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SUNDAi affcRNINQ jaj^iiWrei^ §SMm The fry- !ia!>jr Hoy. There was onco a bov who did nothing but : cry, H? cried from morn till noon; He cried for a dog, he cried for a gcat. He cried for a big balloon. At last one day her patience was tried, : And his mamma bought a balloon ; In it shtidied him, hard and fast, Andfeent him 'way up to the moon. Now every night when the moon is bright— And this i-< really true— You his pale face 'wayhip in the moon. * And he's looking right down at you. —Washington Star. Snapper. One flay when Bill and Joe were being driven through the woods, th e boys heard a little do? crying and yelp 'ing. They hurried their dogs along and they found a black and tan lying by the road with two logs broken. They took him up very carefully and drove Bill and .Joe to the doctors. He set the broken Jieg, and the boys took the black and tail home and pursed him till he got well. They called him little Snapper, for he was a pert little dog, and if any body rr.ade faces at him or did any thing he did not like he would run up at them, and dodge about them so fast, snapping at their shoes and an kles, until the boys ha i tu call him off. At first Bill and Joe were jealous of liim. but after awhile they came to like him. and he was a great favorite ol theirs. He often rode wit a the boys in the wagon, and sometimes he would jump on Bill's back, sometimes on Joe's, and ride along, sitting as safely as if lie were on the wagon seat. Pretty scon people began 'o expect Snapper whenever they saw Bill and Joe. One night Snapper kept ths boys' father's house and barns from being burned. All -he people were in bed. Joe and Bill were asleep in the shed between the house and bams. Snap per was out running around. All of a sudden he began to bark and bark. Tbe beys cried "shut up.” but he t-;>t it up more wildly than ever. They thought he must, bo crazy. Then Joe and Bill began to bark with him and went out and then he found the barn on firei. He and the buys just manag ed to put it out. A few moments more and the tiro could not hav • been stopped, and all me buildings woud have gone. 'Alter the fire was out all patted Snapper on the head anti told him .what a good dog he had been, and Bill ami Joe stood hiking at hitb and wagging their tails, as if they were also very proud of him and of what he did to save their home.—Brooklyn Eagle. The Atninl>l* r?rwiirv. Mr. Cassowary now has a home in Bronx park, where lie and Mrs. Casso wary enjoy life and love in a cottage and take daily exercise m their front yard. Mr. Cassowary, howev >r, is not a native American. He anti his ancestors have ah'ays lived in th<> islands of the Malay archipelago, es pecially ihe Moluccas and the isle of Papua. While Mr. Cassowary dots not entirely approve of American ways, he seems to lie trying to culti vate a cheerful and amiable spirit un der all conditions. Mr. Cassowary is not handsome. He has ra.hc-r short, thick legs, a body like a big black sheep, with long wool, for his feathers resemble long, smooth strips of wool as much as anythin-;. He ha- r.o tail feathers, and his wings are small. He has a long neck, and his head is really handsome. His eyes are big, brown and sparkling; his ncs.? is sharp, anti on his head he wears an impressive horny crest. He also wears a handsome necklae- of red and blue beaTllike wattles, and he seems proud ot this. The other day he scorned in an espe cially gay and festive ipood; and he danced about with a step tha, would have won him a prize in any cakewalk. He poised cn one leg and executed a Highlar. 1 .ling, and then went gayiy dancing across the yard and back again in high glee. A family of pea cocks occupy the cottage next to the cassowaries, and while Sir. Casso wary was dancing so merrily on,e of the young peacocks lifted up his voice and sang a dirge. It you have ever heard of a peacock sing you will won der that it did not take the spirit out of Mr. Cassowary. But it didn’t. He gave one bright and scornful glance at Mr. Peacock and went on dancing as joyfully as ever.