St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 July 1890 — Page 6

JANET LEE OR In the Shadow of the Gallows. BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XVI Continued. Ln t h «t case, then, 1 nek permission to Speak in my own behalf." Janet Lee lifted her head proudly. All , ■eyes were turned upon her. The sun's j rays streaming in through the window I bathed her in golden light. Her baanti- ' ful head there was no shiiplior head in ! New England- was uphold with the pride of the Leos, her clear-ent features impressed all there with a sense of her bounty, while her composure and courage appealed to the sympathy of all around ■ her. Men and women gazed at her in I wonder, marveling at her self-posses-sion. 'Since my father’s apprentice is the only witness against me, and appears as my accuser, 1 crave the privilege of questioning him." <iovernor Danforth whispered with his associates. “There is no objection.” Janet seemed to grow in stature as she turned to her father’s apprentice, whoso countenance betrayed a perturbed spirit. "Ezra Easty, if all who go to Will's Hill are in league with the evil one, why may I not accuse you of being in league with the evil one? ’ "I can prove by Ann here I followed you to seo what you did with the cake and milk.” “How do you know it is wrong to go to Will’s Hill? Did you ever see the evil one, or witch, there?" Ezra Easty hesitated and twice choked down the swelling in his throat before he answered. “Polly Goodman swore she saw the ■ evil one on a Monday." . “With horns and flaming eyes," added Janet, ironically. “She saw the horns,” said Ezra, doggedly. “And a barbed tail did she not saj twas like the Huke of au anchor?" "Yes; ’twas like n Huke, she said, and so terrible sho fell in a faint." "And just then her sister, Ann Digger, | came up behind my father'* vote. That was the evil one her sister Polly saw." One of th* magistrates nulled, ami some of the people tn Id down their heads to conceal their mt rriment. “Hus not Ann Digger your promise to marry her?” Janet asked, abruptly, as if it was a mutter of course. “’Tis false!" Ann exclaimed. “1 never got his promise," whorupon Deputy Dan- i forth coughed, and the women put their j imndkerchiefs to their faces. “Then twas you who asked her, Ezra ’w as that the way of it?" “Must I answer her?" said the apprentice, shifting bis feet, and evading the glances of the curious crowd. “It is not necessary," Janet continued, briskly. "Why, all here heard you cull on Ann Bit ger to bear you out " "Is my affairs and Ann Biggers to be brought up here?" the apprentice demanded wrathfully. Hut Janet demureh replied “You brought Ann in, not 1 Has Ann not made you come and go at her bidding •No more than Arthur Proctor there . vomes nt your b dding. Janet turned to the magistrates with the utmost composure and -aid "Arthur Proctor has asked me to marry Mim, and I have given my promise." Then, addressing her fatln i s apprentice ■again. "Did you not s>y to Ann there was noth ! Ing short of death you would not ri.-k to ! ploase her?" "Is it fair Ann’s affairs and mine ; should be made public?" whined the apprentice. “Is it fair or manly to make my affairs public you who betray your muspeople bbw pricked up their oars as aanet's voice rose. She turned to Dopupty Governor Danforth directly, and, pointing to Ezra Easty, continued "This man is ungrateful to my father. In his pitiful cowardice end ignorance he attributes motives to ma such us animate creatures like himself. If this poor wretch, who dares not look me in the Yace, be not my accuser, then so much mote is ho to be pitied, for he must be the । ‘tool of another. lam as innocent of the , 'charge brought against me as anyone here. 'Twould be as fair for me to charge , this poor wretch as for him to testify ; against me. And when you listen to a । tale of this sort you invite all who have a | grudge against another to perjure thorn- i •selves, ns this man h is perjured himself. । Vere I on the scaffold I would say no ; less. I will say to the end that malice is । At the bottom of this matter, and I w ill । ■assert my innocence. " When Janet Lee ended her speech with । suppressed passion the listeners looked I at each other. It was plain that all were favorably impressed. The judges con- j suited, and commanded John Lee to be i sworn. “John Lee," said Governor Danforth ; tn a manner that indicated indecision, ; “you have a brother named Martin?" John Lee bowed. “Do you know where vour brother is qow?" - T do not." “When did you see him last “It will be two weeks to-morrow.” ’Let Dorothea Loa be sworn." When Mistress Lee arose all the women »n the room drew a long breath. All present knew' her to boa woman above reproach, an 1 one whose kindness