The Exeter Times, 1890-3-27, Page 3RR TONG FOLKS,
ito the end of the earth, and the cometry a
Baroko, Re &rst went to the King and re-
, eeived notoely permissionto enter the pekoe.
Tile Water Nymphs OWora. I but also the kingdom, if he would free the The Highway new.
There was one time a poor fisherman who Princess Nina from the power of the whim- The be of her hide was dusky brown,
had but, one son; his name was Fritz, The ter. As Fritz passed through the rooms and Her body was lean veal her neck was slim;
bov was stron and b • le t h k halls of the uuderground castle he was filled One horn was turned up and the other turn -
little, aria Ayes so dull, then the elnage peo, I 'with astouishment at the sight of so much
ple called him "Stupid Fritz." One day : spender. In the garden, evith its flowers of
he was fishing with his father, and had gold and precious stones, beam the Princess,
promised to be very careful about drawing , and kneeling before her he said:
in the 3ASS. But he pulled so hard that the I "Moat beautiful Princess, you are now
net broke and all the fish escaped. The free."
At these words there was a great noise,
father was very angry, and seoldea las son I
severely for his carelessness; but the boy , and theeastle rocked asiashalten by an earth -
answered • "You should send me away from quake. All the maids and courtiers spran
ed. down,
She was keen of vision and long of limb ;
With a ROITIO4 nose a441 a short stump tail,
And ribs like the hoops on a homeanade
pail.
Many a mark. did her body bear,
She had. been a target for all thins
known;
Isere, dear father, for I am not fitted for this . up 111 terror. In a moment all was still a 04 many a scar the dusky hair
, n
work." :instead of a large., dark castle, there stood Would grow no more where it once had
A crystal .palace, in which the morniog sun grown;
•
When they drew the net ashore they found
in it a bright, sharp sword, and although it shone brightly. The Princess shouted for Many a passionate parting shot
had lain in the water for some time, there itaa and ran out into the garden and danced Rad left upon her a lastiog spot.
la the sunshine. The king willingly gave t
was no sign of rust to be seen, Fritz took
uP his kingdom, and when Fria had brought Many and many a well-ainied stone,
the sword, and swinging it in the air, shout -
his father to the castle, the old fisaerman I Many a brickbat of goodly size,
ed : "Hurrah i now I shall go out lathe world
could scarcely believe that his Stupid Frits
and conquer a kingdom,' And many A cudgel swiftly throe=
"Foolish boy," said his father, "you tam ' had become such a great ruler. I Haa brosight the tears to her loving eyes,
P mire 1 Or had bounded off from her bony book
as if kingdoms were lying about in the i
streeta."
But Fez determined to leave his naive 1 Universities of the World.
'same cliaracterifities, But let its vigor be
impaired so as first not to be seriously and raises her ehieks in the most ortlaodox
manner; but the trouble is she wants to keep
noticed, and it becomes greatly increased in this up all summer, so that, at the mon
the cuttings made into new plants from it.
This is only another illustratiou of the fact season, instead of busying herself abo ut
renewal of her. attire she is apt to be hid
that Mil influences are cumulative, and if in the weeds, covering nestful o
unchecked will work destruction. But with, escorting a young faintly around the has
potatoes this evil need not go far, as a fre. hatched in spite of you. This puts ba her,
;meet return to new varieties grown from
seed balls sets the plant with renewed vigor, moulting considerably, so that, when the rest
of the flock are gorgeous in new dresses, she
until inereesing attacks of its enemies dis-
able it. Most practical potato growers have presents a most dilapidated appearance, and
often does not get herself into good condition
learned that it is good policy to experiment
with new varieties, as they are usually mach for egg-produetion till Christmas. In order
to fill up this wide gap, so as to keep a regin
more productive the first few- years after
their Introduction. The reasoning above lar engagement for eggs, we must employ
one of the non -sitting varieties. The brown
given is undoubtedly the explanation of the
admitted fact. Legliorns will clo this admirably, and being
1With a noire like a Klima of a ride orack.
