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EAGLE VERSUS TIGER. Pl-mnit Kxp-rlenee of Ysnkee 9 F" Trl.t t Mont. thrift , ntered the gumlug saloon immedl lv after ft gentleman who had the J f 8 Yankee, and was no little tnr ld to notice an offleial, in hwoII uni- Pf .mn-oaeh the American, and. Tit, uii i Sha shrug of the shoulders in pan '".,.h stvle. Intimate that visitors are 0U,.o;.l .o-or their hat, while jthintluM'reentet. ofthat sacred room. ZZarte, the "wide awoke WU im - Fren Of oat mediately Pu into a place for safe .,, urn.-, i i n . Yankee was very much observed; but the oourse of thirty minute, he bo- esnn mite a noro. no wuu n j , oiicuci. the roulette UDie, aim ouservou im i 1.. K..t ....... . ) vers okwoiji ""' ikumj Ju'ld not make up his mind to venture: .,!. in lUeoeMlon. M made a tour of aau. "'' ,U the roulette tables, but did not stake even I Ihe-frune piece, which is the pallet) com nceep.ou. r.niu.y. ne irom the local press, although 1,1s do had hi-attention quite- riveted to the , Bcriptlon of his feelings while dan MBtOg table where "Trento et Qimr-, ling by the neat was never recorded wU" is the order of tho day. This I It was a school-boy's escapade, While wme is worked by ft distribution of chasing a rabbit through the ground ordinary playing cards. Here the of ex-Alderman Hughes, he attempted minimum stake is a Napoleon, ami to run over a raised platform upon piles of gold arc laid ull over the which the housewives stand while tible. Our Yankee friend inquired the ; hanging clothes upon a revolving reel highest itake the croupier would al-, There is no date Obtainable as to the low to be placed on the table, and was ; length of time which ensued from the informed by ft gentleman standing close moment he run upon tho platform w him thai tho amount was nearly and the time when a servant girl equal to Are hundred pounds in English opened the kitchen door and was hor pjaaey. I may hero remark at this rifled to aae a young man, his face game no odda are gfvec 'therefore the I blaok ami blue, dangling from the dinners receive the exm t sum staked ropo on this reel. Onj glanco at the of course, In addition to the money distorted features convinced her that Matured. "Well." said our Yankee the youth was dead, but she gave a visitor, "I gueei I'M go for the swag;" shriek which called the neighbors to tml go he did, and, to the amaaement the scene. of the entire company, he camoofT B Ex-Speaker JereMcCuirn wasamong winner. The Brat winnings wero cool-j the first to arrive, and with consider y placed in his pocket, leaving his ; able presence of mind cut young Doyle first stake on the table for another von- down and, with tho assistance of Mrs. dire. The cards were again dealt out. Hughes, proceeded to resuscitate him. and again he wns on tho successful , At first it was thought life was extinct, color, (bice more the winnings wire alaoed In sale keeping. Bv this time, the American was a man to bo envied, his example. Thi iiiul others followed ( thlrd venture had a;i Immense pile of notes and gold on the same color that the, man from the uiuuity. New World had been so lucky with: I found young Doyle at his mother' a and again it proved the trump card, aeside ice. titiu Columbia street. The ltd much to the amaiement of playert I young gentleman was making active In other parts of the suloon. n hearty preparations to join his military com cheer gi ted this announcment, and puny. When I asked hliu what were the bank" was broken. But those his feelings while hangiug he replied: tho are acquainted with Monte Carlo "At first 1 experienced a slight well know that the breaking of the . wrench in tho neck, hut no pain fol Uank is only of short duration viz., lowed it. 1 thought then that I had whilst tho croupier goes to beadquar jumped from tho top of thigh building, ters for another supply of tho "ready.' aud when goingdown 1 kept wondering On the croupier's return, down went j when I was going to alight. Gradually the Yankee again and again, until he the air seemed to thicken, and then 1 he had made hazards ten times, and thought I wasn't going to fall any each time to ilie fullest extent allowed further, but that something under mo by the rules of the establishment; and kept me floating in the air. 1 could bll extraordinary run of fortune made hoar distant music, aud a wonderful him the winner each time. The period light Hushed through the scene that had now arrived for n change ol made the whole place tho most beauti crouplert, which takes place at regu-1 fill 1 had ever seen. I felt awfully lar intervals during the day. Our hero happy, and when 1 recovered my senses of the hour, noticing this move, and my first thoughts wore of resentment not quite understanding Its purpose, to the rude persons who took me away turned to tho retiring croupiers and from my beautiful vision, remarked. "Thank you. gentlemen; I "1 think hanging is about aa happy this li the first time 1 have hud the a death as one can choose, If he's got pleasure of playing this game, but 1 to go." assure it -hull be tho last." And he quietly retired from the room, a richer man