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LADIES’ COLUMN, An Unique Avocation* A'recent occurrence at Lynn, if vera cious reporters are to be trusted, seems to promise an opening for a new industry— or, more exactly speaking, anew employ ment. A couple in that city of leather being about to enter into the bands ami bonds of holy matrimony, were at a loss for a bridesmaid. Being evidently peo ple of expedients, they developed an original idea, and made a pilgrimage to an intelligence office in this city. • Here they discovered a handsome young woman, who for the trifling consideration of three dollars and her traveling ex penses, consented to act the part of bridesmaid, and although she was an utter stranger to both bride and groom, she played her role to the complete satis faction of all concerned. Now why should not the bridesmaids be kept in stock along with awnings, potted palms, decorative designs and all the rest of the ornamental paraphernalia used at the solemnization of hymeneal rites? It would afford honest employment for handsome but impecunious damsels, and bright often be a matter of no inconsider able convenience to people committing matrimony.— Boston Courier. l.atest Styles in Bracelet.. The bracelets worn to-day are in re markable contrast with the old fashioned chain manacles and stiff broad bands of former times. The latter were valued chiefly according to size and weight, while the present style include only such as are delicate and dainty in construction and of artistic pattern and finish. Num bered with new things attracting de jserved attention and promising to have a [long run are elastic reversible gold brace lets. These bracelets are composed of little box shaped sections strung together on a gold wire spring, and so arranged that the bracelet can be slipped over the hand with perfect ease, and yet adjust itself closely to the arm when in place. By this arrangement troublesome fasten ings are entirely dispensed with, and there is not the slightest danger of losing the bracelet from the arm. Tn addition to the merits of flexibility, durability and elasticity is the fact that these brace lets arc reversible. They arc equally well finished on both sides, and show two distinct styles of finish, affording two bracelets in one. For instance, the block pattern sections on one side may present the "crackle,"' or "bark” finish, and on the other plain or etched surface; or again, gems may appear on one side tor evening wear, and a plain surface on the other for less ceremonious occasions. The bracelets are as readily turned as are a strand of beads on a rubber cord, with the advantage of a durable gold wire coil in place of destructive rubber.— Jewelers' Circular. Faublon Noles. Velvet collars, cuffs, vests and bretelles are worn with ginghamsand satteens. .lackers of beaded lace and passemeu terie are worn over colored silk waists. A bow of ribbon on the side of the neck instead of in front is a fancy of the moment. Indian fabrics, with Hitin fancy stripes, arc used for trimmings with good effect. Lace covered hats and bonnets are made over colored crepe and trimmed with flowers. Ottoman silk sashes, six inches wide, are fastened at the side. Those of greater width are tied at the back in large, loose loops. Alpaca I'rancaisc is a new summer ma terial of a muslin-like texture, but far stronger. It has the lines of color in all the popular shades. Trimmings of velvet, brocade and other handsome materials are again car ried down the center of the backs on elegant French costumes. Lace flounces • n grenadine dresses are very wide, laid flat, and arc only slightly fulled, or not ata l !, and form the V>" Her and pouf in the back, sometimes panels and side robes. The new cambrics and batistes very much rcseml&e foulards both in colors ami patterns. The latter are chiefly dot-, commas and tiny flowrets. The figured materials are employed either by themselves or combined wdih self colon 1 fabrics of the same style. The;, chiefly trimmed with lace and em broil' ry. Skirts are now made somewhat wider than formerly . they measure from three to three and ha f yards in width, are gathered round the waist and worn over an underskirt of silk or alpaca, with a narrow fiouu< e or fluting showing be yond. This extremely simple fashion is more particularly suitable for summer materials, so soon crumpied. and which look new’ again when ironed out. Plain skirts are, of course, much easier to iron than draped or flounced oues. White wo dens are mide up for all sorts of occasions, and after the same models that other dresses are made. The heavier goods, such as flannelette, tricot and bison cloths, are cut in close tailor styles; while the finer veil'n .s. cadi meres and albatross cloths are u-adc more dressy for indoor afternoon and evening wear. Either braid or lace is generally used as trimming, chosen to suit the pur poses for which the dress is intended. The pay of a Russian army officer is very small. A full general gets from f 1,500 to $2,000 a year in our money, according to length of service; a lieuten ant-general from f 1,172 to f 1,750; s ma jor-general from ? 