,
Many a day bad she paseed in the pound
village e and the aext morning started on Norway baa 1 university, 46 'professors : May alleoolPwinagrdhieyrSoeuilt, tGoohdecionotel2"'BC°r4 ;
his waY- As he walked through the woods ' and 880 students.
trees; "An, ha; there goes Stupid Fritz to ' :France has 1 university, 180professors and Many a teapot and old tin pail
1 gad been transfixed on her erumpled horn;
near his borne, the birds sang from the ._
coaquer a kingdom," • 9300 students. ) Rad the farmer boys tied to her time -worn
One day, when be bed traveled through Belgium bee 41miversities. 88 professors'i taiL
many lauds without meeting with any ad- two students, te. e ......14, t
ventures, he came to a dark, wild forest. i Holland him 4 univereitive, so peofeeson, Old Deacon. Gray. was a pious MAUI
through which he journeyed all day, mid and 1600 students. I Though eamennees temp eft, to be profane,
Kay neither man nee balsa When night ' When many 4 weary mile he ran
I Portugal hes 1 uulversity, • 40 professors
came on he saw a light in the distance, and - . ° 1 e pranks she d to
T deve h r out a his growing grain,
turning toward it, foend a MVO, in which . and 1300 students. Sharp were the nee play,
sat three robbers around a fire, and on the ; Italy has 17 universities, 600 professore To get her al and to get away.
floor lay an old man bound, band end foot and 11,140 students. 1
with heavy cords. Fritz erePt softly near Sweden lute 2 univeraitiee, 173 professors SboeetnworsewlyheernetliteheedPwehQueewheentp%) st*edwnit'y ;
and heard one robber say; "1 mu glad we and 100 students.
found the old man ; toenorrow lie ahall lead He liver passed her without a frown,
Switzerland has 3 universitiee, 90 profess- And 44 AYH gle1.44 in each angry eye
us to his castle in the rock end ehniv us Ilia
treasures; and if he refuses we shall roast ors and WO students. He would creek hi» whip in a ;surly way,
bine" 1 Russia bee 8 unn.eletties,,.082, mfeeseee stud drive along in his • one-horse shay."
Quick as thought. Fritz aprang into the and 6900 students.
cave, swung hie sword through the air, and. Then at his 'homestead she loved to call,
Denroark has 1 university, 40 professore Lifting his bars with crumpled horn,
with almost one blow killed tlie three wieked and 1400 etudents.
men. He theu reamed the old man, who 1810 profess., Nimbly. sealing his garden wall,
Helping herself to Ins standing omu ;
thanked him, and invited. hint to go with . en.A.meetrilltehannaS 12,.u.tive,:resities' Eating his cabbages one by one,
him to Ma easstle in the melte. Fritz fon "." "'"."'"'t """ttau"'•
lowed the old man by A narrow path through Spin has 10 universities', 380 proferaors Hurrytug boom when her work was done.
the format, and filially they paused before a and 16,200 students. His human paesions were tquick to rise,
high wall el solid rock, winch looked very Germany has 21 universities, 1020 proles. And. atrifleng.forth with a savage ery,
black in the darknees. The old man struck sore and 23,0114 etaideuts. With fury lilaziug from both his eyes,
three times With bie cane ; 4 uoiselike time..
der followed, and the recite parted and a Great Britain has 11 universities, 334 pro. As lightnings flash in a summer sky,
fessorsand 13,400 etudents. Redder and redder his face would grow,
flood Of light abone through. When they Aud after the creature he would go.
had eutered the rock closed again with the -
same thunaering noise. Although no lamps , Heraea in the British Army Over the garden, round and noun&
or misfiles were to be seen, the long, wide i
• Breakage hie ewer and apple trees;
hall through waich they passed, was brin The official returns of the numberof horses Trent/dug
the British military sea. his melons into the ground,
liantly lighted by a bright lustre 'Ala and mules used in Overtunning his Isivea of bees,
vice show that there are now aetually a).4.40a
sefsmed to shine from the walls. They now Leaving hint angry and badly stung,
animals at work for riding or draught putt
entered a high arched room, in the midst of
poses, exclusive of those belonging to Mil -
which stood a large tree covered with red
eerie the total being about 120U below the
and white blossoms. When the footsteps
numaer voted for intim army estimates. Of
sounded on the polished marble fluor, there
was a rustle and murmur among the bran- the Kin are bartie %len the British
elms, and from eat+ of the hundreds of estal)hshmeat aud 14" "Pla the Indian.
