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"Well, sir,” returned Jones, alter a leisurely inspection, “he’s having it reed over to him." “Is your mother alive 2" “She’s in church.” it; was the work of an instanb to rush around and stop the services. But: when the people were dragged asunder, Jones the elder, in reply toan indignant enquiry as towhat he meant by it, coolly replied, “Well, he” (indicating the penitent clerk with a jerk 0! his grimy thumb) “told us to some this Way.” Than couple had been charged by mention of “the dreadful day of jud ent, when the secrets of all hear-m she be disclosed," to say whether they mighb not lawfully be joined together in matrimony; and they heard it in silence. So did the wife of one end the husband of the other. I have often wondered how far they would have gone without; remonstrenoe. Perhaps she demand for a. ring would have perdpltard the crisis. There isa legend told in a gross Yorkshire town to the efl'ecn that, after several couples had Men simulta- neoual married at the parish church, one bride and her bridegroom away with another lady on his arm. The curate, summoned to her aid. remonsmeed with "Is: $995" “ Yes, sir.” ” Is your mother here 2"â€"to the bride. “ Yes, sir." “Now,” said I to Jones the younger, “look through this door and tell me if that is yogi- fathqr married there." But nothing more clearly indicated the utter lack of intelligence with which some of the poor regard the services of the Church than the fact that once upon a time I came upon a youthful curate solemnly and devout- ly marrying the father of a bridegroom to the mother of his bride in the presence of their own proper partners. The discovery was brought about in this way. It was Christmas morning, agreat time for wed- dings, since Boxing-day then remained for the honeymoon. Seven or eightfcouples had given notice, and the congregation was large. While one curate registered the couples in the vestry another married them in succession with such expedition as a slight stutter would permit. The‘old parish clerk, with his list of names, called up the high contracting parties as the turn of each came. Isnperintended the whole proceed- ings. In the vestry were two young people being registered, whose names were, let us say, Jones and Smith. Coming around to the chancel again, one was a little surprised to find the old clerk enquiring among the congregation for a Mr. Smith and a Mrs. or Miss Jones. When I next looked in his direction he had brought up to the chancel steps a gentleman well stricken in yarns and dressed inc sleeved waistcoat. The bride was a broad, comely woman, whose turned-up sleeves left here two monstrous crimson arms. Oppressed by an uncom- fortable suspicion, 1 hurried to the Vestry, and there found the young people, Jones and Smith, just paying the fees. - The words accompanying the delive ry of the ring are, as everybody knows, the sub- jecb of some characteristic blunders. I never heard some of the more elaborate distortions credited to countrymen, but: our people nob~ ly distinguished themselves over the clause “ with all my wordly goods I thee endow." They never blundered so aptly as the for- tune-hunter who, inwedding an heiress, un- wittingly said. “ with all my goodly words I thee endow ~,” they were content to pro- duces. similar sound with a sublime indif- ference to sense. “ I thee and thou." “ I thee do how,” “ I tnee allow," were the most popular of these versions. The brides were happy with the familiar rendering “to love cherries and to buy.” "God's holy ordinance " tripped up many. “ Holy orders " was convenient, and perhaps conveyed the most meaning. “ Plight tbee my troth ” and “ give thee my troth ” were, I imagine, words of foreign sound, and I well remember one young person, who was wedding a most villainous-looking fellow, changing her statement: into “ thereto I give thee my throat.” There was, perhaps, an unconscious prophecy wrapped up in that pro_xnise. But the marriage service from first to last is full of pitfalls for the unlearned man. In some cases it becomes painfully clear that the contracting parties recognize but; few of the words they are hidden .0 say, and mere- ly imitate the sound with such accuracy as their imperfect knowledge will permit. The words “ to have and to hold ” ought to be simple enough. but, as a matter of fact, they are the subjects of some astounding blunders. I remember one bridegroom who had brought a very charming