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( A Smart Hat.' Very smart liats aro mado of pioccs t of ono's street gowns?tUo clotli arranged over toquo shapes and smartened up with wings, quill3 and Persian trimming. New Cyellnj; Hats. Tho Baroness do Volo recommends as a now headgear for lady bicyclists tho matador hat, or, as it is moro familiarly styled, llio "cup and saucer." It is in straw, very light, and its shapo recalls tho appearance of tlioso articles of domestic use. Thcro should not llO tor? miloli triinminw? "?> ? "V1 lo than over-mucli. The advantages nro thai it is a ehango from the sailor hat, anil that it docs not catch the wiud in the way so many hats do. The Baroness is wearing ouo with great satisfaction to herself. A Young Woman Wanted. ^oguo tells a story of a certain widow just turned thirty who found herself coicpolled to self-support. Of I fl|c physique and with an attractive face, sho looked no older than her ! years, except that her hair was white. Sho hn 1 been far-seeing enough iu the days of her prosperity to perfect herself in shorthand, and when moncy\ making became a necessity, she begau r to apply for apositiou as stenographer. s Her letters of application met with ^ prompt acknowledgments and appointments for personal interviews; but presenting herself at commercial house after house, she wa^ unoucy j>r less bluntly told that alio was tod old, that a young woman was wanted. Be m;..; it nuilUU in u OUl'lUUS mm Ol IUlilU, ahe investigated the subject of grayliaircd women iu business, anil alio discovered that there exists the strongest prejudice against employing them, whatever thpir age. Brown or black ov blonde tresses havo thus a distinct commercial value. Reformers may admonish women to acorn llio dyeing of whitening locks, but their pleadings will fall 0:1 deaf ears so long as, socially and commercially, white hair is esteemed detrimental. Sti Edwin Armilil ami Ills IVlfe. Thero aro nomo romautic stories told concerning Mir Edward Arnold's marriage to a Japanese lady. One of them is that ha first mot his present wifo iu Yokohama iu 1891, when lie visited Japan with his daughter Edith. One morning Miss Edith went to the Legation in great distress. She said that her father had gone crazy. He claimed to havo married the pretty vi.low ?>r Colonel Watanaba, of tbo .Tnpnncso Army, but as far as alio could discover no ceremony had been performed, which shocked her European ideas greatly. Minister Swift called on Arnold, who introduced him to his bride, and explained that they had married by the easy .Japanese method of drinking a cup of tea together. "It is tho custom of the country, and will he as binding on mo as would bo a pompons ceremony in"a cathedral," said tho post, whereat his daughter and friends had to ho satisfied. When Sir Edwin returned to England ho found that his Japanese wifo was recognized as such neither by tho law nor society. * It has frequently been reported that! he was about to marry her under tho British law, hut even his friends doubted if ho would do this, as ho declared that he would never bow to conventional prejudice. ? Boston Horald. Clin far tor Told l?y Treason. That there is a physiological connection between tho hair of the head and the temperament of the individual is no new idea, rays Tho Lr.dy. Among many ancient Nations, indeed, tho condition and quality of tho hair were regarded as infallible signs of one's naftlVA Otl/1 if 4 ItAen nitrliu " factory the per.son's lock a lmil to ho in sumo way altered for the bettor. It was probably this notion as much as any other that caused the introduction at a very early date of wigs and false hair. Homo physiological conditions connected with the hair are revealed in a work known as "Tho Secrets of Beauty," which was published in Paris in tho year 1832. For instance, wo learn that "line, silky and snppic hair" is tho mark of a "delicate and sensitive temperament." .Again, hair that is "curly and crisp" without artificial persuasion betrays a "dangerous cleverness," a "brilliant rashness," which may bo trusted to lead to trouble nine times out of ten. Further, white hair ?presumably when it is premature? is tho sure sign of a "lymphatic and indolent constitution." Not one whit better is "harsh upright linir," which shows ft "reticent and sour siiirit." Perhaps, however, tlie worst sort, of nil is "i'lut, clinging straight hair," tienoting ii "melancholy character." Attendant* on llio Rlrlc. A new department has been openod at tho rooms of