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Things to DO and to Know.

The Norway spruce is the hardest am.
handsomest evergreen.
Last winter was the most destructive o.
wheat since that Of 1866.
Do away with the Anticipated tollgate
Have free roads and good Ones
1t is estimated that the fruit crop of 1884
was damaged to the extent Of S2,OO0OOO by
insects.
Fourteen inches of snow fell in the west on
the morning after the great November meteor
shower in 1888.
The Worden grape Is the one that stood
Inst winters severe test best Of any of tho
well known varieties.
The Ulster Prolific is the name of a new
grape which is said to be very choice. 1t is a
cross between the Catawba and a wild aesti
walls, or summer grape 1t ripens the middle
Of September and is very hardy.
A willow farm in Macon, Ga, produces
about a ton OF switches to the acre, COM
manding when dried, $500, and, as the leaves
and bark sell at twenty-five cents a pound,
baled, the enterprise pays better than cotton
Evergreens should be so placed and mingled
with deciduous trees that when the leaves OF
the latter fall the others may, as il were, take
their place To cheer the winter scene This
may he accomplished without crowding
either.
A reporter Of The Chicago Tribune says
the exhibits at the fat stock show in that city
consisted Of about go head of cattle, 30 hogs
and sheep, eighty horses, n few crates Of
poultry, several tons of butter and cheese
and brass band.
The value O: agricultural implements ex
ported from the United States in 1884 was
& ,7G7, nearly six times what it was in
1864 In 1885 it was still greater. The bulk
of the implements consists of reapers and
mowers, aud goe t" Great Britain and IT'D
,solOtiies
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PreserNing Eggs.

Here are two good ways that are in use In
England: Rub the eggs all over with clari-
fed suet, or with a mixture of boiled olive
oil and beeswax. Either way will preserve
them. The National Stockman has this to
say:
Now is the time the egg preserver may get
I'm his work. In many towns, both east and
west, shrewd men are packing eggs by the
thousands at a cost of less than one cent each
Next winter they will sell at two cents each,
when fresh eggs gre so per cent. higher.
Eggs packed and treated as follows can be
kept three months, and seem and look like
fresh eggs:
Take a common box, such as Is used for
packing canned tomatoes; upon a two-inch
layer of fresh, clean oats place the eggs,
large end down, and leave space of at least
an inch between the eggs; cover with layer
~ oats and then place another layer of eggs,
as before, until the box is nearly full; fill it
with oats, packing the grain in neatly, and
screw on the top; place your box in a cool
cellar, and turn it upside down every other
day. If strictly fresh eggs are used, and the
turning is attended to as directed, few per-
sons will know them from fresh eggs, and
they will certainly be much superior to lined
or picked eggs.
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TINS queen or autumn. Une thousand varie-
ties Of the plant were shown. The flowers
were Of sizes from grain of corn TO lady's
double fists The stocks were planted in
pots in richly fertilized soil, and many were
trimmed up tall, with bushy round heads.
These were not as graceful as the plants in
their natural shape, growing at their own
sweet will But the style was tremendous,
like a horses docked tail Some of the
trimmed plants were six and eight feet high.
A splendid new white chrysanthemum has
been christened President Cleveland" There
ought to have been one named Rose Eliza
beth, but there wasn't.
The Japanese and Chinese varieties, with
their long, scraggly fingers, formed a strik-
ing feature OF the show. But most curious
Of all were the grated chrysanthemums
As many as six different kinds of flowers,
red, white, tawny and yellow, were fire.
quently grated upon one plant. The pro-
cess Is very interesting, and the result not
less SO. One exhibitor had a collection Of
twenty five pots of grated plants.
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A Noble Woman Hmtsr-
uondon TRUTH


