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style, and who recently castthem aside
and went TO live in a wickiup with u
Piute buck, has repented Of her passion
for savage life.s Recently, after drink
ing bad whiskey all night, he arose in
the morning and began to beat and kick
her. She escaped to town and has once
more donned the garb Of civilization.
Perhaps it would be o good thing to
send her east as . lecturer on the beau
ties Of savage life.
The present wife Of the emperor OF
Germany was not his first choice. The
lady whom he wanted to marry was the
Princess Elizabeth Radziwill. The lat
ter returned his love tothe highest de-
gree, but she was much too noble
minded to accept the sacrifice Of his
hand, and, in a last interview with the
prince, she besought him to a her.
She went into q nunnery, and Wilhelm
welded Augusta, but their married life
was not for many years a very happy
one. tt is only since the different ut
tempts on the emperor's life that their
~relntions have become warmer, and on
those occasions the empress always
spent many hours daily near the bod
side of her husband.
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plants for this kind of gardening, and
the tuberous-rooted varieties reduce
the labor & q minimum. A box on my
own veranda, last summer. contained
our of the latter, while Madeira
vines clambered over the
lattice work of slender viii
lows to the ends, and wreathed the up
per part of the window with their w
peculiar drapery of green leaves, and
family sweet flowers. A quantity Of va
riegated periwinkles completed the eff
feet. On the approach of cold weather,
such a box can easily be removed to
warmer quarters, gradually dried Off,
and then placed in a frost-proof room or
dry cellar until the following spring.
A collection of fuchias, half q dozen
different kinds, i'll q large box is also n
charming, and unlike specimen pot
plants, they can be left to their W de-
vices, and neither trimmed nor trained.
| desirable than the cobna scandens, and
it is easily grown from seed. Two little
pots filled with moist earth and placed
| side by side in an empty match box, the
spaces around them tightly packed with
wet moss, the seeds planted edge down.
the whole covered with u pane of glass,
set in a warm place and not waterea,
have year after year started beautiful
little plants for me. After the seeds
have terminated, they ask little favor
of any me, and thei~ rapidity of growth
is something m~arvelluus.
Nothing adds sc much to the CHAINS
of the rich, glowing colors Of foliage
plants as a iudicious mixture OF ferns,
and some of our native ones are quite
equal to the greenhouse varieties.
Taken up in early spring before the
fronds have begun to unroll them
selves in the sunlight, and put here
and there among brilliant colens or
crimson d%rac@nas, they VIII grow aud
thrive either in shade or sunshine and
lendgrace and beauty to the~irsur,sund-
ings. Rustic boxes filled entirely with
ferns, and wild grasses, and draped
with mitchella vines, may deck q shell
,, tered veranda all summer, and then do
duty Mt q north window as ferneries all
winter. ~
Cyperus alternifolius, also, though
usually recommended for Wardian
cases, will give charming effects among
~bouvardias or ADDITIONS in a large win
dow box, and swe Vt peas and mignon-
cite ere always acceptable. Sweet peas
must be covered three or sour inches
when sown, or the vines will 500 turn
yellow and droop away without o single
blossom.
In regard to the size, shape and or
namentation of the boxes much will de-
pend on the plants chosen. For strong,
quick-growing ones, depth of soil and
plenty of root room are required, while
for the lower-growing and delicate ones
shallow boxes are more desirable. One
thing bear in mind; no art can deco
rate equal to the forms, %colors, shad-
ings, intricate loopings and draperies
OF healthy vines and flowers, so there is
no necessity for elaborate ornament in
the box itself; it should always be sub
ordinate to the plants therein. The
soil should be light and rich, and the
supply of water must be ample.-Vick's
illustrated Magazine.
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cant4on in s.sra-a.to seaa.corn.

