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Agricultural. Fieid, Farm and Garden. In the New York Tribune a resident of Oil Creek warns fruit-growers against using petroleum on fruit trees and shrubs. It kills all trees around where it is pumped, and a neighboring orchard that had been painted with it began to decline. This applies to crude oil, but others claim that refined oil, as used for lamps, is less harmful. It kills flies and destroys the eggs of in sects if brushed on lightly in winter, but in summer must not be applied to the foliage except when largely diluted with water, which should be kept con stantly stirred. Sorghum seed is said by Dr. Wilhelm, of Minnesota, to be equal to corn as feed for all kinds of stock, and twenty- five bushels may be obtained from an acre. It also makes a flour equal to that from buckwheat. The ski minings from the pans, when boiling for sugar, are found to be very valuable as food for hogs, they taking on flesh rapidly when fed on this alone. Good vinegar is made from the clear liquor. The seed and vinegar are estimated at $30f* and a material used for making wrap ping paper yields $12, or $42 per acre, without estimating sugar. It is a common remark that most anything is good enough for a hog, and to this senseless proposition is traced the disease among swine owned by breeders who indorse it. Since time immemorial the hog has been called the farm scavenger, but, nevertheless, the successful breeder is he who relics the least upon this over-estimated charac teristics of the animal. Bad water, worse treatment in handling, and a superabundance of filth are the founda tion of all diseases to which hogs are subject, and it is consequently easy to believe that the health of the animal and the quality of the meat must in crease in proportion to the cleanliness of the food and surroundings. M. Pasteur, of France, says that the grass grown over the graves of cattle that died of splenic fever is a source of infection to the cattle feeding on it. He points to the agency of earthworms in carrying- the germs of deadly bacteria from br.^ed carcasses to living animals. Having introduced worms into a pit which had contained the carcasses of cattle that died from splenic fever, he filled it with earth. In a short time he procured from the intestines of these worms the means of reproducing the disease in its worst forms by inocula tion. lie also showed that the worms, by casting out over the surface earth containing the bacteria germs, gave the disease to all cattle that grazed over it. A correspondent of the Country Gen tleman claims that he gets the greatest number of eggs when he feeds his hens on wheat screenings. He feeds in this way : “I have fed sorghum seed, com meal, oats, corn middlings, and have concluded that feeding wheat in the morning and shelled corn at night, witli a feed of ship-stuffs wet up, hav ing a good dose of ground pepper put in, and then baked and fed twice a week, and once in a while substituting l>owdered sulphur in place of pepper, is the best plan. 1 have good shelter and good, clean nests; feed regularly and allow them a good range, with plenty of gravel to scrarch in. I sell the fowls , when they are two years old, and ^always keep the hens for hatching.” Concerning his experience with ensi lage W. C. Strong, of Brighton, Mass., writes: Having a cemented tank which had been used as a reservoir for water, I tried the experiment of using it as a silo in 1880. Ten acres of Hungarian jrass (about 130 tons), very foul with |g or rag weed, so that it would have an unmerchantable in a dry state, r^cut fine and packed in the usual way, and sold during the winter to milkmen at $7 per ton, they doing the qarting. They reported that the cows sought the ensilage with avidity, ate it clean and seemed to thrive and give an improved quality of milk over that pro duced from hay and brewers’ grains. Last season the silo was filled with corn of excellent quality, and the bulk of it sold to milkmen at $7 per ton, they coming for it, in loads of 1500 to 2000 jMunds,. about once a week. The re- yl^s have been emphatic from pur chasers that it was an "economical and excellent fodder, the quality of the tint the notice of consumers I une milk than they had fore. A smaller allowance brewers’ grains w'JPised k I feed my own cows fym, Jind -a era in my experience. That ensilage of ' corn is the cheapest and most whole some food for milch cows, if supple- j mented with a small allowance of shorts and hay, I entertain no doubt. Dr. Hexamer says that in 1872 straw berries shipped from Charleston to N orthern m irkets Wrought an average price of 57 cents per quart; in 1874, 38 cents ; in 1870, 21 cents; in. 1879, 14 cents, and in 1880, 121 cents. Many years ago, Jucundas from Knox, at Pittsburg, brought in New York from 50 to 75 cents a quart, and for some years after the war selected berries of Triumphe de Gand sold readily at from 40 to 50 cents a quart by the crate. There are, however, one or two good points in this decline. These fine sorts then had no competitors in the many excellent varieties which have since sprung into existence and supplied the market; and the scant supply then, confined to a few purchasers, is replaced by the enormous quantities which en able any one who has a few cents to feast on