n^KE STANDARD WORK ON 
umor 
THE PRACTICAL SHEPHERD 
GLIMPSES OP GENIUS. 
JOHNNIE'S NEST-HUNTING. 
A COMPLETE TREATISE ON HI F. TlRBKOTNO. MAN- 
AUl'MENT AND DISEASE* OP SHEEP. 
By Hon. Henry S. Randall, LL. D., 
Author of "Sheep Husbandry in the South," “Fine 
Wool Sheep Husbandry,” AC,, Ac, 
“A drea 11 fui. little for a shilling,” said a pe¬ 
nurious fellow to a physician who dealt out an 
emetic; “ can you not give any more?” 
An Irish crier at Balltnasloc being ordered to 
clear the court, did so by this announcement: 
“ Now, then, all ye blackguards that isn’t, law¬ 
yers must lave the court. 
** Ma, somebody is going to die." said a know¬ 
ing little fellow, who was looking out of the 
window into the street. “Why?" “ ’Cause the 
doctor's Just gone by," was the reply. 
“ I say, Jim," said a clow-boy one day to his 
companion, “I know of a new-foshion coat to 
keep out the wet.” “What is that?" “Why, if 
yon eat red herring for breakfast, you'll be dry 
all day.” 
I.error: Johnny was being catechised by his 
brother, who asked him wlmt he was made of. 
Johnny replied, " Vow and me and papa are 
made of dust, and mamma and sister are made 
of men's wibs." 
A man named Stone exclaimed in n bar-room, 
“ I'll hot I have the hardest name In the com¬ 
pany." “Done,” said one of the company: 
“ what is your name ?" “ Stone," cried the first. 
“Hand me the money," said the other, “my 
name is Harder." 
A young pupil of the New Orleans grammar 
school was scolded by his mother, “Sammy, 
sarnmy," said she. “ why did you do that ? You 
might have known you would hurl yourself.” 
“ How could T know, mother?” replied the 
youngster, as the [tain from his bruised skin 
ceased for a moment,; “ am 1 a future tense?" 
A young man front the country lately volun¬ 
teered his services to gallant a young lad v home 
from a party. On his way he cudgelled his brains 
for some interesting ionic ot conversation to 
amuse her with, but nil in vain; he could hit. 
upon nothing until they met several cows, when 
the swain said, with much simplicity of manner, 
“Now, isn't it strange what a motherly appear¬ 
ance a cow has?" To which the lady replied, “1 
do not think it. strange, sir, that a cow should 
have a motherly appearance to a calf.” 
BY GLENN HERBERT, 
My Johnnie whs wild with delight. 
And shouted in merriest glee. 
As in from the burn he came running to-night, 
“I've been a ncst-huntlng, and see 
What a lot of great beauties I found in the hay 
Where Old Speckle has hidden each morning to lay ! 
The Practical Sueptucuji should bo in the hands 
of every one engaged in Sheep Husbandry, ns it 13 
unquestionably the best and most complete Treatise 
on the subject ever published in America. No vol¬ 
ume on any branch of Agriculture or Husbandry 
ever hnd such a rapid sale or gave sueh universal 
satisfaction. For evidence of the high approval the 
work has received read the following 
OPINIONS OF PRESS AND PEOPLE : 
From. the. New England Farmer, Host on. 
The Practical Sit kiui win is a work that has long 
been needed Lij people. It should be In the hand 
and head of every person owning sheep. 
Front the Country Gentle man and < nltiralor. 
Asa whole, this book is nnq«ie*11onahly In advance 
of anything of the kind now before t he public. 
from the Maine Farmer. 
The name of the author, lion. II. S. RANDALL, is a 
guarantee of its complete ness and reliability. 
From Col. It, P. Johnson. Ser.'y N. 1'. Slate Ay'l Society. 
It is the best practical Sheep Book, I think, ever 
published, and does great credit to l>r. Randall. 
From the AT in Fork Tribune. 
