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AGRICULTURAL. September. All gulden in tin- autumn sun Thr W.IMIIU rornnVIild -liino . 1 ''irpli- and full of ru.tily juice. The (rapes hung on I lit- vines. . A blending hovers in tin- ;iir. A~ Karln, from toil rHeaHed. Holds, with a hu*h upon tu-r f.u-r, Her sweet Communion feast. capital of (100,000. The Hon. J. Oregory Smith is President. It wa* organi/rd in October, 1890, and commenced opera) urns in November. When the cieam reaches the creamery it i)ii.slT WITH Tin: wetiVEK. Many years ago I took my family to Wis- consin, and located myself in the woods, Smut on Wheat F. S. I iotf writes from Wisconsin : Two distinct species of smut attack wheat. In " black smut" the entire head is changed to a lila U dust. In the "stinking smut" or "bunt" the smut is inside the kernel. In order to liave a clop oi wheat free from smut, both the soil and the seed must be free from smut spores. Wheat should nt therefore follow a smutted crop of wheat for one, or better for two or three years, and manure from the straw from a smutted wheat field or from stock field or from slock fed on smutted straw or grain should not be used on land intended for wheat. Seed wheat known to be free from smut may be safely used without treatment ; otherwise the seed should be treated before sowing. For the treatment dissolve ten ( 10) pound of aul phate of copper, also known as blue vitriol and blue stone, in eight (Sj gallons of water placed in a tub of convenient size. As this substance dis*ol\es rather slowly it ia well to odd it to the water the day before it ia desired for use. Pour as much of the seed wheat into the solution as the liquid is .ill" to cover readily, and stir until every kernel has become thoroughly wet. What I-M-I rises to the surface should be skimmed off. Then pour off the solution into a second lul-. and spread the wheat on a floor to dry. M i- u'rain may then be added to the solu- tin u anil the process repeated un til alllhas been treated. The grain should not be permitted to remain in the solution longer than five min.itts. goes into a receiving tank on the first floor ; ! about ten miles from the nearest settlement, and at least five from the nearest neighbor. The country round was mostly forest ; and wild beasts and Indians were so numerous in that quarter, that my friends at the East, to whom I gave a description of my locali- ty, expressed great fears for utti safety, and said they should be less surprised to learn of our having all been cut oi, than t hear of our still being alive nut there at the end of a couple of years. However, I did not feel much alarmed on my account and my wife was as brave as a hunter : but then wo had three children the oldest only ten and sometimes, when I was away from home, the sudden growl of a bear, the howl of a wolf, or the scream of a panther, would make me think of them, and feel quite un- easy. For a while, at first, tin- night-screeching from there it is pumped into storage vats in the second story, where it is "cured." Then it is ready for the churn, anil is sent through a pipe into the churning-room, where ten square. -box Blanchard churna are almost constantly at work. Kach churn churns .~>OO pounds of butter at a time. When the butter is taken from the churn it is sent to the working room, where four Mason power- workers are revolving. Thia ia a novel sight. A round table about eight feet iu diameter revolving under two conical rollers, also constantly turning, while be- tween the rollers and the table is an inch of butter. Over each worker is a pau of ice and salt to cool the eighty pounds of butter on the table. There ia a man in charge of each worker, who works in the salt with a paddle and lees that the buttermilk and brine are thoroughly pressed out. Then it is taken to the packing-room and put into differed sized pack*, from ounce prints to fifty-pound tubs, aa tho trade de mauds. The butter ia nex>. taken to cold storage, ami, when ready for shipment, is marked in the refrigerator- room by the shipping clerk and put into a refrigerator car, thus reaching Boston and other New Kngland cities without any change in ti-m- perature. There is a fascination in watching the work of the chemist, C!eorge H. Llarlin, a graduate of the University of Vermont in 1890, by which he tells how much the milk of the differe it herds is worth. At 'in- various stations arc cases of pint jars, each and howling of these wild animals al,irnn-d , another in my thigh, which caused me the children a good deal and sometime* shriek with pain ; aud my wife, with the same time coming nearer, warned me to be upon my guard against another attack. I had just succeeded