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FARM NOTES.
L A PARMER w6QI-grow
luiff h&s well uiil there is more money iu
' .growiiig at twenty peatß a nupnd than to
1 ioan your moneys? ten per Befit. interest,.
1 fti’ pftease Svfiiclf lias become hnrd
k'Dfid by dust on the axles of machinery
•an all be cleaned off by the use of
.Kerosene.
! ■ Bunches of grain's were kept three
months by an Austrian grower who
dipped the ends of the stems in wax and
ewcked the fruit iu kiln-dried. ground
bark.
Professor Riley sars Hint kerosene
ir oil of any kind is snrii death to insects
in all (stages and the only sujofltauce with
which we may hope to destroy the oggs.
Oils will not mix directly .with , water,
but will mix with milk, fresh or sour,
aud then may lie diluted .to any desired
extout.
Weak Eyes in Horses.— A good
authority gives the following as a remedy
for horse.V eyes that are weak, winking
and inflamed: Take an egg and break
thelkrge'itaiTchough to admit the'handlo
of a ttiaspcsjai; jour out the albumen or
white; mit iu. Jill the salt you cag until
it is quite stiff. then set it- fn the 'center
•of a heaj) of red coals and let it burn un
til done baking; then when cool grind
and brow a piece fef it into the eyes once
nf’dr.y.
Purifying Rancid Butter.— One of
•our foreign contemporaries gives the fol
lowing mode of clarifying rancid and.
tainted 1 mtter: ‘ ‘Let thejjbut ter be melted
and skimmed as for dairying.; then piit
into it a piece of bread well toasted all
over, but not burnt. Iu a few minutes
the buttet "will lose its offensive taste and
smell, but the bread will Income per
fectly fetul.” AVe liav'e serious doubts
with regard to the above process pro-'
during’fhe' reSTilf claimed. Htill it is so
simple that any one can try it.
Keeping Milk. —Milk will absorb bad
•odors from the air quicker than almost
any other liquid, therefore great caro
should be takeu that it is not ex posed, to
auy condition where it w ill be likely to
be damaged in that way. In manufact
uring. i cream into butter, great care is
necessary as to the quality of salt used,
as great loss may lie entailed by this
-alone. The salt is a very small item in
itself, nevertheless it has cost ma,ny dol
lars iu the course of a year through the
damage done by the use of an inferior
article. Always use the best known
brands and keep a close watch upon them
lit tliaf. The use of firkins, pails or tubs
made of any kind <Jf wood that iiiijmrtfl
an unpleasant flavor must be avoided, as,
.after packing, butter is very susceptible
in coming in contact with any flavors of
ibis kind.
Preserving Pastures. —Among many
propositions to renovate the pasture, one
lias been overlooked —management. It
is the cheapest and most practical manure
on the farm. The common plan is to
have but one pasture, upon which the
cattle must graze at all times. If it
.comes to the bare sod during the seasons
of extreme drought the stock must con
tinue to grub at the sod for want of bet
ter. This the roots of the grass
to tine sun or injures or destroys the
plalit. Suppose we use our trees and
shrubs in that way, the detriment to
growth would be at once apparent. A
good top on grass for growth is us nec
essary as upon trees.
That one hundred acres of land in tw<s
pastures will keep one-third more stoclc
than the same number of acres in one
•pas to re has long been known to the prac
tical farmer. The reason is that the
stock can be removed it lias
grazed the pasture t6o closely, lief ore tlie
roots of the grass &dse uncovered. A
plan that will renovateTlpuidreds of pas
tures in lowa is JRiistf Let the grass
have a good starmii tile spring, say four
inches, before tim-ning,on thb stock, and
change pasturesfes often as' the pasture .
appears to be * closely graced. —Pry/.
Knapp, in Homestead.
