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ALL ABOUT LIVE STOCK.
teachings of experience, with
THE SEASON'S COMPLIMENTS.
> Pradlag Harm and fowl.
The now hae four huge stomachs; tho
florae has one srnafi therefore they
m-eii to be fed diue.rntly. The horse
must have food ofU u, <tnd it needs to be
fairly concentrated and nourishing. Tho
cow can take a very large amount of
food at once into her paunch and then
lie down to reinasticate and ffigest it.
Therefore she must have timdjoetween
meals to do this work. Food twice a day
is often enough for hor.
Thu Superior flolstelao.
Both the breeders of Holsteins and
Jerseys are making arrangements for
displays and teats at the World’s Fair, to
tie held at Chicago. It is hoped that the
t wo breeds will compete in butter tests.
Bo far the Holsteins are the champions
in butter production, as well as yielding
the largest quantity of milk.
Don’t Cooiidcr Sixes.
To attempt to feed a herd according to
the size of the animals will be found a
difficult matter. 5ome small animals eat
more than those that are largor. Much
depends on the conditions and duties of.
each of the animals, as their appetites
and prefereni os for certain foods vary,
(lows that are in full flow of milk should
tie allowed all that they will eat up clean,
without regard to the size of the animals.
Various Stock Note*.
Nervous, active horses may be morn
serviceable in some departments, hut for
plowing and‘cultivating, if the work is
to !k» well done the slow horse is some¬
times the best,
A Danish professor, who has made ex¬
periments in that direction, states that
rows give more milk when they are
milked twice a day, but that more butter
is secured from tho milk when the cows
®vo milked three times daily,
i The more thought and care a farmer
fives'to live stock—cattle particularly—
the better his general farming is pretty
eure to he. Horses are sometimes petted
and given extra care by poor add shift¬
less farmers, but such farmers rarely toko
much pains with cows.
A pint of linseed meal, and the samo
of corn meal, mixed, and scalded with
boiling water, if given to an animal nt
night will someliihOB prove more benefi¬
cial than any rnodioine that can be given.
I .disced meal regulates the bowels and
relieves constipation, as well as prevent¬
ing secure.
The mares should be bred in the fall
rather than in the spring, ns foaling late
in the season does not proveut the mare
from being used to better advantage in
the spring, the colt being weaned When
the dam is likely to be required. It is
also more economical to care for the colt
during tho winter and turn it on the pas¬
ture in tlm spring.
How to ventilate a stable without n
draught on the stock is a problem to ho
solved. The difficulty is that the direc¬
tion in which the wind inay be blowing
influences tho ventilation. By hav¬
ing a ventilator at each end of tho
stable, and opening one or both, accord¬
ing to the conditions, is tho only way in
which the stock can bo protected.
I Public watering troughs and the feed
boxes of hoarding stables and tho tavern
stables of market towns are among the
most common recipients for tho virus of
glanders, which is most dangerous iu its
fresh state, hut cases have been known
to lie caused by feeding animals in thu
box or stall in which glandered animals
bad stood more than a year before.
Because sheep eat weeds is no reason
for keeping them on a diet of that kind
entirely. They prefer a variety, and
will eat many substances in the fields
that cattle will not touch, but sheep
should be given a feed at the food rack
when they oome up at night. When
this is done regularly they will learn to
appear at the barnyard without the ne¬
cessity of sending to the fields for them.
A Cheap Stubble Brrnker.
The aceompaning sketch gives a good
idea of a homemade stubble breaker and
leveler to use after sowing grain. Tho
inventor of it, J. Flomerfelt, Somerset
county, N. J., writes that it works
best on a mowing when the stubble is
frozen, as then it breaks it “like pipe¬
stems. ’’ Tho breaker is made of a two
or three inch plank, and with pieces
bolted on the top, so that a hinge can be
* fK VV -X,:
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HOMEMADE STUBBLE BREAKER,
attached; it works well on uneven ground
and is easily taken apart in storing away.
Being 18 feet long, it works fast mill is
not hard for the team. To take it to tho
field, unhook the chain at- one side and
draw it endwise. The hinge should ho
one of those with an eye aud key to take
apart easily.