by nearly fl.OD'l pounds than when he entered about half an hour previ ously. Liverpool I'osL FLORIDA'S WHITE ANTS. How tho Huty Insect. Assist Nuture In Her ('recesses uf ('Iihiikp. One warm morning, after a heavy rain during the night had saturated the ground, as 1 went to tho well, 1 euiifjht si','it of my favorite toad siiiiil in the grass, covered with winged ants, and darting out his tongue to keep a place clear about him. But the oncom ing crowd swarmed around and over him. He never winked, though they walked heedlessly across his eyes, on his nose, anywhere to get a point ol vantage from which to tako (light. Soon the air was full of them up to a great height, going in all directions and rising from every stump nnd de caying log of wood. Some stumps und partly buried masses of wood were "liite will, them, a constant stream from beneath tho ground clambering up higher over one another In their struggles to get up und tako flight. Where were they till goli? Wher ever they brought up against a tree, a house, stump or bit of wood, their flight ended, and by an instantaneous and amusing twist of their little bodie? the wings were thrown off and they itarted by the shortest route for tht (round. Some In their seemingly aim less flight would strike a pioee of wood or a tree within a dozen feet of the starting point, but off went their wings with a jerk, and down they traveled. What is the meaning of this? Why are these little beings s intent on dis Mbuting themselves everywhere? Sc. wonder every piece of wood under (round, or even lying upon its surface, inhabited by its colony of termites, eh busy for itself inciting and liv ,n(, but carrying out the wonderful n,l in this southern climate, rapid Process of change, destruction and new 'rms of life. No sooner does a tree fall to the earth than myriads of these shite ants find a homo and food in it, Iod so hasten its destruction. If a take is driven to snnnurt a lilv or Serosa it will shortly be set upon by these bu-y consumers, and you will JJ7 lad it prone or needing support - man giving it I Imtmm u;uA 1 7 do Wliurit. y do not choose. -American gri- i am persusueu tnai cue exii-eius P ofligai-y, Improvidence and misery hich are so prevalent among tho lu "rinj etaaaaa In many countries, are My to be ascribed to the want of eiacution. -Robert HulL -iti'. -sophem tell us that theio la an intimate connection of the va- rem -i cee with each other mm "lge upon one point Is found "Ipful In learning about matters Inn, lnr r apparently wholly dlsslm- Th. y ttl us, end they doubtless 't there ia BJSjh SO inUrWSV- i at In the various linos of .... ar ft. any lu ng which it uo auy and all HANGING FEELS GOOD. I lew ... .... uprrirnr... learned from the hr-tel clerk here. 5 a Now York HemlS I toys plumber doing bet! n, iv-' J." cipal sir. . - - t had once lieen i, -j : vbii out down M l0ll ht to ; ""tf Here ,,, .,,, .,,'. f , U.UZ . the oi..rtl.i w hi,,, hlw ,vli,,V(.,, ' ; BUta of so many of lu r. , ornamental Citizens. Tills young man's "nine is Miles Itiyle. ,. is a line. stranmm Uln a member of Assemblv.mn, 11,,.-' crock rwenlybth Company, n.. h:t, always resided In Klmira. where his parent were Among the first settlers j long before It became a city The event which eulml,, . cuinunatou In his hanging happened live years ago and at the time attracted much attention but in less than half an hour he had been sullirieiitly restored to bo con voyed to his home. Such is the uarrativo of the occur reuee, all the pnrtlos named being well-known residents of this com- A TANK INCUBATOR. New Wuy r llutcliluc Chlckt fur the riillailrlphlH Market. Xot many spring chickens are being raised by incubators in Berks County, Pennsylvania', which clings to the old- i fashioued way. Hut Mr. Hoch. of Oley, i made a success in that line and intro j duced some new ideas He makes his own incubators. He runs two of them this spring, the one having a capacity of 3o0 eggs and the other 10). His in cubators am heated with hot water, the tank being immediately over tho top of the drawer containing the eggs. Mr. Hoch claims that this is far better and lafer than the oil-lamp heat Each day, two or thrco times, ho taps off a quantity of water and refills tho tank with boiling water, enough to keep the temperature in tho egg drawer atl03 degrees. When the eggs have been In the incubator five or six days they are tested, and Mr. Hoch says he can then toll whether they are fertile or not. The sterile eggs are thus removed and the good ones placed back in the Incu , bator. At the end of the time required ; by a hatching hen three weeks the drawer is full of chicks, nearly every egg producing one. , "Hut where do you get a mother from to take care of the chickens?" , asked an Kngle representative. Mr. Hoch replied that he had a building for this purpose called a brooder-bouse. The building is forty six feet long by ten wide and ten feet . high. The side toward the east slants to within two feet of the ground, and is supplied with windows which, by means of a twine and pulley on the b : side, are raised nnd lowered at will. Thirty-six feet of the house are divided into pens four foet wide, and in these the chicks are placed as soon as hatched. Tho floor of the house is double, with four inches of space be tween the two. In the space is a coil of inch pipe and the building is heated by the hot water system. Tho water Cheated in the ten-foot room nt one end of the building. Instead of using a stove, as others do. to heat the water. Mr. Hoch merely walled in a coil of : (he o inch pipes one foot long, with a fire place beneath. In each four-foot pen a small tin pipe protrudes about bo inches above the floor Over this ; nine,. 