was proverbial. “Dorothea Lee, whan did you last seo your husband’s brother, Martin Lee?" Dorothea’s lips moved. She tried to | speak. Suddenly those near her sprang to her aid. but too late, for Dorothea Lee •dropped limp upon the tloor. There was a commotion, some shouting for air, others calling for liquor or water, in the midst of which Dorothea rose, and looked about in a dazed manner like one waking . from a sleep. Deputy Danforth spoke to ; the magistrate ou his left, who resumed the examination. Your husband says it is two weeks since he saw h s brother Martin. Did you see him then?” Dorothea bowed. "What passed between them? They bad some angry words ’" Again Dorothea inclined her head. “Your husband taxed his brother with great follv?" ■He did." ■When Martin Lee walked away, did not John Lee say he wished Martin had not been born to bring disgrace on the name of Lee. and did he not hope never to see hi- face again?” Again Dorothea strove to speak, and again her tongue refused to obey her. Officer,” said the magistrate, ‘ let Ann Bigger be sworn.” Ann stepped forward briskly. Her

tongue was not tied l.ke that of her mistress. ‘ Anu, were you present when Martin Leo parted from bis brothar?" “I was, and heard all that passed every word," T never knew Ann to miss anything ’ that was going on,” said Janet, quietly, at which there was a laugh. ‘ State what you heard, Ann.” Ann’s manner was free and unconcerned as sho glibly told her story. "My master wondered what brought his brother there after di-grneing the name of Lee. Much was said about the pride of the Leos; as if there was none like the Lees. John Leo wished Martin had never been born. Martin said he had done no wrong, and it would be more like the pride of the Lees if his brother John would take his | part, and not join with others against i him. Thon John tiew into a towering I passion and bade Martin begone, lest he I should surrender him to the sheriff. Then • Mistress Lee and Janet interfered, and 1 that made master worse. He said ho wished Martin Lee wore dead, and for his part the sooner ho was out of the way the better. Then Janet Leo, who is prouder j than her father, ns all know.saidif ’twere j true that Martin killed the Marshal’s horse and sheep by cutting their throats | in that cruel manner, she could see him i well out of the way; that it would be blistering disgrace his presence in Salem. But it would never do to let h m hang.” When Ann ended, Janet said, in an audible voice: “Heaven’s will be done! We are greatly wronged by this malicious creature. ’’ As for John and Dorothea, they stared at Ann in amazement. They were so dumfounded that neither could speak. The magistrates consulted again, and i Deputy Danforth spoke in solemn tones "Janet Loe, the evidence is deemed sufficient to justify the charge of witch- : craft." Then ha paused, us a murmur ; rose, for many there weie surprised at i the decision of the magistrates, and did : not hesitate to express their wonder. “But," he continued, "there is another : and more serious charge prepared against you." He spoke to tho magistrate on his loft, 1 and the magistrate, looking nt a paper he I held in his hand, addressed Junet Lea “Janet Lee, although diligent search has been made, Martin Leo is nowhere to be found. Ann Digger swenrs Jolin Leo wished him dead, and you agreed, but said it would never do to let him hung! Dorotho t Lea admits the brothers quarreled; that they parted in anger, linnet Leo haw been found ou Will’s Hill nt night, when nil others avoid it All these thing' warrant the belief that Martin Leo has been put out of tin wnyb) his own people, to prevent him from suffering the consequences of his crimes, mid the evidence wnnnnts us in holding Janet Leo on the charge of witchi-raft and : murder." During tho delivery of this speech, ' Janet, Dorothea, mid John L< e look 1 nt tin magistrates w.th paling faces When the list word wa littered, Dorothea Loo amazed nil proven’ by throwing nil near her aside, and coufiouttng th» magi trntes, ns aho cried, in a voice that wax heard by those outside "Do not hold Janet 1 TU I who am the guilty one’ 'Th I who was on Will’s Hill' Janet is a- innocent ns nny of you who sit in judgment on he*! 