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Rotation of CrOnS

At late meeting of farmers club in
New 1Ork state, a member said: Gone
difficulty with most of us is that We al
low our clover fields to run too long be-
fore we pillow them up. Now, were | to
suggest method, | would say NOW the
clover early the first year, and cut crop
OF seed, and NOW again early the next
season, let the second crop Of clover
grow until the first of August, then turn
1t under as perfectly as possible. Roll
it, harrow and cultivate it thoroughly
and SOW it with wheat, and nv opinion
is that it will do better than SUMMER fall
low. My reason is, the soil is much
lighter. By the decay of the clover
roots wheat gets good start in the fall,
ana when summer comes and the dry
weather we generally have just before
wheat fills, the roots get down TO the
moist decayed clover, turned under and
the heads fill out beautifully, and the
wheat will be very heavy. If you wish
to plant with corn there is no better field
for that purpose than a good clover sod
turned under. Follow your corn with
barley, then with wheat and seed with
clover. Try this method with one field
and another with timothy; give each
field the same quantity of fertilizers for
ten years and see which field will be in
the best condition. With such a rota-
ton of crops our land will improve with
a crop every year, instead of losing one
year III four or five for fallowing.- B.
Miner.
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A Jewel of a Wife.
st. Louis Post


She was one of those women you
couldn't quarrel with. She was that
agreeable that her old man got tired of
it, and tried to have row for change.
He began to chucking the things about
at dinner time, and smashing the plates.
But she only smiled like an angel, and
said, Law, ducky; how lucky | didn't
put the best service on to-day" And
the next day she did put the best service
on, and he remembered it cost him
eighteen guineas, and he didn't care to
spoil the set. Then he took to stopping
out late and coming home drunk, but
when he staggered upstairs she always
welcomed him with smile, and caught
him in her arms and kissed him, aud
said, :" wonder, John dear, whatever's
been split on your coat; it smells like
spirits" Now, this was enough to make
any man wild. So one evening he said
to her quietly, "Ish me, my luvsh.
Pm toshicated." care YOU John?"
she answered; "why, you old
dear, | shouldn't have believed
it." And then she gave him a sweet
smile that made him that mad he didn't
know what to do. But he wasn't going
10 DE dOne; he determined he would
have row somehow or other; so one
night when she wouldn't believe he was
drunk but kept on kissing him and call
ing him an old dear, he just let out some
strong language and hit her on the head
with the tire-irons. She smiled, but she
didn't say anything in particular She
took him by the hand in an affectionate
manner, and led him down stairs into
the street, and kissed him, and handed
him over to a policeman And she went
down to the court the next morning and
got him six months in such a pretty,
agreeable way, the reporters fell quite in
love with her. And when he was going
away she leant over the dock and kissed
him, and said, Take care of yourself,
ducky; I'll have nice dinner for YOU
the day you come out" And the last
thing he saw as he went down the steps
was his amiable wife kissing her hand to
him and smiling away as sweetly as ever.
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Covered Barn.YartlS.

We find an excellent communication
on this subject in the Country Gentleman
from Maryland correspondent. After
speaking OF the disadvantages of manure
cellars directly under the stables he
says: "The only argument for this eel
lar Is that it will keep its contents dry,
and save waste, and this can be done as
well, and in much more practical man
ner, by making the barnyard the recep-
tacle for all the manure, and then roof
this completely over, and allow cows or
cattle the range of it the most Of the
time. There is a three-fold advantage in
these covered yards. |. 1t is impossible
to keep yard in decent order in wet
weather, especially in early spring, or fit
to be occupied by dairy cattle at least,
when it is exposed to the storms: roof
Is cheaper in the end than litter. 2. The
cattle themselves will appreciate the
benefit of the shelter, and pay for it in
contented looks, as well as in the more
substantial results of the pail In this
sort of yard, with water always at
hand, they are not disposed to be uneasy.
1T Is the greatest cruelty and waste to
shut cattle up in warm stalls and then
turn them out in all sorts of weather to
wade through mud or snow, or walk on
treacherous ice for 100 yards or more,
to fill themselves over-full of water once
a day. 3. Manure under cover from
cold rains will decompose much faster
than that exposed, and is in much better
condition for handling, and is worth
much more when it is applied. Straw
will remain a whole year in wet yard,
and yet seem as strong as when first put
IN. Where room is of value, the CONSOLE
dation OF the manure pile by the con-
slant pressure of the hoof is also an item.
A yard under cover, where cattle are fed,
can be traversed by man at any time
without danger of offense.n
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Was Hamlet Mad !