Feeding Bees In Winter.— After art
impropitious season bees aro.ept to go
intyvmtar reoarters illy fWvjded jyith
stones; I and ! cagif oqs
apriristS. aiVaro 6f tluVlttelf:’ toed wJa£ l
colonies ijumjg _the fall sqfficieyjjv ’te
supply H*V>iraed; y l It to -rtever- desirable
to feed liquid uteres eittier hpgay pr
syrup, in winttT, him' hfftTv&l Wreed'af
all milyas -positively demanded. - The
best way to feed, if we must,~i§"to put
candy made from, graimlatad sugar oaf
the fntfttos; jiM fink
if—it must-be done, it will generally suc
ceed. If the. bees cjm,. uasp the winter
until Mftreli-4-anftthe atoreisweeded dur
ing the*Col(Lwitttei- are veiSf light com*.
pared with those consumed later after
broiKl-rearinglQpmmen^'s—Fa may
feed eitherliodey or the bdes
can fly occasionally and will receive no
harm from liquid food. This food, too, will
stimulate brood-rearing, and thus work a
double bopeiik Thp ieiedcr wll need to
be so as to .keep the food
near the duster dr the bees will not ap
propriated!, 'because of the cold. Ko one
should fail'td nsfe i division-board in win
ter and spring. Reap the. bees crowded
on to so few frames'that All ridll be cov
ered, Bpd spring dwindling will do little
barm.— A. J. Cook, Agricultural Col
■tfftfi, Lansing, ■mm,' 5 * ■. v
One Hundred Bushels of Shelled
Corn to rtua Acre: Nathim G.
Pierce tells the American Cultivator
how he raises one lqmdred bushels of
swelled qorn to the acre. Up used for
seed an eight-rowed porn which he has
improved by "ejfrefrtl sdectioh, and be-
Hbvoe it- to be a‘ gfeod. Variety ’ to raise,
any die re between Virginia and the
Canada line. TJiq selected for
planting was a good jnece of gravelly
loann It was well plowed about the
first of May, harrowed, treated to a
brimlcast application oi ninemhimdred
fftnJds, ftofffizef to the here; %gaip teayi
Inv/ -d faithfully, rendering tlieiand fine
and mellow; rows marked three feet
njiart, a small amount of fertilizer scat
tered to each row. May 10th, tliroe
kernel* of corn planted m each hill, two
feet apart in the rows; cultivated and
hyed four times* allowing no weeds to
glow; passed through the entire piece,
cutting each hill down to two stalks;
every sucker \u each hill cut throughout
tho field. During the entire period of
growth, through tho season the field was
closely watched, every weed pulled and
evert- ear of smut cut out At the proper
time, after the com had become hard, it
was cut, bound hi bundles, and stocked.
When" dry it was drawn into the barn,
where, with the assistance of a hired
man, the corn was husked, weighed ns
husked, aud found to yield one hundred
aud ten bushels of shelled corn to the
acre, allowing seventy-five pounds of ears
to equal one busliel of shelled corn.
HOUSEKEEPERS* HELPS.
Vanity Cakes.—Yolk of eight eggs
and oue cup of sugar. Knead with
flour, and fry in hot fat. Roll them aud
cut in fanoy shapes before trying.
. Cracker Pib.— To a common-sized
tin, allow one eup of cracker crumbs, ono
liatf pint of water, one teaapooful of
tartaric acid, one cup of sugar, and spice
to the taste. Bake with two crusts.
Frosted Apple Pie. —Line a pie with
putt' paste. Slice in apples, sugar them
ami add a little butter, no water, and a
little lemon essence or juice. Bake, and
wbep done spread a thick frosting of
beaten egg and sugar over it, return to
tire oven till the frosting is warmed
through.
Apple Short-Cake. — Slice enough
tart apples to fill two round pie tins.
Make -a crust out of one teacupful of sour
cKeam, a teaspoonful of soda, a little salt,
and flour to roll out. Roll out upper
crusts, lit over tho apples anil bake. The
fruit should be juicy and no water
added. When done turn bottom up
wards, sprinkle over sugar and a few
bits of bptter, turn back again, pile on*
on the other, and serve warm with cream
or as you please.