750 to $1,390, and a colonel commanding a three-battalion regiment, 2,400 strong, gets $594. It is stated that the Chinese govern ment, casting aside national prejudice, hjs called in the ail of European miners to work its coal mines. There are im mense deposits of ea. in China, and, with the aid nov, eflied in. they are ex pect J to be very quickly developed. £ljc (Beetle. VOL. TIL Life’s Sunny Side. What—you are dull to-day? In a sac 1 mull to-day? Up ind be social and Stirling, I pray Why so lugubrious? Take a salubrious Walk, and we’ll talk, lor I’ve something to say. Verily, verily, Things will go merrily 1 When you are merry, and busy, anC. brave. But If not cheerfully Tempered, but tearfully, Life is a tyrant, and you are its slave. If you go wilfully, However skilfully, Nursing year moods and your delicate whims, Life will be dumb to you, All things will come to you Touched by a shadow that saddens and dims. Life has two sides to it, Take the best guides to it, Look at the best and the brightest, my friend. Be a philosopher, Don’t look so cross over Matteis you never ean alter or mend. Look not so dismally Down the abysmally Dark—hanging over the precipice brink. Woust of ftll bias is Hypochondriasis— Sunshine is healthier than shadow. I think. If you would drive away Gloom and would hive ft way Honey-like peace in your innermost cell, Work—like the humble bee, Soft h t your grumble be; Burn your own smoke and the world will go w ell. —C. P. Crunch in Youth's Companion. AN UNPAID BILL “Thirteen ami seven are twenty ; and nine—oh, dear me 1 I wonder what that noise in the basement hall is I It sounds just like some one cry ing” Miss Comfort Walker laid down the pen wherewith she was industriously adding up her household accounts, and metaphorically speaking, pricke,d up her ears. “It is some one crying!” she said to herself. “Oh, dear, dear 1 what a world of tears and tribulation this is 1” Miss Walker had been penniless and unprotected at the age of 20, but she was not one of the “drooping ivy” kind that takes to needlework and tu bercles on the lungs. So Miss Com fort went boldly ahead, opened a first class boarding-house and made money. This was the history of the brisk lit tle woman in a brown debage dress and cherry ribbons at her neck, who bustled down stairs to see what could be the meaning <>f the vague, indefi nite sobbing sound which now became audible. “Oh, it's you, is it?” said Miss Com fort Walker, as she perceived Ellen O’Brien, the washerwoman, in the basement halt “Yes, it’s me, worse luck. Miss Com fort,” whimpered poor Ellen. “And what’s the matter ?” “It's me bill upstairs, Miss Comfort —the boarder in the second story front, with the gay goold shirt studs an’ the green and yellow stones in his sleeve buttons! Nine dollars and siv inty cents. Miss Comfort—six weeks’ washing and ironing—and now, when I makes bould to ax him would he be pleased to pay me, he tells me it isn’t convanient I And when I tells him how sore I need the money he ups and gets mad, and says I shan't have it at all.” Miss Comfort stood listening, with knitted brows and troubled black eyes. “Have you got your bill with you, Ellen?” said she, after a moment’s hesitation. “Jimmy wrote it out, all nate and proper,” faltered Ellen, producing a crumpled slip of pale blue paper from her pocket. Give it to me,” said Miss Comfort Walker. “And come here this even ing at 8 o’clock, and you shall have your money.” She went slowly up stairs with the little piece of paper in her hand. "It’s a shame,” said Miss Comfort. Leotard Carlyon was Miss Comfort Walker’s best boarder, with the single exception that, up to the present mo ment, his twenty-five dollars a week had been in future. it so chanced that one reason for her reposing so much confidence in Mr. Leotard Carlyon, the new board er, was that he was the nephew and heir apparent of Caleb Carlyon, the rich banker from whom she rented her brown stone house, at the trifling con deration of three thousand dollars er annum. So she went bravely up to Mr. ..rlyon’s room and tapped at the loor. “Come in,” he called out. “Oh, it’s ou. Miss Walker, is it?” Miss Comfort advanced valiantly with the bill in her ha nd to where Leotard Carlyon reclined languidly amid a heap of sofa pillows, with a newspaper in his hand. “ Don’t you think you could settle this little account, Mr. Carlyon she asked. “The poor woman needs it so very much.” 1 