Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1887 — Page 3

— YOUTH AND AGE. Whon I am old, these hills that bound My life within their nanrow round Will ba the threshold of the door That leads to Freedom and to Fame, And the wide world beyond no more An idle dream, an empty name; But I, from cares and troubles free, Its glories and its joys shall see. The summer isles of southern seas; Great battles, glorious victories ; The boundless piairies of the West, Whore red men bunt the buffalo; i " Wherever fairest gilts are best The gods have given to men below— These, heart of mine, these shall we see In the brave days that aro to be. , • When I was yonng this narrow round Of hills a glorious world did bound; Here, on tho quiet valley floor, I dreamed of Freedom and of Fame, Ere yet I learned they were no more Than a vain dream, an empty name; In that glad, careless long ago The happy hours seemed all too alow. I have been wrecked in stormy seas; Hot miuo life's glorious victories; Gone the bri> ht spoil on boyhood cast; Ho more a'ong the primrose way I wander, for my paths have passed To this sad world of every day. Ah, heart of mine, no more we know The days and dreams of long ago 1 —Chambers' Journal.

FAIR ROSAMOND.

BY FRANKLYN W. LEE.

■Hello, Hick Redfern.” Mr. Richard Redfern, leading man of the Sardon Dramatic Company, a tall, dark man, with jet black hair and eyes, a face full of character and good looks and a walk that was full of conscious dignity, yet free from stage self-importance. Mr. Richard Redfern, pulling on his gloves with a pensive air, acting very much as if he were still under the spell of the part he played within canvas walls, was slowly crossing the lobby of the theater, when this entirely unexpccled salutation startled him. Surprised at being thus familiarly addressed by a strange voice, in a strange place, he looked around in the direction from whence the greeting qame. His wondering glance rested upon a well-dressed young man who stood near the box office, and who smiled —at his perplexity. “I beg pardon, sir, but you have the advantage of me.” Then, scrutinizing the stranger’s face more closely, he gave vent to a cry of amazement, and hurried forward. “Well, by all that’s holy, if it isn’t Hastings! Why. Ned, old boy, where have yon been all these years; how are you, and what are you doing here?” “I've been all over—at home and abroad, ■ always the picture of health,” said the other, cordially grasping the hand extended him. ,l I am just sojourning here, seeing the rowdy West. Saw your name on the bills—Miss So and So,,supported by Mr. Richard Redfern, of Boston. Wasn’t sure that it was you, so I came to the play, ' recognized my old stage-struck playmato the moment he came on, and you find me here, waiting to say hello.” “As brief and as dry as ever,” laughed his friend, delightedly shaking , his hand again and again. “You can’t tell how glad lam to see you. Come to mv room and we’ll make a night of it. Where are you stopping?” “At your hostelry—it is a wonder that we have not met before.” “Miss Layton is worse,” said the clerk as they entered the hotel and approached the desk. “Indeed,” muttered Redfern, much disturbed. “That will play the deuce with ns and make it hard for her—poor little girl. However, I suppose it cannot be helped. Come, Ned, !-et us visit our little invalid, and then for our chat over old times. By the by. what did you think of the play?” “Ail did well except ttie comedienne, Who yrns very, very poor—awkward and lacking —in power.” .^1: “Good,” |?aid Redfern, with an approving nod. She ‘was a local amateur, taken on to fill Miss Layton’s place, and if we keep her much longer the suffering public will ■enter a protest. You should see. Rosebud A figure sylph-like, a decidedly witching air, a distraclingly pretty face, and a voice like a diva.” “The same old Dick, I see, always enthusiastic about the sex,” said Hastings, with a smile, as they passed down a corridor and paused before one of the numerous doors. “Come in,” said a woman’s voice, in answer to their knock, and opening the door, they entered the room. Ned at once recognized several ladies of the company, who were seated on either side Of the sickbed; but he immediately transferred his gaze to the invalid. He saw a pale, sweet face, almost beautiful, pure in outline, and adorned by a pair of expressive dark-blue eyes, lying amid a wealth of golden hair, thnt lay upon the pillow in pretty disorder, and formed a halo about the girlish, attractive face. A picture such as a Raphael would have, loved to paint, and yet would have hesitated because his brush could not do the subject justice. Redfern introduced his friend with a flourish, and coupled the introduction .with a glowing eulogium. Ned bowed his acknowledgements, assuring the ladies that his companion’s judgment was most unreliable. The sick girl smiled fainty, and murmured: “Am I forgotten?” “Oh. Rosebud, who could forget you? Ned, this is Rosamond Layton, the most delightful of her sex.” She smiled at Redfern, and extended a small, white hand to Hastings. There is always one hand clasped in a lifetime that bears with it an occult influence that permeates every part of the system unlit it roaches the heart, andnnites