The 31 cavalry r reiments take the largest
blossoms a tiny face appeared and gazed
curiously at Fritz. Then there was a great 8113re of,
The P.oyal Hereto Artil-
the animals, their total being
whispering stud sounds of aupprees(d ,11•)",) n°erses.
langnter, and finally. a chorus of -small lerY nas n7I)°, the lield batteries 741/a.
who the mountain batteries 220 mules, and
voices cried "Here is Stupid Fritz,
, the &merlon batteries about 100. The
wants to conquer kingdom. '
Army Serviee Corps has 1300 horses, the
The Ohl man now threw off his old cloak
Royal Engineers 400, and the infantry bat -
and stood before Fritz in rich attire. When
he raised his cane, will& had become a tabillls The Tithe eavalrY reaiments
in India. absorb 4300 fif the 11,80eand of
golden wand, the little faces draw back into
the remainder all are in the British 'shwas,
the blossoms and were no longer visible.
The op man then led Fritz through many . with the. exemption of 350 with the Innis -
rooms Dragoons in the Natal and 500 with
rooms and halls of wondrous beauty • and
when he bad displayed the treasures of his the neveatieth Hussars in Egypt aud South
male he had e, went of down p.revared for Africa. The preference is always given to
English horses hen they fulfil the reeuire-
bis guest-, awl Fritz soon fell ante a deep
ments of the equine recruiting officers -
sleep. When he awoke the next morning a
The small number of mules intim army is
large green parrot was perched on the foot '
. somewhat Doticeable, considering how sup..
of the bed, which nodding gravely, said
crier, fro many points of view, these am -
"My master wishes you good morning, and
male are for some 'branches of the service.
deaceeiyou to cometo meet him:"
FreaU sprang up ana found on the chair
beside the bed. nothis old, worn clothes, but Seven Ways of Giving.
princely gammas of royal purple. When
he hadarrayed himself m these,and buckledThe Rev.. Dr. Pierson . catalogues seven
on his sword, which had been placed in a ways.of mveng ; First—The careless way
To give soneething to every cause that is
new golden sheath, he scarcely recognized
, presented 'without inquiring into its merits.
his own image ia the mirror. He then fol- impulsive way: To give frozn
owed the parrot into his master's presence. 1
impulse—as much and as Often as love and
The old man sat before a table on which . . .
WiShLi tlIO al SOWS neck was wrung.
&am as Sheep Fodder.
Dr, G. C. Caldwell's estimation of the
average meadow bay and, wheat atraw at 70
N'alUe of oat, straw at 77 per cent. of that of being
penetratum north winds. come, and the
round is covered with snow, the Leghorn,
more delleate, feels the cold so tnten.se-
per ee.nt. furnishes an answer to the question,
Why it is that sheep waiter wen. on straw? ly that every partiele of surplus foodgoee to
An authority in such mattera explains that '1,,,,m.eakbia,ang heat instead of eggs. Botha% melees
as etraw is usually fed more freely than hay,' poultry -house, it would not do to depend
some arrangement for heating the
the animals make up in
lacks in quality. Besides cheapnees, straw
quantity what it j upon them alone for winter layers, and they
has ale° this to recommend it; That hay •f: of tbeheavier breed*, nelangshane, Bra -limas,
in their turn mast be eemplemeuted by oue
ten& to constipation of the bowels and straw 1
doesnot. Animals free from constipation Plymouth Rocks, or Wyandottes. As a rule
do better on fhe same amount of food than, 1, those
tIhaelirsetalesre ttbahetbebasytewtinbeterthilacykeerest, ct9ahetirs
those afflicted with that taahitlY. By notle- i warm clothing rendering it necessary to
ing the difference in the eonsietency of the • generate is, smaller quantal of heat,. im that
droppings of straw fed and hay fed /Met!? -:
4110 CAA readily tell that straw keeps toe , Tim en,egeeeta are eszeneagy eeeemeneadea
it be used for making eggs.
bowelw io better co:Litton, and while sheep
so fed do well, it le evident that ;strew is the eageh lio do4o to the body in many
preferable sheep fodder. In tbas way winter.
