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IFOR FARM ARD GARDEN 3 4 . Cleaning Out. Old Apple Trees. When a tree dies in an orchard, or becomes so old that it is not worth while to keep it longer, it is better to dig it out than to cut it down, leaving a stump that will be in the way for years. Dig each side of the tree so as to uncover as many roots four or five . feet from its trunk as possible. Then go to the top of the tree and hitch a chain to one of the stoutest limbs, and have a horse at the other end of the chain to pull. After cutting off ns many roots as you can get at,start the horse, and the tree will come over. If in pulling some lower roots will be found that hold the tree it is easy to cut them oil' with an old, dull axe. The roots of trees are generally • more easy to cut than the parts exposed to light and air above ground. Besides, the tree as a lever strains the roots so that it is more easy to cut them. Mauy a man has plowed, cultivated and mowed around stumps, when, if he had taken out the tree whole, ho would have a good piece of ground where the stump was, and it would have cost him comparatively little more labor. Proper Grinding of Food. Most dairymen and farmers who feed cattle in any quantity agree that ground food is a decided saving in the cost of rations besides being of great benefit to cows in showing an increase of milk. When grains, and especially corn, are to be ground care should be taken that the work is done by a ma¬ chine that .will crush the feed thor¬ oughly—not cut, but mash it. In this way it is easily digested, while if sim¬ ply cut the particles are sharp, irrita¬ ting to the digestive organs and apt to cause scours. Whether the feed be ground fine or coarse is a matter of opinion, although of course the animal will masticate it more or less, and if tine and bolted by the animal it will do no particular harm. As cprn is so largely used for feed, particularly when ground food is used, much dis¬ cussion has been raised as to whether the cob should be ground and fed with the grain. While it is admitted that the cob lias no nutritive value, it may be used when bran is not to be had to lighten the heavier grain. The main point, is to have all grain food mashed rather than cut in the griud- ing and have it of the best grade. A Mistake That Is Made. Most beginners can easily trace their mistakes with poultry to a desire to breed and raise exhibition fowls, which they can send to the show room. Poultry breeders of years of experience, who have spent both time andmoney, find it difficult indeed to get even a small per cent, of show bird* from a large flock, Still the novice, who does not even know when he has a good fowl, will hazard his time trying to do what others with a knowledge of the subject find so diffi¬ cult to accomplish. Exhibition birds are truly the life of our pure bred fovtls, but if the average beginner will only content himself to try and pro- duce what js termed good breeding stock and leave the show birds to those with more experience, llie cry of failure will not be so often heard. The exhibitors of show birds, though, are much to blame for the beginner’s failure, because they encourage the belief that,what they have done others can easily do. Such is not the case, and the sooner we learn to be content with good, vigorous breeding stock, the better it will be for everyone in¬ terested in 1h« business of poultry keeping.—Farm and Home. Potatoes for SofcB For years there has been an annual controversy over the question of the superiority of northern grown seed potatoes for planting. The several experiment stations have reported ra- suits of tests favorable to both sides of the question. The hard-headed potato specialist makes good liis ar¬ gument iu favor of northern grown potatoes for seed in this manner: Un¬ doubtedly the climate of the north is more favorable to the growth of the Irish or white potato than that of the south, and it naturally follows that the tubers intended for seed will not- ■Sprout as qttiekly in the north as in the warmer climate of the south,hence lose none of the vitality necessary to make good top growth. This seems plausible and the same object, retard¬ ing the sprouts, may doubtless be ac- complisbed by keeping the tubers iu cold storage. This retarding of sprout¬ ing is the foundation for the claim that the second cro 2 > of potatoes is best for seed purposes, for ripening later in the season they naturally sprout later than the earlier matured tubers under similar conditions of temperature. In the south obtaining the second crop for seed is an easy matter and is well worthy the atten¬ tion of southern potato growers. In the middle states the second plant¬ ing is done about the middle of July, the seed fleing selected from the first crop harvested early in the month and spread out on the barn floor in the sun fdr ten days or two weeks to be “sun-sprouted.” The tuhei'3 from thiB second crop are as good for the following season’s planting as seed tubers from the far north.