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Show hI.cii the Klic'-ilz- . through luterac-lilisjiiili'S. foim.l llienisel.es attacked oil ilie soiiihuest l.y the Kalmucks, on the north by the Ml. .rial! Cossacks and on the eii si l.y tlu ruler of Jungiiriu, that they liegim to l.ld for Itusnimi and to utforil thill series of rui son d'etre for Kussian .i.iupiesi in Asia. It ..as not. however, illifil on ll.e ilea 111 of Hit h.i Soli.-iA Mai, uhii, l.y skillful willi l.i.lh and Cliinn, laid rnau-ag.i- l THE NATIVES Of SIBERIA Leaving tin i I y of Omsk on bis the SlU-iiaJuurnoy in Hu traveler mvn for tin first tune the genuine NtejijN in ilit full kiMum of flu tcrui a country level us the sea, with not a hillock or even gentle iimlii'.-- i iii to bniik tin xl might line of the linri-xuami not a mi.-i- i of eiiltivnilon. a tree, a l.iisli or ci.-- a shine to .liier-fcif- . . the Trans SilsTia'.i i:,i'..:iy Ik expu-- i s d dtirk-.-olon- A Klrakle Xu Hot. construct the raihvnj line was largely derived frim the Trans-Sils-rli- n sue-(vssf- iiJinjiletlon of the Cuiiadinu laclflc railway and Ita siila.iiiient of tlie Itrltlsh Nertli Amerl-eapossessions; for. In uiaiy respect Kilierla la to Hussia what t'aiiada in to England a great lauded h.ritage. full of maguitieeut resoum-s- , oily w.liing to be develojH'd. Ixjndou Uraidii. s fast and 1ulu.onury l)lan.M. Wsrkuieu exjiosed to mitallic and mineral dust are likely to tie the greatest sufferers from this jmteut agency of mischief. It has long lieen known that dust coming from tlie polishing o( steel and the tiling of east iron has a particularly destructive action upon the resiirutory organs. Of the mineral dusts, that of gniiilie is the most cutting au.l diingcniii to the lungs. Vegetable dust .liming from artk-used in weaving. flax, liruii, Juts and ut ton, is also to Ik carefully avoided, us it ofien causes fatal ehesl troll hU-- mid consumption. Chest ills-- jsr-foin.i- l. irim-Itlv- csjHi-i.-ill- - s un-ep- s. As a drink tea Is not greatly us.il In ttlio slepM, the Klrglilx luiylug the cliCiiNst kind i.f what Is called brick ;teaM tea which Is hard pressed Into molds (to that It resemble bricks otherwise they always have koumiss, a liquor made of fermented murc's milk. The Klrghlx kihitkn I a circular tent made of felt spread over a light wooden frniiM. This frame is easily taken apart and jiut together, and Is so light as to form a loud for a single ciiincl. The broad pl.ii's of felt are easily stretched oxer It. so that the whole can be put ujt lu alsnit ten iiilmiles. On one side Is a door covered with a flap of felt, au.l the lire is lufllt In the middle, the smoke escaping through an oNuliig In the .roof. The Interior of the tent Is dniir.it.il with pieces of ribbons of various kinds, us.il to fasten down the felt, ami around tin sides the Klrghlx plan mid luiug nil their valuable g.ssls, consisting of carjieis, silk mattresses uud cloths, and soiii.- - A ; a AI K re co School. orders an also frequent among those who handle dry skins, rabbit fur, horse the young man must enter tin kltdtku, when the hride is culnl and take tier out, although Mil eiitiaiice and exit are feebly opHscil by all her female j friends. This is jin bulily a remnaut of the old primitive custom w hen mar-i ring. wa an uet of cupturc. of Uussiau Tin. jiresent railway enterprises is one of the in.isf significant features of tlie day, and is. the direct niitiimie of the French reap-are uow procliciiicut. French jiroviding the sinews of war for a ry- j erudes.Tiue of UiihkIiiii activity in Asia, aimed, of course, at England coiiimciviul prospects ill tlie far East. The jimgress of tin traiisSilKTiuii railway, however, is tin point tli.it exesHi-l:illas the cites chief iutel-esl- . marked attention jnild to Li Hung Cluing during his recent visit to St. Ietersburg