strawberries, and the whole people can have them. Perfectly "double flowers cannot pro duce seed, since all the reproductive organs are converted into petals. Semi double or partially double flowers may produce seed, and these flowers possibly may be self-fertilized or may be fertil ized by others partially double or by single ones, and in either case may form seed, considerable portion of which produce flowers more or less double. Or single flowers fertilized by semi-double ones may produce seeds capable of similar results. Unusually large and vigorous plants are not par ticularly favorable for the production of seeds, but rather particularly unfav orable ; plants of medium vigor, neither stunted nor forced into rank growth, are best. The raising of seeds that will produce double flowers is an art that requires much experience to enable one to practice it successfully, and nearly every kind of flower requires a peculiar and special treatment. Sacred Monkeys. Victor Jacquemont estimates that the Bengal Presidency alone contains 1000 monkey asylums, supported chiefly by the very poorest class of the popula tion. In the rural districts of Nepaul the hanumans have their sacred groves, and keep together in troops of fifty or sixty adults, and, in spite of hard times, these associations multiply like the monastic order of mediaeval Europe; but they must all be provided for, tnougii the natives have to eke out the crops with the wild rice of the Jumna swamp jungles. The strangest part of the superstition is that this charity results by no means from a feeling of benevolence toward animals in general, but from the exclu sive veneration of a special subdivision of the monkey tribe. An orthodox Hindoo must not willingly take the life of the humblest fellow-creature, but he would not move a finger to save a starv ing dog, and has no hesitation in stim ulating a beast of burden with a dagger like goad and other contrivances that would evoke the avenging powers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Nor would he shrink from extreme measures in de fending his fields from the ravages of low-caste monkeys. Dr. Allen Mac kenzie once saw a swarm of excited natives running toward an orchard where the sliakinjsof branches betrayed the presence of arboreal marauders. Some of them‘carried slings, others clubs and cane-spears. But soon they came back crestfallen. “What’s the matter?” inquired the Doctor; “did they get away from you?” “Kappa- Muni,” was the laconic reply, “sacred monkeys.” Holy baboons that Enlist not be interrupted in their little pas times. They had expected to find a troop of common makaques, wanderoos or other profane fout-handers, and re turned on tiptoe, like Marryat’s ser geant who went to arrest an opstreper- ous drunkard and recognized his com manding officer. Unarmed Europeans cannot afford to brave these prejudices. Captain Elphinstone’s gardener nearly lost his life for shooting a thievish han- uman. A mob of raging bigots chased him from street to street till he gave thorn the slip in a Mohammedan sub- urb, where a sympathizing Unitarian helped him to escape through the back alleys. The interference of his count ry men would hardly have saved him, for the crowd increased from minute to minute, and even women joined in the chase, and threatened to cure his im- >iety with u^miip-mush , Play Your Hand for all its Worth. There is no greater barrier to a man’s success in life than his willingness to fall into line with the stupid fellows who play second fiddle ; the Jaeque Strops to the Robert Macaires. They should learn that the world laughs at a clown and they despise the assumed gravity of the serious imitator. Then again this class should learn that the fools whom you would deceive can be of no service to you, and the wise men who would serve an honest intention, or a candid presentation, can see through your stupid efforts to wear gracefully the solemn dignity of the owl, or the gaudy trappings of the peafowl, and if you put on the shaggy mane of the king of beasts, but open your mouth and your bray soon dispels the delusion, and the idiot of false pre tense stands out in all his comical de formities ; a laughing stock to half the world, a subject of pity to the rest. Too many of the genus homo are but claquers who howl from society’s pit when the chief signals the supposed good points upon the stage. They are but illy paid, and rarely reach distinc tion ; yowling like dervishes to impress society with your piety; compiling other men’s ideas to assert your hoped- for position on the plane of journalism ; baying like a “yaller” dog at the man in the moon, to show your sympathies when modesty would sit more becom ingly on the strongest of us ; all these are but the outcroppings of imbecility that writes brass upon its frontlets, and prints ape upon its phylacteries. To such grotesque characters we will say, the strongest card you can play is the one nature provided you with, that is your own natural force. If you fail with this hand, even if you play alone, you can retire with dignity, but nine times in ten you will succeed, whereas, the assumption of a character as mimic or harlequin, will result in a most mis erable failure, making you a laughing stock for the world to jeer at. If you are born to be a woodchopper, hew to the line, let