1 an ordinary stool with four . . .1 :-..l,..c lsir.IT AnillllU j", ,..;,),, of the stool is tacked a wn.cn iiB.ug ' 'i , I . .U.,: the chicks ' Lth..r and are as comfortable as under StowiBgS of a hen and out of danger ,( iir. et,. K' ailing -) -nUKMM must raise 1.300 to- atorrower mj note will oto protest, ind if mv rr.iitor once g-l rtarted aflsw BM i am a ruined roan. n e Doa'l fret, dear You csn sursly riM) that rou. b on my diamond. . ryjNI Mid the) were f worth 13,0001 the lowct valuation. And ' .. r.i i h awful lie be - t-. .. ... ind a' i. ,i et I t! day M g" "rr ell i-ne", roM up hrwre the mtMTsblr man lU Ua mm drk fciiBgly bltlsr erf ,i( I witl ORAZtD BY PROSPERITY. Too Mil, I, urr, ,Tr, , Mll.lrnl ( cm- asses Mi The iid itory of William Bob. the ompoew, who bus just been plaoed la lunatic nsylnm, from which, accord ing to the doctors, he is unlikely ever to go out again, give a striking Illus (ration of the dangers of overprosperl ty. His story Is very curious. Twenty rears ago 1. led the life of an out-and-out Bohemian not of an elegant imi tator, cashless Arab of art. At that lime ho was the familiar of two singers, who had a tremendous reputa tion among the frequenters of (he lOM reputable musical halls at Vienna. At their entertainment he was tho orches tra, for the sole accompaniment In these places Is the piano. B sides this, he OOUld make for them the not rer) moral couplets with which they made their mark. The life might not be unpleasant, for though the wages were not good, aud Bob often had to go all dny without a meal, he could com pensate for it at night. When his two "divas" ware asked out to supper he went with them, and, by shilling him self with good thliiL's and champagne, be made up for forced asceticism. One evening a lucky thing happened to him. Somebody had suggested to Baron Nathaniel de Bothsobild that it would be amusing to visit one of these singing saloons; and he went. As is well known, ho is a musienl amateur, and particularly fond of YleaneM music. So when chance brought him to the place where our trio were per forming he paid little attention to the rather commonplace charms of the '.wo sirens, while he noted with surprise the brilliant execution of their accom panist, who performed valsesof Strauss and Laura as well as his awn composi tions in the interludes. Now. Hotbs Ohlld had been thinking for sonic time of getting together a company of twelve first-rate musicians for his palace at Wilden, and the idea came across him which he ultimately carried out -of Installing Bob there as permanent chief. Hero was a chance for the poor Bohemian, At the touch of a magician's wand he found himself transformed into splendid apartments, fashionably clothed waited upon by servants, with his pockets full ol money, aud publishers clamoring for tho rights of publishing his songs. His new patron was proud of him and took him to Loudon, l'arls and other places, got him to play before tht Prince of Wales and other" iso mad,- a lion of him. Everywhere tho ex- plunist went about like a great lord; everywhere he was treated with the deference paid to wealth and tho friends of millionaires. The change proved too great for his brain. Tho derangement of his faculties soon bi gan to be shown by the development i f extraordinary eccentricities. Ho do veloped an incredible refinement of taste, and even the table of the Huron de Bolhschild was not exquisite enough for him. As to champagne, he gave overdrinking it ami used it externally. This got worse and w orse. The Huron, who treated him ns a spoiled child, thought to obviate the first symptoms of madness by traveling about with him to the Alps and elsewhere, but in vain. He got worse and worse, and eventually had to be handed over to a specialist, a sad case of a man's brain being overturned by prosperity. London Globe. WOMAN'S PROGRESS. Rights nit It.