tag sheep je tettneed t° a minimum` antl flowey. 'As there are ao many differeut
i fobretaligiraPplU:rpOSefoo4,4as thew abnufbent feathers,
. lappirg layers are remarkably warm, eon,
over-
cheractenstice to be taken into cousidera-
Ono it ifs not straoge that AO one breed gives
active, thrifty little birds, notat alltrouble
with the sitting fever, they eceomplisb their
moulting without interruption, and are in
good trim for autumn vrorke But when the
O • barooal exa peed. satisfaction 111 every respeet, $ente
These two articles play a very' important have tried to remedy this by eroesing judiel-
part in the inaatigement of fowls, whether ously one of tbe uon.eitting varieties, which
bred in a fancier's yera or on a faros. Char- lay well, except in winter, upon ene of the
coal should be liberally fed, for no one thing Asiatic breeds, which are exceptimielly grad
Is more conducive to health than is this. It winter layers, and profess to be quite- sue•
mould be broken in email lumpe and put easeful in obtaitelug excellent layers at the
where the fowls can get at it, and they will most prefiteble scowls of the year. Now,
eat it with great relish. We 'give seen it fed lotus consider the question. At wbat age
to pigs with the very best re,solts, and those is it most pro&table to keep hens for winter
wbieh were treated toit were never troubled layer? The wise ones tell us that pullets of
with disease or sicknees, while neighboring any of the better varieties that are hatched
ones were. This 1101M1 to Prove its value, not early enough in the season to reach maturity,
ouly for euine, but for fowls. Where the aud begin laying in the autumn, eall cert.
birdsere keptinconfinement it is a very good tinue throughout the winter with short
plan to keep a small trough in a shelterea periods of intermitelon, provided, of comae,
place full et small late of freelicharcool. and that they are fed and eared for in such a.
the fowls will soon leant to help themselves. manner as to promote the eggeoeking pro.
The value of lime in the form of whitewash eess. We are also told that hens of the
is well known, and those who use it liberally heavier varieties are at their best, when two
are the ones to keep their Hooka healthy end ye3rs old. feral tbat a larger per emit. of
cleanly. To renderthe whitewaslamore effect- their eggs are fertile, ami produce finer,
ive in dislodging, driving awayordestroying healthier ;thinks than those beached from
lice and other parasitic nuisances, the ad. pullet's eggs. Of the *mailer 41141 more
dition of a little carbolic aeid is invaluable, active, and lionmitting breed's, bens can be
kept with profit until five years old.
This winter I have kept eeventy-tive
hens for eggs ; twenty.five of this
number are Plymouth Rockseover one ye3r aer.saok enaulik srstu
Old ; bandeome, broad -breasted. dignified; /144'°“PaPirp'"efilL144 -
a
matrons. The seconfl twenty-five aro brown ,
Leehorns lovely, trim little bails, with
for seemly anything else. seems to be more
The mossea grow on thnearden distasteful to Ow vermin. Ainslaked lime
The years went, by wita their work and should be mattered over the floor of the
I eisicken-house, to remove unpleatant and
The boys a the villagegrew Strong and tall, unhealthy odors, while a little of it should
And the gray-haired larmers passed away be eeatterell around the yards aud runs, fm•
One by one, as the red haves fall: material for egeltehells. Llysteresliell m
rn
The Safest
A ND ZCIOSt powerful alterative le
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Young anti -
old are alike benefited by its use. ror
-the eruptive diee
erases peculiar tie
• -`-n. notateeta.
else is so effective
— as tads medicine,
'senile its aareca'a
lae &aver ;mans -
it easy to admin. --
4 eater.
little boy
lutel large scrotum"
bens olceas on, bin
neck lend throaV.
%a; from which les
_ suffered terribly,
-- Two Physicians/If
attended bine, but he grew eentinually
worse wider their eare, and everybody'
-expected he would, die. bad been' of.
Oat rerearltable cures effected by Ayerae
&Lumpur/1M, and decided to have ter
toy try it. Shortly after be began t�
team this medicine, the ulcers eonz-_,„
teemed beeline, and.. after usieg $frreallitX
bl5ttiPS. Ito WAP.5 entirely cured. Re fee
now as bealtby and strong as any hey'
of biz age."—Willitun F. InonahertYa
Hampton, V3.
/n May last, my youngest olahre
fourteen months old, began to have sores
gather ita head SIMI body, "We alt -
Plied varions simple aweimilmii withona
ovall. The sores inereesed in number
auti disehareed coplouely. PhYsiehira
was called, but the acres VOlainuod
multiply antil in a few menthe taier
nearly covered the data's/bead end body.
At last we began the lase of Ayer% 60.re
saparille. In A few doe's a roarkell-
eleaege for the better was manifest, no'
sere.s assumed a ra6r0 bealtby coadition,
the (Vadat:gra were genduelly dinsina
Mee, and -finelly ceased riStoggther.,,
Tbe Mind la livelier, its skin Su frashero
and ita appetite betttar than we bare obe
fiereed ler months,' —Franle Grina&
Long Point, Taxer.