*TH» Moil Northern Former In Amerlcx.
I am tho most Northern farmer in
America, writes E. J. Lawrence, of
Peace River, N. W. T., Canada, to
the American Agriculturist. A thou¬
sand miles by dog train in win¬
ter to reach the government post-
office on the outskirts of Northwestern
civilization. Do not wonder if mails mo
slow, and I do not get one-half my pa¬
pers ; someone gets them.
Money is not known here. We have in
spite of our latitude, 59 north aud tho
same longitude as Salt Lake City,
one of the finest and most agree¬
able climates north of latitude 40.
All common grains do well, wheat excel¬
lent. Vegetables are unsurpassed by
anything X saw in the East. I weighed
six field turnips last fall that turned tho
scales at 110 pounds. The heaviest was
23| pounds. It is not unusual that wo
can [lick from the pileof potatoes 50 that
would weigh 100 pounds. It is a splen¬
did country for tier**ranching,
ORCHARD a HU GARDEN.
“nil the weeds out of the old straw-
1 ry tows and there will be a larger
U; titter of runners produced.
1 i c»se who have used pans green as an
icide should not apply it to cqbbage
; emxdy against the cabbage worm,
: the poison will remain and harm those
,,u jonsume the cabbage.
A few bundles of well rooted paisley if
tr ro planted now will come out green in
the spring, make rapid growth, and soon
e< > ver a large space. It is a tetter method
of securing a bed than by depending on
need.
Soot is an excellent fertilizer tot plants
ir. pots. It in very strong and should not
t>> given in large doses. Just enough to
color the water is sufficient. It produces
» dark, healthy green color which ia
jnuyh admired.
By placing thin slices of raw potato
on pieces of boards about tho field, and
v isiting the same noon and night, a
1‘radii’ill Parmer correspondent caught
many beetles. “At the end of a week
not a hug could he seen. ”
3 ako up your geraniums before tho
frost catches them. It is best to put them
in pots at once, as no benefit will be de¬
rived by allowing them to remain in tho
ground longer. A few cold nights may
cause them to turn yellow, as they are
very tender.
Do not disturb the roots of plants after
tho plants are matured. If the weeds
and grass are in the way cultivate by
keeping the top soil loose, and do not go
down but an inch or two. Weeds are as
easily killed by cutting them off just be¬
low tho ground as to loosen the soil to a
great depth.
It is well to save all the fruit cans of
nny size for future use in the garden.
Some gardeners utilize them by punch¬
ing holes in them to let in the air and
light and using them to cover plants that
have been newly set out. They are left
on long enough to allow the roots of tho
plant to get to work.
It is claimed that the French method
of plunging potatoes for 10 hours into a
2 per cent solution of commercial sul¬
phuric acid, and afterward drying them,
destroys their germinating qualities,
without other injury, and keeps them
sound and fresh for a year. Sprouting
always injures potatoes.
To destroy purvalalne in the garden
iioe the ground lightly—only scraping
tho surface—and then rake it over, haul¬
ing the purvalaino away, It is one of
the hardest of all weeds to destroy, as it
will root again if left on the ground, and
the least dirt covers it. The only sure
method is to rake It off
Cuttings from tomato plants, found
growing at first frost, may Vie rooted dur¬
ing the winter in a cold frame or in some
sheltered place where tho ground is not
loo wet and transplanted in the spring,
finch plants will boar earlier than those
planted under glass in February. Tho
plants will bo more stocky, and conse¬
quently need less support.
If cabbages grow too rapidly and head
early, the heads may crack open, thus
rendering them unserviceable for storage
should they be required in winter. When
tho heads are formed pull them up
slightly from the ground, which checks
them, and in many cases prevents tho
Bursting of tho heads, which is a frequent
drawback when lato cabbage are trans¬
planted too early.
To test melons is a difficult matter,
and a Georgia farmer, who has been an-
noyod by mistakes mndo in attempting
to determine when melons are ripe by
thumping them, now judges by scraping
off tho thin rind with his thumbnail.