the chips fall where they will, don’t imagine you can play Blackstone on the one hand or Galen on the other. Don’t imagine if nature cut you out for a hewer of wood and drawer of water, that had you the chance oi other men you would have been an Astor or a Vanderbilt ; not a bit of it. Nature has kindly put you exactly where you belong, and there is no use of kicking in the traces. If you take the “studs” you will find society ready to cudgel you into line. If you show your heels like the artless mule the world will tie your legs and merci lessly sit down upon you. “Th*e is no use kicking against the pricks,” is biblical, old and trite. Conform to the places where you may find yourself, in the workshop, at the bar, or behind the counter. Play your hand for all it is really worth. If you hold trumps so much the better, but remember, that no wise card player attempts to catch the right bower with the left. This is a good lesson for the moralist. Let How to Split a Sheet of Paper It is one of the most remarkable prop- j ertiea of that wonderful product, paper, j ; that it can be split into two or three I | even parts, however thin the sheet. We ; have seen a leaf of the Illustrated News, | ! thus divide 1 into three parts, or three) i thin leaves. One consisted of the sur-1 I face on which the engravings are j I printed ; another was the side contain- | ing tin 1 letter-press, and a perfectly blank piece on each side was the paper that lay between. Many people who have not seen this done might. think this impossible ; yet it is not only possi ble but extremely easy, as we shall show. Get a piece, of plate glass and place on it a sheet of paper ; then let the latter be thorougly soaked. With care and a little dexterity the sheet can be split by the top surface being re moved. But the best plan is to paste a piece of cloth or strong paper to each side of the sheet without hesitation pull the two pieces asuuder, when part of the sheet will be found to have adhered to one and part to the other. Soften the paste in water and the pieces can be easily* removed fiom the cloth. The process is generally demonstrated as a t matter of curiosity, yet it can be util ized in various ways. If we want to paste in a scrap-book a newspaper arti cle printed on both sides of the paper, and possess only one copy, it is very convenient to know how to detach the one side from the other. The paper, when split, as may be imagined, is more transparent than it was before being subjected to the operation, and the printing ink somewhat duller ; other wise the two pieces present the appear- of the original if brought together. Some time ago the information of how to do this splitting was advertised to be sold for a considerable sum. We now impart it to all our readers. the rich neighbor, who was elected the office, and ever after the two m were the greatest friends. Thus, deam, do good actions always meet heir reward.” Lentel Regulations. wiser it not richer. We cannot trans form ourselves into the condition of others, and if we could we question if we could play the role of the stranger as well as the one nature has planned out for us; no logic or sophistry can change the decrees of fate. A man at thirty is either a fool or his own physi cian, and the' same rule will apply all through the varied phases of life. Don’t imagine you will gain knowledge with age. You aro not wine, although many of our readers may lie full of— just as you please, the juice of the grape or the idea. What a man doesn’t know at thirty he will never learn. If at that age you are a shoemaker, stick to your last. If an attorney, even should your coat lie out at the elbows, or if a kind providence had placed you’in one of its highest niches, say mounted 1 ! you booted and spurred on the editorial tripod, ride your nag, until his tail drops off rather than think . you can dismount and souffle in the j gutter for place among the not so | blessed.—Thoroughbred Stork Journal, ! In 1770 Sarah Goddard printed a ! paper in Newport, Rhode Island, ably conducting it, afterward associating with her John Carter. The firm was announce^ Sarah Goddard & Co., s)^ taking the partnership precedence, as j was proper anil right. The Robber and the Editor. "Listen, my children,” said a vener able man, “and I will tell you a story, beautiful and true. Once upon a time there was a bad, bold robber, who had his haunt in the wilds of a mountain. At the foot of the mountain, in the val ley, was a village. It whs not a very large village, yet in it a newspaper was printed. The robber looked upon tlfe editor of the newspaper as being the chief man of the village, and thought he must be very rich. So one dark night he came down from his den in the mountain and stole into the dwelling of the editor and then into the room where he slept.' The editor, being a good man, slept as soundly and sweetly as a child. The robber searched all the place, but could not find the caskets of gold and diamonds he had supposed to be stored up in the room. He then put his hands in all tlife pockets of the clothes of the editor, but found no money in any of them. The robber then stood for a time as in a stupor. He was like one awakened from a dream. He listened for some moments to the deep, regular mankind profit by it and we will he" 1 bfeathing of the sleeping