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Some Phases cf Army Life. "There is a report gaining more or less credence," said Lieut. Davis, one of the army officers at West Point, when speaking to a Tribune reporter recently, "that the sons of army offi cers have more favors shown them and get along easier and stand higher a.t the academy than those who have no backing, but unfortuuateiy an exami nation of the reports proves the oppo site to he the case. I have ran down the list, and with one or two excep tions the otlieers1 sons occupy honor able positions in the rear. The reason is not dillicult to understand, either, for the son ot an army officer is either brought up away from his father and allowed to run wild or else if Ire is to have the benefit of paternal restraint and advice he must spend his boyhood at some out-of-the-way post, where the advantages of education are, to say the least, limited. In either case he is poorly equipped to withstand the strain of work piled upon him here, and he soon seeks his natural level at the bottom of the class. The ex ceptions to which I have alluded are the sons of engineer officers stationed in the eastern states. Here at West Point, as in every other college, it is the man without frieads or station or. backing, who has his own way to make id the world, that digs in for all he is worth and comes out at the head of his class. "The most popular branch of the service at present is the cavalry. Not, as some suppose, 'because officers are killed off faster there, but because they are used up and retired, which results in the same filing, gene? ally pro motion.Let me give you an idea of the work which had to lie done out m Arizona lately, where they have been howling about She inefficiency of the troops. The problem was about like this: Given attachment of troops at New York and another at Montreal; required to -catch an enemy moving from Albany to Pittsburgh, with She possibility of finding water twice be tween New Fork and Albany; mind I say the possibility, not the certainty, ar even the probab'lity. And then, when you catch up with the Indians, they just scatter, and that's the ead of it as far as strkin? any serious blew is concerned. The only way anything can be accomohshed is to take along some friendly "Indians, talk the thing up over the camp-fire, make up your mind about where they're goi-irg to meet again, and lay for them. These fellows that have been tearing op and down Arizona are simply a lot of roughs and outlaws that came up from Mexico some time ago, mr.d the sixteen theusand peaceful Apaches in the territory would like nothing bet ter than tosee them all killed off. ""Our regiment was stationed eu that ground far four years, and we have lost tifteoir'iofficers from the effects of it, while as many more have bean re tired, utterly used up. I're Known a detachment of troops to go seventy two hours without water, until their tongues hung out and swelled up so they oouliLhardly speak. The settlers there are either a lot of desperadoes or else tl-'re green and easily, stam peded. They're always ready c howl for troops Jo protect them, and then wheal saf&tc turn around and -murder a lot iof ipeaeeaole, innocent savages. I'vetfeenibhe time when I had tc turn out .my whole force with 'bayonets fixed rto, guard the Indians from a band of eettlen thirsting ior their Sore." -Neiv York Tribune. Western Men Have Ideas. Two -men-who announced, that they were from Chicago, rushed moieUj into a very-fluietfcarber shop np-lowc the sther.day, acd pulled off -their sooats with .a great deal of talk about the heat! ft ne..c f them fell into the hands of the boss.a. tall saturnine man- with a want .on his bulging Harow, sand the otber-subrcitted to the lathenbrvush sf the -solemn foreman. "Phe.w.!"'said the man wbm hadcf-all-sn under the- foreman's care, -"what a i boilingihot .day!" "Hot," -said the foreman sasafe jly. "I was seying.to the boss afiew min utes agciihat .we had better kn.ve-scme of the windows open as the visitors ifrom (wit of ..town would be ;apt ito think oik '(weather was on usually -warm." "Windows. pea?" said theCihicago man. "I -should hope so. bU-.n'tyc- i sail 98 diavees,hot.:J" "Well,"' jsaM the foremac intiitil .gently, "New ".leakers don't maud 8 degrees. We .don't usually iptit -or. shin coate here ..until it tops & .hun dred by douhle figtres." About the -same moment a wbioe iwas heard irom. the next chair ccoon icf lazilv. -"Ees. ..we usualrv rfieeid-e to. call ic w.