North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XV. Reporter Post. PCBL'WI -3 WEI. YA? DANBURY. N. C. m.. PtiPI'ISR & SONS Pubs. «- P,c.>s ST* - Rno or mi its KIPI IOX : C'.ie YR . .. ui\ ■ j, ,• jai.-.i fc. Mo i. > 75 p.ur.s or ai>V*:l:l >*i \u: Ore S«m. r • .»r lot-) 1 lime «! ' ' C.u*U -•«' i.ixyit *«»n Con ■ ji'M - o iiiii.'i r i"' or nt;• space e*U be IBiidu In pri'i l " .*•••» n» • •' iIm>VC r ■ o>. Tran*-. ni ...t • ». .w • |.c r. »•*•«".« Ito rem ftu*."-U.n4 tome e!• v at tli uo lUtty #eml L»caf!f«'? crs 'U-f. '• -I" iticrren'.li er than Biihltic** Catl* w Mbr •-• '•! at Tci Dol'a"« per a it tram. i. " PROFEUSIOJYA L V/A' Its. A. J. BOYD, J. W. TLEII) p. it. JOIINSTON, ,n I.H S JOHNSTON BO YD, ITEL DCS-JOITJYSO. \; Attoi-neys - at - Law, WENT WORTH, X C. Messrs. It il anil J.ihhsnn will regu larly attend t lie Superior Courts of Stokes county. R L. HAYMORE, ATTORN EY-AT LAW Mfc. Airvi N. C. Special atlßiitioi; givcu to the collect ion O> olaioia. I—l-m " W7E. C.IJRREJ SIRR(?MV;R~- TT-I^.NV* MT. AIUY. SriiUY CO., X. C PRACTICE*UI» M«'\V.-• JC aro\v:l ■•«! P. DAY, ALHERT JON US 2Day & J o-ios^ inanufa lurei-s ol BA.DOI.KKY.ft MJNI.SM.CiiI AI.S,TI«I*M\ ho. 3ot» W. |! i'.:'tu»ro nil. i- . Halt i i m*. V»l. W. A. Tucker, 11. ('.Sill 111, I». . • . Tucker. Smith & Co. Manu.aeturhr-j «X." wlr "legale lWah»rs l« EQOTS, sllOh'S, JIMS AM) CAPS\ Ko. 250 P.u'.l'.n; " Sti . Halt'mo . . 'AI. jt. J. «(• it. * \i ii ll'envy Sonnrhorn A'- Co., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, ffl Aano>cr St.. (b« *m» •• i. m l.omburU BALTIMORE MP. 11. 80NNEBORV, B. liLI.Mt.IXK Al> gltrn i'Utw //, J-- ft llhiii" IV . 11. MILES, WITH ST EL'TI !:xrir.YEY6-co U t ofus,tie ilmler* in Moots, SHOES, AND Trunks, 121 IF Mam Street, ffCpt. 8-BMW. l*l( iiytDSDy I .1 B10HA1U) WOOD BA \I I• • • OWIX. HKMIV 111-.MO »:i ii'l» . . It A* •» \ . WOOD, BACON &C 0 ])R)' GOOJJS, .YOTJO.VS, I ] I 7/7 TJ'j VOOHS, ETC. Xiw.:"*KIII MaiV St.. PHILALKM'III PA. Parties ha\ ing CUT MICA for sale will find it to their interest to "»* respond with * A. O. SOHOONM AKKR, 158 William rit.. New \ orlt. R.S. OGLESBY^ WITH C. W. SCOTT. WHOLESALE NOTIONS AND WHITK GOODS, 012 Main Street LYNCIIBUUO VA. O. K 4.KITWICK. Willi HISGO, EI.I.KTT A CRIMP, RICHMOND, VA., Wholeftftta Dc'le a in BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, A'C. Prompt Attention paid to orders, nud ctiou ganmnlced. jm*t- y, ryinia Slate Priton Goods a t t >rciu \'v March, t.. ® ROBKKT w. POWKBS. FD«*R I>. TAYI.O . II w. I'OWKKS & CO., WHOLES AIE DRUGGISTS, Dealer* in PAINTS, OILtS, DYES, VARNISHES, French and American •WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, fcC. SMOKINO ANP CIIKWINO ■ CI • Alts, TOBACCO A BPECIALT> 1805 Main St., Hicbmood, Va. Augusißro rii l — H CikNS & ML, WHOLESALE CUUC- "* *XO COM Ml:- SiuN MKHCHANTS. SoSHo»»iit -»i.'i» •"■•■of Lombard BALTIMORE. Wf Vt.'ll CO' - 'HI' > 0' .!>■ I « It WF'> * ''rit-S roOlf o Lo. #'l ' i' Mo itlwriiWi' i ' Ht* o 1 •ijamtoi-o: I'lanoty Cud > .iii ■-> to> tun; ir .t t •. I • - •• W. ,t;«. • Kmo. i. ? . it'. Urn - ■ .i* -'3 lo: ng i*u» tif.-rf'i* *• • u .-si! i odinoirpl rtluiuo. A.I Ui jtil *in tiKVCOiI «pt MttatlM. J GO T O W. i fcenipsait V* V v TISE IJIX)CIv, A\"in^tOn. IV. (J. FOR GOOD T..!j.