—Atlanta Journal. Experience In Applying Manures. Duriug the fall qf 1886 I moved quite a lot of manure just as it was taken from the stables. Not caring to pile it so late I put it into the spreader and applied it to the outside of a field —began and encircled the entire field. I had enough to cover a strip eight rods wide around the field. We had an open winter with rSueh rain, Before spaing H was apparent that tlio manure wn Laving a very beneficial effect. Bp’ the time I could get on the ground tolput the field in a spring crop (jinite a growth of woods and grass had sprung up. It was iny in¬ tention to finish manuring the field in the spring] spring hut prevented. a press of farm work and late Tliero was a most marked show ing of the fall manuring. The second season I planted a later crop' and in May finished the field. I applied a coating of manure consisting of two loads of well-rotted to one of the fresh. A dry summer followed and 1 was disappointed in the result of t he early summer dressing, hut the effect of the fall dressing whs very marked, and the crops were much better on that part manured 18 months before. These are cold facts. My expel ience quite agrees with that of A. A. Hontliwick in a recent issue. I have purchased and spread thousa nds of loads. I plead experience as a justification in differing from Mr. Head. If the commonly accepted theory about manure and manuring be true our waste and refuse matter would pollute the soil. The new light shining for the scientific fanner is proving to be the truth, and answers “Whatis manure?” “What is lnimus ?t “H ow does humus perform a part sec¬ ond only to the soil itself in convert¬ ing manures and fertilizing matter into available plant food?” The new philosophy proves that the soil is only a medium, that the countless num¬ bers of bacteria attack manorial mat¬ ter in the warmer season in the seasons, field and in the manure heap at all digest it cud reconvert it into pldnt food. It tells how to build up the soils so jas toimake more plants. More plants mean more animals, more am- mals mean more gold for the farmer, and more manuie to make the soil still richer. — Robert C.Morris in New England Homestead. Appetizing: Kati<>n<4 for Cows. A variety in the ration makes the feeds more palatable, inducing the cow to eat a greater quantity and yield more milk. Whatever makes the feed taste better or makes it more enjoy- able to the cow increases its value foi| milk production. Early cut hay is best for the dairy cow, not only be eanse it contains more protein than that cut late, but because its aroma and the flavor make The appetizing it more palatable effect from' tej cow. the early cutting and careful curing of ali forage crops increases tlieir feed value for milk production. Freshly harvested and freshly ground grain are the most palatable to the dairy cow and will give best results. Dairy- men who grind,feed should grind often, as grain that has li t its freshness is not the best relished by the cow. Often the clttiryman has a large quantity of coarse, rather unpalatable, rough fodders, ^such as corn fodder and overrjwe llust or! slightly damaged hay, limited which he quantity |’eed, of choice and has roughness only a to feed with it. In this case, best re- suits can be secured by giving the Wire palatable roughness in the morning's'll with the grain bight and morning ana., feeding the poorer roughage as the last feed at night, to be eaten at the cow’s pleasure during the night, or else put in racks in the yard for mid- day* meals. Palatlable feed in the morn- ing gives a contented cow through the day, and this contentment brings more milk. When several kinds of feed aie given it is usual to thvlw them togetherinto the manger and let the cow eat at will. This method does not secure theliigh- est milk yield. [Bulletin 81, Kansas experiment station. J You do not want your soup and pie served together on the same plate, mid neither does the cow like this method of serving her food. If ail the feedstuff’s for a meal are thrown together, the most pala¬ table are eaten first. In separating and eating these, the others are “mussed” over and when the cow comes to eat them, they do not taste good and she will not eat