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 t â-  i! ' F ABM. HotM and Snggettiou- Do not be ia too modi fanny to plant. Then ia a world of labor ipoit for nothing in idling and foridng over nuumre. A Bolation of " Persian inaect powder" ia inaome caaea more efifectoal than the ground article. As the paataring aeaaon ia now well fwrward we djsite to again call the attention of atockmen and emedally dairymen to the ueoessity of providing pare water foratock. Which ia yonr beat cow Don't know What do you keep cowa for? _Milk ia it? How mnch milk moat a cow give to make her worth, her keep, and 20 per cent of her coat? ... The Britiah dairy farmera' aaaociation la going to eatabUah dairy achoola which ahall tpiin atudenta in the art of making dairy ;prodact8, and if poaaible pay ita way in aell- ing cheeae and butter made from purchased muk. We only approve of aawihg oflF horns aa a necessity. We admit that it ia cruel, aa we admit that castrating ia cruel, or branding, etc. We also think that calfhood ia the proper time to do this work, as the tissue, bone formation, and nerves of sensation have not attained growth. The proper application of manure is a mat- ter of great importance to each f aurmer, and one tnat will bear the closest thought and in- vestigation. Different soils require different treatment mdoubtedly, and what may be good for one soil may not be best for a dif- ferent soiL When scientific agriculture is supported by practical farming, then wiU a new era dawn upou the tillers of the soil, and pro- gressive farmers will hail with delight the establishment of experimental stations as one ot the movements to raise farming from the place of drudgery. In a discussion ou farm economy by mem- bers of South Branch, N. H., grange there was quite a difference of opinion. Some thought that true economy demanded the best tools and machinery, others, that it was not economy to purchase new tools as long as the old ones work. AU agreed that it was extravagance to fail to properly care for the machinery one might have. Is there no means of making goats profi- table in this country It is simply because goats breed freely and live without care and yield a rich and delicious milk, that no one can possibly afford to breed and handle on a large scale? Is it possible that these hardy creatures cannot be made to pay in a dairy for cheese-making? If their kids were kept at home they could be made to graze on the roughest ground and would return home to be milked. Ewes that present signs of scarcity of milk either before or after lambing need special attention, remarks the London Agri- cultural Gazette. Good lambs are never reared unless they receive a favorable^start in life. It is advisable, however, to bring a good flow of milk upon the ewe previous to lambing, not after. A few roots, a little fresh hay, and about one pound of grain, consist- ing of bran and oats, if fed daily, will pro- duce a wonderfully beneficial effect in pro- moting the flow of milk in the ewes. There will be a great increiise in the amount of fodder corn sown this year. The advantages of soiling cattle become more and more apparent after a season of draught auch as too many of us experienced lastjyear. Oood com fodder is an excellent food with which to piece out dry pastures. With a good supply of such fodder cattle can be kept in the barn during the heat of the day. There they rest in peace, undisturbed by the •murderous flies that wear the milk and flesh -out of them in the pastures. The labor spent at growing and handling a crop of com fodder will be well spent. In feeding corn fodder and straw to milch cows, the deficiency in these will be best made up with bran, and I would add two pounds of good wheat or rye bran, the latter is the better and the cheaper, to make the mixed fodder equal to hay. Then I would mix four pounds of corn-meal and four pounds of bran if the cow would digest it and consume it profitably, and give half of these with cut fodder morning and evening, with fodder alone at noon. Coarse middlings are some- 'what richer than bran in starch, hence if -middlings are fed, the commeal may be re- duced to three pounds daily. Wealth Beneath the Waters. The memory of the loss of £200,000 of sil- ver and gold will survive the drowning of 1,000 souls in a coup. There was the