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Show r The county KKmsrEiT HrfiUle. I'lilWUhiUK 'ompaiijr. El'HRAIM. : : : UTAH. i whole plant, and does not stimulate what is . It in quite apt. however. with wry vigorous trees, to cause fruit. buds to .si a 1. am) may thin be wie-- times advisable to bring-youn- on-har- j more quickly i:it ' 1 i o ntn f I lor in in t .rmvtli. All pruning done before tho buds start into growth stimulates those that .vmilin so that they grow all the more vigorously. Pruning trees when in Ivu! is, oa tho contrary, a check to tha Ti:k nier.ibei-sh'.- i'I t'.m universities is found to dj increasing from decade to decade in u much larger ratio than thi-.- t of population. But the increas-ing of the great m!ioo1 of ex)ie.'".:re over hadows lhe::i a 1. ' nmpleto IMtluiK II it KvrrylliiKg- - Iloca'.ise an animal is fattening is no . reason why it should not have proixis-tione- rations, including materi-- ! al for making bone and nuisele. as we'd as fat. Corn meal is very largely but it is found that when fed eve.-- i to hogs that have attained full growth They will eat. enough more j if fed line wheat Middling, so khttttht'y ill fatten faster than if fed eorn meal alono. In the same way. because, growth of frame only is desired, it is not best to feed only tiie bone and muscle-formin- g A lean pig fel cn wheal bran will not grow so fast nor so large as if given a diet that would make some fat as well as growth. Till: time when the Northmen rav- - aged the roasts of (ireat Britain, tier-- manv and France is willed the barbaric age." These name nations now lihel! the villages of Ihe helpless na-tives of the South Pacific isles in the name of civilization." It all depends ipon whoso fger is loose. ThouahI-- the newspaper writers in Italy, England. 1 and France who so lightly referred to the imperfections"1 of the I'nited Slates constitu-tion and the necessity'" for its amend-ment were hardly conscious of their sublime impertinence, but there is rea-son to believe that they will presently perceive their foily. t'- the mountain scenery for which the placi ' is famous. The reception of this letter filled tha foul of Miss Kate with emotions of keen delight ; and she determined to accept the. alluring invitation of her young friend, the more joyously, as it would relieve, for a time, the uiiliearable monotony of tha retired life she was then It is not too much to say that at thia time Kate's existence nt Wimleaere, as her beautiful home was called, waa irksome almost beyond eiiduranc. She was completely un.ici- - the turreil-Ifnr- t, of the woman Markham, who acted in the double capacity of housekeeper for Mr. Dillon, and maid to herself ; though her duties in the latter respect, were pure-ly a sinecure, as Kate had long ago de-clined any personal assistance from her, preferring indeed, lo do her own w ork, and keep in order her own wardrolto.wlth-ou- t the prying aid of tho woman she so much detested. From the first, Kate had known that Mrs. Markham was merely a spy in tho interest of her uncle Peter, though, for some time, she could hardly comprehend the reason of this course of action on his part, and it was only by accident that she eame into possession of the facts in the case, when she chanced to overhear a con-versation lietween her uncle and Walter, and learned for the first time, to her hor-ror and consternation, of the plot to in-veigle her into a marriage with her cousin! From that moment her life at Winde-mer- e had liecome a constant terror. She feared to move about the house fearing to encounter her cousin, fcai-e- to ramble in the grounds which had once been to her a source of exquisite plcasin-e- . Feared to ride in the dread of young Dillon offer-ing to drive her out, feared to walk down the pleasant sunny roads to the village, a walk in which she took great delight, and which always ended in a visit to the little circulating library kept by little Miss Pinkleton, the pretty old maid, who was full of pleasant gossip, and at whose table, many a time Miss Kate had eaten her rake and drank her tea, lo the vast de-light of the little woman who loved the handsome Kate as if she were her own child. Poor Miss Pinkleton had a romance in her life; and many of the old neighbors used to say that when she was young, many, many years ago, she was the pret-tiest girl in the country for miles