tho Young Woman's Christian Association of New York which will undoubtedly prove valuI able; it is a department' for tho inI Btruclion of attendants upon the sick. 1 ' The course of stiuiycovcrs a period of eight weeks, mid the women in training will he taught to care for convalescents, feeble or elderly persons, and sub-acute and chronic cases. Tao student must bo between tlio ages of twenty and forty, esoept by [ f special permission of tho committeo iu charge. A tuition foo of $10 is charged for tho instruction. A certificate will bo given to studonts passing a satisfactory examination at tho ond of tho course of study. Only women of intelligence and ability with a readiness to learn will 1 in ndniiH A(1 In llm olnuano on/1 H/-v will bo retained nfter entering who does not show a proper interest in the work and attend regularly. No pupil will bo allowed to charge raoro than $7 a week during the first year of service. In addition to the special duties in caring for the patient, students will bo taught proper methods of sweeping and dusting tho sick room, preparing of foods, reading aloud, writing notes and packing a trunk. Thoro is no expectation of preparing trainod nurses for service, but it is thought that there is a demand for such assistants and that tho work will utili/^3 tho talents of many women who could not find employment in other ways.?New York Times. Way* or Afghan Women. Although au Afghan woman is supposed to ex.isfc entirely for tho bonclit of her lord and master, slio is not al ways as meek ts might bo expected uudor those circumstance. When a 11 tan has many wives, one particular one may not rco him for many days at n Lime, but it is not considered proper lor him to slay away from her an long: as lio feels inclined, particularly if i'uo bo of high social position. Tho result of such au experiment on the i art of u man married to tho granddaughter of tho greal Ameer was that he actually suffered personal violenco at her hands, an I then tho story got abroad aud bo becamc tho lauerliiug slo.de of the Court. Ho had neglected to visit liin august wife for twenty daj*s, and when at last ho did go she was dining off a leg oi mutton. Feeling liko a scliool-boy who has failed in his atlondauco a: school, tho delinquent husband sat do a 11 to the food, trying to appear unconscious of any neglect or misconduct. Tho lady, too, appeared guiltless of any irritable feelings or sinister designs, She quietly (with her lingers, of course,) picked all the meat off the bone, and laid the pieces beforo her husband, who graciously accepted tho delicate little attentions sho bestowed upon him, aud thought ho was going to escape ehet.ply; but ho was mistaken, for 110 sooner had she completed the operation than sho raised her weapon of vengeance aloft and struck him with such, force :ts to make a considerable wound, tlio broken end of the mutton bono being 110 doubt sharp and iagged. Tho next day tho man appeared at Court with his head all plastered up, and the story soon camo out, to his intense, mortification aud disgust.? New York Tribune. Fashion Fn-nrlcs. Whito piece laco for blouso fronts. Striped velvet for street costumes. Heavy canvas goods for winter wear. Rouaan-striped taffeta for petticoats. Immense muffs of gray and whito furs. Fur cravats ending in a bow in front. Band collars having a lace bow in front. Cloth and silk costumes oddly combined. Black peau dc soic for costumes and skirts. Skirts having a Spanish flounca e fleet. Chenille-dotted nets for ovoning gowns. Heavy French caslnncro in street shades. Hats having a full velvet crown and chenillo brim. Artificial flowers for berthas on evening gowns. Points of real laco for tiny yokes on surplico waists. Black velvet costumes embroidered l.TT l.Olwl Willi <..* uj &iuiiv? ?? J m jv/ii Light shades of velveteen for swell brides maids' costumes. Waek lace flouncing with tapering vine designs for skirts. Wlnto nets embroidered with gray poavls and steel spangles. Moire volour and poplin in black, neutral and light shades. Long silk neck scarfs, tucked and hemstitched or laco edged. Jewelled bauds of net and maussoline for edging trained skirts. Checked and hairline-striped taffeta in three colors for shirt waists. Velvet costumes combined with moire volour, cloth, satin, drap d'ete, etc. Neck ruches of plain, plaited, puffed or crimped chiflbu, with aad without lace. ... . .. Stock collars and ties combined made of white and bright-colored srtin. Negotiations extending over three ' years were necessary before a Miehig.au, i.tan could buy two Islands, comprisI ing live acres, from tlie Government. The pripo paid was $o.