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Show j HOUSEHOLD. A end into the audience room volumes, of foul Few Hint gases or irritating dust, an- noumed by volleys ,f coughs and sr.ees. certainly as the Lan.vt suggests, jteople should restrain themselves to a prudent extent w hen sneezing min the air. and thev m tns a coughing storm coming ,m; and et there are to is some judgment and discrimination used inthisaffair . ,te"n restrained eoiigh.asthesa ving 18, "d ie3 a homin'. " l.ut on the oilier hand a suppressed sneeze, that bo moderately mild under loosemight rein, gathers vigor and fierceness in its pent-uquarters, and tinallv hursts forth with a mighty roarthat shakes the house and disturbs the rervieo. . hot fat is spilled on floor or tab!0, pour cold water on it immediately to prevent it striking into the When boards. What does strike in can he remoted by scrubbing with strong hot soda. not known that repeated applications of water (as hot as can he bornel will drive away a or ordinary boil, though the sweMing, tvliich is natures method for purifying the blood, is quite likely to come inborn other part of the body. An Excellent remedy for a cough is tea, made as fola simple Tour over an ounce of whole lows: flax seed a pint of boiling water; let the tea stand on the back of the stove for twenty minutes, then strain and add the juice ofthree lemons and honey and loaf sugar to sweeten. It is ring-a-rour- d you put a kerosene lamp in vour cellar to warm it, set a joint of stovepipe over it and lay a tin plate or the like over theupperend, taking :nre not to have it tight enough to interfere with the draught. The pipe sill he hot as long as the lamp burns, radiating the beat in all directions; while an open lamp merely sends a hot current upward, leaving the bottom of the cellar cold as ever. When sorts of housekeeping gloves the hands chamois gloves fordusting, etc.; rubber gloves for wet work, and even cooking gloves so that there is no need that woman should spoil her pretty fingers. To keep the hands soft and white, or to get them so, dry them with oatmeal and then a rough towel, and occasionally add a little almond paste, which can be procured at any drug store. It is not well to plunge the bands into either very cold or very hot water. For stains caused by ink, paint or other similar substances, one of the best treatments is to put a few drops of oil of vitrol in the water and wash the hands without soap. For any lighter stains vaseline is excellent. All ie n- come for The Women of Great Britain. li are 3,000,000 more women in Great Britain than men. Thirty-seve- n women the of of all cent, per unin are marriageable age England married. Fully f of the women of the educated of marriageable ago are without husbands. Economy is the watchword of the day abroad. British fortunes are shrinking. Ways and means of contracting expendi-- J lure are every-datopics in British 3 papers. Estates will no longer stand the charges upon them involved in the maintenance of such a horde of maiden sisters. Women unused to lifting a finger for themselves are beThere ra fe lie a one-hal- iff jl- - ed ay st ds ng y tot ut .ml rd. fas mi ing thrown in bers on their own nt. have been ave a renu-merati- .them. r,in Ebj j Darling. dont make a noise and the baby. But a noise that Hush! ouy here 'rake nil, iocs -- num- resources. They brought up to no occupation. They have no business ideas. They have no business experience. They shrink with a gainful sensitiveness from contact with a rough and tumble world. tThere are thousands on thousands of br : g not wake it, may disturb and nder its sleep unrefreshing. When child is sleeping, noise and light with his ught to be excluded. Carelessness the matter may so excite the nerv. jus sensibilities ns to leave an infant tally felt efore i to convulsions from any slight Iciuental cause. Or, as a conse-- I ience, a mother may by and by be my how it happens that the pondering ough 'ild is a bundle of nerves. ers. And pray be especially careful of iby' s eyes. A southern exposure is that st for the nursery; but sunshine i sim- id strong light, whether natural or Tlie tificiul, are perilous to new eyes, never th their imperfect vision and deli-cother The effect of such imprudence in