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I UB THE FAKM ASD DOME.
VIII** Harww l*-*«**r.
• Oil* wbru applied to dry leather Inva
rinbfa . J jure it, md if to If'nthff contain
ing V* inn* h « it'-r th<’<»il <auiiol coti’t.
Wet t.*» L«rw« <'<t night, rover it with
bb'hkH. and in the morning it will lx*
flauij ..d Mippli ; th<n apply m atJo*»t
oil in rsnall qusiititirM, and with ft* iiiik h
eltwtw eo’MM* a* will mwurc it* dinacmi
rilibnr itM?lf through the leather. A
.<4! i Hill harni'M* fa riw»v t*> handle, and
a*!' longer than a neglect rd one Never
u-< j,'table oih on Irnthrr. and among
lh«- »u. mal oih nentafoot is the
I erdlMK TO Im »lm b.
An *• <«*ie»ivr amount of grain U the
woml .»-wt•••••nt of mi animal put up to
fatt« i and putirularlv if it fa thin in
fhH Poorly kept have pr.-aiini
thlv v k digestif organa, and lheac
fur • •• -trengthemd by lareful evr
. 'living i little grain at tirat. and
»** than th' 1 animal will ••’ with
gno . H lilr, i* the way to begin. 'l’he
!im«»f may fa* ifiadually iiiciruard it*
nc n ' hi* pul on bill < are mud be
111.-’ ol to » loy the ippetib-. Poor
.|i< • • the niod <|rh'’atr of all feeder-*.
<nd few farmer- will feed carefully.
||,nt • d sheep going into winter in
thin '• ii li.id grinT.'illv Iwlter lie killed
at to -avi fifithei i-xp<uiM- and
fi - C ( y/G' -/'<-/■
!!«»«* In Tri I thr 4«r «»f Hhrrp.
Aii I i vet i dock mini know* how to
t. | :l- «gr id I hoi < bv il- teeth; but
in ,i s ■ uh r< id'-i- may be *- I w»im tin
til • it lime j■_••.. i nor.ml of the f.u I
th..! age of a sir ep may be deter
mil.- • in the ► one wav A sheep ha
rigi ud t’M-f!) which make theii ap
p« at t '• during the firrt \ear, when they
ar< f mihhll *i/« The follow inj< year
flu • i middle t< eth hr* *np* o-ded by
«>ii - . ■ largei i/< Ihirim* the third
i • • \o oilier sin.dl teeth, one on either
•mb - -In-d ind theii phi* * 4 tire tilled
by .. /• i one* The make- four large
t«»tl, n front, (Linked by Iwo pointed
me* The foipfh )<;u the large (a-eth
in< in nmnbei and only two-.mall
• ■ • in.till, on* at •in h *id*- 'I he
lb* .j t 'luring the s’nfh year, when all
111- ' HU l.iii-- All- f I hi* I iine the
!<.•« j.not !»«• di finitely determined, but
lb< ■ dition »f the tri th enable* HU ex
J- I- 'd per hi to make 1 . lone l|<
h-ti- l w« o are t;em rally visible'lur
ing It *i\th year, and during the •♦‘•venth
<* It, .metimr earlier, ! lie I* th It* ill
to J.,;’ it, or broken off entirely.
V ban Bild Now •«» I • •«! Iloi«ea.
A ' IM- might to be fed will il he fa
liungiy, nut brought lobe liuiurrv even
<l.*\ U hat make* him the
con*! t u.i-trof the *■ v-dem. lb* mm
‘li- when brought into u*r, waste some
what. r*|M*riidly e\rn i*e m l:ibm i*. h
diaft * ion the UIUm-ul.ii sysf-’m—in fin !
