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o o FAUJl AND UAUDE.V. Srasonabl'o Uuccestlons to Cultivators and Tillers of tho Holl. tVbltfi rlirs lJirpc, Mliltlle and Smnll Breeds. Notwithstanding tho superiority of somo of tlio black breeds of pigs, nnd in jplto of tho fact that tho color, tin like beauty, is not even "skin-deep," the blackest pigs dressing quito as whito as tho whitest, there is, m this country, in tho Northern States at least, a prejudice against black pigs. In the Southern States, iri localities where tho pigs riln at Jargo, and tho Paint-root grows, it is blink pigs or none at all. White pigs, if they feed ripon Paint-root (Litctuaiilhis tine 'win), become completely blind, and, their hoofs drop oil', while tho black pigs ran oat tho plant without appar ent injury. This singular fact ac counts for the prevalence of black pigs in many Southern localities. There are counties in England in which there are projuiees against white animals, and others in which only black pigs are tolerated. While in tho Western States tho prejudice against swine that arc black, In whole or in part, is rapid ly disappearing, it remains quito strong in many of tho older States, where those wlio keep but few swine, or who raise tho "family pig," almost Invariably prefer white animals. Not withstanding that tho blnak pigs pre sent sonio of the most striking illus trations of skillful breeding, and are the perfection of form, and of swinish beauty, peoplo are prejudiced against them by early associations. Thoir first knowledge of pigs was gained troiu white ones, and in their minds, whito is the proper color for pigs. Tho number of so-called breeds of whito pigs known in England, was at one time very large; a slight variation, such as wo may expect in a strain, was given a distinctive local name, nnd called a breed. English breeders took a long stop in simplifying pig nomenclature when they grouped pigs by their colors and sizes, and gavo us large and smnll breeds of white pigs. In 1852, it well known English breeder exhibited nt one of tho important fairs, 'joveral pigs of extraordinary merit, but too largo to be judged among tho small whito breed, and not large enough for tho Largo Whites. The animals were so remarkably fiuo that they could not be disqualified. The judges met tho difficulty by making a third class, calling it tho Middle White breed. Since then, while only tho large ami small black breeds have been admitted, tho white pigs have threo breeds, the Largo, Middle and Small Whito. flow to (Jot Knrly Garden Crops. There aro many ways of getting early crops, or of trj ing to got them, such as starting the plants in tho house or hot-bed, and covering them with glass, etc., after they aro sot out. Hut when these methods are not adopted, there it still a chance to liavo early vegetables and a good garden. It is simply to select the warmest and dri rst soil, and sow or plant early. It is not desirable or wise to sow or plant Ihnmulu crops before tho soil is in good working condition. Hut for a few early crops on a small scale, wo can well atlord to run a little risk of 7o:u" our seed by to early sowing. One tiling however should not bo over looked. Do not depend on this early sowing, but sow or plant again a lit tle later when tho soil and weather aro more favorable. If the first sow ing succeeds, you are so much ahead; if H fails, you have lost only tho seed and your labor. You oan well afford to run this risk. There aro some crops which van bo sown tho moment the frost is out of the soil, wttlt little or no risk. Among these wo mention peas, cabbage, oaulillowor, spinach, onions, htUuco, celery, beet, carrot, parsnip, etc. It is seldom that these crops are hurt by early frost. Last year a frost in May destroyed many cabbage plants but this is a very unu-ual occurrence. Among the crops which wo should ro w without waiting to see if tho tlrst sowing will escape, aro boots, radish us, cabbage, oaulillowor, beans and sweet com. Farmers' Clubs. Farmers' clubs aro n groat want. Wo have State nnd County Agricult ural Societies, with their annual fairs, which are good as far as they go, hut their meetings for discissions aro gen erally but once a year, anil those dur tho fair