by which a county is author? ized to apply for a portion of the good roads appropriation the law becomes a home rule measure. If the appropriation should be increased to $1,000,000 in any year, the average tax on each $2,500 farm would be only 50 cents, which seems a trifling expenditure considering .the immeasurable benefits that accrue to agriculturists through good highways to the markets. With such a notable example of what the state can do in the way of encour? aging the construction of good highways afforded by her neighbor, New Jersey, the wonder is that New York did not inaugurate the state aid system long ago. Under the New Jersey law the i state bears one-third the expense, the size of the appropriation being deter? mined by the legislature. Under the stimulus of state aid nearly every coun? ty in the state is now building macadam roads, while there aro already so many miles of stone roads in the state that it can be traversed in every direction without leaving them. Nineteen of the 21 counties of the state have this yeai made application for their shares of the appropriation. The action of the New York legisla? ture is gratifying recognition of the fact that state aid is the ultimate solution of the good roads problem. CARE OF THE TEETH. j Important Points Ia Usc of ToothhTOR?? That Are Often Neglected. It is but a little thing, says tbe hos? pital, yes on its proper use depend3 much of the happiness of modern man. Why civilized teeth should be so rotten is a question which has often been de? bated, and probably the true answer is more complex than some would think. Many good mothers are content to put all toothache down to lollipops, but that sugar in itself is not responsible for bad teeth is proved by the splendid "ivories" often possessed by negroes, who practically live upon the sugar cane and thrive upon it, too, during the whole of the season when it is in ma? turity. Dental decay is common enough, how? ever, among negroes in towns, and it seems clear t?hat the caries of the teeth, which is so common among civilized races, is due not to any particular arti? cle of diet so much as to digestive and nutritive changes imposed upon us by our mode of life, and to some extent by the fact that by hook or crook we do somehow manage to live, notwithstand? ing our bad teeth, whereas in a state of nature the toothless man soon dies. Recognizing, then, that until the time arrives when some great social reformer either mends or ends our present social conditions, cur teeth wiil tend to rot and that, whatever the predisposing causes, the final act in the production of caries is the lodgment of microbes cn and around the teeth, we see that ter long to come the toothbrush will be a necessity if the health is to be main? tained. It is only by frequent use of this lit? tle instrument that those minute accu? mulations can be removed which are the root of so much mischief. A few elementary lessons in bacteriology would, we fancy, greatly startle many people and certainly would show them the futility of trusting to one scrub a day. The fact is that if people, instead of looking at the toothbrush from an aesthetic point of view and scrubbing away with tooth powders (?) to make their front teeth white, would regard ic merely as an aid to cleanliness, they would seo that the time to use it is aft? er meals and at night, not just in the morning only, when the debris left from the day before has been ferment? ing and brewing acid all night through. They would also see how insufficient an instrument the common toothbrush is unless it is used with considerable judg ment. One cf the secondary advantages of spending a good deal of money on den? tistry is that at least one learns the value of one's teeth. By the time we have got them dotted over with gold stoppings and gold crowns we learn to take care of them, even although that ! may involve tho trouble of cleaning I them more tba?, once a clay and using ' perhaps more than <;ne brush for the Suiting Both Parties. Poor Wile (to husband, whose loud I snoring keeps her awake)-Charlie, ' Charlie, do stop snoring. Turn over on I your side. (Nudges him). Husband, only half awake, grunts, turns on his side and continues to snore. Wife has a happy idea. Remembers a lino from :;n article called "How to Prevent Snoring. " ('ives her husband a second nudge, which elicits anothei grunt. "()::. Charlie, if you'd keep your mouth shut, you'd bo all ri^ht." Charlie (semiconscious)-So would you. - L on den Au s w ers. Good .-ewiovr .Machines from $10.00 up at [tandie's If ton WAD" a peed, honest sewing machine trade, ste Ra. ?'.e. NEW YORK'S ROAD LAW. Ey Its Provision.