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The Brussels Post, 1892-6-24, Page 6TRB BRUSSELS POST. Juxt 04, 1.89:2, HOUSEHOLD. Prete the Ititehen Windelfee. To and fro, beak and forth go the steps of the busy housewife all through the long enoruiugs while whet glimpses she gets of the sweet epring or of the gorgeoum 8111111882' 11158t, 101. he first few hours of the day at least, be ettuget frem Ole kitehen windows, How can the prospect therefrom be render- ed move pleasing 1 Being tusked the way to the house of him employer a serving auto replied ; Jest down thia street, boss, and round the coat nee ; front mostlyntarble steps, back most- ly slop burl, sir. This is suggestive of the Way in which matters are sometimes ar- ranged at farm houses ; that is, grass and flowers bave a place in front of tne house, making a plensaut sight for the paeserby, 'whiled,* yard in the rear is 181111e a place of storage for old wagons and miscellaneous rubbish ; a depressing prospect for the -weary eyes that sometimes turn for 80 glimpse of the outer world. The soft, oozy yard where the water 8681:110 111 little peals and ruts and where a eig-zag line of boards marks EL crazy pathway across it, is a thing to give one the nightmare. The first work In such a one should be. to thoroughly dinin it, making sure that all drainage is carried far enough away to render contamination of the water supply. impoesible. 11 often happens that there is much driving through the backyard ; that here the farmer unloads his groceries at the kitchen door, perhaps 11010 unharnesses his driving horse, stores ais barons in a convenient outbuilding, and here, poesibly are posts and rings for hitch- ing the horses of callers autl it may be a shed for driving under. This is not the worst kind of a yard by any means. There is little grass and the ground is quite likely to be hard under such circumstances, If, then, the surface Was well cemented die yard would be, from a sanitary point of view, well nigh perfect, for it could be kept scrupulously clean. 011230 11(1 a yard, though nothing can be more pleasing to the eye, limy cover all sorts of uncleanfinese which ellould be raked up and carted away, and eleanlinese should be the basis of all im- provement in die kitchen yard; Having it cleared of rubbish and well swept or raked if grassy, one 2012)' 6108 go -further. If bur- dock or other persistent weed has gaineda foothold 18 128)' neglected corner, cut off the main root an moh or two below the surface of the ground and turn on it kerosene oil, The remedy is sure. With hard ground or a cemented surface flower beds are out of the question, but if the yard be sunny boxes and etands of plants and annuals may be arranged here and give pleasure to busy eyes all through the summer with their wealth of buds and blossom's. One k Salton door which I remember open- ed upon a sunny yard where were no trees and was approached all onesummer through a vineclad archway ton or twelve feet in length. It was simply made by setting in -the earth opposite each other two rows of poles at a distance of four feet apart and bending the tips until they met overhead Where they, were firmly fastened. Over these from July to late Omober morning gloriesof every conceivable shade of ptstk and athite and blue nodded their dainty heads while velvety nasturtiums nestled at their feet It the yard is too shaded for flowers then by all means have a rockery and plant la its interstices maiden hair fern, trillium, partridge vine, jack -in -the pulpit and the odd little indian pipe. If you have a bit of sandy bank that in spite of all your efforts thus far has persisted in remaining sandy stick down a few sprays of ground gill and watch it becoming "a thing of beauty," Cover rude or unsightly outbuildings with some hardy vine. The common hop has thick foliage and its leaves are prettily cut und veined. Our ordinary woodbine does well also for that purpose, or our native clematis. The beauty of either of the two last is best enhanced at the appearance of frost, the one gorgeous in its scarlet leafage, the other equally pleasing with ins feathery pompons ot seeds. In any and all possible ways brighten the view from the kitchen windows, Ple Plant Reeeipts. STEAMED RifliDARB—Wasli, peel and cut the rhubarb into inch pieces. Put it a granite double boiler, add one cup of sugar for a pint of rhubarb and cock until soft. Do not stir it. To CAN RIRMARB —Fill the cans with rhubarb out in small pieces, then fill up full with eold water and seal up tight, set away in a dark,cool cellar and it will keep indefi- nitely. IIHDBARBJELLT. —Wash and cut in small pieces, put just enough of water over it to start it to boiling; when tender drain through ie coarse jelly bag, add one cupful of sugar for each cupful of juice and bail over a brisk fire for 20 minutes. It is best made late in the mason. RINTARBPIE.