around. They used to tell of handsome John Stan-ley who courted little Miss Pinkleton and indeed was engaged to lie married to, her a brave manly fellow as tall again as the pretty girl he loved with blue eyes and yellow hair, which, little Miss Pinkle-ton used to say when she did speak of her romance "would be called 'golden' if it were on a young lady's head;"' but John had gone to sea, as mate of the bark "Al-batross," and John hail never been heard of since; and that, said the patient little circulating library woman "was nigh on thirty years ago!" ' "You .don't like Mrs. Markham, eh," Mid the old man cynically. I do not. sir; and further than that. I do not w ish her idxwit me," replied the fair irirl. Well, Miss, you w ill hereafter liear in mind that my wishes are to lie consulted here and not yours. As your guardian, I will have whom 1 please here, and par-ticularly will I have Mrs. Markham, a lady for whom 1 have a high resiert. I desire you to further Understand that I will hear no more complaints. See that my wishes are obeyed." With these curt and insulting words tin- - old tyrant turned away and resumed his conversation with his sou, who stood leaning on the mantle quietly smoking a cigar. Tears tilled the eyes of or Kate as she listened to the cruel words of har heartless guardian, but she onlv said : -- Things have sadly changed since my dear father died!" and passed from the room. As she ojieued the door she ran full against Mrs. Markham. and she knew sh hail been listening at the ly-hnle- : that lady (lushed hotly, though a smile of tri-umph gleamed in her eyes. Kate jiassed her with a look of contempt, anil went im-mediately up to her room. When the door closed behind her, Wal-ter Dillon turned to his father and said : "Don't you think my dear father that you are lieginning your game a little too early. To my mind, in order to carry out our purpose, conciliation would be the belter caul to play." "You are wrong there Walter, she is a girl of strong will and sound sense, and rare and that icill mart lw broken. The work would lie much easier were it not for the splendid reputa-tion you have achieved. Here you ai-- scarcely twenty-fou- r, and yon are known in society as a fast man good iod. that is not the worst a rons and a gambler; even Kate, has learned of this, and I can assure you that she despises you! That is the word! You needn't speak, and she Would no more trust you than she would a wolf; 1 know it, she said so to her maid, Madeline, one day in her room, while they were talking of you when you came back from Baltimore. She thoroughly under-stands you my hoy. and therefore my way is the only way to bring my plans to a ul '.ori?umijii',ti'.':!." his father was speaking, the t handsome face of the young man was dis-torted by a black frown, and he was walk-- 1 ing hurriedly up and down the room. He was quite a handsome fellow, this Walter Dillon; his complexion was very dark, he wore a heavy black moustache across j his forehead was a long rod scar which he hail managed to capture in one of his fre- - ' quent brawls for he was of a hot and fiery temper he was well built and very muscular, and carried about him the very air of what his father called him "a fast man." One saw it in the big diamond on his shirt front, the rings on his lingers, the long gold chain which hung from , his neck over his dark velvet vest. A HDN1JDJEI8ESS. A TALK OK rtl'TIIIIV MHO IX XKW KM.I.IMI. lly Mujor M itcNdtiiar. CIIAITKK II. COSTIXl.'Kll. Ilcr heart wrestled mightily with her temptation I.ove, mighty, omnipotent love stepped in and hurled aside her phantom guardian and she replied sim-ply - -- Yes. Phillip; I love ym! I cannot help it." She stopped, she could say no more, she was frightened at what she had already said. "Oh, darling if you could only feel the joy you give my heart by those few words: the rapture which tills my soul ; you would then understand the delicious depth of the love I r you." The girl seemed strangely quiet but there was a tone of fieire )iassiou in her voice as she replied in a strange undemon-strative gort of w ay : "Phillip; but the other day I loved my oul beyond all things this world contains A'ote Phillip I love you lietter than my own soul my ' life was dear to me; but you I'll i 1) i v. are far mure precious to me than life without you. Do I love you, Phillip!" The mail by her side