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AGRICULTURAL. Christmas- at tin Peten Farm- II s merry I 'hnstmaa come again, 'an all mv children's b. .nil- Saw s in troin New York . it>, 'nd < 'orneel'* come down In. .n Koine; Amanda and he. young uns, and my darter Susan's boys. Armed last night at ten o'clock with trunks nd bags, 'nd noise Knough to last tin- hull year through, 'nd plenty more 'o spire. But whai's the odds' Noise ain't the worst of the ills we have to bear. 1 had a gift for every one this mornin' on the tree. Nd w nat I gin- 'em waa '.he aort as used me to me Long years ago, when'pa an' ma was man 45- in the place. Bui. Lord they didn't please the kids that's Jlldglll by tbeir !a- -. I'd apples an' hard cider nil you couldn't hardly real, And all the presents that I gave was of the very best. I got 'em a' the village store for fifty cent* ash. 'Nd fifteen p - ks o winter wheat, a keg o' sour mash. Two b. id- . butter, ind a promise l.f f I t. is pretty heavy for a man with iky legs, Bui as I thought it oter, why, I didn't real ly mind, \ _ . I l- happy 'ml be pleased with what they d tin 1 , '.\ ul don t think my grandson was, be- hi-ir city way Has pbt\ d old bob with < 'nristmas as 'twas i in in) \oui-g days. Amanda s Uiv. L'lysrs. when be got bis w . i-ti -I milts, Look- than a lialt.'r in his very Bsaddest fits : 'till when rr.% gitnl hild Bul-bie got a handsome mblirr ball That whistled when t -I H, h be- gan to kick ami squall. Same way with Sams small family, includ- Ins wife - I never seen a woman so ups.'t in all my Wiin what I bad for bi-r came out jest why. I d.d not kii"W, Kor mv wi-. i" am when I gave A. / a i a In far'., in twenty presents thil 1 bought .ne away, tun , an' n sort of a;, .lie i III) day. Si w w tin-) te brmigh' mo I .u . I ' ill Jilg- ailed 'em l(n).tl \\mntersbire Ihe lialri \ ,- . i ,i. ' -;de of rm two graat Sam brought a wat- h chain made o' gold hat I.1.--H I seem Ul fit The old man's waislcoat sorl o' makes me l-i.'k too k I. I of |.ii|.|, Nd altogether 'In- lesnlt don't seem t.i make n.e proud. I sort ol cm t help thinkin' that tin- thing* t h- > i. . mi- Are * T'II.-. *. iiri, || as In Vi wiien 1 see 'em n tin' like as though \ wam>'i glail I _ t the thing- I cm why it makes me mighty -ad . < bii-t'u is with its old fa-Ill .11. d I in.-. When gilts was in. idi nlal, nd the in- t bil.g II irper's Maga/ine. great many diseases of sheep are atti ihui i- ble to this cause. What is aluolntely n ssary for sheep is (iren, succulent food to - ii. !,,. U iind o'lier vital organi IN Kuod working condition. Rools an- of great value : they contain aUiul eighty five per cent of water, and on account of tins wa- tery nature are nanily aasimilated by tin sheep Knsilage. in go<Ml condition. 11 go'Ml food, judiciously fed. With it may be given a moderate amount of dry fwd. Car* of flonei- If you hare any doubt about a colt be- ing well enough bred to keep for a stallion, do not give him the benefit of the doubt, but geld him. Then will certainly be plenty of stallions without him. If we would succeed in our calling we must conduct things intelligently w must go to some trouble an 1 expense to get the use of the best sires, and we must not siand on a few dollars' extra for their use. Ihe cheap grade nondescript stallion should not lie used at any p Large si/e is the cluef element of strength in the draft horse. Let us bieud for m/e with all the good qualities- to be hail. \\ e want good mares to get the best results ; then carefully grade up t" high class sir^s. and the result will give us high i horse* that will be wanu-d in all the mar- kets of the win Id. The i-ol is foiled s'ronn and healthy, but brfon* it is a week old it is infected or poi- . by laying down on tilths- ininur>-, which is .ilit i withmicroco|; :il me t life. n. d In-fore another week is dead in sp naiy skill. Can-ill, i to keep the Moor well IK- i led will. straw. The best and only thui_ to do w li.