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 C ON TRIAL theOTMid ftnaki hiebee to UfWMll ledikte id itsterooina in 3, where bnt Uttla are oarrled on Uir ij Qrand Tmnk jinpanr, or to 3eDer«i AgenU, FOB THEJFARMEK. jjimiHOTBSi ;,r^;' •«• ,^i^o»t» tli»t w»» grown in hk vLS^^dlMt yew yielded at the late r 2? ^i^^hSi to thVLe, for which iSbMheL He «ivice. Jita bioUier. to KSJ* on the $5 and $10 ^n." M a^ rgowu bepowjhaeed hm «li.ble derier. at H-SO^o 92 per uahel. â-  PvufiEDY FOE UOBBBS. â€" L oorrespon- LK the Hurai World rtate. that a .Jxture of two-third" .oft loap and one- gd pine car, put in water enough to \ke a thick paint, one pound of Hour of talnhnr added to eaca gallon, and the Kole boUed together, will make an effeo- Cepreventiveof thiapestif appUeddnnng hefirst warm (?ayB of â- pring. Apply with a Bh- It !â-  »i«o ""d to be a preyenta- ve of the gnawing of mice and rabbits. [dbaikag«"0»*5^^*^~~^ have three LwB of grape-vines one hundred feet long td ten feet apart. Under each outside W there is a 5-inoh tile drain, two and ne half feet deep with good outlet. My i«peB ripen two weeks earlier and are twrehighly flavored than the samevarie- I in the same neighborhood not dridn- They rot much less and the vines do L loffer from excessive cold, as do then near by not drained. The fmrox- ble eflfect of onder-draining the canes of apberries, blackberries and strawberry Jaotfl is quite marked, but not to the jttent noticeable on grapes. All the Lefits derived from underdrainicg are Cy much greater in a wet than in a dry BBon, yet, in my opinion, it pays large- in the latter, especially in stiflf clay Forcing Potatoes Early. â- Every owner of farm or garden should Ideavor to start a few hills of potatoes very early use. Old potatoes often J to be very poor for table use the last I Jane, and the good housewife becomes Lpatient for the new croj-. We have Vced the crop by planting in a hot bed tly in April, and then transplanting as tn as the weather becomes warm enough open air culture. The sets can be 1 in quite thickly, say two or three ^hea apart in the bed. This will give 1 four to cine square inches of surface j each plant. The transplanting should Idone before the root growth gets so I as to require much breaking of the kts when separating the sets as they taken from Jie hot-bed. â- A very mtch simpler way of hastening \\y giowth is to set a few quarts of Jl sized potatoes in a warm, light a couple of weeks before planting. bead them out singly, so the light will npon the whole of the potatoes, and liey are all set up so the seed end will uppermost, there will usually ba one iiog centre bud that will develop in lance of all the other buds. If the fttoes are planted with care, so as to I this centre bud uninjured, the other I bads or eyes wiU often remain dor- ht. Buds exposed to the full light, short and stout, and when planted [)v out feeding roots immediately. A two feet square, will hold potatoes Dgh in a single layer for raising all a I family wald use in two or three b, and snch a ' ex can be set in any by vindow in kitchen or living room. TOKOXTO. Raising Pigs by Hand. I farmer who has had the usual dis- ft£;ing experience in try ins; to raise berless young pigs on ordinary cow's I, gives the following plan by which (has been successful â€" " The milk be from a moderately-a|w milch and of good quality â€" a milk rich in er lather than casein is to be pre- It must always be boiled or well fed, and to it must be added some I brown sugar so as to make it sweet, Jso a few spots of linseed oil â€" say, aped desert-spoonful of sugar and I a teaspoonfal of oil to the quart. this the youngsters will thrive agly, and hardlv miss the care of mother. Of course they must be â- clean and warm, and be attended to |ed as often as they require, whch, to tell, is rather frequently abrut ' two hours, or even oftener for ihe 'eek, night and day, tbey are ready ^, and require it. The greatest nuat be taken not to let any of the Ps, etc. get sour and only the re- " amount of food should be prepared ne, as if it becomes at all sour, and Aystems are once npset, it is a most |lt matter to get them right again, thrift is for a