-m Hi. si,,. Hus Oalasd In lite Trtftt Ontury. In Washington's time women had Oaroely any rights or opportunities out of the domestic circle. A married w oman was a legal non entity. The husband was the legal guardian of the wife, or rather lie pos sessed all the rights of both. In law the twain cre one, and that one was the husband. Tn-day a wife is in many respects n distinct, independent being In law. She may acquire, hold, convey and will property. She muy engugo in bbslnoss, carry on trade, make con tracts. She may sue and be sued, muy enforce her rights and defend them. Both married and unmarried women have acquired political rights. In cer tain Territories a Suffrage equal to that enjoyed by men has been con ferred on them. In some States they may vote for certain officers and hold certain olllees. Kverywhere there is a growing tendency to enlarge the polit ical rights of all women, as there is to enlarge the civil rights of married women. S: ill more striking has been tho opening of a vast Hud varied sphere for the occupation of women. In lit erature they have come to the front in large numbers. In trade and Industry countless thousands are employed. They are found in office and store, if shop and factory. A lnrge proportion of the s-x have ceased to be depend ents. They have become wage-earners and self-supporters. They are re spected and honored for battling with the necessities of life and earning their own livelihood. And this vast army of employed women and girls is destined to in crease with every coming year. N. I Herald. Florldu people can hold their own In the way of titles. The I'alatka Herald rem irks: "Yesterday we made it our business to keep a record of the number of men In our town holding some sort of title, and In less than three hours the figures showed up six (ienerals. fifteen Celonels, eight Majors. uinnU-en Captains, ninety Ight judges, nine doctors and only twelve privates, and they were defeated caa il4aic for office." Une of toe m.io'i.,, ie of tha Chins Inland Mission, a Scotch gentle man worth a million, la living in CMna on twenty-five cents a week, using hie fortune all in the work. Statistic show that It eoet from 1400 to 1) to put a boy through coU lege. BM'irns ehow that the-mowey Uvestod In the 400 boy pays the beet laterMt on the .i.rntment -h i. timausd that In l'arls 60,000 persons, who formerly were freethink ers, snd Uislffint to Ux-lr rallgteae leWrrtl . e i 1, . ,i,fljr,ce through tt M Mm "u VANUERBILT'S KITCHtN. wtirrr . am.ooo hrr Prepares foes' la Wlm llmtt ciMikini Pssasns, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt's chef hai had neb renown that the temple in which he moves vid the altar at Which he Itfllttiatee must be of Interest. Both ire worth bine ia! to las port and worthy 'ii- talents. Mr. Vunderhill's kltehoB is really very beautiful to tl e. The purity of marble, the luster of (lies mil the gleam of metal are what one - The Hour Is of niarh'o. the iholVOO, tli" tables, the Milks, all the things that are rarely moved me of marble and cut with the precision of jewels. The walls are lined with oreriro enameled tiles and all the angles are covered with brass mouldings Where these meet the doors and win dow s thov are covered with these metal moldings, dispensing even with wood en trim. The ceiling is made of while enameled tiies set In cement. Il itoue does not imperil the bead of a u,iKI cook with a loosely-set brick, s,, each tile Is ulso secured with raised metal bolts. Accenting all ibis gleam of white slid metal is the large double range. It is s t in one corner under a large lemlolrouiar hood enriched w ith ein boiied copper ornaments and swung from iron bars w rought In spirals and foliations. This hood is so powerful an agent In carrying off the odor anl 1 greasy steam that It will waft from ; I he hand a nowapapWf held under It. The coking utensils arc in keeping with all this splendor. They are of I OOppor w ith W rough t-lrOO handles, mam of them ornamented, ami aomji of them have been copied from sp -cial ' pieces in the Ctuny and other mu 1 scums Luxurious cooking utensils are Ind oil the thing of the moment, and a wedding present not disdained is i set of copper silver-lined, snob 1 1 are now displayed among gems 'and gold at the Jewelers. Leading from the kitchen to .he butler's pantry are spiral stairs entirely inclosed in glass to shot out possible odor, yet retain the light. And this Is so successfully done that. i although the kitchen is directly below l l be dining-room ami butler's pantry. : nothing disagreeable makes lis way aloft Before referring to another attach I ; ment of this kitchen, alli.siuu should he made to the drains and hose outlet . in the center of the marble Hour, for it i- by a hose which may play fearlessly In auy part of the room that tho ! kitchen is kept clean. Connected with the kitchen, and built under Ibo slde- j walk, is a scries ol vaults. These are ; for ice. meat, vegetables, milk and eggs, and are built in three sections of hollow masonry, that they may be kept free from damp, and have perfect ventilation. Tho heavier articles, ! such as ice und meat, are put In through the sidewalk williderrick and hoist, which relieves the kitchen of a good de,,i of uapleaaantness, ns every housekeeper may imagine. N. Y. Let ! lor. HINTS TO MOTHERS. Sobis I srfol RnfsHIM Aboal 'ii- Curs hihI Tralatna ol Chlldrea, All children posseos imagination in a greater or less degree, and in tho management of the nursery this faculty DM I"' ranked among tho important en, -, lu trilling matter! where no real principle is involved I alwnys consider iho ciisiest way is tho best way. as, for instance, this morning, when my thret)-vear-old girl took it Into her head not j to be dressed as usual, and curling her tiny pink toes beneath her gown de