Lincoln County Leader. J. F. STEWART, Publisher. TOLEDO OREGON CURIOUS CHINESS CUSTOMS. A Bride' Salutation to Her Husband Elect and. Hit Response. A Chinese paper describes some a rang ing marriage customs. In a small mountain village between Eaga and Etchu tbe bride conies to tbe bride groom's gate and bawls ont to him, "Hello, brotberl I've come." To which the other replies, "Glad you've come." The bride then appeals to him, "You'll never forsake me?" And the bridegroom answers her, "We'll earn our living together." With these assurances the bride comes into the house, followed by a long pro cession of well wishers, old and young. Cheap, muddy sake is distributed to them, and they commence dancing and are not content until the floor gives way, when they clap their hands, crying, "How uuBpidouo!" and tuke their leave. At Euiita, in Echizen, the betrothal takes place when the parties are 8 or 9. The boy's parents and a deputation, numbering from five to fifteen, proceed to the girl's family, who, anticipating their coming, spread mats before the bouses and await them. After the usual salutation tbe deputation present as a betrothal present pieces of hand woven cloth for cushions and at the same time praises the girl's family, who return the compliment with interest. Here the ceremony ends, and the deputation take their departure. When tho boy is 15 or thereabouts, bo goes to stay with his betrotbed's family and works like a menial at tlin bouse for a year, after which he is sent borne in fine apparel. Soon after the girl comes to her lovor's house, accom panied with rustic music and songs, Tho Hoi and bustlo are as great as on tho festival day of tbe tutelary god. When tbo girl comes to the house, cushions made ol the cloth given by her parents are piled one upon another for her to sit upon. On theso cushions the thrice repented exchange of the triple wine cups, tho most important core mony at a wedding, takes place Htrlnglng Pictures. Tbo one thing that is unforgivable in picture bunging is to string tliein along the walls in a line. Their loneliness is pitiuble. Next to that crime is tho one of arranging exactly symmetrical groups, suggestive of nothing so much as a lesson in geometry. Group pic tures, group tlioiu gracefully, but don't, when ono has succeeded in making a graceful bunch on one sido of the fire place, reproduco it exactly on tbo other Dido. According to ono who speaks with the emphasis of authority, delicately framed water colora ure the only proper things for tho drawing room, maguin cent oils for tho library and hall, and etchings mid engruvings for the dining room. Meantime those who do as tl.'y pleuso will continuo to hang their etch ings, water colors anil oils oxuetly whore they will gain most pleasure from them taking cure only not to place side by side ridiculously inharmonious things, .Tho smaller the picture, or the mora full of detail, tho nearer the level of tho eye it should hang. Hoinotimcs two parallel wires are brought straight up to separate, hooks on the piutnro mold ing, but generally tho old fushioned an' gle of wire is mudo. Gold and silver wires are generally used, but it is suid that small steel and iron chains are to bo used this winter for bunging durk framed engravings and etchings. Home of tho daintier pictures, instead of bo ing hung from the moldings, havo wires stretched tightly across the back and nsirnnght invisibly on small screws. .Now lork Journal. A Servant'! Instructions The following rnies of conduct for servants ure suid to be found iu a Liv ttrpool household : Servants who have the good fortune to resido in my house miiHt co-opuratu with the following rules: They must be up punctually at 0, Have all meals punctually to time, Must be clean uud tidy iu their per ions, und at their work must not be spoken to. Must not speak at the doors to any of tho tradespeople. Must not sing. Must not wear heavy boots. Must close doors quietly. Must stand meekly while being re proved. Must not answer back. Must bo obliging and cheerful. Must be willing to stay in any 8uu day or day ont when required, and when asked to do anything to do it quickly and well and show no impatience or ill temper, as Mr. bates that. Must put np with fault finding and complaining whenever Mr. wishes to fuult Uud or complain. Mr. ' likes io le called at Takes tea at 80 paHt 7, towel at 90 to 8 and breakfast at 8 prompt, and will not wait a minute, and no nonsense. By order, Mr. , London Million, Fact anil Fiction Burglars recently broke into a jowel y store In row lork and stole among other things a gold snuffbox that once belonged to Queen Isnliellit of Hpaiu, Tho newspapers seriously announced that the suoiriiox was given to Cjiiccu Isabella by King Ferdinand In 1403 The longer we live the more we unlearn We imagined that tobacco had some thing to do with snuff, and, as school boys were taught, that tobacco was not known iu Europe till many years after Ferdinand presented this snuffbox to his queen. Jewelers' Circular. A Pleasant Position. Garzaui What made you lend Bilker dollar? iou 11 never get it back. Ilurduppe No, bnt it ptits ma In position I've beeu trying for years to occupy. "What's that?" "I'm somebody's creditor nowl" i Boston Traveller. The New York Observer suggests that clergymen really on v lit not to writs so il legibly a to provoke tb compositors to oommil