-arntihere when it reaches 124. degrees, ihwt ,yon can't tell ny- thing at all about. heat You thiai; to jday that it is iheC. .li'on't think -if. is. Quite a seasonable i"ay. tbougn mot quite warm aigh: that shows uhal it is .partly a matter. f opinion." The Chicago tuen wore sileut for .a long while, and iHben.of.fi of them ac ed carelessly, "Wikat.thc you call coCd weather here?" "Do you mean n .winter?" asked the boss. "Yes, in the dead of wtatcr." "Well, we consider joMegrees be- ! low ratbar cold." At this the victim launched forth into stories of what tod of weather they eoesidered cold in Chicago. The anecdotes had covered periods extending considerably more than 120 degrees Ixfotv zero before .the shave was over, a Ed when they got up to go out the barters were cheerfully fold ing up their itowels again and placing ,-ihe brushes ie methodical rows wider ithe mirrors. The whole conversation thad been carfiwd on with the utmost .solemnity from beginning to end. "I like them western men." aid the boss, cheerfully, as the door closed. beet use they hare got ideas. Hoif., a. New Yorker, aen he comes in to get shaved, don't are for back talk or argument. He just lays back stiff, allows the artist to toy with his hide, and discourages all conversation by going to sleep in the ehsir. Tiie west erners are perfect gents, though; they give a barber a chance to cultivate his iniud, doa,"t they, Toby?" "Every heat," said the foreman, heartily Jfot YvT Sun. r.StOK.TOTlIAL ZEAL. How "Zoo Mttcb of It Came Near Hanglir Its Possessor. Vvobably one of the most remarkable instances of reportorial zeal ever heard of, and which came near ending very seriously to the main actor, was the exploit of a yqung man named Arm strong, connected at the time with the city staff of a morning paper in New York. The incident, writes a Hartford Uourunt correspondent, transpired about sixteen or eighteen years ago. Armstrong lived across the East river, just back of WUliamsburgh. At that time the outlying district was sparsley settled, and many pretty little cottages were rented cheap. One summer night the reporter left the office about mid night After crossing the ferry and going to the end of the street-car line, Armstrong had quite a piece to walk before he reached his cottage. A por tion of the way led through a dense grove. On the night in question, while the reporter was sauntering leisurely through the grove, his atten tion was suddenly attracted to an ob ject suspended from the limb of a tree about a dozen yards from the road he was traversing. It was a bright, moonlight night, and there was little difficulty in seeing objects near by. As he passed over to examine what had caught his gaze, he was startled upon ooming up to it to find the dead body of a man swinging from a very low limb of a tree. His feet were about twelve inches from the ground. A knife was plunged lo the hilt in his left breast. The reporter was in a quandary. Here was a big item and it was too late to get a line in the pa per about it. What should he do? He was the discoverer of this lirst-class sensation, and he hated to be cheated out of the sweet privilege of "beat ing" all the other papers by giving it to his own first. He thought only of this, and finally resolved upon a very strange proceeding. He deliberately cut the body down, carried it off to a huge log near by that lay upon the bank of a little brook, and covered it entirely with leaves, sticks, and other debris. He then departed with the intention of "discovering" the body at an hour in the afternoon of the next day too late for any publication in the afternoon papers. As Armstrong struck the road he was not aware that two neighbors were jogging along just behind him, both of whom had seen him come from the log near the brook. As the reporter was several rods ahead they' did not hail him, so he walked rapidlv to his cottage and went in at the front door. About 10 o'clock the next day, while the sun was streaming through the 'Window of the reportorial bedroom, where Armstrong lay possibly dreaming of his big sen sation, a constable and two men, call ed at the cottage a,ad told his wife that they wished to see kini on important business. She aroused her husband, informed him what was wanted, and he at once gotwp, dressed himself, and went out into the parlor, where the visitors were waiting. He was then informed by the constable that he had come to arrest him. on the very serious charge of murder, and a request was made that Armstrong accompany the officers at once a neighboring justice of the peace. IBefore .Teaching that functionary's place, thoTeporter was made aware of tthe fact that the body he had so -eayofuliy concealed the night before had been discovered, and that he had foeen.rrested on suspicion of knowing how the man came to his death, ithe neighbors who saw him come from ithe brook, as related, hav ing testified to what they had witness ed. Tbcne was intense excitement for a time in 4be locality. Armstrong told his fcwy, but there were a good many suspicious glances thrown at him." Fortunately, however, a letter in a pocket .of the deceaced man's coat, Mail abherssu-pplementary facts, proved ithatiie -was-a suicide, and that he ha put airqpeooout his neck while sitting on the branch of the tree where he was fount. ;tnd subsequently drove a knife inte his heart. Armstrong kicke.il up a bigger-sensation than he at firstimagioed he would. FAEM ASD HOUSEHOLD Farm Totes. The Volume of the 'litanies. Bcsi&es a number, of other interest ing details about itbe river 'Beanies in and near London, fehe evidence taken before the roy aJ.eoruinission Oil sewage discharge gives in ti tabular form some new information! ires pecting the,quautty of water .which eomecperiodieaily over the wej.r:at ledciingten. Observations were caie fully takecduring period of about seventeen months'- from June, Ib3, to O&kobe? in last year, and the aesults are .accorded ic a re port which show.