1 »i 1 proclaim it with un dying bre th’ It was i who went to Will - Hill, and it wn» from my neck, not Janet’s, that 1 .ra 1 a-ty plucked the handkerchief!" Dorotheas avowal amazed n’l who: heard her, but it fell with cm hmg ode • ou her husband, who roae, ataggeied like one drunk, then putting forth n hand m< ' if reaching for something to Moadx him 1 self, sank h ck upon his seat, and bowed | his he d upon hi- hands. Again the magistrates consulted. amid the confusion and murmors that ennm I. and once more the voice of the magistrate commanded alienee. “It i- the opinion of mv associat 's that the extrnordinary ci:enm-tmce-nm have witnessed justify us m ordering Janet and Dorothea Lee to tw contined m IpwichJail until -m h time a- tl «y shall make final answer to the charge of witchcraft ami murder Long before ho concluded, Dorothea I,co fainted dead awav Ikon confusion reigned in the old Meeting Hon-e <HAIIIK XVII. Giuz-’t.i MW‘E ivu isous mr. The authorities immedi-ately sent to Will’s 11:11, where Martin l.ee hat Ind himself. But there was no sign of the sailor, nor wisthere any evidence that , any one had been there. W hen the office!- reported this, rnniorof all kinds wore cireul.itod First, it was said that although no sign • of Martin Lee was found, a hole w.»s there large enough to bury ado. , n in. Janet Loa and her mother, after making way with Martin Lee, hud . ailed in the i witches'aid,and had buried him so deep ho never could ba found till judgment dav. Second, it wassaid Martin was, like Ins sister-in-law and niece, in league with the devil, nnd had been caught by the heel by the evil one mid dragged down into the ; earth, and thus was in hell than, where all witches and their familiars were sure to go. Third, the hole was a deception. It was 1 freshly made, as all could see, and Mar > tin was near at hand, and concealed him- ; self in it, but whoever put a foot near it ’ slipped and fell into it, and was in danger of being drug ed into the bowels of Iha earth. Ihe officers, knowing this, and fearing for their lives, reported no one was in sight. The manner in which the devil figured in all these stories demonstrated the hold that fear of the evil one Had on all the people of balem. 1 here wore sensible mon ami women who were amazed at these stories, but they were discreet. They knew that to attempt to set the public right would but subject them to suspicion. They wisely kept their own counsel, and were thus undisturbed at their own firesides, whereas, had they avowed boldly what they afterwards averred, they might have saved human lives, and lessened the period of the greatest folly ever known m American history. Where was Martin I.ee? If he was murdered, where was he buried' the officers of the law asked. And if he Were r alive, why did ho not make himself known? : If he were aliie, yet. did not show himself, and save his relatives from death on ' the scaffold, what was his crime before he killed John Winslow s horse and sheep ? These wore the questions the authorities propounded, and which remained unansweied. Now, however, a new witness appeared. This was Indian Joe, who related with great minuteness of detail how he witnessed Martin Lee cut the horse and lamb’s throat. Questioned why he had not made the truth known at once, Joe answered he stood in awe of the cruel man. He feared that the man who did these things would kill him. He also feared, in case no stranger could be found, the crime would be laid upon him. So now all Salem knew that Martin Lee was a great monster, and had nlwavs been a monster, and was well out of the way. Aru* because his own people had

made away with him, it weie well to hang them all together. When the gossips hud agreed on this, a fresh sensation awaited tSiem. Daniel Meade ami h:s wife Grizzle went before the judge and niade oiith that the man who murdered their only son was in truth Martin Fee Questioned ' why they hid not made this known at the time, they both answered they did not know it was Martin I.ee until subsequent events; the arrest of Jnnet Lee tuid her examination and the testimony submitted revealed the truth; how the ailor they had lodge 1, mid was now murdered by Jnnet Lee end her mother, had quarreled with and shot their son. Then the gossips of Salem had more ' to talk about than they could do justice I to m a week. On the evening of the day that the : landlord of Globe Inn and his wife ! charged Martin Lee with the murder of I their son, Giles Ellis walked into Globo Inn quietly, and seated himself nt a table ' near the tire, where he could observe all who enteted, himself in the shadow, Thera were ninny customers that evening, but Giles Ellis did not remain to keen them company. His errand was with the landlord and his wife. He was in the mn, a solitary visitor there, when the landlord poured him out a glass of •vine, and stood near him, at his customs service. Grizzle Meade sat nearby. Giles Ellis | took up Iha wine, looked nt it critically, : sipped it slowlv, and saying, "Here’s j your goo I health," drank the wino off neatly and replaced the glass on the table. “Thanks," Mint Grizzle. “This was n good dnv's work." Giles Ellis nodded his head as he repented the words "goo I dny - work." “It was all we could do,” said Grizzle. “I think it will put mi end to Martin I Lee. If he I>e nine, he will never bo known m Masem-hiisetts " "No." surd Daniel Monde, “ho will not dare to come back on account of John W inslow'- horse and sheep. 