&0. | GOOD ROADS NOTES. | ! ^oeefe?ofeio(Oie(OieseiGiicxeidiesese(eeot06ej6KliC j Connecticut Gootl Koncln. Tho xvholo state appropriation of 0100,000 for good roads in Connecticut J has been applied for by towns, and t about forty miles of improved high- t ways will be built from tho nppropriatiou and tho $100,000 added by tho ^ towns. It is very likely that iu tho t next Legislature a plan suggested 1 soveral years ago will be proposed for f building one State road oust and an- j other north and south, with low grades, ' and touching so far as possiblo tho ^ places of larger population. Reports from various towns indicato that com- J parativcly fow have complied with the r iiuw gumo-posv inw, which compels T each town to place at all intersections of highways a guide-post marking tlio distanco and direction of tlio next town. In nono of the towns which havo complied with tlio law, so far as known, havo distances been mensured so as to mnko the guide-posts accurate, and thoso distances iu almost all tlio towns aro still llxed by tradition or guess.?Now York Post. County Koa<!s in Michigan. The county read system in Michigan can bo adopted by a majority vote in any county. Five road commissioners oro olccted, nono of whom can in any j way bo interested in any contract that may bo entered into by tlio Board. They liavo full power to lay out county roa.ls; to clinngo the width, direc- I tion or location of existiug oues; pnrchnso property; uqifco with adjacent counties in laying out and maintaining roads; adopt any road as a county road, except that iu incorporated vil- i lucres tlio nonsnnt. of tlio villimo muof o " O" 1 bo obtained. Tbey can grade, drain, f gravel, macadamize or improve iti any ^ way according to their judgment; con- ] struct and maintain culverts and j bridges, but can contract no indebted- \ ness in excess of tho amount at their j disposal in tho hands of tho county f ' treasurer. A county may l>y vote i bond itself for road purposes, and is x liable for damages growing out of their j bad condition. Tho dystom was ^ adopted by Chippewa county in 1894, , bonds for $100,090 issuod, aud in the f two years following nearly 100 miles j of road wcro improved and built to ? tho satisfaction of tho people. { ( ltadly Locntoil Illcliwnyn. f A serious drawback to tho improve- j mentn of many roads is found in their location. Originally they wero not laid out at all, but wero formed by following settlers' paths from cabin to * cabin, or by running along farm linos 1 regardless of other considerations, f As towns grew up along thcin aud 8 travel iucreased their disadvantages * hccamo 111010 apparent. Working 1 them was almost useless, and the time J aud energy wasted in hauling loads c over them on account of poor surfaco 8 aud steep grades amounted to immense * Bums. v In northern Now Jersey, Morris 8 couuty is an excellent illustrations of 1 this. Beforo tho work of macadamiz- * ing was begun there, General Stono ' addressed tho freeholders on tho sub- 1 ject. Ho found that many of the roads ran over hill after hill, when often they could liavo followed the T | valleys and skirted tho hills with sav- t I iug of both dislanco and grade. One T principal road connecting n village with tho county seat, seven miles dis- 1 taut,and in tliu same valley, run3 over * four great hills*. J This township alone he figured "at j tho low estimate of half a ton per aero 1 carried annually, cut and in, and at ^ the rale of ono dollar per ton extra for * tho hill tax of $7,009 per year on its ' I 11.009 acres. At the same rate for the oilier hill townships llio total tax is over $100,000 per year." . Tn such cases tlio most important thing to do is to niter tlio courso of tlio roads, or lay out now ones under \ scientific direction. Opposition to 1 such changes may bo expected at the \ outset, hut t'uo result will satisfy the [ most critical. "When points at higher elevation A must be reached, tlio most economical J method is to approach them gradually, oven nt tlio expenso of considerably , lengthening the distance. A grade of one in ten is tlio greatest that should 1 ever ba used. Railroads are carried ( up steep inclines, but not by attempt- x ing to soalo them. By serpoutino ? lines they travel miles to reach a high- 1 or elevation, though advancing but a ^ mere trifle. The samo policy should I ho employed in building highways.? ! L. A. \V. Bulletin. I