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AGRICULTURAL *f*^~^r+,-*^v**s+*s^r***-^s**/^^*s**i-*^+~-^^, Butter Making on the Farm. To make good butter, it i* neceuary to understand i'* true organization, and then to *o handle it a* to preserve it in it* nor- mal condition. If we destroy the normal condition of anything we invite decay, and that soon follows. The only true butter i* that which is brought out of the milk in It* granulated form. To do this requires the beat of car* from the pasture to the manu- factured article ready for the table. We then begin with the treatment of the cow- Give her good sweet grass or clover and water that ii pure either of running brook or drawn from a well. Never let her drink pond water or from pools by the roadside. There it more importance attached to the matter of pure drink for milch oowt thnn 11 generally believed. Drinking impure water will deteriorate the quality of the milk and bntter. Have a comfortable stable in which to feed and milk them, and keep clean and well ventilated to that no odor of the stable rr ay attach to the milk. It i* better when milking in a liable to keep the milk bucket ouUide of the (table and carry the milk to it a* it it drawn from the cow in smaller vessels. If the cow* com* in wet with rain let them drip for a few minutes, and then rub off with a cloth Icit tome drop of rain from their bedie* might find it* way into the milking veeaeli, thus taking every precaution to keep it pure until yon get it into the house. Now, the course of treat- ment i* very important. Never act warm milk in th* creamery or cellar or milk room, but set it in cold water until all the animal heat i* out. By naing diary bucket* you will find it very convenient to do this, using common waih-tub* and cold well wat:r. The dairy buckets hold from two and out half to three gallon*, and it i* belt to put all your milk in one bucket, if you can do so. If you get two or three gallons of milk at one milking put it all into one bucket. If yon get from five to *ix put it in two and cool it in tutu of water, and then aet it in the milk trough, creamery, or cellar. In this way it will keep twtetmorc than twice as long than if the animal heal were allowed to pass out slowly. There it scarcely any farmer who ha* not the facilities for this plan. Aban. don all crock* and pant. They are a nuisance and a burden to work with. You will get more butter from the deep settiug and have fewer veasel* to wash, and you can carry a three gallon bucket of milk with one hand, while u taku two to handle a pan with ope half gallon in it. Ouly one bucket to wash for three gallon* of. milk, whereas it will take three or four crocks (or the same quantity. Use tin vessel* to ski n the cream in, not jars; stir the cream every time you skim a bucket of milk. A* loon a* the cream ripen* churn it, but not too much. This is where nearly all butler is ruined, an. I beat- en into a pasty mas* of grease, not deserv- ing the name of butter. Have a churn from which yon can draw o!T the milk leaving the butter in the churn. Churn the cream a few minute* until all the thick milk i* broken, then hare a small strainer to catch the cream a* you let it off into the cream bucket, thus (training out any curds that might fail to break while churning. A* th* process of churning it not continued very long in making granulated butter, tome of the harder curds might not break up sufficiently to ran off when the bntter it washed, and should they remain in, the bai- ter would sour and spoil, hence the need of ttraining the cream after it i* well stirred. After (training th* cream return to the churn and continue churning until the batter appear* in very small granules about th* aize of coarse sand, lie sure and have the temperature below (ixty, or no higher at least. To get thU 'emperature in sum- mer, aet your cream bucket in cold water a* you do your fresh milk. When the granules appear then (top churning. Pour in a quantity of cold water to thin down the buttermilk, to it will readily run off. Now open the hole at the bottom of the churn and hold the little (trainer under it to catch th* granule*, throwing them back in the churn, a* they fill up the