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THE UNION TIMES! UNION, 8. QL In proportion to its size, Englanc line eight timos as many milos of rail way as tho United States. Some one has discovered that thcr? are 682,191 Mailers in Germany; tha is, ono German in scvonty-threo ik called by that name. The cab drivers of llerliu are angr^ nt tho increase of bicyclers, and thci: organ, tho Kutscher Zeitung, proposei n tax ou them similar to that whict brings nearly ?000,000 into tin French National purso every year. The new ?1 silver cortilicates mart a departure in tho system of designing paper money, notes tho Now Orleani Picayune. They benr tho portraits oi n tinmlir-r nf ominnnt Amnrif>ntin. in. stead of being limited to a single one, as heretofore. It is small things that indicate a condition of barbarism or tyranny. Most Russian newspapers have to support a nominal editor at a salary ol perhaps 81000 a year, and who lias absolutely nothing to do with editing, and whoso duty it is to be tho man ol straw who shall appear when tho newspaper i<charged with disloyalty, and who shall sulVer tiic imprisonment imposed. Thus the famous Xovoe Yreuiva lately had its man of straw sent to prison for four months; the lirst piece of work ho had done for some years, although he had been on salary all tho time. \ new theory why men of Caucasian st(>: !. need change of a;r is advanced by Or. Louis llobinson. His idea is that as tho progenitors of the fndoCormauic peoples wore nomads, a change of location at intervals is "craved by a deep seated hereditary instinct." To prove his theory he taltcs up the cae of wild animals in tneuageries au 1 shows how much better ;s the con iitiou of those in traveling shows than that of the iiuforliumto beasts in permanent zoological gardens. Tho same thin?: is seeu in reservation Indiaus. Tho.o who have freedom to range over huge territory will bo in good physical trim, while those confined to tho sa ne location fail rapidly. Among civilized people it often happens that a man wdl yam who exchanges good air for bad air, simply because his system craved change. Dr. Robinson holds thai the notnnudic ago of the world was tar longer than scientists have est.nmt >d, ami that the e'.Iect of centuries o: wanderiug life can never be eradicated from eiwiized men. It is an ingenious theory, whiMi can he cn'.orecd by * large amount of proof. Harper's Weekly relates that 13. W. Murstcn, who did the comedy business at the late Chicago Convention by drinking anywhere from teu to eighteen glasses of water in the presence of the howiiug audienco of '20,000 persons who would not allow him to speak, is likely io gain some substantial advantage from the ridicule heaped on him. Mr. Mar ten's picture was published in the various papers is "flu Louisiana Water Tank," and he now seems to be in universal demand in consequence. One of tho largest anil best known mineral springs companies in this country, which claims to have supplied the water used at the Cliic.i.ro Convention, tins writtou to Mr. Marsten to secure a certificate from him that the roasou whv ho drank tho-o eighteen glasses >f wtiter credited to him was because he found it the best dnnkiug water ho had ever used. There are other rival mineral water c >:u panics at'ter him, however, w ho believe that his endorse* 111 < nt the.;- pr. i.: : would b t ho bc;<. :i her ikc!i:clit tiicy eoubl g< Mi.re r, t'ne water drinking <*pi-o\ ; proii.: .< to land him in Coiigrc Mr. Mar.-ten was not dreamed in as a politicti candidate before the Chicago Convention, having very ifltle political iullnencc, but lie has since como out for Congress, and has taken tho stump, and is meeting with remarkable success. His disirict is strongly "Prohibition," as well as for tree silver, and Marsten's water record is doing him as much good us his financial posit.on. In every Marsten meeting so far held lie lias been gret tod with shouts o. "Water ! water!" and J'r.'i.: '. >:i o; inn are Mlltg. Ml. Mur.