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 tff^m^^mi."-!: J4»- ,., kJ.^ â- 11;-'.- i [Si i I ll 4 1 m iu:i AGBIOULTTJEAL At tlM New Jenay EzpurimeBt Station dried cam-foddar wm terted witii, ' and the foflixHbg eon m ilBoM w^ 1. Oracji-fod jer jOpkb 4|ied in ^., nraeerred u wdl M tluit in a nlo, Ihried foddar-oorn enk. and anaabad 'yta eaten with M Uftle waAe ii nlege. 3 In thiee «•«â-  OBt of fear the quntity of milk tne not ineteaaed by ailage. The quantity of food fpTem waa in each caee the aame, aa ahown by aw^hnaa; 18 per oent, tf dry matter waa loara gnaarmg green fodder- oont the loaa waa tiie aame whethev tiie com waa paoked in a ailo or riiooked for diying. Many p ar a o na faaey that beeaoae they live on email farma, it ia leaa important aa to what daaa of atodt they keeik In. reality, the very reretaa ia tma. The limited area from iHiich the feed ia to come makea it amatter of prime importance that the animala kept are of that olaaa that will give the very M«t reaolta in proportimi to the food oonanmed. Indeed the chaEcea are on the whole in their ftiTor of haviiig a better data of atock all aroiuid than Uie large land owner. In the first place it ia much easier to commence well on a small scale, and in jthe second, limited namber of animals can be better cared for than a large nnmber, other thmga being equal. The facilities for feeding are usually in favor of the smaller number, whila the in- dividuality of animala ia niost likely to be lost sight of where the number is Ltrge. While it is true that in a snudl herd there may ba more pioportinate outlay in pro- curing suitable males where one is kept for home use, in many instances this need not be done, as a conuderable nnmbtr now in very many neighborhoods have suitable animals, the service of which may be secured if need be. In some instances males may be thus selected adapted to the special requirements of the different females. Men who have but one beast should be most anxious to have it of the very best of its kmd. The Short-Horns in England as Seen by a Frenchman, In matters relating to cattle breeds of re- nown, I have lately met with nothing which has interested and instructed me more than the report of an accomplished expert, a French gentleman, named GroIUer, who, writing recently of the most widely known and Iccdly celebrated herds of Short-hoin in England, has given the re- sults of his observations in late issues of the Jourual d' Agriculture Pratique. The first stable inspecten naa that of Mre. Mcintosh, at H^verioK Park, near Pomfret. AH the country dwellinge of these ELii;lish farmers are kept in a remarkable neat con- dition but the neat cattle are badly kept and deprived of all hand care. This is, U3 doubt, due t) the fact that during the Winter they run at fall liberty ia pad- docks, lyin^ down in wet straw and manure. On one or two sides of the pad- docks there are sheds for the protection of the animals in bad weather, and here they are fed with cut fodder, which is distribut- ed in the feedinp toughs. Water is also freely furnished, and the cattle drink at their pUasnre. There are, besides, stables with stalls for the sick and for cows ap- proachiog the end of their tarm, and boxes for calves. Each bull in service is kept in a separate shed^ with a paddock attached, where he runs at will Great was Mr. Gtolher's aatonishment to find that the most c tlebrated breeders, possessing the best cf iaustrious families of Short-horns, representatives of which sell at enormous prices, do not devote tbemselvbs exclusively to breeding the pure race. At Havering Park, at Audley End, at H^re- woods, and in all other Short-horn stables, there were conin:oa and half-blood cows alongs'de of the pure-bred Short-horns. One may see Jersey and Angus cows, and even the French C ^ntentiites, which have betn bred to full-bloocled Durham bulls. The ccnclusion from this fct ia, that Ecg- lish breeders do r.o!; believe, in ojmmou with most Frenchmen, that a full-blooJed bull which hse served a common cow, wUl transmit to a full blood cow he is sub- sequently bred to, the scrub mark and stig mates