strainer. A* aoon a* th* milk i* all out, pour in a backet of cold water, drawing it off at be- fore, and then another until the water runt off clean. Now put in the salt a good quantity for you can't oteraalt granulated bntter. It will not take it In, but will melt and run off aa the water did. Now, with hand or paddle prepared press thii man together and every particle of water will press out of it, and leave it a olid butter, more the consistency of putty than greatt. II you find it difficult at first to pack It with a butter paddle you can prepare the hand to mold it in the bntter mold. Wash the hand well with sweet clean toap, then plunge into cold water until cold. Granulated buttei never tick* to the hand or churn or anything else. It never needs working a* their i* no water in it, and th* salt being mixed in it while it I* In granulated form it need* no farther mixing. Churning bmtter until th* granule* are broken and ttiok to- gether and than worked after that, to mix th* salt, Mid tke oat the water make* nothing more than a mass of grease. When th* grannie* are broken then the greasy part come* out, and will adhere to whatever It touches; h*no* it gather* in large lump* and renders it difficult to thoroughly mix the) salt and bring out thr water, to do which ruins the batter. Yon will notice I have used the term granule, not globule. Butter i* often churned until it form* in small shut Ilk* globule*, espec- ially in th* larg* churn* of creameriea where no dash I* need, but thi* I* churned too main. The little grannie I* It* normal state, a* it *xi*te in th* cream, a* it i* taken from the cow, and if that I* kept intact you tbsn gat true butter in it* natural organisation. If you break that you ipoil it* oonalatency. Granulated buttsr can b* molded in print* in the hottest weather.and will keep us form when the ov*rohnrn*d butler *mild meltdown In the dish, (lacing th*m in the tan* temperature. The little film covering the grannie, not being broken, keep* each OB* from sticking to tht other. I have sometimes illustrated my meaning in this way : Supposing we had a number of egg* with the (hells removed and the thin lining of it left intact, you can pile hem up and they will *t*y, but a* aoon as i "us skin ii broken they come down in a ticky man. So when the granule* are broken, tney will *oon melt down wh*n in a warm temperature. If auffivient he*t U applied to the "granule it burst* and lei* out the grease, and so the cream should never be inbjected to a heat strong enough to do this, hence the ruin of butter by putting hot water in the churn. Ry the plans given above the labor of caring for the milk is much lighter : the churning i* much shorter ; the printing of the batter may take a little more time, but it i* more than compensated by the shortening of the churning process, but the greateet compen- sation is the article manufactured. It i* always acceptable in the market*. I have manufactured butter for forty year*, and though giving general satisfac- tion to my customers, wa* never fully eat- isfUd myself until I worked on this plan. I have a fint-claan butler-worker which I uied to use, but now have no use for it, a* my butter never needs working. There is only one place my butter give* more trouble than that manufactured in the old way, and that i* when used for making cake. It baa to be beaten much more, aa it ha* not been beaten by the churning or the butter - worker. Any person who ha* tub* and a good wall can make good butter if they have no other facilities for keeping it cool except to change the water twioe a day. My creamery, though home-made, is the beet arrangement I have ever seen. In some future lime I may give plan* for lhal which any farmer can make for himself. Row to Drench a Horse. In the farmer's stable, where drenching Jits andsuih improved applian-.