—Peel therhnbarb,out into inch pieces, pour boiling water over it, and let it stand ten mieutee. Drain, fill the plate,sprinkle thickly with 0110 0013 of sugar, dot with bite of butter, cover with a crust, and bake. Rhubarb pie, well made, is yea}, delicious in flavor ; indifferently done, it is one of the poorest. Chat, In looking over the trunks and closets this summer, 508 11 you cannot weed out many things you have saved for years. Clive away many thingsyou have all outgrown, even books and pictures. All the pretty dress skirts of your family that it is possible to utilize, rip, wash and tie up, to make comforts of in the late summer, This is pleasant work to sit elle Ott the lawn and do. You ern be out of doors and still be doing something for winter. Burn and destroy all old letters of no value; even clothing that has become soiled past deeming. Nothing breeds moths faster. For packing away croaks, nothing is nicer than the motlaproof paper sacks, fifty cents each, that can be hung up, and no moth can enter, Cloaks with fur intuit be especially guarded. Get all of the sweet summer you can; eat outdoors as often as possible. Sit out of doors ; it will improve your hearth. Never mind the sun and tan—it is better than ill hearth, Have 501110 kind of a hammock somewhere about the place, and rest in it Seine part of every day. A light framework fixed around a tree and covered with cheap cotton will last one seae,en, and serve to keep off draughts wind and also to give 12 little more privacy from the scrutiny of the neighbors. Throw a blonket down on the grass and tie a little cap over baby's head, put; on a light wrap and let her crawl all around on it and pull' clover tops 'while you read or sew. On rainy days, give attention to indoor things end fix them up to last till the next rainy day, 00108 the Children to sleep theough the heisted part of the cloy, then bathe and dress them, and all go out for your fresh -air time. Heep the house well aired from five to seven in Ste sietrulna, end from sundown to laeltinnt in the evening, and closed the roe: of the tnne, end yen will dud it very nnielt '0' '1121', Watch your early fruits daring duly and Auenn, as they are (1)6 1.1 mold. Straw - 141 rive and the .0.21)' Ratite slosuld be kept meltaire, where it 10 11 1010 ontl dry. Alwave keep some kind of disinfectant in the house to met, Air and watch yule cellar, as much miliaria and lever van be traced to that. A pleas:suit home 15 had ouly at the price of eternal visilauce of the houeekeeper. Everyone else eujoye it, but she meet see that it is enjoyable. Clintstrie 118121201, BB DIED DIST IN TIME. Sow a Man Bumped Being Buten by a Monarch of the Forest. There its always somethiug awe-i»spring in a lion, eveu when viewed behind the iron bars of acne, but to be suddenly confront- ed by one on it desert plain with only a pack of searetlanaleath natives at -your heels is startling, to sny the least 01 11, I Was ft young follow of 22 wins' this happen- ed to me, says a London correspondent, and was doing Ada, or slush parts of it as the prejudiced populace would permit me to enter. When 1 proposed to cross the fdybian •desert, I fancied that the twinkle in the eye of the official that called on me to learn my business WU a malicious one. At any rate, his permission for me to go WOE sus. PicionslY warm in its manner of delivery. I left the squalid little town that stuck to the edge of the great desert omit* its burn- ing muds had a fascination for it, althotiati It was afraid to venture nearer, with ten nattves, to whom I had to promise tbe most ridiculeus wages belore they would even hear of vacompanyiug me. All alone I had been wondering why the traditional lion did not appear, and until it aottudly did come leapiug out from that j clump of stuitted palms had really believed that I wanted to see lum. But as I eyed the beast it dawned on me that such edema tures male much pleasapter reading than enacting. He was a fine fellow with a splendid head and e mane that swept the ground, but one of his flanks bore a long, jagged wound, Stewing where a home had strack, ami the tawny ekin was flecked with blood. I was not only facing 12 lion, out it wounded one at that. True, I Nva$ ruined with weapons enough to kill a dozen lions, but I might miss the first shot and arouse the lion's wrath, and then where would I be? This was a, question that I felt svould require seriotte oonsideeation, but the sight of all those blessed natives behind me wokieg to the foteign gentleman to sus- tain his nation's reputation for valor, nerved me nes to placing my rifle to my shoulder, and aiming ns carefully act I could for the heart of the beast, which stood watching me with bloodshot eyes that never wavered. Bang ! I looked for the lion to fall, but in- stead it gave a roar that seemed to your humble servant to shake the earth, and the nest moment the horse I rode had thrown nie over his head, and was running down the path we had just winsome, but the natives were ahead of him. I had read that a lion would not touch any meat that it had not killed itself, so, still retaining my hold upon my weapons, I lay down on the sand and closed my eyes. The monarch of the desert walked leisurely ent to me and placed its big blunt head close to mine, growling and moaning goftly. When it had investigated me to its satisfaction it withdrew to the shadow of the palms and lay down. I watched it through my lashes, and presently eaw that what 1 had suspected from the first was correct. The lion was dying