Up- w hide ny -11 m Aft-- the s
trm hlmimi t ived, and i! the (a\ fa
►utt nt to partially r\h.n. 1 or fatigue
th •u» tmd, rest In mure imp-ut.int than
I I In nee the hot should land and
• ■ while Im fore In is hi. |>'ge ',iun
d* e i flow <-! Id'iod to th<‘ • * • o'*
th* work, and a th-* lihxid his been
di w wav from them to u-tiiin the
iuu*« .1 exertion dui-ii the lalh»r, it
•«h'l; -I m»t Im« suddi'tik withdrawn nud
furl -- in U|»oii the oig-ms <>f digestion.
Ilei < hi him re-’, and after an hour m
sob will be I mud kern and “sharp
set. I herr is probably n«» lietter food
for ■ ap» rating cxhaiiM- d nniM-le than
g-om-mnd. hr i’ - ts. They nre easily
digvst«-d, nulritioir, nu,s< )«• bindin g and
bl -« i.ik ag Ihi de ; n riiv\
nre little heating, da not tend t • mnkr
lmrs » sweat, and mi the whole are the
1“-t food t huixe ian have. Barley is
\ri\ x mI. but nut *pi dto u t b* li in
mrn ,m a p«»m substitute, imt s.» <-a ul\
digtsied. heating and t Hinting the animal
t • ' I»s\ *h in, 1 hot sh ml |
hav- hn\ lir t. then grai.i, mi l w.
"' ■ eIH dig ■■ d , W<r Inmld
b’ g.x- n b ill an hour nt h .st 1».40n- fv< d
ilig. lhuw*s oftrh ha\« d\ prpsei in
du,. d * \ l»cliig f«-d when w arm. < » b« Ho.-
w ;k<4 after a full meal. Ihe praitn.
<d 1 ■ -ng hard worked hurt's at nomi,
and working them immvdiatelv after, i*
of d< uhttul uti 1 ty Horses will go eight.
lUi*l p -babh ten. hours without lirnd, it
proprly ted nt evening and morning,
'liny should hate water more frequently,
but ntvei wh<*n hot .1 I; »
I
>ariM wmil <«wt«<ru
!>.g Imnw radidi and pr» sci\e in Maud
in tl • cellar; mvv the roots f.»r
planting neat spring.
<»i* nmderxvl waletpi hd i»\ first
woakii.g it in water until il Ix-romes mist,
and th at melting it with gentle heat in
Imarrd nil.
Hav xmir gitndst >;ic Ivivomv hollowed
frvin the grinding of small tools/ Grind
Up the spade* md shovel* by holding
them wquarr a< r »ss the stone at a prop» 1
level. Spadox l.k hm s, should b*
ground all vu one aide.
In m<rt c* c* where a vuw lose* one ot;
more tcaU ahe alumld after a year or two
Im* turned uvej lu the but* her. She will
not give a» much from two teat* a* she
did from four, u a jmn of the udder
which idiQUid 'etc the milk will be un
UMMi.
There i« one advantage in keeping
guinea fowli with other poultry, aa their
loud noiae frightens away hawks and
other rfK-mir Giiim’i-fowl meat iadark.
but h.u* a g'Hm’.v flavor liked by thoae
who have a fancy for game. A* < gg-
I pr‘Mlurrr» guinea fowl* are excellent,
• though their habit of roaming causes
• many of th’* rgi/s t-» In lod.
A farmer rerommemfa from rx|x ricm o
<|iluted rarlM»li< :v i<l um ii remedy for
f hirken < hoi era, for hog cholera, and for
pinkeye in horn * lie give* twodro/H
of < arlxib< id in drink for his hens,
four drop* for each one of his hoga, and
ten drop* diluted with water a* a <lom
for a borne. In thi* small rpnnttiy car
bolic arid will d » no harm, find the rem
rdy i* worth remembering.
Even firmer before killing hogs <»r
other Hiimafa should have them weighed,
-o that it m.r. be known how great fa the
lo** in killing and dressing. In wiling
by li’ e weight buycTH require farmer* to
deduct a hrger ja r< r-ntage for wantage
than is generaily ‘•xfx-rirnred. hi well
fattened. <oinpnrtly built porker* the
wa te is often not more than 20 [H-r cent,
of the whole, ami xumetim- even less
th.in Illi-.