week, when tho attentions is very niuoh absorbed with Fair mat ters. Wo have agricultural papers enough, but their circulation in many of tho farming towns is very limited. What we want Is a fanners' olub in every town or buinoss center, where farmers come to market, or to get their supplies, that they may have op portunity for a conference, for an hour or two, on some topic previously an nounced, and occasional exhibitions of fruits and vegetables, during tho isummor and fall. In this way, tho best farmers, with their reading, experi ments and methods, would tie brought in close contact with those who are in the back-ground, and the business of farming bo made far more attractive nnd protitahle. Our census statistics for tho last thirty years show a steady driflol our population toward tho cities and villages. These gain at tho expense of tho agricultural towns. Tho school house and church in many ot them aro half emptied. There is no remedy for this decadence but in the gospel of husbandry, taught and illus trated by the Jarmcrs themselves, who should oxalt their own calling. American Agriculturist for May. Timet v Topics Sunllowor seeds are excellent to mix with poultry food. Tho mammoth .Russian sunllower is tho bust to raise lor this purpose. OErpry veterinarian in tho country ..takoa strong gi over check rein. iwripus sutl useless. .The Goriuautown Teleonivh thin U would bo a valuable applicatio two Mjuasli plii uts to prevent tlio ages of tho maggot which vor the root and below tho surface ground. Dealers In buttor in No whim they havo a law bij Jtibltlug the sale 01 oleoma ether imitation uuuer, si honest enforcement of tho law is hav ing tho effect of inorcnslng tho demand for genuine dairy butter. San Joso Timcs'-Mcrcuriln answor to a subscriber as to when tho codlin moth nnd phylloxera appear, wo liavo to suggest: They nppear whoncver tlicy tuko a notion, and aro apt to como any dny in tlio year. Horticult urists must bo on tho lookout all tho time. Sandy soil is not good for nn orch ard, though good orchards sometims grow on such soils. Clav soil is well adapted to lruit, especially to plums. On rocky soils tho npplo tree is at homo; ifaldwins especially succeed on such lands. Successful fruit cultiva tion depends upon feeding the trees properly. Pick your market chickens dry. Nolo this from tlio Ftmn-Jouunnk "Wo know of no market wl.oro dry picked poultry does not command two or three cents more per pound than scalded stock, and yet farmers in some sections continuo tho practico of scalding, when dry picked is just as easy and expeditious." Tho removal of drono comb, says Charles Dadutit in tho Jlee Journal is worth many dollars to tho beo keep er, for thirtyrtwo drono colls occupy as much spaco as lifty worker colls, and one wholo comb, or 150 square inches, would produce 6,000 drones in stead of 7,500 workers. Hence he ar gues in favor of drono traps. Putting printers' ink around tho trees in tlio orchard this month will do more to keop tho ennkor-worin moth from ascending thorn than it will later in tho season. Especially is it needed where they were plenty last year, as the ground may bo well" tilled with them. If there are any eggs of tho tent caterpillar in tho twigs, they will bo swollen enough now to be readily seen, and should bo cut oil and the twigs burned. A stono smoko houso a fow foot squaro and cheaply covered by boards is very convenient around farm houses. Hesides its uso for smok ing meats, it is a convenient recepta cle for wood ashes, or whon not re quired as a smoke house may bo stored witii feed for pigs, to whoso pen it will naturally bo adjacent. On farms where stono is abundant tho cost of such a building, asido from roofing, will be only lime, sand and labor. Prof. L. H. Arnold says a dairy farm costs ten per cent less to oporato than grain growing or mixed agriculture; second, tho mean returns average a little more than other branches; third, prices aro nearer uniform and more reliable; fourth, dairying exhausts tho soil less; fifth, it is more secure against changes in the season, since the dairy ing does not su Ifer so much from tho wot and frost and varying seasons, and lie can, if prudent, provide against drought. An Indiana farmer writes about