from (set fearful wound it had received 'from some unknown hand. I saw the grand head fall to one side, the yellow mane sweep the sand, and the powerful Innbs give a quiver and lie still. "He is dead," I said, and rising, walked up to him. The majesty of that death scene impress- ed me greatly, and I stooped to gaze into Ole face of the kingly corpse, when, like a thunderbolt, the supposed defunct lion threw himself upon me. I fell with Ins whole weight on me, a,ncl 1 breathed a fare- well to England, home, and beauty as the powerful jaws closed on my shoulder, but this had been but the expiring effort of nature, and even as the teeth caught my coat the lion WAS dead. And really dead this time, though it was nearly an hour be- fore I would venture near hitn. I walked baok to the little town where the natives 118110011115 thrilling story of how our party had been set upon by two enormous lions that had killed me, and, though they had fought valiantly, had chased them to with. in shorta distance of the town. These fire- eaters felt that their devotion, if wasted, had constituted them my natural heirs, and were in the midst of a very pretty quarrel when I walked in and settled the question as to the division of my effects. " And where is the lion ?" was the chorus when I had convinced them that I NVii$ nei- ther my own ghost nor, as some pretended to believe, an impostor. " Dead " I an- swered with all the nonchalance in the world, and tried to hire them 60 006808 with me to secure the game, but nota man would go. I finally sea:tented in getting a froth crowd to accompany me to the scone of the conflict and when we returned to the town eatrying the noble canines the populace °ante forth in 121)0(2)' to inspect it and do honor to the hero that single-handed had met a lion and slain it. There have been others that have also viewed me in this remade light, looking tip from their inspection of the magnificent lion skin that adorns my library with tears of admiration of me shining in their dear eyes but to you I have to -day told the troth, concerning my first and only lion hunt, Railed by a, Btone from Heaven. To the writer's certain knowledge there is but ono case on reword where a human being has been killed by an aerolite or fall of meteoric stone. The fatality mentioned merited in Whetstone township, Crawford oountry, O., in 1875, and is recorded in the Bucyrus Journal as followe "An David 'Aileen thaler, the famousstoek- nlan of Whetstone township, was driving his COWS to the barn about daylight this morning he WU struck by an aerolite and instantly killed. * * 11 16 appears as if the stone had come down from a direetion little west of torah, striking the man jun, ueder or on the right shoulder,1300021113 ob. litAiely through him from the right shoulder to lust above 6)10 1016 hip, burying the great. er portion of his body under itself in the soft; earth, The stone is about the size of a eolninerk wooden water bucket and appeare to be composed of ps rites of iron," Opportunity. Why do we think of spores of yeare before us and behind, And scorn the single days 1)1422 1312.90, like angels, on the winds Eneh, ae it comog, presente a face as beautiful 111111181', Aral yci, been u -o It, is so small NVe (1.0 1102 See it clenr. And :4,1 1. turns from ue asvay, end 1nveo with ead diedaln. And though weal give o'er Ilia (00 11, 11 now °owe flotilla ADV.SN TURES AT VIA, -- A Ship Above itat Ilartittooke. The Hopewell, an English hrig, was ober tend for a voyage up the 1111 of Shun to mecum the cargo 1 220 vessel pertly destroy. cal by fire at Bangkok, at the head of the gulf, null to try to loitra the fate of the ehip Viking, W111011 1)01014;01tO a trading teem patty at Singapove, and had been mysterious. ly 01i0011113 for many months The Hopewell carried a cress, of ten men, all of who'll Were proViiied With 0111,21) item, but she 11021 50 Cannon, When /she WaS about six miles Mr the isles»! of Alaimo it fell 11 dead onlm, This WaS early iss the mornium Before nomi there Was cause foe everybolly aboard to feel alarmed. The atmosphere was close aud stiaiug, the sky hail a brassy look, and 1011 112010 con ti n 0011s, leaping out of the water around the brig as if tenet ly frightened, At about 5 p.in. a glens sheet, of flame maidenly leaped out of the sea two miles to the west of the island. The flame wiee followed by a report which was heard forty miles mensal, and then came such a 11011,0202 AND CNIDAVISII of the sea that the brig was tossed about like a chip, and wes given up for lost. She continue11 to be pitched and banged about in a terrible way for half -an -hour, and the aea did not grow quiet for mere titan two hours. All knew what had happened. .12, submarine earthquake had taken place, and a new island had been created. Four great waves followed each other down the gulf, clear to Singapore, while the Milano, Islands, off the west Coast of Borneo, were almost swept. clear of inhabitants. No breeze followed the earthqueke, but the night oontinned ulna and the crew of the brig were almost choked with the fumes of sulphur. When morning came the captain looked for the island ol Alengo in vain. It had sank out of sight with all its thousands of