with the magnetism that wanders from hand to hand in search of a familiar. Often a life is changed by the tonch of a sensitive hand, and a stubborn nature turned aside from its peculiar course by a swift glance from a pair of eyes; but the cynicism of to-day ridicules that philosophy which accepts such a groundless solution of the problem of destiny. Berhaps it was a sadden twinge of pain that caused her to start when their hands met, and strangely enough, a faint glow came into her cheeks; while Hasting was conscious of the strangest sensation he had ever experienced—a onrrent passing up his arm, and a thrill bringing every fiber of his body into momentary action. “\ou have had a second attack, Rosebud?” asked Redfern, with some concern. ?Yes,” she replied, wearily, “and I am weak and faint. Oh, I hope this will not keep me here after you have gone, for if it does, I don't know what I shall do.” “So de we. We can ill afford to lose Rosebnd, as a companion or a player. Your substitute is a wretched bore. Ned, here, noticed what a stick she was, and I told him that he should see yon in that part." “I wish Be could,” she said, wishfully. ■lt is so hard to be sick.” “I can only hope, Miss Layton, that your wish may bo fulfilled.” Ned looked steadily at her, until she lifted the glance of those great blue eyes to his, and then averted his gaze,.while a blush mantled her brow. Making their excuses, they went to Redfem’s room, where, amid the aroma of choice Havanas, they revived the memories of old days, and chatted aB the night wore ■ 08, ■ >' “Who would have thought, Hick, when we acted plays in father’s barn, and you aportted Shakespeare in tho old school•house, tSSTtutare events would so exactly

fit themsolves to yonr inclinations and lalonte,” said Hastings, reflectively. “Strange, isn’t it? I was rather stagestruck, but you were no less dazzled'by the footlights. Yon had as much, if not more tylent than I, and I have oftetied wondered why yon did not keep it up. You would have made a name for yourself.” “I was too lazy and careless of my future, in which folly I was abetted by indulgent parents," said Hastings, with a yawn, as he arose to retire. Rosebud did not improve much during the company’s stay, and at the conclusion of their engagement they were reluctantly compelled to leave without her. Redfern left her in Ned’s care, and he well fulfilled the trust. A basket of beautiful flowers or of fruit, books, and papers were evidences of his fritn.lly regard that found their way to her room. His lady friends brightened the weary hours of convalescence with their pleasant faces and conversation. He saw her but little, calling four or five times, and then in company with others, for he knew the way of the world’s wagging tongue, which is ever ready to repeat and amplify, and place an actress under social ban. “Have you followed the profession long?” he asked," the day before she left to rejoin her company. Ho felt a deep interest in this winsome little fairy, whose lively sunlit nature, now unburdened by pain, shone forth in all its refreshing brightness, and who seemed a veritable sunbeam. For her sake he had remained in that tiresome town longer than he had carod to, and whatever discontent arose from tho enforced stay, was speedily killed by a sight of her pretty face, and the sound of her musical voice. “Yes, ever since I was 7 years old, when I sang in juvenile opera." “And do you like the life?” “No, I can’t soy that I do. But I can do nothing else, and receive the same pay. Woman's work is poorly paid, and I don’t care to struggle us others do. My mother was an invalid, and my father an actor of the old school. He was stricken with paralysis, and I, being the oldest, was compelled to work for the rest. I hated to clerk or to sew, and when an engagement was ottered me I gladly accepted it, and have followed the calling ever since. lam all alone now, and I follow the life because it pays.” “And the end?” he asked, earnestly. “Tho fate of all players—a palace or a garret, I suppose,” replied Rosebud, with a gay little laugh, as she watched him. She" liked him, this quiet, sincere, and thorough gentleman; for he had treated her with a courtly deference, and a manly friendship, that she had seldom met with in her nomadic career. He stroked his head thoughtfully, and his pleasant face was very earnest as lie looked seriously at her for a]few moments; while his mind revolved a project that had just occurred to him. Then bidding her goodby lie went to his room and wrote a long letter to Redfern. “I can’t imagine,” Redfern’s answer ran, “what has put this mad scheme into your usually level head, unless it be that therecent heavy eastern failures and a fall in pork have impaired your capital. But, as I told you that night, you always had a knack for that sort of thing, and will be successful. The position to which you refer will be vacant November 1. Try to be in Louisville on that date. You can depend upon my silence, but Rosebud is so sharp and inquisitive, that it will be hard to keep the matter quiet.” * * * * * * * “Why so sad, Rosebud? Art thou mourn-ing-the sudden and cruel departure of thy Romeo?” “Bah!” Rosebud, perched upon a huge trunk near the wings, sniffed contemptuously, and