D. s., Ionia County, Mich, writes:
"For Is years there has not been a sea
son so bad for ripening corn as that OF
1883. tits estimated that 1901 600 bush
els of seed-corn will be needed in the
State of Wisconsin alone, owing to the
failure of the corn to ripen. Similar
conditions prevail in all c~orn-growlng
states, and probably not II farmer in
fifty has saved corr that is fit for seed.
Every one should to-day test his seed
corn by placing several average samples
between folds of moistened flannel and
# it does not terminate then look sharp
for corn that will grow or the result
will be hundreds and thousands of dol
lars of loss to the farmers and millions
to the country. Look sharp, too, for
corn of the best varieties which ripened
in 1888. SO far as Team learn there was
only one variety that ripened perfectly
in THE state the past season. Alsopro-
cure a pure, fixed, and distinct variety
| which has been thoroughly tested, and
which is an extra early and not a hard,
flinty corn.
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Extension Of the Russian Empire

The star of Russian empire is taking
its way east in n manner very unpleas-
ant to Engiishmen. According to a
paper lately read before the Royal
Asiatic Society the Russiansare display
ing remarkable activity on the Caspian
and Black Seas, and have so managed
matters that a corps d'armee might
be we'll on the road to India before
the movement attracted much at
tention, England havirg no consular
agent in either place. Baku is a rising
Caspian port, which is attaining no
toriety for its remarkable petroleum
wells. This has led to the collection of
a large feet to convey the kerosene to
various parts, and, to the astonishment
of the Russian Government, they have
thus an unlimited number of steamers
which could in twenty-fonr hours tran
sport the corps d'armee to Michaelovsk,
on the eastern shore of the Caspian.
From this port there is already q rail
road to Kizildavat, a distance of lat
miles; and from the latter place to
Askabad, 135 miles, there is road, and
q railway is proposed. Thence to
Saraskh liz 1856 miles, and from the last
named place to Herat is 2O2 miles, and
n Russian surveyor has already surveyed
the entire distance and proved that a
line can be easily made.
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Capers Of q Cyclone.

MI. Robert Wilson, whose mothers
house was demolished, was blown out
into the yard, but not seriously hurt.
BE had retired before the storm came
on and laid his clothing on a chair. In
his vest pocket was a watch. The next
morning he found his watch hanging on
9 small Limb of a tree that had blown
down in the yard, the chain wrapped
several times around tho limb. It Wi
ticking away as il nothing had hap
pened. Mr.. Stewart, who was killed at
Daniel Watson's, was very fond of hunt
ing, and always kept his gun near the
head Of his bed. When Mr.. Stewart
was found after the storm his gun was
lying near him, but it had been dis
charged, the entire load passing through
Mr.. Stewards body. In one place we
noticed large fat pine log, which would
weigh at least 5000 pounds, which was
taken up from the ground where it was
lying and carried a distance of twenty
TO twenty-five PAGES and piled across
some other logs.-North Carolina
Rocket.
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Early Pig Pasture.

What is it best to SOW for an early
pasture for pigs, the coming summer,
on q prairie soil newly broken?
Ans.-It is not advisable to pasture
some grasses MT all, or to pasture very
early, the same season the seeds sown
but the best you can do is to SOW four
pounds of Orchard Grass, six pounds
White Clover, four pounds Kentucky
Blue Grass and II pounds Red clover
seed to the acre. To this you might
add three pounds of Northern Red Top.
The White Glover is very early and is
closely followed by Kentucky Blue
Grass and Orchard Grass. Harrow
the ground we'll and brush in the seeds.
Ii you can do this just before q rain all
the better. All the seeds mentioned
may besown togetherin the early spring.
You might SOW a patch of rye for pas.
ture to ease the grass, but the success
of this you can best determine for your.
self.-Rural New Yorker.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
xatt.rs.

