Lincoln County Leader.
J. r. STEWART, Publl.her.
TOLEDO OREGON
WEARY.
Fm old, and the heat of life's battles
Haa bleached my brown hair till It's white,
And teardrops that sparkle light diamond
Have stole from my eyes their old light.
And low, where cold marbles are gleaming,
1 laid what the world save to me:
But high, where the pure ones are waiting.
My treasures again will 1 see.
Tonight I have heard strains of moslo
That floated away long ago.
But some mystio spirit haa caught them
To chant to me now, soft and low.
I beard an old story tonight, too.
That memory lingered to tell.
Of youth that built castles in midair
That crushed hopes and dreams as tbey fell.
I've seen an old picture of sorrow
A vessel that sank In the aea-
But safe In the harbor of heaven
A fair sailor boy waits for me.
I listen in dreams for bis footsteps,
I almost can see his white hand
As it lifts from my heart life's dark shadows
And points me to his spirit land.
O Time, I am weary of travell
Life's pathway la lonely for me,
And breezes thut whUper ubout me
Seem tilled with a voice from the sea.
And now I am tired so tired
And somo night I'll lie down to rent
And dream till 1 wake In tho morning
In peace la the home of the blest.
Florence Hal ley liarusworth.
The Screaming Habit. '.
No two persons hoar exactly alike.
The human Internal ear is boat de
scribed by likening it to a grand piano.
Tbat instrument has a key for ovory
note; the human ear ha a nerve fila
ment for every tone and its variations.
Did I say for every tone? Thut is a
mistake. Some pianos have saven oc
taves, some have eight ; some have bet
ter tone in one poition of the keyboard
than in another. Exactly so with the
nr. Homo persons hear acute
ly i they catch sounds that to others are
but silence. Some tones strike tho ear
drum, but are not conveyed to the
brain because their corresponding
nerve filament is missing. We know
of defective hearing, but we do not an
ply our knowledge to our reasoning
when wo are stating our opinions or im
pressions. To some a high note is a
positive pain, and to such ears a soai
ing soprano will do nothing but shriek.
Others wilr detest the lower tones. An
imals are moved out of their wonted
calm by the sound of certain notes.
It should be our endeavor tocultivate
tones of softness and sweetness. A low
tone is tho voice of comfort and conso
lation, of deepest, most sacred emotion.
Our society women should do all they
can to counteract the screaming habit
of Americans. Di Vernon in Hun
Fraucisco News-Lotter.
Two Ugly Men.
The Duo de Ronueluure was a man
of great ugliness and jnm li humor. One
day he met in the street a most unlove'
ly looking Auvorguut, who bad some
petition or memorial to present at Ver
sailles. He immediately introduced
liim to Louis XIV, remarking that he
was under a spocial obligation to him.
The king graf ted the favor asked for
and then inquired of the duo what
might bo tho iiaturo of the obligation.
be the ugliest mini In your dominions!"
I am reminded of Heidegger, the
munager of the opora house in the
Haymarket when Ouorge II was king.
Ono day he luid a wager with the Earl
of Chesterfield thut he would not find
in all London an uglier fuce than his.
After a long search the earl produced
a woman of St. Uiles' who at first
seemed to outvie tho manager, but when
the latter put on the woman's heudgear
his superior ugliness was at once ad
mitted. All the Year Round.
A Chinaman's Claim For Iueurauce.
One of Bostcn's Insurance men in
sured n Biuull building which serves an
industrious Chinaman both as shop and
homo. The policy covers damages
caused by fire and water, but John
Chinaman evidently thought he was
protecting himself against losses due tn
any cuifse whatever, as is shown by the
following letter addressed to the Insur
ance company:
Home bad boy brake my one glass. Now all
tore. Come you my houee look Hi new.
JoaLuau.
Joe expected tho company tn make
good the damage done by the "bad
boy," who is the Chinaman's worst en
emy in the city. Boston Traveller.
Criminal Women
Professor Louibroso, the eminent
Italian scientist who holds such very
strong adverse opinions as to the abil
ity of women to feel pain as acutely as
men do, has lately been pursuing his
investigation! in another direction, and
he has now delivered himself of the
unqualified opinion tbat women of the
criminal and immoral typo are invari
ably larger of bauds and feet and small
er in the head than average women.
Gout raising is an important and
growing industry in Oregou and some
other northwestern states. One rancher
in Benton county, Or., has a flue herd
of 450 goats, which includes a number
of thoroughbred Angora bucks. Twenty-two
cents a pound is the lowest this
man has received for a fleece in a doxeu
years.
Jack rabbits from the far west are
old in tho New York warketB. They
are sent east in grout numbers by firms
that buy of the pot hunters. They are
old slilo by side with the native hare
of the cast, and each jack rabbit weighs
about twice as much as his eastern
cousin.
For shampooing the hair nothing Is
better thau plenty of tar soap aud hot
wuter. It is better than castile eveu
and mukoa a fine soft lather. A little
borax or a tubltwpoonful of amuiouia in
the water is also good for oily hair, but
too much of either turns the hair gray.
To clean brouxes, Immerse in boiling
woU'r. Clean with flannel dipped iu
aoapsuds and rub dry with chamois.
An ora should be filled with boiling wa
ter before the exterior is cleaned.
Coins with dates referring to "Anno
Domlul" (A. D.) cannot be found beur
ing in earlier dute thau that of the four
teenth century.