Favorite Pudding.— One-half eup of
butter, one eup of, sweet milk, three
eggs, white aud yolks beaten sejiarately,
two teaspoonfuls of cream-of-tartar, flour
to flfakjjPji stiff batter; steam until done.
Serve immediately, with sauce made as
follows: One pint of boiling water, one
cup of sugar, butter the size of an egg,
and one glass of wine. Thicken with
com-starcli. A pudding made like the
above and baked with fruits, canned
peaches, jam, marmalade, or whatever
is preferred, spread over it, is very nioo
indeed.
A Mold of Cold Meat.—A' pound or
a little more of cold meht—beef, liiuttoh,
anything except pork—two ounces of
maccaroni, one teacupful of fine bread
crumbs, a tablespoonful of butter, one
egg, pepper and salt. Out tire meat
very fine. Wash the maccaroni in cold
water then boil for half an hour, drain
and cut into incli-lengths. Mix with the
meat crumbs, butter, pepper and salt,
mix thoroughly, bind together with tho
beaten egg and pack into a well
greased basin or bowl and steam for an
hour. This is very nice for breakfast or
tea, sliced and eaten cold.
To Dry Sweet Potatoes.—A good
way to preserve sweet potatoes for future
use when they show signs of “decay, is to
dry them in the same manner as you
would .any fruit. Boil, peri, and slice
quite thin, and dry on plates around the
lire. When wanted for the table, put
the quantity desired into a closely
•covered stew-pan—iron
darkens. Uienre-wiih but little water, not
enough to coverVthem, and let sim
mer two or three Lours. When done
the water should qavo evaporated, or
wliat little thebe is reft should be of the
consistency of syrup. Mash and serve
a* you would Irish potatoes, omitting
the milk.
Boiling Milk. —Tlie source of the
gCJU*IS fever epidemic near London was
traced by f)ii a. medufil offi
■ceVw health, 'wr tnw milk’ site I there
from two farms in Oxfordshire. Scarlet
(ever had pre rionsly j)t*ovailqd in Oxford
shire. and tlie milk sent out from there
was: found to. contain the infectious
genus. The doctor advises all who have
<*f invalids ■ dr-infants to boil
their pi ilk before using it., We are not
ifl Jatpr of sounding useless ftlarnjs, but
in tlie case of infants or delicate persons
we think it as well toboil tho milk be
fore giving it, especially when it may
come" 'from several cows.— Rural New
Yorker. ■■
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>o Women.
We have no women nowadays; they
are all ladies. An Englishwoman wish
ing to see the women wards in a prison
iin-Tennessee, was answered by the War
den, “We have no ladies here at pres
ent, madam.” Now, so,far as.the ladies
were .cpncejrppcL it was very well that
none df tlietn wef’e iai : prison \ but then
it sounds a little odd— la/lie* hi prison!
It would seem bad enough, for women to
fo to such a place. A lecturer, discours
ig flpon the characteristics of women#
illustrated thus : “Who, wore the last
at the cross ? Ladies. Who were the
first at the sepulcher? Ladies.” On
this modem improvement we liiive heard
of but one thifig that beats the above. It
was thtt finishing touch to a mkrriage
eeremofiy, -performed by an exquisite
diyine up to all modem refinements.
When he liad thrown the chain of Hy
men rouhd the happy couple, he con
cluded by Saying, “I now pronounce
yon husband 'and lady." ■
The R Jinan Forum has now been
Oomptotoly excavated, with the excep
tion ffr/iail portion at the entrance
4*< ar.tjTe Capital The shap- .prows'ir-
K g&fi i-jdlhg broad on jJre Capitol Me
and narrow toward the palace of tho
(,'icsars.
Host met ion of Timber.