clared mischievously sho "wouldn1 have auy tockiu's on at all." j For a minute 1 was nonplussed, Biiy had not been well for several days und ! ,as just in the humor to rebel vigor ou-l.v against in forced obedience. I'a ' ia was in the sound morning sleep j that bctits u night worker, a cry ' must be avoided, if possible, so as a thought struck me I held the small stocking invitingly open, and said, pleasantly) "Tho naughty little fool -laid it wouldn't go into this stocking, hut the stocking said I'm going right on that foot to keep it warm all day, ii,l the stocking went right on," as sure enough it did, while baby looked up with a laugh and the iiesliou: What other 'tocklu' say, mamniaf and the difficulty wns over, though each article of clothing had to say something as it was put in place Long ago I devised a somewhat sim ilar method for nall-cuttiug and hair oombing processes, neither of which give mo any trouble, though some of I my more prosaic neighbors, who do ' not "believe In such things,'" hnvo a , continual bowl from beginning to end i f the operation. My oldest was I an only child for several yearn. afld a very delicate one, so la Wbttef she wus housed a good deal, but I had scarcely uny llty, for imaginary playmates i aa for wo ks at a time, assist i ed In the dol!-ho:isek eping, slept and , ate with her and guvo her as much happiness us real ones could have done. B I was a timid child, disliking to go into a dark room or upstairs nlone, so I in, obi use of the Imagination that a Med the fear to aid in conquering it. ; for sic- would ch'erftilly go anywhere :is long as the pretended visitor ac- ' oom panted her. Aoaprtetooi appetite that refuses a ' plain s ice of bread and butter will relish the same If cut into smug squares in i Ballad "caramels," as I know from Bxperieu' H: and so In a thousand and ' one ways a mother can use her child's imagination as a factor for good In Its -ducatU'ii. and by l iginious device rely upon it to assist her In tarious lurscry dilemmas. -Cur. i'hiladelphla Pgaejb i - -RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL! - Over tfu.000 Kljians galhsr regn j Inrly for ChrUtisn worship. I - fraying without faith ia like pump I Ing where there Is no spring of wster -a.. Ike effort Is In vain. Ksehange A Scaadicarlan women's semi try, the first of lu ki d In this noun la rertl at ltd Wing ' Minn. In the gwalh there are M.onu col red eeajeel teachers The have col and are I vorth ff,Me0M la pftr PROTECTING TREES. rrr.-. in i ReMeOSN " lOfjUMl "here lUlittiM Are Very Nuittrrou. A nurseryin m recommends the fol. lowing remedies: A teasiionful if tlaotura of aaaofoMtlda in half a buck etful of liquid clay, mud or imitk of any kind, applied with a brush lo lh -stein and brunches of young iris will preserve them from the attacks of rab bite without injury to the trees, two or three applteatloos during the win. lor will bo sufficient. A mixture of lime water and cow manure made pret ty strong forms an excellent BAtWrubblt composition 'I here should he plenty of the latter Ingredient, both lo make it adhere properly and because. It lime be In excess, Iho mixture dries too white upon tho trees ami Is unsightly, Whereas, If prOerly inix,sl, il dries just llie right shade of greenish gray. When tar Is ohjectioiuihlo on account of its injuring the young trees, a sim ple mixture of soot and cow manure made thin enough to be put on with a brush will help lo ward oft the attacks of rabbits during the ordinary seasons. A mixture of equal proportions ol sul phur, soot and lime made into a thick cream with liquid cow manure Is also very effectual In cases where a strongly smelling remedy 1 not objected to. Where appearance Is of no consequence Stockholm tar Is recommended, lias- tar should never lx applied to young trees, especially If the bark Ik- already stripped away from them. The stems should be tarred from the ground to alwut twenty Inchos in height. If the trees be pluuted for orna ment, the following plan is preferable if the extra expense be no objection. In ! stond of upplylng to the trees Itself, stick throe or four stakes round each plant, at the distance of nine inches or j a foot (mm il, thou tie u piece of fresh ' tarred lino round the stakes at the die I tance of nine inches from the ground. Tim tar should be mixed with an uqual portion of manure of about the same consistence as the tar, or It may Injure I some Qf the trues A strip of tarred ' paper lied round the stem Is also of i service where the rabbits are not very I numerous. Strong subjects may lto daulwd with a mixture of equal parts of gas tar, cow manure and water ina,U into a thick paint. If there be any ninrks of old bites they should Ihj care, j fully painted over. Among mlsoella ' neons remedies are tho following: Place a thin layer of weeds or refuse round the stums, fasten It with a tough I roed or tie of straw. Bub llie bark with something distasteful to tbeni, such as slrong-sinelllng greusc. Tho application of a paint made of butter milk and soot when snow falls, and again in March, Is said to ls an excel lent remedy. Wire netting or lying sticks or