-ti 11 .las In'Coii) liic hero of both tie silver men and 1'rohibitiouiste, with ivi ry prospect of going to Cougre.-s on tlu.se 1-siu.s of water and bilvcr. \ isii>i<* supply ot < ultun. T1 t .t il supply "l s- ?11 ?n f r the \c.->r!i Js 1 ".-.71 I hah-s. of will. li I.IJ'i. il I hales are A r: in. ae.ai'et 'J.'jT'i,in I S.Ol'l.fl'.t.'i ia-t year. Ueeejpt..,f f r the | a-t week nt ali Interior W wiis l:?l -'7) hales; i; t ? 1r "i. plaat.i'.e.i. halt s, <r>'p in S THE POWER OF MUSIC. Strange force, concealed in some forgotten song, That dost post hopes and dreams of love reoa II; And as the notes harmonious rise and fall. Canst briug to me in light both clear aud strong. The forms of dear ones who have slept years lo-g; Whom 1 thought dead, but now they live once more. And at thy call come smiling as of yore! O. tell me th i< the flight of time was wrong: That all life's sparkling hopes again are bright. And these dark years between were but a drea m! Lay not thy harp aside, or cruel night. The ehild ol' day's bright hopes, shall o'er me steal. And tlli-S mnmnnt > viji.^fi \\ liile I ;itr:ii!i life's bitter woe uiust feel. - Huston Journal. A BRAKEJIAN'S STORY It was so qUt'et outside that when the Ion;: freight train won hi come to a stands;ill with an abrupt, awkward Jerk we cotihl almost hear the big. drifting tlakes as they fell. Not a breath of air was stirring and the big, round nioon littered down through the snowstorm with a white, sofieneii light that revealed near by objects in a strange, ghostly sort of a way. The soft-coal tire that spluttered tit fully in th?> old-fashioned cast iron upright stove lacked cheer enough to break the sp?ll nf the outside air. Without knowing precisely why. we sat mostly in silence or mot ored an occasional monosyllabic observation as to how soon we might reach Jersey City. We were four hours behind time and somewhere back of tts we knew was the West Shore express, likewise behind time and endeavoring to make up something of its lost run. Sitting in the little red caboose in the rear of the big freight train, rumbling along through a blind fog of snow with a dying express at our heels gave an uncanny sensation that I. for one. diil not relish in the least. The drummer who had boarded the train at New burg sat morosely on a pile of grips, which afforded him a softer seat than the hard, wooden benches strung along the sides of the ear. A couple of shippers anxiously discussed the prospects for getting their stock to market without having them half frozen to death. At the entrance of Joe, the brakeman. however, the glum little party seemed to thaw at once. He swung down off the roof of the last box car and in through the door in a cheery, wholesome sort of fashion that wanned us at once. "Joe," said one of the shippers, "be we going to reach Jersey City afore Christinas?" "Isn't this good enough for you to live In? ilow'd you like to be out )..... I-1.... . . I IJ wi HI us iv/-ii.fi nt; " 'Taint no snap, that's a fact," the shipper assented, j "No, you hot it. ain't." said .loo, doI clsively. "Hut this ain't a pateh'.ni; to i what it is sometimes." Sotiu tiling itt lite manner in witloh .loo carefully lill?*<I liis eoi? pipe, took a hit of s'i"!; t'roin t!i Iloor, poked it Into tite l'iiv and lit his pipe slowly ami thoughtfully, indicated that a story was eotaiii;;. "Strange," said .I?.e at last, with a ruminant look into the tire and a loua. steady pull at Ids pipe, "snmeh ?w tonight reminds met of the day afore Christinas two years a so. That was when we brought Johnny Haines home. Guess you must 'a known Johnny," lie i added, turning ti> the shipper. "Nope. Hoard of liim. <Io oil, Joe. What was the story'?" "Not lnueli of n one." Joe replied doprcratingly. "Just a linikeinan's yarn. only It's a little out of the common ' run. Tlie lirst day I rvor saw Johnny | Haines 1 thought lie was ahout the j hand somes! lad 1 ever s ! eyes mi. He eatne up on