'Tie more like ho will return to sen." "No. Ho wil; not come buck if ho be alive to be hanged for kdlmg your son," said Giles, looking hard at the landlord who dl l not meat Im eyes, but mode a I pretonae of ntirring the ttro. “Think you they will hang Dorothea Loe and her dau liter," Grizzle asked. "It is a thing nlmost certain," Giles replied. “I nhr-s it may Le the judges are ; not really aura Martin Lee i- mmla way with. There may I > 1 o not -ty tins to Le repeated, nor must you quo a me in this matter yon know Governor Dan forth is my cousin, ami it rnavba some one ha- ml!none,, to -twe Dorothea and Janet Lee from hanging but it will Le a 1 difficult thing to do Hera < >lie- 1.; 11- looked so wise that his i listeners could not help nodding in unison an I complimenting him upon hn rela I tion«bip with the Governor “Hast heard wha? Indian Jc< tails of j Martin Lee " litlra inquired The landlord of the Globa Inn was opening his mouth to -peak when Griz zle pressed hi* toe hu I and said "Never a v»‘Tl have w» hear J * Now the trnt; the siory h i I 1 en 5 told with great detail in the inn, but 1 Grizzle did not wish to rob their «n»tomor of the pl asure of think ng himself the flrat to give them the news Whereupon Gilea told nil that Indian -h> he arse I to • iger lisleners a-: i very mm h more I hen again ther all agrtvedthat if Marin Lee renlF wa- in ithe t!< »h. he -ureh ‘oal l •ul a oun l I « globe rather than risk being hanged in ' । Salem, And now Grizzle Movie popm! out | wine for the three the smaßeei glaas for । he: huabaud and all drank to each olii • era* health again It dui not seem , shange to any there that their Im dth » h so pr<c,ous that it mode I much nttr-mg ■ and care. 'then Giles Ellis withdrew after ap- i plnmhng the landlord amt hl- wife for the prompt manner m which they had eh»rgod Martin Lee with the murder of j their sou, and advising them to d< maud j his arrest and convi■ tiou. Grizzle Meals , turned quickly to h< r hn-b^nd “Now, you can judge for your-df. Ibis ' man has v much eauae Io the ad Martin ; ' Le a return a* we have. Did you mark what he said about John V maiow --heap and horse' Hou U« ■ Were killed it I such nn hour, when nil other- ti-L us : twas a good three hour- later'" “Ayo, I matke i it. Grizzle.” “And how he met Indian Joe below i John Lee - “Ant al! the others tell i- h'w the-o two met u good half mile ou the othe: i aide of John Leo-, -<nd Daniel Meade. | ' Well "Why"- hero Grizzle lent a scornful I ■ look upon hin a bubo could sue how ; tin, I tell von. Dnni**l Meade, 'twas no one else but lilies Elli- killed the horse I and sheep- aud paid his grudge against ( John Win-low ' I never thought of that, Grizzle “Ami ’twas the t r-t thing th® wry first ; thing came into my mind," answered j Gri zle Meade. "I do not want any bet- i ter proof than I have that he killed John Winslow's -hoop, but it would be well if we could let him know. Dm n-l Meade, : that there is n way to prove it, so do you I keep your wits about yon, and be sure I II ! do the same, for there is dan/er to you ■ ami me as long as that man lives. Ho I susvect- too much now." [TO UK n>XTixrKD.’i Shifting' Million-. The tire lieml eats up So,000,1)00 a month in the Vnited State-. The Custom House in New York City handles ^1,000,000 per day, most of it in cash. Collis P. Huntington is said to have sunk ^SOO.OOO in trying to run a daily newspaper. A lump ehimnev trust, with a capital of $10.0(10,000, is projiosed by the glass manufacturers of Pittsburgii. The not profits of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company lust year were nearly $1,0(10,000, and dividends of 23 per cent, per paid. John Jacob Astor is worth $100,000,000. it is said that his nephew, “Jack” Astor, is allowed oulys3o a week for spending money. No less than $120,000,000 of foreign capital was invested in Mexico during the vear 1889, a large proportion of it coming from England. The excess of exports from this countrv over imports in 1889 amounted to over $.">9,000,000, the best showing m the history of the I nited States. A Matrimonial Conundrum. Mrs. Smith John, why was my marriage like broomcorn being made into a broom ? Dlr. Smith Oh, I suppose it is because the broomcorn is a little vhisky, and you know I'm so fond of whisky. Mrs. Smith Guess again. Dlr. Smith Why was your maraiago like broomcorn being made into a bro .m? Well, it'slike Oh, pshaw ! I give it up, Why is it ? Mrs. Smith -Because, when I mar- , j ried you, like the broomcorn, I was tied . | to a stick.— .ircola liecord.