For Good Ito.nU In New YorV* Warden Sage, of Sing Siug, said a A few days ago to a correspondent of the y Tribuno that ho was satisfied that * prisoners can bo used successfully in making roads. This exactly accords with tho experience of tho authorities ( at Auburn and Danncmora, where ox periinontal roadmaking has been undortaken, aud also at tho Kings Conn- ^ ty Penitentiary, where, at the sugges- j tion of tho Tribune, work was begun on park roads at tho East Side Lands ^ as a means of stopping tho spread of s insanity among convicts who were ( forced to remain idle. Wo aro by no means convinced that roadmnking , would not bo better than shop work . for a proportion of tho inmates even of T tho State prisons. A part of them nro r now employed on improvements about j tho prisons, but there must como an j end to that after a time. Then, instead of trying to discover somo new 0 article for uaaunfacturo, let these mon j no set ni? wovk ou tuo niguways. n Meanwhile let the inmates of the j County institutions bo similarly cm- t ployed. There is no serious obstacle to this method of procedure. It has been I proved time and again that convicts under slight guard can ho worked out- t Bide prison walls. They can easily bo a transported to considerable distanco 15: or daily work and brought tp tbo ' >rison at night, thus avoiding the establishment of camps. They would eompete with free labor us roadmakers ess than in any other activity, for .hey would do what thore is little prospect of tho State doing on a largo tcale with hired labor. Moreover, tho examplo of a few model reads through ho Stato could not fail to have a itimulating influence. Movements vculd be started for road improveneuts in towns and counties which vould mako a largely increased lemaud for labor of tho unskilled tind most nosded to relievo any congestion in tho market. Tho generally >ad condition of our highways is a re>roach to tho civilization of this State, ind in no way can it bo remedied so CttUUjr us U%y ClllJHUjriKIK tuuv 115 is vheuever possiblo at building good oads.?New York Tribune. l'eep at n Uig Larder. Tbo general cold storage room is tbo argest refrigerated, and liero aro kept bo general stores, such as canned joods, meats, vegetables, eggs, etc., 10 that it looks exactly like a wholesale iroduco bouse. In it avosomo thirtyour doors, so tbat tbo difficulty of naintaiuing tbo low temperatui'e of birty-four degrees is evident. Tbo reeziug chamber which branches oli rom this ono is kept at eighteen decrees Fahrenheit, aud in it are stored be fish, poultry aud game. A milk jox about ten feet long by four wido lud nearly four deep is used for storng tbo mi'.k aud cream as it is revived, and is kept justabovo freezing joint, or at thirty-two degrees. Then ;bero aro several short-order boxes for ceepiug meats from meal to meal. Tbo butter, chccso and fruit for iinncdiato uso are stored in another oom. Oue of the strangest placet for i refrigerator box to tbo uninitiated vould seem to bo in tbo bakery, but lero tbo pastry lias to bo kept still", juddings cooled, berries preserved 'resli, fresh preserves for baking purposes kept sweet, so tbat tbo pastry lection is quite important and a most ntoresting sight. A still stranger oom is what is known as tbo "pitcher oom," where tbo shelves are tilled vith rows upon rows of pitchers tilled vitli ice ami water and ready for initant uso. Tbo "bar box," .which is u reality a room twelvo feet square md eight feet high, for storing w ines rm u jers ami Kept nt ft tomperature >f forty'two to forty-four degrees, is in important adjunct to tha house.? Milwaukee Journal. Dog IV lil iijici** in diuretic**. In former days ulmost every church n this neighborhood (York) had an >fliciftl who discharged dog-wlsipping unctions; it was in many cases the ioxton, though sometimes a person vas nppoiutc 1 to tho post who lilled 10 other ofliee. In tho reigh of Queen Elizabeth, William Dobson was the shuroh dog whipper at Kirtou-in-Lindicy. At tlio sauio place, in 1038, the Church Wardens' accounts show a iharge of 2s. for whipping dogs, and is Into as 1817 Robert Robertson was mid Gs. 8d. for discharging siiniinr unctions. In a plan of tha neate in Ukborough Church, mado in 1781, r. ie\v near tho south door is marked 'tho dog whipper." Tho dog whipper, however, was not inknown over tho sea. A writer in ho Ecclesiologist for 1Sj2 remarks in egard to tho Church of St. Ravon at laarlem, that "tho windows of the lorth aislo are of Ihveo lights." Tho