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OF SOME FAMOUS SONGS, LYRICS THAT HAVE TOUCHED THE HEART OF THE WORLD. t*Hf Ik.ptralloaainl Prnenal HUlurr the i ,1-1., Irish iserlor. stable ,l iir ThrOld Minstrel >1 ku Uruitniir.i ibr Itlea for the "Lat K ise MIHISST.'' Kvery SOUK, ha* wb*i may b* called a personal history, or, if the expression is preferable, a secret history. In most ease* the sources of it* inspiration most remain unknown, far *vu pools, fond as tbsy ar* of setting for'.h their own feeling* in rhyme and meter, are often chary of tell- ing about the incideut* which served a* their inspirations. They must draw the line *omewh*re it seems, so as a general thing they draw it at the close of the song their choice*! hesrt utterance, and leave tb* readers to gust* for themselves bow the lyric came t* be written. Thus the mate- rial* for the heart history of famous songs ar* not numerous, nor easily found, 'r when a poet did toll the sources of his inspiration the narrative was usually hidden away in th* unifoi njxly dull page* of a private correspondence printed lsn< after it had lo*t it* inteiest to all but the mem- bers of hi* family, or confided over a glut ml bottle to an in'.imate ptr-onal friend jflO by casting lu th* last bill in his pouei and divulg*d perhaps many years after tb* | "on., ttoing from bad lo worse, he death of th* narrator. To this genaral rule of reticence there are some exceptions, among the most notable being Burn*. Th* .Scottish bard did not like to talk about himself, and rarely did so ii> general com- pany, tut when with one or two friends ke trusted, and who he knew would neither tai him with egotism nor suspecl him of it, be w* lingularly confiding. Yet ** th* whole-souled, opeu-liarted Burns did not name had been borrower] for an op*ra and for a pantomime, and even in the puppet shows the sorrow* of tho song found ex- pression, it is probable that such another instance of concealment, where uo cause xiile 1 but i xiessive modesty, is not to he found in the history of literature. The secret of its authorship wa* not fully revealed until after the death of Lady Auue. "KATMLKKH MA\OI'KNIBV." There wa* nothing remarkable about the composition of th* word* or of the music of this well-worn song, but it, nevertheless, ha* connected with it a bit of personal his- tory .hit is worth tb* telling. The word* were written by Mrs. Crawford, an Irish lady, who is said to have died about 1H.".">, and the music wa* composed by F. W. N. Crouch, an Knglish musician, who had much ability, but livtle balance. The song was composed in Plymouth., Kng'and, and for the copyright Crouch received 6 and thought himself very lucky. He wa* tx- Iremely eccentric, and marvelously improvi- I dent, two fact* that ill-tilted him for bum ness, so nobody that new him felt in th* least surprised hen he cam* to America in 1848, as first 'cello in the orchestra of an Italian opera company, to hear that he had fallen oui with th* manager, had left the company and settled in Portland, Me., a* a teacher. He did not teach long, having little patience with pupils and preferring to stroll about, giving concert* wherever he could el an audience. So generou* was h*, a* Well as improvident, that ou on* oc- casion, when aiding in a concert for the l benefit of a friend, finding the receipts very he increased them to the 't- was to abject poverty, and wa* in this condition when Ti liens made her first visit to this country aud sang in New York. On the night of her first concert "Kathleen Mavourneen'' was advertised, and a shabby tiainj , by aiding .o mov* she tfect* at the company, managed to obtain admission to the stage. She sang tb* melody with marked effect, and a* the notes rang from her lips some one noticed that the tramp wai weeping. Noatfention was paid to him, however, until after the great soprano had retirt. I lim the stage, wiien he appriache.l her ind tendered his thanks K his song so b* At the olosu of THE NEWS 15 A NUTSHELL THE VERY LATEST FR JM ALL OVEg THE WORLD. ax liesa> aswejl OarOwn