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FOE THE FAHR AXE HOMB. 1 M .ch suffering to the horse and ea pease to the owner may be avoided by extra care and attention at thia aeaaon of the year, when the constitu tion it In a delicate condition. wj»e --< laily at to called pink eye It very pre valent io many portions of thh coun try Many fatal cases hi. « been re ported within three weeks, Anything Which has a tendency to exhaust the Vitality of the horse will do much harm, and be likely to make him in a p<< oiler measure, the subject of mall gn nt Influenza (pink eye) Anything which will strengthen and raise the vital forces, will be so much of a safe guard, and act as a preventive of dis ease Fees! well of good, nutritious food, work reasonably, keep from all exposure, and be kind an.l attentive. It will pay. Wais • • »oe<l. There is probably no food so good for recuperating exhausted muscles than good, sound, heavy oats They are easily digested, nutritious, muscle building and blood making in a high degree. They are little heating, do not tend to make horses sweat, and on the whole are the best food a horse can have Harley is very good, but not equal to oats. Indian corn Is a poor substitute, not so easily digested, heat Ing and causing the animal to sweat. As to system, a horse should have hay first, then grain, and water when these are digested, or water should lie given half an hour at least before feeding. Horses often have dyspepsia, induced by liemg fed when warm, or being worked after a full meal The practice of feeding hard worked horses at noon and working them iiumedl ateiy after is of doubtful utility. Horses will go eight and probably ten hours without food if properly fed at evening and morning They should have water more frequently, but never when hot. Ilmira for I •rllll*rr. Hones may be easily r«-<lmo<l to a eoiid.tiou tor use as a fcrti l/er in this way A pit Is made large and deep enough to hold the bones A layer of Wood-ashes and about one third as inucli bme are placed in the bottom alsmt Six Inches deep; bones are thrown upon this to the same depth, a second layer of bones and more ashsa and lime are thrown In. and this is re|>eated until a heap is made above the level of the pit; the heap Is then covered with more ashes and litne, and the whole la well wetted with Water The heap is then covered with soil, and water is added to keep the mass moist The lime and ashes be Come quite hot. and soften the bones so m ich that in two or three months the whole m iss < an Iw mixed up wilh a shovel, and then makes a fertilizer worth al the market prices of the fertilizing elements at least per ton I'he mixture is excel lent for top dr< - Ing giaas, < r for use on corn, and may be appiiod in the hill It con tains a largo quantity of phosphate of lime, which is soluble, and is also rich In nitrogen and potash, thus making a Complete fertilizer—.Veir York Times |*omac» for Kim h I’robably few tanners know the value of apple pom.c as a teed An analysis by the state i-lieinist of (’on necticut proves that fresh,well pressed pomace "is a richer focal than anv other vegetable except potat us ' But apple pom ue writes a coi re-pondem id tlie/m/iim /■'<!> uir/, Io be value aMe, niuat lie fed while sweet, before frtn • '.tation commence*. It should •I' .e fed in small quantities at a fe-.l.ng say flfteen pounds to each head of grown cattle The practice of some farmers of hauling out half a wagon load at one time is not only wasteful, tut liable to produce harm. If fanner* who have silos. au.l who ar<- making cider, would put therein thur pomace and keep it sweet, it Would richly pay for the labor It <"oi d be led from the allo a* -weet and 11--li a* when taken freiu the press H re 1 would remark, that if it Iles too long on the press it begins to fer ui.i. . which spoils it as a valuable fuo The process of grinding the apv « and pressing out the eider st ci tie short, that the pomace mav be •! or put away while sweet. It is •*’ ted that the pomace product in th> ailed Mates is notices thau (kv- tons, which, if properly preserved amt fed, would tie worth | Wjino per year. Those facts are well w,irth the attention of tanners who are making Biuch cider If pomace is *o valuable it hoove* those who produce much of i: to make the moat out of it. Ths Wales I test b> Sn.msle. I’.* r drinking water ha.* ailed much live stock, and the following from th- Ai. w»« A'«»»n*S» is [lertment AViun w< consider the quality of drink sup p<ied to hogs we lune yet greater cause to Wmder that the amount of disease Is not greater. 1 torso*, cattle and sheep, are given comparatively clean waler because they will not drink filthy water unless forced to do ao, and liecause the opinion justly obtains that foul water is to them destructive of health; but hogs are given, or rather circumstance* are allowed to supply them with foul water because inherit ed tendencies and education are such that they will drink foul water, and because the opinion unjustly obtains that they are not, so Injuriously affect ed by foulness of drink as are other ■niinals But we certainly ought to i,now. and certainly we are fast learn ing. that foul drink is Just as produc tive '>f a diseased condition of the body when drank by a hog a* when drank by a horse ; and as we learn more of the nature and cause of swine plague we understand that so far as the health of the animal is concerned we would