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It is generally poor policy to work land when it is wet, but this, like all rules, has its exception. Whenever hardy spring grain, especially wheat, is sown it is the common practice to fall plow and then sow on the muddy surface as soon as it is thaw- ed suificiently to be harrowed in. The ground is sown while still frozen beneath, for if the farmer waited until frost was all out it would mire his teams, and he might wait days or even weeks for the soil to set- tle enough to be worked. Sometimes all harrowing is omitted, and the grain is cov ered only by rains, which wash loose earth over it. But the surface thus harrowed when wet does not bake and become hard, as it would later in the season." It generally freezes two or three times after the seeding, and thus keeps the surface loose:and friable. If any one will go 0 er a corn field in spring, after frost is out of the ground, he will find many of the corn stubs tilted over by the frost, and also so loosened that they will uproot easily. This shows that they are mainly near the surface, and gives a hint as to the best method of culture during the growing season. \Vith flat culture the roots stand firmest. Where a mound of earth is made arcund the corn the frost al- most entirely uproots it. The farmer Who owns a. good mifich cow naturally deeires to keep it for milk, if not The burdock is biennial, but so persistent is its life that if not cut oil" deep in the soil it will send up a shoot and perfect seed for another year before it dies. By going to any place where these weeds aweund, the stumps with hurry seeds may be seen stand- ing up through the snow in winter, where the owner of the place last summer supposed he had entirely destroyed them by his latest cutting. If all burdock seeding were pre- vented the weed would not he a diliieult one to eradicate, as it is easily seen and makes no pretense of hiding itself. Lambs coming in this month are not too late for the early prices if the ewes be high- ly fed, 50 as to provide all the milk required. As soon as the lambs will eat give them plenty of ground oats and keep them well sheltered from storms and severe cold. Do not; try to keep geese unless all the conditions are favorable. Geese may be kept at a very small cost or they may entail loss, according: to circumstances. A pond and pasture will enable them to secure their food with but little aid. To secure good seed oats fill a large wash- tub two-thirds full of water, and pour in half a. bushel of oats at a time. Skim of? all the oats that do not sink to the bottom. Draw off the water and dry .the seed, and the chances will be that every seed will sprout. The earliest potatoes come from the hills that contain only one vine and tubers that are uniform. The largest yield is usually from two or three vines in the hill on rich ground, but they will vary in size, some be- ing very small; but with only one vine to the hill there will be more large potatoes, proportionately, but a smaller yiehl per acre. The ducks should be doing good service now, and if rightly fed they will lay as many eggs as the hens. In feeding ducks do not give them too much grain to the ex- clusion of other foods. Cooked turnips, with a small qmmtity of ground meat added and enough ground oats and cornmeal to make the mess palatable, will make a. cheap meal and answer all purposes, but if they are laying well they should be fed three times a. day, beginning early in the morning. They usually lay early in the day instead of at night, and come out for feed long before the sun is up. They must have animal food in some form or they will not lay well. The cheapest hog food is said to be peas and sweet potatoes. The potatoes are boiled and pewmeal added. This claim, however, depends on the section of country and the price of corn. \Vhere sweet potatoes are easily grown, however, there is no food that excels that crop for fattening every class of stock. In an experiment: with com a farmer put three hogs in separate pens. One ate 3.1, bushels of corn on the ear in nine days and gained 19 pounds. The second ate in the same time 1;} bushels of corn, coarsely ground, and gained 19 pounds. The third consumed in the same time 1 bushel of boiled meal and gained 2‘2 pounds. Manuriug land by plowing under some kind of green crop, such as millet, buck- wheat, oats, 0r pews, should be the object of every farmer. Clover is also excellent, and lime should be freely used at the same time. If the seed is good the cutting of potatoes to pieces with two eyes should give good re- sults. In cutting always endeavor to leave as much of the tuber to the eye as possible, as it; serves as plant food in the early stages of growth. All food cooked for stock is more easily assimilated than when raw. It is only a question of cost in cooking. Roots cooked and thickened with ground grain make an excellent mess for all kinds of stock. If old hay be out and moistened before be- ing fed to horses there will be fewer animals sulfexing from llezwes. Feeding dusty ma.