the alu of profanity. Tlit rnlmsris, mentioned In ths second book of Kings, was an Assyrian military tills, equivalent to brigadier general. POINTER3 ON THE GRIP. A BeacrtptloD of the Disease by One Wise . Has Suffered. Ever bad the grip? I will give you a few pointers. You will imagine yon have a bad cold, and yon can wear it out, but you need not try it. Tbe grip bas fastened his fangs onto you and will not let go. You bave got to give np, go borne and go to bed. In a short time you will realize Beecber's dream of bell. Yoa will think your bead bas been re moved and an old beehive with the empty comb left in its place. Your mouth will taste like a pail of sauer kraut. You bave the grip. Tbe doctor comes, looks yoa over, puts his thermometer in your mouth, finds your temperature 101 degrees in the shade, your pulse going at tbe rate of two miles and three laps to tbe sec ond. He orders yon to stay in bed and gives yoa medicine that is so strong and sour that simply setting tbe bottle on tbe clock shelf stopped tbe clock. He will tell your wife that she may give you warm drinks and try to get you to sweat and take bis leave. Now, all wives are futnily doctors by right of their position in the house, and as yoa bave gone to sleep, delirious and ex hausted, she begins her treatment by putting a.belladonna plaster across your lungs, a flaxseed poultice on one side and a mustard poultice on the other, a hot flatiron and a jug of hot water to your feet, and a sack of boiled corn in the ear, piping hot, to your back. You sleep and dream of being away to tbe far north in search of tho north pole or out in the center of some beautiful sheet of water, like Lake Suporior or tbe lawn tennis skating rink, helpless and alone, with the ice breaking all around you and you slowly sinking. You finally awake, burned, blistered and baked. Tbe doctor calls, finds your temperature about 80 degrees at tbe north side of tho house and your pulse normal, not needing a pacemaker. He pronounces you better, convalescing; orders beef tea, chicken soup, gruel and toast as a diet. Yon tnke the bin; rocking chair exhausted, tired, dis couraged and ugly; you feel like lick ing your wifo, kicking the dog and breaking np the furniture, but yon won't do anything but sit there day after day weuk, helpless and tired. Winona (Minn.) Herald. Making llllllard Cushions. The making of billiard cushions Is an important industry, but is carried on by two or throe firms alone, and while the story of tho difficulty which has been overcome in preventing the bull from sinking into tho rubber and thus destroying tho anglo desired to be taken is an interesting one it has been told bofore and will not bo repeated now. In tbo early days of tbo industry the manufacturer employed valve rubbor and obtained a much better price for it when it was worked up into the cush ion. Then tho cushion maker set his wits to work to get the valve rubber cheap ly, but iu those days it wus strongly bold, and none was ul lowed to pass to that industry unless it paid the en hanced royulty. Finally the combina tion was broken by a firm in Pittsburg ordering tho valvo rubber ostensibly for ordinury use, but shipping it back to Now York for tho intended purpose. So skillfully and patiently was this done that a greut quantity was accumu lated, and the valve lubber man threw up the spnngo. Now billiard cushions are made of molded rubber, an evolu tion which came along later. Hard ware. La Fontaine's Opinion of Himself. "La Fontaine," suid ono of tho most brilliant critics and wits of the famous fable writer's time, "is such a fool thut ho does not know he has more genius than TICsop or Phu?drus." In truth, ho was a severe critio of his own work. Ilo attended the first presen tation of his "Astreo, " and sat near some Indies who did not know him. At some of the important passages he ex cluimed: "That is wretched! Tbut is absurd I" When they protested thut it was good, and that it was by ths great La Fontaine, he rejoined: "That makes no difference. The piece is bad. i know tnat La Fontaine you are speaking of. He's a stupid fel low. He's myself." Then ho went out, entered a cafe and went to sleep In a corner. Some of his trionds found him there and inquired why ho wasn't listening to "Astree." "Oh," said tho author, rousing him self and stilling a yawn, "I just camo away. The tirst part displeased mo greatly. No one agreed with what I suid about it. but I didn't cure to henr more. I admire the patience of tho Parisians. " -Youth's Companion. Gambling. A considerable proportion of failure in business and 00 per cent of the do falcations and theft and ruin of youth among people who are employed in places of trust are due directly to gam tiling. I have seen in my vast employ mont so much misery from the bend of the family neglecting its support, and squandeiing his earnings in the lottery r the policy shop, and promising young men led astray iu a small way, and final ly becoming fugitives or landing In the criminal dock, that I have come to believe that the community which 11 censes and tolerates public gambling cannot have prosperity in business, re llglou in its churches or morality among its people Chuuncey liepew. Coyote and Kegl. W. fj. Plunimer of Prinevllle one witnessed an exciting fight between eaglo and a coyote. The eagle bad canght a rabbit, and tbe coyote under took