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THE PAULDING NEW ERA
Dallas, Georgia.
The residents along 11 lumber tluinc in
the mountains above Chico, Cal., have a
novel way of getting their mail. It is
started on a raft from the head of the
flume at regular dates, and the jH'oplc
below watch for it, tukeaut what belongs
to them, and then send the raft with its
precious cargo on the way.
Chicago promises to be the theatre in
1802 of a world’s fair which will eclipse
everything of the kind ever seen
before. It will commemorate the ser
vices of Columbus in finding this con
tinent 400 years ago, and will incident
ally boom the hustling city which nestles
between the prairies and the lakes.
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Thebaw, the deposed and exiled king
of liurmah, was, according to the Unci,
educated by Dr. Marks, a missionary of
the Church of England. It further states
that the king, when a lad, gave great
promise of future excellence. In the case
of Thebaw, as in the case of many others
before him, unrestrained authority proved
his ruin. ,
A French hair dresser in St. Louis has
applied for a patent for u process by
which passengers cun be taken after a
rapidly moving ruilwuy train without
stopping the earrf. But this is not alto
gether novel, since passengers are occa
sionally so taken off and their careers cut
shorter than ever the St. Louis barber cut
hair.
Hog cholera was carefully studied last
summer by several pork raisers in Kan
sas, yvliere the disease raged part of the
time. One of them resorted to “home
treatment,” as he called it, and he says it
succeeded in bringing every member of
his infected herd around all right. The
mode of treatment he thus describes: “As
Boon as tho animals were taken sick I
turned them out of tho pens and began to
drive them to warm up their blood. Tho
first day I drove them three miles and tho
second day two miles. They would
vomit freely while being driven. After
the second day they showed signs of im
provement, which continued, and finally
nil the hogs recovered.” An Abbeville
county (S. C.) farmer, whose hogs have
never been attacked by the disease, attrib
utes their immunity to n quart of turpen
tine slops which lie gave them weekly.
The manufacture of base balls in this
country has become an important indus
try, and an ingenious one, too, m cording
to the description given of the process:
First, there is a little hard rubber ball,
around which there is wound a strong
blue coarse yarn, and when this reaches a
prescribed size, it is (irmly wrapped with
white Venetian yarn. The balls are now
placed in an oven and baked until the
moisture is taken out of them and they
are reduced in size, this making them
solid. They are then coated with cement,
which causes the balls to retain their
shape,and they cannot be knocked crook
ed. After this comes some tine blue yarn,
and around the whole is placed line white
gilling twine. The balls are weighed,
each to have a certain weight, and the
covers are put. ou, these being made of
the best horse hide. It consists of two
pieces, each cut in the shape of the figure
8. By bending one section one way and
the other in an opposite direction, a com
plete cover is obtained. This is a simple
mid ellectual substitute for the former
method of covering with four pieces of
leather.
No positive estimate can be placed
upon the value of tho animal production
of eggs and poultry. There are thousands'
of dozens of eggs consumed annually of
which no accounts are kept, to say noth
ing of the carcases, which render it im
possible for the census taker to record.
The sums given as the value of poultry
and eggs are, therefore, only estimates.
It has been claimed that the value of tho
poultry interests exceed those of the
dairy or any class of live stock, but tho
claim is a disputed one. We may ven
ture, however, to estimate that each in
dividual in the United States consumes
poultry and eggs to the value of five dol
lars pci ionium, and" with our population
fixed at 50,000,000, the sum reaches
$250,000,000. If only two dollars be al
lowed as the value of the ; oultry and eggs
consumed by each individual we havethe
large sum of $100,000,000. But we have
good reason for believing five dollars
nearer the amount thiin the smaller sum.
Estimating the average price of eggs at
only 12 cents per dozen, we still have a
large margin in chickens, ducks, geese
and turkeys. Whatever the amount may
be it is sufficiently large to demand con-
eidenition.
Tea drinkers In this country will be in
terested in tho statement that half a mil
lion pounds of willow leaves disguised a*
tea were shipped to America from Shang
hai Inst year—nnd this notwithstanding
a law to prevent such importations. The
fame of English tea is based upon the care
used in that country to prevent adultera
tion.
' Montreal is to have a larger ice palace
than ever this year. It is 152 feet long
and 144 feet wide, while the great don
jon tower, which rises nearly in the cen
tre, will be over 100 feet in height. The
ice castle of last winter was 1(50 feet in
length and 120 in width. The new pal-
nce has ljecn vaccinated, and there will
be a skating and curling rink within its
walls.