tho proper time to sow clovor seed. Ho says: "For four successive years I sowed in March, whon tho ground was freezing and thawing, and failed hi getting a stand worth leaving. For throe successive yours 1 liavo waited until my wheat had grown up to about eight to twelve inches high. Hy that time it was firmly rooted in tho ground ; then I dragged It with a light sharp tootli harrow or drag; then I sowed my seed while tho ground was fresh. Thou 1 sowed about thirty pounds of plaster per acre, and for those succes sive years I have bad a good stand of clover and good orops of wheat." Orchard grass is a robust grower and very tenacious of life. It masses its roots so as to resist tho encroach ment of other grasses, covering much of the ground with its largo pendant leaves that spring out near tho base of the plant to shade, nourish and enrich the soil not occupied by tho plant itself. This, perhaps, accounts largely for its ability to endure ox oessivo drought. It will produce two large crops of good hay on rich soil, and submit to more abuse than any othor forage plant, except bluo gnuH, which is of little value in a very dry season. Spring operations will soon com n?euce, and with thosn a doniand tor good farm hands. The general rule that is followed in this country is to put oil' the hiring of men to the last moment, and trust to chance for some one com ing along, and then probably sojno in ferior workman has to lie taken, or none at all. Men who know their bus iness on a farm will not wait, and are early picked up in tho neighborhood in w'hioh they may reside. The trust ing to men coming along just at the exact moment vou aro crowded is a bad nollov. There should always b prolitable employment for a man tho early spring months before seed commences, and it will pay anj mor to secure good farm hands and pay OLD BUIMVS BRIDE. Lot mo see: whero was it that I first met her? Olt yes, it was under tlio su pcrb arches of High bridge, boating by moonlight. A globo of reddish pear slowly ascended out of tho east tho shadows of tho great bridgo resting softly on the mirror-liko surfaco of tho Hudson river. Tho sound of a fluto played softly afar off, and all of a sud den tlio keel of my boat coming sharps y in contact with somebody clso's oars. "Hallo, you I" cried out a clear, incis Ivo young voico. " Wlicro are you going to ? Why don't you look which way you aro steering?" "Chnrloy Dresden 1" cried out I, little heeding tlio torrents of obloquy ho was beginning to heap upon me. "Old Motfimore," ho responded joy ously. "Why, who on earth would havo thought of finding you dreaming on Harlem river? Hero! Como into mv boat; hitch on your old craft bo- hind, and let mo introduco you to Miss Sophy Adrianco." I looked as sharply at Miss Sophy all the moonlight and my own modesty would let mo, for I know that sho was tho especial admiration of my friond Cliarlov Dresden. Sho was pretty, slight round and rosy, with china-bluo eyes and a dimplo in cither cheek, and golden-brown hair worn in long, loose curls. Tliero was something flower-like and dolicato in her prottincss something unconscious ly imploring in her way of lifting hor eyes uj) to your face. Wo rowed homo together or, nt least, as far on our way homo as tho Harlem rivor would tako us. Sophy sang littlo boat ballads. Charloy roared out tenor barcorolles. I ovon essayed a Gorman student song whicli. I had learned m Heidelberg no ono knows how long ago, and wo parted tho best of friends. A weok af forward Dresden and I met faco to faco on "Wall street. "Hnllo, Mottimorol" said Charloy, his honest visago lighting up. "What do vou think of her?" "I think sho is a poarl a owel a princess among women i" J, answered, with a perfect sincerity. "Congratulate me, tlienl" cried (Jliar- loy, boaming all over, "for I am engag ed to her. Only last night! Lookhere!" opening a mysterious silver caso which ho took from his inner vest pocket. "What do you think of that for an engage ment ring?" A fino diamond," said J, putting my head critically on ono side, "and fanci- ully set." Wo'ro to bo married in October, "said Charley, lowering his voico to tho most confidential tones. "I might have boon sooner if I hadn't undertaken that business in Europo for