No. i? mi li??r lirst trip. J We used n> meet often up and down j the road ami >jot t ? know each other | pretty well. He was one of these lads I with a fresh, pink and white complexion and a jolly laimh that made you warm up to him at once. He was j straight and stmtc.r. and when he used to stand jauntily on top of tho car, the j train going forty miles an hnur ami ho not seeming to think it was moving nt nil. there wasn't a girl along the : roail that hailn't a unilo for hint as ho wont hy." Tito lad was anxious to stick iiinl worked hard. and. as ho kept his i iiioirh *.11111 pre::;. el ? . p v. a a l >::g ] time l oforo wo found out anything j ! ah cat who ho was. II'* had littio wars | altoii* itt'n tha' made us think otioo in I I tt w I;! 1 that ho hadn't hoon brought | up '.i work, and his hands ai llrst wop* ' as -oft and whin- as a girl s. ??no I of tha follows told ns a *-iory of how | Jnhntn belonged to a g od family, hut I got kiokod out for sotno reason or other, hut we always tlioiight he made it uj>. and. in fan, wo novor did lliid out his story until tlnit night. I moan the night we took him home." loe stopped, pulled vigorously at Ilis I pipe for a few minutes, blinked rat iter j auspiciously several titties, and finally the rather Irisky voice wont on: "It soot its that ill lad's naiiio wasn't j Haines at all. li* ; ? 1. that to coii i ? . (' ids o?va. !::s name really v. a* .it !c . . ' h aan*!, a - t!ia ytis wii.ii i ve;*\ ' i.iy a 1 1 him. the I last didn't KiMMil to liinko so UlUrll illf fereiiee. Win II la' Ill's; e.a'lie on the | ro.ul he wa* a little past 'Jo. and his | open, boyish w ivs i.i tile coin of the fellow* ;;u\ i:im ;i : I \v:jii! > play trek* < n iiMM . .r-\ I * n r if I i 111 * t t :?!;? i' i I nil t ? t j 1 i 'i 11 4t(1^ha<l p! -niy <n i i it!e. A yani;' <>f lis ?viv lay.iii; ,ir<>r.:;.| t!: Alluuy rMUn<|ii.nise one i lay. in ^ a Ira if: ?? he ina<le up. when 'Hill' l.awMip !>r^a:i ? iiaj{ j hi:r ;.i: } if lie enuM./t on; of hi:.i. It seems they nJp^Otne \ trouble down the rond, and when 'Blir had offered to tight Johnny had refused. He tried to keep out of Bill's way, but when 'Bill' said he was afraid, Johnny turned and walked squarely up to hhn and said quietly: 'You take that baek.' I never knew Just how It was done, tuit 'Bill' made some sort of a feint, and the next moment the big, hulking lubber was lying on the ground. 'Bill' didn't seem to know what lilt him. But he went nt Johnny with such a savage look that a lad without geuuluo pluck would have turned feather. But wheu 'Itlli' lay sprawling on the grfnind a second time we found out that Johnny was a acicntltic boxer. There was an ugly gleam in 'Bill's' eye when he got up, and as lie got close up to Johnny all of a sudden he nourished a big jaekknifo he always earried. llow he got It out of his poeket I never could tell. He made a lunge, but Johnny dodged clev- i erly and the knife Just grazed his face. I Hi. w?a on mil' onlotr.iM ....... i. ? ... ?... in i itlUll II UllVt'5 t?? toll it, choking the life out of him. We started to separate them, but when i we found that Johnny liad 'Bllj' so < that he cotthl not do any damage with 1 the knife we l?t them tight it out. 'BlU' ' linally held up his hand for mercy and 1 then Johnny let him up. After we 1 got them cooled off Johnny made 'Bill' ' shake hands, and, though he didn't t show it then. I think afterward 'Bill* * eanse to think as much of him as the ' rest of us. "I'p the road not very far from A I- ? batty there is a pretty little farm that ' runs down to the river, and right at ? tlie corner of it was a water tank. It ' happened that on this farm there was t a dark eyed little girl who was the * idol of all the boys along the road. ? She wouldn't tlirt with us, but she ? used often to come down to the water t tank and get little packages which the engineer, who was a friend of the t family, used to bring down front Al- * bany. Site was plump and peachy, t