- .exactly hov the volume of water varies from time to time, aeoerding 6o -t-ka time d year and the .abundance orf rainfall. The smallest imount found' to have flewed past the weir in one day was 21&X)0, 000 galloce, which was. all that .same down on be 25th of Aug jst, last v-tar. (But the average for the latter half of ilhat montfe vas bareikr 450,000,000,. as compared with about EL50,0u0,0fXmor itke corresponding period in the pre vious year- The diffiea'airces between rtbese figures and those cvhich are e-eu-ded in otiter parts of the year it vry remarkable. The iuaiiest vohiatt- observed to pass the we.JJ.was 4,18, .OfAOOO of gallons on ithe 27th o November, 188$ but the dauy average fox iliiat month was under2,000,0(X), OOQ.tthough it was considerably high er than the total for any ofchcr month included in the bservatiuns The ef fect a sudden do wn-pour ie seen in the record for laat June, when after about .c fortnight, during whict a flow of waiter past Teddington hail been well u&der 60,000 ottbic feet jmt min ute, it wwe at onee to over MO, 000. The draught of last autumn iu, of course, eiearly traceable in the returns. The average for October, for instance, is scarcely 300,000,000 of galiems. whereas in the preceding October it was reckoned at close upon l.OOO.tV'i, -000. London, Globe. Wood ashes contain every element, of food for plants except nitrogen, viz. potash, lime, magnesia, and phos phoric acid. They are, therefore, use ful for any crop, but are especially valuable for grass. From 40 to 100 bushels per acre may be used, and the effect will be felt for many years. There are very few or no steam plows in use in Amtrica. The only place where they can be used is on the large wheat farms in the Northwest, and there they have not been found profitable, because they are used only for a few days, or weeks, and then lie idle the rest of the year, costing some expense to care for there. Meanwhile just as many horses are required on the farms to do the other work. It is not probable that steam plowing will ever De common in this country. Good mutton is always in demand; hv irrmrovinc out sheen tor meat, and feeding better, sheepkeeping can De made profitable even when wool is low. Then when wool advances the profit will be correspondingly in creased. In England sheep are kept principally for mutton, and although good fleeces are produced, yet the sheep would return profit without the wool. Our common sheep by crossing with the best mutton sheep of Europe may in a few years be so far improved as to become good mutton producers. Even the Merinos when crossed with Cots wolds produce grades which, when well fed, make good mutton nearly or quite as good as any. A good preservative for shingles on a roof is common pine jfcar laid on hot bo as to soak into theshingles. Or the shingles may be dipped in crude petro leum before they are laid, and left to soak in tubs or barrels. Coal tar is not a good material for preserving wood, as it contains an acid which causes the wood to decay; but if it is mixed with lime to neutralize the acid, and is then applied to the wood, it has a better effect. Pig Ailments. In the first four or five weeks after their birth, diarrhoea carries off many little pigs and greatly retards the growth of others that may survive its attacks. Improper feeding of the sow, if the pigs are sucking, and of the pigs themselves, if weaned, is the promi nent cause, though often, attacks are brought on by breathing bad air, drinking foul water, and taking cold. If the pigs are sucking, the sow should, for a few days, be fed 'on something less loosening; if the yigs at e weaned, the same general treatment should prevail, and a tablespoonful of pre pared chalk given once or twice a clay. See that the pens or sleeping-quarters are well ventilated and clean, and use some chloride fi lime and carbolic a-M as deodorizers and disinfectants. Constipation, though not fatal, or a disease of itself, may, 'if ignored, lead to serious results, end is indicative of fe ver. Gueen, amdiany kind of soft, easily-digested food iis good, and bran stashes prepared with hot Jwater, or fetter yet, flaxseed tea, are very use feal. In -obstinate cases an ounce of Epsom s3ts may I be used in an injec tion of arai soap-suds. The Wheat Crop. There is abundant evidence that in roearly all parts Of the United