Lu- tine, for instance. She was of thirty-two guns, commanded by Capt. Skynner, and she went ashore on the bank of the Fly Island passage on the night of October 9, 1799. At first she was reputed to have had £600,000 sterling, in specie on board. This was after- ward contradicted by a statement that "the return from the bullion ofce makes the whole amount about £140,000 sterling. "" If," I find in a contemporary account, ' the wreck of the unfortvmate Lutine should be discovered; there may be reasoii to hope for the recovery of the bullion." In the reign of James II., some English ad- venturers fitted out a vessel to search for and weigh out the cargo of a rich Spanish ship which had been lost on the coast of South America. They succeeded and brought home £300,000, which had been forty years at the bottom of the sea. Captain Phipps, who vommanded, had £20,000 for his share, and the Duke of Albemarle £90,000. A medal was struck in honor of this event in 1678. There was a very costly wreck in 1767. She was a Dutch East Indiaman and foun- dered in a storm within three leagues of the Texel, taking down all hands but six and £500,000. The price of four such armadas as that of 1588 went down in the last cen- tury alone in the shape of gold, silver and plate. She waa the annual r 'gister ship, as the term then was, and had in her 500,000 piastrea and 10,000 ounces of gold on ac- count of the king, and twice that aum on the merchants' aocount, making her a very rich ship. She foundered and no man escaped to tell how and when. In the same year the Dutch lost the An- toinetta, an Indiaman, and with her sank £700,000 besides jewels of great value. Ths Royal Charter ia the moat notable in- stance of the wreck of "treasure" ah^ that I can just now call to mind. She left Aus- tralia with 1350,000 in her. Of this aum, saya Chtirles Dickens in hia chapter on th^ dreadful shipwreck in the "Uncomnmdal Traveler," £300,000 wortli were reoovoed at the time of the noTeliaf a viait to the spot where ahe had driven ashore. â€" London Telegraph. THE UME-ULI OLIJB. " I knowed an ole man who died de odder d»y widoatrduoa," mid BnOm 0«*i«* M ha openedthe meetms. 'Some of de people who stood aroon' hia death-bed aa aaw d»«mil*«B Us {ms as lie ani^vwayja deatfa eonkt not mak« it out Bs befonged to no choreh-^ie worditapedwid no eongre- gation, an' dey wondered dat he died con- tent. " Ko, dia (de man haa no relumn, aocord- in' to de way Chriatiana put it,l«it I know- ed him long an' well. In de first place, he waa honeat. All de money in Detrc^t wouldn't her bin a temtashnn to him. In de next place, he wua forgivin' an' con»cien- ahna if he wronged anybody he would go down on hia kneea to make it right. " Dia ole man paid his honest debts. To him a debt was as sacred aa holy writ He had kind words fur alL Neber waa a man so bad dat dia ole man could not say ann- thin' good of him. He respected de law he upheld all dat waa moraran' virchus he was widout envy. " An as de April sun sunk low in de hea- bena dia old man's time had come. He said good-bye to de world in a whisper, an' he was not afraid. De settin' sun poured ita last beams of glory frew de winder over his ole black face, and it lighted up wid sich ra- diance dat we stood dar and held our brefs. It was de eand of a man who called no man his pastor an' took no church fur his guide, but when de las' minit' cum de joys of Hea- ven were so plainly seen in his face dat he shouted fur glory." " An' so he died, an' sich was de eand fo' what de world calls a sinner. We has got among us heah three score church members an' prayin' men. Ize wonderin' how many of us will sink away fo rest as calmly and confidently as dat ole man whose name neber appeared on a church roll. Ize been won- derin' if we doan' pray too much an' hang off about our debts too long if we doan' sing wid so much zeal dat we havn't got 'null left to speak kindly of our nayburs if we faaint so suah of our own salvashun dat we doan' keer about anybody else. Let us look into dis an' find whar' we stand. Dar' am religun an' religun. De sort dat sends a member of dis club down on his knees at de Thursday evenin' pray'r meetin' an' allows him to walk off wid someone else's umbrella heah on Saturday night am a sort I want to keep shot of." SQUARED HIMSELF. (Greatly to everybody's