The little island of Iceland, with
about 70,000 Inhabitants, has the saint
liua.berof newspapers as the great em
ore of Chins,
THE DATE OF THE EXODUS.
It Would Seem to Lie Between tbe Tears
1430 nnd 1300 R. C.
Although the monuments and naDvri
give us no dirsct information npon the
subject of tbe exodus, they do indirect
ly indicate a certain period within
which it must have taken place. Tbotb
mes 111, who was the most powerful
king of that dynasty (the eighteenth)
wnicu nnally drove the Hyksos invad
ers out of Egypt and reunited the whole
country under one scepter, extended his
Conquests as far as Mesopotamia, over
sunning Palestine on his way. He left
Mats of the conquered nations, but does
not mention tbe Israelites among tbem.
Rameses II of the nineteenth dynasty,
tbe supposed oppressor, who reigned
about 200 years later, also subdued
Palestine and left lists of the conquered
peoples, but he, again, does not men
tion tbe Israelites among them.
What is perhaps still more impor
tapt is that, while tbe Israelites have
left records of invasions by Mesopota
mians, Moabites.Canaanites, Midianites
and Philistines, tbey do not mention
any invasion by the Egyptians, and the
conclusion is that the Israelites were
not settled on the west side of the Jor
dan till after the wais waged by Ram
eses II at the commencement of his
reign, which began not earlier than
1888 B. C, or, as some now say, 1266
B. C.
It has been attempted to explain this
difficulty away by suggesting that Ram
eses II kept close to the seat-oast on his
march through Palestine and did not
strike inland till he was some distance
to the north of the Israelites, but it 1
Inconceivable that he should not havu
secured his long line of communications
by establishing posts so far inland that
they must have been brought into con
tact with the Hebrews if the latter had
at that time been settled in their own
country.
The earliest date, therefore, at which
the Egyptian history will permit the
exodus to huve taken place, even when
full allowance Is made for the time
spent by the Jews in the wilderness and
in conquering Palestine, would seem to
be about 14:10 B. C, while, if theshorter
chronology be adopted, it could not
have been much earlier than 1800 B.
0. Scribner's Magaziue.
A Montana Bear Story.
"Montana is a zoological garden In
its native state," said Colonel Jim
Htruthers. " We have all kinds of wild
beasts, from grizzly bears and prairie
dogs down. Speaking of bears reminds
me of once upon a time. It was before
the state got polluted by the trolley,
and when it wasn't good form to wear
a collar. It was before Montana got to
be the greatest state in the Union. I
was prospecting away in the Bull moun
tains. I hadn't seen any dirt that
looked as though it bad the right ring
to it. The sun was turning in, and
shadows were coming out of the cast. 1
took the pack off one of my horses,
picketed the animals and made a sup
per oft hot coffee and bacon and bread.
Then I coiled up in a blanket and knew
no more. The night must have been half
spent when I began to dream that I
whs wnshing my face in ono of the gey
sers of the Yellowstone. Tho sensation
became so reulistic that I. awoke. A
hot breath was breathing on lnyyisja
and a st.MWWBmrira whs awuhlilnir mo
difwn. 1 was sort of' dazed with fear
and remained perfectly still. Presently
tho licking process ceased, and the hot
breath was withdrawn. A big, dark,
awkward something shambled off, aud
I sank to rest once more. When day
came, I found that my provision box
had been raided, and the soft earth
around me was full of bear tracks. I
shivered a little bit and moved on."
The colonel told this us though he real
ly wanted to bo believed, and tho re
porter left. Washington Star.
1'syeliolog-y.
The new science of psyeholoev will
determine the mental laws exactly the
laws of the individual nnd of society;
the laws of (esthetics, of education, of
ethics and of every human faculty.
it will com ie l men to live by these
laws, because it will make them nlain
to all men as plain us tho luwof grav
ity. Thu world will then go forward
because it will see how. We shall then
have a highor manhood, because its
type will be clear to us. We shall
have a new art and a new literature, be
cause we shall know the secrets of beau
ty. Its standards shall be broader in
proportion as they shall be truer. We
may then efficiently love our unfortu
nate brother by knowing how to make
him lovable, and how to make life lov
able to him. Psychology will secure
to man wealth nnd art, wisdom and
happiness, by making man capable of
them. Psychology will miiko education
the chief function of government by
giving education a Bcope heretofore un
conceived of. McClure's Magaxina.
Euill Frey.
Em II Frey, president of the Swiss
republic, was a soldier iu an Illinois
regiment during the war of the rebel
lion. At the beginning of hostilities he
was employed near Chicago as a farm
band, and ou July 8, 1SU1, he enlisted
as a sergeant with Company E of the
Twenty-fourth Illinois infantry. For a
time he was held ' as a hostiiKo by the
Confederacy and confined in Libby pris
on. He left the army a major with a
record for distinguished service, but
with a shattered constitution. Chicago
Mail.
Star rtiotoiranhy.
Star liliotoirrauhv is one of the innat
tedious mvcriitiolift known. In ,
cases the exposure of the plate must last
ror several hours. During all this time
both the plate nnd telescope must bo
moved so that the imairo of the star will
he stationary tin the pinto. Tho expo
Mire of a star of the sixteenth magni
tude is two hours, nnd nnlv th lmi
of one at a time can be secured nnlosa
those adjoining happen to be of the
lame site. Exchange.