-i, horse is entiled is to calm him down, is IK-SI done l.y g-'ting t-i the horse's head and talking' i,-,, L -.-nily, nibbing hisfaoe and other wise diverting Jnn attention from the sul.ject of his frighl. If the horse is . .in.langiy the name treatment will U- found I.Mi.-f: i,[ In the high at. the bom- does not coinp what yon in', and it is useless wor*. toll), to af.t-mpt to Utt the flight out of him. HYPNOTISM AND CRIME. Intcniive and Ez'-euire- I U-lieve it is true, that there is a \ m the life of every farnn-t, wtn-n tin r>- to him a stioiig di-iin- to i- it. i husiiifna, s,). .loslih 1> >m"ti in H 1 1 1,1 ', in. -n He argues that it will take no more ]iiovisions to supply his own fami'y, that it will reiiuire but little more outlay for tiMini and to-.--, mi thr l.ugi- than on the small farm. There is some truth in this of course and this man may have the busi- ness capacity so to , i and sys- temati/e Ins work as to make it a complete SOCceas Hut. while one w.ll IH '.ifnpletcly -i-fiU, ten will (ail ntleii-, Tn.-re are 10 many unforsren dlfficolUes and li Slices, that are almost sure t i corne, that make in the end failure of what luoke I in the future like certain success. On intny farms there are a ntiinb*-r "f 'acres that do not rut one half ton of hay or atlonl pasture enou.-h to : I a - land thoroughly tilled and l.-rtf../ed with \ Lire Stock- \V i- .-an lint gl^'- Up sin -k grow nig mi tlie Uim. Im the fertility nt tin farm inn.: I..- maintained and our pastm. I. utih/e I : .mi !-.p- ..:_-.. L. .n I lot age and gran should all i- ( d on Mi.- farm \\ e all know that mm li more and a very uiui n i~".i .!.- ul live sto. k c.iiild U- kept with pi..!it l.v Hi" m.i.iitv ol our farmei- ' n they nott have, and the sys- tem..: Ii- .1 -, i"pp'tig and selling nil near- ly all o! 'h- Hi un. hay a-id itraw Irom tin- (arm. and put ling nothing Uck. pracin-i-.l by so m un tanners, is enliri-ly wrong, and Itisonl) a i|Ufst|on of inn" when thi-e far II- Will I. nt pri-du llollxh 1.1 luy II,,- tan-- mi ih.-m I in- In .Im i of all kind- ot llr sliM-k la the . oiintr), i-i|i.-. i.illy of auimals ixissrsxed of the iii|(hi-r .|inhti.-< and lln- I '. niioiild be encourag e.l in r\i-r> way. I . i ,p . ' - i- I thi i i n all. lined "'. i in 1 Inn- i.: in-- n,,|.i . '. , i breeds. The bogs, t..", lute U-en ipntc mm. r- illy imp'o.ed, un. I scrubs ha\i< Hiien pla.e lo liigh gi.nle and full i,,i..,.|, ul ili. \.irniiiN impioM-d bn-ed I's't't- and h..i-. - inns, follow the etlablishrd l.iw ofimpi ...mint, and when farmen learn the tic . -i') of lir.-ednig toiini) pin. i biiil- and stallimis they will then ensure the ii 'i " '- Lining on tin- farm. 'IK. g-ade sire ot .in) ami every kind is a delusion, an I a sire as the father of *ciu!>s is a step Iwckward from full blood sires. About Sheep I , M. i... roi-ed wilh the Southdown makes a sii| rli.ill puip.>ne sheep, prolilable both for wool and m ,t'> ., The Southdown is the belt mutton sheep .in tli.- wild, .uid in d'ling morn than ... ..I the o li- i -I,. . p Ul lotTO in . c .,! muli.in into . oiiitnon use III Ann i 1 1,. |.r...!in linn of mot ton should always olital.h- It un Im gmviii m.. i.- i -hi- i|i ly tl. ' '<IH the Wool SO largeis piss ilu t of t.-..lmg In t e ol an ell nt dog law, ti), i inn- md tli.' dniible h,ii n-lleil sh. it- gun an the only hop.