fesisilrr, tlnat Hrllala, Ihr f alixd alale.. and 111 Parti arihe tilebe. r.mlruts* and asserted far Kssr K. siliux. tell all his hearl history, so w* are left to conjecture no little a* to the orgin of many , Croac ^ A( ^ o|oao , ^ oout ; ert h< ^ ol his choicest lyric*, which no doubt had J t | ie hall, went out into the night and disap- s history, which, however, was forever lost j peared. He wa* never heard of again, and whsu the grave in Dumfries was olosed above the cotlin nf the greatest poet of Mfe his "Robin Adair" ram* from the pen of a womau separates) from her sweetheart, and hail a bit of secret history more lonuulic tl.au uiiual evon with lovs sougs. Itobert Adair wa* an Irish nan who, afler seme yesra of Diedicme snd surgery in Dublin, became involved in a scandal inat eniorced his absence from town. He started to Kng- Itnd, and soon afler landing at l(ulyh*ad, in Walea, met with a lucky accident thai proved th* foundation of hi* future fortune and woo for him tho *oubni|'j*t of ib "Lucky Irishman." \s be wa* walking mi in* road, having no means to travel in Ixtter styie. in., can tag* of a noble lady going to Lmndun wa* nvsriurn.'.l, and >be was somewhat huru Adair ofjored his service* a* a surgeon, set on* or two dislo- cation*, bound up her bruises aud other- wise attended her -o well that the insuted that h* umat attend her durum Hi* remainder of (he journey. A* may h* luppoaed, he was nothing loth, m.r after thi y got theru did he reject the hundred guinea* tendered him a fee, nor the general invitation 10 call al her house. It was there he met with Lady Caroline Kep| i, the sister of the celebrated Admiral, and the twain al once proceeded lo fail in love with each othir eu vigorously that, alter the manner of such people, they determined that nothing but death should isparate them. Hut Lord Albemarle, the lady's father, bad a better match in view for her thsn a poor Irish doctor, and ordered her lo give him up. .^he respectfully in!,, rm. , ths old gentleman that she would not diso- bey hi* commands, but that, if not per- muted to unit* her fortune* with hei Hobm, she would never unite them with any one else; MI ihere now. Km his lord, ship ha.! his own idea* ou the treatment of a love case, to he packed her o.i lo Bath, thsn the middle of the last iwntury, a very (ay reaort, in ths hope of effecting a cure. Sh was no sooner there, however, than she fsll lo, in a poeno mood, and produced "Kolun Adair," and the words being shown to a local musician, be s*t thsm to th* melody now used, whU'h is c.ain.*d by both Irish aud .Hootch. Not II.I.K alter the Karl himself came down lo *. bow the ease ai gulling along, found all Italh singing about Kohiii Adan, discovered thai everybody thought lhat he was a bru'.e and the young lady lh worst persecuted h roinr in the world, wissly gave his consent at once, and the young qiupl* were won married. " At I.H nolilN IIHAY." This famous Sootuli aoi.g has oouuocled with it a bit of persons! history ll.at is probably unique ol tin kind, indicating, as It doe*, a degree of aversion to notoriety such as is rarely sesn. It was written by Lady Anne Lindsay, a woman of marked poetic gifts, but of HU. K.I ar shyness. Mi* wrote the song for her own amnaeinvnt during a duy of loueliniss, and showed it to her motner and th* *. ambers of her family under a promise of secrecy, lly their advice shs isnt it tos publnl . i, who had It **t to an old Sooton tunu and issued It a* anonymous, not *v*n himself knowing who wa* the writer. The notig provec ily popular, and lung not only in every probably died not long after. "AN MR LAI Kit" Tli* secret history ef "Annie Laurie" i* an illnaiiali.ii of tue tasctuia at- fat*. Annie Laurie wait no myth but a young .Hcoich girl of noble descent, being the lUu^'bur of Sir Robert Laurie, the founder of a Srottisb line of brave mm and fair women. Annie was ono of four daughter*, ail good looking, but Annie especially *o, her wit and beauty attracting suitor* from far and near. Thuiu was noti.:ng extra- ordinary .iliout this fact ; there have ueeu many such women, unknown to fame, but among the uentlrmsn who visited her fatnei's house and sought the honor of aa aliian-e Minima lamily was a Mr. Douglas, of Kingland. who-e alleeliou amounted lo infatuation. Under the influence of the tender passion the mind, even of an or lin ary person, sometimes develop* unexpected abilities, ami so it was with Mr. Double*, who, in uijjh tie had never before shown *>oetie gdta, waiesl eloquent, and one day produced thsisosMf winch has gone round the Kiiglish-speaKing wurld. It wa* duly ptesented in proof of hi* affliction, but whether the ladywasa poor judge of poetry, or whether her heart had already bnenei**- where bestowed, dues not appear nor mat- t*r inuuii now; (he only thing cer'.aiuly known bring the fact that the poem did not tenure the result Intended. Poetic justice would strum lo r*<|Uu <Uat lli* liwly abould have U en overcome by the eharins ef let song and al once surrendered her young heart into the guardianship of the post. Sh- ill. I nothing of tho kind, for, even if she WAS engaged to him. a* on* lin* of the song intimates, ah* brik* th* engagement and married a gentleman named Ferguson, known to fame only as the husband of Anni* I aune. Who married Mr. Douglas, if h* married at all, is not matter of definite record, the fact thai be did not marry th* lady for whom he expressed a poetic i'lingnnss to lay him down and die being the molt conspicuous fsatura of the whole incident. TIIX i AST How Moore's groated song, now associated Inseparably with the name of the most noted lyric songstress of our century, was set by the poet to an old Irish air, cel'nd th* " Grove of Klaruey," whinh h* altered materially to adapt it to its new use. Th* words were suggested by an Irish tradition, well tolit by Charles Wolf*, th* author of the " Murial jt Sir John Mooro." In tr.e olden days, when every petty Irish chief- lam's court contained a minstrel, one of these Influential characters had the misfor- tune to o'lend bis lord and WAS driven out of th* domain. Kor year* uolltiuk* was immensely j and in a f years was cornnr nf Scotland but in England also, while soldiers ami ailors >>or< it wlisrover Dm Kunlish arms heard of him, but one years day, when hu name had become little more than a memory, he suddenly reappeared in the village, to the astonishment of the old ami the delight of the young. II* wss ur,;ed to play, and at- tempted to comply with the request, but it was soon discovered that he could play >uid ling but one air, a entig about n raw tkal wa* left blooming alone on the parent *t*ni long after all Its companion flower* had faded and scattered their leaves on the grass beneath. 1'heooiniao' repeti: ion of tins pathetic melody with its equally sad Words depressed th* spirits of th* whole tillage, and, demented a* he wai, thn old bard p.m-ived IH eftVrt of his singing, and quietly withdrew to ths church yard in the in.ni-diale vicinity, whsre be sheltered him- sell in a recess in the wall of the ohutch and sarg his cne long to all who approach- d anil desired lo hear him. He could never be prevailed on to enter a dwelling, so the kindly villager* inclns*d the nook he had i-i.n-t n for a home with Manitoba crop prospect* continue favor- able. Mrs. Cracksford of Hamilton was nearly killed by an overdose of painkiller. Lord Aberdeen has appointed Inspector Macpheraon, son of Sir David Macpherson, an honorary A. I). C. Dr. Q. K. Parkin has been appointed Principal of Upper Canada College in place of Mr. George lucksun. Alex. Wilson, recently arrested for rob- bery in Chatham, wa removed to the London Atylum for the Insane. A Millers' Association for Manitoba and the Terruorus was organized al Brandon oo Tuesilay, and olncei a elected. It is probable thai tho unveiling of the Macdonald statue m Kingston will be p>*l- poned till the (Jueeu's birthday next year. Dr. H. H. Miles, late Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction, Quebec, a distinguished aducationist, died at Mon- treal. Th* annual returns of the postolBse saving* banks show that tho deposit* made Ian year were slightly lower ti an in the preceding year. It i* not believed la Ottawa that there is any truth in the alleged cases of pleuro- pnenmonia in Canadian oalile recently imcd at Deptford. Mr. Harmelee, deputy Minister of Trad* and Commerce, is directing the attention have hen difooTered, and four of th* gaog of five are under arreit in Jersey City. Arrangement* are in progrsjs in Chicago to entertain the representatives of the Iriih race from every part of the world who will assemble on "tp: ember -I, 'J.'