Lord Strathnairn was a confirmed BACH
elor. and when he forgot the power Of
beauty he became a mIsogynist Spirits
feminine were only suffered to come near
him when he was at home. He travelled
about with q butler, valet, groom coach
man, who were on board wages, and who
all had, save the personal attendant, to find
their own lodgings. Once upon q time, and
not very long time ago, he fell Ill in the
course OF a summer tour somewhere In q
mountainous place. There was no doctor at
hand, but an American doctre,s was stay
ing ut the hotel, and was called In by the
landlady to see what was the matter with
her eminent guest. He had been In a state
OF semi-insensibiiity
On opening his eyes and perceiving two
women bending over him, one OF whom
was young and well-favorsd. he bounced
out OF bed and told them to begona He
was proper man and did not want any
such creatures about him. In their aston
ishment the ladies neglected to obey his per.
emptory order, on seeing which he took the
doctress by the shoulders and pushed her at
. running pace out Of the room.
In his last illness he was brought to his
senses by the prosence Of o nurse who had
been called In TO see that tho doctors pre-
scriptions were regularly followed His
mind had been a little shaken by recent
apoplectic fit, and he imagined, because an
attendant wearing female habilimsnts was
near him, that the hotel, or rather auberg,
whore no was staying ut Versailles to look
after lawsuit. was an establishment Of
another kind. His rage and distress were
boundiess until he was by friends and ssrv-
ants brought TO understand that the poor
woman, whose presence 80 agitatsi him,
was merely a sick nurse. However, no
argument could brina him to let her re-
main. Out she had to bundle, then and
thera
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In the Fishing Village OF Largo. the Birth
Place of Alexander seikirk

Place OF Alexander seikirk.
Edinburgh seotchman.l
II Is not generally known that the fishiny
village Of Largo In Fifs-maie famous IN
the popular song of "fns Boatie Row.
lays claim 10 the honor Of being the birth.
place Of Alexander Selkirk, the prototype
OF Dsfoes "Robinson CrusOe.7 The story
goes that he was bora In ths village Of
Largo In 1915 aud that he left his native
shores IN disgust at the interference OF the
session OF the parish Ia squabbls which he
had with his brother. After his residence
on Juan Fernandez Sslkrk Is said to have
returned TO his native village. and brought
with him his gun, sea chest and cap which
he had with him when monarch of all he
surveyed" on the desolate island.
The inhabitants OF Largo are proud Of
their connection with this most popular hero
OF Rctional literature, and are still able to
show the veritable cottage situated In tie
square near TO the sea, where Selkirk passed
his early days The gun and sea chest used
also 10 he exhibited. Some time ago pub
lie movement was set on foot TO raise sub
scriptions for the purpose OF erecting
monument TO "Crusos" in Largo. The
money, however. came In so slowly that
ons Of the local magnate, Mr. David Gill
lies net manufacturer. came forward and
offered to bear tho whole expense Of the
scheme As the result Of this publicspiritei
action there has just boon completed by
Mr.. 7. Stuart Burnett, A. r 8. A, life
like statue in bronzs Of Robinson Crusoe,
which will shortly be placed in a niche In
Crusoes cottage in the principal street OF
the village. The status, which stands six
feet in height, is spirited'y designed and
creditably executed. II ha, certainly tho
merit OF telling its own story. There Is no
installing who the figure Is intended TO
represent; 70 all who have read the romance
and who has MOTT looks like an old
friend.
Crusoe Is clad ia his rough coat OF goat
skins. with short. ragged breeches Of tho
same material. His muscular legs are
bare from the knee downward, AMI his feet
are inca'ed in skin sandals laced with leath
ern thongs The left hand slightly advanced,
graspS long rifle, while the right shades
the eyes, which are raised expectant-l Ike TO
the sea In the hops Of catching q glimpse OF
a rescuing sail An old Scottish short clay.
more, slung from the right shoulder hangs
by the left side; In the belt Is a large flint
lock pistol, and by the right side hangs
short ak. The head l. covered with a Low
skin cap The face, with shaggy whiskera
and mu'tache, is satisfactorily modelled and
wears upon it an appropriate expression
The statue will form an interesting addition
to the attractions Of the village. 1t may be
mentioned that the casting was made from
the clay in the foundry OF Sir John STEEL
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FARM GARDEN
Tobacco.