The Advantage nt Light Heads.
"I come of a very old family," boast
ed Hat Li us as the party sat around the
fire at the club lying about their an
cestors. "1 suppose they were in the ark with
Noah," sneered Smith, who affects to
despise those who claim a long line of
ancestor.
"They didn't have to get into the
ark," interrupted Simpson, who dis
likes Butkins; "the family is so light
beaded, they floated like corks."
Theu Smith touched the buttou, and
by bis presence of iniud prevented a
riot. Philadelphia Call.
ROSEBERY TALKS.
Favors Limiting the Powers
of House of Lords.
THE FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS
Resignation of the Ministry Regarded as
a Move In the luterent of Premier
t'anlinir-Perrler.
Pamis. In the Chamber of Deputies
during the debate of the question
whether the Minister of Public Works
had authority to allow employes of State
railroads to attend the congress of rail
road men the Premier demanded the
adoption of the order of the day. The
motion was rejected by a vote of 275 to
22(3. Premier Casiinir-l'errior thereupon
left for the Palais Bourbon. The Minis
ters left the private room in which they
had been conferring, and proceeded in a
lodv to the Palais d'Elysee and formally
tendered their resignations to President
Carnot. The attitude of Premier Casi-mir-l'errier
tends to confirm the most
general belief that he rode for a fall in
this contest, as he seemed to do in the
recent Toussaint debate, under the in
fluence of the approaching election for
President of the Republic. He is ap
parently being abetted by President
Carnot, who thus has broken the pact
entered into when M. Casimir-Perrier
accepted the Premiership. On that oc
casion M. Carnot promised that he would
not Btand again for the Presidency, and
that he would support in every way in
his ower the candidacy of M. Casimir
l'errier, who thus would almost inevita
bly become the President of the Re
public. UONKKKKY'S SPKKCII.
He Fuvnreil a (treat Limitation of the
Towers of the Lords.
London. Lord Kosebery spoke the
other evening in Birmingham to the
meeting which had just inaugurated the
Midland Liberal Federation. He hoped
that the Liberal conference in Leeds, he
said, would speak emphatically in favor
of a great limitation of the powers and
prerogatives of the Lords. This would
be in the interest not only of constitu
tional legislation, but also iu the interest
of the lionls themselves. Joseph Cham
berlain had been a great turncoat. Once
he was an advocate of disestablishment,
and was hostile to the Lords. Neverthe
less he recently had made an animated
defense of the Church of Scotland.
The liords admired his dexterity, but
Mr. Chamberlain was not talking seri
ously. His hostility was not serious,
but the mere legerdemain of a wander
ing rhetorician. Referring to the deser
tion of the Welsh members of Parlia
ment, Lord Rosebory said that the Welsh
disestablishment bill would be passed
before the government's appeal to the
country. If the discontented Welshmen
did not believe in the government's hnn-
eBty and honor, the sooner they carried
their threats into execution the better.
He never would consent to bps ili'nister
on sufferance.
AKKAIUN Iff SAMOA.
.1 Conlllt't Was l'nilMibly Occurred With
" the ItelieU.
Aucki,ani,NkwZkai.and. The steam
ship Monowai from Samoa May 17 brings
important news. When she sailed a
largo portion of the government's army
had been sent to the front, and the reb
els were massed at Atna, the battlefield
of 1H8H. A conflict between the rebels
and the government troops was then
probable at any hour. The King when
the steamship arrived had given the
Anna party until May 1!) in which to
submit. In event of their failure to do
so thoSavuii natives and a portion of the
Tuainawiga natives wore to attack them.
The Hritish warship Curaco and the tier
man warships Buzzard and Kalke were
at Apia. It was understood, however,
the commanders of these vessels were
without orders from their governments
as to how to act in case of emergency.
The attitude of the rebels was defiant,
and it is expected an engagement has
been fought before now.
SHOT II V TltOOIS.
Seven AunroliUU Kxeeiited at Itaree
lima, HihIii.
Baiu'ki.ona. Codima, Cerezuela, So-
gas, Bernat, Viliaruba, V. X. Villarubia
and Mir, the anarchists, were executed
recently outside the citadel of Mons-
juicii. pogns nun verezueia joined in
the prayers of the Driest, but their com
panions shouted revolutionarvcries. The
anarchists were placed iu line with their
faces to the wall of the citadel. At the
first volley from the troops only four of
me convicts leu tieail, and a second vol
ley was necessary to kill Sogas and Co
mma.
An African Treaty.
Nbw oiik. The Herald's Brussels
dispatch says that a treaty concerning
the Congo Free State has been concluded
lietween King I,eopold and the Britisl
Minister to Belgium. The King aban
dons to Knulund a small strin of terri-
tory in tho region of the Upper Congo,
thus giving Knirlund access northward
to the Nile. In exchange England grants
the King until the end of his reign the
icnimiiKoi tne . no up to the 17th de
gree. This is considered the best African
treaty concluded for many years, and is
a master-stroke of diplomacy on the part
of the King, as it shuts out' the French
from the new basin and places the Conco
L'niii Ulntn .....I.ib .1... l.l. .! I.
. vw i miD lumi-l lilts UOIIUIIUU Ol Ilglll'
ing the Soudan Dervishes.