In his evidence before tire Agricultu
ral Commission of Canada, says tho
Toronto Globe, Mr. Brown, of Fort El
gin, expressed tho opinion that the
country should be reelothed with forest
trees. He recommended the planting of
largo nurseries by the Government, from
which tho people could obtain trees at a
low price, aud, also, that tlie Govern
ment should replant the crown lands,
as is done in Australia and other coun
tries. Mr. Brown Ims been engaged in
the study of forestry all his life, and
wlmt he said before the commission is
worthy of serious attention. The pro
cess of stripping the land of its timber
supply, and more particularly of its
merchantable timber, has been going
on at a reckless rate for many years both
in Canada and the United States, and
unless it is-checked tho time must soon
come wheu eveu the demands of the
home market cannot be supplied. It is
not with a forest as with grain or live
stiK-k; it can not l>o reproduced in a
year or iu a generation. Our great pine
woods are the growth of hundieds of
years, and once they are cut down or
burned over the supply is ended.
The pine forests of Maine flt'ty years
ago were thought to be inexhaustible.
Thousands of men were employed dur
ing the winter months felliug aud cut
ting trees, aud in the summer rafting
tho logs down the streams or cutting
them into lumber in the mills. Bangor,
on the Penobscot, was once the busiest
town in the United States. The river
was lined with saw mills for miles, and
2,000 vessels were engaged in the car
rying trade. The forests for 200 miles
up the river, and for many miles on
either side, have been laid waste, and the
“ Old Pine Tree State ” is no moi'e than
a figure of speech. Spruce, which rap
idly reproduces itself, is the lumber
most generally manufactured—the pro
duct on the Penobscot this year being
ten times that of pine.
In Michigan and Wisconsin the same
reckless haste and waste are going on.
The Saginaw valley, which formerly con
tained the largest and finest forests in
Michigan, is being rapidly depleted.
Its mills have a capacity of 600,000,000
foot of lumber per year, and mill-owners
are obliged to bring logs from other
rivers, often us far as 150 miles distant,
to supplement the stock of the Saginaw.
The output has reached its climax, und
no new mills are built or old ones re
placed. On the Muskegon river the
amount of logs rafted this year is 400,-
000,000 feet, and one large operator
alone will put in about 250,000,000 feet
this Winter, hauling to tlie river by rail
an average distance of eight miles. The
Alpena district will, at the present
rate of cutting, be stripped iu fifteen
years.
The Wisconsin pineries have been
w orked much less extensively than those
of Michigan, but an estimate made by
the President of one of the largest log
ging companies on tho Mississippi fixes
the utmost limit of the supply at forty
years. In Minnesota the forests are
much smaller in extent, aud will prob
ably not survive the others. Unless,
then, anew departure is made, the last
tree will be cut from Maine to the Rocky
mountains by the end of forty years,
and the United States must depend for
its supply of pine lumber on foreign
countries.
Is there no way of limiting produc
tion, of husbanding our resources, of
putting an end to reckless waste, of pro
tection against forest fires, or of replen
ishing our woods by systematic forestry ?
These are questions in which the whole
country has an interest, and which must,
be discussed and answered.
lloiree.
We Americans drink a good deal ol
coffee, home of it is atrociously bad
coffee, and a great deal of it is not coffee
at all. A certain noted man, who was
very fond of a cup of genuine coffee, is
said to have stopped at a country inn
and said to the proprietor, “Have you
any chicory?” “Yes, sir.” “Bring it
to me. ” A can was brought to him. ‘‘ Is
lliis all you have in the house?” “I
have one more can only.” “Well, bring
that.” It was brought. “ Now,” said
the noted man, placing the cans of
chicory in his pocket, “go and make
me a cup of coffee.” If the American
people could place in its pocket all base
imitations of the fragrant berry, a cup
of good coffee would not be a rarity. A
good deal of our coffee comes from Bra
zil. Last year we imported from that
country about 422,000,000 pounds of
coffee. The annual consumption of
Mocha, Java and Rio is valued at over
$100,000,000. Put that in your cup and
stir it. The best Mocha comes from the
province of Ilemen, in Arabia. All oth
ers. as paragraphers would say, are hol
low Mocbaries. Java coffee comes from
Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Tlie roast
ing of coffee is a business by Itself, and
tlie modern coffee-roaster browns a ton
and a half of coffee iu forty-five minutes.
