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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, 8. U ' * " ? ?^3 It is estimated that uioro than onehalf of tho 17G central sugar house* in the province*, of l'iuiir del liio, La Havana and Santa Clara, Cuba, hnvo been destroyed sinco tho war br??ko out* Tho grain and tobacco crops havo Buflfored tu proportion. Wheu it is remembered that Spain has spent about 6100,000,000 for tho little it has accomplished toward suppressing tho rebellion, tho financial cost becomes almost as appalling as tho loss of litu Turkey's military system makes truiued soldiers of nearly all its able builicd men. Tho standing nrmy | number!! 180,090 nieu.aud the soldiers who have served six years and passed into the reserves would raise the forces that could be placed in the Held to 300,000. The Turkish navy consists of nineteen irou-clads,frigates and ' corvettes, with about 2~>l) wooden vessels stationed at d tile rout p >ints oi tlie coast. Here are men and ships cnon^ii to maki^n determined re.si-tance, but the treasury is 111 no condition to maintain them during a long war. Discord unions tli > powers iBtill the sultan's best defense and tho Annetiiuns' {greatest calamity. A clerk in tho redemption division of tho Treasury Department says that tho "cleanest" paper money iu circulation is that which circulates in Wash* ingtou, while tho dirtiest is that which comes from Chicago for redemption, says the Washington Star. St. Louis is a close second to Chicago, and Cincinnati next. New York is next to " .1 1 f \v tisiilliglou ill iuo rteiiru iui i .uiiu money. Philadelphia uext, while IJaltimore ranks next to Cincinnati for having dirty money. The money that comes in from Chicago, besides being dirty, is always much mutilated; so much so, lie said, that there is twico Ms much time consumed in patching it up prior to cancellation as there is in counting it. Statistics cited at the recent meotiug in Buft'alo, N. V., of the National Association of Stationary Engineers, in support of tho proposition that such engineers be licensed, showed that the boiler explosions in this 4i?>?ut-rv.Ci\? tha lust live, vcurs avuxcueli working day. It appeared also from reports of the accident insurance companies of this country that they have been interested during the last h:xtee 11 years in cases of boiler explosions, a yearly uveiagj of *221, in which people were kill -d and C,:i4S injured. Commenting on these figim , a committee reported to th > nssoeuition that, in tli if judgment, licensing cngiuecr- would teud to promote public safety, and would cause engineers to study and pay more attention to the nicotics of their business. It is pointed out as a singular phase of the m uiufuetnro of ice-making machinery that while abundant provision bus hecu made for large consumers, requiring an output of say lifty or 100 tons, no attempt has been seriously made to turn out small outfits, ranging upwards front a one-ton capacity. l'liere are many relatively small consumers who would gladly avail themselves of the advantages which a small plant would offer, and who, in the aggregate, would probably amount to considerably more than the limited number of establishments that need aud can afford to pay f >r machines of ponderous si/*. Few ice-machine companies have apparently giveu thisn-pectof the matter any particular attention. It is noted that the large manufacturer* have been obliged m many cane* to cast about for other kind* of business to help them keep their shop* at work, and have thus drifted into line* quite foreign to their equipment, i'uo turning of these aurplu* resources into a branch devoted to a miniature class of the product for w hich they were designed should coi'iiiiioud itself to the trade. Hut <11 ice m idline* uro clearly destined to bee mi more mi l more important uceessories to modern conveniences, ati l tini firm that will b* first to oll'-r tiiein will reap a goo 1 business reward. A -striking proof of this wa* recently aH'oiil'd wiiena Nrw Vork paper gave a d -enption of mi ice machine intended t >r doiucstie use that would atlpp.v a wiioie I null v ur 11 11 u?i? fi?r ti i*i? if t.. ? fl?.? #??