The Chicago Time* says that “the bold
head of Senator Ishnm G. Harris is a
striking object to the visitor looking
down from the strangers’ gallery of the
United States senate. A deep scar, run
ning in a semi-circle across the top of the
skull, marks the energetic efforts of a
Federal cavalryman to end the southern
er’s career on the battlefield of Shiloh.
Mr. Harris, as governor of Tennessee,
wus with Albert Sidney Johnston
throughout the two days’ conflict, and it
was in his arms that the Confederate
leader expired."
FARM AND HOUSE.
The prominent members of the national
house and senate seem to be on the shady
side of 50. Brown of Georgia is 05, Voor-
hees58, Ingalls 53, Hoar 60, Van Wyck02,
Shcrmnn 03, Don Cameron 53, Jackson 58,
Edmunds 58, Speaker Carlisle 50, Springer
is 40, ns is his ltcpublican colleague, Can
non ; Heed of Muinc is 40, Long of Massa
chusetts 47, Bland of Missuri 50, Walter
Phelps of New Jersey 48, Frank Hiscock
of New York 51; Warner of Ohio is the
same age, Handall 57, Morrison 00, Abe
Hcwcttis03, as is llolmau of Indinna.
The oldest member of the House is Rep
resentative Wait of Connecticut, who has
been a member of six Congresses; he is
74. The oldest member in service is “Pig-
Iron” Kelly of Pennsylvania; he has been
in 12 Congresses, serving 24 years. Next
to Mr. Wait in years comes N. B. Eldridge
of Michigan, who served in the last Con
gress; he is 71 years of age. The youngest
member of ‘the house is Robert M. La
Foilettc of Wisconsin, who has just
turned 30. This is his first session in
Congress. AVard of Chiengo is 32, and
there are several members whose ages lay
in the thirties. A mathematician figures
this way: There are 43 members who are
over 30 and under 40, 131 between 40 and
50, 00 between 50 and 00, 34 between 00
and 70, and four between 70 and 80.
MATTERS OK INTEREST TO FAR
MER AND HOUSEWIFE. .
Preserving Fence Posts.
An English farmer writes: After all
that has been advanced in favor of other
compounds, it is very doubtful for ordi
nary country work whether there is any
thing handier, cheaper or more effective
than common coal tar for coating fences
nnd other wood it is desired to protect
from the effects of the weuther. Much,
however, will depend on the way in
which it is used. To cover moist wood
with this substance, whether it proceeds
from the natural moisture or atmospheric
dampness, it is very bad policy. To in
sure anything like success in the matter
of durability the wood to be operated on
must be as dry as jmssible. This, of
course, is equally true of paint, but it is
of tar that we are now spanking. When
the woodwork to be coated is as dry os
can be, and the tar applied hot, there
need be little fear that it will fail in its
purpose. The chief difficulty lies in the
matter of posts at the surface of the soil.
Many plans have been tried to overcome
the decay which almost invnrinbly sets in
here first. Even here *ar is valuable;
but, according to the ex riments which
have been made to test the best method
of applying it, it appears that the most
satisfactory results hovo been obtained
when the wood is charred. As to the
way in which the charring should be
effected, there scorns to be scope for in
genuity. One gentleman has tried the
plan of first coating the extremities of the
posts, which are set in the soil, and then
burning the tar off ugain. This, it is
alleged, makes a surface which will re
sist decay. The charring should be car
ried to some distance nbovc the ground
level, and after the fence is erected the
whole of it above tho ground can
be coated to make the nppearance uni
form. The plan of first heating the ends
of the posts and then dipping them in
boiling tar is said to answer well.
How Booksellers Are Robbed,
In an uptown bookstore an ingenious
contrivance for robbing booksellers can
be seen. It is u box large enough to
hold an unabridged dictionary. It is
covered with ordinary brown wrnpping
paper. Strings pass over the top and
sides nnd appear to encompass the pack-
ngc. In reality they stop short of the
bottom, and the box can be opened read
ily and closed with a snap fastening. A
handle is attached to strings on top of
the box, with which to carry it. A man
entered Dutton & Co.’s store with one of
these innocent-looking packages in each
hand. He stooped to look at books and
the boxes were deposited on the floor.
Other customers passing by kicked
against them, nnd in the most •ordinary
way the man picked them up nnd set
them behind the counter, to be out of
the way. He was careful, however, to
put them behind the counter on which
dictionaries nrc displayed. Ton minutes
later one of tho clerks observed the man
stooping over the boxes, which were still
behind the counter. The clerk had no
suspicion that nnything was wrong, but
the rascal on seeing himself observed took
alarm and walked hastily out of the
store. This enused an examination to be
made of the packages, which xyere found
each to contain a big dictionary. The
man had meanwhile disappeared. The
trnde papers have been wurned, and the
smart sneak theives will be obliged to n-
vent some new method for carrying on
their business. One of the boxes would
cost about $1.50.—New York Tribune.