our firm. Hut I shall bo imro to bo back by October, and tho monoy I shall mako will be acceptable toward fitting up and furnishing our now homo. Because, you know, Mottimoro, I'm not rich." I spent an ovening with hor afterward at tho irontcoi hoardinpr-houso when! sho and hor mother a nico, bright i Lin- .1. f..ii i ..... ( ejeu milt) wuillllll, mu jmi-iiiumi iv 4n ..nvt.iaiiritw1 Wlfli Sniiliv'fl llllilil' i .i...u ;.. n. .,;..i f J lUYIluusn nil ill mu liujusu ui iw monts, furnished m dnrlc muoVyiy with n turn up bedstead, .ingornmi disguised as a high-Dacked- scrwiu- cananes and goraniums in dows. said "It s so lund ot you to 0f ilQ Sophy, with a gentle prer. nm so hand when I wont awafiends glad to welcome Charlrahcorfully B;t Aim x ioit mat, x coir 0f common through another ovAgraph albums plaeooiut-cnat, anut. f i. - -.i . ior mi on rowiuu usuon went awav. w on, uuiirioyyiimriy loavo Sophy nnd as ho didn't Uhrgo, 1 didn't feel Adrianco m nycsout mvself at tho called ui)on houso. I supposed, geiueoi uuumi, wint nil was going naturally of day i. rocoivod a noto right, untfiend Bullion, tlio banker, iroin mywno woars a wig and spoo a man.opouuts his income upon tho taoies.aros. doubanvroto from Saratoga, whoro Bwgoiio bocauso lie didn't know hoifio to do with himself in tlio dull wx. no asKed mo to bo his crooms- Hullion was going to bo mar- as as you've known him a long thus, I thought perhaps you could explain it to mo. Oh, I liavo been so wretched. And indeed, indeed, I didn't deserve it 1" Sho gavo mo a tear-blotted letter and then sat down to cry quietly in tho cor ner of tho sofa until such timo as I should havo finished its perusal. "What does ho mean, Mr. Motti moro?" asked Sophy, plaintively, "when iio accuses mo of deceiving him, of sell ing myself to tho highest bidder? Oh, it is so dreadful 1" I folded tho letter and looked severe ly nt her. "Miss Adrianco," said I, gravely, "it strikes mo you aro trying to play a a double part here. Tho affianced brido of Benjamin Bullion ought hardly to iiopo to retain tho allegiance of poor Clarence Dresden into tho bargain." "I don't understand you," said Sophy, looking wistfully at me. "Aro you not to becomo tlio wife of Mr. Bullion, thg banker?" I asked, sioi niv. "Oil, dear no," said Sophy, mamma!" "Eh?" gasped I. "It's mamma," answered "She's tolio married next weok I you know it?" I stared straicht before mo had got myself into a pretty picklo by meddling ofliciously in affairs that didn't concern mo. "Look here, Miss Adrianco," said I, "I will tell you all about it." So I did. I described old Bullion's letter, my own fnho deductions thore from, nnd the rash deed I had com mitted in sending tlio banker's corres pondence to Charloy Dresden. "And now," said I, "do you that ho is indignant?" Sophy's fnao grow radiant. "But there's no harm done," said she. "No real harm, I mean. Because I've written him n long letter all about mamma and Mr. Bullion, which ho must havo received almost tlio next mail after ho sent off this cruel, cruel sheet of reproaches." Sophy was a truo prophet. There was no real harm done. Tho next mail brought a letter full of entreaties to bo pardoned, nnd a brief, brusque noto to mo. T sfnnd nn with old "Run Ttnllinn. tin that full-blown rose. Sonhv's raaini" nfinf nil a iwl ii'lirtli fUmi-lnt- TlrHn (tAtl.. (.1 , (.Hit . t.U.A VMIM.UI ' - 1.. t,, k; i,i;M,v,ciiivo nt his mm-riajo feast. Piiilfl1l)nla Call. TUL' PRESIDENT'S ADVISERS. "That's Sophv. Didii't Well, I wonder Hot "Water In Dyai From Tlio Youth's Companion vater in vari y in dyspopsia, A 1 . Tlio internal ujrrof I.. nna iiilmniitn lmt nqtio J , w , , l..l i- t "i liiturubt, iiutil is exciting a good (& , ' .1 , fl among physicians. Wo aro personry , nf Hirrnnl piirts i i,.i i'B suffered . , . nls. including tho London avo nan articles on the sub r. l. v. onoaritowu crives acquainted witii cases f it, whoro tlio individ- ii i . -ii i . . ,u Huuurcu wimouc iieip imedios. Most of our mo Z1 in them good wages. round against the tuo of It is both bur It.i.? lfnmtltsi nf Over Headfth'. Over-reading, ns well as o is ono of tho ovils of iuod''i'd tlon. Tho evil has boonJ p:. cn by educators for mat'1' "mv but the multiplicity of h tho way growing cheapness styf ynirsc of any permanent roiif rt!,u,.,nJ? 111 it goes without saylyP' llt itself is not only Wo often road benelloial. HutolUF ,0. ;"lnHito so much that th"s o-woiso what thov read JJ Im " is a dead' lossJ ,0, bm:" Ullt made of Hhi'h" v" .U0O,k?,!W ho possessodif roKl!y-a virtue i ' ono iJHUin realtors do not vl-iTl.di tiu"wo1 children wore wiiioii muf, . ,, . . . is?."'" U urouud.