The Nashville Banner prints the fol-
lowing letter from Edwin Booth in reply
to question sent by a legal gentleman
of Nashville:
DEAR SIR: The subject to which you
refer is, asyou well know, one of endless
controversy among the learned heads,
and | dare say they will "war' over it
" till time fades into eternity" | think
| am asked the same question nearly
three hundred and sixty-fve times a
year, and | usually find it safest to side
with both parties in dispute, being one
of those, perhaps, referred to in the last
line of the following verse:
Genius, the Pythian OF the Beautiful,
Leaves her large truths riddle to the dull:
From ey profane veil the Isis screens
And fools on fools still ask what Hamlet means
Yet, | will confess that | do not con-
slider Hamlet mad-except in ''craft. :"
My opinion may be of little value, but
It's the result of many weary walks with
him I" for hours together, here in the
lobby" Yours truly,
EDWIN RO0Tu
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into the officers arms, saying, " You had
better take care of that, policeman, or
some one will be walking off with it."
Equally ready to relinquish his loot
when there was no help for it was Chi
cago negro, caught by poultry fancier
in the act of carrying off some of his live
stock, and challenged with: what are
you doing with my chickensT" | wuz
gwine fer ter fetch 'em back, boss" ex-
planned he. {. Dere's niger roun' here
what's bin disputin' along er me bout
dem chickens. | said dey wUz Coachin
Chyniz an he said dey wuz AIabarmar
pullets, an | wuz ies takin' 'em roun'
fer ter stablish my nollidge Dey don't
lay no aigs, does dey, boss? Eff dey does,
I'm mighty shamed of hustlin' 'em roun'.
Aigs is scase."
Impudently cool as the darkey was, he
must yield the palm for effrontery to the
Erie railway guard whose interview
with Manager Fisk is thus related in an
American paper:
"Iou are conductor on the Erie, |
believe"
Yes, sir
How long have you been on the road?"
Fifteen years"
Worth some property, l iearn?''
Some"
Have very fine house in Oswego?
Cost you some thirty, forty, or fifty
thousand dollars?"
Yes, SIR
"Some little money invested in bonds,
| am told?"
Eyes, sir"
Gown farm near where you reside?"
YES, sir"
Had nothing when you commenced
as conductor on our road?"
Nothing to speak Of"
Made the property since?"
eyes, sir"
Been at work for no other parties? ,"
mo; but | have been saving money,
and invested it from time to time to good
advantage"
Well, sir, what will you give to set
tie? OF course you cannot pretend to
say you have acquired this property from
what you have saved from your salary?
You will not deny that you have pocket
ed great deal of money belonging to
the railway-at least fifty or sixty
thousand dollars? Now, sir, what will
you give to settle, and not be disgraced,
as you certainly will be if a trial is
brought, and you are compelled to give
up the property you profess to own, but
which in reality belongs to the COM
pany?"
"Well, Mr.. Manager, | had not
thought Of the matter. For several
years have been running my train to
the best of my ability. Never viewed
the matter in this light before Never
thong ht was doing anything wrong. /
have done nothing more than other con-
ductors; tried to earn my salary and get
it, and believe I've succeeded. | don't
know that | owe the company anything.
If you think | do, why, there's a little
difference of opinion, and | don't want
any trouble over it. | havea nice family,
nice father and mother, relatives all of
good standing; they would feel bad to
have me arrested and charged with dis
honesty. 1t would kill my wife. She
has every confidence in me, and the idea
that l would take a penny that did not
belong to me would break her heart. !
don't care anything for the matter
myself; but on account of my family
and relatives, if you won't say anything
more about it, I'll give you say-a dol
/ lar! Chambers .JOuiuuI.
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The Household.