DOMESTIC FCOMWIY. HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICULTURAL TOPICS Discussed. A Bmlg'ot <>t b-oiiil liiibriiintioii Kcliiting to Ilie I'urm, OrchunL stablu, I’urlor ami lllUhvll. Unibor lor I'arm I'm*. ^.>out this time of the year we hear that the month of July, or ths Hummer months, in the proper time lor cutting timber to lust well, and to do the most ' nervine. Now, my experience, covering more than thirty years of cutting large quantities of nil the varieties ot wood ; and timber, has proved that the spring and summer months are the poorest of the year for cutting timber to last. ; Other operators of experience in my • neighborhood have avoided eutt mg ship timber and other hard wood timl>erus’ much uh possible during the spring and . summer months. I hey have considered i December and January to be the best months foi cutting, although experience i proves that October, Novemlwr, and! February will answer very well. Tim- | her should always be cut while in a dor- | mant state, both for wood and for man- ’ utncturmg purposes. ThiH has been proved by cutting hard j wood and timber and allowing the same 1 to lay over for n year or two. I have always found the summer-cut timber to j decay much the quicker of the two. Fnrmers would find H to tbeir advnn- i tage to cut their fencing stuff and draw I it in early winter to the place wherewanted. Their teums are strong and can | draw more at that season of the year tbun in the hot days ot spring. Again, by this method they will have better material, and also hasten their spring work. 1 here m a popular belief that posts set top down will lust longer than when set butt down. Such is not the fact. Doth the belt- and tops of the trees are > the poorest to last in the ground. The former is open-grained and spongy, j while the latter is the lust grown and • the moat sappy, hence quickcHt to de- ; cay. To prove this, set the first post I butt down and the second po-t ton । down. Ihe first j«»t will rot in the I ground first. Cut with the second the i Upper end will rot first. the proper way is to cut oft two or 1 three feet of tile butt. Mid then set the : posts butt down, or else Het Hie first cut With the top down and the rest butt j tlown When cutting small trees tor fence staKcH, 1 Het the first cut top into ( tin' ground, and find they lust longer than any other wny. Some seientlHlH claim that if postH are j set butt down that the sap cell- will be ; brought into net ion, and supply the posts ; with moisture Lins argument does not j convince me, for I can hardly believe ' tout a section of a dead tree, without ' root or I ranch, can perform the func- i tions of n live tree. In order to prove the truth and fallacy of the above,! set oak and pine posts' afte' they were perfectly HcaHoneil. , When they had been sit several yours I Imrod them late m the fall, niter the . rainy season over, also in ths ! spring, near the ground, and midway: । above the ground, always finding them ; । dry- All who have post fenceato mam- ’ turn should have their posts cut at the time herein described, and season them . tlioroughh I efor» setting My expert- : • nee for o m x x < rs . lio w s n-. t lint post s 1 I cut and »et in n green »tnte never season J or dry through, and the first chauua is toward* dreny Jus, pA liai uattl, in A*x<'ii4<* Cultiviitor. \grhii‘ t h t 41 It «*m«. | i>h Rh«*uld be Hthb xt to the m.mure heap. N.v< r w a-1« -me ii. Later in the -esaon nude may be applied to | uspnra us and celery with advantage. Mxm iu: that ih tire flinging” (ns it . wui Htimetimea do when the heap is very , I larv*. Hhxiuld be turue l oxer. a» tho i i hi >t m.- process, if Dloxiwl t.> continue, ' I mny cause a loss of ammonia. j In:UK is not ouu crop grown that re- ; ijuir. s hilling up if it i- giown in th<> n.Jit muni r. 1 v 1 cultivatiou is b.-at [ foi all. xshilo Jeep planting provides । , depth ot soul w ithout the injurious pil- j I mg up of th< soil in ndg< a. lin crops grown should bo in ne-I cor lim o with th demand of youi n< ir- i । e-t market, I nt this rule does not apply . w here u' .c b s rnu l<■ -h ipped tuot m r : . at a low i -t. Ihe markets : should be earduHv ol served and price* ! noted. I'Koi i 'Sot: Storer any* that many ' farmers m New Englund have found that mixtures of bone meal and woo I s!ii-i-,r\i them an excellent purpose; ' wl.. ti used uh sui stitutvs for barn-yaril ; manure. On :;ood laud apply GHi pounds I ' of bone meal and twenty bushels of uu- [ . leached aahea. ALU plants and trees consume water in large quantities. Sir John Lawea discovered that an acre of barley will take IJI'M tons of water lu two days. Trees nnd plants ire eompoaed more largely of witter than any other anbst mce. The branch of a tree xvtll lose niue-tenthe of its weight by drying. A GAI.LOX ot con! tar costs very little, but it is very useful to have around the । farm. It maktui an excellent grease for i , woo leu axles; i little ot it rubbed on a trough in which -alt is given to the [ sheep, will preserve them from the gad fly which lays