trees, and in place of it was a rocky reef or key, black and barren, about three miles long by a mile broad. .9.6 no point was it more than live feet above the surface of the sea, The Wand of Alango was seven miles long by four wide, and was supposed to have about 500 inhabitants. It had disam peered, and not even 0110811 body was found floating, though some of the forest trees were carried 300 miles down the gulf. But this was not the only strange sight which greeted the eyes of the crew tvhea daylight came. On an even keel, in the middle of the newly-oreated reef, was a ship svith all her masts standing, and 1811011 the brig had heen worked in on a light breeze and a boat lowered it was discovered that she Was the missing Viking. The captain boarded her and brought off many things to exhibit as proof of his report. She had been captured in those waters, and by PIRATES FROM THE ttiLAND. They had taken 001 1102' cargo, stripped her of sails and running rigging, and then scuttled her. She had gone in water per. haps half a mile deep, and het. (leeks and sides and masts were incrusted with shells and flanges. She lay about half a mile from Ole water's edge, and of course there WU no hope of floating her. The captain left her resting in her rocky cradle, and during the next tWO years she was often sighted by European ships. For some season she was set on flre, prostnnebly hy natives, and thus ended her strange oareer. It was ou this same voyage, and four days later, when the brig had worked up against head winds to Ole group of islands called the Sang-Wau group, that a second strange adventure oc- curred. Ono afternoon, as the brig was steering to the east of the islands, with the nearest one about three miles away, the wind fell, and she was left rolling on a glassy sea. There was no fear of an earthquake on this occasion, but the coptern Wee WOr- ried about something else. These islands had been piratiord stronghold, anti he did not feel sttre that all the rascals had been driven out. He went aloft 11(1115011 to in. sport the island with 108 glass, and he PRESENTLY DISCOVERED SONETRINO to bring him down in a hurry. Ile report. ed that he could make out several huts on the shore, and that a native craft Was eel- dently making ready to pull out and pay the brig a visit He must have had a chickenthearted crew with him, for the log reports that he had to threaten some of them with shooting to prevent them from taking Ole yawl and leaving the vessel to her fate. The arms were brought out and distributed, each man served wtth a dram to raise his spirits, and when the prahu was sent it was agreed to defend the brig to the last. The sun AIMS Still two hours high when the native craft was svithin a quarter of a mile of the brig, which was being slowly set inshore by a current, but was in too deep water to anohor. The captain had made good use of his time. There being only one prelim and the brig being high out of water, the rascals would doubtless seek to board at the bows. .All the grease and slush which eould be found aboard was used there to make the boarding more difficult, while the cook got hot water ready and traits of powder wet% laid on deck. It was meant to fire these in case the pirates got e, foot- hold and drove the crew aft. Just out of musket shot the pirate craft rested on her oars, and the captain counted thirty of the rascals, each one well armed and ready for desperate work, He heiled them, and ask- ed what was wanted; but no reply was me.de. He then WARNED TEEM TO NEEr 01112 Or take the consequences ; but his loud talk did not leluff them They were simply look- ing the brig over to note her strength and what prepaeations she had made for resist- ance. After a delay of ten minutes the oars of the prahu fell into the water, her entire crew uttered a, cheer, and she had just gob under wr_by when a mysterious thing hap- pened. No one aboard the brig had an eye on her just then, as they were making then' final preparations, and so what actually oc- curred was never known. Whet the coptain saw as he looked up was the maim sinking below the surface, which was very muoh agitated. She went down slowly, and seemed to fall apart as ghe went, for the surface woe soon covered with wreckage. The log of the Hopewell says that the firing continue11 until the last pirate had been picked off, and that sharks gathered in such nurnbers 03 60 fill everybody with agtonigh- mane, There was much speculation as to what caused the logs of the pearl's. As the sea woe clear of rooks and reefs, it was the opinion of the captain that somo great fiats, perhaps a whale, streak the craft ag it breached. IsTothing else could have wrestle - ed her go quickly or shattered her so com- pletely. The brig dontinued to drift in to. ward the island with the current, and at length the anchor was lets ge in five fathoms of water heli a mile from the beach. With hie glans the captain could now make out five or six hat and a large seorehouse 0(1 shore, and only o single native oppeared in sight. He made signals with a flag, bob as night watt coming on further investigation was postponed till the morrow. Not !thew. ing but thot another form of pirates would oome out under cover of darkness the cap- tain lcept the erew 'UNDER ARMS AM, Mater, and wass prepared to give them a hot mop, Son. Tee night pegged quietly however, 1(1211 11006 mornmg the lone man renewed his signale no vigorously that a inset wag ttent oft to investigate, She Int 1 ne moiler come within hailing clietanee than the man (Tied "lit Ill Pad Hag.1141 that he "." 