many cases, not lied a apparent for time, but none the less over itain is it that helpless ones have, ons of a single day, liad thus laid upon f were fro the burden of a lifetime. It is ie and id that the eye of a child docs not fox-tain full development under eight all ars. ihle ards niat- - y. of ins. i slight f Conshlnsr In Chorcli. thr Cincinnati Gazette. nat-u-ticu-- to The an-nati- on the use he id. but nd has nd the lwav upon the western prairie. There wasn't a house in Mght when I irst moved there, my wife and I, and aow we have not many neighbors though those we have an good ones, ' due day, about ten years ago. 1 went 1 way from home to sell my fifty head of cattle fine creatures as lever saw. I was to buy some groceries and drv goods before I came back .and, above all, a doll for my youngest Dolly. She had never had a store doll of her oun only rag babies her mother Toll! liy the Fje. had made her. Cray eyes do not indicate fntellect-ualit- y Dolly could talk nothing else, and any more than eyes of went dow n to the very gate to call other color. after me to get a big one. Nobody Beep, dose set, little eyes of any but a can understand how, color indicate temper, selfishness and full parent my mind was of that toy, and ignorance. how, when the cattle were sold, the Negroes of nil degrees of mortality first thing I hurried off to buy was have dark eyes; so Indians, good or Dolly s doll, I found a large one, bad; so other races. with eves that would and It is probable that thin eyebrows when yon pulled a ojtenand hadshutit win, do not indicate deceit, or heavy wrapped up in paper and tucked it honestv, ns many think. under my arm, w hile 1 had the parcels holly contrary to popular belief, of calico and delaine and lea and the color of the eye indicates in no sugar put up, Then late as it was, I started home. It might have been instance any moral characteristic. more The lids are pregnant with mean- hut prudent to stay until morning, felt anxious to get buck, and ing. In the the vul- eager to hear Dollvs piaiscs about gar, they are wide; in the cunning, her doll. I was mounted on a steady-goinclose. and pretty well loaded. In the religious fanatiennd prayer- old horse Night set in before I was a mile from ful the white of the shows above eye" settled down as dark as the lower lid; in the haughty, more of town, wiunl bile was in the darkest bit of pitch the upper eye. I hethor the brows are thin oi road wa know of. II could have felt v, though, remembered it so my whether meet or are wide welkand then heavy, they t lie st orm that had been apart, are only physiological charac- brewing broke, and pelted the rain teristics denoting no bent. in torrents, I was five miles or may Byron the prince of roues, had in- be six miles from borne. expressibly beautiful brown eyes. I rode ns fast as I could, but all of Burr, America's most unprincipled a sudden heard a little cry like a and irresistibly fascinating libertine child's voice. I stopped short ami had very dark eyes. listened I heard it again I called A rather straight brow on the inand it answered me. I couldn't see ner half belongs to trapeze perform- a All was ns dark as pitch. successful ers, stockmen and eques- I thing. down and felt around in the got trians. This indicates judgment of called again, and again was size distance, form, weight and mus- grass answered. Then I began to wonder. cular control. I'm not but I was known to be The lids and brows are responsible a drover timid, and to have money about for the nparent change in size, and me. It be a trap to catch me the different moods affect the intens- unawaresmight and rob and murder me. ity and luminosity but never the col- 1 am not superstitious not very; or. This is an undisputed fact among but how could a real child he out on physiologists. the prairie in such a night Arched thin eyebrows indicate the at such an hour? It might be artistic temperament, love of color more than human. The bit of cowand orderly arrangement. Who ard that hides itself in most men ever saw a slovenly housekeeper with showed itself to me then; but once a high arched brow' or a straight more I heard the cry, and said 1: brow in a successful painter? Mail If any man's child is hereabouts, Express. Anthony Hunt is not