_. <*aut hiiiii ol'$1.-1 >. I iio.ismils ol inquiries mined iii from nil parte of tincountry, and there \v-,n widespread UiHAppoi ii tnier t when it transpired that the machine w.,* uot fet uu the Market. (Monaon Mlaalonarlea in Knglanrf. , Two thousand letter Day Salute mis^jamiiin are nld to be la England Just now, ? - -? Mrs. LAI NSCOXCED in the depths of her big urm W s) ^ chair, iv smile lightiug \(y pO** up her tiuo old fuco that her white hair ',0iy/f\ framed with a crown of 1^ ) buow, Mrs. llariuou was considering lur nephew Andrew, a fine-looking vouug fellow of twenty-eight, who, for his part, was considering the timepiece on the muntle, whoso hands were already well past 3 o'clock. "Well, Andrew, do you lin.l my clock every interesting?" In some contusion the young man stammered an excuse, hut she went on: "Xow, don't deny it, you i naughty fellow. You want to know if ! your visit had lasted long enough for you to take your departure decently." "Not at all, aunt. Your guess h ' quite wrong, for f haven't the slightj est iuteutiou of going yet. But why j do you keep a regular suu-diul like that in your drawing-room?" "Perhaps because I was horn st j long ago that it is I aud not the clocl I that is behind time. But come?in | stead of criticising my drawing-room, toll me what you aro going to do wbei you leave here." "In the first place I am not goins to leave hero for some time, but, whei I have wearied you with my preseuc< until you cannot stand it any longer it will be time for mo to go to Mrs Luton's tea." "Mrs. Latou--Paulino Lntou?" "All, yes, I used to seo ber somi time ago. She is a widow. I remcm ber her vaguely?a large woman I dark?" | "She is a blonde, aunt." "Indeed? She usod to bo a bru i notte. And so you are sighing ut tin feet of Mrs. Eaton?" "Wo are all sighing at her feet.** "She must oujoy it." "Well, 1 rather think she does." "Is it fuu?" ... "l*es. after a fa^ circ\0 of friends . wavs the.same little'., .. rvitou, there' a sister, a rather good-looking girl ami a few other youug matrons an* bachelor girls." "Ami what do you do besides lool at these women?" "Wo take tea, we gossip and w flirt." j "<)b, oh !" "but, my dear anut, one must <1 something between '? o'clock and din uer." , "Evidently, and flirting is wka you liavo found to do." i "It is a wav to kill time." "1 scarcely know what yon mean b the term. Explain it to me." i "Ok, impossible. .V ilotinition fo the word has long been sought, but i has not yet been foil ml. Hut, given young womau tete-a-te with a youti man who is not a fool, and I warr.in you it won't bo long boforo you wi have a practical demonstration. Flit tatiou is a manuer of being discreetl indiscreet. To know how to llirt i no common accomplishment, it is veritable science." "And is lovo a science, too?" "No, it is rather an art." "And marriage?what is it?" "Oh, that is philosophy." "Indeed??at what age does one at tain this philosophy?" "As late as possible." "It soeins to mo that at twenty eight " "Aunt, aunt!" cried Andrew,spring ing from his chair, "confess that vo tiro concocting some terrible plot 1'ou look as guilty as a conspirator, t Mrs. Harmon smiled a line sinilean enjoyed for a moment the coustornn tiou in her victim's face. Then sh answered, after a pause : | "Yes, you are right. I wi.