—-New York Tri bune. Vizcy Wliitufoot’* I(4>Rion. Piggy Whitefoot lived down by the edg-j of the meadow with his mother and brothers and sisters. who all stayed at home quietly, tr.u Piggy Whitefoot running on it! Was ever One day, when his mother wasn’t looking, he scrambled over the side of the sty and away he ran. It was great fun! What was this long, sandy place in front of him? Truly, lie believed it wa3 a road—a real road—and Piggy Whitefoot running for it! Was ever anything so fine? How far lie could go! He didn’t know before that reads were so long. Then he heard a great shouting: “Piggy Whitefoot is out! Piggy Whitefoot is out!” Then the children came rushing toward him, waving their hands, and one boy had a stick. Piggy was almost frightened to death. Seme of the children were in the road in front of him, soi ha could n't run that way, and one boy had raced down the road and was behind him. and he couldn't go there, of course: and he didn’t know any other way to find his home. So he squealed and squealed aa loudly as he knew how, and ran round and round, and at last, all out of breath, be rushed in at the open bprn door, just where Mr. Bates, the chil dren’s papa, had hoped he would go. On he ran through the barn, away into the corner, where he crept under some nay. The piggy thought he was safe. No body could see him now. and he would lie still, and by and by the people would give up hunting for him, and when they had gone away, he would just race back to hir, mother. Then wouldn’t it be fun to tell his brothers and sisters how smart he had been, and what a gay time he had been en joying? But that wasn’t at all what hap pened. Just as he was thinking how smart he was. Mr. Bales reached under the hay, and. taking hold of Piggy's hind : leg, pulled him out. “Now,” said Mr. Bates to the chil dren, "we must drive Piggy back to | his mother." So ;hey started Piggy down the road and they all came on behind him. But Piggy Whitefoot didn’t wish to he driven home. Ho know his broth ers would make fun of him; so he stood still and wouldn’t go. Then Papa Bates took a whip and 1 whipped Piggy, but it didn't hint much ; so he didn’t move. "What shall we do with this bad pig?” said Papa. Then ho whistled for Billy. Billy i was the puppy. His name was Daffy Down Billy, but they called him Billy I for short. Papa knew that Dilly wouldn’t bite, no he said to him. “Chase the pig. 1 Billy. Go for him!” Dilly nislied after Piggy Whitefoot : with a very loud bark. Piggy didn’t : like this. bu„ still he didn’t want to go ' home, so ne ran round and round again, with Diliy at. his heels. Papa Bates trying to make him start down ! she road, and the children all laugh ing and clapping their hands. Papa soon saw that something more must be done, if they were to gee Piggy in the sty that night; so ho ; brought a rope, which he tied to one of Piggy's hind feet, and down the road tic y started. But Piggy Whitefoot was very naughty; so Papa iiad to lift him along a little way at a time. Piggy i would run a few steps, and stop short, until Papa lifted litn. along again. Little by little they came to the stv. Then Papa took the rone and I tied two of Piggy’s feet together, and put him in with his mother. How Piggy’s brothers and sisters did laugh a*' the funny way in which he walked with his feet tied together. Hir. mother told him she hoped lie had ! learned a lescTfii, and would mind her after this. Piggy Whitefoot didn't like all this at all; so when it was dark ho began lilting the rope. He worked all night at it. pulling and nibbling the rope until before morning he had broken it in two. Now, you wouldn’t have thought ho ; would try to get out of his sty again aft":' all his trouble the other time; I but Piggy wanted to show his broth ; its and sisters that lie was smart, after all; so he scrambled over ihe j side of the sty once more, and away ; he ran. Mot up the road this time! Oh, no! He remembered what happened when :u- went .there, so lie ran quite another v.-ay today, out Into the green mea i dow. How lovely and soft the grass was. |He put his little pink nose down among the grass roots, and overturned some of them and took a bite. They won* so sweet. Oh, bis mother and brothers and sisters were silly not to get any of these nice things to eat and race about in the big meadow. But what was that big thing running? 