the man to let eve-bro- 1 g 1 A 1 London Lancet says coughing fre-unc-- y. 3 L r, con-ptio- n. i T ly FARM o P torn-lookin- one-dolla- present. g AND HOUSEHOLD. The fooli-- h man selects a wife as lie Valuable Hint Tot the Husbandman would an umbrella, paving a high-pricaud the Housewife. for a pretty head. Some one asks, Where do flies go Another Needed Talk on Making Good Butter How to Measure Blinkers on Hortei in winter? We don't know, but we wish they would go there in sum-- 1 Useful Household Becipes and Hits for mer. Hail; Indoor Work. Aunt Well. Bobby, wlmt do you ClooH flutter or Poor. want to Ih when you grow up? Bob- Shall we say it again and reitcratiwit by (nememliering private seal we in ns often as a reasonable regard for the the woodshed) Anrorplian. temper of tlie reader will permit, that M ben a fellow sit sup lialftlie night there is little or no money in dairying with his girl in Northern Alaska lie but iu the boot, aud that there is no boot has three months of bliss at a Yvhere poor cattle, mean feed and genstretch. Nature is kind to lovers eral carelessness are found; that to near the north pole. produce the best butter and secure not only a ready market in the matter of and head My son, hold, up your price, we must have kindness with the tell me who was the strongest man? cattle, cleanliness in handling the milk, Jonah. Cause the skill in making tho butter ami the nrt Why so? whale couldnt hold him after he had of so putting it up as that it shall look just as good as it is, and be as good as got him down!" Witter that is a it looks. It is tho A lazy, ovi lad, returning from drug on the market;poor the wishy-washdinner to his work, was asked by the namby-pamb- y stuff that is neither good master if lie had no other motion for its looks, taste, smell or condition; tho oily, greasy, colorless, Yes, replie 1 the hoy, than that? stuff that no sensible person each is drawing out letter, but it would look at much less buy and take slower! home to eat. It is the consistency, tho Miss Travis Don't you think m.v color, and, perhaps, tho absence of any flavor with oleomargiun that entitles it new dress is too sweet for anything? to a preference on tho part of many Miss De tMiiith Oil, lovely, exquisbuyers who tire unfamiliar with pure butter that favors its belling. Farmite! I do believe your dress-make- r could make a bean pole look grace- ers then who would make a success of making butter must study tho ful! market and realize that tho best only A little Burlington, Yt., girl was is wanted, and that me in butter has about the same valuo in tho estimation recently asked to name the most im-- , of a good housekeeper as fish after Vermont. of portant production have been kept too long. they Fnknown men who emigrate to1 Effect of Itlinkrn, other states and become famous, An English writer says that the was her reply. N. Y. Tribune. effect of the blinker is both Young Wife The paper says and mentally injurious to physically tho horse. Bider Haggard finds that he can do In the first place, especially when finer work when he abstains from all largo and brought near the eyes, it has animal food.-- ' Husband (a reporter) the effect of heating them and hinderWell, 1 believe 1 could write better ing the free passage of air over them. if I knew there weren't any butchers In the next place, it causes the eyosjto bo bills coming in. always directed forward, and thus produce a most injurious strain oil the Indolent husband How true it delicate muscles. Wo know how painis, Mary, that the hand that rocks ful a sensation is felt when wo are the cradle is the hand that rules the obliged to biruin our eyes either backward or upward for any length of timo, world. Wean- - wife Yes, and it's and the horse suffers no less inconventhe hand that splits the wood and ience when it is forced to keep its wa-1 in parries the coal and draws the eyes continually strained forward. j y, ter. Caller Is Mr. Jones in? The new servant maid (a jewel of honesty from the country) Yes, sir; but lies not well. He can't see you. Ill, is lie? I hope it's nothing serious. Not very serious; lie's drunk, sir. Toronto Grip. First Kentuckian Sat', colonel, there's a Mormon elder down the road preachin to a crowd o young it die. Would I Were I searched