long time lost. The Qe or two a teaspoon is the handiest [to feed with, but in a few lessons »ill learn to htlp themselves out of n or cup and when two or three hi wUl all feedtOt-ether oflf a plate Ps much selfish eu^emess as their Ibeiray." I not €row more Grapes on â-  Farm? «ly a year has passed since 1 have i the practice of training grape Jon the peach, apple and evergreen Itiiat there has not been an ample of choice grapes for home use. mbU seasons the surplus hasbem Jy the neighbors at from three to Pta a pound, the demand often ex- the supply. By aUowing the Ithe Austrian and Scotch pines, and â-  trees having wide spreading «, grapes can be had if healthy lSl,uJ^?""' " P^*««l and r W 2!**** ' properly manured Itoat two or three yean after being oonntry hone. A yoong vina planted doee to the teimk of aDoid apnie tree will, if the eoU abost the roote is snpnlied with finely poanded bonaa and tresh wood aahee, and the soifMe ooveted with well-rotted manure after phmting of the vine is completed, loon tie poMea- â- ion of that (Mtree, and if the llmba are sawn tff at a point aboat twi feat fiom the ground, and the young f^ nf t are f aatened to the limbe tiiat remain, an un- sightly object will at once beoome both ornamental and usefuL No wine need be or riioold be made wheio eUdNB form a portion of the household. There are plenty c^ ways of utilizing this ex- cellent fruit without converting an onnoe of juice into wine. CHOICE HECEIPTS. FxATHEs Cakx. â€" On* and one-third eups of flour, one cup of sugar, two eggs, two thirds cup of cream, a little salt and nutmeg. Squash Biscuit.â€" Two oopfols of light bread sponge, one pint of sifted squash, one cupful of shortening, nearla one gnp- ful of sugar. Mix as bread and roll out smooth. Cut into biseuits and raise as bread. Pickled Applks.â€" Pare, halve, and quarter the fruit. For seven pounds of apples take three pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar, one ounce of omnamon, and one ounce of doves. If ground cin- namon and cloves are used tie in doth and boil with the vinegar; but if whole cloves and cinnamon Mrk are used put two cloves in each piece of apple and break the cinnamon in pieces and boil with the apples. Tea Biscuit. â€" One quart of flour, one teaspoonf ul of salt, one half teaspoonful of sugar, two teaspoonsf ul of hsking-pow- der, one teaspoonful of lard, and one pint of milk. Sift together flour, salt, sugar, and powder, rub in the land cold, add milk to form into as soft a dough as can be handled, flour the board and roll out, cut with a small tin cutter, and bake in a good hot oven about twenty minutes. CusTABD Cake â€" Two small cups of flcur, one cup of sugar, three eggs, two tablespoonf nls of water, and butter the size of an egg. Beat the whites and yelks separately, and bake the cake in layers. For the filling, place one-naif pint of milk upon the stove, and when it boils add to it one egg, one tableopuonful of butter, one- half teacup of sugar, and a dessertspoonful of fljur, well teaten to- gether. Flavor with lemon or rose. PiUM PuDDiKG â€" One tablespoonf ul of soda, one cnpful of molasses, one half cupful of sugar, two-thirds cupful of butter, three cupmls of chopped suet, two cupfuls of raisins, flour enough to make a stiff batter. Tie up in a floured cloth and boil three hours. For gravy, one quart of water thickened with flour or corn- starch and seasoned with nutmeg or lemon, butter and sngar. We had this for Christmas and think it splendid. Blanc Mange. â€" Soak one ounce of gelatine in a quart of milk for two hours, add a small cup of sugar, and place over the fire. When the sngar and gelatine are mixed with the milk, and the mixture is very hot, remove from the fire and add a wineglass of sheny and half a teaspoon- ful of lemon extract. Stir while cooling to prevent the cream rising to the top. When cool pour into a mold and set on the ice. I f ONE Y Pudding â€" Three pints thinly sliced apples, one pint honey, one pint flour, one pint commeal, small piece of butter, one teaspoonful soda, the juise of two lemons,and three grated lemon rinds. Stir the dry soda into the honey, then add the apples, melted butter and a