with dark eyebrows and long lashes, t and under them the prettiest pair of 1 eyes I ever saw. There wasn't one of 1 us win) wouldn't have married her t quick if she'd hail us. But she was t sort o' reserved and shy and noue of 1 us had nerve enough to make love to I her. All except Johnny. All the girls > smiled on Johnny and he smiled on < them. He didn't have to see the lass J twice lief ore lie was head over heels 1 In love with her and it wasn't very iiruiii' in? mane nor Know all l about it. To woo was to win with r Johnny, and regular as his train pass- > i?d the farm Jenny?that was the little dame's name?was always there to t meet him. We used to eh a ft Johnny 1 a good deal over the matter, but we 1 eouldn't get miieh out of hint. Some- 1 how, through the engineer or some- I body, though, we found out that John- i ny was aroint to marry the girl if he ^ eould get his father to consent. lie couldn't very well marry on the sal- i ary he was Rotting as a raw brakeman. v "Things ran along through, the sum- t liter and Into the fall, and we noticed t that Johnny had {tot very quiet and T reserved like, and was evidently broodlug over something. At last we foil nil :i out that Johnny had been promised a r raise, and that along about the lioli- t days he was to he made a passenger v. brakematt. and then h" was doing to 1 get married. Tlcre wasn't otio of us i that wasn't glad of it. or who envied i him his good luck. The fall stretched way into the winter, I remember, ami 1 u?y, wasn't ii beautiful wgather! You'll I stand np on top of a ear. and as the \ train wound along the river sh >re mile 1 after mile, just drinking in the air 1 and view, limiting is a hard life, with 1 lots of danger and pretty siltn pay. Hut those days we'd forget all about the hardships and everything else. Johnny was on the same train with : me and happy as a lark, thinking how i l> would marry and go up to Albany t to inc. i used t<> notiee, though, that i every mice i:i ; while liis brow would I cloud u;>, as ir he was thinking of 1 something that iiurt lilin. 1 "Such we:, her couldn't last, though. 1 and v. h t: the end cauic. it came with 1 a squall. The thermometer dropped < forty degree.-, ami a cold, driving rain that ha I set in in the afternoon turned toward night into a drifting, blinding snow. We had a big train that night. 1 a.til with the snow and the sleet and the cold it gave us no end of trouble. 1 Site parted three or four times going < not more than twenty miles, and it was cold, dangerous work clipping along ti'o top setting I)rakes or getting down to te/.ke eounlings. The wind howled ' and whistled and the snow cut your ! !?" :ng ihrough a hedge. It vrn- dark and !: items didtt'l show plain through tite sti.c.v. and every'hiiig s ettied to go wrong. Several time; we thought we were stalled in tic drift . leu; We'd ititeoltple an.I send the engine and two or three ears ;:11-<>11lt(i in.- ?ir:i:. an.i tin-n haek up Mini take the r?*st of the train through. We wanted i get through to Albany, for tli?* next ilay was a lay oft". and two lays after that eatne 'lirlstmns. "Johnny ami 1 fought like beavers against tin- fold. and. I toll yoti, it was ticklish work. I felt morn anxious ab-mt .1<>himy than I did about myself, for I was old at the business and he was new. and I knou how easy it was f'-r a sudden jerk to send a man living down between 'lie wheels. lint John iiy wouldn't i'> lie said ho wasn't id. :.:i 1 M i>- . ie whistle sound e| Mown brakes.' \v were sitting in the eahoose. shivering around a dirty little tire. I had frozen three of my tintr rs. and I thought my ears were frosted, ton. Volt see the storm entile s.i sudden \.'e didn't lit)\ e time to get oil any muilh rs and ilie mittens were pret'y thin. "Well, we nituhed out. and Johnny ran ?ui alu-ad. s.jyliu that he was all , r . ,'llel 1: d ' a he the front. Tile ears on top were as ippery .as glass, u.'