scribe fine music. Some people are in the 
habit of saying they dislike yellow, or blue, or 
red. When these colors are in proper accord, 
such sentiments are uever felt, the idea beiug 
mostly due to the persons entertaining them 
having seen some imperfectly p&iuted work. 
Every one has not the same taste or delight in 
colors, any more than we all have the same 
appreciation and love of music or other arts. 
I heard a man once say there was no art about 
arranging colors; it was simply accident. One 
may just as well say there is no use of arrang¬ 
ing music for harmony. One is as much an 
art as the other. Fine colorists are rare even 
in the best circles of painting. No painting is 
perfect when the eye does not rest on it with 
perfect repose. The feelings must be in no 
way offended, while the sense of sight must be 
satisfied. Strong as the assertion may seem, 
no improvement has been gained by time in 
the principles of coloring, Tbe earliest works 
°f Egypt, were as true to principles and taste 
as are the best works of tbe present day, just 
as was tbe case with the first works of the 
great Greek sculptors. It is only with regard 
to the modification of colors to tbe various 
minor tints that taste has improved with civ¬ 
ilization, and attention to this carried on to 
too great a degree brings coloring down to a 
sickly sentiment that has to be reinvigorated 
by the introduction of the primitive colei's, 
aud this change of style goes the rounds like 
fashion in dress at certain periods. 
Elevate the funnel and pour in milk-warm 
water—better to be a little warmer than 
colder—until the water runs out quite clear. 
Then lower the funnel end of the tube as far as 
possible, to draw off the remaining water. 
Finally iuject tbe following solutiou and al¬ 
low it to remain to be discharged at the will 
of tbe animal:—strong carbolic acid, one tea- 
spoonful; glycerine, one teacupful; warm 
water, one pint. Continue the injection twice 
daily for several days. If there is then 
marked improvement, inject once daily for 
several days and then every two or three days 
until the discharge ceases. If there is no im¬ 
provement after a week or two, use one di am 
of zinc sulphate iu tbe place of tbe carbolic 
acid ouce daily. Tbe following course of pow¬ 
ders will aid very materially in restoring the 
loss of condition: powdered gentian and gin¬ 
ger each one-half ounce, sulphate of iron aud 
niter each two drams, to be given night and 
morning in tbe feed. Omit the powder during 
every third week. Feed liberally on bran 
mashes or ground linseed to keep the bowels 
loose and regular. 
For mare No. 2 try painting the eruption 
with compound tincture of iodine twice a 
week. If this is not successful,give the follow¬ 
ing powders in the feed night and morningaud 
continue for several weeks; one-half ounce 
each powdered gentian, ginger, aud sodium 
carbonate, and two drams niter. Groom 
daily to maintain a healthy action of the skin. 
Feed same as No. 1. 
AN AILING HORSE. 
G. C. /?., Rixford , Fla .—My 15-year-old 
mare has never been worked hard, while she 
has been fed regularly and well-cared for. 
She did not shed her coat well and began to 
fall off in flesh. She appears to be weak; 
still she has eaten well and her digestion 
seems all right. She has continued to grow 
weak aud 1 have used her but seldom for six 
weeks, and then she sweated so badly that I 
disliked to use her. Finally this morning I 
found her lying down in the yard and she de¬ 
clined to get up until I procured help enough 
to lift her. She seemed weak in her hind 
parts. After standing her up and rubbing 
her she has kept up all da/ and walked about. 
She ate her food, and she does not act like a 
sick horse. She tabes quick notice of what is 
going on and pricks up her ears. One of my 
neighbors says she has the “hooks:” that he 
had a horse in exactly the same fix. aud that 
nothing helped it until an incision was made 
below the eye and a nub nearly as large as 
his thumb was taken out. Several others also 
say the trouble is due to tbe hooks. One 
person tells me he has seen a lump taken from 
the head just about half-way down towards 
the nose. Others say the cord in the ear aud 
on the end of the nose should be cut. I do 
not believe in such nonsensical quackery aud 
am doctoring her in my own way, using the 
hoinoepathic veterinary specific for fever 
ac d inflammation aud bathing the head with 
extract of witch-hazel, although I do not 
notice that there is auy boat or inflammation 
about her, "What is tbe trouble; aud what 
should be the treatment ; 
4. Nearly all our standard winter apples spoil 
when green, owing to “bitter rot.” Very 
small black specks—from one to a dozen—ap¬ 
pear on the apple about tbe first of July, and 
slowly destroy the whole fruit. The decayed 
parts are black and very bitter. Is this caused 
by tbe coddling moth? 5. What are the six 
largest varieties of apples for this locality? 