-k to ge you married. "lu heaven's name, what have done to you?" gasped the young man with comic seriousness ; ami as tbeoli lady still smiled, he continue 1 : ".Se here, aunt, I should never have bus pected you of such a thing. You, woman of intelligence, a superio woman, descending to the rolo o matchmaker! It is a terrible shatter iug of my ideals." "Come, come, my poor hoy, do no ho so cast down. The girl is charm iug, 1 assure yon." "Of course," Andrew hurst out ; "the girl is always charming. Oh, know tier; I can gee her now; sh may not he exactly pretty, but, u;y<>; havo said, she is charming. Sin J dresses admirably, and makes ail he! own gowns. She stood at the head ?. her classes 111 school, and attends lee turns now. Moreover, she has takei cooking lessons and can put up pro serves. She plays the piano, sic siues. she paints, and she has a ti<b fortune in her own right. I>hh ! No t hoie-tin I tunes no! I do not wuu tins miracle of |?er oction. I know i tiling or two, aunt, even if I don' look it, i?ud if 1 marry, I h1id.11 niirr; a woman who Milts nie, aimply lor tLit Hole aud unique reason that she doe qpiit me. Hut I know girla? they an I nil alike, and I know what they arc I *nd what they are worth. There ien'i on'S TEA. | oue who suits nie, or can suit me, and ! I shuli remain a bachelor." | "And you go to tuko tea at Mrs. I Tinton's," murmured Mrs. Harmon ; between her teeth, while a ^disturbing j expression came into her clear seeing old eyes. Under this ironical and even inquisI itorinl look Andrew lost countenance a little ; he could not deny that to mat' riinouy ho preferred llirtiug with Mrs. Laton. | lie was pulling himself together to , reply, or rather to defend himself, when the street.door bell was heard. "A caller, eli? Is this 3*our reception day, aunt, ? r do you, too, give i your friends tea at 5 o'clock?" j "Vou are impertinent, nephew. At my ago a woman does not give Jo o'clock llirtatious.' It is not cvifh a i caller. I am sure it is my little friend llosamond, the 'charming girl' 1 sp^ke ' of." > "I shall tlco then." I "Do you not w ish even to sec her?" ) ! "Never ! Or, if you insist, I shall t | go into this little ante roon and look - ; at her through the crack ot the door. , j That is the only concessiou I shall i make," aud ttio young man stepped quickly into the next room as the op[ posito door opened to admit the visii tor; through the slit Andrew could ) make out the gracoful silhouette of n . young girl. ?._l .1^ .1.. "VT-o U.,.mnn 0" ilUW \?W > UU UW| 4 o. iuwu . said the girl, as she entered the room. "I havo brought back the little books ou the orphan asylum that you lent u mamma. May I stay a moment with you?" , She continued to keep her back toward Andrew, and he, now beginning to get tired of the game, had about - concluded thut she must bo frightj I fully ugly. "S t down here, dear, beside me," ! and Mrs. Harmon easily contrived tc i place the girl just opposite the small j room ; and tho youug man, approachI his evo to the crack, was struck bj . i '"iVell, Hosatuond, what are you x.,y s ing no---..lays? Arc you going out . much?'' I "No, very little. I had a card for Mrs. Laton's tea this a'terucou, but I v wrote her I was ill. You will not betray me, w,il you?" aud she laughe 1 n o merry laugh that set Andrew's heart j to vibratiuu. "Do you not care for such affairs?" o asked .Mrs. Harmon. ???!.M... II i 1- omcii, uuiiu:j|j, VUU HO IIOl think it would bo huiusiu^ to an I hour <>r two watching .\lrs. lYitou's ! ll'.rtaLious, with no one to talk to but , the in-i|?itl v.omen an I stupid inea of y her set?" 1 "You am severe, my child." r , "Severe? Weil, with a woman like t j Mrs. fi'iton, I do not thiuli one eau be a i too much so." * J lustiuctively Mrs. Harmon raised t i her eves to the door that concealed II I Audrew, and, under pretext of ar - j ranging the portiere, she crossed the y room and, as sho re arranged the drais ; perv, whispered to her nephew : "it's a nearly live?you'll be late for your tea." Hut her warning was unheeded; Andrew did not budge. As for the girl by the fire, she was still full of | Iter idea. - j "Do you know Mrs. Haton. Mrs. Ilarmou?" she asked. I "Yes, yes," the old lady hastened to reply ; anil to turn the conversation, she went on : "Hut you are wrong to ; declare that all men arc stupid. There u are some who are quite sensible." "Sensible? Well, 1 do not know " them. I do not mean that they are 1 all stupid, but they think themsolves so superior that they aro wo.irkouie. 