AH th'- paring* and fruit wastes from
th* kitrh'-n should be fed out, if for
nothing rfa -. to destroy the in. M-rt life
th* \ may contain. Almost any cow will
eat five or six quart* of good apples a
day. if dm can g<‘t them, aud if store
pigs are given one meal a day in place of
grain, th» v will do all the better for the
ex< ha’igr. Fruit i* g » »*l for human food,
ami it is e.piallv valuab!” .* food for most
domestic animal -.
One re 1 on why hog- ire mon liable to
disease is berau 1 nil illy no pains
in- l iken to provide them with plenty of
* lean watci. d’lu- swill tub with its
dfali-Anter and other slop is no
üb-titut ■ tor pice water so far
* h ilt'i fa con.-. Tiled In winter.
e*p •< i.dlv. th’Tc is little advantage in
giving sloppy food l‘h* Log will thrive
letter if given ho meal only slightly
I moisten-*1 .md left to drink what clean
I wiitcr it < hoo-i s from another dish.
The farmer’* work is necessarily ex
' perim< ntal. Whih some general prin
< *p|e ar- alv. iy* .tppli* il»l • it is imp***
j sible to provide for details without
kiiowled. of at : ling cinunistances.
No positive rules < in be made to lit .all
< ases, and therefore e n h inu*t be derided
• m its merit as it arises. To this re
<pi ires excellent mid it is not
unnatural that an old ami successful
lariner Miiouhl regard will: some distrust
the know ledge which has been derive* 1
only from book*.
A et-mp-i't leap -dem I l> 1 permanent
h-atiire in ronin * turn with every well
managed garden. >w imp muck is the
best material lor the La-»i of a comp" t
heap, Im! sod or rich <»il from a road
M«ir or pot'•; my be made tosr vr the
p'itpo-- admirablv \il 1 fesr or offal
from th* house and yard* n that will de
• ,iv and i-adily drromp - .<• hould timl
its w iv a: onrr on the compost heap to
!•* th* •vv ith all the d»! ■ nianure, ami be
j ni* *ly mix* d with the absorbing mate
1 ’ I. I his in the spring will be found to
: )»<• on-' .»! the bt t investm to draw
lioin lot daily Um .
11 «»««««* li ohl Hint*.
I "’igo m J1 ■ ma*l tender bv Iv ing a
lew min’»» -s in vinegar water.
Bo\r* 1 • holding slipped m <mL|s and
• nd* mav b ornam.-nteil with thin * here
i cloth, revered v ith woolen la* •• tin shade
| of the boudoir curtains.
• I" >1 - li' ( lotlw pnxlucn chann
al v m small . \\ lien
tin .'l'-i. s <>f cui tahi'" ! ■ liiiishi '.l with
' tliifl. tassel', a pn'ti', .If t is pro.ln< .*<l,
| A t'uoiii cr >v. .|. .| t'» discomfort with
Itirnitiin and ortriim nts. no matter hoc
1 1 ’ l 4l y, i - net or re -1 fol and hoineli k<>, and
I always sit .o -ts the museum or the sh e..
f • ivtitov.' th I dos of r.ni h sh >
1 pel h, < ith r : .>m w ■ a o” . ■!( >n
jjo.hls, wash the spot with tallow soap
' and let it stand for all hour or so, then
Wash ill clem water, and ate maids pro
i .’ -d as w ith uny soil, ,| a|-e.
Itr<-I|>ra.
I' 'l' itt'e pound of raisins
I chopp'd tine, one pound ot . .•■rants, one
pmn.l of min . d n t fn ed from skin,
one pound of sugar, had .. pound of
bread crumbs, a sc mt halt pound ot
tiour. two ounces , aiiditai p.ad and halt a
llltm dialed. Mi\nel! too tiler with
s< sen nell beaten coos and boil foreiijht
I hours.