in getting my wife more securely rolled iu her p.olectmg robe, as the safest thing I could do in that extre- mity, and myself, pistol iu hand, in a de- fensive attitude, over her proitratt body, whi-M acme eight or ten mora of the savage aud desperate creatures made their appear- ance upon the scene. There wasa moment- ary pause aa they came into view and dis- covered me during which their eye* glared and -dium: liku living cuals of fire and then, with terrific prowls and snarls, they began to circle round inu, each moment narrowing the space between us. Suddenly une more darii:g or more hungry than the others lioiiiided forward, ami received a shot from one of my pistols directly lietween hia eyes, and he rolled I. .irk upon the snow, ,md a part of the others sprang upon him, as in the case of the firat. Kill I had nu tune to congratulate myself that I had disposed of him, for almost at the same time I felt the lacerating f.tngs of to my wife and me -especially u hen we mistook the cry of the panther for an Indian yell ; but we soc-n got used to the different sounds, and then did not mind them so much -, and after I had got a few acre>, cleared around the dwelling, they generally kept more dis- tant at night. Unebitter cold morning -the ground liemg deeply covered with snow, so crusted and fro/en that no feet could sink into it I brought out the horse for my wife to ride to the nearest settlement, where she bad some purchases to make, which she wish-d to at- tend to herself. Besides being well mutrled up in her own clothing, I wrapped a large jar having atin tag with two numbers, one i buffalo robe around her ; and admonishing - to designate the station and the other the farmer. Four time* during the week the man in charge of the .station puts in the patron's jar a small sample of each herd's milk, and at the end of the week sends the jars to the laboratory for analysis. Mr. Claflin carefully measures a small _ ........ _ ...... ^ ... _ _ _____ ..... her that lip- woods were full of danger after f u i, brief examination soon satisfied dark, I urged her to ! sun- and get back before sunset, whxh she promised to do. All day long, after her departure, from some cause for which I could nut .iccount . I felt very much depressed and uneasy, as if something evil were going to happen : and quantity of the milk into a flask, adds acids I when I saw the sun aboul half an hoar high, I has been found that the treatment here J to take out the cur j au<1 u , t into a ; and no signs of my wife returning. I got out described injures to some extent the ger i centri f u .. tt i machine to bri ng out the butter my pistols, rifle, ammunition and hunting minuting power of t lie seed, and experiments | j^ After revolving for a few moment* at knife, saddled a young and rather skittish 1 a thousand revolutions a minute, the butter colt, and bidding the children keen within have shown that if wheat thus treated is fat has risen into the neck of' the flask, urs, "d the house safely locked, I mount afterward immersed for a short time in lime ... . . , . , ll I1AO I lacll III It/ . II'.' II. . <rl , MW UMn, I * ," I t* water, this damage is largely avert Ml. I ' w here the percentage can be mad easily on j 1 <">d rode off to meet her, which I expect- replied. "Hark: there are tm.r.i is recommended, therefore, that all wheat t duated gcale The avc| . aKe of butter eU to do at every turn of the horse-path. the distance ! Do you not hear Uiem "" treated to the solution of blue vitriol be ' sprinkled with air slacked lime as it is re- moved from the liquid, aud then shovelled over sufficiently to thoroughly coat kernel with the lime dust this will each pre- pare the grain tor sowing without much further drying. If the slacked lane ia not at hand laud-plaster or mad-dust will has- ten the drying equally w<-ll. Aa the wheat will swell somewhat in con- sequence of being wet, the amount sown per acif should be slightly increased. About Sheep. l'ic|>aring early Umbs for market i* a profitable buimess where facility for ship- ment is had and the fanner understands how to handle them. In M in-h last dressed laml>a weighing thirly po inds sold in the Toronto market forfl'J i-iicli. The price IIP! i ates that suchjcarcasM-s were very scarce. In thu., as in all kinds of imiiml farming, there is a chance to get o<xl pay for indi- vidual skill, intelligence, and energy. There is always room on thu upper sin-It of farm ._j fj jn thejr m ,, k , trifle but the extremes are '!.'