44 T e formula of Aaerts Sarsaparilla.
resents. for chrouie cuseesee of sattwea
every abed, the best retnedyeaaown to;
the medical worldai—D, aa. Wilson*
If. D., Wiggs, lieleaueas.
AvJr Sarsaparitia,
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Rat die highway cow outlived them best for this purpcsa white ear lobe a and great crirneen combs and
1 earlyniatehed pullets that were apparently
About Young Pigs. grown ill biZil the let of September, nearly
neanly as a butter cow, with her most pro- time of the ;ow. The lege thee re, „ha mouth Roeke mul broom Leghorns, having
ei•attles; the thira tweuty-five melee; ;A
The Jersey Cow as a Cheese Maker.
The Jersey cow es consuiered prmenii- Three weeksafter farrowing is the anneal e 0 et art. . .)
fillible um M that direction, on account of much more milk, and are eonstantly pu ling the colour4 : se tuner, tot e n .
the large proportion of cream coutained in at her. She will begiu to fall tiff in flesh, 1 darker, and the white earlobes and tall red
her milk. Conn:mere of cheese need not be aud this is not to itself olnectionable, pro- eombs of the latter. I should Thee to keep
told that its (MC01101100 depends alinnet videa it be not earriea too far. It its here 7 them in eeparate pens, then the experiment
wholly on the quality of the mi k from which that tbe breedermust exercise bis best judg-
I would be complete ; as it is, howevcro
.
it is prepared, as is further well hula ment. The sow must Wive a liberal and I shall have to judge of their performance as
e.atea by the conunercial terms of cream 'regular supply of nutritious food. a'are best 1 eau. from obeervation. The colour of '
cheese, skim cheese, eW., according as the must be taken not to give her a compare- the egge of the pure breeds will teetify to
milk from which it was 'made may have tively innuttitious food one day and. a full . their prowera, those of the Plymouth Rocks
been whole milk orskimmea and robbed of supply of rich food the next. The true plan being tinted, ana the Legborns _pure white,
its cream. If the inilk be poor in butter, is to feea the little pigs, and thus lessen but the eggs of the third lot will not be so
the cheese must be equally so, and will :their demands on the mother. Give them ri decided. Still, if one goes about the poultry
;rack according to its minim or deficiency small supply thrift from the cow, aud take house now and then, it is very easy to tell
in cream. Many peesons.are of the opinion pains to teach them to drink it. If you w 1 c 1 s o elms on
I i 1 kind i ft t the mat At any
.
that cream which has °lice been scaamted teach one to drink, the others win be likely rate I feel pretttt sure that among them!
can never be so well mixed again with the Ito follow its example. The piga should be shall be able to keep a regular engagement
milk that a portion of the fatter matter will 'gradually weaned. They do better to re- • 10r eggs. Indeed, they appear to have the
not flow out with the whey, thus renderiug enain with the sow until eight or ten weeks business so very much at heart that al -
the cheese leas rich. This bas given rise 'old; but eve would commence weaning them though they are at present busily moulting,
fn some discussion as to whether rich Jersey ;when they arrive at their third week. Let there us a cheerful sound of enekling coining
milk can be profitably made into cheese out the 1301ff .olorte, at first for an hour or so up from the poultry yard almost all day
without skimming. Igmdually ex -tending the time as they get long, .and at evening a goodly number of
were placed bread and wine, and while they pity .end sensanhty proin,pa. This is un- Accordini to the late , Professor Arnold, • oldea When a month old they may be , eag •
earriedone of the water nymph's swords. • cow her milk is rich in cheese matter and or two in mild weather, but not when it is 1 et
way : To make a, special effort .to -eann
money for benevolent objects by fairs, heti-f e Feeding. Horses.