Painted and stained floors are grow
ing in popularity.
Japanese screens and panels are much
used for decorative purposes.
The finest plain white damaskis com
ing in fashion again for the table.
A buttermilk bath for widowed arti
cles, afterwards placing them in the'sun,
is recon mended.
Old-fashioned rag-carpet is to be seen
on the floors of some of the kitchens in
some of our fashionable houses.
Brass poles are used for stair-rods.
They look effective over a handsome
carpet, but are difficult to keep clean.
Sweet Omelettes, which are only the
plain omelette jelly or jam spread over
it before it is rolled, should be busted
with fine sugar at the moment of serv-
ing.
HOME CAKE.-Rub we'll into a pound
OF flour half-pound of good beef drip
ping; add one-qnarter pound of sugar
and one-quarter pound of entrants;
then one tablespoonfulof brewers yeast.
Mix as bread, but do not knead; let it
rise till light, and bake in a quick oven.
To make the ebony stain for furni-
ture or mantels, use tube oil, blue-black
for staining u~nvarnished wood. The
dull tint gives the surface required, and
is very different from the shining and
vatnishel effect OF jet black paint. If
the color sinks in very much, as it will
Gu soft woods, repeat the process.
The cheap palm-leaf fans are very
much used for screens, being covered with
drawn plush, satin, or cretonne to form
q bag, finished off with small pompons
round the edge at small intervals, auC
q large satin bow at the base of the
handle. They are sometimes hung ny
against the wall by the side of the fire
place, handle upward, and hold a half.
opened Japanese fan fre-screen, or any
little odds and ends.
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when to SOW o

L see m inquiry in your paper as to
the time to SOW clover seed. was glad
to see some one raise the discussion on
clover. l will give my experience OF
forty years, and what l have gathered
from others I have talked with. My
facilities for knowing have been some
what better than those of most farmers,
as I have been selling seed for
the last ten years. From what | can
gather, about the 10Th of April is the
best time, if the season is favorable; ii
not, SOW later, when the ground IS dry
and cracked, and before u rain. L don't
SOW on a snow OF IN the moon, but on
the ground when out of the way OF frost.
! BY this plan a man won't MISS gett'hS
a stand more than once in five or seven
years, but if he SONS early and the seed
terminates he is n goner.-lndiana
Farmer.
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Window

Among the numerous plans for the COM
ing summer made by the great army of
flower lovers all over the broad land, /
hope many have included one, two or
more window boxes. 1t can be said in
their favor that they offer one OF the
easiest methods of gardening, and one
OF the prettiest forlnsof outdoor decor
alton; and to the large class, who,
through i'll health or many cares, are
debarred from the ordinary flower gar
den, they are especially suitable. They
give also rare chances for richness Of
tone and harmony Of color, and an
artists work may be as plainly yisiblein
= well-filled window box is in riany
more %pretentious things.
l was especially struck with this lat
ter fact, one day, last summer, when
before the windows Of an old farm house
I saw so beautiful a combination of
form and color that 1 stopped and
begged permission to examine closely.
The brackets that held the window box
es were fastened in place with large
screws; and could be easily removed,
and the boxes made of implanted pine
nailed together. Up each side of the
window was u rustic ladder, made by
fastening a slender cedar stick about
four feet long i'll each corner Of the box,
then lacking bits of twisted messy
branches irregularly back and forth till
the desired height was reached; then
longer pieces formed an arch over the
top. In n box q white abutilon
formed the center piece, with scarlet
geraniums and sweet breathed hello
tropes on either side, while delicate
maurandyas, with their dainty leaves
aud blossoms. twined around and over
the rustic supports. Then, mingling
with the stronger growing German
ivy, senecio scandens fell in long festoons
from the arch above. Bulbs of oxaiis
dsppi, which had been tucked in here
and there, furnished abundance of pref
tily marked leaves, and the outside of
the box was completely hidden by a
perfect mat of othonna, tradescantia.
German ivy and dew plant. The other
box had a large, double, purple fuschia
in the centre, with white geraniums on
either side, surrounded by quantities Of
mignonette and the same charming con-
fusion of dropping vines. These boxes
were sheltered by a veranda, but had
m unlimited supply of sunshine during
the middle of the day, and we're perfect
marvels of luxuriant growth.
Bogonins are among the most suitable
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Personal Gossip.