>, ai.d 28 in that city, to dtcile on a poucy to ne pur- sued re*[scting Ireland and her peopls. Over 1,0(10 delegates are eiutctrii. 1 he aulhoriiiea of l>he Sinuhsoa'an In- stitution have avianl.-d the lioigkini prizes as follows : Fir*t grand prizo f 10- 000, to Lord rUyletgh and Prof. Ramssjr of London, lor their diaccvtry of argon ai a constltusot element of the atmosphere ; third pn, |I,OUd, to Henry de Vangny of Paris, for the be*t popular essay on tht properties ot the atmosphere. The second grand pri/.e, $5,000, was not awarded, nrne of the contestants fulfilling '.he condition*. Business prospects in Nswfouudland ar* improving. H. M. S. Linnet, a econd-ola** twin screw gnr.l.oat, ha* arrived at FooChow. font nuoiis rain* in many part* of Japaa l.ave ruined the rice crop, aud a famine il feared. A republic ha* been ortscized by ihs Cuban rebels, and a provisional organiza- tion is unJsr process of formation. I'.niiMi Indian Sikh troops will escort the British consul, who goes to Ku Cnsog to investigate th* missionary massacre. At Kissingrn Mr. Stern of New York, wa* sentencei to two weeks' imprisonment and a fin* o' 6OO marks for insulting an official Cholera is raging in Human Podolia, and when temporary hospitals were erected th* inhabitants resisted and troops wsr* called out to quell th* riotiof. Archdskoon Wolfe cables from Foo- ('how, aayiBg that th* Chinese soldier* | sent 10 protsct the mission at K-i i i.eng broke into and plundered it. He a.i.is thai '. of Canadian lumbermen to Turkey a* a I no reliant, can be placed upon the (JhioM good field for Canadian lumber. The Ontario Government has decided to farm out the 'loronto Central prison binder twine factory, which has hitherto been conducted a* a Government undertaking. t.*r vaoau<iv ta the Hvua* baa> on filled by the calling to that Hons* of Mr. Josiah Wood, M. C. for Wealmoreland, in place of tht. late Senator Burns. Mr. Wood, who Is fifty-two years oT age,- ha* been thiru-eu yoan in 1'amament, The Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce 'ranamiiio.1 to the Provincial Treasurer of British Columbia a ohetjue for seventeen thonaand tioilars, being tns portion du* to the province of me pr capita tax onChinoaa oou-nug ihepr*viuc< during 'ha last risca year. It is understood luai usi account of m- oreased auu enlarged postal S' rvice on the Canadian Pacific railway, a rearrangement of the) |>aul subsidy to that railway has been made, whiuli will have the *ifect of increasing it aliout one hundred thousand dollar* per annum. Jeoai* (iitMoo.aged 17 years.daughter of Mr. Alex, i.iusou, Waskada, near Mslita, Mao., wa* the victim of a terribl* aooident lasi Saturday. While baking her clothiug caught fire, and she ran out ou the prairie, autnorilies. Tho Nsw Zealand OoTcrnrneut hu granted an annual subsidy ef on* hundred thouwnd dollar* to th* Pacific steamers for calling on both uwsrd and outward [ vnyagaM, and Canada wid carry tha> \w Zealand mails across the) continent fro* ef ohargo. A* a rssui: of the recent maaeaors of missionaries m China, the Biitiah Foreign Office has instrur led Mr. R. O'Conor, tbs Kritich Minister t rVkin, to demaad ths saiety el all Uriush subjects in she dis- tun.e.l district*, and to lunist npoo a fall enquiry mtc the mssnacre. At a <!rowiled rr.eetinf of the Kuropcan resi<is>nt* of Mianghat spclu-s condemning the notion ol th* Chinese authorities in th* ease of ths recent massacres o! missionaries wsre made an l a resolution was adopted to appeal directly