blew a cloud of cigarette-smoko into Redfern’s face. “Mourn after him? Why, he was no end of a stick, and always made me feel like a fool when we were on together. ” . “Confound your cigarette-smoking,” sputtered her companion, half choked by the perfumed vapor. “But how about the new one?” i . Ts 1 does as well when he goes on he did at rehearsal, he will take the house by storm. There is some comfort in working with a man like him. Say, Dick, who is he?” “Ned Stanhope,” said Redfern with an odd smile. “Yes, I know; but his other name.’' “Don’t know; guess it is both.” "Hardly; it is a stage name. He can’t pull the wool over my eyes, with all his raystcriousness. I’ve seen him somewbero before, when his name wasn't Stanhope, but I can’t think where or when,” said Rosebud, with a Wise shake of her pretty head; and throwing her cigarette away, she slid from the trunk, and ran to her dressing-room. She was correct in her surmise. The new raan scored a decided- hit, and Rosebud wpn added popularity. Their scenes were finally given; their lines natural and smooth; their stage courtship delicious; and their songs and waltzes marvels of pure harmony and rhythmic precision. The delighted audience, captured from the first, was generous with applause and encores, and when the curtain descended upon the last act, Rosebud’, in her unbounded delight, caught Stanhope and gave him a genuine hug; which he, it is almost needless to say, returned with interest, amid the laughs of the members of the company. “Where have I seen you before?” she asked, while they were walking to the hotel. “Can't say,” he replied, in his dry manner. “I have traveled a great deal.” “Have you ever seen me?” she persisted, with a sharp glance at his clean-shaven face. • - ' '• “Yes, at Denver and at Chicago.” “Anywhere else?” she demanded. “Perhaps,” and he left her at the ladies’ entrance. With a puzzled look upon her pretty’ face, she stood and watched him as he sauntered away, and then slowly aseenriod the Blairs, thinking deeply. "Never had such a glorious time in my ' life,” he murmured to Redfern, a moment later; “Guess I’ll stick to the profession^” “Do so,” said Redfern, earnestly. “Y'ou have raised a breeze; and the ‘qld man’ is in.ecstacies.” “Then toll him to raise my salary. Genius needs substantial recognition, said Stanhope, with a smile. From that night he was a success wherever they went, and besides being well liked by the others of the company, gained Rosebud’s warm friendship and cheerful society; enjoying both, until he found himself her eqoort and protector at all times. He was not presuming, but waR her friend in a quiet, unobtrusive way, never thrusting himself upon her, always courteous, and above stage familiarity, perhaps somewhat distant, but always with a keen eye to her comfort and enjoyment. Book's and magazines of interest shortened the monotonous hours of travel instead of cards, and a little sapper after the play kept her from the cigarettes of the rest until it was time to retire. Rosebud was a rough diamond; at heart, a thorough woman, but the tides of her life had given her no opportunities for the development of her higher nature. She was conscious of the change he. had wrought in her, and was deeply grateful for the quiet mentorship. Added to all this, he made it a point to guard her against the inane persecutions of those empty-headed negatives who loiter about every stage tjoor and annoy An aetresa wherever sho gooc.

One night while they were chatting and laughing over the inevitable oysters, sev-eraffashiouably-attired young men entered the case and took possession of a table just behind Rosebnd. “How did you like the play, Creqne?” asked one of them, ogling the comely waitress. “Firat-rate," drawled Creqne, a deficient and dissipated-appenring, bnt faultlessly-* clad individual, with an ill-shaped head and weak fad'd. “That g’vurl who did the comedy's deneedly pretty positively chahming. D’yon know, fellows, I’ve half a mind to make an impression there.” His companions laughed uproariously at the ensy, confident manner of this socalled genCeman, who was a type of those who in the pasthave brought actresses into disrepute, and have made it a sooial offense for a woman to be a player, and who. today, are a bane <o the profession. He shrugged his shoulders carelessly at their derisive merriment, aud “continued in the same drawling tone: #*Bet a stipper for the party that I bring her here to-morrow night.” Rosebud’s face flushed, and her little fingers drove their pink nails into her soft palms, her breast heaving with suppressed anger. Stanhope trod on her foot, warningly, and surveyed the dandy, whom he at once recognized as a young swell who had thrown Rosebud a bouquet that same evening. She saw a dangerous light in her companion’s dark eyes, and heard his teeth grate viciously. “J’ll take the bet, ” cried one of tho others, promptly, nnd ns he and Rosebud left the case Stanhope muttered, with a grim smile: ‘“You'll win, my friend." Sho was very thoughtful as they walked along, and looked up at him curiously every now aud then, Carefully scanning bis face. A bright light shone in her blue eyes, and a pleasant smile played about her lips, until she reached the solitude of her room. Once