- -eo I'tUo', tJti.ii Iron aniJ Home matio Tiuwaro at Liyinj- Prices Also Hoofing ami Guttering at slior notice, at BOTTOM PRICES. gept 10-ly J. W. SHIPLEY, Corner Main anil itrd Strcrl WIHSTOS, N. C. Under Jacobs Clothing Store. MANUFACTURER OP Harness, Untiles, Cnll-irs ami Saddles, Also deilcr iu Whips, I lames, i'ruslies, Lap lli bes, in f.i:t everything in the Har ness and saddler) ' ue CHEAPEST HOI!8B IN WL .1 . : KOBTB CABOBL SA. Will sell my own niannfactufetl p.'nds as clu-ap as vn eon buy tiro \\ estern ami Northern > ily made goods. PATRONIZE HOr.lE IN JUSTS Y. Has 3 stork of the old army McClellan Saddles en hand. Come and M:O me Sept 'Jtl 1-y. 12rown Rogers $ Co Wholesale and Itelail HARDWARE Largos", lino of STOKVS in TVington. V Agricultural Implements MACIITNERY ofall kinds IL 11!. \"ESS .'7.\ D SJID 1)1. ES be. i'.ii.ws, o;LS, r.'iß.vistiES, &c' Specialalhnl i "tviUd to their tUntes Clipper l'/aivs. . Igenh Di/pm'fs ohl nnl well known IlfJ't't Puw !r. Bept ae-ly Doors , Sash, BLINDS- Having rebuilt our Planing Mill, j D'ior, Sa-h and Blind factory, mid fit ted i" no wiiii all new maehintry of the : latent and most approved patterns, we j arc now prepared to" do nil k u.us of work in cur line in tho very best style. Wc ma:>ufacturo DOOHS, SAStI, BLtNDSj Dooi Frame*, Window Frames. Brack ets, Moulding, lland-rail, Balusters, Newel*, Miiuteis, Porch Columns, and arc prepared to do alt kinds of Scroll Sawing, Turning, Wo carry in stock tt cat! et hoarding, Flooring, Ceil ing, W ttinscoting and all kinds of Dress ! ed Lmnher; also Framing Lumber, j Shingles, Laths, Lime. Cement, Plaster, Plastering llair and nil kinds ul Build er?' Mipplies. Call ana see us or write for our prices before buying elsewhere. MILLER BROS-, WINSTON, N. C. GEO. STEWART. Tin and Sheet Iron Manu facturer. Oj.oi I-. •' W i-house. ROOFING-GUTTERING AND SPOUT ING riona ai ihoii notice. Keeps rons' .oil' v on hand » tine lot of Cooking and lloalin;: Stoves 1 i SSm&Z No .1 ... i«ii r ...mixtion ol -04.1. or dr*wlnr* At, V* M n u *r«notleod lothi M : IK\Tf 1 cMU!• «b» world. Tbf a ot fluch ft ootict •TWO ' ♦hlilm'ind •BIOTdWIT lllMtrftU-l rfmr'l*' uTihlusS WV KKLI »t *IOO « »o»r. Ml U liffluidJ? I». l W-t d-.0-MO. nw.hMita. I•!.ontlonf. en«ln»erln« mtlji. MM to traj-siSiSf.'» Lflpuont»• lioß *■£?£? #»cti vr#*k. Iry ' '• ' iT i-r o»« dollar. MttQA * j. ol Boioni.no Ajtt«xt«Mi | iowt yatcut* ••IH4 k-:\> r riIIXCJJ SI CCI:I:I>S LIKI: J DANDUUV, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, IS HfiiS! OITWIIU nor Kim. IIKI.L.EN TIC NT. The hour has mine. .Strong hands the an chor raise; FrlemU s'atul and weep alonj the fading shore, ! It* (Vnr ■ " urn lit' n:i ,I v i In sudden laney that he silir slays Who s'ays behind ; thai some now danger lays New snare in oacli fresh path untro.l IH fere. All, foolish heart! in tale's mysterious lore Is writien no such oboiw of jilan and days . Eaeh hour has liUown jH iil and esea[H!; In most familiar things' familiar shajHt New danger comes willnmt or sh, r hl or sound ; No sea more foreign rolls than breaks | eaeh morn Across our threshold when the day is born; We sail, at sunrise daily "outward bound." AN AMUSING COURTSHIP. THEOWINKIJE BROWN DESCBIBEB Ills FIRST 6PAHKING. CA I. 1.1 NO ON BIKE JIN KIN SON— - A SKIUKS OF PIQUANT CONVERSATIONS—IIINTS THAT WERE NOT TAKEN. When I was young, says Theowinkle Brown in the Detroit Frc- Press, I was never very powerful in tue courting bus- j ine»!, though afterwards I was gradually . brought to, and convalesced. 