If Ihe edges of tho skin on each side of
the scar are left ragged or granulated the
melon is ripe, but if the edges of tho
sear are smooth and even, the thumb
nail dug into the rind in places, and tho
skin does not come off clean, then the
melon is green. The test can be made
on two melons, one green and tho other
ripe.
GENERAL. FARM NOTES.
For New Jersey is reported a total of
21,1107 farms, with >118 abandoned farms,
and an average valuo per aero of $05.
''One cubic foot of silage ia estimated as
the allowance for one cow per day. On
this basis the size of tho silo required for
a certain number of cattle may bo easily
calculated.
Farmers are entitled to copies of tho
bulletins issued by the several agricult¬
ural stations, and it is only necessary to
semi Hie addresses in order to receivo
them free of charge.
The prize for the best 100 acre farm or
less, in England, was won by a farmer
who farms 81 acres of grass land, 41 acres
being in pasture. He kept 53 cows, and
spent $8,000 for extra food for his stock
each year.
If agricultural societies would employ
a skillful man to shoe horses at their
lairs and give illustrated lectures they
would accomplish more good than they
do now hv some of their transactions.—
Kentucky Stock Farm.
Do you save all your manure system¬
atically, and use it to the best advantage?
Have you water tight floors in all your
stables ? If not, get cement and gravel
and build them now and have them
ready for winter.—T. B. Terry.
Farmers who do not have a silo know
that the root crops are useful agents in
promoting the thrift of the stock in win¬
ter, and they make a mistake if they
have neither roots nor ensilage for win¬
ter. To much dry food entails a loss.
The latest thing is a road grader drawn
by six horses, which excava tes, fills holes,
and makes iu general the grade confor¬
mation of your road; it does the work of
about 40 men. The best machine of this
kind is made nt an obscure town in
Pennsylvania, and costs $800 to $300>
Gath, in Cincinnati Inquirer.
While the crops that are held back for
higher prices may sell to better advan¬
tage later on,, do not lose sight of tho
fact that every day causes a loss of
weight. All crops are composed largely
of water, and a portion of this water is
constantly evaporating. This is made
apparent by the fact that old seed is drier
than that which is new.
HE’S A ERICK.
Aniicat Origin of a Phrase of Popular
Commendation.
Plutarch, in his life of Agesilaus, king
<J * Bjstrta. gives us tire origin ol the quaint
and familiar saying. On a certain occa¬
sion an ambassador from Epirus, on the
diplomatic mission, was shown by the
king over his capital. The ambassador
knew of the monarch’s fame— knew that
though only nominally king of Sparta,
he was ruler of Greece—and he looked
to see massive walls rearing aloft their
embattled towers for the defense of the
town, but found nothing of the kind. Ho
marveled much at this, and spoke of it to
the king,
“Sire,” he said, “I have visited most of
the principal towns, and I find no -wails
reared in defense. Why is this ?”
“Indeed, Sir Ambassador,” replied
Agesilaus, “thou cans’t not have looked
carefully. Come with me to-morrow
morning and I will show you the walls
of Sparta. ”
Accordingly, on the following morning,
the king led his guest out upon the plain
where his army was drawn up in full
battle array, and pointing proudly to the
eeried hosts, he said:
“There thou beholdest the walls of
Sparta—10,000 men, and every man a
brick ! ”—[Detroit Free Press.
Geraniums*
There is nothing better adapted to po*
culture or for liedrling out thari'the gera
ilium. It requires but little on re, is not
sensitive to atmospheric changes noi
trouMed with insects.
The ii.st of good geraniums is a long
one; wo can hardly miss it. To select
from the many catalogues extant, her*
are, however, a few that are extra fin*
for [«ds or beds.
.Single varieties: Queen of the Belgians,
New Life, Mrs. Windsor, Sam .Sloan,
Leon Rerault, F, L. Voith, and Brides¬
maid.
Double varieties: Blanche Perfect*
Gloiro do France, Black Knight, Gillior
Mangilli, Gulden Dawn, and Naomi.
