fertilisers 
raised, make 200 different varieties. I set out 
a good many tomato plants, but they did not 
do very well, but few getting ripe. I bought 
a swarm of Italian bees last Fall for $•'», 
and if 1 succeed In wintering them, will let 
you know how I get along with them next 
Summer. Fa gave me the watermelon seed 
he received from the Rural and about 
three or four days after, the bills were bur¬ 
rowed into by the moles. 1 patted them down 
and watered them, but none of the seed grew. 
Your nephew, paul v. bodge. 
La Porte Co., lnd. 
[I am glad to know that you took so much 
interest in raising seedling potatoes, and hope 
you will raise from them a better potato than 
was ever grown. Keep on experimenting! 
If you get a really good potato, I should be 
pleased to try it, cooked or uncooked. How 
have your bees wintered? Let us know more 
about them. uncle mark.] 
we were sorry-looking individuals. My father 
and brother, in no very enviable frame of 
mind, declared that I had spoiled their sport. 
My brother was so happy, he chased a dog five 
blocks with u brick, because he wanted to get 
some satisfation out of him, for barking. 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— In answer to Ursa 
Major, i would say that, when a seed is de¬ 
posited in the earth, the embryo plantlot de¬ 
velops a root, which instinctively pushes its 
way into the earth; at the same time a little 
stem appears above the ground. How the 
little plant makes these movements, w T e can¬ 
not ex plain. We cannot see the roote, but 
they are at work, pushing their way among 
pebbles, working themselves ioto the soil, or 
twiniug about obstacles of various kinds. 
Botanists say that the yellow rays of light 
cause the growth of the plant. Light also 
produces a movement among the leaves of 
plants, and many of them present their upper 
surfaces to it Leaves help to prepare nour¬ 
ishment, and feed the plant. The under side 
of the leaf is provided with hundreds of little 
mouths, that are constantly drawing in nour¬ 
ishment from the air. The leaf absorbs car¬ 
bonic acid, which is digested within it. 
In the sleep of plants, is to be seen an il¬ 
lustration of their sensitive natures. The Sen¬ 
sitive Plant, Honey Locust, and Wood Sorrel, 
bring their leaves together at sunset, and re¬ 
sume their diurnal positions often before duy- 
ligbt. Some plants, such as the Virginia 
Creeper, Mistletoe, Dodder, Trumpet Creeper, 
Poison Ivy, European Ivy, and others, that 
cling to walls and tree trunks, prefer shelter 
irom sunlight. 
The principal elements of clay are silica 
and alumina. Sometime* clays are mixed 
with lime, magnesia., alkali and metallic 
oxides. Clay is the chief ingredient in roofiug 
and school slates, and also in what are called 
shales. Pipe clay or porcelain clay has no 
sand. Brick clay contains from five to 20 
per cent, of silicious sand; clay loam, from25 
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Address 
Joseph 1. <Sc CO., Weymouth. Mu****. 
Dear Uncle Mark;— The flower seeds 
which you sent mamma last Spring, grew end 
did very nicely, especially the phlox, China 
Asters, mignonettes and Morning Glories. 
Papa did very well with the Blush Potato you 
sent. From the potato weighing two ounces, 
he raised 26 pounds, four tubers weighing five 
pounds. For the Shoe-peg Corn, papa pre¬ 
pared a small piece of ground, and after 
planting it, did nothing more to it until time 
to gather, and, as it turned out well, he in¬ 
tends growing it the comiug season. 
Cousin Roy has commenced treating his cab¬ 
bages as mamma did hers several years ago, 
and she has grown them successfully ever 
eiuce. I hope Boy will be successful with bis. 
Mamma planted five rows of Lima Beans, 
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THE UNION HORSE-POWER 
Hai the Largest Track. W< eels. DOUBLE GEARED, 
r—N.» KvhIm- t’hllled llanrln** 
and LEVEL TREAD 
more than three goon rows iu an. " jr 
were bulled, we were really surprised at the 
amount raised; getting an average of three 
pecks to the row. Can uuy of our friends do 
1 »etter thau that? Pa killed six wild turkeys 
at one shot, at a place called Ft. Nichols. He 
frequently takes the boys rabbit hunting in 
the Winter, showing them how to use their 
guns to some advantage. Respectfully, 
MKlUtlE CHRISTMAS CASSELL. 