alone, she gave her pentup feelings full sway, and; the room reechoed with tho music of her merry laugh. The next night, as Rosebud, alone and unattended, left the theater, a hand was laid on her arm, and a voice said: “I beg pahdon, but is this Miss Layton?” “Yes, sir.” “Delighted, I’m sure. Will you permit one of your most devoted admirers to escort you to your hotel?” “No, sir, decidedly not,” said Rosebud, disdainfully, recognizing the person who had made the wager the night before, and moving away. • “Wait a moment, my pretty one. You are very unkind and ungrateful, after accepting my flowers,” he said, insinuatingly. “Tho mere acceptance of your flowers, sir, has no significance, and places me under no obligations to you. Knowing well from whom they came, to have kept them would have been as much of an insult to myself as their presentation, and so 1 gave them to a laundry girl'in the hotel.” “Ah, one so lovely should not be so cruel,” he drawled, seeking to detain her. But his hand was rudely drawn away, and as he was hurled to one side n voice rang out: “Ob, you dishonorable our!” Recovering himself, the would-be escort, maddened by the strange turn of affairs, gave vent to a curse, nnd launched a blow at the interloper, which was deftly parried, and a crushing stroke from Stanhope’s right hand sent him reeling against the building. He drew a revolver, one of those silver-plated toys affected by just such harmless characters; and with a cry of fear Rosebud threw herself between them, her arms clasping Stanhope; but she was gently thrust aside, while' her champion, always as cool as an iceberg, knocked the pistol from his antagonist’s white hand, and with a terrible blow of his left hand knocked him into the gniter. “The next rime you make a wager, my inexperienced friend, give the matter a little more thought," said Stanhope, looking down upon him, and then walking away with his fair charge, who clung to him with all a woman’s trustfulness. What was said as they walked so slowly along has always been their secret, but when Rosamond lift him at the foot of the staircase, a ring sparkled on fasr finger that had never been seen there before. “Where on earth have you been sc long?” growled Redfern, who was waiting for him to come and join him in a game of euchre. “I have been making arrangements whereby I can add a Rosebud to my numerous personal charms. We are to be married in New Orleans,” he said, dealing the cards and turning up the queen of hearts, and indulging in a quiet laugh at his friend’s unbounded amazement. * * * * * * * * * There was a quiet wedding in the Crescent City,nnd Redfern was best man. That afternoon, on the train, Stanhope drew a paper from his pocket and handed it to his golden-haired bride. It certified that Edward Stanhope Hastings and Rosamond Layton had been duly joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. He watched her narrowly as she read, and was considerably taken aback to find no traces of surprise in her face. “So, you see, my dear, your new name is not Stanhope.” “1 knew that it was not your real same,” she said with an arch smile. “The deuce you did! ‘How long ago?” “I recognized you that night in the case, when we overheard that wager. 1 could not place you before, try ns I might. But then I knew you to be Dick's old friend,Ned Hastings, who was so kind to a poor, friendless little soubrette in D . Who, unknown to her, bore all the expense of her illness and then disappeared before she could repay, or even thank him for his kindness,” she said, her eves growing luminous as they looked lovingly up at him. He arose, with an expression of mvt-ic despair on his fine face, and was standing iff the aisle, when she laid a band on his arm, and asked: “What is the matter, Ned?” “I intend to throw myself under the wheels for being such a confounded fool as to try to deceive a woman” he replied, in a crestfallen manner. “Don't dec that,” she whispered, taking, his hand; f we will be so happy, roaming together.” < “Agreed, but not as actors, Rosebud.” “Why not? How will we live? I am heartily tiyed of the life, but how else can “Ah, my flower, it seems that ion do net know all yet," he said, handing her a clipping from one of the papers. She read: “Hastings-Layton— Edward S. Hastings and Rosamond Layton, two of the most talented members of the Sardon Company, now playing in this city, were married this morning by the Reverend Barr. The lucky groom is a wealthy resident of Boston, who, it appears, has been traveling incognito during the past season, nnd acting merely for amusement. To add spice to the affair, Mr. Richard Redfern, of the same company, informed a reporter that Mr. Hastings became attracted to Miss: Layton during a visit to a northern city, and disguising himself by removing Iris beard and mustache, joined the company under an assumed name, with the fixed intention of winning her in this truly romantic manher." “So, my darling, you have nearly reached the end, and it is a palace—not a garret." “And you have married a beggar for herself alone.” she said, the tears falling thick and fast npon the clipping. He took het hand apd carried it to his lips. ! “No, not a beggar, but a princess—fail Rosamond. - .

HOME, FARM, AND GARDEN.