to the Kurojwan tiovsrn- meut* against the ouiraga, QRUW1NU IN POPULATION. The Brlil.h I.Ira Mew a tirail* lacreaw Wllh the vrrplM.ll sr Ire l..n,l. The total increase in the population of . . the British isle* in tho four years sines where all hsr cloth** were burned off. After th . c . n .us of 1891 is K mewhat over nin Intensn agony she die<l on Sunday. Mr. John Knnily, ohief engineer of sud ships were known. Kor fifty years th* . Mcret of iisauthorsbip was kept concealed, ' or at l*a*t the song wai nut acknowledged by her, in so ninny words, rttinng her iTfii- Mm*, thnij^h many mnpeote'l her to be th* writer. The nearest sh* .)an\ loan avnwal if htrself as a pott was in a letter to Sir n v. I i.-li if the verses, miilc by Walter Snott, in v. I i.-li she inclosed it copy ban. I, her own a.lmiiled that the bad : with their mif)ipol- ion aMl (favn Him fer- mimlon :.> tall his " dear friend, the am i,.,r Sf W'*v*rly. " Ysi, during this h.^1 lury a roniannnhsd bwnn li.narfrd on the lirist itory tobi M |,u., a | .\ had been wi.ilmoK U" -mn -' ject, the a wall an 1 roof, so the inclemeiiois f th* seasons, food was regularly brought and placed wheru he could reach it, and |h*r l. livsd many year* alou*. On* day a young a irl who had lost hsr love.r carne to I be churchyard to visit hit grave, anil wbil* there asked old Ucrmid to sing. He took '.is li;ir|i ai d 10 so, i'Ut as lii-i finger* swep. 1 1,. 1 11 nl.ar sUlu, , his ftel- ings everoaiiie him an 1 b> |ni,) ilnwn lb Ii .up. " I m..ill nrvsr sing afain^" he^fsjid, ami truly ..( *. for tha *Cl dy h* was fniind dead. He was t hi' lt nf hit rat-n, but tho song he mplr>id is destined to live as lows) a* Knsjiiah a spoke*. the UouCreal Harbor Hoard, has gone to Chicago, accompanied by half a doten other gentUmcn interrs'ed in engineenug, to inspect the great work of the drainage eanal, and the menaoa- wh'ch it is supposed to present to the St. l.awrono* shipping. A special Irom Paris received in Mont- real reports the death of Louis A. l>*s- laulles on Sunday morning al th* age of sev. niy seven. Mr. Dessaulle* wa* a Legislative Councillor b*for* Confed-ra- tiou, and founded the Liberal organ Le Pays. He played a prominent psrt in Canadian politic* during th* fifll**. QHIAT BRITAIN. Mr. Justin McCarthy, M. P., l*ad*r of the Irish Nationalist parly, bas is*u*d a manifesto appealing to th* Irish momkier* of Parliament to end the dissensions in the rank* of tbsir party, which, he ssys, have brought disaster I* the National cause. It i* almost certain that Lord Salisbury will otler Sir Philip dune, the Biiush Ambassador to Turkey, th* pest of Am- hatii.lor to (iermany; but it is probable that Sir Philip will refuse the offer, as its acceptance would greatly defer hi* chances of obtaining the Ambassadorship to France. fNITMi STATM. The Iron Age say* the iron trad* is lik-ly to sustain the present high level of prices. The California Labor ( on, mission U starling a movement against Japanese immigration. New York Slate is quarantined again** Cnnm uiiout cattle on aooouot of tuber- culosis. The fine oar ferry for lervic* between Prt llover and Conneaut wa* launched at Toledo, The Wholesale Baker*' Association of New York ' ily ha* raised the price of bread one cent a loaf. It is reported to Washington from Brit ah Coluinbi i thixt seals in th* Bthring 8*a are praoliottlly extmot. Vally, 111., i* under mob law. Th* Italians rcfuao to allow th* coal compiny to operate their plant* or th* negroe* to r*-ent*r tho inaft. Mayor Strong of New York, askM President Kucievrli to go a lltvke eaiser in his eufor. t ment of the aaloon-cluaing law, and Mr. Hooseveit point blank refused. Statistic* received at ih* Wa*hingtoa llnroau of Indian Affair* ihow that of th* J 1 7.1)00 Indians in th* United Slates 30,000 are to-day engaged in farming, stock-raising and other oiviliied pursuit*. A practical joker scot a box of sawdust and luciter matches to Police Commission*' ttoocevelt of Nsw York. Th* only persons affected w*re a lady clerk in th* poitoffio* and an innoor-nt reporter. Th* ftr**t