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The first task before the powers is to compel assent to the evacuation to which Turkey has already consented, after wlich an autonomous government must he organized by the appointment of a governor, chosen from one of the minor European powers, say Swed- en or Belgium, and the formation of a corps of gendarmerie, at least half of which must be foreign. Until such a force is created, the ttoman troops will hme an excuse for remaining, and as the Christian population will not disarm until they go, anarchy and mur- der must continue. This done, a loan must be made under European guaran- tee large enough to carry on the gov- ernment and to help the people to a new start. in life, the prolonged con- flict and chaos in the. island having exhausted all means and destroyed all industry. To accomplish all this should not, if the powers mean busi- ness, he a difficult matter, nor re- quire much time: and the idea that they should hesitate to undertake it would, in view of the fact that they prevented the Ore-tans from putting an end to Ottoman :nismle, and so are morally hound to fulfil the task them- selves. he scouted. had they not so often proved their ineptitude. 0f the chief difficulties in the way of their effective action the latter. is. the most formidable. for though the question is simply one of establishing order and good government in a former Turkish of European diplomacy thus far in Crete give little promise that anything of value will he accomplished. The fact that the sultan has in his circular ignored the pledges of the powers. shows how little weight he attaches from the consequences of his own 0p- pression, as :well as in .the plan he pro- poses for the accomplishment of. that end. This is that he shall appoint the governor, who shall be a Christian and an Ottoman subject, that the whole Cretan pomlation shall be dis- armed, and that the Turkish. garrison shall be increased, that is, in effe’ct, that all arrangements shall be made to facilitate a general massacre. The coolness of such a proposal on the part of a sultan who has already agreed to the Turkish evacuation of the island, takes one’s breath away, and shows that if the powers really mean to permanently restore peace and good government to Crete, they will not only have to give direct orders to the Porte, but see that they are carried out. The Hungarian premier said a fortnight ago in' the Reichstag that the concert was stilll pledged to secure autonomy for the island under the suzerainty of the sultan, but what it means by autonomy, and whether its intervention is to be limited to academic suggestions or backed up: by force, has yet to be known. One of the humors of the Turkish situation is the insistance of' the sul- tan ii I recent circular to the powers, that an end shall be put to the mis- erable and disgraceful condition of at- tairs in Crete. Thnt there’ is urgent need that something should be done, and done immediately, admits ot no question, all accounts agreeing that the island could hardly be' in a worse condition, not a single reform! under- taken by the powers when they inter- fered to prevent Greece from effecting lts deliverance having yet been car- ried out. Autonomy has not been es- tablished, the Turkish troops have' not been withdrawn, a governor has not been appointed, nor a gendarmerie formed, nor has any power been willing to lend or guarantee the money needed to put the new administrative machin- ery into Operation. As this condition is, directly and indirectly, wholly the result of Turkish misrule, the humor 0! the sultan’s circular lies in the re- quest of the Oppressor for deliverance What a “moral lever" was the lit- '1» old woman could not divine. A friend Look the yoke:- and placed it on the bars of the grate. trying to illus- trate the idea and make the imagery mlpnbk» The old woman was not helped. She thou ht of the indignity done to the pulpl the subject. the doctor and her- .91! by on tons a mntorializntion of tho ‘ 'monl ever.” and bursting with indigntion. Ibo mod: NOT A MORAL LEVER. There was an 01d lady in the city :t‘ Glasgow who greatly admired Doc- ” Chalmers. says an exchange. and "eye never willing missed one of his sermons. No doubt they did her good. ’vut n0w and than they were somewhat over her head." as the common ex- : mansion is. One day she went home from church in grant xterplexity. Doctor Chalmers had dwelt much on a “ moral lever." with which he wished to uplift human (Laure. M?x AND COMMENTS. But generally when grain is rea- sonably cheap a sufficiently better gain can be secured by feeding a little grain in connection with the; rough- ness to make such feedingl profitable. A still more economical ration can, be provided by cutting, at least) a part of the roughness, adding, some ground grain and wheat bran. \Vhen- fed in connection with other materials in this way some bran can nearly always be fed to good advantage, There is