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I
”THE SEN TINEL.
SOUTH NUf‘llVALIQ. .‘EBIiL‘AllY ll.
rorrian sriitscr.
i An Italian, signer Garreti. claims to
have discovered that fishes are attracted ';
by itii'isic. and has made a successful de-
monstration cf the fact at Lake Geneva,
by calling great numbers of fishes about
his boat. ._
The use of waste tan birrk, of which"
there are very large quantities in this .
Country awnitin : an :ipp‘.a';iti~ii, as a ter-
tilizer in \egrlablc- gardens, is meeting
with considerable success. This :ltipllr
cation is said to be stir t>§flllly carried
'on in the suburbs of Paris.
French surgeons disagree \ nllc-‘l‘llllig
the nature oi Io. kt'lW Nimi- i‘rport
having treatcl it asa purely nervaus af-
fection. while otliersunsbt that it is a ,
contagious disease one “minor“ observer :
contending that ii is often contracted by .
than through germs from horses. =
The tensi c stf‘origtli of ice is given by .
Fruhlingol li.titi_;sb.~r;_: as betwrea ll‘.’ '
and “It potindsper square inch. at twen
ty three «I: g.cars i‘ahv- nln-it. Its com~
pressive strength, round by cubes of
over two inch ~s ll thesaaio trinp iatui'c,
is ascertained to vary between si\ty our
and :03 p \lii-ls. a instill being Hsi
. N121 iicr :li‘llll‘i' lllx ii.
. . « I
.. cent olisozva..ous are stud to iiidi- l
cate the existe-u'e ot aesubmntinv \‘ol~
can. ‘ czator lll'l\v|'t'll the t‘aiiary Islands
ma the toast Ml. l‘ort tgal. From :icable- ,
“IVE! steamer the ‘v\'.lli'l was fo’inil to ,
nii‘nsui'e 1. no t'athoins unfit-r the bow ind
"Ml! {Hill ans ie th: stern. snowing
the ship to be o er :lic e Inc of a deep
depression in the -\‘i‘t\l bottom. It is I
w:ll' kirmn Illll git-at Illiq'lltllllt‘-\ are
found in the l cl .it‘ . the St‘l of lash In,
and these art~ LIA/nu. t t -bc die to a sub»
marine chiin -. ’ iiipiiiitains.
Livut. I'owrlf'o/t' the Sun il * r. le ohns
given some a c anii of theyprz-juted
“'t‘lllllt‘r sagrvxc . of'the i :iiou i'a llll' ila l
road. 'l‘iiT-re w i‘. b- thiity—thiee sta—
tions iti'a‘.l. l'.c iictioiis will be i~~ut~d
twice i day as to the pwibablo “with r
twenty-‘mtr and firmly-eight hoa. . alum bi.
This will g‘vc r i.'.\\' .y o drills suftiri-«ut l
t me to take all lit‘t‘vssar'y precautions
befoie s:art.n,.{ th‘ manning l1.d twining
tra us. It is :iitrn led to make the bat
Iciiiii \‘cry spw llii: in nature. >0 that the
exa t t‘v‘llillliwlls‘ ocor ilillt'l‘t'lll divisions
may be uu~lc:_~t uni. anl the curespo'id ‘
ill}: \lidiruities Illt‘l-llllvl U\'i‘l‘t‘0.lli‘. l
l
Another lllllll' i «as field has been re-
(““~I‘:v' illn‘ivv‘twl. nil-l ll‘illl‘llly tli‘ t‘l»
lip-d. a! the foot or Lake IIur-«n, witigi‘. i
tin: pro mots of "he rity of I‘ort Iliitoii. I
I
l
\lr. Chan-s Ii -_v, while “boring for
' in .‘tlllt‘ inst. st wk an iiniuense‘wnv .
of gas. at ‘l ‘l"ltlll \ it c more than ii c
Ii:...d rl IN." a al two weib sunk subse
.pzczi ly glue, Ike reams. ixhlbitinir al
p z-ssd i-uf i v‘ p Klial‘ to lht‘. square llil‘ll. l
Ti. s woull appeal 1.» a foul the one sold 9
ti n necessary to the iiianu‘avture of salt .
in thzs rc;iou. vi‘ ._che xp fu ~l. Thou-eh I
a new r‘n-i. gas is iiot'wh \lly unknown i
la the region. Irma: fro uo-nrly. Itci‘lll
fol-it 3 at depths v .i'ylng from \‘I' to lit)"
feet but never ltl ueiiuite quantities. :
Various means have been sticgcdcd for I
r. La-x'ing the trdtuni of an .\t:a':ti‘ trip.
Professor ‘2‘. 5‘. Dennis New \urk.
who has just crosssd. has occupied his 3
time in making evperi'ib-nts With respect
to the purity of the air on the. decks and a,
in the Cabins. Ile cuipl -yed capsult-suf
stlrili e.I ge'.:itiiie. \vh vh ha e\pos al fol
2h.- lllll -sphoro tine capsule “us cx- ;
p ~sed in the st rte rot in in the main
(Imk of the drain-‘22. and iii eighteen
hours 3m) points col infection had «In
veitipcd. Another capsule which was e\‘- '
posed in a cabin on the ma-n‘dl-ck do-
vx-loprd only five or six points of iiifec- .
tion in ten days. and a capsule “‘lili‘l)
was exposed overthe bow of the ship
was foand at the t‘lli of tea divs to be
aliso'ntply uni-out.uuiiiatcd. “me is an
opening for a thoroughly gun-l sys cm of
ventfiatbm. '
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Ritalin: Son filters in Alaska. I
The ambition nit/the young .\Icut is to‘
be. nine 3 great sea otter hunter. and all ‘
his energies are bent in perfectingr him-
self in the various arts of his profession.
i ‘ \Vlicre there is no choice, it is wonderfui
to observe how eagerly the young man2
looks forward to the time when his t‘zrn =
shall come to gi out with the hunters
after the shy animals. Every attention
is paid to the details of the e piipment oi
the hunting party. and when the storms ~
ot' winter'havc sutficiently abated .to al«
low the party. to embark in their little
bdarkas. they sally forth singly or in
pairs to meet in some secluded spat, far
rcaioved from any settlement, whivh
experience has proved to be a likely
place to find their quarry. , Arriving at
their rendezvous the party lands and
. makes a camp. No tires are lighted. uor
anything done in the way of making
shelter for themselves. which might
frighten the wary utter. The place
usually selected for a. camp is in some
so luded bay of the islands. and whin
all the bouts have arrived they cruise
around the bay and patiently watch the ,
smooth surface of the water for the '
black. glisteninu‘ head of their gime.
Sometimes weeks‘are spent in this way
without a sign of im otter, but the .\Ieut
has the knack of waitingpaticntls down
about as fine {is any person on earth.
