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Saving. After a. crop has matured it seems poor economy to allow any of it to be Wasted. This holds good with grass in the pastures, grain in the fields, vegetables in the garden or fruit in the orchard or small fruit plot. Every part; of the crop should be utilized so far as possible, to the best, advantage, and it is the avoidance of waste Lhat helps materially to increase the profits. _ \Ve wish we could look into the faces of all milkmen and milkmaids as we ask the question: “ Do you always wash your hands before beginning to milk?” On them and on your clothes these infinitesimal germs are gathered, but there they might remain, inert- and harmless, but the minute they touch the milkâ€"ah, there’s the rub 1 Growth and activity begin at once. Butâ€"we were going to say above every- thing else, and Willâ€"have clean vessels to receive the milk. Prof. Russell says wood- en pails should never be used and advises those of tin or galvanized material. Even scalding vessels does not kill all bacterial germsâ€"we mean just turning water in and at once pouring it out. Nothing short of actually immersing them in boiling water and keeping them there, boiling, for many minutes will suffice. Souruess, ripeness, color, or bad odors or tastes in mill; are almost universally due to bacteria. Some of these germs give an agreeable flavor to the milk and butter, but the majority neither please the taste nor go toward the betterment, of health universal. Heat is necessary to rapid growth of these germs, and as many of them are harmless until warmed up enough to grow, we pre- fer to keep all milk in a very low tempera.- ture. In reviewing this matter do we see any. thing unreasonable, anything calculated to call out protest or senseless sarcasm from intelligent readers? No need to bring up the hackneyed expression “ but how about our grandfathers '1” They lived, of course they did, and up to their light ; but why do we take stock in anything that later scientific research or ingenuity has brought toour notice and aid? As well scoff at modern machinery as modern discoveries. All the trouble is, the one makes work, the other saves it. There are a. number of ways that the surplus fruit can he used at least in a way that will avoid waste. In the orchard one of the easiest ways of converting the sur- plus food Into a marketable prnduct is by turning in the hogs, and if they cannot eat all the fallen fruit the sheep can readily be turned in to help. One advantage of this is the savxng of all labor, while at the same time more or less insect pests will be destroyed, especially those in the fruit. One good reason for not allowing the fallen fruit to remain on the ground and rot is that a good portion of it is infested with either worms or insect pests that if not destroyed will injure the fruit and trees next year. It is even better. if the orchard is not arranged so that the sheep can be turned in, to gather up the fallen fruit and feed to the hogs rather than to allow it to roton the ground under the trees. More or less of the fruit can be dried or evaporat- ed. The advantage with the evaporated is the lessened risk of loss, the cleaner and better quality of the product, the saving of the time and the better price it is possible to realize. We know what. long and in'telligent ex- periment is proving to be true. Prof. Rus- sell tells us that thus washing the parts indicated rediwes the number of bacterial germs “from one-half to two-thirds” at, a. milking,because bacteria can not be readily dislodged from a. web surface. Of course these germs may seem more real to those of us who have actually seen them as they look when “ fattened on gelatine,” but after viewing many plates of them, we have formed a decided antipathy and feel “mov- ed” bo declare war against, them. \Vhen fruit is scarce all Elie surplus can be readily marketed an a. price that; Will pay well for the trouble of picking and getting ready to sell. But when there is anything like a fair crop it is not always possible \0 sell it all at: even a low price and it, must be used or cared for in some Way so that, it, man be marketed later. Testing milk by straining half of the same milking into a sterilized can and half into an unsberilized one shows that that in the latter some from six to twelve hours sooner than that in the former. The milk in the udder, with the excep- tion of the fore mill: is clean : now the question that uhould concern everybody is how to keep it clean. The milk which stands in the tests is found to be full of bacteria, and if there is one dairyman who has not the fixed habit of milking this out into a separate vessel or onto the ground let him turn over a new leaf to-day. Sev- eral times we have recommended thorough- ly washing the udder, underside of the cow’s body and the flanks, only to receive some sarcastic reply from persons either too wise or too lazy to learn. But whether men will hear or forbear, the truth remains that milk, miiked and cared tor in the manner of the average dairyman or farmer, is filthy, and by filthy We mean full of dirt, seen and unseen. Of course that which is seen is most likely to be eliminated, but how about. the unseen, the myriads of baeterial germs that have come to it through the air, from Contact with the milking vessel, hands of the milk- er and various other sources? Every hair or other bit of “ seen” dirt, beam with it scores of bacteria. One may strain the former out, but the latter remains to deve. lop in the warm, nutritious fluid. “ fBeanliness in Dairying.’ AGRICULTURAL. Some of the farmers who cannot, or who say they :annot, make a. living on 160 acres of land, might get some painters of B. F. Stevens, of Orion, Ohio, who hasa .33- acre farm. He bought it in 1871, going in debt for what every one thought was a very poor piece of land. He built hin a good house, good barn, etc., and is as indepen- dent as though he had a. section of land. Last year he raisad thirty-one acres of corn the remainder of his farm being garden, house lawn, pasture and meadow. He in; forty-three hogs ready for market that are estimated to be worth $560, besides having eighteen stock hoes on handall thoroughbred PolandChina. He has six horses, some of which are for sale. He sold four fat cattle and one calf last year. He has 400 bushels of corn on hand. He has 100 fine Plymouth Rock chickens. He sold 100 to butchers last year, besides fifty roosters to farmers for breeding purposes. He sold some turkeys and some fruit, vegetables, and a good amount of butter and eggs. He did not pay out a dollar for help or for teed. He is liberal in his expenditures, at- tends entertainments of all kinds at the village which is a mile and a half away; has a well-furnished house : has educated his children well; provided his daughters with a good organ ; has a place worth $5,- 300, and in -the judgment of a. man who ought to know, lives as well as a man pos- sibly could in Moline on a salary of $5101) ayear. It may be added that he is not anxious to know what the government can do for himâ€"he does things for himself and makes money. The Action of the Salt 111011 the Lower Strum Causes “Cave-Ins." Some twenty-five years ago. a physician of some reputation published a. treatise to show that salt was the “ forbidden fruit," and that since our first parents ate it, it has been the cause of all our diseases. On the other hand there are those who maintain More or less of the waste fruit. may be converted into cider and can be marketed later on as vinegar at a price that will pay well for the work. \Vith a. good kettle or evaporating pan more or less may be made iLto jelly. Any of these plans admit, of storing away and selling during the winter and early spring, and even though a. low price be realized, in nearly all cases it, will prove better than allowingib to go waste. A HOUSE IS CASTLE STREET, NORTHWICH. that salt is the specific for all ills to which flesh is heir. Science tells us that. the body of every human being weighlng one hundred and fifty pounds contains one pound of salt; and that every one of us neerls in a year about. fifteen poundsof salt. “ Is Taddles going to marry the young lady he is with to-night ‘2” Sheâ€"“No. He's szill devoted to his first love.” “ Who’ that, 1’” Sheâ€"“ Himself.” Destructive Apple Tree Blight. A Mount Morris,N. Y.,despatch says :â€" A new and as yet unexplainable blight has struck the apple orchards of \Vyoming and adjacent counties, which threatens the total destruction of the crop. The apple crop is worth a million dollars a. year to the farmers of this part of the State. At the opening of the Season its prospects were never brighter. \Vithin two weeks a blight has spread over the orchards, causing the leaves to shrivel and turn yellow, and the young apples to fall to the ground. One farmer alone in this vicinity says his an- nual crop, in average seasons.of 1,000 bar- rels of apples is lying on the ground, the fruit having grown to about the sizeof cher- ries. Similar reports come from all parts of the apple district. This blight never ap- peared in western New York before. It is not the result of any worm or insect pest. confined in two districts, Cheshire and \Vorcestershire. In these districts, at an early period, salt was produced from hrine- springs ; and it seems that all the localities where such springs or brine-pits existed were called Wich, a termination that still distinguishes most of the small towns. The most interesting fact relating to the brine- districts is the action of the salt upon the lower strata, causing “ cave~ins.” It is supposed that the salt dries up the under- ground water-currents, and thus takes from the ground the power to sustain great surface-weight. Our illustrations are char- acteristic of the districts. Great fissures are seen everywhere : houses almost tumb- ling down, and other effects of what one would be led to believe was an earthquake. The gulf-industry in Englind is mainly DUNKIRK ROAD, NEAR. NORTHWIf SALT PITS OF ENGLAND No Room for Another. A Model Small Farm. O, sing, blithely sing. o'er the sparkiil On dishes glistening in the pan; Swash and rub immaculately clean. And polish them bright as you can The prosy Cover 3. piece of cardboard, four by eight, with any pretty-figured silk or satinâ€"a white ground strewn with scarlet flowers is bright and clean looking. Gather two pockets of the same material, and attach one above the other to the covered board, beginning at the bottom. Draw a narrow ribbon through a spool of very strong black thread, and hang the spool at the top of the card by tacking one end of the ribbon to the left corner, of the other to the right. It must be loose enough for the