- tarials is usually the cause of the difficulty. A mixture of equal parts 01 red pepplr and Scotch snuff thrown into rat; holes will cause the vermin to leave. Rats soon be- come suspicious of poison, and the mixture easily frightens them. There is nothing to prevent the farmer irom experimenting. In that way he will learn more about his own farm than can be taught him by others. If your land is well underdrained you will often be able to plow while your neighbor who may not have undonlraincd is waiting for his ground to dry olflmfore he can begin. YOU‘LL BE WISER AFTER READING THIS. To kill out the cut-worms plow the ground soon enough to allow the frost to penetrate. Sow some radish and kale for your poultry as soon as p0suib‘m, and give the fowls free range upon it‘ A gill of linseed meal fed daily to each cow or horse will keep the bowels in gaod condition and greatly promote the health. HARROWING GRAIS IN THE MUD. PREV ’1‘ BURDOCK SEEDING. How ABOUT THOSE DU KS‘ FATTENING OLD Cows. SHALan CORN ROOTS. FARM. The Sehulhof magazine rifle, which is under the consideration of the War Office, has two main peculiarities, the first of which is the direct to-and-fro action of the bolt which opens the breech, ejects the cartridge- ease, and closes the breech again in readi- ness for firing; the other, the arrangement of a. reserve of cartridges in a magazine which surrounds the breech, so that the stored cartridges are in line with the barrel through which they are destined to be fired. The magazine may be described as surround- ing the breech immediately behind the powder chamber in which the cartridge is exploded. It opens by a falling door on the rightâ€"hand side and discloses a central pin, with a groove on its upper surface which is continuous with the calibre of the barrel, and a space around this pin in which cartridges can lie and travel. The space will contain ten cartridges, which move round from right to left, the one on the left falling into the» groove as soon as it is pushed far enough. A simple bolt, acted upon by a small handle on the left of the magazine, cuts off the cartridges from the groove, so that as long as this bolt is closed they cannot be brought into line with the barrel, and the rifle must be loaded in the ordinary way by placing a. single cartridge in position. As soon as the bolt is drawn back, the cartridge on the left of the magazine is pushed into the groove by the same backward movement of the breech-plug which ejects the one last fired, and then, as in the case of a single cartridge placed in position by the hand, it is pushed forward into the barrel as a plug is replaced. The Schulhof rifle maybe made of any de- sired dimensions, so as to receive any shape or size of ammunition, Fitted with a maga- zine to hold ten cartridges, or any smaller number, it is a handy and well-balanced weapon, weighing;r about nine pounds. in firing single cartridges. it is said on its beâ€" half that a man can deliver from ‘20 to 25 shots a minute ; in firing from the magazine, as many as from 30 to 40. Mr. Schulhof is also the inventor of a repeating magazine pistol on a similar principle, which avoids the escape of gas and consequent loss of power of the revolver, and obtains a great increase of effective range. A piece of flat iron or steel is obtained with at least one bright and smooth face. On this the leaves are placed, which in turn is placed on top of the stove or Within the oven until the leaves are thoroughly cooked, whence they are removed am} spread on a piece of linen in the same way as any other home-made plaster. When cool enough, with sufficient heat not to burn, it is then applied, and, our informant states, was pro- ductive of the same beneficent result. l Stiraightway after this announcement was made she returned to her hoI‘he, which was three miles from Oswestey, the nearest rail- way station in the County of Montgomery, North Wales. Here she became a greater sufferer, when one day she hethought her. self of a. neighbor, whom she soon found, and with all the eloquence of one enthralled by an implacable foe she appealed to her sym- pathy. “ If it were possible,” she implored, “ do, do something: to assuage my pain.” \Vlth that tenderness and willingness char- acteristic of every true and noble woman to ally her sister’s many pains this friend, for she proved a friend in need end deed, forth- with sent her boys (one of Whom is our in- formant) to gather what in the United States is known as sheep sorrel ; by the peOple of England as “ sour leaf or the cuckoo p1a.nt-;” in the \Vclsh language, to the people of North \Vales, as “ dall surionny gog.” To this timely opportunity, and the efficacy of this herb as an antidote for cancer, this, our sufferer, is in a. large measure indebted for her health and life today, while not the slighest vestige of this hitherto unconquer- ahle disease is to be found. The leaves were wrapped in brown paper Sh tight as to make the package impervious to air. This package was then placed beâ€" neath an open grate. covered with the hot ashes of the same. When sufliciently cooked it r‘as removed, and in as hot a state as pos- sible and not burn, it was now applied, the leaves being in direct contact with the ulcer, which was firmly held to the part affected by a linen handkerchief. Strange to say, at the expiration of one month the tumor came away and has not since appeared. For the first four days the pain was most excruciat- ing, but gradually decreased as it became loosened. There is