young bride to church, and perhaps regarded her as a thing of beauty to be in his home a joy for ever, :endering “ to have and to hold " as “ to have and behold.” Another, who possibly had some cause to dread the fate of Mr. Candle, struck out an entirely new version, and faithfully promised “to have and be told.” ” To love and to cherish ” is another frightful stumbling block. " To love and be cherries ” was the nearest to the original of many variations popular among the males of that parish. he brides were happy with the familiar A writer in “Combill” sagaâ€"Timothy Dnggan was a abevedore, perhaps six feet two in height and proportionately broad. He appeared as abridegroom ; the bride was a charming young girl of tender years. All went well until the: moment came for Tim- othy and his bride to give their croth to each other in the prescribed _manner. “ Say after: me,“ said 1 to Timothy, ” ‘ 1, Timothy-’ ” There was no response. “buy after me," repeated the parson, “ ‘1, Timothyâ€"’ " Timothy was still silent, a puzzled look creeping over his brow} face. ".35; after me,“ said I for the third time‘ wiph_p_erhaps a ahgde‘of annoyinnge; But this indifference to the rubrics is so great that upon the injunction, ” Place the ring on the third finger," I have more than once seen the bridegroom clap it upon the third finger of his own hand with all the complacency in the world. Once I detected a bridegroom endeavouring to force the ring on the bride's thumb ; but there was just a suspicion that he had been making merry before coming to church that morning. The same excuse could not be offered for a bride- groom from whom I could get no word of response, not even a sulky “I will." The situation was becoming most embarraesing, when the solitar/ bridesmaidâ€"his sisterâ€" oasually observed, ’E‘s a little ’srd of ’earing. sir." The man was atone deaf ; yet they had not thought it necessary to tell the person. If the bridegroom understood not a word of the service, what did it matter? “ fitter lyou, air, ‘ reepofided Timothy wiEh th_e_po_litga_t duck cf big bulk}: peaq. Funny Episodes at the Altar. your father here!" said I to the bride- 'Says an intelligent Government official of Japan :â€"“ Our country is in a deplorable state as far as religion is concerned. The people of the better classes are largely ag- nostics. They believe in no religion, and though the bulk of them are nominally Buddhists, they are really infidels. 1 be- lieve that any religion is better than no religion, and there is at present room in Japan for all the work that both the Bud- dhists and Christians can do. When the two religions have conquered the Empire and the sects come together, there may be trouble, but not before. We have now our preachers and the Christians have their missionaries. There Is a vest field before us. and there is room for both to do good.” â€"[N. Y. Tribune. We are approaching a season of flood cheer, when men proclaim “ Peace on earth, good will to men.” If only nineteen cen- turies of war and hate did not rise before us in ghastly apparition how gladly might these blessed words he heard and headed. When that day shall dawn of real peace and true good all creeda and races might well join in its commemoration, for then there would be no longer hate but brotherhood, no tragical Shylocka. no heartbreaking wrongs, but a universal sympathy, an all embracing charity to do what no religion has yet done, join the whole world into a single human family. i From the speaker‘s point of view the pound of flesh bond was originally made in the form of a joke, as men say to-day, “ I will bet my life," or “I will stake my head,” but that after Antonio's friends had robbed him of not only his daughter but his property, Shylock saw a chance for re- venge, and claimed his pound of flesh, prompted by that very natural feeling and not by avarice. Mr. Harrison related an old story by Gregorio Leti, which he claim- ed served Shakspeare with the incident of his great play. In the story the pound of flesh to be forfeited was the Jew’s and the judge before whom the case was tried sen- tenced both todeathâ€"the Christian for his wish to commit murder and the Jew for his attempt at. suicide. In his concluding ad- dress Mr Harrieon said : Thdliving Ere ruled by the dead. Our monarchs sit in the sepuluhor. The Present is the heir and vassalbf thelPast. Presidents must obey cfl‘icial traditions; worldlings submit to time honoured fashions ; believers assent to the