Grant smokes q medium-strength ci-
gar, which h eimports from Cuba. He
talks while smoking, never lets a cigar
go out, and smokes the stub on n wood
EN- toothpick. Sherman smokes nerv-
ously, md Is always elighting his cigar.
Sheridan enjoys q quiet smoke, but
can't do anything else while he is smok-
ing. Butler rarely lights a cigar. but
carries the wrong end in his mouth.
Logan smokes only at long intervals,
but when he smokes at all, it's inces-
sanity.
II is we'll to be posted in the French
names OF some Of the brand new shades
which fashion has introduced; sGris'
y 4 steeley drab shade. aShauyette,'
d shade of drab beige. aArmande," q
delicate salmon yellow. "Isard,n an
ashes Of rose. or pinkish, beige shade.
AChampiignonn is yellowish soft drab,
OF = its name suggests, q mushroom
shade.
Judge Dickey, Of the Illinois Supreme
Court, shed tears when on the Shiloh
battlefield a few daysago, He told the
three hundred Union veterans around
him how the Ii usband Of his daughter
General Wallace, was killed neal the
spot then under foot. During the bat
Tie Mrs. Wallace, approaching to join
her husband, met Q messenger, who
told her of the Generals fall.
AT q station in Montana the other
day Boston girl stuck her head ont of
3 Northern Pacific car and exclaimed:
eth bewildering womance which.
scwowns this tNanscendental scenewy
With such understandable facination and
stinges it's eyewy featuh with such over
pow ing interest quite bweaks me up!"
And 4 number Of members Of the local
vigilance committee standing on the
platform look grimly into each others
faces and mnttered. aOh, il il was only
man. ~
The Montreal (Can.) Witness says:
Among other worthy deeds, the late
Joseph Macksy left $10,OOofor ! Pro-
tessorShip ia Montreal Presbyterian
College. His surviving bryther. Ed
ward supplemented this ~ Z rift a
sse40. 600 and called the professorship af-
ter his brother. 81 his death the late
y Edward Mackay left $4,000 TO found 4
Gsrl,Air In the college. Nov his three
0ephews have added $4,000, and call
~ pr0fessorsaip after their uncle.
The Indian girl o. Eureka, New.
i Tho Ban Francisco Chronicle, who
ma b6ensoiven all Tie benefits Of civiil.
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Management Of Swine.

How can we best manage our present
crop Of hogs during spring and early
summer, and how can we get the earliest
green feed for them, as corn is scarce
and dear?
ANs.-Hogs which have been winter
ed, will not only live, but thrive on
grass or clover pasture. They cen be
kept along on such pasture without
other food until spring grain is ripe.
Peas are the best feed for hogs, and
these will be ready in about "a months
after sowing. Barley is next best of the
spring grains, and will mature sooner
than the peas. Early sweet corn can be
utilized to good advantage, to b efollowed
by later varieties, and fed stalks and
oil, and the hogs will eat it with great
relish. There are more ~fatteaing prop
critics in sweet corn-stalks than most
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The Short Rows.