was startled by the awful solemnity of the assion he had awakened in the breast of the woman at his side. He shivered as he listened to the even voice which told of a love that was almost more than human! The cold tone of Burl una tilendon but covered a burning passion that consumed every other sentiment of heart and soul with her it was nil or notltinr; it was idolatry! Her impetuous heart made the man be-side her an idol nothing more or less! He spoke: "Yes, Harbura, I know you love me. but not more deeply than I love yon. Soo, darling, we shall lie all in all to each other, in the meantime we must arrange our meetings, and in a little time, darling, we will leave this place for my own home, where we shall reign alone! It was surprising that the keen mind of Barluira did not weigh the maudlin love-wor-of this man; they weighed like feathers to gold in comparison to the pro-- I found utterances coined in her own heart but they were love-word- s, and the voice that sjKikt; them was as swoet music to her passionate soul. Suddenly the Ml struck nine Barbaia started Heavens, Phillip, I must return no one knows that I am out, nor do 1 wish them to gmxl night!" "1 will accompany you, Barliara!" "No, indeed! I would much rather lie i alone good night, dear dear Phillip," and Barliara broke away her lover and moved rapidly in the direction of her boarding-hous- Phillip Make looked after her retreat-ing form for a moment, whistled lowly to himself; ceased his whistling, and ejacu-lated What a furnace of Love!" and moved on into the lights of the town. Chapter III. MOVEMENT IN WHICH WE OP 01 R HEROINS. a few months anterior to recorded, and to a iRBTROORADK town a few miles of Boston, and about fifty Corporation the community of Mrs. Moriarty is We had determined in the original plan ol this story, to conceal the names of cer-la-h Wale, as many of our incidents have foundation in life, and as a few of our s are moving and "living facts;" but the beautiful suburb of Brookline, just outside the city, is too enchanting a plate for literary disguise, and it is there the present exigencies of our story calls us. i Sniggled among the trees, and far back fromthe wide and shady lanes leading from the highway, is a stone mansion of greatarchitectural beauty, a magnificent Fawn )f velvet green, divided at the far-ther md by a splendid gravel driveway, rolls smoothly down to a low stone wall But these little tel6--a tcte were over for poor Kate now. and she pined at home, fervently praying that her cousin would soon take his departure; and she was greatly astonished one morning to learn from Mrs. Markham, that Walter Dillon had taken up his residence altogether at the mansion, and thereafter Kate was al-most entirclyontinakfj) her room. This kind or life negan to tell on the fair girl the fled from her cheeks, and her step grew gradually listless she lived among her piano and her books, she was an excellent musician and a painter of more than ordinary talent in either department Madam Devenent used to say that she could make a fine living if the riches of her father took unto themselves wings and flew away. But was this seclusion the only cause of Kate Dillon's pallid cheeks, or listless weary steps! Was there not something more potent at work to create the strange languor and lassitude that was gradually taking possession of herf Indeed there was. Something totally unsuspected by the environed girl, but thoroughly understood by twoof the inmates of Windemere. Mrs. Markham knew the cause of the gradual change in the physical appear-ance of the jioor girl, and she was patient-ly exjiecting another change, and one more terrible still. What was it t TO BE CONTINUED. in the marks of dissipation which, though they could be hardly pointed out, still seemed apparent in all about him. Suddenly he paused in his walk "I tell you what it is father, something must be done, and that soon to get on this mar-riage. From what you tell me, we have no means ojjrmvn, and Wnay as well be plain wGJpmTT I muxt hafc-fiv- thous-and dollars, there is no need to argue tliat point," for his father seemed almut to in-terrupt him, "if I don't get it immediate-ly then I must do the next best thing, and you know what that is. Come! I'll go a little farther and be plainer still! This marriage immt take phite,and that with-in three months. It is for your interest as well