Men who work at the coffee-roasting
trade never drink coffee. They have
enough of the aroma at their regular
business. — Detroit Free Press.
Why They Called Him Luwjer.
In a Mississippi court, a colored man
sued a neighbor for damages for killing
his dog. ColonelM., defendant’s lawyer,
called Sam Parker, a colored gent, to
prove that the dog was a wor these cur
for whose destruction no damage ought
to be recovered.
Colonel M.—Sam, did you know this
dog?
ham—Yes, sah, I wer’ pussonally ac
quainted wid dat dog.
“Weil, tell the jury what sort of dog
he was. ” *
“He wer’ a big jailer dog.”
“What was he good for?”
“Well, he wouldn’t hunt; he wouldn’t
do no gyard duty; he jes' lay roun' an’
eat. Dat make ’em call him wat dey
'did.”
“Well, sir, what did they call him?”
Vlley called him Lawyer, sah.”
Indian Peculiarities.
Marrying into an Indian tribe assures
the white man nn immunity from danger
ho could not otherwise secure. Though
ho is not considered one of the baud, lie
'is, in a mfratijre, attached to it. His ro
lutionship is tinit of a imfftttage to a
liyusg,
Iu tho event of a difficulty between
his peojile and his trilie, ho re
nmfiid perfectly neutral, taking care
tokoop’oift *Ytofn between theta. Asa
renegade, the Indian would not tolerate
him. As nn en enemy, ho would bo
hunted into the ground. When trouble
looms up lie packs his traps and moves
until it is over, and then returns with a
Rip-Van-Winkle-like yawn, wondering
what has happened in his absenoe. It
is this jiosition that lias made him nn ob
ject of some suspicion among whites and
Indians where neutrality is an unknown
force. He is on neither side in a fracas,
a situation more unfortunate than to be
with the defeated* among jwople who
take a hand in everything. He may Ire
brave, but he is circumscribed, bound
down by his domestic relations, but
powerless for action.
According to prairie law* it is dis
reputable in a white man to •abandon lus
dusky wife until she has grown too old
to work for him. Then lie may send
her back to her tribe if he so elect. The
obligation upon the wife is different,
She may not desert the husband for an
other white man, but she may leave him
lor an Indian who wants to marry her
provided she have no children. If a
sipmw desires to abandon her husband,
the Indian of her choice must put back
the price originally paid to her mother,
lie may abate no jot or tittle, and it is
in such payment that the divorce is per
fected. She then becomes a single
woman, free to marry, but she can not
livo in the vicinity inhabited by her
former husband. Slio must move a any
with nor new venture. Such divorces
are not infrequent. It is u difficult thing
for tho squaw to perfectly adapt herself
to her white husband. He may bo of
the kindliest disjiosition, but his ways
are not as her ways, and though sho
struggle with all her strength to draw
closer to her existence a part of liis, she
can not make him one of her kind, and
she drifts away from hint. The birth of
children directs her thoughts into anew
channel, and lessens the chasm between
them, but without them he lias but
little hope of keeping her to himself.
Sooner or later she will find her affinity.
The Bicycle.
A bicycle is much easier to master than
one would think. Tho first thought in
getting on one is quick calculation. The
calculation is to solve the problem of
which way one will fall. The solution is
a tumble, being a combination of every
conceivable way of getting down with a
vim and bruises. One soon masters the
thing. The captain of the capital hioy
cle club of this city says that ju hall an
hour he can teach auy ofip to ride. At
the end of that time novices can get
along on tho streets, and keep a going.
They will not bo finished wheelmen
though. It takes time and patience to
become a “ily” rider. The enjoyment of
the exercise is keen and not wearisome.
