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telegraph poles. tub business IN THEM IS QUITE an industry. One Michigan Town Handles 300,000 Poles a Year. The Western Union Telegraph Com- has R« polo headquarters for the district located in this city,says Manioc, (Mich.) letter to the Chi- a the grand center, ea go Herald. This is the depot, the distributing point for the territory extending from Pitts¬ burg westward to Omaha and south- id to the Gulf of Mexico, but the wa drawn lines of the district are sharply arid poles are often shipped from here to Atlantic coast points and to the Pacific coast and shipments have been mar le to Mexico and Central America. The yaid where tho polls are handled includes about a dozen acres of land and is situated east of the city at the head of the government canal, through which tho river llasm flow’s to Lake Erie. From forty to two hundred linen and anywhere from a dozen to {forty teams arc constantly business employed is fin the operations, ard the [one of the leading industries handled of the town. The number of poles here in the course of a year is simply immense, entire forests passing through every season. At d" present time the stock of poles O). and is low, the receipts since navigation closed last fall having heen hut nominal, hut in the autumn I when the yards are full, the value of [die I poles in stock often runs up to a quarter of a million dollars. The poles, nothing but cedar used, straight, clean and sound to ihe core, are [ brougiit in from northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, in fact, from any part of the country where cedar grows and can he shipped. They are shipped in by vessel from up the lakes and by rail, hut the hulk of them are tow ed into the river in mammoth sack and crib rafts that con¬ tain from 5000 to 20,000 poles each. Many poles are also received from the Canadian shores, hut instead of being dean and ready for immediate use these havo left on thorn live or six feet of the rough bark at the butt ends. This hark is left on not through any oversight on the part of the lumber- men. It is carefully arranged. With- out the hark the poles would he a man- u file Hired article subject to duty, hut with it on the pole is still in the eyes the government a rough log, raw material, and not taxed. The poles are all purchased hv con- tract, and arc worth from $>1.15 to $7 each, delivered at the docks. They must he absolutely straight and sound, ami any that are not up to the specifi- cations are rejected by the inspectors, 'vlio are in constant attendance during ilic receiving season. There arc sev- cral‘sawmills near the yard*, where die defective poles are purchased and <-ut »P into fence posts, lumber and dingles. The perfect poles range in length from 25 to GO feet, and upon being received arc assorted and piled up according to size, ready for ship- merit upon requisition from headquar- ters. •iicse piles, when the yard is full, arc often 200 feet long and sixty and seventy feet high, and a single pile " represent the product from an en- , ' re cedar swamp. The poles are all dapped out by rail in response to or- a, *d go to all parts of the coun- 11 7 as needed. The short poles arc ,1 ” e ^ for now lines and for railroad 'cn ice while the longer poles go to * ant * to the reconstruction and air °f (] ie gveat trunk telegraph *‘ Iles w Ecre many wires must be sup- porfed. t he life of the average telegraph is U years, anil those in a posi- Il0il lo know say that the number in tual service todav through the terri- tui supplied from this city is upward - ^ our millions. About three hun- Gitusand poles are handled here '° r y year, and the number is steadily’ )n< basing as the territory becomes SC'tt'S. 11 " u,:cgr " ,,h A Confession. “ * hat lus become of that ugly, ill- te! npered Bramble girl?” “She’s married.” " fiat man was idiot enough to Marry her?” ‘•’i liis one.”—[Epoch. Aluminium Steamships. The new torpedo boat, Cushing, is able to run at the rate of 29 miles a a hour. This marks a decided advance in I he art of ship-building, and there is hardly a doubt that vessels of large size, will before many years be cou- ■etructcd to go at the same rate of speed. It is not so many years ago since HO miles an hour was considered a good rate of speed for railroad trains. Indeed, there are a good many roads in New Aork state, which do not now average that rate of speed for passen¬ ger trains, We seem to be in a fait way of realizing the prediction made not long ago by a naval constructor that steamships would be made tc cross the Atlantic iu four days. If aluminium is obtained in such quantities as to make it ava lable to ship-builders a stiJl higher speed may be obtained. The wooden vessel was driven from the ocean years ago by one of iron. Then came steel to drive out iron, and it is fairly certain ihal steel will yield to the great superiori¬ ties of aluminium, which is stronger and non-corrosive, and about one- fourth the weight of steel. When aluminium can be turned out at four times the price of steel, vessels can be made cheaply of it. The price of aluminium has declined one-half within two years, and it seems to he going rapidly down to a point where it will be available for ship-building purposes. Aluminium vessels wiil not sink as much in the water, and will have a much lighter draught than now, which would allow for an enor¬ mous increase in speed.