hoary creed of their fathers. Thinkers may die; thoughts never. Poets may perish; poems endure. And so in a sense, some men are immortal even in this world. We are born thus into the kingdom of a ghostly dynasty. Only the dead wear crowns; only the dead wield scepters over us. Does ‘Ihis post mortem government _ seem incredible to you? Yet I go fur- ther. I claim more. Not only does this strange, irresistible power succeed death, it even antedates birth. Charac- ters unborn and never to be born have mold- ed men’s thoughts, hearts, passions; have been morealive than the living. Imagin- ation you must often have felt, will effect _ you more deeply than reality, and the man of genius is the magician of the imagination. ‘ We doubt with Hamlet, we struggle with ‘ Faust, with Copperfield we laugh and weep, ‘ and Shylock imparts to us his frenzy, his exultation, his sudden and supreme despair. Thus imperishable creations, surviving their creator, have almost solved a popular puzzle as ever potent causes if not of perpetual motion, at least of perpetual emotion. I will speak to you to day of a personification of injustice, of an epitome of age, long wrongs, of a lay figure constructed by a master hand whereby a whole nation was hung in efligy. It is an immortal caricature, perfect in conception and execution, adorned , with every grace of poetry and every re- source of language, and yet an ally in the basest cause, a sanction of the foulest crus- ade that ever disgraced civilisation. The splendor of the frame only intensifies the grotesqueness of the picture. The play will never die, nor prejudice with it. You have been told what inexhaustible vitality is in a work of genius; what endless powers over men for good or evil reside in a masterpiece of art. Rather as adversaries living Steckers, Dumonts, Goldwin Smiths and embezzling traducers languishing in the Tombs, rather combat all these alive than face one Shak' speare dead. Hence the necessity and the usefulness of courage in proving that even he, the to al poet, in one instance made bricks wit out straw and built well on no foundation. It willbe ours to prove that if he was true to human nature he was not true to the Jewish nature nor to historical fact nor to poetic justice. Refusing, then, to be dazzled by the splendour of the playwright's fame, let us examine the play, “The Merchant of Venice,” and let us analyse the character of Shvlock, the Jew. " When I saw this piece produced in the Drury Lane Theater,” wrote Heine, " there stood behind me in the box a beautiful pale English lady, who wept bitterly at the ‘end of the fourth act and cried out again and again, ‘ The poor man is wronged, the poor man is wronged I’ It was a face of the noblest Greek type and the eyes were large and black. 1 hsve never been able to forget them, those large, dark eyes that wept for Shylock.” These words are; the keynote of the play, “ The poor man is wronged." History was distorted to load him with ignominy. He does not receive common poetic justice in the play and he is made the abominated type of a whole race who sufl'erin repute for his traditional of- fense. the defaulter, and besonght him to be he his proper partner. “Nay.” said he, “aw was married to this ’un, and I ioike her b’ best." There is no reason why this should not be sober truth. THE INJUSTICE 0F SHYLOCK. Shakespeare‘s Grcni Play Criticized From a Hebrew liandpolui in Temple Israel. One of the largest congregations of the sesson assembled yesterday morning at the Greene Avenue Temple Israel. drawn there by the announcement that Rabbi Hmisen would criticise Shakespeare‘s “ Merchant of Venice " from a. Jewish stsndpoint and show the injustice of considering all Shyloeks to beJeWs. Under Mr. Harrison's ministra- tion Temple Israel bids fairto become the lending synagogue of the county. The can gregbeion has increased, now numbering in membership some of the best known He- brews of the city, and the Sunday school classes srelsrgely attended. The singing of the new choir is not the least attractive portion of the service inaugurated by Re- former Harrison. Mr. Harrison said yes- teizisy. among other things: Japan’s Want of Religion. Black Russian lambskin, with waves like those of moire, is used for the fronts of hud- Iome blsck plush coats. brought ' To this far distant strand ; No, Gotta sei dank, that never leaves Its own deer father-land. 0, the Chimes of Oberwesel, In this far distant: strand Still my heart shell ne‘er forget thee, For, Goth sei dank, that never leaves Its own deer fathe r-lnnd. For the German heart‘s, etc. 0. the Chimes of Oberweeel, Their spell may ne‘er depart, Like the sound of waves in ocean shells, They live within the heart. And I pine for the old Rhine-lend slopes, “'hen fine I saw them rise; The trellises of gushing grapes, The beaming Rhine-land skies. 