enough to produce the greatest milk yield. We like to feod our most palatable rough¬ ness and give this just before the milkers go to their meal. When the milkers come back from eating, the cows have finished their first feed and the less palatable roughness can then be given them. It will not then have been slobbered on, and it will be bet¬ ter relished and more of it eaten. This method of feeding requires time and cave, but it pays. If the cows are given their rough feeds in racks out of doors, it will pay to put feed in these racks often, so that the feed will be clean and appe¬ tizing. Mangers, feed troughs and racks should be kept clean and fresh from old, soiled feed, both as a matter of health and because the food in a clean manger smells and tastes better. The dairyman’s rule should be to har¬ vest feed in its most palatable form and give it to the cows iu the most ap¬ petizing manner.—American Agricul¬ turist. Commodore Sartorl anil Dewey. The late Commodore Sartori, says the Philadelphia Record, was a warm friend of Admiral Dewey, Before the great battle of Manila Admiral Dewey wrote a letter to the aged commodore, giving in detail bis impression of the task that would be expected of him if war was declared. When the newa of the battle was received the commo¬ dore, despite his age, romped about the house like a schoolboy, and called upon everybody near to bear witness that he had predicted the total defeat of the Spanish fleet as soon as Dewey made a start, After the battle, the the victorious admiral wrote another letter to his old frieud, telling how it was done. This letter was < her- ished by tbe old coinmodofe as his most precious possession, and he never tired of reading desire St aloud to those who expressed a to hear it. THE I TRST TELECRAPH. Be Trace. l to tlio Schooldays of * Three F* ■each Hoy*. ’nxeutions it _ In these days of is m- f what treating to look bam na hraco<l ‘ see to small beginnings can be J °ys. schooldays of three Freuc a A well known French astronomer, Chappe d’Hauteroclie, adop. ei ius throe nephews, and when he was' once setting out on a scientific journey, placed the youngest one, who waT destined for the priesthood, in the clerical seminary in Angers. The two others were sent to a school situated directly opposite the seminary. The three brothers were much at- tached to one another, and the young¬ est, Claude, who was in the seminary, found it especially hard to do without the others. They at least were to¬ gether, but he was all alone, and lie was so seldom allowed outside of the institution that he had but few chances of speaking to them, From his window he could see theirs, and they decided upon certain hours when they were to meet in this way and converse by signs. But, after all,that was a very unsatisfactory means of communication, and Claude, who felt most that necessity which is the mother of invention, could, not rest until he had found a Letter. He experimented in all manner of ways, and finally decided in favor of an apparatus consisting of a long white ruler turning on an axis in its centre. At each end was another ruler, like¬ wise turning on its own axis, With these three lie could make all manner Q f tiguveB. He tbe „ sent his brothers an alpha- b et in which every letter was repre¬ sen ted by one of tin figures taken' by the rulers, took his post in the win- d<)W and began his operations—and gl . eat wag b is joy when his brothers sent him a messenger with the exact j translation of his signs. There was . goon a telegraph in their window also, and while they were separated, througli- ; out their school days, the brothers talked to one another by means of their sign lauguage. This was between 1770 and 1775. About 20 years later, when the French , army was defending the frontier against the armies of the allied troops, the 1 northern division, which was at 30 ! miles distance from Paris, could witli- in a few minutes send word of its victory to the national convention, then in session at the Tuileries,and receive the answer from the convention: “The i northern division has deserved the gratitude of the country.” And what had happened that mes- sages were no longer sent by courier, ; A few months bofore this event Abbe Cbappe had informed the cou- yention of his telegraphic invention, The plan was tried and found praeti- cal, and a decree of July 26, 1793, commissioned the abbe to establish a telegraph line between Paris and Lille. The line consisted of 12 towers /com one and one-half to two miles distant from each other, and on each , tower was an apparatus built on the j same principles as the ruler telegraph