one good advantage in feeding hran when it can be secured at a fair price and that is in addition to supplying the young animals with the‘ elements needed for the growth and. develop- mcnt of lsone and muscle it adds nearly its cost in the increased value of the manure heap. It helps to make up a complete ration and can nearly always be fed to young growing stock to an advantage. It is an important item in wintering growing stock economi- cally to provide warm dry quarters. ln order to lessen the- waste in feed- ing these should be provided with good mangcrs in which to feed all kinds of roughness and a tight trough or box in which to feed grain. Bedding should be provided at ni-rht, not’ only as a nwans of adding to the comfort of the animal, but also to absorb and save the li mid manure. The feeding should be done regularly, supplying only the quantity that the animals will readily eat up clean and a sufficient variety to keep the animals with a good appe- tite. Have salt where they' can help themselves, and water regularly. Whenever the weather will permit let them run out at least a short time; the better air and the exercise they will take will be helpful. With care in this way the cost. may be material- ly reduced. and lessening the cost means an increase in profits. Stock ought to gain steadily in winter as well as in summer, and will do so if the proper conditions are sup- plied, and unless a gain is made lthe feed consumed is practically est. R ASPBERRIES AND BLACKBER- RIES. One of the most difficult: things in our horticultural work is to properly care for plantations of raspberries and blackberries after they have become es- tablished. writes J. H. Haynes. To keep them in narrow rows and to keep the Spaces between rows free from' weeds and suckers is a difficult matter. es- pecially if we use deep cutting im- plements. The persistent surkering of red raSpberry and blackberry in the spaces aggravated by the use of the cultivators which breaks the roots and causes them to spring 111} by the thou- sands, must be overcome. if our plan- tations would be made productive and lasting. To accomplish this I have pursued the following modes of plant, l ing and of culture: The firstf requisite [in proper planting is to have your ground thoroughly plowed,- harrow- ed, and made level and free from all rubbish, stones or other impediments to a thorough cultivation afterwards. This should be done this fall for next spring‘s planting, because, as a rule. of late years our springsl are so short that there is too much to be done for the time we have. In: spring just as. soon as is possible the land is furrow- ed in rows six feel apart and furrows made deep as possible. In the bottom of these furrows we put our plants, covering them sufficiently to start them growing. and filling up the‘fur- row by subsequent cultivation till our land is as level as before furrowing. The only thing is to be careful when planting blackceps that you do not plant them deeply in the bottom of the furrow last in caseL of much wet; wea- ther the plants won! hammered, h‘ -hâ€" ‘L-_ Ah.-- ‘3. A same time it is very important to se- cure this growth at asi low a cost as Possible. During the summer, young cattle, sheep and horses can; be kept growing with good pasturage. With hogs it is nearly always best to feed some grain. But as colder weather sets in the pasturage will. fail and it will be necessary to put them on” dry food. So far as cam be done it is al- ways best to make the change to dry food gradually. A very good} plan is to pen at night when lthe nights begin to get cool and to. give a light feed of roughness, gradually increasing as may seem necessary. «By having stock in a good, thrifty condition in the fall, it will be muchl easier to keep thrifty. Stock allowed to run down while in pasturage require the best of treatment after they are put. on dry food to get thrifty again; With good hay as fodder, young stock, cattle, sheep or horses may be kept growing with very little grain, provided, of course, that they are comfortably shel- tered. Generally the amount of: grain necessary to keep stock inflgood condi- tion during the winter when fed lib- erally with good roughness depends up- on fhe warmth and comfort of the shel- ter provided. Stock exposed to all kinds of weather during the winter will require considerably more grain than those comfortably sheltered. WINTERING 0F LIVE STOCK. A breeder of eXperience, writing! in a western paper, says that with all young stock, while it: is very essential to maintain a steady growth from lsirth until they are sufficiently ma- tured to finish for market, at the T HE FARM. Green bones are not used' as exten- sively as they should be, because grain can he obtained with less difficulty and at a low cost, but as egg producing material the hone is far superior to grain; nor does the lone really cost more than grain insome sections. The cutting of the bone into available sizes is now rendered an easy. matter, as the hone-cutter is within! the reach of all. Bones fresh from the butcher have more or less meat adhering; and the more of such meat thd better, as it will cost no more nor: pound than the bone. while the combination of loth meat and bone is almost a perfect foogl from which to produce eggs. The profit is always sure when every detail is correct. Cheap food must not be estimated hy the price paid for it in the market. The cheapesfi food for the poultryman or farmer is' that which gives him the largest number of eggs. It matters not what the food costs, so long: as the eggs corresyond. It is the product by which we should mea- sure and estimate. Mrs. Gabbletonâ€"I am told thgt Mrs. 