cornstalks round the necks of plants are effectual remedies in severe i sousons Hhere the rabbits are numor i ous. - Practical Farmer. PROFITABLE CROPS. Iluw Farming Might he Mule More lie laaeratlve The" it Him iir,u It Is small, not large, crops that we 1 need more of. My minimum crops have Invariably been more profitable, nnd 1 bine heard many farmers make the same remark. Would ll not b I well for our farmers to combine to pro duco less for a few yonrs of all staple I crops, thereby thoroughly cleaning up the surplus and getting holler returns for our lalsir than we have received for the last deeado? Certainly we have the same righl to combine to limit, pro duction as huve coal or oil companies, millers nnd manufacturers. Some may say thai it Is our duty lo oursolvus and our couu ry to do our best In our chosos culling hut liest for whom? If wo can do belter by producing loss and gottlug more for It, why not do It, us long as ether producers are doing the same thing and wo have to exchange our products for theirs? Why should farmers bo the only class of producers thai cuu not ustahlish a price for their commodities? When wo buy WO huve lo pay Iho price asked; when we sell wu huve to take tho pittance tho purchaser sees (It to offer. Surely, no class of laborers work as many hours (or as little pay as the far mer, and it is tlmo our calling is moro remunerative. Can this bo done by producing more or less? I am of tho opinion that (Icucrnl Butler was right when he said that "our trouble Is not overproduction, but underconsuui) liou," and the question Is, how shall Increase the consumption of farm pro ducts? Certainly not by Increasing the quantity, but by Improving Iho quality, Every one knows that soggy potatoes, tale eggs, rancid butler, etc., last much longer than good, fresh, No. 1 articles. If all food products were the wory Is-sl, much more would Im con sumed, thus making a greater demand and more remunerative prices. Many of our wide-nwake farmers cuu make u part of their productions an actual ne cessity to one or more families In our large cities al paying prices by supply ing these products regularly, fresh, sweet and wholesome. I know this by experience, for my customers often tell me that they prefer lo purchase farm products of the producer, especially eggs and butter. it Is laudable for practical farmers to experiment. Investigate and produce maximum crops, but it Is more jirollt ablo to produce the best and gut good pay for them. Amerlcun Agriculturist. --The military custom of saluting by bringing the hand Into a horizontal position over the eyebrows. Is thus ac counted for: It is supposed to date back to the tournuineuls of the middle ages, when, alter the Queen of Beauty Was enthroned, the knights who were lo take part in the sports of the day marched past the dale on which she sal, ind as they passed shielded their eyes (ruui the raj s uf her beauty. s.t on,, r "i ran't wear this mlt Ml Sksel the end of Uf It's all si, r niik up on one side!" Itoeednle "Vat you expes-gl mil dem diagonal foots " Pn,-k. Young Lawyer to bis Client - "Do tot trouble yourself about the case at all. my dear sir. I eeeure you that lo fain a let orabls verdict for you will be the t-ct of my whole life." If our mere-haul lusrlue see gone lo decay we till hsve more shlpe than any nation on tbs faoe of the earth. Some ere i-ooeul-shlpe. but more srs ipeitreseisr-tblps Hostva rW. CAVALRY RIDING DRILL. IB Kl-Trooper Tells HaW Hum I.e. ratOj Are Tut Ttirnugtl Their I'sres. The llrsi riding lesson usually lakee )lnce In the "rldlng-school." wlior at lie floor Is covered with "Ian." the eeruils who come off will full softly. The military authorities don't want .heir ivcrults laid up in hospitals. The lesson consists of leading the horse iroiind the riding-school: so thai the Utlon of learning lo creep Iteforo walk ing is slightly modified hero, lor the recruit lenrtis to walk his hoi IS before riding him, When ho has led his hone around for awhile, the horse's lead is brought In from the boards (I. e. the wall of the school), and the recrull Is taught lo 'stand ul case'' ind lo step from side lo side of his horse's fore feet In measured paoeo, then comes (he "mount;" and usually the unfortunate reorult bus no sooner got up on one side than he rolls over on the other, owing lo the vagurlcs of bis home, w ho knows that be has a recruit lu hand, aud lakes advantage of it. Presently the Order Is given lo 'inarch." and away llie Iho horses ground the KhOOl walls, many of the pupils thinking horsellcsl, is very perverse lu rubbing ils side Igalnsl the school wall With a recruit' leg for a buffer. The day w lieu I got aiy llrsi riding lesson many of us Hurled off by pulling oil our horses' mouths, and gol (to quote our rough rider) "all OVSf the shop like a pack of llieep." Alter a few turns round luring which the "rough" taught us the aids to horsemanship in the pre liminary stages of the "walk" WO learned that we were not lo "pull our dorses' heads off " but to handle the rolns gently bv feeling them with our wrists and not with our whole anus. All WO had lo do (we were told) was