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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; ___________ '•; U i. 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 '! Wi of sa tinuously, a pi of vegetation. to the weaker f onus