SUMMERVILLE GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9,1885. Leotard Carlyon’s handsome black brows darkened. “She has been to you with her story, has she?” snarled he. “No, I can’t settle it. And I wouldn’t if I could.” So Miss Comfort tied on a little brown velvet hat she had trimmed with scarlet poppies and brown au tum leaves, and set out bravely for the Mount Orient Bank. The clerk stared at her a little curi ously as she was shown into the presi dent’s room at the back, where Mr. Carlyon sat, straight and upright, with blue eyes like a falcon and hair slight ly sprinkled with gray. He elevated his brows at the sight of Miss Comfort Walker. And she told the story of Ellen O'Brien and her wrongs. “May I ask, Miss Walker, why you interest yourself so markedly in this affair?” the banker asked, with a cold, measured calm that contrasted strangely with the little woman’s heat and flurry. “Because I think no man has a right to cheat a poor woman out of her hard earned money.” "Cheat is astrong word, Miss Wal ker,” observed the landlord. "It's the only correct word in this i case, Mr. Carlyon,” retorted Miss Com j fort, secretly marvelling at her own courage in thus daring to confront the stately banker. “Perhaps he is owing something to yourself?” questioned the banker, keenly. “Yes, sir, he is,” Miss Comfort made ■ answer. "But it isn’t that I came i about. I am quite able to attend to my own financial debts, even to lose a little if it should be necessary, but this poor woman is friendless and alone.” Mr. Carlyon glanced at his watch. Miss “omfort turned toward the door. “I am sorry that my time is no longer at my own disposal,” said he courteously. , And Miss Comfort went away al most crying. “Now I’ve made an enemy of him, , as well as Mr. Leotard, and haven’t done the least good in the world,” she thought. "And he will let the house to some one else in the spring, and— and—but, after all, I am not sorry that I did my best. Poor, poor Ellen 1 What shall I say to her when she , comes at 8 o’clock ?” , But that evening, just as Miss Com fort was beginning again at her pile of account books, a ring came to the , door, and Mr. Carlyon. the banker, was shown in. Miss Comfort rose up, confused and fluttering. “Miss Walker, pray don’t let me , disturb you,” said the banker. "I have only dropped in for a little social . call. You showed yourself to me to day in a different light from any in which you have yet appeared.” “A dun?” demanded poor Miss Com fort, almost hysterically. , “No—a true-hearted, noble-natured . woman ! But you need no longer dis tress yourself. The bill is paid. And now, if you are at leisure, I’ll just take iny evening cup of tea with you.” How pleased and proud Miss Com fort was, as she poured the decoction of fragrant Young Hyson into her great grandmother’s china cun, decor ated with butterflies and oblong scrolls of gilt and violet I And how she kept wondering all the while how ! in the world Mr. Carlyon, the great 1 banker, could take such interest in her homely and humdrum little af fairs. But if she had only known it, Mr. Carlyon seldom came across a true, , real heart in his complicated business transactions. “It’s not true,” said Mr. Leotard. "My uncle never would make such a fool of himself at his age. Why, he’s fifty if he’s a day!” “Only forty-four,” said Mrs. Leigh j Creswick, with malicious delight. “But, of course, it must be a great j mortification to you, Mr. Leotard, i who have always been looked upon as I his heir. And to think, too, he is go i ing to marry that queer little old wo ! man who keeps the boarding house. ! For it’s true I True as taxes I I saw j the wedding ring myself at ’s.” “Mr. Leotard Carlyon gnawed si lently at his mustache. How strange ly little circumstances are woven to gether into life’s web, he thought. If he had paid that whimpering washer woman’s bill she would not have con fided her woes to Miss Comfort Walk er ; ami Miss Comfort Walker would not have gone to his uncle ; and his uncle wouldn’t have fallen in love with Miss Comfort’s rosy cheeks and bonnet neither, and he would still have been the rich banker’s heir ap ' parent. He wished he had paid the washer woman’s bill 1 ======— Consul Shaul, at Manchester, Eng., s says farm expenses in that country are ■■ fully 10 per cent, dearer than in the 1 United States, notwithstanding the much higher wages paid here. The Bread of Persia. “Persian bread,” writes a corre spondent now in Afghanistan, “is a very peculiar production; it is made in large flaps, in some cases about a yard long. If ever the Persians reach the advanced state of morning newspa pers they might have them printed on j their bread, so that they could read the news while they eat, and swallow everything literally. On seeing these