- of the sheep |-i Use tin-in lilieraH), but with - u. i.m-|.. . lion. Buy the latest improved, fit ail bred, pe.l igree niulton sheep, such as the Sliriijishire, I 111. >|. I or Hampshire down If you must go m debt for anything, let it |M) for a few, at least, of the beat sheep. Sheep kept on far-ns in small Mucks are mote profitable IK-r capita than t hone kept In large rlonks, for the reason that ihfy are more easily handled, and are conseqi ently better cared for. A sheep that starts tngodown goes down fast. l'i) feed is not good for sheep, as their digestion is not strong enough for u. This causes disturbance) of the livtr. A of phoiphate will grow- the largest kind nf ennla^r corn and the manuie mid.- froin tl ...... in |iu' t.i.-k upnti til- g i will maLi- ,: . "t |.r . Im ing crops of grain or hsy. I... piiti.nl u ad Vailt.i. -i..'ii nil, M- X t i: m nig. i thst the in OIIH . it; lie so largely in- creased, without any groat in.-reasv in > penses. I . illustrate. A young . .np!>- MI early lid- buy a farm k.- p I'. . l^ . _ snarr ot tl"- |.IIL t.-.- pri.-e, but b\ ni.'i--iv .in. I . -red tinallv in p i\ ing it .ly sun has grown to young in.inli ..... I. ii.'i l.i-gin- to t.tlk of h.-, >it ing :i hoin. "wn. His pan-mi I" gin .it on > to say, " uiir farm i-< to ..... ,all for two fan... So as an iiljiiming t .1 m i- for salr, th Siip|xii on tin- .oiitr.ii-. i bail t iki-n In. inteiest inoiiey, ml ,n. I. -..1 his -urplns in. onif for a few yesrs and e. , nd the am. ion' in I. u\mg extra fertill/er, procuring lietier slo.-k, Hi shoit making tin- old farm PMH|II. ...... man both ' will. How much liettcr in every wy an- so m my ndvaiitagns to iiilin-iv.- i.iiher than i-m.-nsnc farming, | thai I c. .under it of sufficient impurtti 1 demaiid gteati-r uttenlion thin ban hitherto Iwen glM-ll IV It I. .. Ilk' II t'l.- I III \ a long Him- to tin. I it nut. but they are '. mil. g lo we that there is a deal mon pi.. ri- in keeping oiieonw that will pi ,.ln.-. :tiii I I OJ I. I M I , I II til III k> I |HI-g t tt I HOWS uphill tin; same result. I baveseen met, - . in po '. i that ." i -i IKI acres were gun iih n n' h.i\ to k- p ten .,i lifiet ii . ows, and in the same town havt -i-i-n Him' rw* and a horse w,i mi tb hay grown I; ' . i . mli n- ly, ami III Its blosdi--!, irilest !! We sh.lll exlelld ..m IIUSIIII-M by in t. ii-io.- protils. Break mg Dp Sod land. In lireiking up KO.I I in.l tor corn, pir ti, ul.irly Ih 1 1 w Inch ii in fmr condition nut wlinb has IH-I-M imdi-r mdlniry firm nun agenn-nt , it I, rMli.-.-is only are lo I*' u-ed, apply those win.- an-ii bin p it ish I's.- materials which will supp \ . >" :. In I pounds of a. tuil polasb, Irom 'J.'i to :|il |Hmnds of phoiplioii.- i. id, and Irom I . 1.1 '.'II IHPIIII.I-I of n:t ingi u pnr a -re. II " spe -ial com I -rtili/-rs' is to b. apply only a iiio.b-i itc i|iintity, t\ UNI p ....... I- ..f I ..... in.-., I i,. r aih. It is I,, li.-vi-d this . -oliihiii .ii Ion will ploduce as good aciiiji us MNI lo ImKI p mndi ot " corn einli/er," and it will cost considerably less. With i.rdinar) him > n d m inure or stable manure fur corn, me p .'-n Knur cm da .I m mure and I'll ponnd< of muriate of potash per acre. I in (odder 01 .-n-ilig.- corn, mr i itli.-r in fertili/ers or with in i nines about mie I mi I h more potash than ai.'.t c r. conmeiid. .1. In on ret per I men Is nil i.-i t m/ei s and man lire i have buen iippln-d bfoajdoMl and bar rowed in. One frequently get- f In for what he does not possess. Natural shoe blacking hat Iwen found in i mini! in I ' tali. Supper, eaten in a recumbent position was tl.e principal Kotnan meal. Mis. l.ushforlh " And to think how I used lo pray f.ir you "Mr. .luggs l.ush- Initli "Well, you finally got me, di In. didn't chr?" Ian Induced Iraurr.-li.n I ..I 1* Irrr- .IMIII.I LI.