-e* are not at band, the ordinary way of giving a hone medicine is to pour it into hi* mnuth from a long necked bottle. There ia in thi* more or leu danger of his breaking off with hi* teeth and (wallowing piece* of glass. In* lead of pulling his head up with the nalter rope and trying to keep it still with your hand, put on an ordinary bri die with [ong rein* attached to the bit-rings, pas* th* reins over something firm overhead, inch aa a fork handle laid acroes a feed tiole, or a ring iu the floor sleeper, and bring the horse up so that his head will be directly under it. Stand on a box or chair on hi* near aide, no ynu will be within easy reach of hi* mouth when hi* head i* ruised; take the loose end of the reins in your left hand and by pulling the-n gently down the pressure of the bit against his upper jaw will raise his head gradually until high enough to prevent the liquid from running out the corners of his mouth, which he will then open and bsgm to work Ills tongue left free for him to swallow. U'uh the right hand pour the liquid into hit mouth at the corner, and usually you will hear him swallowing. Should he absolutely refuse to (wallow, confine his nostril* for a moment with the Hand, and in hi* effort to get hi* breath be will forget to hold on to his mouthful of medicine. If the dose is large, or he takes slowly, do nol tire him by keeping his lead up too long. Eaae up with your left Hand and ireat him veiy gently. Carefully managed, not a drop need be lost in drench, ng the most fraction* horse. Live Stock Notes. Don't guess about the amount of feed four stock require*. Feea carefully and test result* on the scales. If yon haven't the scales yon do entirely too much guen work. Gu**ing spoils profit a good many time*. Make your stables light. Th* hone or cow that i* kept in semi-darkneei not only suffers pain when brought out Into ihe bright light, but i* liable to suffer in health. Sunshine ii the beel disinfectant known. Th* feet of young horses are often per- manently injured by itanding upon imper- fectly constructed floors, floon which are too hard or not kept clean. "No foot, no horse, " lay th* English. A filthy floor will not make a sound foot. There i* much carelennen in thii regard. Sheep that are not well fed through the winter will nol be of much satisfaction to th* shepherd at lambing time. For every dollar thi t it aaved by scrimping the sheep now, you will IOM two in the ipring. That i an i merest that of agriculture can nit afford to pay. Holland's Hotel Exposition. Ou the lit of May, Ix'.I.V there will b* opened at Amsterdam, Holland, a unique exposition, to be known aa th* " Inter, national Exposition of Hotel* and Travell- ing Accommodations." Th* promoters of thii exposition claim that nothing on the am* line has ever been attempted before. Th* object to to have a complete display of sverything relating to hotel accommo- dations and transportation facilities. Th* exposition will not b* confined strictly to these line*, bat will include all other da. parlmonta necessary for a tirst class fair. The principal object of exhibition in th* hotel and transportation line will b* plans and furnishings of hotels and cafes, build. ng materials, plan* and model* of ships, plans and models of railway construction, railway carriage*, construction of engines, elaolriu, steam, and hone can, carriages, omnibusei, and vehicle* moving by power .t her than hones, bicycles and their con- struction, iieamihip* and shipbuilding, models of electric ships, balloons for topographical and military purposes, and aptive balloon*. Th* exposition, while. t ii not b*ing backed by the Dutch Gov- ernment financially, ha* received the Queen's royal sanction. Th* Welland polio* magistrate has dil- mlssed th* charge againit Rev. Father Molntee, of Port Colborne, for having Illegally performed a marriage, tnere being no ttidenoe to warrant conviction. ROUND TEE WHOLE WOELD WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBg. 14 nd Wew World t.teai of Inlrrr.i i brouirird Brlr>v-Utereslln "p penlncs ef Keiu Dale. The Empress of Japan ii food of simpli city in drew and ouly oo state ocoaiiooi doe* the put oo royal robes. One of the bes*. private ichooli in Parli, the Kcola Momg*, baa juit been bought by IMC Government for a million dollars. At the commencement of 1N94 the uewi- paperi of the Brituh Islet nambered 2,291 449 of thii uumbr being published in London. Patagonia, according to recent traveller!, is by no mean* a land of promiae, tnd the Mttlen have great difficulty in making endi meet. Twenty female