Your true wheelman would not exchange
for a good saddle horse. It is not tire
some. The weight of the body is on tlie
saddle instead of on the knee as in walk
ing. Forty miles a day can be made
without fatigue except a slight stiriug in
the knpb the first two nights of the trip.
This .explains the long trips by wheel
men over the country. A man with a
good pair of lungs gets winded if ho
runs a hundred yards at the top of his
speed. The bicycle strider will make a
quarter of a mile at his bost bent before
bis wind begins to fail. The English
papers speak of a characteristic “bicycle
back"—a hump-shouldered, chest-con
tracted sort of appearance—resulting
from the wheel. There is nothing of tho
kind in the United States. The style of
riding is different in the two countries.
In'England the gay flyer grasps the
handles or tiller, us if the thing were a
bofit, overbunded; the back of liis hands
are upjiertuust, and liis arms making the
hypotenuse of a right angled triangle
cutises him to stoop. In the American
stfle the handles are grasjied with tho
palms Uppermost; the elbows are by tho
side. The fore arm making the base of
the right angled triangle conduces to an
expansion of the chest instead of a con
traction. The summer is the nutfst
favorable season for the sjiort, but in
Washington it holds on during tlie win
ter owing to the inihl climate. —Ate-
change.
Oriental Women.
As time progresses, the condition of
tlie women Of the Orient rapidly im
proves. Japan lids taken the lead in
this resjrect, and to-day Japanese women
occupy a position anil exert an influence
| that lew of them would have dared
i dream of a quarter of a century ago.
J China is being tonight the lesson, though
J more slowly than Japan, and women are
entering to a limited extent into the
world of business and politics. Mer
chants of Canton, who would have se
cluded their wives with the utmost caro
a decade or two ago, now permit them to
be seen, and, what is more, they allow
them-to converse w ith other men. They
travel with them on the steamers that
navigate the Chinese rivers and waters
along tjie coast, and it is said that some
of them have gone so far as to allow
their wives to sit with them at the pub
lic tables. Bimiiar progress is observ
able among tlie Siamese and other East
ern nations. The world still moves.
In a restaurant—A gentleman and a
scrub are seated at the same table. The
scrub is just finishing his dinner, tire
f gentleman is just beginning his. Scrub
igbts a cigar arid blows a cloud of smoke
over liis coffee. The gentleman, rises and
says in his politest tone: “Excuse me,
sir, will it annoy you if I o,t while van
are smoking? ” 4 >*'
A New ( omnium!incut.
In tho seventeenth century tho minfe
tor of a certain parish in Scotlund waa
the famous Samuel Rutherford, tho re
ligions oracle of the Covenanters and
their adherents. It is among the tradi
tions that on a Saturday evening, at one
of the family gatherings, when Ruther
ford was catechising lus children and
servants, a stranger knocked at tho direr
aud begged shelter for the night. The
minister kindly received him, and ask ml
him to take liis place with tho family
and assist at their religious exercises.
It so happened that the question in
the catechism which cuois to the stran
ger ivas that which usks : “ How many
commandments are there ?" He an
swered, “ Eleven.” “ Eleven 1” ex
claimed Rutherford. “lam surprised
that a man of your age and apjrearunoe
should not know Irettos; what do yon
mean?" And he answered: “‘A now
commandment 1 give unto you, tuat ye
lovo oue auothcr ; as I have loved yon,
that ye also love one another.’” Ruth
erford was much impressed by the an
swer, and they retired to rest. The next
morning, ns lie threaded liis way to
church through tlie thicket, he heard
among the trees the voice of the atriuigcr
at hiH devotions. Tire elevation of tho
sentiments convinced him that it was no
common man, und, on accosting him,
the traveler confessed that he was no
other than the great divine, Archbishop
Usher, the Primate of the Church of
Ireland, who well fulfilled that new com
mandment which ho bore toothers. Ho
it was who had come in disguise to see
Rutherford in the privacy of his own
home. Side by side they pursued their
way to the little church, and from the
rustic pulpit the Archbishop preached
to tire people from tho words which had
so startled his host the evening before :
“ Anew commandment I givo unto you,
that ye love one another." —Library
Notes.