Slmied the I'ollce.
tlk'HMN, The people of the Cassel
have been excited for several days by
reports concerning the ill treatment of
poliw prisoners. The other afternoon
about 3,000 gathered in the old market
square, nioblwd the small force of police
and sung the Marseillaise. A strong
force of police, which was sent to ilia.
perse them, was stoned and beatpn back.
The Hussars were called out to clear the
streets. They rode down the crowds,
scattered the rioters and restored order
throughout the city. Manv persons were
injured. Sixty-eight persons were ar
rested. Treaty Itlahu Infringed.
Paris. M. de l'Oniel has announced
his intention of introducing into the
Chamber of Deputies the question of the
intish treaties with China. Italv and
Belgium, alleging thev are a violation of
the rreiuh rights and existing treaties.
l.e Temps says it is not so much the
Anglo-longo treaty as the fact that Eng
and wishes to establish a butler State
between the eventual possessions of
rrance and tireat Britain in Central Af
rica, following the example of the Siam
ese butler State. According to U Temps
there is danger also that England will
ultimately absorb the I'pper Nile region
THE PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat The local market is dull and
nominal. Export values are 77i380c
per cental for Valley and 75c per cental
for Walla Walla.
FIOCB, FEED, ETC.
Floor Portland, $2.55; Salem, $2.65;
Cascadia, $2.65; Dayton, 2.55; Walla
Walla, 2.90; Snowflake, 2.65; Corval
lis, 2.66; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
12.40; superfine, 2.25 per barrel.
Oats White,37c3 38c per bushel; gray,
3530c; rolled, in bags, $5.756.00; in
barrels, $o.00&6.25 ; in cases, $3.75.
Millstcffs Bran, $16(318; shorts,
$16(818; ground barley, $20.00: chop
feed, $15 16 per ton; whole feed barley,
$17 per ton; middlings, $2328 per ton;
chicken wheat, 65c$1.00 per cental.
Hay Good, $1012 per ton.
DAISY PRODUCE.
Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 17ft
(220c; fancy dairy, 1510c; fair to good,
10ai2c per pound; California, c
per roll.
Cheese Young America, 1215c;
California flat, ll,'12c; Swiss, im
ported, 3032c; domestic, 1618c per
pound.
Egos Oregon, 1212Je per dozen.
Poultry Chickens, old, $3 per dozen ;
broilers, small, $2.002.50; large, $3.50
4.00; ducks, 3.60(3.4.00 per dozen;
geese, not over $6.00 ; turkeys, live, 10c
per pound ; dressed, 12c.
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Vegetables Cabbage, le per
pound; new California, l'.jc; potatoes,
Oregon (buying price), 4045c per Back;
new potatoes, lJ4(22c per pound; onions
(buying price),. 4 per pound; new
onions, $1.60 per sack; sweet po
tatoes, $1.75(32 per box ; California cel
ery, 85!)0c; artichokes, 35c per dozen;
California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore
gon hothouse lettuce, 3040c; cauliflow
er, $2.75 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars
ley, 25c per dozen; string beans, Sic
per pound; asparagus, $1.60 per box;
rhubarb, l,!a2c per pound; peas, $1.60
per box; cucumbers, $1.25 per dozen;
Oregon hothouse, $1.25 per dozen; new
California tomatoes, $4.00 per 25-pound
crate.
Fruits California fancy lemons, $3.25
4.00; common, $2.003.00; Sicily,$5.00
(36.50 per box; bananas, $1.75(32.60 per
bunch ; Honolulu, $3.003.60 ; Cali fornia
navel oranges (Washington), $3.75 per
box; (Rose), $4.00; seedlings, $2.50(3
3.75; strawberries, $1.50 per 15-pound
crate; Oregon, 2025 per pound; cher
ries, $1.251.60 per 10-pound crate;
gooseberries, 8c per pound.
CANNED OOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.762.00; peaches, $1.752.00; Bart
lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.373
1.50; strawberries, $2.25(2.45; cherries,
$2.252.40; blackberries, $1.852.00;
aspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25
2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plumB,
$1.001.20; blackberries, $1.251.40per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.153.60; peaches, $3.504.00; apri
cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.75(33.00;
blackberries, $4.254.60.
Vegetables Tomatoes, $1.10 per
dozen; gallons, $3.00(33.25; asparagus,
$2.25(32.75 per dozen; string beans,
$1.00 1.10; sugar peas, $1.001.10;
corn, Western, $1.001.25; Eastern,
$1.251.70.
Meats Corned beef, la.. -$JJ0; 2s,
li.a; cnippv f&Bti lunch tongue, Is,
3.50; 2s, $(5.75(3:7.00; deviled ham, $1.50
(gz.o per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.50;
2s, $2.25.
Fisu Sardines, Ms, 75c$2.25; Jfo
tz.loMl.w; lobsters. iz.3U(g3.D0: sal
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.26 1.50: flats,
$1.76;2-lbs, $2.252.50; -barrel, $5.60.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Coffee Costa Rica, 23c; Rio,2223c;
Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 20628c; Ar
buckle'B, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
cases, $23.80
Dried Fruits 1893 pack, Petite
prunes, 68c; silver, 10(8 12c; Italian,
otgiuc; uerman, otgsc; plums, 6(gl0c
evaporated apples, 810c; evaporated
apricots, 15 10c; peaches, 12(3 14c;
pears, v iffiiic per pounu.