editor, and as An Illinois court lias decided that a woman’s lie about her age doesn’t viti ate her insurance policy. he stood so he began to feel sad. The heart of the bold, bad man was touched. Quietly he took from his purse $4.75, placed the money in the pantaloons pocket of the editor, and softly stole from the house. In the morning, when the editor got up and put on his panta loons, there was a jingle i* of money. A look of astonishment came into the face of the editor. He put his hand into his pocket and drew' out the money. When he saw this great wealth the knees of the editor smote together ; he turned pale, fainted and fell to the floor, and there lay as one who is dead.” “Oh ! oh ! grandfather, did they catch the bad robber man and hang him on a tree i*’ “No, my dears, they did not catch the bold, bad robber. lie is still living. From that day he reformed, and got a place as cashier in a big bank, where you will be glad to hear that he is doing well and is greatly respected by all in his church.” “And the poor editor man, grand father ! What became of him ?” “Ah, yes, my darlings! I had almost forgotten him. Well, when he came out of his faint, and his eyes saw' all the money lying about the room where it had fallen, he was sorely perplexed. At last he felt sure it uad been quietly placed in liis pocket in the night by a great and rich neighbor who ow’ned a tanyard and was running for the Leg islature. So for days and days ho printed in^fia- paper whole columns of The following we believe are the giyi- eral Lentel regulations. 1. All the faithful who have (Com pleted their twenty-first year, are, unKeas legitimately dispensed, bound to ofo- , serve the Fast of Lent. ^i 2. But one meal a day is allowed, 5 Sundays excepted. 3. This meal is not to be taken until about noon. 4. When permission is granted to cat meat, flesh meat and fish are not to bdi used at the same meal, even by way of sauce or condiment. r 5. A collation is. allowed in the ing. The quantity of food used th according to the practice of re Christians, does not exceed the fi part of an ordinary meal. 6. All kindsof fruit,bread, vegetabli and fish are allowed at the collation. At that time, however, eggs, butter, milk and cheese are permitted by the Church only to those, who being bound to fast, live w here the use of such articles at the collation has grown into a custom. But] they are not allowed even there at the) collation on Ash Wednesday or G Friday. 7. General custom has made it la to drink in the morning some wany g liquid, as tea. coffee, or thin chocolate I made with water. * 8. Necessity and custom have author ize the use of lard instead of hutteyA ifceparing fish, vegetables, etc. t ^ 9. The following persons are exempt t f from the obligations of fasting, viz: All under tw'enty-one years of age, the sick,’’ women during pregnancy or wdiile nurs ing children at the breast, persons obliged to hard laboi, and all who through weakness cannot fast without injury to their health. 10. By dispensation the use of flesh meat is allowed at any time on Sundays, once a day on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with the ex ertion of Holy Thursday and the sec ond and last Saturdays in Lent. 11. Persons exempt from the obliga tion of fasting on account of age or hard labor, are not restricted to the use o: meat at oqe meal only on those days o which its use is granted by dispensation. Those dispensed from the fast for other causes, as well as persons who are obliged to fast, are permitted to use meat only at one meal. 12. The time, w'ithin which the pas chal precept can be complied w ith com mences on the first Sunday of Lent and expires on Trinity Sunday, inclusive. t Discovery of Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc, the highest of the Alps^ is, strange to say, a modern discovery* At least, no mention is made of this colossus of European peaks in any itin erary, or in any literary work whatever,' till recent times. M. Charles Durier, ‘ in his work “Le Mont Blanc,” says: “This mountain rises in the centre of the most poj|g|0pland civilized states of Europe; it is, in fact, the axis around which European civilization has re volved and still does revolve. Its height is considerable ; it dominates everything in its vicinity, and to make its appear ance more striking on the background of the blue sky, its summit, though placed in a favored, temperate latitude, is ever covered with a mantel of snow. And yet, during twenty centuries, no historian, no traveler, no savant, no 1 poet names it, or so much as alludes to it. As the sun describes his daily track, that peak throws its shadow upon at least three countries possessing different languages, but still it was profoundly ignored.” The same author informs us of a map of the region round about Mont Blanc, published in the second ) half of the sixteenth century, but which j gives no hint as to the existance of the | mountain, which, nevertheless, is visi- j ble from all sides at distances of sixty leagues. C \\ The academy of sciences decides that ■( raw meat is easier of digestion than , that which is cooked. In prescribing it / preference should l>e given to flesh that j/ has been frozen, as very low temperiW* tures destroy the eggs of the many para*- - ^ sites which often infest meats of all i 1 kinds.