surprise. Elder Toots had remained wide awake thus far, and he now arose to a question of privilege. He had heard it flang out that he was living with his fifth wife, and thit the two in- dulged in quarrels which disgraced the neighborhood. He desired to submit proofs that she was only his fourth wife, and that they lived in such a perfect state of happi- ness that he never knew whether his shirt buttons were off or on. "We doan' keer fur.de proofs, Brudder Toots," observed the President " you hasn't bin offishually charged wid any mis- conduct befo' de club, an' we kin took no axshun." " But I desiah to squar' myself, sah." "You am squared, Brudder Toots, an' kin consider yerself discharged on suspended sentence. Sot down an' go to sleep. " HE MUST GO. The Secretary then announced that he had been placed in possession of certain sad facts concerning the character and reputa- tion of Brother Green Smith, an honorary member living in Alabama. Brother Green, who is a licensed preacher of the Methodist church, was sent as a delegate to a confer- ence. The conference adjourned over Sunday, and the members mtide up a shake purse and bought Brother Green a bag of oats to feed his horse. He slyly placed the oats in his buggy and set out for his home, a few miles, away, and when a good brother went after him he was found sowing the seed on fruitful soil. The case waa brought be- fore the conference, and it was voted to re- voke his license. " Dar' kin be no queshun 'bout de fack in de ease," said the President, "an' de cog- nomen of Brudder Green Smith will be erased from our rolls. De rules of dis club will per- mit a preacher to git de best of de dicker in tradin' off mules, an' we won't go back on him if strange chickens insist on flyin' into his cabin an' wringin' deir own necks, but we can't uphold base ingratitude an' wrank hy- pocrisy. De branch clubs at Montgomery an' Huntsville will be notified of our axshun, an' should de deposed brudder attempt to visit one of dose lodges he will feel a saw- mill hit him. UXFAVORABLY REPORTED. Giveadam Jones, Traveling Lecturer and Installator, desired to report on the applica- tion of the " Dark Shades" of Henderson, Ky., for a branch charter. He had been down there and made the acquaintance of Setback Johnson, Hardheel Smith, Turkey Davie, 'Possum Williams, and other appli- cants, and it was his opinion that no branch could be organized to do honour f o the parent club. Most of the twenty- eight appucants chewed the meanest kind of plug tobacco, kept fighting dogs and played policy, and two of thsoa were jast out of the county jail for larceny. His report was accepted and adopted, and no charter will be granted. WORKING WELL. The Committee on Patenta and Copy- rights, to whom was submitted, the query " What is the Torpedo chicken, and how does it work " begged leave to report as follows •• De Torpedo chicken ar' de invenshunof de Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine. It waa invented to decimate de cnll'd race. It ar' a fax-simile of a pullet, made of zinc, an' filled wid powder and slnga. When fasten- ed to de roost it so clualy reaemblea de real bird dat de wisest ole n^er in de bizneaa can't tell thedifference. He atrikea a match, reaches out to pull de pullet off de pole, an' dar' am a 'sploshun which shakes de nay- burhood an' causes anoder well-known citi- zen to turn up misain' As to decimatin' de cnll'd race, it hasn't dun it De alarm was sounded at an wrly date, an' de great majority of our people turned from chicken to codfish. Now an' den aomeole hen-ateal- er, who can't let bizneaa die entirely out, am de victim of de Torpedo, but de wiae man passes de hen coop afar off an' saves his bacon." The report was accepted with profound gratitude and admiration, and then the meeting went home. Speaking of pork and playa, although there la commonly anppoeed to be oo cot- nection between tiie two, would a hog B hind 1^ be a Hamlet Bioh Mm** 8oni. A wealthy broker of New York b«nMe •â-  » fann-hand in Kew Jeteey. He had the iMUhg MlHiel fii â-  purtrTHrr fw-Hir- *Mbm a ndendid hooM, loxory rf every kind. To eoquiBe thew^ he vodDed hard with bnfat •mid body. Aa he roaeinlifo, he waa thrown in contact withednsated nuOf great finanoiera, mkn of oommeMB, wtiatB, teachera,adentificmm. EBa ownfateilect atrragthened 