States, where winter riheat is raised, that tiber-e wiH toe .a- ivery short crop. At best it -cannot .exceed 225,000,000 irosbels, whichdEa.25,000,000 less than last year. Tbi6.onclusion is come to foycareful meportstfrom all of the win ter wheat regions. The season is now tseiar advanced to. change the acreage the spring (wheat. In all corn grow- i nag -States it iis -greatly reduced in area. rJtat it is too seen to even predict the yield. Early inrlhe season for sowing wbeat, the low i price and the large aawount said tc be ron hand, deter tmaned farmers iir-iall spring wheat re gitsnis to sow less, and in many locali tiee to sow mooe. But the prpect for a iwatr between Eng land and Russia somewhat mod ifiefi resolutions on this sub ject. But evien this did not in duoe'itarmers to -sew an average quan- tity. Of course in Minnesotaiand Da j kota, -where little else but nheat is rawea, the anmauntwill not probably be mnEch, if any. etauueed. But where grass and corn aie.-uceessful, &nd are the ruling prodiuete, there wtU be a greatlg- reduced wbeati-erop. Good crop statieians say, if the:average yitld per acre be equal to average years,, there will beia falling off -af.7c,000,000tjush-els. Tllcis will ntaike iin winter and spring w.iheaf a defieieivsy of 200X)0, 000 bssK&els. This Mnbd be a seiious matter, mot to be- anafle up by the surplus mow on hand., .-ami the reduced Europefun demand. Wiheut raising k an operation which starves the land fend the owner., and the fiBtture;!for a surplus of that uoagportant cenealiisdoubtfuf jn the extreme- Des Moines Register. An Incomplete Scheme. Washington has a training school for aervant girls. This is a step in the right direction. Now let Washington go right on in thi good work of re form and establish a training school for mistresses and we will gel ajyjfc-splendidly.--'6 Uunkite- Separating Cream Cnomftlilk. In a series .of experiments by Prof, Ford of England, as reported in thep MrrifamLl da4.ti T .rinHrtjK, Vila fllrt... . ingconclusioasioiay be draw: It was fotfind that tlae yield of butter grew lege the lower tibe temperat ate of the milk before setting. When maitk set in ice-ia.ter directly after milking gave 100 pounds, milk that had been pre viously cooked to 8 deg. gave 95.7 pounds, 54 deg. gave 91 pounJ, 48 gave 8S,3 pounds. A means of restor ing the original qualities of such stalk was found in warming the milk to about 104 deg. before setting. Prof. Ford gives two general c glusions: 1. Shaking of the milk before setting is detrimental to a rapid separation of tfte eream. Of two sample of milk, one being shaken before set aside, the latter required eight hours to separate 7 per cmt of cream, the time rfignfrad by the other to separate the same quan tity being only three hours. 2. Premature cooling of the milk be fore setting is more serious in its effect upon a thorough separation than the first mentioned. When milk conveyed to a creamery in a common vehicle by centrefugal separation gave 100 pounds of butter, a sample of milk of the same quantity and quality con veyed in the same manner, and set in ice-water, gave 90.8 pounds, while an other sample that had been cooled, transported as before, and then set in ice-water, gave only 87.9 pounds. Strawberries. There has been a bountiful crop this year, and nearly all of the larger cities have been amply supplied. In the flush of the season they have been so plenty that the price scarcely justified picking and marketing. It is probable not sufficient arrangements were made for shipping the surplus to deficient points. There are a plenty of such places. The smaller towns are yet poorly supplied, and, in many cases, none are to be had. The great farming population is not yet one third supplied with this most delicidus of all fruits. It is a gross neglect on their part. They are easily raised, and it takes but a small 'Jiatch to sup ply a large family with a healthy ap petite. As an idea of the dimensions of a strawberry bed, we notice that Mr. E. H. Calkins, of the Burlington Hawkeye, rejoices over a daily supply of three quarts of luscious berries from a bed eighteen feet square. The spring season is the best time to set out a new bed of plants. But at that time, we know from long experi ence, that farmers with the crowding spring work have no time for attend ing to the garden; or, for that matter, any of the lesser duties of the farm ana household, which really in the aggre gate contribute more to the real com fort of life than a thousand acres of wheat, or double that amount of corn. But now is the time for the busy man to set out strawberry plants. They do very well any time in July and August. The sooner now, the better. But in hot weather great care must be exercised. In fact, thist is the main element of success, and is all im portant at any time. If plants can be had near at hand, which is now gener ally the case, they should be taken up carefully with a large