* thc State Will Aid ls Highway Construction. Ia spite of opposition, mostly from rural ?istricts, the state of New York hus placed a load law on the statute books. The measure is not mandatory. Ii carries no appropriation and there can be no cost to the state unless an item of $50,000 or $100,000 be placed in the supply bill to carry out the provision? for state aid. If no county in the state wants good roads, then even this appro priation will be returned to the treasury of the state. In other words, the law will depend for its operation nu the desire for good roads. If a county wishes to take ad? vantage of its provisions, the law di? rects that the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution asking the state en? gineer for plans and estimates on the work of constructing certain improved highways. When they get this information, the supervisors are to adopt a final resolu? tion declaring their intention of going on with the work. This done, the state engineer is authorized to take charge and build the highway. The state pays one-half the cost of the improved road, the county 35 per cent and the locality benefited 15 per cent. The whole, matter of acting under the law is left with each county to decide for itself. The only mandatory section of the bill is one providing that if a ma? jority of the property owners along a highway petitions the supervisors for an estimate of what it would cost to im? prove that highway, then the super? visors must adopt a resolution asking such information of the state engineer. The second step is left permissive, and the supervisors can refuse to order the building of new roads. The opposition to the bill meant sim? ply that a considerable number of the farmers of New York do not know what a good road is, remarks the New York Times. If they did, they would not con? tinue to believe that a dirt road made with a scraper was "good enough.'1 Nothing is good enough for traffic that becomes a bog for several months in the year. In'every community in which good roads have been introduced they have been found to ri ore than repay th9 expenditure upon them, and no farmer . who has used them would think of go ! ing back to the old system or want cf j system. A few sample miles of gocd j road in every county would form an I object lesson that would convert the j community. Such an object lesson will be provided under the new law, and after that the cause of good reads will iake care of itself._ Fodder Corn For tho Lambs. Plant a bit of fodder corn, none of the sweet kinds, in readiness for the weaned lambs by and by. It is food and cool shelter for them. Plant in rows 30 inches apart and plant ten inches apart in the rows. By using the succeeding early kinds one may have fresh feeding all through the summer and up to frost. Before the flock is turned out for the summer tho feet should be put in the best condition. The sole should be pared and the tees clipped; otherwise there may be trouble with sor~ feet.-Ameri? can Cultivator. Live Stock Points. We cannot commend too strongly to' live stock breeders the planting of for? age crops. If in the fall and early win? ter one has not plenty of clover to feed breeding ewes, the best substitute is a mixture of oats and field peas unthrash ed. They bring on the winter lamb to perfection both before and after its birth. The peas supply nitrogen, which is tho strong component of clover itself. An excellent way, perhaps the best way, to mix the peas and oats is to sow them together in the field, two ^bushels of cats and one oushel of pe3S ?to an acre. Cut and cure like hay. Lambs very soon learn tc eat. When you are hurrying them on for market, give them so soon as they begin to eat in addition to their mothers' milk a mixture of cornmeal, oats and bran. Put it in a creep where the grown sheep cannot disturb it, but where the lambs can get it whenever they choose. It will bring them on amazingly. A good grain food for a brood mare with a colt is a mixture of two-thirds wheat bran and one-third ground oats. Add two tablespoonfuls of linseed meal a day if the animal is constipated. Tim? othy hay goes with the above grain diet If the mare is wanted for work, give ber in addition a little cern. Hungarian grass makes an excellent food for horses and cattle. Sheep are also fond o? it. Hungarian grass hay may be sown early in June. Its nutri? tive value is higher than that of tim? othy, but not equal to clover. Cut this grass .and cure it as soon as the first brown begins to show upon the heads. ! This :.s important. The most nutritious coarse food for horses is clover. It is, however, very bulky and a horse's stomach is compar j atively small. The horse fed on clover I hay must therefore have a liberal supply j of oats to balance the ration, and give ! him enough to eat. With timothy hay I wheat bran makes a good ratiou mixed j with the oats. Here is Dr. C. D. Smead's prescrip : tion for worms in a colt: Go to the I druggist and have him put up for you j the following: Tartar emetic one-half ; ounce, granulated sugar three ounces; ' mix, divide into six powders. Give one iu a feed of wheat bran every morning for six mornings an hour before any other food is given. After the last powder, before any food is given, give as a drench one-fourth ounce of Barbe? ?os aloes and a teaspoonful of ginger. ood's Aro much in little; always mms* m g a ready, efficient, s a ti sf ar- B^M m 1 K ?*> tory: prevent a cold or fever, ? I i S ?| <-;:re all liver ills, sick head- ? ? ? ? acne, jaundice, constipation. et<\ Price 'J.? cents. The only Killi, to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.