In this volume the author has exhnnste.il the suh- 
Jent. and given all tlnd in necessary for liny farmer 
to know nliout selecting, breeding, and gcneml man¬ 
agement of sheep, m health or eicknesn. We heartily 
commend this work t* • ttll who wish lor a sound and 
thorough treatise on Sheep Husbandry. 
From C. L. Flint. See'll Man. Hoard of Aviculture. 
I 1 1 live devoted all my leisure moment* to a perusal 
of the work, and congratulate author and publisher 
on wlmt appears to me to be a complete success. 
From the Ohio f armer. 
The reputation of the author—who ranks as the 
authority in this country upon all that pertains to 
the brooding and management of sheep —will Induce 
a large and continued demand for “The Practical 
Shepherd,” 
From the Journal of the X, Y. State A o'I Society. 
The Practical sm.OMrun Is a most complete 
work on Sheep Husbandry for the practical wool 
grower, and gives all the Important, matter required 
for the management Of sheep, as well us u descrip¬ 
tion of the various breeds adapted to our country. 
This work meets the wants of the wool growers. 
From the Prairie Fanner. 
The Illustrations Of sheep are by the ties! artists of 
Now \ ork, and well done. The letter press and paper 
are ui) t hat could he desired iu a work of t his descrip¬ 
tion. It will undoubtedly meet with the large sale its 
merits demand. 
trc~ Tin: Practical Shepherd is sold only by 
Agents and the Publisher. It comprises f.'d large 
duodecimo pages, and Is printed, Illustrated and 
hound iu superior style. Price, f2. Hampie copies 
mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. 
Address I). 1». T. MOORE, 
41 Park Row, New York, or Rochester, N. Y. 
" I had a great hunt, ms," ho said, 
“ All over the big burn Hour, 
And up on the scaffold Unit’s way overhead, 
And the little one over the door; 
nut. no sign of an egg could I find there at all, 
And 1 came very near coming down with a fall! 
" Then when I stood on the big beam 
I saw a rat running away, 
And I caught, a pitchfork, with a hit of a scream 
And chased him all ovur the hay : 
And in trying to corner that wicked old rat 
I found all these eggs that I hold In my bat!” 
O Johnnie, my nest-hunting boy, 
You'll ttnd it Just so throughout life; 
You'll search for some beautiful,coveted Joy 
Amid all the tumult and strife,— 
You'll search for It high and you'll search for it low, 
And you’ll search for It ever wherever you go,— 
Rut only to find It, sometime. 
When other things lead you a chase, 
And then it may be’twill have passed by its prime. 
And you'll thrust it, aside In the race; 
For of pleasures, and honors,and wealth, and all that 
That men search tor, bow little they put in their bat! 
Some day, when you’ve hunted too long 
For riches, and honors and joy, 
You'll catch a faint echo of Old Speckle’s song, 
And wish you were only a boy. 
To be merry and glad with your laughter and play, 
And go nest-hunting in the old burn ns to-day ! 
THE CHILDREN'S WIGWAM. 
We like to bgc children enjoying them¬ 
selves. To be children they must play ; for 
a child that sits soberly all day is not a child, 
but a little man or woman, and will grow 
old and die long before its time. Then he 
merry ms you may, young friends, and in Ihis 
respect be children as long as you can. Play 
will strengthen your bodies; and in this age 
of poor health and physical weakness, strong 
bodies are as much to be desired as strong 
minds. 
We take pleasure in adding to your in¬ 
door enjoyment from week to week by tell¬ 
ing some interesting story, or presenting a 
group of puzzles, and now we hope to in¬ 
crease your oul,-door amusement by giving a 
handsome picture of a play-house, and tell¬ 
ing how it is made, so that with a little help 
from oltler hands you can make similar ones 
for yourselves. The picture was designed 
by our frieud M. A. Gates, who built bucIi 
a play-house, or wigwam, as you may prefer 
to call it, whom we feel sure you will thank 
for so kindly remembering you, and who 
thus describes the manner of construction: 
Select a nice, smooth spot, and drive a 
peg in the ground for a center, then, with a 
short piece of rope, and with another stick 
for a marker, describe a circle around this 
center of six or seven feet diameter. Then 
with an iron bar set bean poles, leaning a 
little imvard, eight or ten inches apart, 
around the circle, leaving a space upon the 
shady side for entrance, say two feet wide. 