-'."' and 4.7"'. This method determines almost absolutely the butter-making qualities of a herd and will raise the standard of cows wherever it is fol- U;Mii'il. as no dairyman will continue to keep cows that yield poor milk. Mr. Claflin and It waa just alxiut dark when I saw the lights of the town gleaming in the distance ; but iKjfore I reached the place I met my wife hastening homeward she having been un expectedly detained. to find her safe and unharmed but not a little puxzled toaccounl for my presenliment V,u w o llltlb tltrll* trtnll lull*. _> . . wu... M* .!..,. . i , L his assistant make about 1. JO tests a duy, I of evil, which it appeared to me had taken following the method recommended by the P' e without cause. Vermont experiment station. To show the accuracy of these tests Mr. C'lathn instanced a special one recently made, where the test indicated thai a certain amount of milk would make 47.7 pounds of butter. It made exactly 47. H pounds. When the percentage of butter la', in a farmer's herd is determined, he is credited with a number of pounds of milk of such nrhnesH. Figures talk, and a few statistics We now set off at a brisk Irot homeward through a dense, dark, gloomy wood, which lined our way on either side and had safely proceeded about five miles, when we were somewhat startled by a series of long, plaintive howls, at a considerable distance, snd in different directions, and which our experience told us wore wolves, -ecmingly calling and answering each other through the great forest. | The wolves of Ihia retciun were uf the will speak most eloquenlly of the mammoth lne wol ! of this region were .it the quickly, her face animated with aliop.- that ____AT:1 i ..m i_i:_ 11 ... i' M .... larger and fiercer species ; and though or- WM obliged to disappoint. dinarily and singly they mighl not attack a , For two reasons, >r I replied. " Firs!, human being, yet in numbers and pressed by , because we have not time do you not heal hun^r, at, they generally were at this season ' mother hungry pack howling ? and secondly _f ___ I 1 sT la, -...__;_ *!>_* . , because we have not the materials the >i lions of the Franklin Counly Crcan ery Association. The milk of T.'.OOO cows is made into but terat this creamery ; 10,1)00 pounds of but ter is Ihe average daily product ; it -nn BY i m tu. BY *DMt'NI> 1'OI.iaSH. Along the upper waters of the northwest Miramichi, in the provinceof New Brunswick, live many wild animals m the dense, dark stretches of spruce and pine foreativ The clearing* ami farmhouses aie few, but the region U visited in the early summer by hundred* of salmon fishermen. Of all the beasts that roamed lliene dense foreBta there waa never one that filled the minds of the inhabitants with half so much dread aa the " mad moose." This creature had been seen by a score of people liviug along the Miramichi. It stood nearly aa high as a ginffe, and had in summer two mighty antlers, which curved out and branched do widely as to resemble two trees. It* eyes were large and tierce, and I have been told that in the dark they smoldered like two great balls of phosphorescent dame. Four or tive persons, who were not enabl- ed to get into trees in time, became victim* of the wild brute. From the marks found upon them it was clear that he had goaded them ; death with his horns and then trampled upon them with hU ponderous feet. The animal did not appear near the settle- ments in winter, for the snow is usually deep and soft in these woods, and it is difficult for a deer to travel. The popular belief wa that the mad mouse lived far away in the heart of the forest in what is called "a yard, eating the branches of tir and spruce trees and digging under the snow for leaves, roots anil mosses. One autumn afternoon a boy about 15 years old, named lii-onje Ada.ns, left hi* father's farmhouse near by the edge of the river to get some things at the store in the nearest settlement, which wan about three mile distant. He made some delay at the settlement, and when he set out for home it was nearly sunset. When he entered the forest it was already gloomy, and he hurried tilling, for I lien- was in his heart a great dread of the mad moose which in summer um.