When an otter is sighted the occupant
of the boat which is nearest the animal
holds up his paddle. the rest of the party
:mmcdiately take their places so as to
form an immense seinisciicle, With its
perihery- seaward and the shore-line
forming its chord. This being completed
and the escape of the otter cut off. the
haunt-{who tir t saw the animal cautious-
ly nppn-nches the spot where he is ex-
pected to rise, and when near enough
throwa a short spear. with on Arring aim,
iazo its-“body the moment the animal
comes in sight. The spear is so made
that the head becomes loosened from
the szaffupon striking an object, but is
still attached to it by a long line of sinew.
The otter immediately dives and prob-
ably takes the entire spear down out of i
sight, but the natives by long experience 1
kiiowahe direction he will pursue and l
quickly paddle to the spot. When the
"ritual rises for breath another spear is
:ilunged into him. This goes on until
ms of blood and strength compels him to
tease his struggles. A bolt is then
brought alongside and lie is dispatched, é
tail-:ii on short: and skinned. or.if too fai
. . ‘roin lxud, this work is accom-
3Eéshld in the boat itself .-. San Fran «83cc
L". r.» .Iclt. '
Result of a Collision.
One of our school~tciichers was en
leavoriug to explain to a small boy an
per class the meaning of the word “cob
ision.“ She said:
i-suprosa‘two boys running on the
meet shouldrcome together real hard.
What vmuid there be?!
"A fight," responded the little fellow
o my and with astonishing promptncas,
.ml the’ teacher gave it up—gfluigg'
99 ll ‘wzs'd. "
I
nuaa w in Ill ~ 1gb: bi'u\\'ll whisk rs.“ I
f men
‘ one cream;r us I was going home.
. of a saint Ylltllt‘hlitlllt: iiiirtvrdoiu.
. Were there as li fore.
.
’ madl- him look Vrry sad.
i_ have them.‘
. anifl mean it. .
a hibited for a thousand dollars a week, I
THE BELLS OF EARTH.
The bell: of earth go sounding on
From many an ancient steeple,
Telliugtheir tales ~ I joy and woe
To all the waithg people;
In merry strains of festml mirth
They cheer our h JUN of gladuess,
0r wail thsir crv when midnight flames
Are raging in their n‘ndness.
So on they ring. those balls of earth. ,
\\'i'.li unto that. never changes.
But over all the chords of life
Their mystic music ranges.
To-day they mourn a nation‘s lass
Inhsav . moons of sorrow.
But chant the [ring-in; wed lin: llllll‘Jh
In gla is into tones twin \rr-stv.
day th 1v 5:11;: of vict r y.
'ith l‘llllu. rs gayly flying.
o—nlul‘t‘ut-V re piienis for the slain
On all the \\'t!t\l.< are sighiiix.
So on they ring, those bolls of cat tli,
With note that never changes,
But ox er all the chords of hfo‘
Tit ‘tl’ iny llt‘ ‘lllusb‘ ranges.
How gently on tlis iiiot'niiig air
The Sabbath b dls are t‘uliii: :;
How sotily at the hour of prayer,
“'Iieii ovouai: ll.‘\\'\ arc falling:
But when death‘s sad procesiou iiiavu
And bells are sadly t 'Illllg,
\How niout'ufully upon the our
iThase \\ ave-a -)t sum 1 conic ruling;
So on they l'lll ;._ t hose bells of earth,
\\'itli note tli ii‘ never changes,
But over :i‘l Ill‘ « h v‘d. of life
Their iiiys’: ‘ lllllSH‘ l‘allgi‘i.
Their note is one: but llll‘llflll souls.
All thou‘jht's an l inmous blending.
(‘aii turn the runs. * :it their “ill,
To each eiii it .on
Those \ttll.‘\ t‘i' lil ll'Ul an I from t t\\-a/r
\Vlagli o'oi ti' ' .in i ar ~ llllrzlllg I
Are m h o4 ll-‘lll t‘uo \l'Il same song
\Vln h ovary Ir-att is s.ii.::u:,.
lll'.‘ ivll"*:; "
So on they ring, the e‘ bells of earth,
\\’ith note that never changes,
ll it over all .he ihoi‘ils of file
'I 1.:‘il’ iizvstio inns;~ i‘anzos
—.'ii i‘wtse .\. 111 but
a BBGGAR’S RdMANC“.
took a sum of money from the safe, in-
tending to return it in a few days.
“Like a fool.“ said he, “I told in
wife what I had done, and said she cant
get some clothing, of which she stood
much in need. The ncvt morning her
brother came in and accused me of tak-
ing the money. and my wife spoke up
and told him what I had sa d to her.
He was Very angry, and discharged the
then and there, saying that if his sister
lived he would not prose uteiiie. but if
she d ed before me. he would punish me
to the f Ill c. .tent of the law. \thn he
Left 1 accused my wife of playing mc
false, and in my cursed armor raisel my
hand and rlt‘tl-‘k Iii-r items the face.
uFrom this I trace the beginning of
my trouble. We moved to .\Iassaehu.
suits. and I obtained work on a weekly
papa-r as a compositor, a trade which I
had learned for amusement years ago.
”l‘l‘l‘ our l.ttlc girls were b .Il'll. You saw
those red marks on their faces. They
were born there—to be an everlasting re-
minder of my ungovcrnable IO'll‘tCT. It.
was a fearful shock to me, but I was get-
ting alongr well, and thought I could live
it down. I became foreman of the shop
and took charge of all the paper, virtu‘
ally acting as manager. I had high hop-c
bqf‘til‘t‘ me.
“Hiic day amtll came by the house
and saw the children. He called. and
offered to take them into a dune museum
as curiosities. \Vhen I returned that night
I found a docto: by my wife‘s bedside
looking vrry grave. The slivck caused
by the imp irtuuity of the dime mus. um
agent had brought on a fit of bleeding
at the lungs. For two weeks I watched
by lll‘l‘ bedside nights and worked day s
in the o lice. 'I‘Iirti sh - rrcovered enough
.0 I could send her South. In one win~
ter all our SilVlllz: went away. and I,
growing desperate, left my work and
mute t l the city.
“You know the rest of the st -ry iic .rIy
its well as I do.
against hunger and dzsca o l have lied
a thousuid times to get money where
with in p .rrh-ise in'c lit‘iue for my wife;
was the nniy l).|ll that stood between in ‘
and prison.
and keeps track of my dcwls. He has
men ,rqht here who are in his ; :iy.“
"\Vhy don‘t you sun and get a portion
of the esta'e, contendingr that undue in»
iav Vlll ill. 1‘. i-zvrox.
For two fears I knew him as “thy"
saw 11:1!“ .3 Sill'll.