jt Ijranged of the schooldays, It was so from av- that a man could work it i a loom in the tower, and at the same j-ime 'messages watch through field glasses the sent Him and see that his 'own were,’in turn, correctly repeated, It was in this way that the northern division sent the news of the victory, which is said to be the first telegraphic despatch. | Claude Chappe died young, but his bother Joseph, who had shared his n-irk of perfecting the telegraph, and 1 iad-helped him in the supervision of th many lines gradually being built, toe! his place as director of the sys- ter J . Harper s Bound Table, A Difficult Case. ‘Curious case! Curious case!” ex- claimed a Detroit physician who is old enough to have encountered all sorts of experiences in a professional way. "Anything the in line of surgery?” asked the younger doctor who had been addressed. “No, insomnia, one of the most dif- f.cn t maladies with which we have to deal. Very interesting young lady. Very interesting indeed. Nervous or- gaiiipa entirely too sensitive, how¬ ever, aid apparently proof against the remedies prescribed in tbe hooks. Her trouble began after her engagement. She evaded my questions for some time, but at last admitted that she lay awake thinking how much she loved and adored her prospective husband. No amount of will power at her com- man d could put aside her blissful meditations prescriptions to make way for sleep, and mV were equally impdteftt. that At I consulted last the case with became so critical the par¬ ents ! and they induced the young man to brealunj; ifiaka au enormous sacrifice by the engagement.” “You re a marvel,” said the young¬ er man,, admiringly, “I think that there are often cases in which com¬ mon sense can supply defects in trar progressive but incomplete science of medicine; but it is not always that a doctoif has the requisite fund of corn- mon sense ou which to draw. Your experience Is not only exceptional but truly wonderful. I must make a note of it. Of course recovery was imme¬ diate?” “No, ” with hesitation. “The truth is, she no>v lies awake thinking how she hate3 him.”—Detroit Free Press. \ cheerful AdvertUemeM, The San Antonio Soldier, published by the Fourth Texas infantry, sta¬ tioned there, contained the following paragraph the other day: “Zizik & McCormick, undertakers, have kindly tendered their services to embalm the body of an)' member of the Fourth Texas infantry, if we should be so un¬ fortunate ari io need the sad serviee. While we trust that their kind offer nmy not be in demand, we thank them for their proffered kindness.” HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES. Horse Kadixh Mustard, Mix one-half pound white ground mustard with one-half ’pound black mustard; add one-half cupful sugar; add sufficient white vinegar to make a , thick batter; u'd one teuspooulul salt ami one cupful fresh grated horse rad- iab. Another way is (o mix four ' ounces English mustard with four j ounces wheat flour, one-half teaspoon- : full nit, one tablespoonful sugar; add ( g.'ndtril!,v one cupful boiling vinegar, »vr over the fire until smooth, then adet four tablespooufals grated horse radish; if too thick add more vinegar. J ___________ j Apple Charlotte. Cut bread into slices one-quarter inch thick; then into strips one and ! one-half inches wide, and as long as the height of the mould to be used. Butter the mould, dip the slices of . ’ bread into melted butter and arrange them on the bottom and around the sides of the mould, fitting closely to- ! gather. Fill the centre full of apple ! sauce made of tart apples stewed until I tender, then broken into coarse pieces, drained and seasoned with batter and sugar. Cover the top with bread and bake thirty minutes in a hot oven. j Serve with a hard sauce. Khutmrb Pudding. Take six good-sized stalks of rhu¬ i barb, one-half pound sugar, chop suf- 1 fieient mix it suet with to two make one, of cupful flour, and j clips one- ; quarter teaspoonful salt, and cold wa-t ter enough to make it stick together, Roll this out, and put into the bottom of a baking dish; cut the rhubarb into pieces one inch long; fill the baking dish full; cover over the sugar; then roll out sufficient of the dough to make a thin crust, making an opening in the centre, and put it over the vhu- barb. Stand this baking dish in a steamer, and steam constantly for two hours. Turn from the basin, and serve either with cream and sugar or hard sauce. —Ladies’ Home Journal. Beef Broth. In giving beef teas to the invalid remember that the beef tea that is clear and transparent is good and use¬ ful as a stimulant, but is altogether worthless