little salt. Now add the other ingredients and stir in the flour. Bake one hour and serve with sauce. A Woman's InKennlty. A Boston paper tells how an ingenious woman discovered a leak in a waste-pipe in her house. Noticing an ofiiansive odor, she suspected a defect in the waste pipes, and asked ^e agent of the house to send a plumber to make an examination. Upon the agent's refusal to comply with her request, she borrowed two oats from a neighbor, purchased some oil of valerian, and stationing the animals in the parlor, went upstairs and poured the valerian in- to the basin, and then deaoended to watch the result. Cats are extremely fond of the odor of valerian, and in a short time both of the borrowed animala began to sniff the air and move toward the door of a doset through which the waste-pipe ran. The door was open ed for them, when they immedi ately einang upon a certdnehelf, whore they lemain- ed purring with satiafaetloii. The wo- man again went to the agent, who, though still unbelieving hi th« leak, eon lented to send a plnmDor. On eatting away the plaster so as to cxpoae the plp^ a jofait was found eompletolj wpented at the plaoe whme the oati had indteted. Khfifit^mafir*^*^ Thogtapecwpfa oenun one. TlMn â-  no frnh^erop that oaa tain tfca pbee of lU hatdf vaiJoiiM «( mourn. ySSt «M bo plairtod Jm •bout tha honaa^ gardeii and ovfe. buiUIngs without oooqpfiBil ainr oovated â- PMO, but at the mbm time add- ing very mueh to tho rural beamy of tha â- riipn«i«h»mi-A faabj It is tito hwlvan mak whoalwq^eaBi Beoauae a man happens *? -„ edof **aoon«titationofabone, tttw no means foUowa that hia phjaieua la juitlfiod fai treating him liko an aa. "Wkero'a Joneer "PmL** ;*Ptadt WelL I dedam 1 Paid the debt of *•*â- Â«% abJ^ ••Ho; ooBspaoasload a» lesBwep Ui^bSicMCMiilwIUiPi.' â€"x. BnJBf k tha^8|!ifiig thia anOer he got ia Btin weU ramambstad. Ihe next thfaig to a f onacal ia to walk behind a lora-dok oouple going homa from a party. It ia said there la a soft dde to every man. That's the reason a dudaia afraid to â- tendon hia head. **Oirhi wm besirla," mys a oontempo- rary. Oh, no ThatTa a mistake. If gfarls' wishea are eonauHed they will ba married women aome day. Yea, everything ia fester in thia ooun- tcy. In England tliey say tiiat a man stands for Parliament. In this ooimtiy they say he runa for Pailiment. A L easo n in Physios Teaeharâ€" **What ia velodty V Pupilâ€" '^Ydodty is iwhata man p ute a hotplate down with." "Yes, dear, you see, mamma don't think it's right for me to read Frendi noveb in I^nt, so I oidy read transla- ttons. Young Ia4y (innooently to gentleman) **I wldx I oould get one of those fresh- men to plant in my garden. I do want lomethii^ green." Lafayette hada great mfnd,and he knew what he was doing when he assissted the United States. France la now getting large supplies of canned frogs from this OQuntry. 'Wal," said Mrs Spriggins, in response to a remonstrance frqm her husband, '*I got tired dttin' up there all alone in soli- taire, sol went down and percolated through the orowd." 'If I ain t particular abontiMein' a show, I'd just as soon go to an opera as a fune-' ral but when I want to lay right down and enjoy myself, 1 go to a drous. Ah, there's nothmg like a brass horn and a boss." "Here's a musicd salesman advertised for. Why don't you apply, Ned ' "I Why, I'm not musical." "Perhaps not, but I notioe you can blow your own horn, you're familiar with oars, your remsrks are full of dure, you're dways giving notes, and all the rest." A vender of imitation spiders wan dang- ling one of the bogus insects on Broad- way, when an antique female, after utter- ing a little scream, appealed to a police- man, say in; "Mr. Policeman, can't you make that man quit soaring young git la to death witib them spiders. " A California g'ri has been dis^ovp'-ed with two m )nth',0'^e in each ch«*t-k T is kind may ao iu tae far Wesc where g.rJa are scarce, and it is convenient to have those who can kits two felluws at once, ut thoy would never be popu ar in the EiiBc, where tLere are not ent ugh fellows to go around. 