1 wasu't afraid of shot-guns, or balky mules, but ! a young lady I always allowed plenty ; of room. My memory still keeps one : foot on the first night 1 ever went *rscc a girl, two off—Suke Jinkinson,prettier than a barrel of peaches. I'd never got uiero than in sparking distance of her, but 1 had loved her at sixty yards for a long time. 1 w."" the Duly heir and incumbrance of my father's quartet section of land ; fcnew her folks, and one uight I brushed down air happened to drop iu accidentally. Wo sat around the fireplace, and i talked mostly with tho old fulks they , they talked altogeth er with uic. There is one thing I never could understand, and that is, why the old folk* always think ihat it is necessa ry for them to sit up with a young rnau tiil the last horn blows to entertain him and waste their whole time m trying to make it pleasant for hio, when they don't do any such a thing ! They'll do it every time, if they lose sleep by it. | They think it is incumbent on them to jdo so, when it is not at all necessary. 1 talked well enough to the oltl folks. ' but when 1 had talked thctu out I had j also talked myself nut when 1 found . titvsclf alone in the presence (tf Sukc. j 1 couldn't say much, and she knit a good j deal. 1 was only nineteen, and waa away from home. What could I say? What could you have said ! Hut sho knit on. Tho conversational gosaip rau along in the folly style—the star;* rep resent intervals , the reader can fill up j these pauses, as 1 did, by twirling their thumbs, looking at the ceiling, the floor, and at thoir boots; occasionally I look ed at Suke—when sho didn't see me. It was 10 r. M. "What time have you, Mr. Brown " I "Indeed, my watch is in my other vest." "It gets late very oarly now nights." "Ob yes, indoed it does." "Do you have to get up very early tomorrow, Mr. Brown t" "Yes. We are going to oliop wood." "Docs not loss of sleep interfere with your working next "No, not in the least. I can stand it." • ••••* "Won't you be afraid to go home in the dark V' "Not a bit. lam noto.isily scared, and I know every step of the way in the dark." • • • » • • "Did jou ever sit up at a wake, Ml. Brown !" "I think four this winter." "And you never got wearried out 1" "No. 1 once sat up with two hand running, and was already to go to work the third day." "The corpses they staid qmct ?" "0 yes, they weru dead." "I lif-ar some one knocking. Miss J SuVn." * ••Y-*. it i« fa'her pounding the par ' tiiiirti. 1 guess he is diouming." "lie must be, I thiuk." "Was that 12 the clock struck j'ist now, Mr. Brown V "No, 1 only counted 11." "Oh, I forgot; our clock always strikes ono less. I wish it w luld strike oue more than it dues." "I'o you go to b«d enrly, Mr. Brown 1" "Oh, it doesn't matter when 1 go to bed." ("Villi t.-1.1«...'*' *. 1" "1 can get along without it very well." "1 wish I were like you." *»•«»» "Docs tli* kitten sleep theieall night. Miss Suke 1" "No, she has gone to sleep there, waiting for mo to go to my room." She gets sleepy early," "Well, the poor thing has been up all day, like myself, aud wants to retire."' *»«»*« "Have you good fences, Mr. Brown'" "I'relty good down our way." "It's fuuuy. All our fences, and everybody else, get the gaps up hero at this hour of tho night." "The place is not hauu'ed ?" "Oh, no." - • *»»»»* "There, I have got that mitten done | since you were here.'' "You don't say so? That's quick woik. You're a good knitter." "That fire is not like present company Mr. Brown." j "Why not, Miss ?ukc V' "Bceau3e it is out." j (Certainly it was out when there w»3 | no wood in it.) #•**#* "Are you not chilly, Mr. Brown "No, thank you, I am quite warm.'' "Ah, I thought you were very cool." "I'm very comfortable, Miss Suke." *#*• , » » "Did you ever sta-Ap in a house alone .it nigb', Mr, Br^O" "You bet I have." j "Well, would it be n*ueti of nn in convenience to you to sit up here whil • I go to my room and sleep a little, and in the rooming