HICKORY-NUr CAKE.-Two cupfuls of
sugar and one of butter well rubbed to-
gether; four eggs, whites and yolks beat
en- separately; one cupful of cold water,
three cupfuls of sifted flour, one tea
spoonful soda, two of cream tarter, two
cupfuls of kernels of hickory-nuts.
YORKSHIRE PUDDING.-One cupful of
flour, one pint of milk, two eggs; add a
little salt, and mix into a batter; pour
! into The creased pan and bake under the
beef; when nearly done remove the meat
to brown the pudding; the eggs should
! be we'll beaten.
! CORN MUFFINs-One quart of wheat
I flour, two tablespoonfuls royal baking
powder; add to it one cupful yellow
meal; cream together one cupful butter,
one cupful sugar, three eggs; add one
pint milk: stir well; then add flour and
meal. Bake in muffin rings in a hot
oven.
] SCOTCH FANCY CAKES.-Rub half a
pound of butter into pound and half
of flour; break four eggs into three
quarters of a pound sugar, and whisk
them five minutes; make a print with
the butter and -four: pour in the eggs
and sugar, and add half a gill of cream
mix all into a dough; cut into pieces
about two inches across and an eighth of
an inch thick; cover the tins with but
tered paper; lay the cakes on and bake.
/ SCRAPPLE.-This savory and nutritious
! dish is made from the trimmings or scraps
of pork and Indian meal. The following
is a good receipt: Sift one pound of
meal and half pound of -four together
stir them into three quarts of boiling
water with half a leve, teaspoonful each
of pepper, thyme, summer-savory and
sweet marjoram, six sage leaves rubbed
I fine, one nutmeg, grated, and two tea
spoonsfuls of salt; boil for three-quarters
of an hour, stirring frequently; add two
pounds ofspork trimmings, boiled tender
and chopped fine, or one pound of brown
pork scraps; then boil the scrapple for
/ fifteen minutes, stirring often enough to
prevent burning, and pour into butter,
ed mould to cool. When you want to
use the scrapple turn ii from the mould
cut it into slices and fry it brown.
/ BROWN BREAD.-Brown bread is one
of the most popular New England pre-
parations of Indian meal; and when care.
fully made and properly baked, it is an
excellent and nutritious food. Indeed,
it would be difficult to find more hearty
and strengthening meal than the favorite
Boston Sunday breakfast of brown bread
and baked beans. We give several good
recipes for making the bread.
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His Reasons.

A negro minister who married rather
sooner after the death of his wife than
some of the sisters thought. proper and
becoming, excused himself as follows:
Z" My dear brederen and sisters, my grief
was greater dan | could bear. | turned
cherry way for peace and comfort, but
none came. | Sarched de Scriptures
from Ginisee to Retaliation, and found
plenty of promises to de wilder, but
nary one to de widderer. So | took ii
dat de Lord didn't waste sympathy on q
man when it was in his power to comfort
hisself; and habbin a fuss-rate chance to
marry in de Lord, did so, and would do
50 again. Besides, brederen, | consider
dat poor Patsey was JUS as dead a. she
would cher be-
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BY J. G. HOLLAND.