large flaps I have often thought that they must resemble the blacksmith’s leathern apron, which was the old standard of Persia; if the bread is not made after that model they have man , aged to produce an article very like it, i not only in size but in color and tough ness at the same time. We have had now nearly two months’ experience of this material, and it was a delight i on coming here to get at our breakfast the first morning bread that was made on a somewhat later model than an old . leather apron. The chances of finding a change in this detail of our daily ; life on reaching the Indian camp had often been discussed on the way, when we were hard at work trying to mas ticate pieces of the leather kind. One of our party said he knew Major Rind, the commissariat officer of the other camp, and that he was not a man like ly to come away without the means of . baking good bread, but we had so long been used to that Persian kind that i these assurances did not inspire much hope. There had been doubts, but these were dispelled at our first break- > fast. Butter actually appeared on the i table with the bread. I fear for the 1 moment we either forgot or thought ■ lightly of the splendid pillaus in th 0 1 breakfast prepared for ns by the Gov ernor of Khorassan’s cook at Meshed, or the many delicacies All Mardan treated us with at Sarakh.s, (Lie man 1 while munching a great mouthful of > bread and butter—the amount in his mouth slightly interfered with his ar ticulation—but wo made out that ho meant to say it was almost’as good as . arriving at Dover. Os course he meant - to add that it was after having been a ' longtime in the East away from En- > gland, but at that instant he had not a moment to spare, and left the sentence - in its incomplete form as hero record* [ ed.”— London News. > ■ "" The Bright-hued Fish of the Sea. The water of the Rod Sea is of an in* j, tense green color, and so transparent that even at the depth of two fathoms the sea bottom is distinctly visible. It is carpeted with coral-plants of many species, and with numerous other ‘‘wonder of the deep” of both the ani mal and vegetable kingdoms. Thein- I finite diversity of form and color and arrangement, still f arther varied by the t restless medium through which it is seen, makes a sight which the eye nev er wearies of contemplating. This beauty is still farther enhanced by the ( thousands of brightly colored fishes which flash through the waters. They I are truly marvelous for their beauty of form and color. To say that every col or of the rainbow is represented is an utterly insufficient comparison. Not only are there violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red fish, of purest hue, but there are numbers , which combine two or more of these j colors. One little finny fellow of most , graceful form was of a delicate cobalt blue, with fins and tail of a fine lemon ( yellow; there were others with dark blue stripes of a rich golden ground; some black, with silver spots; some red, with green fins and tail; others with secondary and tertiary colors mingled in most elaborate patterns and delicate proportions; while one species, having a rich, warm green for its prevailing hue, has fins and tail j edged with genuine prismatic , spectrum.— St. Louis GMe- Democrat. The Niagara Falls Park. Among the good works authorized • by the last legislature of New York is - the formation of a park at Niagara • Falls, by which all the grounds and waters necessary for the preservation and public access to those great won ders of nature are secured to the peo ple in- perpetuity. The sum of one and a half million dollars has been ap propriated by the State to secure the purchase of private property. Lands, equal to a little more than one hun dred acres hava been bought. The grounds and buildings on both sides of River and Canal Sts. west and south • of the hydraulic canal have been tak en by the Park Commissioners. The I ‘ lines extend to the main channel of 1 tlie river, and middle of the Horse 1 Shoe Falls, being the boundary line I between Canada and the United 1 States, and the purchas - t in Goat ; Island and all the litti<- ; Jets, with j their various mills, streets, and pas- | sage ways. By the terms of 'he act the i whole tract is to be restored as far as possible to its original state of nature, ’ and when this is accomplished, the trees grown, and ail the improvements ! perfected, the attractions of Niagara ■ will be increased a Uiousnd fold.