its egg- in the sheeps noses and causes “grut> in the head;' : a little of it stirred with fresh cow dung | and applied to young apple treeswill rejielthe hateful borer and deter rabbits from eating the bark. THE I>AI RY. Point* on C’heeM* Makin*;. On tho farm the character of the crops raised is largely gaged by the efficiency of the utensils and tools used lu their cultivation. When w e regard cheese I milking the same rule holds good. To 1 produce marketable -tock at a profit to the manufacturer the plant must be , judiciously and conveniently equipped. Coming from the West some years I ago, and visiting a number of factories in central New York. 1 was surprised to find the meagre and primitive equipment of many of them. 1 found old | copper boiler vats in use that had seen service over twenty-five vears, and they were so patched and soldered and rust eaten that heat coukl be generated tn . them only with difficulty. Evidence of i two decades ago still linger in many cheese factories hereabout, andtheonly way improved utensils creep in is by the collaj.se of time-worn tools, it having) then reached a point of actual necessity. j Factory owners should possess a full i complement of modern improved cheese j utensils, but in many cases does thera I exist encouragement for them to do it? A man who controls a score of factories can in the face of the present low prices for manufacture still glean a liberal iu- , come in the aggregate. With the manu- ' facture who is his own proprietor and maker the ease is radically different. What with old established factories, ; new creameries and milk-shipping

| depot? competition is very strong, and I a premium is often paid on individual I dairies merely to secure their milk for | manufacture. I lam personally cognizant of one case where a fur linger amount is paid for tho patronage of one dairy than the manufacturer could secure back again by making up the milk. In other words, : the dairyman gets his milk manufactI tired for nothing, and receives a hand- | some present besides. This may be an | extreme instance, but it illustrates how far rivalry and under-cutting will carry I some men. 'There are, however, a class । rs manufacturers who are seriously as- ! .cited by such a procedure. Their means uro limited, and their factories are their sole business dependence. ■ ' heese and butter-mnk iug is their profession, and their plants are their bread- ; winners. They cannot afford to make j gifts to neighboring dairymen, m order ; to return their patronage, and so more : wealthy competitors distribute boodle, ! and curry oil the spoils. I know of mon this season who must be running their | factories nt a loss in consequence of this unequal contest. They must soon succumb to tho pressure, and seek other ' business. | As to the best cheese tools, iieat by I steam, a boiler, if not an engine, is iudispeusablo. Do not use one big vat, i but rather two of medium capacity. 1 । dutuHt these great (1(10 and i(MI-gallon vats. Such u muss of milk as they will i hold one cannot make up to advantage, i From Job to 100 gallons ia a good capaI city for a cheese vat. Have siphons of ; the largest size, so that you can draw ! off the whey with great speed, and I secure the advantage of acid develop- ■ ment in a dry rather than a wet curd. Many a day's make of cheese is spoiled hy the slow eHoupement of whey from the curd. If you do not use power from an engine, use a double-geared curd milk mill that will run easily by hand. I’hese old balance wheel nulls are heavy, clumsy, and regular man killers when it comes to crank turning. There is quite a knack in properly tilling a hoop with curd so that it will . yield a symmetrical cheese. The curil should be pressed in firmly with the hands, not left loose us it falls from the : s ooi>. This stretches the bnnduge out to its full capacity, and the atter-press-ure of the screw w ill not rupture the : cloth akin. the best rind ia obtained by pressing the cheese when the curd is warm, which is also the time xxhen the 'whey should be extracted. Aim by every possible effort to make uniform cbeeae, so that the product of one day cannot be distinguiaed from the make lof another. This is conclusive evidence of a good cheese maker.— (ieonje E. Xt Ut 11, hi .UarHciiii Gultirulor. THE I‘<H LTKY-Y YKl>. — I'rntlt in Poultry, It i- by no means difficult to make n profit ot to $5 per head from a ttook j of well selected poultry by good man.igrment. writes Henry Stewart, of Macon ( ounty, N. ('.. to the l‘raetical I'ni hi, i. Eight dozen eggs and a brood , ot ten chicks reared to the ago of I months, xxill do tins in any locality near a market xx lo re fresh eggs aud good chick, ns are salable. At 15 cents per dor. n foi the eggs, sL2i> xx 111 La made and tin- xxill pay all expensts for food. Sixty pounds ot meat at 12 cents per pound i onn s to 87.20, and this is a quit© possible income where there is a market. and has been made by a good many persons xvitbout any unusual expense. I he main point is. to save all the young , chicks and gt t us many in a I rood as pussdde. An average ot ten chicks to a brood is easily made by having suitable arrangements. Early chicks are the most profitable, ami to have these requires a little extra warmth at first. A separate apartment for the setting hens is indispensable, aud tins may lie made at the southeast end of the poultry house, and provided with double hotLed Hush on the east and south sides; the oth. r sides and the roof being made tight by means of tarred paper lining. Here tin: portable nests are curried when th. hens begin to brood. These nests iil< m ide of boxes sixteen inches each xxay, covered and open only in the front, where a bar four inches wide is ; tn.