>, made this region his headquarters, When about two- thirds of the way home and in the densest and most loin-some part of the bush lleorge was horrified to hear a tierce bellowing near him, and then it seemed from the cracking and swishing ss if a cyclone were passing through the forest. He at once t bought of the mad moose, and looking in the uireclon of the confusion, saw among the trees and nioviug swiftly toward him, two globes of smoldering fire. He flung down his parcel and at once clambered into a pine tree the branches of which grew well down in the bole. It was well that he was so <|uick, for he had not got mrre than 10 feet from the ground be- fore he felt a blow upon the foot from one of thu moose's horns. When the animal saw 'li.it it had been foiled it increased its mooing and bellowing till all the forest fan Iv rang with the hideous noises. The boy sat there stilf with terror watch- ing the frightful animal, which in turn look- you, will protect you from the "obld, as it I ed at him with its dreadful eyes up through has done from the wolves ; and aa for myself, I the blanches of the tree. After a while the I will endeavor to keep warm by .limbing moose lay down directly below him, hi* up and down and (tamping on the limtw." | liea<l renting upon his forelegs, his eyes turn- " But why not kindle a fire ?" she asked . <-d upward. Ceor^e knew that he was safe her* for t'le night. He knew but too well from what happened to others that the beast would keep him there all night and how much answering shriek, believing it was all over with me, w.is a bout to gel up and face the worst , wheii, ohouting to her not to stir, that I was all safe, I placed my pistol against the h ad of my assailant, and stretch- ed him quivering upon thu snow. I still had my rifle in reserve, and pointing that at the pa.-k. I poured its contents among them. How many were wounded I do nol know, but almost iiiuncUiaU'ly the) space around us Iwcanie once more cleared of our howl- ing enemies- -sunn- limping aa they tied, and appearing to be harransed by the rest. Again it appeared tu me that we had met with a wonderful deliverance, and though Hie wound in my thigh was somewhat pain- that it would nut prove serious ;and I hasti- ly proceeded to reload my weapon my wife meantime (jetting upon hei fret, cml>r u-ing me tenderly, and thanking Heaven tor our preservation. " Oh, the dear fhildreu '." she exclaimed with maternal tenderness ; '* little do they know how near they have route tu being made orphans, ami 1 -ft alone in this solitary wildcintsa ! Let us hasten home to them, while we have an opportunity '.'' " We have no opportunity," I gloomily there are nums foes iu "Are they coming this way?" she trenibl- | ingly inquired. " I fear so." " Oh, Heaven ! what then will become of I was greatly rejoiced , u . ;' she cried. ' ' I am almost certain we shall not Iwth survive another attack I see but one escape," I said. We death must climb a tree and remain 111 the branches until morning." " We shall inevitably freeze to there !" she cried. "I trust not ; but, at all event*, aa our horses are gone we have no alternative. I think your buffalo robe, well w rapped aron ml takes i ' tne y t * T > 1 "X "" weans felt certain that nW not be molested. Accordingly n<, ,LM.. -,i , L j -*w uioa 10 mini tins product ; i--r-itwu wi The year I I will soon bo here and , u j tvo * moaiha ; ) hands are luickened the pace of ,ur horses ; and the snow." the large cities present a great market for all the finer grades of farm produce. Don't try to compete in the production of the coarser products. The men who ne-er think out a profit, but rather starve it, hold that ground, and you can't compete with them in the production of poor butter, poor mutton, and poor grass. The best pro- fit is made in the production of an article where there i* a chance to sell skill. There for profitable brush and sticks being buried undci low." Heaven help us, then ! Ther lie could not , He sat there in the l>rancues for hours till thu constellation of the <<reat Hear stood upon its .-ml in the heavens and was turning seems lover : then the sky darkened, great masse* UN) tubs to hold this product ; scar-load of y two months ; 00 hands are - . plovwlbv the association M we humed "' l rew jvry moment | "Heaven help The onlv trouble we have had thus far," """' ""*"y '" 1 alarmed, as 1 noticed that , nothing for us but death : Oh, my poor j of black clouds rolled across the heavens, make many of the sounds gradually approached J ear children '." moaned my wile. i rain began to patter among the branches, us. We had just enured a deep hollow. I hade her take heirl and not dtspair ; ' and great thunders roared and reverberated where a few large treesstretched their huge ^jj then selecting a large 1 1 lower across the heavens, all the while the moose branches over a dense thicket, when slid- |i m b, wero broad and thick, but above the I glared at him with his two terrifying eyes, denly there arose several loud, harsh, baying reiK -h of our enemies, I hastily assisted he' Hour after hour he still lay t hero upon '.!;. and snarling sounds close at hand. The I to a good foot-hold, and immediately climb- branches, drenched to Ihe skin by the driv- next moment there was a quick rustling and ^j un a ft cr her. We were not there a; iog rain storm. Two or three times he slept said