'The Ivy Geraniums ure also fine foi
bedding. They are really much lino?
than when grown in pots. F. J. von
HohenzoHern, Mine. Thibaut, and Joan
of An- are three very beautiful varieties.
Geraniums delight in a sandy, mellow
soil, only moderately rich. If too rich,
their tendency will he to produce lux¬
uriant foliage and hut few flowers.
Whenever the leaves of geraniums turn
yellow or [Mile we may know the soil in
which they are growing is exhausted
and at such times wo may safely givt
them weak liquid manure once a week.
Don’t spray your plants when the sun
is shining directly upon them, if you
want t he foliage to look nice. Before or
after sunrise is the best; time to watei
plants in the ground.
Kiijflish Spelling.
Home compositor, disgusted with the
inconsistencies of English orthography,
has been at the pains to construct the
following elaborate travesty, which ap¬
pears in the Printer's Album. The in
geniotiH reader can lengthen it at his own
pleasure. Know won knead weight two
bee tolled the weigh too dew sew :
A right suite little buoy, the sun of a
grate kernel, with a rough around his
neck, flue up the rode as quick as a dear.
After a thyme he stopped at a gnu house
and wrung tho ladle. His tow hurt
hymn, and he kneaded wrest. lie was
two tired to raze his fare, pail face. A
feint mown of pane rows from his lips.
The made who hmftlir lielie was about
to pair a [Hire, but she through it dowr
and ran with awl her mite, for tear hei
guessed wood knot weight. But when
she saw the little won, tiers stood in he?
ayes at the site.
“ Ewe poor deer t Why dew you lye
hear? Are yew dyeing?”
”Know, ” he said, “ 1 am feint. ”
Hhe boar hymn inn her arms, as she
aught, to a rheum when; lie might bee
quiet, gave him bred and meet, held a
cent liottle under his knows, untide his
( holer, rapped hymn up warmly, gave
him a suite drachm from a viol, till at
last he went fourth as hail as a young
hoarse.
Tile Lulled Slates Mult.
When Dr. Franklin was the Post¬
master General of the American Colonies
the entire accounts of his office woro
kept in one book—and not a very large
book either. The Postmaster General
now has a larger force of men under him
than there are in the combined Army
and Navy of die United States, The
postoffice is not. never was, and is not
intended to be, a source of profitable
revenue to the Government. Whenever
the receipts exceed the expenses, the
postage will be reduced in the interests of
the public. The reduction from 8 to 3
cents caused a loss to the Government of
$2,8-18,8:19.til) in one year, but the im¬
mense increase in correspondence will
make up that immediate i-. .. ami we
may expect at no distant day to have a
1 cent letter postage,—[E. L, Ditlier, in
tho Chautauquan.
A Moment Villi ,t;
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.
A M oil and a Lamb were drinking out
of the same Burling Stream, when the
Wolf angrily blurted out:
“I say, you! You arc Roiling the Mud
nil up. ”
“Let her roil,” returned the Land non-
cbalantly. Whereupon the WnUT.e ; ped
across the Stream and fell upon the La mb.
The Fierce Creature bad hardly an -mpt-
ed to Tear the lamb's Shoulder, however,
before his Poeth broke off Shore and fell
to the Ground.
“Bah!” slid tho Lamb; “what a Fool
you arc to try your Fangs on a Hardened
old Tough like myself! Can’t you See
that I am a Spring Iamb?”—[Puck.
Finding the Proprietor.
“ Are you the proprietor?” asked vis¬
a
itor of an important looking man.
“ No, sir. I'm the master painter. ”
“Is that the proprietor?” he continued
pointing to a man even more imposing in
appearance.
“No, sir, JTo's the walking delegate.
, That little man mixing paint, in the cor-
nor is the proprietor. ”—[New York Re-
corder.
Mining (asp Name*.
In traveling through the mining dis¬
tricts of the Rocky Mountains, one is
often surprised and amused at the queer
fanciful or poetic n..mes given by miners
to their mines or claims, or even to the
iittle log cabins in which they live. The
writer has in an old notebook a list of
«nch names, gathered in and around
Leadville.