rleiuly demonstrates that the mute will lie vis the leii country j and easy gradient which Manchuria ni u Uuist .lima affording Increased fa-- 1 cilitic for Ilie opening up of the slmi-t-cs- l isissilde main route betweeu Euro jk and the Iiicltlc, betweeu St. Ie-- ' hair, felt 'uud bristles. Hut the dust lurking lu fleejmig apartment la often a medium of dnully Infection. M. Mlijuel, the French bacteriologist, who has been exNrlinenting to find tin liest means for disinfect lug dust in apartments, finds that chlorine gas, hydrochloric acid gas, formic aldehyde, liyjsN'IilorhU uf jonIii ami chloride of Is'iixyl are i in the order named) the most and quickest In tbelr Ills discovery makes a decided advance in the nrt uf disinio tlmi, and slsiuld he given prvferein-over the old uicIIiih! of using carholio or sublimate sprays. A towel or sheet dipjHil lu the tiiinuierelnl solution uf formic aldehyde and hung up in a room will disinfect it without injuring jdetures, bronzes or other objects of urt. larls Letter. 1 I j j elli.-ai-loii- s J ; , l'lir Irlm of fiuldra. .ii'lmlfwahl lias just celebrated the . T pr of the Klrahls Trllir. silver articles, with the tniiplngs of horse uud household utensil. The klbiika combines the advantages of g cool in summer aud warm in wiu-ur- . . - j . coinfurtablc stable eoiitain I n g plenty of windows, N C.C. Lillie, In writes Mh-h- - Fruit Grower. Light is absolutely S essential for their welfare. The stable need no. he excessively warm, although it should never get cold enough to freeze. Hut If one desire or expe-'tthe best results he should have h's stable so he can jiartlal-l- y at least "ontrol tlie temperature, that Is. not allow It to hrome ex'reme-l- y cold during a period of sharp cold weather, and not allow It to become excessively warm during a warm apell of weather. A uniform temperature Is what one should strive for, and a stable ran be too warm as well aa too cold. If rows are kept too w&rmi aay "0 degrees, they perspire freely, and extra feed la required. I believe If one could keep his stable at 40 or 60 degrees. . It would be about right. Now one does not have to have a pal-ne- e, nor artificial heat, to keep hla rows comfortable. The old stable can he given a coat of tarred paper and then battened and be made suitable for the wanta Many people excuse themselves by saying that if they had a barn like so and so, why they could keep eows all right; no doubt they could get along better with Mr. A.a barn If they had it. Imt. they havent Rot it, and they should make the best of the circumstances as they exist, the hero Is not the man who le always waiting for something heroic to turn up, but he who makes the most of the things us they come. The man who la always waiting for Juat the right never finds them, nor would te be able to master them should they chance to turn ui. Fix up the old barn aud by so doing save money to build ike new one, by and by. M.lpplua Ituller In Auslntlls. There secina to be no limit to the devising of mean for the transportation of perishable produce to a distance, ay an exchange. A new method i that of jiacking butler In a box made cf !x sheets of ordinary glass, all the edge being covered over with gum paper. The glass box Is enveloped In a layer of plaster of parls a quarter of an Inch thick, and this Is covered with sKclally prepared paper. The plaster being a bad conductor of heat, the temperature luside the hermetically sealed receptacle remains constant, being unaffected by external changes. Butter packed In this way at Melbourne has been sent across the sea to South Africa, and when the case was opened, seven hundred miles from Cape Town, the butter was found to be as sound aa when it left the factory. Cases are now made tu hold as much as 200 weight of butter, and 40 boys and girls are occupied In making the glass