- i across st the bottom, so that the ibi n mux step easily into her nest. A barred door is fixed to the top in the front which may be let down and Listeiu I. These nests are used tor the laying hens and are moved with tho hen to tin- glazed room when required. Ihe nest boxes are opened every morning aud the hens let out for food ■ and water put m the house. In thirty I mniuti - the hens are put back on their ne-ts if they have not gone on them, and the doors are let down. As soon as the chicks begin to appear, the first are taken from the hen and put into a brooder i to lie kept warm until the others are out iof the sticlls. The brooder is a box the ! same size as the nests with a glass door in the front. A slutted shelf is titled across the middle on .hieh a folded newspaper is laid. Enuer this is a tin box to bold hot water, by which the heat i- kept at Ml or 90 degrees. All a young chick wants for twenty-four or thirtysix hours after hatching is warmth, which makes it strong and lively. A supply of food and water is given to the ! chicks while thev are in the brooder. I The nest Loxes may be used for coops and when the whole brood is out they are put under the hen at night and then left to her cure. The floor of the brooding house is kept clean and sanded, and the chicks run there and feed until strong enough to put out ot' doors in larger coops. In this way an average of ti n chicks per hen has been raised from a flock of over fifty hens and 87 per hen has been made above nil expenses. This is a business which can be left to the young folks ot the farm who should have one-half the profit for themselves, to be disposed of ns they please. The profit of the hens is by no means the most valuable. Under good domestic training the youngpeople may be taught habits of industry, regularity, patience, economy and thrift, and in a few years their savings will amount to a very pleasant sum of money, which will be a nest egg for their own future success in life. Till. ORCHARD. A Nexv Ern ot' I’riiit-Grnxving. It cannot be expected in the conditions which now prevail throughout the country, whereby crops of good fruit can' only be obtained with unremitting care and a large amount of skill, that the relative number of fruit-growers will remain ns large ns it has been; only j those who combine intelligence, energy, and industry will succeed, others will find it unprofitable. And, again, it is but reasonable to suppose that good fruit of certain kinds will command a higher price than ever before, All the rots, blights, rusts, mildews, and scabs which are so injurious to fruits and fruit trees are fungi, and the germination of their spores is greatly favored by excessive moisture, and it ibut reasonable to conclude, as observas tion also shows that dry lands are more exempt from their ravages, while moist, uudraiued lauds are their most favor-

able breeding grounds. The propo t preparation of nuit grounds by under, drainage baa never Inui tho attention given to it that its merits demand, and fruit-growers must fortity themselves on this point. in regard to the equipments for spraying, quite a number ot pumps and other apparatus are in the market, and the announcement is made that the government has been engaged xvith the problem of designing nn effective and cheap : portable apparatus for small places-an j instrument on which there will be no patent, and which, therefore, can be ■ manufactured anywhere. For large or- । chards and vineyards casks or reservoirs i of considerable capacity must be em- ■ ployed, which shall be druwu by । horses. Spraying both for insects and fungi 1 will be practiced on a much larger scale this year than ever before, and the results will be looked for with great interest. The results of the numerous trials last year have settled conclusively the general value of the operation, but uu- ; doubtedly this year’s experience will I make clear many points and details upon ; which there remain still some obscurity | and doubt. ■ Fruit culture is evidently now entering upon a new era, and the fruitgrower of the future must be intelligent and watchtul, and prompt to meet any emergencies in his work, and the rewnrds of his labor will, no doubt, increase in comparison with the greater difficulties encountered. Improved mithods in fruit-growing are sure to give better results.