0, 1712131 131', and the only living man 00 he island, The boat then landed, and 112' proved to be pm William Toll), an 10,11)4118n sailor, Who had been eapturcel three years; b fere oo a 10111111 tending m..110.1101., While the Net a 1110 orew had been murdered 'Sim. cam nro, Ise had heen "spared for some semen ueltnown, and had been on the ightud over Beata Se Was tensed like it sleet!, and on 0110 (111115100, when he had planned to esespe, they had sliced off one of his oars as a caution not to attempt It again. levees, num of the gang bad embarked to attack the brig, and Tripp Wati overjoyed 01 11:011' fate. Ie would have been a feather in tho eaptain'e cap had smelting further been accomplished, but; the best of all Will yet 10 cum 0. The storehouse was full of plunder, and they worked the brig into a cove, where elle was fairly safe' and sot about discharging her ballasts and loadieg her with 0. eargo. During Tripp's stay with the pirates they had captured 1100 trading schooners and a German ship. Most of their cargoes 00010 111 the storehouse, with O miscellaneous assortment of staff picked Up at other times—lions', sugar, coffee, tea, clothing, hardware, dry goods, shoes, cut- lery, wines, mud ehnost everything else ever <tarried in a cargo. Some of the stuff Was badly damaged by rot and mildely, but they bad plenty to pick from, and in a couple of weeks had loaded the Hopewell with the richest cargo 0110 50511 ennead, As they tore out one side of the storehouse the better to get at the goods, what was left after the brig could take no more Was converted into a bonfire, mai all traces of the pirates thus wiped out. The brig then sailed for Singe - pore, and reached that port in safety. A claim was there sot up by the Gemmel Consal and others, but the Courts decided Against them. Whet the stelae of the Hopewell's cargo was the log does not state, but it must have amouated to a large sum, for after re- ceiving bis share of the sale Captain Jault decided to give up the sea and its perils and become a ship ehaudIer. The Ever -Present Crisis. 110,4. R. townie-, Once 111 311 (1 100nation comes the Me- hl the strife ot truth and falsehood, for the good or evil skle ; Some great cause, God's neW Messiah, offering each the bloom 01 (22113216, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the Rheop neon the right. And the choice goes by forever awixt that darkness and that light. Ottroloss seems the groat avenger ; history's pages but r,cord One death grapple in the darkness 'twr.tt old systems and the Word; Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown Standeth Gott within the shadow, keeping watch above his own, Then to side with truth is noble when Nvo share her wretslied ertnit, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'Cis prosperous to be Just Then lt is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands asido, Doubting in his object epirit on hie Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied, For humanity sweeps onward ; where tcklay the martyr stands On tho morrow crouches Judas, with the sil- ver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the tooeing mob of yesterday in silent aNvo return To glean up the scattered ashes into history's golden urn. They have rights who dare maintain them; we aro traitors to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes freedom's new - lit altar fires: Shan we make their creed our jailor? Shall wo, in our haste to slay, From the tombs of the old parties steal the fun. oral lamps away To Haab:ft:011115,mi marty r fagots round the profits Now occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of Truth : Yo, before us gleam our campfires; wo our- selves must pilgrims be. Launch Our Mayflower and steer boldly through the desperate sea, Nor attentt the fulatrelS portals with the past's bloodrusted key. Saint and Sinner. Half hidden in the pew she sits. A truant sunbeam softly flits Across her modest, seine like face, As If the angels thought to trace Upon those features that they love An Easter blessing from above. Demure, with modest OyoS downcast, My angel sits. Ali, I would fa.st For forty days for .11151 0110 look From those sweet eyes bent an the book ; And if she'd give in o three or four, I'd be content to oat no more. Jrob8 'if. nem '1310IICIBTS. Those horrid aisles (that dressis brown) 1111012 thosepeople would sit down. Now, whore could she have got that fan? 011, I suppose Horne silly man. Dear, dear, that choir boy Ints a eold. How that man stares 1 lie's really bold. My bonnet! Can it have a orook wish I'd falcon ono more look. lemph 1.99111 is 11)82 101111 the Protts ? What sights they are in those new hats I There's Peroy—won't he be enraged When Clara tolls him she's engaged! IVI 1 what a fright Besets in blue 1 It oost her ninety dollars, too. Well I paid eighty (what a muss I But then pa always makes a foss), 011, Lny I there's Smithy—such Yawl (These horrid psalms! !I've lost my placed I hope hiS 00001011 won't, be long ; Tho poor, clear fellow isn't, strong. Why, there Fred! Dear me, 001:01 804011 [hops I won't forgot the text,. Shooking Murder in Queensland. The body of a murdered man was found four miles front Bulimba, on April 8. The skull VMS split open, and the face and shoulders were cub, while beside the body was a short tomahawk with blood stains on Ole handle and blade. Prom pepers found in the pocket of his clothing it is supposed that the murdered man is Rudolph Wise. muller, a German, W110 a week previously had arrived from England by the steamer Tara. A few days later the p.olioe arrested a man at Tallabugra, on suspicion of being the murderer. The amused, who gave tact name of Frank Davie, is 19 years old, and he tallies in every respect with the deserip- Lion of the man last seen with the victim. When alr. Wissmuller left the stertiner Tara he was recommended to go to Muschles boarding-hoase nearly opposite the wharf where the Tara was moored. At the Smile place was stopping a lhan whose mime woes unknown to the proprietor of the }rouge. This man enticed Mr, VVissmuller away with a proposal to look at some horses. Mr. Wissmuller never returned, but the suspeeted individual oamo baok to the beard- ingthonse later in the evening, and hie manner wasdecidedly strange. Ho went upstairs to hie room and was seen to take out out his " swag" and drop it through the window. Afterwarde ho left the house and did not return although he was seen in the neighbourhood next morn. ing, The (0181 11181110 01 2)10 aecused is Frank lIorrooks, and he is the eon of a highly re. spoetable gentleman, who occupies a prom!. nont tosition in the Civil idervice at Brie, bathe, AGRICULTUR.A.I.J. The liarehing of the Graee, 0 1 he niarolfltat of the Grassi 1 lie,1118 111,11 venues 1.0 puee When he it Mai y 01111(1. 01111)' with green ban- ners overblown )rags I ho wintiT from Iths Mame t Competes ull 1118 shining valleys, elinthe the rampart et the hill Steals by homely wayside hedges, fords river hroatl and kill, Undermines the fortress forest, ovorlops the east 10 wall, 81,121 invading wins, the cities, 11111 (110 hamlet brown nod small, Ilhow hole r world hi rapinrod, And the sold of Man enraptured, with passion or delight Sunny morn and dewy night; 21.1,11 11,0 Joyoue rhythmic staking markeLlt time, in hot and lees, To the inarelitag, Marching, ;1%1 arching, 01 2)10 Grass, 0 the marching of the Grassi Irairar things may come lo pass In the golden days of sunliner 1 'ro,ios drunk with wino 01 11,11101 „Flitting wild 010210 01 atone With the odorous breathed dawning ; won- drous tapestry of Ile Woes ; Balm of incense ; rest of shadow ; tangled veil of jewelled showers Hymning choirs of 111100Y n,uslo backward in.sod from earth to sky ; The full beauty of completeness In rich (terns lifted high 1 But what means its regal splendor 'Po the love beat 5111- and tender With which hope, Cho best, cloth elihne, In 111t111s pulses marking time To the haUntinit spell Or gladness that cloth come—anti go, alas 1 With the marching, ;Marching, Mao hour, 0,160 )10 Grass. —Wary H. Blake, --- Ai—Remedy for Parasites. 1110 I'0601'008011,b, 4. COOK. As I have often urged, there is no sub- stance so excellent to !till injurious seethe serial insects as keroseste emulsion. It is quick death to lice on cattle, hogs and horses, and to eheeptiolcs. It is easily made and very cheap. Many it stockman is thankfel for having learned of this insecti- cide for stable and sheepfold. This sante kerosene emulsion is equally valuable against plant -line and other insects ; last year wo actually killed the terrible r000' 0110101' by its 050. 2,13' formula for its manu- facture is as follows : Dissolve 1 qt. fl pt. will do very well) of soft-soap, 1-4 lb. of hard -soap, in boiling weter ; then remove rem the fire 0,1121 21211, 06 01100 1 pt. of kero- sene, and stilt violently by pumping the mixture back into itself with 0 foreepump; I know 02 110 good way to stir hard enough exempt by use of pump or syringe ; 81110183 with te stick will not do. After about three minutes stirring It looks like rieh cream, 111111 00111 then remain permanently (11100(1 81111 bear easy dilution with water, with no sem aration of the all. This formula gives a perfect emulsion with any water, and even if the oil is ice-cold. For treating stock this may be used with little or no dilution. For plants 11 5)100111 be diluted so that only one fifteenth of the whole is kerosene. tho emulsion is not diluted at mice, 21 geln- einous mass is formed which, does not break up easily with cold water. It is easy to dilute the first day with cold water, after that the diluent should be hot. Sheep and Dogs, The question of "best breed of sheep" hinges largely upon localityand purpose. If fine mutton be the special object, the Downs are doubtless bests especially the Southdowns. If one is close to railroad transportation, production of early lambs will probably be more profitable, and 11 18 not always the finest mutton sheep whieh best fill this bill. .A. good-sized lamb, early in