Mr. Deal, the manager." " is to enough butter to till our orders. Butter- buyers tell us that the more we can ship them the better We now take the milk from about TOO farmers, and are gaining right along. Last month we gained 130 farmer patron*, ami hope soon to reach our capacity of making 'JO.OOO pounds of butter Valuable Experience- Kditor /-'or< nl and form ; I have sown rye m my corn for several years past. I sow thrashing among the bushes ; and then some In0 i nen t too soon six or eight lar;c wolves lean, gaunt and ourselves settled fortablo posit pack of our enemies appeared inpry llow us howling, snarling and fighting their up- i* a splendid chance for profitable study ' ., along these lines. In handling sheep the t hrce prime objects are wool, mutton and limbs. I'pon the character of the first will depend the character of the last two. If we breed for m ln y ,,. tor ^veraJ years past. 1 sow u ) and <<ropoe< fine wool, our mutton and lambs for market : by hand, and cover it at the last working of | j n g and plunging at the lame moment, un purposes will be inferior. The logic of hard | tne corU| the latter part ol July. I sow a ' seated her ; and she fell to the ground, right there, listening "to their discordant, tones, event* seem to indicate that the beet [ bushel per acre and use a one horse cultiva- ' in the very midst of the savage ami howling ' and thinking of the iloar ones at home. policy is breed for medium open wool and a heavy mutton carcass. Canadian farmers have a great many things to learn Idoned with hunger sprang into the path close IK-HP le US. This happened so suddenly and unex- pectedly that my wife gave a slight scream ami dropped her rein ; and the horse, rear- soon : for icarcely had we got 'or a fw minutes, and once upo tiled in a toaiparatively com- he nearly lost hi* balance and fi ition, when another hungry upright, resolved not to d*M an turned eyes glowing tearfully in the dark- ness. But we were -wife from their n-ai-h : and all that long dismal night, we remained How glad he was wm-n awakening fell ; so he sat any more the gray dawn came struggling through liie murk ' And in the successful handling of mutton sheep. The businew needs special study and special intelligence. Turnips and sheaf oats make a cheap and excellent combination for the winter feeding of sheep. A young man with small capital, starting into the business of farming, could tor with small shovels for the lost working so as to leave the ground as levelas possible. I think it helps to keep down the weed*, and the land is not exposed to drying winds beasts. Fortunately, her .-Hidden fall startled the wild animals a little ; and as they momen- tarily drew l>ac-k. she, with rare presence of hardly do better than to get some cheap land, , postures are ready in spring, and the amount stock it with 'JOOor .'100 good mutton sheep, ' and |iut in these two crops for feeding. With his own labor he could grow and store enough of this forage locarry such a flock, and would get l-ettcr pay for labor and better inlereat upon his capital t' an ill utmost any other the crop and received fair returns for the *'>' crop, besides a manifest improvement in the IM n-> manner does system in Knglish ] UI ,J. S. 0. Y. ('< KNKE. av,ru-ullure show to better advantage than ' - - - in i "e management of sheep. Flocks are Bu lo n mUIr a .SIP. n - i p-ted to a given area, instead of being 1 Having been asked by friend* fret|iicntly :iili <-d boundless range. The sheep are i for advice for their boys in handling gnus, --.I within ccrtainlimits by hurdles, i a writer iu F'<r> -' mutSlriam avnds a digest 'i are advanced daily. Thus they are of the same. As the shooting season is now on L--VI-II at tine time only so much land in grass they arc worth piiUk-ation : . - 'h. -y can eat off cleat, and when through 1. F.mpty or loaded, nevei point a gun I. at space they ha- i- thoroughly ma- toward yourself or any other person. of ail my efforts to keep my sluggish blood in circulation, I became so benumbed before morning thai I believe I should have given or hot sunshine after the corn is cut ; nor is i mind, at once gathered her buffalo robe, [ up and perished, except for the pleading voice of my wife who liegged me to hold out, and nol leave her a widow and my children falhcrletg. Daylight came at last, and never was morn hailed with greater joy. Our foes now slunk away one by one and left us to our- once shook himself clear of hisfoes aud fled ; selves; a few moments after the disappear- and mine began to rear and plunge in such j ance I got down and exerciaed myself vio- a manner that I could not make use of a lently; and having thus brought back a little single