.d we had almost to ereep along Ifoni one ear to another to Ueeji froui falli 1 !ng off, for she was running at a good pace, and the snow on the tracks made the cars lurch und swing. I looked up and through the snow uud the dark I recognized the landmark, und knew we were Hearing the water tank, where Johnny's girl lived. Just at that moment the train gave a frightful Jerk and I saw the euglue go reuriug in air, and about a hundred feet ahead I saw a lantern swing wildly in the air and go down. 1 went flat on the ear and hung there for dear life. We stopped in ten or twenty yards and 1 swung off the ear like mad. '(Jreat llod.' I thought, 'if that was Johnny!' "Siiiiiiifhlni/ i... ih*" iri'i icili ii?' had gene under tlio wheels, atul when 1 ernwled ahead a few ears there 1 found hltn, lying all white and still. He was too much stunned to say a word. We picked him up and started to carry him to the house where Jenny lived. I saw that the wheels had cone over both legs over one near the thigh and the other below the knee. My, but he was a game lad, for all the torture of carrying him up the hill wouldn't wring a word from him. We knocked at the door and said one of the boys had got hurt- -that the engine ttad Jumped the track. A white little race came to the door and looked at is a moment, and then as soon as she saw me and my face Jenny shrieked >ut, "It's Johnny!' Hut she didn't faint or cry. nor say another word. We just carried him in aud put liini 011 he bed and she took charge of him. Jne of the hoys rode over to get a lector, but when he came he saw at nice that it was no use. It was only 1 question of how long Johnny could survive the shock, lie lay there very juietly, and tinaily when the doctor's examination was finished, he said: "Is here any show, old man7" "I couldn't reply, but he knew as I urned my head away what the answer was. Johnny was quiet for a 1 lioiiHMir, iiiKi men pulling Jenny's baud ,vith Ills own weakly, lie said in a msky voice: 'Little giri, I want to go tome.' And that lie insisted an all the est of the night. We didn't think hat he'd he alive l>y morning, lint he vas, and we decided to put hint on >oard the morning express. The v reek ins train had thrown the engine >nt of the road and cleared the track, iiul when the express came down we lagged her and took Johnny aboard. V11 Jenny would tell lis was that his 'atlier lived in New York. Itnt she :ave the conductor an address for a vire. "We didn't think that he wonid iast he Journey, and about half way down ic suddenly clutched Jenny's nand lard and then lay back still. The ittle girl threw herself upon liini soh>iiig as if her heart would break, but t didn't do any good. I'oor Johnny vas gone." Joe paused a moment and looked nto the lire. "Well," he said, "to cut it short, when ve got into Jersey City Johnny's fuller was there. It didn't take more ban a glance at his clothes and ids rortl.v Uariujf to tell me that lie was l rich num. lie sprang Into the car mil would have pushed me out of the oad. 1 knew who lie was, and I hold m to liini, and I said: 'Wait a mhiite. Johnny was pretty badly hurt.' Ie grabbed me like a vise, and said, n a set voice, 'Can he live?' 1 sh ok ny head, and lie gasped, "is he - -' "I It'll him over in where tin* boy :iy, but Ik' ?1 iiln'r want t<? ski* him. le looked very hart! at the littb' cirl vho sat there sobbing, ami said. slowy. Ms tliis Jenny?' Ami then lie took icf very quietly iii his arms and kissed iff. "I wont to tie funora' the next day. That was the ilay before Christinas. 1'he old man's ?air had turned whit", ind his faeo w\> as lined ami ritfld is though h" \\n> mounting a soaf'old. lie was twenty years older than h" niorninti I sawyiini tirst. It seems h.ai Johnny hail been brought up, i ike most boys, to ave all the money i 10 wanted. He icotvihl and in wish a fast yann. and. t.? ti to eurb him, his rather, who was a v.