'Henbypeck has lost all hold on her husband. Old Aun't Broadbandâ€"Yes; I've notio- od that he has shtvod off his chin' If the farmer can get two extra 0288 per week from eachuhen in‘ win- ter, he will make a large profit. We may add that if the, product of each hen can be increased one egg per week only, in winter, that one egg will pay for all the food she. can possibly con- sume, and it therefore pays to feed the substances that will induce the hens to lay. If the hens are consuming food and yet producing no eggs,.' they will cause a loss to their‘ owner; and this happens every winter on a large num- ber of farms. The hens receive plen- ty of tool, but not of the preper kind. as dust. It should not be set to cut dOODer than three inches. By. its use my rows are uniform in width, all spaces are free from weeds and suck- 81'8. the soil is made drouth proof and all the strength of the roots goes to the fruiting plant and not, to nourish suckers. The cultivator can be' made for one horse or for two, of course running the one horse twice in the Space. For a two-horse cultivator I use 4x4 hickory or oak. The A arms are six feet long and the cross arm four feet, The centre cross arm insures firmness. For the knives or cutters use bar steel one inch wide and three- elghths inch thick. Cut this into lengths of one foot. Have them bent in L form, the lower, or knife part, he- ing three inches. This is drawn out to a sharp cutting edge and kept sharp all the time. Insert them in the beams in mortices, the knife cutting inside and slightly inclined to the rear. The upright arm of the knife should he sharpened for at least three’. inches. For cross arms use triangularl harrow teeth, inclined to the rear so as to prevent clogging. For a one-horse cul- tivator the A arms need to he four feet and the cross beams two and one- half feet. It will require’ about eigh- teen knives and nine teeth! for a two- horse cultivator, and for a r one-horse twelve knives and six teeth. If you once try this implement you will agree with the writer that it is par excel- lence, the one for, success in growing fine berries. It can he; used in culti- vation of currants and goosel‘erries where planted the proper distances, and with the same success as with the berries. A pound of cut green: lzone is suf- ficient for sixteen hens one day, which means that one cent will pay for the hope for that number of fowls. If one quart of grain be; fed at night to six- teen hens. and one ponuvd of bone in the morning, it should be ample for each day in winter. In summer only the bone need be givem Such a diet provides, fat, starch. nitrogen, phos- phates, lime and all the substances re- quired to enable the been! to lay eggs. As an egg is worth about three cents in winter, it is plain ’that it is cheaper to feed hone than grain. as the greater number of eggs not only reduces the total cost, but increases the profit as well. I am insured a. fin! season’s growth and a fair amount ofl fine fruit the first season. The first season’s culture can be safely done with any implement that will loosen the soil- so that it does not run too deepJ Even adouhle shovel will do good work by using small shovels. With the second. season our,troub1e begins, for now. an innum- erable army of suckers will spring up, and unless subdued, will suck the life from our bearing plants. For this purpose I have made a cultivator, for its use proves its superiority! over the general run of implements. This cul- tivator is run every two'vweeks in' the Spaces until every sucker and weed is eradicated and the top soiL’ is as loose safe. This deep planting is done for two purposes; First, to guard! plants from drouth the first season,o and sec- ond, to force deep rooting of plants so that they will be below the cultiva- tor, thus protecting the roots from Preakage. With these two precautions The bone-cutter is as necessary to the poultryman as his feed mill. It enables him to use an‘ excellent and cheap food, and gives him a profit‘ where he might otherwise be compelled to suffer a loss. It is claimed that a hone-cutter pays for itself: in eggs, and really costs nothing. Bones are now one of the stanle articles of food for poultry. and no ration should have them omitted. They