Sugar D, 40; Golden 0, 4 Jc; extra
U.Siiic; confectioners' A, 6ac; dry gran
ulated, 5'uc; cube, crushed and pow
dered, O''c per pound; Jo per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
tnapie sugar, loigioc per pounu.
Beans Small white, No. 1, B.fc ; No,
z, m: large wnite, a'.c; pea beans, s'aC
pink, 3c; bayou, S''c; butter, S.c;
liima, I'sC per pound.
Rice Island, $4.75(35.00 per sack
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100a,
$16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.609.60.
Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40(355c;
in half barrels, 42(357c ; in cases, 353
00c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California,
iu oarreis, U(s-iuc per gallon ; fl.vo per
Kefr.
i icki.ks Barrels, io. I, L'((e;iOo per
gallon; No. 2, 20(328c; kegs, 5s, 85c per
aeg ; nan gallons, f-. t per uozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per
pounu; cassia, ioigic; cinnamon, L'2(i?
40c ; cloves, 18(3 30c; black pepper, 15(3
ic; wnite pepper, aj(3Z5c; nutmeg,
75()80c. 81
Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.75
(32.00; halves, $2.00(3)2.25; quarters,
$2.252.75; eighths, $2.50(33.00. Loose
muscatels, boxes, $1.50; fancy faced,
$1.75; bags, 3 crown, 445c per pound;
4 crown, 635igc. Seedless Sultanas,
uuxes. ft.otgz.uu; nags, 0(jssc per
fJUIllIU
PROVISIONS,
Eastern Smoked Meats and Lard
Hams, medium, 12(312'ac per pound;
hams, large, lLli(312'sc; hams, picnic.
ll(312e; breakfast bacon. 13(315c; short
iirar ernes, w.tsiic; ury salt sides,
S)l310c: dried beef limns. 12i'(rfl..
lard, compound, in tins, 8H10c per
pound; pure, in tins,'10HSic; pigs'
foot, 80s. $5.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25;
HOPS, WOOL AND HIDES.
Hops '93s, choice, 12l3ie pet
pound; medium, 10(312c; poor, neg
lected. Wool Valley, 10(3 10c per pound;
Umpqua, 10(3101,0; Eastern Oregon, 4
(3"c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hides Dry selected prime, 5c ; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over. SKc:
60 pounds, 2(3 3c; sheep pelts, shearlings,
10(3 15c; medium, 20(335c; long wool,
S0(360c; tallow, good to choice, S3Sc
, LIVE AND DRESSED MEATS.
Bekf Tod steers. $2.50(32.75: fJ
good steers, $2.00(32.25; cows, $1.75(3
2.00; dressed beef, 4t35c per pound.
M utton Best sheep, $2.25; ewes,
Hogs Choice heavy, $4.00; light and
feeders, $3.75; dressed, 6(37c per pound.
eal Small choice, 5c ; large, 334c
per pound.
if the boundaries of Custer count
JIou.. have uot been recently chanun.1
they still surrouud 80,000 sounre mtlea
of territory, making that one county
ugvi iiinu mo nve states or Vermont,
loiisachnsetts, Connecticut,
Delaware
and Khode Island.
Au Isle of Jersey lady named Po-1
100th year, joined iu sitnrinir a hvmn In
r-l-i,rn. .k i .
w wi v. uivcmiiu cue naa Dean
a member of the Wealeyan chnrch far
eighty-two years.
WORK ON FARMS.
The Main Work Should
Planned Far Ahead.
Be
CAUSE OF PIG-EATING SOWS.
Swine Are Orating Animal, and Need
Grans and Hay tbe Same a Other
Domeatle Animate.
A subscriber in Iowa is in great per
turbation of mind, says Galen Wilson in
the New York Tribune, because so many
of his sows eat their pigs at birth ; and
then when he watches and takes them
away he has very poor " luck " in raisr
kig them by hand, as nine out of ten
die. In view of the high price of pigs
and prospects of pork ruling high next
fall he would like help out of his diffi
culties, if possible. He fails to tell how
his sows have been handled, on what or
how he has fed them. But this can be
readily surmised, for he is in a corn
country and has " corned " his pork be
fore it was grown ; that is, the sows have
been wintered probably mostly on a corn
diet. While this is not always the cause
of pig-eating, it is usually so. Hogs,
like human beings, are of dill'erent dis
positions. In very rare cases the pains
of parturition frenzy the animals, and
then they are likely to fight and bite
everything near them. Thev would be
as likely to attack a person as a fowl or
their own young. One was known to
wrench an ear from another hog. Such
sows are extremely nervous, but they
are so exceptional that there is little to
fear on this account. Generally the
cause is an exclusive grain diet or nearly
so, and this ia usuallv corn, the worst in
the list of grains. Swine are grazing
nnimnio pnrt rtppq ra?H and hay
same as other domestic animals. Who
would exDect his horses, cattle and sheen
to flourish if he gave them nothing but
grain t et tins is a consideration sel
dom taken into account in regard to
swine. The desire of a sow to destroy
her young is directly chargeable to man's
mismangement of tier. Pregnant sows
should have continuously an easily di
gested but nutritious diet, not of one
material, but of several, as one mav be
situated to furnish a little of any of
uic ihiiid, grtwa ur ciover in summer,
and in winter chopped hay in a wet feed,
bran, oatmeal, middlings," beets, turnips,
carrots, apples, -potatoes. Surely here
is a sufficient list of ordinary foods to
seieci irom tnat win keep breeding sows
in normal, healthful condition and ob
viate their pig-eating propensities.-They
should be allowed to range for exercise,
have access to salt, ashes and coal, and
have a warm, dry bed. Where one shuts
them in a pen and gives them nothing
but grain, house slops or water, he may
expect his attempt to grow pigs will be
a failure. An exclusive grain diet keeps
nie system in a ievensn conumon, ana
creates constipation, of which the off
spring also partake. Thic condition
causes the mammary gland; sl the a'am
to ie sure ami' tender, and" when the off
spring try to suckle there is immediate
" trouble in the family," and the dam's
wrath is appeased only when one or more
of the young is sacrificed on the altar of
ignorant feeding. The milk of sows
possesses a greater proportion of sugar
and fat than the milk of cows. To bring
pigs up by hand the milk of the cow
should be made as near like that of the
sow as possible. This can be done by
adding sugar and flaxseed jelly to the
former. The young things must be fed
with a teaspoon at first, a little and often.