—iScz- entific American. SCIENTIFIC SCKAPS. As tissue-exhustion —resulting from toil, privation or anxiety—promotes the development of cancer, an English medical authority thin <s the marked increase in th ■ de ith-rate from that disease during the last half century may be readily <xplained by a glance at the history of our laborious age. Angle worm-;, fish, etc., are often caught up into the clouds by revolving storms, and then dropped again m; ny miles from the place where they were taken up. Small fish have often been found in puddles of water in villagi streets, to the astonishment of peoph who were unacquainted with the phenomenon. From an examination of several skulls found in North and South America, and believed to have be longed to inhabitants living before the glacial period, Dr. Kollmann con cludes that the races of that ancient epoch are those of to-day, the same cranial and facial forms being found, in spite of lapse of time and change environment. Miss E. A. Ormerod, England's well-known entomologist, reports that her many correspondents all agree that sparrows will not feed on insects when seeds, grain, fruit and other vegetable food is within reach. She therefore advocates a judicious destruction of the house-sparrow for the protection of crops, but is careful to show that tlie objection does not extend to other small birds. Near the equator perpetual snow covers the mountains at the height of 15,207 feet; in latitude 60 deg, it is found at 3,818 feet, and in 75 deg. at 1,016 feet. The main cause of this is not that the solar rays possess less heat in the higher regions, as the con trary has been proved, but that the portions of tlie earth’s crust projecting far up into the atmosphere, as is the case with high mountains, possess less of the interior heat of the earth, being more subject to cooling by ra diation, which has caused their tem perature to descend to such a very low degree that even a midday tropical sun cannot raise it to 32 deg. F. Professor Huxley assests that the proper weigtit of man is 154 pounds, made up as follows : Muscles and their appurtenances, 68 pounds ; skeleton, 24 pounds; skin, 10 1-2 pounds; fat, 28 pounds; brain, 3 pounds; thoracic viscera, 3 1-2 pounds; abdominal viscera, 11 pounds; blood which would drain from the body, 7 pounds. The heart of such a man should beat 75 times a minute, and he should breathe 15 times a minute. In 24 hours he would vitiate 1,750 cubic feet of pure air to the extent of 1 per cent.—a man, therefore, of the weight mentioned, should have 800 cubic feet of well-ventilated space. He would throw off by the skin 18 ounces of water, 300 grains of solid matter, and 400 grains of carbonic acid every 24 hours; and his total loss during that period would be 6 pounds of water and a little more than 2 pounds of other matter. The New York Morgue. The morge is attached to the great Charity Hospital of New York, which is situated at the foot of Twenty-sixth street, on the East River—the place being once known as "Bellevue.” From the foot of this street the steam boat plies to and from Blackwell’s Is land (where the penitentiary is situ ated), the distance being two miles. As you enter the hospital grounds you pass a small brick structure, with a large window opening into the street, and here one often notices a crowd gazing with intense interest. No wonder, for inside that window lie the unknown dead. The floor is stone, with a drain which keeps it dry. Its sole furniture is a pair of stone tables, each slanting so as to allow moisture to escape by dripping. On these tables are exposed i the bodies of the unknown dead, and ■ the room is open from nine until five, in order to permit inspection. The corpses are stripped of their clothing, but are covered by an India rubber cloth, which only permits the head to .be seen. In hot weather a jet of cold ■ water is often thrown upon them in i order to prevent decomposition, for as soon as this begins they are sent to the ! Potter’s field. An important feature in the morgue is its wardrobe, and what strange emotions are felt as one j gazes on this varied array of garments I whose owners will, in most instances, never be known! Each one is num bered and accompanied by a few words of description. Here, for in stance, are pantaloons, shirt and vest labeled, “Picked up in East river Jan ; uary 12, 1881 —buried on the 18th.” ■ Another is a full suit marked, "Picked up in the street; stabbed.” These garments are kept for a year, and ; even longer, in order to assist in iden tifying those who have gone to the i trenches of the Potter’s field.