receptacles and covering them with plaster. The top, or lid. Is put on by a simple mechanical arrangement and Is removed by the purchaser equally easily. A saving of 25 per cent on freight and jiacking Is claimed, in comparison with the cost of frozen butter carried in the usual way. Those having the, real interests of dairying at heart have by dint of a good deal of hard work at length succeeded In rendering It reasonably certain that cheese shall be made on the square; that Is, that It shall be exactly what it pretends to be, and that skimmed and filled cheese shall no longer be sold as full cream. There la now a prospect that cheese will be ninde on the square In another way; that Is, that It shall be put up in square packages. The American Creamery quotes a New York dealer's comments on a shipment of cheese received by him pill up In twenty-poun- d square The package Is an oblong packages. box about 7x7x10 Inches. It was made In New Y'ork, and bears the state brand. Tbe dealer says that an excellent demand for the cheese has been met with, particularly from uptown grocers who were able to obtain three-fourtof a cent per pound more for It than for round cheese of the samo quality. One advantage claimed for It is that It cuts better than the ordinary cheese, being cut in square Instead of slices, hence it does not dry nut so quickly. The demand for this form of cheese is quite urgent, and dealers would be able to handle a good deal of It. Of course the square cheese is a familiar enough thing In certain r, fancy brands and special makes, brick and other soft cheese being commonly put up In that way; but the idea Is new In what are ordinarily called the Cheddars, and yet there are advantages In the form of package that are almost certain to make It popular. Llm-berge- ' These uottiuil who lull,ildt the regl-mof Turkestan and Western a tin 4iMria ur. not tli siinie true Klrghix r I.iiruts wim lire iilsnit tlio Lake Issjkkul nn.l in the mountains f Khokaiid. mid art called hy tlu Kiissiiiiis Kara Klrghix ildack Kir ghlxt and aim liikokoineiiuy or wjld mountain Kirghiz. They tin not sNiik of themselves ns Klrghix. which Is a ua tup given lie-ihy tlie Kussiaiis, but an known only as Kuxuk. the same as the Itusslaii r.NiKMH-k- , which, a us.il in routrnl Asia, means simply a vagabond or WHiiden-r- , ami its uid!rntlnii is evident. The Kirghix speak a language which Is one of the (iiitvst dialects of Tartar. all hough the kernel of their ran Is evidently Turkish. It was In the Jieglnnlng of the eighteenth century, 'Ff wluir dairyman r?i should have a good seveuiieth birthday of Aimer, the doyen of Swiss guides. Aimer lias been the ihui.iT of all modern moantnin-Ktoriiier- s. and Iekln. to use the dctureque Gerthe at Tlu railway, time of my recent visit, wn onu to man word. In the liertu-.- ' Oberlund the n scent of the geiier.it t rn HU as far a the obi river, alone lie has made , K.lger, Wetterhom a distance of Wt1 miles Cheliabinsk. Jungfrau, Moeiu-litin eastern terminus o ftlu Eumiieiiu ami Sclircckhom no less than lot) railway system, ami INI mile lieynnd time, mid. wiili the exception of the the Silicr Inn city of (Uiistv Imt with tin Jungfrau, he has heen the first 1 to t also favor of Ilinei lldlkolf the Uussiau foot on their smiwy crests, lie minister of ways ami iiniimuiib-i- i lions. the only living mountaineer who ha made the dsivnt from the Moeuch on I was nidi to continue my rail Jourto' ney lieynnd the Old river, over tin par- i the Wengcnnlp, mid It Is said then not a iimunialii jjo.ik in the Valais, tially cmiiplehil division to Krasins ; Grimm. Savoy and Danjiliine on ynrsk. The foriiial opening of the last lie h.--i lliHkolt in- wliieli he luis not lilvoiuu-k.ildivision, which, as Irin.