0 Thej are vain, insulFerablo bores, with their blase airs und their iuoa t that they are irresistible because they cau flirt with Mrs. Lotou, who has 1 bleached lmir, aud smears paint on . her face as if it worn a ijalnttn and il whoso brainsaro good for nothing but 0 to devise outrageous gowus." i- Again Mrs. Harmon cast an uneasy a glance toward the little room, in which r Andrew was fast waxing angry. He f would have liked to stranglo this girl, - whose superb health and triumphant beauty irritated him. t ; "And when will you got married, - j my dear?" suggested Mrs. Harmon, I again t hrowing herself into the breach. , I "I shall never lnarrv." 1 "Indeed? Why not?" is "Why not?" repeated Itosamoful, a i shadow of melancholy corning over i> tho lace that Andrew admired in spite r of himself. "Because I am a little ; wu ? ciin do ns tho rust do. I I would wi-h to love my husband and i to havo liiin lovo mo. 1 would wish - to marry a man whom I should siuglo i! out from among tho rest for his gondii noss and intelligence. f would wish , j to havo contidonco in him, and above t | all to be proud of him." ? As the girl spoke, fho had become t | animated with a gentlo exaltation, r which whs not without itsefToeton the i) young man behind the door, s "Well, Rosamond," said Mrs. Hari mon "why do you not realize your > dream ?" I "liecausc there are no young men nowadays who tore to look for a girl who pleases them. Marriage for them is a matter of business, nothiug more, noil the woman h erself does not count. They marry when thov have lost their money, anil when tho little hear^they possessed has been frittered away on m f.uton ?>r another." Av'ftiu Mrs. Harmon arose, and, pretending she had an order to give, excused herself, and hastened to her nephew. "Well, aunt, she has Riven us a nice dressing down, eh? For a 'charming' girl,' 1 would back her against tho world." "Hurry, Andrew; it is late, aud you have almost missed jour tea." "My tea!" ho repented. "Bother my tea? Is there nothing else in tho world but mj tea? No, you must find an excuse to bring me into the room, and I'll show that young shrew whether all men are fools. Oh, she need have 110 fear, I shall not try to uinrry her, for I still have all my hair, a little money and a heart still intact." Mrs. Harmon could not restrain n smile at the young man's vexation, nud live minutes later Andrew entered tho drawing room. lbit, contrary to all expectations, the conversation did not become a war of words; ou tho contrary, the gin's fresh guyoty disarmed Andrew's auger at once. His preconceptions lied before her dimple I smiles aud her gentle voice, and ho soou fell under her charm, forgetting his anger in his a miration for tier graceful movements, the penetrating timbre of her voice, the sparkle of her wit: The hour for the tea htul lonq passed, ami Andrew was still there, tie had lost nil desire to run after Mrs. Luton, that faded doll whom Uosatnoud ? a< he was forced to a licit to himself?bad portrayed so truth fully. And ensconced otieo morn in tin depths of her nrtu-chair, Mrs. Harinoi smiled a kiudly smile, and silently re gurded tho young people, who, foi their part, looked at one another witl: looks that ilo not deceive and in whiel the old aunt read with joy tho hope o a happy union.?From the French, ii Argonaut. The First Money. It is difficult to realize that prior t* B. C. 700 there were no true coins that ingots or buttons of gold ami sil ver were weighed at every mercuuti! transaction. The Lvdians of Asi Minor are credited with having beei tho first to cast and stamp with an of licial device small oval gold ingots o detinito fixed weight, an iuventioi i strangely delayed, but of luestimabl ! importance to industry and commerce ' J A eoiu has been described as "a piee ? . of metal of lived weight, stamped l> 1 I authority of government, and em ployed as a medium of exchange. ' .Medals, though struck by authority l siro rvi'y kutoriO'il *c!oor?