Bring the poles together at the top, and tie 
each one in such a manner that they will 
appear as even as possible; two or three 
may be left, longer than the rest, and extend 
upward if you choose. 
Take strips of ordinary sawed lath, which 
are usually four feet in length ; sharpen one 
end and drive them into the ground diagon¬ 
ally, a few inches in depth, just outside the 
poles. Bend them around and spring the end 
of each under about the fourth polo from the 
one by which It is driven. Describe another 
circle about a foot inside the poles, and stick 
another row of lath upon this circle, slant¬ 
ing in the opposite direction, and leaning 
outward so as to touch upon the poles at the 
same point with the outside row. With 
brad awl, and No. 11 nails, fasten the upper 
ends of t he lath to the poles. 
The space between the two rows of lath 
is to be planted with climbers of various 
kinds; such as colmt mi/ulais , scarlet run¬ 
ners, hyacinth bean, misturlions, &c. The 
two rows of lath av ill prevent the little feet 
from disturbing the roots of the plants, anti 
add much to the. beauty of the structure. 
This could be surmounted by a bird- 
house, if desired. Bluebirds will readily 
take possession of any neat little box with a 
hole in one side large enough to admit them. 
In making such a box it should not. be for¬ 
gotten to have one or more small holes near 
the top, for windows, to admit light while 
the bird is passing in, or it will be afraid of 
its own shadow. 
_A small piece of wire should also be pro¬ 
vided for a door-step, so they can light just 
before the door. And above all, be sure to 
have it either nailed against, lire side of a 
building high up, or on a tall, smooth pole, 
for old cats are very fond of young birds, 
A tin roof, extending over an inch or two 
on all sides, will keep out the rain. The 
bluebird will well reward for all his trouble 
by returning annually to look after his old 
house and pick up large numbers of trouble¬ 
some insects. 
IliHctllun cons • tdvertisemen Is. 
GIRLS IN INDIA 
The Heathen Women’s Friend says that 
in India the heathen girls are. not loved and 
taken care of as they are in America, Here 
people let the little girls live and eat with 
father and mother and brothers, give them 
nice clothes to wear, and teach them to read 
and write; but in India the fathers are 
ashamed of the little girls, and never like to 
tell people that there are any girls in their 
houses, and the lathers and brothers never let 
tlu> mothers and sisters eat with them, or ride 
or walk with them anywhere. And heathen 
people tlo not let their girls learn to read, 
but, try to keep t hem in ignorance, if a lit¬ 
tle girl belongs to the lower class she is 
made to work very hard, like a little slave, 
while yet very small; anti if she belongs to 
a high caste family she is kept in her 
mother’s private rooms after site is six or 
eight years of age, and is never permitted to 
run out and play with other children, or go 
to visit, uncles and aunts or grandpas. Our 
little-girl-friends will feel doubly thankful on 
reading this that they live in enlightened 
America ; and we trust they may grow up 
to appreciate the many advantages which 
life here offers over life in almost any 
other country. 
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My 29,12, 21, 15 is a smalt animal. 
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My 33. 39, 14,29,11, 9 Ufa disease. 
My 7, 17, 35, 3, 33,13, 40 and 22, 30, 25,1, 29 go hand 
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My 7,37, 15,19, 35 were aometirnes known in Eng¬ 
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My 11,28 is wlmt mj pocket-book is generally. 
My 2, 20, 30,18 were *i-)Uatkiro tins year. 
My whole Is a good maxim. 
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To properly compensate Authors,— and thereby to 
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HILDA’S MOUSE 
One day a mouse, that had been caught 
in a trap, was just going to be drowned. 
Lit tlo Hilda begged t hat, the prisoner might 
be given to her, and her request was granted. 
She had a wire lid put on to a wooden box, 
so that she might see the captive, ttnd that 
it might have light and air. 