0. the chimes of Oberwesel Ever dwell within the hears. O, the Chimes of Oberwesel, How pleasantly and clear, Far floating down the sun-lit Rhine, They steal upon the ear ; And the reaper from the furrow turns, The barge-man from the oar, As solemnly the Angelus Sweeps down the river shore. O, the Chimes of Oberweael, Tho’ I hear yo no more. In my heart your music lingers, As solemnly the Angelus Sweeps calmly down the river shore. For the German heart's an honest heart, And faithful every one, From the pessent by the Brnnnen To the Kaiser on the throne. 0. the Chimes of Oberwesel, How they atesl upon the ear. Tho‘ gorgeous be the hues that clothe This sultry land of ours, They‘re Itrsnge with all their gloriousness, And dull with all their glare ; For ‘tis not my )oang fresh heart I‘ve In Beaver mine, at Port Arthur, discover- ed in March last. there is in sight, by actual measurement, $750,000 worth of silver. Like bonanzas have been reported in British Columbia. Such exposures are unprecedent- ed. Iron is found in unlimited quantities and of the best grade. Near Ottawa there is a hill of irom, estimated to contain 100,000,000 tons. The railroad up the valley of the Trent runs through a continuous iron belt for 150 miles. Mr. Wiman is authority for the statement that at New Glasgow, in Nova Scotia, within a radius of six miles there is found hundreds of tons of iron ore of the best quality, side by side with limestone chemically pure, cake in seams 30 feet thick, all directly on the line of the Inter- colonial railway and within six miles of the Atlantic ocean. This ore could be put on the wharf in Boston for $1.50 per ton, which, to-day. costs from $5 to $6 per ton. The Ontario Government has recently sold 150,000 acres of land for $2 an acre, cover- ing an iron belt 75 miles across. The r-opper deposits are pronounced by Mr. Erastus Wimen to be almost beyond hu- man belief. In one deposit there are ridges miles long above ground, containing more copper than is to be seen on any iron deposit in the world. The Calumet and Hecla vein is 1,000 feet thick. The Geological Survey has located 557 deposits in the Eastern Townships alone. Gold and silver exist in great plenty. The principal fields are in Nova. Sootis and British bolumbia. In the letter province $50,000,000 have been taken from the ground by unimproved methods, and this seems to point to vast deposits in the mountains. Industrial Canada is great in agriculture and minerals. Ontario raises the finest barley in the world and some of the finest draught horses. The vast North-West in- cludes 466,000 square miles of the wheat field of the world. From its situation it has two hours more daylight than other wheat bearing regions on this continent. This means two hours more of forcing power every day. Droughts are never feared. Manitoba claims 75,000,000 acres of wheat fields. The Canadian wheat crop for the first ten months of 1888 was valued at $5,000,000. The north-west regions are capable oi supporting a population of many millions, and immigrants are already pour- ing in. Alberta is the ranch 3f Canada. :Its climate is so mild, on account of the Warm currents in the Pacific, that cattle and horses roam over the pastures the year round, and are found in spring to be in good condition for market. The Cana- dians exported $10,000, 000 worth of cattle during the first ten months of 1887. All these advantages are to be rein- forced by transportation. The Canada Paciflo railroad is a fact, and the Hudson’s Bay route is promised, by which Winnipeg is brought 783 miles nearer Liverpool than by way of Montreal, and 1,052 miles nearer than by Chicago. By this route Liverpo'ol would bebrought 2,136 miles nearer to China and Japan than via New York and San Fran- cisco. If this route succeeds Canada will hold the key to the markets of the world. l Coal exists throughout Canada in abundance. The entire coal area is said to cover 97,000 square miles. An Appreciative Acc' nut of Cana- da from the United States. While some Canadians are busily decry- .ng onroountry our neighbors are learning to estimate ir at its proper