- . I- ' The average person ha* just enough awe and respect for tin- seeming supernatural to unable him to pursue eagerly any exposi- tion or development of the mysterious which may lie made in lliu progress of psychic force. It matters little to thi* average jierson whether ex|ivrimeiiU in psychology pn//le the scientists or are accepted as un tirely within the range of human reason. The purpose of this article is not to treat of hypnotism in extension, but to touch on the use and abuse of hypnotism in criminal cases says the New York World. Before coming directly to the point it will be found interesting and useful to review briefly a celebrated and remarkable case, which two years ago claimed the attention of th . ivili/ert wi-rld. Michel F.ynind.a Parisian an 1 criminal, after wandering over two continents, wa* captured in Havana, taken back to I'aris, nnvicted of the murder of M. <iouffe by strangling, and duly guillotined. His (.-rate, liabrirlle lioinpsrd, was sen tei d to twenty years' n.-n.tl servitude !::. .in the Inal II was bmight out that I Kyrand possessed the most remarkable hyp |. .tier, and the girl herself, perhaps with thr cunning of a criminal, declared that she had i- en i. .1 lo assist in tlie crimo . t! roj.-h tin- exercise vf F.yraud's baneful gift. Be this as it may, the theory mi) rested the department of justice to the . .1- n' Ihat a hypnoticexpeiunent was made ..n i . 11. i i. lie In-fore a parly of scientists and officers of the law, and under lh" inHmaoo .' a "i N-briteil li)pnotisi the woman waa .led to go through all the details of the tragedy in the Rue Troncou Ducoudray. A firr i bee \pt-r i menu he hypnotist Caranger i thi! attention to the fact that this woman, whose it-cord had U-m fairly good, 1 against whom the police could bring -._. bad by the ( ^.wcr of a stronger will ' U-en :nade to behave like a without conscience," I i tt . e experiment spread like wildtiru throughout I'aris and the n i' ion lovng I'arisians waa stimulated to the highest pilch when it waa rumored that ihe lp- run. n' would be repeated in i. -n c .ut. In this, however, they d.-ii . 1 the trial |,m .-d. .1 and i with'i it I be startling features for. But K)raud took his cue from the throiy ul the hypnolitl and just l*?ior. h s Ilia! advance- i a theory, which, unfortunate- ly tor him, .|,d -. n put.t 1 ion . r his brad Hi a limited frankly that hesliang b-d i.onib . " \et, h" added, " am I guilt y \\ as it I or sontr will stronger loan mine i win, i. l.r.ci.T -LI- man t . his death' As I dominated i.abrulle B unpaid an |i..Mi-r tloin niatrd n. i*. 1 know it, I feel it ; there are tunes whin I am unsc -ount t mv adiMn. They know that I have by pi will not shut ma ip among ' t nia.im.-n. I lev know that I \ni posXMBsed <' i - . ' - nine land nninlelligiide tooth, r-. ).' they will not say llit U can lead a Iran un wiMingl) i. .murder Am I naturally cruel ? hi I not 1 ,M- m\ f imily 7 "In my ...ul 1 know that I have two na i..l nit self ; an- i, the bail, is beyond my mastery. In i husband, good : in the otii-'r I am an asraaain." thus Ix-en re. a , plllllated - a tilting in' i ..-I i i. i- h is inn' been U t room at - i ,.-i,, ti chamlier t. I.I Ji| Igc il-' IL d 1C speclfully to tin- t'le.iiy..! h\pn. ili-m, and |n-miit ted an experiment to L- made in the n in i.i-h.tlt of the nun iiiraign.-d Tins m tn w i. I Iw.nd .' l.ivernaxli, and his nine has alrea-i tllr. I. I. ivein.ii.ii had gone i a little town ninety miles distant, and li id shot ,1.1 .iel) wounded an old nan, l>ui' Kt ind^e, again*' h"in be h io no Kludge I .i< ing - an nub., i mind, be was taken to the N tpa asylum, flolll Which lie Was I .leased I IcW -' I ago. His last appen n.r nrt , -.1 a sun I. long t.y bit victim, Km is of ihe ihen naahs niter nresp mobility wen I >r (iardiKT, siiperinleiident of tbt- asylum, and Mr ll"K. i ; -,,n, | i , .. ,i of menial and n. i tons diseases ,.t ihet 'aliforuia university. I i" \ called his disease sonitmml.ullsn,, ... auiohv pnot ism, a condition of Iran ?e similar to mat of a bypnoti/ed patient, which changed a man normally bright to one dull, querulous, secn-tik.