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, BETTER THAN GOLD.
Belter than grandeur, better than sold,
Than rank and title a thousand fold,
ft a healthy bodv, a mind at ea«e,
Ard simple p’easnros that si way« please;
A heart that can feel for a ncUbbnr’a woe,
And share bis joys with a Rental glow,
With RympaUtlea Isrrewnaugb to enfqgfe
l men as brothers, ts Better than gold. «
Untried by the Inst of earei of wealth.
Lowlyllrtn# ard ldfty thought
Adorn and „ ,ww*r- nn:..rni:
- r*or man and mora’a. or Haturcu plan.
Are the genulce te»t of 4 —
' Better than eo'a =n ihejfwoet repsw ! n
tOfitha filidrs close;
v EB*»*^tha»%<7l4 fitthe poor man’r sl»ep,
And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep
Bring sleenirg draupht* to t*>e downy bed, '
where inxnry pillows bis aching head;
A treasure surpassing Australian ore,
h the crest and good of yore.
And ltye with th
The sags’* lore and the poet* lay,
The glories of empires past a'wiy:
The worldlTgreat drama will thus unfold
And yield a Measure better than gold.
_ inf’life, ]
Hallow 'd by mother, or sister or wife.
However humble the home may be,
Or tried by sorrow with heaven's decree,
The blessings that never were bought or sold,
And center there, sre better then gold.
Curl
ous Show.
Trained Bronohos-lntelllgent
The (• d uc«ted Klla-And the
Gents—
Jie Promising
HnfFalo Calf.
Out in Denver there is an exhibition
now being given which is of more than
usual interest, showing ns it does the
wonderful capabilities hitherto lying
dormant, and now brought out by
skilled training, of wild animals, from
which nothing of the kind could reason*
ably be expected, The following from
the Denver Tribune will give our read
ers some idea of what these animals can
do, and of what. we may expeot in the
' futujiar^'i w ?sti * ,
The elk, an animal from which noth
ing has aver before been expected, ex-;
cept, indeed, tender steaks and juicy
roasts, has been trained to dp some of
the finest jumping ever witnessed, and
to perform many interesting tricks.
The buffalo calf has been in training
only a short time, and does not oome
out strong yet. His intelligence and
ambitioh have not yet been sufficiently
aroused. He do-s, however, obey the
word of command, and will run around
the ring to order, and lie down when
told—if he happens to feel like it.
Ti*e wonderful thing about the exhi
bition, os. that Bartholomew will con
trol and direct, nine horses, two,, goats
and a buffalo oalf, put them through a
great variety movements, and. make
them perform many wonderful trioks,
simply by the word of command, never
touohing. them, and having not even a
halter ph'|h$&, .7.. , - i 5 Ifl
He's will- stand in the center of the
ring and call to a horse standing with
the others, by the Bide of the tent, to
oome to him, and the animal, will re
spond with the'alacrity of a democratic
voter incited to take a drink. And the
horses have been trained to do various
things ;. will raise the lids of boxes with
their, noses, and take out any article
found therein; have been tanght to
distinguish oolors, and will, as direoted,
seleot.a red, white or bine flag, and
carry the same to their master. They will
step to mnsio, mark time, and waltz,
keepiBgperfeot time. Bartholomew ex-
peotsto put them through the gallop
shortly. Two of them have been train
ed to take positions on opposite ends of
a long plank, placed over a blo.k three
er four feet high, and there will see
saw with as much graoe, and seemingly
with as much zest, as two truant school
boys. They will roll barrels, fire pis
tols, and imitate man in almost every
thing exoept talking, drinking whisky,
and playing poker.