This "filthy weed" will grow in many lo-
calities where il was not thought to be cult
vable twenty-five years ago In a useful
pamphlet called Tobacco Culture pub
lished by the Orange Judd company, New
York, there are practical chapters from four
teen writers in as many different places. Tho
communications are from the states Of Ohio,
Maryland, Illinois, Connecticut, New York,
Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri, New Jersey
and Michigan.
This shows that the weed which only n.en
and worms will touch win grow nearly every
where in the Union. All very well to inveigh
against the filthy habit Of using 1t. Tobacco
chewing is as nasty as IL cin BE- But to-
hacco crop has many I. time paid of mort
gage ON the farm. In some localities, imme-
diately after the war it was the only crop
which paid the farmers anything. Moreover,
II does not exhaust the soil if rotation of
crops is properly attended to.
As long as farmers will raise it they should
learn to do so in the best manner. The
pamphlet mentioned gives the method OF
culture in each of the states mentioned from
seed bed TO press
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Figure is "A view of n tobacco barn, "a
feet wide and II feet high at the sides. For
storing tobacco get poles Of some light timber,
IL feet long and 2 inches thick by inches
wide. The ends Of the poles are laid upon
the bents After being hung with tobacco
they should be eight 10 ten inches apart
There are four tiers Of poles There is a large
door at each end of the structure.
In ordinary years the cost of a crop of
tobacco does not average over $40 to the
acre; in some localities not that
The quality Of the product varies greatly
with the soil upon which it is grown The
strong Kentucky tobacco, if grown for two
Or three years in the Connecticut valley, be-
comes thin and silky, like the regular Con
necticut seed leaf As 10 varieties of seed
the Connecticut seed leaf and the Golden leaf
are some Of the best for smoking, while the
Kentucky tobacco is approved for chewing
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TOBACCO BARN.

The directions are so clear that a green
farmer can follow them and raise a crop
successfully. Among the illustrations is one
showing a tobacco barn. 1t is reproduced
here. The picture shows the house filed
with tobacco. To store one acre of tobacco
building "a feet square is required. 1t is
II feet high to the caves, not counting the
foundation wall A common size of tobacco
house is 100 feet long by "A feet wide. Posts
II feet long are set upon foundation wall
IL inches high. Girths are put from bent to
bent in the frame. The bents are II feet
apart. The weather boarding is placed on
up and down.
The weather boarding is a foot wide. At
intervals of about every five feet board Is
set upon strap hinges In dry, sunny weather
these boards are opened for ventilation. Ina
damp or freezing atmosphere they are kept
closed
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-12-25
MCCULLOUGH AND GUS w-LlAiia
How the TragedIsn PLAYED n joke Upon
the Dutch Comedian.
f(1hIcaua Tina

the Dutch Comedian.
tChlcago Times
Mccullough was god comrai, and
bon vivant He liked, above all thin =, a
practical joke. A couple o; years az, h.
struck up great frien i>hip with Pres dent
Arthur and his get at Washingto AMI was
the life OF the table at all the diplomatic
stag parties About that time Gus VIII.
Jams was blossoming out from the variety
to the regular stage, and had acquired con-
siderable reputation as a general raconteur
OF funny conc its and sprightly after Inner
wit
Mccullough, who had suffered from sew
eral practical ,kes played on him by the
Dutch comedian, determined to take him
down and nip hi, reputation In the bud He
took John 7. Raymond. Jim Collier, and
the political ooterie Of Washington into his
confidence. and the game was perfected.
The president gave little dinner party,
and, among others, Gus Williams was in
vitsd- It was impressed on him that be
was celebrated at the White House a. q
very funny fellow, and he was expsctsi 70
keep the table In a roar. He sal nothiny,
but secretly laid him ELF out t. do it He
reported at the dinner table with a choice
budget Of original witici ms, which hs was
sure could not fail to make a great effect
when he got a chance to fire them off.
The dinner passed very merriIy, but
whenever Williams Attempted to get of a
joke he was sure to bs interrupted by either
McCull ugh or Raymond before the point
OF the joke could DO brought out At last,
however, there was . lull. AMI he couldn't
be stavei Cd any longer. He began story.
The whole party listened VITA great gray.
ity. The wag proceeded In his best style,
working 1t up to the laughing point The
story was good one, but they all preserved
their eqnanimity and listened without
smile. When the climax cam, anil the
joker stopped there was a deal silence.
swell. what tneni' aske | Mccullough,
after a painful pau e.
4Thats all Of the story" replied Will
Jams. sadly. ...-...--.
The tragedian gsvs him a plying look,
and, exchanging glanc,s with the other
actors, chsn 20 tire subject.
Later tie wit to,k heart az ain and tried
on a new story, hut the re nit was the same,
and William, notice that tn, whole party
cast looks of pity AMI astoni hmens at him.
He grew secrst Y mad an de pirate at tais.
and triei fr, qaeauy, but still in vain, to
make point Mt lau b did hs get tat
night
Afterward, on the way home, Mccullough
talkei with the wit in fatheriy way.
@You made terrific exhibition OF your
self tonight, my boy" said he 1You need
rest and you'll ta.s 1t IL you are wise.
Your brain is going. There's too much
strain on II. inventing jokes for years for
your performances" He insisting on seeing
the joker HON, and tucking him In bed, and
then sent three doctors TO him. at his own
expense. to the great discontinue OF the
funny man.
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cHLRL?s DICKENS DENISE.
His Last Moments Touchingiy Described
by His Daughter.