-S. Louis . . M U00Ciiur it hunt nn I,M I tnx lapor in Madrid, called tho (fenci'ii, is peculiar in its wav. ho largest circulation of nuv u tho capital, reaching 200.00U r,000 a day. It has no editor, but '.en wldo-awnko reporters, who ir tho town for every kind of In. illation. They come to tuu ollleo ml droi) their mauusorints in a bar. and there they stay until tho foreman wants copy. Everything is thon thrown Into tho forms without regard to order or anything else, nnd the paper is read from end to end in spite of the fact St. Louis Qlobi-lkmocrat. Of courso, you'll think it a foolish ng for mo to do," wrote Bullion : "but ron at sixty a man lias not ontirelv out- ived tho ago of sentiment: and whon onco youseo Sophy Adrianco you will forgive any scorning inconsistoiioy on my pari. I went straight to tho genteol boarding-house. It was possiblo that I might bo mislod by a similarity of name, although ovon that was unlike ly. "Is Miss Adrianco at homo?" I asked .i ii i.ii i. i .i . in mu Hiuuoruiy servant gin who an swered tlio bell. "Lo', no, sir, Miss Sophy's sponding a low wooks with a mend at Saratoga," Biioansweroii, promptly. 'I hat was enough. I went homo and molosod Bullion's letter in anothor on volopo, directing it to poor Chnrloy jjresuens aaiiress. rosto itostanto, Vienna, adding a fow lines of my own, wherein I endeavored to mincrlo con solation and philosophy as aptly as pos possiblo. And thon I wroto, curtlv deolining to "etmi.l no" M-.'M. -O.l H..1I.-1.. .... lll.tl Ulll IJIIIJIUUi It was but n fow weoks subsoonontlv that tho waiter showed au elegantly- urossou. young muy into my room at tho hotol. I roso in some surprise, Asido from old Aunt Miriam Piatt and my lauudross my lady visitors wore fow. But tho instant sho throw up hor thick tissue voil I roeognizod tho soft bljo eyes and tho damask roso cheeks of Bonhy Adrianco. ''On, Mr. Mottimoro P sho cried pit ously, "I know you won't mind my coming to your parlor, because you Boom .Tiotly like a father to mo." I winced a littlo at this. "But I havo re ceived such n letter from Charloy, and Lane - . v-v r.i:i t i i.: n j"" j-wiiv iiicuiuiu iiuxuiUi ins una lenco wiin it. wo give tho sub- co of what ho says. lo.had always enjoyed robust health, ovor having needed medicine except once whon ho was a boy. In Audist. 1883, however, ho was prostrated to tlio yorgo of unconsciousness by sunstroke With tliis began tr'oublo witii his diges tion. There was no pain, no acidity, but an uncomfortablo feeling which ended in tlio ojection of his food from his stom ach, nnd yet without nnusoa. This continued for threo months. Moanwhilo, ho faithfully tried nearly all tho approved remedies nnd methods of treatment.and regulated and restrict ed his diet. Ho had a ravonows appetito, and invariably roso from the table hun gry. Ho could, by tho full exortion of his will powor, resist for n while tho ten dency to vomit, but apparently with no benefit. He lost some fifty pounds in weight, and becomo very nervous, irres olute, despondont and weak. Having seen the nrticlo iu tho Lancet on tlio uso of hot wnter, ho rosolvod to try tho troatmont. Beforo risincr in tho morning lie had his servant bring him a pint of boiling water. This, so hot that ho could not touch his lips to it, he drank, drawing it through a tubo dur ing tho spaco of twelve minutes. Jlo Jay in bed ono and a half hours longer, and thon took his breakfast ami retained it on his stomach with no un pleasant fooling. Ho did tho samo ono and n half hours beforo dinner and supper, nnd a half hour boforo retiring. xnis course ho continued until Christ mas, using no othor fluid whatovor. Tho vomiting wns whollv arrestod from tho veryrfirst. For tlio next nine months ho used tho hot wnter loss regularly, with occasional return of vomitmc A subsequent change of climnto hJped to comploto liis cure