The <**7 goat* win jump noon their
respective liGioOS,
and the horses gallop
rapidly ,around the ring, will turn
aiound and change horses, ss readily as
independent newspapers change position
horses
otfbyKfc make them takefteir pod-
s
platoon, and. them wheel
and^"*
mats are all loose, not a rope or halter
on any of them, and are managed en
tirely by word of oommand. At the
command **oome-here,” “go get that,”
“march,” and so on, they start as
imptly as a small boy in a
ly^hfh Ufsl
go liter f si
pail of water; If
__ a tell one of his
greased pole, we believe the an
imal would at least make the attempt,
As. fefiT^jLh&iihan g(m ess4, tits piaople
will lo.nrxi that rich essays, magnificent
mining schemes, big beets, enormous
Great Guns.
It was thought by our government,
not long ago, that a 15 inch oast iron
gun, able’to throw a 500 lbs. ball a dis
tance of three miles, was about as big
a thing
wonld
forts in
plaoes
expense.
rthaUfcrough £ this the ani-
turaips and large atoms, jire not the
onlywonderful thingsthat oome from
the Bocky Mountain region.
The Gfitton Outlook.
The Memphis ootton exchange crop
report for May, just published, gives
the following aggregate from 166 ro
ses from West Tennessee, North
ii, North Alabama and Arkan-
„, norm of the Arkansas river.
1. All answer that ootton planting is
completed,- save replanting.
2. The acreage—There has been 2}
per cent, less acreage planted in cotton
than last year.
3. Stands—95 report good stands of
the ootton planting; 7e, report lacking
11 per cent, of an average, 2 5 of whioh
will be replanted.
4. Weather—The weather thus far
has been more favorable in that there
has been less rain, but less favorable in
that it has been too cold. The average
is much more favorable than last year.
5. Labor—94 report a very material
improvement in the morale of labor; 31
report a moderate improvement; 36 no
change, and 5 report not so good.
6. Ootton stands—115 answer that
ootton stands were obtained earlier this
year than last; 10 report about the same
time; 41 report later, averaging six days
earlier.
7. Work stock—22 report work stock
in better condition than the past two
seasons; 52 same condition; 92 report
not so good. The generid tone of our
correspondent indicates fully 10 per
cent, worse oondition.
8. Oondition of cotton orops—45 re
port it in very good condition; 79 in
average condition; 42 report not in so
good condition as 1874 ; 69 report the
plant suffering seriously from cold
weather.
9. Commercial fertilizers—The uni
form answer is nous used. ,,
OOBN AND SMALL QUA IN.
* 10. Com drops—122 report com
planting complete; 44 not oompleted.
Increase of acreage 12 percent. Ninety-
eight report the crop in superior con
dition ; 52 average, and 16 in bad oon
dition. *
11. Small grains—83 report the con
dition of growing small grain in supe
rior condition; 59 good; 8 moderate,
with but one reported in bad condition;
15 in bottom lands report none sown.
i Condition of the European Crops.
The mail accounts from Europe oome
down to the beginning of this month
and are full of interest in view of the
prevailing uncertainty as to the pros*
peot of the coming harvest, on which
the generally depressed trade of the
world so greatly depends! 1 Up to the
last week of April the weather in nearly
every important grain-growing country
had been exceptionally unfavorable to
vegetation; and it m clear that the
oontinuanoe a few days longer of oold
winds and ungonial skies would havb
caused a general failure of the , cereal
orops. Just, at this crisis, howW>Sy the
weather on Imth sides tilt Atlantic ap
pears to have taken a milder turn, and
though not positively favorable to
growth has s&oebeen sufficiently mod
erated to avert injurious effects to the
orops. In Iranoe, Germany, Austria
ana Hungary, the condition of the
wheat crop is generally satisfactory;
and in thosftnrmutries where maizG is
cultivated, the prospect of that crop
also appears to be good. Over large
areas, however, the rye crop is an utter
failure; and rape has also suffered very
severely. On the whole, we most eon
elude that, it we have Average
crops this year, it oan be only tl
very favorable weather between
t as £
the
bar and other
supplied with theiq at great
__ r visitor at Forts Hamil
ton and Tompkins, down the bayV will
see long roes of these grim monsters,
arranged in tittle line, vainly waiting
for employment against floating ene
mies. Compared with more recent
gtms they are now mere pigmies, of no
sort of consequence, ana the quicker
they are broken up and removed the
Mr. Menclaus, new president of the
Iron and Steel Institute, England,
says: “Mr. Longsden informs me
that they are making at Etsen, at the
present time, 14 inch guns of steel,
ygamfUmmM finished, -67} tuns,
carrying a shot of 9 owt. 9} English
miles, using a charge of 210 lbs. of
gnnpowder. They are about to make
steel guns of the following capacities
and W$tffipts : 15J inch bore, 80 feet
long, weighing 82 tuns, using 300 lbs.