lo sit there and keep nr bodies up right with OUrOheste forward, by hol lowing the hack iii.d drawing in our KOmaoht, us well as to keep our "chins olT our slocks" and our heads tp. We began 10 tee that learning lo ride was no trilling job. When It came to llxlng our legs, getting them well luck, raising ou toes and sinking our tools, wo gol more to do than we ever largnined (or. Vour teacher is a bard Sinn to please; aud I'm sure thai by near practice recruits at Canterbury lave got all their stomachs pressing ip against the dlaphragma, Other t'iso how do they muster such smill' waists and such plgoon-liko chests? I'lm (act is that lungs, heart, fiver, stomach nnd spleen aro ull packed together chest wards, like a I In if Australian mutton. Whether nature ever intended such ii cramming Is a Uestlon that the military authorities tout study Make your men aa wooden IS possible never lllitld IIUlUI'O, Is their dictum; and certainly they are listened to. After we had dono a little walking around the riding school wu gol more OOnQdeOOei and IhoiighL no doubt, that we should like n bit of a "trot," ju-l to see what that was like. When it did come lo trotting many of us foil olT, or nearly fell off, and went hobbling around the school to quote Our rOUgh riding again "like a lol of itulTe.i dolls riding yer horses from nose lo croup." And certainly many ef us were more oflcn on our horses' withers and haunches than oil the center of their liacks, and we bad our arms more often round their necks than holding our reins. Tho "rough" called us lo a halt, aud even hern we were St fault. S uue of us pulled too much, or we pulled loo little, or we pulled awry, with tho result that our burses w, iii "all over the shop." Al la! we had -topped, our friend the "rough" again lei us know a bit of his mind about our llrsi nppcuruiic.o at aavalrymeU, Ho never taw such a blooming' lot Of asses III ull bis born days; my old mother oould ride bettor than you," et lit had probably told the same yarn to generations of re cruits; but really wo believed thai w wet, -et of out and-Oilt duflfors. After a few months' riding drill lbs cavalryman learns to ride his horse at all paoes; and when he can lake 1,1m through the turns, circles and wind In. of tic menage drill, and know how lo use bis "arms" mounted, he Is Olio call himself a real cavalry-man, and Is ready to gn on and light his country s wars when ho gets the chance. If the reader Wants to learn more of eavalry equitation, he had belter join. A lew inonlhs drill will teach him all he will euro to Irani. London si. Jauies' (iu.ettc. The American's Tipi. The tips given by Americans In England are almost always loo laitfe, aud b this the add lo their expensel in a uiuiiuur which greatly astonishes English people, w ho regard all lips at an exaction, not to be inllated in a spirit of liberality, but to be reduced to a minimum in a spirit of economy. An American always likes lo seem to be richer than he Is. An Englishman does not care a button w hat tho purler Ihlukt of him, and glvot the mun shut be thinks such a man ought lo expect, and no more. In the same way American alwsys Increase lliolr expenses by traveling flrt-claii, on a tori of noblosto nhllja principle, a habit which causes Infinite amusement among the more economical English, and gives point to the old Joke that uo one travels llrst-class except fools and Americans Nature duet not make inlitakoe If man would study her ways and under land her unchangeable conditions be might turn her into a willing servant Kural ROW l orker. Greater praise Is due those who do well the so-called little duties of every dsy life than those who sre waiting for tome grent opMrluuity to ehow their strength and courage. - (trace (iarlaud- Genius It like a barrel on the top of a hill; It will not Indeed move unleee pushed but once pushed II goee of It self. Talent is Use a load on the road way; It will not go forward unleee dragged. There are different sorts of human aetura. Horn are given to discontent and longing, others to asourlug and sa joying And let me Ull you the dloOOB) Waled, loeglug nyle is unplsaeenl to llvs with -Eliot ABOUT LAMB CHOLERA. rrriruhv, Meeaures HemmmenileJ tr a slirplirrU ul Long Klerlu,-o. The popular name of this disease, at Ivan lu the title, Is apt to be mis f'Bdlng. It may lie. and frequently Is, Ipi.ootie -that Is, It prevails more or ss extensively twer neighborhood or lertlon, leliig Induced by similar con lit Ions of solL pasturage, etc. It gcu rally attacks the finest, (attest lambs ( the flock; Indeed, almost the only tt--icily sa(e generalization which may ho made as lo It oauses is. that It does aoi prevail In an underfed flock. It wins ulso lo occur very seldom among hoop ranging on the sweet grasses and Irinklng the clear, running waters of a lllly country. It Is found chiefly on Int. sour lauds, which arc In-uflioiently balned or not at all; and this fact ends to the belief thai llie acidity ol , egetnt ion growing on this deseript ion ol -oils Is mainly the oauso of the trouble. The lamb Is taken very suddenly and rlolentlyi falls on the ground In a Ire uor, with spasmodic kicks; sometimes 'roths at Iho mouth, and throws lb toad bank, further and further everv uinute, until Anally it almost rest on the moulders) the eyes uro rolled up and lave a I gad, staring look Death HSU i j ensues in a few minutes, and die MM ion reveals tho llrst stomach (llU ol akes of curd, very acid, and generally Defended with gas. The lungs will probaM) be found full of blood, and the bowels Watery or slimy, With Indica tions of diarrhoea. It may osv ir cveu ,n a cosset which Is fed Oil Bnw'l milk. 