ifth bay opens into tho pretty little. Uondenslngcrsknpel. Theso funcionarics?tho dog whippets?had siiu!ar houor in other countries. In Portuguese cathedrals, for instance, a Pap el la dos Enxutacanes will cfteu bo ound.?Notes and Queries. l'ntcnt I.tle-SavlnR llull. Among recent English patents is a jalt for saving life, which consists of i band of canvas, with cork layers at ntervals. Attached to tho belt aro our floats or bladders of rubber, with i protective covering. This is strapped iround tho body under tha arms, tha iladilers being inflated with air by tho rearer by blowing through a tube vhich runs around tho belt, and is it ted with a self-closing valve. Tho illiug takes less than half a minute. Equipped with one of thoso belts, a nan can walk into deep water with his dothcs and shoes on, ami be supported vith enso in a perpendicular position vithout making any effort. He can, 11 fact, sinoko a cigar while in the vuter. This life preserver does not ?revent its wearer from swimming, lmt f lie is exhausted it enables him to loat. in an erect position, it being im>ossiblo for his head to fall under the vatev. A passenger at sea who is nor,-ouscan wear a belt under his clothes vithout its being noticed by liis fcllowravclers.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tlio I[?llro.i(l Worm. Tho railroad worm has done a vast leal of damage to tho apple crop. It s often mentioned but rarely de- ' icribed, and many pcoplo are net J iware what this mischievous crcatnro s or of what bis work consists. Some ' lay tbey may pick up an apple, beauifn), smooth and bright 011 tlio outiide. It is cut open and nnmerous iark lines appear in it. Theso arc vliat may bo called underground eban- ] ids of this pest. It would socin that 'tunnel worm" would bo a better lame for it, as its progress is a series ' >f chambers burrowed through tho ' >est part of the apple, sometimes go ng around and around tho coro, aud Iten approaching the outside, but ! mly occasionally touching tlio skill, t is almost impossible to tind any ] mount of good in somo of the spccinens examined, tho wliolo spaco be- : ween coro aud skin being traversed 1 >y tlic worm. "SB Clilnr.n Itral.ia I The avcrngo weight of tho brain of f ho Chinaman is greater than that of i ,uy other race oil tho g'obo except the i Scotch. i ( UW-IL -V'.VVi': "". .iu.f^!j.iTf.j-?-i-t-.---^.j Secnrlnc Enrly I.ettucc. Tbo outdoor crop of spring lottnci may l>o mado several (lays earlier Iv sowing tbo sccil in somo sbelterei place lute in fall. It is not likely tlia if sown now any of tbo lottuco wil nomo up tliis fall. A few leaves scat tcrod over tbo bed will keep tbe seo< from injury, and it will sprout am grow with tbo lirst warm weatlior ii spring. Almost evevy ono bas seei self-sown lettuco on tbo bods wboro i was grown and went to seed tbo previ ou t year. It is much moro forwan than spring-sown lettuco can bo ba< in tbo saino locnlity. i;n?i?l?rrrle?. Read before tho Missouri Ilorticul turnl Society, by 1). A. Turner: Rnsp berries should bo planted 8x1 fee apart, plant ns early in tho spring n tlio ground will work well or a gooi plan is to let tho plants gat from fivi to eight inches high aud you will b euro to have a slaud. Cultivation should bo thorough am shallow, I use Plant Jnuior five shove plow and a two (2) horso cultivato and cultivate every eight to ton day from tho timo tho plants avo r.ot ti August 20, and hoo every other plow ing; no weeds or grass allowed t grow. Pruning tho first year, pinch bael when sixty-one to twenty inches high it wlli mako them more stocky am will throw out laterals tho secout year, pinch back when two to thre feet high. I never take out tho ol< wood till spring, for it is protectioi to tho new bones, shorten in tho la teral shoots from ten to eightoou inche in early spring vnritios. I havo been growing raspberries fo twenty years and now place tho Kan 6as at tho hca'l, it stands tho white better and resists "Ant'.irognose" bet ter than any I know of. It is vcr; near as largo as the Grogg and mucl better in quality and second early am makes line, largo tips and lino bones Tho Progress is tlio best early var icty here, lino and largo and makes i better bono than tlio Tolmer aud doe well 011 the sandy clay land. Tho <)uoen of tho West is a goot one, and makes tho largest cano o any other variety except tho Shoflfe and point nhont tho Neuiahah. Tht red varieties I will say nothing about for they havo not been a success witl uc, I havo a number of varieties now The