the 0000011, 00111 bring a big price, no mat- ter what the breed. Years ago,,I was very much interested in Cotswolds, and still think highly of them. Their wool does not usually bring so sileoll per pound as some others, but it will make up in quantity any deficiency in price. They are largo sheep, and the limbs aro marketable quite early. But of late years, a breed, the Dorset horn- ed, is eoming to the front, nearly equal to Cotswold in size, and reputed as breeding 298100 12 year. The Dorsets are said also to be courage. ous, and willing and nale to fight dogs, using their big horns very effectively agonise the murderous invaders. This is certainly a greet advantage to farmers who hesitate to poison dogs on their places—a thing I never hesi- tated about at all. A vial of strychnine is, in my estimation, worth all the dog 10108 00 the books I never could understand why sheopraisers should hesitate to protect their farms f min dogs, without ever bothering the Legislature, about the matter at all. I was once very much tronbled by clogs, being near a village. I gave notice in the town papers that, after a certain date, my prom- ises would be unhealthy for dogs. I soon had a pile of thirty dogs, and then the pub - lie realized thee my place was private prop- erty, and not a hunting ground for worth- less curs. Finely bred animals of the Dorset breed can probably be had for $215 to $50 &tab.—Moine and Eaten. 1300813 12 Hit Weather. A farmer who keeps several teams for summer work writes as follows; Corn is not as good feed in hoe weather 00 00.15. In fact, some horses cannot be fed. on corn when weans weather comes. In winter three pelts of corn and ono of oats, ground, 11101:00 O good feed. The quantity of corn cm be diminished and mite increased as spring ap- prom:hos. We intik° it about two parts of oats 01111 0210 of corn for spring work, Horses fed on ground feed often refuse to eat it when at hard labor in warm spring Wea- ther ; then whole groin shoulcl be given for a few days, when it will again be relished. An occasional bran mash is relished, and is volts, benefit:dal if given after a cold, stormy drive. One great luxury to most horses. is the roll after the day's work is done. .11 you have never trioa to give your team free liberty for a few mements alter their day's work is over,do 00 00200 warm evening, and, if possible, give thein access to a gtrawy manure heap, or ally place Ulna has plesity of litter, and Watch them 2011 52 few momenta, and 1 enure you, you will be repaid for your troubles. Afew nips of grass will be thankfully reoeivera Some say that if they should give Side horses liberty they could never be caught again. If those relations matt betwersa you and your horses your treatment is not kind to them and you are not worthy to be lord over that noble 081- 111121, I have worked a young and spirited team and gave them their liberty many timesiand they would leave the moat tempt. ing morsel (freeli green grams in the spring) to come at my call. The logs and shoulders should be bathed occasionally with cold water (with a hand. f(1l of malt added to a ball pail of Water). Much hay and grain le wasted during the winter months, It is not necessary thab 10 horse gliould eat all Zlay long when not at work. The system does not require 00 much nourishment when Binding 12 lo, A veriety of feed is best, ;melt as wheat -straw, int; corn -fodder and a little hay. With these and three quarts of ground oats and cora helots a tiny, a 1,200.pound here° will keep in good combats's., Our 1 aliffidamnd ream did not ("onetime over three•fourthe of a ton of hey in three months title winter. The p:mero I lint:II:to:ion is that hey for horses se net 111 0, 11t IP 11141.11 11.1111 hat clover hay im injurioue. Thin is 0, stery mistaken. idea,. It bee again and again been preached le these colinnne by such men 110 Mr. Terry, that si oiie plies dried is the incase relished and mon hemsfleinl to all animals, I nen not ready to admit Suit luty alone is sulfa Went for a !serge to perfoon hard labor on, hat it goom m good waye. The trouble in feeding hay alone is, I, is too bulky and would be burdensome to a horse when per- forming hard arbor, Oats coutain the Meat muscle end bone -forming tmalities. Corn is best in whites makes Lite most boat. To consume hay enough to supply the dentande of the system would require at least 2a hours 126 11008, which most fartn teams do not, have in the rush of work, Raising Turkevs. The Poultry li'orid gives the following goocl advice for making turkeys profitable. There are some pretty and 'showy varieties of fancy turkeys, but the only breed that is profitable on the farm is the Bronze turkey. The Bronze is',ti cross between the old com- own blaok or Narragansett tut key and the wild turkey. The wild bird is the finest speohnen of this fowl in existenue, but it cannot be domesticated. The gobbler of the wild turkey is sometimes captured weighing 40 pounds. The Bronze gobbler 0221(11)0 00011 a larger growth, reaching ocentsionally near- ly 50 pounds. Bet for breeding purposes the 111810 bird should not weigh over :10 pounds, or the female over 1 8 or less than 14 pounds. Old birds 1110I2e the boat breeders. Their