to take it sway from him. The eaglo defended bis prey manfully for some time, but tho coyote wus too much for him and dually got away with ths rabbit, but not until after the eaglo bed clawed several hand fuls of hair out of bio back and left biui somewhat dinflg- rcd. Portland Orcgoniun. Tbe prisons of Mmucco Hie the worst In the world. No euro or attention whatever is given to the prisoners. They are left dependent on their triouds for food, and if they have no friends the government provides only bit of bread or handful of grain daily to keep theiu alive. A man was arraigned In a Loudon court for creating a nuisance by play ing a bagpipe. The court ruled that ths bagpipe is a musical instrument, and be went scot free. Whether or not tbe decision Is musical on Is Question? SAMOAN TROUBLE. The Rebels Continue to Defy the Government. THE JAPANESE RAILROADS. The Rothschilds Have Diamond Stocks Among Their Securities An Alleged Promise by Carlisle. London. Senator Teller's proposed high tariff on diamonds is causing a sen sation here, where the Rothschilds have recently bonded four and a half millions sterling (nearly $20,000,000) of bonds for tbe bouth American Diamond Trust, Besides these bonds the Rothschilds are known to be very largely interested in tbe stocks of the Diamond Trust. The proposeu nign larin would produce a great fall in the value of the immense stock of unsold diamonds on hand and greatly reduce the dividends to holders of the trust's stocks, which for years past bas been 25 per cent. A cable re ceived by the officials of the trust from Premier Rhodes of Cape Colony, it is stated, declares that Secretary Carlisle promised last March that the Senate would modify the duty put on diamonds when the Wilson bill passed the House. Teller's amendment increasing the duty to 30 per cent is regarded as a blow aimed by tbe leader of the American free-silver men at the Rothschilds, the leading bankers in Eurone. who have done so much to maintain the simile gold monetary standard. The Colorado Henator and ex-Speaker Reed have con sidered various forniB of discriminating duties against those countries which op- pone an international agreement lor Iree use oi silver. THOUlil.K IN SAMOA. Slight Skirmishes llotween the Rebels and the Government. Auckland, N. Z. Advices from Samoa dated June 14 reached here recently. Tbe British warship Curacoa and the German warship Buzzard visited the locality of the rebel camps recently, and noli lied them that, if ten chiefs and fifty guns were surrendered, no attack would he made upon them by the government forces, anu the rebels were also informed that, if they resolved to reject this Dron- osition and fight, they were at liberty to I il..: 1 i l , nuve tuuir nouieii unu ciiuuren on uoara the Curacoa and Buzzard. After some deliberation the rebels sent ten chiefs and fifty worthless guns aboard the war ships. After the departure of the war ships tho rebels reoccupied the forts, and openly deneu tne government torces, I'ho Sunday following the rebels lired upon the village where (Jhiet Malietoa was supposed to be attending divine services, and advanced upon the village itsen. j ne reneis, However, were re' pulsed by the government force with slight loss on both sides. It was evi dently tbo intention of the rebels to at tempt to kill Chief Malietoa. but be was absent at the tuno. When these dis patches left Samoa skirmishes were tak ing place between tho rebels and the government forces, but there bad been no severe lighting. ClIAItOKi CONKHOIKl). Storthing Adopts the Report Agalns Norwegian Officers. Chkihtiania. The Storthing has con eluded tho debato upon the report of the committee appointed to examine into tho conduct of several high military and civil oflicers, who, it was charged, bad at the height of the conflict between the Crown and Lilieral party, which resulted in the impeachment of the Conservative uaoinet, acted in a manner prejudicial to the safety of Swedun and Norway. The House adopted tho report by a vote of (12 to (III. In sulmtnnee the report pays at the time of the difference between the Crown and Liberals the officers in tiueS' tion deliberately ruined 30,000 ritles and got the guns at Cbristiunia ready for service. In addition they had the war ships at Norton, the chief naval station of the kingdom, cleared for action. Japnliose Hallways. Yokohama. As several bills for the construction of railways have been passed through the Diet during the pres ent session, the government has submit ted estimates for the construction of the lines from lluchio il to Nagoya and from Shinonoi to Shiwojiri, to be incorporated iu the supplementary budget for the present financial year. It is propose! commence the construction of these lines this year. The total cost is estimated at 30,718,241 yen, but this will be spread over eleven years. The appropriation for the present tlnanciul vear is 2,800,000 yen, which it is proposed to raise bv h suing railway bonds in accordance with article 4 of the railway construction law- Laying a t'oruer-8tone. Bkiii.in, The foundation Btone of the new Protestant Cathedral, which is replace tho old Pom Church, was lui with imposing ceremonies by Kmperor William. Tbe Empress and tlie imperial ciiiiurcu, logetner witu otner royal per souages, the licrman and Prussian Mm intern and a number of civil officers at tended tho