as mine. If she were to fall in love she might marry at any time. Where would you he then, eh? Thrown over en-tirely! Whereas, should we succeed in this matter, you as well as myself, ai-- fixed for life, and this mansion, or palace rather for I have seen worse ones in Eu-i-o-these grounds, and this multitude of beauties, and near a million liesides, are our own all nurown!" The young man's eyes sparkled, his face flushed, and he gazed down upon the ld man with a look of triumph his whole being aglow with enthusiasm. His father was no less excited than ' himself, and he rubbed his bony hands J together, and gave forth a prolonged which runs along the front of the grounds j for nim-- than two hundred yards. Beau-- . tiful ekns line the walks, and in the rear of the mansion is a spacious and beautiful conservatoi-y- , the grounds about which ai-- laid out with rare taste and excellence J the fragrance of almost every species of flowers, verbenas, heliotropes, pansies, geraniums, and blushing carnations nod a welcome to the morning winds, and give a simple beauty to the place impossible al-most for our prosaic pen to describe. Further back is a beautiful sheet of wa-ter with a boat-hous- e on either lwnk.while a couple of gaily-jainte- d boats float light-ly at their moorings. Opulence and ex-quisite taste is indicated on every hand. The very stables on the beauti-ful enough for a private residence, speaks of great wealth and lavish expenditure. In this luxurious home resided Mr. Pe-ter Dillon, together with his son Walter, and his neice, Kate Dillon, a young lady of great beauty and mistress of all the ac-complishments taught at the famous sem-inary of Madam Devenant, many of whose pupils were among the leading belles and most accomplished ladies of the land ; for Madam had been a teacher of the torial tine arts at Hazeldean for nearly a quarter of a centurv it is enough then to say !" His cold, good sense however, soon came to the surface. i "That's all very well my son, all very well, but we must have a little jiatience. Let me work on that girl's will. I'll bring it down! I'll bring it down!" and the j bony hands were again twisted and rubbed together;" and in the meantime you must Vie with her as much as possible. Mark-ham is keeping an eye upon her, so I have no fear of lovers coming in to upset our plans. How easily all this might have been arranged if you had only guarded your name and reputation. She might have loved you, and you might have mar- - j ried out of hand without resort to traje or plans." ; "Yes, there you go again, still harping on reputation drop that right there and let us work with the material we have, and if you do your pari I havn't any doubt of final success. In the meantime 1 must have money." "You say you want money V 'Yes. I mii.it have five thousand dollars or " "Well, if you mut, I suppose you must but it's hard Walter." "Pshaw! What is there hard aWmt it it dosn't come from your pock " M'Sh be careful of your tougne, Wa-lter isn't there someone at the door look and seer" Walter Dillon opened the door and found himself face to face with Mrs. Markham, she looked slightly disturbed, but she was a vei-- ready female, she only made a low bow, and handed a letter to Walter saying, "for Mr. Dillon," and dejiarted. The young man took the letter without the slightest suspicion that Mrs. Mark-ham had been standing at the door for some time during the foregoing conver-sation. In the meantime Mr. Dillon had opened his check-bon- k and filled out a draft for the amount his son had requested ; this he gave to tho young man saying: "that must last you some time Walter, for these continual pulls will soon complicate af-- 1 fairs!" Walter took the check ; carefully folded it and put it away in his porket-bnok- . and left his honorable sii-- to the perusal of his letter. ' CnAPTBR IV. ViOHR OF WINDBMBRK. THB COSsriRATOnS IN COUNCIL. AND T IB FLOTT1NGS OK THH j HOl'SBKKBPKR. Several days after the events related in the lost chapter transpired, Kate Dillon received a long letter from a young com- -' panion who had graduated with her from the seminary of Madam Devenant, con-taining an invitation to her home among the green hills of New Hampshire, and promising all sorts of pleasures in the way of parties, pic-ni- and drives amid that Kate Dillon graduated at her Acade-my, to appreciate to the full, her