bet'er give foul water to the sheep, cow or horse than to the hog. for foul water prolongs the life and favors the vigor of the bacillus, and when drank introduces the germs of this most viru lent of all swine diseases directly into the bodily organs If we would safely preserve the health of our swine we will not force them to drink water from pools, ditches and creeks, but will supply them with water from a well protected from impurities. r.arar and Small Swine. Large white pigs have been very jaipnlar in England, where bacon an 1 hams are largely consumed. We have Imported into this country good pigs of some of these breeds, which have made a good reputation, and among them the twist known Is perhaps the large Yorkshire. This name, how ever, is not alisolutely distinctive, for the large white breed is not peculiar to any special county In England, where the large Yorkshire, Lanca shire and Lincolnshire pigs are all classed as the large white breed. These three counties adjoin each other, and there is really no essential difference between the pigs of the several loculi lies, except as individual breeders take pains with their herds. This lace of swine, which is popular in that part of England, has been much improved of late years, although the writer, when in that country as long as thirty years ago, met with many animals which i weighed from 700 to 9<X) pounds, and these were considered as nothing un usual as to size. A good deal has been , said and written of late of early niatu- . ring pigs, animals which will reach a I profitable weight at nine months old. But it is altogether a matter of fancy. ; whether an animal should weigh 300 ; pounds in nine or ten months, or three | times that weight at three times the age. Certainly there Is something in the Uses to be made of the pork which has an influence upon the manner of feeding the animals, ami It would not do to have all the pigs of a very large size. Eor some uses large sides and hams are desirable, and it is beyond question that the meat of a fully ma lured pig has some qualities which make it preferable to that of a pig forced to great weight before its mus cles have been matured. For some purposes fat is more valuable than lean, but generally "a streak of lean and a streak of fat" in pork makes it most desirable for foods. The large English breeds have this peculiarity, and on that account are preferred by many feeders Dr. Thurber in A<jri < nllui Ist Iluu.«liol<t Hints. In frying meat, lisli or fowl, never set them buck on the stove to cool in the grease. Always take up while boiling hot. I'he wings of turkeys, geese and ; chickens are g.> *1 to wash and dean i windows, as they leave no dust or lint, ’ as cloth. A small dish of charcoal placed in your meat larder w ill keep the article i sweet and wholesome almost as ice. j Charcoal is a great disinfectant. Picture frame* made with a combi , nation of polished oak and gilt orna meats are admirably adapted to water color drawings, and are less expensive than other styles. To keep insects out of bird cages, tie up a little sulphur in a bag and suspend it in the cage Red ants will never be found in closet or drawer if a small bag of sulphur be kept con stantly in these places. Corn His rsi’f. Maid two cups of corn meal in one pint of sweet milk. I Then stir together three-quarters ol a cup of butter, two cups of sugar and a little -.ill, and add to it Then add i three eggs well lieaten. a little dour i and half a cup of hop yeast. Let it rise the second time; then roll out, and i let rise the third time. Bake and send !to the table hot. This amount makes about twenty-five biscuits. Hashed Potatoes. -Cut four medium sited warm lulled potatoes into small dice, put them in a pan with a little butter and brown slightly on the bottom, turn out on a hot dish, throw a napkin over it, and with the hands shape it in an oval form; If you have not already added salt yon can do so. Cook. Hoard Pig's The head must first be boiled until sufficiently tender to allow the bones to be taken out. After removing these, shape the head neatly and skewer it together (irmly; then mix some powdered sage leaves with pepper and salt, and sprinkle the mixture over it. Then hang it on a spit and roast it before a clear fire, basting it well while roasting. When done—which, if the lire is in proper condition, will take about half an hour—serve at once on a hot dish, pouring over it a good gravy. Apple sauce is the proper accompaniment.— Caterer. Pea Xoup.— Take one-half pint of dried peas for every two quarts of soup. Put them in three quarts of cold water after washing them well; bring them down slowly to a boil, and add a bone, either from ham or fresh meat, one turnip, on« carrot, and one onion, and simmer for three hours, stirring occasionally to prevent burn ing; then pass the soup through a sieve and stir into it one tablespoon ful each of butter and Hour worked together. Fry some dice of stale bread, made by cutting a slice into narrow strips one way to make little cubes, and drop them into the bottom of the soup tureen and pour in the soup after it has boiled three minutes with the flour and butter added. How Eels Travel. These baby eels travel only by day and rest by night. In large and deep rivers, where they probably find the current strong, they form themselves into a closely compacted company, “a narrow but long extended column,” as it lias been described; but in less