â€" of the common cove, like the blauk nose, the markings of the coat and other eharacteristic peculiarities. Mrs. Mcintosh's Short horns were all of the best stock and tt ain, including repre- sentatives of the Princess and Oxford tribes; but it must be avowed that, with a few ex- ceptions, the visitor did not ficd them what he expected to see. The English are ac- complished dealers, who know how to set forth the merits of what they have to sell by cirefuUy drawn and high-sounding ad- vertisements, well calculated to taka in the inexperienced. Their faith in the power of blood, and in the merit of certain tribes where near relationship exists, perhaps in excess, is no doubt justified by the reality. "But after what we have aet^n," says he, "we find exceptions to this. Certain bulk which were shown us appeared very inferior though they came of the noblest ancestry." The above paraphrase gives M. Grolller's first impressions, which were confirmed by subsequent observations. In fact, hia re- port abounds in statements of facta of in- terest enough to breeders to be' further drawn upon. Hilk T8. Meat. I received, the other day, a letter to the following effect, aaya Sir tf. B. Lawes in the lamer and Chamber of Agriculture Journal: "Please will yon let me know the difference of the manure from one ton of linaeed cake, passing through a bollock or a cow T" Hia correspondent then goes on to aay that be â- ends milk to London for aale. There en be no doubt r^pirding the object of Unn question, which is evidcntlv to find out whether the proinotion of milk is more ex hausting than the produotim of meat, and whethw the general opinion on the anbjeot â€" ^that the production of milk ia more ex- hanatingâ€" is correct. Hia oocreapondent wants tuus opinion to be plaoed befwe him, not hi a adentific formula, but in the more eaaUy nndenrtood form of ddllara and centa. SayaDr. Lawea, "I will try and wwk out the answer required from my own tern reaolta, i have a dairy of about 90 oowa. For the last two montha eaoh oow liaa ooa- aamed d^y a little over 100 poonda of food, oonai a tin g of oake, hmi, hay, and atnnr eha^ and maagela. Hw dry wajght of this food ia 28 pouida, wUle Oo w daily modoet of mSk ia a liMia bok If va caU it » ^^^M^ it will Teiy â- Â«'»„ ealffilatwm, aa «**uaU pound of dry food milk. fadHtate. thna hav« one pooad _kave w«ald MpuidB otdiy fmak *ill liWtMti^ ooni the 63 pouad- «rf dry jaaimalwffl^oajaj ee»mp«inda-or about SS pet cent-wbile the meat wiU take only five per oeat. _^ In dealing with theae fig»«». i» V^r to be the faireat way to ahow the lo« ol maaon gjanerally upon thewhde of toe food equi^TH I were merdy "^^ the n^t or milk produced by .^\^°°^ such a preosading would be evjd«atly jm- fair; orif Iw^ estimating the aqarate manure value of the dA»r«nt *o«»^» different course would havi to be pursMd but here we have to deal with a pertam number of ingradienta contuned m a mnod diefr-part home-grown, part purohaawiâ€" and it ia required to know 'f'*?' »'°«°^;^ theae ingreoienta ia abstracted by a wry cow aa oompared with the amount abstttct- fed by a fattenmg ox. ^. If we assume the manure value orone ton of linaeed cake to be 60«. before feeing, it would be worth 578. if fed by oxen, aa against 38s. if fed b dairy cows; tiiese fignrds representing the value of the in- gredioits removed in the iniik and meat, though making no allowance for tiie waste or loss of manure. If, instead of charging the loss of the ma- nure upon the whole of the food consumed, we charge it upon the cake alone, it !will require all the nitrogen in four poimde of cake to furnish the quantity contained in two gallons of milk. Under these cironm- atanOBs, a odw riecMving one-foiirth cwt. of linseed cake per week, and yielding 14 -gal- lons of milk, would reduce the manure value of a ton of Unseed cake to a very few shillings. It is quite evident, therefore, that the popular idea of dairy farming, tak- ing much more out of the land than grazing is tuUy home out by the figures giyen, and unless the loss is compensated by imports in the form of ioods or maauiea, pasture land will