These are given only to such people as are ean, without the waste of its buttery matter, cold or the sun is very hot, nein some breeds 1
destined to perform some great deed. I vale, etc. Fourth—The self-denying way: be converted into cheese as rich as English the sun blister the backs of young pigs. ; An English veterinary surgeon recom-
have consulted the nymphs and have learn- i To save the cost of luxury and apply Stilton. Commeatio " on the above Hoard's :The little igs need more exercise than the I mends that thoee who have change of horses,
' 11 f b rses should - be 'await
certaan and irregular. Ilurd—The
ate he said : "Isom last evening that you in' while the ersey is emphatically it butter ,allowea to go out with the sow for au hour
this to purposes of religion ana. charity.
ed that they wish you to releasethe princess Dairyman says : " trofessor Arnold was mother. "he greatpointinthemanagement that the stomach of a horse is not like the
This may lead to asceticism and self-com-
Nina from her wicked enchanter. But they speaking of new warm milk, almost imme- of the young ones is to keep them growing
rumen o
could not tell me where to find. her. You P laeenee. Fifth—The systematie way: To diately from the cowsaivhen the solids are in ' rapidly. If strong and vigorous, they are f a cow, a mere reeeptaele for food,
reseuedme
from lay aside as an offering to God a definite por-
the the hands of the robbers, e most perfect emulsion, and hence more seldom liable to any disease, and if attacked but an essential organ of digestion of limited
of the globules of fat will be held by the soon throw it oft At three months old the capacity, which does not need to be crammed
order to perform its proper functions,
rennet. With mixed inilk brought to a . boar pigs should be separated. from the
and that it cannot be so treated without
factory once a day the ease would be differ- 'sows.
ent." Practical home cheese makers uni- dmiger to the animal ; that the teeth of the
versally agree that the sooner the milk is
set for cheeso. making after it has been
drawn from the cow the more of butter fat
the cheese will contain.
geins, one-tenth, one-third or one -
and now I want to help you. I shall eon- tun' of MT
half. This is adapted to all, whether rich
sult the sunbeams which. shine everywhere ;
or poor, and gifts would be largely increased
they can zertainly tell me where the Princess
if it were generally practiced. Sixth—The
The old man then placed a small golden ' equal way: To give to God and the needy
chair on the table, and drawing back the just as much as we spend on ourselves, bal-
curtains allowed a streinn of lieht to fall in- sawing our personal expenditures by our
gifts. SeventhL-The heroic way: To limit
to the room. The sunbeams pteyed around
the small ehair, and in a few moments the our expenditures to a certain sum, and. give
flee= of the little girl, surrounded by a halo away all the rest of our income. This was
of white was seen.
"Can you tell me where to find the John Wesley's way.
Prin-
cess Nina?" asked the old man. A clear, 1 laoki Has Made Them So.
singing voice replied: "I have seen all the
King's daughters on whom the sun shines • Walk in the fields in one of the mornings of
t alay, and if you carry with you a mind un -
but I do not know the Princess Nina," polluted with harm, watch how it is impress..
The little fignre then vanished, and the '
ed. You are delighted with the beauty of
old man said that he must now wait until
evening and consult the moonbeams. When ' colors ; are not those colors beautiful? You
breethe vegetable fragrance ; is not that
the moon arose and shone in at the castle fragrance grateful? You see the sun rising
window, a silver chair was placed on the
from behind a mountain, and the heavens
table, riled on the white beams a small fairy- •
painted with light; is not that renewal of
like creature glided in.
the light of the morning sublime? You re -
"Can you telt me where the Princess Nina'
lives ?" asked the old man. And a silvery iehet all oblivious reasons, and say that these
voice replied : "I have seen many king's aemm. gs en are s o beautiful end sublime because the
dnave made them so ; I say
daughters ; but I. do not know, the Princess they are beautiful and sublime, because god
7tas made them, 101 that it is the original,
When tlae fairy had. disappeared the old indelible
'man drew the . curtain and lighted it candle. . chara,eter impressed upon them by
who has opened these famines of simple
he flame flickered, burnedup, and then a pleasure to caltneperhaps the perturbations,
'ttle voice asked : "Why clOn't you consultof sense, and to raglans love that joy which
nhe candle -light? I know Inhere the lain- is purchased without giving pain to another
eess lives ; in the hund of Baroko, at the end mana heart, and without entailin• g reproach
of the earth. When the Princess was two upon your own, —Sydney Smith. As the potato is usually reproduced from
years old, a wicked fairy who was angry 1
. . ----- I cuttings, and not from seed, whatever weak-
• Helping the Fallen. ness or imperfection is developed is carried
with the•King went into the palace and de- l
Mitred that if a ray of sunshine should fall ), . , along into the new growth, which is only a
upon the little child she would become a A poor bee had fallen into the pond, and further reproduction of the originiil plant.