— [New York News. A Colt That Joined a Herd of Deer. William Nichols of Milton, Ore , when gathering his horses from the range last fall found that a favorite Percheron colt was missing, and all efforts to find him proving unavailing, the animal was abandoned to its fate, which no one doubted would he that of the vast number that have found their way into the equine paradise through the inclemency of the present unusually severe winter. During the present week Mr. Nich¬ ols, accompanied by another gentle¬ man, while hunting deer among the mountains that form the source of the Walla Walla river, started a hand of 17 black-tails from a deep canyon, and to their surprise observed a yearling colt speeding away with the baud, ap- pareutly as l l ightened as the deer themselves. Although the colt had acquired their wildness by association, he lacked the speed of those mountain climbers and was soon left far behind in the mad scramble over the rugged hills. The gentlemen, who were well mounted, pursued and overtook the colt, which proved to he Air. Nichols’s Percheron. From the fact that tracks of the colt following the trail of the deer were seen in several instances, and other evidences that were to he seen, it is believed that it had spent the entire winter with its strange companions, and prolonged its existence by follow- ing the guidance of the excellent in- stinct of the deer in search of food when the snow was deep. Japanese “Animas.” The “amnia®” are people employed in Japan to administer a kind of mas¬ sage treatment known a3 “uiomu,” which is, in fact, shampooing. Many of them are blind, and may he 6een guiding themselves with a bamboo pole, and advertising their presence by a plaintive whistle on a bamboo reed. The Japanese of both sexes are very fond of hot baths, which they enter in the evening after the day’s work is done. After their ablutions the “am- ma” is often called in, and by’ his treatment produce an exhilarating glow which is conducive to sleep, and nfso serves to renovate the exhausted frame. The “Samicn player” is an it¬ inerant musician; 6ome of this class, too, are blind. The Shinto priests in Japan neither shave their heads nor wear a special dress, except when going to perform their rites in the temple, and they are not celibate monks. Their office is hereditary in certain Japanese families. The Shinto worship is that of the my¬ thical ancestors, princes, heroes, saints, and sages of the nation, associated - with the deification of heaven and earth, the sun and moon, the air, water, and fire, but its temples have no idols, and its precepts are those of Coufucian morality. FOR FARM AND GARDEN; I. ATE GRAFTING. If grafts have been cut before the buds swell, and have been properly kept in a cool, dry place covered wia* sand, they may be set even after the leaves have put forth on the tree to which they are transplanted, There will be some check to the tree from pruning its foliage severely at this lime, but the new wood will grow, and after it has fairly started ana joined with the old, the strongest lead¬ ing shoots of the natural growth shouK be pinched Jjack, so as to turn the sap where it makes the growth that is wanted.— [Boston Cultivator. HOW TO KEEP EXTRACTED HONEY. Extracted honey can be kept two years—perhaps longer—in unwaxed kegs made of staves riven from the heart of white oak, without any per¬ ceptible change in its flavor. It seems that other woods—the heart of old growth spruce, poplar and Norway pine of the North, tulip and cypress of the Middle and Southern States— in short, any kind of lumber that will not impart its flavor to any liquid com¬ ing in contact with it or produce acid- ulation (as would result in using red oak, birch or maple without waxing) would meet the same purpose.— [American Bee Journal. nOW TO TETHER A COW. A rope is not fit to stake a cow with; it becomes drabbled with dew, stiff and kinked, and soon wears out. A trace chain answers the purpose well, and may be lengthened or shortened ac¬ cording to the intervals between the trees. A chain much over ten or twelve feet long is apt to entangle the animal’s legs and throw it down, caus¬ ing injury. The stakepin should be of iron, at least a foot long, with a very sharp point and at the top a groove around it, in which works a link. This link is compressed in the middle, the outer end receiving the chain, the in¬ ner part playing around the pin, so preventing the chain from becoming wound up. A stout leather strap around the horns contains an iron ring into which the stake chain fastens with a snap. At night, when the cow is led to her stall, this is snapped out and the stall chain snapped in.