formidable streams they abandon this arrangement, and travel, each one more or less at his own sweet will, near the bank. The perseverance of these little creatures in overcoming the obstructions they may encounter is extraordinary. The large flood gates sometimes twenty feet high, that are to be met with on the Thames would be sufficient, one would imagine, to bar the progress of a fish the size of a darning needle. But young eels have a wholesome idea that nothing can stop them, consequently nothing does. Ah one writer says, speaking of the way in which they ascend flood gates and such like barriers: “Those which die stick to the posts; others which get a little higher meet with the same fate, until at last a sufficient layer of them is formed to enable the rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage.’ The mortality resulting from such “forlorn hopes” greatly helps to ac count for the difference of number be tween the upward migration of young eels and the return of comparatively few down stream in the autumn. In some places these baby eels are much sought after and are formed into cakes, which are eaten fried. Eels are very clean feeders; if possible, they like their food alive, and in all casesit is most essential that it should be fresh. Even the slightest taint is too much tor their keen sense of smell and taste. They are sometimes seen cropping the leaves of water cresses and other aquat ic plants as they float about in the water, but as a rule their food is altc« gether animal. -Saturday Htcieio. Elephant* at Baeaknist. The elephant is the most patient, obedient and intelligent of animals, lie quickly learns that mind is superi or to matter, and that man is the mas ter of dumb brutes. Succumbing gracefully to the inevitable, he obeys willingly his master's order. At a word or touch from their driv ers, the trained elephants of India will kneel, speak (trumpet), salaam (salute with the trunk), stop, back, lie down, or perform almost any service for which their strength and skill tit them. Even when hungry, they show the perfection of “table-manners,” by waiting patiently until helped by an attendant. While in India Mr. Hornaday saw eight elephants marched up to break fast, after their morning bath. Each one's daily allowance of boiled rice, twenty four pounds, was made up into five balls of the size of a man's head. and laid out on a mat. The ele phants took their places around the mat facing inward, two on each side, and with the utmost decorum waited until the cook was ready to help them. He waited upon each elephant in turn, taking up a ball of rice, and plac ing it carefully in the animal's mouth, who elevated his trunk, opened his mouth, and received it gracefully. There was no pushing, no self-help ing; each elephant behaved like a gen tleman. and remained at the table till all had finished. Youth's Companion CUPPIMUS FOR THE CLBIOUS. An electrical signal travels at the rate of 16,000 miles per second. Absolute stagnation does not exist anywhere in the ocean, not even at the greatest depths. A head of cabbage weighing thirty nine pounds is the product of Jackson County, Oregon. The pistol was invented in Pistols. In Tuscany, by Camillo Vitelli, in the sixteenth century. From the earliest ages mermaids have had a legendary existence, the sirens of the ancients evidently be longing to the same remarkable fam ily. The orthodox mermaid is half woman and half fish, the fishy halt being sometimes depicted as double tailed. A contemptible way of taking pheasants, recently adopted by Eng lish poachers, is to thread shqyL stiff bristles throflgh soaked peas, and scat ter them in the glades. The bristles are so cut as to leave a part projecting on each side of the pea. The pheas ants eat the peas and are choked. A telegraph on an improved plan was invented by Jonathan Grant, of Belchertown, Mas."., in 1799. The inventor set up one of his lines be tween Boston and Martha’s Vineyard, places about ninety miles apart, at which distance he asked a question and received an answer in ten minutes. Henry Slater of Norristown, Penn., has a litter of seven young pigs, one of which is a monstrosity of an un usual type, combining with its porcine construction a portion of a human anatomy. At the extremity is a hand containing a thumb and four taper finger-, which are regular in form, even to the nails. “The notion of prolonging life by inhaling the breath of young women was,” observes Mr. AVadd, (Surgeon Extraordinary to King William IV.). ! in his “Memorandums, Maxims and Memoirs,” an agreeable delusion easily credited, and one physician, who had himself written on health, was so in fluenced by it that he actually took lodgings in a boarding school that he might never be without the proper atmosphere.” Fear and Hydrophobia. It is well recognized that fear or nervous apprehension can induce a fatal disease having nearly, if not all, the characters of hydrophobia. But it is not true to assert that hydrophobia is always brought on by the mental anxiety that a dog-bite not infrequent ly occasions. We make these plain as sertions because some of our weekly contemporaries have thought lit to re gard the “ hydrophobic panic,” as they call it, as unwarranted and mischiev- i ous in its working. Certainly any- I thing like a panic is to be repressed, i and no occasion in life can a “panic” benefit, though it may harm a commu- I nity. Hydrophobia is a nervous dis ease, but it has the material cause, a poison, which is most likely a “genu” or micro-organism. It is a curious fact that birds, even when inoculated with the poison of rabies, do not suffer from the disease. AVe have frequently mentioned the fact that some individ uals appear to enjoy, with birds and other animals, the same kind of im munity. AA’hether it is those persons who are not given to fear or nervous apprehension who al nays escape hydro phobia, even though bitten by a rabid dog, we are not in a position to state But nothing can be more detrimental to a bitten individual than to brood over his misfortune, or make himself miserable by learning all the syuitoms of hydrophobia.