and to do without tlio wnter. Ho has since used it in his own practico, with excellent results overy timo tho treatment wns persovercd in. Where the Best Lobsters are Tak- en. Lovrlston Journal's "Hambler." Tlio best lobstors in tho world aro taken off Monhogan in tho winter. They thrivo bolter in tho deep watoi out to sea than on tho shores of the bays whero most of tho Maino lobstormensot their traps. Tlio Monhegan fishermen aro getting splendid prices for their lobsters this winter $10 to $10.50 por hundred. Think of that you peoplo who think you pay high prices for lob stors I Tho jobber and tho retailer have to mako profits on theso fioruros. But you probably do not get a tastoof tho big Monhogan lobster, but oat shell fish which are caught nt Bristol or Boothbay or somowhero along there, for which $7.50 per hundred i paid. Iho Monhegan lobsters ro shinned to Now York and Boston. I saw 10,000 of them in a car in Portland harbor tho other day. The lob tors aro kept alivo in these treat cars, tied to tho docks, from tho time thoy are taken out of the smacks till they can bo shipped. A 1.03k at tbe Cabinet as it Really Appears Xfhtn in n-sslon. President Cleveland has changed one of tho Cabinet days from Friday to Thursday, nnd now meets his constitu tional advisors on Tuesday and Thurs day of each week. Tins is tho only chnngo that has been mado. The forms that havo boon observed for half a cen tury and more on Cabinet days aro still nndisturbed. CTho hour of meeting is 12 o'clock noon, and the room is the samo that has been used for tho meet ings since Lincoln's timo. It is a plain room with no striking feature about it. Its two largo win-' dows. extending from ceiling to lloor, command a lovely view of tho sweep ing lawns, themonnment, and tho shin inc Potomac beyond. Tlio interior is simplicity itself. Tho walls are painted in a drab tint, tho ceiling is frescoed with flowers and cherubs, anil a mantel' of cinnamon-colored marble surrounds a capacious fireplaco, wluro hickory logs aro usually blazing choorily. A llowcred Brussels carpet vith a black nnd red backgrouul covers tho floor, nnd gray silk rep curtains hang at tho windows. Tlio tnblo around which tho cabinet is seated is an octagonnl affair of black and French walnut in tho fashion of twenty years ago It has a profusely carved central leg and legs nt tho cor ners. It is covend with billiard cloth. Tho eight armclairs that surround it ore all alike, of valnat with rep uphol stering. Very littlo formality attends tho meet ings. Under Mij Cleveland's Adminis tration, nt least, ho members aro very promptly on 'imo. Mr. Gnrland is usually tho fist to arrive. Ho is al ways a fow yhnutes ahead of time, and if tlio pvc!"0.1 not engaged lie fre quently pes into tho library to soo him. Sometimes Mr. Bayard is first nnd some times1"' Lamar. Tho members gen erally como singly, rarely in pairs. j?aJ always curies under his arm a .fnlin ili il ,. .. -. illy tho Cabinet portfolios aro more antiquated than Ihoso affected by law yersas old probably as Senator Evart's hat. Tlio Cabinet portfolio is a tiling of calfskin, about 21x20 inches. It has a single pocket covered by a flap. It lias no lock, but is fastened by two straps and buckles, Somo of these portfolios aro probably a hundred years old, and tlio grenter number havo "eon from a quarter to half a century. Tlio newest is exactly like tlio oldest in pat tern, nnd each is lettered with a stencil to indicato to what department it be longs. Each member of tho cabinet shnkes hands with nil tho others when ho ar rives. Tlio president usually comes in nfter nearly all his counsellors liavo ar rived. Ho shakes hands with them nil around and chats with them for a moment, and then takes his neat at tho head of tho tablo, his advisers taking their places in tlio order indicated in tho diagram. Tlio session begins at 12 o'clock oxactly. whether tho members havo all arrived or not. Tho president does not rap tho moetinc to order.nnd it is wholly informal throughout. Xo voto is taken on any question. If tho president wants tho individual opinion of his advisers on anv subject, ho asks font, but ho decides tlio questiolwini'is own way, without regard to whether a majority of his advisors is