, A .o .. I .d,eone pomnl of canned
salmon and turn it out of the can on a
• aland, to dr. o. this done take two
forks and shred the fish very tine, reinov- ■
iiiit the skin and the bones, then to
• this the sam< pro]mrtion of mashed |h>
, tat.s s, ,nd a little pepper and salt, Hat
I '.lp one , and add this to the mivtiire.
: make this int • flat cakes and fn ; s. nd
th. -<• to the table ,piit< hot. suttaldv lor
< .phi |s'rsona.
/ts'.p .s, . -t’.stk a slice of salt |>ork
in three pints of water, and boil till all
■ |*>ssibiiity of fat i« isioked out. The
i water should lx- n-diun-d to a quarter;
, then add all onion < hop| M si tine and nigh*
large pout ss, first Ixdlrd and mash,si.
t «>k slowly for half an hour, th n add
enough scalding milk tt> thin it to the
i <n.isteuer of pea soup. Add salt and
• while |'‘i4jxri for strain
through a coar*- sieve or colander and
pour into a hot tureen, in which should
first be put a tables]<ootiful of melted
butter.
A7ez Gridjlr t'dri. —Two cuptuls cold
boiled rice, one pint tlo:;r. one t"i‘pain
ful sip/ar. om half t"i<j*»onful suit. ’ ,e
--mid one-half teaspooiiful*i bakino jsiw'd r.
om- <-gg. little mor ■ than one-half pint
milk Sift together flour, suga.. salt mi l
jHiiv.b-r add rice free from lump', dilut'd
with beaten egg mid milk; tnix int .
smooth butter Have griddle well hc-ib-d.
make cakes large, bake nicely brown,
aerie with maple sugar.
A Secret Craft In Prison Life.
It lias freipientlv b-eti surmised that
in prison life there is a secret craft by
means of which men confined have
knowledge of what is going on about
them, mid contrive to communieat • with
cm h other in spite of the strict 'st pre
ventive measures. The other 1.(100 con
victs were nil locked in their cells at the
time Dan tb Allisti-r. the notorious crim
inal, es< ap-d; but in less than mi hour
every convict in the prison seemed to be
aware that tile daring criminal was free,
and such a buzzing of suppressed talk
mid excitement as •'.as manifested
throughout the great cell-hottsc. usually
so silent, was nstoni- hing to the oldest
guard.
This mv-tcrioiis power of comintini.'''-
tion has been used for much more
dangerous purposes than' the mere, di
serninntion of news. A f"W years ago
conspiracies to kill th' ir guards and es
cape were of almost monthly o< e'.'.rreiice.
Csually the Warden would be bored with
them, A day o'- two before th- time
fixed for lheir consummation, he Lad
little time for any other business than
hearing conspirators who were anxious to
■■give away' their pals, each believing
himself to l><- the only one to tell, and all
anxious to curry Invornnd get the credit.
McAllister is the only life prisoner that
• ver succeeded in making his escape from
.I,•lii-t prison, mid his escape is the only
one of any importance that has occurred
in ovei ten years. One thousand eight
hundred mid eighty men mid twenty
women composed tin- largest number of
convicts ever confined at .Joliet till.)
nt one time. This was on the 15th day
of March. fs7S. when the prison count
reached I.'.HIU. Tile opening of the South
ern Penitentiary at Chester, (III.) at
about that time, accounts for the reduc
ed number of convicts at .Joliet at the
present time, yet the prison here now
contains a huger number of inmates titan
anv similar institution in the country,
and still bears the palm of being the
model penal institution of the I nited
Slates. The corner stone of the prison
was i.iid in 1857, but the building's and
wnlis wire not fully completed until
some twelve years liter, tin- finishing
touches being given in 1801). -67iA>
I>< Liwr.lt.
Ligo Brown's Life Studies.
In .lie battle of life nil have a .! aneu
to win the i hampi'ouship.
If a m:m don't say mm h, he can so in
get (he name of knowing a heap.