Talks with the Fanrmer, Orchardist, Stock-Breeder, Poulterer, and Housekeeper. Hints on Home Decorations, Kitchen Economy, and the Preserratlon of Health. THE FARMER The Horse After Driving. Some farmers, after driving their teams in the slush and mud in winter, think if they dash a few pails of water over the horses’ limbs upon returning, before putting the team in the stable, they have left the poor brutes in the best possible condition until morning. The fact is, it would be far better to turn the animals in the stable and leave them, mud and until it was fully dry. There would be far less danger of scratches, mud-fevers, and grease than by the plan of washing. If the legs are washed they should be then rubbed until quite dry—no easy task. If left only partially dry, the most serious consequences are likely to ensue. When a team is left with the hair imperfectly dried a chill is almost sure to come. It is not unlikely the animals; especially if exhausted, will be found next morning stiff and with the limbs swollen, since the exhaustion of the system prevents healthy reaction at the extremities. The best plan is to wash the limbs with warm water and then loosely bandage them with straps of flannel These may be ten feet in length by three inches wide and rolled tightly. Commence at the fetlocks and bandage looselv, lapping one edge over the ether, and making a half-turn fold of the bandage when joints are passed to prevent the slipping of the bandage. In the morning the limbs will generally be found all right for cleaning. If this plan is not adopted it is altogether better to let the team stand muddy as to the limbs until morning, when the dry mud may be easily cleaned away, and with very little danger of injury to the team if the stable is warm, not subject to draughts, and a liberal amount of bedding is given.— Chicago Tribune. Preserving Posts. A medium has been sought for many years, by which posts to be set in the ground might be preserved from decay at a light cost. The difficulty has,been and will continue to be that the post decays quickly at the point just where it enters the ground. The reason why wood, aud, indeed, any perishable substance decays much more quickly at this point than at any other, is that it is here submitted to alternate saturation by water and drying. In a merely moist state, the oxygen of the air, “the great builder up and the great destroyer, ” then acts most actively. The process of decay is really combustion, more or "less active, and is brought about by the action of oxygen in connection with moisture, producing heat, imperceptible to our outward senso though it may be. This is fairly well exemplified and in a comparatively swift manner in putting up a hot-bed, and is well known to every practical gardener. The litter and the manure in a moist state acquire heat whon laid up to a sufficient depth so they will not dry out, aud tho heat—combustion—is fast or slow just in proportion to the admission of air through the mass. If rather loose it heats quickly and soon burns out, or fire-fangs, as it is called. If more compact it burns slowly, and the residue is a black mold corresponding to charcoal in a finely divided state. Wood or any other substance containing carbon—iron and lime, for instance —is quickly acted on by oxygen m the presence of some heat an d some moisture. The .Iron is changed to an oxide and the lime to a hydrate. Wood or any other vegetable substance under the action of air and moisture is changed .to humus, a black impalpable constituentof soil l *. It does little or no good to char posts. It simply prevents the outside from decaying, but does not in any manner prevent decay inside the charred portion. Tar of any paint does not prevent decay, the post be ng in the ground, for the moisture is constantly saturating the substanco from below. But if we saturate the whole substance of the wood with some non-drying oil, the post will be preserved until the oil is carried away by natural means, requiring many years. The best oil to use is crude petroleum, because it is cheap and easily applied. The proper means is a tank deep enough to hold the posts in an upright position until saturated one foot higher than they are to be set in the ground. If not, successive coats may be applied with a brush, at intervals of three days, until the wood will take up no more. Three good coats will generally suffice, and such posts will last fully three times as long as they will when set m their natural state. But they must be thoroughly dry before painting. THE STOCK-BREEDER Preventing Swine Plague. Dr. Detmers, of the Ohio University, a gentleman well known for his investigations with the microscope, and especially in swino fever, in a late address upon this subject, held, and correctly, that once hogs are attacked but little can be done to save them. Only at the beginning, or before extensive morbid changes are produced, is it feasible to treat them. If the infection has taken place through the digestive canal it may bs worth while to try an emetic of powdered white hellebore. From twp to fifteen grains, according to the age and size of the hog, would be about the dose. It may be given on a bolted potato, or on the surface of a little milk. If neither the one nor the other is voluntarily taken, the hog is far gone and may be given up as a had case. If one dose should not cause tho animal to vomit, in say twenty minutes, another one may be given in about half an hour. This treatment may be followed by a few doses of calomel, also to be given with a boiled potato. Of other medicines tried, he says: “I have had the best success with carbolic acid, and have obtaiued good results—that is, a prevention of a pla n outbreak of the disease—by giving once a day from eight to ten drops of a 95 per cent solution of carbolic acid ior every 109 pounds of live weight in tho water for drinking. lod ne is a watery solution -ten grains of iodine and twelve grains of iodide of potassium to one ounce of water—and that given in small doses, has also proved to be very effective, but the damage done to the pig