lump of dirt to each plant , and set out without disturb ing or expobins the roots. Too many failures arc made by setting out plants in hot weather with roots stripped bare and then drenched with water. The soil dries and bakes about the plant and death is inevitable. Then the farmer becomes discourag ed and disgusted at what he considers the great difficulty in raising straw berries. But have your wits about you, and go at the work sensibly, studying the nature of plant life and growth. Some men act as though they thought that cabbage, tomato or strawberry plants could be driven in to anr kind of unprepared soil, like a stake -and then go away and not look after 3bem until tltc time when be ex pects -a crop, We -want to see the time when all of our farm houses w ill be amply supplied with-all of the small fruits which can be successfully grown in Iowa. But this will not be until a lai-ge amount of missionary work is done. Buttbat fameer who has not a strawberry bed, we ask that all of the influences of (the household be now brought to beatr on hiitj to commence this month, and commence right. Just now new plants are forming on the runners, and by the time you are aroused to action by this notice they will be just right for transplanting. Des. Moines Register. Summer Seed i iter to Gns. Fnom'the American Agriculturist. The most successful seeding to grass maybe done in July and August after the grain crops are taken off. The present season has been a bad one for the seed sown last fall. The bard win ter 'destroyed the timothy, and the late spring has interfered greatly with the seeding of the clover. As a rule, it may be said that summer seeding is more -successful than fall and spring seeding,: but the ground must be thor oughly well prepared. The whole se cret lies iin this preparation. The fol lowiiagjplan has been found excellent: The stubble is well plowed, not more than four inches deep.and ineuuediately harrowed in a thorough manner. There ;are several new implements which (do this work in the best man ner, pulverizing the soil, leveling the surface and smoothing it, .so as to get thelland in the most perfect con dition Sorthe seed. After affl this has ljcen ds ne, and the furrow marks ob literated, the seed is sown and the sur face immediately rolled. If this is done in July nothing more is required. If it is left later.it will be desirable to sow turnip seed at the rate of one pound per acre with the grass seed. This affords protection for the younag grass and clover in the fall and winter. We have found tt a good plan to leave the turnips on the ground and not gather them. They will be killed by the frost, and the leaves falling down furnish protetion to the grass during the win ter, and in the early spring, when so much damage is usually done by the alternate tha ws and frosts. The grass will usually furnish one cutting the same season, but it should notbepas- tured, as the surface is not firm enough nor the plants sufficiently well rooted to stand such a tax. Slow EaUngr. The idea of rest and recreation and deliberation in eating no longer oc cupies the thought of the American boy, much less of the business men. Yet the power of one's life depends as much upon this as upon any one con duct of life. The relation of the chew ing and the juices of the mouth to the after digestion, all along the digestive track, and to that assimilation which is to give force and vigor to work, is such that we cannot afford to forget the essential relationship. Thefailure of this part of tne apparatus to do it part does not involve immediate loss of power or bed ridden sickness, but it is a more frequent limitation upon forceful life than any one disability. A thorough digestion not only leaves, the mind clear and the nervous system placid, but so provides the physical and mental machinery with its pro pelling power as to make thought as natural as if it were a physical func tion. It is not difficult to see in the work, as well as in the writings of some men, the traces of a bad physical con dition. Emerson overstated the case when he stated that the sick man is on the road to rascality; but, never theless, did indicate what is true, that a man in a chronic state of embarrass ed digestion is out of gear with himself and the rest of mankind. We believe that the foundation of many an in capacity is laid in this want of quiet, deliberate eating. The Independent. Sick Room Cooking. Bran Tea Take one pound of bran, pour over it one quart of boiling water; let it stand till cold; strain it, and take a glassful at any time. This is very soothing for the chest. Hop Tea Take two ounces of hops, and pour over them one quart of boil ing water; let it stand ten minutes; then set it to the fire, and just bring it to the boil; then strain and bottle it for use; a wineglass to be taken every morning fasting. This will create an appetite and strengthen the digestive organs. Iceland Moss Jelly Take