They will learn to drink in a few days.
Frequency of feeding can be diminished
gradually. At two weeks of age five
times a day will be enough, and at three
to four weeks three times a day. The
sugar may be dropped at two weeks and
middlings be added, and wheat bran
later on. Skim milk can take the place
of entire milk at two weeks. -It should
be given sweet and warm until about
four weeks, when the temperature can
be rapidly reduced to ordinary cold milk.
Then the sweet milk can be changed to
sour if right from the skimmer; but
acid milk is neither good ior pigs nor
nogs, t-igs snouid never be fed all they
will eat. Scours will set in if they take
'""t man bucjr ,ail UlgeQL rcUMliy,
THU FA KM VtOKK.
Plana .Should be Laid With Iteferem-e to
a Long- I'erlud of Time.
The main work of the farm should be
planned far ahead, says the American
Farmer. When a field is plowed the
owner Bhould not only consider what is
to be done with it during the season
which is near at hand, but also what
crops shall be grown upon it during the
succeeding years until it is laid down in
grass. In all other lines of farm work
the plans should be laid with reference
to a long period of time. Otherwise the
best work cannot be done. But, while
it is essential that the main work of
making tne larm plana Bhould be per
formed a good while in advance, there
noi ik many uetans to oe niieu in at a
later period. Unexoected (hnnae ui,;.-i,
have taken place during the intervening
nine mm iiuinciuuB circumstances over
which the farmer has no ointml will
certainly make it desirable, and may
make it absolutely necessary, to revise
me uiaiie men were iormpn tar HoaH
of the time for their execution. In n-h..
ever condition the plans for the comine
n-aovu lll.l UO IIIB IIIUC UBS fOulO in
which they should be reviewed and com
pleted. There is now sufficient.
o aiiow oi tins ueing done without in-
lerieruig witii important matters, and
the work of the season can be com
menced much more hopefully if there
has been a careful determi nAt.inn nf ina
what shall be attempted than it can if
points of greater or less moment are left
undecided. But this nerind nf
ative leisure will be of brief duration.
in a enori time active larm work must
ue commenceu. inn inrmor u-i i hn
during the day, and will be tired in the
evening. He will not then be in the
best condition for deciding important
matters and points which have been
neglected, and they will not be likelv to
receive the degree of attention which
they deserve. Conseuuentlv imme.li.fo
action in this matter ia
.1.1,. " ..wv urau-
Meet Culture.
Moderately light sandy loam ia the toil
BeneralIyconsidereil best for beeU. Heavv
day does not permit the tD root to nn.
etrste the subsoil. Mimt l.n.i.
D1y formed beets, with impure iuices
iri nitrogen compounds
...m uwr urainage. uoxxl results are
most likely to be obtained on lands that
have been under cultivation for
corn and whlThlbU CP8-,f
cnn.lit on (... j 1Tkt!u
i , . " " " uroimuie
material and produce a rank erowth of
beet with impure iuif. i
"C"T.- "". oesiraDie
A Orent WE Blnff. I
-A few years ago a bully knowa as (
LZVL7S
Mike was monarch or au ne Bniv,
and his rights there was none to dis-
pate,
were
Janesville, Beioit ana nu
lis favorite haunts. He was al-
i- m ,.Uf anil IU ha
ways spoiling ior a " - -stood
6 feet 8 inches and was put up like
a Hercules nobody cared to accommo
date him, and, like Arkansaw in Mark
Twain's o'ertrue tale, he traveled chieny
en his bluff and bad looks.
mo muu , I
Onn niirht Mike was in a WauKesna
saloon kept by a German with the patn-
tic name of Yankee. Mike was hungry.
for trouble. He insulted everybody I
present, imposed on the bartender and (
made himself a disagreeable nuisance
generally. Presently a tall, gaunt, con-1
sumpiive mourns may - i
looked as though a goou snn ur ,
would blow liim away. He lounged up
to the bar. and in a voice sweet and
deferential as that of a bashful sehool
girl called for soda. Mike swaggered
up to him and announced his intention
to drink at the strangers expense. The
latter paid no attention to him. Mike
became abusive. He followed him
about the room cursing him and making
pugilistic demonstrations.
"Finally the consumptive looking
stranger turned and sweetly said: 'My
Christian friend, you appear to be yearn
ing for a thrashing. Be kind enough to
give me your address and I will send
you home to your family when 1 get
through with you.' He handed Mike a
notebook and pencil and carefully re
moved his coat. The cool audacity of
the stranger paralyzed Mike. He tried
to crawfish, but the stranger wouldn't
have it.