-ealthy banker, 1 *ot him a plaee in asiore ;is ejishier. Johnny's allowance wsn't enough, ami 1 lie made it up "'it of ie etish drawer. I When it was iliseo\red his father j made up the amountntid then sent ' Johnny adrift. He ni"r spoke to liitn ' afterward, and when ?bnny, after a ( rear's jjood service oithe road, np- 1 pealed to him for nio.y enough to h set married on tiio ohhian returned 1 the letter. I found it iuoiinny's eoat * poeket tiie morning we to him home." The train whistled for station, and "Joe," grabb'tin his lan*;t, escaped into tie- nivlii at: 1 the I'.in^ snow. - c New York Herald. n Memorial to John H'oock. J I'or H?r; years the tomb o:,,),? j|an- 1 I'oek in the t )ld t; ra na ry btiri<? irmim.i s Iims I won tr.ari'.od only hypo naiuo * "Ifnnoook." 'riii* bronzo ma,.p ,,f tlio ? Sons of Iho A inorioan Hovojon was ? plaood In front <?t l!i" toin sivoral yours atfo. 11 n?l litis sinoo mainod thoro. In 1 Sfi-4 Iln> (it'iirm 1 Co upproprltito'l n sum of mon -y for t hr(.rI j,,,, of a sultahlo inonmrial to marlt(. spot. This has boon ooniplotod. and kinon arc now oiurajrod In plaoing p, ps position. Just undop fho shado-.f pjl(> Park stroot church. Tho moni.nt js HI foot hluh.'tho baso Is of Milforp.,,,. & i;i> foot l?y '1 foot, and !!'? inohop,.^ tl Tho shall is 1'J foi l ; itiohos h t?,v ;j td foot itiohos wido. and I foot <>.|,,.s hl thlok. Tho portrait on tho shall i|,.r ^ roplry. n?I is sulToiiiiilt <| by :i Wjj, ? i>f :irn>s of .11?}iii II:iiiiM?<|in. sis;iii?? of :i sliiclil, on which ;iiv(1<. w I'lM-ks <?i ;i h.'iinl. lii Mrin^' the ores ,l' wiimo.l irritliti. witli tin* insorl^ '(>lisl:i prinriptts." will In* ilisplnyt,. tin* ln|> <?| tho stmio. lTnlor llio., H fruit i< ii !s insofip;imi: "Tiiis nioiini oivctoil A. >. \! 1 \ \ . t.y i ho i monwrnlfh f Massachusetts to m ,ir the jfrsve o. .I'j in 1 l:itit'uck." Mos Transcript. vi AGRICULTURAL, TOPICS OF INTEREST REIjATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. nooT citors ark FxnArsnvB. It has iiovcr bcon Rood practico to , prow two root crops in succession on the saino laud. It can only bo dono by very heavy manuring to supply the fertility that the preceding erop has taken away. Gardeners who grow roots generally manage to grow thorn in alternation with crops that do i not draw so heavily on the land. The ; onion crop can bo grown on the same laud in succession, but tho onion is i not properly a root. I EFFECT OF H AO WEEP ON* HITTER. ] Kagwcod is intensely bittor, and this bitterness is duo to an otl in tho i i,,.! 1- - * ? 1 vuiiB tuitv niuy uo seen I1K0 lltl 10 ' shining urops by examination nnder i a microscope. This oil is what offeots the butter when cows cat this weed, < for the oils of the food most certaiuly ] lind their way into the cow's butter. < This flavor ol butter of cows foil on < hay, in which this weed is mixed, or 1 which cut it in the pastures, is one of < the proofs of this tact.?New York 1 Times. 1 i A MOVAr.tr. CIIIOKKN COOP. Little chickens need two kinds of protection: A cover over them at night, and wiieu showers arise, and ' .aJPiPil 11 i g I --.-J \ A COOP THAT Pr.OTF.n\S. t protection from hawks, rats, cats, i etc. A coop that affords both sorts of i protection is seen in the sketch, the construction of which is very plainly c shown. The side pieces make simps ? that permit it to bo hauled to new f grouud every (lay. Tho slats protect i the chicks from enemies, and tho ?oop c is at Hand to protect them from tho c weather. When tho chicks get strong f they can bo lot out to run at largo i during the day, using tho coop for a ?i houso at night. A few of these conld t well be mado up on rainy days when i outdoor work is not practicable.? s ?>ew England Homestead, t nonsE tali:. f Cover the horse's ho;id if you havo c occasion to lead him out of u burning ? building. j If you have a horse that rofuses to * go when asked, take a small ropo and * wrap it twice around the leg just be- * low tho knee, draw it tight aud tie it. 6 In a few minutes tho horse will btart. 