Smiles ure not only the most becopting
••f all adori.iiu-nts, imt also the least ex
pensive.
It is s.dd that I i.iwt'- . ■><■ never used
an italiei.'-d word. Pcriiaii-. he never
tried to put up a st >ve.
Tin- first woman emnplaineil of having
nothing to wear, mid her daughters have
kept the sum.- old story going from that
day to this.
Th Nebraska girl who took a sleep of
scieiuy imii', eutivi- day - and nights has
filially liecii aw akened bv means of eli'i •
tri. ity. 11 ■: first words w “Mother,
is there any cold meat in the house t"
It comes about as natural for some
folks to want the whole earth as ii does
for an Irishman to smoke a short, pipe,
but the boy who has just licked another
f How a year or two older than himself,
feels tlk t human glory has mH eu'.irely
gii -a him the go-by.
Somebody -ays that a healthy infant,
c.siiii-.; in a . i-iulle, is a sight that makes
mig- ls I -all over the battlements of heav
en an t .- ongingl' tuv. ant earth. Thu
idea ls p. -tie, hut toe cold fa- ts in the
eas, are that life is full of howling dis
cord to th, ine\|H-rieueed father of colic
ky twins.
Away d..w.i .kep in every human
heart is something that makes one lon--
nt times t.. trample th,- cares of earth
under foot and pillow the head on the
cloud'. Imt an opixrrtunitv to make a
dollar with apparent eas.- will bring the
iim rap man back to earth with, a sudden
ness that nothing •in life can eclinse, 1
(7.<.-.i. A>
The Vnlito of Time.
*’<)ne to-day." remarks a wise man." is
north two tomorrows " oh, i-it. then!
Y -ii go into th* m.-. ~t with to day am!
sei- how many Io morrows you <an gel
fol it. You < .m't g- t cm-. Xot a *oiita>
ry one; you can't even get to morrow
morning for it. But if you have a to
uiorrs.w that you want to put on the
market you might get a whole w< -k of
to-days tor it. The uuiy man ’who
wouldn't offer to-day for it is the man
who is g. ng to Is- hniip-d tomorrow
and has conaequcnUy very little use for it
What he wants to trad ■ for is about tw >
months of yesterdays aud a couple of
weeks before last
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
Bonntla Made of l v «prr»
The craze for utilizing tissue pa[>cr in
making artificial flowers and other orna
ments, which has Ix-come so popular
with society belles, promises to prove a
b ion to the citizen of limited means,
whose wife and dnughter have an eye
for the beautiful. A prominent society
lady has hit upon the novel expedient of
making ladies' bonnets of delicately
tinted pajier with the aid of a few more
substantial materials for the purjmse of se
curing strength ami durability. Instead of
a body of magnificent plush or velvet, the
frame-work of the bonnet is of tissue
pujter, costing altout 15 cents, and the
trimmings are of artificial flowers, with
here and there a strip of ribbon. The
eff .'Ct is uni<pi".— Nut Yuri. WurlJ.
In Nvreet l*taor<ler«
A “sweet disorder" in the arrange
ment of the hair is not onlt allowable
just now about the temples and upon the
crown of the head, but it is considered
very proper and "stylish" to allow num
berless short stray zephyr locks to fail
carelessly from either side of the graceful
I'ranch twist, which carries most of the
hair high to the front -and sides of the
head. The fashionable young lady thus
coiffured naturally gives the idea to peo
ple not yet instructed it: ‘his art of hair
dressing that sh" has cither forgotten to
mr.k ■ her usual toil 't o.- has recently en
countered a gal?. The straggling wisps,
nevertheless, are noticed upon every
other “society" girl one meets just now.
They are fashionable, and we know what
fierce, violent objections may quickly be
cruehed out and overruled by that magi
cal assurance. Critica'lv, however, the
latest style in hair-dressing is an untidy
one, but no more so than the wearing
with the most carefully made and hand
some toilet of a dingy and soiled un
dressed kid glove—a fashion which still
obtains with many best-dressed people.