Chicago drainage oanal, when completed, will take away from the lake lit hundred thousand cubic te t of water pr minute, and will seriously int<rf*r* with uavigat'.an on the Su La*r*nc. Th* expert oo.interfeiters, who for two y<ars past ha <e be i> engraving and printinj United States g-Al oeititicaies and flootlini Canada with note* of other denominations, hundred thousand. I VI was :.v In* population in now it is 38.936,170. Inasmuch ss the number oi inhabitants of Ireland has decreased by nearly AH>,000 in the period, the increase for Knglaod, Scotland and Wales i* more notsable thsn appears on the surface. Thee* three king- doms, which bad ,i3,:in:i,4l4 people four year* ago, are returned now ae having 34, 4'->.V~ s> > 1.119.^74 mere. At this rM* of increase, the population of Great Krit- am propsr grow*. proportionally, a* rapid- ly as that of Canada,whicb is a remarkabls act particularly remarkable in view of he loss to the mother country through migration, aud th* gain of C'.iuada by im- n.igration. The old country is not dead (St. Th* following ar* th* detailed tig- ire* : Knglnnd and Wale* -, otland Ireland .............. I9I W.3IB.I14 Jt.ia l.ir.'.in . Ireland's people evidently still continue to leav* th*ir nativ* soil in number* which are not offsl by th* natural birth increase. I be next censu* seems likely to show Scotland and Ireland much on a par al regards population, whereas Is** than fifty year* ago the population of Ireland was considerably more than double that of Scoiland. In Isol the green isle oentaiusd 6, 553,3*5 people, and Scotland but J.-.M,- 74*. Sixty ysar* ago Irsiand had over three tunes th* popnlation of the oatmssl kingdom. Th* dicrea* of th* number of inhabitants in Krm remains still an argu- ment that something i* not right there ia some way or other. How the Earth Quaked. A monk in the liaiiau oily of Flortnos has kept a trap set for earthquakes, and whsu the recent seismic disturbance arrivsd h* got what h* wanted. 11 u tin vice con- Seed Bed for Winter Wheat. 1 ins year on account of drought in many sections and consequent grass aud clover iced failures, there will b* larg* breadthl of sluuble Unds broken for wheat. The u-uai cus'oni is to start tho plow* nd kep tnem going until all the laud is plowed, and then abandon the field* U weed propagation till tins to harrow 01 roll it dawn for seeding. The plan appear* to be to du ss little work on the land a* powibls. If the land break* up cloddy, in mot eases winter frost* will have to m*l- low thsn. There are few rrqaisite* necessary to secure a perfect seed bed, if such a thing i* possible. Uomg back a lilt!*, it is uscessary, u> get best result* from surface oullur*, that the land have perfect drainage suosr natural or artificial. Without this the ideal surlao* preparation is a failure. When >tm>ie land is to he prepared, other tool* ti.au the plow should go to in* field at tke beginLing. before starting th* plow, th* harrow, drag and roller should nev* atten- tion and be put m snap* to do th* best Work when needed. Thev should be ready to nilcn to without annoyance or Iocs of time. Th* plows should hav* jointers or drag chain* to put all atnbbl* and weeds out of sight. Tnsn, to mac* the n*os'. of the moisture in soil when first timed up, th* plow should be followed with th* roller, working down before noon what ha* been plowed during the morning, and late inte the evening me plowing of the aiternooo. This work osn even be improved by follow- ing the roller with a scantling drag. Thi* latter will fill up a.! hoi** and smooth down uneven places left by ths plow. The farmer does not tike to be bothered changing me team Irom the plow to the other tools sod back again, and ragard* tb* plowing as first and most important. More of.eu it is e.jualiy important to con- serve the moisture in ths soil. Sometime* ti.e expected raius come, often tnty do uot. If the soil is cloddy and worked directly after ths plow, tb* moisture I* reuuuml us the soil, otherwise it is lost and the farmer i* compelled to wait for rain, or