\i and hav I "o currency value. 'i lue bright, far-flashing intellect o Greece saiv the import of the Tbydiai l invention and a ioptod it quickly, an I every Greek State, nearly every city islaud and colony, established a mint i generally at some one of the grea temples, for all early coin types ar religious in <-h iraeter. They bea symbols of some god as a pledge e | good iaitli. The olletings, tithes an ! rents of tlm worshipers were '-oiu.' i an I circulate I as money. Temple thus became both mints and bank; Our word "money" is said to hav been derived from mio Jloman shrin I of Juno "Moneta" the earliest Lati ; tniut. j The lir>t shape of these earlv coin ; was that of au enlarged collVoberrv | punched ou the rounded side wit ! ofllcial letters, or sinkings, as they iu I I called.?Good Words. 4 City Nicknames. Washington?Tho City of Magnifi I oeut Distuuces. Pittsburg?Tho Iron City. New Ilaveu?The City oi Films. Cincinnati?Porkopolis. (This nam ! ! has flometnncs been applied to Chi I cago.) Ancient Koaio?The Mistress of th World. Aberdeen?Grauito City. Indianapolis?The Huilrord City. Raleigh, N. C.?The City of Oaks. Chicago?Tl?e Garden City. London?Tho Modern Babylon. Baltimore?The Monumental City St. Louis?Tho Mound City. Boston ? Hah of the Universe. Brooklyn?Tho City of Churches. Brussels?Little Paris. (The can. is sometimes applied to Milan.) New York?tiothim. Detroit is known as the City of th Straits; Boston, the City of Notions tho Puritan City, tho City of Culture tho Modern Athens and tho Hub of th Universe; Philadelphia as the City o Brotherly Love ami tho Quaker City New Orleans us tho Crescent City Cleveleud and Portland as the Fores Cities; Springfield, 111., as the Flowe City; li ochester as the rlour City Hannibal hh tho HlutT City ; Buffalo a the Quoen City of tho Lakes; Pitts burp: as the Smoky Citv; Keokuk a i the (late Citv ; Cincinnati an the Queer j City of tho Wast; Nashville as the ('it; I of tho Hooka, and Louisville as Ful City.--J'ostou Journal. To Clean Soiled Books. Ink stains inay bo removed from i book by applying with a camel's b.iii pencil a small quantity of oxalic acid diluted with water, and then usin> blotting paper. Two applicationswil remove all traces of tho inn. To ro movo Kronso Hpot-?, lay powdered pine clay each side of tho spot and pres with on iron as hot as the paper wil bear without scorching. Soinetimei grease apota may be romovod fron paper or cloth by layiug a piece o blotting paper on them and thei pressing the blotting paper with a ho iron. The heat melts the grease aui tt i blotting paper absorbs it. ? Th< Writer. hf.i.TT.Tj=rT.-rjTOT:^V^Ty.T.T.r^.'.?jj.ij.?-.i:T.i.?.T-?^a=r3 HOOP VALUE OH STRAWS. Buckwheat straw is never fed or, indeed, used in any way, on account ol a common prejudice against it, to the effect tlmt it causes disoases of the I skin. Its value as givon in the scion title tables is forty ecnts for 10( pounds, oat straw being worth forty tivo cents.?Now York Times. RRUNINO RASPBERRY CANES. rruno raspberry canes in tho fall, j Then the patch can ho cultivated, oi what is better, plowed out with n out horse plow, turning a furrow chains tho plant. This briugs to the surfaci many insect larva?, and thus cuts short their career, to tho advantage of th< fruit grower. A furrow is left between tho rcws which facilitates drainage and puts tho ground in better eoudi tiou for early cultivating thau if treat , ed otherwise.?American Agricultur ist. cons AN1? SUNFLOWERS I'OR SILAGE. These two may be put into tho sib together and used as food for cowi I with much advantage. Tho leave? am heads of tho sunflowers alone are use i Tho stalks arc ouly tit for fuel, fo 1 which they are excellent, and in place ' it pays to grow tlioso flowers especia ly for the fuel value of the stalk. Tk seeds in the heads contain fifty pe ' cent, of their weight of a lino oil ej 1 cellent for cows. Tho leaves uro somt * what mere nutritious thau those c c com. HEARING FA LI. FIGS. f It depends on circumstances whetl er or not it will pay to feed youu pigs over the winter. It depends, fc one thing, ou how they are fed. Ce tftiuly it won't pay to keep them, I they do not grow ; ami, as thesummi > growth is made at a very small cost c pasture, anil the most growth is thi ? wailo for the fooil used, it pays bo ,v ter, wo may be sure, to feed sprit II pigs; but a skillful feeder, havit some roots or potatoes to sparo f ' this use, with waste milk and bran < 11 oatmeal, may make the feeding pay u good profit, but it surely will not p to half feed them, o _____ V AIM FOR TIIB TOP. u As long as tho highest prices a paid for the best, the most entcrpri * ing farmers will spare neither pail our npi-uno to pro luuo the best, an ? if their neighbors do not exert thci ^ selves to keep up they soon will lit j themselves in the background. Oi farmers must keep abreast of t! ' times. They must think; they nut ? rea l; they must s-tu.ly ; they must c perieut; they must exert their mim r to tho iulle>t extent to drag out iro . Motlu-r Earth her secrets of fertilit ^ Let them do it and she will rewa ' them with fertilo liehls nud goo 1 cro inahuudauce, and tliey will eujov t richest b.essings of the most, satis; \ ing and noblest occupation on eart The wideawake farmer who h nvUMICU UW il'TH'llllliri' Cllll a.vavs 11 II 1 ? a-' good as nnv other professional ma very often much better, Tor pu and fresh fruits, vegetables, bntte I* eggs, und meat there is no one to e??i pete with the farmer.?Tract ic o r, ! Amur, nxruKT LAuon. Professor Canfield, President of tl Ohio State University, tells the sto of going into a great steel foundry at seeiugaceitain man whose simple <lu 0 it was to watch intently the heat< metal, and when the refuse came the surface to skim it off quick! That was his solo occupation. "Ai so," he continues, "I have been agui and ugain in great machiuc shops m found men who were eallcd expe workmen assigned to do a single thin; and while it did require a lar; mount of experience and a larj amount of special training in tin special direction, there was no dema'j for general intelligence, and theworl man was himself constantly nnrrowt and shrivelled and weakened by tl J very condition under which lie wi obliged to labor." He was simply a cog in the vast rm chiutry. That was all. There wi ' hardly a similtude left there, if wo n gard the freo play of the faculties < 15 ,i.? 1 e a. i. a % \ ? ? ? f lur iuiuii, oi mm which looses a untuii being to-day. In connection with this work < j ag ic'.ilturo more thou uuywhcro oh iH this demand for the froo ploy of a . j the faculties and powers of the iniu ^ j and body. I con only mention thrt or four lines. If yon believe in ti ^ i mastery of all theconditionsol proilu j i fion, see how absolutely essential it ; that the n.an have that largo 11 ! 1 telligcnoo and very quick mind. Thei is o certain kind of alertness tin ; would be found absolutely necessai in any other trade or colling?in tl learned prolessions. ? i See how necessary it is that 1 r ! should be able to understand and reii , signs and indications, that he slum! < be able to catch quickly what natui 1 has to tell him. Finding yourself fat * | to faco with tho question of produ - i tiou to-day in all linos, think what s ' means, the mastery of tho conditio! 