11. wasn’t a pig, for pigs were never : so tall; and it. was brown, too, and it . had funny things like branches grow ing out. on the sides cf its head; and i oil! hear! dear, it was running right toward him! Piggy Whiiefoot was scared. He squealed and ran ns fast as he could go. He could hear those big feet hurrying alter him. What ever should he do? Louder and louder he squealed. Nearer and nearer came the feet. He looked back just once, and he saw the big brown head down almost to the groiVk and right at his heels. His curly tail hung down as straight as a siring, he was so frightened; and he rushed up to the sty, squealing: “Quick, mother; oh, quick! open the door and let me in!” His mother .couldn’t think what in the world had happened, but she palled and pushed at the door as as she could. “Piggy Whitefoot.. I can’t move this door an inch,” she squealed; “you’ll have to get in the same way you went out.” But Piggy couldn’t get in the way he went out; that was the trouble. Just as his mother spoke, the big brown head caught him up on its horns and threw him right over into the sty, as much as to say, “Now, let's see if you’ll mind your mother!” Piggy Whitefoot was frightened al most to death, and he neves tried to be smart again. Papa Bates often wondered why Piggy was so quiet ever after that day. OKI Brindle, the cow, knew ail about it, but she never told.—New York Mail and Express. THE BRUNSWICK DAILV ffBWS. MAKING PEARL BUTTONS MUSSEL SHELLS INI THE MISSISSIPPI A SOURCE CF WEALTH. CliiiiH Sfn Trad** Dronpt— "Not an I’ncnin m" llilnju fm* a t ilic*i man t Kim! l'**apln, am! Out* (inn \\ K** , *m ly i'o'tl for the Hnmlrtoute Suiu 1 #*,":>()0. In the matter of the msnrfacture of pear! buttons the centre of activity has shifted from the China t-’ a to the river towns of this Mississippi . ection, writes the Muscatine (.Iowa) corres pondent cf the Philadelphia Record, Altogether unknown in mis region a dozen years ago, this industry has grown to such proportions that it now employs the services of thousands of people, and the output has become ~o great that it materially affects the but ton market of the world. About twelve years ago a German button maker of the same of Boeple wandered into Muscatine from the olu country. He saw for the first time the mussel shells of the Mfssisippi river. He examined them closely and express ed the opinion that they were good material for buttons. l T p to this time soft water shells were considered im practicable for any such us?, and au thorities on the subject were naturally skeptical in regard to Bocple’s opinion of their usefulness. He persisted in claiming that the “niggerhead” mussel from the waters of the Mississippi riv er would make, If properly handled and finished, the finest pearl buttons yet produced. He took some specimens to the factories at Waterbury. Conn., and after considerable experimenting one concern there determined that with some changes in their machinery the shell of the strange mussel from Ihe “great, father of waters" would make a button to i oiffpete with the best of those from other parts of the world. First one concern and then another began to use the Mississippi shell, un til the foreign one was almost aban doned. In the beginning the shells were shipped East in the rough and prepared for use after their arrival there, but the freight rates were so high that one enterprising firm soon shipped Hint part of its machinery which makes tha “blanks” out to Mus catine, and what generally results when some pioneer leads the way to a good thing, others soon profited by the example and came also. The indus try has spread both up and down the river, until almost every town of any importance, from St. Paul. Minn., to Alton. 111., is now engaged in some form of the industry. The manner of catching the mussels is interesting. A fisherman equips him self with what is known to the elan as a “John boat." This is a flatboat on the order of a scow, about 20 feet long and’ 3 1-2 feet. wide. Upon the inside of the boat are placed eight uprights, which are between three and four feet high, and have erotebed tops. Four of the uprights are placed on each side of the boat, at just enough distance apart to accommodate the four 10-foot pieces of inch gaspipe that rests upon them. To each of the gaspipes is at tached 20 l’our-foot stagons, similar to those used on an ordinary trot line, and each stagon has four hooks, with four prongs. The fisherman goes out in his “John boat” with as much confidence as if it were the finest craft afloat. Once in the stream he casts his gaspipes, one by one. As the hooks drag along the bottom of the river they come in con tact with the open shells of the mus sels. immediately close up on them. Thus attached they are brought to the surface and taken off. The dis tance the hooks arc dragged each time depends altogether on the thickness of the bed, and varies from three boat lengths to an eighth of a mile. The rivers of Arkansas are said to be so thick with mussel bed that they crop out of the water when it. is low. The men put on rubber boots and shovel the shells Into the boat:-;. In Ihe Upper Mississippi district shells