Fllt‘ll, and
sitinal
appeals
He was the lit st artful, seductive bag-1
go: I \ xcr knew. and 1 lane met niaiiyl
who gtold plausible stories that
would wrint,r t-t‘llllli“ from a iiiisrr. l
I met hint at the eati'ance of the'ollicc
He
and tail,
poveriv,
thought of him as
as such I bestow. d an own
d me. i rr~pazise to his piteo is
tv
‘(
was :lioiit thirty five, slim
and. in sp.tv ot Iii'sa‘vident
rather ;: lll viuauly. Above all else. he
was pi-itccliy sober, and his bigbliic
{yes was as Cir ir and bright as the orbs
It
was a piiifil story .\ sick wife, tw.ii
pirls, no Work. stariatiuu and, to crown
iis at: Ill_\‘, be was wave a reporter. who
had sea-ii the World and been at two
Presidential lll.lllf;lll:ilbilli. Igavchiui
my last quarter :illl walked home to mv ~
room. and the next day boirowed
enough of my landlady to get me a
bl‘t‘tihlzlsl
ma months la‘cr he accosted the on
\Yavraly l'lacv“ .with the same story,
save thrift he was a compositor instead of '
n Il)‘-~‘lti'l'. The. twins and sick wife
When I told him
the circumstances ol~ our toriiirr , IllOi tint:
he said I Izai a new so t of Clothes and
he didn‘t know in: He and born at k
in the hosptal. and his memory was
failing. The twins were staiviiig, as
usual, and h~ got another quarter. Ile
, also got SUllh advice to ~‘b iv glue “ and
make h s stories cling together, which
l u vrr met a
heillhy man who vould stand abuse any
boner. '
The summer of ls‘I-l was p .ttingon its
. new suit when the city editor sent inc‘
away toward
nurse who hid attended
ion: Island millionaire. The door oft
this dingy, woollen house was open,
and the voices of children at p'ay came
from the up] er landing. l ascciidrdfi
Jamaica to interview a
u p: oiuLiieiit.
. and saw two siiiii. little girls romping iii
the. hall. They were about five years of
age. tall and graceful, with large, clear .
blue eyes, such as I had seen somewhere
before. They would haverbceu very3
beautiful had it not been for a bi -, livid i
scar on the check of each. I had just.
time to notice that th 3: great scars
were in four parallel bands, as it thechib ,
dren had fallen down and burned their
faces on a hot grid iron, and then adoor
opened and a little, sickly woman came
out and called the children in.
“What d.» you want, sir"‘ she de~
mnnded of m: in much agitation. uWhy
do you come sneaking—around hAre to
look at my poor bibics.’ You cannot.
I will thI ewmybody so, .
I will not have them ex-
and I need the money, too.“
Iztlss‘ll‘t‘d her that I hid no motive in
looking at her children, though I thought
they were vciy pretty. This nioEIiiied
her; and I asked if she could tell. me
. where .\lr. Hand iig, the nurse, roomcd. l
I had heard he
house. . ,
“>iIas,“ said she. and in response to *
her, (‘ull my man with the Izght side 5
whiskers came to the. door. He glanced
at me and slammed the door in my face.
Several nights later I went to a dime
museum to wr:te up n notice for the
moaning paper. The advertising agent
gave me a seat whérel could see all lhat"
was going on without being observed.
The short-skirted girl was hardlydonc
her singing when I heard ,a very ani-
mated conversation going on behind the
cloth partition that separated me from
the d rching room.
“I will gii c you one hundred dollars
a work and all your expenses,“ said one
vcti “You and your wife can go with
them and care for them. It is a big offer,
and thelast one I shall make. You‘l
think of this when you are hungry, and ‘
wish you had avccpted it.“ . .-
"I am hungry now—nearly starving,”
camethc reply: “but. if there were but
this \\ ay for me to gain salvationl Wuuld
leap into everlasting fire before I would
accept. No, no, no. l‘oa‘t tempt me.“
1I heard a shambling step come out of
the d essing room, and emerged in time
to intercept my man with the light side
whiskers. I, took his arm. He was
shaking so he. could hardly stand. With-
.“ h}.- nlIz—ring to obje. t. I led, almost
bore. him to a restaurant and ordered
supper tor tw-i. He ate like a ravenous
dog. fai-ly swallowing his food whole.
L'nder the influence of Bass’s ale he told
me an outline of his life and the cause
of his misery.
lie was a foreman in a mill away up
in a little New Hampshire village. He
married the proprietor‘s daughter, and
became bookkeeper. \Vhen his wife‘s
father died her brother received all the
property bywill. For two years he was
a. bookkeeper for his brother-indaw.
One night feeling the needof money
and thinkin: his brother—in-law should
of Int hglu himin affiliations; lie
was a ledger in the-
on
s...
.s,
I
5 would assist him.
- fire in my d:strict
T tbev were two years old,
‘ reply.
tluene was exerted on your .wit‘c‘s
l'a’lr r!“
\
ROCK CRYSTALS“
UNIQUE AND COSTLY BALLS
FROM THIS MATERIAL.
A Crystal Sphere \\'orth 325.000-
Rock Crystal Bells—«Shaping
the. Balls in Japan and
in this Country.
Several weeks a:- 3 there passed-through
this city. bound for .\«-w \ork. a
Japanese. who carri-d a number of
cbjects that will undoubtedly become a 3
new ira e in the way of brie a-brac: not i
that the obects are new, for they are:
ani mg the earliest of d scoverics. ltt‘lllf:
none lt‘Ss than the famous crystal ba Is
mentioned in many of tho oldnst works
known: but lately attention has been-
drawn to them from the fact that two
rival crystalcollectors are striving to
wourdo the other, each hiving given
«u-._....—.... a.
It has been lll-ill" tiuht - , , ,
5 a ‘ gaiiticili~\\'ilrop,i-le:irand wonder f .l :ii it».
v
1 liave gine hungry. cold and shelterlms, :
all to keep life in that {Hill woman, \\‘liu .
My brother in law is alive ‘
, ;\ ball one inch in
“hhazvl Ilut that ewtsperates him the - ‘ _ .. y ..
; as Si‘wt‘t iii trysinl bi..s :is with ma
lllJI'tP.
\
man has
gave up
You kn xw a poor
rov in this world I
soui‘ i'i:e rig...“
\\ hon I put him on a car tli it night I
gave him a. dollar and .told him to ca'l
again \in ‘ll he needed help and no one
ll|\
He never rnllvd.
hope. 2
U
, six and tive~ei;;hth~ ltis“lt‘\‘ in
Two nights latcrl was summoned to a ‘
see the poiiee bring in
children and a dead
burning building.
two sh ickhg
woman from
I hrard the ivy of
drspalr' utierel by my friend with the
li
h! side whiskers :inl kl‘l‘\\‘ that the
:.:oay was over. The po \r \vomziii Ii id
ba‘n span d from a lingering death by
c aisiruiptiaa.
that horaiune was \lrs. Silas Littb-li Id
and that she was thirty two years 0d,
The
printed lll the paper the next morning.
there, and did not appear.