by this iodine treatment becomes very soon apparent HypophoSphate ot BOda has also been tried, and has given favorable results, it may be - given in doses suffi iently large to loosen the bowels, and be dissolved in the water for drinking. “The most obvious physiological effect of carbolic acid upon a hog is a reduction of the temperature. \Vhetber it is this or some other property that retards or interferes with the propagation of the swine-plague germs I am uot prepared to decide, and to discuss theories would lead too far and be of little use. It may therefore suffice to state that the results of such a treatment have, on the whole, been favorable. If, however, ttie organism is already pervaded by the disease germs, or if important morbid existing, nothing whatever can be expected of the carbolic acid treatment, because the propagation has already taken place, and the acid, most assuredly, cannot repair the existing morbid changes. Neither can any other medicina For disinfecting purposes we have, however,. cheaper substances than carbolic acid; for instance, chloride of lime, and a one per mille solution of Corrosive sublimate. ” Dr. Salmon, Chief of the Animal Bureau of the United States, says that for disinfecting corrosive sublimate, one to 75,000 parts, will kill the bacteria of swine-plague, and if a hog should drink two gallons of this solution it will do no harm. The solution not used for drinking should be freely sprinkled over the lot. yard, or pens in which the swine are kept Sulphuric acid, one to 3,000 parts, is also recommended. ' :; ■; , lAve-Stock Notes. % The annual wool clip of Washington Territory is over 8,000,000 pounds. Six- thousand Percheron horses have been imported into this country, first and last Of these more than 1,000 were brought over last year. A teact of land ,on tho shore of Cayuga Lake, near Canoga, N. Y., has been leased to Rochester parties for tho raising of frogs for the New York market Young stocjt, once allowed to run, never tally recover from the effsots thereof. Of in-

ferior feed and lice the first generally brings the second. Poor feeding is scandalous; vermin added is brutal Houses kept in stables will be all tho better for a ran ip the barnyard an hour every day, whore they 1 will not only exercise, but roll in the straw and clean themselves. Stab Jo-kept horses need some extra grooming, but their improved condition under this management will repay it. Do npT allow stock, especially work horses and miicb cows, to drink ice-cold water. To take the eh ill from water costs so little that it is hatdty teA>e considered *n the expense accouut Some of the more adv&nc d stockkcaoers now will uot allow any of their stock to drink ice-cold water. The Farmer's Advocate, Ontario, says: “The rapid increase of wheat imports into Great Britain from Australasia and India must ultimately, if not m the near future, shut Canada, excepting Manitoba and onr Northwest, from the British wheat markets. Indeed, it is questionable if wti can export any more whoat at a profit, except in case of a disastrous war in Europe or a failure of the wheat crop in a majority of these countries. ’ THE ©RCHARDIST. Grapes for' the Table. Except in California, only a small quantity of our grape product is devoted to wine-mak-ing. The demand for eating constantly increases, and a large proportion of evon large vineyards is sold in tho buncte Vineyardists have injured the saloof their fruit byexceisive eagoruess to bo first in the market with it • The poorly colored, sour and unripe specimens thus sent out spoil the demand for it, and probably moro profit would be mado if none were sold until fully ripe. Thinning Peaches. Tho great majority of poor peaches are inferior chiefly because the trees overboar. The poach pit is always a large proportion of the fruit, and it is the part that is most exhaustive to tho tree. Nature never neglects tho seed. It is the means of reproduction, made more important as the vitality of the free, becomes impaired. A poach tree attacked by the borer or in a dry, sterile soil, will always sot more fruit than one well cared for and manured, but it will bo worthless for eating. Cultivating Raspberries. When I came to Ohio, in 1848, there was growing on the farm I now occupy a row of raspberries which had, from their appearance, been there for many years. We kept them cultivated and pruned for thirty-three years, and they never failed to produeo a good crop and vigorous caues, and, whon finally removed, in 1881, on account of changes in the grounds, they were as vigorous as ever. I mention this because I know that the idea is common that this fruit will run out in a few years and become unproductive, and it will, if neglected; but if pruned, cultivated, and fertilized, as they should be, you may trellis them with the most lasting material you can get, with the fullest confidence that they will remain productive as long as it will last Most of those who plant raspberries make a mistake and get the rows too close. Eight feet looks tremendously wide when setting small plants, but it is not a bit too wide after the plants are full grown. Tho first year or two you can grow potatoes, beans," tomatoes, or any low-growing crop, between the rows, but when the plants attain their full growth it is best to let them have the full benefit of the laud. If trellised, the rows may be reduced W six feet, but I doubt if it is profitable on the farm where land is plenty. If you do not trellis, the canes should be pinched back when two feet high; they will then throw out side branches, which, tho next spring, are sheared back to six inches, and these balance the plant. If I were planting by the acre for market, I should not think of trellising, hut in the garden, for a family supply, I would. All the trellis needs is a single row of posts three feet high, with a strong galvanized wire stretched near the top, to which the canes are to be tied, or the posts may be of uniform thickness, not less than three inches at the top, and a wire stretched at each side, and the canes trained between the wires. ’ Short