rig-liutlng Sow .In answer to tho question, "Wh; irill a sow sometimes destroy and ca her youug pigs?" tho Western Swine herd says; "There may bo several dif fereut causes for this trouble. ' fir boiuo cases wo havo seen a sov evidently suffering from a form o hysteria, similar to what is known a: puerperal mania in tho medical pro fession, and in such cases tho troubh has been vary much aggravated, gen orally, by injudicious handling. If i now is inclined to be wild and nervous as tho time for parturition approaches tho b;st plan is to lenvo her alone Do not go into her pen at all; it wil only aggravate her. Handle youi sows as much us possible while young, and nino times out of ten you wil have 110 trouble at farrowing time; but if you have, mako it a rulo not tc interfero unless absolutely obliged to, and 011 110 account allow a stranger U go near tho pen. "In other cases wo have been satis lied that the sow was induced to cal her pigs through an unnatural craving produced by an unhealthy condition of the body. Once acquired, tho prac' lice soon becomes habitual, and nndei these circumstances the best placo foi tho tow is the fattening pen. "We think, however, that eaveful handling, 110 harsh treatment, and :i moderate amount of food of a cooling and slightly laxative description witli a regular allowauco of salt and nslicu, and, perhaps, in some eases, a dose oi salts shortly before farrowing time will be the best safeguard against such trouble. "Wo notieo a statement by a writci in one of our exchanges attributing tb< canst of this trouble to thirst, ami re coinuiendinga plentiful supply of warm waver to he produced for tlie now aftei farrowing. Wo quite agree with the advisability of this, and will add that every sow, whether inclined to destroy her pigs or not, should have plenty of fresh, warm water within her reach after farrowing." Onr own opinion, backed by some of tlio best breeders, is that the feeding of cooling, laxative food beforo farrowing is the best preventive.?Farm, Field and Fireside. Winter Fccillng of l.lvo Storlc. It would bo better where there is a rapid growth, if possible, to withhold the stock from blue grass until midwinter. The advance in grain values lias induced most farmers with live dock to put up liberal quantities of sorn fodder. This will prove a fortunate reserve for the shortugo in autumn grass. The abundant rains of parly summer supplied a good yield of my, as a rule. Tlio hay market now s low compared with grain values, rhcrc seoms to lio no occasion for ilarm as to a grca" advance in the val* les of stock food within the coming six months. The feeder should give full attenion to the suhject of the proper diet or his stock in tvintcr. All provender hrit is put up in a rare condition, as , rule, has the sauio effect in tlio diet >f domestic auimuls as bran, oil-meal 18,1 l iv . ^ ana otlier laxatives. Tlio provender, 1 ,. u however, is cftectivo in only a niilil 7 degree, as a rale, in laxntivo proper- p I ties. On tho other hnml, ripo hay, B t straw ami corn fodder to a degree liavo H 1 tho opposito qualities, tendiug to con- l; stipation. I c 1 la putting up tho liny, many farm- ' v 1 era make it a rulo to neutralize the ex- , ft treiuo tendencies in their liny by lib- , ' j oral quantities of salt distributed in ; t its curing. Ordinarily tlio watchful j i- feeder provides a liberal supply of salt j d and wood ashes mixed, or, in tho ab- ? d sence of \vot>d, liio ashe3 of corn cobs j aro used. This condiment is regard- ' r cd as cfllcacious in maintaining an ? equilibrium in digestion. At tho K - present time, very copious rains have r - revived tho grazing. Lima should t t also bo furnished an a part of I ho eon- j] s dimcnt for tho grazing animals. 1 t. 1 Ono who provide8 cusilago or a good o supply of roots will have litllo troublo v 0 in regulating tho digestion of domes- p tie animals after a rnlo of diet has ^ 1 been established by preliminary ex- ,, I perimeuts. | f, r Tho skillful feeder will bo ablo to t 3 regulnto tbo diet of tlio animals by a ^ o judicious mixturo of the grains and - forage, requiring only a limitod j; 0 amount of bono nutriment iu the way j] of mineral condiments. Iu tlio case f, 1 of oats that aro ripe, a mixture of an j, , equal bulk of wheat bran is at times n I desiiublo wliero tho hay or atraw is p 1 ovor-ripe. j 0 Economy in tho use of food may bo j, 1 exercised according as tlio weather in ;i * miui or severe. Tho amount oC grain v - limy bo diminished with mild weather, a s but