Zulu Mnrringr*.
The most refined sentiment of love is
unknown among the Zulus, writes a cor
respondent of the Springfield l{e]>>ililican.
The period of wooing is brief. A young
girl may have taken a liking to some
warrior. Unknown to her family, or if
known, unrestrained, she will leave her
father's house, and at dusk will station
herself before the hut of the favored one.
She will remain perfectly silent, neither
asking nor answering questions. If her
attentions are favored she will be asked
into the hut and remain a week or more.
Then he returns with her to the father’s
home, taking a few cattle along. These
are presented and invariably accepted,
a sign that the parents are willing to
enter into negotiations. The price is
fixed and the couple return, and thence
forth are regarded as man and wife. If.
on the other hand, a young warrior takes
a liking to a girl, he will induce her to
follow him, and, like any common buyer
of cattle, inquire into her good qualities.
Or he will lead to her father’s home some
cattle. If these are accepted the bargain
is further discussed and finally closed.
Eigiit or ten head of cattle : the average
pric, for a girl.
Trtangrnfar Mirror*.
“ Women, as everybody knows, are
the hardest to please/’ said a wan, pale
face*! clerk in a large jewelry establish
ment the other day. just after wrestling
for an hour and a half with a fat girl
m a red hood, who had bought onlv a ’
silver bangle bracelet fora dollar. The
pale-faced clerk sighed and then contin
ued, in a dull ami listless sort of way:
“ But 1 think we’ve got something
now that even the prettiest ami meanest
female in the world can’t complain about.
You know tor mebbe you don’t know-:
you don't look as though you were mar
ried s.r.. I've been married two years),
every woman would rather see the back
of her head just after she has put up her
hair than anything ••!*«• on earth. Well,
they’v* been straining their necks and
using hand glasses in front of their mir
rors for a long time. and the result has
not been particularly satisfactory. It
has at length occurred to somebody to
invent something to remedy this. There
is a thru sided gl.i>*. It’s rather expen
sive you see. French plate, with ivory 1
backs. The sides are movable and ad- ,
ju*table. A woman can arrange that '
thing so that she can sit in front of it !
ami see her back hair without turning
her head. The advantage is simply be
yond < al* ulation. She can catch her
dres*ing-inaid in a lie regularly everv
morning.’’—/*’. ; ’h7»7 / oZi/<7
The t nin llj’ I*lll*4l*.
Tin- money question between husband
ami wife is one of the most serious draw
backs to the happiness of married life,
and it is time that it was adjusted on a
more just and equal basi.s. The life of
utt'-r de|x-n«len< e which some women
lead i- crushing ami degrading. Men do
not realize the utter helplessness and
vacuity to which the system reduces
«am u. Now, does anybody believe
that it is m- -s-ary for the welfare of the
family that the wifi should go to the
husband for five cents every time she
needs it for a S|>ool of thread, postage
stanips. n-.xsties. pins, or any other neces
sity
Is it right or just to take for granted
her imbecility in money matters before
she has been test.all bi* not freqeuntly
the ease that just such women, left to
their own resources by a failure
i„ Home HjM’eulative scheme with
the burden of a family on their
inexperienced shoulder-. often i (
play wonderful powers of energy an
calculation, in addition to thrift and per
'ivering industry? Examples of this
sort ought to put all such men to shame.
Women, as a general rule, can make
one dollar go as far as two in the hands
of men; and many conceited individuals
who now consider that the social system
bounded by the four walls of their dwell
ing would cease to revolve if they were
taken out of it, would find great happi
ness and great pecuniary advantage l>y
putting the control of all the interior
details of their homes into the hands of
their wives, with a division of the in
come equal to the requirements.
lT<w»«m’« Juurual.
Fashion Xo.ti.
Straw fans are shown.
Velvet is worn, plain and frise.
Pointed shoes are being imported.
Tulles offer as much variety as any ma
terial.