I will sue you .agair. Just keep your seat. There is no spooks here." I thought I had better go, as it looked like she had begun to hint in that di rection, so 1 made some kind o''atl ex cuse and loft, i never went back there, because from that day to this it has al ways seemed to lue that she someway meant that she wanted me to go homo, but for n>y life I'couldu't {rove it. I didn't marry hei, foi spite. NO lIKGKET FORSLAVKKY. There am many northern papers al- I ways on thu lini of nc« discoveries, or what they 1:0 disposed to eousidcr such. The New York Eihning Post thinks it scos remarkable signs of a complete rev olution in public sentiment in the South respecting oM sectional issues. Senator Vance's lcoture in ISoston, ami Jus : I'hclan's Congressional canvass in Ten neasco, have giveu rise to the Post's views. Mr. t'helan made quits a ropu tation as a forcible orator during the ; last Congressional campaign. In his j speeches he was patticularly careful to 1 present himself as a representative of the "New South" and declared that the "New South" rejoices iu the Union and its wide domain, and is proud of the removal of slavery. . Senator Vance was (ho war Governor of North Carolina. In bis Boston loo ture lie said : "Hitter to my taste as were the results of tho civil war, .lay after day had reooneilud me to tbeui, and convinced me of the wisdom of clioerful submission to the will of Hun who brought them about. Tho union of these Mates has boon preserved and declared indissoluble. A great, and j disturbing cons'itutional question has been finally settled, aud slavery bus been forever abolished; it no longer tarnishes the lair faiuo of a great and free republic. Because it was involved ia the question «.f a constitutional right, I fought four years in its defense. I tell you now, upon the honor of my man hood, that I would fight eight years, though my hairs aro white, agtiust any attempt to reinstate it in any portion of ! this continent. j It is all well enough for tho Post to comment ou the remarks of Senator i Vance and Mr. I'helao respect in - tie i disappearance of slavery, but it ought not to quote them as something new. It | would be difioult to find auywheici in the 8. nth iny regret for slavery.—Cbar ■ lotto ('Armiiclf. THE LARGKS P K VllM IN TUK WOULD. In tlio extreme southwest corner of Louisann lies the lnrjff'-.nt producing faroi in the world. It runs 100 miles north and south mid twenty-five miles east .ind w-i, and is owned And operated liy :i syndicate oi Northern capitali'is. Thoir general manager, Mr. J. I? Watkius, j gives an interesting account of this gi ganic plantation, which throws the great Dalr-.mpie farm of I'akota into the' a reporter at the S-. Jamas l|. ,1 and asked to give tin- partii u! of hi' ri ganio enterprise. "Th • million and a half acres of land in our tract,"' Mr. ' Watkius said, "was pureW t i'l HS ' fioui this State of I i Ji.-i ina and ft in the United States Govcrmi: nl. \ that tunc il was a vist cr-tzing 1.0. 1 f r ' the cattle of the xl -liei's f i l .o i. berhood. Winn I took posses i-.ii I found over 1(1,' I h .id f half wild hor-es i , c My first work was to divide tile r.:.nen tiai t into Co::v n ient pastures, e" :' mg ,iii or rancluß every ix un: .s. i»e alone cost in the neighborho..u ut 000. The land I found to best udapi u to rtos, sunnr, corn, and cotton. "All our cultivating ditching, inc., is dune by steam power. \\ e take a tract, say half a uiile wile (' r iu-datici. and plare an engine at eaisole. Th"-. engines ara poriablo, and operate a cable attached to four