must 011 tlio other hand bo in- j creased with a change to sovero ( r weather. In the case of animals fat teuing to a liuisli, it is better they ,, r should bo fed slightly less than they () will cat, tliau to bo furnished an overy supply. The samo suggestion applies ! a to all feeding, but thcro is littlo dan- , I ger, as a rule, of tho average feeder . exceeding tho proper limit iu tho case ^ - of young stock. a The young things that aro weaned !V a about this timo of tho season will need n very especial care. Whore their grain 11 1 food has been gradually increased be- " f foro tliey were taken from their dams, " r tliero will be littlo trouble. Where o sudden removals havo been made, it !* , is well, if possible, that tlio youngsters i ? should bo furnished cow's milk diluted with water, along with grain rations, 111 for a few weeks, gradually diminish- l) ing the amount or milk. When ouo " Y lias a good number of young things, it j* t is well to furnish thcin warm cooked . - food at least onco a day. Tho came ,s suggestion applies to milch cows. I 1 When tho ice gathers, water should f bo warmed for all tho stoek. , c: f Vigilant care will lmvo abundant rc- , 3 ward.?Farm. Field and Fireside. tc 3 Farm nn?l Ganlon Notes. p Keep tlio wagon well greased. |1 3 Burn up tho brush on tho place. j' 4 Keep the fodder tied up close to tho jj. ' husking. j J Cut and burn all weeds before tho p . seeds shell out. j w ( Success in farming depends much li I upon preventing waste. | s< t Bettor get tlio turnips and manglco j ^ ) harvested without delay. , n Grain feeding of cows in summer 1 ' helps tlio fertility of tlio soil. Every grain bag ought to lie marked ^ in plain letters with ink or paint. ! Y , Fresli top-dressing of pastures is an I I insult to stock if it is turned on lliem. d Wlieat cannot sprout well in lumpy f-1 soil, l'uiverizo and roll tlio li well. A new variety not suitablo to your ' soil and climate is worse than ua old, t inferior variety that is. w ' It is a waste of land to give it only j 1 half tlio cultivation it needs; it in a 1): ' waste of time to spend it half-doing a I v< [ thing. | t "Mary had a littlo lamb," and her j!1 father sold it, but the money ho got / . for it did not pay for the injustice ha ; ' , did the child. ? st Tf you use poles for running beans, 1 jj t will it not pay to pull them as soon as ' ( ., tho beans aro harvested, and store ; o; > them under cover? j ft. What do 3*011 think of the plan of hi drawing in somo of tho fodder and tb stacking it beforo finishing tho husk- or ing? Would it not bo a good plan? j m Aro tho hay rake, mower and loader b: in tho meadow? If so wo suggest that w: you harness tho team, go and get it them, and put them under cover some- j y>'< where. j ?a Nothing is better established in ' "I agriculture than tho value of a propel* | " rotation of crops. Do not raise a crop j 11 of corn or a crop of wheat five, ton or fifteen years in succession on the same picco of land, and then wonder why you set a small yield. jc< If you find it hard to get the manuro ' out in time to plow the fields, tnkn if out as often as a load accumulates, if j it is overy day. It is better by far ' ' thattho manure rots anil leacbcs 11210:1 tlie fielil tban it wastes by leadline; in j the barn-yanl anil loses it strength in ** the wayside ditch. j ^ If your tools and implements aro scattered about tho barn, tho orchard ! ln aud tho fields, take an hour or so and 1 ' gel them all under cover in one jilnce, ! and aro how much better you will feel to know that they are where you can I find them when wanted, and that they ! are not having tho life beaten out 01' j], | thorn by storms aud sunshine. * 1 - 9 . THE PLANING-YILL CURE. - * ?f no Han's Xovol Wav of Overcoming Sleeplessness. "More tliou onco I hail counted myslf to sleep," said Mr. "Wiugleby, "beInniug at one anil counting deliberle!y on, mentally pronouncing each umber plainly, nud counting on and i: up into tho hundreds and thothouinds. Sometimes tbo cares which ad beset ino and kept mo awake, and kioh I was now trying to drive out ^ I my mind, would rush in aud got all ** lixed up with tho figures, but I would cop on resolutely, counting 'seven urly - Hovcn ? seven - thirty -eight ? even - thirty - niuo ? seven - forty ? oven-forly-oue," nud so 011, in regular tubrokeu succession, to drivo tho ares away ami leavo 110 chink by rhich they coulil creep in again; and tsually tho counting would work; but ot always. Tho only uniformly eficacious euro for iusoiuuia in my caso s tho planiug-mill euro; but that, owng to forco of circumstances, I amunyrtunatcly unahlo to employ. 