again. At hast I be- women, an singin Discouraged, Bird! a Second Kentuckian Well, me of the hollow under the thought It is so easy to say, Never give up hill and groped that wav. Sure I ken furnish the feathers. You get the ship. It is so easy to hold your enough, I found tie lit tic some tar to stick em on. dripping head up and step firmly, to laugh A clergyman on a recent surtly moaned that and sobbed as I thing, cheerily and have a pleasant word took it in my arms. I called to mv afternoon paused ill his sermon, mid for everybody, when safely hedged in horse, and the beast came to mo, and said: I saw an advertisement last from sorrow and poverty by thelove I mounted and tucked the Iittlesoak-?- d week for five hundred sleepers for a thing under my coat as well as I railroad. I think 1 could of friends and a bottomless purse. supply at could, promising to take it home to When sickness passes by to knock mamma. It seemed so tired, and least fifty, and recommend them as at some other door, when home is pretty soon cried itself to sheep on tried and sound. the one sweet, safe corner in all my bosom. It had slept there over It is stated that Queen Victoria the world, when there are those who an hour w hen I saw my own windows. has reduced her household expenses would suffer that you might go free There were lights in them, and I sup.$130,000 a year. It is suspected ah! then it is easy to feel as ifnotli-in- g posed my wife had lit them for my could make you quite discourag- sake: but when I got into the door- that she 1ms concluded to do her own ed. This is a beautiful world, and way I saw something was the matter, baking hereafter, instead of buying there are lots of good things in it. and stood still with a dread fear of her bread nt the bakers. NorrisYes, many a son and daughter, a heart five minutes before I could lift town Herald. few wives and mothers, and about the latch. At last I did it, and saw Dealer (to clerk) What did that the same proportion of husbands the room full of neighbors, and my Clerk James? want, young lady and fathers, do live more, in the wife amid them weeping. She asked brussela for anatomical life. 'When she saw me she hid her face. shine, than in the shadow of But there are so many more, who Oh, dont tell him, she said, it carpets, and I told her wo hadn t have to buckle on their armor and will kill him. such a thing, Dealer Great Scott, What is it, neighbors? I cried. James, that young lady is from Bosspend their best hearts blood in the daliy life. Such bitter trials as men Nothing now, 1 hope whats that ton! She wanted body Brussels, and and women do live through! you have in your arms? we'vegot an overstock of em. Who can doubt that heaven sends A poor lest child, I said I; The Emperor of Germany has had them their fortitude? It cannot be of found it on the road. Take it, will an abscess in his ear, and a great earth. Who can doubt that heaven you? I've turned faint. And I sends them their fortitude? It cannot lifted the sleeping thing and saw the deal of anxiety is caused among Euhe of earth. Such strains of heart face of my own child, my Dolly. ropean nations for fear he will die. If and brain as hearts and brains do It was my own darling, and nono it was the Irince of Wales who had still bear under! Is it any wonder other, that I had picked lip on the an earache the dudes in this country drenched road. My little child had woul 1 Yvear cotton in their ears from that weary hands sometimes fall and weary heads bow wandered out to meet papa and the sympathy and for style. doll, while the mother was at work, discouraged? 01), ye whose faith was disLittle Boy; Iapn, Yvhy are railnever tried by heaven's seeming and they were lamenting her as one and I road tears, of trucks so safe in Winter and so dead. thanked heaven on knees your prayers regard my who never knew the lack of tender before them. It is not muc h of a dangerous in Summer? Papa (a home love and protection, exult in story, neighbors, but I think of it railroad do you Why president): yonr happiness, thank Providence. often in the nights, and wonder how think Litin safe Winter? are from they I drink while live I could hear to now if had not But your cup you honev-sweebecause be must tle Oh, Boy: they t of life such