— Lancet. A Strange Lake. "Sugar Lake, in this county,” says the Crawford County (Penn.) Jour nal, “is a beautiful little body of water, and is undergoing a continual chemical change that should attract the attention of scientists. Eighty i years ago the average depth of water I in the lake was about thirty feet, but ' it is now only fifteen feet deep. The ’ surface of the water stands at high ■ water mark, but the bottom is filling ' up or rising. It is a most singular I phenomenon that every year in the month of August the water of the lake becomes a milky substance, and after a little change in the temperature, small white particles like cheese curd are formed and precipitated to the bottom, and are slowly, but surely, filling up the lake. After these parti cles are formed and settle, the water becomes clear and pure. At the rate this chemical change is now going on, fifty years more and the water of Sugar Lake will have become solidified into a solid loaf of sugar, or what is more probable, formed into a great bed of Lituburger cheese. During the season of the year when the chemical process is in operation there is pun gent evidence to sustain the latter theory.” 'TRIED FOR DESER I ION. A Young Officer’s Trial and Undeserved Sentence. A Pleasing Swim that Kesulted in a Con demnation to be Shot. T. F. Galway tells the story of the war in the New York Tribuw. Late in May. 1863, a lieutenant, who had been seriously wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, and, after some weeks spent in hospital and at home, had returned to his regiment in camp near Falmouth, was one warm day swimming in the Rappahannock, lhe Union and Confederate picket lines on the opposite banks of the river had for weeks been observing a tacit truce. Friendly conversation went on between the two and exchanges were made of coffee, tobacco, whiskey and newspa pers by means of little craft with sails trimmed in such away as to carry them to and fro across the river. As the warm season drew on men on both sides undressed and swam and floated and cut up tricks in the water with out any harm from the other side. Swimmers from both sides used even to meet at a great rock in the mid dle of the river near the mill-dam above Falmouth. The lieutenant, whom I will call Lieutenant X., was a fine swimmer and was enjoying him self to the utmost in the water. It happened that the captain in com mand of the Union picket line along there was an enemy of Lieutenant X. The lieutenant was ordered to come out of the water, but as he was kick ing up his heels at the time and amus ing himself in the foam, he did not hear until he had been repeatedly sum moned. Then he came out and was immediately arrested. Charges were laid against him of attempted desertion to the enemy. Lieutenant X., laughed at this; it was very absurd. But he soon began to realize that it was no laughing matter; all the facts were against him. At the general court martial which tried him his honorable personal character, his efficiency as an officer and his bravery in battle proved, but as he Was not permitted to in troduce evidence as to the animus of the officer who had caused his arrest and was the principal witness against him, he was convicted and was sen enced, according to the articles of war, to be “shot to death by muske try.” Following the routine, the sen tence was submitted first to the gener al of the division by whom it was “forwarded, approved,” to the corps commander, who likewise approved the sentence and sent it up to the army headquarters. In the meantime a relative of the unlucky lieutenant, an officer in another command, had recourse to General Sedgwick, under whom this relative had served in Mex- ■ ico. That fine old general was con vinced that, though technically the , evidence was against the condemned officer, nevertheless he was innocent of any intention of deserting and of any evil intention whatever; the lieutenant had merely been indiscreet as an officer to go into the water at all. In the meantime the sentence had been ap proved by the general commanding the army and had been sent on to the President. There Sedgwick’s repre sentations prevented a horrible injus tice. The lieutenant, a victim of a superior officer’s malice, was allowed to resign. But it was a narrow es cape. Early Impressions. It is a very important fact, and one never to be lost sight of by mothers, that the education of an infant begins at birth. The moral atmosphere by which it is surrounded will, in a great measure, determine its future charac ter. Parents often do and say things in the sight and hearing of little chil dren which they would be ashamed of in the presence of an older person. Every outburst of temper, every peev ish or fretful