thread to easily draw 03'. Cut a. few pieces of white flannel and sew inside the upper pocket for needles, and hang it up by a. ribbon. When you have added the large needle, 3. thimble and shoe buttons to the pockets you will have all the things needed. There are some women who, careful even to fastidiousness in other household details, frequently neglect one important thing in the kitchen. The oven, in which sweets and savories are in turn cooked, is allowed to go, week in and week out, without any attention except an occasional brush outâ€" and that only when pastry hafi been burnt and allowed to crumble. In houses Where the oven is frequently used it should be well washed out once a week with hot water, 10 which a. little soda. or ammonia. has been added. It may even require scrubbing ; and where syrup from a fruit or gravy from a meat pie has boiled over, the hard sub- stance must be scrapedpfi with a knifie. It is a good plan to get into the habit of Wipâ€" ing out the oven with a wet cloth after it is used; then whenlnext it is required there will be no delay and consequent vexation of spirit :before the day’sc coking is com- menced. A Starch Gloss. I have had so many letters on this import- ant subjectâ€"that is, important to amateur laundressesâ€"that I have kept my eyes open, and have at last discovered a. simple, yet reliable preparation, and here it is:â€" Mix together five ounces of glycerine, two ounces ut gum arabicâ€"or gum senegal, as the cheapest kind is calledâ€"two ounces of spermaceti, and the same of borax. Boil all these gently in forty-nine ounces of min water, and bottle for use. \Vhen needed, add two tablespoonfuls to a. quarter of a pound of boiled starch, stirring well for a. minute orso, and you will find that your iron will pass smoothly and easily over your linen, which will take as brilliant a gloss as you can wish. Caramel Filling.â€"Put one Leacupful of sugar in a. saucepan on the fire, stir untll it melts, then let it cook until it, begins to smoke and brOWu ; add i cupful of hot water and let it; boil. without shin-ring, un- til it spins a. thread. Beat the white of one egg toa dry iroth, pour the boiling caramel on the egg in a. thn stream, beatâ€" ing all the while. Beat until cold, then spread between the cak_es. twc . Maple Sugar Caramel.â€"Cook 1» pound of maple sugar in a. saucepan until it begins to smoke. Add four tablespoonfuls of milk and boil until it forms a. thick syrup. Re- move from the fire, add a piece of butter as large asa. walnut and beat; uncll cool and smooth. Ah, H Chocolate Fillingâ€"Dissolve one cup of sugar with three tableapoonfuls of water, then boil until it will “ halt” from a spoon. Add 1% tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate; beat the whxte of one egg to a stifl‘, dry froth ; pour the chocolate syrup in a. thin stream upon it, beating all the time. Beat until it is cold, add one teaspoonful of vanilla and spread on the cake. cold niilk, and stir it into the boiling milk until it thickens. Beat the yolks of two eggs and half a. teacupnt of sugar together; stir it into the custard and remove from the fire. Add the grated rind of one lemon, and when cold, as much of the juice of one lemon as you prefer. Orange filling may be made in the same way. Cotfee Filling.â€"-Bring one cup of strong coffee and two tablespoonfuls of cream to the boiling point, and thicken with one toblespoonfnl of moistened cornstarch. Beat the yolks of two eggs and two table- spoonfula of sugar together, stir them thoroughly into the custard, remove from the tire, and when cold spread between the cake. Boiled icing is a delicious foundation for any number of cake fillings, and is made as follows : Boil one cupful of sugar moxstened with {our tablespoonfuls of Water until it spins a. thread. Beat the white of one egg to a etii froth, add {i teaspoonful cf cream Lemon finingâ€"Bring one teacupful of milk to {he boiling point; moisten one tabkspgonfuL of_ cprpstarqh with a. little Our THE HOME. ' task :0 comtant must. be done Cars. or housewivea‘ o‘er the land things ’tis than make or mar omcs, be they humble or grand. A Shoe Button Bag. Care of the Oven. Useful Recipes. Jack’s Wife ‘arkling foam chopped nuts, are finely flavored by mixing them in caramel fiiiing. Soak shredded ° r dessicated cocoanuz, and chop walnuts. Figs, datesor raisins added to boiled icing make a delicious. rich filling. Figs should be chopped, also dates, after removing the stones and as much of the White lining as possible ; seed raisins and cut them up with a knife. Add a little boiling water, just enough to make the mass pliable, and stanu it on the back of the stove while the syrpd is boiling. As soon as the latter has been added to the beaten white, put in the fruit paste and beat until cold. Cocoanut, or Strange Muscular Power that Assists Them In l-‘nsclnal‘lng 'I‘helr Vlcllms. The power of continuing motionless, with thelifted head projecting forward foran indefinite time, is one of themost wonder- iul of the serpent/s muscular feats, and is one of the highest importance to the animal. both when fascinating its victim and when mimicking some inanimate object, as for instance, the stem and bud of an aquatic plant ; here it is only referred to on account of the effect it produces on the human mind, as enhancing the aerpent’s strangeness. In this attitude, with the