much to he said in favor of this method over that of the knife. The nature of its drawing power in the form of poultice, though at first very severe, still is gradual and sure, while new blood rushes into the vacuum, caused by removal, thus serving as a. fitting helpmeet for aiding and stimulating nature’s efforts, and in the meantime the arteries which feed this fell destroyer are given a greater impulse to move rapidly, flow healthy and strengthen- ing the weaker darts as fast as it cgresses. In this connection it is to he observed that this method has none of the ’accompanying aiterwveakcning efl'ect, as caused by loss of blood so frequently exhibited under the op- eration of the knife, while the chances of a thorough extirpation are far more sanguine as to a thread remaining than that of a sur» gical operation, which many fear and object to. For those parts not admitting of poul- tice we submit another formul- for the same herb, as applied by this same benefactress in somewhat different cases. A Bumedy‘Vllhin the Reach of All. [From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette] About thirty years ago a, woman belong- ing to the middle walks of life, suffering with cancer, was pronounced beyond their skill bygthe physicians of Shrewsbury Infirm- ary, England, the tumor being in such close proximity to the jugular vein that, rather than risk the imperiling of her life they deemed it bust not to undertake so grave an operation. . a. L,,,,, for breeding, as long as possible. It will even pay to out; feed and mix it with meal for winter after her teeth are so far gone that she cannot masticate hargler material. But when the end comes it is often better to sell her for what; she will fetch than to fat- ten her. The amount of valuable feed re- quired to put flesh on the frame of an old cow if given to a. good milker would pay much better. he beef from old cows is not of the best quality, though there is great (lifi'erence in this respect. That is best which is fabtened mpidly, and if it is desir» able to fatten an old cow she should be fed all she will eat. Good cows are always vo- racious feeders and are less likely to suffer from indigestion than fattening heifers or steers. The Schulhof Magazine Rifle. ANTIDOTE FOR CAN (YE R. Notice, Polly, 5nd do not forget, Jack, the next time you rush into the house, leav- ing the street, door ajar, and that of the sitting-room wide open, so the cold air makes your mother shiver, and the baby cough, how instantly you will say when re- monstreted with, “ 0h ! I didn’t see they were shut. ” And as no family could live together a. month unless somebody made a. martyr of himself or herself, for the good of the others, see when grandmother says, “ 0 Jack I or 0 Holly ! don’t you see James or Dolly are always putting down their work to look after the doors you neglect,” how quick you will reply 2 “ Why, are they? I didn’t know it. Didn t see, didn’t know I” Observation, thoughtfulness, unselfish- ne§§, Qnergy and goqd ‘breeding. And as for “ thoughtfulness,” a butterfly could not be so heedless as to fail tn under- stand if people are sewing, reading, writing or entertaining visitors, they will arrange the room as vomfortably as possible for themselves. llow delightful it must be for your mother when she has carefully shut every (lonr, placed old Madam Greene who has a very lame shoulder and very severe ideas as to the behavior of young folk, out of even a. suspicion of a. draught, to have you dash in like a. whirlwind, set every loose thing flying, leave every entrance wide open, and shout as you tear up the stairs, “Oh! I didn’t think.” Now although it would not do to promise that every girl and boy, who follows the er- rand-boy’s example, will become a. million- aire, it; is perfectly safe to say they will achieve success in whenever they under- take ; for see what is implied in the com- paratively insignificant act of leaving a. door as you find_it : If you mean to be a. millionaire you must see, nmst know. Thé man had thought of many reasons, never of right_ one. Ah, but; you will have to think, before you find the purse of Fortunatus, I can tell you. Once he asked Mr. Stewart why he select- ed him. “ Because you left the doors as you found them,” was phe_ ingtanti ans_wer. It is said when A. T. Stewart, of New York, was a. poor and obscure man, he once advertised for an ermianoy, and from the scores of applicants made his choice upon the spot, without doubt or hesitation. And it is further said, the choice was fortunate ; that as the boy grew up he was advanced step after step, until he become partner, life-long friend of Mr. Stewart, and a milâ€" lionaire. One more thought, and I am through : The best places in the world are filled. You can only expect:to get‘ into a good place in one of two ways. Some one may die and let you Step into his shoes, 01' some one may lay of? his shoes for a rest and you may be able to get into them before he does. These are your chances, and I hope when you sucâ€" ceed you will never lie down to sleep and let another man walk over your body in his way to success. Geo. P. C ralugford. I might lead you over many paths, but it would be weary. Children don’t like oatmeal. But I want to tell you that your real success will consist in mastering