— Cincin- I nati Enquirer. NO. 34. I Know. I know to-day th© golden non Is lying in my little room, I know the lilacs, everyone, Are bursting into bud and bloom And on the curtain, to and fro, The trembling shadows come and gi *. Z know the birds, just as of old, Are fashioning their dainty nests, There are some with wings like burnished gold And robins with their crimson breasts; Dear robins that have come so long, And brought new meanings to their song. And there beneath the sheltering eaves, Far out of reach and way of harm. They sit and brood, while clustering leaves Windswept, sing o’er and o'er the song— The song of Lite that Nature sings, That wells from out the heart of Springs ! I know the tender hawthorn hedge Is wearing emerald crown to-day; That woodbine by the garden’s edge With every breath of wind doth sway; I know the pansy’s tender eyes Are looking upward to the skies, And that, like sentinels by the gate, Bly maples listening ever wait. L. M. Fogg. HUMOROUS. Why is there nothing like leather? Because it is the sole support of man. A man never wants to laugh when a fly lights on his nose; nevertheless he is greatly tickled. The more rocks a man has the bet ter off he is, according to an exchange. It is different with cats we believe. “Courtin’,” says Artemus Ward, “is like strawberries and cream—wants to be did slow: then you git ihe flavor.” Nothing was ever got together in the platform of a political party that meant more or panned out less than a boy’s first attempt at gardening. Pray tell us, ladies, if yon can, who is that highly favored man, who, though he’s married many a wife, may be a bachelor all his life? A clergy man, "Hurrah!” cries the urchin; “the circus is here, And, by golly, I haven’t a cent!” Bnt ho dodges around till he finds the coast clear, And then ho crawls under the tent. An Arizona man has stopped tab ing an agricultural paper. He wrot to the editor asking how to get rid o: I gnats. The answer came in the next ; issue of the paper, “Kill them.” Before they are married she wil * carefully-turn down his coat colla i - when it gets awry, but afterwar. 1 she’ll jerk it down in position as if sb- was throwing a doormat out of th< 1 j window. “Do you think your father is going Ito move out soon?” inquired th< ’ owner of a rented house of the son oi his tenant. "Think so,” was the re ' ply; “we’ve begun using the window t frames for firewood.” , A gentleman was giving a little boy some peanuts the other day. The good mother said, “Now, what are you going ’ to say to the gentleman?” With ” childish simplicity the little fellow f . looked up in the gentleman’s face and replied, “More.” Life on the Planet Mars. i Prof. Lockyer is of the opinion that 1 i human life on the planet Mars may be 1 i very much like life on the earth ; the 3 j light cannot be so bright, but the or- ! gans of sight may be so much more ‘ | susceptible as to make the vision quite ■ 1 as good. The heat is probably less, as " i the polar snows certainly extend fur- I ther, but by no means less in propor -1 tion to the lessened power of the solar 1 \ rays. He agrees with others that sev- - j eral very remarkable seas, Including 1 inland seas, some of them connected ’ i and some not connected by straits with 3 still larger seas, are now definable in | the soutiiern hemisphere, in which, as 1 in the case also with the earth, water B \ seems to be much more widely spread ? than in the northern hemisphere. 1 ; There is, for example, a southern sea I exceedingly like the Baltic in shape ; 1 \ and there is another and still more re markable sea, now defined by the ob ! ■ servations of many astronomers, one . i near the equator, a long, strangling • arm, twisting, almost in the shape of L an 8 laid on its back, from east to I ' west, at least one thousand miles in j length and one hundred in breadth, j <■ 3; Pap ir Slippers. 3 j Paper slippers are the latest form in 1 which paper is introduced in new in ’ j ventions. An Englishman has patent - 3: ed a system of manufacturing slippers, ■ sandals, and other coverings for the ‘ i feet out of paper. Paper pulp, or pa ' pier mache, is employed forth, upper, which is moulded to the desired form s and size, and a sole is provided made " of paper or pasteboard, leather board or other suitable paper material,which * • is united to the upper by means of ce -3 ment, glue, or other adhesive material. *■ The upper is creased, embossed, or perforated at the instep and sides, * ! which renders them somewhat pliable, ■ and prevents their cracking while ii i use.— Scientific American. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Shallow Cultivation. When sod ground has been plowed for a hoed crop the usual tendency is to cnliivate deeply "to keep the gras.