His Last Moments Touchingiy Descrioed
by His Daughter.
Miss Dickens
On the Monday morning the sisters were
TO leave for London. Charles Dickens had
ar intense dislike to, and shrinking froEi.
all leave taking He never used the word
good bye" IL he could help it, and generally
left Us for any short absence with kiss, or
nod. But on this day his daughter Kate
said: Il must say goodbye to papa" and
went over TO the chalet where he was busy
writing. As a rule, when he was busy he
would just put up his cheek to be kissed
But this day he took his daughter In his
arms saying: "God bless you, Katie" And
there among the branches OF the tree
among the birds and butterflies and scent OF
flowers she left him.
All that day and the next he was well.
but soon tired-an unusual thing for him.
On Wednesday morning he was in excellent
spirits, talking to "auntie" about his book,
"Ei win brood" and, as he was t. 60 to his
Office in London the next day he would
work in the chalet and take no drive or
walk until the evening He once came 10
the house in tho middle Of the day. smoke
q cigar In the con servat ry which SIM
proyemsnt" he took intsns, delight in. and
went back TO tho chalet Ii was not until
he and his sister .in-law. the only member
OF the family homo just them sat down to
dinner that she noticed a change in his
color and expression She asked him IL he
were III, and he said: "Yes. very i'll: have
been very Ill for the last hour"
She was going 10 send Immediately for a
doctor, but he forbade her. saying that he
would 20 on with the dinner anI 10 l. nidon
afterward. He struggled againt the fit
that was coming on. and she. becoming
seriously alarmed, entreated him to come
and sit down. Eyes, on the grnini,"
no answered., quite distinctly. and. Oh her
going to assist him, he slid from her arms
and fell on the ioor. A couch was brought
into the dinin groom, on which hs was laid.
kilograms were sent 10 his children aud to
his London doctor and a messenger sent for
the doctor at Rochester, and the faithful
friend and companion sat alone, for e. time,
watching. Tbs two daughters and Mr..
Beard arrived that evening, the eldest son
the next morning, and his son Henry from
Cambridge tbs evening OF the 9th, to late,
alas
J We watched ell through the night and all
through the next day. but he never once
opened his eyes or showed one sign Of con-
seriousness. IL was better 30 for him. The
last good. bye" would have caused him such
pain and sorrow But we could tell the mo-
mention minutes past 0 o'clock-when his
spirit took flight A shadow stole across
his face. tear rolled down his cheek, he
gave deep sigh, and he was gone from u.
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This IL nothing new. When Henry Ward
Beecher was an agricultural editor forty
years ago he wrote about it, The disease In a
fungus growth that attacks the trees by
means OF germs that float upon the air The
best remedy thus far discovered is to enrich
the soil about the trees so that they win
grow vigorously and be able TO throw off the
disease. Hardy, vigorous orchards attacked
with the blight generally recover. Coal
ashes about the roots Of trees serves both as
fertilizer and as a preventive of the blight
Sprinkling the trees with salt water is also
said to Inc good
III your orchard is attacked with the blight,
don't get paniclxy Just enrich the soil.
mulch and work vigorously around the trees
and wait. They viii get over it, as children
get over the measles. An old farmer says he
notices there are just as many and as fine
potatoes raised now as there were Def y the
potato beetle was known The same. be
said OF pears and pear blight
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Facta of Intereat.