bird and fly away. ' The King, who was very was struggling as well as her failing strength The rot, weakening the vitality of the pota-
fond of his daughter, Mid a palace Mint under would. 1Ve seized a pole and placed the end to, becomes cumulative. It is a feet, we
ground. Here the Princess lives. She has of it just under her. She took firm hold, believe that the potetorotnwas first success -
beautiful gardens; but the flowers are all and we lifted the pole and the bee. A fully fought by developing new varieties
made of gold and precious stones; and the little while was spent in drying herself and from seed whie.h does not reproduce the
Princess longs to walk through the green pluming her wings, and then our worker weakened vitality of the old. But probably
• meadows, and gather the daisies and butter- . made a straight line for the hive, and doubt- some of the characteristics of the original
cups. If a brave youth carrying a water- • less was soon tit her daily task rewarding ns stock were reproduced in the seed, and some
nymph sword shall approach this palace, .' with honey. May not many a, human work- even of the new varieties became liable to
and boldly enter, he willovereome the power er be found in a sinking condition ? A little decay. • There is also a weakened vitality,
`• of thetavieked fairy,. and will receive the sensible help might save him. Who will due to the destruction df potato leaves by
kingdom as a reward. give it ? He who does so shall receive the the Colorado beetle and its larva.
Both Fritz and the (sal man were rejoiced blessing of him /let is ready to perish. I It is not a sufficient argument against this
over this ioforrnation, and began at once to Poor hearts are often in deep despondency, theory that trees and plants of other kinds
make preparations for the journey. The old sinking for lack of a sympathetic word. Do usually propagated by cuttings do not show
man had much advice to give his young not withhold it. Rescue the perishing. Be the same tendency to degenerate as does the
friend, and presented - him with a spirited on the watch for despearing minds • if no potato. So far, as known, this tendency in
white horse and a purse of gold. Early the other good conies of it, you will, at least, : the potato has only been developed within
next morning Matz started out to find be more grateful for your own cheerfulness. I the past fifty years, and is amply explained
Baroko ; and as he rode through the villages But good win come of it in unexpeeted ' by diseases and injuries to which the potato
the people on the Area etoppecl to look after instances, sad it will be heaven's music in has within that time been subjected. So
him, declaring that they never 13efore had your ears to hear sighs turned into songs.[— long aa a plant is entirely vigorous and
healthy, a cutting from it reproduces the
seen 20 handsome a knight. Finally he came Cl. H. Spurgeon,
Deterioration of the Potato,
The well-known fact is thoroughly estab-
lished that new varieties of potatoes deteri-
orate rapidly in yield, or, as farmers say,
"run out," to an extent not known forty eel risk of cold as en causing an le eime . con- attention, and besides requiring proper
fifty years ago. It may be that there was' dition of the skin ef the legs, giving. rise to .1 mastication will further have the effect to
some of this deterioration even then, but et cracked heels, and a tencleney to grease. It sliehtly stimulate the stomach to secretion
was not critically noticed, as it has been of is not a good plan to elm the ham off the 1 ana prepare it for the reception of the
late years. Potato growing on a large scale legs of farm horses for the same, reason. The I feed which is to follow. Should a horse
is a comparatively modern industry. Not hair ants as a proteetien egaanst actual con- I require more food than usual to supply the
only the increasing proportion of population tact between MA and irritating material and ' extra waste of tissues caused by hard work;
in cities, but the increasing use of potatoes , the skin ; for although the long hair may be. if give it by all means, but let it be excess in
by all classes, has contributed to this result, come muddy the wet aloue. penetrates the j its albuminoids, and let the horse be fed
When almost every household grew for it- skin, while although. wet this hair Beeves to , oftener and not in increased quantities at a
self the few potatoes it required, a lessening keep the extremities warm. Washing. is time.
of the yield was less likely to be noted than rarely more, than half done, the dirt is wash-
ed in instead of off, or the driver is content
to throw a bucket or two of water over the
legs or to drive a horse into a pond. This,
0 y re p g shed which cannot, easi y e eaten or
horse are provided for the purpose of mash -
Meaning Horses' Legs. eating the food, and that the food which
In answer to the questions of a subscriber
to an English paper. "What should I do to sparingly, if ever used. He further re-
clean my horses' legs of mud when they come : commends that no horse be put to Work,
immediately after a full meal, and where a
does not required mastication should be
in froth work on clayey land ? Should they horse has done a heavy day's work it should
be washed, or would that be dangerous for I be allowed to stand in the stable until it is
cold? Is it a good plan to clip the hair off cool and conifer able before being fed. A
the legs of farm hoyses ?" These answers little water may be given end if a little good
are given : The danger is not so much in
hay be put into the rack it will occupy Ms
when grown for market.