wires should run across from one of the mam wires* to the other once in two or three feet, to keep the plant-i from falling lengthwise of the row whon loaded with fruit. With this trellis no tying of canes will bo needed, but you must train the canos between the wires. Care must be taken —especially with the red varieties, which propagate by suckers—not to allow too many canes to grow. They are aB easily destroyed as weeds when young, and to grow strong healthy canes, but three or four should be left to each yard of row, while with some varieties fifty or more will start, and if all are left to grow, they will be weak and spindled. The time to remove the surplus canes is not the next spring, but as soon as they are two or three inches nigh. Most of the cultivation can bo done with a horse, but the weeds and surplus canes must be cut out of the rows with hoes, and this can be done best soon after a rain, while tho land is soft, as the rows will be dry enough to work mellow before the other land can be worked. After the plants are established and the trellis made, no more work will be noeded to keep them in good condition than for a row of potatoes. j | » —;; THE DAIRYMAN. Forcing the Peed of Dairy Cows. The Gazette has often referred to the patient care with which all agricultural questions aro studied and examined by many English farmers, and we cannot but regard the universal effort displayed on all sides to discover better and more economical methods of tillage and management as one of the most hopeful indicatipns that a cure for agricultural depression is not far off. It has been a long time since we have read with more interest the results of an agricultural experiment than we have taken in the account of Lord Verri mi's experiments in feeding dairy cows, submitted at tho recent conference of the British Dairy Farmers’ Association. The points which it was desired to determine were: (1.) What is the smallest quantity of food upon which stallfed dairy cattlo can bo successfully and economically kept? (2.) To extent does a further supply of food repay its co 4 in the enhanced value of tho milk? (3.) What relation should the constituents of the food have to each other to produce milk, butter, or cheese? Thirty cowh, the best milkers in the herd, were selected early in January, and during the remainder of the month were given the same feed and treatment, and at the close of the month were yielding an average of 27 pounds of milk daily on a ration weighing, with its soft food, 82 pounds gross, containing 88 pounds of dry matter, and costing 10d. per week. February 1 the cows were divided' info; three lots, and the rations changed to 66 pounds gross, or 2957 pounds dry matter, costing Ss. ll}£d., which was continued for six weeks, at the end of which time the record showed the following average, to which the analysis of fats and solids is added: Milk, Solids, Fats . _—• lbs. per cent, per ct. Lot A 2ti.O 12.38 3.39 Lot B 27.9 12.25 3.29 Lot C.....Y 27.7 12.51 3.50 While lot A yielded a little less milk than the others, there is nothing to indicate any other reason for it than that more of the poorest milkers were in that lot, and the total average of the three lots appears to be not far from what it was at the commencement of the experiment, when they were receiving a much heavier and more costly ration At the end of six weeks tho ration was again changed, the value of that given to lot A remaining as before at Ba. II per week per cow, that given to lot A reduced to the value of 6a B>£(L, and that received by lot C increased to Ila 3d, All the cows showed a less average daring this six weeks’ test than in the preceding six weeks, lot 1 A falling to 24.6 pounds, lot Bto 26.2, and lot C to 26.8. It anil be seen that they fail off in about the same proportion, from which it appears that the quantity of food given to lot A was sufficient so far as the yield of miik was concerned. And the conclusion of the committee, after weighing the animals aud the milk, and analyzing its composition, is that all the extra food given to lots B and G. over and above that given to lot A bad been wasted, or, at most, thatit made the manure a little more valuable “We may safely say,” add the committee, “that for oows yielding on an average 171.9 pounds of milk per week, and weighing on an average 10 cwt each,' that of a diet having an albuminoid ratio of one to five, 22 IS pounds of dry 'matter has proved itself in every respect sufficient* In conclusion the

committee observe that ‘the immanw importance of the fact cannot be too strongly impressed upon dairy farmers that an excess of food over and above what the animal can assimilate is wasted, and it seams equally evident that the power of the animal to assimilate food is q»t profitably increased by the excessive diet” — Breeders' Gazette. THE HOUSEKEEPER Warm Feet. Invalids and old poople, or any one who is , troubled with cold feet at night, should bo provided with some sort of a foot-wrap by which their feet may be kept warm. I have used, says a hdy in Farm and Fireside, a small blanket, warmed and wrapped around the feet at night, and sometimes tuts answers the purpose, but it is apt to get off in the night, and the feet will ttmn get cold An old lady of my acquaintance has just received a present of a pair of foot-muffs, knit by her tittle granddaughter, which she savs are a groat comfort to her. Any little girl could knit them, and they would also be nice for mamma, who so frequently is obliged to step out of bed in the night to give Johnnie a drink or see if the baby is covered well. They are knit out of Gorman yarn, plain garter-stitch, on wooden needles. Forty stitches'are cast on one needle, and then Inst knit back and forth across the needles until the strip is about ten inches long. Bind it off and fold it together into a bag, whole at the bottom and with a seam at each side. These seams should be sewed loosely with the yarn. With a crotohetmake loops around the top by putting a double crochet in every third stitch and a chain betweon. Crochet scallops around the top, and in the loops