value in this fishl is greatest frosts TWO year's old tip. to 12. The bronze turkey retains the wild Instinct, so tar as to be possessed of a mania for stealing its nest 0111 01111 hiding it, Mr. 1. K. Petah directs thepoultry raiser to humor this fancy of the hen turkey so far as to cheat, her into 008 110115! that she is hiding her nest. He lays a barrel upon its side on the ground and then buries it in the soil to one third of its dieeneter. He puts earth into it 1113 even with the ground of the outside and covers it with sod, This he presses down in the center into the shape of an oval hole large enough to hold 20 eggs. The outside of the Unreel is hidden by piling green brush npon it and sticking green boughs into the earth about it. A cluster of nests may be plaoed in this way and a low fence put about them, swill 12 otte as the turkey can easily chub over. Mr. Felch says thig plan is so successful that when it is adopted not a turkey hen will roam off to nest. Turkey hens indicate theproper time to roar their young by beginning to lay just when they are ready. They generally pro- duce 26 to 30 eggs. Ii any more nate laid they tire not opt to be fertile, Not more than 17 should be put antler the turkey hen to hatch. The rest may be set under a common hen end given to the mother turkey when hatched. Change the young turkey coop from its place a couple of feet every day, as turkeys must not roost in the same spot like chickens. 11 111(240 to do so the young ones will die. In their food Feleh says this : "Avoid wheet screenings, for often a wild seed in it will produce diarteinta, which is a very prevalent ailment with them." Early Lambs for Blooms, February 23, two lambs were sold in mar- ket, ono for 52.50, the other for a8. The higher priced was said to be two months old —Tnenbed about Christmas clay. Now allow- ing its mother's womb 10 11000 cost $1.50, ie is evident thau the lamb paid $1 a week for its keep from the time of its birth. Profit- able enough, this reariog of spring lambs, if properly looked after. Not a job easily over- done, either. It requires too much nicety in feeding and ventilation to be very popu- lar. The sheds must be kept clean and sweet, air must be let in freely, cold must be kept out. All the old " house -lamb" breeders of my day, even as long ago as the " thirties," need to hese at least one ther- mometer in the shed, even in the mild cli- mate of southeast England. The best, food for early lambs is half linseed cake and half white peas ; the former fattens, the latter firms the flesh. We generally used to kill at ten to twelve weeks old, by which time with plenty of the food mentioned, a lamb of the Heenshireclown bread ought to weigh 38111. the carcase.--10anada Journal of Agri- culture. The Oharge of the Light Brigade. Close in I close hi I was the constant cam. mend of the equadron and troop officers a0. the easualties made gaps in the ragged lino, but the order was scarcely needed, for of their own instance and, as it seetnecl, me- chanically, men and hems alike sought to regain the touch. VVe had not broken into the oharging pace when poor old John Lee, my right- hand num on the flank of the regiment, was. all but smashed by a shell ; he gave my atm. a twitulaas with a strange smile on his worn old lam he quietly said, " Dominol chum," and fell out of the saddle. His old gray mare kept alongside of me tor some dis- tance, treading on and tearing out her on - trails as she galloped, till at length she' dropped with a strange shriek. My comrade, Peter Marsh, was my We- lland man ; next beyond him was Private, Dudley, The explosion of a shell had swept down four or five men on Dudley's lefeatud I heard him ask Marsh if he had noticed "what a hole thee shell had made" on his left' front. "Hold your foulmouthed tongue,' answered Peter, "swearing like a blackguard. Iyhen you may be knocked , into eternity next minute 1" Juet then I got a musket theough my tight knee and another in the eh blame my horse had three bullet wounds in Ole neck. Man and horse were bleeding so fast that Mardi begged me to fall out; but I would not, pointing out that in a few minutes we must be into them, and sol sent my 'spurs well home, and faced it out with my comrades. It was about this time that fiergt. Talbot hnd his head oloan carried off by a round shot, yet for about thirty yards further the headless body kope the saddle, the lame at the charge firmly gripped under the right arm. My narrative may seem barren of incl. dents of the charge, but, amid the crash of shells and the whistle of bullets, the cheers and the dying cries Of commies, the sense of pereonal danger, the pain of wounele, and the consuming pagsion to reach an enemy, he must be en exeeptional man who is cool enough and eurione though to be looking serenely about him for what painters 0011 "looal oolor.P 3)112(1 it good deal of local oolor " myself, but it wag running down the leg of my overalls from iny wonneled knee, —[J. W, Wightmen Onto Seventeenth Lancers.) Tommy—" Pa, when a man °emirate 1301111081 !saki& does he shoo6 his head ofr Mr, rigg—' 'No, merely his mouth." 11001100(1 that an amateur fisherman men toll just 00 big lies 195 19 protoseional.