—Utcfc’s Magazine. THE HOU6EHOED. Too Much Shade. Houses in places otherwise unexceptionable are often so closely overhung with trees ns to be in a state of humidity, by preventing a free circulation of air’ and by obstructing free admission of the sun’s rays. Trees growing against the walls of houses, and shrubs in confined places near dwellings, are injurious also, as favoring humidity; at a proper distance, on the other hand, trees are favorable to health. On this principle, says Dr. James Clark, it may be understood how the inhabitants of one house stiffer from rheumatism, headache, dyspepsia, nervous nftections, and other consequences of living in a confined, humid atmosphere, while their nearest neighbors, whose houses are otherwise situated, enjoy good health; aud even how one side of a large building, fully exposed to the sun and to a free circulation of air, may be healthy, while the other side, overlooking dump, shaded courts or gardens, is unhealthy. Humid, confined situations, subject to great alternations of temperature between day and night, are the most dangerous of all the physical qualities of the air, and humidity in general is the most injurious to human life. Dryness, with a free circulation of air, and a full exposure to the sun,are the material things to be attended to in choosing a residence.—Jfedicu I Claß*ie». The Prevention ol Sunstroke. Tho following hints for the prevention oi sunstroke are given by Dr. Edwin C. Mann, of New York City, in an article upon this subject in one of the medical journals; “To avoid sunstroke exercise in excessively hot weather should bo very moderate; the clothing should be thin and loose, and an abundance of cold water should be drunk. Workmen amt soldiers should understand that as soon ns they cense to perspire while working or marching in the hot sun, they are in danger of sunstroke, and they should immediately drink freely and copiously, to afford matter for cutaneous transpiration; keep the skin and clothing wet with water. Impending sunstroke may often be warded off by these simple measures. Besides the cessation of peispirntion, the pupils are apt to be contracted and there is a frequency of micturition. If there is marked exhaustion with a weak pulse, resulting from the cold water application, we should administer stimulants. The free use of water, however, both externally and internally, by those exposed to the direct rajb of the sun ia the best prophylactic against sunstroke, and laborers and soldiers and others who adopt this measure, washing their hands ami faces as well as drinking copiously of water every time they come within reach of it, will generally enjov perfect immunity from sunstroke. Straw huts should ba worn, ventilated at the tup, and the crown of the hat filled with green leaves or wet sponge. It is better to wear thin flannel shirts in order not to check perspiration. We may expose ourselves for it long time in the hot sun and work or sleep in a heated room and enjoy perfect immunity irom sunstroke it we keep our skin amt clothing wet with water.” Hints to Housekeepers. Fasten one of the cheap, three-fold towel racks securely to the kitchen wall, near the stove, and it will serve to hang your jelly-bag, which should be provided with four loops of strong tape in place of the usual strings. Slip the two loops opposite each other on the outer arms of the rail, and the alternate ones on the middle arm. You will find it far more convenient than tying the bag to the back or legs of chairs. To wash dishes quickly: Disbpan nearly full hot water, and a white cloth; spread a large, thick towel over the table nt one side. Wash dishes quickly and turn upon the towel to drain. Dry knives, forks and spoona. wash and wipe pans, etc. I'our out the water, spread wiping towel over the dishes and leave them. Alter a xvhile you may set them away if you like, for it the water was warm and clean, they will be dry and shining. THE KITCHEN. Cream Cookies. One cup of maple sugar, one cup sour cream, oue teaspoonful of soda, a little nutmeg, one teaspoonful carawaj’ and flour to make a stiff batter; roll thin and cut; bake in a quick oven. Potato Soup. Four large potatoes, oue onion; boil in two quarts ot water until soft. Press through a sieve, and add one pint of sweet milk, one tuldespoonful of butter, a little salt and pepper. Let it boil up and serve. Apple Pudding 1 * Cut good, tart cooking apples into slices, after they are pared and cored, and lay them into a buttered baking dish in alternate layers with dried bread crumbs. Sprinkle each layer thickly with sugar aud lightly with cinnamon, aud let the top layer he bread crumbs, melt an ounce of butter and pour over tho pudding. Bako till the apples are done. This receipt may be varied by using apples for tho top layer and covering the pudding, just after taking from the oven, with a meringue made by beating the whites of three eggs to a froth, with two tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar and the juice of half a lemon. Return it to tbe oven long enough for the egg to acquire the desired firmness