-form me. is to lake phue at tlie ml five sou, all of theta trained from of tin- year, will at last establish a childhood to In guide, aud some have continual mil cniiimiiiiicutioii between carried ou their father's work with St. I'etersburg ami tin greatest of the English niountniiuiTS in the Gam .isus Aimer alHrni Yenisei tlv-- i and tin lliuialay.is. Silmriau waterway-tb- e has ever l which that none of Ids cllmls-rer. Of tin three large are to In .niiHtrm-tci- l along the line up i au accident, lull lie himself ha hi .in the Grimlelwald to this j mint, the one aeros the lrtlh , sours of Kittle, bhn-of in broke sevhas already Ini-i- i lnfi'it Hint in u. for' glacier n falling across tlie eral of Ills rili. and in a winter ascent over a year, while old Itself ami Its eastern branches are of tin Juiigrtati in lKri Inhi tu wore ex peeled to In cninplctiil by tbe end of i all frozen ond had to amputated. It 'f ItWIM. 1MI7. The building of tin bridge over i Sinn tlieii lie has retired from work, As the expert poultry man was riding the largesi t'loiig tlie line. ami uow .iij.'vs a green old age In hi tin Yem-scl- . wa formally .mimieiieeil Spt. t of elm lei at CninlelwaM. -- Journal de by he was hailed by Farmer Slowly and i Debate. tin ireent y.iir. the following discussion took place: Over tin steppe ami undiiliitiiig .min- Farmer Slowly Is It a fact that you too 1 a Name. lie tlie ami rals try wliieli fet'd your hens bones, and that you uew thru coal ot the YcHisei river, tin construction v. il. have to tliiwu tin iin-change find It profitable? tin railway lias in. if lie in-- i Is im ib to jMtn-li-ixExpert Poultryman Well, that Is (iiiupanitlvely easy ami it expensive il his tin hi in. half the truth; I am feeding ground am informed aMil C!..1ihi per milei. ltaiigN hy? Wli t Iii inline? bonce as a part of the ration, but of Imt tlie uioiiiit.i'miu regimiH from I aki ffimiey to Irkutsk ami lyltleton. from jitipli. course I feed other things. I have not Krasnoyarsk . , It. nut I'm afraid not ltalk.il to i lie Amour rlvei-- w iieii got to the point where I expect my v hi n Uu yet of tin line are now inst lnu-lbene to get along and do well on an ib'.il.-r'n a coal tiint cu uiiicli are sign. uime hiiliiting. niiuiring exclusive bone diet. F. S I dont take any stock In these Traiis-SilM-rin- fillies, in euses of richer men. of even M - T i HIST of all, in this climate a l iruulthe s ng nl ; . VyvV y jiiis-tlme- -- I iimaii-ijsiouic- e .JHrula This Drpuriuirut of I tie furut A ftw Hints n to the Care of Live Stork and Poultry. , . he.-am- e err-aie- s flow : e suiihmsi1. In l In morning yiai may 'wateli the vast lakes, with I heir rugged jroiiioiioii.ries ami well wisshil for hu h the mirage Kinks, your Hiiiiiseiueiit. Then during In .lay then are always one or two trilling In chleiits which amuse you a lit lie from your souiiioleiiii. Now you descry a ou the la.rlzou or couple of honu-iuei- i euvuater a long train of eatuela marching slung with Moleinii, stately step, anil simulate as to I lie content of the big akages with which the) the e:.r-ca- s are ludeu. Now you olnu-rvof a horse that lias fallen by tin wayside, nn.l watch the dugs and the atej.jM eagles lighting over tbelr jirey. Now you jiercelve most pleasaut sight of all- -a gnii of hayMtaek-shajj.i- l tents lu the distance, ami you hurry ou to enjoy the jfrut.