soon deteriorate. rsumarvKi, Lore-Letters. Among Engh'sh novelists no one has even approacbed the late Anthony Trollope in the composition of a love-letter. Whera others were stilted, flowery, or too affoc- tionate, he alone unites the life-long devo- tion with the spice of eapieglere and the goupcon of passion which compose the ideal love-letter. And he has had a jat-t percep- tfoQ of the length to which a love-letter should ran. Too lengthy an epistie is a great mistake. The little twisted note of three lines which a man can put next his heart, the scrap he finds in his candle stick when goinf to bed, the few touching heart- broken phrases thrust into hia hand at part- ing â€" these are love-letters, indeed, to be treasured and read over again. Tenny- son's conceit of the rose sent floating down the stream to the beloved one's garden comes too near an Oriental love letter. Laliah Bookh might have received such a one, and a princess in the " Arabian Nisrhts" responded to it by sending back a sprig of mrtle under a snow-white dove's wing. There is no sadder object after the death of beloved oae than a love-letter written in the plenitude of health and spirits. As the few lines written in ink now fading away are opened, they exale the perfume of kisses and caresses which breath like messages from another world. Let no one leave love letters behind him. The matter- of-fact executor tosses the wholb bundle in- to a corner the house-maid exhibits them in the servants' hall, and takes the choicest phrases to send to her "young man " in the Sundsy letter. Finally, worse than im- perial OsBsar's f ite when dead and turned to clay, they are wrapped around rash- lights or sold to the marine atura dealer. Bat love-letters have a final cause in do- mestic life they point the great m ral that all sentiment is evanescent, ail affection eteraal that the substance is better than the shadow the settled sanctities of wed- ded lif() more satitfying than all the cupids and bright-hued butterflies which hover around new bcra love. They emphaaisa the feeling cf honor which forbids every Eng- Ish man or woman to write a love-letter unless the sentiments it conveys are really felt and when the love-letter has done its work, and drawn twin squIs together by the magie affinity of affection, they warn its recipient as soon aa may to commit it to the fl*IDdB. Besnit of a Practical Joke. A paragraph in a Cleveland paper not long since told the sad story of a hoax practised by three women upon a friend. It seemed haimless to them. It proved almost fatal to the friend, and illuatrates a fact that should not be forgotten, that frighta may kill, or may craze the brain permanentiy. Such jokea are criminal, and deserve a seri- ous panaly. The victim of this hoax â€" Mrs. Banu â€" ^had gone away for a short time, leaving her husband and little ones at hcma. The husband went to work, and the three women thought it would be extremely f unsy to scare Mra. Burns. The ohi^ and tables were npaet, and everything waa put 'tt^sy- torvy.*' A figure waa made and cdothed m a suit of Boni'a olothea, nod waa laid on the floor, its bead tied with • wbite bandage, resting against the aewing-machine. TImu the womaa aeoi aa ed tbunsalvea. Mra. Barni. wfaoiaof a nerv'ona t^mpara- ment, otuuD i.o u. a id waa struok apeeoiilees with horror at the scene. Tlie pcor woman, aeoing the inanimate form, immediately aap- posed tlMt her hnaband had oommittad am- cide. Tottering to the hooaa of a nsighlMr, ahe.gaqied nit tint her huriMnd waadaad, and teinted away. A p^faiciaiiwas oaIled,bnt she wont from one apaam into anodier. Whai aba finally revived saffioiantiy to talk, it wu foond. that Imt reason had left her. For days adhe hovaiad b et i waB life and deaUi. Althoogh aba is aoar oonaidared oat of danger, the ahock has left its impresaian upon her mhid. and she aasiy nevar fally laoovar. -- u^, ^ooooeivadthe aa botol tesaieidcs. Ha of tha SSy inanufaotuped m the Umted Sutee Cd tbvepa coosamad. Tnw, a fear of 5ia IO.00(M;(».OpOai? "^^^^^pf^ SaT-^^^^wSnt up a* ^odMid plwsd Ji^^aaaHt andiirtttpng obairs. A few mdlnm set