' 'I've heard of you for two years
past, and I came to Waukesha especially
to whip the insolence out of you, he
Baid, 'and right here we mix.'
"But they didn't. Mike made a break
for the door and has not been in Wau
kesha since. It was a beautiful bluil.
The thin stranger could not have hurt
him with a hammer. He died two
weeks later of consumption." Chicago
Tribune.
Two Foollih Hen.
Among the most interesting visitors at
the outlying summer resorts are the
rural business men who rnn down from
town to see the sights. They have
money and are persons of consequence
at home. One of their most important
duties is to go through the dinner. They
have expected to find a waiter behind
every cha' r, and fancy they are neglect ed
if their orders are not attended to im
mediately. Two of them, already an
noyed at the delay, had everything the
bill of fire could offer but the black
pepper. That was at the other end of
the table, and the waiter was gone,
Neither would take up knife or fork
without the pepper. They fumed and
fretted. They vowed they would never
come to that hotel again. They wouldn t
come there for $10,000. They wouldn't
spendjt summer at any 'acnionitore wa
tering place for money. They made
themselves so unhappy that a neighbor
made an effort and got them the pepper,
But it was too late to restore their spir
its. When the waiter endeavored to
serve them again eagerly, and with cir
cumstance, one exclaimed:
"Oh, yes; you're in a great hurry now.
Don't jump around so; you make me
nervous."
Finally the other laid down his knife
and fork and said solemnly: "I feel like
Tin robbing my wife and children eat
ing such an expensive dinner. It's the
way men ruin themselves when they
ought to be laying up money in the
Dank.
Thus these two poor men struggled
through the meal, torturing themselves
with every mouthful, and simply be
cause their little bundles of self love
were hurt at not getting the black pep
per tne moment they wanted it. New
l ork i. venmg bun.
Fickle Fortuue.
The stage offers many instances of a
mocking fortune. Mr. Braton Robins.
an old actor, whose recollections of half
a century on the stage were published
in part some time ago, had the one great
chance of his life when he was in the
very direst straits. He had been a
super, and had advanced into the more
dignified rauk of the recognized actor.
For some days he had been living on
bread and water, and he was weak and ill.
Then news came to him that Mr. Betty
had declined his part at DruryLane.
Mr. Robins was sent for. The play was
"Richelieu," and he had never appeared
in it. Shylock was his favorite char
acter, and he begged that the play might
oecnangea. But tins could not be done,
and in twenty-four hours the unknown
actor had to learn the enormous rmrt
He sat np all night, and next morning
he was letter perfect, but he hod eaten
nothing, and his excitement would not
allow him to sleep.
When the curtain went np for the op
portunity which gave him chance for
renown, his privations told their tale.
His voice deserted him, the performance
was a failure, and at the close he was
taken away to bed and a long period of
sickness. Thus in the very moment of
his success Dame Fortune showed how
tckle she could be. Dramatic Letter.
The I'te of Toothplcka.
"Do toothpicks do harm or good?" is
a question often asked. They may do
harm if abused, undoubtedly, by caus
ing irritation of the gum between two
teeth and its subsequent absorption,
and if made of wood splinters are
liable to be left behind, which have in
many recorded instances caused even
the loss of a tooth; but used judiciously
they are of great value in routing the
attacking forces in caries namelv .
cumulations of food aud mucus secre
tions. It has been urged agajnst them
that they might dislodge a stopping.
But if a stopniue is so insecnm it mn-
be faulty, and the sooner it is replaced
the better, for decay, due to the impoa
libility of keeping the surface clean,
must be going on underneath it. Lon
don Lancet
A Dream That Foretold Death.
A postmortem examination en t.-
at Franklin yesterday of the body of
Lnm McDaniel. whose stran d ...a.
den death Saturday has been reported. I numbered 1,168, comprising 109
The physicians in charge found thai Pas8enBeri servants and 416 de
death resulted from paralysis of the 8cnbed u "other persons," including
heart. It is said that Mr. McDnniol h.A trespassers and suicides. In addition to
a peculiar dream the night kefore bis
death, which he relate! next morniinr
at the breakfast table. He thought hi .
was alone and suddenly fell in . faint-
was atone ana suddenly fell in a faint
iTu .1 Tne actual fftcU comoida
witn the arem. Indianapolis News.
Indianapolis News.
JjDJ.AJN D 111 A 1 AVjrliJJ (
ho GERONIMO FOOLED A SQUAD Of I
...tit a xt nmn i m a itt. i.
UNCLE SAM'S CAVALRYMEN.
A r- Apaehes Borrowed Into tb, j
BiiyjXiPg Sand and Lay In Wait tnt
tbe Soldiere Came Up They Are th,
Only Indiana That Can uo it.
1 saw Geronimo and a dozen of hij
Apaches do something in Arizona in .
ni 1. 1 ..1. I . ni.n. wmild hflVA VlAliaiTHJ .
lOOt WUltu ' cni j
-w u.j i nnt witnessed it with m
neyegi
jhe Apaches are unquestionably tb6 j
dreadea tlibe of Indians on the i
continent rhey are tougher, more en-1
. , .n(1 more unconquerable than ;
thef Qf tbeir race An Apachecan ; Yo:
lope up the slue oi a mouuvaiu wiiu uij
tnermometer marking 120 degs., and
when he reaches the top he won t show
a drop of extra perspiration, nor will he '
breathe a whit faster than when be
started.