elerki are employed by a Sydney inoranee office. Their work U noted for being more correct than that of male clerk*. It it not expected that an expedition will be sent thia year againit the Abort, a hill tribe in Attain, who have been creat- ing trouble for the Indian Government. Dr. Jennie Taylor, niece of Biahop Tay- lor of Africa and physician in hit miaaion work, recently walked 600 milea inland and waa ntl tick a minute at any time. Dr. Quelliot, of Rheimt, ttated to tht Congreea of French Surgeons that cancer u cootagioui and may be trtntmitted through clothing, table utensils or tobacco pipes. The Admiralty authorities, having de- cided to abandon the acbeme for the de- fence ol Belfast, nave removed the submar- ine mine* laid acroM tht entrance to Bel- fatt Lough. Dr. F. Buchanan Whyts. who died in Perth, Scotland, a few days ago, wa* on* of the greateit Scottish botaniat* and geologists. He gave names to many monn- ta'n flower*. In the course of the evidence offered at one of the London police court* recently, it wa* itated that out of every twelve coin* placed in automatic machine* two are found to be bad. Lord Roeebery, the Knglish Premier, i* a great itudent of the Bible. In the speech which he made a short time ago he quoted the Bible seven time*, Shakespeare twice and Aristotle once. A new military pott nn the English Channel i* to b* established by the French Government at Porl-en-Beaiia, in the de- partment of Calvado*. midway between i 'herbourg and Havre. Mrt. Anna Lea Merrill, a Philadelphia artist, whoae home is in London, ha* just completed a aerie* of frescoes (or the Black- heath church at Wonerah and 3u Martin's, Chilworth. A itory come* from Tunis that four European* are living with the Tuaregs,and that they ire CoL Flitters and three of his companions, who were supposed to have been maatacred in 1->~1. Justin McCarthy, the Irish Parliamen- tarian, whose novel* have been so widely read in tbie country, i* in his 62nd year, but even at this age it is no unusual thing for him to ait up all night over hi* typewriter. Workmen excavating on the lite of street improvement* at Dover, England, struck upon something solid which proved to be a corh'n cut out u chalk and effectually Mai- fd. In it a human akeleton was iound. At Munich the police have forbidden the playiug of piano* with the window* open. Any persons who have reason to complain of the noise thus made have been invited to communicate with the polios otfioe, Of 48 eminent physicians of Europe who were questioned recently concerning the heaUhfulnaa* of bicycling for woman, 36 approved the eierciae in moderation, 3 under certain condition* and 9 were) oppos- ed to ite practice. A despatch from Shanghai says that the Dowager Empress ha* had forty laahea ad- ministered to Chin and Chen, two concubines of the Emperor, who had preenmed to offer him advice, preaumably about the conduct cf the war. In the shop of a St. Petersburg watch- maker a human-faced clock i* on view the only one of it* kind. The band* are pivot- ed on it* BOM, and any messages that may be spoken into it* ear are repeated by a phonograph through it* month. Herr Maacha has lately unearthed in Mo ravio a number of skeletons of mammoths associated with those of human being*. A remarkable feature of one find waa that of what appeared to be a whole family of hu- man being* of gigantic tiie co-existent with the mammoth. In London, not long ago, investigation proved that the children of laboring people in the metropolis were better nourished that ia to say, weighed more at the same age than those belonging to higher social strata, the latter boing fed too much con- fectionery and cake. Clergymen who have (topped at Mr. Gladstone's hotel and library at Hawardan exprea* themaelve* a* delighted, not only with arrangement* made for their of mfort and their work, bnt alao with the personal kindnea* of Ifct Grand Old Man himself. He take* the Warmeit intereet in student* who go thtre for rest and reading. Another " wonder doctor " ha* been dis- covered In Germany. He i* a shephsrd named Ast, living in toe (mall village of Radbruch. In the last few week* over l.ixio penon* have vmted him from all part* of Germany. The people stand in crowd* about the man's hat, waiting for hi* advice. His success i* said to be remark- able. There are now fifty-five town* and citiet in England whioh dettroy their garbage and olid refuse by burning, using an averag* of about ten furnaces each for that purpose. The combustion of the material ia uted for the generation of (team, by which the street* are electrically illuminated, thtu reducing their municipal expenses by thii mean*. 