accumu-lated graces and accomplishments. The elder Dillon was alxmt Bixty years of age, and the legal appointed guardian of his neice Kate; and had taken up his lesidenee at Windemere about four years prior to the opening of our story ; alxiut ynich time the father of Miss Kate, a Tery excellent man, and charitable withal, died leaving his daughter whom he loved nith the fondest affection, under the guar- - j dianship of his brother Peter, a man who at the time of assuming his role of gear-- j dian, was engaged in some kind of broker- - age business. It was not known in the community whether or not he was a man of means but one thing was soon found j out, and that was that he was a mean and selfish man evinced in the fact that upon the accession to the control of Simon Dil-lon's estate, he cut off all the charities in hich the hitter delighted in assisting ; dis-charged all the old servants, many of whom had lieen on the place for years, and even sent away Kate's maid, Made-line, who had grown up in her service. He supplied the place of the latter with a p?rson of liia own selection, and with whom he seemed to be thoroughly ac-quainted. J She was alxmt forty years of age, Btur but olwequiouB, anil constantly wate'led over the outgoings and incomings of her beautiful Mistress; and, in fact, kept tver her such stringent guard, that Kate finally applied Jto her guardian for the woman's discharge. She was frightened at the answer she received. Dillon was sitting with his son, Walter, in the library, when she entered to make her complaints - and pressed her request. . (itmvfiig 4rcii Com fur (tumeric. The business of furnishing green corn for canning purposes is n growing ono. and where land is not too dear it is profitable. Even a low rate per do.en of eai-- s amounts to a high price for corn after it is shelled and dried. Besides, in most, localities, part of the crop may be sold lo city or village purchasers for home use. at a good deal bettor price than dinners can pay, tho latter acting as tho balance which j furnishes a market when it would, otherwise be glutted. .Most kinds of sweet corn, especially those with small ears, average much more than one ear to u stalk, and sometimes nearly twe ears on the average of the piece. XoTWlTHSTAMMMi tho supposed preference of Knglish papers to unfav-orable criticism of American affairs it is noticeable that even the most con-servative of her great papers, tho Times, and n majority of others de-nounced the .Matin and defended tho people of New Orleans even more warmly than the most pronounced of the American press. TIIE YMVA AND HOME. PHOFTTS OF POULTRY TO THE AVERAGE FARMER. ..urgent the Money liiv-Mt-- -- l:it lo Ii-,tr- oy the iVMt.fen.ut - (111 Mral For Dulry Cow - Ilotinf Itoltl Note. Poultry on the There L-- no source of profit av.-til--j ;.'o i: ij the fanner which is capable of TA.ng so large returns for the money invested us poultry. For oxuinpl. a il cjgs can be produced at less cost 'hau ii pound of pork. It is a well-- I :nown fact that the farmer revives I thirty celts per doon for absolutely fre-- h laid eggs us often as the ehoi est bit of pork reaches fifteen cents er jiound. While the price for h docu of i g 's seldom falls below UneeuM. yet the price of po.k ofle.i declines to live cents per poud. Ono do, on eggs nlso ost tho farmer less; to produce than n pound of butter. A houso room ini.de - iinfortnb'.e. and fully equipped for one lo.en hens costs no more than a shelter lor a single horse or cow. Hy com-paring tho cost of feeding and care, it is easy to decide which is the most remunerative. At the present time there is more prolit in eggs than in raising poultry Mr market, and yet u pound of poultry l!esh can be raised us cheaply as the same amount of any other kind of me-.it- , while it averages double tho price of beef or pork lo the producer. Crops that drain our land of its va'nablo propoi-tie- s sometimes fail to give sntis- - factory returns. Now a Hock of well-- I niatiiigeil poultry, besides giving ti direct prolit. ade pinto to place the in-- ! viustry loni.eeted with them above ol hers of its clrss furnishes a fertilizer which is almost invaluable in restoring our hinds to their original fertility. Fowls are ihe best economizers on Iho fariii. since they pick up every stray crr.iub mid many kernels of scat-tered grain, t'.nd unavoidably fall to 1lio