Sleeves are still tight, but must soon
give way.
The new lace aprons are exquisite and
expensive.
Crush hat' for ladies are made of
corded silk.
Fur brims arc fashionable, also gold
lac e bonnets.
Clasps for beaded dog collars corres
pond with the beads.
Brocaded grenadine is used for draper
ifs for evening dresses.
Oxidized silver and gold filigree balls
are used for trimming.
* *■ •
Cloths of rough surface have the vest,
collar and cuffs of velvet.
Jet panels have designs of wheat with ■
rich cut jet pendants like wheat ears.
Pearl embroidered fronts in all the
evening colors have laces to correspond.
Some of the new brocades have great
fl ewers in natural colors with shaded
effects.
When aqua-marine, which is becoming
fashionable, is set in silver, the effect is
very brilliant.
Gold and silver glisten everywhere, in
every part of a full-dressed lady’s cos
tume from top to toe.
Wrinkled gloves have gone by, ana
although the long gloves are worn, yet
they must tit the arm smoothly.
Plastrons and vests of cashmere corres
ponding to the dress have bands of velvet
or are trimmed with woolen lace.
Broad red felt hats for little girls are
trimmed with a mass of black velvet
loops placed a little to the right of the
front.
The new Khedive satin is to be had in
small Oriental designs or plain. When
draped it falls in peculiarly soft, rich
folds.
Floral fans are always worn, and art
being made on a bramble foundation,
showing leaves on one side aud flowers on
the other.
A bonnet of dark red embroidered vel
vet has a jet bird on the crown. On the
top of the bonnet are dusters of jet
grapes with velvet leavesand tendrils.
Hygienic corsets have buttons and
hooks on the edges by which the petti
coats are secured, keeping them in posi
tion and producing the coveted slender
ness of figure.
Bearded galloons of all colors are var
ied in design. Some of them are cov
ered with alternate rows of large and
small beads and ure finished with arrow
head pendants.
A novelty in unbleached hosiery is an- ;
nounced. It consists of lines of open
work, two to three inches long on each
side of the toes, which afford relief to
those troubled with corns.
Hie Samoan Islands.
The history of these islands is rather
interesting. They are eight in number,
and they contain an aggregate of 35,000
; inhabitants. Their chief value consists
| in the fact that they are on the direct
; route to Australia and that they have
I several good harbors which serve admira-
■ bly as coaling stations. The exports are
I cotton in small but increasing quantities,
and copra, or dried meat of the ripe
cocoanut. Os the latter over 30,000 tons
are sold annually. This trade has in
former years been practically monopoliz
ed by one or two German houses. The
people are not savages, but Christians
The London missionary society, the In
dependents and Presbyterians, the Wes
leyan* and Roman Catholics are establish.,
ed in force among them, and the pure
barbarian has long since disappeared.
In 1872 they indulged in the luxurv of a
■ civil war, which was brought to an ami
cable settlement in 1875 by Co], Stein-
j berger, who was sent out by Gen. Grant
with presents, consisting of arms, ammu
i.ition and a handsome flag com[x>sed of
seven alternating stripes of red and white,
with a white star on a blue field. A
! constitution was accepted at that time
ith a senate ami assemblv. In matter*
of dress, however, the people are so prim
itive that it became necessary to pass £
law fining a senator SIOO if he appeared
naked at any session.
CLII’PI.WS FOR THE
A resident of Los Angeles, Cal.,
sffection of the eyes by which ho is
to see the same object multiplied j|
times.
Seventeen thousand Hessian sohli crß i a
all came to America. They had the?
own officers, the chief of whom er>
Generals Riedesel, Knyphausen and b
Heister.
In 1059 two Quakers were hanged
Boston. A woman had been sentenct-j
to die with them, but was reprieved m
condition of her leaving the colony.
name was Mary Dyer. Next year she te.
turned to Boston and was executed.