'Mr. Smith, do you know the charac- ter of Mr. Jones " "I rather guess I do, jedfire," 'Well, what do you say about It?' "He ain't so bad a man, after all." "Bnt, Mr. Smith, what we want to know is, is Mr. Jones of a quarrelsome and dangerous disposition " "Wall, jedge, I should say that Tom Jones is very vi- vid in verbd exercise, bnt when it comes to persond adjostment, he isn't eager for the contest." They Knew a Dodse* The Ysqui Indians of Sonora long since used tactics of war that were un- known to oivUized troops. In a former uprising, says the San Francisco CaUj they were attacked by Oeaeral Pesqoer- ais, who was much amused to see the sa- vages use blankets as a shield against the soldiers' bullets. Holding up a blanket at both ends, so that the edge just touch- ed the ground,the Indian riflemen march- ed boldly toward him behind this appar- ently flimsy protection. The Mexican Generd was sooa alarmed, however, to find iiiat his ballets did not stop the strange advance, and the moving fort of blankets soon came so dose to him and poured in such a deadly fire that he was fdn to fly the field in confusion and with great loss. TheYaquishad become ac- quainted with the dmple fact that while a bullet will pass through twenty blan- kets strained over a frame or lud against a firm surface, it will not penetrate a ungle one if moistened and hung up so as to swing dear of the ground. The bul- lets which Gen. Perquerlas imagined were passing through the Indian blankets and thinning the ranks of the savages were all fidling harmlesdy on the outude of the woolen bulwarks. Contraction. **Bk79 me, doetor, and I'll give you a thouMmd dollars." TIm doetor gave him a remedy that eased hioi, and he called out 'Keep at it, doctor, and 1 will give you a ehe«k for five hundred dollara." In half an hour more he waa able to ut up, and he ealmly remarked **Doctor, I feel like giving you a fifty- dollar bilL' Whan tha doetor was ready to go, the dotk man waa up and dxoMed, he fdlowad the doetor to tha door, and Mid: 'nSay, doetor,Mnd in your bill the fint of the month." totime'aboaonittlMdoetiMriMitm a bOl amounting to ftTfdoUan. Ho waa p ra m ad to out it down to threap aisd s2tar so dofaig he saad. to 'm f^ fi* jadgoMot, 'hnipiV in « «l«y flf •nei^' mni J. flamaiott: to»o- porter wlM had allied mm hiâ- ^ .**waa ii^ JjuMwy, 1867. on tha Heasphia division oftha£oaaviUa ft Nashville road. Mr; Jamaa GKttlieria waa preddent at that time. HyUrat aoeident -waa in 1877. I waa then runningon Hie main stem, and waa eoming from NadiviUa to LooiaviUa with a large number of passenger ean at- tadiad. Amonc others there were 160 aohoolgifh on board; Wa wen appteadi- aDndl^'a swit^ twenty-five milea this of NashviUa, whan I notioed that tha OKOsB-tieB just ahead of uahad been re- moved. 1 did not have time to stop Uw engino. In an instant I reoogniaed that there was just one thing to do, and that was to jump thetraek. I tdd ihy fire- men to leap out, as tbere was only room for one dE us in the oab at audi a moment, and it meant oertain death to me or him if he remained. He had hardy reached tha ground when the «iigine left the track and a stream of boiUnff water csme gush- ing upon me from the Doiter. After that I remembered nothing. fw sevwd days. When I reoovered I was tdd that the boiler had exploded, and that I had been hit on the head by a piece of flying cylin- der also a spike had pierced my hsnd." As proof of this Mr. Hammett exhibi- ted a terrible soar on his right hand. The thoni^tfnl engineer aftwward re- edved 9384 from the passengers for sav- ing the train. " The time I made my fastest run," continued Mr. Hammett, his blue eyes lighting up, 'and the fostest in the reoord of the road, was in 1870, when I brought Victor NewoomO, Dr. E. D. Standiford, and Ool. Do Funiak from Nashville to LouisviUe. I was oiling the engine when Ool. De Faniak told me that the party was due In Louisville at a oertain hour, and asked me if I didn't think I could get there. He addjsd that the way Vas dear, and that if my engine was any ac- count to turn her loose. "This was as good atf I wanted. I ran sixty miles the first hour, and after that they made me go slower until we reached the dty." This was a memorable ride. Afterward Mr. Neweomb said of Dr. Standiford