-, and II I liable. l'i I:..!M-I tson explained that a man auf l.-nnj Ir-int somnambulism is a changed !..- ing. Ills entire mental and in->r il . -,. million i- i.-tei *,-d. In lno-t ram--, the doctoi tisti- lled, " the ib. i, ilium 1-s brought ,ii.|ii by an . ui-id.-i. lull in nmno i is. s n is IIII|H I by extraneous objects. Women' I.. ok ml .a nnr i ot an. i -In- uselt.-s. \\ii.n |iatn-nts h ivi- been b\ pnot i. . d by the i ingmg of a I..-II t hit mi lit i. .n limy iiniiiten- lionally result from Iwll-ringing. In n-.iit me thud .lithe cases hypnotism is impossi ble. Another limit waa pirtu-nlaily sus- . plllilf l>ecause ol ITlhented lendelli l.-s In ,-e This patient was uiinsually sus- pnble. His father w is a peculiar man. II s m, it her on ihe borderland of insanity. He sat wuhh-.a brother man v tunes when the latter wn.t nto his hypnotic tian .-, and this fact undoubtedly was largely responst ble in bringing almut the defemlant's , -n dm. .n. as ihe somnambulist is frequently imitatit ,-. ' I'erhaps this is the state that Kyrand blunderingly attempted to explain when lit- maintained lhal he was dominated by t p-yrbl. l-u.e llltl.erto litilcvialed. At all r pi. p ti I tin' ..i,, I,, nee in tint court room tot tin- . \|i. i imiMii , publicly male tor i 1 e HIM lime, of ihiowing an. an intoaliyp noil liai.ce and I. .[.ing him to l.\,- ,.t.-i again the actual sloiy of his crime. Tins pan of the pr.-ji iiiiini was faithfully I mb -0 Ur wa-. l.nernash under l> . iinci s bypiioti. iiitlin-nce that pins luck ihrongh his band, cheek and ear withoiil -.he sligli'.est indication of bod ilv so; cimg. 'Ihen, in oU-dien. In the physii-iaii s ci.iniusn.l, In- unswered allques- li,,n- .|incly and mlclligently. Of coin sc there was every evidence of mental liallu. in nil. .n, but the object was loshow what he did and not why he did It. The doctor mritsiy claimed that they could put him in It,, , OH Ilium ill which iis wa* when he eoniinii ted the crime, and thereby demon- strate nil the wild the.. i lea and vagaries of a somnambulist. In consequence the utter abaenco of a motive or governing cause Was inill.e.ilalely show n This then wa* the difference between the cues of Ciabrielle Bompard and Livernash. The woman had no vagaries. She was mere- ly di.iniii ,i- i by a stronger will to commit a brutal 01 im in the most hearties* matter- of fact way. Livernash, as a somnambulist, was controlled by bis own diseased iniagiiia- ti m. If thi- experiments proved anything they proved iheae facts, and the further fact of popular or judicial incredulity does not lessen the general interest or cm iusity. It is not necessary to give the detail* of Livernash's testimony while in the trance. He differed in no essential manner ,'rom any other hypnotic patient. He aniw~red only ihe questions put to him by t lie man Dr. l.ardner commanded him to answer, and only when the doctor himself asked a ques- tion he refused lo reply until the man hid given his ixrniMsinn. When ml last he came out of the trance he showed no effect of the experience save in the heightened color of his cheeks. The day following the hypnotic experi- ment Livernash appeared on the witness stand to testify iu his own behalf. As to I the important events of (he crime hit mind ' was a blank, and he waa able lo recall only Hashes of reason that came to him during his somnambulistic spell. This, however, | was not important, as any criminal would I be smart eiiough to take his cue from the line of 'nfense. Bui the testimony of his "' r, his sister, anil the doctor was strong corroinir ition. Further t!,an this. Dr. (iard- ner himself went on the stand, and his tes- timony as an expert is entitled to consider- able respect. The doctor argued that while the shooting, taken apart from other a :ts, might have betn done in a same mo.nent, it was not ptobahle that Livernash could stimulate the hypnoti condition, and he was quite positive that the simulation could nit have been maintained. Moreover, in aldition to the live tests, he had *u:.je.