There are, however, especial reasons why
the potato should deteriorate more rapidly
than it once did. It is within diciest forty -
A Model Pig Shed.
An Austrian stock grower has erected a
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in *I10 cemilrg. treetheetdale trora oat
pArtii of the globe. Prespeetne Pon%
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Fon
Sore Eyes
Catarrh
Lameness
Female
Complaints
Sunburn
Soreness
Sprains
Chafing
Bruises
Scalds
Piles
AVOID ALL lA ITA.
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BE DANGEROUS,
FAC -SIMILE OF
BOTTLE WITH BUFF
WRAPPER,
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POND'S
Burns
Wounds EXTRACT
Insect
Bites
Stings
Sore Feet
INFLAMMATIONS
an d
HEMORRHAGES
five years that rot attacked the tuber, and of washing ; it is leaving the foot wet that I cheapness and practical usefulness. It is a
less than fifteen years since the potato beetle causes the mischief, for it is often that a ma.n ' model, not in the sense of being complete
began its work, destroying the leaves on has neither time nor inclination to rub the regardless of expense, but in being the 'best
which the quality of the tuber must depend.' heels dry when they ere fully feathered: •arrangement of easily available materials.
Left wringing wet, chaps and creeks result, In the middle of the pig paddock the shed. p A 1 N
or the skin secretion becomes perverted and stands, mad it provides a shelter from ani
fegs nor wash them how are the legs to be nurnber of fenein posts are put in and a ,
grease occurs. Butif we may neither elip the wind as well as the shade of a roof. •anieaanea.
cleaned? When the horse comes in wet and,
muddy serape off the thickest of the dirt, then
put on an old set of baneaga and let the re-
mainer dry. Even if it roaming until the next
morning no harm is done—lessnertainly than
if the legs are half washed and left wet.
Generally the legs are quite dry while the
driver is engaged in other work, and either a aT" shaped wall shelter, which protects
then or the next morning the dandy brush from any wind, the pigs ehoosingthe lee side
and curry comb will get out the remainder. according to the way of the wind. Such
"models" are wanted instead of expensive -
Eggs an the Year Bound, erections which eanaot be imitated by the
practical farmer.
wall plate is fixeg upon them. Rafters of
the local bulloke saplings support a roof of
bark, and in this arrangement we have a.
cheap roof which is within the reach of any j
selector. A wall three feet six inches high,
made of hardwood boards, is run along and
across the shed under the roof. This forms ,
What we want is a hen that will raise
enough chickens to supply thefamily the
d d d th ind • f th
year roun , an spend e remainder o e
time, summer, autumn, and winter; in pro-
ducing eggs. This model general purpose
fowl has not come within the somewhat lim-
itecl range of my experience. If anyone
else has found her I should be glad to know
about it. The Plymouth Rock is the nearest
approach. The hen is a feir winter layer,
begais to sit at the proper time in spring
The Russian navy is to be reeorganised
and strengthened.
Aged Pauper (in New York) :"Can you tell
me the shortest way to the ahnshouse, sir ?"
, Broker :—"Wall Street."
IWhen you 'find a wothan vim does not
enjoy being a martyr, you find one who
hat short hair.
DEMAND POND'S PX -
TRACT. ACCEPT NC)
SUBSTITUTE FOR IT
44RatVigg*
THIS IS 'I:HE ONLY
RIGHT KI.ND. DONOT
TAKE ANY 'OTHER.
There are only a, few certainties in the
world. One of them is the mother; you
eau always depend uptat her.
No bustles are worn, but the French.
gowns have very small cushions of hair
under the pleats in the back of the skirts.
If we y our preaching do not wake you
we rook your cradles and enake you more inf
sensible every time vee warn y,ou. The most
startling preaching in a eertam time ceases
to arouse the heaters. You know the great
boilernaetories, •I an told that when a, mau
goes inside the boiler to hold the hammer -
when. they are fixing rivets, the sound of the
copper deafens hinetio that he cannot bear it,
it is so horrible ; but after he has been a
certain number of months in that employ-.
ment, he herdly notices the hammering ;
ho
does not care about it. It is just so under
the word. People go to sleep under that
which was once like a thunder bolt to them,
It would need an. eavtliqualte and. a hurricane
to move some of you solid ones.—Spiraecon