Feeding Corn to Horses.
Corn is the bane of the farm horse, as
it is also of the horse doing any other
sort of work, not because of not beingsuffi-
ciently nutritious, but because it makes
too much fat und not enough muscle.
The horse’s muscle wears away by work
ns metal wears away by friction. Fat
wears away under exercise, but its disap
pearance in nowise lessens the |>ower for
either draft or speed. On tin 1 other hand,
well-nourished and vigorously exercised
muscles, without a deposit of fat to keep
them company, are much more efficient
for any purpose for which the horse is
kept, then when there is a load of fat to
be carried. The trainer acts upon this
proposition, and works the fat off, exper
ience having shown that ihe muscles,
trained down by exercise until fat accu
mulations arc, removed—fattening foods
being mainly abstained from -give the
best results in the case of a speedy' horse.
The same rule will hold geo 1 with the
work horse, though me dified by the de
gree in which the movements of the lat
ter are slower than those of the former.
If the farmer has on'y corn for feed, then
he will be wise if he make sale of his corn,
or the greater part of it, buying oats in
stead. If corn be used in whole or in
part, the effect should be carefully noted
as to the extent to which fermentation
sets in, meeting this by use of salt and
ashes, at once lessening the amount of
corn fed. It will be found that horses
fed upon corn will eat earth when allowed
access to it, as, to a degree, this neutral
izes the acids generated in the stomach,
and gives relief, (torn may be rated as
the. natural food of fattening, stock—such
as are fed for their flesh. All kinds of
tattooing stock are made ripe on corn,
with the addition of an allowance of
coarse feed or fodder. Ripeness in the
horse is a very different thing from ripe
ness in the fatted steer, for in the one case
it means full vigor of muscle with an ab
sence of fat. and in the other an abundance
of fat, no matter how much; and as for
muscle, no matter how inefficient for
work.—Lire-Stock Journal.
How General Polk Met His Death.
General Leonidas Polk, the fighting
bishop of To.nnerses, .v«t.. os_ .hte. .h-er ~v,
high up the northern slope of Pine
Mountain in Georgia on June 14, 1864,
when the eye of a Federal gunner was
caught by the glitter of the rider’s equip
age. The marksman poked the black
nozzle of a Long Tom gun toward the
target, sighted slightly below the blue
sky line, and sent screacliing thither a
shot that started Polk unshriven to king
dom come. B. F. McCollum, the man
who thus picked off one of the most
famous of the Southwestern generals,
died in Laportc, Ind., a few' days ago.—
Cleveland Leader.
Small Flocks.
An idea which is fast gaining ground
with practical sheep men is that small
flocks—comparatively small ones—are
the most profitable. The populur notion,
in the range countries at. least, used to be
that the larger the flock, the greater the
profits. The idea is fast being dissipn-
ted, nnd the days of handling.sheep by
the tens of thousands is numbered, even
on the plains of Texas. Certain kinds
of sheep do better than others in flocks of
several thousands, but it is a fact which
experience has demonstrated that there is
no kind of sheep which will thrive as
well in a large flock as in a small one. In
these huge bands of sheep a vast number
die, and a vast number are left, and none
receive the attention which common
economy demands. It may pay in one
sense to have one man attend sheep two
men could not properly see to, but it
pays in no other way; and it must be re
membered that the item of expense in
volved in the wages of the man who at
tends the flock is either the largest or
smallest in the business, for the profit or
1 w .j ■> of iliv blOC.il. * ciepciilib* iuuio oil 111 ill
than upon the man who furnishes the
money and attends to the financial man
agement.
In a general way it may be set down
us fact that to attempt economy in the
pay of the man or men who look after
the sheep every day, is to turn what
should be profit into loss, for men of ex
perience know that the sheep herder who
pretends to work for the least pay is gen
erally the most expensive individual that
could be engaged.
The sheep raiser of the present time
seems to think that he is beset with an
unusual number of hardships, and so he
has a great deal to contend with in order
to make his business a success, but the
hardships arc simply incident to the com- i
petition and close figuring of the times. ;
With careful attention and an applica
tion of judicious business management,
sheep and wool growing can be made to
pay as well and better than iu the “good
old times” about which men are too
prone to £alk.—Sheep Breeder aiul Wool
Grower.
WOMAN’S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Household Hints.
Cistern water may be purified by char
coal put in a bag and hung in the water. !
Coffee cake should be wrapped, while
warm, in a napkin, and there remain till
cut.