Smith Co., Va. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— The flowers did pret¬ 
ty well. My brother and 1 received the seeds 
that, you so kindly sent us last year. They all 
came up nicely, and we set them out in the 
sunshine one day just before a big storm came 
up. They got very wet, aud some of them 
were drowned, but we had enough to make 
quite a brilliant little garden. We have a 
nice bed of Sweet Williams for this Summer. 
The sun flowers were real nice ones, aud we 
saved a few seeds, but most, of them were 
worm-eaten. How can we prevent worms eat¬ 
ing sun-flower seeds? I set out a nice l*e*l of 
Monarch of the West Strawberry? last Spring, 
and they grew nicely. 1 love to work among 
plants of any kind. When L was a little girl 
six 3 cars ohJ . papa aud mamma were plantiug 
out tomatoes; 1 wanted some for mv own, so 
papa gave me hair a dozen plants, but had no 
idea 1 would plant, aud care for them. 1 did, 
aud they were loaded with fruit. I help mam¬ 
ma with the garden, aud we have beautiful 
flowers all Summer. Welike the Youth’s De¬ 
partment of the Rural, and also the Discus¬ 
sions; I will try and take part iu some of them 
this year. * Your uiece, 
litintingtou Co., Ind. lillian e. Huffman. 
[After the seeds ripeu, place them in a well- 
closed bottle or box. Drop a little bi sulphide 
0 f carbon in the bottom of the box. That will 
keep out all worms.— uncle mark.] 
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run on until 1 hud to pause to cate i my 
breath. After l had rested myself, and rose to 
continue on my my way home, L found that I 
loht my way, aud so bad to turn back. As 1 
drew near, l saw my brother crossing the 
track with the flsh in his hand, for father and 
he had guessed what bail caused me to run jwst 
them, and so my brother had gone to look for 
the fish. He had searched through the busln s, 
ami along the tranks of the creek, aud at last 
found them under an arch through which the 
water escaped from the creek into the river. 
He had to strip aud dive in after them, and as 
it was on a cool Autumn day, he did not rel 
ish his lKith, aud it did not tend to highttn his 
good humor. 
When l returned, I received a scolding, and 
1113 father made me sit down next to him and 
watch my liuo. Soon after, I had a bile, and 
got so excited that 1 dropped my Hue into the 
water, aud might, have dropped in after it, 
hud not father caught hold of me. Then l 
had to sit down aud watch my father and bro¬ 
ther flsh, but I soon found something to do, 
for as fast us they taught them, 1 put them 
into the basket which contained our luncheon. 
When we opened the basket at noon to eat our 
dinner, we found that the flsh had, by 
their floundering, overturned and so dirt¬ 
ied it, that we could not eat it. One 
large eel which had been caught a few 
minutes after I lost my line, had succeeded iu 
sticking his head through a custard pie; lie 
looked like a golden headed eel. while another 
nearly succeeded iu burying himself beneath 
the crust of an apple pic. To cap the climax 
of our misfortune, it began to ruiu, aud we 
had to ruu nearly hair a mile to the nearest 
house, in a heavy raiu, and over railroad ties, 
which was not very pleasant, in my haste, 1 
tripped aud fell on my face, cutting my lip, 
skinning my nose, and blackening oue of my 
$eat estate 
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FARMS IN HANSOM COUNTY, DAKOTA, to all 
seekers, on such terms that all who arc anticipating 
a change of location, or are desirous of 
from the land, at not less than*: per uusuei ueiivereu 
at his mill. If the market Is over 81 per bushel, he 
will pav market price, and will hind himself to pay 
not less than |1 per bushel. 
For further particular- address 
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T o T-v A T 0.1 n « Netting Investors 8 per cent. 
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FARRELL’S LAND OFFICE, Waldo,Florida, 
Dear Uncle Mark:— I raised on the piece 
of ground that pa let me have, 28 bushels of 
potatoes, 24 bushels of which I sold tor $ 12 , 
the rest 1 kept for seed. I also raised 41 dif¬ 
ferent varieties of potatoes from seed balls. 
The potatoes are red, white, blue, bulf, and 
some are nearly black. They vary in size, 
from a cherry to a butternut. They are nearly 
all of good shape. If any of them prove good, 
1 will send you some of the seed, if you wish. 
My seedling potatoes, together with those pa 
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