for or acainst his viows. No minutes aro kept of cab inet meetings, and as no reporters aro presont, tlio proceedings aro never giv en in detail. An ox-cabinet official says tlio public loses littlo by tho ob servance of secrecy for tlio talk is dis- cussivo and, fragmentary and would not bo read if publishod. sovortlieloss all necessarv precau tions nro taken to prevent tlio proceed ings of Cabinet meetings from being overheard, and a full report of ono has not been published since tho days whon Webster wns Secretary of Sta'to. An enterprising correspondent of that day in somo way contrived to got into nn ad joining roOm, whore ho could overhear overy word. Mr. Webster himself dis covered tho leak after several meetings had been reported, and over since the rooms hnvo been carefnllv watched. Imagine what eiclit bank directors nr an equal number of asylum trustees on pretty good terms with ono anothor would do if shut up in a back room ngay from public gazo, and somo no tion probably can bo formed of what a Cabinet meeting is like. All tlio pic i.. ii. i -i- v-. . . 1 nuti.-j nmr. aro mauo oi uaomot groups nro absurdities. Tho Secretaries do not stand in tragic nttiludos with i.nds thrust in tlio breasts of closo-buttoned coats, nor do they stand with r.n elbow resting on tlio mantle, nor sit with fold ed arms and Knitted brows. They just sit carelessly and easily at a tablo liko othor folks, toying with penholders, tearing scraps of paper, or thrumming on tlioir portfolios. Abraham Lincoln, it is said, walked into tho Cabinet meeting that was to consider tlio emancipation proclamation with a copy of Artemus Ward's book in his hand, and read a passage from it aloud beforo passing to more serious business. Mlmy a session, too, he enli vened with quaint stories, if reports bo truo. In fact, somo of tho best stories repeated in nfter-dinnor circles during overy Administration are commonly re ported to havo been first told at Cabi net moetings. There is no set form in which tho councils begin or continue. Tlio sub jects discussed suggest therasolves. To day tho Oklahoma question may bo up permost, and tho Sccretaiy of tho luto rior and the Secretary of War naturally nro tho chiof talkers around tho tnhln. To-morrow tho Central American news recent consultations of tho Cabinet, and tho Central American muddlo and tho question as to tho political disabilities of Gen. Lawtou and others have fur nished topics for other moetings. Tho political history of the past half century is full of quarrels and dissen sions in tho Cabinets of various Presi dents, but theso outbreaks, as a rule, liavo not occurred at stated meetings of tho Cabinet. There havo been instances whero members becamo so hostile to ono another that ono or tho oilier would stay away from Cabinet meetings, and many cases whore personal relations were so strained that only icy formali ties were passed by way of greeting; out as a wnoio tho sessions of tho Presi dents with their advisers havo been pleasant and without remarkable inci dent. Tlio members of President Clove laud's Cabinet aro just becinuinc to net acquainted with ono nuotlior at tho semi-weekly talks. Tims far they aro brethren pulling together in unity. What effect the political strains that aro to comp will liavo on tho pleasant cir cle remains to bo found out. Thought 'Twas Only Preaching. From tho Buffalo Commercial An esteemed friond, ono of tho cler gymen of Buffalo, writes as follows: "In your issue of Saturday last a sweet littles tory is perverted into 'Hard on the Ministers'. Tho occurrenco was not in llochosler nt all, but in Brooklyn, and tlio story is not as related. This is tho truo rendering: Brother J. Hyatt Smith, then pastor of Leo Avonuo Bap tist church (formerly pastor of Wash ington Street Baptist church in this city), preached a very impressivo ser mon, ono Sabbath morning nbout twelve years ago, on 'Tlio Xow Birth,' in which ho urged that it is an oxperienco not to bo understood till actually possessed, and then it is known just as wo know any fact of experience. Among many striking illustrations, ho related in his own iniraitnblo way an occur renco of his early life. Ho said: 'When I wns a child wo were very poor and lived in a littlo log house. My