Two more' events occurred
story.
from a New Hampshire pap Ar. It read.
8 las I. ttletidvl, ni‘red sl :ii Boston last
month on charge of robbingr thi‘ sale of 110‘].
l‘buiots Itlow, ,six years ago, was tofdav
sentenced to ilvo years in the State's prison.
tin-at credit is due utllcer- Han lcutl' for de-
ro tin»: and i nbturiug the prisoner, who has
tin: eluded the law.
l ash-winter I went south to boom the
winter hotels. Uiie evening I went out
on the principal street of the ‘ity I was
visiting. lhnd not walked lar when the
sign of a dime museum attracted my
eyes. It read:
ClliL‘ASSIAN TWIXS.
The Marvel and Beauty of tho “'orld.
Those lovely children are thi most won-
derful ob e -t.s ever exhibitel They were
born hitehe l togetherhke tli - Siamese twins.
and were cut nsunler by a surgeon wh-n
, The war: of the
knife i an be seen on the: cheeks
Come In and See Them.
They Puzzle the Doctors, Defy S den is anal
Dazzle Everybody.
Admimion only 10 Cents.
I went in and there they tvere, the two
fair babies of Silas Littletield. wh rm he
and his wife had struggled so hard to
protect from public "no They looked
healthy and said they liked to travel
with the manager. who seemed to be a
kind hearted old man.
“it‘hcre did you get those children?“
I asked. ~
“Imported from (‘irc:issia.“ was the
“I pay their parents$3u0 a week
for them for six months, and have de«
; posited $30,000 for their safe return at
that. time.“
“I tried to tell him that I had seen
‘them in New York, and that. I knew
their father, but it was no use: the chil—
dren did not. know me. and I was put
out for making a disturbance. Once
outdde. I adéusted my collar and
brushed my clothes and thought of what;
Silas Littletied ha I told me:
“A poor man don‘t have any show in ‘
this world.“—Neu York .K‘ews.
Paris During the Soige.
In his “Reminiscence-5. of the Siege
and Commune of Paris." written for
Scri’n‘r by ex-Miuister Washburne, the
writer says: .
At 10 o‘clock the “rappel” was beaten
all over Paris—that terrible sound which
in the first revolution so often curdled
the blood! I heard it under the window
of the legation. It meant “every man to
his post.“ About 10 o‘clock the troops
began to pour in from every direction
toward the Hotel de Ville. They soon
_ filled the Place \‘endorne and the neigli~
‘boring streets, and formed in a line of
battle in the Rue CaStiglioue. wh‘ch th'.-y
completely surrounded. In the presence
of thisimmense force. all shouting ‘~\’ive
Trochut“ and “A has In Commune!“ the
red forces of Flourens seemed to have
realized their weakness. and before mid-
night they had mostly disappeared, the
Government had been released,and com~
parative quiet. restored all over the city.
I left the legation to go to my lodgings
in the Rue de Londres at 12:30, and
going by the champs Elysces. the lloulc~
vaids and. the (Thaussec d‘AntFn. I found
all of the streets deserted and the stillness
of death everywhere. “hat a city—
one moment revelation, and the next. the
most profound calm!
A Grindllg Monopoly.
"How‘s matches?" she asked, as be
weighed out the sugar.
“Only a cent a box. ma‘arn.“
"How many in a box 2”
“Three hundred."
“Dear me. but how they do tuck it on
to r folka! However, I 7 suppose
you‘ 1 allow half a cent on every empty
box ntumedF—anit Fm has.
I arrived in time to .
.
the -
From the po‘icc I learned i
facts cannot ted wiili the tire wt re 3
, K;‘-\l.l_\‘.
The story of the family had uoplace
in my ;
tine was an item whirh I slipped '
T collection.
orders to p10 urc the largest. That
there is a limit is shown by the fact that
several yrars ago a firm gave an order,
pri.c unlimited. for crystal slabs measur
ing four by six and live by six inches.
and from oneapiartrr to one inch ln
thickness. but it has. so far, been found
impossible tp fulfill the order. To any
one who has never Set‘ti one of these
balls. such an object would appear to
have little vaaie: but once place a huge .
one bv the side of a far—siiuile in the
purest and best glass known and th*
glories of the rock crystal are at once
apparent, and whvn we add _to this
brautv of contour an c\treiiie'.y interest-
ing history. the »ib_,e~.t becoiiic’s‘oi‘ val-ac
nt_o:ice.
liiiiigine :1 I" rt“~ t sphere of glasswith
the polish of the diamond, perfm tly de» ,
void 0f tiilluo p“ll\2t‘:;l that one 1 an Im-k
into its very \li'pllls w.t‘:.oi:t Catt-hing the
sliglitrst ray of color. in fact, it is a 2i
absenceofrolor. present lii:.a>l Ii u e »a d.
aii'astonishing can‘t-us: in gla s‘ which
is Well to I'l‘llli'llll).'l‘. as sue i bogus b ills
aw often ollerrd for s i‘e lui'. can be told
iiuii.c-.l:ately by comps. .~ them with
gas. hock crystal balls in L". lit-I be - ol
li'C‘ul Ilkt‘ stamps. 1,?v-,l.‘ (":i's or i li.‘..s‘
lit‘
:1: ll attic
Vs
two inches o3, ihre.
‘l
$.31») n33. four lllt'llt‘s‘ hi" to $2 .‘ live
inch .s $12} to $l3it six lilt'll'S, from
$30” to ».\' ‘.”"\‘.uiid t: I“) here they juiirp:
to astonishing prices. so that o ~e i an be
monds.
, t
.\ vrry tineonc\vastintulwwd. iiionztnr E
It was si\ and;
be-
(‘l'oan eweTs of I ran. t‘.
a hall inches in illulllil‘W‘. and is, I
I.c\e, in this country. \lr ll. I . Moore.
of .\ew York, nan. 0'1- which in ':t\‘lll‘ s
(lltlllll‘lt‘I',
valued Tit $i,v'llt|. ‘lll‘ bltk‘l‘lllll‘ii l\t\"sei
of.|apaa~se make nrd . est eta“ o in tli .1
country. 'I‘hiity yr 11‘s azwi t'nm-uod ~rr
I‘erry brought home a latil 'aha‘h llIt‘.i\
ures tiveaml tin.- t‘ijliths En lies. lt
ll-i“ owned by “L >zllfl|l!‘l N Kicker
sun, I‘residv‘at of the First National
liaiik of Chicago, who \:i‘..:es it at $2 -.