1^ ita work, wita bold and broad eBongh to appreciate them aU. By the time he waa fifly, he cared little for phyaical luxories which hia money could buy for him. Ka pnranita, apart from hia bnaineaa, were noble and elevatingâ€" thoae which belong to a many-aided, enlightened American, who keepa abreast of hia time m its great movMnentai ' ... ffia son, on the contrary, waa bom in the lap of richea. Loxnriea, the lack rf which urged hia father to^iceaaant activity, were aa familiar to hipi aa the air and daily aunahine. Fine clothes, rich food, amnaements of all kinds, gave him little pleaaure they were matters of courae. He knew no life of which they were not a part He did not work at school or col'ese. Why ahonld he OUier men worked to make a place f or themaelvea in the world. Hia place was already made for him. He need- ed no more millions than hia father could give him. He had literally nothing to do but to amuse himself. Now, there is but a limited number of amusements in theworld, and after a certain time the senses, the nerves, the whole body, grows jaded with each of them. By the time this young man had reached the age of twenty -five he was as sated with pleasure as a gray-haired debauchee. Cards, wine, sport, travel, bored him his physical strength was exhausted his mind, though still inmiature, was almost imbecile. When a sudden attack of illness carried him out of this world, nobody in it was sorry himself, perhaps, least of all. The story of this rich man and his son has been repeated countless times in the lives of our rich men. The " gilded youth " of our great cities grow weary of balls, of steam yachts, of even the theatres, gambling and drink. Their jaded appetites crave stronger diet. In the great centres of riches and folly some of them crowd in the small hours of the morning to dens unknown to the police, to see brutal combats between prize-fighters. At a recent fight betwen a woman and a dog, the ring was surrounded by men worth millions. "The only real sensation I have enjoyed for years," said one of this class lately, "was in China Isust July, when I saw the executioner chop off five heads in an hour." At heart, these lads are made of as good, manly stuff as others. They are victims to the popular idea that the sole use of money is amusement. Even when weighted by huge fortune, as Napoleon Bonaparte once wrote to his marshal, "Surely, we should endeavor to io something to say that we have lived; to leave some impress of our lives upon the sands of Time." HEALTH. "JkaftVi far Suk^lNM.^' Don't light a 8i rocmi at night by of » kfe vt p* iHaaiiig low naOihg im- povenshea the air tooaer. Use spenn omdles or ti^pera ndiidi bnrm ia apenn oiL Don't allow ofEnudve matters to remaia. In caaea of emergeaey, where these cannot at onoe be reoMved, wring a heavy eloth-- forinataaoe, likeTurkiah towelingâ€" out of oold water, use it aa a cover, placing over thia ordinary paper. Snch' means prevent the eacape « odor and infeetioa. Doa't forget to have a few beana of orffee handy, for thia aervea as a deodorizer, if burat upoa coala or pwer. Bits of charcoal placed aronad are naefnl ia abaorbing gaaea and other impnritiea. Doa't have the temperature of a aick-room much over aixty degrees seveaty degrees are allowable, but act advisable. Don't permit ourrenta of air to blow upon the patient An open fire-place ia an ex- cellent meana of ventilation. The current may be tested by burning a piece of paper in front. Don't give the patient a fvU glass of water to drink front, unleas he is allowed all he desirea. If he can drain the glass he wUl be satisfied so regulate the quantity before handing it to him. Don't neglect daring the day to attend to necessaries for the night, that the rest of the patient and family may not be disttirbed. Don't ask p convalescent if he would like thia or that to eat or drink but prepare the delicacies and present them in a tempt- ing way. Don't throw coal upon the fire place it in brown paper bags and lay them upon the fire, thus avoiding the noise, which ia shock- ing to the sick and sensitive. Don't jar the bed by leaning or sitting upon it. This ia unpleasapt to one ill and nervous. Don't let stale flowera remain in a sick chamber. Don't be unmindful of yourself if you are in the responsible position of nurse. To do faithful