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Agricultural.
The Sugar Btet.
Tbe following hints regarding the
sugar beet are from 7 he Sugar Beet:
"Recent experiments upou beet-eeed
show that the germinating qualities
depend upon the changes their oily
substances have undergone through
the oxygen of the air. If seeds have
absorbed too much moisture, or if they
have been gathered too soon, they are
not easily preserved. A good seed in
one locality is not necessarily good in
another, hence the importance of pro
ducing the seed in those districts
where it is to be sown. The larger the
seed, within reasonable limits, the
better the quality. Many recommend
heavy seed ; the lighter ones should
in fact, be rejected. A curious fire
test foi the germinating qualities of
beetseed has been suggested. It con
sists in submitting the seed to heat—
if it burns without noise or disturbance
it may be considered of a poor quality.
Sugar beets, in the colder climates, go
to seed only after the second year ; as
the flower forms so does the sugar di
minish ; in warmer climates beets
frequently go to seed the fiist year
Hence the impossibility of profitably
growing these roots in the Southern
States for other purposes than stock
food. When selecting mother roots
for seeding purposes give pieference to
those having leaves of a moderate
size. Excellent results are said to
have been obtained, by combining a
small quantity tf tribasic phosphate
cf lime with beet pulp, to be fed to
cattle. The proper quantity is twenty-
five grains per diem. In those coun
tries where care is bestowed in raising
beets the agricultural inteiest is on
the increase. Did you ever hear of a
farmer planting ten acres ot beets
yearly upon ten different plots of land
for ten consecutive years and declaring
fc^iere is no money in beets ? We
never have. Why not? Because those
trying this have then realized that
the soil has been improved by deeper
ploughing, their cattle have been in
good health when fed on the roots, and
.the resultttig manure has been pleoti-
fuY&nd rich.”
Rearing Young Calves by Hand.
The demand for milk being great at
all seasons, the necessity often arises
for weaning calves when only a few
days old. The practice is wrong, but
we must make the best of it and en
deavor to feed the calves in such man
ner as to keep them in health. A good
substitute for milk is bean s< up, made
thin enough to drink, to which has
been added corn meal and a small
propoition of salt. If it is possible to
add milk to the bean soup it will be
much better for the calf. Occasionally
the diet should be chat ged by making
a strong infusion or decoction of
clover or hay, which is prepared by
running the clover through a cutter
and steeping it in water for a few hours.
This decoction should be salted a little,
and have added to it fine bran or ship-
stuff. It is essential in feeding young
calves to change the food as much as
possible, and always see that it is of a
nourishing quality. Beans are tbe
best substitute for milk, but milk is
better than anything eke. One thing
should not be < verlooked, however,
which is that there is little to gain
from a calf when improperly cared for
in it> earlier days.
Farm yard manure is often seriously
injured by allowing too much water to
fall upon it, whereby some of its most
important elements are washed out qf
it. This, with the loss of ammonia by-
drying, produces a condition of things
happily set off in the humerous de
scription of "Drychafl’s dung-cart—
that creaking hearse that is carrying
to the fields the dead body whose
spirit has departed.”
As a protection for peach trees from
the ravages of the borer, The Weekly
Times recommends the application of
the following mixture : Thick lime
wash,one pailful; clay enough to make
a thin paste; a shovelful of fmh cow
dung, and one ounce of carbolic acid.
Pail t this thickly on the Jrees up to
three feet above the ground. If it is
too thick, dilute with water and add a
little more carbolic acid in proportion,
as this is the «ffeciive agent.
How to Train Tomato Vine*.
A correspondent of 1 he Country
Gentleman thus explains how tv neigh
bor of his tiaius his tomato vines,
which he says is the most profitable
way he lias ever seen :
W hen li is g r ou u d is mad e re ad y, h e st ts
the ylanta in rows about lour feet apart,
and three feet in the row. When about
places a stake about
drive# into the
a half
the plants grow to have a crotch at or
near the ground. As these two
branches grow, he entwines them
about the s ake. When any brauches
start out of the main stalk they are al
lowed to grow only a few inches long,
then headed in by taking off the ter
minal buds. In that way many side
brunches are furnished for bearing.