into crackr of floors, and the ras^ fm SemortpM^ â- Â»â- Â»Â«Â»Â«Â«Â» •'«"8*'" '"8'J' WAira and l^waya, r ripped from wmnana mpgamh and there left to wcrk tiieir way into the eartiu The origin of pins, and wlietfaer it is ah ancient or modtm invention. is still a matter of doubt, and the solving of the Sroblem ia equal to ihadeoiphVring of a para- ox in Qreek.' Insignificant in ai*' they bava bsan prized in the boudoir of royalty, and used only by nobility until Amer can ingenuity stepped t-» the front, with a maobine,and Lemuel Wright got onia patent for his invention. It was not unta 1 824 that Leinuel Wrigbl^ the Amerrcan inventor, introduced his ma- chine that, during the revolution ef a abigle wheel, made a p r.'eot pia. When steam was added the revolution was complete. The machine takes the wire at one end and pre- aents a p rfect pin as it comes out of the other end, ptrfoim^ng alternately the operation of cattiOg it, heakUng it, rough and smooth and then drops it into a receptacle below. TiM whitening and sticking, minor labors^ complete the operation of making ready for delivery to consnmera. Fins known as" blanket pins, about three or four inches in length, *o the amallest ribbon pin, which takes 300,000 to weigh one pound, ra all toraed out by the fama- machine. One menufac^ry alone conaumes tbree and a half ttna of braas wjre every week, aod turnf out mere than ten tona of pina each six days. The operation of sticking pins by hand and usually per ormad by cbilcren, is now done by machinery. Ptn papera are marked by means ot a molded piece of wood, the molds corr^ spondiog to those portions ref^raatnting sm^ folds, through which pins pass, and'ara held. The paperer is usually a girl, who gathers together two of the folds of tbe paper and pieces them, with a small pcrtlon projectirg. between the jaws c^ a vice, fiferain are grocvea channeled to aerve as a guide fcr paming of pins. When filled the paper is rtkased and held so that the light strikes it, when the eye at once detects any defective pin and the ready baud re- moves it. The expense incident to the manufacture of a pin, ere machinery cme to the rescue, made them artic'ea of intriosic worth. In 1614 pin miners offered Sir Ralph Wihwood £4 000 or a moiety of the profits of the com meice in pins for his. influence in their behalf. Two years lattr their charier was confirmed, seccring them the sole pra-emption of foreign pins, forbiddintz them being landed at any port but L'n:5on In 1635, by the renewal cf their privileges by Charles I. pinaera cjvenuited to pay his majeisty £500 per year. The monarch disposed of this gift by preaen-"ng it to his queen, when it'r.ceived the title of pin money. Scon the custom was inaugurated of bestowing uprn wives a certain small peniion for their use in trifles, which received the same name. F;nally it was used as a^dowry to a bride. Addison condemos the prsotioe of beatowinj; pin- money, and says "In proportion as a womu) is more or less beautiful and her hus- band advanced in years, she stands in need of a greater or less number of pins, an i a treaty of marriage rises or falls in her «sti- matioo. What would a foreigner," he con- tinues, "think if he were informed that his bride demanded 500 or 600 pins a year? better had it been called ' needle money,' so as to have implied something of good house- wifery, and not have given the malicious world occasion to think that dress and trifles have always the upparmoat place in a woman'a thoughts." ' Arctic Exploration. It is but eight yeara less than three oen- tones ainoo the first Arctic exploration reached the region of polar ice ani spent a dreary winter locked in by the iceburgs and shut up in their huts by wolves, snow storms and white bears. ' Two lives were sacraficed in this .expedition, which reached a latitude of 80 degrees and 11 m'nutes. Three hundred years have passed an 1 the latest, the Greely expedition, touched 83 degrees 24 minutes, the higuest lattitnde reached since the Dutct n tvigatora spent ten months in the ice cff tbe island of Nova Zembls. In all those taree centuries only three degrees