brother James, two years older than myself, was blind. Wo had no marbles or playthings, such as other children have; so wo got somo onions and rolled them upon tho floor, whilo my mother smiled and plied hor needle." After a littlo tlio spray from tho bruised onions began to irntato my blind brother's sensitive eyes, and ho instinctively thrust his littlo fists, all covered with onion juice, into them, and rubbed them vigorously. Tlio juico was firo to his oyes, and in nn agony of pain ho screamed leaping to his feet, and rush ing to his mother with nplifted hands ho cried out, not with pain but with joy, 4I see! I seel' Tho jmcohad cut tho films which had grown ovor his sight nnd thoy had dropped upon his chocks with his tears, and his grief nnd blind ness were botli changed to joy. So it wns with this birth from above.' "On reaching homo his littlo two-year-old Nanny crept into his arms, and, turning her largo dark eyes up to hor iaMiors laco, inquired, with peculiarly tender tones nnd deep solieitudo : 'Pnpa, was it a truly story you tolled about Undo James?' 'Why, yes, my darling, replied Brother Smith. With a look of great relief sho responded: 'O, I thought 'twas only preaching,' and quietly slipped from his Jap nnd walked away with an air of supremo composure. O Pacts for Ply Time. Prof. Bicknndel has been lecturing to tlio public school teachers of Nexr York on Hies and mosquitoes. How does a fly fly ? asked tho fessor. Whilo tho wing was so paratively narrow, it mado up for lateral motion. Tlio wings did not beat back and forth in ono piano, but made, ns it wore, a flgur 8. Iho wings of a fly vibrated 330 times a second, which went to show its muscular power. If caught fast a fly would keep buzzing for a long timo beforo it stopped to rest, with this 3-Hko movemont. Tlio oyes of a fly had considerable motion, nnd could seo somo distanco around. "When magnified, thoy showed a sories of facets, which wero tlio lenses. Those facets combined produce sight. A fly of serious importance wns tho tsoteo fly, which was, however, confined to a limit ed urea. To pass through a swarm of thorn was deadly to horses and oxan, but not to sucking calves. They did not effect mankind. Livingston, tho explorer, spoko of ono occasion when it wns certain that only twenty or thirty of theso flies appeared, and yet thoy caused tho death of a largo number of cattle. Tho effect of their bites on tho beasts would bo, first, loss of appetite nnd fur, and then death from inanition. Tho Southern and central portions of Africa would bo quite nccessiblo woro itnofc for this post. It was a question how theso insocts could bo destroyed. Pro-com- lt m George Eliot's Grave. A London lotter records a quaint ex perience in searching for Goorgo Eliot's grnvo. Entering tho cemotery tho searcher cr.mo upon a gravediggor hard at work and unmindful of tho presence of a stranger. "Good morning, Mr. Uravedigger," said the admirer of Georgo Eliot. Scarcely raising his oyes, ho mumbled out "raornin'." "Will you plenso direct us," wo ven tured, "to Georgo Eliot's gravo." "Never 'eard of 'im oi didn't," ho lacon ically responded. "Why" wo hastened to inform him, "wo mean Georgo Eliot, To this ho paused ana tho writor." leaned on his shovol. nnd nueried : "Did no live in 'Icrbcato. mum? 'causo there is interesting, and Secretary Bayard was n printer chnp as died at Michael nnd Secretary Whitney of courso aro mas as lived up at 'Ighgato way." "My wio most ueoiiiy concernod. Opinions good man, Georgo liliot was u woman, nru pusseii an around thu hoard, howev er, nud nearly evory member has some thing to add to tho common fund of information. Tho President has al ways two or threo vexatious num. tions on hand to submit to his 'elp yer, but of never 'eard of 'or, a councillors. Tho encroachments unon more nn that, oi don't think much of the publio lauds, and tho enforcement of the laws providing for vacating them, havo boen discussed at length at two not a man: she was a great literary character, and wroto under a mans name. Why, all tho world knew her, and she is buried here somewhere nbout." "Very sorry, mum, oi carnt and a gal atakin' a man's name nohow. Looks liko sho was shamed of hor own; don't look honest like." t o t i