value. As an in- stance of this we give the following extract: from a paper read by Professor Ralph W. Thomas at a meeting of the Institute of Al- bany, New York. Like others of his conn- trymen, the professor has evidently learned enough about Canada to think that its rieg resources are worth appropriating. He sax : By way of introducing the subject, let this question he answered : “ What is Canada T" Geographical Canada has an area of 3,360,000 square miles. It is diflicult properly to un- derstand the extent of so vast an area. The basin of the Hudson’s bay alone is 2 000,000 square miles in extent. Canada is 40 times as large as England, Scotland and Wales. It is equal to three British Indias ; it is fifteen times as large as the German empire. The excess of its area over that of the United States is greater than the whole area included in the thirteen colonies joining in the Decla- ration of Independence. A country of mag- nificent areas. of unmeasured arable plain and prairie, of mountains rich in mineral wealth, of lacustrine systems that d varf our own, of majestic rivers wholly within her own borders measured upon the Missouri- Mississippi scale~this is Canada. “ The Chimes of Oberwesel." lie and-[adhesive than they are naturally, Io may be said of the alkali lands, even more 2 hatically than it can be Bald of ordinary as]; cla 3, than they are hard to cultivabe. Not on v does such land tend to stick to the plowshare, but, after it has been plowed the furrows, instead of crumbling down to form mellow earth, dry into hard lumps and dad: which lie I: n the land llke so many frag-manta of too All over the world farmers are familiar wish the {an that barn yard manure helps to mitigate the undue In many countries where evaporation is rapid, and where not enough rain falls to compel all the brooks, rivers and 1:11:99 to force their way to the sea, alkaline matters are apt: (to accumulate in the soil, especially in low places ; but one effect: of this alkali (carbonate of pod-n) is to make (:1qu goih (tnd very fine 3911-) was more sticky, plug. AL“. LL... ___ _,__._n_ Except in some white or cream-colored horses they are generally darker in color than are the iriees surrounding them. Dark Jolored, hair-like processes appear round their edges when they are examined in a clear light, but they are not defects, as some suppose. In healthy eyes the pupils con- tract and expand with the amount of light they are exposed to. If the horse is placed in a shady place they are large and dilated ; but if he is moved into a glaring light, they contract until they are nearly closed. In testing for this the examiner should put the horse in a clear light, and then place the hands over his eyes for a minute or so. With the light thus excluded the pupilsâ€"if the eyes are soundâ€"will dilate and again visibly contract when the hands are removed, and the light suddenly allowed to fell upon them. If no contraction of the pupils occurs when this test is fairly tried, the horse will be blind from paralysis of the optic nerves. This may be the case, and yet nothing is to be seen amiss when the eyes are looked into. Contraction of the upils on the sudden ad- mission of light in: 6 most reliable test for this eye afiection. One eye only may be affected, hence the test should be applied to both. Small worms are sometimes seen in the aquemw humor of horses e as and these afleot their sightâ€"[R E. and Agricul- turist. To be able to examine the eyes of horses with certainty, a thorough acquaintance with their structure is necessary. If when a horse is trotted with a free rein, he is seen to extend his nose unduly, to move his ears rapidly, to shy when passing different colored objects, and to plant his forefeot with some- thing of uncertainty, faulty eyes may be sus- ted, and a specially close examination of them should be made. In examining the eyes of horses it should be seen that they are neither too flat nor too convex externally, as from either form defective vision ensues. Abnormal forms are best seen by looking at the eyes across, from a position close by the shoulders, corneas or outer sections of the eye are, when the organs are sound, per- fectly transparent. Any white streaks, speck, or cloudiness in these, or in the in- terior~ structures of the eye, indicate that they have been inflamed, and are very li- able to become so again. To detect white specks, etc., the eyes should in a clear light be looked to in front, and from close by the cheeks behind. When examining for white deposits in the eye care should be taken that no white article of clothing, etc., be upon or near the person of the examiner, as it may be reflected in the eye and deceive him. Special attention should be paid to; the pupils in examining the eyes of horses. 