weapon, and only by main strength , warmth to my system, I assisted my wife to keep him from running away with me. alight, and weal once started homeward. when the day cleared up he raised bis voice and cried loudly for help. This startled the moose, who lia.l lain iu the same place in the MI--S.I through Ihe night, and he jumped upon his feet, madn a hasty breakfast from The night was intensely cold, and in spite buds and young branches about the base of the tree, and once more took up his position. it so liable to wash with heavy rains. I think the above -nsiderations would pay expenses if there were no others. The other objects are the largo amount of reed available for two or three weeks before of fertilizer afforded both by Ihe droppings of the animals fed, and the residue of roots, etc, not available for feed, left iu the soil. Last fall I l nrne.l .'(.VI sheep inlo fifteen acres of corn and rye and let them harvest which i he had dragged with her, in such a manner about her person a* to protect her- self from the first onset of their fangs. The next moment the ferocious animaU. with the most savage growls sprung at her, and at the two horses simultaneously. Hers at I it, so there ia ii.ii .-f manure. wa^tc- neither of grass The World's Largest Creamery. 1 -ii t him wnd i "i in Is of butter daily. Tin-- is the wholesale way in which the laii; <t creamery in the world turns out the 1 1 product that melts with deliciou* flavor on your hot tea biscuits. Within a radius of twenty-six miles from St. Albans, Vt., are forty-four separator stations, where the dairy farmer leaves hid milk for the Franklin County Creamery Association. After the cream u leparatcd ffniii the milk it is shipped by rail in special cars to the creamery at St. Albans, and by inn Icrgoing various interesting processes is transformed into butter. The building is three stories high, with alxiut SHUN) square feet of floor surface, situ- ated mi the main line of the central Vermont I'.iilioid. In the cellar are a 40-horse- engine, boiler- room and tanks for rniilk. The first floor is devoted to re- Mitg, separating the cream, churning, MO: king, packing and whipping. In the ml story are the cream-room, with ten tanks holding 800 gallons of cream : testing-room, office* and living-room he help. The third story is given over <iring tnbs, salt, boxen, etc. The asso- i 15 * joint stock company, with a _'. When u field, carry your gun at the half-cock. If in cover, let your hand shield the hammers from whipping twigs. .'I. When riding from one shooting ground to another, or whenever you have your gun in any conveyance, remove tho cartridges, if a breech-loader, it being so easy to replace them. If a imi/,/.le-loader, remo'Ve the caps, brush oil the nipples, and place a wad on down nipple, letting i the hammer on wads imply removing caps, sometimes leaves a little fulminate on tho nipple, and a blow on the hammer when down discharges it. 4. Never draw a gun toward you by tho barrels. 0. More care ia necessary in the use of a gun in a boat than elsewhere ; the limited space, confined action and uncertain motion making it dangerous at the best. If possible, no more than two persons should occupy a boat. Hammerless guns are aconstant danger to personsfboating. ii. Always clean your gun thoroughly aa soon as you return from a day's sport, no matter h..w tired you feel ; the consequence of its always being ready for service is am- ple return for the few minutes' irksome labor. Half a lemon dipped in salt will do all tho work ' oxalic acid in cleaning copper boiler*, '. run teakettles and other copper or bran utensils. It was a terrible moment of exciting agony :and tho instant that I could release my feet from the stirrups I leaped to the ground with a yell my rifle slipping from my hands, ami Ji-rharxintf itself by the cimrii.Haion, and my steetl rushing like light- ning after his flying companion over the frozen snow. Luckily I had my loaded pis- tol and knife convenient to my grasp : and scarcely conscious of what I was doing, but thinking only that the dear mother of my hit!" oneslay fairly beneath some three or four of the furiously fighting and snarling wild beast*, I grasped my weapons, one in each hand, cocked them at them at same iustant, an. I. fairly jumping into the midst of my enemies, placed tip- mu//.les against the heads of two that tod turned to rend me aud tired them both together. Both shots took effect it could not be otherwuc and as the two wolves rolled howlingly back in their death agonies, their starving companions fell upon them with the most ravenous fury, and I'terally tore them to pieces, and devoured them before my very eyes, almost over tho