— rOliio Farmer. SORE FEET IN SHEEP. The foot of a sheep has a peculiar secretive gland and a duct through which a viscid secretion escapes be¬ tween the claws. This is known as the interungulate gland and canal. It is lined with short hairs by which the secretion is at times gathered into a sticky mass mixed with the hair and the duct is stopped. This causes in¬ flammation of the foot and lameness. The feet should be examined from time to time, and if necessary’cleansed so as to keep this dret free. No doubt if this is neglected the secretion being absorbed and causing tho inflamma¬ tion, foot rot may result, with the loss of the hoofs through neglect. The treatment of the lameness, which is, no doubt, due to the gathered mass of hair and sticky matter observed, should be as follows: Soak the feet in warm water, clean them well with a small stiff brush and carbolic soap; free the duct from the obstacle and ap¬ ply’ carbolated vaseline between (he claws. Keep the sheep in a dry, clean place with sufficient litter and the trouble will soon disappear without further remedies. No medicine is re¬ quired.— [New York Times. IN PRAISE OF THE DOMINIQUE. One of the best fowls that was ever kept is the Dominique. It is hand¬ some, tame, prolific of eggs, as good for the table as the quarrelsome, flighty game, considered the best by’ some for eating; it is the best of all mothers to her chicks, lay’s large, handsome,white eggs, ; s an excellent forager, scorns the corn bin, and will not sit all day- waiting at the door of the corn crib for its ration, and although weighing- only four or five pounds, yet costs less than half as much to rear as tho eight or ten pound birds of the larger breeds. But in the craze for something new this good, old-fashioned, handsome bird is neglected. The old favorite has not died off by the cholera either; it is not subject to that disease which prevails among the always hungry, ravenous, and glutton¬ ous breeds which ruin their livers by gorging themselves with food, Nor is it given to brooding persistently and sitting on stones for weeks when an attempt is made to break them up. The Dominique hen makes her nest and sits her sit out and brings out her full brood of a dozen cr more chicks, which she rears safely by her excel¬ lent care and feeds plentifully by her active foraging. Nor does she trample her little chicks by fussy uneasiness when her owner goes around or makes them wild by her unnecessary cluttering when there is no danger, while, fierce in battle, she will discomfit a hawk and save her brood from the preda¬ tory cat. Take her all in all, the Dom¬ inique lieu deserves to be favorably mentioned when one is considering what fowls he shall procure to dis¬ place the lazy corn eaters, which cost more than they come to.—[New York Times. STOCK FARMING WITHOUT EGGS. I have known sheep-owners to band together, and taking matters into their own hands, rid a section of the coun¬ try of the sheepkilling pests in short order. Of course there arose a great shriek of anger and dismay from the dogmen, hut it quickly died aw’ay, and the sheepraising industry increased apace. I have proved over ami over that stock of any kind can be tiained to come to a call, and to follow theii keeper more easily than a dog can he trained to drive them properly. Driving, especially by a dog, means worrying, crowding and hustling, and consequent loss of flesh. Leading means gentleness, moder¬ ation, quiet, and full benefit of all food consumed. Stock moved about the farm by driving are always moie or less wild and fearful of abuse. Those moved by leading are quiet, easily handled, ami almost without fear. Dogs have no place on a stock- farm. We once owned what we considered a very fine dog, and were very fond of him. lie was one of the quiet, peace¬ able, stay-at-home sort. When we re¬ tired at night he would be lying on the doorstep, and when we arose in the morning he was there to greet us. That he would kill a sheep, or even dreamed of it, never entered our heads. Yet this same innocent dog was shot at midnight while worrying a sheep in a pen four miles distant from home. That incident destroyed my sympathy for dogs, and I have had no use for them since. Let sheepmen combine and secure the enactment of a law taxing male dogs $2 each, and female dogs $o each, and iu a few years there will not be one dog kept where there are now 100. But first let them de¬ stroy their own dogs, and prove that stock can he handled without canine assistance, and then they will have at least one argument that will be worth something to them.—[New York Ex¬ aminer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. How are tiie strawberries doing? Give the bee-hive summer shade. For piazzas—the Virginia creeper. Dull, shackly tools arc a nuisance. IIow about home-made fertilizers? Employ only sober and smart help. Never too late to fix up the fences. The hoe (hand or horse) must be kept going if plants are to kept grow¬ ing. Keep the front yard clean and use it, and let all the buildings he neat and attractive. There is no more eflective remedy for the plum curculio than to shake them off upon sheets. Thin out the onions, beets and car¬ rots while they arc small; pull the smallest and weakest. Have you the potatoes all planted? If so, harrow the ground thoroughly before they come up. Culture is given to admit air to the soil as well as kill weeds. Don’t for¬ get this if your garden produces no weeds. It is the duty of the roadmaster to keep the weeds along the roadside cut; but if he does not do it, the farmer should. It pays. Watch for the currant worm, and when he appears dose him with white hellebore—a tablespoonful to a pail of water. It will kill. Kerosene emulsion is made as fol¬ lows: Stir kerosene with half ns much milk until no oil is seen, then dilute yvitk twelve times its bu’k of water. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Sashes are worn in endless variety. Sapphires are coming into fashion. Fashionable millinery is rich iu ca¬ prices. Evening gowns are bordered with flowers. Soft caps are worn on sea voyages in¬ stead of toques. Pearls appear in the most popular dress embroideries. Fine English serges are appearing in summer riding habits. Zouave jacket effects arc ail but uni¬ versal iu misses’ styles. The favorite confection of the Ameri¬ can woman is chocolate. The styles grow more and mor« piquant iu detail and outline. Black velvet ribbon is the favorito style of trimming for lace dresses. Tho Rev. Anna Shaw is said to be one of the best women orators in America. J)eop yellow and brown, in a simple geometric design, is famous tor a dado. Diamond orchids—beautiful and costly —are the latest and most artistic things in jewelry. The white sunshade is novel ami pretty, but hard to wear and very try mg on the eyes. The choicest thing yet, in its way, is a parasol of white silk covered entirely in real point lace. a Japanese Princess is in Berlin study¬ ing the management of hospitals and charitable institutions. Thrifty women who like to utilize half- worn gowns take kindly to the revival of material combinations. The India cottons and English cre¬ tonne are used for summer dresses by women of art-loving textures. Navy blue or brown flannel in short plaited skirts and plain blouse are tho thing for camping out iu the woods. Blue, black, gray and violet nos the colors most in vogue. Dress skirts con¬ tinue plain and almost close-fitting in front. Ouida, the novelist, has earned more money than any woman of tho century with the exception of Mine. Patti, tho opera singer. Tho visite form of wrap, long ban¬ ished from the catalogue of cold weatbei outdoor garments, appears among the summer wrappings. A. well-known London lady of rank has just had a pair of ten-button gloves made in which each button is a diamond. The pair cost $5200. White lilac, white violet, white hya¬ cinth and orris are some of the delicious scents that ultra fashionable coiffeurs sprinkle in the hair after i. is dressed. Handcuffs of flowers for bridesmaids is the latest caprice abroad, the pretty creatures being yoked together, the one to the other, with a garland of flowers. A feature of tho present style of dress¬ making is the almost seamless bodice which closes on one side invisibly. All the skirts trail in the back a few inches. Pauline Maria Elizabeth Wcdde, a Thuringian giantess, is good looking and of a handsome, well proportioned figure. She measures about eight feet four inches h height. A Chinese bride when putting on her wedding garments stands ia a round, shallow basket. This is supposed to in¬ sure a placid, well-rounded life iu her new home. Butterfly bows of ribbon lace and gauzy stuffs are perched on the brim of large hats immediately over the face. They are cute now but sure to be com¬ mon presently. Many of the lighter summer dresses for seaside and country wear show broad silken sashes in brilliant colors and some¬ times in black, which greatly enhance their effectiveness. Jliss Alice McGee has been admitted to the bar at Warren, Penn. She is only twenty-one years and passed! a better ex¬ amination than any of the young men who were candidates. One of the married women judges at the Fenton (Mich.) fair entered several articles in her maiden name in tho das? of which she was judge aau then awmrded them the first prize. Fifty-dollar dressmakers have adopted the French way of fitting a bodice—that is, without cutting a dart in the mate¬ rial. The side gores are cut on the bias and tho waist fits like original sin. The coming season bids fair, from all reports, to he the greatest lace curtain season this country has ever known. Tho manufacturers abroad are making great preparations to meet the demands of the American market. The Duchess of Aosta, wife of the late brother of the King of Italy, is one nf tho richest young widows in $200,000 Europe. 3he hfis $250,000 in bank, worth of plate, pictures, etc., and an an¬ nual State income (pension) of $30,000. If you are going to do much walking in the country, either on the mountain nr in the woods, you will add greatly to four comfort by your selection of shoes. Oxfords, with over-gaiters, and tourist Tuxedos, are excellent, stylish and com¬ fortable. A pretty incident accompanied the ihower of rice at a recent wedding. As the departing couple were showered with rice, a floek of coverei^the city sparrowi swooped down and pave¬ ment, and before they flew away not a grain of rice waa left.