ground and would othenvi-- e be lost. '"They devour myriads of insect pests, and while, thus protecting o.ir crops fro til they utilize the destroyer. Tho products of the poultry yard ri-- among the luxuries which arc within tho farmer's reach, not, however, with-out some effort and expense. What-ever is really worth having costs an effort to secure. Too much has often been oxpouted from hens, consider-ing the euro given to them. Many a poor biddy has been compelled to face the cold winds of Winter nights, roosting on fences or in tho treo tops, while others have only tho shelter ol an open shed, and lire obliged to sub-sist most of tho year tin such scatter-ing h'iU of food as they can Had for themselves. Many a man. because ho is obliged to feud his hens through the winter only enough to prevent starva-tion, is that the fowls are un-profitable, sauj'ly beeauso they do not lay f.'j v.he i vices are high. Now, if thoso sa;uo hens hud boeti properly housed, n.i l ive.i a little extra enro and feed, they would become a paying: lnves'ment 1.m.sJ c f a iiclos expense. Mue.'.i of the f.xid hiui was consumed in keeping t'.i?r.iv-f.- . i could have been utilized for egg yi -- iiiet'on. So delicate ana nn.ii-.hin- r.n article of food as an ep-- is wcl wo-t- h all it cost. It is just us easy to have lur.-.- s I laying at any season of the year as to j have cows give milk. There is no j luck or chance about it. It is nat'.uv.l I for hens to produce eggs, and under favorable cireunutuneos they will lay j freely. It is reasonable to s.ippo.sc j that all who ko-- hen: vfiii.t them iu : lay well. How to et tho moid egjts ! with the least trouble ind exponso is j the question pressing for answer. Ktssia. does not curry on public works on a small scale. She is about to construct u trans-Siberia- n railroad, which will be pushed to speedy com-pletion. When completed it will be 4,7.') miles long. How a rond like that muht mitifo the American railway magnate's mouth water. The pick-ings and stealings ought to pvike half a dozen Goulds and Vanderbilts. V I.'.ve stork anil I'Arm XottM. There is no way of cleaning dirty! milk. Every part of the farm should pro-- j dace something of value, Sheep and hogs kept on a wooden floor will often have deformed hoofs. Sawdust is a good material lo use ' for bedding during the spring and summer. In many eao millet makes a good crop to cut and feed out during the summer. The width of the fence run is an important item in considering the cost of fencing. Cleanliness of (he skin is one itn-- I portant item in maintaining health with tljo horses. On old farms at least sheep can be kept to an advantage in keening weeds down in the pastures. Salt is irood to make plant food in the soil available, but too much of It will destroy till vegetation. Care should bo taken to make the work teams comfortable at night, so that they may enjoy their nights' rest. To a considerable extent, at least middle fences on the farm should be built, so that if necessary, they can be readily moved. By letting tho calf run with the cow you may have the satisfaction of rais-ing a good calf, even if it does not prove profitable. Properly built, an all wire fence is more durable than any other that can bo put up, and considering this, will in a majority of cases, be found the most economical. The offspring resembles the purent more frequently than it does the other ancestors, hence it is important to have I the perso.ial qualities of the animals used for breeding of a good quality. . - - - Two nienof Pulincnvillc, Tenn., re-cently cut down a tree. On the trunk, abjut eight feet from the stump, was a gnarl which covered a little hollow. On cutting into the hollow, which had been completely overgrown, they found inside a frog which was lifeless but well preserved. By counting the grains it was estimated that the tree was at least thirty years old. The frog had been preserved for years in his air tight home, Tub cruel persecution which the czar of Russia is waging against the Jews Is disappointing to thoso who had begun to hope that this autocrat was going to become nn enlightened ruler. Instead of this, ho is placing himself with such blind despots as Louis the Hth, who in bigoted zeal for a creed Inflicted an irreparable blow on the strength of his kingdom. We suspect however that the czar has not even the poor excuse of the fanatic, but