The list begins with “Sweet Marjorie,”
a name given to an undeveloped claim
far above timber line. Near by was the
“Girl I Left Behind Me," owned by a
manly, honest looking young fellow of
22 or 23, who no doubt had many happy,
helpful thoughts of the girl he had left
behind him while working eagerly and
hopefully on the claim that might make
them b<>tii rich.
Down in tho gulch a brawny, full
bearded mnn was wielding the pick vig¬
orously in the tunnel of the “Baby Belle”
mine, while a post driven in the ground
not far distant indicated the location of
“The Little Suss Box” claim.
In another gulch were claims called
“My Sweet Heart,” “Dandy Jim, ” “Just
My Luck,Daddy’s Delight,” and“Gun
of the Range. ” The “Pretty Polly Pem¬
berton” ha 1 lecomea paying mine, while
near by two boyish appearing young fel¬
lows had staked out "The Laid Gent”
Claim.
“It means,” one of them said, “that
we’ve spent our last copper for tools and
grab to keep us alive till we see if there’s
anything in this piece of ground. ”
“And if there is not?” I said.
“Well, toen, we'll get somebody to
grub stake us on a claim until h strike
something. People don’t starve to death
in this country, anyhow.”
Nevertheless, there was a claim not far
distant, called tho “Starvation.”
“The Fairy Queen” and “Morning
Star” were favorite name:; among the
miners, and the “Last Chance” and
“Last Hope” were not uncommon. One
deserted shaft had a bit of paper tacked
to a post to indicate that its name wa3
“The Fair Dream.” The long deserted
shaft and the sunken roof of the cabin
near it told their own sad story of a
“fair dream” that had come to naught.
Over a cabin door was a pine board on
which was painted in black letters, “Tho
Missouri Lead. ” In the cabin (hero
lived a boy of 19 who was prospecting
“on his own hook,” as he himself said
when he came to the door with his hands
covered with dough from the “batch of
biscuits” he was making for his supper.
A humorous vein in the o vritvs of
some claims was indicated by such
names as the “Thompson’s Mule,”
“Hello,” “Sassy Jane,” “Busted,” “Ban¬
ner Marier” and “Here we Air” claims.
The owners of claims with such names
ns these were likely to he quite as happy
without as with the fortunes they sought
for in the granite walls of the mountain
slopes. In many eases they were better
oil seeking wealth than they would have
buen in the sudden posses; ion of it.
it Wasn’t Exactly Murder.
“Murder!”
One afternoon recently this cry in a
hotel in the neighborhood* of Broadway,
proceeding from a room on the third
floor, caught the ears of several ehrnn-
berinaidu and created instant consterna¬
tion. Yes, there was no mistaking it.
It was tho voice of a man who shirked
the word from room No. 4(>, and tho
chambermaids at once sent a messenger
to the office with tho news that murder
was being committed!
“Don’t kill me by inches!”
These words alarmed others besides the
chambermaids, and the group of three
or four presently grew to a dozen. Who
occupied the loom ? One of the cham.
barmaids recollected seeing a black
bearded man of somewhat piratical look,
accompanied by a woman closely veiled,
enter tho room. Was he killing her ?
“Oh, oh—you are killing me!”
1( was tho voice of the man. Tho
veiled woman had him in her power and
seemed to be submitting him to somo
sort of torture. Several of the crowd
knocked at the door, and one of tho
chambermaids demanded in a falsetto
voice that it should be opened at once
There was a “ha, ha, hai” from the veiled
woman, and the voice of the man cried
out:
"What! do you mock at my misery ’
The manager came from the office and
demanded admittance in the name of tho
law, and after some little delay the door
was opened and a woman stood in tho
opening and asked what was wanted.
“What’s going on in there? Who's
being hurt?” demanded the manager.
She laughed her *‘Ha, ha, ha!” again,
and it was echoed by the voice of a man
behind her.
“What’s all this about?” shouted tho
manager.