of powder, with a shell of 1 500 lbs.
weight; guns of 18 inch bore, 82 feet 6
inches long, weighing 125 turns, using
440 lbs. of powder, with a shell of
2,280 lbs. weight. Mr. Longsden de
murely adds: ‘It is calculated, for
the present, that these guns will be
heavy enough to destroy any armor a
ship can carry.’ In gloating over the
destructive properties of these weapons,
he is leaving out of his calculation,
perhaps, the flash of lightning ships
whioh Mr. Reed is about to build, and
whioh may, under smart management,
be able to get out of the way of such a
conspicuous object as a shell weighirg
over a tun, even when fired with about
a quarter of a tun of gunpowder.”
Jay Cooke’s Million-dollar Palace
The sale of Jay Cooke’s million-
dollar country-seat, “Ogoutz,” near
Philadelphia, was postponed on Tues
day, as no bid was made, the auctioneer
started at one million and getting down
to $350,008, no one offering to buy at
that figure. “ Ogoutz ” is one of thd
most beautiful plaoes on the continent.
The great banker lavished his money
upon it, and gathered everything beau
tiful in art whioh his money could
buy. The mansion itself is.400 feet by
157 feet in dimensions, four stories
high, with towers, the whole being con
structed of granite and iron. Conser
vatories, fountains, exquisite works of
art and tropical plants adorn it, making
a veritable palace of the place. Billiard-
rooms, bathrooms and every known
luxury are among the appurtenances,
while the park surrounding the palace,
of immense extent, is laid out in ex
quisite Btyle. While Jay Cooke lived
here he as a princely entertainer, and
the house was full of distinguished
visitors continually. No one could live
in suoh a place without a fortune equal
to that of Jay Cooke; and when it is
remembered that he oommenced the
construction of thispalaoein 1864, just
four years after he ventured, in an hum
ble way into the banking business in
Philadelphia, some idea may be formed
of his vast suocess as an accredited
agent for the sale of government bonds
and as a railroad speculator. “Ogoutz”
will never pay the trustees of the es
tate of Jay Cooke a moiety of the eost.
Whoever pays the $350,000, however,
will have an elephant worth a million,
of oourse, bat difficult to handle. 7 The
$350,000 last named by the auctioneer
inoluded the pictures, costly wines and
all the other appnrtenances.
yard is enough. I shut each hen and
brood in her coop for three or four
days, and then let her have the whole
yard. The chickens in each yard all
eat together after they are allowed to
run, amkthis saves considerable time.
The hen should ran with her chickens
about seven week!. I do. not snake the
chicken yards and ooopjftat profit, un
less rats are plenty, for the broods need
the fteililif;
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The Suet Bntter Manufacture.