“"0. “no was snlt’l .soiii- ti'iie ago for
$1.2M) iiieasiirmg tivr and sx-vcn vl‘;ll'll~
it'lli‘s‘ in diameter. ‘~l:'. hither“ it lilsliop
is the fortunate on her. This l‘lil would
prubably bring thirty tam ‘5 this nnmun:
These may seem large ‘iricvs‘, litit I'ro
fcs~or i;cor_-e I“. l\'.ttii‘, he crux v‘xpi'rt
of Messrs. 'I‘itfany :i':d.l‘-'. win his
thoroughly investigated th.~ sill) l‘i'l. in
an elaborate report to the Xvw \ork
.\C8llt'll\}’ uI Sciences. stlti-s that he has
so far tailrd to learn of any masses of
.rock crystal in the l'pit.~d States flint
Would produce a perfect three in. It bad.
So rare are the large pieces that standing
orders are on record as foliaws: $1.“ m
for a five iiu Ii crystal, $l.‘-oo for a tivr
and a half .uch ball and $l,tl‘=tt for n
Sent-ii iiich one.
.\s a natural sequence to this demand
rt ck crystal beds are verizable
: i
glint
mines. and would be for Illtil’-'\‘;llu1lll"'
The i
if large. deposits could be fo.. I
in ijnnty come from .‘ladagnsl r and
Ila ii, while the best known lo :ilitirs .a
l‘illl‘ pe an~ l‘rt-deLcrg, Sallbeig, _. iilrr
tlial in Ty rol. and Hungary. 1 iznitcd
supplies Conic from t‘i~_\':oii. and SiLtlt‘
have been found in this Nate, though not
in large .piantitics.
Mt. blatic some fine specimens are found
and some years ago a p u-aizt lll‘lllt‘ :i ie
iiiarknlile find at tialensteck. above th
'I‘lit‘riiglctscher. It was a granite cave
from which the discoverer took over our
thousand ciystals, the finest Weighing
about 1‘30 pounds.
Kim-teen mines are know ii in Japan.
being \\ orked at the p ‘esent d iy f-.-r both
rock cry stal and quartz. The for.n-.r is
in clear masses in the highlands of .\'i
phon and in various localities in (’ca-
traI Japan. especially near lx'aniig. The
rock crystal when taken from the mines
finds its way to the workers; who. in
many cases. belong to families that have
been in the business for centuries, some
workch being able to’ point to twenty
generations in the same business.
When a piece his been selected it is
roughly slaped into the relptited form,
whether for a ball or vase. a small ham-
mer being used, with which the ston-
is nicked around carefully, and then
broken by a sharp blow~—~seitiiiiiigly a
delicate operation when sevrral thousand
dollars are at stake. From the trimmer
the forthcoming ball goes to a ‘ grinder."
whose outfit consists of various. polislr
ing tools, powdered garnet and emery
being the chief materials, and seVeral
cylindrical pieces of cast i:on of various
silos, and finally, by the most patient
manipulation, it becomes a perfect sphere.
It is then polished by being rolled in the
hands or rubbed with bamboa or rouge,
and then the “jewel ball," or tame, is
ready for sale—a most splendid obcct.
These balls are now made in this coun~
Ltry and Europe. and. as one would ex-
ect, n-t by handthe atone being placed
in a semicircular groove worn in a huge
grindstonc by either flint or quartl, and
so held there while the stone is revolved
assuming in time the exact shape of the
depression. This is an operation rcquir~
ing great, can: ‘nd watchfulncss, as if
the stone becomes dry it is liable to be-
come heated and crack. When the re
guircd shape has been completely prO‘
need the ball is polished by a wooden
wheel and tripoli, or with a leather bad
with hematite. It requires some little
skill to detect imperfections or flaws in
the rock. They generally resemble small
clouds or scams. or consist of small
cavities almost or quite microscopic,
filled with liquid carbonic acid gas or
water.
When the balls are put on the market
it is not always to form part of a show
In India. to-day, they are
pre-ented to guests to hold in the hand,
imparting a refreshing coolness to the
skin. In the well~known Tower of
Babel clock, made b the famous r‘chlot-
helm of Augsburg, t are is one of these
balls that comes out at the top every
sixty seconds, and then runs around the
tower to rebound from a lever to repeat
the operation indefinitely as long as the
clock remains wound up. In the last
century the balls were often used as the
feet of handsome pianos.
Balls are not the only objects for
which this beautiful crystal is used.
Bottles, vials. and a variety of articles are
made. allbeingh‘uh mined. Ilia bats
;.,
I‘ll the \lt‘lll.l_\' of:
ticularly in demand for , {asthmatic
smelling-bottles and for many ‘
purposes. ——San Francisco Ca”.
————‘————.
The Water Wheels of Ila-lath.
Through the plain .of llamath, in
Syria, following a general northerly di-
rcction, runs the river Nnhr e1 Artsy, or
charges in the )lt-dzterraiiean nearly op-
positc the island of t‘yprus. It is the
main r-.~lian e of the great plain for its
water :u, p‘y. Hundreds of water.
who I~. some turned by the current,
oth -rs caused to revolve by
in“ er. arc situated upanits banks. The
region depends upon these for its agri-
cultural prospc:ily.
\\ lieze water is to be raised from walls
I) :(‘kcts is caused to de~cend on one side.
of the well. 'I h:- ising portinn carries
up the buckets filled. .\3 they reach a
critain point they are emptied into an
:upir-lt‘rt and desertid again empty.
The rope is of.eii made out of branches
. of the myrtle, as that is so rough that it.
‘ does not slip. A camel walking round
and lOLllltl
spaidle, which by rude gearing walks
the endless rope of the b .ckcts.
sidrrnblc .piantitics of water can be thus
raised.
the “land of Ilan nth“
this.
the current are largely used. .
prin: ipal c'tivs of llorus no.1 llamath
many are employ ei to supply the per-
M" a! needs ofth‘ inhabitants. and “lust?
cities are . u'tc f. lltdtls‘ for their wheels.
The whole. region is of LII'PII interest in
its relation to the bu ks uftlielliil Testa-
é :i.cii'.. .‘Iaiiv :lllllrl-VH\ to the land and
lto the “entrance into Ilaiiiath" occur
tlll‘rt‘.
‘l he wIie-e's vir: not only in cliarit‘tet‘.
bit: in sin: '. sin-h :is that Just de~
rtll'lCl‘ I. are adapted to be turzieI by a
>lZlLfli‘ draught animal, while others are
5! Illl‘.‘
- I
animal {the vegetable world.
m “ “’9“: “H“ a vertical isome form of potash. but avoil at. all
i 0“‘ % the soil is an incentive to growth. it is ,
best to omit this as much as pos~i'-lc in .
m.
mil-r!
Orontes. It is fed by the wate-s of
Lebanon. Near the end of its course it ’
bends to the westward, and passing
ieme is the inevitable consequence.