work you must have proper food and stated hours of rest Don't appear anxious, however great your anxiety. Don't forget that kindness and tenderness aie needful to successful nursing. Human nature longs to be soothed and comforted on all occasions when it is out of tune. VABIET1£S. Jewelry through6ut the East is invariably made of the purest geld and silver. The Oriental does not approve of alloy. The motto " Dieu et mon droit" was as- sumed by Henry YI. and has held its ground ever since. It was an ancient English war- cry. The little sand-martin is the least of the swallows. In the great majority of cases it is the little sand-martin which is the subject of the " early swallow" paragraph of pro- vincial newspapers. Within a comparatively recent period it waa deemed singularly unlucky amongst Scotch fisher-folk of the north-west of Scot- land to find a turbot amongst the contents of a haul, and in no circumstances would a skipper permit the ill-omened capture to be taken on board. The ends of the tube of the Britannia Bridge across the Meni Straits rest on roll- ers, to permit the advance and recession due to neat and cooling, the length Of the bridge varying as much as three inches in the course of Irwenty-four hours. When the sun shines on one side of the tube, that side becomes longer than the side in shade, and the whole structure curves accordingly. General Prievalsky estimates the whole population of Central Asia at about nine million, spread over an extent of one hun- dred and twenty thousand, square miles. This insignificant number is accounted for by the physical conformation of the coun- try, four-fifths of which are nothing but desert, and only on the few oases lying at the foot of gigantic mountains is there any soil fit for settled habitation. The thistle, originally introduced into Australia by an over-patriotic Scotchman, has spread all over the country. At first it was a great terror â€" even yet this idea has not disappeared. But aheep and cattle, it seems, have learned that the heads of the thistle â€" the receptacle â€" are nutty in flavor and nutritioua and in aeasons of drought, and consequent vegetable dearth, the much despised thistle, it appeun, now annualfy saves the livesof thouaanda of cattle and sheep. Donkey partiea ace the lateat rational amuaement of provincial gatherings across the Atlantic. A huge donkey, minus its tail, ia cut out of cakco, fixed against the wall, and all the company are provided with pins and a calico donkey a tuL Each gueat is then blindfolded in tarn, placed omoaite the figure on the wa.l, twiated round three times, and left to pm the tidl in ita right place the donkey. As the blind man acarcely ever hita the right place, the com- pany get plenty of fun out of their game. ' m â€" Bliuhes. Blushing is a disease. No one blushes for shame. While the woman of the world may wear cheeks of marble, the innocent country lass ia made red by beiag looked at The perjurer teUa hia atory without a change of color; the honest witness is flushed and confused by the lawyer wbo ia hired to aop- preaa truth in conrta ot jnatice. Conntieaa roaeaareaaidtoblnaknnaeen. liiey are very fooliah. Politidana never blnah, but they growred in the face ovrarthe apiritof the cam- paign, and daim modeaty aa an Inheritanoe. » The State of EJaoaM, wliich Weatern pion- eera fonad toedaaa and a dee^ aow haa more Aaa SO,O0D,OOO filiit-tnea and nune ttan 200,000 aerae of f orert-ireee, aU planted by its own people. Common BnonY Do not forget that 1. Alcoholic drinks do not support physi- cal strength during hot weather. 2. Seasonable weather is never unhealthy^ 3. Men and women should not eat the same kind and amount of food. When their manner of Ufa is entirely different. 4. Pie is not essentially indigestible nor, in general, can the quality of indigestibility be logically affirmed of any article of food absolutely, and apart from a consideration of the digestive capacity of the particular stomach the powers of which are to be tested. 5. Disease does not consist simply in the group of symptoms manifested in the case. 6. Morbid processes are not necessarily destructive, but are sometimes conservative. Disease in some casea may be nature's method in righting a wrong, or overcoming the effects of some disturbing agent A por- tion of the clinical picture of a disease is therefore made up of evidences of reaction, as well as of diiect morbid action. 