word, is photographed i upon the mental constitution of the , child, never to be effaced, although, of j course, after-training may modify the I impression. It is not to be wondered j at that mothers worn down with a j weight of care and overwork are some times fretful; but if they would remem ber that every hasty word in Baby’s presence must come back to them in a still greater weight of care, perhaps they would exercise a higher degree of self-con tro. A Sensitive Clerk. T wo clerks in a Texas dry goods store are engaged in conversation. “The Boss said something to mt this rooming that I didn’t like.” “He often does that. He don't care what he says.” “Well, I don’t like it, and if he don’t take back what he said to of it will be impossible for me to stay with him.” “What did he say?” “He gave me notice to quit on th» first of the month.” SCIEXTIFIC SCRAPS. The esparto grass of Spam has extensively exported to England f or paper making. It has now been sue cessfully introduced into South Aus tralia, where it is expected to becom e a profitable product. Lieut. Greely believes that there i 3 an ocean 1500 miles in diameter, round about the pole, that never freez M; and conjectures that the pole itself jj the centre of an ice-capped land cov. ered with ice from 1000 to 4000 f Mt thick. These conclusions are rejected by prominent Arctic authorities in England. In England metallic telegraph polea have been generally in use for a long time, but in Canada and the United States tree stems have been used. Xow, however, the Canadian govern, menthas adopted a metallic pole mads of malleable galvanized iron which will be used on the lines which trav erse the northwestern prairies. By the experiments of a German scientist to ascertain the lowest tern, perature at which seeds are capable of germinating, it was shown that rye and winter wheat and the turnip get. minnted at 32 degrees; barley and oats showed their cotyledon at the same degree of temperature, but the rest did not start until 35 degree were reached; Indian corn at 48 de grees, flax, the pea, clover, and aspara gus at 35 degrees; the bean and cur rant, at 38 degrees. A committee of eminent physicians has been appointed by the Interna tional Medical Congress, which lately met in Copenhagen, to inquire into the causes of cancer, and to investi gate particularly the supposed associa tion between the disease and the use of certain foods, the influence of worry and a depressed state of the health in producing the malady, and the extent to which it is hereditary. A report is to be made at the Wash ington meeting of the congress in 1887. Some fresh information about the Gulf Stream is given by a Boston sci entist. It is a stratum of warm blue water not more than fifty fathoms deep, and it flows due east at a rate that would take it to England within 100 days. Off Cape Hatteras this northward flowing stream is in the form of a fan, its three warm bands spreading out over the Atlantic sur face to an aggregate breadth of 167 miles, while two cooler bands of an aggregate breadth of fifty-two miles are interposed between them. The in nermost warm band is the one that shows the highest temperature and speed, its velocity being greatest where it is pressed laterally by the Arctic current, so that the rate of four miles an hour is occasionally ob served. The peculiar blue color of the water probably is because the rivet silt washed into the Gulf by the Miss issippi is held in suspension. About Bed Clothing. In regard to bedclothing, of course, nothing should be used save what can be, when needed, thoroughly cleansed. This will restrict us happily to blank ets, counterpanes, and the old fash ioned bed-quilt. A comforter may be at hand for the exigency of a zero tem perature, to be thrown upon the out side of the bed, never placed beneath the other coverings. Comforters in constant use, should be avoided and be carefully protected at the top by a neat covering of some fadeless material All who have used comforters know that they are easily soiled where they come into contact with the breath of the sleeper. Blankets, which should form the staple of our winter bedding, should be changed at least once dur ing the colder months, that is, the pair next the upper sheet. Blankets may be kept pure and sweet by being taken to the open door weekly, thoroughly shaken, and occasionally, on a fine, sunny, breezy day, carefully pinned to the clothes-line and allowed the regen erating effect of sun and wind. Pillows and bolsters, like the mat' tress, should be carefully protected by an extra casing of heavy cotton cloth. Every housewife of years knows that her pillow-ticks have become yellow and time-stained, so that she feels a delicacy in exposing them to public veiw even for a much needed airing and sunning. The old-fashioned night cap has, luckily for the head, gone into disuse, but not so luckily for the clean liness of the pillow-case and tick. A second covering, to be removed and washed when necessary, would fur nish the protection, and also prevent the escape of the much dreaded down of the sleeping room, where feather pillows are used. Pillows are porta ble, and protected from absorption by three firm coverings, and daily sub jected to the disinfecting agencies of air and sunshine may be kept healthy and pure, inviting and insuring 3 sweeter and sounder slumber —a pil low indeed of repose for the wear, head.— Good Housekeeping.