Noon DER Judea All the air was beating
win the hot pulses of the days great heart;
The birds were silent; and the Til, retreatlng
Shrauk in its covert, and complalned apart,
When lone pilgrim, with his scrip and burden,
Dropped by the way-side, weary and distressed,
His sinking heart grown laithiess Of ITS guerd"-
The city Of his recompense and rest
No vision yet OF Galilee and TABOR,
Ne glimpse of distant Zion thronged ana crowned
Behind him stretched his long and useless labor
Before him lay the parched and stony ground
He leaned against shrine Of Mary, casting
Its balm of shadow on nis aching head,
And worn with toll, and faint with cruel iasuns;
He sighed: so God o God, that were dead
saThe friends love are lost or left behind me;
In penury and loneliness | roam; 49,
These endless paths Of penance choke and bind me
Oh come and take thy wasted pilgrim nome.
Then with the form OF Mary bending Ger him,
Her hands in chaDgeless benedlctloD stayed
The palmer slept, while swift dream upbOre hin
To the fair paradise for which he prayed
He stood alone, wrapped in diyinest wonder;
He saw the pearly gates and Jasper walls
Informed with light, and heard the FAR OIL thunder
OF chariot wheels and mighty waterfalls!
From far and near in rhythmic palpitations,
Rose on the air the noise OF shouts and psalms;
And through the gates he saw the ransomed nations
Marching and waving their triumphant palms.
And white within the thronging Empy1ean,
4 golden pa!m-branch in his kingly hand,
He saw his Lord, the gracious Gaiilean,
Amid the worship of his yriads stand!
40 Jesus! Lord Of glory Bid me enter.
worship thee. | kiss thy holy rood -
The pilgrim cried when from the burning center
A broad-winged angel sought him where he stood
Why art thou here?'' in accents deep and tender
Outspoke the messenger. g Dost thou not know
That none may win the city's rest and splendOr,
Who do not cut their palms in Jericho?
:" Go back 10 EARTH thou palmer, empty handed!
Go back to hunger and the toilsOme wayl
Complete the task that duty hath commanded
And win the palm thou hast not brought to-day"
And then the sleeper woke, and gazed around him
Then springing To his feet with life renewed,
He spuTned the faithless weakness that had bound
him,
And, faring on his pilgrimage pursued.
The way was hard, and he grew halt and weary,
But one long day, among the evening hours,
He saw beyond a landscape gray and dreary
The sunset flame Salem's sacred towers.
o. fainting soul that readest well this story
Longing through pain for deaths benignant balm
Think not to win a heaven OF rest and glory
If thou shalt reach its gates without thy palm!
-ScTibter tGT February.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.
a Picture.

0Re picture fsir within my heart L CARRY,
Unshadowed by the weary weight OF years;
And often amid strange scenes l tarry,
A vision of my early youth appears.
The houses clustered on the waters border,
Clear imaged in the softly -howing stream;
The trees beyond ii, set in gracious order
The bridge. the road-delicicus is the dream,
Each nook recalls fond thoughts and memories
soften
Ny heart 10 those that still by them abide:
think OF those that wandered with me often
OF those who now in earth lie side by side.
Long years have rolled, and other children gladly
Rove in the woods and by the waterside:
And some who walked with me may eye them
sadly,
And think Of other days, whose light has died.
And yet it lives, and sheds wondrous sweetness
Aroused the ways, else darkly shaded all;
Making the heart, prepared in all meetness,
Like . darkened chamber when the bright rays
fall;
4 home OF beauty, where the past is cherished
Zach common thing made radiant in the light:
No CLEAN Of loveOr beauty that has persisted,
But here, relimned, is clear TO inward sight
Good UGTEs
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THE POSSESSION of riches will bri