’ AGRICULTURAL
1'0le OF INTEREST RELATIVE
1‘0 FARM AND GARDEN.
Best Cherries From Poor Soil.
uEach succeeding year more fully con-
vinces me,“ writes Jesiah IIOOpes in the
New York T rib-Inc, “that the greatest
’ enemy to our cultivated varieties of the
through “"3 \‘alley 0‘ Antioch, dii‘ l cherry is a rich soil. Not necessarily be-
cause a strong growth causes a speedy
dissolution, but for the reason that tilil;
might not have been >0 in form. :- times.
but we have constantly new disorders in
So, whiie We do
not know why a plcthoric condition of
3 the cherry tree is the forerunner of some
. form of disease. it. unfortunately follows;
'and the slow-"rowinw thoroughly-me.-
uf some depth, an endless rope carrying : ° 5‘
lured wood prOs‘pei-s only after its
. , , vigorous companions have [used away.
and ascend upon the other into and out ' ‘
What are known as the strictest ther-
ries, mn‘nly the hearts and luigfiirreaus.
are more susceptible of diseac in some
form than the inorellos, and as a safe-
guard tliev shouid be planted on rather
thin, light soil, with little ltrllll ing
lint the characterstic wheel of .
is different from .
The river itself is the great source 2
of power. and \tazcr whet-Is turned by 3
At the .
matter applied in after ye:.rs. )ltneral
food is decidedly preferalifc, csieeially
times rich stable manure. As sti ring
the vicinity of cherries; and as a tnuuh
sol retards growth. this should be en-
couraged close around the try es.
Managing a Kin king Horse.
The .lm-rr ‘v'fl C.‘.‘i’i‘«T-l‘t’." gives the fol-
; lowing directions for pieventing avi-
, or fast diiiirns'oiis. swiiirtimes over :
ieiniixl fee: in di iii.eter.~ *s‘l’.t'.\'l.-"C_l1.u.’~.
is: ..
__ ..— ._..
I V“‘lllslllll: and “Iiisllers.
If a boy is allowed to whistle it ,\\'i‘l
turn his due t.~iti ill a :. vat ll- gree from
llill‘ desir-- to bore are a i~ti~>i‘$.~ttt o: u
‘drnni. and if paw riia iizni‘ivss b: added
1 :u- x an be kt pt sat s'icd \\‘l'll ‘ut one tin-
t ’1 hi- ;{cts :oibe si\tccti \t ars old. when
hc will trikv the comet lit'litltl. . ‘
Shakes; enrc “as well a ‘piaintcd \\ itzi
Ilc makes \ '(lLt‘l o say concern~
“If I do but prvvw he:
I
l the art.
l Ill: Itrsdctiioiia;
i fats '.
l
Ill \\‘lll.~'.‘.t‘ Ill I all and let her down
the ' i a t-r» y t.\ turtxne. c‘cn th -1l_‘_:lf
her \‘t'ry' trie‘ were my d- ad h:‘stt~
lslllilgi”
' begun: .re the l~est whi~tlcrs '
world l"e.,:ien:‘.y one hv. its a co_.ornl
,iniprovisatare uh: flan: the :piazntcst
and .s\\‘r" test tiir‘ai-iies, and with the col-
lored males in «_:c:.e::ii “lasting cainrs as
.ir.t::i‘al as gtiiniiit: dues to :1 hog.
. \Ii‘n whistli- wh ii th' y are Iiit-py, and
they whistle when I1l\:\‘ are sad.
you see a car;
th‘
lt‘ftl‘.‘
llllil whistling n iixeiy air at the same
. Illlli', put him down as a man who pays
I .as d his, is cheerful :it home, and nevi-r
\vltEps his children.
\\ hi n a man is sad he whistles in a
dolelui tans.
won‘t choose a dohful air, b I.c w ll
wlris :e a Lively t‘inc, anv-gro minszrcl
end sung. .\nd Ii-.~ willdraw the melody
in and but between his lips in a way to
‘1‘
.n
when he is checrful and tryEng to whistle
rcal cood.
HEi-ls in gen-"ah whistle in a set of
J‘t‘lh)‘. dis n_. tectol. jiin-jam w-iy. and
grills“. mildly ‘ rtwcen lht‘: ito‘es 'l‘li-~y‘d
better t whistling alone. «Fido («Ilium
\(‘ri‘j'
i.-
—- —.————
The Gypsies.
.\ re th: y the oldest race on earth, and
thrive they worn rut all the gods: Have
3 they worn out all the hopes and fears of
3 human lie-m. in tens of thousands of
It‘lll to fate.“ For some have thought to
3 and slip both ends throé
‘ so the animal can travel cushy.
\\ hen 7'
r or ii ill‘L‘ painter ,
pushing t‘ic plain or slapping on the paint 3
Nine times out of ten lic-
. twin;
years and do tin-y merely live aelpiies- .
_ _ .
tram- in the elder raecs an apathy, as_w'th ‘
. ili > Chinese. :1 religion of moral maxims
g and some few jaw-house superstitions.
but with no vital living INTI“. like that
which tll‘iin‘ )loh-imined's bands to zeal-
3:115 fury, like that which sent our own
.\'0 living faith.
the t'opts of rent. older than the
Alters; back to those dim Sanskrit
times that seem like the clouds on the far
hori‘on of human experience, where
Space and chaos begin to take shape,
though but a vapor. So old, they went
through civilization 10,190») years sin c;
they have worn it all out. even hope in
fire. the iungcnt smoke blown round
about by the occasional puffs of wind,
the shadowy trees. the sound of the
horses cropping the grass the night that
steals on t II the stubbles alone are light
his tent on mother earth: it is you see,
thing he gains at least—an iron health.
an untiring foot,women whose ba '16 bear
Jail rim 1.
A Chinook Wind.
from a flying trip to Portland, Ure.. rc-
lates how he left Chicago with the mer-
cu'y at‘zero. and went on to find it: con-
stantly sinking. until with two locomo-
ti'ves it was difficult to get u strain
enough. to drag the train: an with a
roaring fire in the cars it was still neces.
sary to keep mu I‘ed in furs to be any.
thing nearly comfortable. [‘0 says that
in crossing snowy plains through Dakota,
when everybody was bundled up to the
eyes, a man accu~tomed to the country
suddenly threw back his heavy ulster
collar. vexclaiming:
"There. we've struck aChinook wind.