1 ired and tbinty travellers, find a friend in the "traveller*' tree," which grows in Madagascar. This wonderful tree i* (aid to hare nn hranobe*. the Uavea growing from the trunk ami spreading cut like the sections of a fan. These leave*, of whioh there ire generally *ot more than twent) four on eaoh tne, are from MX to eight feet in length and from four to six feet broad. At the baa* of each leaf i* a kind of cup containing about a quart of cool, tweet water. The British House of Lord* waa recently occupied with a somewhat cunom appeal. It wa* whether the owner of an adjoining estate bad power, without coneent of his neighboring proprietor, to cut down such branches a* overhung hi* property. The judge* in the bwer court could not agree and, on the oai* being taken to the court of appeal, it wa* thought the man whose prop- perty the treei overhung had a right to abate the nuisance. This view wa* also taken by the House of Lord*. NEW ZEALAND'S LADY MAYORESS. n Tales. roaehinga. lirM Elected IB British Bw Unehunga, a flourishing little town of about 4,000 inhabitant* on the noith island of New Zealand, ha* the honor of having elected the first lady may ore** ever oboe* n KM. YATW. on British soil. Mn Yate* ha* for yean borne a prominent part in all movement* looking to th* improvement of Unehunga. It wa* natural, therefore, that when New Zealand recently bestowed th* franchise on qualified electors of the fair sex the inhab- itant* of th* lively little place turned to her at ene on whom they could depend. Mrs. Yate* bad not contemplated elevation to civic honor of such altitude and wa* at, fint too fearful of responsibility to content to the use of her name. I leneral assurance of adequate support and continued pressure overoame her lean, and the was elect ed chief magistrate of the place. Latest ac- counts indicate that her townsmen and women will have no cause to regret their choice. The Humility of Inexperience. 1 Mr. Aswlyrioh ha* mad* his fint call on horseback, and prepare* to de- part. 2 bat in mounting he put* th* wrong foot in th* stirrup 3 With tb* above startling result. The Problem Solved. Mrs. Rulem "Your husband is still M devoted a* a lover. I don't see how you manage." Mr*. Kiassm "H't very simple. When m c.nnes home laM, I always pretend to be asleep ; whan he ha* a headache in the morning, 1 tell him he i* overworked : when he leave* hi* bat in the parlor, hi* overcoat in the lining-room, and hn over- shoe* up stain, I quietly gather them up, and put them in the front uall ; and when we go to the theatre, I never forget to suggest that he should improve the shining hour* between the acts by roing out and talking buimn* with hi* customers. Oh, it'* easy SB*U|h to keep a man devoted, if you oni/ know hew." WINTER WRINKLES. Ned" The woman I marry mutt b* an ideal housekeeper." Ted " You'll suffer leas with a practical one, old man." When a fellow's best girl call* him a perfect poem he should be careful Many a perfect poem U rejected. Jangso " Ha* any on* good a opinion ol that man Wool?" Hangso " Yt*. 1 Jang- _' XV hn ' " Hn,7.,._" XVn^l " Who ! " Hangso" Wool" " I never give anything to a young, healthy person." Beggar" Do you ex- pect me to become an old cripple just to suit yon!" Sht " Do you think a girl ought to let a man kiss her before she marries him ? " He" Yes. if she expect* to b kissed at all." Hicks-" And how did the fellow look after the fight ; (ennui, eh T '* Wick* " Well, yei, he did wear rather a rapt ex- pression." Minnie" I want to introduce) yon to a young lady a very nice girl and the 'a worth her weight in gold." Bob "Stoat girl, I bop* ? * " It'* a good idea to make light of your trouble*." "I do." replied Happigo ; " whenever a creditor sends me a letter I burn it." Brown" I* young Flying-wedge prac- tising law?" Jones "I think not. He was admitted to the bar, bat I think he'* practising economy." When a man becomes firmly convinced that he is genioa, it i* then that the fringe lowly begins to form on th* bottom of hi* trousers. New Missionary" Can you tell me what has become of my predecessor ? " Cannibal Chief "He made a tnp into the interior.'