is lafliiencod, solely by a mistaken, view of state policy. During tho past year there havt been, in round numbers, 33,000 people wounded and 4, 000 killed by the rail-roads in the United States. The rail-road managers say that, compared with the number of people transported, it is a very small percentage. True, but there have been as many killed and wounded as would have resulted from a summer campaign with an army of 10,000 on one side, iu which as many as ten pitched battles have been fought. That would he very consid-erable of a sensation from a newsman's standpoint. Hint to Housekeeper. By rubbing with a flannel dipped iu whiting, tho brown discolorations may bo taken oil cups which have been used for baking. Ammoaia is a most useful household irticle. For washing windows, brushes, and per form in; many other services it becomss !most indispensable to the careful hoetctteopei'. Fresh cod u exceeding nice boiled and nerved ith egg sauce; but you must get a piece from tho thickest part of t.o hV.i, .ind it should weigh three or four "OitiuK In buying eoo'.vO'l lobsters remember that a lobslcr that was alive when thrown into the boiler will have the tail curled up to tho body, while ono that was dead his the tail extendod. Salt lish may bs soaked over night, changing the water if it grows very salt. Always put it llch side downwards in the pan. so that the salt may settle in tho pun. In the country, salted, or what they call pickled salmon is often allowed to stand for days in sour milk. It must be carefully washed when cooked, and really seems to acquire a pleasant flavor from its unusual treat- - ment. Flour made from spring wheat is apt to be somewhat soft in the fall and early winter, and does not make as good bread as when older and dryer. This defect may be obviated by drying tho Hour before baking, by placing it in a pan on the back of the stove or in a moderately warm drying oven. Many cooks famous for good bread practice this secretly as one of the "tricks of tho trade." The spiee poultice is a growing fav-orite in the sickroom. It is pleasant to use and easily made. Mix together dry, ono heaping teaspoonful each, of ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and Hour. Moisten with hot water until of proper consistency to spread. Double and heat a piece of old cotton, spread tho plaster on it and cover with cheese- - cloth. When cold, moisten with bran- -' dy or whiskey nnd reheat. A reccipe for a soap-bubb- mixture ; allows sixty grains of white castile jj soap to an ounce of soft water. The ; mixture should be placed in a bottle j three times as laro as will contain it, and after standing two or three hours, one-ha- lf as much glycerine as water i should bo added. This may be allowed a few hours to dissolve, and then should be thoroughly shaken at inter-- j vals to facilitate thorough solution, Large and durable bubbles can be j made from this mixture, which should be prepared twenty-fou- r hours before it is to bo used. j Ours is a government of law, and its liberty is tho noblest freedom of the earth beeauso it is conserved by law. Such a government has no place and no use for the vicious idler, the brutal pauper or the fugitive criminal from Europe, and the time has come when the law must assert its mastery over the hundreds of thousands of lawless immigrants in our midst. In this ef-fort every honest American working-man- , whether native born or natural-ized should heartily join. American workingmen are the sovereigns of the republic; they are the custodians of the priceless liberty we enjoy, und Ihey are most of all interested in resolutely maintaining tho liberty of law. Written Work. The value of written work is ne longer questioned, and if teachers ar erring in this direction to-d- it is in having too little oral work. The cor-rection of written work puzzles teach-ers even more than the relative import-ance of oral and written work. Iu th olden time teachers were made to feel that they must not only personally in-spect, but correct as well, all the mis-takes of all the pupils in all the written work The real value of corrcctioni consists in giving the child a correct: for an incorrect form and then clinch-ing the correct form, sinking it into It pays to make corrections with t class. A variety of methods may ba employed for this purpose. (1) Pass about among the pupils as they