-fu- l simile of a Kirg-bi- s kibitkn and a drink of the rtf resiling koumiss. line of thes. aoula, or tent villages, la which we put up for the night, consisted sls.iit twenty tents, all ou the same inotlel au.l scat-terein sMiradic fashion wliliout the leaat regard to syuiiuetry. Close by was a watercourse, which apaand on some iuujh as u river, Imt which was at that time merely a sti.iisslon of hsj1h .iiutuiiiliig a llipiid. Uiat these As we more than hiismi-Icipools suidi.il tin liiiuil.iiaiits wtih water for eullunry jiurjMiws, the sight was lint caleuhil.il to wliet our iiijm-tlleto For waul of something do we waleh.il the iisiiiriiti.um for dinner. e The dinner itself was not less than the iiiciIukI of i.repiirlug It. The til Ide cniisiaiiil of a large napkin s mil 1 in the middle of the tent, and the chairs were represent nl h.v cushions. oil which we sat eriwslegg.it. There wen in. plates, knives, forks, SMMJliN or chop sticks. (Snesls wereex-I'li-t.i- l all to eat out of ii ii.iiiiin.li wissleu I". a I. and to use the iy si runic ills willi wliieli mil u iv hail j.rovhled them. Tin fare was copious, Imt not vniinl, n.lisislliig entirely of Mini mutton without bread or other suliii-tute- , and a little sultnl lu.rs. tlesli thrown in as mi eiilrn. To tilt out of I 1m same dish with half t a dozen .Mohammedans who thvlr 1ropliets injnn.-- i l.m nUmt ulilu-thIn a highly llgunitlvely sense Is nut an ngnimbli tint with these Kirghiz soiiietliiiig worse tlutn this 1ms to la .iu:nuiil.rd, for their favorite inethisl of expressing their and affection for oue with whom they an eating inuslsts In putting lilts of unit luu and sometimes av.ii liand-fuls-hushed meat Into the month of the guest with their dirty llngTs. Ou such occasions a these It required uo little effort to subject our feeling of .nausea to a sense of Klrghlx pollte-ties- FOR OUR RURAL READERS. . to yiehl a stiiiiiilaiii..' ti.iihng t. luh-' 'Ile-i.cy in the Eastern . ; i i r i.Ikc t. hardly a doubt tliai the a Kus-sian- INTERESTING CHAPTERS 1.- A!.-;-i- to lelaiii iiiileH'iiilenee, that lllis-al.'isway Kniiiii lixed. It is a curious fa.-- i Unit tin- - Klrghix W ele coliVel1.il to .Mi..illiilUiiillisi h.V M e lillslakeii efl. Its of tl.e Kussian . At Hist hut lew of thu g'.iciimu-nlsiih.-iiil any Id.-- of the doctrines f Islam, and ilu-r..as ii.i a iiioKqin. or a liilliiah ill the steppe; Imt t Jit . J ust as they insisi.-i- l on using tin Tartar language in their intcr- nurse . if h tliciin insist.-- on tieutiug III. Ill ns though they welt .Mi.llUllime-dims- . I. uili iiioK.pi. nn.l sent iiiiillahs until flu whole j tuple outWli.-ii asked wliat wardly Mussulman. religion they have to such a form of the ipicsiioin they will say that they do not know; Imt ut the same time they will reNl with vigor any iiisiii'iiili.ui that they are nut g.sd Mussulmans. The Kirghix are in general breeders of and sheep, ulid the search fur fresh jiiiMiiiri'N is the main cause for their mignillons over the stcjijie. They do not, however, njuder in.liscrlmiu-atelover the vast expaiiNe. but have their setll.il winter and siiiinner quarters, each volost in they are now divided l.y the Kiwsliius for ct uvciiic lice In collecting luxes-k.i-iiits own limits. Hostile horse-raelhthe usual are w resiling, swinging, and esNH-iallthe natioiial ssirt, lutlga, where one limn holds a kid thrown over his saddle am! every one els. tries to tear It 'mm him. There Is oue race, culled the "love chaae," which may lie considered a art of the form of marriage among tlie Klrghix. lu this the bride, armed with a formidable whip, mounts a fleet horse auil Is pursued liy all the young men who make any intetisions to her hand. She will Is giv.-- as a prize to the one who catches her. Imt she lias tin right, licsidcs urging on her horse to the illlii.wt, to use her wliii to keep ntf all except the oue already chosen m ou the Ktcpic. a religious .vreuiuny of her heart. As mull.iiiK an very rare nu.v kind at a marriage Is unusual; but one thing must lie strh-tlA fnr the .. oiiicii have sung the virtues of tin hride. uud the ini-i- i these of the gnsuii, tellhave ing of his great exploits, how ninny cattle In- has stolen uud in flow iiiniiy liinra tiding exjNilltlniis lie has engaged, 1.4 mile-stnn.-- il.i-i.l.-- Itii.