run a rubber band or a ribbon to tio in front Household Hints. There is nothing better than javille water for taking stains out of linen, and every family Blionld have a large bottle of it on hand. Put ofie pound of sal soda and five cents’ worth of chloride of lime in an earthen vessel and pour on two quarts of soft boiling water. Stir until the soda is dissolved. Strain and let the fluid settle. Wet the stain of fruit, coffee, tea, or mildew w»th the liquid mixea with half its quantitv of boiling water, and let it lie in the light for fifteen minutes. Itinse thoroughly several times iu cold water. It often happens eggs are frozen and burst before being gathered. If kept frozen till used they can be taken into a warm room and scalding water poured over them, then left to cool, when the egg will be found uninjured • for use. They will then beat as nicely as if they had never b?en chilled. They should be used at once after being thawed. Iron the entire shirt first, then pass a cloth wrung from cold water over the bosom, lay under it a bosom-board, draw the linen perfectly straight, and take care to leave no wrinkles ; if you iron them in you have to moisten the spot, and it rarely looks well after. Be careful to raise any plaits there may be with your iron, so that it does not remain plastered to the under surface: and, above all things, iron until it is dry. The ironing each article until it is dry is very important, as it gives that smooth, crisp feeling to linen which shows the difference between good and bad ironing. If any article is put to air while damp it wnl dry rough. To cure chapped hands take common starch and rub it into a fine, smooth powder, put in a clean tin box, and every time the hands are removed from dish-water, or hot suds, rinse them carefully in clean water, and while they are damp rub a pinch of Btarch over them, covering the whole surface. Always put a little soda in milk that is to be boiled, as an acid is formed by boiling. To whiten silver: Cream of tartar, one ounce; common salt, two. ounces; water, fifty ounces; total, fifty-three ounces. For conven ence iu cleaning lamp-chimneys nothing is nieer than a small sponge attached to a stick. To Prevent Lamp Accidents. Both in constructing a lamp and in the care of it the following rules are worib knowing, for choosing, in the first place, and for keeping it in good order: 1. That portion of the wick which is in the oil reservoir should be inclosed in a tube of thin sheet moral, open at the bottom, or in a cylinder of li.io w.re gauze, sneh as is used in miner’s safety lamps (twenty-eight lfloahea to an inch). 2. ’1 lie oil reservoir should bo of metal rather than of china or glasa -The oil reservoir should have no feeding place nor opening other than the openin'; into which the upper part of lamp is screwed. 4. Every lamp should have a proper extinguishing apparatus. 5. Every lamp should have a broad and heavy base. (5. Wicks should be soft, and not tightly plaited. Wicks should be dipped in vinegar and dried at the lire before Being put into lamps. Wicks should be only just long enough to reach the bottom of the oil reservoir. Wicks should be so wide that they quite fill the wick-liolder without having to be squeezed into it Wicks should be soaked with oil before being lit The reservoir should be quite filled with oil every time before using the lamp. 7. The lamp should be kept thoroughly clean, all oil should bo carefully wiped off, and all charred wick and dirt rubbed off with a twisted lamp-lighter or other stiff piece of paper before lighting. &.. When the lamp is lit the wiek should be first turned down and then slowly raised 9. Lamps which have no extinguishing apparatus should be turned out as so lows: The wick should be turned down until there is only a small flickering flame, and a sharp puff of breath should be Bent across the top or the chimney, but not down it THE COOK, Choice Recipes. CORN BEEP AND PORE. Slice cold corned beef very thin and cut in two-inch squares; cover each with a thin bit of salt pork, dredge with flour, skewer in a firm roll, and fry; add a pint of soup stock and simmor, seasoning with lemon and cayenne. BAKED APPLE-BUTTER. Cook apples thoroughly, strain through a eolauder, sweeten to taste, place in an earthen crock or jar, and put in the oven and bake several hours, stirring occasionally; add spices when done. VANILLA JUMBLE& One cup of butter and two of sugar creamed together, one cup of milk, an even teaspoonful of soda and two of’cream of tartar, four eggs; beat all well togother; two teaspoonfuls of vanilla and six cups of flour; mu well, roll' out, not too thin, sprinkle * sugar on, and roll a little. Cut any shape you please; bake in a moderate oven. SUET PUDDING. One pound of suet chopped fine, one and one-half pounds of flour, and four eggs, beaten separately. Mix togother with a little milk, aud a little sugar, salt and spice to taste; boil in a buttered mold or pudding cloth for four hours. The cold pudding is good next day, cut in slices and boiled. It may be eaten with any saucoTrial's omelette. Boil and sift a dozen very sour apples; while still hot add a quarterof a pouud of sugar and the same amount of butter; when co.d stir in four well-beaten eggs; pour this into a buttered pudding-dish, and cover th'ckly with bread, or cracker crumbs, and bake ” Eaten hot or cold, with sweet cream or a simple sauce of but er and sugar ore&med together.

A Frugal Mind.

“Shall I vind de clock, sadder?” asked Isaac Abramstein, as he shut up for the night. . “No, Yawcob; pees ness vas too pad. Choost let it schtop, Yaweob, unt veil save de Tear unt tear on de veels.”— Chicago Ledger. - “These biscuit,” said the professor, “are *? like the statue of liberty at night. They would give better satisfaction if they wots lighter. ” “Yes,” skid the third floor back, ‘and this piece of chicken reminds me of a peat herb—Bona-parte.” “But neither of your board bills is like the Balkan trou-~ bles,”said the landlady. “Why so?” asked the professor and third floor baok. “Because the Balkan troubles will likely be settlefL”