'thieii seems to demonstrate that It Is uuscd by some tin wholesome quality if the milk produced by all animals in hat section, just its the cow's milk ol rortaln prairie regions of the west is '.Mind to bo harmful lo infants and even ..,n,e' hues fatal. It is probably the tourness of the soil, cominunlcale.l to the vegetation, which produoai 'iamb nbolvrjk" - i As with nil diseases of sheep, proven lion is a hundred per cent, letter than euro; but III this ease the preventive measure! must bo brought to bear on the owes. Ono excellent, practical)!,' shepherd recommends lo lake a hall galloa of tar, mix Into it all llie sail it will hold together, and smear the salt trough! with it, withholding all other a I so ns lo compel tho sheep to eal lh s. (irnlu and dry feed are also roe. Onunended ns a corrective of iho acid ity an l llalulonoy of lh I stomach. Better than either, iwrhnps, is sharp m mil ashes or lime we'l mixed lu the salt, say lu the proportion o( one pari .ish. s to ten of talL If possible, dur ing the suc'tllng season the ewes and httnbs should be removed to a piece of sweet pasture, wilh SOmOteUl sloe to secure drainage, where the grass Is short and tender. if the lamb is seen us soon as a' tack il. and Iho shepherd Is skillful In drenching, let him administer an ounco pf Kpsom suits lu a teacup of warm wa ter; It may snvo Its life. Or, put a lump of tar n large as a hle'cory nut Veil beak on the base of the tongue, nnd shut the mouth and hold it closist 10 compel H to twallow. American (do-up Broedori DEATH TO ChTnCH-BUQS. Retails OasesvaUe it Wade hf lbs state Ratesseli s'' 'ur iiiini'U. From observations hy S. A Forbes, Htete Entomologist for Illinois, It np pears thai severe droughts In the mid dle and latter part of the summer may diminish the number of chinch-bugs ty lessening tho food supply, und may op erate to protect crops of the following year If they are at a distance from Woodlands, by driving the matured 0hiaOhbug from oon fields to the grassy woods for ttipport, Where i, heat Is not abundant in a district badly Infested with chinch-bugs, Il has been proved thai this luseel may livo in. .1 hi- 1 In early spring in oats, young tiuilier, blue-grass meadows and even in corn. Where wheal can lie ob tained, however, Iho bug greatly pre fers It for food. A kerosene emulsion, consisting of kerosene, soap and water, scorns lo Ui very efficacious In killing iho Title pests. About,') per cent of the emulsion was kerosene. The appli cation was ul the t-aie of I gal. of emul sion to 3 gala of the lilu ted mixture to livo rows of corn Wi rods long, or (50 gals, of the dilute per acre, at a cost of less than Ii1) cents for material. This remedy can not bo of .great value ex cept where the bugs are massed ou corn. In MM place where it was tried. On- InsOOts had taken possession of the Hrsi four rOWS Of BOrU, After spraying 11 wus supposed they wine all killed, two days later they were found a little further in Iho feud and Iho application wus begun two or llireo rows abend of t hem. after which no moro trouble was IXjiorfoOjOadi Trials havo been niado with ooal lar emulsions which aro found to IpaUIII IllUla. in usefulness koroeene mixtures and djaerre further Mai II ibneh applied in tho owder U jf some Miluo. To prevent tho advance of the hordes ,( hugs, coal tar is excellent, excepting .liai it dries too so in. Mixm with ll tny kind of oil or groaso will pr.iveut .his. it inrd 4 two or three inches wide aid on Iho ground so that bus can not et beneath them should b) Dninted on lop Willi tno fir arm oil, an i will 7ujj l complete barrier. Occasionally a bug will bo hold enough to wade across It, but It has been found that welling 'ils foot is fatal. The greatest bono of xterminallng this curse of the wheat ield we believe to be by a contagious dia ase which has been noticed In a large iiimlicr of places. It consists of bac teria in great uumbers In the allinen I Utry eun.lt of the infesting bug. If a 'knowledge of hw to propagate this -memy of the chinch bug could be ob jiinod it would doubtless be worth counties thousands to our farmer. -farm aud Horn I'apa (earneelly) "Didn't I en oia upon you not to tee thst young uian againP" DnughUsr (quite ae rarnestly) "Yet. papa; but he came with an order of court to v scale tho injunction and I vacated IL" - Mrs. Jinx - "I'm golug I" nun rueticv house-cleaning to-day " Mr. Jinx "Welir Irl s. JbxV -"Well. I wish you would twear your phouo graph full and send ll up lo the bouse for ma to.turn on occasionally when my feelings gat too much for au. Will your"' . 1 uf layulry ( l.,r. II . i -