-oo- the liioliiiliiiiniia ixjwilise. Traversing Hiieh a region is, I nc.il Kiy, very weary work -- all tin more as or oilier nl then are no marks to show you tlu (impress ymi are making. Still, it Is not mo overwhelmingly wearisome as might Is Kami i I II. s DAIRY AM) IDULTKY. XiM-rita- f.-nlr- y gluecriug skill i;iul jiee.a.lary outlay. It is c.ertel t l.i; I tl.s seeilou l.ft tween Krasnoyarsk mol Irk ills.;, t Eastern iuj iial, will Is cui.i h.v the end of IVi7. jilel.-Trau-Ci I. ike tlie spin n line to Sarm i rand, ilie Trans Siiit-- iau it.il ay iijMtii ..ill. .ciy 111 pn li . i i or invesiig,-ninii- . nary nd er III. siiuplv urie. 'i.t-- i tii.i-- Is-line," uiut a In..- - Hiei-- is, . ver d inure riijudly coiMpleiimi. I. ike the Trans iilv. iii in.-I which lias now v.r in Unis!;, the 1ersian and Afgliaui i..n m.--i rk.-- l - s li.-u- tlie j K.rilv ; r Traiis-SIlN-rlii- n i eii-ara- s.i-tloii- s s .nost of them are wiittrn know no mure about farming than I do about hunting stars, Y'ou ran, if you want to, take up with ihc notion that feeding dry hones dues any good, hut the thing is so absurd to uie iti.it 1 would not want folks to thiuk that 1 did it. 1 believe you might as sell lied rucks as boues. E. K 1 think yuu are mistaken about I lie fellow that advocate the feeding uf hones to In ns. They are not men that write on a mere theory, hut l they ure that poii!lrynu-have made a gi.nd of money out of the jjuultry htisiui.-ss- , and they believe and ray ih:.i a imri of tl:'-;- r money is iiia.ic from Iccdii.g the heiis v. out they need. F. 3. Well, haven't the hens billies enough of their own? Besides, dots the hone that is fed do any good? E. P. Certainly the bone does good, and 1 will tell you how. The hones that you throw away contain some of the most Important elements of food. First there Is the lime in the bone, which ie utilised by the poultry economy lu making bones, and when the fowl Is grown goes to making egg shells. This save having eggs. If the hens have a good supply of material they become strong-boneYou know that this Is a very luimrtant point, aa very many of our highly-bre- d farm animals are deficient in bone power. The bones also contain nitrogen, and that la an essential element In the building up of various parts of the body. Then there to the question of economy. These elements may be obtained very cheaply, aa a large quantity of bonea are thrown away In every community. Believe me. If you will secure a you will Improve your poultry and at the same time save money. new ideas; Hi Kluilirjttt lu Africa The diagnosis ol jiarasitlc oisrvjcs le always determined by finding the parasite or Ita egg, says Profor Cooper Curtice. The quickest and surest de- -l termination fur Internal parasite Is made at a examination. For Intestinal jiarasltea many suthort recommend the examination of the dung. This method hta not been verified by exiierience, but aipears to he tedious and difficult, aid a method better adapted to experta tl.an to laymen. There are rertaln i.y nptoms from which one may Infer tiut sheep are infested with jiarasiten. A large part of all the flock to t fleeted and the symptoms shown hy the different individuals Is similar. The apijeflte is generally good, but individual members present a poor, stunted, blood less, Other local symptoms, depending on the organs affected, are present. The most positive characteristic U to find that a number of sheep tallied together are affected In the same 7. From these general symptom, those depending on climatic changes and irregularity of food or Its Insufficiency must of course he excluded. The heep owner who disc overs weakness among his lambs should not wait till one of them dies before he endeavors to make a diagnosis, but should undertake to diagnose the disease in the early stages by sacrificing one or more of the wont affected, and thus gain time In treating and preventing the extension of the disease. By waiting for the disease to develop