7. In the production of true cholera in- fantum heat does not play the most impor- tant part nor does it furnish the main in- dication for treatment. 8. Persons are not necessarily well because they feel well nor does sickness consist in feeling sick. 9. Specifics do not exist in modern medi- cines. 10. If any one be ill, take drugs and re- cover, it does not follow that there is any connection between the administration of the remedy and the happy result nor does the repetition of such cases do more than es- tablish a probability of the remedy doing good in like caaea. 11. Even if a patient has had syphilis, it does not follow that every ailment subse- quently af9icting him must be syphilitic nor that he must for every ill take iodides. 12. It is not always necessary to remove insane persons from their homes though it must be admitted that the percentage of re- coveries in hospitals for the insane is much greater among mild and recent cases. 13. The actual years of one's life do not bear any positive relation to the occurrence of senile degeneration. 14. Typical hysteria cannot exist in a perfectly healthy patient, though the essen- tial lesson may not be discoverable by the pathologist .15. The conditions of modem life in our highest civilization are not the most favor- able for the development of a large, healthy and vigorous population. 16. There is no essential difference be- tween sanitary and sanatory science. KaUuial Fever. Remittent fever ia cloaely related to inter- mittent Each depends on the aame canae, and each ia characterized by frequent anbaid- ence of aymptoms, followed by their renewal. The intermissions of the one, however, have a singular regularity, lasting, according to the type of the fever, one, two, orthree days. The aubaidenoe iii remittent fevera ia only for a few houra, â€" gcmeraUy ia tiie morning, â€"and ia much less ia de|;ree, aa well aa m duration. Sometimea it ia hardly percep- tible. The aymptoma of remittent fever are alao more marked. I ae temperature reachea a higher point, a ^int at which, in aevere caaea, the blood ia dangeroualy, and ^n fatally, changed in ita nature. It generally reachea ito higheat point withla a few houra. It 18 the fever which ia ao fatally maU^unt on the weat ooaat of Africa, ud prevaila ex- tenaively in the jnnglea rf India. Ita fata- lity ia greatest in hot eMmlUm, bat ita exia- toice is not confined to the tropes, bat ia found ia evisry "»*i«TtH re^aa. The nalivea of nklariai nf^oo* are, in the ma^ liable only to iatBRnittant fover; whSte peracMiafrom alnoMl are meeinBy li- aWeto reuitteBl^ Intt^a^fla th^ have re- oovered, Mieinoatfy wwat lMi giiiirt fc â- abae. qoent attack. Thoae who h*». mitteat fever are liable to it^ weather, or ia a low coaditi^ Idng after removal to non nuW The ahorter and leaa marked anT" aiena, the greater ia the danstt* " Malarial meana bad air. r.^ analyaia reveak no difference W S rial and ordinary air. WithbT??^ bowever, a microscopic organic, l" diacovered in malaral air, whi^ the cause of the fever. It hag'S^H isolated, and when animals hwe w^ lated with it, they have exhibiufS characteriatio symptoms of tk '1 The organiam u found in patiente,ijj Witiiout doubt these genns-or the poiaonâ€" exiat in soils rich in dec*^ vegetable matter but they depead^ development on the co-action of h moistare. Still, they are often cteL" the wind to regions naturally wyi from themâ€" sometimes up into mom' regions, and to regions having a «ta^ rile soiL "Jil The upturning of soil for cnUivatio, J digging of canals, the building of JSi the obstruction of natural water-coun»J often followed by malarial epidemicil The premonitory symptoms are neulJ same as in intermittent fever, but th 1 stage is very much less, often onlv aJd feeling of chilliness. It is sometimal taken for typhoid fever, but the tyn^JS tient reaches a high temperature mnchJ gradually than one who is afdicted witiJ laria. ' ideatbjJJ iooB i« app aent bad "O* ft be rem«J ae io eoted, tb« (wn otAy Jda, tber J enjoyed iP iter long cj keep l^*® *^ Ttfaa detej the io\ f the bro Jiedock U the peol L tog over tl kkatall. ^* [looked up jn, and h| gckly./ort'l or leading â-  a loag c| fiking.car^ Inroacnl Mr. Beecher's