of the journey to the pole hftve been ovtrocme â€" a distance som^^ing less than the distance between New York and Boston, a little more than between New York and Albany. This fact aJoni is a significant comment upon the value of these expeditions which have cost.a prince's revenue and as many lives a8,have been lost in aome noted battle*. The Dutch were the great navigators of the sixteenth century, and soon after achiev- ing their nation's independen3e, begaii to speculate upon a paaaage to China and India by way of the North Pole. Their ideas o' that regoa were fanciful indeed. Some believed that those aeai inclosed a poku- conti'n'nt of perpetual aummer and unbroken daylight, whow wtiabitanta had obuuned perfce-ion n virtue and intelligoLce. 0«b«n tiojght It peopled with mon^era havins ho.aaa' hoofs, doga' head* and ear« ao loni that tbev coded them around their bodes in hen of dothug. Other tribes were hoadleaa with eyes m Abeir breaala, Uving in inoo- sant foga and tempests during tiie summer bat dying every winter andTlike plante. re- vived tolrfe by tiio advent if a biTef spring. It was behoved that the voyagers woidd have to encounter noontiuns of loe and vo!- oanoea o! fito. together with monstns on land and sea. m'«re ferooloos than the eve of minever saw. ' T ^* iâ„¢?**? *^J*^ terrors, on the 5th of i^Si^ ttefinrt expeffi;! dorignSS a^^ theaaonn ssas set out fciSAa. â- ^rtam. Thstt ships aad appliances wen o««»«dert d-srftion, T^SVE rtauBob modem staaoiboata b£lt for â-¼Â«Md8 boilt like a tomnu ston and stem, -coopedmtbemia^ uid so.ro.^aSrS plow tiMo war tfarra^ tiie water tol^ "AiJgwoBe soiaaiii. iaatroneala^oSS tt^Jiad a elain^ astmioorioal^STteS â- â- Â»â€" imHiftw festinffr ad for ao feol, ao „ in anoh pwrnwea- lUutva* twnMd teidk by tli»Sbe arid note lt«P. %»**^ Wk^..^^ MitnA^aai^ mzt year a aoeondatap was topeatericB for the China^ majg whwh the ioSi tbaiboaia Wghtenad lliem htfik. obvororof a north east paasagj J^ »• «*« lad to atbird expediting t»«^fi'«*J,»^ «°*; Uvel a pchrwStor and amidst pwus a^d suffering, whose rtory "^l»fL "^^' J „; the n»n-ativ»s of K^« and I I^»•'8. °J Ha^es and Greely, as the stoiy ol shipwreck wd laseue in tbe' days of BoWnaon Crusoe re«d like those of the day* of En^oh Arfen Notwitiistanding all the diacovenes and applisices of the year 1884, the Greely and Ite Long parties suffered quiteaa much aa the Duch explorers of 1596 whieh anyone may see who caroa to toad the accooat the tijird volume of Motley'a Tini Netherlands." United Ibnr .!Wi HABEXLIFE. s ttoatad in Pliaraali'a Gen. Loring throws as much light as cir- eumstanoes permit, in his recent book on E^pt upon life in the harem. One can naturally seO that from the pewnliar manner in which marriages are made in Egypt there 18 iittie domestic life of the Eort we under- stand. "They amuse themaelves in crunching melon seeds, eating candy, smoking cigar- ettes and showing their jewelry and fine toilets to their frienda. Living a Lfe of ease and indolence, they ara never supposed to soil their hands with labor or rack their brains with thought. When they toil their sole o(»upation is to beautify themselves, when young they ara well made; their ex- trometies are fine and their hands are soft, white and aopple, and .they might be liken-, ed to the hudcnng flower which opens at the lays of the morning sun. Their oomplezions are white and their cheeks tinged with rose; their eyes are sometimes bine, but that is exceptional; they an generally black as jet, and when fully open we of almcmd form and full of aenaibilitv and delicate sweetneu. "So binding is the law that no man shall see the faoe of a woman not his propert;^, that, in case of a violation of its sanctity, it looks with favor on the the action of the in- jured hnaband should he solace hia jealousy with the life of the intruder. It is not even permitted to recognize a woman outside of the harem. "Society among the inmates of the harem means simply smoking cigarettes and pipes and thems-it trivial amusements. Instead of the sparkling conversafa'on and pleasant music with which the texes reciprocally entertain