A Vermont dairyman says q young
calf should be fed three times o day.
Overlooking at long intervals, and es-
pecially with cold food, kills a good
many valuable calves.
\ writer in Hygiene Pratique states
that boots and shoes may be rendered
waterproof by soaking them for some
hours in thick soap water. The COM
pound forms a fatty acid within the
leather, and makes it impervious to
water.
Don't forget the dust bath for the
poultry. This is made by mailing to-
gether four boards in the form of a
square. No bottom is needed. Place
in a sunny corner and fill with dry loan
or road dust, with an extra barrel full
to use when needed. There is nothing
equal to a good dust bath to keep the
hens free from Il, .. Ii they are very
lousy q bushel of wood ashes may be
added to the bath.
In windy localities, says j. J. Thorn
as, good screens of eversreens on the
exposed sides of the cattle Yards
have the three-fold advantage of orna-
ment, comfort to the cattle, and econ
omy in feed and in saving flesh. This
kind of protection from wintry winds,
with its great saving and little cost. is
so important that there appears to be
no excuse for its commission by any
farmer.
A correspondents says hat young
horses should never have shoes imposed
upon them until it is well proved that
they cannot do without them. He pre-
diets that the day is not far of when
some humane benefactor of his kind
and horse-kind will produce a breed OF
horses having such firm, tough feet in
addition to all other good qualities.
The negroes Of Sumter county, Ala,
have a farmers club in successful opcr-
alton, with some very practical features
worthy the consideration of white folks.
If any member fails to attend properly
to his team, orkeep his fences in repair
he is fined from 81 to $40, and the
money is collected out of the first pro,
ceeds of his crop. Membership in such
aclub would prove expensive to q goo,l
many white farmers.
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neonle With the above aux
@iliaries hogs may be kept growing
through the summer, ana DO aa'e now.
without any corn. Young pigs more mor
ever, will require something more
than pasture. Wheat middIngs, ai
ground oats with the bulls slfted ou''
and slightly fermented, will make inc
best kind of food for pigs. Inc nuns
of the oats are excellent for the caves
or COWS. If SONS are sucking pigs,
they will require additional food un.li
the peas or barley are ready Tor tnem'
The hogs may be turned into the peas;
and thus harvesting and grinding VII
be unnecessary. Wheat might take the
place of corn, and if ground entire IN
small quantities it will be eexellentfood
for swine.-Rural New Yorker.
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The Life of a Harvard Student,

College students study with all sorts
OF incentives. A few stu " all the time,
when they are not sleeping and eating,
They are ambitious to lead their class
or at least to get an average Of OH nor
cent; Tor their four years, or they de-
pend upon winning q scholarship Of
SOY to carry them through, and so ara
often obliged, by reason OF their only
ordinary natural ability, to dig" con.
stantly for high marks. Another and
a larger class of men are content with
an average Of Sc per cent. and do not
car to grind for a degree with the high.
est distinction. They are fellows Of
good parts who usually take what
course they likc--Harvard students
remember, can study almost
what they choose after tha
freshman year-and who work faith
FULLY every day. Men do not care -.
40 not think they are able, to graduate
WIN great distinction, study hard
enough to get an average of75 per cent.
TOT 1lelr our years. and get degrees
With distinction. They, as do ali Kinds
OF students, sometimes pick out soH
courses, so called. and seldom b,,rt
themselves with work, though they are
lar from being %loafers. Ali these men
Would consider a course a failure, if
they didn't get ION the rank listn in =.
That is, If they didn't get 70 per cent ~
1t. About 100 men, l should sav N
every Harvard class of 200 average ha ~
low 70 per cent. in their studies. Abort
q quarter of these are contented or boun
TO be contented, with simply anull;na
through" If they haven't a condit;ns
IN any study at the end of the Sen;nr
year and have an average of5O Der cent
IN all their studies for the four years
me get the coveted sheepskin. Soma
10 ov ehem are very dull, some are yery
lazy' some are both. They take ~
softest courses and hire private tut .le
and, usually, by vigorous bracina suvors,
80 per cent.
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Simon Cameron said to q Philadel-
phia Record reporter in regard to Flori-
da: 81 found no traces of malaria down
there, and l was told that there had
been no serious sickness during the two
years that the white workmen had been
laboring on the canal. There is a salt
breeze almost always from the Gulf or
the Atlantic. The community is made
up mainly of hotel keepers-Yankees-
who prefer to import canned vegetables
from New York for their guests rather
than raise the vegetables in the ground.
They say they have no help, but that is
all nonsense"