When planted in this way the plants
are easily cultivated; light and air
freely circulating in every part. The
tomatoes being thus favored, grow
very large, and being so far above the
ground, are free from dirt, and all
washing and cleansing are avoided.
They are ready for market when
picked. Where there is not a suita
ble branch formed near the ground,
one stalk is wound around the stake,
and does very well. When the stalks
reach the top of the stake they are not
allowed to go higher. On plants set
out in this climate about the last of
April or the first of May, the first ripe
ruit appears about the middle of July
and growth of vine and yield of fruit
continues until frost kills the leaves,
usually three months of ripening.
The object < f the trimming is to in
duce growth of fruit instead of unnec
essary branches. When the plant is
growing rapidly, the trimming needs
to be done once in ten or twelve days.
Under this system 1200 to 1500 bushel*
per acre have been raised.
Notes and Queries.
Makers of Violins.
At present, so far as the writer
knows, only one English violin maker
has had the honor of coming down to
posterity in verse. Tnis is Young,
who lived in St. Panl’3 Churchyard,
in 1728, aud who, together with his
sou, formed th/e subject of the follow
ing catch, by Purcell:
“You scrapers that waut a good Addle, well
strung,
You must go to the man that Is old while he’s
Young ;
But if this same Addle you fain would play
bold,
You must go to his son, who’ll be Young
when he’s old.
“ There's old Young, and young Young,
both men of renown,
Old sells and young plays the best Addles
In town;
Young and old live together, and may they
live long,
Young, to play an old Addle, old, to sell a
ne\y song.”
In a church at Lubeck is the foliow-
iug mural inscription :
You call Me the Master, and you do
not question Me.
You call Me the Light, and you do
not look to Me.
You call Me the Way, and you do
not follow Me.
You call Me the Life, and you do
not wish for Me.
You call Me the Wise, and you give
Me no attention.
You call Me the Lovely, and you
love Me not.
You call Me Rich, and you ask Me
nothing.
You call Me the Everlasting, and
you see < Me not.
You call Me the Merciful, and you
trust Me not.
You call Me the N.sble, and you
serve Me not.
You rail Me the Almighty, aud ypu
honor Me not.
You call Me the Righteous, and you
fear Me not.
I condemn you, and you cannot
blame Me.
Prose and Poetry of Humor.
The Parisians ate seven thousand
horses and ten donkeys last year.
The latter part of the diet looks rather
cannibalistic.
"Marriage,” said an unfortunate
husband, "is the churchyard of love.”
"And you men,” replied his wife, are
the grave diggers.”
The following thrilling tale needs
no comment: "A burglar got into the
house of a country editor. After a
terrible struggle the editor succeeded
in robbing him.”
The Lady Shopper.
A woman enters a drv-goods store,
Steps to a clerk who stands near the door,
Asks him to show her the latest style,
And she pulls over the goods meanwhile.
She says : “I want a dress for my niece ;
Will you please show me that under piece ?
Oh ! 1 didn’t see 'twas a polka spot,
That is tco near like the one she’s got.
That piece with the stripes will just suit me,
It’s Just as pretty as it can be;
But she wants a betti r-covered ground,
With a sort of a vine running all ’round.
She don’t want too dark, nor yet too light,
Or a striped piece, nor vet very bright;
I think she’d like what you showed me last,
But do you think the colors are fast ?
CutotTa i It, before I decide,
I’ll take the piece home aud have it tried.
I had a dress like that last fall,
And the colors did not v, ash at all.
I like those patterns there on the end, ’
I’ll take a lew samples lor a friend,
Now one of thi°, if you’ll be so kind,
Aud a bit of that if you’d not mind,
They're the nicest styles I’ve seen this year,
I most always do my trading here.
I have got a piece .hat cau e from here,
I forgot the prioc—-’twas pretty dear.