half a pound of Iceland moss; put it in a saucepan with three pints of cold wa ter; let it gently simmer by the fire two hours; whilst it is simmering add the juice and rind of a lemon, and half a pound of lump sugar; when it begins to boil take care to skim it well; then strain it through a fine tammy and set it aside to cool. I may be eaten cold; but it is more efficacious to take it warm, a teaspoonful at a time. It is strongly recommended for consump tion, and is also very good for colds, catarrh or weakness of the chest. Dandelion Tea Take half a pound of dandelion leaves and bruise them; put them in a jug, with two ounces of honey; pour over these a pint and a half of boiling water; let it stand until cold; then strain it and bottle it for use; take half a gill three times a day. This is an excellent remedy for bilious ness and dropsical affections. A Cure for Sore Throat Take a teaspoonful of black currant jam or jelly; mt it in a tumbler and fill up the tumbler with boiling water. Take this several times in the day, and drink whilst hot. For Chilblains Take a turnip, boil it with the skin on; then take out the pulp and beat it up, and add to it half a teaspoonful of grated horserad ish. Lay this on a rag and tie it on the part affected. A Poul tice for Inflamat ion Take half a pound of linseed meal; mix with it a teaspoonful of msatsfoot oil and a teaspoonful of laudanum; pour over it sufficient boiling water to make it into a thick paste; spread it on a large piece of linen; then sprinkle over a teaspoonful of raw mustard; lay over that a thin piece of muslin, and apply as hot as it can be borne. Hominy and Milk Take a quarter of a pound of hominy; put it in a saucepan with a quart of water; then put it on the hre, and stir until it be comes quite thick, and absorbs all the water; then put it m basin tor use; then take one large tablespoonful of the prepared hominy, put it in a sauce pan with half a pint of new milk, a teaspoonful ot castor sugar, and a lit tle grated nutmeg; make all boil; pour into a basin, and serve hot. This is a very nourishing meal for an invalid. Digestible Bisouits Take one pound ot brown Hour, then put it in a basin; add a pinch ot salt; put t wo ounces ot butter in a saucepan; add to it half a pint of water and make it boil; mix it with the flour, and beat it up until it is quite stiff; then roll it out with pas try cutters, and bake ten minutes. Unleavened Biscuits (for Invalids) Take one pound of dry flour; add to it half a teaspoonful of salt ;make it into a stiff dough with halt a pint of milk; beat this well with therolhng-pin; then roll it -out very thinlv, cut it out with a paste cutter, lay them on a buttered tin, and bake ten minutes. Treatment of Bowel Complaints. Hot fomentations are very useful in many diseases and at this season of the year are especially so in the treat ment of bowel complaints. I have many times nearly blistered my hands in wringing clothes from hot water for this purpose, but a few years ago I learned an easier and better way to prepare them. Fold a piece of flannel of sufficient size into from four to eight thicknesses. Dip it into very hot water, taking care to saturate it completely. With a stick lift it from the water and lay it into a strong towel, then wring it by twisting the ends of the towel. Have apieceofdry flannel twice the size of the fomenta tion and lay it over the bowels or part to be fomented. Lay the hot flannel, which should be wrung so it will not drip, over the dry flannel and fold over it the extra part of the dry flannel, so as to retain the heat as long as possi ble. By this means the heat reaches the skin gradually and a much higher temperature can be borne with less discomfort than when the fomentation is placed next to the body. Home Companion. Neatness in Women. A woman may be handsome or re markably attractive in various ways, but if she is not personally neat, she cannot hope do win admiration. Fine clothes will not conceal the slattern. A young woman with her hair always in disorder, and her clothes hanging about her as it suspended fromaprop, is always repulsive. Slattern is written on her person from the crown of her head to t he soles of her feet, and if she wins a husband, he will turn out, in all probability, either an idle fool or a drunken ruffian. The bringing up of daughters to be able to work, talk and act like honest, sensible youngwomen, is the special task of all mothers, anJ in the industrial ranks there is im posed, also, the prime obligation of learning to respect household work for its own sake, and the comfort and happiness it will bring in the future. Housework is a drudgery, but it must be done by somebody, and had better be well than ill done. Home Compan ion. See What Tom Reads. Mrs. H. Annette Poole, in Good House, keeping. You will find it a very hard task to keep the sight and sound of bad read ing away from Tom. It is everywhere If he does not see