ceremonies. All the Prot enfant clergy of Berlin were present, The Kmperor, who was followed bv manv prominent personages, thrice tapped the louuiiiuion stone, at me same time say ing a lew words, Iho service consist? chielly of the singing of psalms. An Irruption Feared. Yokohama. Native papers report that Mount Atuma in Fukushima Prefecture showed signs of activity on the 2Ulh lilt. a loud rumbling being heard from the mountain during the night, while on the following morning a coatimi of ashes was found on the fields in the neighhor- nood and on the sides ol the other mount ains of tho range, Issaikyo and Kofuji For (Hailstone's Heat, KpixiifKoii. The Liberals of Midlo thian have selected Sir Thomas Pavid liilwon-Carmichael, Baronet, candidal or me rem in i ariiamcni wiileli lias mm held by liludstoiie since April, 1880, unu who nas oiiiy consented to retain until tho next election. To Seek Separation, Rome. Princess Colonna, daughter of Mrs. J. . Mackay, has enten.nl an ae tlon for a separation from her husband Tbe case will tie tried at Naples, where i no rrincess will ppear in person. Civil Marriage Hill Passed. Bcda-Pkktii. The House of Magnat after a long discussion passed the civil marriage bill by a majority of four. The announcement was received with loud cheers. THE PORTLAND MARKET. WHEAT The local wheat market is dull, and export quotations are nominal at 7 c per cental for Valley and 75c per cental for Walla Walla. PLOCB, FEED, ETC. ' Fiooa Portland. 12J! Klm. S2.K.V Cascadia, $2.65; Dayton, 2.55; Walla Walla, 2.90; Snowfiake, 2.65; Corval lis, $2.60: Pendleton. 2.50: Graham. 2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. v. ii in 13, ooc per uiiHiiei , grov, 3C; rolled, in bags, $5.766.00; in barrels, $0.006.25; in cases, $3.75. MiLUBTorra Bran, $15(?17; shorts, $16(818; ground barley, $20.00; chop feed, $1510 per ton ; whole feed barley, $17 per ton; middlings, $2328 per ton; chicken wheat, 65c$1.00 per cental. may uooa, $iul2 per ton. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter Oregon fancy creamery. 16(3 17sc; fancy dairy, 1416c; fair to good, ll(g!l2)4c; common, 7(gl0c per pound. Cheese Young America,13)14c; Oregon, HJgl2c; Swiss, imported, 30 (ff.szc; domestic, loftflHc per pound. Hjaaa uregon, i je per dozen. Poomry Chickens, old. $3.00(33.50 per dozen; young. $1.50(33.00: voung ducks, $3.004.50 per dozen; geese,$6.00 Cjs.uu per dozen; turkeys, live, 8(8 10c per pound; dressed, 10(1 12c. VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. Vegetables Cabbage, IWc per lb; potatoes, 70c per Back: new potatoes. DoC per pound; new onions, $1.25 per saeK; uregon lettuce, 12'iwloc', cauli flower, $2.16 per crate. $1.00 per dozen: parsley, 40c per dozen ; string beans, 7c per pound ; asparagus, bUCgooc per dozen ; rhubarb, lk2c per pound: peas, 3! (3 0c per pound; cucumbers, $1.50 per box; laiiiorma tomatoes, sz.OU per Zd-pound crate. Fruits California fancy lemons, $3.25 (83.50; common, $2.003.00; Sicily,$8.00 (a 0.25 per box ; Mediterranean Sweets, $3.O03.26 ; St. Michael, $3.253.50 per box; bananas, $1.76(2.50 per bunch; Honolulu, $1.762.50; California navel oranges (Washington), $3.754.00 per box; seedlings, $2.252.75; Oregon strawberries, bj'c per pound ; cherries, ti690c per 10-pound crate for black, i)0c $1.10 lor Royal Ann ; gooseberries, 3 4c per pound; apricots, $r.00rftl.25 per 10-pound box ; new cooking apples, 75c per 25-pound box; peach plums, $1.25 1.40 per box; peaches, $l.6U(gl.7o per box. CANNED GOODS. Canned Goodb Table fruits, assorted. $1.752.00; peaches, $1.752.00; Bart lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.37 1.50; strawberries, $2.252.45; cherries, $2.252.40; blackberries, $1.862.00; laspberries, $2.40; pineapples. $2.25(3 2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.001.20; blackberries, $1.251.40per dozen. . Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.153.60; peaches, $3.604.00; apri cots, $3.50(44.00; plums, $2.753.00; blackberries, $4.254.60. Vegetables Tomatoes. $1.10 per dozen; gallons, $3.003.25; asparagus, $2.25((i2.75 per dozen; string beans, $1.001.10; sugar peas, $1.001.10; corn, western, $1.0O1.25; Eastern, $1.2f1.70. Meats Corned beef. Is, $1.50; 2s, $2.25; chipped, $2.40: lunch tongue. Is. $3.50; 2s, $6.757.00; deviled ham, $1.50 (tz:to per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60; 2s, $2.26. Fish Sardines, s, 75c$2.25; s, $2.1504.50; lobsters, $2.303.50; sal mon, tin 1-lb tolls, $1.251.60; flats. $1.76 ; 2-lbs, 2.262.50; -barrel, $5.50. STAPLE GROCERIES. Dried Fruits 18U3 pack, Petite prunes, (38c; silver. 10012c: Italian. MtfllOn Murman IKOn nl.,.B HIH-. uvv, " ........ uu , siiuiD, UUlUVj evaporated apples, 810c; evaporated apricots, 16Jloc; peaches, 12l4c; pears, twiic per pound. CorraE Costa Rica, 23c; Rio,2223c; Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 2628cj Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pottnd cases, $2j.m. Sugar D, 4c; Golden C, 4TjTc; extra C, 6fi c ; confectioners' A, 6,'i.c ; dry gran- iiIaLmI. Ji'p piilm. rriinliful Ami nnor. dered, ti'jo per pound; Ho per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; mapie sugar, lotgioe per pound. Beans Small white, No, 1, 8c; No. 2, 3t'c; large white. 3't,c: pea beans, 3'ac; butter, 8,'Jcj bayou, S'c; Lima, ;tc per pound. Rice Island, $4.75(36.00 per sack. Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.50; stock. $8.5009.50. Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40(55c; in half barrels, 42057c ; in cases, 35(3 00c per eallon : $2.25 ner keir: California. in barrels, 20(340c per gallon; $1.75 per "ft- - . . ricKLEs Barrets, sso. i, zutgauo per gallon; No. 2, 2028c; kegs. 5s, 86c per Keg ; nun gallons, i-.to per dozen ; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per pounu; cassia, iooisc; cinnamon, zzo 40c; cloves, 18030c; black pepper, 150 ijc; wiuie pepper, l(SZoc; nutmeg, 75080c. Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.75 O2.00; halves, $2.0002.25; quarters. $2.2502.75; eighths, $2.503.00. Loose Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced, $1.75; bags, 3 crown, 405c per pound; 4 crown, 6(85Lc. Seedless Sultanas, uuxes. si.otgz.uu; bags, o(c per puunu. mops, wool and hides. Hops Choice, 100 11c per pound; umiiuiu, i inc. . Wool Valley, lOOlOc per pound; umpqua, iuiuc; r.asiern uregon, 4 M7c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; greeu. salted, 60 pounds and over, S'oc; under 60 pounds, 203c; sheep pelts, shearlings, 10016c: medium. 20036c: long wool. 30060c; tallow, good to choice, 33Sc lvr puuira. live and dressed meats. BEKr fop steers, $2.600175; fair to good steers, $2.0002.25; cows, $1,760 2.00; dressed lieef, 4O60 per pound. Mutton Best sheep, $1.7602.00; ewes, $1.0001.76. Hogb Choice heavy, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.75; dressed, 6c per pound. bal Small choice, 6c ; large, 304c per pound. PROVISIONS. Eastern Smoked Meats and Lard Hams, medium, Ho per pound; hams, largo. l;lc; hams, picnic, 11012c; break- . v.... iukiv, oiiuik virr euies, Vfllc; dry salt sides, O10c; dried beel hams, r."s013c; lard, compound, in tins, 8S,O10o per pound; pure, in uns, io'(!ru'sc; pigs' leet, 80s, $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25; kits, $1.25. COHDAUE. Manilla rope, l4'-inch, Is Quoted at 9,C anil Sisal, "c per pound. COAL. Sales are slow and prices are steadv ; domestic. $5.0007.60 per ton; foreign, f3.0UUfll.UV. Home II the first Claim. The Hrst thought of a wife or a mother saoulil be hrr home; all things, no matter how lniKriniit, are m-comhiry to that. No nmtter bow riimimnt tnuy become certain public evils, let her we lu It that she keep the evil out uf ber home and she perform nor grvaieHt iliitjr lo lier tie!, ber family md mankind. Detroit Free I'reas. A i'ouiuiiiulty of Indian Bister. North Dakota hnsafull community of luilinn shdrnt rnUblishrd under an Indian mother superior, the Una community of ths kind ever rttnhlished, though there have been before this Insllnn sisters In oiber couviul.-New York freaa. FARM BUILDINGS. Coat of Whitewash Adds to Their Appearance. AN IMPORTANT FARM FACTOR. The Dairy Industry Being Looking to More Carefully Than Ever Before by tbe Farmers. Farmers are looking to the dairy in dustry more carefully than ever before, says Henry Talcott in Farm and Fire side. It has become an important factor of the income of the farm. Cows are no longer kept upon the farm simply be cause the farmer muet have a little milk and butter for the family. Best results cannot be obtained without cows or cat tle upon the farm in great abundance to manufacture the much-needed fertility to sustain the soil and do our whole duty to Mother Earth. With the careful rais ing of ensilage corn or corn of the largest variety one can grow in his locality to near full maturity, and with a good silo to put it in at the proper time and in fair condition tbe farmer is well prepared to do his whole duty as a farmer. I here wish to say that any farmer who tills 100 acres of land or more without silos and ensilage and the cattle or farm stock nec essary to eat it up and leave the manure on the farm is very far from being a first- class farmer, lie does not know what his farm is capable of producing. More bushels of grain can be raised every year upon a Biio farm than upon a grain farm. It increases the brain power of man to have more than one idea in his head at a time. A few of them to rattle around in an almost empty casket will soon excite good ambitions and produce wonderful results. The great luster and beauty of diamonds we saw at the World's Fair could have been produced only by grind inc and ponaninw or frtetmn. Try the necessary variety farming to make your farms develop their whole powers of production, and do not dwarf them or yourself by one-idea farming alone. My ensilage usually molds from four to eight inches deep on top. I cover it one to two feet deep with grain chaff, which I always save for that purpose, and then put two or three feet of dampswalecrass on top of the chad to keep it down and better pack the pit. it looks a little tough to feed moldy chaff and ensilage to cuttle; so I throw it out into the barn yard every time I open a fresh pit. I keep throwing it out until I get down to the "'clear quill," but the old cows know better than I do what they like, and they always go to the pile of nioldv stuff 1 throw away and eat the whole thing ud clean. I let them do it on their own re sponsibility, because I found out long ago they still continued to give good milk. It is soon out of sight of some weak-kneed farmer who might chance to come at the wrong time to see the silos and ensilage, l often have visitors who come many miles to see if I practice what I preach, and it.stands in hand to keen my lamp well trimmed and ready for burning. 