It’s a sort cf a dark alpaca stuff,
I want to fAatch it, I’ve not enough.
Do you think you have It In the store ?
My dress is spoiled If I cau’t get more.
Will you put these samples In a bill ?
I’ll know where 1 got them if you will.
I’ll take them home ; If she thinks they’ll do
You’ll see me back in a day or two.”
"Eugenie, Eugenie, will you still
insist on wearing the hair of another
woman upon your bead?” "Al-
phouso, Alpbonso, do you still insist
upon wearing tbe skin of another calf
upon your feet?”
The Egyptian Side of the
Dispute.
The “Dog-Watch.”
"There is an expression oommen
among sailors alluding to the division
of the ‘watch’ between 4 aud 8 o’clock
p. m. This watch is divided into two
‘dog-watches,’ each of two hours. It
is commonly said that the expression
is derived from the idea of-a dog sleep
ing with one eye open. But it seems
to have a classical origirf—the double
headed dog of Yama, called the four-
eyed (evanau c aturaks au); whilst
one head slept the other kept watch.
This seems to have changed into
doubled-headed bird,as in my ‘Roman
tic History of Buddha,’ p. 380 ss. ‘The
heads took it in turn which should
watch.’ It is curious that yarnas
means a ‘watch.’ It is also curious
that in a plate of a ship given in the
first volume (at the end) of Pliny the
Younger’s ‘Natural History’ (ed.
Harduiui), the bird with two necks is
distinctly represented twice. This
embler-i may he the same as the Dio
scurl, the sign of the ship in which
St. Paul was carried. At any rate,
the‘dog-watch’ must be derived from
this story of a double headed dog di-
the watch.”—Athenaum.
Before these words are read hostili
ties may have begun in Egypt. It is
natural that our sympathies should go
with people of our own race and reli
gion, and owing to the treacherous
slaughter of foreigners on June 11, we
are not disposed to pay much attention
to the Egyptian side of the quarrel
that is now tnreatemng. Tn reality the
native Egyptian finds himself placediu
exactly the same jeopardy as is the
native Hindoo in India, the Algerian
in Algiers and the red savage in this
country ; they are face to face with a
newer and doubtless a better civiliza
tion, aud, though they do not w^nt it
and cannot be taught to accept it
peaceably, they will have it forced
upon them and will be killed for re
fusing it. It is not a new story to the
student of history; but the average
Egyptian is not a student of history,
and he would not regard the civilizing
process any more favorably if ha were.
He sees his native laud turned over to
the government of men aliens in
blood, religion and sympathy, and
while they fill all the posts of hono^
and emolument he foots all the bills.
Under these circumstances, perhaps,
the European condemnation of his
course may not be altogether just, aud
as all our information comes through
sources distinctly hostile to him it is
possible that lie may not be as bad as
he is painted. In this connection, a
report of 8ir Edward Mslet, the Eng
lish Comptroller in Egypt, made to
Lord Granville is interesting.
It appears that there are about thir
teen hundred foreigners in the Egypt
ian civil service, and their salaries
amount to nearly $2,000,000 yearly.
England, France, Germany, Jtaly,
Austria, Belgium, Greece, Switzerland,
Poland, Turkey and the United States
are represented iu this list. General
Stone, the Chef de l’Etate, Major
General or Adjutant General of the
army, is the single American ; but it
is pleasant to see that Americans come
high, his salary of $7500 being far
above the average. These is one
Frenchman who draws $12,500 as Di
rect 3r General of Public Works; an
other, with the same salary, as Chief
of the Railway Department, and a
third, with $0000, as Private Secretary
to the Khedive. Two Geriuauw, as
Judges, receive nearly $0000 each, and
au Austiiau fills the place of Assistant
Secretary of State at a salary of about
$10,000. The Germans, as a rule, are
satiotied with moderate incomes,fang-
irg from $15)0 to $3000, while the
petty places at salaries ranging from
$10tK) down to $300 are mostly filled by
Greeks, Belgians and Austrians. But
the English are the cormorants ; there
ere seventeen, beginning with Sir Ed
ward himself at $3 ).000, whose average
salary is $10,000 apiece. It must not be
supposed that the English confine
themselves to ti e high salaries;
tnough they have more of the high
figures than any other nationality
has, they do not despise small things.