THE POSSESSION of riches will bring
you no enjoyment unless You have good
health: therefore if you are troubled with
any Diseases of the Heart, no matter how
slight, it is well TO look to its immediate
cure. Your physician may say, " will give
you relief" but notice he does not say he
will cure but in DR.. Graves HEART REGU-
LAToR we have cure, and can substanti-
ate it by the many testimonials we have re-
ceived. Among the many forms of Heart
Disease are Palpitation, Enlargement,
OF the Heart, Trembling all over and about
the Heart, Ossifcation or Bony Formation
OF the Heart Rheumatism, General Debility
and Sinking of the Spirits. Send your name
to F. f. INGALLS,, Concord, y. II for a
pamphlet containing a list of testimonials of
cures, &c.
Dr. Graves HEART REGULATOR is for
sale by druggists; price 30 cents and 81 per
bottle.
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or bench is made, two feet long,
with hoop at one end to hold the pail
Just under the teats, convenient for
milking rapidly with both hands. The
COW cannot upset the pail or get dirt In
it. A stool can be easily made by put
ting a heavy water-bucket-hoop on the
end of a light bench, six inches wide,
two feet long, with strong legs Western
.4qriculturiSt
Mr.. BowIcK, the English author,
urges that where there is the slightest
reason for doubling the terminating
powers of seed grain, it should be tested
before sowing much more generally than
is often done. His directions, though
too late for our fall crops and much in
advance of spring seeding, may well be
put on record for future use. They are
as follows: Draw 100 grains promiscu-
ously, lay them in two pieces of thick
flannel well saturated with rain water,
place it in A warm temperature, always
wet, and in fifty or sixty hours you will
find it sprouted. The general adoption
of such a handy method would give a
certainty to what farmer was actually
growing. Thus, if he found the ger
minative percentage low, he must add
more seed to make up for the deficiency.
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A Cloud of Witnesses.

For nearly quarter of century DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been acknowl-
edged by the people as positive cure for
all catarrhal affections, Its great popularity
with physicians and patients, together with
It's constantly increasing sale, attests, in ar
guments stronger than words, its healing
power. III there be general or nervous
debility and impoverished blood, DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery should be used
in connection with the Catarrh Remedy
The following named parties are among the
| thousands who have been cured Of cGtdrrh
by the use of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
A. +. Downs, New Geneva, Pa; d. j.
! Drown, st. Joseph, Mo-; f. c. Lewis, Rut-
| land, VT Levi Springer, Nettle Lake, Ohio;
! Chas. Norcrop, North Chesterfield, Me- :;
Milton Jones, Serbia, n. Y; j. f. Miller,
| Bridger Station, Wyo.; j. c. Merriman, Lo-
gansport, Ind; NJ. NJ. Post, Logansport,
Ind; }. w. Bailey, fremont Pa; II. B.
Ayres, La Porte, Ind; Jesse NJ. Sears, Fl.
Branch, Ind; J.. Williams, Canton, Mo.
| W. A. Thayer, Onarga, H.; S. B. Nichols,
Jr', Galveston, Tex; Jonas F. Reinert,
Stonesville, Pa; S. w. Lusk, Mcfarland,
! Wis; Johnson Williams, Helmick, Ohio ;
| Mrs. NJ. A. Currey, Trenton, Tenn; J. G.
Joslin, Keene, n. H.; A. j. Casper, Table
Rock, w. Va; Louis Anders, Gaysport, O.
c. H. Chase, Elkhart, Ind; Mrs. Henry
IIdlSul, san Il TdHclScO, Cal.: Mrs. T.. NJ.
Gallusha, Lawrenceville, n. Y; w. J. Ora
ham, Abel Iowa; A. O. Smith, Newman, Ga;
Chas. f. Rice, Baltimore, Md; Jesse NJ.
Sears, Carlisle, Ind; Dan'l B. Miller, Fl.
Wayne, Ind; Mrs. Minnie Arnaise, 300 De-
lancy street, New York; II. w. Hall, Has
tings, Mich. VIM. F. Marston, Lowell, Mass;
|. w. Roberts, Maricopa, Arizona; Chas.
S. Delaney, Harrisburg, Pa; NJ. c. Cole,
Lowell, Mass; Mrs. C. j. Spurtin, Camden,
Ala; Chas. F. Kaw, Fredericktown, Ohio;
Mrs. Lucy Hunter, Pennington, Ill. Capt.
L. j. Spalding, Camp Stambaugh, Wyo.
/. W. Tracy, Steamboat Rock, Iowa; Mrs.
Lydia Waite, Shushan, n. Y; j. NJ. Peck,
Junction City, Mont; Henry Ebe, Bantas,
Cal; r. p. Cummings, Rantoul, H.; S. K.
Jones, Charleston, -Four Corners, n. Y;
Geo. F. Hall, Pueblo, Col; VIM. f. Bartrie,
Sterling, Pa; II. II. Ebon, 948 Penn street,
Pittsburgh, Pa; J. r. Jackman, SamuePs
Depot, KY; Henry Zobrist, Geneva, n. Y.
Miss Hattie Parrot, Montgomery, Ohio
L. Ledbrook, Chatham. H.; S. B. Mccoy,
Nashport, Ohio; w. w. Warner, North
Jackson, Mich; Miss Mary A. Whine, Oar
len, Wis; John Zeigler, Carlisle Springs,
Pa; James Tompkins, st. Cloud, Mimi.
Enoch Duer, Pawnee, City, Neb; Joseph T.
Miller, Xenia, Ohio; S. B. Nichols, Calves
ton, Tex; II. L. Laird. Upper Alton, ILL.,;
John Davis, Prescott, Ariz.; Mrs. Nancy
Graham, Forert Cove, Greg.
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Once Happy, ALWAYS Happy.