Health. There is a lesson for many ot us in* sudden death of this most famous pre More than most men, he both undei. the laws of health, and obeyed them. " gave months every year to physical t^ vigoration. He well knew that brain-? exhausted the vital forces far more l manual toil, and that itcouldnotbecontii ed at a high tension from day to out grave danger. He equally well knew that su the atmosphere of the soul was as pote for health and life, as it is the sniia which kills the death- germs in the outi atmosphere, and he sought to keep ' genial and hopeful to the last. His ordinary intellectual work, becansj hi genius, cost him less expenditure of net and brain than did that of moat it workers. Almost every organ in his 1 was in good working order up to the f J stroke. Why, then, did he die One of the well-known facts of age iij tendency to arterial degeneration. 1 muscular coat, on which the strengths elasticity of the arteries depend, inclinei^ become either chalk-like and brittle, i mere fat Such defeneration in the hn] is more dangerous than it is elsewhet«, i the cerebral arteries are not supported! tough muscle. Every emotion increases tl force of the great central pump. All undue mental activity keeps til cerebral blood-pressure at a high tensioj swelling out the arterial walls, if the lattJ are weakened by fatty degeneration, am searching out every spot that is weaker tkl others, In such a case, a fatal hemorrha^l is liable to occur. The avoidance of unnsul excitement and undue brain work is tbil sole condition of safety. Now, we know that Mr. Beecher mil working on his ' Life of Christ " at a pml sure unusual for liiin in his best days, ucl the result shows that it was with the " swoitl of Damocles " hanging by a hair above liii| head. That book prH)ably killed him. How to Bead the Olonds- There can be no doubt that those, who ol)^| serve the clouds can make pretty shrefil guesses as to the weather for the next twei I ty-fotir hours. Proverbs relating to M clouds are very numerous, and we give afe»| of those which are applicable at this of the year: Anvil-shapec" clouds are very likly to be I followed by a gale of wind. I If the sky becomes darker without much I rain and divides into two layers of clonds, expect sudden gusts of wind. Brassy-colored clouds in the west at son I set indicate wind. If you see clouds going cross wind there i; a storm in the air. When on clear days isolated clouds dri« over the zenith from the rain- wind side, storm and jain follows within twentyfow hours. If the clouds be of different heights, the bky being grayish or dirty blue, with hardly any wind strring, the wind, however, chang ing from west to south, expect storm. Black clouds in the north in Winter indi cate approaching snow. If on a fair day in winter a white bank of clouds arise in the south expect snow. Small black clouds drifting from w southwest is a sign of rain. If in Winter the clouds appear fleecy. with a very blue sky, expect cold rain or snow. If clouds be dark Twill rain, do you hark If clouds be bright Twill clear to-nie:ht. K a layer of thin clouds drive up f«w the northwest and under other clouds mo^ ing more to the south, expect fine weawff; Clouds in the east obscuring the sun indi- cate fair weather. If the sky beyond the clouds is blue, Be glad there's a picnic for you. If the clonds at the same height drive up with the wind and gradually become thinner and descend, expect fine weather. Enough blue sky in the northwest w make a Scotchman a jacket is a sign of »P preaching. clear weather. When the clouds hang on the mo"" side after a rain and the sun shines on wF of the menntains the storm is over. The Barbed Wire Fence itrnck Abready the account of cattle being s^" by lightning and killed while huddled J^ gether near a barbed wire fense ^n""S thunder storm have begun to come Losaea of thia kind have become sonnme^ of late years that the question of i"*?**^ the wirea erf such fence is not seriously "" cussed. The humble rail fence is now .^ thing of beauty nor a joy forever, »" j seldom betrays the confidence of a wt tmstingcattle}that have assembled tog*^ in one ot its friendly corners tor mnrj; oonnsel and support in the hour ot ^^^ Many a zaaa who thinks he is eoini^^ the world afire finds, to hia sorrow. '-- •emebody hai tamed the hose on bo^ u «•