11 If ho should show any indications of ? repeating tho offense repeat tho dose and ho will bo cured effectually. Do not stuff tho work horses with hay, give them a good graiii ratiou, i and tho heaviest feeding at night, i Take off the harness and roat.Uie-liUEtfc-J... at noon at least an hour or more and c you will accomplish more by rushing t aud overtiring both yourself and your o horses. Every country girl should rido a , horse instead of a wheel. It is more healthful and more graceful. ^ You will never miss tho keeping of a uieo pony or horse that can bo used under saddle or in single harness?und how much happier it makes the home. s' Try it, I know all about it. a The half hackney colts uro elegant. YIT _ 1 oo Kuew ol a man who never sue- a' ccedn in making good sales of really k well bred colts, because tbey are never w rounded out and tirm. He is a stingy feeder. Penny wise and pound foolish, pi Frequent attention to the l'cet is the u] making of many horses. w When driving, always be provided with a blanket, a light woolen ouo in ti summer and a heavy one in winter, ta and don't fail to put it on your borso tL if obliged to stop even n short time. ttr It will save a severe cold or a caso of founder. , There is no better way to break a ^ lior.se of shyiug than to stop him and gently lead or drive him up to the ob- ? ject of his fear each time, talking to liim pleasantly meanwhile. Whipping ind harshness only increase the ditlijulty. If persistent kindness bo emiloyed tlio horse will soon control him- ^ ielt umler trying circumstances if ipoken to by his driver in un ordinary ^ ;one of voice.?Tim in Farm Journal, A TIlEf.I.TS roil LIMA LEANS. M tu u it is not convenient or practilablo to procure poles tor lima lieaus, . ; trellis may bo used to good advunage. The one shown in tlio ueenm. tanying illustration has been in use or two years and hus given perfect ,m ntisfaction. It is constructed by drivug strong stakes si:; feet in length, no uml ono-hall feet into the ground, stI zliiisiiiiEr s Wmsmmmmmmiiir J* to it, convenient lima bt an trf.i.ms. 81ic t n distance of sixteen feet apart. f taple a RTuall galvanized fence wire to wei ie top of 1he stakes and at the end r.n< tikes, and l>ri".,t the wir.i down to a leg uull stake to or. ee the trellis, us eat iowii m the sketch. Staple another by ire to the stakes about four inches Tin iovo the ground, and then tie to theso rov ires, tip and down, binding twine, It ^ tout eight or ten inches apart. Plant ten 10 beans in ft row under the lower iro ami thick enough to allow ono A ant to each string. Wlion tho vines the ach the top wire pinch or clip them all r to keep them within tho bounds, is < id this trellis of beans will become gnu io of the most attractive features of ove e garden. 3u tho fall, cut oil' tho boil ucst uuU twiuc, a&.I lull up tlic ttUkes cull and wire for next year's uee.?-Awer* oan Agriculturist. - 7 FEEDING PIGS. I used to grind corn and other grains for the pigs, but years of experience havo taught me that the most I got out of it was hard work, writes John M. Jamison in the Country Gentleman. The trouble with the farmor in this mutter lies in the fact that he gets an idea into his head and works in that line without nny data to show whotber ho is correct or not; his experiments are one-sided and in tho direction of his prejudices. If ho thinks ground feed is the thing, ho feeds it; but ho does not feed anothor lot on whole grain by way of comparison, thut ho may know which is best. Careful experiments have been made in this di n-v.iuu >>_y lucu wuo wurK oniy 10 kuow tlio l'acts in the case. So far the summed-up cvuleuco is ugainst grind iug corn lor pigs. Pig feeders who feed meal lose sight of ono vory important fttet. When a pig eats meal, whether wet or dry, ho Joes it hastily. If wot tho moisture far, uounected with it cannot tuko th<*^ [)laco of saliva as u digestive agent. If Jry it is eaten too quickly lor tho meal to become thoroughly saturated with the saliva. When a pig is fed wholo