He will go for days without a morsel ;
of food or a drop of water; he will live
on snakes, mice and refuse, or, if the
worst comes to the worst, will shoot his
horse and eat what he wants of him raw
Set out to pursue a band of Apache raid- -era,
and if they are hard pressed they
will separate, each for himself, so that
the only way to keep up the pursuit ii
to follow them individually, in which
case the Apache is sure to have the best
end of the contract When the hunt ii
over the dusky miscreants will come to- V 00
gether at some point twenty or thirty a m'
more miles away. CT
There were twenty-five of ns cavalry- Be;
men returning from one of our fruitiest w;
pursuits 'f the terrible Geronimo. Ow
horses were worn out, and so were we.
It was one of the hottest days 1 have
ever known in that throbbing furnace
of a country. We had several miles ol -baked
alkali plain still to traverse before
ronchinij tho fnrt, wbpre wo could socnw
shade and water, and what we needed
most of all rest.
Whewl but it was hotl Had not the
air been perfectly dry neither man not
beast could have stood it. The metal
work on our guns was so heated that no
one could bear to touch it with the
naked hand. The air shimmered and
throbbed as it does over a newly plowed
field at noontide of a summer day.
North, east, south and west was one
level stretch of plain, on which not i
tree, shrub or even a blade of grass grew.
Far to the westward could be seen the
outlines of the fort, oddly distorted
through the quivering atmosphere, but
in every other direction was the naked,
burning desert. .
We were strung along for a distance of
several hundred yards. In fact there w& .
a squad of five horsemen much farther ;
than that in the rear. All the animal, I
were plodding slowly through the sand, i ' 6
wiuuii it seemeu 10 uie was not enougu
to roast eggs, their heads drooping,
while we were simply enduring irvg.rim-1
ly cloaisgosr teeth, boMing out to reach '
the post.
W" j u tli tiro anvtliinir fnlui QnnpahatiiliJ
,. MU ...... V. M -. ' ..... . V -J.. 11 ULUltl. ,
These Apaches must have discovered
our approach while we were a good way f
uuvn.wg VJ nuc UU UU1 1 C L Li 1 11 W
the post they could easily calculate
where we would pass. Then thev bur
rowed in the sand, covering themselves
entirely with the blistering particles, so
that only their snakelike eyes peered
forth. Thus we passed within a few
rods of them without suspecting their
i
presence.
In conversation with General Crook
about the extraordinary incident, that
old campaigner smiled and replied:
"I am not surprised. I have seen them
do the same thing myself, but tin
Apache is the only Indian that can do
it." Chicago Mail.
I:
"Say Tour Naaty Little Prayenl" 5
Mr. Sala in his journal relates the fol- i
lowing experience of Mr. William Black, I
the novelist: "When at work Mr. Black ;
loves intense quiet, and cannot bear th i
lightest noise. For this reason he al
ways selects a room at the top of th
house as hia study. At one time it was
his misfortune to live in what he ds-
scribes as a jerry built house, and whil ,
endeavoring to work in the early hours ;
of the morning, as is his custom, he telli
of one amusing inconvenience that hs
was .called npon daily to put np with.
"Thenurseryofhisnextdoorneighbor '
was In a line with his study, and in thi
a aomewhat numerous family was k
cated. Every morning as regular U t
ciocuwork Mr. Black could hear th
elder sister call out, 'Now then, yon
horrid little things, kneel down and ssf
your nasty little Draversf A nrnfonnd
gilente would follow, but the interval
was a brief one. Then came a rush and
elatter, and the shrill voices of the chil
dren were heard exclaiming w hart
said jur prayers; we hare said our pray
Tear's Railway Accident.
Tbe oo&iA of trade report nnon rail-
T7 acddenU fa the United Kingdom
?.r 1881 ls issued. The total Dersoni
in V the comPanie8 have returned
, personeatilied from accidents. Loo-
dn Tit'Bl
Horan ..., '
i uiv-juio racing auu
quet are some of the out of door sport
recently reported as having been car
ried on by the aid of electrio light.
from Geronimo? Could we old cam-N i
paigners be entrapped? Low, level sandi
on every hand. Well, right there in the'-, .
midst of that flaming plain, with its '
horrible sandy waste, in which no spear ' -'
of grass could find root, that frightful '
chieftain and his Apaches ambuscaded ,
us. It sounds incredible, but it is a fact v
Suddenly I heard rifle firing at the '
rear. It had a dull, odd sound, but it
was close at hand, and as I turned in
the saddle I saw that the squad farthest ;
away were engaged in a desperate fight
with a party of Indians, who were on ;
foot, shooting, striking and darting "
hither and thither like so many demons, ;
We instantly wheeled and hurried i
back as fast as we could to the help of t
our comrades, but before we could reach !;
them three saddles were emptied, and '5 i
Geronimo and his warriors were scurry-1 '
ing across the plain at a greater speed
than any to which we could force our :t
exhausted ponies, who sank to their fet- V
locks at every step. We gave them t
parting volley, which wounded several, '
but they managed to limp off with the !'
help of others, and all were soon beyond '
danger. I don't know how far they -traveled
off over that burning desola- ,
tion, but it may have been many miles, '
for they were capable of doing it if they
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