6 . How are apples “crossed” to produce new 
varieties? 7. How can good large watermel¬ 
ons be raised l 
Ans.—1, 2, and 3. Dwarf apple trees are 
quite a desirable prettiness for an amateur's 
town garden, but not at all a thing desirable 
for extensive planting. The trees are too 
much liable to fatal accidents where exposed 
in tbe fields. Tbe Paradise stock is very brit¬ 
tle, and as the trees will not remain dwarf 
unless grafted well above ground, they are 
apt to snap off like a crack-willow, often 
when loaded with fruit. As the trunks and 
branches acquire stiffness, this risk increases; 
every shock and twist helps to bring on the 
final fatal severance. But in a sheltered gar¬ 
den, and with a good, durable locust stake for 
support, the admirer of fine fruit can grow 
such specimens as to size, quality and high 
color as can rarely be obtained from standard 
trees. The numerous feeding roots of tbe 
Paradise supply tbe tops well, and the supplies 
have but a short distance to travel to gain 
their destination in the leaves. They may be 
planted 12 feet apart. 4. Home sorts of ap¬ 
ples seem specially liable to attacks of 
a fungus which ends in bitter rot, 
but where it affects sorts generally the 
cause is rather likely to lie in an unhealthy 
condition of the trees, and especially of their 
stems. When branches have been broken off 
or roughly cut off and the wounds have not 
been cut dose and painted over to prevent de¬ 
cay, the beartwood soon becomes diseased 
and as it carries raw sap from the roots to 
the leaves its supply of this becomes vitiated 
on the way. and the whole system of the tree 
suffers from it. In such cases if the tree 
shows itself able to throw up strong sprouts 
from the roots, the best course is to saw it off 
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LEUCORRHCEA IN A MARE; ERUPTIONS. 
J. B. Rago, Kans ,—Of my two mares one 
last summer Lad a colt which lived only two 
days. It didu’t suckle well. On tbe ninth 
day I bred her to a jack- Then fora long time 
she discharged a whitish fluid at intervals of 
10 to 14 days a^art. She refused to be served 
by a horse. For the last two months the dis¬ 
charges come every day more or less. Though 
her appetite is good she has fallen off in flesh. 
Our veterinarian says she is troubled with the 
whites, aud lie gave me some stuff to be in¬ 
jected, but it doesn’t seem to do any good. 
The other mare has eruptions all over her 
back and loins like warbles on a cow’s back. 
Tbe hair appears dead on the tumors. Our 
veterinarian says the trouble is due to impur¬ 
ity of the blood. What does tbe Rural 
say? 
answered by dr. f. l, ktlbornk. 
1. The veterinarian was probably correct 
in bis diagnosis, as the symptoms certainly in¬ 
dicate leucorrboea, or, as it is commonly called 
“whites.” We suspect the injections were 
made only into the vagina instead of iuto the 
uterus or womb as is probably necessary in 
this, as well as in nearly all similar cases: 
With the hand and forearm well soaped or 
oiled, carefully introduce the hand directly 
into the vagina. (These explorations should 
always be made with great care and the bauds 
should be kept well soaped or oiled to avoid 
injury to the delicate liniug membranes.) 
At tbe farther end of this large cavity, a dis¬ 
tance of about a foot, will be found a well 
rounded, more or less firm protuberance, the 
cervix or neck of the womb. In the center of 
this neck there is au opening or passage into 
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firmly closed by the contraction of the muscu¬ 
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womb more or less open. If not thus opeu the 
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I cannot satisfactorily diagnose tbe case 
from this description, aud eau, therefore, only 
recommend a course of treatment, with the 
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