it at home some of his school-mates will have their pock ets filled with it. Any quantity of stories bearing such fascinating titles as "The Madman of the North-Pole, or the Boy Mazeppaot t he Art ie Seas," which is an actual title, can be' pur chased for five cents each, and in many cases the buyers will dispose of them, after perusal, for two cents. Broad sides containing wonderful pictures, and the opening chapters of such tales are weekly distributed by enterpris ing newsdealers. And I think these stories are far worse than they used to be. For even pirate stories had in them the smack of the blue ocean, and the fascination of white sails and tropical islands and all the thousand and one charms that visions of the sea summon up before the eyes of an imaginative boy And Indian tales bore the flavor of the prairies and buffalo hunts, and of a wild, free, open air life. But these sto ries, which are thrust into Tom's hands and under his eyes at every cor ner are mainly detective stories, and the reader is led through the lowest slums of New York and London, crimes of the bloodiest and vilest na ture are depicted, and the language is the worst of thieves' slang. The Ip dian fighter and pirate were pictured as brave and chivalrous; but these vil lians are only cruel and murderous from the beginning to the end of the story; and the only way to keep Tout away from them is to fill his reading hours so full of something else that he will have no time for them until his taste is so far formed that they will have no fascination for him, and the , i - i i. j.: i - . l. remeuy lies aunosu entirely 111 in hands of the mothers. Church Attendance Diniinisliingr.- According to statistics gathered by a church paper, not more than 5 pet cent, of American artisans in cities V,nKif na.lKr n.ffenrl relirTirms services oi any kind. All but two of the letters say that the attendance is diminish ing, and all but one that the neglect is not from unbelief in Christianity. The cause of non-church attendance, as given by these experts, may be sum med up as follows: The' men have to work all the week, and they recreate on Sunday. They cannot dress as well as those with whom they must as sociate, and therefore stay aoraiy-- They think secret societies are as good as the church. They are unable to pay for the privileges because of the high prices of things which they must have. The large salaries of the minis ters disgust some. Some feel that the minister is a hireling, and therefore seeks to upbuild his church as a doc tor seeks to increase his practice, not from love of souls, but to increase his salary. Some employers of labor are so bad in their treatment of their em ployes that the men do not want to go where they snail meet those in whose real Christianity they have so. little faith. concerning- sonars. Pittsburg Dispatch. The papet collar is a thing of the past. A few old-fashioned and impecunious young men still cling to pasteboard neckwear, but most people who wear collars now use linen. The paper collar had'its points, howeves. It was always ready for use, and a man wasn't so depend ent on his washerwoman as he is now. It was so cheap that it could be thrown away whenever it was slightly soiled. Why, when paper goods were the style, a man could buy a pair of paper col i ,i a 'i;i-" ,i, lalO ll il.l ,111.1 (l nil l l - v VI lilt: same material, and be fixed up good enough for a ball or a wedding. They were liable to cover up any amount of uncleanliness, however. The paper collar was invented by Walter Hunt, about forty years ago, and was first . made as smooth and glossy as bristoli board. Then they were finally merged into the present style of linen. The celluloid collars and cuffs have never caught on very well. They are worm considerably by itinerant book agents,, peddlers and that sort of people, but have never become popular. You can always tell a man who wears them by the strong smell of camphor. Wanted in Wall Street- From the Wall Street News. Tiiere is a man in Wisconsin whonr some of our railroad kings-should get hold of. The fact that he is in state prison won't be much of an objection, as railroad kings are supposed to ha ve governors and judges under their thumbs. This man, in the space of three months, organized three canal' companies, and floated out $90,000 worth of stock at $700. He organized two mineral companies, and got rid of $17,000 worth of stock for $350. He organized a sanitarium, andgaveaway $27,000 worth of stock for $225. He organized a water-power company, paid individuals before a dam was built, and came out $1,120 ahead He was organizing a railroad company ' and was about to call in a capital of ' $50,000, when the law grabbed him and shut him up. The man, if proper ly coached, has a great future before him. The value of live cattle exported during last year was $17,885,495 sheep. $850,146; hogs, $627,480; a total of $19,833,121, again of $30, 064,318 over 1883.