* Did yon write it " '94," .luit the aame u oft before ! Or were yen to facts alive And made figures " '95 " Teacher" Now, boy*, if one of you were to find something petit tied, what age would yon attribute to it." Smart Boy" Stone ag*." "It's almost diagoiting to *ee the man- nub ain Mia* Whirler takee on." "What is she doing now ?" Learning to sharpen a lead pencil. Irate merchant "I thought yon laid this afe wa* burglar-proof." Agent "Well, what men proof do you want of burglars than that * Chatflsigh "I wonder why it is that wo- men aiways seem to understand baby talk?" Grutfltigh "They can understand any* thing in th* way ot talk." Tell us, ye winged wind That round our pathway screams, Is there a spot on earth Where mince pie don't make dream* ? Kthel "You remember that absurd looking monkey we saw on the street?'' "Yes.' 7 "Well, Tom bought and seat it to me." "Well it's just like him." It was at the club. Waiter (at U p.m.) "Ihere ita lady outside who says her hus> band promised to be home early to-night.' All (ruing) "Kxcusomea moment." "How could you endure talking so long, with that ugly old woman with that fright* ful costume without laughing in her faoe!" Oh, that'l easy. She i* my wife." "Talk i* cheap," observed the man who believe* in proverb*. "Humph !" replied ihe man who doean'k "That remark show* that you never hired a lawyer or rented a telephone.'' Little Mis* Magg (haughtily ) "My sister never goes out without a ohiaperoa Little/ Miss Freckle* (disdainfully) " My sister wouldn't be allowed to, either, if she waa like your lister. " Head Mistress "Miss Balfoor. I saw you kin that TarUton boy. What ia the> meaning of that ?" Sweet Girl Undergreda- ate-"l can spell it Miss .reyson. but I can't it tint' u." A little girl, busy working a pair of slip- pers a* a birthday present for her grand- father, laid to a little playmate: "Ah! you're well off, you an ; your grandad ha* only on* leg I" Ralph- "Suppose a fello*'* beet girl gets mad when he aaka her for a kiss?" Curtit "Take It without asking." Ralph "Suppose *h* get* mad then ? ' Curtis "Then he's got *om* other fellow'* girL " "Th* thing that Bigg'** lack* i* sincer- ity," remarked the nil-appointed critic of mankind. " What make* you say that ?" " He mad* a resolution to quit (wearing and bought a fountain pen on the earn* day." Philosopher" Th* only thing that can make any man, rich or poor, perfectly happy i* love, and love coat* not a penny. Practical Man "True, but keeping the loved one in clothe* coat* like th* old Nick.' There isn't half a* many That want to take th* cake, A* there i* that want the biscuit*. Their mothers used to make. Fint lieutenant" How do vou like the horn yen bought from me last week '" Second lieutenant" Very much. He might held hi* h*ad a little higher, though." First lieutenant " Oh ! that will com* all right when he to paid for. " Little Johnny-" Mamma Bay* Mrs. nigh m m d is a rery superior woman. What does that mean ?" Little Ethel" I don't knew 'xactly, bat Mrs. Highmind ha* travelled a good deal, and maybe she en* read a railroad Urn* table all by herself." Professor " In Russia criminal* are often sentenced to be kept awake until insanity and deth result. Now, how do you suppose they keep th*m from falling aaleep P Little girl (oldest of a small family)" I expect they give 'en a baby to take care of." Had a Smart Husband. Daughter "Did TOO find out what U wa* that papa cut oat of the paper ?" Mother -"Ye*, I bought another copy. I've read it all through, but I can't * anything wrong about it. It'* an article oo the healthfulnen of house-work." Mrs. Henrietta M. King, of Corpue Christi, Texas, owns 1,873 sooan mile* ot land in Texas, or about 1,260,000 acres. She inherited this vast domain fre*n her husband. Richard King, who was born i* Nsw York State in INS.