- down.” But this is unnecessary. L’ well plowed the grass roots can only lai revived by light and air penetrating to the bottom of the furrow. The very shallowest cultivation, or merely smooth ing over the surface, will prevent this even more effectually than deeper tillage, which might upturn some of the grass and thus do as much harm as good. Passing over the field once in three days with the smoothing harrow will do as effectual work as cultivating more deep ly. But it should lie repeated as often as once a week, or more frequently, if there are rains to wash the surface and make holes through which the sod can get a breathing place. After two or three weeks of this cultivation the sod will rot sufficiently to make deeper til lage possible without injury. For kill ing quack or Canada thistles deeper cul tivation is important, but for ordinary sod, timothy or June grass only shallow cultivation will be needed all the season. —Cultivator. Apple Tree Borers, in Brief. R here arc three prominent and very destructive apple tree borers in the United States. Sapcrda Candida and Saperda cretata are much alike, live as grubs each three years, boring through and through the trees, and often so xveaken ing the trunk that the tree becomes vic tim to the first hard wind. The beetles lay their eggs in June and July. The big headed borer or grub —bores on the south, west, or southwest side of the trees; lives but one year; works just under the bark which turns dark colored xvithout the excavations ; work on branches as well as trunk, and is more apt to attack trees of feeble growth, hence more to be dreaded after winters, and the first year after planting. These beetles also lay eggs in June and July. The remedy for all these insects cheap, sure, and easy of application— is to glove one’s hands and rub the trunks and main branches with soft-soap. This ought to be done early in June, and three or four weeks later, though one ap plication is often effective. It is aston ishing to note how the trees, by their added vigor, thrift and healthful ap pearance, endeavor to thank us for thia excellent use of a little soft-soap. I* or young orchards this is specially desira ble. The soap kills the eggs or pi events oviposition. An Apple-Growing Ento mologist. Sheep- Have you sheep? If not, get some. They were never cheaper, and never better. Don’t fret about the "tariff on wool.” It does not concern you in the least. What you most need just now ie a liberal supply of good, sweet, fresh mutton for your table; let the wool come in as an "incidental.” If you cannot raise the needed money, trade some of the side meat hanging in the smoke house, or two or three of the shotes in tended for next fall’s killing - anything, so you get the sheep. We know just what we are writing about, and we mean it. You ought to raise every calf, and we arc not going to advise you to "veal” a single one, lint if you feel that you must, don’t sell it to the butcher. Keo. it until at least five weeks old, make it thoroughly fat, kill it yourself, and keep at least one "quarter" for your own table. Sell the other “quarters” to some parties who know what good veal is, and arc willing to pay for it. sou will get more for them than from the butcher for the whole calf, have a week’s good living for yourself out of the head, liver, and the other quarter, and have the hide for the trouble of killing. And so with eggs and poultry; supply your own table first, and sell the surplus. Os course sell the "early broilers.” Townspeople are willing to pay high prices for then., and don’t know that the old hen, xvhich thev so much despise, is infinitely better, if properly cooked, as well as greatly cheaper. And so on through the season. Live better than you have been doine Make a point of living as well as you can. It is your privilege—it is your duty to yourself and your family—and you will be a better man. a better citizen and abetter farmer for if.—F. D. Cur tis, in Our Country Home. Ifoitaeliold Hliifw. Lamp wicks should bs changed fro quently, if a clear, bright flame is de sired. Pumpkin seeds are very attractive to mice, and trans baited with them wili soon destroy this little pest. Turpentine in small quantities may be used with advantage in the laundry, but resin, which is usually found in soap, is injurious, discoloring some goods and shrinking woolens. A small quantity of carbolic acid added to paste, mucilage and ink will prevent mold. An ounce of the acid to a gallor of whitewash will keep celLirsand dairie from the disagreeable odor which often taints milk and meat kept in such places. A solution of oxalic acid has bee! used for removing ink stains from co* ton, linen, or the fingers, but it is at tended with the danger of injuring tex tiles and the skin. A much saferand better treatment of ink or rust stab's consists of the application of two parts of powdered cream of tartar and one part of finely powdered oxa’ic acid. Shake up the ingredients well together and apply the powder with a dry rag to he dampened skin. When the spot has disappeared the part should be well washed. To remove ink stains from paper, make a solution of muriate of tin, two drachms; water, four drachms, ana apply with a camel's hair brush. Ccolc. Mother Goose is said to be living w Maine at the age of one hundred