are quoted in car lots, ranging from 15 to 30 ton in weight, but the Arkansas have astounded everybody in the business by sending out quotations on 500-ton lots and promptly filling all order sent them. The men sell the mussels to Ihe button factory o >c:ators at. so much per 100 pounds. The wages they make depend upon their diligence and the luck they meet with in getting in a thick bed, but range from $1.50 to $5 per day. There k: one big mussel bed near Canton, Mo., about eight miles in length. The process of making the shells in to buttons is interesting. The shells are first cut up into blanks the exact size of the buttons are going to be; then they go to the grinder, a machine which grinds the black off .hem; after that to the facing machine, which cuts the face on them; noxi. to the backer which bevels the hack; then the drill which puts ;n the eye holes; from here they go to thf polish ing room, where the glossy finish is put upon them; after that they are sorted, put on cards and boxed up. There are about l’ori.y factories in Muscatine, and Ihe amount paid out weekly in wages is SIO,OOO. There are factories in Davenport. Fort Madison, Burlington, Quincy, LaGrange, Can ton and many other points. There is an added interest in the business of mussel fishing on account of the likelihood of finding pearls. It is not an uncommon thing for a fish erman to find a pearl valued at SIOO, and one lucky fellow found a beauty which sold for SSOOO. Every follower of the business has a little bottle fill ed with specimens, which eventually find their way to the market. When a girl’s face is her fortune she •:n’t afraid of pickpockets. BRAIN AND INTELLECT. A Sul>jp<’t Wit loh Constitutes ;t Novel Point in Science. The exact scat in the brain of the highest intellectual faculties has formed a moot point In science since the functions of the organ of mind began to be investigat’d with accu racy. says tiie London Chronicle. The ! general consensus of opinion localizes | what wo term "mind” in the prefrem ! al lubes of the brain, hut by another | school of thinkers the hinder lobes have been credited with performing our highest, cerebral duties. The bal balauce of evidence, i should say. is decidedly in favor of the former view, and recent researches and observa tions by Dr. Phelps, an American in vestignt u', would appear to assist in strengthening the opinion that the most important portion of Tie brain is its anterior region. In tile courts of investigation in question some 295 cases of brain injury and diseases were examined. In all save two it was not ed that interference of extensive na ture with the prefrontal region result ed in serious disturbance of the men ial faculties. Less severe injury pro duced loss marked effects. These facts parallel the researches of oiher investigators, and they are further substantiated by what is observed in cases of idiocy connected with a want, of development of the frontal lobes of the brain. As to tlii’ relative importance of the wo lobes or halves of the cerebrum, or chief brain mass, most of us know that each halt governs the opposite side of the body, ar. i that, as we are right, handed, so we may be called left brained. The superiority in func tional importance of our left brain is not qiies* lolled, and it is therefore interesting to ij n.l Dr. Phelps insist ing. from the results of his investiga tions, that our left brain lobe is really the intellectual half. The right half, it is added, is capable of sustaining severe injtuy without, marked mental effects supervening, and cases' are quoted in support of this fact. In deed, such eases have frequently puz zled physiologists, seeing that the dis turbance ot the intellect lias in no sense been commensurate with the in jury In the luain. On the notion of i-c greater importance of our left brain and on the theory that severe injuries which do not produce utter mental breakdown really involve the right lobe, the puzzling constitution of the brain may be explained in part at least. But the lad. word lias not. yet been said concerning the brain's ways and work. Injuries of the left half do not always produce serious effects as regards the mental life, while we have had some physiologists insisting that we have really two brains, and that while the left lobe is Lie Jekyll of the intellect, Lie right on occasion at least., is apt to play the part of Hyde. A fascinating theory ! this, but one to whicn sober science ■ is uot likely to append it3 imprimatur. 