-;ed l.irernasli to the ammonia test, lhal is, he had held under his nose a bottle of con- centrated extract of ammonia three times j the strength of the essence, and he had | never w.n -.(. If he had been shimming he '..lid not have withstood the shock. The doctor suid further 'lint though the man who resists hypnotism cannot lie liypnoti/ ed, if he ceases resistance and puts himself umliT ' onirol o: another ouee or twice, it is doubtful w hi-ihi r he can again . summon siithcient power to resist hyp- nosis. In answer to the question whether I it was not dangerous to allow a man I like Livernash to roam at large, a %!) interesting theory wn develop.- I. llr liar-lner claimed that Livernash was entiiel) --I 1 i u gated to h.s 1 1 he doctor's will) "ld " do nothing as long as h- ,-nn trnU him lh, -n. too Ins health may lie built up so that this somnambulistic . ,-n li lion will not recur. ' 1 ne two cases of Livernash and <tabrielle li.c-i|i,ird are the most thrilling, the most striking example* of liypnuti-- influence in ' rune. That such cases exist is, therefore, not to ! denied. That they will be ac- I fieipientiy in couiti of justi however, highly improlutble. Such emin- ent French authorities as M. '..nllot and I'r. t'hacot havi- condeinned the alistrt t |,n.|isiti..ii In- aiie it attacks the principle ii in self-defense ai I cause, as M. Levclle claims, if th hypnotist 1 has absolute power over the hypn .n/.-d the i .-plies may be echoei rat l .er than confes- si-ins. Still, there are cases, like those cit- ed, w here iniio.-en.-e m*y lie established, and doubtless l>r. Brouanlel is right in the is-umption lhal when Ihe accused person ihows evidence of nervous disorder il is tlie duly of nii-di -ai science to employ every means tor determining whetlc-r this per- son's conduct is or is mil unler the mi- ni. -di He iii'lu 1'ii.a- of aim 'nnal coudilions. ELEurRiornf ON IHE FARM I I. rt I III II ; II 01. Il> II !.,,, i 1 \, |,l II,. I nil ni ...-Hi. Hnrlzair. A v ist Hi-Id lor ele -in ,-:ty is opening up in Us pia.-Hc.il application to (aim work, m.i tile dis, Mi-lions of tins siii.ie, I 11, tariolis engi, leering join nals ha* created consider- alii- interest. The "Kl.-.-t i ..- il World" has I. .gut, the publication of t-le -tn< ity lo lln- \aiioust.trni n|MTatliina and implements, with illustrations of a plant which is situ it d in one of ihe finest agri illural States of I the West, and which shows in detail how the ele . 1 1 M.. .tor can be made to perform mint of the work which tin- horse or the I steam engine is now called up. .11 to do. There are four classes of farm work to which electricity is applicable . First for ' power purposes ; sec-mid, lighting ; thir-l, heating : and fourth, for the operation of telephones, signals, alarms, Ac. Kxamplrs under these various heads are numerous. M AND MBS BOWSER The.iunday mi.rninj program in the Bow- ser mansion differ* considerably from the we. -k- lay morning program. At breakfast time Mr. Bowier says he nn't feeling very wall ami won't attend church. Half an hour later he guesses he will go. Fifteen minutes alter that he has decided to remain at Ilium-. Mrt. Bowser replies that ihe has a headache, and alto feel* inclined to skip ohurch service, but the words have hardly been uttered when M.