plows, and uuder thi arrangement we are abb 1 to plow thirty acres a ilay with only the labor of three men. Our harrowing, planting, and cultivating is done in a like manner. Ir, fact, there is nit a draught lior on th J entire place. We have, of course, horses for tho herders of cattlu of which wo now have 10,000 head. Th ■ Nmth orn Pacific Railroad run- fur thirty-six miles through oar farm. \vo have hree steamboats operaiing on the waters of our own estute, upon which tl re are 300 miles ot ravtgablc waters. Wo have an iee factory a bank, a shipyard ajptl riee tn,.i ' in Rfpu'-'iji II AS HOI' I . rm THE SU'TESS | OP TOHAt'tJO CULTURE .N GREAT IJIH FAIN. ,'iobac-o {London) S'v "The ex perimental cultivuti >c of t bacco in England during the current year lias ' excited a large amount "1 ] üblic inur-> est. The crop I i- I. on grown by 1 ardent agriculturists under nni'ivorubl.i conditions. The result is ;.cd u..satis- i factory. S •mo tobacco 1 .. b n- r ..lu ccd (hat ! r , ijuilo f n sa'.de, one vai! !\ bcir.g valued as high is ltd j »i > ~un by a London t"bnvo broker. There seems fair promise that tobieuo of a marketable value eati be grown in (iri.it Hritum. Sueh tobacco would in the course uf a few yeais obtain at. individ uality of its own. and would no doubt be found suitable for the manufacture of certain classes of tmoking tobaeco. It is, however, impossible for tobaeco growing to be a commercial success unless a concession is made by tho i ' | government. TO MAKE YOUR TOWN PROSPER Don't fret. Talk about it Write about it. H .uitify tiie streets. P.U roniio (lot me nts. D-i f: -n Ily to ' everybody. Hie." g.od mm to all ofri fes. Dou't gru ib:.« about hard times. Keop your sidewalks in good repair. Avoid gossip about your neighbors. I)o your trading with home merchants. Sell all you can and buy all you can at homo If you are rich, invest something; em ploy somebody; be a "rustler." Heme - ber that every dollar invested in permanent improvement is so much on interest. He courteous to strangers that couic among you, so that they maj go away with good impressions. Always cheer oti the men who no in for im provements; your portion of the cost will be nothing but what is ju-t Pou't kind at any proposed impioveinent be cause it is not at your own door, or fur fear that your taxes will be raised fifty cents. —Faycttevdie Observer. Somebody has coo pared the world to a beehive. The empty comb represents the possibilities «t life, which may bo filled with honey or stuffed with bee bread, and as in gathering honey the bee uses the sting as a spatula, and mingles a portion of its sting poison | with tho iweot for the sake of preserving it, so the wealth which the human bee accumulates lasts alt tiic bettei when depoMtci little «t a time at AII expense of much euro and labor.— A LEADING HHITLSH PAPER ON LEE. The Pall Mall Git tic, in revicw i: g the Memoirs of General Robert E. Li e, h Military an ' Personal His tory," winch Inn jut app .ire l in Lou do, i, refers ':> Lee's character in a tone of lofty adultation. "No biographei," it says, "ever had a nobler subject. Rob srl had a character all but flaw less : ho was a real king of men, spot less in his high-souled integrity, born V ••••• -•* ~*v * ' * V' J ' T - spoiled by go id f. rtuue, as grandly ealui in a lversity , tho shining figure, in a v. : 1, of a stupendous struggle that evoked toe full development of his spe cial gi ~ius." In closing the notice it ■ld ls . "lie fought out file good fight, and tl. n, with a noble dignity of ro - gnu' ' . went out into a retirement vl.i'h! e•> 'v uld break. His death v.as i :u'li'd a. It rl been his life, and his nayie will euduio wliilo grand -ir of >.»il, puii'.i 't clmraci r, devoted putri,.! i in a' I eliivairy of the finest type a. \ ir'.i.