There are more than » d< zen who get
from $500 to $1(00, and nearly one
hundred who get less than $500 each.
The Turks come iu for a few good
places, and the Swiss for two or three ;
Russia has naturally been excluded by
English influence, and Spain, Portu
gal and the Scandinavian countries
have not as yet got a foothold. They
are far away, and have little inter
course with Egypt by commerce or
otherwise ; but as soon as the claim is
made by any persons of those national
ities places will doubtless be found for
then®. The only, nation having any
interest in E^ypt which is not repre
sented in the Egyptian civil service is
Egypt. The whole list does not con
tain the name of a single native. Let
it be remembered that a civil list cost
ing two million dollars annually is no
light load for a nation that pay s mole
than forty million dollars interest on
i s bonded debt, and has great diffi
culty in raising that amount.
It is net only a source of Indignation
to the native mat he gets \jone of the
Government money for which he is
taxed, but he knows that the foreigner
costs him too dear. He, or his leaders,
compare the Europeans’ salaries in
Egypt with the value that would be
put on their serv ces at home, and he
is moved to double wrath to see not
only unwelcome < fticials forced on
him but exorbitant salaries paid to
them ; for no matter how trifling tbe
sum paid it is sure to be higher than
they could get in their own country for
the same work. To the native naught
remains but the army. He is allowed
to swell the ranks of fighting men at
will, and although even the higher
grades there were once filled by for
eigners that has been changed within
the last few years, so that all are now
natives. It seems extraordinary that
England aud France, with their great
special interests in Egypt, aud the
general interest of all Europe in pre
serving order among the Orientals,
should have allowed the army to pass
wholly into native control. While
they have given every facility to
Egyptian < fticers to perfect themselves
in the knowledge o f military matters,
they have not conciliated them speci
ally, and Arabi Bey thus finds him
self well equipped with a devoted
army, whose officers have been edu
cated by his enemies. It does not
seem unreasonable that the natives,
having no control of the civil estab
lishment and feeling themselves plun
dered by the foreigners, should draw
the weapon that these same foreigners
have so conveniently forged to their
hand. European interference may
now be a matter of necessity iu Egypt,
but it is not so clear that the native is
wholly to blame.—Ex.
A Fresh Young Congressman.
He was a fresh Congressman from a
rural district, and when he got to
Washington he found every other
member had a private sicretary, so
he hired one. But, though fresh, he
was energetic, and a man of vigorous
ideas. One day he said to his secre
tary : " Mr. Skeeis, tc-morrow I shall
speak on the tariff questiou.” "To
morrow,” said the Secretary ; "that’s
rather short time, but I guess I caa do
it. Which side are you on ?” "The
free trade side, sir.” The secretary
left the room, and the Congressman
was rather puzzled to comprehend his
remark. Next morning, bright and
early, his secretary appeared and
handed him a paper. “ What is
this?” asked the member. "Your
speech.” "My speech ?” "Yes;
I’ve written out what you are to say
on the tariff issue.” " You miserable
wretch,” cried the enraged member,
"do you assume to dictate what I
shall say?” He drove the amuzed
secretary into the street and would
hearnno explanation, rnaignant, he
went dqwn to the capital and told a
friend, au old member, theBtory. The
friend was shocked at the fellow’s im
pudence, but they looked o V «r the
speech aud found it read very well
"You did just right to dhoharge the
conceited rascal,” said the old mem
ber, and tl\e inxt day the young mem
ber was amazed to learn that his dis
charged secretory had bteu employed
by his old friend.
1
The cottob-yaru mill of John L.
Ross, in Oakland, Burrillvllle, R. I.,
was destroyeiyub^jMMriginating in
room. LosS^:
Latest F ashion Bi iefs.