round, unwmking eyes fixed on the be- holder’e face, the effect may be very curious and uncanny. tartar, pour the boiling syrup in a. thin stream over the egg, beating all the time, and bean until cold. Chopped raisins or walnuts stirred into the cold icing and flavored make adelicious filling, and so does almonds or grated cocoanut. If shred- ed coco-d.qu 15 used snak it, for fifteen minutes in boiling hot. milk, then stir it into the icing. Ernest Glanville, a. South African writer. thus describes his own experience. \Vhen a. boy he frequently Went out into the bush in quest of game, and on one of these soli- tary excursions he sat down to rest in the shade of a willow on the banks of a shallow stream ; sitting there with cheek resting on his hand he fell into a boyish reverie. After some time he became aware in a. vague way that on the white, sandy bottom of the stream there was stretched a. long, black line, which had not been there at first. He continued for some time re- garding it without recognizing what it was, but all at once, with an inward snock. be- came fully conscious that he was looking at a large snake. “Presently, without apparent motion, so softly and Silently was it done, the snake reared its head above the surface and held it there, erect and still with gleaming eyes fixed on me in question of what I was. it flashed upon me then that it would be a. good opportunity to test the power of the human eye on a snake, and I set myself the task nf looking it down. It was a foolish effort. The bronze head and sinewy neck, about which the water flowed without a ripple, were as if carved in stone. and the cruel unwinking eyes. with the light com- ing and going in them appeared to grow the brighter the longer I looked. Gradually there came over me a sensation of sickening fear, which, if I had yielded to it, would have left me powerless to move, but with a. cry I leaped up, and seizing a. fallen willow branch, attacked the reptile with a species of fury. Probably the idea. of the Icanti, originated in a. similar experience of some native.” Italian Troops Capture Kaisala After a Desperate Conflict. A despatch from Massowah. Egypt, says :â€"A fierce battle has taken place between a force of native and Italian soldiers, commanded by the Governor. General and a large force of dervishes which had sought refuge at Kassala. The Italian croops were victorious and Kassala was taptured. The following particulars of the engagement have reached here. A large body of dervishes recently raided Carcabat, an Italian village. The dervishes killed many of the inhabitants and captured and sent into the interior as slaves all those who were not massacred. After leaving Carcabat, the dervishes marched towards Agordat, with the intention of capturing that place. News of the raid reached the u‘overnor-General, who was at Keren, on the Barca river, an Italian post situated somewhat less than half-way between this place and Kassala. The Ice: ti, it must he explained, is a powerful and malignant being that takes the form of a. great serpent and lies at night in some deep, dark pool, and should a. man incautiously approach and lonok down into the water he would be held here by the power of the great gleaming eyes,and finally drawn down against his will powerless anl speechless, to disappear forever In the black depths. A The Governor-General had at his disposal a force of "2,400 troops. natives and Italians, commanded by 54 officers. \Vith this force the Governor-General s'arted in pursuit of the dervishes, and after three days’ toilsome marching, during which the troops sulfered considerably, he arrived in the vicinity of Kassale. He was there informed by some natives that the dervishes had been notified of the pursuits of the Italian column, and that they had sought refuge in Kassala. The dervishcs had strengthened the forti- fications and prepared to make a. desperate reststauce. The Governor-General encamped for awhile on the Mareb river, and made preparations to carry Kassala by assault. On the morning of Tuesday last, July 17, the Italian troops being thoroughly rested, an advance was made. The dervishes de- fended themselves with desperate bravery, but the town was finally carried by assault after a fierce battle. The loss of the dervish- es was very heavy, and the Italians captured many flags and a large number of cannon. - Bad Bbyâ€"“ Please, I only meant that, you is the ‘ boss.’ ” Teacherâ€"“ \Vhat did you mean, sir, b) Bpgpkjnng of megs ‘ an (31d cqw ‘.” ” Neighborâ€"“ Hau’t you goin’ to hunt up that feller that elgyed Evith your wifg ?" Smartweedâ€"“ Ni its own punishment SERPENTS ARE NOT NERVOUS. A PIERCE BATTLE. True Philosophy. Crawling Out. 9: Let tile crime bring The miner returned to Sitka, and told the tale of his murdered partner and the finding of the bonanza, and induced a. party to go with him in search of it again. The party, several in number, set forth in a. small schooner, with the miner for their guide. Butthrough the many changes made in the course in tacking against head winds, and the winding course that necessarily bad to be taken with a. schooner, the guide, as before, became lost. The crew began to doubt his story, and giving up all hope of finding the mouth of the creek that led to the goal, insisted noon 3 return. The guide persisted that he would surely find the place and insisted