prin~ eiples that you have never thought of as being vital. With all the excitement and trouble and strife and anxiety of the world, there is still enough humanity left to ap- preciute munliness. And your surest road to success is to become manly. To do every thing in honesty and uprightnoss. To be as loyal as the knights of old. To be as kind and patient with children as parents would be. And right here, my son. is a. point Worth remembering. These children will in a? decade more be the lively factors in the community, and they will remember how you treated them when they were children, and will use their influence for or against you accordingly. Although the world is big there is room for you in it, but you will have to work like abeaver if you ever amount to any- thing. From early morning to late at night, and without ceasing, you can have all you can win by hard work; nobody will Want you to have more. You will be lucky if you get all of that. But if you don’t work you will have nothing, and I hope will expect nothing. Many men try to get something for nothing, and suffer more from nervous apprehension of being unable to swindle somebody than what they get is worth. They never eat a mouthful of honest food, and spend their time in despising them- selves. This is a big world. There are thousands of men in it with fine brain faculties, and with experience to back them. You will have to compete with them, and you will not always conquer. Your strongest ally that you can call to your assistance is Christian kindness. Teach yourself to be always pleasant with every body. Those 1 above you will take it kindly, and those on your level and below you will admire you for it. A .y man will Walk a block further to trade with a man who has a smile and a pleasant word rather than come in contact with a human icxele. And, my son, this same kindly spirit will transform your nature so that you will hardly know yourself. It isa simple thing, but it is a grand heart- string tokeep in vibration, audit will awaken a responsive note in the heart of your as- sociates. The great things in life are al- ways the small ones, and many a man fails by overlooking the mites. And again, my son, :yon will need to make yourself trustworthy. If you intend to do a thing, say so and do it. If you don t intend to do it, say so and let it alone. The man who thinks he does you a favor by consenting to do something he has no inten~ tion of doing deceives himself, and brings your condemnation upon him. You mav think it “ smart ” to practice intrigue. It is Worseâ€"it is wicked. So you think you are almost a man. Are you sure ‘3 I hope you are, but it is possible that you have very few elements of manâ€" hood yet. It may be that you are a. leader in your studies, and that you intuitively feel that the world is anxiously waiting for you to finish your college course so than you may move it along. But, my son, you may find the battle of life very different from yourlmttle with facts, dates, figures, angles, and logic. You may find it as hard to win your case with your first customer as to square the circle. “'0 hope you will succeed wwe want you to succeed, and we believe you will; but do not; consider yourself iu~ vincihle. A MILLIONAIRE‘S SECRET. YOUNG FOLKS. How To WIN. Some years ago a. Scotch Parliamentary candidate, during his canvass, called at the house of an aged couple. Only the old woman was at home, and the candidate asked her influence to obtain her husband‘s vote. During the conversation the would- be M. P. noticed a kitten on the floor, and, taking it up, praised its beauty, offering her £5 for it. The bargain was struck. and on leaving he expressed the hope that she would secure her husband’s vote for him. “ Well, sir,” answered the woman, “ as I said afore, John’s a. man of his aim mind, an’ just does What strikes his aim noddle; but at any rate, sir, you’ve got a. real cheap kitten, for yer opponent was in nae farer gene than yesterday an gee me £10 for his brither.” She Didn’t Refuse. A Woman who keeps a boarding house on Queen street called at police headquarters yesterday to complain that a gentleman boarder had skipped her house, leaving a. bill unpaid. “ Hé owes me about $40 and I want him caught,” she addqd. ‘2 \tht kind of a person was he?” asked the Sergeant. “ \Vcll, the day before he went away he offered to marry me to settle the bill. You can Judge What cheek he has.” “ And you refused '1” “ Yes, 11077110, I didn’t 1” she exclaimed as she hlushctl Clear back to her ears. “ It was all settled that we should be married, and that’s one reason why I’ll pursue him to the ends of the_ earth. A man who’ll jump a. board bill and a marriage engwge» ment, too, is an outlaw who should be locked up.” There was an old man lived up in the mountains for many years. The village people close by all knew him, as they thought, intimately. One day he came into the village looking very sad. They asked him what was the matter. “\Vaal,” he said, “I do feel kinder sad.” “What has happened?” “I’ve been to a funeral.” “A funeral? \Vhose was it? Some rela- tive?” “\Vall, you might call it so. It was she that were my wife.” And that was the firet they knew that he had ever been married. An eastern man who recently went to To- peka WM takena long distance into