1 of the soil, tho wisest and best cond n tious of fertilization of tho grouni i Every one cau multiply it by altno f thousands, and certainly by hundred i and still find its ramifications an t different lines of thought and aotivitj 1 How much more is required to-da l than was reouired fmrtv or flftv ??n ' go? What is the market today, i '-'-'J M 'J-1-'-1-111 ""jg which you buy and sell? Thore maj . no longer bo any question that it ia r the market of the world.?Now Eng? , land Farmer. ? DEVICES BOK A FARM WOIIK IJBHCIf. ) Tho illustrations show two uovico for waking th? work bench "handy." Tho strip of board has two pegs set into it at an angle. In tho side of the > bench are a series of holes bored, not * horizontally through tho side of the 1 bench, but downward through the side. Tho strip with tho pegs can r then bo slipped into any sot of holes, 's according as the board to be planed I- upon tbo edgo is wide or narrow. o The other dcvico is made bv % i ? -f >n blacksmith from an oM (lat file or )U strip of iron. When a board ?3 to bo planed upon tho face this is driven into tho back end, and the other two points Jf? driven iuto the top of tho bench, when or | tho board will bo held securely from or | swinging to one side or the other.? ? : New York Tribune. lV| rori/riiY HINTS. Take sonic of your best fowls to th# fair. Tr\ s. j Don't overfeed. Too much gram is I cruelty. Fowls need no food at all if ut | on a range. a- | The roosting places should never bo id , on an incliued plane, as there will be ur j a light lor the top places. 10 | It is not desirable to have ducks lay st i at this season, as there is but lit tie dcx* j maud for their eggs at fair prices. j The pro luctioa of eggs is contimim ! ally failing behind in this country. It v" | is p. source of possible profit lost r , sight of'. H, | Tho best foo 1 for moulting h< us is lean meat. To havo hens lay in win t) 'tor, tho tarlv moulting Imus must be 1>S , fed on foo 1 that will assist to renew i till) fo >! Ii.-l-s VJ 1 , t, ' Water given tho fowls ouec a clay iu r0 i hot weather i.< not the beat plan. r> ' Twice a day is the least it should lie u. 1 given then), and three or more times .;ij ; would 1 >0 nutter. There is no better food for fattenj ing ducks than cooked potatoes or turnips thickened with bran ana corn , ^ j meal. Feed the ducks threo times r; i0 day all tliev will eat of it. r v ' | Two square feet of tloor space is snf tv ficient room lor ducks. A tioo~ tun by ,,1 tun will accommodate fifty ducks, to Have the lloor covered witLv chaff, cot v ! straw or some similar stuff, id Foods rich iu nitrogen and the phosn phates arc ju demand by moulting id hens, and of the grain foods, bran is rt the best. The bran should be scalded fj and to a pint of bran should bo added ;e half a piut of corn meal and a gill of ?o Mnseed meal, mixed to a stiff dough at with milk. One of the best uses for wbent chaff k* is to use it on tho floor of the poultry house. It may bo tlirco or four inches 10 thick, and servos several purposes, the i first being to keep the floor nlwayr ! dry and elean, and the next is that if a- I - ii -. -i.i n 1U>? imnct eut'im UO HCttlierea iu tuo iS chafi", tho hens will work iiud search h!" industriously for tho seeds, at A limited quantity of silage for poul* 11 try can be preserved in tight barrels. (ireen clover ami finely cut sweet corn ' are most desirable, l'ut iu a layer of clover, then a layer of corn, ulternat, ing until tho barrel is full. Pack well, ' put in the head, and cover with earth :0 or coarse horse manure. Tho ensilage IU will coma out iu good shape and make L" an excellent succulent feed for winter, is j. j It will do to pick geese two or three ,0 times a year, whenever the feather n? lt ripe, which will bo known by exauiin,y I ing. If it is bloodless and pulls easily, 10 i is ready to pluck, but if tilled with j blood, is ' green" and not mature. 1 o,.. ...i >? - i vu4iiiii?iii<, wiumi runny id pitICk, tUrt | feathers drop more or less. It is e |tj niinpio hihI sure protection to draw nr. .e old stocking over 11 goose's Lend, duriug tlie oporntiou. c- Tliero is no suro remedy for fenthor it pulling. The first hen cuught ut it is should l>e killed. Some smear tho bare i- places with tar, nnd others trim the I. edges of the upper and lower inandi* st hie* so that tho hous cannot hold a s, feather. Others separate them, eonid fining them for two weeks. The cheapf. est preventative is to keep the hens at y work, bat as a cure it difficult, it U rs best to send them to mvbti and begin a anew, i