'We nse the gravity process lui 1:1 earning uur lllllll ftl tlltj Jiume uuiry. I can now buy the Fairland can, twentv-two-quart size, at 75 cents apiece. In our large creameries we use separators with the latest improvements. WHITKWASH. The Mine In It Is a 1'urlrying and Dla lnfectlug Agent. Nothing adds more to the annearnnee of farm buildings or gives a better im pression than to have them nicely paint ed. Large numbers of old buildings can not be painted except at great expense, and these may be given a coat of white wash at a comparatively small expense, and tbe result will be very satisfactory. The lime in tbe whitewash is a purifying and disinfecting agent, and if the pig- sues, pouury-nouses and stables are thoroughly whitewashed, they will be much more fit for the animals and much less offensive to the eyes and nose. We append directions for making a brilliant whitewash that will wear well and mn be made and applied by any one, says me American rarmer. ive know of buildings that have been whitewashed with this mixture for Beveral vears and are still in very fair condition: "Take one-hall bushel of nice unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, cover it dur ing the process to keep in ths steam- strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm water. i i t , ..... mice imuiius ui grouuu rice ooiied to a nun paste, one-balf pound of powdered Spanish whiting and one nonnd nf glue which has been previously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hang it over a slow fire in a small kettle within a larger one filled with water; add live gallons of hot water to tbe mixture, stir it well and let it stand for a few days covered from the dust. It should be put on hot, and for this purpose it can be kept on portable furnace. It is Baid that about a pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a house if properly applied. Fine or coarse brushes may be used according to the neatness of the job required. It answers as well as oil paint for wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper. It retains its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it either for inside or outside walls. Buildings or fences covered with it will take a much longer time to burn thon if they were painted with oil paint. Col oring matter may be put in and made of any shado desired. Spanish brown will make a reddish pink when stirred in ...v.. v v, lufu uvrp, m-curiiing io me quan tity. A delicate tinge of this is verv pretty for inside walls. Finely pul verizeii common clay, well mixed with Hpanish brown, makes a reddish stone color- vii. ii iv, ouneu in, manes yellow wash; but chrome goes further, and iiHiRve coior generally esteemed pret tier, it is uimcult to make rules, lie cause tastes are different. It would be best to try experiments on a shingle and let ltdry. lireen must not bemiii.,1 uiil, line; It destroys the color, and thecolor nae an euect on me whitewash which uitiitv ii, rraca aim peel." Ualry Faets. rv . i . ., .... i-uuu tV tne nun from the cow's uuuorurop mio tne milk pail ""W can strain It out when ih. i lu yer- 'rH,ninK may take out he thickest part of it but it will not take out the llavor, and even if there is no perceptible flavor, a knowledge that it had been there would be enough to prevent some people from relishing the milk and the cream s A certainty of having the milk of fifty w. ana tne promise of 300 later on if the venture is a success is not enough to start a crt-arnery or cheese factory on. It would be difficult to make it a success with that number of cows and to7" fair wages to a skillful butter or cheVi sker. Nor can a success be made by hiring cheap or unskilled labor. Three hundred cows should be had at first, un less someone desire. In Ii . as an experiment or to learn the bil n. and would work at bw w..b"'1 7 m erneon UNCLE SAM'S WARSHIPS. Fitting Ox of Th.mrov . CrnU. Cost. . small fortune. Furnirare and supplies for TMelt Sam's new war vessels cost a mint of money To fit out one of these ships for fcruL is a bigger job than eqmPP.ng first class hotel. Here is a floating tor tress as long as two city blocks, with all modern conveniences and complete res taurant facilities, lighted throughout by electricity-a gigantic fighting machine and military barracEs comum. -steel walls, bristling with guns, shelter a small army of men. The lew York, for example, has a crew numbering 4oo, 1 iAnn Aft marinpn and 44 officers. To feed them all for a twelvemonth at the government's rate of allowance costs $60,000. . . On going into commission such a ship must be furnished throughout, from the kitchen, which is as complete as that of a great city hostelry, to the captains cabin. She carries large stocks of sta tionery, hardware and apothecaries goods, and is provided with tools for all sorts of trades. Everything conceivable that may be needed for purposes of war and peace is supplied, because on the high seas no shops or factories are ac cessible. Usually the vessel is pro visioned for only three months, because rhorA i no room to stow more. The ra tions are purchased by tbe navy depart ment and comprise such necessities as hard bread, cornmeal, oatmeal, nominy, flour, salt pork, beans, peas, rice, pre- meats, butter, coffee and tea. Every man in the navy, from