'I lin lliglit Wnv lo Drink V.'alnr. Professor Silkham says that there j are few people who thoroughly realize the value of water as a beverage, or who know now lo obtain the greatest advantage from it. The effects pro duced by the drinking cf water vary with tiie manner i.i which 11. Is drunk. If, for instance, a pint of cold water :- e swallowed us a large draught, or if it be taken in too large portions with a short interval between certain delfl nite results follow—effects which l dlft v, r from those which would have followed if the same quantity were I taken by sipping. Sipping is a wonder ful stimulant to the circulation, a thing which ordinary drinking is not. During the process of stuping the action of the nerves which slow tho heart in abolished, arul a consequence the organ contracts much inor rapidly, the pulse heats more quickly and the cir culation in various parts of tbe body its Increased. In addition lo this, we find the pressure under which the bile is secreted Is raised by that sipping ol fluid. And here is a point which might well be noted by our readers. A glass of water slowly sipped will pro duce a greater acceleration of the pulse for a time than a glass of wine or spirits taken at a draught. In this connection it, may not be out of place to mention that sipping cold water will often allay the craving for alcohol in these- who have been in the habit of taking too much of it, and may be endeavoring to reform, tbe effect being probabely duo to the stimulant action of thf sipping.—Hamilton Times. An Unlucky Anthem. The rural choir in one of the up country villages, which has become somewhat of a summer resort, had ben a su. ee:-;-'. for many years. But this season, in order to impress the “city folks,” it. was determined to introduce some in;proven. cute. The old's ni.-ni bers of the congregation opposed this, but the young people won a partial vic tory. and it was decided, that one song at least should be sung in up-to-date fashion. All would have gone v.">H had not the choice of the hymn been unfortunate. In this particular hymn the line occurs: “And bow before Thy throne.” According to what the conservative members called in disgust “new-fan gled notions.” the tenor and soprano were to hold the notes on the line until the rest of the choir came in on the alto and bass. The result was that, tho line was sung in this rather startling manner; “And bow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow wov.’-wow-v, ovv-wow, And bow-wow-wow befoae Thy throne.' 1 Somehow the effect on the congre gation did not sem edifying. The choir has gone back to the old-fash ioned method of singing.—New York Times ' 1 SfggfSji lv tttoii tor t Ith uaii'v i tM. The allowing rations are suggested by Professor H. J. Waters of the Mis i souri Agricultural college: Corn and ' cob meal six pounds, wheat meal live pounds, gluten or cottonseed meal 2 1-2 pounds, cowpea, alfalfa or clover hay six pounds; another ration is , eight to 12 pounds corn and cob meal, j with all the alfalfa or cowpea hay the I cows will eat; the third ration is eight | pounds corn and cob meal of seven pounds corn meal, fcci pounds cotton j seri.l or gluten meal. To al! . ae above j rations add as much straw, corn fodder | or sorghum hay as the cows will cat. ; Li must ho remembered that these j amounts arc simply suggestive. Some cows will require muon larger quan tities, while others will not utilize those amounts profitably. The period of location will have much to do with it. Toward the end. of tho milking period the flow begins to decrease and it may be advisable to reduce the al lowance somewhat. liktohrlim; th* Iteet' Supjily. It is very plainly seen t.iat in the j rapid narrowing of the western cattle ranges in public land by entry and set tlement, that the increase of bec-f must come from some other source. What is it? As plainly it is a iac. that this increase must come through pure bred cattle. The country can come to this a, certainly as it did to pure bred swine, which is the rule now, and not the exception, as in beef cattle. Bure blood will increase the beef supply by making 1201) to lino cattle in 21 months, whereas such beef now re quires, as a rule, 36 months. That is, the same acres which now produce feed stuffs for 1.000 pounds of best will, with pure cattle, produce 1500 pounds of beef, though growing no more grain or forage. But another condition to ward which we are moving rapidly, and which of course must add in a marked measure to the additional in crease in beef production, is that ot leeding a balanced ration. —Indiana