In spite of the prejudice vrhioh exists
against suet batter, It is a fact that the
manufacture has of late made great pro
gress ; and the quantity of the material
now consumed is certainly now larger
than ever before. There is a large fac
tory in Hamilton, Canada, from which
some 2,000 lbs. per week of imitation
bntter are shipped to all parts of the
world. Another and still larger estab
lishment in Boston, Mass., turns out a
very great product. In many eases, it
is said, this butter finds its way directly
to the butter producing districts of New
Tork and New Jersey, and then is sent
to market as genuine spring batter. It
is certain that immense quantities of
the oleomargarin are sold by dealers as
true butter, and that the profits of the
trade are very large. We see it noted
in a daily contemporary that the suet
compound is in use in some of the prin
cipal hotel and restaurants in this city,
and that the frequenters of these places
have as yet not discovered the fact. We
do not pretend to the skill of the pro
fessional butter taster; but we have no
difficulty in instantly recognizing the
artificial compound. We may add that,
not long ago, we discovered it on the
table of one of our New York hotels;
and after satisfying ourselves as to its
identity, we taxed the proprietor with
its use. He strenuously denied the
charge; but at a subsequent meal, we
found the “ ox butter” (as the Harvard
students have named it) replaced by
“c«w butter.”
We do not mean to say that the oleo
margarin is unsavory or unwholesome.
On the contrary, it is made with the
utmost nicety from the cleanest of . ma
terials. Neither is it unpleasant in any
marked degree to the palate, nor to the
stomach. It certainty is infinitely bet
ter than the abomination sold by grocers
undtrthe geuerio name of “cooking
butter.” Still most persons have a
prejudice against suet Duttdr, and that
feeling, so far from being weakened,
has been strengthened by the knowl
edge that the reprehensible practice of
selling the imitation as the genuine is
so widely practised. If the material
were advertised and sold uniformly for
what it is' and oh its merits, we
have no donbt but that the prejudice
against- ft " '^onfd in a great measure
subside. For shipping to hot climates,
it is,-no doubt, far better than the but
ter usually sent to southern ports.—
Scientific American.
The
Dividends of California
Mines. J
Gold
aim July and August, and. in any ev
the harvest oan hardly fail to bo a
niiri JTi TJfrttrfti ~ ' .BIAS'"
no chil-
_ For tha— imttmT 46 not doubt
you will read this, my advice, with
MWuUOfl*
The Gare of Chickens.
demon giveslhe' following excellent di
rections for the management of young
chickens.
Last year 1 raised seven hundred
chickens very successfully, losing very
few. To prevent ohickens from getting
lousy, I dust the hen and neat at the
time of setting, and again in ten days
afterwards, thoroughly with sulphur.
This will keep Hoe from the hen, and
when the young ohickens are two days
old I grease their head* with a mixture
of one part sulphur to three of lard, and
repeat'this if any Hoe appear after-
ww*feW[ feed sulphur twifie a weik in
their feed, aborts ounofi to two
quarts of meal. I always
wet their bodies. One hundred in each
Nothing pays better than a prosperous
gold mke, and nothing pays worse than
an unprofitable one. Nearly all the
gold of the Pacific states comes from
about a dozen mines, all the others prov
ing sources of loss,, and even of ruin, to
the owners, The following is a listTof
the eaniings of a few of the snccestfnl
mines in April,; , ' ::
Consolidated Virginia Silver Mining ,
Company. *1,080.000
Eureka Consolidated Mining Co...., 60,000
Manhattan Silver Mining Go......, 50,000
Rediogton Quicksilver Co - 87,000
Jefferson Mining Co 25,000
Black Bear Quartz Co...... M 15,000
Excelsior Mining Co 12.000
Empire Gold Mining Co. 5,000
Total .7........7.;. fc .. $1,274,800
Next month it is expected that the
dividends of the Consolidated Virginia
company, whioh amounted to a mfilion
dollars last month, will be increased to
& million and ft half. Dr, Lmuerman,
1 director of the United Biates mint, has
authorized the construction of a new
refinery for 'separating gold from the
silver bullion received at the San Fran
cisco mint from the Oomatoek mined.
* oapacitjr of
$1,500,000 per week. It ii claimed in
San Francisco that, in a short time, the
“in®* °n
mines prodaoed half k million f
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of sa
tinuously, a pi
of vegetation.
to the weaker f onus