She was very attentive to her new favor¬ 
ite, and led it every day. But one morning 
the mouse was gone! It hud eaten a hole 
t hrough the side of the box and escaped. 
Hilda frett ed about her pet for many days; 
but, as she was sitting quietly by the fire 
one evening in twilight, wlmt should she see 
but a grown mouse! It was the one she had 
lost. At last it grew so tame as to eat out. 
of her hand, and to come when she called, 
answering the call by a shrill squeak. Hilda 
had many pets; but none she loved so much 
as this one. 
You see how much mny be done by kind¬ 
ness. Even a mouse can be made grateful 
and affectionate by kind treatment. 
CSREEN RIVER CUTLERY WORKS 
827“Answer in two weeks. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA-No. 12 
It corrodes the lining of the stomach ! 
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My second's in straw but not in hay. 
My third is in answer blit not in reply, 
My fourl.li is in June hut not in July. 
My fifth is in daughter but not in son. 
My whole Is a person who good has done. 
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DECAPITATION-No. 2 
T he shocks a of the i>oih;e 
SELF RAKER during the past, aesiacm turn been 
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IT n'touc liter), a fair one’s hand I clasp, 
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And in my pressure soft it lingers. 
Behead me, vet she feels my thrill, 
Ami finds delight in my caressing; 
I bow the world with tender will. 
And bear to all tin- purest blessing. 
Under a Tree, Somewhere, 1889. Aliquis, 
85?” Answer iu two weeks. 
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The price will come within the nienDS of all classes, 
us they make several sizes and styles to suit all 
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For further proof ot the popularity of these Pianos, 
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in which H AINES BUG’S sold 1135 Pianos. The 
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RURAL FOUR-YEAR-OLDS. 
[Mothers of Smart Children are invited to contri 
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My first always implies increase; 
The miser's motto it has been. 
M v saniid— will it ever cense ? 
'Tis but another name for sin. 
Mv irhule with kindness may bring hack 
The straying youth to virtue's track. 
Ballston, N r Y. w. L. s 
Answer in two weeks. 
Conscience on the Brain.— Little Daisy, when 
about four years old, suffered at different times 
with pain in her stomach. One day her mamma 
asked tier what she thought was the matter with 
her, " O!" said site, “I guess T have conscience 
settled on the brain, and it ’s produced inflamma 
tion of the stomach.” “We thoughl this reply 
did pretty well lor our four-year-old," adds 
Daisy's mother. 
New Stylo of Waterfall.—A little fonr-year- 
oldor not many miles from Avon, in this State, 
hearing lor the first time of waterfalls, poured a 
quantity of water on top of her head and, ns it 
ran down her back, cried out triumphantly 
“ Grandma I grandma! see my waterfall!" 
Rattier Venerable.—Do people grow old un¬ 
commonly fast in Pennsylvania ? Some of tin? 
young ones have ft trick of putting their baby¬ 
hood a grout ways behind them — apparently, as 
this will illustrate:—A Throe yeiir-oidor was one 
day watching his father at work in the garden, 
and inquired,— 
“ Father, what you maltin’ ’em tides for?” 
“To put Ofthbagein," was the reply. 
“Weil," said little Levi, “cabbage is good. I 
like it. I used to eat it when I was a baby 1" 
ANAGRAM.-No. 17 
IhAFsi the egotaetni ist pelac, 
flewhe ony odarb twaer yslcwte wollsy sltged. 
Ti esse teal it tnrof hetaht ot nbes 
Ranted ni he! dinglls edits. 
Nda irfrae esh tub ha hwo onos ot ide 
Khe ttnuo ntadre fo elfi tshi rhuo yma seeea 
Ehr epuafele gbiuc vsllwo opes3ss yb 
Ot osem route teoreft eepne. h. & c. 
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Problem No. 20.—Time past, 54 years; time to 
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Cross-Word enigma No. 12.—Geneseo. 
Mtsei i J.AXEors Enigma No. 27.—It is sweet to die 
for due’s country. 
Cbarade No. 17 .—Sandwich. 
Anaoii am Nu. 15.— 
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