“Why, what do you all want?” she re¬
plied demurely, “I was only pulling a
porous plaster off my husband’s back.”
The Southerner Can Ride,
The Southerner has been in the saddle
constantly for many generations, and to¬
day boys and girls alike ride the colts in
pasture, with only a stick to guide them,
writes Colonel Dodge in Harper's 21 tig-
azine. In the North these conditions a ad
habits ceased long ago. Riding is a mere
fashion of very recent origin, though it
has acquired such an impetus that it may
have come to stay.
The Southern seat is practically the
same as the true military seat; and ex¬
cept that the bridle hand is wont to bo
held a trifle too high, which is a habit
caught from the high pommel or roll of
blankets or other baggage iu front of tho
soldier, this seat, when not exaggerated,
is, of all things considered, the best for
toad riding, and perhaps would enable a
man to do a greater number of things in
the saddle than any other one style. And
though the English pigskin is perhaps a
neater and more available rig, the South¬
erner is, in gait and style and knowledge
of road work, by far the best model for
us to copy, as his saddle beast is the best
for us to buy.
To remove the rust from knives, cover
the blades with sweet oil for a day or
two, aud then rub them with a lump of
fresh lime. -
TOUR SILVER DOLLAR.
Rs« to Tell Whether It 1* Good or a
Hese Counterfeit.
The Treasury Department is worried by
line than one first class counterfeit, if
t!,f r;,r !n, rit of a Department clerk who
is now visiting at ids home in this city is
true. Said he last night: “The new $2
silver certificate counterfeit is so danger¬
ously like the original bill that the entire
issue may be called in as the best way out
of the difficulty. The counterfeits which
cause the Treasury officials the most un¬
easiness are bogus bills; counterfeit coins
ordinarily do not cause much trouble be¬
cause the work is rarely well done, and
the -queer’ coin are quite easily detec ted
and suppressed. But there is one bogus
dollar in circulation that is so nearly like
the genuine that it is causing consider¬
able alarm. Thomas Carvalho, the Treas¬
ury ex;x*rt, who is said to be the best
judge of money in the world, recently
was sent to Birmingham. Ala., to testify
as an expert in a counterfeiting case. In
explaining to the jury the secret marks
w hich the genuine silver dollar bears he
said: ‘The designer of the standard silver
dollar, Mr. Morgan, stamped the initial
of his name in two places on the coin.
All genuine standard silver dollars bear
one minute letter “M" stamped on the
neck of the Goddess of Liberty just at the
{mint where the longest lock of hair
crosses the neck line, and another on the
reverse side of the coin, on the left half
of the loop of ribbon tied about tho
wreath.’
“Drawing from his pocket a handful of
coins he left the witness stand and walked
over to the jury box. ‘If you will look
at those dollars very carefully,’said he,
‘you will observe the marks to which I
have alluded.’ lie then distributed the
dollars among the jurors and asked them
to examine the coins. After studying
a while all but three of the jurors were
able to make out the minute ‘M’s.’ Then
expert Corvalho smilingly volunteered to
point out the secret initials to the three
gentlemen whose eyes were not acute
enough to detect them. Taking the three
coins in his hand he glanced at them
casually. A puzzled look overspread his
features; he closely scrutinized the dol¬
lars, walking over to the window to get
the benefit of a clearer light. Then he
turned to the jury, and said: ‘Gentlemen,
these coins well illustrate the point I was
attempting to impress upon you. They
are counterfeits.’ Just before entering
the courtroom Mr. Carvalho stepped into
a grocery and had a $20 hill changed in
order to get enough dollars to pass among
the jurors. Three of those coins were
bogus. "-—[Chicago Mail.
Curringe Nomfiiclatarf.
It is probable that the idea of a vehicle
with wheels, to l>e drawn by animals,
must have occurred to men aixin after t he
domestication of the horse and ox. The
first attempts in this direction were very
rude. In this country the prevalent modo
of traveling for the first two centuries
was on horseback, the roads preventing
any very extensive use of wheeled vehi¬
cles ; hut as the country has increas&l in
wealth, and the highways, city and town
streets have improved, the demand for
public and private carriages has grown to
be very large. A writer in the Detroit
Free Press gives the origin of the names
of some of the most common vehiclea
now in use.