draughts stopped when I keard the cry for neY'or go on tours of inspection give a thought now and then to help upon the road, hardly louder you in Puck. eept Summer, you know! so savor whose Dola than those daily portions squirrel's chirup. Thats strongly of wormwood, and remem- ly, yonder with her mother in the Lady Tbyra (reading catalogue) ber that a kindly word and a helping meadow, a gild worth saving I think Two dogs, after Landseer. Lady hand, w hich cost so little, may make (but then I'm her fat her, .and partial, Mayea But Yvhere is landseer? I lighter the burden of some one now may be) the prettiest and sweetest don't see him. Why, Lady Thyra almost discouraged. thing this side of the Mississippi. San Francisco Call. surely, .you dont suppose he Yvould stay there Yvitli those two ferocious-lookin- g A Girl at the Blow. brutes alter him. 1 know I Going the Hounds. There is living in the southern porshouldn't if 1 were in his place. From tin Fpocli tion of Baldwin county a widow lady Oh John, said a tired minister's said the There, my daughter, who is the mother of seven daughters wife one day to her oldest, Yvho, like hut has no son. She owns some old man, ns la took a the all others, Yvas a boy, why Yvere her and she daugh- check from his poc ket book, there land, upon which ters manage to raise a small ciop. is m3 wedding present a c heck for you not a little girl, so that Last year one of the daughters went $2t)0,000. God bless you!" you could help mamma? Promptly the answer: Because God to the woods with an ax and cut out Oil, thank you, papa; you are very cam? fastened on made me a little hoy for His oyvii and made a plow-stocand kind the generous (examining a plow, and with a little steer plowed check): hut isnt't thistle same edict k glory. the entire crop, making seven bales you gave sister Ella wlnn she was Salesman: That's a perfect fit, of cotton and a considerable amount married? News. Savannah Yes, they feel Shopper: lady. of vegetables. comfortable (slipHoff shoes and quite If what a physiciandeelaresistrue, looks nt A church forded f mutes has just been sole). Merry! theyre a mile more wrinkles come from laughthat Such a too in big! they ore o's, and I consecrated Philadelphia. than from worrying, then we are never wear Why, ing any thing larger t hand's! its has advantages. of worship house These are 3s, holy, hut offering in- tempted to snv. good luck to the Salesman: Yin a member drops his the wrinkles. But, alas! we are becoming you see there's been such a demand congreto the contribution plate, from the sceptical in regard to what physi- for them we've been obliged to mark determine cant gation r Oh! Well, I cians say, and until more convincing them up. Shopper: sound whether it is a nickel or a fifenter can man proof is brought forward , t he wrinkles guess I'D take them. I thought they bill. And a hold aff as long as will couldnt be 3's. teen minutes late without turning Lie. kindly of all could easily do some-n- g to lessen its force and its The cough with many peo-1of roon expression of embarrass-nut the and an unpleasant announce-o- t X' him irom the pulpit, such as the gon he jteniplated passing around of the st 'tribution basket, is likely to rt an epidemic that rapidly ads throughout the whole rue the or, the Frequently the fault lies u the an ami sexton, lie will open win-,ond doors and cause cold glorice Ls, and the soon Ve people, as soon ns yore sensible of them, will vvhis-ii nt next neighbors or to theni-ist wear that they are taking their ath of cold, and ioo and they will set to t of hi Yng at a terrible rate to give irlds fur phasia to their forebodings. The eMive sexton will next visit the r till tbe pee in the basement, and in his Sino operations will set free and the heads utih-naste- ruugcut Paragraphs. -- hurch to a great extent bred of b.t, and even where a basis of 'ase underlies the explosion a ouder-e- s l It Was Ills Own fluid. My name is Anthony Hunt. I am drover, and live miles mid miles vacant-minde- fare of the Hand. e- i p flax-see- d now I It Common Manure. i3 always best to have a pair of scales in the house; but for those housekeepers who guess at the quantities when cooking by a receipt, tho following table will como handy: One and pints of powdered sugar weigh one pound. tea-cus Two and level of powdered sugar weigh fourteen ounces. Two tea-culevel of granulated sugar weigh one pound. Ono pint of coffee A sugar weighs twelve ounces. s Two well heaped of coffee A sugar weigh one pound. Ono pint of bo- -t brow u .sugar weighs thirteen ounces. s Two nud one half level of best brown sugar weigh one pound. well heaped of One tablespoon granulated, coffee A or best brown sugar equals one ounce. Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or flour weigh one ounce. Ono tablespoon well rounded of soft butter weighs ono ounce. One quart of sifted flour well heaped weighs one pound. Two teacups of soft butter well packed weigh ono pound. Miss Tarloa says one generous pint of liquid, ono pint of finely chopped meat packed solidly, weighs one pound, which it would bo very convenient to remember. Ten common-size- d eggs weigh one pound. Teaspoons vary in size, and tho new ones hold twice as much as the spoon of thirty years ago. A new medium-size- d teaspoon contains about ono dram. Four teaspoons are equal to one Kitchen. tablespoon. one-thir- d three-fourth- ps tea-cup- tirely upon the other contingent Th.-grea- t profits of the poultry business doj not come as the result of & small out--. lav of money, but ratber a large out- -i lay of common sense, without which, no one can succeed. California Spirit of the Times. Many a man may double his physi-- t cal capacity by strengthening his mind1, j somewhat. Without cleanliness in the dairy, all efforts to produce the best butter or cheese are vain. Generally, he who sells hay from his farm pays a high rate of interest for the money he gets. For the nutrition of lire stock and tlte conservation of soil fertility, grass is the worlds royal crop. Excessive growth or fattening is nt a great expense of foist. Better a continuous good growth, and no cramming stages. The man who buys good animals and gives them scrub feed, ought, to be consistent, not to hoist his umbrella ia a rain storm. Tho farmer must have a long bank account who can afford to breed immature animals or tho shambles, after they approach maturity. flloasrholil IlItttH. To arrest hiccough close both ear with the lingers with pressure while a few swallows of liquor are taken. The brass top of a kerosene lamp may be reset when it has become loose by using plaster of paris wet with water. OvsTF.it Salad Use equal portions' of small oysters and finely cut celery, and serve with French or Mayonnaise dressing. A FEYV drops of ammonia in a cup of warm rain water, carefully applied with a wet sponge, Yvtil remove spots from paintings and ehromos. Coughs may be much alleviated and dry throats bo cured by glycerine and lemon juice taken at night. Tho glycerine should bo diluted. Meat Cuoqu f.ttfs, One pound of niineod raw beef, one egg, one onion, chopped fine; one bunch of chopped parsley, jwpporanil salt to taste; mtx all together, form into small cakes, dredge with flour and fry in butter. Sxoyv Cake. Ono and one-hacupfuls of sugar, one-hacupful of butter, otto-haone-half one and cupfuls of flour, a cupful of sweet milk , one teaspoonful of baking powder, whites of four eggs, flavor with almond. Bumpkin Iie. To make four ordinary sized pies, take two teacupfuls of cold cooked pumpkin, two eggs, one and a half cupfuls of sugar, nearly two cupfuls of milk; salt, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon to taste. Bako with undercrast only. Uni) of the best preparations for restoring furniture to its original freshness is a mixture of three parts of linseed oil anil ono part of turpontine. Dust the article to which it is to bo applied, rub it on with a woolen, cloth, and afterward polish U with) chamois. Jf you wish to varnish stained wood, you will find the following excellent: Dissolve lour ounces of sandarac, one ounce of greon mastic: and four ounces of shellac in one, pound of alcohol and add two ounces lf lf lf of oil of turpentine. Walls that r.ro to bo whitewashed or, papered should bo swept thoroughly! with a stiff brocm: dean any grease; and weak spots with a scrub-bruslye. Do not use kalsomino; it is injurious to health; whitewash is purify-- : ing and healthy. To make whitewash, pour boiling water over tho lime; when slacked thin, to