4 It is a familial* fact that tho faintst Scratching of a mouso might wako n ?i> out of a sound sleep, whilo a ustained and steady roar would ouly onduco to slumber. There is somehiug about tho hum of a planiug-mill lit is to me pa* tieularly soothing. I ouhl always go to sleep in a plauinglill, and tho odor of tho freshly cut rood is delightful; and when I found hat Urn counting euro was losing its owcr I ma le up my mind to put into ly house a small planiug-mill plant, or T must have slean, and I thought hat I could plane lumber enough, too, o tnako the plant pay for its keep. 4'I set tho machine up and got in a ILllo lot of se'cclcl pine hoards, and ixed thorn so that they would feed in0 t.io machine automatically after I ad started it, and then I went to bed nd nettled down comfortably and silled the rope. ,4lir-r?uui-m-m-ni, delightful, soolliag sound, but just as I was falling sleep tho doorbell rang, and thcro as very little sleep for me that night fter that. "Not to burden you with tlio delils, tho whole neighborhoodobjected 1 tho planing machine, and I had to ivo it ui> and fall back once more on lil-time nielli jus."?Chicago llccord. Danjcin I roni Salt. The use of enlt as .1 condiment is so cuern! and so universally believed in 1 necessary that we rarely hear a word 'j.iinst its excessive nso, but there avo multitudo of persous who cat far too melt salt: cftt it 011 everything?on icat, lish, potatoes, melons, in butter, :i tomatoes, turnips and squash, in road, and 011 a host of foods too Humerus to mention. To bo great an extent 1 it used that 110 food is relished which as not a salty taste, ami this hides lore or less the real taste, which is ften very delicate. Now, the antonut f salt required in tlio system is comaralivo'y small, and if the diet has ecu rightly compounded, very littlo 1 necessary. Homo go so far r.s to iscard its use altogether, but whether lis is wise or not avo Avill not hero insider. Now, what arc somo of tlio evils of 10 excessive nso of salt? They aro ) paralyzo the nerves of taste, or to crvcrt them so they cannot enjoy anyling which has not a salty llavor, and 1 addition Ihero is a direct tax 011 both in skin and the kidneys in removing from the blood. "Whether tlio akin 1 harmed hv this tax wo do not know, ossibly it is not greatly injured, yet 0 know that few pcoplo possess a cailhv skin; hut it is now pretty well silled that an cxcessivo nso of salt 001 overtax the kidney's in its removal, id that the great number of casos of eraugomont and discaso of tlieso rg.ms ia duo to this use. It taken nly a little time to learn to enjoy lany kinds of food without salt, and e advise our readers and others to >oU into thin matter and to try and iininish the use of this condiment so ir a i possible. Wo beliovo they will j bitter for it.?Now York Lodger. A I'nltmna Story, One of the beneficiaries under tlio ill of George M. Pullman is his rothcr, tho llev. Koyal II. Pullman, istor emeritus of tlio Second Unijrsalisb Church at Baltimore, avUo rejives a legacy of 350,000. Part of ii:: suui, ho says, will ho used in exhaling tho work of that church. Of is brother's course at tho timo of tho iv a I railway strike, Mr. Pullman assrted that the refusal to arbitrato was us result of a conscientious belief mt consent would bo conceding to itsido parlies tho right to dictate to 1 employer on matters purely for Misclt' to tleaidn. Am r>. r\t _ ? V. lis, Mr. Pullman milled: "On ono tension, I remember, when n railroad an ordered 150:) cars from him, my other said: 'Make it a thousand. I ill build thorn for you so cheap that will pay you to {jet them now. I ,vit to keep iuy men employed.' Tho ilroad man agreed, and I know that 1 my brother's company made on tho liolo order was $15."?New York iuics. Four New FnKlnml \VliIowg. The chronicles of births and deaths jpt l>y the minister of a New ling* nd parish in tho eighteenth century lord much interesting and soma nnsin?r readiucr. cvkj at tafa ly. in tho records of deaths in ono Massachusetts town uro chronicled tho jnarturo from lifo of thrco widows, iveo sucoc3sivo years. Thoir names o so odd as to bring an involuntary nilo to tho faco of any reader who ay chanco upon tliem. They are ! >rdod in the folio wing order; 1712?Tho Widow Duty. J 711?Tho "Widow Yell. , J 711?Tho Widow. Lull. A few wceks'la'tev ih *tho samo town o Widow Silence Dumrn went to lici 3t.?Tenth's Coiucaaion