sydney Smith said Mankind is al
ways happier for having been happy; so
that if you make them happy now, you
can make them happy twenty years
hence by the memory of It. A child
hood passed with due mixture of
rational indulgences, under fond and
wise parents, diffuses over the whole of
life feeling of calm pleasure; and in
extreme old age, is the very last remem-
brance which time can erase from the
mind of man. No enjoyment, however
inconsiderable, is confined to the present
moment. A man is happier for life from
having once made an agreeable tour, or
lived for any length of time with pleas
ant people, or enjoyed any considerable
interval of innocent pleasure; which
contributes to render old men so inatten-
tive to the scenes before them, and carries
them back to world that is past, and to
scenes never to be renewed again"
AMERICAN flour pays duty of S. 40
in rold at Havana Cuha
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Reformed Agriculture.

4 Mr.. Mechi, the eminent English agri-
culturist says in a recent number OF
! Agricultural Gazette: British agriculture
must be reformed by land owners and
tenants in the following practices, if the
question of economy are wisely consider.
ed:
First. The undrained land must be
drained, if not naturally sub-drained.
I Second. Fields must be of ample size
and proper form, with a minimum OF
fences and trees.
Third. The depth of cultivation must
be greatly increased by subsoil blowing
keeping the surface soil on the surface
Fourth. The open barn yard and dung
heap must be abolished by the use OF
covered, enclosed and paved cattle yards
properly ventilated
/ Fifth. Cattle must not be in the fields
except cows for certain period.
Sixth. Breeding and other sheep must
be folded within hurdles on wheels, the
fold moved morning and evening.
Seventh. Farm horses not to be in the
fields, but in properly ventilated boxes OF
stables.
Eighth. All animals must have free
access to water, especially sheep.
Ninth. All green food should be passed
through tie chaff-cutter, roots pulped
hay and straw cut fine, corn ground, for
cattle, horses and sheep.
Tenth. The roaming at large is great
loss and bar to profit.
Although Mr.. Mechi is called a wild
theorist, every one of these questions
greatly affect farm profit, as he has
proved by thirty years practice; and il
amuses and pleases me to find that farm
ers are featuring about and recommend
ing covered and enclosed yards. To oul
Irish and Scotch friends | would say
"Give up broadcasting and thick sowing
and take to the drill and horseshoe, il
you mean to keep down weeds and great
ly increase profit
OF course the sixth suggestion applies
to the English system of feeding off the
turnip fields by sheep during the winter
which is impracticable in this country
of deep frost and heavy SHOWS.