• - v .lued by inai.kiu—New \ ork /' im ■. RKGISTII xi'loN oi'' DEEDS. lu the proceedings of e) General A--. oi6h -,e lurtee t!ia Mr. Shaw of the II -me : ..i> iutrodjeed a bill to ex-i tend the time for tho registration of deeds. One of the best acts of the General A.--0U1! ly of l«-.5 was that requiring the r.giM ration of a deed in order to perfect the title, and alto requiring all former doe Js to be registered within a specified tine. The gieatest publicity possible was given to tins act and par ties were given ample time tu co:p!y with it. It is to be hoped that the pros es : General Assembly will not do so foolish a thing as to extend the time prescribed in that aet. Up to the tunc it went into op. ration no purchaser of re.il estate could tell with certainty when be was getting a good title. A man tuight sell of land a half dozen times, and 10 record bcu.g made ot it, ;:ii old deed might Im brought lorward v an;, time which would take precedence over all others. Why any tuau should want a 1 :.r to cover up sucli rascality lire una l le to nee.—Now Herri'; Jnirnal, OHIPS OF INTKKKBT. f ;oiu l'i •:: -i*. Fanner. ('off c to the value of $17,000,000 is ! r uglit into tho United States annual i ly. Tl re are 1,800 lawyers iu Boston, or •o lawyi r to ev ry :>■ '0 souls, men women and children. Within the limits of tho Roman Etu pire under Augustus th •re wore at least 100,000 fl .1 of human beings. New York consumes (1,000,000 bur ials of lag-M' beer a year, which is at ihe rate of five barrels for each man, woman and child. Some farmers in tho Connecticut River Valley are turning their attention from b icco culture to the raising of tine li 'rses. In 1318 a f arful plague, called "the black death," swept over all Europe, killing :uorc than one-half tho inhabi tants of EagUnd. Mrs. Eben Drown, of Chesterfield Factory, N. 11., has iu her possession a woven coverlet that has been in use over 200 years and is still in food eiui dition. \\ hen the President of tho United 1 Slates proclaimed war against Great Hritain 11 duly 10. 1812, tho navy of tho United Slates consisted of only twenty vessels, exclusive of gunboats. Grady comes of good stock. His fuller was a highly cultivated and weal thy planter, his mother a Southern lady, wi'h too mingled soc.al graces and religi 'us devotion which reached so high a type in the South. The boy was born about thirty-six years ago in what is called 'Chorok. o Georgia-" During the rebellion his father was killtd fighting gallantly on the Southern side, after having risen to tlio rank of Major.— Philadelphia .Yews. Ono half of the Republican party feel in honor botind to nominate Mr. Blaine in 1888, though they would bo glad to escape from tho dilemma, and the oth( r half are certain that if ho is so n 'initiated the party, tis Tony Weller aid, will l;o •'precipitated down and da.-;, d into a million o' hntoiug."