Care Of Horses

The Liondon Horse Booh says : All hoses must not ba fed iu tho sarao proportion, without regard to their ugo?, thoir constitutiou, and their work ; because the tnpropriety of such a practice issclf -evident, yetit isconstantly done, and is the basis of disease of every kind. liever use bad hay on account of its cheapness, because there is no proper nourishment in it. Damagcd corn is oxnredingly injurious, beoause it brings on inflainuiation of the bownls and skin diaeases. Chaff is beiter for old borsea than hay, because they can chew and digest it btter. Mix chaff with corn or beau?, and do not givo the latter alono, becauso it makos the horse chew his füod moro nnd digest it better. Hay or grass alono will not support a horse under hard work, bscSUse tuero is not sufficiont nutritivo body in uit her. When a horse is workea hard its fóod should chiefly be oats ; if not worked hard its food should chiefly be hay becauso oats eupply moro nourishmeut and flesh-making material than any other kind of food ; hay not so niuoh. Baek feed is wasteful. The bettor plan is to feed with ehópped hay, froTn u manger, because the food ia not then thrown out, and is more easily chewed and digetd. Sprinkle the hay with water that has salt disfiolved in it, because it is pleasing to the animal's taste, and moro easily digested. A teaspoonful of salt in a bucket of water is suffieient. Oats should bo bruised for an old horse, but not for a young one, because the iormer, through age and detective teeth, cannot chew them properly : thi; young horse can do so, and they ure thus properly mixed witli the saliva, and turned into wholesouie nutriment. How Slimmer Xuits shoiild be Wasliod. Sumraer siiits are nearly all made of white or buff linen, pique, cambrie, or muslin, and the art of preserving the apuearance after washnvz is a matter oí the grenfest imporftifíc-e. Couimon waslierwomeu spoil everthing with soda, and nothing is more frequent than to sec tlie delicato tints of liwns and percales turn ed into dark blotches and muddy streaks by the ignorance and vandalism of .a laundress. It is worth while for ladies to pay attention to this, and insist upon iraving thoir summcr drosses washcd according to tho directions which they should be prepared to give their laundresses themselves. In tho first place, the water should be tepid, the soap should not be allowed to touch tho fabric ; it should be washed and rinsed quick, turned upon the wrong sid:-, and huug in the sbade to dry, and when starched (in thin boiled but not boiling Btarch) should bn folded in sheets or towels, and ironed upon the wrong side as soon as possible. Bilt 'linen shoüii be Washed in water in which hay or a quart bag of brmi has been boiled. This last will be found to answer for starch as well, and is excellent for print dresses of all kinds, but a haudful of salt is very useful also to set the colors ' of light cnmbiïcs and dottud lawns : and a littln ox gall will not otily set but brighten yellow and purple tiuts, and has a good effect upon groen. - Scientiflc American. Vapor Ftiol. Experimenta are bfidg made at the Delamater Iron Works with Ainlber's " Xupor Fuel" machine, which is intended to suporsede coal fornácea for manufacturing purposes. This invention, about tno ownerahip of which there has been for some timo a bitter contest, which has ieeontly been twice decidöd by th Patent Office in favor of Ambler, consista of a machine containing aniiiternal oil chamber surrounded by a steara-jacket to va porize hydrocarbon gas, and a steam-space below and above the oil-chamber to as - áist in maintaining the temperatura required to vaporizo the hydrocarbon. The procesa of mnnufacturing " fuel " is by niinging hydrogen in contact with carbon in a generator, the cnstruetion of whieh is such as to distribute the heat of the steam through tho hydrocarbon. Burners are so arranged at the point of combustión, that the steam at a raren'ed temperaturo is consumad, and a hydrocarbon flame produced. This invention, it is claimed, has over the use of coal tho following advantages: One-half the cost, simplicity of construction, and intense heating power, which can be quickly regulated with easo from the lowest to the highes.t degree ; perfect combustión, no smoke, no ashes. In the manufacture of iron, glass, porcelain, etc, these qimlities render such a machine peculiurly important.