Farmer. Ui>Hlrut'tioii of WoeiU. There are two classes of weeds— those that come from seeds and those which are propagated principally by means of their roots. Weeds which spring up from seeds can be destroyed by successively bringing the seeds in the soil lo the surface, where they ger minate. The seeds of some weeds have great vitality and remain in the soil lor years. Some are enclosed In clods and are retained for another season, but when the clods are broken and lho weed seeds exposed to warmth near the surface, they are put out of existence by the harrow as soon as they germiante, for which reason it is impossible to ib ar a piece of land from weeds in a season unless every clod is pulverized. The oft-repeated inquiry: “From whence come the weeds?” may bo answered: “From flic clods.” The weeds that spring from roots are cut up, checked and prevented from growing by sequent cultivation, because they cannot exist tor a great length >f lime unless per mitted to grow. If no leaves are al lowed in such plants they perish from suffocation, because they breathe through the agency of the leaves. The advantages derived by the soil in the work of weed destruction reduces the cost of Will fare on the weeds for ev ery time the harrow or cultivator is used the manure is more intimately mixed with the coil, more clods are broken, a greater proportion of plant food is offered to the roots, the loss of moisture is less me and and the ca j pacify of the plants of tha crop to se -1 euro more food is increased. The | cost of the destruction of weds should ] not by charged to the accounts of , a ! single year only, as thorough work during the season may obliterate the j weeds entirely, or so reduce their num ber as to make the (ost of their de struction during succeeding years but j a trifle. —Puiladeiphia Record. I>GHtmm’Hvr (>r<i|Hi Woi tnu. Several bulletins have baen issued in recent years both by the state ex periment station and the department of agriculture, calling particular at tention to the grape root worm which lias proved a most formidable foe to tbe grape vineyards cf the great Chau tauqua belt in New \ork. The worm has also made its appearance in other grape-growing sections of the country, and the total damage amounts to many thousands of dollars every year. Tho worst damage done by the worms i3 to the roots of the grapevine. The beetles feed on the leaves of the vines, but tiie grubs eat at the roots of the vines. until they gradually lost vital ity arid die. The appearance of a vine thus attacked is puzzling to the grow er, for there is no apparent reason for its slow decay. The question of eon- Irolling the past and exterminating it is not one easy to solve. The young grubs burrow into the soil, and (heir pre sent, there cannot easily be detected until the vine has been permanently injured. One method of limiting their work is to destiny the nestles when they make their appearance on the leaves. They can be jarred from tho vine and destroyed once or twice a week, and by this method far fewer grubs will appear in the ground to in jure the roots. The young grubs when attacked move rapidly and disappear in the ground, and it is almost impos sible to destroy them. Exeperiinents should be made by spraying the soil under the vines with crude petroliuni oil or some insecticide. It is possible that a little precaution like t’.iis will keep the grubs away from the roots if it will not kill them. What is needed is a little individual experiment on NOVEMBER 9 the part of all the grape growers where tue grubs appear. It has been found that chickens greedily eat the beetles and grub, and turning loose flocks of hens in the vineyard in the summer may have a distinct effect in keeping down the pests. Experiments are now being extensively carried on, and fur ther reports will appear later. Prof. S. N. Doty, in American Cultivator. K -Piling; Milk. Although milk can turn ropy under a temperature falling close to frost line, yet warm weather favors its fre quency. It is useless to blame it upon the cow as so many do. .The ropiness ot milk is caused by a specific bacillus in the milk or cream, which bacillus is brought out ot streams and reaches the milk first by either washing the milk vessels in the water, or the mud artbering to i.ie iow, and the milkman letting it get into the milk. The ba cillus oiKe started strongly, will cling to the milk vessels, the cream pitches or bottle indefinitely, unless they are thoroughly cleansed each time after using. Lnd the only right, way to do ibis when the