that the latter be»me so iMdly frightened while the train was speeding along at lightning motion that he got down on his knees and prayed. The violent motion of the train, as it rounded a sharp curve, threw Mr. De Funiak from his seat and inflicted a deep scar, which he will carry with him through life. ' My last run," resumed Mr. Hammett "was on the night of Nov. 16, 1883. The night was dark as pitoh. We had reached Brook's station, and were running at the rate of forty miles an hour, when I saw a train of freight cars on ^e track just ahead. It was too late to stop the train, and she dashed on then a deafening smash, and I was thrown through my window and killed for die time. The next day when I recovered I was told that my fireman had been killed with others in the wreck." A Fly-Hannted Town. The wall of Elnt;-Choo-Foo is crene- lated forty feet high on the outside in certain places, but on the inside sloping and covered with a jungle growth of bam- boo, banyan, and other shrubs to the very top. At intervda of every few hun- dred yards along it is a small smooth-bore cannon of remarkably peaceful aspect. No doves were discovered building their nests therein, but in my mile walk dong the parapet numerous litters of pacific pigs were seen dosing in the very open- int(s of the crenelles. Not a iioldier was observed m iking the circuit of this andent and formidable fortification, the draggon guarded yamin of the Taotai had a fly- haunted, somnolent tir, in the atreets budness proceeded lazily, and over all the grovelike openings of the capitd city the very spirit of summer peace and quiet seemed to hold its beneficent reign. Odr cortaire, with which we made Uie olrcnib, was composed of scarcely more than a dczen aimless hoodlums and inquidtive urchins, and we left the place impressed with the idea that if the inhabitants thought of danger from the French it was still as an intangible effort ot imagination â€" ai something so far off as scarody to be conddered, or if oonddered, amply pro- vided against. Beauty Hints. Evety woman who r^fardf beauty un- derstands that she must bestow mndi care upon her complexion. To remove tan and sunburn, cold creun, mutton tallow and lemon juice may be used for freckles ap- ply the latter, with a tiny oamd's hdr brush. 13ie oonntry girl, deprived of many things which her dty ooudn finds indiBpen«able, discovers that ^e can re- move tan from her face with a wadi made of green oncnmbem sliced In milk, or fail- ing in this, she makei a deooetion of but- tmiilk and tsibi^. A well kiMwn writer on feminine bean^, reoommenda the use rf finaly-groand Fmoh duwooal for tha complexion. A teaqwonful of thla, well mixed with watei or honey, ahoutd ba talun iortittoe â- n ooem l Ye nighiiK-foIlowod by a almitla pmnatbe, to remova it from the sfBtasB. The aperient must not be omitted or the diarooal will Mmun in the vstam, a WMB of faetaring polaon, with all aa Impuiiliaa it ahaoaba. Noneoftheaa thfagswiU bring about tha dodrad raanlt unliMtikofoanSitlflniafintlaldhf pn per food, cxarolao, and bathing; abof» all thingadonotnei^flM batihu C ntoani one of the oatdlnal Hrtoaii iroMtt fkMb firoa Ite iMit] daB|:|teanai«aL "'â- â- l^. Hia paopla Uving in tha noi^boADod of Gtw^lataib a smaU ivilfaMa, tUrtean mU JTSTnM3o|i4 •Jifil^ ex. dtad ever a asoat extsaoBdinary ghoatav aatiim. Sevaial .hundred paaapBa from the turronndlng oonntry liava beenorowd a abbuÂ¥ Om hainted '«i)B«MniirFll day. flh^i ' fepft-of;*, yflWiWal has DMn ant Lastweek Mr. GsixiaDn be«aa tearing the dd structure down and hMliog away the timber. Between snfdnwn ai^dtK on the! Oeeoing df his filat day 'a work, whde loading his wagon, he says he be came oonsdous of a peculiar feeling, which Biade;his kdr stHid ajra^with hor- ror, and as he tarnea he oldms he saw three figures, two of tiiem quite large, flitting around the ruins. He did not stop to investigate,' but abandoned Ua work and fled for home, where he related his experienoea to his wife, and was ad- vised to let the old structure done. Ha tdked about the strange apparition, and then it leaked out that an Mi dtiaan liv- ing near had often see^ the unearthlr figures, and so had his