Pansy mull in Quaker kerchiefs are
new in neck-wear.
Detachable bows of ribbon are now
used for trimming night-dresses.
The old-fashioned Swiss tamboured
muslins are again to the fore for
dresses.
Petticoats of ecru pongee will again
be worn for summer with all but white
dresses.
The new shade of blue called bleu de
mer is a rival to cadet blue for street
costumes.
Some of the new satins are such mar
vels of delicate flower printing as al
most to merit framing.
New fans are very large. They are
now shown in sateens to match the
new costumes in this fabric.
Pointed bodices with paniers joined
to the bodice by a pointed puffed band
are all the rage for evening dresses.
A pretty elegance of the season are
the rich colored street jackets,
matched to the toilet, made of mer-
veilleux or moire.
Little girls wear hats, sashes, stock
ings and libbons all matchiug each
other in color, the favorite hue being
a new deep shade of Chiaa red.
An old-fashioned style ia revived in
the mode of finishing off the pointed
bodice. A thick cord is set at the very
edge of the corset, and the tunic and
paniers are set just underneath the
cord.
For the evening, feathers arranged
in the hair aud on the bodice, fa tened
down with tiny diamond pins, are re
markably effective. These pins are
in the form of birds, crescents, butter
flies, flowers, stars, aud insects' of va
rious species.
Women with high, broad shoulders*
especially short women, should avoid
too high a ruche or too broad a collar.
Tbe styles most becoming to such s re
Vandy ke collars of open lace or point
ed fichus, so arranged as to leave a bit
of the throat visible under the chin.
Perhaps the most fashionable colors
of the season are stone color and its
kindred shade, ficelle, which is a pale
drab ; literally, twine colors. Mouse ^
color is more rare ; so rare that it
almost impossible to find it; but it]
very distinguished, and is used
serviceable dresses.
Wedding toilettes • claim considerl-
ble attention, and it gives satisfaction
to note that colors are as much used
for costumes as the stereotyped white.
The dress of the Princess Beatrice was
ol pale salmon satin broche with a sil
very white background aud lace, the
latter forming au apron over the
salmon satin. The skirt was of satin
covered with lace worth £20.000, ar
ranged in diagonal pleats wide apart
and trimmed at the sides with pink
roses, iu»de purposely to match the
dress. The corsage, train and paniers
were all iu one of broche, the train
lined with salmon satin anti edged
with a wreath of the i oses, the train
flowing from the waist in graceful
folds in which the ends of the paniers
disappear; the corsage was pointed
in front, while a bouquet of roses was
placed near the right shoulder.
The Jersey gloves of silk, lisle
thread, or linen, offered for cummer
wear, are uncommonly fine aud beau
tiful. The new styles and shapes,
when fitting snugly upon the hand,
have all the effect of long Danish kid
gloves. Tii e handsomest are the silk
gloves in the mosquetaire style, iu
evening tints of pale salmon, flesh,
lilac, straw, pearl, pale-pink and
cream-white, the street colors being
black, ecru, silver-gray, tan, olive-
brown, aud dark green. These wrin
kle over the arm after tbe manner of
tbe loose-fitting Bernhardt gloves.
Shopping gloves of French aud Ger
man lisle, in six and ten-button lengths
are already in great demand, the
French makes being, of course, the
most popular, as they are finer in
quality aud the most shapely. Mitts
are put forth iu many different styles ;
all colors are t-een, aud plain silk with
luce tops, French fllet lt.ee, open mesh,
as well as the more expensive kinds in
F.encli or Chantilly lace, are shown.
Mitts without lingers aud the half-
thuuiouniy are eousidered the more
stylish by those who think them
sty lit h in any form whatever.
the picker-room.
Blue jays, wli ch some years ago
were rarely seen except in the woods,
are now found iu the groves around
the churches and schools of the New
Euglaud cities. They have been
driven in by tbe pot hunters.
The Russian Government has resol
ved to construct thirty gunboats which
will cost 7,000,000 rubles.