he allows the lambs to grow jjoorer and weaker, and when action la finally undertaken It la upon patients that are. In many cases, already too weak to stand vigorous treatment and which can In no way profit by preventive measures as they In Moulting. A bulletin of the Department of Ag- should. The lambs examined can. If riculture eays; There le perhaps no the meat be not too poor and watery, lime In the history of the fowl that In- be used on the table without harm to the consumer. If the animals are at dicates ita vigor so well as the moulting period. Fowls that molt In a short all feverish, aa Is the case In tbe latter time and hardly stop laying during stage . of the disease, the carcasses this period, us a rule, have strong should be thrown away. It is the bevigoroiis constitutions, and if properly ginning of the disease that treatment, fed they will give a large yearly record. both hygienic and medicinal, 1b needed Its best results, and On the other hand, those that are a and produces long time moulting have not the vigor therefore an early diagnosis and deand strength to digest and assimilate termination of the malady Is fully as essential as In the more virulent bacfood enough to produce the requisite number of eggs. It le necessary to se- terial scourges. lect fowls some time during tbe year other than the moulting jieriod. Some Him Indication of their power Do mockin' bird a le shown in their general conformasingin' In de tip top er du tree. tion. !: selecting a hen for egg-prEn he singin' right at me. durtiou her lorm will give some inforHe singin right at me! mation of value. A lung, deep bodied He say: l heat you risin', fowl is to he chosen rather than one Fo' de sun wuz in yo do', with a short hotly, whoso underline is I an ent my breukfas up not unlike a half circle. A strong, Dat's why I'm singin so. fowl a hearty, vigorous usually has long body, a deep chest, with long and Go long, lazy nigger! quite straight underline. Other things You mighty pow'ful slow; larger-bodie.he fowls being equal, You'll never kotch a worm of the egg breeds are to be preferred. Ef you don't get up en gr: '' It to a rule that fowls bred for egg larger-bodied production are than De gray hawk sailin' saiKV those bred for fancy points. Whenever n dc elements so fnrv, vigor and constitution form an importe,n he holler right at me! ant part in the selection of fowls for He hollrr right at me! breeding the size of the fowla le InHe say: I beat you risin', variably Increased. Fo de sun was In de sky, I up en kotch my chicken I'nn for Site. Dat'a why I'm Ilyin high! Whin I go to select sheep for breeding purposes the first consideration la "Go long, lazy nigger! the form. I had murh rather have a You mighty pow'ful slow; neat, shapely little sheep than a roughYou'll never kotch a chicken er, overgrown one, writes J. E. Wing Ef you dont git up en go! in Sheep Breeder. After form I seek Atlanta Constitution. evidences of rigor, of constitution and stamina. These are vital to a breeding flock. Without them, the other quali(lit of Kref. ties cannot he transmitted. Next, 1 The principal differences in cuts of consider the fleece. 1 think a handsome beef as to their food value are in the fleece, free from keinp, covering neatly proportion of bone and the relative the points of tlje sheep, is a very pretty amount of water, lean and fat in the thing, and helps greatly the apiiearance flesh, aaye tfie Field and Farm. For Inand selling qualities of a Hock. That stance, In different cuts of a side of beef wool is low to true; so Is mutton. I am of average fatness we have found the not denying that a sheep that grew no proportion of hone to range all the wool at all might reach the maximum way from 3 per cent in the top to the of profit from the feeder's point of sirloin at 4U per ceut or more In the view, but he