body of my wife, and in less, I should say, than a minute of time. Ascertaining by a few anxious inquiries, that my wife waa still alive and unharmed, I bade her remain quiet and picking up my rifle, I proceeded to load all my weapons with tho greatest despatch. Aa goon as I had rammed the first ball home, I felt tempted to shoot another of the animals ; but at that moment I heard a distant howl- ing, and fearing wo should soon be beset by another pack, I reserved my fire for the next extreme danger, and hurriedly loaded the other*. By the ti.ne I had fairly com- pleted the operation, our first assailants, having nearly gorged themselves upon their more unfortunate companions, began to slink awa,v ; but tho cries of the others at 1 need scarcely add that we arrived there in good time to find our poor night-long terrified children almost frantic with joy nt our safe retiun. W h.- la -.11 Ihr < : ,.|.- The vital question vrith thousands of tar- mer to-day, ia whcthr-i to wll their crops at oucu or hold them for higher prices later. This is a question which every man must solve for himself. We notice that some of the People's party papen of the West in- endeavoring to have the farmers hold their crops, on the theory that prices will IK.- much higher after the new year, and assert- ing that the commission men-limits and others in the great grain shipping centers are acting the part ot beats in endeavoring to have the farmers rush their grain to the market at < nee in order to keep down price*. Oar own j ersonal observation ia that there ia more speculation for lower prices later in the season than there is for higher one*. Aa an aid to uur farmer reader* we give tho tiifiires on the European crop shortage, a* presented by the International drum aud Seed Fair, recently held at Vienna. This- is virtually an assemblage of grain men, who met in their nineteenth annual session to compare notes and to buy and sell grain. The estimate* of this body cover liermany, Franco, Norway and Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, Servia, Bul- garia, Turkey, Spain, Portugal and Greece. Their figures show a shortage over last ycaj's crop of 250,000,000 bushels of wheat and 400,000,COO busheU of rye, thus giving total shortage of 650,000,000 bushels ov the prevlou* year's crop, the great bulk of .which will have to be supplied fft>m America. In the Ugh t of this estimate, it seems likely prices will be somewhat higher a few months hence than they are now. ti hmg the boy. 1 lour after hour pawed nd the boy's posi- tion in the bianclie* .Kcame almost unbear- able : be wn sole, sleepy and weak from hungei and thirst ; when he cried out his voice was fuuhle, and the hideous animal he thought was mockinir his helplessness. It wa* not until the second night had come that his hope completely broke down ; then he began to cry, and as if to mimic his misery the moose bellowed louder and louder. A bunt an hour after dark be saw the moose suddenly start ui> and thrust its head into the air toward thickest part of Uie bush : then it sniffed and snorted, and at the same tune the wearied boy heard a sound a* if some heavy body were breaking dry twigs, come from the point where his jail- ;r wa* watching ; then through '.he thick dusk he taw a pair of small burning eyes ap- iroaching the inoose. The latter stamped the ground with its ore feet and thrust its head low, waiting :or the new comer. Then (ioorge heard a deep growl, the moose gave a loud bellow, and the next moment he saw that some other animal had attacked his jailer. The moou shone clearly through the trees when the conflict began, and he wa* able to make out that thestianger waa a huge black near, and that it had seized the moose around the nock and waa hugging him tu death with its huge fore paws. The KIMI seized him by the throat, and did not let go while one spark of life re- M ni-tl . He then proceeded to make a mnal from the body of bis victim, and alter half an hour's gorging he waddled away into the leep forest. George wailed till the laat sound of the bear had ceaaed, and then making the be*t of his exhausted strength, went down out f the tree and set out forborne. He was almost blind from sleeplenne** and hunger and could scarcely totter along, but a* he noarcd his home he found a party of a doxen people witiaflfeth-bark torches continuing the search fcTTiim. The path by which he had gone and come waa the last they hid thought of searching. To temper earthenware which is to be used for baking put the dishes in cold water uver the fire, and bring them gradually to the boiling point. When the water boils around them, rcniovo them from tho fire and M them remain in tho water till cold.