the last boy shipped up to the admiral, has an allowance of 80 cents a day for rations, which he may draw either in food or in monev. The paymaster of the ship has charge of all the provisions, which are dealt out by his "yeoman," who is in turn assisted by the jack-o'-dust. The person last named attends to opening the barrels and packages. Coffee and sugar are served out once in 10 days, flour ev erv fourdavs and meats daily. While .. f y a iu null fieo'll uiukiBtuuS toio Iiiiliioucu, each man receiving one pound of fresh bread, li pounds of fresh meat and one pound of fresh vegetables per diem. These take tho place of the ordinary ra tions, only tea and coffee being provided in addition. The allowance is at all times so liberal that the enlisted men cannot possibly consume the whole of it, so they take part of it in cash. .Fliila delphia Times. Beraarkable Stalactite Caves In Ctab. Two of the most wonderful stalactite caves in the world are located within the territory of Utah one five miles south of Toquervillo and the other 25 miles west of St. George. Neither is remark able on account of size, and to the best of my knowledge the dignifying title of "cavern" has never been bestowed upon either of the two. They simply come within the category of the wonderful be cause of the immense number of stalac tites of various sizes and colors which depend from their roofs. The first, the one near Toquerville, is known as La Virgin, and the other by the name of the Black Warrior. ; The Virgin was discovered a few years ago by the contractor of an irrigating compuny, who was engaged in driving a tunnel through a mountain called "La Virgin Bench" for the purpose of tap ping the river beyond. When the light was first let into this wonderful under ground chamber, the effect is said to have been startling, the roof and floor glittering with cubes and points of crys tal alum and the roof studded with mil lions of rain colored stalactites. The "Black Warrior" cave is a coun terpart of the Virgin and was discovered by miners at a point where their tunnel was 865 feet beneath the surface. St. Louis Republic. Ex-Presidents In Polities. Several of the presidents have remained in active politics after retirement from the White House. Buchanan was elected president at 66 and retired at the age of 70. Tyler was a member of the provi sional confederate congress at the age of 71. John Adams, at 85 years of age, was a delegate to the convention for revising the constitution of Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was elected to congress by the anti-Mason party when he was 64, and he remained in congress for a period of 17 years. He died in the hall of the house. James Monroe retired from the presidency at 67, was a regent of the University of Virginia with Madison and Jefferson at 68, but declined to serve as an elector from Virginia at 70 on the grouud thut an ex-president should net be a partisan, but afterward acted as a local magistrate and was a member of the constitutional convention of Vir ginia. Andrew Jackson was 70 when he left the White House. Washington Star. Humorous Trifles. The floating bits of humor to be picked up on many a random page of literature are enough to conviuce us that the world is a blithesome sort of place after all. Chief Justice Rushe and Lord Nor bury were walking together in the old times and came upon a gibbet. "Where would you be," asked Nor bury, pointing to the gibbet, "if we all bad our deserts?" "Faith," was the reply, "I should be sniveling aionei O'CouneU'scuttinirriesrii-lntl, t j tl Is worth a dozen ordinary witti cisms, "She had all the qualities of the aucuen poger without its occasional warmth," Then tuke the remark of Sydney Smith n regard to a very attractive and dash fag widow. "When Mrs. H appeari n the neighborhood, the whole horizon w darkened with majors.!"- Treatment For Wounds. Dr. Eiehler, in the "Aerzt. Prakt," advocates Peru balsam as a dressing which causes lacerated wounds to heal ?k 8 P0'018 of dPtation being hat it adheres well and covers the en tire surface of the wounds; it has a drying effect, but stimulates granula ns, and following application a scab U formed under which healing goes on. Dr. Eiehler states that its use is especial I) indicated in the treatment of wounds baling .tendency to marked snppnra ion or partial gangrene, and in in juries of the hands and Angers the re. ."It. are excellent In pia'ctTce ., er coaptuion o the margin, of the wound! he Peru balsam is poured over the en re .urtace, which i, then covered wh th a layer, of gauze moistened with balsam and an ordin.ry dressing T latter may be left in pace d-y. though it U an adva age to "r I withonr rt? . n tn' balsam . k, Vk Trib8unV nnd- HOTELS F0RTHE POOR HOW THE HOMELESS ARE CARZD FOR IN GLASGOW. KBalclpal Lodging HousesMlnus the Sting at Charity No Chance For Politics In It. "Tbe Saturday Sight Entertainments and How They Are Conducted. One Saturday in Glasgow I tramped ihnnt the noorer portions of the town till midnight, first in company with the head of a municipal department and afterward with an estimable Daine who is renowned in the town for his opposi tion to all things alcoholic. My tour be gan soon after dusk, which comes aston ishingly early in these northern lati tudes, giving one hardly time to salute the sun between aawn auu uara. uur noints of call in