—N. i V- Herald, Ind. NO. 30 I'AKM AND OAKDICN NOT KM. An average corn crop is worth a mil lion dollar* more than tlie combined value of other grains. Seven-tenths of the dry portion of corn is pure starch, and starch forms about four fifths of all human food. The Now Kngland Eurmer says het>B will rarely eat sunflower seed unless starved to it. Try boiling them and rubbing off the hulls. \f u l- - e • J. mi will enjoy your sociability us well as you will. Sensible horses like to b« talked lo by sensible uieu. A mixture of several kinds of grain for feeding stock i.; always better than one kind alon \ Variety in grain is as important an variety in bulky food. A l'ricnd of .Mr. A. C. Harlow, of | Maine, is confident ho desuroys the eod- Ilmg moth, as well as other insects, by bonfires iu (ho orchard the last of i June or July. I T IV f.issor J. N. Sanborn, Columbia j (Mo.) t liege, says in long-continued I p' liods of drouth vegetations is sus tains' by moisture rising from tlio sub j soil rather than from dews. A milkman in Lowell, Mass., says j ipples decrease the flow of his milch ' COBS. He fed them too freely. Oive a small quantity at first, and increase to one and two pecks per day. The American .Igricuflarisl sug gests that cats can be improved, as other animals, by keeping only the kit tens of supdrior promise, and the value of a ;;ood cat on the farm is generally underestimated. The New York Tribune suggests as a good shovel for all use a coal shovel, fourteen iuchen wide iu tho blade—use ful for stable cleaning, shoveling pota toes and many other operation*—a time and labor savor. It is always i-» order, says |the New England Farmer, to batten all the loose cracks in the .boarding of ihe stables I and shedj. A few cents' worth xt eom > man laths will save dollars worth of foe! [ in the shape of hay and grain during the MX months of a New England winter. A. 15. Alien advocates using a mod' erate quantity of pumpkins iu feeding swiuc, saying tliat they assist digestion and euablc them to more perfectly and economically turn the feed into flesh. A few roots may be used instead of pumpkins, beets and carrots being pie ferred. The silo has directed attention in a j special manner to the value of corn fod der, which is frequently allowed to go to waste. Kut the fodder can be util ized to great advautage without putting it iu the silo. If cut before it is dead ripe and properly eured and fed wiM« . concentrated foods, it is a capitul t food. 1 Give winter fowls a chance to "roost" on the manure pile; keep tham warm; t provide dusting boxes; if possible light, i close, wcll-vcntilatcd quarters aud sun f shine: runs under sunny sheds, a variety of food; warm feed, like boiled potatoes , mashed warm, with meal mixed with it, at coon daily, gravel crushed bone and and oyster shells, or other form of nine, and pure wate renewed daily, aud eggs will be abundant, even iu zero weath- cr. a No animal duos as well as it should that is not comfortable in winter. Study the comfort of all kiuds of live stock, Kegular feeding, wholesome food, pure water aud comfortable laiars are essential Horses need fiesh air, within draughts, and light. These arc less important for meat stock, .-heep require puro air but light is leas important, and darkness is favorable tor the quiet and rapid fattening of au mit.ating animal*. Warmth is especial ly important for all kinds of stock wbicb hive been fed fot slaughter, and which are being held for better market pros pects. The farmer who caunot raise fifty bushels per acre on fiar corn land is not a good corn-grower, and will hardly make this or any other cereal crop, uo. der IIKC cultivation, a sucoess. I have for man; years past regarded fifty bush els per aero as but a fair average yield o( corn on my farm, and the past two crops have avenged souio. sixty .five and seventy bushels per acre. To grow corn as many fanners do, and get a yield of thitty or forty bushels per acre, affoid" little profit, but just as there i« in half tillage of other crops.- -Covn* try Gentleman.