as a nourishment, and peo¬ ple cannot live on it. A most nutri¬ tious beef broth that may he kept for a week if the cover is left oft' while cooling is made in this way: To three pounds of solid beef from the shoul¬ der oV shin, with all dried skin or any soft 6r bloody portions removed, add three pounds of bones from the same part of the beef and four quarts Or cold water. Put in a jar and cook from eight to twelve hours in a slow oven. Strain through a colander and add two teaspoonfuls of salt. If you are going to keep it leave the fat ou, breaking oft' just enough each day to allow of getting out the stock under¬ neath. Heat and give to the patient with or without crackers. I»u c. kwluta t Cakes. To one pint of sweet, fresh buck¬ wheat flour allow one tablespoonful of white flour and one tablespoonful of corn meal (both rounded), one toa- spoonfnl of salt and one half-com¬ pressed yeast cake, Dissolve the yeast cake in a little lukewarm water and a teaspoonful of sugar. Allow this to stand about an hour. Mix the batter , ,, over night with tepid water , to . he consistency required, being care- ful not to get it too tlnn. In the morn- ing, just before b iking on a hot grid- die, dissolve a ha t-teaspoonfnl of soda ill a cup of sweet millc, add a table- spoonful ot molasses and bake a once in small, round, symmetrical cakes, that* will be a joy to the eye as well as the palate. Use no more fat in greasing the griddle than is abso- lately necessary to keep them from sticking. A bit of fat salt pork or suet on a fork , , rubbed , , , quickly . , , over the hot griddle will be quite sufficient. : Household Hints. wool- , Grease may be removed from eu goods by sponging it with strong, j cold coffee. An excellent furniture polish is made by mixing turpentine with bees- wax to the consistency of a thiek cream. A tough beefsteak may be made eatable by mincing it pretty fine with a chopping knife and cooking quickly in a pot with a close cover, to prevent tbe steam from escaping. After , mixing a wedding or any rich fruit cake, allow it to stand three days iu the refrigerator before baking. An expert in making wedding cakes al- ways steams them first, then bakes. Quinces and hard pears and peaches should be steamed till tender before being put in the sugar syrup. Partly cook them, let them stand in the syruj> over night and finish cooking next day. Lemon may be kept fresh and good a long time by putting them iu an open j stone crock and covering them with cold water, The water should be i I changed twice a week, Lemons treat- ed in this way will become ripe and juicy. If whiting to clean silver is mixed with water and a few drops of ammo¬ nia or alcohol it will be applied with much better effect than when used dry. A soft brush after polishing with a piece of flannel or chamois can be used to take the dry powder out of tile crevices. A common fault with tbe usual way of cooking scrambled eggs is that they are cooked so hard as to be in¬ digestible. This may be obviated by allowing a tablespoonf' 1 of milk or water to each egg, cookiug the mix¬ ture only until it is creamy, and stir¬ ring meanwhile with a fork. Strained tomato may be substituted for the wa¬ ter and cream, and the mixture served on hot buttered toast. THE POK-WAH TREE. f» Nauseating Fruit Ift Considered a Delicacy by Chinamen. There was an expression of supremo conteutment > u face the China- man as lie sat unJ 61 ’ * tree in Bush- nell park the other nftv.’' no °n picking up fruit that had fallen fro.'U if, re- lates the Hartford (Conn.) Times, His loose blouse and wide pantaloons flapped in the wind, and his pigtail described circles, triangles, all manner of lines and various other geometrical forms as it yielded to the fitful gusts of wind. It was chilly enough, and Officer Strickland, as he looked at the industrious Chinaman,did not feel llis heavy bine overcoat a bit uncomfort¬ able. But the Chinaman did not seem to mind the wind in the least. His teeth might chatter, his nose might taka , , on a buish tint, and his lingers „ m ^ ht from numbness, but ho continued his work with unremitting industry and kept his happy look uu- chuuied , , , , by any thing that was even suggestive of unhappiness It was eyi- dent he vyas engaged m a task that lie llke(l - J ie ^. Ua l a v er v offensive . olb>1 > aui , Chinaman , handled it m a sized nauseating manner. into which He he had a fair- basket threw the stones of the fruit, Leaving the soft substance which covered it on the turf. His bands were besmeared with the substance. In reply to the questions of Officer Strickland, the Chinaman said the tree which