The popular Hansom derives its distin¬
guishing title from a certain Mr. Hansom.
The Brougham, which was first used by
the famous Lord Brougham, took its title
from that nobleman.
Landau, a city in Germany, was the
locality in which was first made the
style of vehicle tearing that name.
Hacks originally were termed hackney
coaches, because they were drawn by
hackney—a name applied to easy going
horses.
The Gig was given that name from its
peculiar jumping and rocking motion,
the word being taken from the French
giguo, signifying the jig or a lively
dance.
The term Coach is derived from tho
French coche, a diminutive form of tho
Latin conchula, a shell, in which form
the body of such conveyances was
originally fashioned.
Coupe is French in origin, being de¬
rived from the verb cooper (eoopay) to
cut. This was considered an appropriate
designation because it greatly resembled
a coach with the front part cut off.
Seldom, if ever, is the full term Omni¬
bus applied to those lumbering vehicles.
With the characteristic brevity of Eng¬
lish speaking races the title has been
changed to Bus. Those were first seen
in Paris in 1827. the original name being
nothing more than the Latin word signi¬
fying “for all. ”
Cab is an abbreviation of the Italian
capridla, which is changed to cabriolet
(cabriolay) in French. Both words have
a common derivative—cobriole—signify¬
ing a giiat's leap. The exact reason for
giving it this strange appellation is un¬
known.
A Man Raises His Hat.
1. When he bows to a lady or an eld¬
erly gentleman.
3. When he is with a lady who bows to
any person, even if the other is a total
stranger to him.
3. When he salutes a gentleman who
is in the company of ladies.
4. YV hen he is in the company of an-
other gentleman who bows to a lady.
5. When he is with a lady and meets a
gentleman whom he knows.
0. When he offers any civility to a lady
who L a stranger to him.
7. When lie parts with a lady after
ppeaking toiler, or after walking or driv-
ing with her, etc.
In the elevator, where there are ladies,
men may keep on their hats with perfect
propriety. Nine out of every ten do, with
good and sufficient reason. Elevators are
draughty places and are public convey-
ances. though within doors. To raise the
hat when a lady enters is becoming cour-
tesy, but this is very different from stand-
ing with the hat off while an elevator
mounts to the thirteenth floor. A hat
when not on the head is in the way in an
elevator. It is embarrassing to the occu-
pants to feel that they may unwittingly
spoil a good hat by an unwary turn that
knocks it in or makes havoc with tlio
nap. >—[The Correct Thing,
Robin Adair.
The hero of the popular song of “Robin
Adair. ” which is attributed to Lady Car¬
oline Keppel, was Robert Adair, a sur¬
geon (1710(?)-1790), well known to the
London fashionable circles of the
eighteenth century as the “Fortunate
Irishmans”
His detection in an early amour drove
him from Dublin to London. On his
w ay he fell in with a lady of fashion who
had teen slightly hurt in a runaway acci¬
dent. He traveled with her in her car¬
riage to London as surgical attendant, and
on their arrival was presented with a fee
of 100 guineas and a general invitation to
her house. There he met Lady Caroline
Keppel, daughter of the second Earl of
Albemarle, w ho, forgetting her high line-
age, fell desperately in love with the Irish
surgeon at sight
The Albemarle family, dismayed at the
project of such a mesalliance, took Lady
Caroline from London to Bath, and tried
every means to make her forget her
lover, but in vain. At last their opposi¬
tion was w ithdrawn, and the couple were
united.
It was at Bath that Lady Caroline is
said to have composed the words of
“ Robin Adair, ” setting them to the plaint¬
ive Irish tune of “Eileen Aroon,” which
she had heard her lover sing.
The original song of “Eileen Aroon” is
attributed to one Carol O’Daly, an earlv
Irish hard who flourished apparently be-
• tlio tenCh century. A Munster poet
of the seventeenth century rewrote the
words, and iu this form it was translated
by John Anster and paraphrased by
Herald Griffin. It is in Griffin’s para¬
phrase that tire song is known to this
generation.—[Lippincott’a.