joru in the proper manner his mouth is tilled with saliva in anticipation of Lhe enjoyable morsel when ho comes to it, and as ho grinds tho corn you an notice the saliva escaping from his month. All tho corn that lie grinds is thoroughly dampened with saliva before it is swallowed. When meal is Tod, whother as slop or dry, it is almost impossible to prevont some waste. When corn is fed wholo all cun bo iaveil, for a properly fod pig will father tho Inst grain, lint if meal is vorked out of tho trough it is in tho nam lost, or if slop is thrown out it u also lost. If a pig does not got out of wholo lorn all tlicro is in it, it is because of loino mistake 011 tho part of tho feeder, ind is not tho fault of the grain. It s folly to expect a pig to ?!o well on :orn alone in dead of winter or heat )f summer ; but if ho hus some other nnil with it. r?f n lnca AHi-iw.r... W 1UOO I/UIUUUUVI'UUS nituro ho will get more from tho corn ind thrive better. Tho food proper,ies of corn aro not changed by grindng; it is still corn, whether it is ;erved as meal, mush or slop. Tho only animal of tho hog kind bat I should think of grinding corn or would be aged sows that have worn >ut their teeth by yoars of grain grinding, and I doubt if they would my the miller and labor bill. In heso hard times it is well for tho pig eeder to give thcso things some bought. If tho pig will not pay for helling the corn and taking it to the ail), why pay tho miller toll for ;rindiug? FAKM AND GA11DEN NOTES. It comes, very near to cruelty to nnmals, or hens, rather, to hatch olncks u August. Jf there are any runts hicks in your flock you d^ott^Hcill^^^^ hem oil' and not fool away good feed u thciu. The ram should bo chaagod evory wo years. At every change a better no should bo produced. It is half bo flock. Becuuso tho sheep is the champion irm scavcuger. is no reason why he bould have no better faro than woods ud browse. Tho best lambs should bo selected t once for tho future flocks. By Doping only tho boat, the flock is ulaya improving. . _ Bow sorao turnip sood in tho potato ! itch. They will bo oxcellout to chop p for tho hens noxt winter when hou green stud* is scarce. When eggs aro packed for a long t mo in piuo cases, thoy frequently I ke on a uiuo flavor i??r J.. ? , .?.) ./j uuour|JilUll irougli tho shell. Whitawood cases o fur better. I It is nix cxcolleut idea to save all your ] wn clippings anil euro them to fcod | io fowls next winter when you can't ;t much grcou stuff*. 'Ihoy will eny it anil it will help uxuko them yThirty tons of roots may be grown . i any good aero of land by tho right I lcivntion. They will food thirty Sep for -00 days, or 200 for a month. icy will supply two-thirds of tho . cding. Opou sheds aro tho best plnco for wis to roost in hot weather. :11 t>i take out t'uo door of your rcgtir roosting place, and replndo it th a wiro screen door. This will ir.it nir, and exclude vormiu. On any good farm, and under good inagoineut, n ilock of sheep will pay H oir winter feeding in tho manure, ey will make. Give them lots of and they will convert it into o richest kinds of food for crops. H For tho futuro ewos tho twim lambs 9iild usually bo rcscrvod. It is not H all necessary that twin lambs should discouraged,on account of inability roar thorn. Bettor ewos, trainod to aro nil that is needed to rear twins ioossfally. Tho training is dono by Scaly logs will appear this hot 'tin r. Make a combination of lard 1 Kerosene, and dip tho diseased i into it. A r.mijdo appli- ' jous a woek apart will affect a euro, killing the grab that onuses it. oso grubs are very small, and bur* undt rueath tho scales of tho log. vi 11 kill tho fowl iu timo it not at* m || |B . ? l current fashion much in vogu? is fl B veiling of all sorts of colors mut B B sorts of materials. Rich royal blue B veiled with brilliant grass-groua B B zo; black, thin mnteruils arc laid fl B r colors <>r white, black over whiti fl fl ag for the moment the fad par cX fl H