\ Bowser remarks: " We'll go to church, of course. I don't propose to allow our neighbors to claas us among the heathen. It's an example we owe to the worli at laige, even if we are not religiously inclined. I'll start about getting ready right away." Mrs. Bowser draws a long sigh. She like* to go in church, but she dreads the preliminary exercises, i'he said exercise* begin almut thirty seconds after Mr. Bowser has disappeared upstairs. They invariably 5 start off with : 4 "Oh, Mrs. liowser !'' " Yes. What is if'" "Hare I got a change ot shirts in this house, or have they been sold to the rag buyers?" ' Your shirts are in the second drawer of your dresser, of course '." There were live of them lying there, bat he had opened the drawer without seeing them, as usual He returns and discovers them, and nothing is heard from him for aa much as two minutes Then he suddenly yells : ' Mrs! Bowser, are you dead'.'" " Well, what is it now ?" " la my Sunday suit in the ash barrel, or did you give it to a tramp? I've looked the whole houie over mor>* than forty times, aii' 1 it 11 not to lie found '." "It is hanging up in your closet, of course.'' He opens the door, and to his great sur- prise his best suit in hanging on the hooks before his eyes. He yanks each sepai t 1 -- garment down and flings it 0:1 the bed, and then returns and peers around and rushes out to call over the baluster : " Mi>. Bowser, will you ask the girl to look in the coal bin and hunt me oat a col lar ? If you are going to keep 'em down there, why didn't you tell ma and save me an hour's lime '" You collars arc in the first drawer of your dresser. It i curious how blind a man u. t-veii in il.e daytime '.'' The collars are there, of course. They have been kept, in that same drawer for even ye-.rs, but he never found them until aftv he hail looked under thehjd, ir. the closet, and out in the hall. Mr. Bowser consumes about three minutes in getticg into a collar, unit then Mrs. Bowser is saluted with " Mrs. Bowser, will you kindly conde- -end to ,-tne up here : It .... you will put iiu- under everlasting obi. gallons '.'' v\ell, what is u ?" she asks after toiling up-t.urs. Mr. Bowser stands in th" center of the mom. wit -. -u.it, vest, socks, or neck- tie, ami t n suspenders ha.iging off his shoulders. "Socks, Mrs Bowser.socks ' he w hutier--, with a wave of his hind. "I've been buy- Ing socks all my life' I've Wight over a billion pairs '. lough' to mveat least one , with a ho.,- in the heel, around here somewhere, but where is it ? I've hunt- ed ups' in- and down on the roof anil out in the hack yard hutall in v -tin. 1'e.rhanK you will kindly ' "See heie '" ihe intri rupted as she walk- e"d over to tlie dresser and pulled out a drawer. "Here are eight or ten pairs of souks' They in- e been kept in this drawer ever since vif lived in this house ! Why di in : vuii look in here?" II m. I see:" be muttered. "Mrs. Bowser, don t play that trick on me again ' I m go..,! n i! lire it sell, lint 1 know when I'm imposed upon '" "Ami ii"W I suppose you've looked int.i tin- Im naee, un I out in the barn, and all OUT the alley after a necktie, nnd been un able lo limi une?" she dem, in. led. "Ktaclly, Mrs. Bowser! I've been hunt ing for two long hours, but I can't rind what you have given the cook to kindle Hies with !" My dear Mrs. Bowser, I am sorry in- >! .-,1 10 trouble you, but will you look under the kitchen sink and see if you can find a pair of cuffs tor me '.'" l>idn'' you rind a collar in one of tho drawers?" she demanded in reply. " Yen, after two years of persistent seat oh." MIMBVI i or-c VBTIWU* nr.Ml nit) UUUluruus. . ,. i . i. I'.., instance, hay. grain, and other prod U '' '.' >'"" h . vc 'K"t, or " n P" Iri of MM .