yielded the fruit was called the pok-xvah tree in China. The fruit is considered a delicacy in the celestial , kingdom, and even Li Hung Chang— the stateama “ that ca!1 look wlse auJ ask embarrassing questions of a per¬ sonal nature —considers himself in luck when his chef serves him with a dish of the fruit. The outer substance, , hu . , h . nauseating ,. to the ,, stomach , of " ' 18 anyone but a Chinaman, is made into Cb, “ e8e catsu P that » lw «P< occupies a position oi honor at the mandarins table w'Len birds nests, sharks fins and other appetizing dishes are served. The meat of the stones has a medicinal property of high value. The China- man whom Officer Strickland called “Charley,” a name that seems a favor- ite one in the nomenclature of China- men, slated that in China the stones of the fruits are cooked just as we cook chestnuts and that after they are boiled they are opened and the meat taken out. A lady passed through the park later in the afternoon. Seeing the China¬ man picking np the fruit, she was cu¬ rious to see what it seemed like. She took one of the plums—if the sweet, Iucious fruit of the American orchard . ''^graded by applying its ' 13 l \ 0 '' name ]° tbu disgusting thing ot Chinese lineage that resembles it—and broke it open. The stench from it was so strong that she dropped it immediate¬ ly. She wore gloves which she was obliged to discard in order to free her¬ self from the offensive odor. There are three of these trees in Bushnell park, but only one yields fruit. Officer Strickland calls them Chinese plum trees. •Itipiinese Genius. One year ago there, came to the Uni¬ versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, a young Japanese, the scion of a noble family in the Mikado’s enquire. it seems that tlie Japanese aristocracy are suffering from the usual noble ail- ment—financial stringency—but in this particu l ar case-contrary to cus- tom _ tll(J young J mau did uo t se t nets fm . an Am erican heiress, but, rather, 8et his brain to work . He needed mone ^ to compla te liis college course ^ goaded on by bis ambition bis , T se mind evolved a st()Ve >» ' " t - s a oompact wt o{ hardware and a ml st useful one and it is reported tbat tiie sa i e3 of it have been sufficient to warrant the inventor iu taking a suite of front rooms, when a few days a8 it were , he lived,bmt led and ba d his being iu a hall bedroom three back. The “muff stove” is a metal box, ^liinl 1 enough to be stowed away in a j adv ’ K m nff and covered with thin felt, Inside the box smoulders a chunk of punk, the stuff that just burns itself out without ever bursting into a flame, The box can be loaded for any length of time up to five hours. If you are simply going to run over to tlie corner to fill the pail a little piece of punk in each of the two stoves for either over- coat pocket adjusted to burn ten min- utes, "’ill keep the hands warm and nice. If the trip be a longer one, why a bigger piece 0 f puuk is aU that is 1 . euabed ^e inventor of the convenience c i aims for bia stove that it is bound fco rovolutionize winter.-Detroit Free Press, An Operation Stopped the Sneezing;. A remarkable physical phenomenon was reported to the Medical society of the District of Columbia at a recent meeting by Dr. Walter A. Wells. A girl 1 7 years of age began to sneeze vvhile m . the schoolroom one day last October, and was uncontrollable. The teacher sent her to a drug store, and the apothecary gave her a powder which she was instructed to inhale like snuff. This did no good and she was? sent home. Her mother having tried all of the ordinary remedies called sedatives a physician. such opium He and prescribed bromides, as first small and then larger doses, but the sneezing still went on. A consul¬ tation was ordered, and it was de¬ cided to give the patient chloroform. While she was unconscious the sneez¬ ing stopped, but as soon as the stupor wore off she began again, and continued regularly night and day without ces¬ sation, until a surgical operation was determined upon. An abnormal growth was found in the nose, which the doctors believe caused the irrita¬ tion. Dr. Wells undertook its re¬ moval by the use of electric needles and the sneezing stopped. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. * A London physician, Stanley Kent, claims to have discovered the specific bacillus of smallpox, after five years of experimenting. A tantalizing fact pointed out by an English astronomer is that Herr Witt’s new planet between Mars and the earth was, in January, 1894, in a mow favorable opposition for observation than it will be again until 1924. A German physician, Dr. Riegel, has made some important discoveries relating to interna! diseases, by mak¬ ing patients swallow a miniature pho¬ tographic apparatus, and iaking pic¬ tures of the interior of the stomach. Dr. Joseph Came Boss,' physician to Aneoats hospital, Manchester, Eng¬ land, writes in praise of a decoction of cinnamon as a cure for influenza. The treatment must be begun within twenty-four hours of the beginning of the attack. It is well known that the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the earth is about fifteen pounds to the square inch, equivalent, that is, to a pressure at the lower end of a col¬ umn of mercury about thirty inches high, or to the pressure of a column of water thirty-four feet high. Careful weighing shows that an or¬ dinary bee, uotloaded, weighs the five- thousandth part of a pound, so that it takes 5000 bees to make a pound. But the loaded bee, when he comes in. fresh from the fields and flowers, freighted with honey or bee bread, often weighs nearly three times moro. ART AND SCIENCE. The Porter Knew More Than the Pro¬ fessor About Shears. An article iu Goruhill ou the sim¬ plicity and ignorance of great men, says that Professor Huxley delivered a lecture at Newcastle-on-T > ne, for which numerous diagrams were re¬ quired. Old Alexander, the porter of the institution, and a favorite among the members of the society, was helping the professor to hang the diagrams, but the screen was not large enough, and the blank corner of one would overlap the illustration of another. The professor declared that lie would cut off the margins, and asked Alexander to bring him a pair of scis¬ sors; but alas! they would not work, and the learned man threw them down in disgust. “Vera guid shears, professor,” said Alexander. “I tell you they won’t cut,” ex¬ claimed Huxley. “Try again,’’said Alexander: “They will cut.” The professor tried again and called, angrily: “Bring me another prair of seis- sors. ” Sir William Armstrong stepped for¬ ward at this point and ordered Alex¬ ander to go out and buy a new pair. “Vera guid shears, Sir William,” persisted Alexander,and he took them up, and asked Huxley how he wanted the paper cut. “Cut it there,” said the professor, somewhat tartly, indicating the place with liis forefinger. Alexander took the papen inserted the scissors and cut off the[|cquired portion with the utmost neatness. Then he turned to the professor, with a significant leer and twinkle of the eye. “Sceanee an’ airt dinna ay gang the- getlier, professor,” said he. Huxley gave way to laughter, and so did everybody present, and of course the scientist paid the fine of his stupidity in a sovereign. Some one expressed amazement, to Alexander that he should dare make freedom with Huxley. “Why, inon,” said Alexander with great emphasis, “they bits o’ professor bodies ken naething at a’ except their buiks. ” Shams at the Kensington Museum. The investigation being made into the conduct of the Kensingtou museum has shown among other things that the authorities are not above manufac¬ turing false antiques. One of the staff is said to have concocted from genuine old panels a Vernish-Martin cabinet, for which the museum paid nearly $5000. A chair bought at the Hamilton palace sale, and said to have belonged to Cardinal Wolsey, has been proved to be of the last century and to have been made in Ceylon. And there are imitation Delia Bobbiae and modern antique agate cups which have been bought for tea times their value. Perhaps the chair of St. Augustine, reported to have been discovered at Stanford Bishop, near Bromyard, may turn out to be something of this sort. There is a tradition that the saint vis¬ ited the place during his minis t vat ions in Britain. He probably did not re¬ main standing all the time he was there. An old chair put together without nails was until recently in the church, which, when thrown out as rubbish, was picked up by the parish, clerk, who sold it to a physiciau from Birmingham, who has written it uji ill a monograph, and, putting together the historical fact of St, Augustine’s sojourn in Britain, the local tradition and the actual old chair, claims that it is the “Bishop’s chair, ” in which he is said to have seated himself.— Art Amateur. The Sultan’s Hobbies. The estimated value of the Sultan’s jewels is $40,000,000. If his majesty has any hobby at all it may be said to be the purchasing oi jewels and wit¬ nessing private theatricals. No pro¬ fessional of note, be he actor, singer or conjuror, passes through Constan¬ tinople without an invitation from the sultan. He always pays for these performances in Bank of England notes.