Whiting or*ammonia in the wnter is
preferable to soap for cleansing windows
or paint.
To prepare raisins for cooking, first i
pick off the stems, then pour on hot I
wuter sufficient to cover them; let them
stand a moment, then add cold water
until hands can be borne in it; wash and
drain. They can then be seeded very
easily without the use of a knifo.
Two things are necessary to insure
good tea: first, that the water should be t
at the boiling point when poured on the
leaves ' vator simply not answering the
purpose at all); and second that it
should be served freshly made. Tea
should never be boiled. So particular
arc the English to preserve its first aroma
that it is sometimes made on the table 1
two or three times d i 'in j me meal. In |
France little silver canisters of tea are
placed on the table, where it is invari- j
ably made. One tenspoonful of the j
leaves is a fair portion for each person.
Tea is better raaae in an earthen tea-pot, '
which tea connoisseurs are particular to j
have. They also drink the beverage
without milk, and with lonf-sugar mere- j
ly. Water at the first boiling point is |
generally considered better for tea or.cof
fee, and, in fact, any kind of cooking i
which requires boiling wuter.
A Little Girl's Heroism.
Brave little ten-yeur-old Ethel Spooner !
has received $20,000 in the Kings unity
(N. Y.) court from the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railway Company.
Ethel is the duughter of Dr. Walter A. :
Spooner, of Brooklyn, and her story is j
worthy to find a place among the tales of j
modern heroism. During the summer of
1884, Dr. Spooner, with his wife and
family, went to pass his vacation at
Orange, N. J. They occupied a house
near the track of the Delaware. Lucku- ,
wanna nnd Western Railroad, on which 1
there are several unprotected crossings at
that place. On November 10th Ethel
was out playing with two little !
cousins, and the little chnps got on the
track just as a train was approaching.
Ethel ran and got them out of the way, :
but just as she was to leave herself, her
foot slipped down between the rail and t
the wooden walk, and she could not
extricate it. She cnlled to one of
the little boys to come and help
her. and he, alter tugging at his com
panion's leg, was about to unbutton
her boot when the trnin came dashing
along and was upon them. The child,
with presence of mind, seeing it was im
possible to extricate her foot, threw her
self down on tho wooden walk and al
lowed the two wheels of the locomotive
to pass over her leg below the knee,
crunching it into a shapeless mass. The
limb was amputated above tne knee the
same evening by a local surgeon. She
has recovered from the shock, but must
use crutches all her life. She sued for
$50,000 damages. It was shown during
the trial that ut the Greenwood avenue
crossing where the accident took place,
there were neither gutes nor flagmen.
The defense tried to prove by several wit
nesses that tho child was playing on the
line, and the accident was due to negli
gence on her part. After a few moments’
absence the jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff. A demonstration on the part
of the audience wns stopped by the court
officers. After being discharged each of
the jurymen walked round und shook
hands with Ethel, one of them saying to
her, “A’ou’re a plucky little lady.”
Feathered Butchers.
In California butcher birds catch a
large variety of lizards, including the
horned toud, mice, and kangaroo rats,
and one has been seen flying laboriously,
carrying a bluejay quite as large, if not
lurger, than itself. As a rule, game thus
captured is taken to some favorite spot
and impaled or hung up, and then torn
apart, so that in a locality frequented by
these birds quite a museum is often
found, composed of the dried remains of
various animals, the dismembered parts,
bits of bone, and other material. In
southern California the orange tree offers
every inducement to these butchers,
the thorns with which the branches are
armed being used for this singular pur
pose of laceration. Sitting perfectly im
movable on a twig, the bird suddenly es
pies a horned toad or lizard, and darting
down, before the frightened animal can
bury itself or seek shelter, it is seized in
the powerful beak and borne struggling
to the place of execution. At first the
victim is often held down with one claw,
after the manner practiced by hawks,
and so torn and lacerated; but generally
a sharp thorn or a pointed twig is selected,
'.ii.d".iicAjo.’j'Yuiccu ugumst il uiiui it is
firmly impaled. This having been ac
complished successfully, the body is
sometimes left, as often the capture is
seemingly made in wanton pleasure, for
the mere sake of killing; the victim left
disembowled—a grim warning to others.
When the butcher is disposed to devour
its game, the thorn is used to help tear it
apart, the flesh being torn in both direc
tions. So strong is this habit that in
confinement the bird still takes advan
tage of any sharp object. Thus a pointed
strick, sharpened for the purpose, being
given a caged butcher bird, all its food,
consisting of raw meat, was immediately
placed upon it, and either left or de
voured.—Scientific American.