milk gets ropy is to sub merge them all each time for not less than five minutes in boiling water. Look especially to the strainer; half the time it is responsible for the ropy condition of the milk. Do not blame Hie milkman and ruin his trade with your complain.s until first you are sure the lack of cleanliness, in this respect, docs not iie wit.i your own neglect in not scalding' out as it should be, the receptacle you keep the milk in after he brings it to yon. Milk never ropes uiiiil it has stood for several hours, long enough to give the bacilli time to get in their work. Unless we know exactly what and where the milk comes from, as to the health of tho cows, and carefulness of tho dairyman, it i3 just as well to pasteurize the milk ourselves. This is done by putting the vessel containing it into one containing water brought to and kept at a temperature of 155 degrees, for from 10 to 20 minutes, stirring the milk often to distribute the heat evenly tluough it. This tempera ture Kills practically about all the dang erous substances in it, and when cooled still leaves it with the fresh milk flavor. Running the heat higher will give it the cooked flavor, and Injures it3 di gestibility. To keep milk fresh for days, put it into bottles, the bottles into a saucepan of cold water, grad ually bring to a boil, instantly cork, put back into the water and bring to a boil again, allowing it to boil for a minute or two, iet gradually cool in the same water, fasten the corks in so that no air possibly can touch the with. —Agricultural Optimist. Autumn Tr? Planting. The season for tree planting again approaches, and we feel called upon to again urge the importance of doing this in the fall of the year. The ad vantages of planting at this season are so many and so important that we again enumerate them: Firsst—Better trees can be obtained at tho nurseries now than in tho spring. Often ail the best trees are sold in the fall, and only second and third gTade stock left for those who have their orders until spring. Second —The danger of substitution of varieties at the nursery is less in the autumn than in the spring. Very fre quently all the varieties are sold at ihe nurseries for fail delivery. | Third—The nurserymen have more i time to dig and pack their stock at this season than in the si ring. Mistakes, hence, arc now less liable to occur, trees are dug with better and larger ; roots, they are better packed, and tho I weather is also generally more favor able for the handling of the young stock after it is dug. All these are advantages at the nur series. At the farm there are also ad vantages. There is more time to plant, the trees liesurely and with care. Fall planted trees will generally all grow, while it is nearly certain tha: some planted in the spring will die. The tree planted in the fall at once begins to prepare lor growth the next season. Even if new roots are not formed, the cut roots term callouses which throw out root lets on the earliest warm days in spring. Then the earth settles itself about the rootlets, end dry v/eather in the spring will have no effect on tha newly planted stock. To illustrate this point: The pres ent season we placed an order for a number of fruit and ornamental trees. Although the order was placed early, the trees reached us very late, with the result that more than half of then ■failed to grow. Generally a better growth will bo obtained the first year from fall planted trees. li is well again to call attention to the importance of purchasing trees of reliable dealers. If an agent is dealt with he should he required to show that he really lias authority to sell for the nursery no claims to represent, li is not generally safe to purchase of dealers who have no nurseries, for ihe danger of substitution is in such cases greater than when the order is placed direct with ihe nursery firm. It is well, also, to remember that many varieties of fruits hove strictly local \ allies. The best persons to make up a list of fruit tree-s lor one are those in the neighbornood who are success ful growers of fruit.. A final caution to the buyer: Make a map of the orchard, marking on it r.ot only the name of each tree, but also the firm of whom purchased. This will enable one to locate the dealers who make substitutions in orders, for w hile one cannot bat be disappointed to find in his orchard trees he did not order, still, it is a satisfaction to be able to place one's hand3 upon the firm which macle the substitution.— Dr. George G. Groff, in New York Tri bune Farmer.