Now we are all right. I‘m going out on
the platform.“
Those not. accustomed to the idiosyn-
crasies of the American climate in that.
es ecial locality regarded the man as bis
si e himself, but when the platform was
of a mild spriun‘ day. The snow every-
where was visxbly melting with much
rapidity. and the mysteriouswind seemed
to have blown in a new season. The
name of this warm breeze is the same as
that of a tribe of Indians of British Col-
umbia, who perhaps manufacture it. (1
it is said to be so worm that it dest ,3
three or four feet of snow in a sinole
night. The gentleman who relates . ‘
flier-mic voy e closes by relating how
primeval man with primeval nature. Une ‘
any burden. children whose naked feet 3
are not afraid of the dew.—-—Ulmu.bers‘a I
visited by th: more daring ones, it was .
discovered that the temperature was that l
which tlicythciuselves full well know to .
be naught, worshipping their ancestors, '
y i‘nritaiis over the sea in the Mayflower. i
80 old. so very, very.
old, older than the Chinese, older than ’
the future. The crescent moon. the
evening star, the clatter of the fern ;
owl, the red embers of the 1?on
among the fields—the gypsy SILEPI ini
A Bostonian. who has just returned '
ciozis horse from kicking wlilie in the
shafts“
A kickcris a dam: min: pine if prop
crty, and when the, Inuit lav mutiny d it
will be better to t‘Ollsl-Jll the sii‘.» cc: to
tlze horse-var stables. The Ii ibrt can
sometimes be broken u. by ll‘." .ol'am Eng
n‘.:~th~d: Take a sinnll «o'd
tliiids the si e of a man's
:id twinty fc-t in lo: _. .
place the Centre upun the top cf the I: not.
Irirkof the cars, bring down 0 each
Lt?‘
inal‘s mouth and cross them.
it in up between the eyes. cross ag :iii,
:i stua.‘: ring
or ’o ~p and carry the r n: \I WT}: "n the
p vim. where the .iiies (‘I‘0\‘\ l)Cl\\i en the
eyes so as to hold thetu in t‘ll-"L‘. Haw
two small rings s w. «i to the ll-':lil~l:;ll
about two in. hes apart, and one ring :.:i
inch or so. in di lllt‘lrl' fasten-xi to the
backstrap of the harness at the point
where the hipstraps pass through.- The
latter can he slipped l-ver the l in; n- .-
against the hipstraps. “LLCll will I; c it .
l‘as one end of E
the cord through c. sh ri g on the head- *
from slipping forward
still, brzrc‘ the ends tr gether. carry
them aiongthe reek. y: - them under
the saddle evtend ti.e:n aion; the bark
and throughtlu- ring over the lips. then
bring one end down t-: the right s::a:‘t
and the other to the loft and fasten se-
curely to the shafts, le I\ log dark en :izgh
\\ iit-zi
raced in this manner every attend t to
kzek will bringa strong pressure upon
the cords cross d in the in nth and divert
the attention of the frisky sub;c t.
I‘vaverimental Pig-Feeding.
Fxg-cri-mcnt: in feeding swine at the
t ‘io Ehpcflllll‘flt Station wire uiitic.
taken to solve the following points i.
To produce flesh at least expense: ‘2. to -
proiucc flesh most rapidly. expense not
considered; Ii, to pro-Inc most
edible meat. time and cxpcn~e n t to be
> 3 considered. The record shows that early
draw tears from all listeners. Sometimes ‘
a man accomplishes the same results
in March eight pigs were selected and
penned as follows Pen. l, two Berk-
shire and one l‘oland-t‘hinn; Pen ‘2. two
I'w'nudd Iiina and one Berkshirsz Pen 3, l
two Ilcrkshires. The food consstcd of
the following: Pen 1 i heap fol: l‘, corn
in all cooked with twice i‘s weight of
skimmed milk, giving a lllltrlliit‘ rat 0
01.1213; l't'n L’ urn;-:d fattening;
mealcookcd with twice its weight. 0
skimniedniilk, giving a nutritivé ratio
of 152.6; I‘en ,; «for lean nieati. e.p.al
parts corn meal and pea meal cook-.d
with an equal weight ol_whole milk. giw 4
ing' a nutritive of l :iiJi.
The director of the stati in sta‘es the '
continuance and the outc rme of the ex» 1
perimeiitsto have bee'i that. in the ulne~
ty-twa ys of feeding those in Pen I
gained «H ‘1' pounds; in Pen ‘3, 42:1 1::
poundsfin l‘t‘n 3, 3'94 I~;‘ pounds. Th0:
fed lip-Ill corn-meal and skimmed mil
gained in flesh the most steadily. I
(baiting the evperiment into two seer
films of forty—two days each for con-
venience in calculation, leaving out the
eight days in the iiiiddlei, it was found
that much the larger part of flesh was
laid on during the first half of the
trial.
The outcome and conclusmn arrive-.1
at are stated below:
The cost of food to produce one pound
of flesh in cents was:
Pen 1.
“ 55:;
d‘
Va
’ .
a4
First forty—two days
Last forty-two days..‘.-.-..."-.-f‘> 9.13 LL63
At the average price per pound paid
for swine for slaughtering. it is seenthat
‘during the (arly part of the trial. and
with the first ration only, was the feed
ing profitable. The second ration pro-
duCed flesh but little more rapidly, and,
taking the whole trial. produced less
than did the first mtion, although the
former was designed for that. purpose.
\Vhether the object. sought by the third
ration was accomplished could not be
told without slaughtering the animals.
For this impose the pigs were all
slaughter at the close of the experi~
merit. ‘8lld the parts weighed separately,
and, with the' carcass of one pig from
each pen, the lean meat and fat were
separated to determine the per cent. of
each. Inthe following table are shown
the percent. of lean meat in barn, shoul-
der, and side:
flu is shoulders, Sides. TileSI’arfs.
‘ "-4.1
("A . 5.5.13
one 29,0 50.2
Pen 3.. 3.x 50.5 25.9 4.“:
The cornmeal and skimmed milk was
found more valuable for the production
of lean meat than the-ration selected
specially for this purpose. Not only did
it cost less to piodiice it, but a larger
quantity was produced in a given time.
In. this experiment the corn meal and
skimmed milk proved the best ration for
all the purposes for which the experi-
ment was undertaken.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Kerosene will kill lice on cattle.
Prevent over crowding sheep, both in
pens and at. the feed~rzicks.
A good grooming is as refreshing to a
horse as a bath is to a man.
Geese are t grazers and. will at al-
most as muc gross as a cow.
Give the cows warm stables, but do
not forget to have the air pure.
If female breeding animals be too fat,
the young will be weak and puny. ,
It is usually reckoned that old cows
can not be well kept save at a loss.
Heat and l‘ ht d d ‘
when he. qrnved in Portland on plan than e‘ogld, ifo 3&1; mageWto PP.
were blooming in the garden and point.
mugging: gaghpom ionof ragga; an Ditch, although they take naturally
a x '1 uses ‘vein-tommmustha plam' hmh‘
thud! frozen dayca— ' Journal. to deep: “ at, m '
:lH'lll ttvti- .