1 They are the apertures through which light passes into the interior, and in horses are oblong in shape and stretch across the front of the eyes: This gentleman, the apple king of Kansas, is not content to stop with the acreage and fruiting of apple trees already planted, for which your correspondent is glad, but will this ensuing spring put out 320 acres more of apple trees, one-half to be Ben Davis' and the balance Jonathans, Missouri Pippins and York Imperialsâ€"about equally divided as to number. Said orchard will be fourteen miles south of Topeka and near Wakarusa so as to afford shipping facilities and other advantages. And this is not yet the full extent of his orcharding, as there is still 320 acres more to plant along side of the last named tract, which will be attended to dur- ing the spring of 1890, and to consist of Ben Davis, York Imperials, Missouri Pippins and Jonathans, mostly Ben Davis, making altogether 640 acres in one body, and a grand total of 1,077 acres, or allowing 100 trees to the acre, a treeage of 107,700. This gives a tree to every one and three-fifths square rods, which if in one row would reach 172,320 rods, making a. distance of 538; miles, and if they were inclined to be peeled or barked by the rabbits, giving each rabbit ten hours to bark a tree twelve inches in diameter, it wouln require 107,700 of the cotton-tail quadrupeds one day to kill the orchard, or two of them, begin- ning at opposite end of row, just 53,- 850 days to get in their last chew and come together. Should these trees all escape rabâ€" bit blight and become old enough to pro- duce three bushels to the tree, there would in one season he a yield of 323,100 bushels, which at $1 clear of all expenses, leaves the owner $107,700' and et people persist in showing by their indi erence to horticulture that it don’t pay to grow fruit. Ignorance is bliss. Hon. F. Wellhouse, of Fairmount, Leavenworth county, Kensas, is Without doubt the most successful apple orchardlat in the west. His orchards consist of three plantings. The first covering 117 acres and planted in 1876,â€"5eventy-two acres of Ben Davis, thirty of Missouri Pippins, and filteen of Winesaps. The second was planted in 1878 and covered an area of 160 acree, â€"eighty oi Bin Davis, forty of Missouri Pippina, twenty-seven of Winesaps, eight of Cooper‘s Eariy \Vhite, and five at Maiden Blush. In 1879 the third was made, cover- ing 160 acres, in which are eighty acres of Ben Davis. forty oi Jonathane, twenty- seven of Wineeapa, eight of Cooper'- Early White, and five of Maiden Blush. From these three plantings there has beenharvest- ed 145,000 bushels of apples, netting 85 cents a bushel or the munifieent sum of $50,750. The irnitage obtained this year numpered $0,000 bushelsâ€"less eleven, and brought on the market an average of 51,80 a barrel, or a neat of $1.10 clear of all expenseâ€"a barrel containing three bushels. _ Spec'al Correspondence Kansu hmer. Connxmma ALKALI LANDS. AGRICULTURAL A Big Apple Orchard. THE Hogan's Eu. tray : And poured the oil of healing on my bros“; Giving me quietness and holy rest From all my lifelong sin. For-giving all my direful sin'? Forgiven while yet far off 1 Oh blessed thought ! That the dear father in his mercy sought For me, while I waa yet; so far aWBYv From peace and home and God so far M- fear 2 And will he lay his hand upon my head, And 013‘ my'sgul love 3nd_n_legcy shed, e’en now Forgiveness comes, With words of love .and cheer. Dispelling every thought of dread and fear That rests upon him for his sin. For :iven while yet fax: 06 ! And can it be That the same pardomug grace extends to And will my father come to meet me here, While _I s-cand trembling with repentant be Is sure to help me in my misery. I long to feel his arm around me pressed ; I want to lie down in his arms and rest. I‘ve wasted all I had. I will arise, and to my father go, And tell him I have sinned." FORGIVEN WHILE YET FAB OFF. Forgiven while yet far 05 “before he’d come Near to the door of his deserted home ; Before he had his full confession made. While he was still in all his rags arrayed; Just as he was, unclean, repulsive, vile, I His F \ther greets