the earlier half of our ex- pedition were mo uiummytn luugiug houses, those places of agreeable refuge which the cily established 20 years ago for the purpose of selling decent shelter to the lower elements of its floating pop illation. On Saturday night in winter time some form of entertainment is devised for the 2,000 municipal lodgers. The entertaining talent volunteers for the performance. It is part of the duty of the city committee having in charge these hotels for the poor to secure on Saturdays the assistance of amateurs who can sing or dance or tell a story or give an athletic show. There are seven municipal lodging houses, and in the recreation rooms of each these Saturday night pleasantries are conducted. Every concert, or magic lantern show, or what ever it may be, is presided over by a chairman, who volunteers for the pur pose from the members of the city gov ernment. The gentlemen so presiding are not municipal politicians, because, us I have previously explained, they havo in Glas gow no municipal politics, but merely an administration. Mr. Chairman, there fore, is not in quest of votes, and if he were his services in a lodging house would ill requite him. Nor is there any appearance of charity, condescension, nor any other untoward thing in this business. The entertainment is carried on very much as a concert is aboard an Atlantic liner with this exception, that no collection is made. The municipality is put to no expense in tho matter, and it may be assumed that the chairmen are put to no inconvenience. They are usually men who devote a large part of their lives to philanthropic work. A Saturday night's audience at one of these municipal lodging houses comprises a wide assortment of characters and a considerable distribution of race. There are sailors who have got hard up in port, soldiers recently discharged. There are poor devils who are spending their last pennies for shelter and food, which will take them over to the Monday morning, when they may be able to pick up some where somehow pennies enough to last them over another night. And there are laborers in regular employment, arti sans, too, who are not hard up, but who are lodging here while they are at work in the town. There are of course men who have seen better days and men who by no possibility can ever see any worse ones. Some are here from necessity. some from motives of economy, and all of them are fairly comfortable while they are here. The Saturday night entertainments are voluntary altogether. The entertainers give their services, and the audiences are not asked for a penny. There were from 200 to 850 men in each of the recreation rooms which we visited, and hearty ap plause gave evidence of the delight of the men, who appeared to enjoy them selves thoroughly. A municipal lodging house is a large, well lighted and well ventilated build ing. At the entrance there is an office, where the applicant for lodging pays his 8 jd. or 4d. and receives a ticket en titling him to the privileges of the house. On the ground floor there are three large apartments, one used as a sort of eating room, another as a sitting room, another as a kitchen. The lodgers supply their own food and cook it themselves, having the free use of the kitchen fires and the steam heaters for this purpose. The house is in charge of a superintendent, with several assistants. At 8 o'clock in the evening the dormi tories are opened. These dormitories are spacious rooms divided by partitions 8 or 0 feet high into small compartments, each compartment containing a bed ar ranged in the fashion of a stateroom berth on an Atlantic liner. The only difference between the threepence half penny and the fourpence halfpenny ac commodation is that the higher price en titles the lodger, to an extra blanket. Lodgers ore admitted to bed until about 1 a. ra. They must arise not later than 8 o'clock in the morning. The premises are kept scrupulously clean by the staff of assistants. A well fitted laundry at tached to the place is constantly at work washing the bedding. Cor. Boston Her ald. Ancient Preservation of the Dead. Herodotus gives a good description of the manner in which the early Ethiopi ans preserved their dead. Having thor oughly dried the corpse, they plastered it over with a paste made of gypsum and then painted the face and exposed parts o as to make them look as natural a. possible. Dead bodies served in this manner remained intact for hundreds of years. St. Louis Republic All They Rsn to Do. When Miss Limberjaw retarned from Washington, she remarked to her friend, Miss Chatterbox, "Only think of it, MaV tie, the men in congress are paid liberal salaries, and all they have to do is to talk!" Miss Chatterboi-How ridiculonaV Exchange. TTomeo as Conductors. Mr. Harry Furniss, In The St James Budget, comes out as an advocate of feiuiuine bos conductors. He asks. "I. "J Wine the md male conductor was abolished and girls employed Insteadf Twelve steel plates from designs for Illustrations to "Pickwick, " made near ly balf a century ago by Onwbyn, have been discovered in London, and prints from them hare been published. Dr. Boyd, at one time surgeon on the i!?.0' Rome' ta 1 Lancet that aminlstraHon. of cholorbrora and at tention to diet will insure the passenger immunity from seasickness. Ths Interest on the pobllo debt 0 Tnlred States approximate t0 tier tuinuts.