Tho Chair of Choctaw.
If it Aoro possible to imnginn that
2,00 b years to Como there should be
established iu an American seat of learn
ing a Chair of Pawnee or Chippewa it
might happen that some relics of oilr
aboriginal people, the last who might be
living then on the cultured plains of tlie
West, might collie to this school to pi Ok
tip.what was loft of their long-lost lan
guage. Somethitig not so dissimilar ap
jrears to he now taking place iu England.
Prof. Max Muller ifftites that for tho ( last
two years he has boon teaching Sanskrit
to two Japanese, who me desirous of
studying tho pure text, so'that they tnay
become familiar with the original Budd
hist doctrines. The uacfctl books appear
to have been carried from India to Japan
in thn-Boeomlketpitigy df ijrir eia, and to
have been transported later to Japan.
' Hard as ths work is for tlrese students,
Max Mullet writes i “ I horowmiloom
had more devoted, iuorapuinstajang and
persevering students at OxfOTil." It is,
Indeed, a triumph rtf ptiro tandem intel
ligence when men in the ueiglrerhood of
where a language hail been spoken and
partially lost luavo ooiao thousands of
miles to another country, different iu
race, religion and culture, to receive their
instruction. The religion of Jftnau being
that of Shintoism anil Buddhism, tho
latter in the greateg majority, ono can
understand tlie yearnings of devout Jap
anese to master the secrets of that lan
guage in which one, of the very greatest
of reformers wrote his wonderful text.—
New York Times.
A Witty Judge.
Readers of Shakespeare have always ei*
joyed the witof “Portia,” in tli o Merchant
qf Venice, by which she saved “Antonio”
from the knife of * ‘Shylock. ” The tlreteml
ed judge affirmed the right of “Snylocik”
to his jreundof lleslj, but added, should a
drop of blood be shed iu taking it, his
life would be forfeited. A California
judge lias shown equal wit.
A hard character, well-known as a thief,
was indicted for entering a miner’s tent,
and stealing a bag of gold dust. The
theft was proved. Ho had been seen to
cut a slit in tho tent and reach in and
take the bag. A bright thought qccqred
to the counsel for the dote pee.
“ How far did he get when he toqk the
dust?” , ,
“About half-way in, as ho reached
over,’,’ said the witness.
“ May it please your honor," said the
shrewd lawyer, “I shall demand the
acquittal of my client. The indictment
is not sustained. He did not enter the
tent. Can a man enter a house wheu
olrt-half of his body is in, aud the otliei
half out?
The jury and were equal to the
emergency. The verdict of the jury
was, “ Guilty as to one-half of his body,
and not guilty as to the ot icr half.” The
sentence of the judge was, “Imprison
ment for the guilty part, of two years.
The jirisoner may leave the other part
behind, or take it with him.” The sharp
lawyer was outwitted.
Early Rising.
A German physician of celebrity lias
lately been investigating the subject of
early rising, and lisa* come to the con
clusion that, far from making a man
“healthy, wealthy and wise,” it has
quite the contrary effect, and shortens
life iff stead of prolonging it. In tho
majority of cases which he has inves
tigated," the long-liVCrs have indulged in
late hours, and at least eight out of
every ton persons who attained the age
of R 0 and upward were hr the habit of
not retiring to rest until the small hours,
mid remaining iu Ual until the day was
far advanced. Ho has ho doubt what
ever that early rising is u most perni
cioiis habit for those who go to bed' lute,
anil, tike Charles Lamb, thinks it better
ainl, like Charles Laiqb,.thinks it better
for everybody to delay getting up until
the morning has, had-a chance to be*
tome wo U aired.
UuHANri Y ie won soon** hy courtesy
[ than by real benefits.