A fruit-grower in Pomona, Cal., hajj
dozen apple trees upon which are to l x
seen three distinct crops of fruit,
first crop is ripe, the second as large »
hen's eggs and the third as large ae (
marble. The trees blossomed for a fourth
crop, but did not fruit.
The food of Burmese peasants include
almost all kinds of reptiles, the grub of,
ball-rolling beetle, a kinds of ant which
constructs nests of leaves in treetopj
(eaten in curries), and hill rats. The hat
named exist in such hordes that their
consumption is almost a necessity to pr fr
vent the rats from eating the Burmese
A wonderful and little known flow7
I has been on exhibition at the Pliiladel.
]fliia Horticultural Society's rooms. It H
called the and blooms in the
evening. From a small bud one inch
ami a quarter in diameter, comes a beau
tiful flower four inches in diameter. The
development requires less than an hour,
and the buds can be seen opening. ,
At Pau, where many men and women
with light hearts and heavy purses go hi
winter, it is not unusual to see a person
with a pair of skates in one hand and a
sun-umbrella in the other. The ice is
found on a small lake that lies deep in a
hollow, and there is good skating on the
lake, while round about Pau people are
promenading tn sunshine as warm as Hint
of October.
A French writer has described a curi
ous phenomenon observed in a very in
telligent parrot, the bird's eyes invariably
becoming red by the contraction of the
iris on the appearance of a little boy for
whom an extraordinary affection has
been acquired. Flashes of red appear in
moments of anger, but the noticeably
lasting effect is only produced by the joy
of this particular child’s presence.
For the Orphans.
A Detroit poultry buyer was in Macomb
County a few days ago on business, when,
just about dark, his horse became fright
ened at some object along the road and
ran away. The man was thrown out of
his vehicle, but not badly hurt, and after
he had pulled himself together he started
on after the horse. Pretty soon he en
countered three stalwart tramps, each
one of whom had a club. As they ob
structed the road he was forced to halt,
xvhen one of them said:
“Being as you are a nvell-known phil
anthropist, mebbe yotfd like to donate a
couple of dollars toward an orphan asy
lum.'’.
“Where is it?"
“Out near Chicago. I don’t just re
member the exact dimensions of the
building, nor the number of little kids as
is cryin’ their blessed eyes out fur their
dead parients, but 1 know they is sadly
in need of money. Ain’t it so, boys?"
“You bet!" replied his two compan
ions.
“If I give you $2 will tire orphans ever
see it ?” asked the Detroiter.
“Will they! Won't we purceed right
there and give it to ’em afore Saturday
night? You don’t take us fur a passel of
gents without feelin’s, do ye?"
“If he does," said one of the others, as
he spit on his hands and gripped his club
afresh, “I must clear my reputashun. I've
alius been known as the friend of the
orfans, and I can’t ’low nobody to throw
out hints that I'm a liar aud a hypocrite!"
“Audit's the same with me!” added
the third.
The Detroiter handed over two silver
dollars, aud the tall tramp received them
with;
“Now, that’s right. When a man
won’t give to the orphans you kin sot
nim down as too mean to live. On behalf
of the leetie angels, many of which can’t
remember their paw nor maw, I thank
you. If you ever come our way stop and
-see the children and hear them bless your
name. Tom, you and Jim git out o' th
road and let the public philanthropist
pass on. I'm surprised that you'd stand
in a gentleman’s way! Good night, old
fei. Heaven will surely reward you!”-'
Detroit Free Pre**.
A Valuable Invention.
Yon are a stockholder in the Cross Cut
Railroad, sir; he asked.
“I am." said the stockholder.
“1 have a new device for registering
up ney re. i-ipts that lays over any ”
"Y'- ', sir, l.r.t our present system
perfectly satisfactory. Our conductor’
cannot——"
“Excuse me. but my invention has
nothing to do with conductors. It's a
protection against presidents and supcr
int-adent’. Shall 1 taken chair and ex
plain it to you!"
“If you will be so kind," said the
vtockholder.— Life.