each other among Western people, horrible screamingis, the uumotonous noise of a drum and the clang of tambourines are are here the solace of woman in her hours of of ease. The boasted luxury of the palaces offers in its isolation no attraction to a refined nature." The English Unirerslties. The univeraicies are not now .the last refuge of conservative thought; they are the very foci of all the energies that work for change. Thelongresist^ce to the advanc- ing tide has only added to its momentum, and so to the sweep and speed of its action. The church has lost or is losing control of the univeraitiee, and the danger is that religion may do the same. Thefight for the freedom of the universities waa a fight agamst the freedom of the church, but tor the authority of religion, and it is the duty of those who prevailed to see that the end of the tyranny does not also become the death of the authority, Tbe nation has entored the universities and asserted its rights there in a marvellous way. Education is another thing than it was, harder, higher, taxes more severely the skill of the teacher and the strength and mind of the student. Honors become every year more difficult to win, oompetitors multiply, schools and sub- jects increase. There may be, there is, much room for reform. Tbe teacher haa too little freedom, is beooming too much the mere coach, that ioat helpless of intelligent beings, the drudge of the examiner, working to pass, not to educate hia pupils. The student may be forced to grind too much at text books, and may know too LtUe of the inspuration that comes to students who study under a man who is master of his subject, and teaches it as a master and not as a coa :h. Toero may be great waste of energy, too many men teaching one subject, ani there may be tio few subjects for the number of available teachers wn the one hand and students on the other. But whatever the taults of the present system, one thing ia certain, it is worked with z-al, with enersv with consummate skiU and success. No mm Who knows what the universities wera ^d what they are can doubt tiat the recent changea have aU tended to inake educa^aon If not better, yet more real, requiring on all aidea a aterner discipline, more arduous and actual work. Educatiun reformers may rearet that the change adhered too much t' old and not too fruitful I nas, but they at least must rejoice that academic rewards now mainly dep«ad on academic hoaora attainmenta. -Quarterly S»oiew. 1. Corloiig Belle. There it a curioot relio of Gustavos Adol- phns in the po«sesaion of a ivi vate family at Auttsborg. It is an embroidered ooUar Miatohtvebe«n wqm by the King at a w»h the following noCe^ •This odln- has beonwom by Gnstavoa^dolphas. Kiogof Sweeden. and wm gtva* as •^aTnii^ S ' "l*? ^^f • â- ojonw ia this toim now and '^^Ssfisgaf^ flOUSEHOlDtg^jjj^ V OOLDXttaiK. ar^Teathelp to ».,, thehotMtthertohavtT, dish«s#iibit»n be Sfei;***" l, oveaing ani to spare the nl!!? Ni day cooking oyer the hot fi^'^^ Vj grei^ ehoiee too T)f each ' b«pi^|kared early in the the wask »n 1 especially nil'"" tij] when OB" must have a fire; t*^ 1 ocm l»ef boUed; boil^^hto. IL'^ii tongoffj potted chickeni^ T**^ dishes which it may ba """" cribe as followa: â€" 'gn«ti Cold fiica.â€" Wash .nl dri. best rice; pot it down to bcil^j*"" dry as possible. Add a Uttiett' '"'*i coolang. Turn it out into an aod use sweet cream, icg cream "'*i ly, precerves or any other disSbf BoiLSD Ham.â€" For a ham. ...^ above as regards boilin«. wC iT?*" it to cool in water, first hZ^e^J" the sfan which can easily be tom J if the bam is cooked enoneh sJl in the fat all over about 2 in hJ, the ham is dished B-fo-e lemn â- ""' the water ca-efullv take ofiFthe fil?" '*•"""' " """ 'â- â-  very thi, ,£ should be cut in served. Cold Beef â€"Take round or brisket and a piece of nuhJ three days; let the pickle cover iS* stone oa ic to keep it down. Aft~u four days in the pick'e, dip it in ^7 and plunge it in boiling water in pot; put one onioa, a few rei {«.