write, and note nn error among the pupils write, and note an error here and give a correct form there. By the time they have finished writiug.a large num-ber of the mistakes will have been eor rected. (2) Have the pupils read their own work and the work of one another. As they read. the ear of both pupils and teacher will detect manv errors. Child-ren need more, practice in reading their own writing, as well as the writ-ing of their fellows. (3) Have several of the pupils transfer their written work to the blackboard, and let the class make corrections. (4) Teacher read several papers to the class, and make corrections. Do not attempt to correct all the errors of every lesson.. Take one class of mistakes, "or those common to the class, aud dwell upoa them until they are no longer made. Take the matter of punctuation aud. give it the undivided force of your cor-rections until the pupils punctuate cor-rectly. Treat capitalization, paragraph-ing, spelling, penmanship, and correct forms of expression in a similar way. These are the mechanics, of writtcD work, aud wheu they become automatic, as they should, the full force of tho miud is reserved for the thoughts to bo ex-pressed. Supt. Will a. Monroe, i'lM ieiia. Cat. Oil Meal for Dairy Cii i, There scorns to be a good deal of misapprehension as to tho effect of feeding oil meal to dairy cows, says tho woll known writer on economic farm subjects, A. L. Crosby, in Na-tional Stockman. Some think it will produce abortion, or will ruin tho but-ter, or do various other things to tho injury of the cows or their product. Oil meal is made from flaxseed which is ground and the oil pressed out, leaving as residue a hard cake; this is reground and is then the oil meal or linseed meal of commerce. In tho old process oil meal there is still from G to , S per, cent of oil, but ihis quantity is not largo enough to injure cows when they are fed very liberally with it. In j fact it is this oil that makes the old ; process meal so desirable as a feeding j stuff in comparison with tho now pro-cess meal, from which the oil is nearly j ull extracted. Ono effect of feeding oil meal is to keep tho animal's bowels ; in good condition, and this Is just what we must do in tho case of cows about i to calve. It is at the same time a food j containing all the clement needed by the cow lo grow the calf to perfection, and when delivery takes place there is less danger of retention of the placenta. garget or that most divaded of all diseases, milk fever. I have fed my j cows till winter with a liberal feed of j oil meal twice a day, and the last one t of toe herd calved y. I have j no trouble whatever with cows at calving time or after, and I can eon A- - dent ly advise dairymen to use oil meal (old process) as a part of their ration. I notice an inquiry in the Stockman of March ;". from M. S. '.-- . ot Beallsville, l'a . who wauls to know if oil meal will produce gure,t. lie says ho feeds from a pint und a half to two pints a day to each cow. 1 have fed from three to live quarts a day to my eows till winter, and as said above have had r.o pirget lo contend wiui, so M. S. '.. must look for some other can mi for his, two cases of garget. While the volume of desirable im migration, including the Saxons, thn Celts and Gauls, is decreasing, tho Latins, Huns and Slavs are rapidly multiplying in this country and are pouring in from Europe in an uninter-rupted stream. These people with all of their dangerous race traditions of blood and violence, innoeulate the body social and the body politic in America with the deadly virus which hasconttiminatod the European govern-ments furnishing this elas.-- of immi-grants. The rciiilt Is seen iu the Mafia; in anarchy and socialism, which de-nies the right of properly, aud in man-ifestations of lawlessness. Tho-H- evils are the logical outgrowth of a lenient policy which admits, without question, the refuse population of the Old World, and extends hospitality without dis-crimination to the outcasts of Europe. Vegetation Eaten by Fish. The Sutter Comity (Cal.) Farina says that during aflood iu Feather rivet . an orchard was submerged, and tin manager declares that the young peai trees were eaten by tho tish. Along tl tules where the water, covered thr ground the tish have eaten the grass u many places to such nn exteul aa 11. , ., mats it unlit for pasture.. . ' ? I '."'' |