will not soon come to that. shank. The proportion In the round, Lastly, I consider the size, and prob- rump and brisket would be from 14 to ably, other things being equal. I should 16 per cent, while In the shoulder clod, choose among the larger specimens. I ribs and loin It would be from 20 to 25 would avoid, however, selecting ewes per cent. The proportion of water in that were of a larger or distinct type the same materials would range from from my own. With the ram It wuuld 25 to 28 per cent in the flank and be different; hie disproportionate size shank, from 33 to 40 per cent In the would be email objection. Suppose, In rump, ribs and brisket, from 40 to 50 our unthinking striving for size, we per cent in the loin and neck and were to be successful, each year seeing would reach nearly 50 per cent In the a marked increuse in the Bize of our round. The projiortlon of fat would sheep, when the sheep approach to the he even more variable, being lees than size of the cow, what would be the ten per cent in the shank and shoulder 10 per cent In tbe gain? How many shepherds would clod, a little over 15 and 25 per cent in between flock such of a animals? round, prefer the loin socket and neck and from 28 er cent In the ribs and rump. Setting Apple Tree. More Injury to lias been done and more loss Incurred by close setting than from gny other Feed Charcoal. The benefit derived cause except neglect. From experience feeding charcoal or even charred from I and whereof advice my I know speak, the present season of the year at cobs varieties is to set all is more than many breed-er- a swine all to and most are not less than 30 feet idea of. The beneficial efany have bet-tci. 30x35 and would be apart each way in many instance marvelous le fect I have seen trees cet only 8 feet have slipped by a breeders and many apart each way, making 640 to tbe acre, dose call from disease by this method and they but they were the If the cobs are raked up In were young trees, having been set eight of feeding. the feeding lot, some dry In row wind years only. There were four acres and astraw scattered over them, and all fired they produced at that age 7U0 barrels of can char the coin easily. When apples, jmylng all expenses of setting you enough scatter the cobs with burned and caring for up tu that time. The the fire will be extinguished; and rake limbs then touched, and the owner Inon them and when cool salt tended to cut out as they grew, a suffi- sprinkle They will leave corn the In pigs. let ciency to enable them to bear well. Hut for It. Ex. such cases of close setting are rare, aud can be recommended only for a special Early and Late Potatoes. Must of purpose and under high cultivation. the very late growers of potatoes plant W. B. Atherton. varieties. mainly of the Horace Vos., a veteran turkey dealer There le a good deal of loss In market, j at Westerly. IL L. who has furnished lng early varieties, especially those dug the white house with Thanksgiving while their skin is still tender, and Is birds for seven years, sent three broken by being rubbed sgaintL In ones to distinguished people hot weather such potatoes rot easily, this year. One was sent to President- and though the pries U higher, there elect McKinley, one id the white house Is not so great profit as (or the more and one to William J. Bryan. productive Inter crop. Early potatoes do not generally produce heavily. Hot, in Cincinnati dry weather shortens the crop, while A young physician makes hla professional calls on a bi- with late potatoes planted late much of cycle. and calls his instrument case hie the growth of tbe tubers le made alter tbe heated term has passed. Ex. repair hit. j j Viy that post-morte- m jirii.-ih-n- ib-a- i hide-boun- d, sort-shell- lione-mak-i- d. bone-grind- er o- d wide-spreadi- Dm-hee- meg-nlflre- nt , pot-belli- ed d, |