-.in b. k*bJ by electric power. C " '' ' "'; ' '"*' \ J . Kvactlv. I see the .irtlf <f tin* tktnM . winch can l>e also applied to ordinary elevators. An electric motor may run pumping apparatus, which will furnish liter for Ibo drinking tftNtglie, for tire pur- |.ose, or for watering tin- garden, use in dairy houses, Ac. All siidi miscellaneous machines as thresh- ers, grinders, shelters, buy presses, t ini,l , Ac., csn be readily operated by electric mot. u - It is very probable that in .ecu if railway lines may exist over the l'st agi icnltmal regions, furnishing .. unmiiiH. ation U-twrrn I In- dill. -i cut farms as well as small tramway* on ncptrale farms, connecting the different building, while electric ploughs and vehicles of all sorts are among the possibilities. ' 1 To I'rflvant, Washouts in Grain fields- If coni|iarativelv level fields are sown to wheat or rye, furrows should lie made that will quickly carry off all the superfluous water. The furrows should follow the low- oil portion of the field, wen if it be a tor tiious coins;-. It is In-lit to do this imnie dutc!) 1 uttt'i- needing, lint it may lie dune .it any Hire bcfote tha gi'-nnd bec-unei i solid Dt c..,ns-, some nt the gram Mill bo destroyed, but by ,-ai '. img. with a t, irk or shovel, the upturned soil, only the pi nits ill the immediate, channel will I* lost, and this precaution often saves ten time- that amount U>ing drowned out or stunted in low place* ligiimo.-crp.es the* steep hillsides, furrows should Ix- made from tin- lowest places leading il.iwn nnd hori/.on tally Hound tlu- hill, thus convcyingmuch of the surplus water to the direct portions. If the lurrows are gradually sloping, waslntu' will Iw prevented. If the hill is igniti -', p several furrows should he drawn, thus di M-I ting heavy rainfalls into several channels, with consequent less danger from washing or t>verllow. liictor " My good woman, does your ion stutter all the tiins !" Peasant Not all the time, sir. Only * lien he attempts to talk.' F.xacily, I see the drift of this thing !" unit i. -red Mr. Bowser, as he scattered the whole collection over the dresser to select a pair. To bis own great amazement he hap- pened lo nee his sleeve buttons as well, and lotit them intollii- cle.in utlswithiiut break- ing down any doors or knocking off any plaster. To Ins lurther ama/ement he got ml" In* coal mid vent without the bedstead falling down or the lavatory exploding, but wonders suddenly ceased. He began to twist and hunch and growl, and then strode to the Iwlnster and shouted : " Is any living soul downstair* ?" " 1 am here, of course," replied Mrs. Bowser. " Oh, yo'i are, ' I didn't know 'ml you had expired : Iteing you are still alive, might 1 presume to ini|une what your par- ticulir object was in sewing up my coat and vest; Did you start out to make bags of them ? Were you going to use those bags l hold cAlmp, aiiiartweed, and otner herbs ?" M . Bowser climbed the stairsand walk- ed in on bun again. As he squared off aijt hunched up h;s shoulders she nan) : ^ Mr Bowser, your suspenders are hang- ing alunit your knees! If you would remove your coat and slip them over your shoulders you would feel 111 ire eonifortnUe. " When she had gone Mr. Bow*r carefully dropped hit Sunday coat on the floor, his vestal the foot ot the U-d, hii pantaloons at tin- , -oriu-r of the dresser, lie tossed his cuffs into the closet, his necktie on the. lied, and got l.i-k into his everyday rig. 'I hen he descended into the family room with great dignity. "No. ma'am, I am no hypocrite! If a hypocrite belonging lo this house wants to go tn church and pretend to be interested i-i religious matters she can go ; but as for me, I will not dissemble. This is the worst- conducted house in America, and I have put up with more than any other husband on ihe face of the earth, but I will not plav Ihe hypocrite ! You can go to church, and I will stay home and rip and cuss and tear around and get drunk and murder some- body."