. '«Ie of. the lace. pl.:cc the reeds in ti.cj
bring‘
peas 3
Cm- aud hatter should be
anything uncle-my, or whch‘
part odor.
It_ is well to recollect that a farm. ,3“ [3
cupied as a home, cannot be too lug ‘ltgfc
Va
improved.
Pie-plant is a delicious and healthful
product. and may be readily raised in
every garden.
Clover fed green, in connection with
skimmed milk. makes a rapid growth of
pigs. at small cost.
A mixture of risin and lard, one to
two, melted together. will prevent tools
from rusting if rubbed on. . ’
Manure Scattered along the rows, mu
as the ground freezes, will eventually
work much good to raSpbcrries.
An angry butter eater says: "More
butter is ruined by bad cellar: and cave!
than from any other cause on the farm."
The PorrIfry [fa-far sa 3 afcw drops of
camphor and water down the throat in a
sure care for the gapes in chick or hen.
A steer raised annually will provide
the farmer with better quality of meat
than if he depend upon the pork bar—
rcl. ‘
With a hog acouzh denotes malignant
lung trunluie, and mopishness and inac-
? tivity mean that the dagesticn is not
right.
An oblong figure is the best shape for
a large garden. breathe such a piece
of land may be more easily worked with
ah-nrsc,
At this season. wlun you are feeding
corn to has. remember that the more
comfortable the hogs aie housed the less
Corn will be re pair: I.
If onions are fr-ven in winter. keep
,theiii from thawing uhtil spring, if pos-
ls'ble. .\ dry mi it contains at least
'1 eighty per rent. of ear»:
, Thrut“ your Soaps‘: Is on the manure
hrdpxmd prevent ’ r-i~ ingiu: and t ie es~
ea; c of v datile mat: -r .ill‘i hasten chem-
ital changes and ~it‘x‘ nu;- tilllvn.
.\ p :Ilet which i fozn-d will lay very
small eggs for a whim. and when she
L‘":L~t'.s in order to ;.-~t. she tvil. not be
gin again as oil: a a~ a matured hen.
Sonic ad'rise can" til axiinst allowing
; wotk horses and '.' a (was to drink of
lire-n old water, b:.t take the ch-Il 0:”! be
2 {life the animals are uzlervd to sip it.
1 Fr ml dairy stork sell. for you are re~
lpail by the mi.k. t‘n - growth of the
’ stock and tile value of the Illfl‘ uric.“ hicli
l. :‘ten epiais he first cost of the
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.ltnck culture is rv co:i.m--ndcd- on sev-
eral accounts. as more grotitablc than
{that C: chickens. 1 hey remit-e less care.
‘ grow more rap ly and sell at better
priCI'S. _
, It is xvi-t! -‘.:t‘.el that whether prices I):
f up or d nwn. prim-- mutton sheep are :ii-
ways saiabio. .iiil a: g all prices. The
markets are never supplied with choice
mutton.
g Spinalh is easily 2r iwn and very rcl»
ilsllabie. It might have been sown l s:
’ f~ I) and lightly mulvhcxl ; but it may now
Ive >O\Tn in the s_..- ng so soon a the
ground is lit.
I’attcnin; Izozs c :n be fed too much.
as w II as not ('T‘W ign. fwd regularly
i and give no more than they will eat
a
l‘l
l .
reldily. l‘c sure to give them tire.
l fresh watcr.
l A writer in I.‘ --,' .‘Vrzr Yorker says:
Na Illzzclllbc can be in ale to cut so care-
; fully that all grain may lve seed. The
h. ll\ rind this wast;- g.ain much edict
thin a mun cm
A gardene: says the very best mulch
, for tcudergardvn p‘auts Es forest leaves:
; brides, they are “x-I'lh all the cost of
ggathcring and drawing for their benefi-
| einl action on the soil.
The most economical food for carp is
lgrain. mrn. rye or poor wheat. Throw
g the :rain into th- water and it will soon
berome soft. Carp nee-.1 to be fed in
' winter if they at: expected to grow.
.\ butcher sxys. when the flesh on a
' Ie: of mutton shrinks back in cooking,
! letting the end of the b me stick out, it
' is a sure Sign that the animal was not
properly fed. Shrinkin .- meat is too fnl':
of water;
Make bins in the barn. and pack root
. crops in dry earth or sand. Endeavor to
avoid all the inu‘stnre posdble. If your
:barn is no: ivcll :hcltcred, storing root
‘crol s in mounds is the next best way,
but. inconvenient when the ground is
fro. en.
The more np.-n and 1 orous the soil, the
, more freely air can penetrate it and reach
, manure buried in it. the sooner will the
i latter decompose and become available.
. Hence, quicker results may be expected
- from using unfermentcd manure on light
sandy lands than on close clay lands,
Sheep in winter need but little care.
I Good hay and a few roots each day,
keeping them dry and giving them the
run of the field. is about all they need.
,At night they should be well housed,
always kept as dry as possible. Their
wool will hold a heavy weight of snow
or water. sheep also nx-ed good drink—
ing water.
In the absence of meat, potatoes boiled
in milk, where there is plenty of the lnt~
ter, is an admirable pre, oration for feed-
ing to young. growing chicks. A mix-
ture of one third corn meal and wheat
bun with the above will make the young
chicks grow wonderfully if gin-n fmh
every day. ~The best bed for setting
hens is plenty of good, sound whole corn.
They should hove plenty of fresh water
to drink.
One of the most important values of
fertilizer: in their action on quick grow
mg crops. Strawberries, for example.
must gather most of their food in a few
Weeks. and in that time must have it in
super-abundance in most, avdlable form.
Grass, on the other hand, aka a many
months to perfect. its growth. and plenty
of time to gather its food.which in about
the same for one~half a ton of timothy
as for five thousand quarts of strawber-
ries.
The gilt-edge butter of the future will
. not be washed at ell, says the America-
L'i/(tirutur. The fine aromatic odors Ind
the nutty flavorvrill‘be retained. and not
washed away in streams of water. Water
injures butter. A cloth wrung out in
ice water, or even in fresh water, and
then spread over a layer of butter will
destroy its color and take out the good
qualities from the surface layer. Ice
water ismore damaging in its eflecta than
fresh water of natural temperature.
Pretty Lively Traveling:
"The question is often asked me,“ aid
an electrician, “if it be really true that
the electric current travels fut. en
toga around the world in a single mall
There seem, s to be a deal of cmos.‘
lay on, that score. a best ‘reply that
can bc_i_nade to such an inqmry‘ is that
everything depend- on the conditions.
Take a perfect land line 25,000 ‘mileo
long, or equal to the cm fennee of
the earth. and a up on the win would
be felt from one cache the other in about
one second. Under the best possible
conditions a: my, armp- an eight or
requird if the
transmitted
ten Icconds would
current was to 1). mm“
cables under. the two econ-332.com
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