seed hi* land in improper couaitiou. Itahouldsv*r be tx>rn* in mmd that wheat need* a solid sed ued underneath with a fine lurfaca. If in* land is in proper condition te plow, not too wet, the tarm*r need have no fear that he will iret it loo solid by continuous! working. TIM plowing should be done a* early as possible, and planssii-iuld b* laid to Hi v e t he laud as freq use twor k ings a* possible. T,be*etd bed 0*11 uoi b*lco solid un.i*rneath, nr loo nvllow ou lop. Tr.e implements that oan b* used to me greatest advan- tage tn* farmer must determine at the time, beiog governed by wealhcr and soil conditions. It ia not safs to ex peal a wheat crop when th* drill boss up oiods continu- ously, nor is good farming to depend on f roes action to moUew the clods and cover the wheat roote during the winter. ^luoe it ha* been demonstrated that first-claw wheat cmpscan b* grown from corn stubble, a few lines as u> how they are secured will be in order here. The corn should be ^rown oo clovsr sod, or land made rich by man- ures, and should have frequent and continu- ous cultivation. The corn may not need so mncn, hut it is a necessary preparation for the wheat to get a 1 it needs lu the way of food from the the soil. Level cultivation for the corn will be found a great advantage wheo wheat seeding is to be doue. Car* siv.ul I be taken not to nave tnis aed bed too loose. Shallow-working toe Is will be beet in its preparation. On* or two inches of the surface cannot b* mad* too fin*. If a* tintas th* dustoo th* highway, so much the better. There is mure proti'. in curtailing areas sown wheo perfect tillage i* given, than in expanding area* with poor culture. At sowing lime a large acreage sown sounds wsll, but at narvsst time th* maximum yield m buskeL sounds belter. Weaning Young- Lambs- Concerning the lime, or rather the age, of weaning youni{ lambs, little cso be satd. Their vsrying ages and coodiuons.togelhsr with the intended management of the Hockt must entsr largely into any discussion which had for its object ths settlement of thi* question. It is vsrv impor'aul to th* successful weaning of the lamb* that they be grown a* rapidly and steadily as possible from the tart. To do this, and at th* same tun* secure th* largest pruli's from mutton lambs, w* arc incline i to the belief that it pay* to grain th* lambs dally even if on good pasture. A lamb-creek U not a difficult thing to construct, sn. I it is a useful adjunct to ths ehepherdt outfit. 1 ner* ar* so many enemies of th* shsep now that any one can > ii y see the import- ance of ksepiug the larubs, and sk*eps,too, in a 'hrivmg condition. The chances for heavy losses, should any disease or malady overtake them, are greatly reduced when the *heep ar* in a vig*r*>s condition. NY 11*0 the lamb* are taken away from th* we* they should be ran on fresh f*ed,good hearty pasture ! addiuon to tin* they should rsv*iv* a libsial gram ration of bran and crushed nets, *qual part*. The swss should be turned oo short feed, o that it w.l I nave a tendency to reduce the production of milk. Atlsaat the heaviest milking ees should oemilked out after forty -eight hours, and to Insure th* safety of th* udders in ia proves* should be tepsat- ed a second time. A Business View. Busiusss Man By Goorge, it'* going to rain. Here, you t I'l hk* teee* an iir'nr-lla. cheap, won't listed of a plumb line sgipsarled over a disk, and so arranged that th* point of ths weight should mark the surface of the diik when oscillation took plaoe. The accompany iuf eismogrsm i* from a photograph forwarded to th* Iron Age by it* correspondent ii Florsnc*. Th* linss shown wer* traced during about thre* seconds of th* quak*. Always Scented. A hiphtv perfumed Jfoseg lady Ths my rib in 11. 1. You II sell me one of you ? Honest Umbrella-mender Dese unibrel not nun*. Business Man I know. That'* why I thought you'd sell thsm cheap. Not Adulterated. OuaioiMr I sunaxM* this ground ooffl U half psa*. IValsr No, th* coffee i* net, but th* pepper ia K h T Th* pepper i* ! Of course. Lev* us th* dictionary. " .