the country by a. real estate agent, who began showinga number of bargains in Topeka lots. “ Are we still in Topeka?” the stranger inquired, looking around over the bleak prairie. “0, yes; this locality is Convenient to business,” the agent answer- ed. “ Iwas in \Vichita. the other day,” the stranger continued, ” and I am certain I was offered these same lots as a. part of \Vichita ; that is the reasonl inquired if we were in Topeka.” A rat and a. cock sparrow had a. pitched battle in Oil City the other day. The spar- row Was the aggressor and attacked the rat viciously, striking at it very much in the style of a. game cock, and then flying down and peeking at it. Once it struck the rat in the eye and the rat spun around and around before it could get its bearings. In the end, however, the rat got the best of the battle, and the sparrow flew away, having lost many feathers. A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette recalls the story of the late Philip Bourke Mars- ton’s love tragedy. Blind from boyhood, when he was still a, young man he became engaged to a. beautiful young lady, and the time of their wedding was near at hand. They were together in the parlor one day. Suddenly he noticed that she no longer spoke to him. He called her, but there was no reply. He groped about the room in search of her, found her on the sofa, and put his hand upon her face, only to find that she was dead. Down at Sewwkley, a town near l’ittsburg, they have put natural gas to a, novel use. The natural gas posts are kept burning night and (lay, and for a radius of twenty feet around each one the grass 11st been as green as in summer time. For over a, month pansies planted near these posts have been in full bloom. A market gardener is rais- ing asparagus in the open uir by the aid nf the gas, and proposes to test its use on beds of vegetables heretofore grown in greenâ€" houses. A manufacturer of bronze ornaments sent a. drummer to Texas, where he managed to get one small order. A few weeks after- wards the following correspondence took place : “ Please send your agent doan this way again as soon as possible.” Replyâ€"â€" “ It would very much incommode me to do so at pres‘ent. How large an order do you wish to make 2” Replym“ I (lid not inâ€" tend to order more goods. I have melted the lot your agent; sold me into bullets to shoot him with.” A new society in England is called “ The Speak-no-evil Society,” Its members are enjoined before speaking evil of anyone to ask themselves three questions: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it; necessary? Four texts from the New Testament; bearing on the subject are printed at the foot of the membership card. One of the Dakota, blizzards blocked the roads so that a young man who was engaged to marry a young woman twenty miles away was in danger of not being able to meet; the engagement. But he mounted a. pair of snowshoes and made the trip, and his young wife is just as proud of him as she can be. The “ enervgy ” lies in the conquest of self which leaving doors as you find them implies. Perhaps not only Polly and Jack. but many older people. honestly dislike all arrange- ments of doors excepting those they make themselves ; but that has nothing to do with the question. The persons before you in a room have the right of possession and your duty is to see they enjoy it Perhaps “unselfiahness” is conspicuous by its absence from the characters of most millionaires; but it is prominent in those who make the truest successes of life, and a self-seeking, self-loving boy or girl, never will develop into a William Gladstone or a Dorothea. Dix. And both self-aeeking and self-loving are you, Jack and Polly, when you fly into the carefully darkened dining-room for n. drink of Water, leaving great cracks in the door where the flies follow, for you not only undo all your mother’s care and work, but you render the whole family uncomfortable. And when by alternate bangs and slums, you disturb the cook’s elaborate arrangements of cellar and basement entrances, you bring not only dis- comfort but even suil'ering into the house; and what does it matter after the cook has “ left ” that you never m ant anything? GENERAL NEWS. “ I came Within an ace of finding a mine just that way.” “ How did you miss it '2” “ Why, the man I shot at turned around and put two bullets into me, and before I got down again the mine was discovered." In the treatment of the paroxysm of asthma, almost anything will succeed in some cases, While there are others in which nothing affords relief. There is of course a great likelihood that a patient using tobac- co for this purpose will acquire a. fondness for the weed ; but a. person Who uses tobac- co to stop an asthmatic attack must not use it at other times, or it will lose its eifeet. There is one exception to this rule, and that is that in some rare cases habitual smoking prevents the recurrence of the attack, and as long as the patient smokes two or three cigars a day, he will be free from the asthma but as soon as the tobacco is stopped, the paroxysms recur. Sometimes a. few whifl's of the cigar will stop the attack, but, as a. rule, the smoking must be continued until poisonous effects begin to be manifest, in the depressed circulation, the cold sweat and the nausea, perhaps with vomiting. In most cases this is a harmless remedy, but where there is a feebleness of the heart, to- bacco must be avoided. One of the party had been telling how a. certain rich silver mine had been discovered â€"by a prospector shooting at a. man and chipping a piece of rich ore off a cliffâ€"when an old fellow in the corner observed : (me of the (Nd (lirls. There were few of the women of ClmnoctL cut in the lust century who (lid not keep some sort of diary. An entry in one of these (lizu‘ics shows what events were reâ€" corded, and also how witty some of the girls of the period were : “ 1790. \V0 had roast pork for dinner, and Dr. 8â€", who carved, held up a rib on his fork and said : ‘ Here, ladies, is what Mother Eve was made of.’ ‘ Yes,’ said Sister Patty, ‘ and it’s from very much the s&me kind of critter.’ ” Those that cannot be washed, particularly the mattresses, must be burned ; the others boiled in a strong solution of catholic acid. The floor and woodwork must be washed with the same, and the ceiling whitewashed Wit-h lime. Liquid food is given during the earlier stages. Milk should be the chief reliance, either quite alone or with the whites of eggs, or a. whole egg beaten and mixed with a. glass of milk. If it does not digest, four tablespoonfuls of lime water may be added to a. quart. It can be varied with beef tea, chicken broth or mutton broth, made into gruel with corn starch or oatmeal, r‘r sweet- ened and flavored with rosewater or vanilla for a change. However used, milk must be the principal article of diet until the. doctor permits solid food to be taken, as it is the only one that can supply sufficient nourish- ment. Scarlet fever being a terribly infectious disease, the sufferer must be isolated from the very beginning, and not allowed to join the family for at; least five weeks in the most favorable case. If this rule is rigidly adhered to, it will save much suflering from the spread of this dreaded disorder. No fumigation can be relied on to disinfect arti- cles that have been used in the sick mom. Sore throat is usually a troublesome symp« tom. Even when no complaint is made, the throat should be frequently examined, as children have been known to die of sore throat without having complained of pain there. VVerm applications are generally prescribed for its relief; flannels wrung out of hot water, flaxseed or hop poultices. \Vhatever application is used must be chang- ed before it grows cold, a. fresh one being brought to the bedside before the other is taken ofl‘. Cold water may be given freely, small pieces of ice, and lemonade made from lemons, not from acids. When the skin be- gins to peel off, cold must be carefully guarded against. The heat of the room should be increased to seventy degrees, fresh air being still admitted, and the pa: tient kept in bed, and not allowed to get up until desqnamation, as this process is called, is completed. The bathing must; be com tinned. The child should on no account be allow- ed to get out of bed for a. moment. Appli- ances can he bought at any ‘china shop, which render this unnecessary. Carbolic acid must be put into every vessel before it is used, and the contents immediately dis- posed of where they can do no harm. They should not be allowed to remain for an in- stant in the sick-room. It is a good plan to put a flannel jacket over the night-dress, changing it often. Fresh bed linen, or clothing must be well warmed before it is put on. The irash appears on the second day on the neck and upper part of the chest. It does not; feel raised to the touch, and when the skin is pressed it disappears for a moment. It usually reaches its height about the fifth day. The irritation is relieved by rubbing with lard, sweetâ€"oil, cocoaoil or vaseline, and the sponge bath given each day. One Window should be constantly open an inch or two from the top, a. screen being used to keep 011' any draught from the bed. Three times a. day the patient must be pro- tected by an extra wrap covering the face, and the window thrown wide open, the cov- ering being kept on until the room is again at SixtyAiive degrees. In children "the disease is apt to begin with vomiting, followed by high fever. The child should he put to bed in a. wellâ€"ventil- ated room with an open fireplace, if possiâ€" ble, and without 21 carpet ; a. fire lighted, or in summer a. lamp kept burning in the grate, and the temperature at sixty~flve degrees. The sulferer should be laid on a. double blan- ket and covered with a, single one, the night-dress removed. He should be gently bathed with warm water, the hand holding the sponge being nassed under the covering. Only a. small sniface must be wet at once, and dried before proceeding farther. Care must be taken that no part of the body is exposed to the air, all being done under the blanket, and the night-dress and bed-clothes should be replaced before it is drawn away. SCARLET FliVER.â€"The serious affections which sometimes follow scarlet fever are of- ten directly traceable to careless nursing, Improper food, a chill, or want of strict at- tention to cleanliness, may cause a. case to terminate fatally, that would have ended in a. recovery, if judicious care had been paegl. NURSING IN SPECIAL DISEASE . TOBACCO FOR ASTHMA. Too Soon. HEALTH.