family, and ho h^ heard cries and groans, like those of a woman in distress, bnt he feared to dpeak of It for fear the people would oall mm childish and superstitions. Another neighbor testified in much the same strain, and severd persons investigated, bnt -ifere .unable to eiLplatn the ohara^r of the phenoinf na. They saw diadowy figures, indistinctly riesembiing two adults and a child, and so did perhapa a half score of others able to muster courage enough to visit the old ruins. Recently the farm was literally overrun with people, and reports say that they found a grave in the cellar, which they proceedwi to open, but were stopped In their work by a lady interes*ed in tho property. Hundreds of people have vis- ited the haunted hoose, and there ia great exdtemtnt over it in the neighbor- hood. American Economy.. Ameridins are not regarded as an eto-^ nomical people, and too many of them are satisfied if at the year's end, income bdances expense. But the savings-bsuk deposits show that they are really a sav- ing people after dl. Food is so abun- dant and cheap that they throw away much which a French or German family would save. They are eoonomicd when it seems to be necessary. The sharp' eyes of that helper of the helpless. Miss Emily Faithfull, discovered, while mak-' tng a tour of the States, one form which American economy takes. She noticed that nearly all the ladies she met in hotels and rulroad am wore black lace around their wrists, instead of white linen. She ^bought it rather a singular fash- ion, aid said she c uM not amount for tho taate that preferred black to white as a becoming finish tu a sleeve, until she re- ceived her washing-bills, and then tha mystery was explained. She admired the ingonuity of American women in subatitutlng black lace for white in order to econom'ze while travel- ling, for never before had she encounter- ed such enormous bills for washing as in this country. All English travellers are annoyed at( this Amei-'can peculiarity, as the laundry work in EngUud is done thoroughly and well at dmost incredibly small pricea comoared to our exorbitant rates. Twenty-five cents or an English shill- ing, pays over tbere for what we should call quite a large "washiog." Why American prices in this respect are so much higher, nobody seems to under- stand Yet the poor washerwoinan should be well-pud. liPM EnKlibh Dinners. The only fault to be found with tl e En- glish home-dinner is its unvarying same- ness And in the Season one dmner ia just like every other dinner, with only the difference of contraction or elongation. One company dinner may have only six courses, and another may have twdve, but in six oa^es out of twelve the dinner will be essentiaUy the same. The exact fact is that given the same class in society and six times in twdve you can predict what you are going to have for dinner a- bout as wdl as yon can recount what jon have had for dinner. The English company dinner is a regulation affdr, and no house-wife is so adventuresome as to go far afield from this stereotyped repart. The menu consists of soup, fish, encree. joint and fowl, game, sweets, uid dessert. This may be elongatedby a number of entrees, or oontractod by the elimination, of game. At very small dinner compan- ies perhaps the entree would be missing. But this dinner, thia same dinner, tho same yesterday, to-day, and forever ia » good and a wholeoMne dinner. AU in all, and tog a ateady diet this dinner ia better than the dinner of any eontlnantal people. TheEngliahbeefisthebwtbaef I have over eaten, and as for mutton^' there is none to he found outsUa tt» united Kingdom. Wliat we oaU mutton is a wholly dmacent meat. Tiiair baaf and mutton are the flesh of anfmds that have been oarefnUy fed for the bntdier, and their maaia are nover oooked till ^b»f have hong in tha larder for a weak or fortnight, as tlM eaaa aaay warrant Evacything that goaai^on an Eadiali ti Ualagood. The ^ag ataHaa, whidi are limitad variety, an» ftaah and good but beina oooked ia pUn water, Hmf ara wnutr taatelaaa, or,.!f tiuylriArvi ii«r» itiaofarawor aartiqr ^prnM^.^lft. Ii. Odliei; at i 'il-j' ii-i ZjtlMi^i, '^^ -.\A- -A..'.. ^MkiiMiteMi^Hiaaiai â- aaniH