The Passing of the Letters,
l’he mail from the east, and the mail from
tho west—
A thtmdcr Of wheels—a rushing blast;
But the sleepy travelers never guessed
What voices arose as the two trains
passed.
“Tell him you met me, tell him I fly!”
“That will I—tell her I stay not nor rest!”
Thus greeted Love’s messengers speeding by,
One from the east, nnd one from the west.
—Edith M. Thomax, in the Critic.
Seven Wonder* of • Young Lady.
1. Keeping her accounts in preference
to an album.
2. Generously praising the attractions
of that “affected creature” who always
cuts her out.
8. Not ridiculing the man she secretly
prefers—nor quizzing what she seriously
admires.
4. Not changing her “dear, dear
friend” quarterly—or her dress three
times a day.
5. Reading a novel without looking
at the third volume first; or writing a
letter without a postscript; or taking wine
at dinner without saying “the smallest
drop in the world;” or singing without
“a bad cold;” or wearing shoes that were
not “a mile too big for her.”
6. Seeing a baby without immediately
rushing to it and kissing it.
7. Currying u large bouquet at un even
ing party, nnd omitting to ask her part
ner “if he understands the language of •
flowers. ”— Tid Bit*.
A Good Housekeeper.
Ability to be k perfect housekeeper is
not conferred on every woman, but it is
S ossible to lie a good one without sacri-
cing all other interests in life. While
one is learning, to be sure, it may seem
as if there were not many interests be
yond the household, but after the art has
been mastered, there is a freedom and a
sense of power worth nil the struggles
mnde. Of course, the kitchen is not the
onlyplaco iu which burdens are borne,
vet the care of the table generally makes
itself felt more than unytliing else; and
no matter how well conducted all the
other departments may be, if this one be
neglected, discomfort nnd unhappiness
will ensue. Cooking is a science, and
for this reason girls urc often more suc
cessful than their elders in ordinary ex
periments, because they comply strictly
with directions, instend of guessing what
quantity of ingredients to use in order to
E roduce desired results. Experienced
ousekeepers might avoid much disap
pointment if they were equally careful.—•
The Home.
Nweet-Mine!oil Women.
Bo great is the influence of a sweet-
minded woman on those around her that
it is almost boundless. It is to her that
friends come in scusous of sorrow and
sickness for health and comfort. Ono
soothing touch of her kindly hand works
wonders iu the feverish child; a few
words lot fall from her lips in the ear of
a sorrow-stricken sister do much to raise
the loud of grief that is blowing its vic
tim down to the diist in anguish. Tho
husband comes home worn out with the
pressure of business und feeling irritable
with the -orld in general; but when he
enters the cosy sitting-room and sees the
blnze of the bright fire, nnd meets his
wife’s smiling face, he succumbs iu a
moment to the soothing influences which
net as the balm of Gilead to his wounded
spirits, that are wounded with the stern
realities of life. The rough school-boy
flies into a rage from the taunts of his
companion* to find solnce in his mother’s
smile; the little one, full of grief with
her large trouble, finds a haven of rest on
the mother’s breast; and so one might go
on with instance after instance of the in
fluence that a sweet-minded woman has
in the social life with which she is con
nected. Beauty is an insignificant power
when compared to hers.
Fushioii Notes.
Straw fans are shown.
Cuffs are in fashion again.
Fur capes are growing longer and
lower on the shoulders.
Tulles offer as much variety as any ma
terial found in the stores.
Woolen lace is the next to be adul-
turated; gold and silver threads are
added.
Gold and silver glisten everywhere, in
every part of a full-dressed lady’s cos
tume from top to toe.
Embroidered shoes, boots and slippers
are much worn; tho more elaborate the
embroidery the better, and the raised
work in saddler’s silk is really beautiful.
A red brocade china crepe is trimmed
with black lace and velvet, large passe
menterie motifs catching down the lace
n front, the bodice of red crepe drapedi
with black lace.
Pink is no more becoming to dark
than to light people, and yellow is being
worn by blondes even more than by bru
nettes; it is just found out that brunettes
ought not to wear it.
Satin shoes are once more preferred to
boots, and are made very low in the in
step, with flat bows, or, which is far
more elegant, prettily embroidered and
with no bows at all.
Woolen stuffs, the rougher she better,
have driven silk, satin, and velvet from
the streets to the interior of fashionable
houses. .No truly fashionable woman
wears a silk or velvet walking dress this
winter.
New varieties in hose are being shown,
but there are but few sold. Who are to
buy the immense stock of light hose,
| delicate tinted kid gloves, fancy liurrd-
| kerchiefs and the many elegant things
j offered?