also that the search be continued, when the party became angry and threatened to hang him to the mast. The search was then abandoned. In the spring of 1876 two miners left Sitka. on a prospecting expedition,taking a course to the southeast, with the intention of ex- ploring the islands along their route, but more especially to reazh the mainland and make extensive search for placer diggings. Finding the islands barren of good results, they crossed Cbatharr. Strait to the main- land, and pitched camp at the mouth of a. large creek. To their experienced eyes the creek bed gave evidence of what they were in search of. It. was strewn with quartz,and in “panning” the gravel “ color” was found They ascended the stream, and after two days travelling over boulders and winding through underbrush they reached the head waters of the creek on the divide. Beyond and below a short distance in the basin lay a beautiful little lakeI with a small stream emptying into it from the West and another flowing out to the north. They descended and encamped on the margin of the lake. In the little stream putting Into the lake they again found gold. After prospecting and panning the graVel, joy filled their breasts, for they had found a bonanza ! The gravel yielded coarse gold the size of beans and a dollar or more to the pan. The lucky gold hunters lost no time in setting to work. One returned to the beach after the cached supplies,while the other partner set to work building a. rocker. For a. matter of two weeks they washed the golden sands and made occasional trips to their cache on the beach, with no thought Whatever of approaching danger, and no intimation of the horrible tragedy that was about to ac- A Bomnua Gold Story from lho Willis of line Fau- North. 0n the eventful day, at about noon, as they were leaving work to prepare dinner, ambushed savages, who had tracked the two lone miners from the beach into the mountains to murder and to plunder, pour- ed their fire from behind trees upon them. One was killed outright, but miraculously the other was untouched. Seeing his com- panion fall, and taking in the situation at a glance, he bounded into the timber. Fear' lent wings to the pursued, and he soon outâ€" distanced his pursuers, who were unable to get in an effective shot while hoth were (lodging through the timber and under- brush. The pursued made direct for the cache and boat on the beach, and hastily loading up with the remainder of the pro- visions and efi'ects he pulled out into the channel. He saw the Indians nc more, and shaped his course, as be supposed, for Sitka, but not being acquainted with the channels their intrizate windings and ever-changing courses led him astray. He was picked up by a gunb'at on her way to the sound and landed in Port Townsend. In a belt which he wore around his waist he had about Q1, 500 in coarse gold, his share of the work by the lake. cu I'- To this day prospecting parties every spring go in search of it. anl this spring a number are tinting out for the expedition. Hig rewards have been offered to Indians to reveal the locality, but, through tear of being implicated in the murder or other- wise, Lhey remain silent. A short time after their return to Sitka. the miner, or hero of the “ lost rocker,” as it was now termed, was taken sick and died, but to his attendant during his ill- ness, Mike Powers. one of the pioneers of this camp, he confided the secret of how to find the rocker by the lake. The rich find in Silver Bow basin back of Juneau occurred soon after his death, and Powers was one who joined in the stampede. Being a good prospector, and lucky, he secured valuable claims which demanded his attention, and delayed his Search in the direction of the “lost maker,” and after a. time he was about to undertake the trip when he was killed by a land slide in the basin ; and thus died the only living white person who, unless by accident, could find the lost lake, the rocket, and the bleached bones of the uniortunate miner who fell beside it. A quarter of a cent is a very small sum in itself, but when multiplied enough times the product is considerable, a fact which railway managers thoroughly understand. A saving of only 1 mill 3. day in the running of a. locomotive amounts to 36§c in a. year, and with several thousand locomotives the saving is considerable. The good superinten- dent to-day is the man who makes these little savings and the number of ways in which they are done is astonishing. Take the matter of starting a fire for example. Most locomotives are fired up with wood, and about an eighth of a cord is necessary to start a good blaze. \Vood is pretty expensive fuel to use for such purposes and several railways have begun to substitute oil for it. This oil is stored in a. reservoir outside the round house and is forced by compressed air through a series of fixed pipes to flexible pipes near each locomotive stall. When it is necessary to start a fire a bed of coal is spread over the grate, some old waste thrown on top of it and lighted. and then the oil is sprayed into the firebox through the flexible pipes by the compressed air. It takes just about as long to start a fire with this apparatus as with wood, but with the former the cost is only about 2§c while with wood it ranges from 11 to 350, ‘ according to the price of wood. THE LOST ROCKER MINE Lighting Locomotive Fires.