Pointers for Shoe Salesmen.
“Please try the left shoe on, ” said tho
lady who sat next me in a shoe store.
“ Why was that?” I asked the man who
had served her, when she departed.
“Hole in her stocking. Oh, yes. You
would hardly believe how many ladies
have holes in their stockings. We al¬
ways know it. It’s ‘try the right shoo
on,’ or the left, ‘never mind the other.’
Some of them say, ‘I’m afraid I have a
little break in my stocking. I didn’t ex
poet to get my shoes tried to-day.’ And
often the little break horrifies them, hav¬
ing grown to a big break during the day.
Oh, yes, little breaks come sometimes,
and the lady herself does not know it till
the shoe is removed. In those cases she
usually says nothing, but just blushes.
The hole is always a genuine ease of acci¬
dent when a woman takes it that way.
Sometimes they gasp, so that we shall
see how surprised they are, but then
some women pretend that. We can
usually tell the real thing. A successful
shoe salesman needs peculiar gifts of tact
and the genius of patience, ” this one con¬
tinued. “ When a woman has a really
large foot it’s best to bring a shoe slightly
too small, and then appear surprised that
It does not fit. ‘Home feet look smaller
than a really smaller foot’ is a good ex¬
plana! ion of your error. Bring to the
woman who has a genuinely tiny foot a
shoo too big, and then fit down to her.
Not hing-pleases her so much. A sales¬
man influences the buyer tremendously.
I believe a woman would rather have her
In ,t praised than be told she is clever.
Always humor a woman with a big foot.
‘You can wear a much smaller shoe than
this, of course, but you want this for
really comfortable wear.’ That makes
her want to hug you. ”~[New York Sun.
Misused Words.
The richness of the English language
consists in the number and variety of its
synotnyms. These synotnyms have a
shade of difference, but their resemblance
of meaning is sufficient to make them
liable to lie confounded together. The
habit of discriminating the shades of
meaning will guard against this liability.
The following eight words, which at i
frequently misused by interchanging one
for the other, furnish examples of this
over present liability.
Between for among.—Xhe word “be¬
tween” is properly used only when its
object consists of two items. “Among”
should be used if the object includes
more than two items. “Between” is a
corruption of “by twain,” or “by two.”
A father divides his property between his
two sons. Another divides his estate
among his five children.
Constant means occurring all the time
without intermission. “Frequent” means
occurring often. We frequently hear
constant used to denote events which oc¬
cur quite often, but at considerable inter¬
vals of t ime.
Custom for habit.—A person forms a
habit. A community or a people have a
custom. It is a habit with most persons
to confound habit these two words. Indeed,
this has almost become the custom
in some communities.
Depot for station.—The place where the
train stops to take in passengers is a
station, whether there be a building there
or not. The depot (depository) is a strong
building for the temporary storage of
goods in the care of the railroad company
for delivery be or for transportation. (It
tnay at a station or it may not.)
The Richest European Sovereign,
The czar of Russia is the richest sover-
oign in Europe and one of the richest men
in the world. The income of the impe-
rial family of Russia is derived from the
crown lands, which are regarded as the
czar’s private estate and treated as such,
They comprise over 1,000,000 square
miles, about one-third of the area of the
United States, and include fanns, pasture
or grazing Land, and forests, while hun-
dreds of villages are built on them, tL*-
inhabitants of which pay their rent to the
czar. Many gold, silver, and ether mines
are included in the crown property, and
the output of these is believed to be very
large. There are no means erf ascertairi-
ing the exact income of the czar, since
the imperiqj accounts are not more open
to the public than the books of a private
individual, but it is estimated by Rus-
sians in official position at £3,450,000 a
year, about $13,350,000. Of this enor
mous sum a portion is devoted to the
J maintenance of hospitals, asylums,
! churches, and theaters, but the target
part is swallowed up by the personal and
official expenses of the imperial family
—[St. Louis Globe-Democrat,