Agricultural And Domesmic

3eside my garden beds at twilight hour I walked with lingeringf feet, Stooplng to gather here and there a flower By 8un and dew made sweet. And of ten pauso with angry voice to murinur That where 1 plantpd ood, - And lookt'd ío ñnd the choicoöt flowers of Buinmor, Grow rank anti bittfc weeds - So tall anti Ptron?, all nred of care dioteiinint, Tli. y bear no fruit nor bloom. Lot ruo not leave one barren branch remaining ! Why should I givc thein room ? And yet Bweet nature in her boeom holde them, And sheds hor Bon and air As they wcre fairest bloflsoms, and withnold them Naught of her tender care. Perhaps in cyea divine, with visión clearer Than tilia dim, narrow sight, Vhat we cali woedö may be accountod dearer Than all my blossoms bright. And Büall I then despiso and bid theni wither ? To murmnr have I room, Who brought from lif e no f ruitf ui harvest, neither Spent it in f ragrant bloom ? Grow od, poor weeds ; I will not check or ehide thte. Hor grudgo thy little space To nefitle in earth's brcast ; one day beside thco I, too, Bhali cravo a place. For you and me a few moro Summer hours, And then - Ah ! who will know If leafless, lifeleas forms were weeds or flowerp, Uader the next Winter's snov ? Around the Farm. A Virginia lady, whose liusband diecl two years ago, lias since that time, with the aid of her six daughters, succeesfully oultivated a farm of over 200 acres. MiXmons of dogs and no sbeep - that'H the position Georgia, the Empire State of the South,. ocoupies on the woolquestion. - Atlanta Constituí 'on. Seyentï six potatoes were reccntly taken from one hill by tfr. Henderson, of Winnipeg, of which number fifty-five were larger than hens' eggs. This is illustrative of the wonderful produetiveness of this country, and shows that it is no " small potatoes and few in a hill." Texas has planted the true Egyptian rice; finds that it floruïshes on ])rairie upland, and yields ten times as much as any other varie'y; that the heads are larger and the grains heavier, darker and more oasily ebtained than the varieties now cultivated. About 12,000,000 acres of France having become unproductive as agricultural lands, by bad husbandry, have been the past spring set out in forest trees, prineipally pine. In this way it will soon become the most profltable territory. Thb American feeders probably never could have invaded the English meat market at a more opportune period. The shambles are not only sparsely covered, but tho quality of the meat exhibited is, generally speaking, impopular, and ill-adapted to cope with the grass-fed meat that they are prepared to offer to the meat-eating popülation of Great Britain. - London Agricultural Guzette. A hobse, no matter how vicious an obstinate he may be, when attempts are made to shoe him, can be rendered quiet and manageable . by making him inhale during the operation a few drachms of the ethereal oil of parsley dropped on a handkerchief. A large number of trials of this substance have been made with the most troublesome and violent animáis, and in every case with perfect success. One of the results attending the grasshopper invasión of Southwestern Minnesota is the increased attention given by the iarmers to stock-raising and the dairy business. A number of cheee facttories are now in successful operation throughout that section of the State, and others in contemplation, but still greater attention is paid to butter makiug, which in a few years has developeci into an important and valuable industry, I sat an enterprise in floriculture near Sandwich Town, Cape Cod, that paid well. An acquaintance had constmeted a small pond or basin adjoining his cranberry bog, containing, he and I judged, about lour square rods. The water was probably two and a half or three feet deep and the bottom mucky. He procured a variety of pond lily, in form like tho white ones growing in ponds here, but of a pink color, and planted them in this pond. I do not know just how long ago this was done, but he told me that last year he cut about 1,500 of the flowers, placed them carefully in wet moss, packed them ia nice packages, and sent thsm to Boston. He realized for the lilies, af ter payiug express charges and commission, as I underatood it, 175. He sold them for twelve shillings per dozen. - Rural Home. The sowing of wheat should be completed as early as possible, especially if he soil is iu good condition for seed. Rye aud lucerne shotild now be sown for sarly soiling in spring. If a good variety of turnips are sown t'e first week in September they will pro iuce well unless frost sets in early. Water for stock íhould be provided so that no inconveaience will be feit duriiig the drought of summer or the ngor of .-inter. Farm buildings of every kind should be put in repair. A capacious woodshed erected near the dwelling, and an abundant supply of sawed and split wood iaid in for winter. A foundation of inuok should now be made for the nis iure heap, and the coliection of man re continuod. Farm roads should be epaired, drains made, gates substituted tpl gaps, and a general fixing up of things on the farm, and around the homestead, corried on. . Weeds should be collected and burned before they have shed their seeds. AiMiut thp House. Tomato Hweetmeats. - Scald and remove the skin, sliee them and stew thern in sugar like other preserves, threefourths of a pound to a pound of tjmatoes. Coffee Cake (will keep a year)- One cup cold coffee, one cup molasses, one cup sugar, one cup butter, threo cups flour, one egg, one-half pound raisins, one-fourth pound citrón, one tablespoon soda, one-haif a nutmeg, ono teaspoon ground cinnamon, one-tialf teaspoon cloves. Bake slowly. Corn Pudding Vegetable. - Take even ears of corn, cut through with a inife the kernels and then cut off; a teacup of milk, one egg, salt and a little butter, a pinch of soda; mix well and bake one hour and a half. To grate your corn is better, but it takes more corn labor. To BiiEACH Febn Leaves. - Gather ;hem when the flowers are on the backs of the lèaves, press them in a book till ready for bleaching, then suspend them . by a thread iu a jarnlled with the bleaching solution, and let them remain till they are white; rinse gently but thoronghly in clear water and lay bet ween soft folds of muslin; when dry they are ready to be mounted. Kibneï Stew.- Take two large beef kidneys, remove the fat, wash thoroughly, then dry, cut them in small pieces and boil in one quart of cold water; stir for two hours, then add one-half teaspoonful of black pepper and a pinch of salt, and thicken with pastry nour; serve with wall of mashed potatoes and toast. Germán " Wind-Bags."- To live ounces of butter add one-quarter pint of water, and boil; add graluallj, whilo on the firo, six ouncen of flour, turto eggs and one spoonful of sugar; stir very briskly for ten inmutes, then take Ébis paste and put by spoonf uls m buttered tins, sprinkle with powdered sugar, bake fifteen minutes and serve. Anotheb household hazard is npon-uu in the shape of a substituto for beeswax, which is dug up near the largo coal-gaa bcda of Alistaría, and is very combustible, and with difficultv soluuble eveu in cil of turpentine. It estoles a benzinc-liko odor, and in its purc-st f rra, af ter beaching, is used for Mttidlf 8, wax flowerr1, poüwhing, pomade, and iauudries.