are food. grit and lime. all combined in one, and the hens will leave all other, foods to re- ceive the cut bone. If out fine, even’ chicks and ducklinqs will relish' such' excellent food. vhile turkeys grow ravidly on it. To meet: with success requires the use of the beat materials, and green hone beats all other sub- stances as food for poultry. « NOTHING TO Gm HIM BY. FEEDING FOR EGGS. The importance of Vladisvostock lies in the fact that it is the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad which runs from Russia, a distance of over five thousand miles across the barren stretches of Siberia. When completed it will have cost over one hundred and seventy-five million dollars, making it one of the greatest business enter- prises of modern times. This railroad will give Russia a great' port on the Pacific ocean and enable her to develop the rich coal and iron mines of her vast territory. all of which will add to the importance of the new cit . Vladisvo- stock is also well located or. a fortress and it is expected that Russia will arm it and make it a base of supplies for her ships. Two months every: year its harbor is frozen over. but the Russian government keeps a channel plowed through the ice with a great ice crush- A pretended oculist called on Mrs. R. Hawkins, in Perry. Ohio, and per- suaded her to permit him to examine her eyes and those ofi her granddaugh- ter. He h notized both of them. and compelled rs. Hawkins to bring to him $57 from a. place where it was con- cealed in the house. The hypnotic spell lasted twenty-four hours. Two young men. hilarious with strong cider, were conveying four young ladies across a. creek in a boat. at Hamilton. Ala. One of the men. in the exuber- ance of his merriment. stuck a pin in the other. The latter bounded from his seat, and in the act lost his oar. The boat drifted to a whirlpool and sank. and the four girls were drowned. The steamer Florida, on a recent trip from Pensacola to Choctawatchie. had a lighter lashed alongside. In some way a tarpon became fast beâ€" tween the steamer and the lighter, and in trying to effect its release it leap- ed on the sLeamer's deck. The fish weighed 175 pounds, and was six feet four inches in length. Alndlsvostock Will Soon he Famous as a lull road Terminus. Open your atlas ab the map of Asia and look for the city! with the long name of Vladisvostock, on the eastern coast, north of Japan. A; few years ago this was only a little barren strag- gling town of a few thousand inhab- itants, most of whom were Chinese fishermen, who lived in the deepest poverty. Now it is a rapidly growing city of more than twenty thousand in- habitants, and it will soon' become one of the great ports and naval stations of the world. Last week; the corner- stone of the new Russian public works was. laid with great_cg_renrony. Mr. Hoodley. of Belleair, Florida, has a pet alligator, twelve feet long. Up to a few days ago, his neighbor, Mr. Dickinson had a pet pelican. The al- ligator took a fancy to the pelican and devoured it. Mr. Dickinson saw the bird's tail feathers disappear as the animal cfosed its huge jaws. An anti-swearing society has been organized in Owingsville, Ky., For every oath uttered by the members, they have agreed to pay five cents into the treasury. Nine of them engaged 1n a warm political discussion the oth- er night. and the oaths rattled out brought in a. revenue of $17.65. Humming birds are domesticated by placing in their cages a number of paper flowers of tubular form contain- ing asmall quantity of sugar and water which must be frequently renewed. Of this liquid the birds partake, and quickly become apparently contented with their captivity. Elizabeth Bowles, aged seven years, of New York, was carrying a siphon of seltzer water. \Vhile ascending the stoo of her home, the siphon fell from her and and eXploded as it struck the stone step. A pieve of the glass out open her windpipe, causing death. An immense horse-mackerel, eight feet long and weighing 500 pounds, was lately caught in a trap at Gardiner's Island, off the eastern end. of Long Island. N. Y., by Captain Frank Tut- hill. Before being subdued, it leaped into a rowboat. which it smashed into three pieces. é. cooper. He has had carved for his monument a marble barrel. with a keg on it, and the barrel bears these words: “A Cooper by Trade." The lofiziestâ€"cliff on the coast of Eng- land is Beachy Head, the height of which is 564 fegt. All the street cars in Des Moines, Iowa, pass the post-office, and many of them have letter-boxes attached. A letter or other mail matter can be mailed at any point and the car 18 8t0pped to receive it. Shoes made of porpoise leather are absolutely impervious to water. In Puerto Limon, Costa. Rica. the whiskey is so bad that the yellow fgver wxll not attack any body who dunks weight 6f which was sixty-five pounds were raised this season by} J. R. Doug- las, of Albany. Oregon. In some parts of China. the punish- ment for murder is sleeplessness..The culprit is kept awake until he dies. Under this treatment a person lives tune or ten days. Lewis Weaver. aged seventy. Of Mount Pleasant Pa... has just buried his second wife, which makes the twen- ty-first funeral in his family. He has had twenty-seven children and buried nineteen of them. it. John Hyman. of Loogootee. Ind.. is proud of his calling. which is that of The trees in the streets of Paris are looked after b a. public official ap- pomted just or that purpose. and therefore the Parisian streets always look beautiful. Twenty-seven onions, the combined Few Item: Which May l'rove Worth landing. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A GROWING CITY. â€"â€"- â€"- v_‘vo 'Dr. Goodfellow. an expert. WI‘ILGB that Mr. Garton's methods of producing marvellous permanent typos of cereals are most umque and original. and that comparativelg useless cereals are con- Y vetted them into the. most thmblo food punts. Mr. Ga non Salt! to Ilav» [Discovered Ways of I'm; rim-Jug Them In frosting. \Vhat is alleged to be the discovery 'of Mr. Garton. an English agricultur- ist. has been tested exhaustively with the greatest success at the Earl of not only with plants grown in the United Kingdom. but with those of all foreign agricultural countries. Spe- cial varieties that are best suited to any particular 3th or climate can there- fore be produced. The experiments have not been made gublie hitherto, in order that a sutâ€" icient quantity of seed might be raised to supply the demand when the important results were made. known. Mr. Garton ”has already received rip- plications from some foreign govern- ments for seed. The United States have effected cros- ses of wheat. but have not attempted to cross barley or oats. Mr. Garton has succeeded in all his efforts. and Great Britain is thus enabled to take the lead. in an lying the world with new yarieties o grains. This will be new varletiea of grains. This will be a. potent factor In restoring prosper- itz‘ to firitish agrlculture. on rails “has about thirty men at wnrk. and at Dye-a var wheels for a railroad 1m in near Sheep (‘amp have been de- Iivered. From this point it is pro'iomd to make a tram road over the summit and to Lake 'Bennptt. There was a story two or threes days aura of a man found dead of starvation near the summit. of the Daren Pass. hut. I have so far been unable to Verify it. Winchilsea's experimental farm at! Sleaford, England. It consists of ap- Plying the principle of cross-fertiliza- tion to grasses. clovers. cereals. and other food plants. The Earl of Winchilsea's secretary says that the experiments were made. About four hundred head u-ill he treated in this mannor. so that Paw- son. about thin herrinning of nmct war. “fill be we.“ supplied with beef for a There is no diminution in the artivitv of Skammy and Urea, both of vah Mamas are now running a race to sun. ply facilities of transnortation over the passes. Skaguav’s tram road of wood- Sflnvfinz in their raffle» Th» r-lan is to get the cattle to Lake Rowwtt" fhore kill them and freeze the hppf Hmn‘ to sell it. to oamm along the lam-s. anfi not the remainder to Dawson Fitv. Tt is a well planned PXpeditinn. and there seems to he no reason why it should not go through. MM} rognr’s m r- ty fakns sixty days’ rations fnr ani- mals and 190 davs‘ rations for the men. Thnre is a great aotivifv in Fkammy builfling film‘s. and sevpral tmrt‘ips will not b9 able to reqfra‘n fhbir imwati- enr‘e unfil there is a crust. on the snow, One of these parties is making: m'o'rnr- a'Hons to take in turkeys. cran‘wrry sauce and m‘nr‘emmt f0 Pawsnn. with the. bone of reaching there by the Christmas hoiidavs. There is n arr huilmnq (finds. a not I)? able to Pnr‘e unfil there The outcome of the Major’s endeav- or will be eagerly watched for. as it: is held that if he can get through on‘ the soft Snow. instead of waiting until February, others may do so. Inspector McGregor is having made here sleigh: with irons four inches wide. These are for the horses. of which he takes in ten. The lnsnector will also take forty dogs. These were sent to Lake Biannett to he regularly exercis- ed on the snow and hardened for the expedition. Three men go with the dogs and three with the horses. Major Walsh on his way Up will de- EYPEDPTION IS \VELL PLANNED. Then. if Major ‘Valsh should he froz- en up when lnspector MeGrerznr catvhes up with him. the horses will he used to hack in his personal belongings and feed for the animals. BEEF TO BE TAKEN T0 I‘\\VSON. “'illis Thames and his partner are sanding- in their rattle Th» r-lan is Plies. to push straight throngh. OUTCOME EAGERLY \‘VA'I‘CBED FOR MAJOR WALSH’S PARTY GO KLONDIKE BY LAND ROUTE- [WEIR THE ICE TU YUKON. NEW FOOD PLANTS. uncient “muons. mentioned in a p Written in the 5i figures in variOL the Nineveh soul Sir Henry Lanyard of the Rite); of 'l‘c the year we, con . veritable gamp. 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