The Medical World reports a ease, now
nnder observation, in which the patients hair,
which had become premeturely gray, Is
slowly returning to its original color, under
the internal administration Of phosphorized
cod liver oil. The World had previously noted
similar RESERVATIONS under the same treatment
Many Of the pretty anemones-the wind
flower, the meadow anemone, the passe fieur
and the wood anemone-were long since
swept into the pharmacopoea under the name
Of pulsatilla. Now the sea anemone (Medusa
aurita) is found by some specialized scientist
to possess what he calls medical properties"
and its beautiful head is to be ground up into
specific for the govt.
Lenses for the great Lick telescope are said
10 have been successfully cast, and need only
polishing to be ready for use. The San Fran
cisco Call says: I'm looking through the
telescope it is reckoned that the moon will be
brought within thirty miles of the earth, and
that discoveries will be made on that planet
TO solve problems heretofore held to be un-
solvable
A curious observation has been made by
Dr. Copeland, an English astronomer
While watching one Of Jupiter's satellites be
was able to see it pass over its own shadow
Oh bhc pihhch EOl tlis W uhfc udpptU6u,
the sun, the earth, the satellite and the part
of Jupiter's disk occulted must have been all
in one straight line, and, as seen from Jupi-
ter, the earth must have appeared making a
transit across the sun
Gen. Grant on the Eastern Question
Eugene Schuyler, In the last North Amsri-
can Review, has an interesting paper on
@United Bulgaria" He says Gen. Grant
was very much interested In the eastern
question. and while visiting Constantinopls
entertained some friends by telling what he
would have done had he arrived before
Constantinople at the head Of victorious
army. Without entering into details, Mr..
Schuyler says he would have occupied the
city, made provision for the safety Of all
property, and then issued q proclamation
leaving all ultimate arrangements to the
European powers on ere conditions: @That
the rule Of the Turk in Europe was to Be
forever abolished"
Whitehall Times: When man rubs against
the world he other becomes call fused or
exposes his tenderness.
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California Fruit Prod uction.
New York SUM-

It was foressen years ago that California
would produce ten times rs much fruit rs
would meet the wants OF local consumption.
That point Is now believed to have been
reached, yet fruit culture Is still In its In
fancy there The only limit to production
seems TO be the foreign demand. and fruit
growers are anxiously casting about 10 find
markets for their crops They have held
several conventions to consider the subject
and will soon bold another. IL Il expectsd
that they win BE- enabled TO send two freight
trains OF fruit per weak to the eastern
markets. next year, and II the business Il
pooled u can b made profitable, otherwise
mot The ole thent Of co-opsration Il ssssn-
tial TO success
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Cotswolds.

A correspondent says that there are many
yet who do not know the points of this breed
of sheep and asks us to give them in the
thoroughbred. An English writer. good au-
thority, in brief says: A large breed; long
fleece; wool strong and good color, to s
inches in length, and feeces weigh from 7 to s
pounds each, some much heavier: mutton
considered good. Wethers are fattened at
IA months, and weigh Is to "a pounds per
quarter, and at 2 years 20 to 30 pounds per
rta
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Where DO the Patterns Come From.
boston Transcriptl


Can anybody guess in what undiscovered
country the persons who draw embroidery
pattern finl the flowers which they por-
trayi With them, fern looks like skele-
ton leaf; daisy has petals pointsd at each
end; and golden rod grows In racemss The
colors which they mark to be used In work.
ing the patterns are, IL anything. worse
than their drawing, and IL their directions
were exactly followed, the result would DO
nothing II not wonderful
Fortunately, there are few women who
do rely upon them implicitly. but their
complacency when faults are pointed out
to them Is amazing. @Dear me, madam"
aaid one the other day when q customer
ventured TO say that the newest growth
was usually at the end Of stem. and that
the colors used should indicate IL aDear
me, we don't follow Naturei Il Is not
fashionable" II one be intent upon pro-
ducing artistic work, one must be content
TO pay for an artistic pattern and not 60 to
cheap places That way madness lies, mad
ness In the sense Of the vsrna cular.
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To Plant Nuts.
lOran ge County Farmer

orange county FARMER
Gather the nuts fresh and sound Select
some place out of the way and take up sod,
drop the nuts in its place, then put the sod
back inverted and press it down. Leave until
planting time in the spring, when most of the
nuts will he sprouted or started to sprout
Chestnuts and walnuts should be plantet
where intended to stand. Cultivation anc
protection are necessary