«-! a dozsn cloves in the po';, and af«Vft boiled up well for fiva minutes set it side where it will simmer slowly 5!" nunjttes for each pound. • Toen set T cold pititi c^XOtthe liquor. When dish in a cool place. PorraD Chicken. â€"Stew or rout u fowls and while hot remove the flajiji the boties. Pat it in a stew pan witW of the gravy to keep it hot. Then liul readiaess a calves head boiled, a toiaJ a ham. Slice these into convenient nj and pack them down firmly into boiH jars Then pour off suffi jient of the lin, from the calves head to cover the 1 Spies and flavoring and a fewsveetl nibbed fine should be added to the u When wanted for use, dip the fowl ji water for a sscond or two and tnn oit| ineat on a dish. CusTABD.^A very nice cheap cutril made as follows: 1-2 piat of milk is pgJ to a sauce pan with half tbe thin rind ll lemon and a stick of cinnamon brokar this is simmered for 20 minutes and .. add to it 3 oz. of sugar, a spoonfol oft root, corn starch, or rice flaw, n\ smooth with a little milk, and bcttj with the yolks of eggs at least 10 mix:ng it by degrees with a little of^ milk ani then gradually adding the Mix by pouring back and forth times and then heat up until it thicken, j do not boil it or it vrili cordle. Wheitt pour it out and keep stirring until itiig adding vanira or other extract to Serve in cups or glasses or for saooe b| cold pudding. Cold Boast Fowl, prepared asfd Kill the fowl early in the mornine; is fed, and in the following manner: it up by the feet and take hold of thek with the left hand, posh a smsll 1 ed knife through the throat close to thek and near the head, then cut quite thi dividing all the vessels at one qnick 1 Then leave the bird to bleed. This iiiji fectiy painless death, as all the blood ii^ ofiF from tbe briin and the nerves are lyzed. As soon as it is dead, plunge it scalding water and lift it up and doini;! hold it by the feet and pour the wata| the bird from tiie kettle, holding it on pan, then sauM it tv?c or three cim^siit pan, strip off the feathars quickly tearing the skin, dress the bird ani few slices of bacon in it with ao stnffii^^ bake it; for the first have the oven hotH let the fire down a little aod bake ihv\y\ Storing Fars in Snmmer. "When we put furs into storage i season," said a furrier receatly, "oari care is to beat them thorcughly withntli to drive the dust out, ani get ridoti moth eggs that may have besn laid int' or been blown into them from fie air. ' done, they are hunsr on wire frames thaii tend them, and put into closets that r lined wit"i tar paper. Moths cannot 1 the strong odor of tar, and niver live 1 under its infiuesce. Every three or l weeks the furs are taken out of tbe 1 and beaten with rattans and so, is ' course of a season, every article hai M handled at least a dozen times. In' times camphor was used ;* bat it ba^ ' discovered that it had a teniency to det from their color, and make tbem lightw in hue. I suppose there is« thing in the dyes use-) for sable and o* dark fan thas camphor icflaences women still use that drug, however; 1 when yon see a sealskin sack or clow ddman that shows streaks of g^V ' muddy yellow, you can be sure tut a} been kept in camphor through the' weather. The whole secret of keepi« « is to beat all the dust out of them them in a close closet impregnated *»• oJor of tar. Another o\d preventiwj P'PPfr. either Cayenne or common »» but this has been abandoned «» good honsekeepsn used to keep theU' tobacco onttings I have seen mothi nw" in tobaooo and, where I have ae« powders used, they have sometimei tr" the fon in some way. or have bM" ' asalass in goarding them from their foa," *-.! "Anothar dosidaratum inatorini^9 strict olaanHaess. We wash all tw' evary spriqa wiA water and oomii«» ' is^Mdak aiSl the btter serves to de«^ math eggs that nay have got i°^' TiTtl ThoB 'mr ddceta are never invaded »TjJ bat shoaU we show cu»;" a a'ngla weak tha resolt would be diia^ MnflEi^ ooIhunl» and other maUTB^ keep in bons. paoking with theffl tiirpHier ta ksMpoot the moWtJ^t dialraamt whioh they stand tf" fRMndost." ••Whataarajttor kidsf »f^.l uHud, hwkiag at the bars haadi « hxtdaMrtii^ editor a* VanieiWn?; ^jAlhaaaJB b«d."«as the tBWTt f'D» foa lappoae W »« loapai^likathiar"