him with a pardonmg smile And Clasps him to his arms l Forgiven while yet far off! before he'd time By any deed, to expiate his crime; . While yet the crimson stain is on his brow, \Vhile shame was Written on his cheekâ€" the gate Would sure be closed upon you; you must wait." “ I c unnot wait, for I shall die of cold. 1 cannot buy new garments ; I ve no gold. I’ve wasted all 1 had, I will arise, and to my Father go, And tell him I have sinned.” " But you’re nob strong enough to reach you ‘ Father’s door ; Your limbs are weak ; you'll falter long be- fore You see :is face ; your strength and will are well nigh gone. \Vait till you rise ab me this state forlorn." “ I cannot wam ; how can I hope to gain New power by living on in all this pain ? I’ve waited all I had, I will arise am: to my Father go, And tell him I have sinned." “I must go home, although I am not fit to . go i I must go home with all my sin and woe. My father knows how sorrowful I am, and at nome. In pleuant lands I thought that I should roam ; And here I am, cold, weary, famiahed, lone, No one to hell) me, none to heed my moan. I’ve wanted all I had. I will arise and to my Father go, And tell him 1 have sinned.” “ Not now ; not in these garments that you wear, This filth and wretchedness ; not as you are! You would not find admittance at the door ; The Prodigal. “ I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER." “ T cannot lie here any longer on the earth 1 In this sad land of barrenneas and dearth ; For huska I have exchanged the bread I ate As sales: of American apples are now con- ducted in Great Britain, sorting in any par- ticular case wouldn't be of much use to that particular shipper. The barrels of apples at Glasgow, Liverpool, London and other parts are not opened before sale. They are merely shaken. Those that remain tightly packed go into the first class of each variety those that are rather loose, into the second, and the very loose or wet into the third, as it is thought that the compactness of the fruit in the barrel indicates the amount of rot that has taken place, and the prices for each variety are regulated entirely on this basis. The apples are sold in lots ranging from 10 to 100 barrels each. If you went eggs in winter you must have the birds so situated that their combs will not freeze. The comb will make an excel- lent indicator, and what you should do is to provide not only a. warm roosting place at night, but have some kind of a. sheltered run for them during the day, where they can search and work without being exposed to the winds. Tnese preparations should be made at this season, while the weather permits. And be careful how the birds drink. They must only be allowed toput their beaks in the vessel, or they will get their wottles wet. Remember that as long as you can keep the combs end wettles from freezing your chances are in favor of egg: in winter. The New York “Experimental Station" says that there is 12 ‘29 per cent. less diges- tible albuminoids in hay than: has been kept: over one year as compared with new hay. J. H. Moss, of Cokiwater, Mich, raised 4,000 pounds of harsh-radish this season. He in arranging to have a five-fold hotter time next: Summer by growing 20,000 pounds. It is poor policy to keep heavy, slow mo- tioned fowl: m the same flock with the light; and nervous Spanish breeds. They each re- quire differenb feeding and treatment. Some of the most! export: poultrymen occa- sionally feed their fowls turnips in winter. They are not peeled, but: cut into quarter! and thrown into the yard. plasticity of clay. Th. . _ rge that, besides supplying food- no manure has no small value in the mere mechanical sense, because it helps to make clay land mellow. Just so, I take it, the extreme stickiness of the alkali land may be corrected. in some part. by judicious drrdsings of farm-yard manure. Precisely as is the case with clay- ey soils. number-less patches of alkali land have been improved by thorough draining. When water flows from the drains, the alka- line matter is washed out from the soil and carried away with the water. It should also he said that Professor Hilgard of California, Wh" has devoted no little attention to the alkali lands of that State, has found that in many cases dressings of gypsum are com- petent to destroy the alkali, by acting upon it chemmully. Thanks to the decomposing action of the gypsum. the exeeslive plastic- lty is done away with and the soil becomea fit to be cultivated. Nona.