the consistency of cream, or as thick as can bo spread) evenly with a vrhitowash brush, addj to two gallons, three pints of skim-mil- k or two tablospoonfuls of pulverized alum, to prevent its rubbing off. It, can be colored any tint desired with bluing, analine and dry paint. Tho easiest and best way to wash carpets is to sweep and pound out all tho dust possible; then sew a strong loop to each corner, stretch out oil the grass and hold to place with pegs driven into tho ground, and clean with a broom same as floor; first sweep with clean water on both sides, thon scrub with warm soapsuds on both sides tilL all dirt is out; then go over it with clear water till thoroughly rinsed, and stretch out on a clean spot and leave till dry. It dries much quicker than Clover Itfiifilng. on a line, and no danger of being The great advantage in growing Btreaked. If cleared right after breakclover is that the farmer who does this fast on a clear day it will ba dry by doos not find it easy to cheat himself night. by cheating his land. However clover f tnflnrtd. is used, it leaves some benefit to tho The maiden argued long Yvith him A kiss was mere frivolity : soil by tho mass of roots that can not Till thev agreee 'twouhl be n ein be carried There is, away. possibly To test them by Sleir quality. besides, a gain of nitrogen in the soil, such as is found after the growing of Iler hand bo gently, lightly brushed no other crop. It fed on the farm, as Against his lips in fashion cold, redlv blushed, clover always should he, it makes AndTisthus you prove,as Ishe was told. folly light, enough manure to nearly 'equal tho snatched her to his heart so warm. average value of clover hay. It is HeAnd litis soft and Jong: lucky for farmers that hay buyers are Till, kissed Her red from his arm, shylv rising will and not clover, prejudiced against bho murmured coyly : I Yvas wrong." pa.v as much for it as they will for tea-cup- timothy. h Dead I.oi p. Jtust lit Wheat. After a thorough investigation as to the cause of rust in wheat and other grains, the Guelph, Out., Agricultural College has arrived at the following conclusions: 1. Seasons are the chief cause of rust: sudden changes of tem-- j peraturo and rain, accompanied by cloe, still we ither are favorable to its increase. 2. rich soils are 1). mo.-- t subject to attack. An exoes- tive use of manure rich in nitrogen Late sown encourages tbe disease. grain is most subject to attacks. Thinly sown crops seem most liable to injury. 6. lied wheats arc less affoet- -' ed than white varieties. 7. Rust is more common in the vicinity of barbor- -' ry hedges than it is at a greater dis- -' ta nee. Only Smalt i'apital, A correspondent what it will cost to start in the poultry business with $100 hens. It needs for this about 10,000 worth of common sense and $10 in money. That is, the buildings necessary for a hundrol hens will and the early to cost from pullets are worth from forty to sixty This would purchase cents each. pood grade sto'k for the winter layers. Tho question of success will rest en- Low-lyin- g, a-- ks $-- As well attempt to kindle fire with snow, Or curb and chain the winds that blow; As Yvell attempt to turn day into night Or bring forlh darkness from the light; As well uttomnt to still the oceans roar That, restless finds upon the shore, As living, breathing passion seek to mold From ashes of a love grown cold. A Mnemdic I'lant There bus been discovered in th forests of India a strange plant, which possesses to a very high degree astonishing magnetic power. The hand which breaks a leaf from it receive a shock equal to that immediately which is produced by the conductor of an induction coil. At a distance oi' six meters a magnetic needle is affected by it, aud it will be quite deranged if brought near. The energy of this singular influence varies with the hours of tho day. All powerful about 2 oclock in tho arternoon, it is absolutely annulled during the night. At times of storm its intensity augments to striking proportions. During rain the plant seems to succumb, and bends its bead during a thunder shower. It remains there without force of virtue, even if one should shelter it with an umbrella. No shock is felt at that time in breaking tho leaver cnl th needle id unaffected by |